For the past few days the Krew and Aphmau have been training on how to activate and harness their full power and potential in the Celestial Realm and they were all off to a good start... well except for Rainbow as she's been having trouble and almost every night for the last few days she had been staying up almost all night practicing her airbending but still couldn't get it right as she's been very exhausted as well. Right now Funneh and Aphmau are both sword sparing against each other again while Gold is practicing her firebending, Draco is meditating in his halfling form, Rainbow is doing pushups and while Lunar is sitting under a tree reading her magic book while practicing her magic as both Íomhair and Nezha were watching the group train and then the Jade Emperor comes over and asked "How are they doing with their training?".
Nezha looks at him and says "So far they've been making good progress and no doubt sooner or later they'll be able to unlock their full potential and power" and the Jade Emperor nods before asking "And how is Anila's descendant doing?" and then Íomhair starts to say "Well..." and then they heard a thud and looked to see Rainbow faceplanted on the ground with Gold next to her looking worried.
Íomhair sighs at this before replying "Rainbow has yet to unlock her full power and isn't doing it correctly and nonetheless she keeps faceplanting on the ground for the last days of training" and then the Jade Emperor placed a hand on Íomhair's shoulder and says "Íomhair, do not worry. She will eventually find a way to unlock her power, just be patient with her and she'll come around" and Íomhair nodded before he calling out "Alright Rainbow, let's try the exercise again!" and Rainbow groaned at this while the others looked at her concerned.
Inside a Gazebo
Íomhair is meditating along with the Krew, Aphmau and Nezha as he's in a lotus sitting position while meditating peacefully. Rainbow scratches her behind while trying to meditate, then scrunches her nose before opening her eyes and looks at the others and then went back to meditating only for a few seconds before saying "I think I'm doing it wrong" and Íomhair replies "There's nothing to do. Let your mind and your spirit be free, for air is the element of freedom" and this made Rainbow laugh at this and then Íomhair opened his eyes and asked "Is something... funny?" and Rainbow replied "Yeah, you're telling me to embrace freedom, but you won't let me have a break. And forget about having at least a 5 minute one nonetheless".
"Please, Rainbow. Look at Draco; he's able to meditate peacefully" Íomhair said while gesturing Draco and when Rainbow looks at her little brother she saw that he was sleeping while snoring quietly and this made Rainbow says deadpanned "Actually, I think he's asleep".
"What?" Íomhair said as he looked closer and then says "Well, at least he has the relaxing part down" and then Rainbow says "Whatever. None of this airbending stuff makes any sense to me" and Íomhair looks at Rainbow and says "I know you're frustrated, but these teachings will sink in over time. Then one day, they'll just click" and went back to meditating and along with Rainbow, who took a deep breath. It was about four seconds until Rainbow says "Yeah, it's not sinking in yet. I'm gonna go get a cup of lychee juice" and she gets up and walks away and then Íomhair says "Rainbow, the meditation's not over yet!" and then Funneh asked "Master Íomhair, can I have some lychee juice too?" and almost instantly Íomhair said "No".
Funneh pouted and Nezha opened his eyes and looked at her slightly amused while Draco, who's still sleeping falls back on his back making Gold and Lunar looked at him and giggled a bit.
The Next Day and at Rainbow's Training Ground
Rainbow looks at the gates with a frustrated look as the others and the Jade Emperor are watching her and then Rainbow runs through the gates again until she gets hit by a gate and starts getting hit over and over again while she yelps of pain as she was getting thrown around like a ragdoll. "Patience, Rainbow!" Íomhair called out and when Rainbow gets hit again she finally stops herself and then let out yells of anger while getting angry and blasting her magic everywhere, destroying the gates in the process.
Everyone stares with their eyes widen at this while Rainbow pants until she realize what she just did. "That was a 2,000 year old historical treasure. What... What is wrong with you?!" Íomhair exclaimed in anger and then Rainbow replied "There's nothing wrong with me. I-I've been practicing just like you taught me, but it isn't sinking in, okay? It hasn't clicked like you said it would!" and then looks down, making the Krew look at her concerned while Aphmau looked worried. "Rainbow, this isn't something you can force. If you would only listen to me..." Íomhair starts to say until Rainbow had enough and looks at him in anger and yells "I Have Been! But You Know What I Think? Maybe The Problem Isn't Me! Maybe The Reason I Haven't Learned Airbending Yet Is Because You're A Terrible Teacher!".
The Krew were shocked by Rainbow's outburst as Aphmau looked startled while Nezha had his eyes slightly widen along with the Jade Emperor and Íomhair. Rainbow continues with her eyes shadowed as she exclaimed "Do You Know What It's Like To Believe That You Feel Unworthy To Everyone?! I Have Spent Almost All My Life Trying To Prove That I Can Be Someone And That I Can Do Something Great In My Life! But The Only Thing I'll Ever Be Is A Burden To My Friends And Family! Ever Since Mk Had Picked Up Monkey King's Staff And Became A Real Team I Feel Like I Haven't Done Anything To Help The Team And That I Always Get In The Way! Why Does It Have To Be So Hard For Me And Why Does It Have To Hurt The Most When I Hide From Everyone!" and at that point tears were coming down as Rainbow's eyes were still shadowed, no one said a word as the Krew were shocked by this and didn't know what to say since they had no idea Rainbow had felt like this.
Rainbow looks up at everyone with tears pouring down as she starts to say "Why can't I be like Funneh; the Brave and Leader type... Or be like Gold; the Beautiful and Sassy type... Draco; the Confident and Strong like... Or why can't I be like Lunar; the Awesome and Brilliant type" and then she slowly starts walking back and says "I'm just nothing... and I'll never be" and then she runs off and Aphmau shouts "Rainbow!" and tried to run after her friend when the Jade Emperor stopped her and says "No. The best thing you can do right now is to give her some space" and then they looked at where Rainbow was last standing and were all worried and concerned for her.
Meanwhile with Rainbow
Rainbow is running through a forest as tears continued pouring down from her face but didn't stop and Rainbow didn't know where she was going but didn't care as she continued running while her eyes were closed and didn't noticed a tree root that was up ahead but was too late as she tripped over it and started rolling down a slope as she screamed until she finally stopped rolling when her head hits a tree stump hard as she starts hearing a ringing sound and her vision started going blurry as well and then she saw a person figure coming towards her before she went unconscious.
