Random Role Playing The Dark Chapters: Part 2. (PRIVATE)

IAMYOURENEMY posted on Sep 19, 2015 at 08:26AM
Plot

19 years have passed since the original events of the first chapter. The city has been rebuilt, the world has been united and most people have healed, save for some few who cling to their horrible and scarred pasts. There are some though, willing to disrupt this society's peace and order for selfish goals...Will you fight with the revolutionaries for a society ruled with the iron fist of their queen, or will you fight to uphold the order and peace that has been preserved for nearly 20 years?

The way of the government, education system and military.

The Government
After the 2019 incident with Hotaka Nagachika, the governments of Cantenseel were finally able to reach a compromise with each other. The Kanshinin councilors would act as a congress for Rex, who would be some sort of figure head, like the president. While he had power, he would have to present it to the councilors, who would either approve or disapprove of the proposal. Rex would have veto power, but it would only work for so much. The councilors and The president all choose a successor when they choose to retire.

The Education System
In Cantenseel, after the borders fell, they decided to merge the new generation with each other to make sure that pride from being from a certain area would not exist, the easiest way of course, was school. In the middle of Cantenseel where all four borders used to connect, a super school was created. It was three campuses. The elementary campus for K-5th Grade. The middle campus for 6-8th and the High/College campus for 9th-12+. This means that within the school, there are people who are in their mid twenties along with fifteen yearolds in the same campus.

The Military
In the 19 years that had passed, the military had became rather lax because of the peace. Most people who joined only abused it so they could one, have an easy job or two, so they could use it for their resume. Only few actually join it because they want to make a difference.

Backstory
24 years ago, an assassin named Tiras Elbinorune was sent on a mission to murder a woman named Felicia Stadner, who was the heiress to a very rich family. Tiras, mesmerized by the woman, was unable to pull the trigger. After an instant spark between the two, he joined the military for her to win a war that was over the horizon. After a series of trials and after impregnating Felicia, Tiras went beserk and nearly destroyed the world. 5 years later, he came back after his current wife had been murdered. After a brutal beating by the angry people of Cantenseel, a man named Hotaka Nagachika who had orchestrated most of the events in the story came and launched his attack. Soon, he overwhelmed the city with ghouls, which were man eating creatures that were seemingly invincible. While the prince of Hell, Belial, a powerful vampire named Joseph, a beast tamer named Renald, a Draki named Kierra and the son of Hotaka himself, Hei, fought against the other ghouls while Rex and Tiras fought against Hotaka, who had turned into a horrific monster the size of a skyscraper. After a long and hard battle, Hotaka was defeated. But at a cost. Tiras had been mortally wounded and died in front of his love, Felicia.

{Character Sheet}
[Name]

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[Faction](Revolutionary, Military, student etc.

[Age]

[Gender]

[Race]

[Power] (this is whether you use Magical Abilities or Scientific powers, whether it be via machines or simply some sort of scientific method, you can choose whether to explain how it works or not)

[Biography]

[Relationship](this would be your Spouse, Siblings and Friends, completely optional)

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Characters

IAMYOURENEMY:
Louisa Stadner. Age 24 (Page 1)
Virgil Elbinorune. Age 24 (Page 1)
Hei Nagachika. Age 43 (Page 1)
Raiden Lancaster. Age 27 (Page 1)
Mina Zhang. Age 41 (Page 1)
Ivanka Silvius. Age 40 (Page 1)
Irisviel Romanov. Age 38 (Page 1)
Eva Romanov. Age 17 (Page 1)
Seth Romanov. Age 17 (Page 1)
Joseph Bordeaux. Age N/A (Page 1)
Akira Cruz. Age N/A (Page 1)
Akiro Liang. Age 18 (Page 1)
Chidori Liang. Age 37 (Page 1)
Zhu Liang. Age 42 (Page 1)
Daniel Tren. Age 17 (Page 1)
Mei Zhang. Age 16 (Page 1)
Leia Feng. Age 24. (Page 1)
Gilford Silvius. Age 16. (Page 1)
Valeryia Silvius. Age 24. (Page 1)
Remi Elbinorune. Age 23 (Page 1)
Shiomi Devonshire. Age 23 (Page 1)
Belial Devonshire. Age N/A. (Page 1)
Alexander Bordeaux. Age N/A. (Page 1)
Vasilia Romanov. Age 61. (Page 1)
Takao Sesshoumaru. Age 32. (Page 6)
Yurichi Mizushima. Age 19. (Page 9)
Lucifer Devonshire. Unknown (Page 10)
Yamato Kirugi. Age over 100.
Adelger Kiesenger von Elbinorune the II. Age 17 (Page 22)
Karlen Von Jager. Age 116 (Page 29)
Karla Von Jager. Age 27 (Page 29)
Raul Espinoza. Age 25(Page 32)
Ramses the III. Age 30(Page 32)
Thutmose III. Unknown. (Page 34)
Jannik Haas. (Page 34)
Catriona Haas. (Page 36)
Praxilla Metz. 32. (Page 44)
Adalica Von Elbinorune(Page 36)
Aiymil Elbinonrune (Page 46)
Cynfael Bordeaux. (Page 42)
Ollie Silvius. (Page 44)
Akllah Folami. (Page 46)
Raymil Emeria. (Page 49)
Lanying Zhang. (Page 49)
Revala Emeria. (Page 49)
Raymil Emeria) (Page 49)
Reina Emeria. (Page 50)
Yang Min. (Page 51)
Miles Prise. (Page 52)
Chronov. (Page 54)
Cassius Prise(Page 55)
Saigon Derivil(Page 56)

