Chapter 6
Zhao Yun had a hard time walking from the wound he received from the shooting stars. He made it to Si Shui Gate and called for help. Diao Chan, who apparently had been waiting for him took him to the hospital tent. The doctors told Zhao Yun that the wound was poisoned, because the stars were covered with poison. It didn't have effect outside of the skin, but if you ate it or it somehow went inside your body, it'd have a poison effect. They had to cut off a pretty big part of Zhao Yun's skin from his right arm. Then they covered it in bandages and told him that he wouldn't be able to use his right arm as strong as he was able to for a month or so. He stayed in one of the tent beds with Diao Chan, because there were no beds in Si Shui Gate. Cao Cao and Liu Bei went to see him.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei looked worried as they entered the tent.
"Zhao Yun, are you all right?"
Zhao Yun said, "Lord Cao Cao, I'm terribly sorry I got into an accident when we have an important fight tomorrow."
"No, no. Liu Bei and I are more worried about your health. What happened? Liu Bei told me that you were perfectly fine a few hours ago."
"I was attacked by some black cloaked figure."
Liu Bei and Cao Cao's expressions darkened and said, "It must've been an assassinator of Dong Zhou's. Dammit!"
"It wasn't any assassinator. It had a curved sword, something not made in China. It also threw these three stars at me.
Cao Cao examined the stars and put them back down.
"These stars are from the mysterious land east, a land not of this continent. It is consisted of many islands with four big ones. There are very few of those people seen coming and going. They are skilled with swords and throwing at targets. They think more highly of honor than their lives and the last thing they'd do is betray their master. I have always wanted to have one on my side that'd never betray me, but those warriors come disguised in black, so we call them ninja."
Zhao Yun thought of that black-cloaked figure and remembered its shining eyes, not very tough or manly at all. It had been a small figure, pretty quick and showed very delicate movement, just like a ninja.
Next day, Zhao Yun had a hard time getting into his armor and horse. He received permission from the doctor to fight as long as he didn't fight generals and stay in the back line. Dong Zhou's forces had come to Si Shui Gate to take it back. Then all the general's worst fears came to life. Out in the front, was Lu Bu.
The United forces looked scared just looking at Lu Bu. Lu Bu laughed and charged at the generals and picked Gongson Zan first. Gongson Zan tried fighting against him, but retreated after a few swings. Then other generals ran in to attack Lu Bu, only to get their heads flown off.
"Is this the force that defeated Hua Xiong and took our Si Shui Gate? This is truly humiliating! Isn't there anyone stronger?"
Zhao Yun tried to dash out, but Cao Cao stopped him.
"Lord Zhao Yun, fighting Lu Bu now will hurt you physically and mentally. You should beat him while you're in best of condition. If you try to fight because of a few words from the mouth, you'll end up on the ground headless."
Zhao Yun stopped and looked at the empty battlefield on their side where no general could come out. Finally, Zhang Bei, who was one of Liu Bei's oath brothers came out and took a swing at Lu Bu. (I forgot Zhang Bei's weapon!!!) Lu Bu and Zhang Bei's weapon clashed a few times and Lu Bu looked impressed and said, "You should've come out sooner!"
Lu Bu, looking confident started overpowering Zhang Bei, little by little. Just then, Guan Yu, Liu Bei's other oath brother went out to help Zhang Bei.
"Lu Bu face the wrath of my Blue Moon Dragon!" (I don't think that's right, either.)
Lu Bu looked a little more stressed as he fought the two strong generals. Zhao Yun was surprised at how strong Zhang Bei and Guan Yu were. If he fought against them, he knew he would surely lose. Whenever he was in hard times, he always felt this strong power come inside of him, but he wanted to use it freely, whenever he wanted to. As Zhao Yun was thinking, Liu Bei had accompanied Guan Yu and Zhang Bei. However, Liu Bei was probably fighting Lu Bu like that, because Guan Yu and Zhang Bei had his back. Lu Bu now really seemed struggling and he gave a slash at the weakest Liu Bei, making him back off, giving room for Lu Bu. Then Lu Bu shot away with his new horse, which was pretty good. (Not as good as Red Hare) Then Dong Zhou's forces were pushed back all the way to Hu Lao Gate. Then Zhao Yun ran over quicker than anyone else and from a distance, he shot to arrows at once and killed the two gate guards, who were watching their forces retreat on top of the gate. The soldiers yelled for the guards to open the gates, but nobody opened it. Then Dong Zhou's forces started running away everywhere. Finally, Dong Zhou's big force fell in the battle of Hu Lao Gate.
That night, Zhao Yun practiced fighting with Sun Ce.
"Hey Zhao Yun, you seem a lot better. You should start fighting again tomorrow!"
"Yeah. . . I should."
