The Eternal Light
I know I know it's been along time. Sorry been so damn busy workloads too much. Oh well didn't forget bout u guys or the story if anyone cares anymore / anyway here's the next chappie enjoy!
Chapter 23 – The Green Eyed Monster
It was the day after the battle between Huang and Mina. 2 days counting till the wedding but Mina was feeling happy today. It was like six in the morning and She felt like she had an awesome plan and she'd be able to prove her worth to the team. She walked out of her room and went to the north wing of the dojo where her comrades were.
"Hey guys wake up!" she said knocking on the guy's door "Rise and shine" knocking on the ladies door
"What's going on out here" she heard the ever so pissed Raphael yell
"Sorry did I ruin your beauty sleep?" she said laughing
"What do you want?" he said opening the door
"Get dressed and then come next door, all of you," she said and he closed the door. On the other side Xianghua open the door.
"You may not have ruined his beauty sleep but you ruined mine!" she was half joking and half serious
"Sorry but it's important can I come in"
"Sure"
She walked in Lyric and Talim were both awake as well.
"So what's up Mina" Lyric said wiping the sleep from her eyes.
"Hold on wait till the boys get here. I don't want to repeat myself "
Xianghua, Talim and Lyric got dressed and waited. The guys knocked on the door like 10 minutes later and Mina let them in.
"This better be good" Raphael mumbled
"Agreed" maxi let out
"It is, now sit. Okay I have a new plan."
"Yippee! Another failure" Raphael exclaimed"Fine don't listen when your left wondering what the fuck then don't come crying to me because frankly I don't really need you."
"Fine" he said sighing
"Okay we have 2 day's till the wedding. That means 2 day's to prepare. Today my dad has planned a grand feast to make the news official to everyone in the dojo. Tomorrow there will be a festival in honor of the wedding and then finally the wedding on the 3rd day. Well here it goes not much will happen today just start finding out things about the layout of the dojo, Yunsung will help with that but you all we have different tasks and can't rely on a guide and basically find out where it is before we goo running around like chickens with their heads cut off. The real work starts tomorrow during the festival while everyone is outside I'll have Lyric, Kilik and Talim go inside and get the shard, while I have Raphael and Xianghua create a distraction. During this entire going on I'll need Yunsung and Link to stand watch and Maxi to go to the ship and get Taki and Mitsurugi to help bring the ship in and get it ready to move. We need to work like a well-oiled machine if we wanna pull it off. Also we want to avoid taking casualties but take them if it's necessary. I'm sure there will be guards surrounding the shard but let's make that. Okay everyone got it."
She was answered by a chorus of um's "Okay I'll explain again" and she did explaining everyone what there roles will be. Little did they know that outside the door Shin heard everything? He grinned evilly he knew he'd get a grand reward if he told Myong what he knew he would use this information to his advantage both ways. Shin had nothing against them he just didn't care what happened to them. It was all about how he could get ahead and further himself. He quickly got up from off the closed door and left.
"So everyone clear now" mina asked
"Yeah, yeah can we go now?" Maxi complained
"Yeah, yeah, don't know what your gonna do anyway"
"We'll find something."
"Just make sure you do what I said or else we'll be screwed kay!"
"Got it" and with that Maxi, Raphael, Kilik and Xianghua left.
Left in the room was Link, Lyric, Talim, Yunsung and Mina.
"So what are we gonna do today?" Talim asked
"Don't know it's sort of early. Besides I've got to go, I need to be fitted for my dress."
"Your enjoying this, aren't you?" Yunsung said to her
"Maybe … but that's none of your business so go keep yourselves busy." She said and then left.
"Well I guess we could start looking around the dojo and getting clues to make finding the shard easier tomorrow." Link said
"Sure why not" Yun said
"Sounds good to me" Talim said smiling
"So where do we start?" Lyric asked
"We can start in the dinning room…" Yunsung says
"Why there?"
"Cuz I'm starving"
"Okay then well get something to eat first." Link said and they went to the dinning room and sitting down eating was shin
"Well look who's here" he said
"Hey Shin what's up, " Yun said
"Nothin really just tryin to eat this slop, foods horrible." Yun looked at the food and couldn't quite tell what it was.
