Untimely Leisure

[Sun Qing Liang]

Ling tumbled to her feet and shook of the chills creeping up her spine. She thought that maybe she dreams n flashbacks were now playing tricks on her. Making her believe that her real family wasn't a good one after all. SHe knew that she had to keep any memories of her loving mother strong in her heart. She took a deep breath and walked on. SHe looked back n saw the man stumble towards her. She tried to ignore the fact that he was hurting.

" Why am I going out of my way to help a stranger?" She asked herself. He was familiar to her in a way, but she didn't know anything about him. Not even his name, which made her feel uncomfortable. She knew she wouldn't get a straight answer from him, but she figured it was worth a try. " Umm....Name?" She asked while taking a look behind her.

[Yen Wang (Burai)]

Yen Wang looked at the woman oddly; He raised his left eyebrow as she said something utterly stupid. “Is she dense? What am I suppose to say? Was that even a question?” He asked himself aloud, he couldn’t take people’s manners these days. Everyone knew how to address a man with great importance. Then it dawned on him, she was shrew after all. He shouldn’t expect so much out of her.

“I see, from your manners, you are just as vulgar and barbaric as those bandits I judged. I hate to indulge in such primitive behavior," he said flicking maintaining his balance. “I am Yen Wang, though there are those who know me by another name…One I wish they forget; that was my old life, that man is long dead. “

This woman was really annoying always preoccupying herself with something; Yen Wang turned around and tried to figure out what she was looking at. Perhaps she was seeking revenge for a fallen love one and he was the person she wanted to kill.

[Sun Qing Liang]

~SunQingLiang~

She cringed at the word "Barbaric" that shot through her ears. Her palms tensed into a fist. " I guess you can say I act barbaric when it comes to the merciless beings that killed my family." She turned her head and faced the city. She started walking towards Han Zhong as her anger built up in her heart; the fire burning in her soul was fed with this man's arrogant words. “Useless subjects as you don't deserve any special treatment such as manners or mercy." She growled. This meaningless talk was getting rather boring for the roaring hurricane of rage in her.

She looked down at her feet and saw the bodies of deceased bandits. “Causing death to ones who don’t deserve such a relief isn't something to be proud of.” She said under her breath. She heard no such question pertaining to her name so she walked off to the town.

~SunShangXiang~

She watched as her sister walked off towards the city of Han Zhong. " No no no silly Liang. Thats now how make an exit." She said aloud. She lifted herself up to her feet and swept a few blades of grass off of her dress. She started to walk towards this unknown man and stumbled apon the dead bodies. "Disgusting..." She whispered to herself. She got approached the man. She kept her distance of 6 feet away from him and looked back over to the blood battered figures on the ground. " Shouldn't you clean up your mess, sir? " She said with a welcoming voice. She straightened her ruffled dress and smiled at the man. She fet a dark aura around him, but about every man,not including her father, had this same aura when they spoke.

[Yen Wang (Burai)]

“Finally we both agree, useless pawns such as you are a waste of my time.”Yen Wang smiled at her as she walked away. “How atrocious! Didn’t introduce herself, these vermin need to be exterminated." He looked down at the bodies around him. “They are the ones who defied me, I simply granted them their wish; the wish to all those to oppose me…Death”

Yen Wang needed to scout Han Zhong, but with that woman there he thought it would be counterproductive. Someone approached him, a woman no doubt; she kept her distance from him, this was wise. Was her distance out of fear or respect? He pondered about if for a moment, as he examined her. An odd feeling swept over him, he quickly dismissed the feeling and let out a sigh. Yen Wang tilted his head to the side to glance back at the shrew. He liked her attitude, “With some direction she could be quite formidable, but as it stands she is rather plain..” He turned his attention to the woman before him. “This mess isn’t mine to clean, I don’t live here..” Yen Wang swept his hair aside as he spoke.

Another memory flooded hid thoughts; random images of some woman erupted in his mind. He planted his right foot into the ground and placed his left palm on the left side of his face, on top of his bangs. He stared at woman who just arrived. "Who are you, and want do you want with me?”His voice began to weaver. It was clear, his head trauma was getting to him.

[Sun Qing Liang]

~SunShangXiang~

Shangxiang listened to this man's voice as she pondered through a pocket as she watched her sister walk off. " She actually talked to you..." She said with a frown. She sighed and kicked over a clump of dirt that was by her foot. She wondered about why Liang would even bother with a stranger and not say a word to her own sister. She looked at the man and and at the ground. She tried to remember if this man was familiar or maybe just another man who traveled around Wu.

She almost forgot that this man had asked her a question. " Sun Shang Xiang." She said with a confident smile. She had hoped that maybe he didn't know who she was pertaining to being a princess. Almost everyone in this area knew her and would love to have her as a wife. Mostly just for the luxory of being royalty." I was just passing through here and saw that you were talking to my sister." She said while looking towards Liang's direction. She sulked and sat down on the ground. " She always leaves like this..." She breathed a sigh of depression and looked at the bandits. That's how she felt when Liang ignored her like that....dead

[Yen Wang (Burai)]

" Sun Shang Xiang?" Yen Wang muttered as she smiled. The named created a huge pulsating tremors throughout his temples, that circulated through the rest of his head. He had no idea who she was, but she was a threat. She caused his headache to evolve into something more gruesome. Yen Wang’s breathing became heavy. His vision faded in and out; through the pain, he managed to retain his posture.

