CHAP 1

He puts his hand on my shoulder. That bastard, his smirk is wide and mischievous.

"Cat got your tongue Lumi? Or have you finally realised you can't do anything to me?"

I clench my teeth. I feel my blood boiling in my veins. I want to rip his arm of badly, But how can I? He's got the power of a devil and even if I'm stronger than all sourcers. I'm not as strong as him.

"Like hell. You think your such a big shot don't you?I have no interest in you. Someone else can do the killing I don't want to touch you."

He laughs.

"You really are too confident. It's sad because...I don't need you anymore."

I look at him in confusion. His grabs my arm and lifts it up reaching for my face with a wide grin. My eyes widen... he's going to kill me...

Everything goes black and fuzzy. I feel a seconds worth of intense pain but then it slowly fades.

"Ugh..."

I touch my head and open my eyes

"Hey are you okay?"

I hear a distant voice say. I groan

"What...?"

A girl with peach pink eyes and light brown hair looks at me with a worried expression.

"Who are-? Wait...what am I-?"

She blinks in confusion before placing her hand on my shoulder.

"You look pale, are you ill? I'll tell the madam if you want"

I stare at her in utter confusion. Who is this girl? What's with the old Chinese style servant clothing? Madam? Who is that? Aren't I supposed to be dead? He killed me after all.

So many questions were flooding into my head all at once it made me dizzy.

"Ah! Quickly! Stand straight the lord is coming."

She lifts her arms and bows her head in respect along with the other servant girls and people near by.I do the same, though I don't understand why.

"What do you mean the lord is coming? Who is he?"

I whisper to her but she seems too reluctant to answer whilst the madam is watching and simply whispers.

"I'll tell you later."

A man walks past in what looks like high-class clothing. I don't know much about this stuff but he definitely looks important. His two servants stand by his side holding up and sort of.. umbrella? To shade him from the sun I'm guessing? One has short black hair and leaf green eyes, he has a pretty handsome face too. He looks proud and gives off 'i'm too cool for you' vibes.

"Pfft."

How ridiculous. I've grown to hate those kind of expressions. They remind me all to well of-...hold on. My gaze drifts to the second boy. He looks some what familiar. That long brown silky hair and those hazel eyes that glow like honey in the sunlight... That appearance reminds me all to well of that bastard. And he even his his face too. What a coincidence. Yeah...a coincidence...

"Hey"

I nudge the girl next to me

"The boy on the right to the lord... what's his name?"

The girl looks at me and then at him.

"That's young master Asahi Xia. He's the lord's student...like young master Zenri Li the one on the left. They are both very skilled and strong, many-...uh hey are you listening?"

I am to in shock to listen to the rest. Asa-...hi? No. No way. Impossible.

"What dynasty are we in...?"

I ask. I'm afraid to know the answer.

"Oh uh. The Tang dynasty."

She replies slightly confused as to why I'm asking such an obvious question. My blood runs cold. That's almost a thousand years from my time. How could this happen? Was I reincarnated or something somehow? Impossible...but...but I have. And he's here. That means he's actually a thousand years old...no wonder he has the power of a devil. That isn't something you're born with. How could I be so stupid. But that also means I've been enemies with an old geezer this whole time.

As the lord walks past us I take on last glance at Asahi's face. Now that I look at him properly. His face is much younger than I remember. He's shorter and his expression is neutral. But his eyes...they aren't filled with arrogance and revenge...not like before...they are more soft and warm, curious...and...somewhat beautiful. I stare at them for a while until he disappears inside the palace.

"You interested in him?"

I snap back to reality

"What? Interested?"

The girl next to me grins.

"If you are you'll have to be careful. You're not the only one who has eyes for him. After all he's got a huge reputation and a high rank, he's also young and a still has his innocence so he's like gold."

I blink at her in disbelief. What? Innocent? Young? High ranking and gold? Are we still talking about Asahi or an angel? This one sounds like heaven.

"You're saying... he's that popular amongst women?"

"He sure is. I had eyes for him myself at one point but I prefer young master Zenri Li more. He's so handsome and cool, he has the most charming smile and everything about him is devine!"

She holds her hands together and blushes as she talks about him. I just stand there like a brick looking at her in uninterest. He sounds like the exact thing I hate.

"But since we both have crushes on two guys who are friends. Let's be friends too and keep our secret together Kay?"

She smiles brightly and holds my hand in hers

"Uhh...who are you again?"

I ask, I'm confused. She stops before chuckling awkwardly.

"Oh right I forgot to introduce myself. my fault. I'm Xiao Ling nice to meet you. And you are?"

I nod. I have to go by a Chinese name otherwise I'll be suspicious. I think.

"I'm Yue Mei Lien"

I make up. Does it sound convincing? I hope so.

"Alright then Yue Mei! We're friends from now on!"

I sigh in relief. Yue Mei must be a shorter version. I guess it's easier to remember.

"Let's go finish up our chores and then we can eat sweet potato buns together!"

Sweet potato buns?Sounds yummy. I think to myself.

"Okay then, uh Xiao Ling.

She chuckles.