"Yeah… I'm not hungry anymore."
"Let's start now then."
"What you guys are leaving but why so sudden."
"That's really none of your business."
"So hostile… still mad about the whole truth or dare thingy"
"What? No I forgot about that." He said
"Really okay bye then" he said and they started to walk off.
Suddenly though he decided to screw with them. "Oh wait! You know the festival is tomorrow and I was wondering if Lyric you'd be my date." He said grabbing her hand and dramatically taking a knee.
"Umm I don't know… umm"
"Please!" he said giving here a cheesy grin
"I …"
"Fine then, it's settled, be ready at like 6:00 tomorrow… look pretty kay... don't go getting yourself into trouble"
"But…wait!" she protested but he just ran off
"Great Lyric now tell us how you plan to work this one out how can you keep him busy and unsuspicious while finding the shard?" Yun said anger in his voice
"Hey don't get mad at me I never said yes! Hey just … well you were there besides maybe it'd be better cuz then his not snooping around anyway!"
"Right! That'll be your excuse, won't it?"
"What? An excuse for what I don't want to go I'm just saying. Why are you so upset… sometimes I just don't get you… just stay out of it … if your really worried about the mission then I'll take care of it."
"What do you mean if I'm really worried about the mission… what else would be worrying me… certainly not you!" He yelled and she smacked him hard and left cursing and mumbling to herself
"Hey come back here! " he yelled after her … Link and Talim just watched
"Look I'll go get her, you two start searching and we'll meet up with you guys, okay" Talim said and ran after her
"Women" Yunsung mumbled and sat down on the floor cursing
"Uh …well you shouldn't have started"
"How did I start that?"
"Listen, you attacked her before she could do anything. Anyway everything said towards you two is touchy and will probably make you angry so I just stopped trying." Link said Yun just looked at him with fire in his eyes "See what I mean"
"Fine … fine let's just go… okay" Yunsung got up and they left
Six hours later they ended up back at square one
"Well we've gotten absolutely no where. Don't you know your way around here?" Link complained
"Yeah… well they changed it a lot since I left, okay stop complaining!"
When they got back to the dinning room everyone else was there except Lyric and Talim. The Feast was to begin in 6 hrs.
"I'm starving, what are you guys eating." Yunsung asked
"Smoked Beef and rice" Mina answered
"Great!" they sat down and ate
"So did anyone have luck" Mina asked but everyone shook there heads no " well at least you guy's got familiar with the layout of the place we shouldn't have to much trouble tomorrow. Where's Lyric and Talim?"
"Don't know…" Yun chocked through his food but her question was answered when they came into the dinning room
"So there you guy's are!" Xianghua exclaimed
"Yeah we found it!" Talim said excited
"Whoa…whoa Quiet we don't want anyone else to hear." Mina said
"We were walking around talking when we heard two students talking about it… it's in Myong's secret chamber. We figured you'd know where that was."
"I know it's some where in his room."
"Then that's where we'll look first." Kilik said
"Okay… well good work you guy's. I'm going to get some rest before the feast. Okay" Mina said and left. Lyric and Talim sat down to eat quickly while everyone else began to leave.
"Hey, you guy's couldn't find us or something" Yunsung said
"No we didn't want to find you" Lyric answered
"Okay I wasn't really asking you"
"Well I told you."
"Don't start seriously I still owe you for slapping me."
"Well then clear your debt and do something bout it." Yunsung started to get up
"Wait can you guy's like calm down … please" Talim said interjecting
"Whatever… I don't have time for this anyway… I'm going to bed." He left
"Lyric can't you two try to get along just until we leave" Link said and Talim's face fell she had forgotten all about them leaving after this, She would have to make her move Now or never.
"Yeah Why don't you tell him your sorry or talk it out or something" Talim added
"No, I have nothing to say sorry about, nothin to talk about."
"Just Talk… you don't want to leave with any regrets, do you?"
"What's there to regret?"