Mirra1007
Felicia Tenshin. Age 48 (Page 1)
Sora Cruz. Age 41 (Page 1)
Yumi. Age 23 (Page 1)
Kierra Nagachika. Age 42 (Page 1)
Rex Ellington. Age 48 (Page 1) (President of Cantenseel)
Renald Silvius. Age 51 (Page 1)
Eadlyn Bordeaux. Age 24 (Page 1)
Souji Zhang. Age N/A (Page 1)
Ichirou Nagachika. Age 18 (Page 1)
Fayline Bordeaux. Age 46 (Page 1)
Cecilia Devonshire. Age N/A (Page 1)
Kane Tenshin. Age 50 (Page 1)
Ella Stadner. Age 31 (Page 1)
Dequan Zhang. Age 18 (Page 1)
Fillian. Age N/A (Page 1)
Annelise Florence. Age 22 (Page 1)
Lizana Janssen. Age 18 (Page 1)
Moira Prise. Age 17 (Page 1)
Gideon Narine. Age 20 (Page 1)
Riza Hannaka. Age 19 (Page 6)
Tomoe Mikage . Age unknown (Page 10)
Daliyah. Age N/A (Page 11)
Jeptha Veers. Age 22(Page 22)
Elvyne Silvius. Age 19 (Page 29)
Hideaki Ranshin. Age 43 (Page 32)
Tsuyoshi Hajime. Age 27 (Page 32)
Basile Allard. Age 25 (Page 32)
Mamoru Hidari. Age 25 (Page 32)
Calix Shreave. Age 47 (Page 32)
Willem the V of Nassau. Age 34. (Page 32)
Nori Rin. Age 15 (Page 32)
Kiyoshi Rin. Age 28 (Page 32)
Callum Silvius. Age 25 (Page 34)
Connall Silvius. Age 25 (Page 34)
Baldrik Haas. (Page 34)
Sauri Devonshire. (Page 44)
Lerida Devonshire. (Page 44)
Kuro Kaze Devonshire. (Page 44)
Tarquin Silvius. (Page 44)
Terryal. (Page 49).
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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"What do you think?" Li Jun asked with a raised eyebrow. "You're the first woman I've had a real conversation with besides my mother and sister and you know how those two are now." He said before looking at her and taking his finger from her chin. "I was affected by the words- the lipstick was merely a plus." He whispered out though it sounded as if there was a hunger behind it. "But you know....if you aren't intrigued, I understand but..it is your loss." He said with a wink, referencing her words earlier.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako was a tad bit surprised to hear that. He had truly only really talked to three different woman? Huh. She had expected atleast bit more than that. When he winked at her and trew her words back at him she could not help but chuckle as she stands up. She leans her body against him as she wraps one arm over his shoulder and behind his neck. "Who said I wasn't intrigued?" It was true that she was. She didn't know if it was the maids doing but they had been chatting about his handsome features for a very long time, making them stand out to her as well. And besides that, the man she had gotten to know in just a few conversations was someone she wanted to explore deeper. "Now I wonder. Will I really be stealing your first kiss right now?" She asked quietly before she put her other hand on his cheek, giving him no time to reply as she connected her lips with his in a firm but sweet kiss, thinking she should probably start out slow with him and guiding him a bit if this was really his first time kissing as well.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun answered with his bit of timidness in his kiss, a bit conscious of his performance before he began to get a bit more brave, using more of his lips and putting his hand on her side. "You are." He said to her I'm between the kiss, leaning in and kissing her again and biting her lip. Her grinned, reaching back and letting his raven black hair down before taking his other hand and putting it on her ass. He took both hands and hoisted her up, forcing her dress up her hips as he pressed her against the wall. He was immensely strong but his lips were soft- he continued to kiss, daring only a few times to look at her in the eyes with his tormented eyes. He didn't know what he was feeling- warmth but cold fear, anxiety where there should be bravery and torment where there shoulder be pleasure. Yet he faced his fears of being his father inside himself, knowing she wanted this and he did and this was okay. Taking a pause in their make outside he kept his face a bit distanced, breathing out a bit and looking into her eyes before smiling. "But I think I'll steal your best night away, Nanako." He said with her name rolling off his tongue as smooth as a butter knife cutting through butter, leaning in afterwards and sucking into her neck. He bit and kissed her neck, sliding his hand from her rear and rubbing her sensitive areas from her ass, holding her entire body up with the support of the wall and simply one arm.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako was quite enjoying their kissing and she was pleasantly surprised as he suddely hoisted her up and pressed her against the wall. She runs her hands through his now lose hair as they continoud, feeling him get a bit more confident in kissing her though she could not help but notice how he sometimes looked at her. She could not really place it. When he began to kiss her neck and rub her she leans her head back and moans softly, tangling one hand in his hair. It was sad she could not touch him more in this position but for now that was okay. "That is alot of pressure you are putting on yourself, Li Jun." She said to tease him but realized it might be true. With the hand she had in his hair she pulls him slightly up to look at her, her other hand on his cheek. "Just enjoy this. When you think it feels good, I will that too. No need to question everything. Try whatever you want." She said to encourage him a bit before kissing him again but this time she pried his lips open with hers and slid her tongue inside of his mouth as she began to kiss and rub his tongue very slowly to let him get a feel of it.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
When she told him to just enjoy this Li Jun smiled, feeling for one of the few first times a sense of something that wasn't related to what he was, who he was or anything else relating to things he could not change. He opened his mouth to speak but the only thing that happened was that her tongue slowly began rubbing his. He enjoyed it and reciprocated, slowly getting a feel for the foreign thing though he had an idea or two based on things he heard from the Youxia. He was gentle in the way he reciprocated it back, not being forceful and genuinely wanting to moment to be savored. When he was done he let her down gently, leaning against her and holding her as he buried his face away to hide from her gaze. "Please don't hurt me." He asked her quietly, referring more to emotional pain. "I've never....felt anything before, Nanako. I am but a child in this regard."