Chapter 3
A sharp pain filled her head, the throbbing part of her head where she was hurt earlier almost making her tear up with pain, the rich man had lifted her head from the ground by pulling her hair to lift her up. Her teeth were now gritted and wincing, a low growl escaped from the back of her throat.
"So you're the Yin Raven?" he snarled looking her in the face in a slightly amused tone. "To think a woman became one of the most popular assassins and killed all those men really makes me laugh" an evil smile now spreading on his face. "You really are a special one aren't you?" He dropped her on the floor again and walked over to his chair, spinning it so he would be facing her. A look of disgrace was now visible "Bet your family disowned you long ago" a light sight "I don't understand why anyone would be looking for you" he muttered under his breath, fortunately she had really good hearing and heard the comment, making her eyes fill with anger.
Lan fan, struggling, sat herself up on her knees. She leaned her head to right shoulder, and pressing it against her head, removed the gag around her neck. "What do you want with me?" she growled at him "who are you?" a snarl on her face.
"You're a smart one aren't you" a smile curling his lips at the sight in-front of him. It was more of a statement than a question. "Isn't it obvious?" he said with a mocking laugh. "For three months there have been a lot of killings in rivals of every kind in the shadows: gangs, robbers, thugs, the list goes on. And in the black market it's been said the Yin Raven was in charge of it all. Highly skilled assassin that never shows his face." He was walking around Lan Fan now with a wide smile on his face and enthusiasm in his voice. "No one knows who he is. No one's seen him. The police can't find him. He always appears last second. Never demands more money than offered to start and has a high reward if caught. I just had to find out who it was" he stopped at looked at her, rushing towards her as he spoke "but to find out that this legend is nothing but a 16 year old FEMALE" he spat the last word with disgust. He grabbed her face and forced her to look forward, harsh grip on her face "and now you belong to me" a huge grin on his face, eyes wide with eagerness and bad content in his chi. "But the main reason I needed you is simple" letting her go and wondered towards the window, looking out at the city outside "my name is Yen Shieshima, and rumour has it that the 'Ying raven' has a blade that comes out of his arm. Furthermore, the Emperor is looking for someone who has a metal arm" he turned and gestured towards Lan Fans left arm. "Although he described a metal arm for a warrior not wires and scrap metal".
This comment made Lan Fans eyes widen and quickly look to her left. Her automail was just the base and had been scrapped down; just her hand and parts of the top had the metal cover on it. She was rendered speechless. "So I'm going to had you over to him. And I should be rewarded with a knighthood or a dukedom" with this he picked her up by her good arm and started walking towards the door. This caused Lan fan to keep tripping as her feet where tied together, but after a while of trying to walk the rope came loose and she was able to walk alongside him. 'The young lords been looking for me' she thought to herself, not noticing the tears welling up in her eyes. 'I can't wait to see him, I'm finally going to see him again' she thought to herself. The next thing she knew she was being frown into the back of a cart.
Just another day of sitting on the throne and doing paperwork. Then suddenly a message boy came running into the room out of breath. Ling half rose off his throne and dropped all his papers on the floor "what is it?" he demanded, panic in his voice.
"A…an urgent…l-l-letter…fo..for Emperor…Y..Yao" and handed him the letter, bowed and exited the room. The Large doors banged behind him.
She was blindfolded by Yen once more. She could feel the breeze blowing in the cart softly against her face and the bumps in the road making the cart bob up and down. Her face was blank and emotionless. "You must feel proud of yourself" she spat agressivly at the fact she was blindfolded again.
"Indeed I am" he responded in a calm voice. 'He must be enjoying this' she thought to herself. 'Great'. Lan fan was wearing her usual plant trousers, white belt and chest binding with lose messy hair. Her automail was wrecked and she had no shoes. Her mask, weapons and other items of clothing had been removed by the thugs that caught her, probably to remove all items she could use to her advantage. They were right to do so.
She almost fell off her chair as it came to a sudden halt. She stumbled for balance. She wasn't using her left arm much encase she broke it more. Then it would be rendered useless as there were no automail engineers in Xing. At all.
She was told she had to go along with whatever Yen said or, as he bought her, he could turn her in as the Yin Raven and she would be executed. So she had no choice but to agree.
She could feel a man's grip tighten on her arm, 'probably a guard' she thought, as the cold sent shivers down her body. She kept stumbling because she couldn't see the corners coming but she was fine. Then, she felt a familiar chi. The joy overwhelmed her and she could hear two large doors creak open. Her heart was thumping in her chest. She was yet again forced to her knees one in the middle of the room. Pain going into her knee caps, but she didn't care. Her head, still in pain from the hair pulling and being knocked unconscious, hurt even more as she could feel her pulse through it. And her face turned bright red. Tears whelming up behind her blindfolded eyes and she started to shake with nerves.
Then, the blindfold came off.
LOB note: hi, guys i got a few things to say this time so:
-thanks for the reviews it means soo much. i started the 3rd chapter right after the 2nd but it needed proofreading so i didn't read the reviews till then and one of you guessed the original story but when i was writing the 3rd chapter it seemed predictable so i changed it a little.
-i'm so so so sooo sorry that Ling hasn't been in it until now and i promise hes going to become a main character
-i don't know how many chapter this will be so if you think its getting to much tell me in a review and i'll try and sort it.
-alright so i'm a luge Lingfan shipper so i am trying to stay true to the distance they have in the original story but to be honest that walls going to fall all over the place so i hope you don't mind (I've never wrote a love story so if it gets really sappy just tell it me straight)
THANK YOU AGAIN GUYS FOR READING !
