The Story Of Dusk

"She is not your sister anymore!" Modama roared. "Don"t say a word against my order!"

It was getting out of hand, he had been endured it since long time for the way his father treated him and his sister, but it was too much.

He shouldn"t have agreed to cure him and let him died in pain. But at that time, he was too coward to do so, he was selfish and let Modama endanger his sister"s life again.

Gong Xu looked at the man in front of him with dull eyes as the voice that came out from his mouth wasn"t sound like his. "And you are no longer my father since you have been trying to kill me as well." His voice was devoid from any emotion.

This time, he didn"t want to back down and didn"t want to follow his father craziness anymore. It was enough and if was going to death, let it be, as long as he could drag his father with him he would be satisfied.

Gong Xu saw Modama"s eyes flickered with surprised, all of this time Gong Xu would never say anything against him, or he was too afraid to say a word against his. When he was younger he always tried his best to meet up his father expectation since he wasn"t born with a gift like his sister.

However, enough was enough. His father has gone too far by wanted to kill Luna.

"You defy me?" Modama glared at his son, he was the last person that he thought would go against him. he thought, his son would be too afraid to do so. "You dare to defy me!?"

Gong Xu turned around and ready to go after Xiao Tianyao. But…

"I will kill you if you dare to take another step away." Modama roared.

Gong Xu stood still and turned around to face his father, but the way he looked at him had changed. His eyes filled with hatred.

"I should have done this long time ago." Gong Xu said in low voice. "I shouldn"t have agreed to save your life, I should have let you died in pain a year ago!"

"Fine." Modama snickered. "All I have to do is make you obey me again."

Gong Xu knew it would happen. His sister had warned him about this and he came prepared.

Apparently the fear that he felt toward his father, partly was induced by him, that was why he was always looking for his father acceptance.

"No father, you can"t manipulate me to bow down at you again. Not after what you have done or what you are going to do with my sister." Gong Xu loved his sister and gave her more respect than what he gave to his father.

Because it was only her who had loved him back and took care of him since they were young.

"I want to see you are trying to resist this, you little failure!" He snarled.

Modama moved very fast toward Gong Xu and in the next second he had Gong Xu on his death grip as his eyes bore into his.

Yet, the thing that Modama supposed to happen never did.

Gong Xu stared his father right back in his eyes as a triumphant smile made its way to his lips. "I am not a failure father…" He held his father grip on his neck with his left hand. "I am an achievement." That was what his sister always said to encourage him.

Gong Xu release his father grip and trashed his hand away, shock was written all over Modama"s face this time, he didn"t know why his manipulation didn"t work, but this fact shock him to the core.

This thing never had happened before.

In his shock, suddenly Gong Xu scattered powder from his pocket. Out of instinct, modama raised his hands to cover his face.

Gong Xu was proficient in poison and he was a pract.i.tioner of herbalism, thus whatever powder he had threw off to Modama"s face wouldn"t be something good.

"You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!!!" Modama hollered as he felt his face was gradually getting hot.

"Do you think my sister is a threat because her ability will eventually surpa.s.s you?" Gong Xu dusted the remaining powder from his hand. "I am the one who concoct a medicine so you can enhance your ability. I am the one who had created a medicine for your soldier so they could follow every instruction that you gave them and much more that I have done for you. But, you call me failure?" Gong Xu, gave him a sinister smile that mirror his father so well. "Think about that again before you call me a failure."

Modama felt the chill run down from his spine to look his sweet son turned evil. He needed to get away from him. He didn"t know what powder that Gong Xu had inflicted on him, because right now he felt his face was burning.

And that what he did.

Modama backed away and leapt through the forest while covering his burning face.

In the other hand Gong Xu didn"t take a fancy to chase after his father. His sister was in great danger he wouldn"t waste any second on Modama.

Gong Xu glanced at Ye Bai who was still crouching down on the ground, alive but not moving, before he chased after Xiao Tianyao.

***  

In the mansion, inside the courtyard.

Luna was cradling Xiao Mugi in her arms as she talked at him.

Xiao Mugi wriggled away from her arms and Luna set him down on the floor before she took a few steps back.

She couldn"t be happier than this, to have her own little family. Xiao Mugi was only a year old when Xiao Tianyao left to the battlefield and now he was able to run.

Xiao Mugi took four steps before he tripped on his own feet and fell on his pudgy b.u.t.t. Luna couldn"t help, but chuckled at this scene.

Xiao Mugi looked at his mother with the exact same eyes as Xiao Tianyao with knitted eyebrows as his tiny lips pouted.

The toddler was crouching down with his knees and both of his hand to push himself up. Just like his father, he didn"t care with his surrounding as he kept his balance and walked slowly toward his mother opened arms.

