Rescue Me, My Love

I've Got a Bad Case of Spoiled Children

     Mo Yuan watched as Xingfu ran to him.  He picked him up to hold him while he cried.  "Fuqin!  Er ge is going to die!  I just know it!  San ge please don't let Er ge die!"  "Xingfu!  Tell Fuqin how you were able to get here all by yourself."  "I memorized all of the tactical maps, Fuqin.  I know where every realm is and where important places are.  Like San ge's school.  He is the great medicine king."  "Hmmm, I see.  This is good to know.  Maybe Fuqin should take all of you on a tour.  Now don't worry now.  San ge and his students will take care of Er ge.  Let's just stand here and watch, ok?"  "Ok."  "Jinzi, will he be ok?"  "Fuqin, no worries.  Wei Guang will take care of Er ge.  See?  Here he comes now!"  He brought the potion to give to JinDe.  He woke up when he swallowed it.  "Yuck!  How horrible!"  Jinzi handed him some water.  Wei Guang bowed and apologized.  "Lord JinDe!  I must apologize to you.  I didn't use the correct draw spell to remove all of that poison.  That potion will do the trick.  I will need to redress your arm, plus I have this balm that will help it immensely.  Please take my apology and let me tend your arm."  JinDe nodded as he removed the bandages and looked at a very angry wound.  Mo Yuan decided to make it a teachable moment.  "See your Er ge's arm, Xingfu?  You alone are responsible for it.  Fuqin hopes you will learn a lesson."  "Fuqin, I'm very sorry."  Wei Guang applied the balm to JinDe's arm and rebandaged  it.  He helped JinDe put his robes back on and put his arm in the sling.  "May I suggest, Lord JinDe, that you rest and return in the morning.  Shifu told us your wife is expecting twins.  We don't want to upset her now, do we?"  JinDe looked at the young man and nodded.  He patted him on his shoulder and nodded again.  "Very true.  My Ying'er will fuss over me and I will make sure I play the victim and get plenty of kisses!"  "Er ge!  You are too shameless!"  JinDe shrugged as the rest of the students in the room giggled.  "Right now I just want to know how that Xiao long right there had enough power to jump me here by himself."  "Well, Er ge, you taught us to meditate to build our power.  I do it every night while I sleep."  Mo Yuan looked hard at his little jinlong.  "You sleep meditate?  Where did you learn this, Xingfu?"  "I read it in a scroll in the library."  "I see.  Well you can show me this scroll when we return home.  JinDe, do you wish me to jump you home?"  "Yes, but please try not to make me nauseous.  You jump really fast, you know."  "Jinzi, thank you and your students once again.  I see the makings of some very fine doctors here.  Very fine indeed!  He jumped them out and left Jinzi to field a ton of questions.  "Shifu!  I heard your Fuqin, High God Mo Yuan, was the fastest cloud jumper in all the realms, period!  Is it true?"  "Yes, and it can make you quite nauseous if you are not ready for it."  "Shifu, do you really have sixteen siblings?"  "Yes we are quite a large family."  "My Fuqin said the great Jinlong is very old but very potent.  He said that's why he has so many sets of twins."  "Shifu, just how old is your Fuqin?"  "Fuqin is 402,000 years old.  Yes he is still potent.  He is one big, bad, tough old dragon to be sure.  The last babies, a set of triplets, were born, even though mother had those peaches I was telling you about.  Now, no more questions!  Let's get back to our lesson!" 