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako internally moaned and shivered a bit as he began to respond, the sensation of her tongue rubbing against his making her legs melt a bit. She always enjoyed that quite alot and the way he was doing it, slowly and gentle, she might even prefer over hot and heavy kissing. When he put her down she actually thought he was going to pull her towards the bed but instead she was taken back by the sudden hug. Oh. That was what she had been seeing in his eyes. She had not been wrong. She reaches up and softly strokes his hair. "I think it is too late for that as I do recall stabbing you a few times." She mumbles a bit to lighten the mood as she kisses the side of his head she could reach. "You are lucky I am very good with children." She pried his head off of her shoulder to cup his cheeks and to make him look at her. "Did I not just say to not question everything? I mean this as well."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun looked at her with his pearl colored eyes screaming, then closing them so she couldn't see and pursing his lips. "I'll listen, I'll listen...I'll listen." He breathed out and opened his eyes. He placed his hand on her face, not letting a single tear come out as he applied light pressure to make her turn towards the bed. He was nervous but didn't show as he undid the strings on his body- the robe slipping off and revealing his naked body. He moved her hand to his throat where it had been sliced, closing his eyes as he put his forehead against hers. This was where his sister had sliced his throat, nearly having killed him when she betrayed him for the promise of being named a true Seiken. He hoped she'd understand the significance of that particular scar, not using words as his hand felt her body curiously. "Are all asses jiggly or is it just yours?" He asked with a smile, moving his hand up to her throat and lightly pushing her rear onto the bed.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako could hardly believe how scared he seemed to be feeling. But after hearing so many things about him she understood a bit. Though she probably wont ever fully. When he moved her hand there she gently runs her fingers over the scar. She remembered the maids telling her about his sister. And somehow she knew who this scar was from. To be betrayed like that... She was so distracted with her thoughts that she did not even feel him touching her till he gentle moved her down onto the bed. She chuckles softly at his question. "The better ones are." She replied with a slight grin before taking his hand. "Lay down." She said to him as she moved him onto the bed on his back. She hovered over him, giving his lips a soft gentle kiss. "Just close your eyes and feel for awhile." She said softly as her lips began to travel south all over his body, laying gentle kisses on all the scars she could find as her hands caressed his body, touching him firmly but gently. Though she retrained from touching his manhood. Not yet. She ended her kissing journey at his neck, softly kissing along the scar he made her touch.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"Yours is a very much better one." Li Jun flattered as he was laid down, receiving his kiss and closing his eyes. He felt calm, breathing out and imagining himself and her on some sort of cloud as she felt her hands over the most sensitive parts of his body- each scar sending a chill up his body. When she kissed along his neck he let out a quiet moan, sounding vulnerable even as the feeling felt amplified across his whole body and making his manhood stick out, seeming as large as the stories of the dragons that both his families told. He felt his hands up her short but wide and muscular legs, appearing to have had enough time just feeling while he slid her panties down, seeming to shyly peek an eye open and try to look over as his ran his hand on the sensitive pink parts of her.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako could not help but grin a bit as she heard him moan, feeling his body relax under her finally. Good. When she saw him peeking she could not help but giggle, the action so child like it almost could be called adorable. Softly she moaned before kissing him. "If you want to see I won't torment you any longer." She said as she got off of him and stood up from the bed. She reached backwards and opened the zipper so her dress, letting it fall down and revealing her well toned body. The bruising on her side on her ribs being the only flaw on her body at the moment. When she really looked at him now, laying on the bed, she could not help but blush a bit. Okay, she understood the maids now. She crawled back into the bed with him and kissed him again before rolling onto her back and pulling him on top. "Your turn." She said with a slight grin
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun looked at her like she was a goddess, seeing her brunette hair along with her body. She wasn't tall but she was wide in all the right places which made a fire burn inside him like dragons breath. While she was next to him he grinned and when he heard her say 'Your turn' began to move. He got on top of her and was in the missionary position, looking down at her. He felt his pale yellow toned hands on her even paler body, feeling his hands first down his pink nipples while he angled himself, trying to figure out where to go with his penis. He then put himself against the pink bits of her but this time for real, widening his eyes as he got in and began to slide in though it felt tight as if she'd tear in half. He bit his lip, looking at her and wondering if she was hurting from the expressions on her face and yet she didn't say no. It felt warm and tight and the feeling not only made his toes curl and his breath escape but it made him want more. He was slow and steady in his movements, looking into her eyes now rather than looking away so he could see the soul of the first woman he was making love to, finding it as beautiful as she was outside.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako softly bit her lip as he hovered on top of, bracing herself for what was to come as she had never been with a man that large. She gasped a bit before biting her lips as he stretched her out, arching her back a bit. She clenches her hands in the sheets as her body needed some tine adjusting to his size. But when that was done the hurt of his size quickly turned into alot of pleasure as he stroked her in a slow rythym. God that felt good. And she voiced that out clearly as her moans filled the room. She opened her eyes to look up at him. He was being so gentle. Looking straight into her eyes with a look that made her heart pound faster. She gave him a smile and a slight nod to let him know she was okay, pushing her hips up against him in the same rythym he was having.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun smiled back quickly but it faded as he continued to focus on what he was doing. He continued being gentle, not wanting to hurt her like he knew he could have. He placed his lips on her neck and kissed it lightly, licking her neck as he felt his hand up her while he continued to thrust in and out of her slowly, wanting to make sure she felt every bit of it as he brought his hand to her breast, rubbing it and focusing on the nipple a bit as he started to be a bit harder with his thrusts, biting on her neck and sucking as hard as he could to leave a large hickey. He moved his torso and arms up, raising her under from her knees and holding her up as he began to pound her now, using his strong core and hip strength to hit deep in her uterus as he began to lightly breathe out, none too tired from their session.