"Oh Lyric come off it, I know you care about him…"
"WHAT! What did you say? I don't care about that stubborn, ignorant, lousy son of a… how could you even say that I…"
"Lyric along time ago when I still thought you were my competition … you saw the love that I had for Link that I couldn't because I was so blinded by it that I couldn't see it but for some reason everyone else saw it. Everyone can see you too."
"What love for me?" Link said nearly choking on the words
"Yes Link … I love you and I'm not afraid to say it anymore… I don't know what I'll do if you leave … I … I … I think I'd just die. I can't imagine what it would be like without you guys. And Lyric don't be so selfish Yun loves you too but he's a guy and well it's going to take a herd of elephants before he'd admit it. So don't do anything you'd regret especially with things ending soon. You'd both feel guilty" Tears were coming from her eyes as see said this.
Lyric had tears streaming too. "Since when did you get so grown up Talim… you've been hanging around us too long. HaHaHa…Still I have nothing to say to Yunsung right now just let me have some time. I'll leave now and let you two talk." She said and left
"So how come I'm the only one who didn't know about this." Link said completely confused
" Because I never told you." She said laughing a little and quickly planted a kiss on his lips then smiled " I'm sorry I wasn't brave enough before but now I'm no longer scared. I realized that any day now you all could leave or die and we'd all be separated and I don't want to regret anything."
"Well then I guess I …"
"It's okay you don't have to say it I know" and they kissed, both of them, and walked down to their rooms to get ready for the feast.
It was now time for the feast and everyone was dressed in traditional Korean garb. The food was piled high along the tables and in the front was Myong on each side of him was Mina and Hwang. The rest of the warriors were at the far end table. On one side from left to right Yunsung, Talim, Link, and Maxi and on the other side, right across, left to right was Shin, Lyric, Raphael, Xianghua, and Kilik. Myong stood to make a speech.
"As most of you know my daughter Sueng Mina came home yesterday. We all know she is famous for running away but I'm glad to announce that in two days She will finally be married to the finest among the school Hwang." There was a surge of applause "Please, please… I to am excited. Tomorrow in order to celebrate this monumental event there will be a grand festival. This will be a most happy occasion at a time where happiness is hard to find. Now let us Feast!"
Suddenly the dinning room was filled with laughter and good cheer. People were drinking and eating and partying. Even the warriors were having their share of fun.
"So Talim tell us what happened today," Xianghua said
"Nothing! Hey how do you know something happened anyway?"
"Hmm… word spreads fast, I guess so was it magical?"
"Umm… No not really."
"What… Hey" Link said
"I'm just kidding of course it was " she said smiling
"So what's it like traveling with so many woman" Shin asked
"It's stressful" Raphael said quickly and they all laughed
"Seriously it should be a dream… but I've never had so many people bitching at me at one time!" Maxi added
"Yeah, well get used to it" Xianghua said, "Besides traveling with all you guy's isn't easy either."
"Yeah the only reason why you get bitched at all the time is because you guy's don't think before you do anything. You guy's just say and do things that are just so stupid sometimes it's mind boggling." Talim said
"Whoa Talim, you've been hanging around us too long. You've added some nice words to your vocabulary" Kilik laughed
"Yeah your right, I learned from the best" Everyone was all smiles.
"Hey Lyric you're really quiet. I'd like to know how does a woman like yourself become a warrior in the first place." Shin asked
"Unavoidable circumstances" she said obviously not enjoying herself
"Really like what?"
"Really I don't see why you need to know"
"Why so hostile"
"Why don't you just leave her alone?" Yunsung said under his breath
"Why don't you just stay out of my business cuz no one asked you?"
"You sound like a real bitch right now"
"So I sound like you"
"Whoa guy's, really, don't fight now" Xianghua said, "Let's have fun okay" but it they didn't take any of her words into consideration they just looked at each other menacingly. "Okay forget it" she sighed, "I give up"
"This whole time here you've just been irking my nerves, seriously why are you here, stop coming over here and messing with us. No one invited you into all our business you're like a mothafuckin leach, sucking up all this information… what the fuck do you need to know all of it for."