     Mo Yuan left JinDe in Mei Ying's care and took Xingfu with him to the play room.  Everyone was laying on little pallets taking naps.  "Do you wish for a nap now, Xingfu?"  He nodded with a yawn.  Mo Yuan laid him on his pallet next to Gaoxing, covered him up and left them all to nap.  He smiled as he counted over them to make sure they were all accounted for.  He nodded and left for the hall for tea.  Bai Qian was there talking to Empress Yu.  "Mo Yuan dear, come visit with us!  Yu was bored and just wanted to visit."  He took one look at her stomach and gave a look of concern.  "Yu!  How are you?  Aren't you due any day?"  "Yes!  I had to run away so Ye Hua wouldn't be fussing over me!  He's constantly popping in and out checking on me.  I expect him any second now, since I'm sure he will send his essence out over the whole mountain to find me!"  She took a sip of tea and waited expectantly.  Sure enough, the roar of the black dragon could be heard as he searched for her.  He transformed on the portico and blew into the hall like a gale force wind.  He came to stand in front of her with his arms crossed.  "Yu'er!  Why didn't you answer my call?  I'm worried about you!"  She looked at Bai Qian, put her chin in her hand and sighed.  "Ye Huaaaa!  I just needed to get away for a bit!  Don't be such a testy dragon!!"  Mo Yuan chuckled.  "It seems Heilong is being a pest.  Just sit down.  I'm sure there is cake.  I'll get it."  Before he could rise, Zhonglei brought out two trays of cake.  "Try this new one, Tianjun!  It's called chocolate!  I learned about it in the modern mortal world."  She stood back with her hands held together in anticipation.  Ye Hua smelled the cake and then took a bite.  He closed his eyes and savored the small chocolate cream filled cake.  "The heavens weep.  Really, tears of joy.  Fantastic!  Hmmm.  Delicious!"  He grabbed another one and stuffed it.  "Zhonglei, you have created a wonder!  I want these once a week please?"  She bowed to him.  "It shall be as you decree, Tianjun!!"  Yu laughed out loud.  "Ye Hua, you have no shame when it comes to cake!!  It's a total wonder anyone gets any when he is in the room."  "Try this one.  It's mint and chocolate together."  He stuffed one and sighed.  "Hmmm!  So delicious!"  He was about to get another one when the young children came running in from their nap.  Jiaxiao slapped Ye Hua's hand as he was about to get another cream filled cake.  "Shushu always eat up cake!  Bad dragon!"  Heilong came out and pretended to be hurt.  He sniffed.  "But Xiao Bailong, I really love cake!  Maybe even more than I love Da ge, and I love him a lot!  Won't you let me have a piece?"  His blue eyes begged her.  He whined and frowned like a deprived child.  Feeling sorry for him, she gave him one piece.  "Fuqin, Heilong eat up cake!  Make him stop!"  "Jiaxiao, I'm sure Zhonglei has more.  She knows just what you like.  These are new cakes for us to try.  Try one and see if you like it!"  He gave her a cake with the chocolate cream filling.  She ate it and smacked her fingers.  "Jiaxiao wants another one, please?  It reaaallllyyy good!  Really good!"  Being satisfied that there was plenty to go around, they all enjoyed their cake.  Ye Hua stood up to take Yu back to the palace when she gasped out loud.  "Yu?  Is it time?"  She nodded as he picked her up.  "Da ge, could you get Jinzi please?"  He nodded and left to go get him.
     Jinzi brought his advanced students with him to observe.  He put Wei Guang behind a special barrier.  Ye Hua was not happy, but Mo Yuan soothed him over it.  "They can only learn by observation.  They can help, now sit behind Yu and support her!  Qian'er, come wipe her face.  Now we wait."  After eight hours of labor, the first baby was coming.  Yu pushed hard and delivered a little black dragon girl.  "Look Ye Hua!  A girl!  Here take her!"  The little girl looked at her Fuqin and smiled.  Ye Hua kissed her little face and named her.  "She shall be called Mei Xinghuo.  My star fire!"  Mo Yuan took her and kissed her little cheek.  "Isn't she beautiful?  Your Shushu loves you!"  He was showing her around when Yu started pushing again.  In minutes another girl was born.  Another black dragon.  Ye Hua held her to his face.  "She shall be called Xiao Xingguang. Fuqin's starlight.  My beautiful girls.  They took the girls to Yu so she could hold them.  Jinzi took care of Yu, settled her down to rest and shooed everyone out of the room.  Mo Yuan smiled.  "Now I wonder if Mei Ying will give us girls?  There seems to be a rash of them lately!"  Mo Yuan and Bai Qian returned home to find a hall full of children.  They all waited patiently to hear the news.  "Empress Yu has given Tianjun Ye Hua two beautiful little girls!  Mei Xinghuo and Xiao Xingguang!  It seems girls are the thing now.  Hopefully Mei Ying, you will give us two little girls?  Hmmmm?"  "If that's the case, Fuqin, you better be helping me think of some names!!"  "Er ge, me name girls for you."  "Oh?  Well you can tell me tomorrow what those names will be my Xiao jiemei!  Now it's time for bed!"  He held out his hand for Mei Ying.  She took his hand and he swept her into his arms and jumped them home.  Mo Yuan stood and called his brood.  "Come, my Xiao haizimen!  It's time for bed!"  They all followed him out to go to their rooms where they were tucked in and given a kiss.
