LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

Guess, everything got better between Ayane and Yi Kwan.

But Ayane was still leaning to kiss, "Come on, Mingxia! Just one more... For luck... Please ", she begged in her husky voice that could be mistook easily as a male voice.

"You are nasty!", Xing laughed off while trying to push her away holding her shoulders and her anger at the Water Emperor went away looking at Ayane all bright and cheerful.

"Well, MINGXIA! Why not ? ", the cold voice of Chenglei stopped Xing from calling out for Yi Kwan.

Ayane noticed the smile in Xing"s face turning into a painful scoff and she let go of Xing and noticed for the first time the cold looking man resembling the Water Emperor leaning on the door frame. They look a lot similar except for their eye colour and their demeanor. This one looked much colder and aloof. He seemed more majestic too, like he is an immortal.

Is he the one Mingxia loves? Is he jealous thinking I"m a man? Ayane wondered and tried to clear out the misunderstanding but the sneering voice of the man made her freeze,

"Apparently you...."

"SHUT UP! SHUT THE F*CK UP, LI CHENGNUO!", Xing screamed making the entire room go silent and she didn"t realise the entire room was vibrating by her anger sending tremors through the wind.

Xing knew Chenglei is going to say something that is going to make her break and she was not willing to hear it. Without knowing she addressed him with the name she never used before because in her heart she knew Lu Chenglei will never berate her or he would never call her "Mingxia". She hated that name when it came out of his mouth and it felt worse than when he called her "JiaXing".

Chenglei saw the one with the rims of her eyes red and filled with tears walking towards him and froze. Without even thinking twice, he was about to say something that would not have been able to be taken back.

But why is she kissing another man? Judging by the Dragon coronet on his head and the dragon robes he is wearing, he must be the Earth Emperor. Why did she let him kiss her and she is giggling at him? Did she not know it broke his heart to see another man with her?

A strong push that landed in his chest snapped him away from the depressing thoughts.

"Why?", she screamed and a teardrop as big as a pearl rolled down from her cheek and fell on the floor but for him it felt like that tear was a pestle grinding his heart in a mortar.

"Why?", she pushed him again and his back hit in the corners of the door and he felt a stinging pain but the pain in his heart was greater.

"Why didn"t you die that day? Why?", she held his collar and shook him with more tears in her face and he let her. She looked deep in pain and it only elevated the pain in his heart. But alas, he could see her in pain but could not hear anything she said. He felt like someone stuffed cotton in his ears.

" You promised....You promised you won"t live without me...So why did you wait for a day? Why did you lie? ", she cried. He didn"t reply since he couldn"t understand a thing she was saying.

Xing on the other hand was overwhelmed with all the changes she saw in him. She forgot the others who were there, who"ve never seen her crying and she poured her heart out.
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" You... If you died... I"d have followed you and everything would have ended... Why didn"t you?"

"Why? Why did you wait a day? Because you trusted me?"

"You waited for my return? Then why didn"t you trust me till the end? Why did you have to make a deal with the G.o.d who hates me?"

"Why? After everything.... Why did you go stupid?"

"You were scared to die? Weren"t you? You liar! You lied when you said you cannot live without me! If you really loved me you"d have killed yourself the moment you thought I was dead!"

Each word she uttered was accompanied with a stream of tears in her eyes and her hands were pounding in his chest tearing his heart apart.

Chenglei tried to hold her close to his heart even though he didn"t understand a word she was saying. But unknown to him he felt his eyes were filled with tears too and he forcefully held the woman pounding in his heart literally and figuratively but she got out from his grip.

"Lu Chenglei, I hate you! You are a liar!", she screamed at him and ran out and Chenglei stood there motionless watching the woman who had minced her heart running away, petrified. That he heard,

"I hate you!"

She hates me?

That"s all he could remember in the end as the G.o.ddess with a vengeance towards Xing laughed looking at Xing in tears through her mirror.

Fei Lian was banned to have any kind of contact with her for three human months and Mazu for six human months since they broke the rule and had her in their palaces. If she has to act, now would be the perfect time and she decided to play with her all she wanted with no one stopping her.

The others in the room were even scared to breath as they saw the one they are supposed to kneel to, venting off her frustrations on that man. They saw the heavy table on the side floating, along with the other furnis.h.i.+ngs vibrating and ready to be broken apart any moment and the entire place was filled with bone chilling coldness until she left.