Back with the others
Both Draco and Funneh were now facing each other as Íomhair wanted the Krew and Aphmau practice their abilities by making them battle each other. Draco gets into his stance along with Funneh as she waterbends some water into her hands making water arms as they stared at each other and then Íomhair says "Begin!" and Draco stomps his foot as three ground pillars appeared, Funneh quickly jumps out of the way and sends some water attacks towards Draco as he dodges and Funneh decides to use elemental mimicry as she creates a boulder at Draco, who stops it with his hand.
"Good job sis. Visualize then attack!" Draco said and punches the boulder back and Funneh had tried shielding herself with a water barrier but it goes through hitting Funneh in her stomach causing her to fall to the ground with a grunt, she gets up and says "Maybe you should take your own advice Draco".
Draco then says playfully "What's the matter? Can't handle some dirt Madame fussy britches?" and Funneh looks at him with a small irk mark on her face knowing he's playing and summons a wall of water and sends it to Draco, causing him to get wet and he looks at her with a deadpanned expression. "Oh sorry, did I splash you mud-slug?" Funneh said playfully and with a slight grin Draco charged at Funneh who charges back and they tackled each other to ground as the others looked at them. "Are they always like this?" Nezha asked Gold who looks at him and says "Oh, you have no idea" and they watched the two siblings locking hands as they tried to overpower the other while they were in a mud puddle and then Draco says "Hungry for a mud pie?" and kicks some mud in Funneh's face causing her to yell out a bit while backing away.
Funneh wipes the mud off her face and says "I'll give you a mud pie!" and jump kicks some mud bringing Draco down before he got up quickly and creates a group pillar under Funneh, sending flying back and almost crashed in Lunar as she was coming back but quickly moved out of the way as Funneh crashed into a stone wall, making her backpack that was on the wall fall down as it opened and then Bai He's phone came out into the view.
Funneh groans as Draco called out "Funneh! You okay?!" and Funneh shouts back "I'm good!" as she slowly gets up and Lunar noticed Funneh's backpack had fallen and says "Funneh you're backpack fell over! I'll get it!" and Funneh panicked when she heard that and shouts "Wait, Lunar! No!!" but was too late as Lunar grabbed the backpack but then noticed something on the ground and when she took a closer look she froze. 'Wait... i-is that B-Bai He's phone!!!' Lunar thought as Funneh ran over but saw that Lunar had seen the phone as she mutters in horror "Oh no..." and the Krew and Aphmau saw this too and were all shocked by this while Íomhair, Nezha and the Jade Emperor were watching.
Lunar picks up the phone with her eyes shadowed and then asked in a hollow tone "Funneh... Can you explain why do you have Bai He's phone in your bag?" and Funneh starts to say as she slowly approaches her sister "L-Lunar look... I-I can..." but then Lunar whips around with her eyes glowing purple and yelled in rage "WHY DO YOU HAVE BAI HE'S PHONE!?" and Funneh stepped back in shock as the others looked shocked too. Seeing there was no way out of this Funneh sighs and says "Yes... I can explain Lunar" and Lunar glared at her and spat "Well?!".
Taking a deep breath Funneh starts to say "I... I found it a few days ago. I stumbled upon it in an alleyway and I-" but she was cut off by Lunar yelling "And You Hid This From Me!? Why!? Why Did You Hide This From Me?! You Knew I've Been Looking For Bai He For A Good While And Now I Find Out You Have Her Phone And You Didn't Say A Word About This!?" and Funneh looked at her guilty and tries to say "Lunar, look I-" but was cut off again "You What!? What Gave You A Reason To Hide This From Me Especially Since You Know Bai He Is A Daughter To Me And You Know How Much She Means To Me!! I Can't Believe You Hid This From Me And Didn't Tell Me!! You Weren't Even Going To Tell Me About This, Were You?!" and Funneh looks at her shocked and starts to says while approaching her "N-No! L-Lunar... I-!".
SLAP!!!
Everyone froze in shock as it revealed Funneh had a red hand mark on her right cheek and she hissed in pain before looking at Lunar shocked and almost horrified as she had a dark look on her face. "How Could You Do This To Me, Funneh? You Promised To Help Me Find Her And You Had Her Phone This Whole Time! I Can't Believe You Would Do Something Like This! Whatever happened to Bai He... IT SHOULD'VE BEEN YOU INSTEAD OF HER!!!" and then she took off running somewhere as Funneh looked shocked by what just happened and then with tears in her eyes, she looks down and starts crying.
Nezha quickly runs over to Funneh and pulls her into a hug to comfort her as she continues crying in his chest and the Krew were still stunned and shocked by what they witnessed, Gold walks up to Funneh and says softly "Funneh... Why didn't you tell us?" and Funneh looks at her with tears in her eyes and says not looking at her "I-I didn't mean to hide it... I-I just didn't want to put too much stress on Lunar, e-especially since she's been looking for B-Bai He... I-I was going to tell her but... Then I-I was afraid that if I-I told her s-she might do something crazy and she could get h-hurt in the process or w-worse..." and then started crying again as Nezha holds her close to him.
"H-How could I-I have been so stupid? I-I didn't mean to hurt her..." Funneh muttered to herself as tears continued coming down while Nezha rubs her back in a soothing manner. "S-She's right... It should've been me!" Funneh cried out as everyone looks at her shocked and then Íomhair says "That's enough training. Nezha, please take Funneh to her sleeping quarters" and Nezha nods as he gets up and leads Funneh away while the others looked worried and then Aphmau looks at the Jade Emperor and asked "What's gonna happen to them?" and this made the Jade Emperor sigh before saying "I do not know, young one. But for now the three of your friends will just have to be alone for the moment. Only time will tell" and Aphmau still looked worried along with Draco and Gold.
Back with Rainbow
Rainbow slowly wakes up with a soft groan, she sits up and blinks her eyes a few times before she takes a look at her surroundings. She was in what appeared to be an old building covered with leaves and vines, then she looks down and noticed she's on a makeshift bed and saw a bandaged wrapped on her head and also noticed she had a few scratches on her arms and legs too.
Soon Rainbow saw someone sitting near a small fireplace with their back faced towards her, she becomes afraid and tries to move until the person turns around and it revealed to be an old woman as she looks at her.
The old woman comes over, making Rainbow freeze and the old woman gently lushes her back onto the bed as she says "Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to help you. I'm making something for you to drink, if you don't mind?" and Rainbow looks at her before replying "N-Not at all" and the old woman smiled softly before going back and grabs a boiling pot, walks back to Rainbow and pours a green drink in a small white cup.