Then it was past midnight and the full moon shined brightly on Zhao Yun. Sun Ce had gone to bed a long time ago, (probably with a girl) and Zhao Yun continued practicing with his spear. Then he felt weird all around him. It reminded him of last night and he could feel something coming. Closing his eyes, he felt for it instead of looking for it. Then feeling it a few meters away from his side, he turned and barely blocked off the ninja stars from last night. This time, the ninja looked a little more prepared with a pretty long sword. It wasn't as thin as a rapier, but not as thick as a broadsword. The ninja ran around with the sword gracefully and Zhao Yun suddenly wanted that sword. A sword that length and width. . . that was the kind of sword he liked. Then the ninja suddenly ran towards Zhao Yun and attempted an attack. Then Zhao Yun used one of his strongest slash attack, creating a small tornado. The ninja was caught in the tornado, but landed on its feet.
Then it ran towards Zhao Yun again. Zhao Yun got ready to take a slash, but it disappeared right in front of his eyes. Then it appeared right behind Zhao Yun and slashed his back. Zhao Yun fell on his knees and felt the pain slowly cover his body. Zhao Yun could feel the ninja coming in for the finishing move, Zhao Yun dived away just in time. He could feel himself getting weaker and weaker. The ninja seemed to watch slowly as Zhao Yun felt dizzy from loss of blood. Then he knew this blow would be his last. Zhao Yun concentrated the best he could, and he could feel some of the power from his body going inside the spear.
Zhao Yun was surprised on how he did that and tried to put more power inside. It was a strange feeling, but his spear felt lighter than ever and it was surrounded with a colorless aura. Then Zhao Yun grinned and took another slash at the ninja from a long distance. This time a big tornado came out from the spear and carried the ninja pretty far away. Now even the ninja looked exhausted and tried to finish Zhao Yun off. Zhao Yun felt that his tornado was strong, but it wasn't enough. He concentrated a little bit more and shot out everything he had. Then in front of his eyes, a fire tornado went for the ninja and carried the ninja once more. When the ninja escaped the fire tornado, it fell to its knees from burns and exhaustion. Zhao Yun felt power going inside of him from learning a new technique. Then the ninja slowly got up and grinned. Then holding its sword, Zhao Yun could feel power from the sword. Then the ninja leaped and shot out black boomerangs and Zhao Yun fell over defending himself. Then he saw his spear covered with fire just like from the fight with Xu Huang. Then he saw the ninja's word covered with darkness, somewhat similar to him. Then instead of putting power into his spear, he stored in his heart and made it come to one spot. He wasn't sure on what he was doing, but he felt that he could do something. Then using all the strength from his heart and spear he let out another attack at the ninja. This fire tornado was 10 times bigger than the one he made from his spear. Then from the tornado, a red dragon came out and attacked the ninja. The ninja looked shocked and just stayed there and then it retreated a short distance to concentrate on power and it sent out a big beam of darkness, and the beam turned into a black dragon.
The black dragon was the strongest dragon in the history of China and Zhao Yun had only heard of stories what this dragon had done in the past. It had disappeared a long time ago when it fought its last battle with the Gold Dragon. The Black dragon let out some darkness from its mouth and Zhao Yun couldn't see anything but darkness. Then he saw the Black dragon attacking from no where. Zhao Yun dodged just in time, but the dragon's teeth had lightly hit Zhao Yun's left arm, almost ripping it off.
Zhao Yun saw his arm and felt helpless in the darkness. Then he decided to try one last attack. Gathering power again, he shot out another tornado, but this was just a big tornado without any fire. Then the Light Blue Dragon came out just like last time. Then the Light Blue Dragon and the Red Dragon suddenly started to spin around together and attack the Black Dragon. Even in the darkness, Zhao Yun could see the two dragons slowly fighting the darkness. Then when it was far away, it looked as if it was becoming one. Then he saw the Red Dragon and the Light Blue Dragon disappear to create a big light. Then it created a big light and the legendary Gold Dragon appeared.
The golden light sucked up all the darkness and it was now almost time for sunrise. The two dragons faced each other as the sky turned brighter and brighter.
Then the golden dragon sucked all the darkness around it and the sky was getting lighter and lighter. Then the Gold dragon shot out some golden light beams at the Black Dragon. Now the Black Dragon looked a lot weaker. Then the two dragons collided in mid-air creating an explosion; half with golden light and the other half with darkness. It kept on pushing each other, but the golden light started to beat the darkness and the two dragons disappeared with another explosion. Zhao Yun grinned and ran over to the ninja and gave it a punch in the stomach while the ninja was just watching the dragons fight. Then the ninja gave a girlish yell and fell. Zhao Yun smiled and took her back to the camp. When he was looking towards the camp, he saw the whole army and generals just stare right at Zhao Yun as if they had seen golden coins fall from the sky.
They were back in the camp and Diao Chan was watching as the camp nurse treated Zhao Yun's wounds. Zhao Yun flinched a lot as the nurse started to cut away all the dead skin on Zhao Yun's back. Then after being covered with lots and lots of bandages, Zhao Yun cautiously walked towards where the ninja was being nursed. Zhao Yun had to walk real slow, because of the blood coming out of his back. Then he saw that the ninja was a pretty girl, almost as pretty as Diao Chan. She had long hair that had been tied up into a ball while dressed as a ninja. Her eyes were closed, but her small, delicate face shined in the morning sunlight. As Zhao Yun looked down to the body, somebody said, "Hmmm, pretty good body for a face so small."