     Jingsi couldn't stop thinking about names and couldn't go to sleep.  Her tossing and turning ended up leading to a terrifying dream.  In her nightmare, she was a grown woman being pursued by a large white furry beast.  Try as she might, she couldn't get away from it.  It's claws were huge, it's hair long and shaggy and it could jump long distances.  She took to the skies in her dragon form to fly faster.  The creature jumped up high and grabbed her tail.  She was being dragged down.  In her dream state, Jingsi didn't realise that she was calling for Mo Yuan.  Over and over she called until she shifted to her dragon.  Her pitiful distress call went out over the whole mountain.  Jinlong jumped up and put his pants on.  He flew down the hallway to Jingsi and Jiaxiao's room.  All he could see was dragon scales in the doorway.  Jinlong roared an answer to her and rubbed her side that was against the door.  "Fuqin is here, Jingsi!  Fuqin is here!  Come to me!  I am here!"  "Fuqin!  Fuqin!  Don't let it get me!!  Save me Fuqin!"  She shifted back and ran out into his arms.  He fell on his knees as she came to him.  He held her close to his warm body as she cried.  Jiaxiao, also being terrified by Jingsi screaming, ran to her Fuqin.  The hall quickly filled with men and weapons.  Baohu with his white hair crackling with power, Taiyang and Zhenzhu with weapons in hand.  The most surprising thing was Yingjie.  Silent little Yingjie who never grunted, never talked only observed.  Yingjie was standing in the hall with Xuan Yuan in his hand, dragging the sword, the blade creating sparks on the stone floor.  He spoke the first words he had ever spoken.  "Me come!  Me come!"
     Mo Yuan picked up Jingsi and Jiaxiao and laid them together on Jiaxiao's bed.  Baohu picked up Yingjie and brought him to his Fuqin.  Mo Yuan held out his arms for him.  He went into his arms but wouldn't relinquish the hold on Xuan Yuan.  "Yingjie!  How did you get Fuqin's sword?  You are very brave to come to the rescue!"  He instantly reverted back to his silent self.  He dropped the sword to the floor.  His head tipped sideways as he looked straight into the swirling golden eyes of Jinlong.  Watching the eyes that looked like the sun, he was mesmerized and reached up as if to touch them.  His hand felt the warmth of the sun emanating off of his Fuqin and he smiled.  He hugged him, shifted to his Huli and ran back to his room with his brothers.  Mo Yuan was dumbstruck.  First things first.  Sitting on the bed bare chested, a dusting of black and gray hair across his chest and down his stomach, he was quite the sight to his children.  He realized he was nearly naked and called his undershirt to him.  "Jingsi, tell Fuqin what happened.  Tell me so I can help you."  She sniffed and told her story.  "Fuqin, Jingsi in place with lots of snow.  Not pretty snow like on Kunlun but like frozen land.  Me grown woman in my dream.  Me run and run.  White beast after me.  It have big teeth, big claws with long talons on hands and long shaggy hair.  It chase me.  Me calling you.  Me take off to skies!!  Monster beast can jump far and high!  It jump up and grab my tail!  Me roar distress call.  Me think me done for but Jinlong come!!  Him blowing fire on creature when Jingsi wake up.  Me sorry Fuqin.  Me couldn't sleep cause me was thinking of names for Er ge baby girls."  Mo Yuan hugged her tight.  "It's alright, Jingsi.  The creature you saw in your dream is a yeren.  They are cruel mean creatures that live in the snowy lands of the Southern kingdom.  Even though they live in the lands of light, they never associate with the other realms.  They pretty much stay to themselves.  I have seen one once when I was a young boy.  My Fuqin took me there so I could learn about them.  They were rude and treated us poorly until they found out who Fuqin was.  Fuqin will make sure you never have to go there for any reason.  Do you wish Fuqin to stay in here with you?"  "No.  Me get my sleeping friend Jinlong.  He keep me safe."  "Do you want Fuqin to stay until you sleep?"  "Me wants Tai and Zhu to play music."  Those brave souls were standing in the door.  They produced their flutes and played the lullaby until the little girls were snoring.  Mo Yuan snuffed the candles and backed out of the room.  He went to check on the triplets.  Yi and Yan were in the bed together.  Yingjie was not there.  His dragon eyes searched the room for the Xiao huli.  He wasn't there.  Getting worried now, he sent out fingers of energy over the mountain to search for him.  He was in his own room.  It was just starting to get cold on Kunlun, so he kept the hearth lit for Bai Qian.  Curled up on the fur rug in front of the hearth was Yingjie in his huli form.  Mo Yuan conjured a small quilt and covered him.  Thinking better of it, he turned back his quilt and laid Yingjie next to Bai Qian.  Her tails wrapped the baby boy up and he smiled.  He climbed into bed and snuggled himself down to sleep.  The next morning he woke up with tails in his face and across his groin.  He sighed and opened his eyes to see little blue eyes staring at him.  He stroked down his back.  "Good morning, Yingjie!  Did you sleep well?"  A nod yes.  "Are you cold?"  Another nod yes.  "Do you want under the quilt?  It's warm there."  A nod no.  "Hmmm do you want Fuqin to get you some clothes?"  A nod no.  "Do you want Jinlong to heat you up?"  An enthusiastic nod yes.  He held him close and heated his body.  The Xiao huli snuggled right down with a very smug look on his face.  Mo Yuan looked out the window and decided a few more winks wouldn't hurt anybody.  He closed his eyes and snuggled the Xiao Bai huli. 