"Here drink this. Be careful it's hot" the old woman says as Rainbow grabs the cup, blows it before taking a sip and says "It's good. What is it?" and the old woman says "It's my special recipe for green tea" and Rainbow looks at her in awe and says "This is delicious! You must be an expert on teas, right?" and the old woman chuckles and says "I suppose you could say that" and then Rainbow says "Yeah. My Uncle Sandy is also an expert when it comes to tea" and the old woman smiled softly and says "Then I guess you'll have to take me to your Uncle Sandy so I can give him some lessons" and Rainbow smiled before saying "Thank you Miss-" and then the old woman chuckles again and introduces herself.
"My name is Daiyu, young one" the old woman known as Daiyu says, making Rainbow smile. "Now, will you explain to me how you got hurt from falling down the slope?" Daiyu asked and this made Rainbow blink before sighing and looks away and mutters "I actually ran away from my mentor" and Daiyu heard this and asked "And why is that, young one?" and Rainbow looks away and says with her voice cracking "It's just... I don't understand how I got to become the descendant of the wind goddess herself... I mean she was the most amazing person to ever live... How could someone like me become her descendant... I'm nothing like her... No matter how much I want to be like her I'll never be like her... And I never will be..." and then Rainbow hid her face in her lap and starts crying softly.
Daiyu looks at the young girl with sadness and sympathy and then she gently rubs Rainbow's back and says "Listen, young one. You're right you'll never be like how Anila was" and this made Rainbow look at her as Daiyu continues "The road ahead of you may be challenging and you will feel scared and alone. But remember, no man or woman for that matter is a failure who has friends. You have your friends and family and if anything you make them proud for who you are and you should never change that about you. And I know as a matter of fact Anila would want you to carry on her legacy by you just being yourself and let that be apart of you" and Rainbow stayed silent and lets Daiyu's words sink into her.
Back with Funneh and Nezha
Funneh hissed a little as Nezha rubs a wet cloth on Funneh's cheek as he tried to get rid of the pain. "Are you okay?" Nezha asked in concern and Funneh sighs before looking away and says "Honestly I don't even know anymore" and trying to comfort her Nezha says "Hey... Everything's gonna be okay, I promise" and Funneh had an emotionless face and then says with hint of sarcasm "Really?! I hid something from Lunar and now she's upset because of what I did and now I know she hates me" and then she looks away with her eyes shadowed and Nezha looks at her worried and starts to say "No, she doesn't. It was just a-".
But then he was cut off by Funneh snapped her head towards him and says with her voice slightly raised at him "Just What? A Misunderstanding?! Nezha, I Hid Something Important From Lunar And I Never Wanted To Hurt Her Like This And I Was Going To Tell Her But Then Apparently I Messed It Up And Now She Knows About It And Now Look What That Got Me! And If You Really Want To Help Me Just... Just please leave okay... I can't risk hurting anyone else because of what I did... So just go Nezha... Please" and then turns away with her face hidden in her lap.
Nezha looks at her with his eyes slightly widen before sighing and says "Alright" and he gets up from the bed and starts walking towards the door. He looks at Funneh one last time with a hint of sadness in his eyes and then leaves while closing the door, Funneh looks at the door seeing that Nezha was gone, then felt guilty and thinking she hurt Nezha's feelings she started crying again wanting someone to comfort her.
Meanwhile Outside in the Hallway
Ao Bing was walking through the hallways and then all the sudden he heard soft crying. Confused, he started searching for the source and then he saw a door slightly opened and that's when he heard the crying from and when he went to take a peek and was shocked to see Funneh on the bed with her face covered in her lap crying.
Back with Funneh
Funneh continued crying softly and then she heard the door opening and not looking up she says "Who is it?".
"Funneh?"
Funneh gasped hearing a familiar voice and looks up and saw Ao Bing at the doorway and quickly wipes her tears away and stammers "Ao Bing?! W-What are you doing here?" but he didn't answer as he quickly rushed over to her and started inspecting her face and that's when he saw the slap mark. "What happened to your face? Who did this to you?" Ao Bing asked in a soft tone but Funneh can detect anger in it and just before she could say anything Ao Bing asked with his eyes shadowed "It was Nezha, wasn't it? I did saw him walk out of this room. Did he did this to you?" and Funneh looked at him shocked and says "W-What?! N-No he didn't!". Ao Bing looks at her and starts to say "Funneh, if he did this you don't have to hide from me. I'll-" but then he was cut off by Funneh yelling unexpectedly "NEZHA DIDN'T SLAP ME, AO BING! IT WAS MY SISTER LUNAR AND I DESERVED IT, OKAY!!".
And then she started crying again while Ao Bing looked shocked for a moment and then Funneh jumped on him, hugging him tightly and he quickly hugs her back while rubbing her back and resting his head on hers.
"Shh... Shh... It's ok Funneh... I'm here.. I'm here" Ao Bing said softly as he comforts her while Funneh slowly stops crying but was still sniffing and then Ao Bing gently lifts up her head, making Funneh look at him as he wipes her tears away. "Now tell me Funneh, what happened?" Ao Bing asked softly and Funneh looks down before she started telling Ao Bing what had happened and after she was done explaining she buried her face in his chest while sniffing again and hugging him tight, Ao Bing looks at her and getting an idea to make her feel better Ao Bing lifts up Funneh's face as she looks at him again and he says "Come with me. I know what'll make you feel better, I promise Funneh" and Funneh looks at him before getting up and they started walking somewhere. Unknown to them, Nezha had spotted them and narrowing his eyes he follows them.
Somewhere in the Celestial Realm
Ao Bing and Funneh were heading somewhere and then out of curiosity Funneh asked "Where are we going?" and Ao Bing replied "You'll see" and after walking for a bit Ao Bing said "Funneh, can you close your eyes?" and looking at him slightly amused Ao Bing says "It's a surprise" and then Funneh closes her eyes as he leads her somewhere and then he said "Alright. You can open them now" and when Funneh opened her eyes she gasped in awe as she saw a beautiful garden in front of her as it looked like one of those gardens in fairytale books.
"I-It's beautiful Ao Bing" Funneh said in awe while Ao Bing looks at her with a smile and says "Follow me" and gently grabs her hand and walks towards a pond and they sat down with Funneh placing her feet in the water and then Ao Bing says "Funneh... You shouldn't blame yourself for what happened".
Funneh looks at him and says "Why shouldn't I? I mean I hid something about Bai He from her and I knew she meant everything to Lunar" and then looks down and then Ao Bing says "You did it for a reason, right?" and Funneh slowly nods and says "I just wanted to protect her. And I was afraid that if I told her right away then she might do something stupid and she could get hurt or worse... I can't lose any of my siblings... They're all I have left... I didn't mean to hurt Lunar" she muttered the last part and buried her face in her lap as Ao Bing looks at her with a hint of sadness in his eyes and then getting an idea he pulled out something out from his robe and handed it to Funneh as she looks at it and gasped softly at what it was.