Only after he reached his mother and Luna hugged him, a big smile appeared on his lips.

He was the copy of his father, there was a tiny bit Luna there, but she was so happy about this. She loved everything about both of her men.

She swung her baby as she caught a glimpse of someone was watching them.

"Tianyao!" Luna called out his name with delight. It had been a long time and she missed him so much.

Second after, her eyes grew bigger as they glued at the thick blood on his robe from his shoulder. Panic, Luna started to run toward him with Xiao Mugi in her arms.

"Tianyao, what happened?" Tears threatened to fall down to see her husband condition when she felt something was off.

Because of overwhelmed feeling to see him and his badly injuries, she didn"t realize it at first, but then when she took another step closer that feeling tick her off.

Luna stopped midway before she reached him and looked at Xiao Tianyao in the eyes.

"Impossible…" Luna mumbled and shook her head. "It impossible…" She backed away.

Luna could sense the strange feeling emitted from him and along with that there was malicious intention mixed in his aim.

"Tianyao…"

Luna backed away and Xiao Tianyao decided to start to take another step closer. With his long strides, he brought the distance between them faster.

Luna started to turn her back and ran inside the house as she called out for help. But, no one came for her to help, not even the Shadow Guard that had a.s.signed to protect her.

She slammed the door closed right before Xiao Tianyao could enter the room. She knew really well, a door wouldn"t hold him for long time.

When Luna heard the sound of sword that was being drawn, her mind rushed to Xiao Mugi, which looked at his mother questioningly, in her arms.

"Mother…?" Xiao Mugi called for his mother.

"It"s alright Mugi. Everything will be alright." Luna rubbed his back as she looked around her frantically and saw cabinet near the window.

Luna pulled out all the books inside the cabinet and put Xiao Mugi in. The toddler looked at her with his wide eyes.

"Don"t go outside, alright?" Luna talked to her son hastily as Xiao Mugi gave her a looked of confused. In normal day, she would have giggled to see his cute chubby son for making a face like that, but not today.

"Stay. Don"t go outside." Luna emphasized her words as she closed the door.

Afterward, she was walking away from the cabinet and watched in horror when Xiao Tianyao managed to tear the door opened.

Luna glanced at the cabinet and relieved when she saw Xiao Mugi did what she told. She could hypnotize him, but if something happened to her and she couldn"t come back alive, who would lift it up?

She prayed her son would stay for as long as needed and for his safety.

Luna stilled her heart when she watched Xiao Tianyao walked slowly toward her. His eyes were devoid from any emotions.

"It is not you…" Luna said while staring at him right in the eyes, concentrated. "Remember me please."

Luna needed to be close to him so her suggestion could work, but if she was closer than this, Xiao Tianyao would cut her first before she could do anything.

The suggestion that her father had put on him must be skin to skin contact to make it more powerful and Luna needed to do the same to break it.

She gulped hard. But, she forced her feet to take another stepped closer at him as he did the same.

Blood covered his robe and stained his cheek and neck, this set her in pain to see the damage that her father had done to him and the d.a.m.nation that he would bear if he accomplished the task that was given.

Luna kept her eyes on him. Focus on him. Wished it was enough to make him faltered for a while.

It did make Xiao Tianyao halted, however when Luna was about to touch him, Xiao Tianyao swung his sword and slashed his sword at her body.

The anguish screamed that came from her lips was frightening.

She felt backward as blood spurted out from her opened wound on her chest. She had difficulty to breath as the blood rushed on her throat.

Right at the moment, because of the eerie screamed and the noisy outside, Xiao Mugi pushed open the cabinet with his tiny palm and crawled out from the cabinet.

With his tiny voice he called out for his mother. "Ma…"

The sound of Xiao Mugi calling out for her alerted Luna and Xiao Tianyao.

Slowly, Xiao Tianyao tilted his head toward the direction of the voice.

"Ma…"

Xiao Mugi called his mother again, this time, despite the immense pain in her chest and her head that throbbing with pain, Luna forced herself to stand up.

Luna heaved a heavy breath when she grabbed the edge of table to stabilize her body, with great effort she managed to push herself up and the moment she stood up, Xiao Tianyao was on the way to look for the source of the voice.

The urge to protect her son gave Luna new strength. She brought her limp body as she hobbled to the place where she had hid Xiao Mugi.

She has to save her son.

Xiao Tianyao strolled the room and it didn"t take him a long time to find the toddler who was crawling on the floor.

The baby Xiao Mugi lifted his face and blinked at his father who was standing in front of his eyes.

"Father?" Xiao Mugi called out to Xiao Tianyao while tilted his head.

He giggled when Xiao Tianyao raised his sword and the sparkling from the sun that reflected on the blade fell on his face.

