Hello everyone I'm so sorry about what happened I know it's been a long time since you've seen a chapter from me, yeah I know you want to pelt me with rocks but hey things happen.
Chapter 21: Sueng Mina vs. Hwang
They entered the port in Korea nearest the dojo; near them another grand ship approached the port.
"Oh no" Mina sighed
"Is it another enemy ship?" asked Talim
"No it's worst … That is one of my father's ships."
"Oh"
Both vessels came to a halt when they reached the platform, then the heroes came off the boat, all except Siegfried, that is, he locked himself in his room.
"Well look who's come back. I knew it wouldn't take long for you guy's to show up after we found that shard." There stood before them a young Korean man with spiky black hair and a scarf of some kind around his head. He held a long sword in his right hand and although he looked young he also looked full of wisdom and courage.
"Look Hwang I don't have time for games why don't we avoid along drawn out thing and you just hand over the shard."
"I don't think so, we'll take over from here once we have obtained the other shards, we'll be able to defeat the Japanese and Korea will be a force to be reckoned with."
"Your being foolish Hwang, Don't you feel the evil presence in the shards. That sword will cripple us and the rest of the world. You're being blinded by war and you're smarter than that."
"Mina your wrong the sword it can become purified I'm sure of this. Any evil can be subdue I refuse to let our last shred of hope be whisked away because you and your silly friends believe in suppositious lies."
"No Hwang it's you who believes in those lies. You've changed Hwang; Look what this sword is already doing to you. We will go seek council with my father immediately I can no longer talk to you on the same level."
"That will be unnecessary," An old man began to walk of the boat "For I am here Mina"
"Are you well father, you're getting to old to be sailing with the soldiers, let them handle these affairs?"
"Child you give me little credit, I'm not dead yet. I see you've completed what you set out to do and you've brought back Yunsung and the sword. Now we can continue in our search for the shards and now you can settle down and finally marry Hwang."
"NO Father I refuse to stay here not when such a menacing presence is amidst, you say I give you little credit but you give me none, I am a grown woman and a great warrior I don't need to be confined in my room. You all are making a mistake you will put the world in jeopardy."
"You choose to put these people before your kin. Don't be foolish girl look at the company you keep… the infamous Mitsurugi and The fu ma Ninja Taki, they are our enemies. Then you bring with you other outsiders from all over the place, not to mention 2 devil spawn, I'm sure they are more important than the rest of us. Mina my child and are the dreadful rumors true are you really traveling with the infamous Nightmare, no don't answer that I do not wish to know."
"No father they are my friends not enemies and they are here to help you, but you're too blind to see that."
"How dare you speak to me in such tones, how I wish my little girl was back and wasn't possessed by the devils she calls friends. Mina in 3 days you will marry Hwang and your Japanese friends will be put on trial and that is the end of it. The others should be on the way after leaving us the shards." At this the coastal guardsmen drew their weapons
"Wait father I have a proposal I will prove to you that I am worthy of freedom and that my friends are innocent. I will challenge Hwang to a fight and if I win we get the shards and my friends can stay at the dojo without harm being brought to them."
"And if you lose"
She hung her head low "If I lose I will marry Hwang in 3 days time and I will never run away again, however you may not harm my friends at any time or you will surely lose most if not all of your warriors and I cannot force them to give up their shards that is up to them."
"Surely you will not allow me to battle your daughter master." Hang said a pang of hurt in his eyes he loved Mina and wanted to marry her but he loved her sense of freedom and he did not want to be the one top put an end to it.
"A deal has been struck at the sixth hour the fight will commence. Meanwhile your friends are allowed in the dojo for now. If you lose however the Japanese must go onto the ship, now you must retire."
The warriors began their walk to the dojo.
"Oh Yunsung fall back I have a word with you, the rest of you go ahead."
At the dojo
"So was this your marvelous plan mina." Raphael asked
"No not at all, this is just a setup… let me ask you something… do you really think they will have it any other way than their way weather I win or lose doesn't matter."
"So are you planning to throw the match?"
"Not quite, I'll tell you more when the plot develops; I need you guys to stay in the dark okay."