     He woke a while later when something tickled his nose.  Yingjie was watching his mother tickle his Fuqin's nose with her tail.  When his eyes opened, she giggled while the silent little boy watched.  "So huli mischief wakes me this morning!  Yingjie can you move so I can get up?  Aren't you hungry?"  He nodded and climbed down from the bed.  He waited at the door for his Fuqin to lower the barrier for him.  Mo Yuan put on his robes and lowered the barrier.  Yingjie ran to his room to dress for breakfast.  By the time Mo Yuan made the rounds, he had quite the entourage of little people.  Gaoxing, Xingfu, Jingsi, Jiaxiao, Fengbao, WuYun, Yi, Yan and Yingjie.  Nine.  He settled them around him to feed them.  He was watching everyone eat as he fed bites to the hulis.  Yingjie was not eating.  He was watching something and trying to catch it with his fingers.  Mo Yuan watched him intently.  He very carefully sent out a finger of his power over the child.  He could sense nothing.  Just what did the child see?  Slowly the others filtered in to eat.  JinDe saw his Fuqin watching Yingjie with great concern.  "JinDe, are you going to see your doctor this morning?"  "As soon as I eat, I'm going.  Do you need anything, Fuqin?"  "Yes, have Jinzi come here at his first convenience."  "Is something wrong, Fuqin?"  "I'm not sure.  Yingjie called Xuan Yuan to himself last night."  "What?!?"  "Jingsi had a bad dream and sent out her distress call.  I ran to her, as did Baohu, Taiyang and Zhenzhu, but I was holding her when Yingjie came down the hall dragging Xuan Yuan saying 'me come'.  It's the first words he has spoken.  I'm concerned.  He is quiet and doesn't play well with the other children.  I know you have noticed he doesn't train well either.  Something is wrong.  Very wrong."  "I will talk to Jinzi for you."
     Yingjie was now thoroughly stuck to Mo Yuan.  Everywhere he went, the huli was with him.  He picked him up when he grew tired and kept him with him.  He laid him down for a nap and thought all was well.  The other children were sleeping but he would feel a grip on his robe and look down to see Yingjie holding on and grinning up at him.  Resigned to the fact that he was going to be with him, he realized that his fun just got cut off.  He huffed out loud.  Jinlong was getting aggravated.  He absolutely did not want to give up his sex life!  His mind was running in circles trying to figure out what he was going to do.  JinDe was at the Healing school getting his arm tended.  The young demon healer had worked wonders on his arm.  He put more balm on it and bandaged it.  "Lord JinDe, I believe the next visit will see your arm completely healed.  How does it feel?"  "It feels fine.  No pain at all!  Thank you!"  "Er ge, you can use it now.  It shouldn't interfere with your training schedule now."  "Good.  Jinzi, Fuqin said for you to come see him at your nearest convenience."  Alarm passed over his face.  "Is something wrong, Er ge?"  "I'm not sure.  Yingjie talked last night."  "Alright, I'll come this afternoon."
