-The Mortal Realm

Dong Hua

Beautiful as the dark night and full of grace like the stars, a sweet scent of fresh roses mixed with the rain oh what ecstasy is this. Sometimes we love what is good for us , sometimes we love what is bad for us and sometimes we just love for the sake of not being alone.

Everyone has hope to be loved, everyone wants to feel love and some have love in front of their eyes like do, I see it and I feel it but I can't give it to her. Whatever she feels could never amount to anything because in the end I will always leave her behind, I would always stick by my decision won't she hate me even more?

Although I had asked Yang Yang to not erase my memories I was reborn in the mortal realm and I told him to erase any memories I have of her, I wanted to remember when I was in love with her. The mortal realm was different from all the realms in the world apart from people's greed they seemed to manage just fine, many people here also have ill fated love, like in my palace here in the mortal realm one of the medians was in love with one of generals but because of his status their love was doomed.

He loved her but because of how different they are, he didn't do much and I found it ironic because I was doing the same thing. As the Emperor Crystal Palace I was getting married to my eleventh Consort, my Empress wasn't very pure at heart but she was not also evil but she would do just about anything she needed to get what she wanted. There was no chemistry between us and she wasn't the type of woman I choose for myself or anything like that, as the people were preparing for the wedding my heart felt empty and hallow like the loneliness was echoing through my soul. "Your Majesty, why do you look so miserable, you are supposed to be happy at least today." my Empress said softly and I sighed. "My heart feels empty." I answered and she smiled. "Maybe you shouldn't get married then, its not like your Consort is beautiful." There was an undertone of jealousy in her voice. "It doesn't matter, hopefully she has a good heart. she snorted then she left, the Crystal hall was buzzing as the people came to celebrate my wedding.

A sweet scent lingered around the room it cling to everything in the palace, the air was calmer and the atmosphere was at it then I saw her a milky skinned goddess with a red flower coming towards me. Her brown eyes were soft and gentle then she kneeled in front of me. "Dijiun." She said softly and the hallow emptiness that was in my heart melted away.  I looked into her eyes as I caressed her face gently. "Have we met before?" Her bright beautiful eyes lost their shine for a moment. "No we haven't." She said then he looked away. "Maybe we shouldn't get married today." She smiled. "That's a good idea then!" She said she got up and left the main hall.

Jui're

Are you kidding me? I fumed, Maybe we shouldn't get married!!! Dijiun are you kidding me!!!
My face was burning up but my anger was short lived as I saw Dijiun's Empress  "It seems that the Emperor doesn't want to marry you." She gloated. "Maybe if he was satisfied with you, he wouldn't need to marry me." She smacked me. "How dare you!?" She screamed and I smacked her right back. "How dare I? How dare you!?" She glared at me. "I will make your life a living hell and make sure that you leave this palace!" She shouted. "Oh you don't have to try very hard, cause I'm leaving!!" I turned my back on her and walked away, then I went back to the Ice Palace. "You!" I fumed at Yang Yang who looked at me innocently. "What kind of welcome was that!!!" He still looked at me innocently. "I am mad! And you're trying to be cute with me! How could you!? Why would you let me be humiliated like that!?" Before he could saying I turned back to leave when I realized we were not alone, there high deity's sitting in row. I didn't know what to say so I ran off and I heard Yang Yang chuckling, but he followed me outside. "XiaoJiu why are you mad?" He asked softly and I huffed. "What kind of fate did you write for me in the mortal real?" he frowned. "I didn't write anything for you, what ever happens to you in the mortal realm its based on Dong Hua's decisions." he frowned. "What happened?" then he looked at my face and immediately it became dangerous. "Who hit you?" he asked and now it was my turn to calm him down. "It was the Empress down there but I smacked her right back." he frowned. "You will get punished when you go back." he said softly and I snorted again. "Who said I am going back?" he laughed and shook his head. "You have too, this whole trial depends on you." I sighed. "Okay fine." he caressed my face. "Keep that temper of yours in check." I rolled my eyes. "All the deity's in there where are they from?" I asked curiously remembering my not so quiet entrance. "They are the Ice Realm deity's." I frowned at him. "I thought that nobody was left in the Ice Realm." he sighed. "Not everyone died at war but the deity's just want piece and as the King...." my eyes widened. "You're a King!!!!" I exclaimed loudly and he laughed. "I told you this but at the time you were not awake." he said sheepishly. "You gave away the Ice Realm resources, why did you do that if the Ice Realm has life in it?" he looked away from me. "Hey look at me." there was sadness in his eyes and it made my heart ache. "The resources were not for the fox clan but for you, I knew that one you will become queen..." something was off with the way he said that. "Yang Yang why do you say it like that, like you won't be around when I am queen." he laughed. "You are just being silly, you should go back to the mortal realm. The sooner you get it done, the quicker you come back, I will be here waiting for you." Yang Yang was suddenly acting strange. "Promise me, you will be here." he nodded his head and kissed the inside of my palm. "I hope one day I will have the courage to kiss you." he caressed my lips and then he walked away from and I suddenly I felt cold.