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako ran her hand through his hair and tilts her head back to give him better acces to her neck. For someone with no experience he was being pretty good. Very good. And then he began to let himself go more. And boy was she not really prepared for that. She gasped as he began to pound her like that, pushing himself all the way in, her body barely being able to take hin in completely. Her moans turned into small screams filled with pleasure as her body began to fire up, her toes curling as she began to pant. Dear lords. "Oh, Li Jun!" That accidently slipped out but her mind and body were too occupied with trying not to go over the edge already.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun grinned as he heard his name, keeping his eyes on her as he took her hard. His hair began to swing back and forth as his old bed creaked hard- the floorboards even creaking louder while Li Jun felt his entire body warm up with one objective which was to just pound. He continued to do just that, pausing only when one of the boards in his bed broke and even then not for long, spreading her legs far and panting out now- his chiseled body sweat glistened and his hair sticking to him as he felt his whole body tingle as the only thing he could describe as pure bliss occurred. He came inside her, shooting enough seed into her that it even dripped out while he was inside and having his whole body go numb while he let out a load moan, saying her name and dropping down while still inside of her, too drained now to even move as he wrapped his arms around her and managed to get himself out, having her in a cuddle sleepily while he was in his own cloud nine existence. "I was missing out." He admitted with a tired grumble to her, holding her and nuzzling his face in her hair like he loved her.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako's screams got so loud that she needed to bite her hand to silence it a bit, not wanting the entire palace to hear. Vaguelly she heard and felt the bed crack but they were both way too engrossed with eachother to care. She felt like she was near hyperventilating as her bodg reached hights of pleasure she had not experienced before. And when it released her whole body tensed as she voices out her high in one final scream. Her mind was foggy, feeling her toes tingle, and when the fog cleared she noticed him holding her. She tried to calm her breathing but her troath felt very dry. "I was missing out something too...." she admitted, not being able to deny how good that was. "You must have lied to me. There is no way you were a virgin. You are not that good wh-" She turned around in his arms and wanted to go lean on her arm so she could look down into his face. But the moment she tried to push herself up she was reminded of her painfull ribs, the twist she tried to force her body into hurting her quite a bit. She hissed as she grabbed with her other hand to her side and carefully laid back down. She took a deep breath and breathed out. She was fine on her back and if she was carefull with it but she should be more carefull.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun felt bad about her ribs but also remembered that she did in fact try to kill him, so instead he leaned over and sat up to kiss it before laying back down before looking at her, his face so close to hers. "You're right, I'm not." He smiled. "I was. I'm not anymore." He mumbled. "That was my first time but when you've had forty years to get an idea of what's good..you have an idea." He reached his hand up, messing with her hair a bit slowly. "How old are you? Where you from, how...are your parents?" He asked her lazily, seeming pretty at peace.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako noticed how many small affectionate things he was doing. Nuzzling her hair. Kissing her bruise. Ruffling her hair. Huh. Strange. Strange that he was showing so much... attachment? Yes, attachment to her already. I mean. Yeah, they just had a very intimate moment but people often has sex for just fun and nothing more. No sweet gestures and such. But this was not that she felt like. Him asking her personal questions just confirmed it. "Thrirty, Japan and dead. And that is all you need to know." She said as she pokes his nose. And then she thought back to Japan. Suddenly feeling sad. She could not return without Li Jun dead. And she could not do that to him. Not to the man she had quickly gotten to know as a selfless beacan of hope for his peoole. So she could not return. There was just no way to.... "Do you remember me telling you there was nothing you could do for me?..." She reaches out and brushes a bit of hair behind his ear. "There is one thing now. Could you send that letter you wrote. But instead to Yasuda with an announcement of my death in it. Don't ask me why...." She asked him softly.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"A letter gloating to my father? Gladly." Li Jun said with a smile smile, looking over at her. "Thirty...I remember my thirties. I was still a general because my mother was leading the change." He laid on his back, looking up at the ceiling. "Anything else you know...just let me know. I wont ask, but I have an idea and if my suspicions are right you'll just need to tell me where to not attack." He said to her, suspecting she had family ahead cared for. "Because a storm is coming Nanako, tomorrow I believe you'll see the true...extent of my peoples rage."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako felt her stomach clench as she laid on her side facing him. Right. The war they were starting. Honestly, she couldn't care less about it. Japan had never done her right. Not that she thought starting a war was good though. If she killed it she could stop it. But to his people he was everything. The pillar keeping everything together. She had seen the poverty here. The terrible living conditions. As a country, Japan was stronger, but China had more heart. She was not going to meddle in this. She was a assassin for hire. Nothing more. "House Masamune.... Don't attack that residence where they live." She mumbles quietly.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"Done." Li Jun said quietly before fully settling down in bed. Eventually he fell asleep, having dreams of another time. He was planning for the rebuilding of a village, sketching a wall that he was going to have put so they could hold out against the Japanese as his sister came in- a scarred woman with one pearly eye and one that was cut out from a scar running down her face.