“She will be back, a person like that doesn’t have a purpose. You must be the person she kept glancing back at. Her actions seemed rather bold, you must have some value of her” He looked at her sat down; an imagery of the woman from his thoughts. “Argh….” He fell down face in the dirt, panting franticly, “Do...you… know…man..with..eye patch..” It was obvious he had trouble breathing; his speech suffered greatly.

[Sun Qing Liang]

~SunShangXiang~

As Shangxiang took a last glance at her sister as she disappeared into the distance. She always hated feeling depressed, but she couldn't help it when her own sister wouldn't talk to her for days at a time. A painful aura came from this man as she watched him fall to the ground. She rolled her eyes and disregarded him being hurt. She saw him reject Liang's help so she figured that he wouldn't accept hers. She sad there wondering if Liang was going to finally leave her and her family to go out to the world. A tear formed in her eyes as she thought about it deeper and deeper into her soul.

She heard a question from this man as he laid there. She wondered about it for a minute to recount anything pretaining to his question, but no one of the sort came to mind. " No....sorry..." She said with a pained voice. She lokoed down at the ground then at the dead figures. " I feel like them right now..." She said to herself. Her pained heart was broken as she placed her hand above it. A breeze came in from her right and her hair blew in the wind and a chill creeped up her spine. The cold feeling was immence. Her amber eyes bore many tears, but she was good at hiding them. It was getting dark so she had a glimmer of hope that the man wouldn't notice the tears she failed to hold back.

[Yen Wang (Burai)]

Yen Wang smiled, she wasn’t aware of his former self; this was prefect she held no importance to him, she was. He was really beginning to hate women, slowly but surely. He was laying there in immense pain and she was getting sentimental over something? “Women are a rather troublesome bunch, I am beginning to lose faith in them as well,” he said as he placed his hands firmly on the ground and pushed against it roughly, “Rggh!” His body suddenly jerked up and he was on his knees. He swayed his body back so he sat upright; began wiping the dust off his hands, using a corpse’s shirt to rid himself of the dirt.

The throbbing began to dim, his veins began to dissipate. “My strength is returning? This is good, if I would’ve lost consciousness. That woman probably would’ve done something unimaginable to me,” he stared at the woman harshly. If only looks could kill, she would just be another body on the ground. No one would miss her. Yen Wang shook such impure thoughts out of his head. “Seems my tolerance for their ignorance is at its limit, I better be on my way to the inn..”

He slowly gathered to his feet and began to walk toward the city. “If you stay in that dump, you’ll bound to get fleas. Make use of yourself and follow me.”

[Sun Qing Liang]

ShangXiang disregarded this man's crude behavior and stood up. She whipped the dirt off of her dress. She watched the man stagger to his knees and finally stand on his feet." You might want to get that pain in your head checked out. Maybe thats what makes you so irritable and hard to tolerate." She said before the man walked past her and headed towards the city. After a few sentences she looked at him and walked with him. " I have to get back home, but I guess I could keep you company and keep you safe from my sister." She said with a smile, but she knew a look of disgust would come from him.

She cracked her knuckles and started to remember a few things, but she couldn't recall what. She never got a headache when she started to remember anything like Liang, or Yen, but it was gnawing at her mind. Yen was familiar to her, but how. She had not met anyone as disrespectful to her, but of course most of those people didn't live too long. For some reason she didn't want to hurt him, and she felt an unknown connection to him. Her heart was warm and she felt comfortable. " Meeting strangers that make you feel safe? Maybe Liang has the right idea of leaving." She said to herself.

[Yen Wang (Burai)]

As he walked passed her; she decided to enlighten him with some of her own advice, and present it with a nice smile. He rolled his eyes at her comments, and he smile. Women like her are often seen as attractive and pretty, possibly well kept. It caused him to frown, “No need to haunt me with your lips. I am immune to such gestures…” He paused and wrapped his left arm around his stomach, while his right hand was pressed his face. “Its not just my head that is making me irritable. It is also the people who I meet. They are somewhat lacking,” he said as he walked not missing a stride. Yen Wang sighed and let out a breath. That other woman plagued his mind.

His eye moved to the corner of its socket and glanced at her. Yen Wang examined her thoroughly; he didn’t need enemies, he needed pawns. “I could put her to good use, a woman this attractive and prim isn’t a commoner. She is probably valuable to someone…” He nodded to himself, “I have been told my attitude is quite harsh and bitter. This world is in a time of turmoil, I must act accordingly I hope you can handle it,” He gave her a smirk and quickly dismissed it. Being kind was uncomfortable and disorienting.

[Sun Qing Liang]

ShangXiang walked right behind Yen and watched as the sun set in the distance. Its crimson tint shined in her eyes, but she kept her smile in and she looked at the chakram that hung onto the belt around her waist. She looked up and wondered why she had brought it when she could have just come unarmed. The people int he city are going to stare and guards might be a little surprised to see her out of her cage of a home. She made sure that she looked like he mind was blank as she walked so he wouldn't ask questions.

She began to hum to herself to tune him out while she wondered about everything Liang had said about her leaving. At time Shangxiang herself thought about leaving and go with Liang. Maybe start a group with Liang, and Gong, but she was afraid of what her father might think. A princess such as herself would be a target among warlords to get Wu to submit to them in exchange for her safe return. Although she would rather die than have her father even consider such a thing. She continued to hum to herself, but tried to make sure that Yen wouldn't hear her and get irritated with her already. The tune was something her mother would sing to her when she was a child.