"Feng Huang—"
"Hmm?" He didn’t stop. His mouth continued its maddeningly slow trail up her neck, his tongue tracing the sensitive curve of her ear.
"Feng Huang, please," she whispered, her hands tangling in his vibrant red hair. Her resolve was lting faster than ice cream in a volcano.
[OOH! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]
The blue System screen flickered into existence right above his head, blinking rapidly.
[Is this it, Host? Is the big mont finally here? Are you going to mate with the big, pretty kitty? I’ve already prepared the ’Congratulations on Losing Your Virginity’ confetti! ☆]
"Shut up!" Xin Yi hissed, though it ca out as more of a whimper.
Feng Huang pulled back just enough to smirk, his golden eyes dark with a heat that made her toes curl. "Is that a yes?"
"I... I..." Her brain was absolute mush. He looked like a god, and his hands were doing very persuasive things to her waist. She was about two seconds away from saying ’to hell with it’ and dragging him down with her.
[YES! SAY YES! (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧]
The System cheered.
[Think of the System Points! Think of the—wait.]
The screen suddenly turned a frantic, flashing red.
[WARNING! (⊙_⊙)]
[Intruder detected! Host, your ’-ti’ is being interrupted!]
Feng Huang’s smirk vanished instantly. His ears twitched, and he scrambled up from the moss, his entire body tensing as he sniffed the air, his nostrils flaring.
"Who is interrupting it?" Xin Yi whispered.
"Show yourself, Panther!" Feng Huang roared, as if responding to her, his voice dropping into a lethal, animalistic growl.
Panther? Xin Yi sat up, clutching her top, her heart hamring against her ribs.
The bushes rustled, and a sleek black panther stepped into the clearing. To Xin Yi’s shock, the cat began to shift, the bones popping and fur receding until i Hu stood there, naked and smirking, her blue eyes narrowed with pure venom.
"Well, well," i Hu drawled, her gaze raking over Xin Yi’s disheveled state. "Isn’t this the Alpha’s little female? Rolling around in the dirt with a Tiger?"
Xin Yi’s face went from flushed to furious in record ti. "i Hu? What are YOU doing here? Hei Yan banished you!"
i Hu chuckled, a cold, grating sound. "Indeed he did. I thought I would give him so ti to realize how much he missed . Instead, I find him replaced by this.....scrawny, pale-skinned little thing." She sneered, pointing a clawed finger at Xin Yi. "You’re nothing but a fragile piece of at."
"Hey!" Xin Yi scrambled to her feet, her temper finally snapping. "At least I’m not a backstabbing snake-baiter!"
"You—!" i Hu lunged forward, but Feng Huang stepped between them, his teeth bared.
"If you know what is good for you, Panther, you will return to your banishnt," he snarled. "You are not welco in these woods."
i Hu didn’t flinch. She just smirked at him, then back at Xin Yi. "Oh, I’ll go. But first, I have news for the Alpha. News he’ll find very......interesting."
"What news?" Xin Yi demanded.
i Hu leaned in, her voice dripping with mockery. "Aren’t you too busy getting your face licked by a Tiger to care? Honestly, you’re nothing but a common whore."
[DING! (╬ Ò﹏Ó)]
The System screen turned a violent shade of purple.
[HOST! Are you really going to take that?! She just called you a common whore! PUNCH HER! PUNCH HER IN HER STUPID PANTHER FACE! I’ll give you a 50-point ’Self-Defense’ bonus! DO IT! ☆]
Xin Yi didn’t need the bribe. She went absolutely feral. With a scream of pure frustration, she lunged around Feng Huang and threw a punch with everything she had.
SMACK!
Her fist connected with i Hu’s jaw. For a second, Xin Yi felt like a total badass.
Then i Hu’s eyes turned cold. "You little.....brat."
Before Xin Yi could even blink, i Hu’s hand shot out, grabbing her by the front of her leaf-dress. With the terrifying, supernatural strength of a beastman, she flung Xin Yi backward like a ragdoll.
CRACK!
Xin Yi slamd into a massive oak tree, the sound of the impact echoing through the silent forest. She hit the ground in a heap, the world spinning in nauseating circles.
"Xin Yi! Little Xin Yi!" Feng Huang’s voice sounded like it was coming from underwater.
"You bastard!" He growled at i Hu who didn’t even flinch.
[WARNING! (O_O)]
The System screen appeared, hovering right in front of her fading vision.
[Host is experiencing significant structural failure!
* Detecting 3 cracked ribs!
* Detecting 1 minor concussion!
* Detecting extre loss of dignity!
(Note: On the bright side, the ribs will heal in like, two days because of Beast World magic! So.....yay?)]
i Hu stood over her for a second, a cruel smile on her lips, before shifting back into her panther form and vanishing into the undergrowth with a final, triumphant snarl.
"Xin Yi.....stay with ..." Feng Huang was kneeling over her, his hands hovering over her as if he was afraid he would break her further.
"Stupid... system..." Xin Yi wheezed, before the darkness finally pulled her under.
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