Miracle Box - an MLB rewrite

Intermission 3 - Tianma and Huli Jing

A/n
Hitting you with another intermission story because I feel so bad about taking a break 😔 (back at Uni... sophomore year... yay...)

This one is the horse and fox wielders so... it'll be FUN. Tianma is a mythological creature horse that sometimes has dragon-like appearance so I wanted to make the wielder have both the horse and dragon BUT- I haven't shown the dragon yet in the fic and I think I really cooked with its power design so I don't want to spoil that here sorry 🥲😅 rip

Zhou Dynasty, 803BC, the disappearance of the dragon kwami.

"Huli..." Tianma pulled her face back slightly. Huli Jing leaned closer to make up for the lost space. Her eyes, oh how emerald they were, bore into Tianma's with such a passionate intensity that the wielder of the horse miraculous was at a loss for words—similarly losing her breath which hitched slightly as Huli Jing leaned in.

"We will recover the dragon," Huli Jing assured, "I promise."

"You're helping me..." Tianma said in surprise. Currently, the two stood upon the roof of the city's great sorcerer. Tianma had her sharp boomerang blade just millimeters from Huli Jing's lower gut, and the fox themed vigilante had the fiery end of her flute lightly placed against Tianma's chest. Tianma knew this was a threat but she still couldn't help but silently yearn for Huli to raise the flute to her chin, using it to perhaps bring her face closer—

Tianma flushed and squeezed her eyes shut, furrowing her brows to show her frustration.

"We can't be rivals if you're significantly weaker than me, now can we?" Huli said, and as if reading Tianma's mind, she brought the end of her flute under Tianma's chin.

"I-"

"I'll make the wretch whole stole it from you regret being born," Huli said, finally pulling away. Tianma opened her eyes and saw Huli was already leaping off the roof before she could get a word in. She touched her own throat, gasping for breath. Her heart was practically jumping right out of her chest! She quickly summoned a portal by her side using the miraculous's power and fled back home.

She detransformed, nearly collapsing in the process. The portal vanished as Kaalki materialized at her side.

"Jing Qi!" Kaalki gasped, "I apologize for my profanity but what the actual fuck was that?!"

"Kaalki I think I'm in too deep!"

"No shit!" Kaalki snorted, "now why'd you run back home? Longg has been stolen!"

"I think I-"

"I cannot let the master hear of this!"

"I know! I know! I just don't know if I can go back out there right now! Not like this!"

"Longg is too powerful to be used for evil purposes. You better get to him before bad things are done or even worse, Huli Jing gets him first!"

"Huli..." Tianma nearly fainted.

"Now is not the time! Jeez, what's gotten into you?!"

"It's nothing!" Tianma shook her head, trying to make her odd invasive thoughts disappear.

"I don't need a resting period. The sorcerer who took Longg has gone west and Huli Jing is already on the prowl."

"What good am I without Longg?! How am I supposed to save them?"

"I feel insulted," Kaalki proclaimed.

"Sorry," Tianma bowed her upper body to Kaalki apologetically.

"You're stronger than you think. Sure, Longg gives you flashy abilities. But you'd be nothing without me. You're the fastest hero in the world. Don't let Huli Jing win this race."