Arc I
Vaisravana arose out of the sheets, still tired from yesterday's march. He whipped away any tears from his eyes as he yawned. he looked over to see Suzetta still napping on the other side of his bed and Xiao still sleeping in her own bed. For people outside the military considered the Imperial Dragon Commander as having an "eye for the Ladies" despite it was quite the opposite to those who knew him and those who would serve and die for him for Suzetta was his Oath Sibling and Xiao was his daughter. You could say it was awkward perhaps to the unwary but Vaisravana was protective of his family even if they were more than capable of defending themselves in battle or against less than honorable things. He simply shared his bed with his Oath Sibling so she wouldn't have to sleep with the other men and so he could watch over her at her weakest. Perhaps there was some romantic tension between the two but how The Imperial Dragon Commander took his work more seriously than even eating and sleeping most of the time, Vaisravana would be quite oblivious to it. Xiao on the other hand, was his daughter, adoptive yes but still his own flesh and blood at least considered by him and he would be damned if he ever let a man touch. Though he never enjoyed bringing Family to war for obvious reasons, If he would have to than better to keep family close then anything else right? well, at least what Vaisravana thought anyway.
Vaisravana rose out of bed and looked into the mirror, quickly grabbing water out of a pan next to the mirror and splashed his face to wake himself up. "Time to get back to work now" He stood their for a few moments thinking of the upcoming battle. Vaisravana was nowhere near getting rusty to leading and fighting in battle but he had yet to fight a deamon army of such a massive size. He be lying to himself if he wasn't scared but he knew he couldn't let his fear controlling him. Vaisravana was complicated, Being human he knew fear well and even he was not immune to it however in another way, he did not fear it for, he was nothing more than Warrior and though he often dwell on the unnecessary, in his eyes he had fulfilled his original purpose in life, to unite the land under Lady Wei sun and bring true peace to the land where everyone was equal with almost no bloodshed spilled, he still secretly wished for an honorable warrior death which at this point would never happen. Despite that, he felt a bit selfish at the same time, taking an easy way out when the only reason why him and Lady Wei Sun were still alive was because of the Will of the Heavens commanded it. Now it looked after making a pact with the will of the heavens that Vaisravana would only be allowed to die freely after he completed his duty to the will of the heavens, a daunting task indeed.
Vaisravana shook his head back to reality "I've wasted enough of my time being sentimental." and opened his closest revealing his prized armor and his courtly Hanfu. He removed the boots first, putting on his fur socks beforehand than putting on his leather pants as his protection under his last armor before putting on his Greaves and finally boots. As he removed his leather longshirt from the closest and began putting it on, he felt a warm embrace from a familer voice.
"What ya doing Vais?"
Suzetta said in a sexual tone. She had snuck out of bed with only sheets covering herself before hugging her Oath Sibling from behind.
"Getting ready for work...what did you think I was doing? The Imperial Dragon Commander of the entire Chu military doesn't get to lay around all day you know!"
Suzetta stood there and sighed, disappointed, as if she wanted to see her Oath sibling do something he hadn't done before. Vaisravana himself sighed with his leather shirt over his head "Women....." With that remark Xiao woke up and looked at them as she used her left arm to wipe the morning tears out of her eyes.
"Aunt Suz, what are you doing to dad?"
Suzetta winked at Xiao while putting a smile on "Oh you know the usual sweetie."
Not believing a single word nor the smile, Xiao looked at Suzetta with suspicion "
"huh uh, ok Aunt Suz if you say so"
defeated, she fell back into bed "aww..not you too Xiao!"
Xiao shrugged at Suzetta. "Sorry Aunt Suz" remarking before getting up out of bed and helping her father put on his cuirass who was having a little trouble putting it on.
"Thanks" Vais said after a few minutes after she tied up the leather straps in place under the cuirass before helping him don his crimson red cape. He then hugged his near naked daughter before looking back at Suzetta, he shook his head sighing before looking at both of them.
"Report for duty within an half an hour to the Dragon Guard."
"YES SIR!" Xiao said with confidence as she saluted while Suzetta performed half ass salute laying on the bed before speaking sarcastically.
"YES COMMANDER"
With that Vaisravana took his leave and made his way to the war room minutes later, revealing Guang Val, already in there studying the battle plans thoroughly on the large war table, showing a huge map and miniatures representing armies. Vaisravana walked over to the war table and laid a seductive but sarcastic tone at the same towards her. "Well hello to you beautiful, I guess it's a good thing I got the Goddess of Victory on my side already working"
She looked up, seeing Vaisravana's face only inches away from her.
"Not now Commander, We can play your flirty games later" she said in a serious tone, disappointing the Imperial Dragon Commander. Even though she knew he was only kidding, she would often go along with it just for the hell of it although, at times Vaisravana had a habit of annoying her greatly since he knew Val took her work as seriously as him, not to mention it would confuse most people who saw including Suzetta. Vaisravana and Val were simply close friends after the unification of their land although the two still held a rivalry of sorts of who was a better warrior and leader, being the only General of Hei who managed to hold Vaisravana forces hold off and dueled him to a stand still.
With that, Vaisravana brought his attention to the large map on the war table.
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