I could hear the horses galloping really fast as I am in the bag. There was nothing I could do but wait to see what is to become of me. I wonder if anyone knows that I'm gone. Are they out looking for me? Where am I being taken? Am I gonna die? It felt like such a long time since I was being taken away that I fell asleep.
It was the next day and I woke up to find myself still in the bag. It was very uncomfortable in there and I began moving around.
"It's uncomfortable in here! Let me out!" I screamed loud enough for them to hear.
"Quiet you! We're arriving at our destination now." One of them replied to me. I tried to open the top of the bag but it was stuck tight. The horses came to a stop and I felt someone carrying me.
"Get me out of here!" I yelled, struggling inside the bag…
Lord Gan Ning saw his 5 pirate buddies arriving with a bag. He heard a girl in there. Who the hell is in the bag? I thought I told those dim wits to get money, not kidnap a freaken girl.
"Get me out of this bag now!" he heard her saying. Hm, she does sound cute though. I can never be too sure though. Lord Gan Ning turned to his men. They smiled and put the bag down and cleared their throats.
"Didn't I tell you guys to bring money? Why did you bring a girl here?" Lord Gan Ning said.
"Well, we figured she can make money for us. She is beautiful. I think you'll be pleased once you see how she looks like. She is a rare beauty. I have never seen a Chinese girl who is so beautiful before." One of his men said. Is she really even all that pretty?
"Open the bag." He commanded, as one of them untied the bag, revealing who was in the bag. His heart pounded with excitement when he saw her. It was a girl with silver eyes and purplish red hair. She also had a vanilla beige lip color. Her hair was a bit messed up from being in the bag. She fixed her hair back in place. She got up from the ground and her hair was very long and beautiful. Damn, she is so pretty and cute! She'll definitely make us rich.
"Well, what do you think? She's beautiful, isn't she?" said one of his men. Lord Gan Ning smiled. Hm, I don't know if I want her to be used for money. Maybe I'll just make her a part of us. The girl turned to him.
"What's your name? Where are you from?" Lord Gan Ning asked.
"I'm Kabanuna and I'm from the Wei kingdom until they kidnapped me away," She replied, being sad, "Will I be able to go back? Or will I have to join you too?" Join you too? Does that mean she isn't originally from Wei?
"What do you mean?" Lord Gan Ning asked.
"Well, I was just an entertainer until Lord Dong Zhuo had my family killed. Then I was with Lord Lu Bu and his daughter and Lady Diao Chan and Lord Zhang Liao. Then we were attacked and I had to leave with Lord Cao Cao so he wouldn't kill Lord Lu Bu them so I became part of Wei. Now you guys kidnapped me so I was just wondering if you are gonna force me to join you too." She said. Dang, how sad that she lost her family. We're almost alike.
"That would be a great idea! Master Gan Ning, can she be a part of us too?" asked one of his men. Lord Gan Ning shrugged his shoulders.
"It's completely up to you, Kabanuna. You can join us if you want. I won't force you to." Lord Gan Ning said to her. You're gonna be all alone if you don't. We sure as hell ain't taking you back to Wei.
"If I don't join you, what am I gonna do? I don't know where I am and I'll be alone. I guess it wouldn't hurt to join you as well." She replied, sounding so cute to Lord Gan Ning. His heart was beating really fast. I've never felt this way before. Do I like her this much already?
"Well then, it was a good idea kidnapping you. Welcome to being a pirate." One of his men said, smiling. Kabanuna nodded her head.
"You guys were trying to get money from that old lady, right?" Kabanuna said to his men. They nodded their heads and she took out a sack of money and gave some to each of them. They were so happy. Huh, how kind of her. It's not gonna be enough to last us though.
"Thanks, Kabanuna! You're the best!" his 5 men said happily. Kabanuna smiled, setting Lord Gan Ning's heart on fire. He was so in love with her.
"Okay, so I'm a pirate now. What do pirates do?" she asked. She then gasped. "Oh, I know!" Kabanuna then curved her index finger and covered her right eye. "Argh! I'm a pirate!" She then smiled more and gave out a laugh. She laughs too cute. It's killing me.
"Come on, a pirate goes treasure hunting." Lord Gan Ning said, as he began walking off. Kabanuna went next to him and she was up to his shoulders. Hm, a perfect fit. His 5 men followed behind him and Kabanuna…
"Lord Gan Ning, can I go switch first before going treasure hunting?" I asked him and he nodded his head. I smiled and went to a blind spot where they wouldn't see me before switching.
I switched into a blue shortall and a black mini t shirt with a pair of black flat shoes. I left my hair down.
