16 Demon Hunting

-Yunlan-

With the first rays of the morning sun, Zhao Yunlan woke up from his induced dream. His body, still intertwined with that of his lover, which he look at with great affection. His beautiful face looked calm and peaceful, for which he was glad. His Wei had such a bad time in the last few hours that seen him in such a peaceful bliss, make him smile like a kid.

Many things had happen the night before, but Shen Wei's father journal had truly impact him. Obviously Shen Wei had known of the tower since he was a kid, even if he forgot about it as he grew older, wrote those runes that make his father obsessed with and was guarded by ghosts, probably by those similar to the ones guarding the tower. All that was quite shocking, but what stroke him the most was the fact that Wei knew of him, even if it was in a nightmare.

His father had wrote that the nightmare occurred when he was twelve and at that age, he had experience something odd he had forgot until now. There was a night in which he had a fight with his father and he run off home enraged. He had walked aimlessly to calm himself, but during his mad walking around the neighborhood, he found himself lost, although he had not walked that far. That night some odd mist raised from the ground, narrowing his visibility to only of those things closer to him.

Then he heard some kind of growl, like that of an enraged dog, yet it was scarier and right after a strange kind of animal, a lot more bigger than a common dog, without the typical fur and with unnatural longer fangs that came out on nowhere and growl some more. He got goosebumps just by seen the thing alone and wonder if he had just hit his head somewhere without noticing and was now dreaming, because the thing in front of him was something that could only exit in nightmares.

However, dream or not, the beast, run toward him, so fast that he didn't have time to react. He only had enough time to cover his face with his arm, but then there was a bluish light that blinded him, making him close his eyes and when he opened them again, just a few seconds later, he found himself right in front of the iron gate of his house. He wonder now if that light that saved him was in fact, the very same that shield Wei back in the ice cave and portal him back to his home. If it was, then Shen Wei had probably unconsciously sent his guardians to him, so they could protect him.

Thinking back, it was shortly after that when his father became obsessed with his security. He had told his mother of what happen and he thought she had told his father, but now he was sure that Zhao Xin Chi had been in contact with Shen Wei's father. It was probably because of that his father had hired bodyguards for him. After two weeks of been pissed off by their presence in his life, he had make a deal with him. He wore an ugly talisman pendant in exchange for his freedom, never taking it off, until he was old enough to have his own business and house, by then, his luck was probably too overwhelming for the demon to try something else against him again.

"My Wei... you had always been bonded to me... my beloved... even then you keep me safe..." And when he was about to bow his head to give him a light kiss, Shen Wei opened his eyes and smiled at him.

"Good morning, Yunlan ..." Wei whisper, moving his hand from under the cover to remove a lock of hair from his forehead.

"Good morning Xiao Wei..." He said, just before kissing him, quite gently first, then deepening the kiss, as he held his waist to pull him closer, feeling his warmth against his own. Shen Wei, was pleased to be awake in such pleasurable way, that early in the morning. He let Yunlan keep his mouth captive for as long as he wished, barely containing a moan, so to not wake the others... others... wait! Then, reality sink in and Shen Wei abruptly sat, braking their heated kiss to look around. The rest of the guardians were scattered in sleeping bags around the room, mostly in pairs.

Zhu Hong and Lin Jing sleeping bags were very close, so were Chu and Guo's, Wang and Sang, just like he and Yunlan were sharing the same one, which leaved Da Qing on his own, although he was sleeping close to theirs, at Yunlan's side. All of them were still fast asleep, so he sighed in relief, because they were all safe and sound. He lie down again, sighing once more, then looked at Yunlan, fully realizing that he had wanted to have him last night and almost get away with it, if Yunlan had not wanted some answer, then he blushed intensely, making Zhao smile.

"Yunlan, about last night... I..."

"Don't be embarrass, my Wei... You are hotter than I thought, which I totally love it..." Shen blushed even more.

"Seriously I..."

"The cute thing about you, my Wei, is that after you show me such passion, you revert back to been so shy... then you blush so lovingly, as you are doing right now..." Shen looked down and hide his face on Yunlan's chest, as his ears became impossibly red.

"Please don't tease me more... I honestly never had behave this way with any past lover... I was never this passionate, just with you."

"Ah, but we are past lovers too, Shen Wei and our bond goes deeper than you realize."

"Yeah, you both are hot for each other, obviously..." A voice coming from the hole of the door said and both of them sat in surprise.

"Ah, it's you Long Hun..." Zhao said, as his heart raced back to normal.

"Of course it's me, who else will you expect, no demon can come near here. It's time to go, wake up the others and we go demon hunting."

"Just wait... Shen Wei and I, that's fine, somehow we had gained some kind of power, but keep the others here, away from the demons and of any kind of harm." The dragon laughed.

"That's quite noble of you, my Lord, but they are guardians too. They had always stayed by your side for centuries, they are in fact, your guardians as Lord Shen, had his own, even if he doesn't see them anymore. You will find out soon enough, your team is more than capable to defeat demons."

"What about the kid? He gets scare to easily..."

"My Lord, I have something special for him and they all will have the protection given with the beads bracelets. Worry not, he will not die on you. Wake them up, we can't allow any demon to leave these mountains."

"Wait! What about the militaries that came here before us? Are they still alive?" Shen Wei asked and the dragon smiled.

