Dao Heart (1)

"Brother Zai! Brother Zai!" A soft voice filled with immature softness but a perfect amount of sweetness echoed.

"Wha…?" A young man laying on a bed struggled to remain asleep, but the pressure on his abdomen was too suffocating. Looking about, a girl aged ten or eleven was striding his abdomen like a bull, but her fists were smashing onto his chest. It gave him no sense of comfort, but just pain.

"Get off," he demanded softly.

"No! Brother Zai, you must get up! You must!" The little girl was insistence, unwilling to relent and even increasing the strength of his blows. If the young man was a normal person, he'd likely have died by now.

"Why? Why?! Why?!!" Annoyed, he couldn't help but shout, but it didn't help as his breathing was a little too heavy due to the lack of air in his lungs. 'I swear, if you weren't my little sister, I'd chuck you off the side of Meteor Cliff.'

"Sister Ya is arriving in an hour, you must get ready!"