"As long as you tell us eventually" Taki said
"Right now you need to clear your thoughts I'm sure why don't we leave you to your thoughts" Mitsurugi suggested
"Thank you." She replied and they left.
As they walked out Lyric bumped into a young man about Yunsung height he had short black hair and wore clothes similar to Yun's. She figured he was a student there.
"I'm sorry for bumping into you like that." She said a little flustered
"Hey don't worry about it." He replied he had a gruff voice and yet it seemed kind. "What is a lovely creature like you doing in a dump like this?"
"Hey Shin you think you could go 5 minutes without flirting with someone."
"Ah, Yunsung your back… oh I see these are the people you and Mina brought back." He said as Yunsung walked up to the group.
"Yeah that is them."
"Wow you have a lot of woman with you, Are you all really the feared group of warriors that the sailors have been talking about."
"I wouldn't say that out loud they'll make you live to regret it especially that one," he said pointing to Lyric "She won't let you forget it."
"She doesn't seem too bad."
"Yeah well looks are deceiving."
"Look I'll see you guys around, Hey Yunsung come on something's going on downstairs."
"Sure I'll come, but I suggest you guys don't stray too far they're just looking for reasons to kill you guys."
"Sure we'll keep that in mind." Maxi said and with that the parted ways
"Well Lyric looks like you've found yourself a boyfriend." Xianghua said laughing
"What are you talking about I just meet the guy there's nothing there." She said blushing
"I didn't say who it was though." She replied coyly but Lyric just said nothing
In Mina's room
'What am I to do…I don't really have a plan but I know I need to step up and handle this one. There has to be a break somewhere, anywhere.' Mina sat on the bed thinking to herself
"You seem to be thinking a lot; sometimes I just don't understand you Mina." She looked up and there was Hwang standing over her
"Get out your not welcome here." she said throwing him the meanest look possible
"What did I do to deserve your hatred Mina, why do you hate me so?"
"I don't hate you okay, I hate who you've become why have you changed so much I want the old Hwang back."
"I want him back to Mina but we're in war times and I have to be like this I have to change for our sake, for our people's sake. If I am being honest I believe you've earned the right to fight at our rank and you've definitely earned the right to have the shard but that would not benefit our country."
"And how is that you don't think I'd do what is right for us, do you think I'm foolish Hwang, I had more respect for you, maybe I am foolish."
"No Mina I don't believe you're foolish but I know you will go against your father and that would be going against your people."
"Never would I go against my people"
"Then why do you wish to fight me, why do you befriend these obvious villains, why must you continue to run away."
"Because Hwang I am no one's pet bird , I am wild I am free and I refuse to be sucked into the same empty void as anyone else, I am in charge of my own destiny… no one else." She said tears bursting from her eyes and Hwang held her close
"I love you Mina and I want you to be free but a deal has been struck and at the sixth hour we will fight but my heart will ache and I will not be happy about it, I don't want to be the one to force you into the cage." They kissed briefly and he wiped away her tears. He then placed her back onto the bed and exited the room. She was again alone and that wasn't how she wanted to be.
The warriors found their way into the dinning room which was basically empty. There were three long tables that at least were ten feet each and there were at least twenty chairs on each side of the tables, all the walls were painted white with gold trimmings. Except for the size it was a normal rather plain room.
"Wow how many people live here." Maxi said scratching his head
"Well there aren't so many now since the war began." It was shin he had come behind the warriors
"Hey I thought you were with Yunsung?" Talim said
"Well you see…"
"Shin's a chronic liar; he ditched me and went snooping around behind you guys." Yunsung said stepping into the room as well
"Oh and why would he do that?" Mina came in as well
"Oh wow, what a reunion we're having now." Raphael said sarcastically
"Oh shut up." Taki said jokingly
"So what do we do now sit here and wait till six?" Xianghua complained
"We could do that or we can have some fun while we wait for the next big challenge." Mina said
"What would you like to do?" Shin said
"How about we talk … and not just any kind of talk … We'll get into a circle and I start us off by asking someone a question then they have to answer truthfully or else… umm… they…"
"Get punched three times." Xianghua exclaimed okay let's play
"No this is just another way for you girls to gossip, some of us don't like to sit around and giggle about boys." Maxi said but he quickly wished he had just shut up because the girls quickly pounced on him, fire in their eyes.