When I finished, I went back to them. Lord Gan Ning turned to me and smiled. I did too and I felt a bit shy.
"There's a village not too far from here. We can go treasure hunting there." Lord Gan Ning said and I nodded my head. I wonder what kind of treasure we'll find at the village. Maybe we can find some nice stuff there. I walked next to Lord Gan Ning.
"So, Lord Gan Ning, how long have you been a pirate?" I asked, being curious. I wonder why he's not traveling with his family. Did something happen to his family like mines or did he just go off on his own because he wanted to? "You seem young to be traveling around with pirates." Lord Gan Ning laughed.
"I've been a pirate since… Well, I began my life as a pirate when I was 13 so it's been 5 years. My family was killed so I was alone and met these guys." He told me. I gasped. Oh, that's terrible!
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear. It's okay though. I lost my family not too long ago." I replied to him. He turned to me and touched my hair gently.
"Well I'm here if you need a shoulder to cry on." He told me. I smiled and nodded my head. Lord Gan Ning is such a nice guy. Oh, the village is just right there! Oh, I can't wait to go find treasure! I gasped and smiled.
"Look, the village!" I said happily.
We went to the village and there were lots of people around. I scanned the surrounding but I haven't seen a treasure yet. I turned to Lord Gan Ning.
"So, where do we look to find treasure? I think it's gonna be hard finding them." I told Lord Gan Ning. He smiled.
"It's easy. There's treasure all around." Lord Gan Ning said. I watched as he walked towards an old lady and her granddaughter. Then, he snatched away the little sack of money the old lady was giving to her granddaughter. I gasped.
"Hey! That's mine! Give it back you pirate thief!" the girl yelled, as Lord Gan Ning was laughing while running away. He did not just do that!
"You snooze, you lose sucker!" Lord Gan Ning yelled back at the girl.
"Lord Gan Ning!" I yelled, running after him. He turned to me while still running. I pulled his shirt back and he stopped. "You do not take that money away from them! Don't you know it is very mean to do so?" I snatched the money away from him.
"This is how pirates are. We take stuff from people." Lord Gan Ning explained. If being a pirate means stealing from people, then I don't want to be a pirate anymore. I shook my head at him.
"You can't take stuff away from people. It's not very nice, Lord Gan Ning. You need to go apologize to them right now! Go!" I said, grabbing his arm and pulling him back to the old lady and the girl. I turned to them. "I am so sorry about his behavior. Lord Gan Ning, what do you have to say?" He sighed.
"Do I have to?" he asked, crossing his arms together. I nodded my head meanly and he laughed. He turned to them 2. "Sorry I took your money." I then smiled and handed the money back to them. The old lady laughed.
"Youngsters these days." She said.
"Thank you for returning the money to us. We needed to buy some herbs for my mom. She's very sick." The girl said. So if the money was taken by Lord Gan Ning, her mom would have gotten sicker! Good thing I got it back for them. I smiled. The old lady and the girl then went off. I turned to Lord Gan Ning.
"See? They needed the money. If you took it, they wouldn't be able to get herbs for her mom." I told Lord Gan Ning.
"I never thought about those kinds of stuff. I actually feel kinda bad." Lord Gan Ning said. Aww, at least he feels bad about it. He can be a good pirate and not steal stuff. "It's just that we're in need of money ourselves and we can't earn it." Hmm, he wants to earn money. I think I'll be able to help. I then smiled and clasped my hands together. Lord Gan Ning turned to me, confused. I managed a laugh.
"As a pirate member of yours, I will help earn money for us." I said happily. I turned around and skipped off…
She sure is odd, despite her beauty. Help us earn money by skipping. Pft! How funny. Lord Gan Ning and his men watched her skip not too far from where they were. She stopped walking and put her bag on the ground. The top was opened. She then cleared her throat. Then to his surprise, she began singing the song "The day you went away". What the heck? She's singing? And she's really good? Damn. Beautiful, yet talented.
Everyone turned to her when she began singing. They stopped and watched her singing. To Lord Gan Ning's surprise, people began putting money in her bag! Wow, it's a good thing she is with us. She really isn't completely useless. Lord Gan Ning smiled. Her angelic voice blew him away…
When I finished singing, everyone cheered for me and I blushed.
"Thank you!" I said cheerfully. I picked up the bag and it was surprisingly filled up. Wow, I got more than I ever expected. And it was all by myself. I'm so happy and proud. I turned to Lord Gan Ning was he was looking at me, smiling. I smiled and walked over to him. "So? Will this be enough to last us for a while?" Lord Gan Ning laughed.
"Of course it is. Why would it not be enough?" he replied.