"Busy brother?" His sister asked with a smile that resembled his, walking over- the clank of her armor audible with each step.

"Just a bit." Li Jun said before folding it up, taking a candle and pouring the wax over. As he was doing that he heard a blade be unsheathed and then before even having reaction time, being dragged across his throat. He fell out of his chair and dropped the candle, crawling and laying on his back while his sister held her sword, looking at him.

"I'm sorry little brother. I'll be empress for doing this- a sacrifice I need to make to get out of...this poverty." She said before stabbing her sword down. He grabbed the candle to try to defend it but the blade cut through it, going deep into his heart as the candle fell on him while everything came black.

Li Jun then woke up screaming- his hands in front of his chest as if trying to hold the blade from going into him. Sweat drenched his body and his heart pounded as hard as possible- his body shaking from the nightmare.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako wondered what to do when he seemed to be going to sleep. Well.... She guessed it was okay to go sleep then as well. It surprised her though that he felt so quickly comfortable next to her. The woman send to kill her. Though he probably knew that was not her plan anymore. She settled in as well, glad to be sleeping in a nice, now a bit broken, bed. She was fast asleep when she suddenly was jolted awake by screaming. Reacting immediatly she sits upright and grabs the first weapon she could find, which was the lamp next to her on the nightstand. But then she noticed who the screaming was coming from. She puts the lamp back and clicks it on, lighting the room in a soft yellow light. She sat upright onto her knees, gently cupping his cheeks to make him look at her. "Li Jun! Hey. You are safe. It was a nightmare. I am here. You are safe. Look at me. You are safe." He was doing really bad. She even saw his body shake. "Come here." She pulled him to sit upright so she could hold him, putting his head on her shoulder as she strokes his hair and softly rocks him a bit. "I am here. You are safe."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun's eyes dialated as he realized it was her. He breathed out, his body stopping its shaking but his skin wet like he'd been in a swimming pool. His quick breathing slowed and finally became normal- Li Jun grabbed her wrist, looking as if he'd been terrified. "Thank you.." He spoke out quietly, gulping and reaching over to a cup of water he had by his bedside and chugging it so fast it spilled down his chin and onto the bed. "They usually never end...you ended it." He said quietly, feeling cold all over. "I've died a thousand times, every night in that dream."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako smiked softly at him and felt a bit relieved as he seemed to calm down and come back to earth. She brushes a piece of hair out if his face, noting even his hair was drenched. She puts her other hand on his cheek and gives his forhead a soft kiss. "You're alive. Don't worry...." She said softly before standing up and going to the bathroom. She searched around for awhile before finding a washcloth and a towel. She made the washcloth wet before walking back to him, sitting down back next to him as she gently began to wipe his body off. Cleaning off the sweat. "You don't have to talk about it. But if you want to you can. I heard from the maids this often happens...." She says as she moves the washcloth from his chest to the back of his neck.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun was quiet, seeming distant before shaking his head, not knowing. "I don't..I dunno. I don't know what haunts you and..I've told no one of what happened." He frowned, looking at the wall and shaking his head. He ran his hand over his heart, remembering the moment it stopped. He felt his throat where his throat had been slit. "Of how I came back to life...when I had been..murdered, betrayed.." He looked to the side. "Even my mother I could not bare to tell.."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako could see that this was all too much for him to handle right now. That he did not know what to say ir tell or how to act. "Then you don't have to tell me now." She said before moving to sit behind him, leaning her own back against the headboard as she lets his back lean against her chest so he was sitting between her legs. She places his hand on his heart, keeping her hand over his. "Just calm down.... Feel that? It's beating. You are alive and living. Just think about that." She said softly before kissing the side of his head. She was being very comforting and sweet. She was used to consoling children. Though this was different and an extreme case. It felt natural to do though.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun thought about it and closed his eyes, nodding his head and breathing out, sleeping with her. He held onto her like a child to his mother, looking peaceful in his sleep and in his daze, muttering something about loving someone. He slept peaceful the rest of the night, not letting go of her once and seeming like a baby with the way he slept, being close to her warm body.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako felt his breathing slow down and soon realized he was falling asleep. Oh. So this was going to be her sleeping position tonight. Not quite comfortable. And it was not like she could wiggle out from behind him as he held onto her. But when she saw him asleep like that it was fine. She smiled softly as she for the longest time ran her hand through his hair befotre eventually falling asleep as well.

The next morning, the palace was in a bit of an uproar as their chairman had not arrived yet. He was supposed to give a speech in half an hour and he was no where to be seen. Normally he would already be there one or even two hours early. And when Genjo heard that news, he could not help but be terrified for Li Jun's life, nomatter what had happend before. He ran through the halls, some other Youxia following and splitting with him to search other areas of the home. But Genjo went straight to the bedroom and swung it open. "LI JU-" He was just in time to dodge the flying lamp as it shattered behind him. He pulled out his sword to attack when he saw who had trown it. Making him freeze as he saw the naked woman sitting upright in Li Jun's bed next to the badly awoken chairman himself. By his scream probably. "Wha-"

"OUT!" The woman suddenly shrieked and he was lucky he thought she had nothing else to trow. Though he quickly closed the door, standing frozen on the other side of it. Nanako sighed deeply as she rubs her face and looking over at Li Jun, feeling bad that his peacefull sleep had not continoud in a peacefull morning. "He was damn lucky I did not have my knife near me." She mumbles before sighing again and stretching a bit.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"What, the lamp, wait, wait-" Li Jun rolled out of bed groggily, nearly falling over as he got out before looking at the clock and shrieking. "Oh god I overslept." He said quickly began a rush, getting on his ceremonial garb which was on a mannequin and tying his hair up into a top knot, putting in a hair pin that had a golden Chinese dragon which was passed down from each of the emperors of China. He then got his boots on, rushed his teeth and sprayed on cologne before looking at her. "You'll be with my Youxia, wearing like...something to hide your face, I have to go." He quickly kissed her before walking out of his room, seeing Genjo and quickly walking with. "Sorry, long night. What did I miss?"
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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako did not even have the time to ask for what he had overslept, nor did she even had the time to get out of bed as she watched him rush, kiss her and then leave. She blinked a few times. Boy he had been fast.

"Nothing yet. Just the time. You weren't as early as before." Genjo spoke, filling him in, though it was very very clear he wanted to ask about what in the world had just happend. He was still a bit in shock from it. "Who... Was that?" It was so weird to imagine Li Jun with a woman that he actually thought he might have been imagining things. Li Jun with a woman was almost unthinkable.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"Yeah I uh...had a good nights rest." Li Jun mumbled out before trying to figure out how to answer Genjo's question. "Alright." He said in a hushed voice. "She's an assassin from Japan- she was an assassin from Japan and she tried to kill me. I lied about her being my concubine so I wouldn't have to explain and I was trying to get her to fight for us, but for some reason the maids gossiped about me, she visited me in my chambers as I mourned and one thing led to another and I lost my virginity, broke my bed and she managed to calm my nightmares." He cleared his throat. "So to answer your question, that was my future wife." He chuckled out as they came to the meeting room, opening the huge doors and seeing all his communist council, his generals, his mothers assistants and his Youxia which filled the entire room and out the doors as well.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Genjo had no idea what shocked him the most. She was an assassin. He had bedded her. And now he was planning on making her his wife.... "Are you insane?!" He hissed in a hushed tone as they entered the room, needing to say what he was about to say. "She is a Japanese assassin. They are trained for this. Searching your weakness and using that to weaken you and murder you. And apparantly your weak spot is a hug and your dick. Wake up, Li Jun. An assassin like that one works for themselfs and for their own gain. You have no idea what she might do. She will betray you if the price paid is high enough. She is dangerous and a liability you cant have right now." He had to wake Li Jun up.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"The situation is under my control, all of it. If you believe she could kill me, you're wrong- this is under my control. We may speak of it later, when we have time Genjo. " Li Jun hissed. He seemed to no longer want to speak of it and he sat down at his table, crossing his legs and holding his hands while everyone seemed to look at him. "So.....chairman, yes."