Yang Yang's Godfather

I watched as my godson walk away from the girl he loves with all his heart and she has no idea that Yang Yang won't see her become the queen of Qingqiu. "Yang Yang, why don't you tell her the truth." he smiled at me sweetly. "If I tell her, she will worry and when she's worried she becomes sick." I sighed loudly. "Yang Yang, are you not afraid she might hate you." he laughed. "I'm dying not betraying her, why do you make it sound so serious." he chuckled. "Godfather we knew that this would happen sooner or later, I just want her to be happy. Dong Hua has hurt her enough I don't think she needs anymore heartbreak, besides if her heartbreaks now the neutralization I put inside of her won't be able to suppress the dark energy completely." Yang Yang has always loved the fox princess, she was the only thing he ever talked about when they became friends he was over the moon and I believe their bond has grown so much and I know that Jui're cares about him just as much, but knowing that princesses temper she's going to be furious. "We should go back inside." he said dismissing the conversation and we went back to the Crystal Hall. "Is everything okay?" the God of light asked. "Yes Grandfather everything is fine." Yang Yang answered. "He's lying to the girl that he loves, he hasn't told her that he is dying." he glared at me and I smiled at him. "Yang Yang, you have to tell her she will need closure." he sighed loudly and he coughed out blood. "She will feel responsible for this and I don't want that." we sighed. "Fine, we won't say anything but you need to rest." he nodded his head as he was lead away.

Jiu're

I was back in the mortal realm and the Empress was glaring daggers at me with Dong Hua looking at me coldly. "You slapped the Empress you should be punished." he said sternly. "She slapped me first, there was never a law that says just because she's an Empress she has the right to go around slapping people, if she wants respect then she must behave like she wants to be respected." there was a ghost smile on Dijiun's face. "Fine, since she slapped you first I will let it go, but don't ever ay your hands on my Empress." I snorted but didn't say anything.

She is so lucky! A mere mortal gets to be Dijiun's Empress without even trying and here I am getting my feeling's crushed! I went to sit down by the fountain and watched the beautiful clear water, I wondered what Yang Yang was doing. I smiled as I thought about my so not quiet entrance to the Ice palace but at the same time I couldn't help thinking he was hiding something from me, I know that when deities meet with the King it means that there was something wrong with the palace and its people, but there wasn't any people in the Ice Palace and by the looks of it the deities are keeping a low profile, so what was wrong I needed to figure out why they were there. "What are you thinking about?" I heard Dong Hua's voice. "Nothing." he sighed. "It doesn't look like nothing, you're frowning." he said softly. "Someone important to me is hiding something but I just need to figure out what it is." I said tiredly. "You never told me your name." he said softly and I looked at him. "Call me XiaoBai." he smiled softly. "XiaoBai." he whispered. "Come to my palace tonight." and then he walked away from me and I sat there stunned even my thoughts on Yang Yang came into a stand still.

Later in the evening I went to Dijiun's Palace he was wearing a purple robe even though he wasn't even in heaven he was still the same, he was sitting on the patio playing the zither and humming softly. "XiaoBai." he called me softly and I went to him. "Dijiun." I said in greeting and he patted the seat next to him. "Come here." I went and sat next to him. "Tell me what do you wish for?" he asked softly. "There is somebody that I love with my heart, I tried to show him my heart but he just doesn't see it, I wish he would notice that but that's just wishful thinking." he was quiet for a little awhile. "Are you sure that he doesn't see it? Sometimes XiaoBai things are not as simple as they look." I looked at him. "Maybe but there is a better way than killing my feelings." suddenly he grabbed me and he kissed me, my face was tingling and my face flushed, his lips were soft against mine and very succulent they were also very warm. he pulled away from. "Your lips are sweet." he said before kissing me again. "XiaoBai take a walk with me." he put out his hand for me and we took a midnight stroll together, he looked calm and composed while I felt very confused and shocked.

Somewhere love is blooming, Somewhere love is dying.

Somewhere love is starting, Somewhere love is ending.

Somewhere a piece of me was dying and I didn't have any idea

Somewhere a piece of my heart was going to be lost forever and I had no idea.