"Okay then! So, promise me you won't steal anymore? In return, I'll make money for us. After all, I still am just an entertainer. Yeah?" I asked. Lord Gan Ning nodded his head.
"Yeah, I won't argue with that," Lord Gan Ning said, and turned to his men, "Did you guys hear that?" They nodded their heads.
"Yes, Master Gan Ning. From now on, we won't steal anymore." They said. I smiled again and we continued walking. It smelled really good and it made my stomach growl. Lord Gan Ning turned to me really fast with a confused face. I laughed.
"Sorry, my tummy is craving some food," I told him, "You guys are hungry, right? We can use the money we earned to buy food for us! And we won't have to worry about ever starving!" Lord Gan Ning laughed at me. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, nothing. You're just really cute. That's all." He replied. I blushed and got shy. I smiled and looked down. Lord Gan Ning laughed and placed an arm around my shoulder. We walked to the area where they were selling food. There were orange chicken, fried rice, and fried dumplings. It smelled so yummy.
"Wow, it smells amazing! I can't wait to eat!" I said, as we walked to the lady selling the food. She turned to us and smiled. "Hello there!"
"Hello, what would you like to get?" she asked.
"I would like to get all 3 please. It's for me and my friends." I replied to her. She smiled and got 3 plastic bowls and filled them up with each of the 3 foods. She handed it to me and I paid her the amount I owed her for it. "Thank you very much! Can I get 8 forks and spoons too by the way?"
"You are most certainly welcomed and sure." She replied to me. She handed me 8 forks and 8 spoons. I smiled and brought the food over to Lord Gan Ning and his 5 men.
"Okay, time to eat!" I said happily. I put the food down and handed each of them the fork and spoon.
"Thanks, Kabanuna." Lord Gan Ning said. I smiled and we ate away happily. Oh my gosh, this is so yummy in my tummy! So warm and tender too! I could eat the whole thing by myself but I won't because I have to share it with my pirate buddies. Sharing is caring.
It was night time and we were walking around the grassy area. The wind was blowing gently and blew my hair out of place. I fixed it and laughed. There were flowers around and I picked a few of them. I love flowers! They're so beautiful. I began skipping around and picking flowers and grasses. I was making a flower bracelet for Lord Gan Ning with the red flowers. I used white flowers to make bracelets for his friends as well. When I finished, I smiled and stopped walking. I turned to them….
"Here you go! I made these for you guys. Isn't it beautiful?" Kabanuna said happily to Lord Gan Ning and his men. He turned and saw that she made nice bracelets for them. Kabanuna, you are too pretty. I feel like I wanna marry you already. I don't want you to be anyone else's. I want you to be mines only. Lord Gan Ning smiled. Kabanuna went to his men and gave them the white flower bracelet ones.
"Thanks, Kabanuna. I'll take very good care of it." One of his men said. Kabanuna walked to him. His heart was pounding fast. She's like an angel. She's my type of girl. Being around her makes me feel nervous. I'm gonna have to step it up if I want her to be mines. Maybe it's time for me to mature down.
"Here you go, Lord Gan Ning. This red one is for you," Kabanuna said, taking his left hand and putting the red bracelet on his wrist. She smiled. "It's a perfect fit!" No, we're a perfect fit. I plan on marrying you soon, even though our family members aren't here to do the wedding. Lord Gan Ning smiled.
"Thanks a lot. It's really special to me. I promise to take really good care of it." Lord Gan Ning told her and she smiled. God, when you smile liked that, you make me so nervous. He smiled too and blushed a bit.
They went to their big ship and got on it. Kabanuna was so amazed. Lord Gan Ning got in the boat and held his hand out to her. She took his hand and got in the boat with them.
"Wow… I've never been on a ship before. We're not gonna fall, are we?" she asked. Lord Gan Ning laughed. She's so funny. With us around, she won't ever have to worry about falling.
"Don't worry. You won't fall. If you do, I'll get you." Lord Gan Ning said, smiling. Kabanuna smiled and nodded her head.
"Okay, and if you fall, I will get you too." Kabanuna replied. You're so cute at times, Kabanuna. I just wanna give you a kiss right now. Lord Gan Ning fought the urge to kiss her and looked down the boat. Kabanuna looked down too. She then gasped. "Lord Gan Ning, look! I see fishes!"
"Should I catch one for you to eat?" Lord Gan Ning asked and Kabanuna made a sour face and shook her head. Haha, she's so funny. Her expressions are priceless.
