Chapter 187 - 187 - The Bond

Lian Hua turned back and said, "No, like a fish. Oh, I forgot to add, you probably are sick because you are away from your habitat for a very long time. You are having fish eggs, so you need to be under water when it arrives,"

"WHAT THE DUCK!" Yukiya exclaimed with her eyes blown out. "But…..but…"

"There are no buts here, we have to find you a water source here." he gazed around; there was nothing but red sand all around. "No, I guess, we are gonna have to send you back," Lian Hua said with a sad smirk.

Her legs lost strength completely, and she leaned her head weightlessly against the red dragoon. "It can't be, I'm so close…..my son is nearby,"

Lian Hua can understand her fears, but he was not that scared. He peered into her tired eyes and said, "for all we know, Xia escaped this void realm with his lover. Well….that stupid guy is strong, he can protect Xia well. I can assure you that when I meet them, I will bring them back safely. So..."

"But, I want to see for myself if he is safe. What if that guy is not his lover, but a kidnapper? What if Xia is mortally wounded? What if….." Yukiya whispered, shaking her head adamantly.

Long Ki frowned. He softly hugged his slim waist and held her closer. "Yukiya, I think it's better we go back. This child, he needs us more now. After this child is born we shall search for him," he tried consoling her but she started sobbing.

"I can't….I can't give up on either of them. Xia is my son! I can't give up on him!" she cried, patting her aching heart. Her heart wrenching sobs echoed in the empty space, making it more tragic.

All of her whining and sobbing irritated the great demon as he softly tapped her forehead with his small fan. She stopped sobbing with a glare. "Who told you to give up, huh? I am telling you to go home and wait for him. Didn't he wait for you for ten years as well? Learn to be patient, for goodness' sake."

"Xia is safe and in good hands. Get that into your muddled head. And I will reach them soon and I will bring them back home safely. I can assure you that, so don't go risking your unborn child's life."

Listening to his long winded speech, Yukiya sobbed softly. "Xia waited for me?"

Lian Hua handed a small note he kept preciously in his sleeve.

It was just a small note with messy handwriting that said, "I know you told me to wait mommy but I have waited for ten years now. My heart is anxious I am not able to sleep or eat properly. So Mom, I'm coming for you, if you see this don't worry, nothing happened to me. Me and little snake will come save you,"

When Lian Hua woke up from his prolonged ten thousand year sleep, he was already able to sense his son's presence in this world. Surprised by this, he had searched for him. On the way, he stumbled upon the long river of Nevada. He lingered around underwater until he found this small note and various other painting of his dear son from his childhood to adulthood.

All this made Lian Hua happy that his son had a caring mother like her.

"Remember Yukiya, an eagle chick that does not take the leap will never fly in its lifetime, so Xia left his nest when it was his time. Trust him more, he can deal with things more capably then you expect. I have seen it firsthand," the demon added with a small smile.

This consoled the crying Koi. She wiped her wet tears away and softly touched her tummy. It was not raised or anything, it was flat without any indication of the new life inside. 'Xia, looks like it's my turn to wait.' She turned over to the red dragon and peered into his loving eyes. "Ki, lets raise our child in Nevada. Xia knows that we will there so let's wait for him,"

Long Ki nodded with a small smile. "Yes, lets raise our child and wait for our another child to return," he whispered softly, knocking their foreheads together.

The Ghoul, Pan Mu, watched this with his head tilted. He can't process human emotions that well. "He accepted a demon as his son so easily. But he is a heavenly dragon prince, a crown prince at that. Isn't it a taboo?" he mumbled. He was a heavenly general when he was alive, and his loyalty to the crown was engraved in his bones. Yet still he was confused how a prince could accept a demon as his child so easily.

He fixed his cracking jaws in place and peered at the prince, who was lovingly embracing his woman. "I guess times are changing. If it was ten thousand years ago, prince Ki would have probably been thought to be colluding with the enemy and beheaded." He mumbled and walked ahead into the empty road.

Lian Hua sighed, watching the ghoul walk away. The injustice that his poor son had to go through in his past life all because of the heaven's rigidity to change, he was well aware of that. He too hated the heaven realm pushing a loving couple to the extent of killing each other.

But now times were changing, the heavenly dragons were becoming more accepting of demons. The two dragons were a great example. The black dragon took a demon as his lover, and the red dragon was ready to accept him as his child.

He stood up, patted his clothes. With his remaining powers, he opened up the space that they came from. "It's time to go home, Yukiya," he whispered.

The Koi gazed up at him, eyes puffy and red from all the crying. Slowly she approached the space opening with Long Ki. Taking a final look back, she said, "Yes please. And... just so you know He too has been waiting for you for almost two thousand years."

She wiped away her finally tear away as she entered the portal. The tear shimmered and glimmered, turning into a small pink pearl and rolled into another small spatial rift.

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In the modern world, Xia was lying on Long's lap enjoying a pleasant evening in S-park. The demon lord, Bao had already happily hopped over to drop off Little sheng and his mother, leaving only the butler to stand guard for them. The sun went down and the sky darkened. "Long, let's go home," he whispered, snuggled comfortable in his warm embrace.

"Hmm," Long mumbled, caressing his soft cheeks. Just watching his lover made his body heat up uncontrollably. As they were in a public place filled with humans, he had to control the urges.

Suddenly a small pearl dropped onto Xia's head. Xia picked it up and held it under the moonlight. It glistened pink with a small lotus fragrance on it. "Where did this come from?" he whispered.

Long took it carefully from his hands and inspected it. After assessing if it not poisoned, he handed it over to his lover to play with it.

Xia too liked pretty things, and the pink sheen was unlike anything he had ever seen. "I love it," he cheerfully whispered, holding close to his face.

The dragon summoned a fluffy fur coat from his space and draped his all over his cute lover. After making sure that not even an inch was exposed to the cold wind, they both left for the demon lord, Bao's home.

The butler drove, humming cheerfully because his master was finally able to reunite with his son. "Master Xia, we, my master Bao and I, owe you our gratitude. If not for you, little Sheng might have been badly wounded. For that, I would like to thank you with all my heart. But.... how did you know young master sheng?" he said in a cheerful tone.

"Oh, he was the first person we met when we arrived in this world. He was even kind enough to give us a lollipop," Xia said, holding out another rainbow lollipop from his space.

The butler took the lollipop from his hands without turning back. "Thank you, master xia," he said with his lips pulled up in a pleasant smile.

Long patted his lover's shoulders and softly kissed his cheeks. "My baby is kind to all,"

"Shh, don't boast so much," Xia slapped his shoulders with his cheeks red as apple.

"What…. I was only telling the truth." Long whispered close to his ears, brushing warm breath against his already flushed skin. He took a peek at the demon; he was busy taking a left. Taking his turn, Long cupped his lover's soft cheeks and kissed his plump lips.

His tongue glided into his small gaping mouth, entangling in his warm cavern. His sweet nectar filled his senses, making his head explode from all the repressed feeling.

Xia softly looped his hands around his shoulders and climbed onto his lap. He to felt very repressed.. They had not been able to feel skin to skin for a long time, making their want accumulate for so long.