It was an old photograph of Ao Bing when he was a baby and holding him is a beautiful woman as her dragon horns were shown along with Ao Bing's dragon features too in the photograph.
"Who is that, Ao Bing?" Funneh asked and Ao Bing smiled sadly at the photo and replied "That's my Mother" and Funneh looks at him surprised and asked "That's your Mom?!" and he nodded and Funneh looks back at the photo and says "She's very beautiful" and Ao Bing looked at the photo in fondness and sadness and said "Yeah, she was" and Funneh looks at him and asked "Was?" and he looks away and then Funneh realized what he meant and said "I'm sorry. You must have been close to her" and Ao Bing says "To be honest, I barely even remember my Mother... But I remember that her skin was as white as snow...and she had this warm voice that made me feel safe".
Funneh looks at him before looking away from him still feeling unsure and then Ao Bing sighs before placing his hand on her shoulder making Funneh look at him as he said "Look, mistakes are a fact of life and are part of learning. I know you didn't mean to keep that secret from your sister, but you did it with reason. Just give her some time and she'll soon realize why you did it. 'Cause I know that siblings will never truly hate each other even if they try too. I promise, trust me".
Funneh smiled softly at this and then she hugs Ao Bing, surprising him and then she said "Thank you Ao Bing... I needed that" and he smiled back and hugs her back and unknown to the two Nezha was watching them the whole time and then he sighs while closing his eyes and starts walking away as for some reason his heart felt a little pain after seeing Funneh hugging Ao Bing.
Meanwhile Somewhere in a Forest in the Celestial Realm
Lunar is sitting under a tree as she's sniffing while wiping her tears away.
She still has her eyes closed while she was still crying. 'W-Why... Why Did Funneh Do This?!?! She knows I've been looking for Bai He and now I find out she had her phone and didn't tell me!!! What Was She Thinking!? I-IT'S LIKE SHE WASN'T EVEN GONNA TELL ME AT ALL!!!' Lunar thought to herself as she continued wiping her tears away that were still pouring down from her face and then a voice spoke out to her.
"Hey, are you alright?"
Lunar looks up and sees a beautiful young woman possibly around her age with brown and orange hair along with beautiful skyblue eyes, looking at her.
"Is this seat taken?" the young woman asked while gesturing a seat next to Lunar and then she gestures the young woman that she can sit next to her and then the young woman sat down and asked "So... What's your name?" and Lunar looks at her and says "I'm Lunar" and the young woman smiled and says "Your name means moon. It's a pretty name" and Lunar looks at her surprised before giving a light chuckle and says "Thank you...um..." and the young woman chuckles and says "Sorry, my name's Asami" and Lunar looks at her and says "Well, your name is beautiful" and the young woman known as Asami chuckled again with a slight blush and says "Thank you" and then she asked "But out of curiosity, why were you crying earlier?".
Lunar's smiled dropped before looking away with a sigh and says "It's just... There this little girl that I consider as a daughter. Her name is Bai He and she's probably one of the best person I've met in my life" and then she pulls out her phone and hands it to Asami, who grabs it, pressed something and then a photo of Lunar and Bai He popped up as it showed the two of them doing witchcraft while they were wearing their witch hat. "Ever since I met her... She and I were almost inseparable and she never judged me for who I was since I'm a witch and I knew right than and there we were both connected".
Asami looks at Lunar, who had her eyes shadowed as she looked away and continues "But then all the sudden... She just disappeared out of nowhere and it was right after the last time me, my friends and my siblings fought DBK and I had no idea where she was or is right now... I kept looking for her for months and then... I discovered that my sister Funneh had her phone with her and she didn't tell me anything... I was so angry that I yelled at her and then slapped her and then I left..." and Asami looks at her almost shocked with a hint of sadness in her eyes. "You know... You shouldn't have snapped at your sister like that" Asami said with a hint of softness in her voice and then Lunar scoffs and says "Right! That's why you're here, my sister sent you here instead of herself! She couldn't be bothered too say anything or mention anything about Bai He and now she can't be bothered to come and get me herself! She'd rather spend her time just keeping secrets from me! Why did she hid this from me when she knew I've been looking for my daughter?".
At the last sentence as she sounded like she was ready to cry and then she looks away and Asami looks at Lunar with sadness in her eye like as if she knew how Lunar feels. Then she sighs and says "Sometimes... Sometimes it's not as simple as that. These things kind of gets messy and everybody's got issues, especially siblings. And sometimes they mess up...well... All the time. That doesn't mean they don't care" and Lunar looks at her and says "If she cares, why didn't she tell me?" and Asami replied "Maybe to protect you".
Lunar looks at Asami dumbfounded but she continued by saying "From what you told me about Bai He you said you and her were inseparable. Maybe whatever she found that was connected to the little girl she wanted to tell you but couldn't because she was afraid that you might do something that could get you hurt the process... And that's why she didn't say anything because as an older sibling you do anything to keep your younger siblings safe... Even if you have to lie to them".
Lunar looks at Asami and asked "How do you know about this situation and how I'm feeling?" and then Asami looks at her and says "A girl I know actually went through this situation".
Flashbacks
Somewhere in the Heavenly Orchard a little boy with black hair was roaming around as he was looking for something or someone and then he heard giggling from a bush nearby, he tiptoed to the bush and without making any noise he peaked inside and saw a little girl giggling as she tried to stay quiet.
"Her life was good and happy as she had an older brother named Keno, who loved her with all of his heart"
Then with a grin Keno grabs and lifts her up in the air from the bush, making the little girl squeal in surprise as they both laughed happily and hugged each other while the Peach Maidens saw this and giggled at the two siblings.
"The little girl and her brother had two wonderful loving parents for their Father, a powerful Heavenly warrior while their Mother, a warm and caring woman was one of the Jade Emperor's personal councils. Despite their parents being very busy with their duties they always found the time to spend quality time with their happy children"
The little girl and Keno were seen running and hugging their parents as they came back from their duties and then they were having a family moment together.
"During their childhood the little girl's older brother Keno wanted to become a powerful warrior like their father was and the little girl also dreamed of becoming a powerful warrior as well just like her hero the Celestial Maiden Princess Iron Fan as the little girl and the Celestial Maiden had their times together"
The little girl and Princess Iron Fan were chatting happily together while walking and then Princess Iron Fan is seen giving the little girl a bo staff.