"Yes well.." The head of the council, Yang Chang folded his hands and looked to the side with a raising of his eyebrows. "We as a council have came to a decision that while the election was fair and true.." He sighed quietly. "We as a council are given the power by our system to reject a candidate based on matters of national security. We believe that you may cause a war- a war that...we very well could lose. We intend on putting someone perhaps a it more...formally educated in your stead, someone without the baggage of all the nonsense of Japan."

Li Jun balled his fist and gulped, looking down at the table and biting his lip before gritting his teeth. "Then I'll burn the system." He barked out- his pupils shrinking as he drew his weapon. In response his Youxia did too, all weapons threatening the council as Li Jun looked at them. "Or are we reconsidering our decision?"

"We...perhaps are." Yang Chang said while holding his hands up, shaking a bit. "T..Though...Li Jie may be.."

"Li Jie was not formally elected, I am the true chairman- I am the true emperor, the voice of the people and the one who will end the century of humiliation! I will bring fire to the land of cherry blossoms and the rising sun and will break the chain of nobility, do you understand?" Li Jun said to Yang as he poked the tip of his sword below his chin, making it bleed and spill on to his blade as the old councilman began to weep in fear.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Genjo pulled out his weapon as well, being behind his chairman all the way still. How in the world could the council think they could force him out if his position. The people wanted him. Stood behind him. Were willing to figbt for him. And this all proved it. He glanced around the room to see if anyone was foolish enough to try something still when his eyes fell on a pair of golden and green eyes, the rest of her face hidden by cloths as she was wearing an outfit that the Youxia used for their own assassination and sneak attacks. But those eyes he did regonize as they had been glaring at her not that long ago. He did not trust that woman one bit. The way she was looking, observing the room, it nerved him. He also noticed she kept her arms slightly folded, one hand over her other lower arm, standing ready for something. She had a weapon. She had to have. In her sleave. He kept his sword drawn, his eyes only on her now to see if she would dare make a move.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun stared at the council and decided their fate right there, looking around and knowing all eyes would judge him based on his first decision. He breathed out and took the blade from Yang Chang's fat chin, sheathing it and looking around. "I am merciful. Imprisonment for five years and then exile to the scorched plains- let god decide their fate after." He decreed before looking around, seeing the council removed from his presence and forced to wait outside, bound. He looked around and sighed internally, seeing all the eyes on him from his Youxia. "We all here, bastards, forgotten and unwanted by our mothers and fathers. We all have fought since our day of birth to be alive, to be here and fighting. I may be everyone's emperor now, but I will always fight for my brothers and sisters in the Youxia the hardest. We are brothers in sisters- we are a family beyond blood but in soul. Please, each and everyone of you kneel and accept my as your emperor before all else if you find it right that I be your leader."

Not a single person stood a second longer after in that room. Li Jun's eyes were wide as he walked between them, feeling his gentle hand on each and every one of their shoulders and breathing out. Never had the weight of being a ruler now weighed so heavy but it was beautiful and it even brought tears to his eyes, realizing what he was to his people. "Thank each and every one of you for your faith in me- I will be the emperor China was promised by god himself!" He barked out. "I am the promised emperor, the one to end the thousands years of shame and to bring Japan to a heel! I am Emperor Zhang Li Jun, the dragon of the west!" He said as the Youxia began to stand and get excited. He then walked, motioning for his people to follow and after they all began to march out of the hall of supreme harmony and left the forbidden city- the clanking of armor louder than anything else.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako watched them all kneel, not even a second of hesitation in a single one of them. And as they marched out, she stayed behind. Not that she did not want to see more but it was just to be safe. If even a single one of Yasuda's spies was out she could get in trouble. Instead she returned to Li Jun's room and took a long shower before getting dressed. In a dress again. The maids had apparantly made a few after yesterday. Making her wonder if she would ever wear pants again. After taking quite some time looking through his book case and actually reading one she noticed 5 hours passed already, her stomach notifying her of that so she left the room to head towards the kitchen. She did not make it though as from the other side of the hall the blonde Youxia from that morning and some others approached her. "Hello." She said with a kind smile.

But Genjo only narrowed his eyes more. "You can cut the pleasanteries. I know who you are and you are deffinantly not safe enough to have walking around, Japanese scum."

"That is quite the insult. And I do not know what you are talking about. Perhaps you find me too beautifull to be around men alone but I am hungrey and Li Jun's faithfull concubine. So if you excuse me." Nanako lied and like a pro as she smiles and tries to head on her way but the man drew their swords.

"You are not leaving." Genjo growled. "Lieing like it is your second nature. Disgusting. You may fool Li Jun but not us. He personally told me what you are, assassin. And you may be doing a very good job fooling him but wr are drawing the line here. For his safety. Because we know the only thing you are trying to fuck is his trust after coaxing him in and then slitting his throat. I am not going to let that happen. He will thank me later for this when he realizes that." He said as he reached out to grab her.