"She says she lost her powers", the Wind Emperor had written them. What made him believe that? She is still as powerful as she is! And this man is powerful enough to make her hold back on her powers! If she really has lost her bearing, with the pain she feels and how angry she looks, wouldn"t she have torn him apart?

They left the room one by one and Ayane together with Yi Kwan went on searching for Xing and found her in a cave along the sh.o.r.es sitting with her face buried in her knees and her hands wrapped around her legs.

She sat beside Xing silently rubbing her back and she could hear her breathing through stuffed nose. Yi Kwan found a suitable spot and started to pitch a tent since Ayane wanted to stay by the beach for the night.

Ayane felt bad for making them fight, "I"m sorry... I didn"t think my act would cause...", she started but Xing interjected her,

"It"s not you... He"s... He"s not himself these days...", Xing felt her throat close and she lacked words to say.

"Is he the one?", Ayane asked after she felt like Xing has calmed down, "What happened?"

"Fate happened! G.o.ds happened! His stupidity happened!", Xing gritted her teeth but calmed herself down and explained everything to Ayane.

"Wow!", Ayane replied and she sat there contemplating for a while. She was lost for words to know, behind the strongest and smartest woman she knew there was such a twisted fate that even she cannot escape and she had a gut wrenching sorrow in her heart.

"So how did you two ended up together?", Xing sat up straight composing herself and pointed at her belly.

Her story is something without answers. Who could advise her?

"You can tell?", Ayane had a blooming smile gently rubbing her belly, "I"m only four months. Can you tell me the gender, please? ", she begged her.

"It"s a boy. So how did you change Yi Kwan"s mind? ", Xing became gossipy and she rubbed her hands together as she felt a bit cold.

That was weird! She thought but looking at Ayane"s face that had a glow to it, she wanted to know her story.

"A boy? Brother Lee would try to make my son the next Emperor then... I"ll have to find a way", she spoke in a gentle tone that had happiness but a small amount of sadness laced through her voice.

So she wants to step down and she is not still allowed to? Xing wondered. Everyone has their own sorrow and they find something happy in their life and push through it. For Ayane it is the fact that she killed someone she thought as a mother as a revenge and for brother Lee it is him killing his uncle for revenge. For Yukiko, it is the inner palace. But everyone pushes through, don"t they? I can too!

Xing felt a bit uplifted but she felt like her mouth tasted bitter and she felt cold even though she was sitting in front of a fire. What is that about?

"Hey, you are not telling me how you got together with Yi Kwan! Tell me", Xing asked once again and Ayane started blus.h.i.+ng and her entire face flushed with a sweet smile, she looked more like a woman even in the male attire she was in.

The wood burning made crackling noises and the flames that moved to the tune of the Wind, made beautiful shadows making Ayane"s red hair more fiery and the green eyes of hers had a gentle glimmer to it as her rosy lips curled up to an alluring smile.

"I just followed your advise. I stayed away for him... For half a year. Worst half year in my life. I even brought a gigolo into the Harem and that did it for him. He got drunk and confessed. And here we are...", she rubbed her belly and Xing placed her hand above Ayane"s hand felling the baby. The baby had a strong heartbeat. She had a feeling, he"d grow up to be a strong warrior.

Ayane leaned in Xing"s shoulder, " I"m scared to deliver this baby, Mingxia. I"m the frigging Emperor . I don"t know how long I can keep this pregnancy hidden. Brother Lee still is not backing down and refusing to take his throne back. He told me to find my own way... What should I do? The entire kingdom will descend to chaos if this is leaked. I have no idea how to handle it. That"s why I was happy you were alive and came here",she took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"Hmm... Brother Lee already will have a plan to save the kingdom he helped build after it got ruined. He won"t abandon you either. And you still have Yi Kwan. I know if need arrives he"d throw everything away and will protect you and his son ", Xing patted her hand she had in her lap.

" You think so? It would be good if what you say happens..... ", Ayane paused for a while, " I wanted to ask you to help me since you are the Divine ruler but I changed my mind. You"ve done everything you need to for the kingdom. You deserve to have your own life, Mingxia! It is time the kingdoms take care of themselves..... I really wish for you to have a good life. You deserve it! And.... Have a daughter so my son can marry your daughter. That way we"d become relatives...",she went on rambling and Xing listened to her with patience.

I wish every thing you say will come to pa.s.s too!