On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Chapter 105: Confusions and Keeping her in the Dark

Aqua unsealed her powers her power. "Say it," she said to shifu. 

"Say what? Are you deff?" Shifu shouted at her. "Stupid, fool, stop messing around and train yourself to get back on your feet, " he said, disrespecting her a lot. "Get a hold of yourself first, and learn to live properly," She did not like it. She did not like the way he spoke down to her. To a person who is more powerful than him. 

"Watch what you say," she reminded him. "You know looking down on me won't always work with me, if you want respect don't forget to give them back, I have tolerated enough of your mood swings and temperament, but I won't always, " she warned him. 

"Growing smart are you? How dare you talk back to your master?" 

Aqua extended her arms and summoned her crystal sword. It woke and flew right into her hands instantly. Shifu's eyes grew wide. 

"How dare you?" He said and drew out his magical elephant tusk silver sword.  Aqua made the first move and they started fight. A total chaos for few minutes. Aqua attacked well which made shifu only defend and not fight back. He tried blocking her but that was all he could do. He failed tremendously to his surprise. He was never of Aqua's potential until he fought with her. Master Bo Hai panted hard. 'Why is she strangely powerful,' he wondered. 'Why is she feared by Emperor? Could it be that she cannot be defeated? No way, but why?' He started sweating. 

"Why are you weak?" She asked her master, keeping her sword at the neck. "I was expecting a much stronger duel from you," she mocked him. "Come on shifu," withdrawing her sword and but it back on the sheath. She bowed. "How am I? Am I not good enough to stand on my feet?" She asked him back.

"When did you?" Shifu cleared his throat. "When did you train?" 

"No, I never trained, I always had this in me, did you forget you seal me the day you met me again ? And also I never let out my potential in front of you, when at school, you know it well, but didn't expect this much did you, am pretty powerful shifu, I trained everyday since I was few years old," she said and smiled proudly. 

"You rascal, fighting with your own master?" She heard a familiar voice. 

"Aiden," she said and turned to face him. "I was wating for you, " she said. 

"Are you the one who summoned me?" He asked her.

"No, he did," she said pointing at Master Bo Hai who looked troubled. 

Aiden bowed and paid his respects. "How are you doing?" He asked. 

"Pretty good, except dealing with two whining teenagers," he said eyeing Aqua. 

Aqua imitated his expression and made fun if him. Aiden bursted out laughing and so did Aqua. Master Bo hai rubbed his forehead and let the two stand laughing. 

"Ok back to the matter, why did you want me here?" Aiden asked as he stopped laughing. 

"Nothing much, I was wondering if I should accept your request or not," 

"Really?" Aiden got excited. 

"What request?" Aqua asked them not able to catch up with the two men. 

"Hush, elders are speaking," shifu said. "Grand Prince, come with me," Shifu said and walked into his hut. Aqua walked behind them. But shifu slammed the door at her face and out a charm for her to not enter or hear anything. She waited outside for a long time eavesdropping. 

"What are you trying to listen to?" Somebody asked her. 

"They are having a serious conversation, I want to know," she replied without looking at who it is standing next to her. 

"I see," he said. It then occured to her. A similar scent caught her. Her eyes grew wide for being caught red handed. She quickly turned her head only to be surprises. His face only half and inch away from her. She brushed her lips against his who stood just like her, hands on his knees and looking at her, enjoying it. She flushed red. Her heart skipped a beat, just like his that went crazy inside. He wished to hold onto her. He wished to take her lips in lips. He wished he could give her a hug. But instead, they locked their eyes for a moment, and felt her uneven troubled breathe, then he was pushed away, as he expected it. 

"You what are you doing?" She asked hin all shocked. But more than that, she was embarrassed. 

He laughed loud. "Hey, you are the one who harassed me," she said. "You kissed me without my permission, you touched my face without my consent, you molested me," he accused her. He wanted to laugh out loud but played with her. His heart broke inside to think that her family is grave danger while he put on a happy face in front her. He couldn't imagine a time when she would find the truth. He wasn't sure how she would react and how he would handle her. He wanted to keep the trust her parents had on her. He took a deep breath. 

"Shut up and get lost,"  she said and stood folding her arms against her chest. "Oh right, did you see my mother and father or even Milan except Aiden?" 

"No," he simply said the truth. 

"What?" She was surprised. "You couldn't even care to visit them?" She asked. 

"I didn't have the time, I went there, I was about to enter the gate but saw Aiden there itself, passed the information and returned back. 

"Don't say anything, " she said.

"Why would I visit them," he asked.

"Because they are your.." she paused immediately. 'What the hell was I going to say, shut it Aqua,' she warned herself and stopped talking. "Shut up I said," after sometime she broke the silence herself. "Shifu said he is considering about something Aiden asked him, I can't understand about it," 

"Let them deal with something," Huo said and dragged her away. "Are you not hungry? let's have our food," 

He took her to the kitchen area they had set up behind their accommodations and opened the vessels. There were only a little rice left and chicken soup. Huo looked at Aqua. "An jit hungry, why don't you have them," he pretended and served the rice and soup in the bowl. He then took out some pickles and poured a glass of water and made her sit to have the food. 

"Have some," she suggested. But he refused to. But she spilt the chicken and gave him some. He was glad that she had the heart to share it and accepted them. 

"Thank you," he said. But he was worried, his heart trembling, unable to break the news to her. She would flip put and he was sure of it once she comes to know the news and once she comes to know that Huo hid it from her. "Othokke?" He kept thinking. "What should I do?"

"What? Eat it," she said looking at his strange expression. Little did she know the heart of the man sitting in front of her, trying to keep him at the distance refusing to accept her own feelings. 

"Have you thought about your potential before Aqua? The powers you possess, you limitless capabilities? Have you wondered about it?" He asked her slowly. Huo tried to test her. 

"Yes and No, yes because I have wondered about why I had to have this special power within me of all the descendants, and No because sometimes the duties assigned to me only because I have this power and not my potential hurts me, so I don't think about it nor see myself as somebody with unique abilities. It could be lethal, the Crystals. If it is used and tamed poorly, it will result in a disaster," she went on. "Do you..." she wanted to ask him something.  "Did it hu..." she hesitated alot.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Do you know how to control the crystals in you?" She asked him finally.

"Not much," he looked away recalling the bitter moments in the beginning. "I used to be in terrible pain when I reincarnated, my blood weird, body did not adjust to it, wounds did not heal easily, and physical pain was unbearable, especially the pain here," he said keeping his hands on his heart. Volca kept feeding me with love elixirs along with my other medications and didn't relaize them at first. The hormones and blood would act up and she would approach me, but every single time my heart would ache, and it would feel like am dying," he said and looked at with tears in his eyes that he suppressed opening up a little to her. Aqua sat motionless but she asked him to stop talking.

"Leave it, learn to control them," she said and stopped. Aqua did get to know the truth behind, but she still felt betrayed because of how he is keeping her close, in his castle. She did not feel comfortable with that. And the memories kept coming back to her, that she unlocked from him. She finished her lunch quickly and washed the pots and vessels. She fished the job but Aiden had already taken off. She was shocked to know that he left without seeing her which made feel even more suspicious. 'Why would he leave without bidding farewell with me?' She went looking for shifu, opened the door of his hut without his permission and she saw something she was least expecting there. She gasped.