Brother brings home persuders.

The day before we left for the Grimm woods. I wake up in the middle of the night. The moon light shine through the window covers. I look around in search of the reason that could have woke me up. [Strange there is nothing out of order and I don't need to go. So what is causing this unsettling feeling?]

After looking for awhile, I got up, dress and grab my sword. Thinking some practice would help me calm down. I head towards the courtyard where my training classes are usually held. As I near I sense three auroras, one twenty Star tier practitioner and two fifteen Sky tier practitioners heading towards this direction. Of the three, only one felt familiar. I decided to hide inside the weapons stack. Wait and see, seems to be the right course of action.

I lower my breathing and presence as much as possible as they near. The familiar aura seem to belong to my brother. When I could finally see them, it turns out that one was indeed my brother however I didn't like what I saw.

[Brother is in the Twenty Star tier. There aren't many people out there in the same generation who would be able to put him in this pitiful state. These people aren't normal.] Artemis thinks as she looks at her Big brother. His usual looks were no where to be seen in how he currently was, his long hair was cut short and uneven, clothes with sword cuts and dirty. He seems like he was grab and throw into the mud. He got cuts all over his body especially his forearms and legs they have nasty slashed, black blood gushing out.

Apollo look furious and ready to go down fighting. "You have chase me all the way to my house." He begins coldly with blood dropping from his mouth "Aren't you afraid that you will never get out alive?" He lands in the middle of the arena just as one of the shadowy figures launch a wind blade attack. He blocks it but is push back. He coughs up blood.

The bigger shadowy figure seems to be the leader of the two. A twenty plus year old assassin covered from head to toe. He laughs and mockingly replies. "We have already kill all of your men. You are the last one left. We have already checked the area there is no one close enough to hear you. Really? you expect us to be afraid when we are this close to killing you? Were you trying to make this easier? Twenty men in the Sky realm to scout the perimeter of more than a thousands yards. And yet you make the group even smaller splitting into four groups."

The smaller figure who seems like a young woman giggles. She was the one who launch the wind attack. Long range attacks looks to be her forte. "If you already have doubts that your house was being watch wouldn't it have been better to have five teams of twenty men check the perimeter?" She waves her hips as she approaches my brother. " Ah, but it would be a pity if I can't taste you before I killed you. It must be embarrassing for a man to died a virgin, right?" she stops in front of him. "If you beg for it, maybe big sister will let you experience the pleasure of pushing down a woman before sending you on your way." She laughs and looks at him seductively.

I feel my face twitch. [This whore thinks she is qualify to sleep with my brother?!! She isn't even worthy to carry his shoes!!! Ah, i really feel like killing her!!] Nonetheless I remain standing where I am. When dealing with assassin I learned from my last life it's best to not give my location away for as long as I can help it. Unless it's make a sneak attack, it's would be better for me not to move. Right now I am far too weak. Dealing with them won't be easy. Assassin are known for being fast and silently deadly. If I were to recklessly go get help, I will likely be having daggers in my vitals spots before I make it out of the courtyard.

Apollo swung his sword at the assassin. The assassin parries, then throws daggers dripping in poison. Apollo dodges them. The female assassin seem surprise obviously wasn't expecting that. In the temporary opening when she is open he delivers a fatal strike....Unfortunately the male assassin blocks the strike.

Apollo doesn't finch in mere seconds he unleashes various attacks, all while using his leg to kick the female assassin toward the weapons stacks. Perhaps hoping for one of the weapons to impaled her to death or injured her.

The female assassin crash against the stacks. coincidentally it's the stack were I am hiding.

[I can't let this change slip by.] I swung my sword at her neck. she reacts out of instinct, it saves her life nonetheless, she suffers a slash from shoulder to butt. She screams in agony. She kicks the weapon stack with her back still towards me. I grad 'them' and roll out, barely escaping being crash to death.

[I am not the Heroine of this novel. I am the villainess and villainess don't have plot armor, if I want to live. I must be always be steps ahead of my opponents. I can't afford to make a mistake.] I think to myself. Still rolling I throw three daggers. she manages to parry two with her dagger and sword. The third forces her to dogged but it still grace her shoulder. She screams again.

[So far, so good. If I can keep her here brother might be able to finish off the other assassin.] Quickly on my feet, I face my now enraged opponent. Out of the corner of my eye, I glance at Apollo. He and the assassin are really going at it. He unleashes Crimson scream. A range fire attack only know to the children of house Phoenix. The attack sends the cocky assassin flying back. He lands on his feet and lets go of his now burning red sword. He scowls as he pulls out his daggers and meets my brother charge. Sparks happened each time their weapons collide.

I move back as my opponent swung her sword horizontally at me. She screams "Bitch, I will kill you!!"

I smirked "I am offended that a whore thinks she can claim my life. Nevertheless since I am so kind I won't take your life. I only will return you to the brothel you escape from" I tell her mockingly. [The me now can't meet her head on. The gap in our power is two levels, Technically I don't stand a change but things aren't as they seen]

"You should be honor I even notice your worthless brother" She screams in rage and flew at me sword and dagger in each hand. She throws the dagger, I parry it with my sword. I jump back from her next slash, duck her roundhouse kick, and roll to the side when she strikes down with her fist.

"arghhh!!!'

Yup, that got to hurt. Most families training courtyard floor are usually made of stone. The imperial family is no exception. Even so my family the courtyard floor is made out of diamond metal. just as the name implies the metal is just as hard and expensive as diamonds. Even father and the other four ghost attacking together can't break. At most they would only be able to glace it at the cost of their strongest weapon being bend or destroy.

I am not surprised seeing her hand was badly mutilate after smashing it against the floor. [She likely can't use that hand any time soon. Now is my change] Knowing that the enemy won't attack for a few seconds I immediately unleash my power.