     Mo Yuan was sitting at his desk watching Yingjie scribble with his brush.  He tried to get it from him but he held on tight and zapped his hand when he did.  He picked up another brush and drew a character.  Yingjie copied it perfectly.  He drew character after character.  Yingjie copied them perfectly.  He started drawing pictures to represent each character.  He spoke and pointed at each character.  "Say it, Yingjie."  He pointed at the characters for "golden dragon".  "Say it."  Yingjie poked Mo Yuan in the chest.  "Jinlong!"  "Very good!"  "Jinlong, Jinlong, Jinlong!"  Mo Yuan pointed at the characters for black dragon.  Yingjie looked at Mo Yuan and tipped his head to the side.  He pointed at the characters and spoke, but it wasn't what Mo Yuan expected.  "Shushu."  Mo Yuan took out a clean piece of paper and drew the characters for "black dragon".  "Say this, Yingjie."  He looked confused.  Mo Yuan pointed and spoke it.  "Heilong."  For a moment Yingjie looked at the characters, looked at Mo Yuan and spoke a sentence.  "Shushu, heilong?"  "Yes, Shushu is a black dragon.  I am a golden dragon.  You are a Bai huli."  Mo Yuan hugged him close.  Jinzi had been watching the exchange very closely.  Was something wrong with Yingjie?  He was obviously very smart.  Very smart.  But why was he so slow in other areas?  Jinzi uncloaked and knocked on the door.  "Fuqin, Er ge said you wanted me?"  "You saw him?"  "Fuqin, he seems to be very smart.  Er ge told me he called Xuan Yuan last night.  Did he?"  "Indeed he did, but he won't talk about it or explain anything.  And now, as you can see, he is quite stuck to me.  All the time.  Even in my bed.  All night."  He looked Jinzi right in the eye as his eyes swirled gold.  "Ah, I see.  What changed?"  "Jingsi had a bad dream.  I ran to her because she had shifted and was crying her distress call.  Baohu, Taiyang and Zhenzhu also came out.  I had just knelt down to catch Jingsi in my arms when Yingjie came running down the hall dragging Xuan Yuan and saying 'me come, me come'.  I have no idea what he was thinking because he just won't talk about it.  Maybe he would talk to you?"  Jinzi held out his arms to Yingjie.  "Will you come talk to me, Yingjie?  San ge wants to hold you.  I'm a huli too!  Did you know?"  Yingjie hesitated just a moment and went to Jinzi.  He touched Jinzi's white hair.  "bai, bai".  "Yes, Yingjie, my hair is white.  Yours is golden.  I am a Xiao Jin Huli.  You are a Xiao Bai huli.  Mother is a Bai huli.  Understand?"  Yingjie tipped his head sideways.  "You huli, me huli, Fuqin not huli."  "If Fuqin is not a huli, what is he?"  Yingjie smiled just like Mo Yuan and pointed at his Fuqin.  "Jinlong.  Fuqin Jinlong."  "Yes!  He is Jinlong!  Where are your siblings, Yingjie?  Don't you want to be with them?  Don't you want to be with Er ge?"  Yingjie was in deep thought.  He looked back and forth between Mo Yuan and Jinzi.  "Want Fuqin."  "Fuqin has his duty and other children.  He can't ignore them just for you.  What if I want Fuqin?"  He sat Yingjie on the seat as he got up.  He walked around the desk and sat next to Mo Yuan.  He leaned on his shoulder.  Mo Yuan put his arm around his shoulder and held him close.  "See?  I want Fuqin too!  You can't make him carry you all the time!  We, your xiongdi and jiemei, need him too.  Do you understand?  You should talk more to let Fuqin know what you want.  Your didis talk, why don't you?"  Yingjie was getting aggravated and was wringing his hands.  He absolutely did not want Jinzi on his Fuqin.  Before Mo Yuan could stop him, Yingjie blasted Jinzi backwards.  Jinzi was angry when he stood.  Blood was coming out of his nose.  Yingjie was shocked and started grunting and reaching for Mo Yuan.  "No, Yingjie!  I want Fuqin!  You hurt me!  I want Fuqin!"  Jinzi fell across his Fuqin's lap and pretended to cry.  He winked.  "Yingjie, Fuqin is not happy that you have done this!  I will not keep you with me if it means your other siblings cannot come to me because of you.  I love you, but I love them too.  Now go to your room or go to the playroom.  Your mother is there.  I must tend to Jinzi now that you hurt him."  Yingjie stared at them for a moment and disappeared in a puff of green smoke.