10.000 Years is Not Forever (Guardian fanfic)

The Northern Dragon

Ye Zun look up to the sky for a while before their departure to save Zhao Yunlan. He had to confirm something, and he took a big gulp of air when he didn't see the sign he needed.

Nevertheless, he had to go. His lips pursed, his jaw clenched as if he was angry over something.

"Are you ready, Ye Zun?" Perun asked him.

Ye Zun's eyes darkened like a bottomless trench, his emotion was unreadable but Shen Wei knew before anyone, that Ye Zun had his own battle inside.

"Ye Zun has something else to do before departing, he'll catch up with us later." He nodded to his twin brother understandingly, and walked inside the circle created by the god Perun to transfer him from where they are.

Ye Zun concentrated for a while before teleported himself from that place, dissapearing from everyone.

He reappeared on the deeper side of the winter forest, where everything was covered in snow. His white cloak and silver hair made him even more difficult to distinguish from his surrounding.

He waited for a while to make sure that no one was in his tail, before he called out in the open air.

"Zhu Jiu..heed my call.."

Shortly after that, his man appeared before him. He kneeled solemnly and bowed his head, ready for his order.

"Zhu Jiu..any news regarding my request? I need it right now." Ye Zun look at Zhu Jiu's kneeling form, and sensed his restlessness.

"My Lord...Zhu Jiu reporting...i have found this creature in the deepest end of the mountain, but it was sealed inside the Soul Trapper mantra, impossible to retrieve it without..without..."

Zhu Jiu didn't finish his words, his voice stuck within his throat. Shivering, he hardened himself to look up and see his beautiful master.

Ye Zun looked back at him, and slowly lowered himself to match Zhu Jiu's kneeling form. A genuine smile bloomed on his face, the first one Zhu Jiu had ever face. The smile which could melt even a heart made of stone, the one Ye Zun very rarely shows.

"Master...you won't do that, will you? You..you have just gained yourself back, you.."

A rain of transparent tears fell on Zhu Jiu's cheek, his whole body was shaken by the force threatening to explode inside his heart.

Ye Zun pat his shoulder gently, and said in finality.

"My faithful Zhu Jiu, how lucky i am to have you as my confidant. We have been through thick and thin together, countless battles and glories, now i have to do what i should have done in my last life time."

Slowly, Ye Zun pulled Zhu Jiu into his embrace, and placed his head in the crook of his shoulder, into the coldness of his welcoming hug.

The sincere gesture had Zhu Jiu's already thin wall destroyed completely, he poured his heart into the white robe, and cried endlessly.

"Please don't leave me again, my Lord...i swore to only you, who shall i follow it's not you....of all the universe, i only seek for you...if you're not in this universe, where can i search?"

His plead was met by a gentle stroke to his hair, warmly comforting Zhu Jiu from his desolate heart.

"Zhu Jiu, please lead me with your smile, it is all i need as my strength. We must leave soon, time is running out."

Ye Zun let go of his brave subordinate, look at his eyes with a smile on his lips, and stood up.

"Come, we must go. That dragon must be revived soon." He extended his arms, gesturing Zhu Jiu to follow him.