"After some time her brother Keno started his training at a young age while the little girl began her young training with the Celestial Maiden Princess Iron Fan as she helped the little girl learn self defense and battle strategies as well"
Keno is battling his opponent while the little girl fights off the dummies with her bo staff as Princess Iron Fan watches with a proud smile on her face.
"Soon after some time later the little girl was gifted a beautiful pendant on her 6th birthday from her great-grandfather, who she hadn't met in a long time as her great-grandfather told her that the necklace she had was very special"
The little girl's great-grandfather bents down in front of the little girl and presents her a beautiful pendant with a sapphire in it as the little girl looks at the necklace in awe and then hugs her great-grandfather happily.
"By the time the little girl hit her pre-teens her brother Keno was already a teenager and was one of the best young fighters to train in the Celestial Army...other than the Third Lotus Prince Nezha, of course. And despite whenever he comes home from training being tired and exhausted he always spent time with his little sister as she always found a way to make him feel better after a long days of training"
The girl runs to her brother and hugs him as he hugs back with a tired look on his face and then the girl grabs a book as she and her brother would start reading it and then they fell asleep while cuddling with each other and their parents were watching them with heart-warm looks on their face.
"Everything was perfect and the little girl couldn't have not asked for anything else... Until one day everything changed... One day when the family were waiting for Keno to come home the door slammed open and then Keno came in looking very upset and angry about something"
The girl and their parents were waiting for Keno to come back from training until they heard the door slamming open and they all looked to see Keno looking down with his eyes shadowed and his fist were clenching hard as they turned white.
"The girl happily ran up to her older brother and asked how his training went... What shocked her was that he ignored her and walked away as this confused their parents since Keno had never acted like this before. Then their father tried asking what happened but Keno ignored him too shocking everybody and they knew something was wrong. So the girl approached her brother and asked softly if he was alright and did he need anything"
The girl went to her brother and asked if he was okay and then he looks at his sister glaring at her as this scared the girl as she backed away and then Keno started explaining what had happened during training and why he was upset.
"Apparently that certain day on training there was supposed to be an Award of Honor to one certain person, who showed hard work and determination and whoever got chosen would have the privilege of becoming the youngest lieutenant of the Celestial Army. The sister knew that her brother had shown all that but that's when she found out the Keno didn't get picked. In fact the mentor he had that was training him didn't even like him one bit and decided to ignore him and chose someone else and told Keno that the only thing he'll ever be good at is being a disgrace to his father's legacy and will hurt people he cared about"
The parents were shocked and were angry knowing that it was unfair since they knew their son was a hard worker and also knew about their son's terrible mentor and the girl tried comforting her brother but then he all the sudden he started yelling at her, scaring and shocking her and their parents.
"When the girl tried to comfort her older brother saying there was always next time but then she was interrupted by her brother yelling at her as his voice was filled with rage saying that there was no next time and that he worked his hardest to prove he can be a strong and powerful warrior like his father and wanted to carry on his legacy for him. And what he didn't realize was that he was scaring his sister... and then what happened next changed everything forever"
Soon Keno and the girl were arguing with each other for the first time as their parents were watching in shock by this since they had never seen their children fought each other before. And then without thinking Keno grabbed his sister and ripped the necklace that her great-grandfather gave off her neck and started insulting his sister before throwing it on the ground.
"Keno was so angry that he didn't realize what he was doing as he ripped the necklace from his sister's neck and slammed it on the ground and what he did next had changed the little girl forever..."
Keno raised his foot and the girl's eyes widen realizing what he was about to do as she pleading her brother to stop and before they knew it he started stomping on the pendant, making the girl scream as she continued begging him to stop but he didn't listen as he kept stomping on it.
"Then... He raised his foot and started stomping on the girl's necklace that her great-grandfather gave her on her birthday as the girl watches in horror and pleaded her brother to stop but he was blinded by his rage to listen and before they knew it... The girl's pendant was broken as it was smashed into a million pieces"
Keno finally stopped as he took a deep breath and stepped back as the girl dropped on her knees and picks the broken pieces of her pendant before she burst into tears holding the broken pieces close to her as she cried and their parents couldn't help but stared at this in horror, shocked and disbelief at their son's actions. Keno finally calmed his anger down before looking at the scene in front of him and then his eyes were filled with horror and regret realizing what he had just done.
"After realizing what he just done, Keno immediately regretted what he had just done and tried to comfort his sister but what shocked him was that she pushed him away and then she screamed at him yelling at him for what he had done. With tears running down her face she yelled how could he have done this to her and that she was just only trying to help him and then yelled I never want to speak to you again"
The girl got up and was about to leave before looking at her brother one last time and yelled something that her parents and brother will never forget.
"I HATE YOU!!!!!"
"And with that she ran to her room while her brother Keno stood there as he didn't know what to do and then he fell on his knees it started silently sobbing with tears coming down as he regretted for what he done. Their parents were furious at their son's actions but they comfort him and told him that he needs to apologize to his sister. But he told his parents that his sister never wanted to talk to him again and the Mother waved it off saying that she was just mad and that she didn't really mean it"
Keno was on the ground sobbing as his parents were comforting him.
"But unfortunately... The girl's words were serious as a few days after the incident the girl did not spoke to her brother once. Whenever Keno tried speaking to his sister she would either ignore him or walk away and didn't even look at him and the only thing he ever received from her was an emotionless look for a glare on her face"
Keno tried apologizing or speaking to his sister but she kept looking away or went in a different direction not even sparing a glance at him and pretended like he didn't exist at all. At home he writes apology notes and slid them under his sister's door and a few seconds later the paper would come back crumble or ripped apart, making him sigh in sadness and walked away.
"Since he realized his sister won't talk to him he tried doing slipping apology notes under his sister's door and he would only receive back either crumbled paper or they were shredded into pieces. Next, he tried doing a different method and that was whenever she was not looking or was away Keno would go into his sister's room and leaves a little gift in there. But that didn't work either as the only thing he would hear and receive is his sister's door opening, a small thud and then the door slamming"
Keno quietly went inside his sister's room and placed down a small pink box with a pretty white bow on top and then quickly ran out just in time for his sister to go in the room and saw the box, grabs it and saw a small note on it. When she grabbed the note and looked at it, she frowned seeing who it was from and then with a scoff she tossed the present out the door and slammed it. Keno looked over as he was hiding behind a wall and saw the present outside, making him sigh and went over to it and looks at his sister's door before leaving with some tears coming down.
