Okay…so everyone's been begging me to write the next chapter, to update soon, and all that stuff. So here it is…I have updated. And seeing as I don't know how long this is going to be going…I'll either finish it soon or stop it because of my other story and the website that my friends and I have set up. There's not much up yet due to tech. problems, but it'll get better. So anyway…don't bug me too much about updating in the future or else I will personally get my good friends (and fellow assassins, murderers, pirates, writers, artists, and rulers of mordor) to hunt you down using our employed demon spies and shove pink dresses up your mouth while making you sing the numa numa song. Jk…however, if you do piss me off…my friends and I own about ten different assorted weapons between us…so…
Courtesy of Nanaki, his character Shin-Ken will be appearing in my story. If you have read his story, you will notice that these two stories run sort of parallel to each other. So read both. However, currently, his story is not up due to some minor problems…but it will be up soon I hope.
Anyways…enjoy the story!
Chapter 9-Chun meets Shin Ken
Chun ran out of the hospital, trying to stop the tears rolling down her face. 'Why am I crying? Stop crying…you're weak if you cry…stop crying you ass!' She firmly brushed away her tears and banged her fist into the rock wall, watching the small current of blood flowing down between her knuckles. Pain felt good, she thought, pain…it's what she deserved.
Just then, she felt someone brush up against her, one hand gripping her arm, the other circling her waist, pulling her in. Someone with tobacco smelling breath lowered his face next to her ear and whispered softly, "Hey hottie."
She whirled around, dealing the offender a sharp snap to the wrist and a sudden kick to the ribs. "I'm in no mood to have asses like you try to pick me up."
The teenage groaned in pain, rubbing his wrist. The others behind him called out, mocking him. Great…another stupid gang was onto her again. Why was it that she always ran into one or another every other week? This gang was pretty ditzy too; if they had recognized who she was, they wouldn't have gone within a fifty foot radius of her.
Another guy grinned and jumped forward until he was two inches away from her. He stood there, checking her out.
"You're a tough babe huh? Well, I've met others like you, though they sure weren't as hot."
He reached forward and tried to grab her. However, at this point, Chun was already maddened beyond sanity (literally) and her paper thin patience had evaporated. She screeched like a mad animal and went into a spinning roundhouse, yelling at the thug.
"Hands off my ass fuck-face!"
The kick caught the boy high in the chest and sent him spinning out of the alley. He looked up at her, furious.
"Get that chick!"
All at once, several gangsters launched themselves at Chun; it was a simple matter just to duck. The witless jackasses crashed into each other and lay stunned on the ground. Chun herself took that time to gather up her balance, and promptly delivered several punches that knocked the standing teens off their feet. She was completely ignoring her still throbbing arms; she had not removed the bandages either, so her overall image was pretty scary. A few feet away, a small crowd had gathered.
Suddenly, a blur swept by her, dressed in school uniform. It was a boy, probably a year older than she was, with casual golden eyes and dark blue hair. He took down a thug beside her with a well placed kick. Chun gritted her teeth. She hated working with someone else, it always made her mad.
The thugs were quickly taken care of between them two. As the last thug fell, Chun suddenly whirled around and aimed a front kick to the intruder's face. The nerve of his shitting ass, making her look weak, making her look incapable of looking after herself. However, to her surprise, her kick was countered by a similar move and her leg was forced back to the ground. She glared at him angrily.
"You baka, stay out of this, I didn't need help." She tried a punch to his face, but he blocked it with his forearm. He smirked.
"Oh really…I'd say you needed a lot of help back there, with the state your in." He looked pointedly at her bandaged arms and blood covered knuckles. He then neatly countered another one of her bone crushing kicks with a high block. Chun scowled.
"Listen, have you ever heard of Chun-Ji Hyang? Yeah? Well, that's me… and I don't need any help from you or anyone else. As for these…" She gestured at her arms. "…so what if my arms are bandaged? It just warns the rest of the stupid world to stay away from me. Apparently, you're even worse then stupid… you jackass!"
A concerted chorus of "ooooh" and "she dissed you man" came from the crowd of high school students surrounding them. The boy was different though, looking at her impassively. "My name is Shin-Ken, nice to meet you Chun. I don't think you were around last time I was here. Oh well." He dropped back into a fighter's stance. "There's always a first time for every damn thing in the world."
His foot came into contact with her upraised arm, his fist with a defensive palm. Her hand chopped at air as he spun away and tried to whip-kick her legs but she jumped and lashed out at his face. Shin-Ken ducked and grabbed her leg, pulling her to the ground, but Chun rolled away. Both stood there, relatively unscathed.
"This is getting nowhere."
Suddenly, Chun whipped her leg at his knees and chopped the opposite direction with her other arm. Caught by surprise, Shin-Ken was forced to do an aerial over her leg, at the same time catching her arm and twisting it behind her. She rolled forward, throwing him to the ground. Chun stepped back. Without warning, Shin-Ken pulled her legs out from under her, and she fell on her back. He immediately pinned her to the ground by her shoulders, each of his hands pushing her back, his leg pinning hers to the floor.
Some of the girls in the crowd squealed, and Yang-Me (who brought her camera everywhere) snapped a picture. Chun gasped for breath, at the same time glaring daggers at Shin-Ken. Nonetheless, she was aware of just how close he was to her. He looked at her coolly. "Give up?"
Her dignity extremely injured, Chun spat out the words angrily. "Fine, you win."
Shin-Ken calmly got up and dusted off his jacket. Retrieving his schoolbag from a nearby bystander, he turned and walked away. Chun scrambled up angrily. She flicked her middle finger at his back, shouting at his back before heading home.
"I'll get you someday, and when I do, you'll pay hell for this!"
And all the while, Shin-Ken only paused to look over his shoulder once. He grinned that annoying grin, and turned away. But it wouldn't be the last time he ran into Chun-Ji Hyang. Not on his life.