"This is a place only for guardians, no one else will walk around as they pleased. It was because of that, the professor presence fool me enough to allow him in. Just like your father and mother, he too was a former guardian. I portal the military's away from the mountains before the demons cold kill them and it was a very close call. Wake then up and we will be on our way, the days are shorter here." The dragon said and walked away, leaving Shen Wei stoned, learning both his parents were guardians of the tower in a past life.

"Don't duel too much on it, Xiao Wei. Reincarnated gods should reborn in the line of those connected to them in some way. It should be the same with my parents too. Okay... off we go, my Wei... we have some beast to hunt." Zhao said.

Soon all of them gather outside the worn out temple and the dragon portal them back to the cold mountains. Long Hun had sealed the entrance of the cave, so the demons wanting to get out, also gather in the valley closer to the cave. There were quite a lot of them, different sizes and kind, but all of them ready to tear their flesh apart and feed on their blood and bones.

"Okay guys, we are definitely outnumber, but we can't let this things go down to the town. I don't need to tell you of the big slaughter this things will made if we fail." Zhao said as he took out his upgraded gun. "The demons explode in a cloud of ashes, stay alert and fight in pairs. Little Guo, you are with Old Chu. Wang and Sang, Zhu, your blade should be lethal, stay close to Lin and Da Qing, you are with us. We hunt down demons, but keep each other safe... we had the luck in our side." He added.

"Hum... Chief Zhao... was is that blue cloud coming our way?" Guo shyly asked and all of them looked up at the distance.

"Fire bats... lots of them..." Shen Wei whisper.

"Leave those to me." Long Hun said, transforming back into a huge dragon, then taking off.

"Now, we begin..." Zhao suggested as the demons begin running toward them.

"Let me handle the first wave..." Shen Wei said, as he calmly walked in front of the nervous guardians. There was that hint of rage in his voice.

"Shen Wei, we don't fight alone, come here..." Zhao said as he put a hand over his shoulder, but Shen Wei simply look back at him and smiled.

"Don't worry Yunlan... apparently I had done this before, stay back, you will see..." Wei said, giving his lover a 'trust me' look and so he did, walking back to the rest of his team, yet ready to fire at any moment. Then, to their immense astonishment, Shen Wei bend one knee, as his arm moved back to hold not a Dao sword like before, but a very long scythe that he carried with amazing ease, then he run forward and twisted just in time to slaughter, not one but at least a dozen of demons in one swift move, a cloud of ashes covering him as the demons exploded after a golden light go through them.

"I'll be damn... Ah babe, you are breathtaking..." Zhao whisper.

"Is that really the same professor?" Lin whisper back in astonishment.

"Amazing..." Zhu whisper with admiration, as the professor moved with the gracefuly experience of a true warrior among the demons.

"Chief Zhao! Bbbb... baatss are coming..." Guo barely said, scared to death at those bats that escaped the dragon were going down to burn them to death.

"Ha! Time to shine guys... fire up!" Zhao yelled as he fire a few well aimed rounds, killing some instantly. Then Guo extended the greenish stick the dragon had gave him and as the others fired their upgraded guns, he simply stayed by Chu side, with the thing pointing at the sky. As fear run inside his body, suddenly a cold mist begin to surround him going up to his extended arm, with multiple small icy crystals circling it, then as his bracelet shined, something huge surge from it, a jet of ice crystal spraying the sky, instantly freezing a great deal of bats in one go.

"Wow!" Zhao yelled in even more surprise, but then he joined Shen Wei, as he did the day before, keeping an eye on his team whenever he had the chance. Da Qing was the best at moving targets, but Zhu golden blade was quite fearsome, although not as much as Shen Wei's, who switched blades as needed them.

Wang and Sang seems to be more like the shielding type, they shield them with talismans, that just like in Shen Wei's case, appeared out of nowhere and Lin, using a deadly enchanted bow and arrows was trying not to let Da Qing go too far ahead of him with numbers and Chu was alternating fighting with his gun and some unseen treads that cut like sharp knives.

In all, they fought well for who knows how long, but as they killed all demons, exhaustion finally sink in. Most of them sat on the cold snow, checking for injuries and trying to remove some of the ashes they were all cover with. Zhao came to his lover and eyed him, looking for any kind of injuries, but he saw no signs of blood anywhere.

"Ah, my Wei... now I know why I called you the Ghost Slayer... you were fearlessly awesome." Zhao said, finally sitting by him.

"So were you, Yunlan..." He said while blushing.

"Can I kiss you now?" Zhao joked, making the professor even redder.

"It will be gross... we are all cover with demon ashes..." Zhao laughed. It was true it will be gross as they were now, but what amused him was the fact Shen Wei was actually willing if under other circumstances. Ah babe, you are spoiling me too much.

"Yeah, that was gross indeed... Mmm, I'm so tired..." He said, lying down on the snow cover with demon ashes. He slightly pulled Shen Wei's jacket, so he may lie by his side and had some deserved rest too, but then the dragon came back, transformed into a human and announced.

"It's not over yet..." He said and the ground trembled slightly under them, a massive figure coming inside the valley. Zhao sat back and took Wei's hand on his, as he watched a very huge things slowly walk their way.

"A fire demon... this one it will be hard to take down, his skin is too thick." The dragon said and they all looked at each other in wonder. Just how will they defeat a beast half the side of a mountain? However, Shen Wei simply smiled. Just try me, he thought, as he and Yunlan got back to their feet, still holding hands. They were the guardians of those mountains and no demon was going the cross that border, of that he will make sure.

AN: Thanks for reading.