Chapter 5: The White Wolf

While Lu Bu continued to hide his unique traits from the Lu family as much as possible. His actions could not escape the eyes of the bright young child that he was being raised along side with. Hiding one's nature from someone who was attached at the hip is hard enough, but if the other being was a woman?....Well very few things would be harder in life regardless of the planet you are on.

Such was the case of Lu Bu's Young Miss, she may not be his intellectual equal but she was an intelligent and mischievous little girl. Her woman's intuition was already frightening for one so young, but she was innately playful so she often performed many a prank throughout her family manor. When Lu Bu's physical prowess became apparent to her, she quickly took advantage of the new resource. She used his slightly taller stature to have him perform actions on her behalf, she used him as manual labor to carry more elaborate props, and when being caught red handed she would often be seen fleeing on Lu Bu via piggy back.

The Clan leader's and Lady Lu's scolding would often shake the manor walls. You would also occasionally hear thuds against Lu Bu's bare bottom for a time, for his crime of aiding his Young Miss. It was only for a time as Lady Lu eventually gave up on getting the boy's repentance since he wouldn't let out so much as a whimper. The experience would always end with her leaving the room yelling vulgarities and throwing things about after giving him a spanking. In a spanking attempt by Lady Lu where she had clan leader Lu do the spanking, even clan leader Lu couldn't get him to make a sound. So the clan leader asked Lu Bu why he was helping their daughter with her foolishness, Lu Bu casually responded " She is my Young Miss. It is my duty."

Clan Leader Lu and Lady Lu had no idea whether to laugh or cry at this response. They were the ones raising the boy but somehow their daughter was the one that had gained his loyalty. I was a good sign for a death warrior, but still gave them a headache. How were they supposed to discipline the boy when he followed the values they raised him with?

Lu Bu was not mindlessly supporting his Young Miss though, in all things she made sure Lu Bu received some of her benefits. She demanded a lot of privileges in his favor from her parents. Hence Lu Bu while being a bastard death warrior, received private tutoring from the famed teachers gathered for her. His education on the new Ares continent he had been transported to was top notch. His thirst for knowledge was insatiable and the tutors often commended him. To the point they advised the Lu clan leader to nurture him as a scholar not some meaningless death warrior. There were even some tutors that requested Lu Bu be released into their care as a disciple.

Of course the Lu clan leader rejected all of these requests when they were made, but every now and then when the snot nosed brats pulled one of their pranks he genuinely considered the offer. These two brats were two devils when paired together! His daughters mischievous mind and Lu Bu's unflinching loyalty to her were driving him insane. He eventually noticed Lu Bu would often modify his daughters plans so they wouldn't cross the bottom line or cause serious harm, but even then just barely. It had gotten to the point where even he the mighty Lu clan leader, Lu Da! Renown for his intelligence also fell victim to the two little devils pranks. He fell victim to a simple bucket prank where he was showered in manure.

The whole manor was quickly notified that this event could never leave their household or they would face a swift execution. Ironically all the servants had no intention of spreading news of the event in the fist place. Threat or not. This was because the clan leader was the fifth victim that week, regardless of status, no one wanted to admit a couple of kids managed to drop shit on their heads. They were mighty Mortal Warriors for heavens sake! Lady Lu was the only one who had a great laugh. So it became that the usually carefree clan leader quickly became extremely cautious in his own house. He often lamented that these two would definitely drive him insane.

As most pranks do though, eventually one of the pranks got out of hand. The young miss had planned to release the horses in the stable so as to avoid her schooling later that day. This had Lu Bu a little miffed as he actually enjoyed sitting in on her classes, but he had come to understand his position in this new world and followed like a shadow for this plan regardless.

With a long prod like staff in hand the Young Miss released the latch to the manor's private stable. Unfortunately the Young Miss did not set free the horses, but opened the stable for a weak young Mortal Shadow Wolf her father recently captured instead. The wolf saw the little girl with prod in hand and took her as an enemy, and with a howl began charging at the little girl.

At the beasts howls thundering behind them, the Manor guards could only turn to see a beast charging at the young Miss and they hurriedly started to scramble her way. If anything happened to the Young miss they would surely be executed for their negligence! Unfortunately no one was stationed near the manors private stable and they despaired as the wolf started to close in on the Young Miss.

The prod in her hand was released and laying on the ground next to her. They could see the pure terror on her face that had completely frozen her body.

Standing behind the Young Miss they could also see the young Lu Bu who often kept the Young Miss's foolishness to a minimum. He wore a calm expression as he was staring at the wolf. While these guards actually liked this quiet kid, they were mentally wishing his calm expression would offend the wolf and he would be eaten first.

Shortly after these thoughts, they then heard another wolfish howl as loud as thunder and saw a white flash slam into the Shadow Wolf. Then the wolf was sent flying back into the stables, with echoing thudding sounds and a wolfs whimpers reaching their ears.

Their eyes soon gravitated to the wolfs previous location, trying to identify that white flash.

Soon they saw a young man standing in front of the Young Miss. He stood there in a horse like stance, arms apart like trying to display a pair of non existent claws, and flashing his wolfish fangs.

It was Lu Bu!

Half of the guards took this opportunity to close in on the Young Miss and secure her well being while the other half went to secure the Shadow Wolf. When those guards saw the wolf they began to feel sympathy for it, its front chest was crushed and it had suffered various wounds when crashing back into the stable, it would likely die if not treated soon.

As these guards rushed to get a beast tamer to treat the wolf, they could not help but take a second look at the young Lu Bu, still standing in front of the stable glaring daggers at the wounded wolf like an offended young sovereign. The guards remaining at the scene also could not take their eyes away from the boy. His strength had them absolutely flabbergasted.

Due to the guards who witnessed this event young Lu Bu had gained a new title, The White Wolf.