"So what ya scared Maxi" Xianghua said
"Yeah do you have something your hiding?" Mina said
"I think we should start with him, Mina."
"Yes, we should. Maxi if you were to pick one girl to be your wife who would it be and why." she said standing and pointing towards him her finger just centimeters away from his face
He was definitely on the spot… he could lie and they'd never know unless they already knew and it was obvious. He could also tell truth but play it off like a lie and no one would believe it's the truth. "Umm… I guess, really I don't, Not really but I guess I'd go with ummm… Xianghua… but I don't really know why I guess I just picked her name out of a ha…"
"Stop playing stupid we already know… you like her." Mina said laughing at his bad attempt to play it off
"It's a shame she's already practically taken." Talim let out then quickly covered her mouth
"What do you mean…?"He asked worry in his voice
"She means kilik beat you to it." Taki said simply. Maxi and Kilik both fell over both red as tomatoes.
"Moving on Maxi ask some one a question." Mina said
"Okay Kilik, how long have you and Xianghua been together." He said a little anger in his voice
"Hey I thought you really didn't like her. Man, calm down we're not seeing each other." He answered
"What do you mean it's only obvious?" He replied
"See even guys like gossip." Talim laughed
Kilik turned to her "Okay Ms. Talim when will you and Link finally stop playing around and kiss or something in fact I dare you to kiss Link."
"What ?!"She yelled
"Wait a second I'm not apart of this game of yours leave me out of this." Link said flaying her arms
"Okay but you get three punches… from each of us."
"Okay" she said "Hey Link would it really be that bad."
"I guess not." He said his cheeks burning a fiery red. She walked up to him and kissed his cheek.
"What kind of kiss was that?" Kilik said
"Look it was a kiss wasn't it, now shut up … when I have my first real kiss it won't be forced and it won't be in front of you."
"But… it'll be … with Link." Mina said lifting her eyebrows
Talim didn't answer but color quickly came to her cheeks.
"Well this is great let's let out our dirty laundry in front of Shin here." Yunsung said sarcastically
"Yes let's go on, okay then why don't we find out something about
Shin… out of all the woman that you see right now, without giving much thought who is the most beautiful." Talim asked
"Umm… Lyric, No offense to you guy's but she's like nothing I've seen before like an exotic beauty."
"Really Now I think we've had enough I'm tired of this."
Yunsung said getting up and started to walk out the door
"What's Wrong Yun you scared to say something you might regret? I think it's my turn to ask a Question, When will you tell her how you really feel?" Shin said
"What are you talking about, who are you talking about for that matter. You know what I don't have time for this, If you guy's want to waste your time away gossiping go ahead but I won't be apart of it. You all know how much rides on this fight tonight but instead of helping Mina train you all are sitting around talking about who likes who, when you guys already know, what's the fucking point. And Shin stop meddling in our business you know thing about what I feel about anybody cuz I feel nothing bout any body here, mind your own self." He yelled reprimanding the heroes then he walked off
"Sounds like a kid with something to hide." Raphael snickered
"He's right though we should be helping Mina" said Talim
"Okay but first Shin who were you talking about?" Mina said
"No one, just reverse psychology, Now I know he have a crush on someone, who is still mystery."
"Well let's start." Mina said
"I'll be back I have to use the bathroom" Lyric said then got up and left
"Finally" Xianghua mumbled
"What's that" Talim asked
"Nothing"
Suddenly one of the soldiers came into the room "Excuse me Sueng Mina in 5 minutes the event shall take place."
"What, man time goes by fast okay let's get ready to go." She said and they exited the Room and headed for the battle field.
End of chapter 21
This was a long chapter to write but finally it's here. I'm so sorry for my computer being out of whack. Oh crazed ninja it is sort of like that but not quite. I need a new computer because it's still not working but I remembered to bring this chapter to my friends house and well you guy's are lucky devils. Anyway I had fun writing this chapter and in the next chapter you may see some people getting together, hint hint, Who will it be it may not be so obvious who knows.
Inuken