Tournaments beginning.

I have seen this scenario play out a million times before, that Husband of my mine conquers girls hearts however this time is different in one way, he doesn't seem to notice it or if he does, then it appears he does not care. I will talk to the girl for a while once I have sent that idiot upstairs, I know that he is damaged, the Humans have destroyed most of his emotions and I feel others will need to help me return him to his former glory.

It seems he has calmed her down significantly, now seems like the right time to get rid of him "Jade, give my husband the key, he can wait for me in the room. I think we need to talk, just us girls."

The look on Shen Nu's face was golden, it was as if I had just struck him myself, the pure look of confusion on his face was amazing, I eventually manged to push him up to his room, returning to the main reception area, I took Jade's hands and pulled her to a nearby table. She looked just as confused as Shen Nu did and i couldn't help myself, I let out a loud laugh.

When I finally calmed down I looked at Jade with a serious expression and said " You have feelings for Shen nu don't you? You don't have to lie to me because I'm his 'Wife', truthfully we are not really married, I married the old Shen nu, this one is not really my husband however he is trying his best to appease me."

Jade looked at me with clear confusion on her face, she was about to speak however i simply put my finger over my lips to signal for her to stay quite. I smiled at her and said" My actual age is 3300 years old while Shen Nu's Soul is 3380 years old, we ascended to divinity together 3000 years ago after becoming the two strongest warriors in this realm. The age difference is due to him being frozen in a pseudo-realm for 80 years however I'm beginning to side track myself. The point I'm trying to make here is that the current Shen Nu and I are at best good friends, neither of us are willing to take a risk at progressing the relationship so if you want to take a crack at it then please go ahead."

Jade simply looked at me stunned, she blurted out "You're how old!!?"

I smiled and said" 3300"

She was silent for a few seconds, I could tell that her mind was beginning to process the information before she took a deep breath and said" I'm not sure that I love Shen Nu, actually I'm pretty sure it isn't love at the moment however I seriously like him. I know that my father helped the Shen Clan beat him daily but his desire to keep living his life regardless of the beatings, I want to draw him out of his shell and show him what life is really about."

I laughed at what Jade had said, I turned to her and said" You sound just like me when I had a similar conversation with his first lover. You need to be careful however, there has always been a slither of ice over Shen Nu's heart, he will let you die if you ever betray him. I have seen it happen, hell it nearly happened here, he was going to leave the inn before I stopped him earlier. If you are good to him however he will give you the world, well I'm basing this on the Shen Nu that I knew."

Jade looked at me with a complicated look on her face, she appeared to see through my calm mask and my rapidly changing emotions. She smiled and said" Like I said, I'm not really sure if I'm going to say anything to Shen Nu, in all honesty I feel like he will leave me behind if push comes to shove. Tell me about the old Shen Nu, the one you fell in love with."

A small smile appeared on my face, "The Shen Nu of old could turn an army away with the simple mention of his name, he was feared, admired and worshipped by the people of his country. He had fought Gods, Demons and more to protect his own, he had more mercy than a God, he was crueller than the Devil and was more Just than the best angel. Then everything was taken from him one night and he became devoid of anything but anger, I was killed before him, his enemies, unable to get to him went for the ones he was close to instead."

Tears began to pool in my eyes, I slowly wiped them away and continued speaking "His revenge brought the Divine realm to an end, he wiped out the realm, sentenced its inhabitants to this realm and stole their powers and memories before sealing my soul and life force into a Dragon amulet and he then stored a small part of his soul in the amulet as well, my soul took up most of the room, he was more than happy with this and he then took his own life, obliterating the divine realm, in my name. Do you want to know the worst thing about all of this? After doing all of this for me, he doesn't even remember my name, it will come to him eventually as he and the amulet integrate more however knowing that the one person I love more than anything doesn't even really know me, kills me inside."

Tears began rapidly falling from my eyes, Jade pulled me into a hug and I continued to cry into her arms for nearly 20 minutes, eventually I calmed myself down and cleaned up my face, determined to hide the tears form Shen Nu, I thanked Jade for talking to me and made my way up stairs. I Entered the room like normal and joked around with Shen Nu like we normally and when he took me in his arms and carried me to his bed, it felt like, for a split moment like we were a couple again.

He then pulled the duvet over us and kissed me however unlike the kisses we had before this one lacked any real emotion, it was as empty as he was. I know I'm asking for a lot however i just want the man I love back....

A large tear rolled down Shen Nu's cheek as the conversation Lily had with Jade was played out in his head as he held her. After he woke up, he turned Lily over and kissed her nose, not wanting to wake her up, he went back to lying down and when he hooked his arms back around her waist, yesterdays events were telegraphed into his mind. Shen Nu was nearly sick, he was trying his absolute best to be something he wasn't, the old Shen Nu.

Unsure why he felt, angry, sad and betrayed he quietly got dressed and walked downstairs, when Jade tried to say good morning to him he simply looked at her with his cold and dead eyes and walked out of the Inn towards the Shen Clan tournament, today was the day the group stages would start.

On the way to the clan mansion, his mind kept flashing to the events of last night and how Lily really felt about the situation that they were in. Small tears appeared at the corners of his eyes however he wiped therm and increased his speed in the direction of the clan, when he got there, there was a crowd of people waiting to get into the clan blocked his way. His skin naturally became scaly as he shoved his way through the crowd, pushing people out of the way, causing injury to some of the weaker people he pushed.

When he got to the front of the crowd, he snarled" Shen Nu is here, this is my ticket, when am I fighting?"

The attendant flinched back in fear and the pseudo-dragon like features that Shen Nu was displaying before they said" You are in group one and you are in the second fight, Please make your way over to the second stage in preparation for your fight."

Shen Nu then grabbed his ticket back off of the attendant and made his way over to stage 2...