"As the siblings grew up her brother Keno had become one of the best and strongest fighters in the Celestial Army as he had defeated many of his opponents and then became the very first three swordman in the Celestial Realm and with the Jade Emperor's approval his dream of becoming a soldier came true"
Keno is seen fighting six of his opponents and won, then he trained using three swords with one in his mouth while he holds the other two and then the Jade Emperor was in front of Keno, who's bowing in respect and with an approval nod from the Jade Emperor Keno's friends and his parents cheered for him as his friends lifted him up, Keno smiled and then looks off to the side and saw his sister training with Princess Iron Fan and then had a sad look on his face.
"Even though his dream of becoming a soldier had come true he wished that his sister was there to celebrate his accomplishment with him"
Keno started working as a Celestial soldier while the girl, who is now a beautiful young woman still continued training under Princess Iron Fan and also became a strong woman like the Celestial Maiden.
"As for the girl she had become a beautiful young woman and had also became a strong warrior like she always dreamed of becoming just like her hero. But unknown to the siblings everything for them was about to change forever... One day, the Jade Emperor had called the Celestial Army to discuss that there have been a threat made against them. They had no idea who was responsible for it and the Jade Emperor wanted an explanation so he called all of the new youngest soldiers of the Celestial Army to go investigate and unfortunately the girl's brother was one of them that was called among them"
Keno is seen putting on his armor and grabbing his weapons, he hugged his parents promising to write to them whenever he can before looking at his sister, who was staring at him with an emotionless expression. He gave a small smile and held out his arms hoping his sister will hug him before he had to leave and unfortunately she closed her eyes and looked away. Keno looked sad for a moment while the parents looked worried about this and then Keno sighs and bid his family farewell and looks at his sister and said something that she heard but ignored it.
"Sister... I know you're still mad at me and I hope one day you'll talk to me again... I miss the times we had together... Just know if anything happens to me... I'll always love you sister... Even if you hate me"
Then Keno leaves their home as the young woman stared at the door before heading to her room and sat down on her bed, she stared at the floor until she felt something wet coming down her face and realized it was tears and decided to ignore them and laid down on her bed and fell asleep.
"After the brother left, keeping his promise he wrote letters to his parents and mostly wrote letters to his sister hoping she could read at least one of them. But unfortunately when she gets them she had either didn't read them or simply ignored them. For the longest ever since the incident the parents did everything they could to get their daughter to at least look at the letters and try to reconnect with Keno but she refused. This kept going on and on and this worried the parents very much while the young woman brushed it off and spent most of her time with either the Celestial Maiden, the Third Lotus Prince or the Third Dragon Prince"
The parents were talking to their daughter as she stared at them, then she was walking and chatting with Princess Iron Fan, laughing while talking to Nezha and finally chatting while eating dumplings with Ao Bing as they were having a conversation.
"This has been going on until one day it all changed..."
A knock came on a door and the Father opened a door and it revealed a young man, who handed him two letters and a small white box with a pink bow on top and the Father nods before closing the door and then calls his daughter and hands her the box and letter and tells her to read it and not throw it away.
"It was a typical day that Keno had sent another letter to his family but this time he had sent a small present for his sister and sent her one last gift and with the last hope he had in his heart he believed that this could be his last chance to see if his sister will accept his gift and reconnect with her. And that day when her brother Keno sent her that gift, it was something unexpected..."
The young woman looks at the box before scoffing and was about to throw the box away until she stopped as she stared at it, she then began to wonder what was inside the box and she didn't want to admit that she was curious. Sighing, the young woman sat down on her bed and slowly started unwrapping the box and when she finally opened it she gasped by what she saw.
"When she had finally opened the box that her brother sent and what she saw in there almost made her drop the box... It was her pedant that her great-grandfather gave her... It was fixed and it looked like it never broke"
The young woman stared at her fixed pendant in shock before slowly picking it up and then noticed a letter in the box and deciding to see what it said she opened the letter and started reading it.
"My dear sister... You might have thrown away this gift and letter away but if you are reading this please listen to what I have to say... I am so sorry for what I did those years ago to your pendant and I truly regretted for what I did. Ever since the incident I couldn't help but blame myself for what I've done and tried everything in my power to reconnect with you and trio to make it up to you. But with all those years of you ignoring me... I never lost hope because I know that maybe someday you might talk to me again because I know that deep down inside my heart is that siblings will never truly hate each other even if they try too. The day before I departed from home I secretly went inside your room while you were sleeping and I found the pendant and decided that I was going to fix it while I'm doing my mission... So I took the pendant with me, it took me almost a long time to fix it and I managed to do it... I hope maybe you'll accept like it as an apology for what I did years ago. And when I get back I hope you'll forgive me and we can catch up like when you were kids and I can teach you all my moves even... my secret ones. I miss you and I love you with all my heart and nothing will ever stop that my little sister. Love your brother Keno♡ "
The young woman stared at the letter in shock before a small smile appeared on her face with tears coming down and then holds the pendant close to her as she started crying softly in happiness, then she went to her drawer and pulls out all the letters that her brother had sent her and started reading them with a soft smile.
"Ever since that day when she received that letter she started to feel a sense of peace knowing that she can finally reconnect with her brother after years of ignoring him. Just like how he kept his promise when he promised to wrote back he did and the last letter she received from him was that they were about to engage their battle and once they were done he promised to send a note right away. After another while the young woman went out for a walk with the Celestial Maiden and saw that all the new soldiers families had received their letter and getting excited she quickly went up to a soldier and ask if he had a letter for her from her brother Keno"
Princess Iron Fan and the young woman were walking and chatting and then she noticed that some families were receiving letters from a soldier as he was handing them out. Getting excited she ran up towards the soldier and asked if there was a letter from Keno and was surprised to find out that Keno didn't write a letter.
"But to her surprise, she was told that she did not get a letter. The young woman nodded and then went home as she found it odd because her brother promised to write her a letter and thinking he might have forgotten she shrugged it off having nothing to worry about. But soon it was time for all the young soldiers to come home as the young woman and her parents waited for their beloved Keno to return home... But unknown to them they were about to learn something about Keno..."
The Jade Emperor, the soldiers' families and Keno's family were waiting in front of the Celestial Palace for the young soldiers to return as they waited patiently and soon all the soldiers had returned as their families ran towards their soldier son or daughter and while some of them were injured and the young woman and her parents were looking for Keno but didn't see him as they started looking around for him and then all the sudden a female soldier walked up to them as her face was covered and told them something they made their world froze.