Nanako was faster as she jumped backwards, grabbed the knife hidden in the sleave of her dress and cut into the man's hand. Just a cut to surprise him, stop him and give her time to turn and bolt away. She heard his scream and the command to grab her before she heard the other man going after her. She ran as fast as she could. In midrun even cutting open her dress so she would not trip. Where would she go. Each time she thought she had lost them for a second she would round a corner and find another Youxia, making her curse and switch direction. They knew the palace better. They were going to trap her in a corner. With one knife she could only do so much. And she did not think Li Jun would forgive her if he killed even a single soul. Another Youxia blocked her path. This time she ran straight towards him but bere she reached him she surprised the man by suddenly walking up the wall, pushing herself off and kicking him in the face unconcious. She rounded the corner, being met by five more and before she had time to turn there were 3 behind them. She took out her knife again, standing ready to fight. But there were to many of them. She managed to cut a few here and there. But without being able to kill it was a lost fight. She would have won other wise. But instead her arms were grabbed and she was forced roughly onto the ground as they began to tie up her hands behind her back.

Genjo knelt down infront of her, grabbing her hair with his bloodied hand as he forces her to look up, making her groan a bit at the painfull angle her neck was forced into. How she had been fighting said enough about how much of a danger she was. "You'll be on your way soon back home. Probably with a little less pieces of yourself. But first, we are goinf to talk." The woman yelped and trashed as she was hoisted up, making it rather hard for the Youxia as they tried to move her to one of the torture chambers.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"My lord, the Youxia has captured your concubine." One of the maids came into his room, looking very worried.

"They're dead." Li Jun spoke out- his gut sinking as he got up quickly from his room, so angry that he was turning red. Bursting into the torture chambers and seeing them getting her prepped to be tortured. "Genjo Youxia!" He screamed out so loudly it made his own ears ring. "What is it you think you are doing?" He asked as he began to breathe out. "Did I say to do this?!" He asked as he became so angry that his eyes began to glow a bit- the candles in the rooms beginning to rise high and melt them where they stood.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako sighed a bit in relief as she saw him burst in but Genjo only stood a bit straighter as the other Youxia shied a bit backwards. "You did. You asked me, no, put me in a position where I was responsible for your safety. And that is exactly what I am doing now. You may not see but she is using you. Manipulating you. She must have failed her first attempt so she knows she cant beat you straight up. So now she waits for you to open up more and more till she gets the chance to kill you. You said it yourself. She came to you while you were mourning. When you were at your weakest and used that to mold your now blind trust in her. It ain't going to happen. This country needs you too much to let this wench kill you."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun walked over and simply pushed Genjo out of the way, grabbing Nanako and looking at him with a scowl. "I decide what is necessary for this country Genjo, the people have chosen me. If she wished to kill me, she'd have done it last night- she'd have done it when I ate the food she gave me, or she'd have done it any other of the opportunities she has been given by me to see if she'd try- I know what I am doing, I've been rooting out traitors longer than you've been alive!" He barked out, untying her binds. "My own sister cut my throat and stabbed me in the heart Genjo- what you are means nothing and sometimes you need to look beyond the surface. You, as a Youxia should know that more than anyone and I wished that if you learned anything from what I wanted you to be taught it'd be that." He said before clearing his throat." The rest of you, out!" He barked out, waiting for them to leave before breathing in. "She came here a hired killer, not some fanatic and saw the opportunity of a life time Genjo. After seeing what is here, seeing our movement she has changed her mind as she has opened her heart to the plight of our people. What you did is show that the Japanese has scarred us-" He poked Genjo. "-Made us weak, made us fearful!" He grit his teeth. "Is that what you are?"
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
"Did you not taught us that!" Genjo yelled in return, feeling his own anger rise as Li Jun was protecting this woman like that. "Did yoy not tell us to be weary of them?! That they will kill when they have the chance! That they are cunning and sly and will do anything to break you?! I can't believe how easily you are letting that slip fron your own mind after seeing a pretty set of eyes. Do you rrally believe she oh so magically changed her mind in one night?! Wake up! There must be something she is doing this for. These people are trained for this, Li Jun! Ofcourse she would not strike at the first oppertunity. Perhaps she is not even here alone to kill you but find information as well. Did you think about that?! Or do you really are that blinded that you would someone like that, here to kill you, over someone who has been protecting and servibg you all your life!"
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"I taught you to be smart above all else boy, or have you forgotten what I am?" Li Jun asked Genjo with a grimace. He then smiled, looking at Genjo. "I love you Genjoy, you fool. I raised you like my own so you could could be smart, so you could do what's appropriate for your country. You did...just what I wanted." Li Jun then realized in his own hubris that Genjo was doing what he taught him and laughed out loudly, seeming to laugh for forever. Tears were in his eyes as he stopped and he wagged his finger looking at him. "You listened well. You passed the test I set for you." He said with a smile. "You really were into it, you really believed I allowed an assassin to pull wool over my eyes?" He chuckled out. "I had to know your loyalty to after you and Li Jie's unfortunate event. You did more than just prove- you showed me you have what it takes to be my second."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Both Nanako and Genjo were a bit stunned into silence by Li Jun's sudden laughter and reveal. A test? Nanako caught in quickly and smiles as well, putting a hand on Li Jun's chest as she smiles a bit shyly up at him. "Did I do good?" She asks like a girl needing approval before looking at Genjo and shrugging with one shoulder apologetically. "I am sorry. But my emperor asked this of me. I really am his concubine though. That is not a lie."

Genjo could hardly believe it. No. This was not a concubine. How could she be? The way she reacted and sliced his hand, the way she struggled and injured his men. Heck, he even heard someone saying she jumped and walked on the wall to get over someone. And then that look in her eyes. "Then how in the world...."

"Did I manage to defend myself? Easy. My father was a material arts teacher. As if the emperor would chose a concubine with less than the best abilities." Nanako answered fluently as she wips her hair behind her shoulder and then softly touches her busted lip. "Though I might have gone a bit to far. He did allow me to wound some of you minorly to make it more believable."