Zhao Yun's hair stood on the end and felt blood rushing out of his back more than usual, reddening the many layers of bandages on his back. It was Sun Ce.
"Hey, Zhao Yun! I can't believe you had all this fun last night without me! I see you got a pretty one, too. It'd be hard to pick from Diao Chan and ninja girl. Seeing that she didn't tie up her hair like Diao Chan and other girls from our country, it's obvious that she's not from anywhere around here. Hey Zhao Yun, let's go get a bite."
Zhao Yun hesitated and said, "Sure why not?"
Then giving the ninja girl one last look, he left the hospital tent.
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It was noon and Zhao Yun and Sun Ce did the duck-style walk.
Sun Ce looked around and said, "Damn, I haven't eaten this much since. . . since. . . I dunno, but it's been a long time.
Sun Ce went to take a nap and Zhao Yun went over to the hospital tent. There, he saw the beautiful ninja girl sitting up, drinking some tea.
Zhao Yun went over to her and the girl stopped drinking and flinched, but calmed down. Then she got out of her bed and gave a bow to Zhao Yun.
"Allow me to serve you, master."
Zhao Yun stared at her and said, "Who are you?"
The girl ninja gently said, "My name is Sung Mina. I come from the country of Silla (a country that is now the southern part of South Korea). I was taken to another land as captives when I was 5 years old. My parents died resisting to them. It was a country made up of four big islands. I lived my life under a strict family in that country and started speaking their tongue. However, I concentrated my life on martial arts and swords to return to my country where the rest of my family was. So I became a ninja, a high rank position in that country. Ninja usually use stealth and speed to attack their enemies. We're usually sent to different areas, mostly for assassinating. We use ninja stars with poison, a sword I think you have seen, and a spear that has equal sharp ends on each side."
Zhao Yun stayed and just said, "Hmmm. . .please continue. What happened next?"
Sung Mina took a breath and continued talking.
"I'm 15 right now. (Zhao Yun was surprised, because he was 16) I became a ninja when I was 10 years old. That's when you can officially start. However, it takes at least 2030 years for a normal person to become one of the top ninjas, but it took me 23 years. Then I started the hard missions that were given to me. Then my next mission was to kill an important person under the king of Silla, my country. Having gained a lot of trust from my leader, I set off to Silla with 4 ninjas to help me out. I was happy to be home and felt uncomfortable killing a person from my own country. So I just decided to take this chance to go back to my country. So when I tried to escape, I ended up fighting the ninjas that followed me. Then after I killed them, my leader sent troops after me to attack Silla. My country was attacked and we were spread throughout our area, without any home. When the survivors and the king gathered in one of my hidden hideouts, he first blamed everything on me and said he'd forgive me if I became one of his concubines, but when I refused him and the rest of the people chased me out of Silla, because the troops had attacked because of me. So I was chased out, not welcomed back to the four island country or my home country. So I rode on a trading boat and came to this big land, looking for an owner to serve. It's been a year since they kicked me out. . . but I want to go home. . ."
Tears flowed over Sung Mina's face as she went over the nightmares in her head that started when she was only a little kid. The girl who had threw poison darts at him, the one who slashed his back with great sword skills was this beautiful girl who had a darker past than anyone before. Zhao Yun stayed silent sitting down with his arms crossed and head down. Then he walked over to Sung Mina was and put his hands over her tears and gave her a warm hug. Sung Mina stopped crying when Zhao Yun hugged her and when Zhao Yun let her go, she stared at Zhao Yun's handsome face in a different way from before. Their faces were no more than 5 inches apart.
"You okay?"
Sung Mina's beautiful face looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Yeah. Thanks."
Then she started hugging Zhao Yun again in the hospital tent. They didn't notice another beautiful girl watching them hug.
Zhao Yun had told Sung Mina about his past, which had some sad contents in it here and there. After he told his story, Sung Mina said, "So I'll call start calling you master now. I had been fighting people until I found someone who could defeat me."
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "I did beat you, but I don't want you to be like a servant type. Just call me Zhao Yun and I'll call you . . .Mina. That all right?"
Sung Mina smiled and said, "Sure."
They saw the sunset and noticed how much time had passed.
"Damn! The whole day's finished already! I better go eat dinner. See ya, Mina."
Zhao Yun whistled as he walked towards the mush room and then in the shadows of the Hu Lao Gate, he could see someone crying. Zhao Yun concentrated with his eyes and looked at who it was. When Zhao Yun got close enough to see, he was confused. It was Diao Chan crying.
"Diao Chan?"
Diao Chan looked up and said, "Zhao Yun?"
Then Diao Chan started crying loudly and said, "Get away from me, you ###$!"
At first, Zhao Yun almost had a heart attack from what Diao Chan said and Diao Chan slapped Zhao Yun hard enough to make him bleed. Then she went to her tent sobbing.
Zhao Yun watched Diao Chan go to her tent crying and he shrugged and said, "Women." Then with another heavy sigh Zhao Yun trudged on to the mush room.
How'd you like my next chapter? It's been awhile since I wrote a chapter so I might be outta touch, but PLZ continue to R&R!!!!!