"Soon a young female guard had approached them and told them something that shocked them... It turned out that the threat was actually a setup and it turned out it was an ambush by mysterious group of celestial soldiers... They managed to fight them off and many of the young soldiers were injured... But unfortunately Keno was killed in the process and made a huge sacrifice"
The young woman stood there shocked and disbelief and before she knew it she dropped on her knees and screamed of agony before sobbing uncontrollably as her parents were also shocked and in disbelief that their only son was gone and the Mother started crying in her husband's chest while the young woman couldn't stop crying and the female soldier apologized for their family member's loss and walks away as the family were devastated.
"After the loss of Keno the young woman had never been the same again... She regretted everything ignoring her brother and hadn't stopped crying for awhile and the only thing she wanted was to see her older brother, hug him and apologized to him and now she'll never get the chance... To this day she still regretted what she'd done and wanted nothing more than to see her older brother again"
The young woman looks at her pendant as she sat down on her bed with a tearful expression and tears continued running down uncontrollably and then started sobbing again as she held the pendant close to her.
Flashbacks End
Asami looked at sky and wiped a tear away and then looks back at Lunar as she continued finishing "Try to cut your sister some slack. She may not always get it right but... She's trying. That's more important than you think and you'll never know how precious she is until you lose her" and Lunar looked at her shocked before muttering "It was you?" and Asami looks at her and then Lunar replied "That story you just told me... The young girl was you, wasn't it?" and Asami looks at her with a sad expression and says "Yes... The reason why I told you this story is because-".
"Because you don't want the same thing to happen to someone else too" Lunar finished as she looked at Asami, who nods while looking at the ground with her eyes shadowed and then Lunar began to think about what she did and started feeling guilty as she didn't mean to slap and hurt Funneh as she looked down in sadness. Then she felt someone placed their hand on her shoulder and looks up to see it was Asami and says "Listen Lunar, if you're really sorry then go talk to your sister. She'll understand, I promise" and Lunar looked a little unsure before nodding and said "Thanks Asami" and the two decided to hang out with each other for the rest of the day.
Back with Funneh and Ao Bing
Funneh and Ao Bing were chatting as they were heading back to the Krew sleeping quarters and then Funneh says "So, the bear says 'Your cave? I've been dumping my bones here since last week'" and the two started laughing at the joke and then Ao Bing says while laughing "That's a funny story" and Funneh looks at him and says "It's not a story, it's a joke" and Ao Bing looks at her and says "A joke?" and Funneh replied "Yeah, you make something up to make you laugh" and he chuckled.
Then Funneh looks around and saw something that caught her eye. She runs up to it, making Ao Bing quickly followed her and when Funneh came closer she saw a portrait of a beautiful goddess with black hair and red eyes.
"Whoa... Who is she?" Funneh asked in awe as she stared at the portrait of the woman and then Ao Bing walked up from behind her and replied "That is Avyanna, she was one of the most beautiful and young warriors in the Celestial Realm" and Funneh looks at the portrait and asked "What happened to her?" and Ao Bing looks at her and says "From what I heard is that she had ran away and left the Celestial Realm and was never seen again" and Funneh looked surprised and asked "Why did she run away?" and Ao Bing said "Well, supposedly she had ran away from an arranged marriage and the person who she was supposed to marry was one of most terrible person I've ever met" and Funneh looks at him slightly amused.
"Yeah, he must be and I haven't even met this guy yet" Funneh said with a snicker and then Ao Bing looks at her and starts to say "Yeah, he is and-" but when he looked at Funneh he said in awe "Whoa!" and Funneh looks at him and asked "What?" and Ao Bing says as he stared into Funneh's beautiful blue eyes "Your eyes are like sapphires" and then he chuckled and said "That's pretty corny though, huh?" and Funneh smiled at him and said "No, not at all. Any woman would like it, Ao Bing".
The two stared at each other with hint of softness inside their eyes and unknown to them they started leaning forward to each other until...
"Sorry, am I interrupting something?"
Both Ao Bing and Funneh flinched and looked forward to see Nezha is looking at them as he was glaring at Ao Bing and he glared back and while Funneh smiled not knowing what's going on and said "Hey Nezha, did you need anything?" and Nezha stopped glaring before he looked at Funneh with a soft look and said "Yes, I was sent to tell you that you need to rest for your training tomorrow" and Funneh nods and says "Okay... Well goodnight guys" and quickly ran towards her sleeping quarters as both Nezha and Ao Bing watched her in fondness and once Funneh was out of site they immediately glared daggers at each other as the atmosphere became tense.
"What are you doing here, Ao Bing?" Nezha asked in a dark look along with Ao Bing as he said "I should ask you the same question Lotus Prince and I would like to ask why is Funneh here in the Celestial Realm?" and Nezha replied "Well for your information, I was tasked by the Jade Emperor to train her, her siblings and Aphmau how to harness their full power" and Ao Bing looks at him as he slightly narrowed his eyes and says "I see" and then Nezha looked at him narrowing his eyes and asked "And I would like you know what you were about to do with Funneh before I came?" and Ao Bing looked at him with a glare and said "It's none of your business Lotus Prince" and then walks off, leaving Nezha glaring at him from behind before walking away.
The Next Day
Right now the Krew and Aphmau are in a form line as the Jade Emperor was standing a few feet away from the group while Íomhair, Nezha, Ao Bing, Daiyu and Asami were all standing behind him as they watched the group with smiles on their faces. "Your final test will be-" the Jade Emperor starts to say until Asami then saw something behind the Krew and Aphmau, making her eyes widen and quickly screamed.
"Guys, look out!!"
The Krew and Aphmau quickly looked behind and saw something forming behind them and quickly jumped away in time for an explosion to happen and some soldiers that were nearly quickly came over and ready their weapons along with Nezha as Ao Bing quickly helped up Funneh and Asami helps up Lunar as the others got up quickly and Daiyu went towards Rainbow and pulls her close to her and when the magic smoke finally disappeared it revealed a woman as she has purple hair and magenta eyes as she wearing a white, gold and purple silk dress with long triangular sleeves and has a headpiece on her head along with a pink flower on the side of her hair and on her shoulders is an actual white snake with magenta eyes just like the woman's.
The soldiers lowered their weapons after seeing the woman as she looked at everyone before her eyes landed on both the Krew and Aphmau and had an unimpressed look. "So these are the so-called 'Great Descendants' of the Mighty Five and Lady Irene I've heard so much about. Hmm, I'm disappointed. I was expecting more but they're nothing more than just simple mortal peasants" the woman said.