Xiao Mugi liked the sparkling things as he reached out his short hand to reach out onto it, laughing when his father was looking back at him.

 His baby brain guessed his father was playing with him. Happily he was asking to be lifted up while opened his arms wide.

However, in the other hand Luna looked at with horror in her eyes when he saw Xiao mugi was right under Xiao Tianyao range of his sword attack.

Without thinking twice, Luna bit down her lips and mentally embraced herself for another excruciating pain that was going to happen as she lunged herself at her son.

At the same time Xiao Tianyao stabbed down his sword.

On the floor, Xiao Mugi was still giggling over the sparkling thing on Xiao Tianyao"s hand.

All the things were happening at once.

Fortune still on Luna"s side since she managed to reach her precious son before Xiao Tianyao"s sword did. But, his sword stabbed her back and pierced through her heart and cut Xiao Mugi"s neck in the process.

Xiao Mugi was crying because of the pain in his neck and his blood started oozing out, not to mention the damage that Luna received.

She took the brunt for her son.

Tears streaming down her face when she twisted her head and looked Xiao Tianyao right in the eyes. His emotionless eyes made her heart felt more pain as if that was still possible for her to feel more than this pain.

No, they shouldn"t be ended like this…

She only wished for a little family, was that too much to ask? She had been waiting for him for almost half year, but why they should be put in this kind of situation?

Her tears started to stream down her face.

Xiao Mugi cried was deafening as the toddler locked his eyes on Xiao Tianyao and the sword in his hand.

He was terrified when he saw his mother not smiling at him and her beautiful face contorted.

These images would engrave in his memory.

"Sist!"

Gong Xu"s voice traveled to her ears as she turned her head weakly.

On the doorstep Luna saw the terrified looked on her younger brother, he was shaking violently from the image that was unfolded before his eyes.

The sword was still piercing through Luna"s body and when Xiao Tianyao pulled away his sword, the pain increased. Black dots appeared in her vision as her body fell on the floor with Xiao Mugi still in her embraced.

When Xiao Tianyao was about to raise his sword again, Gong Xu snapped himself from his shocked and dashed toward him, drawing his own sword in the process and ward his attack off. He kicked Xiao

Tianyao away harshly and he flew a few meters away from them as his body stopped with crashing sound by the cabinet. Gong Xu immediately kneeled down beside his sister.

"No… No… sist, don"t leave me alone… I don"t have anyone…" He pleaded. Tears streaming down his face like a river. "No, stay with me…"

Luna lips were quivering when she tried to say something. Gong Xu was fast to catch what his sister meant.

With shaking hand he pulled the crying Xiao Mugi from under Luna"s arm and hugged his nephew.

However, like a lightening, he was slammed on the ground and he felt someone who had attacked him hauled him away and pushed down his head under his feet.

Xiao Mugi was detached forcefully from his arms. He couldn"t see what Xiao Tianyao did to him, but the toddler stopped crying right at that instant.

Gong Xu was furious and tried to shove off his foot from his head. But, he couldn"t.

Xiao Tianyao held him under his feet. His right cheek flat on the ground while the other side was being stepped by his- brother- in law, how ironic that sound.

Xiao Tianyao increased the pressure on his feet as Gong Xu screamed in pain. His ears were ringing painfully, especially when Xiao Tianyao twisted his feet on the side of his face.

Gong Xu screamed in pure despair and anguish until his throat burned in pain as well. He could feel, blood started gushing out on his face.

Finally Xiao Tianyao stopped and kicked Gong Xu out of his way. He still had unfinished job.

When he walked closer to Luna direction, the woman was trying to crawling away and reached Xiao Mugi, she pushed her b.l.o.o.d.y body as far as she could.

However, Xiao Tianyao was on her way. He was standing in front of her with sword on his hand, ready to stab her to her death.

Before Xiao Tianyao could do anything, Luna grabbed his ankle weakly.

"Come back to me…" She said, barely a whispered. "Tianyao…" She gulped down the nausea that rose on her throat.

This is it? This is how the story of them would be ended?

It took Xiao Tianyao a minute to register what had happened and Luna kept calling his name and said.

"Come back to me please…"

The emotionless on his face gradually changed as his eyebrows knitted in confusion. He felt like someone who had just woken up from deep long slumber, disoriented.

He couldn"t pin point where he was or what he was doing… everything blurred, even his memory too.

The first image that came in his view was Luna lying half death in his feet with pool of her own blood.

This terrified him as he dropped on his knees and scooped Luna in his arms carefully.

No...

No… it"s not happening…

Impossible…

"No… No…" He shook his head as tears fell on his chiseled face.

Xiao Tianyao checked on her wound and knew right away that nothing he could do to help. "I did this…" He said with rough voice.