The Zhu

Big Zero!" Truck-kun cried, dashing into his arms as she laughed, leaping to wrap her arms around his neck. Latching on without issue, she rubbed her plump cheeks against his mask.

"I'd thought you'd be here in a few days. How did it take you so long?" He demanded, patting the baby girl's head. "

Truck-kun couldn't bring herself to answer, but her grip around him grew tighter," Is big Zero gonna give me a piggyback ride?"

"You're a big girl who can walk; why can't—"

"Truck-kun wants a ride!" The young lass argued, crawling onto Zero's lean body; she wrapped her arms around his neck and legs around his chest and smiled.

"Hehe."

"Zhu—"

"It's 'The' Zhu."

(A/n: Just say zoo if you are confused about how to say it. It's how we do it.)

"Zhu, let's not do this." Zero painfully said as he felt her grip tighten around his neck.

"Well, who could harm a Zhu?" She meekly said in a baby voice, making even Zero's heart soft.

"Um," Elyimi said, a little confused, " What's a Zhu? You said it as though it were a race."

'I'm the Zhu!" The young girl cheerfully said, peeping her head over Zero's shoulders with large beady eyes; she giggled, " I am both a Zhu and the Zhu!"

"..."

Confusion had taken over Elyimi's mind as she turned to look for help from the elders, but was disappointed as they could also see the confusion too.

A/N: This is a real thing my sister does, lol. And We call her Zhu or Zhu Zhu.

"Ignore it; that's just how she is. Which is why it's just easier to call her Truck-kun." Zero mentioned calmly. He skimmed his eyes over Ildurla and Flay and cuffed his hands, " And it's an honor to meet both the Grandmaster and the High Priest. I take it Little Zhu here has been kind."

"The Zhu is always kind!" The little girl argued," Now suffer! Vampire bite!' She cried, biting down on Zero's neck.

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A/N: >-<

Praying to gods he didn't believe in, Zero sucked in a long breath, feeling the Zhu trying to break through his skin with all she had.

"Idiot."

"MMMMM!"

"Stop that"

"GRRR"

"Will you stop that!" Zero cried, snatching the little girl off his back and tossing her over the horizon.

"TEAM ZHU BLASTING OFF AGAIN!!!! WEEEEE!!!!"

Vanishing to everyone's shock as Zero had not held back, he cleared his throat and turned to the Grandmaster, " Can I assume she's learning?"

There was a long awkward silence as Flay and Ermiyi stood still in shock, unable to believe what they had just seen. They turned to the serene expression of the Grandmaster, who chuckled and nodded, " I'd heard a lot of you. Zhu told me everything."

"Well, as her greatest accomplishment is probably counting her toes, I'd say that isn't much." Zero carelessly said, not bothering to give face; he crossed his arms and merely stared.

"Boy," Flay started, approaching Zero, who merely glanced at her.

"Flay O'Rean, Head Priest, who has been in charge of over forty-seven Dao Cycles, known as Ironblood Flay, due to her cold, ruthless nature as a Salem Witch. No children were ever conceived due to deadly injury at the hands of General Cedren Lazarus due to overreaching in Iliya. In your hate, you performed a ritual and cursed him to be impotent. It's been forty Dao cycles since then."

"You… Who the hell are you?" Flay uttered, gulping as everything he had said was information lost to the ravages of time. "No one should know about that."

"I'm good at what I do; whether it is about understanding my enemies or allies, I leave no stone unturned." He answered, sliding his gaze to the Grandmaster. ' as for you, well, it's best I not say,"

"Indeed, especially since we are under someone's surveillance." She softly said, turning to stare at Aldrich's grim expression in the window watching them.

"And who might he be?" She asked.

Zero smiled behind his mask and shrugged, " Now that I have his image, No one of relevance yet." He mysteriously said," Shall we visit the others? I'm sure Zue will love to see her brothers."

Ermiyi coughed, " Did you forget what you did? She's probably off-planet by now."

"ZHUUUUUUUUU!!!!!" Zero howled as time suddenly seemed to reverse. To everyone's surprise, the young emerald hair lass appeared latched on to Zero's back.

"The Zue is unstoppable!!"

Clearing his throat, Zero walked off, heading back to the bar where everyone was gathered; he followed the sounds of battle, taking no more than five minutes to return to the large bar with a man-size hole in the wall.

Stepping through where he was kicked out from, Zero, followed by Ermiyi, Flay, and lastly, Ildurla stepped in.

"Onii-Chan!!!!!!!!!!" The Zhu cried, leaping off Zero as she continued to try to Vampire Bite him, and fell into the arms of Zariel, who looked starstruck!

"Zhu Zhu!!! The young master cried, swinging her small body around. "You got so big!"

"No, you got big! Your weally-weally, BIG!" She said back, wrapping her arms around his neck, " Zhu is happy to see you again; big-big Broda said you were gone, and-and-and—"

Releasing a slew of kisses over the young master, Zhu laughed with tears rolling down her eyes.

Off to the side with a drunken glow over her cheeks, Aurelia tilted her head to a young girl far smaller than here and frowned, "Hiccup* Whose that! Aurelia wants hugs too!"

"HEY, DUMB-DUMB! AURELIA WANTS HUGS TOO! SO SCOOCH OVER!" The young fallen howled, jumping into the family.

"Damn it, aurelia!"

"AAAHHHH~ You are a dumb-dumb! Zhu likes!" The emerald head child screamed.

"Right-Right! I'm Aurelia Morningstar!"

"Zhu Zhu Snow! And this is my big, Broda!" The young las said, leaning her head over his chest.

Aurelia's eyes went wide as she turned to look at the annoyed expression of Zariel, who was quite content in the arms of his little sister.

"Oh my! Is that jealousy I see?" Iz remarked, staggering with an entire bottle half empty.

"DEAN! Help us out! Kick 'em out there drinking everything," the bartender and owner of this establishment cried. "HELP!"