Nezha scowled as he said "Mikina, what do you want?" and the woman known as Mikina mood had changed into a fangirl happy voice with hearts in her eyes as she says "Hi! My Lotus Prince! Are you done being over with Katara's death?" and this made both Funneh and Ao Bing scowled at her for saying that. "Not her again" the Jade Emperor says with a sigh while Nezha shivers in disgust and Asami looks at Mikina with hatred and disgust on her face. "Why are you here? You're not invited to this training session" Nezha said in a serious tone and this only made Mikina giggled as she says "Oh my! You are always so serious! That's what I love about you" and having enough Gold cuts in the conversation and asked "Excuse me, we're a little confused right now but who are you?".
Mikina looks at Gold with a glare and says "Who am I? I'm Mikina, daughter of the ruler of the white snakes and the rare pearl of my royal bloodline. Ha!" and looked proud. "Uhh... Never heard of you and I don't care" Lunar said with a deadpanned voice and Mikina looked at her looking like she was ready to blow any minute, making Nezha and Ao Bing hold their laughter while Funneh snickered at this.
"W-Whatever! Anyways you all shouldn't even be here, especially that no-good witch! You all should leave!"
Lunar flinched when Mikina called her a witch and looks down with her eyes shadowed while Funneh growled when she heard what Mikina said about her sister and was about to step forward but Aphmau quickly stopped her and then the Jade Emperor steps in and says "Mikina, I'm in charge around here and they're here because I'd allowed them to be. You don't get to decide if they aren't welcome here" and then Mikina said "But, why are they even here to begin with? And why does that blue girl get to steal Ao Bing and Nezha's attention even including Sun Wukong and the Sixed-Eared Macaque when it should've been me having their attention! Puh-leez, this is unacceptable and I can even fight better than all of them at once!" and everyone looks at her in disbelief while both the Krew and Aphmau looked at her as if she had grew another head.
"Lady... You're probably the saddest person I've ever met in my entire life" Aphmau said and Mikina glares at her and says "Silence mortal! Just because you're Lady Irene's reincarnation that doesn't mean you're anything like her. Infact you're just nothing but a stupid pathetic mortal girl who just got lucky that she's even Lady Irene's descendant" and Aphmau eye's widen at the insult and then Asami says in anger "You don't have the right to say that to her Mikina!" and when Mikina saw Asami she grinned and says "Well, well, well~ if it isn't Asami herself. I'm surprised you're even out of your room since I thought you'd still be crying about your brother since he's dead".
Everyone was shocked that Mikina mentioned that as Asami looked at her shocked before looking away as she looked like she's ready to cry and Lunar looked angry and and yelled "Don't You Dare Say That To Asami! You Have No Idea What She Went Through After She Lost Keno!" and Mikina scoffed at that and said "Like you'd anything about losing someone and you want to know, why? Because you're nothing but a no-good witch just like that Lena was and her Mother the Wicked Witch of the West and that's all you'll ever be. I even bet you're a disgrace to your family" and Lunar looked down and then someone spoke.
"What The Hell Is Your Problem?!"
Everyone looked at Funneh, who spoke in a dark tone as she looked very pissed and started walking towards Mikina as Gold, Aphmau, Nezha, Asami and Ao Bing tried to stop her but didn't as she was now in front of the goddess as she continued "Do you really think you can just insult my sister and friend out of nowhere just like that?! You're Dead Wrong Lady!! You Don't Know What It's Like To Go Through A Hard Life Or Time Since You're Just A Spoiled Brat Who Thinks She Can Have Anything Or Everything She Wants!" and everyone looked at her in horror except for the Jade Emperor, Nezha and Ao Bing since no one had the guts to yell at Mikina as they were worried for Funneh. "Also Nezha and Ao Bing aren't some prizes you can just claim for yourself! They can make their own choices! Lunar isn't a no-good witch, infact she's one of the greatest witch I've ever met in my entire life! As a matter of fact Lunar is one of the greatest witches to ever exist just like Lena did and carries on her legacy and I'm proud to have Lunar as my sister and have her be in my life!".
"Aphmau is my childhood best friend and I believe that she's been blessed as Lady Irene's reincarnation because just like Lady Irene; Aphmau is kind and brave and she's not afraid to do what's right! I won't just stand by and let you continue insulting everyone for your own pleasure and fun. And if anyone here who's a poor excuse of a goddess it's you since You're Just A Greedy And Selfish Scumbag Hag As You Are Right Now! And if you try insulting them again you'll learn first hand just how good I've gotten from my training and we'll see how you'll look after when I Slice Your Face Off!" Funneh growled with her eyes slightly glowed blue.
Everyone was stunned and shocked that Funneh had stood up to the white snake heir as Lunar looked touched by her older sister's words along with Aphmau, Asami looked surprised by this along with the Krew, Íomhair and Daiyu, both Ao Bing and Nezha slightly blushed by Funneh's defense for them and the Jade Emperor looked amazed and proud by Funneh's actions. And seeing that no one would agree with her Mikina glared at Funneh in anger before having a sly grin on her face and says "Do you really think I'm afraid of a pathetic mortal girl like yourself? But I'm not afraid of anyone and that's why... I call for a Mashindano!" and this made all the soldiers gasped while Íomhair, Nezha, Ao Bing, Daiyu and Asami's eyes widened and even the Jade Emperor looked startled by this while both the Krew and Aphmau looked confused. Gold looks at Íomhair and asked "Íomhair, what's a Mashindano?" and Íomhair looks at her and replied "The Mashindano is a weapon and physical challenge. It's how the deities determine if they are worthy" and the others looked back at Funneh with Rainbow saying worryingly "Oh no".
"A Mashindano?" Funneh asked in confusion and Mikina says "You heard me! Accept or tell everyone that you're just a pathetic coward!" and Funneh glared at her and was about to say something until someone beats her.
"I'll challenge you!"
Funneh whipped around and saw Aphmau walking towards them as everyone looked at her shocked and this made Mikina cackled and said "Ha! You challenging me?! Now that's hilarious! Just to let you know I'm the champion of every Mashindano I've faced" and Funneh exclaimed "That's a lie!" and the Jade Emperor says with a sigh "Unfortunately young Funneh, she's won every Mashindano that she had" and Funneh looks at Aphmau in disbelief and said "Aphmau, are you crazy?!" and Aphmau looks at her says "No, I'm not. Funneh, you don't have to fight for me. I spent my whole life not giving myself a chance to stand up for myself and when we were finally reunited after all those years you help me face my demons from before... Now it's my time to show everyone that I'm going to stand up for myself!" and everyone looks her stunned by her bravery and then Aphmau stands in front of Mikina, who grinned at her.
"Name the place"