Genjo did not take his eyes off of her. Trying to see the slightest slip on her facade. There was none. Was she.... She was telling the truth. Li Jun would not been as stupid to lay with an assassin. He was cunning enough though to make such a test.... He sighs deeply as he pinches the bridge of his nose. "Serieusly. After yesterday you thought this was a wise thing to do? Testing me like this.... Well, now you know. Glad that atleast you are happy with the results." He says, clearly being displeased but not even wanting to bother to bicker with him right now. So instead he turned around and walked out.

When she was certain he was gone, Nanako lets out a sigh. "Perhaps it is an idea to not tell people who I really am." She said as she touches her busted lip again. She think it may have been an ellbow but the ground could have busted her lip as well.
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پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"I realize now that my people will do what they think is right, regardless of my say. Seems they might have...misinterpreted some of my teachings." Li Jun grumbled out while looking over at Nanako. He leaned in and gave her a kiss where her lip was busted, a bit displeased that had happened. He winced as he looked around the torture chambers, remembering when they were so full they have to chain people to the floors. The screams as he came walking- help me help me help me, gods help us. Then he opened the doors- pregnant women all chained by the Japanese- semen, urine and excrement on the floor. He remembered one young girl, the age of twelve or littler chained against the wall. He then was taken out of his mood by a cold chill, turning around and looking back at Nanako. "Let's get out of here." He said to her before leading her out of the maze of halls, going through a gate and being back in the courtyard. He walked her to the golden water river- a river built by his ancestors to flow through their forbidden city. "I haven't understood until today what I mean to people...but now I realize I'm everything to these people. What will they do when I go to Japan and take that throne?...will they hate me for it?"
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako softly touched her lips after he gave her such a casual sweet kiss. She shook it off a bit as she followed him outside, her first time being in the courtyard actually. It was pretty nice she noted. At his question she was quiet for a second. She sat down next to the stream, putting her hand in the cool goldeb looking waters. "Honestly. Yes...." She looked up at him. "You are everything for your people. You fight for them. And they know you are doing this for their wealth and to better their lives. But you are starting a war, Li Jun. You know what wars bring. And you are the one bringing that to them now. Look at Britain. Do you think they like Tiras? They love Lady Hayes so they accept Tiras as far as they can. But you, starting a war in Japan... I think they will hate you for the longest time." She answered in all truth.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
Li Jun looked at the waters and stared, shaking his head. "But they hate Tiras more...they have to." He placed his hands on the railing. "He started a war simply for that woman- sacrificed so many lives. I believe if I go to Japan, show them what a real ruler...one that gives himself for his people can be like...I can unite them too." He frowned. "I hate Yasuda for what he did but I as I have grown older have faith in your people too as I am Japanese too. I know I will never make them love each other- they can never love each other, but if I can get a conversation going, get trade going..in three or four generations they could forget the war- they could see each other as people under one united empire rather than Japanese or Chinese.." He smiled. "They may hate me all that they want but what I intend to set is the grounds for something..beautiful, something I will not live to see."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
Nanako kept looking up at him as he spoke so passionatly about his goals and his dreams. "You heart is deffinantly better than his.... You are even willing to be hated your entire life, carry that burden, so their next generations can live in peace and prosperity. You really are a dreamer aren't you." She says as she smiles softly and stands up. She leans with her back against the railing, putting her hands behind her on the railing as well as she looks up at the sky. "I just hope you don't burn too much to the ground before you start rebuilding it." She said quietly. Japan had never given her anything. She did not feel attached to it. But still, her whole heart was there at the moment. Her whole reason of living was still there. And that sad feeling she had been feeling yesterday returned. She had felt it before on many missions. But now that she knew she really would not return.... It was a different feeling now.
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"Sometimes you need to destroy what is evil and rebuild it new so it is better. God did that with his universe, I will do it to a corrupt empire." Li Jun looked at his hands on the railing seeing what they symbolized- the hands that wielded destruction. "The innocents will be spared but the military and the government will have to be gone- what they represent is a system of oppression that must be broken. Then I will dismantle their government, dissolve the nobility system in exchange for letting them keep their lands and palaces- I will burn the ones that don't pledge allegiance to me in the war first to show them." He looked stern, frowning east before looking over at her. "I am a dreamer but one who is realistic- I understand the sacrifices required for such action. Few lives ended now, to end the strife and conflict generations later from a family of paranoid maniacs. Only I...can understand the cost required for this. China was once a land of political infighting...strife and the Japanese destroyed us and burnt us down to the ground, allowing my mother who was a visionary to rise and make us come from...dirt, to where we are now. You see that once you wipe the slate clean, force people to unite and rebuild there is exponential growth- there is unity never seen before. A society..better is made." He smiled, tears in his eyes. "I care for nothing else save for my people...the Chinese but also the Japanese people too. Why do you think I've gone to learn so many of their customs- to speak the language perfectly? To want to build alliances with the clans rather than burn them all?" He spoke out to her. "Genjo cannot understand, they only are focused on the destruction...only I can see the beauty after."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
"Ofcourse he won't understand. No one will. But that is just human because people always focus on the hurt, the loss, the negative sides instead of the things that could be gained. I think only you can see it because you have been thinking about this I feel like your entire life." Nanako says before looking at him again. "It is kinds unfair though that you would work this hard and won't be able to see the result.... But I guess your children and those children after will."
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک IAMYOURENEMY said…
"This is what I was born for." Li Jun said quietly. "My mother would have cut me from her womb if she couldn't see the future of what I could bring. Loving me...was second. Duty was always first." He brushed the hair out of his face. "But I've known this. The love I've gotten was simply a side effect of because of what I was. Life has always been cruel and unfair to me- it bothers me little anymore "
پہلے زیادہ سے سال ایک Mirra1007 said…
"That sounds very cold..." Nanako says quietly as she glances at him. "I think you are underestimating how much people adore you. The maids, the Youxia, i heard them both talk only good things about you. The way that Genjo guy was willing to protect you. That is also love. And i don't think it is only because of what you are. I don't think loving you was second to your mother either. The love of a mother is unconditional "