"I don't eat fish. It's scary. I'm scared of their eyes." Kabanuna replied. Lord Gan Ning laughed at her. She's scared of fish eyes? It's no different than our eyes. Kabanuna turned to him. "Do you ever think about traveling around the world on this ship? Would you consider taking people cruising around?"
"Yeah, I do want to travel the world but I don't want to take people cruising around. Having these guys with me is already enough." Lord Gan Ning joked and his 5 men turned to him.
"Hey, we heard that, Master Gan Ning." They said and laughed. They knew that Lord Gan Ning was only kidding. It was getting really dark now. Lord Gan Ning turned to Kabanuna. He turned her to him.
"You should get some rest. It's getting late." Lord Gan Ning told her, leading her into one of the rooms in the ship. Kabanuna yawned and smiled.
"Good night, Lord Gan Ning. Don't stay up too late. You need a rest too." Kabanuna said and he nodded his head. She then went in the room and started sleeping. Lord Gan Ning really wanted to be with her. Maybe it's time for him to stop being a pirate and just become a normal guy again. That way, he and Kabanuna could have a fresh start. I should pass down the pirate leader to one of them soon. Lord Gan Ning stretched and went into his room…
We went into a village to buy some food for us. Yesterday, we went looking for a nearby village but there were no villages around. We ended up skipping our meal and we were hungry. Well, I was okay but Lord Gan Ning's men were starving.
I got some food for us. We were eating some Mongolian beef with rice. I ate a bit only and let them eat the rest, since they were really hungry. I waited patiently for them to finish the food. I was humming to myself while waiting and some people were giving me money for humming. They are such nice people.
"Thank you!" I said happily while smiling. Today, I was feeling extremely happy. I didn't know why though. When they finished eating, we went around the village. I gave plenty of money to Lord Gan Ning and his men.
"Thanks, Kabanuna!" they shouted. I smiled and we walked deeper in the village. Lord Gan Ning's men bought a few items with the money but Lord Gan Ning and I didn't buy anything yet. I was next to Lord Gan Ning and saw that he was still wearing the flower bracelet I gave him. Maybe that's why I'm so happy. It's because they are taking good care of the flower bracelets.
"Fresh apples for sale!" I heard a man saying. I turned and saw the ripest apples ever. Ooh, that looks so delicious! I can almost taste it! I love apples! I gasped and tapped Lord Gan Ning. He turned to me.
"Look, those apples are so beautiful and ripe! I'm gonna buy a lot of them!" I said to him. Lord Gan Ning smiled and went with me to buy some apples. I approached the man. He turned to me. "Hello, mister. Can I get 10 apples please?"
"Sure, why not?" he replied, "You can choose whichever apple you would like." I went to the apples. I grabbed 5 of the ripest one I could find. I then turned to Lord Gan Ning.
"Lord Gan Ning, would you like to pick the other 5?" I asked and he smiled. He looked around carefully and chose 5 more apples. He is careful choosing the best ones his eyes could spot. He's just like me!
We paid for the apples and met up with his men.
"I got everything I wanted from the village. Are you guys ready to leave?" they asked. I smiled and nodded my head. Lord Gan Ning looked down.
"I'm actually not going." began Lord Gan Ning. I turned to him, surprised. He's not going? Does he plan to stay here?
"Why not?" asked his men. They seemed really shocked.
"I decided to stop being a pirate and be a normal guy. I figured that I wanted to travel around with Kabanuna." Confessed Lord Gan Ning. My eyes grew wide with shock. Lord Gan Ning wants to travel around with me?
"I always knew this day would come when you would stop being a pirate. So this is goodbye?" one of them asked him and Lord Gan Ning nodded his head.
"I'm sorry about this. You guys will be alright without me. I leave you in charge of being the Master pirate. Don't let the others down." Lord Gan Ning said to one of them. The guy smiled and nodded his head.
"Yes, Master Gan Ning. I'll do my best not to let anyone down!" he said. Lord Gan Ning smiled. The pirates turned to me.
"This is goodbye then. Hopefully we can meet again someday." They said to me. I smiled and nodded my head. I gave them each a hug.
"See you whenever then," I said to them and they began walking off. Lord Gan Ning and I watched them leave and disappear out of sight. I then turned to him. "So, you want to travel around? What made you want to stop being a pirate?"
"Well, it's kinda hard to explain…" Lord Gan Ning said, blushing. I don't want to force him to tell me. I just smiled.
"You don't have to tell me. I'll wait until you're ready to tell me." I replied to him. Lord Gan Ning nodded his head. I guess my days of being a pirate are over. I wonder what's gonna happen next. What's my next adventure gonna be? Lord Gan Ning and I began walking out of the village and towards the grassy land up ahead.