"Look man… I can ask who ever I want whatever I want… if you don't like it too fuckin bad. I don't have to answer to you. You're just mad because you can't seem to hold a conversation without someone getting pissed, Your juvenile, grow up, you're like a little kid throwin a tantrum cuz he can't get what he wants. Yo, if you want something take don't get upset because I got to it before you did "
"What?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. Don't be upset because…" Shin didn't get to finish because Yunsung basically got up and punched the shit out of him. Shin punched back and soon they were exchanging blows like crazy. There was a whole bunch of confusion inside of the room until Maxi and Kilik pulled the two of them off each other.
"What the fuck is your problem! Pulling this kind of shit here tonight!" Hwang said as he Myong and Mina rushed down to the scene. They both kept silent and didn't say anything
"The Feast will continue as planned you two however must leave." Myong announced then turned towards Mina "Take care of it there your responsibility" he whispered her
Mina and the others went to the North wing where there rooms were, Yunsung and Shin far apart. They went into the guy's room. Mina was extremely pissed not to mention that the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
"I just don't get it. Can someone please explain what happened back there because I'm just not sure that really could've happened?" No one answered "Someone better say something quick huh… Yunsung, shin someone say something!"
"Don't talk to me like I'm your kid!" Shin said "I don't answer to you… talk to your bitch ass lackey over there like that" he said looking and Yunsung who was ready to say something
"Wait don't you dare say something to him the only one your talking to is me got it" she said to Yunsung then she walked up to Shin and smacked the shit out of him "Don't you ever talk to me or anyone else here like that, show some respect why don't you now get out of my face. Your right you're not my responsibility." He left and she turned to Yunsung "Please tell me what possessed you to have a fight with him. Huh some how you just can't help yourself can you always fighting with somebody... your to much trouble. I can't always be looking after you're to old for that and I refuse to do it. Do you ever think about how your actions are going to affect everyone else? Do you realize how much what you just did affects this mission. My father will never allow you guys to be out of his sight the whole time tomorrow. He's going to have guards on you guys like white on rice. More casualties… but no… you just can't help yourself, you couldn't just help your self. Did you have to waste your time fighting with someone as insignificant as Shin?"
"I'm sorry Mina. "He sort of mumbled
"Sorry… it's really to late for that if you want to fight with Shin you can fight with him all you want because when we leave your not coming with us" everyone looked shocked
"Wait you can't make that call without us" Talim said
"It's okay… I won't leave with you guys " Yunsung said
"What but … you can't mean that, come on somebody say something." But everyone was quiet. "I can't believe you guys… he worked just as hard as any of us to collect the shards… so what he's made some mistakes… we all have but you don't see us kicking out Raphael because sometimes he can be a real jerk or us kicking out you Mina cuz you lost to Hwang so why should we kick Yunsung out… I'm mean he' not the only one Lyric's always fighting with someone …Raphael…Mina… Maxi and Xianghua and Kilik sometimes even Link and me. So if you kick him out then I'll leave to."
"Then go…" Mina said simply " I'm not changing my mind"
"Fine then" she left
"Wait Talim" Link went after her
"Were done here" Mina said and left. Everyone went to the feast except of course Yunsung but also Lyric and Xianghua decided to go to there room and get some rest.
"I'm surprised you didn't say anything" Xianghua said to Lyric when they went into there room
"What do you mean… what should I have said"
"Well I figured you would have been in favor of keeping him like Talim."
"Why what does it matter to me"
"Well I figured you…"
"Yeah I know what you figured but it's not true besides it doesn't matter if it was." She said the last part low.
"Why not?"
"Well whether or not he stays with you guys doesn't matter to me because I won't be there anyway." she said sounding almost distant she sat on her bed and put her arms around her knees like in the fetal position.
"Oh I forgot … still I'm sure it would've meant a lot to him that you were on his side… I mean he was fighting for you wasn't he"
"No… I don't think so"
"Trust me just because he didn't say it doesn't mean that's not why he did it. After a while playing the game gets tiring, Lyric you know you don't want to leave, you should stay and make sure he doesn't slip out of your hands."
"I don't want to leave but I just don't think any of it matter's we're to different."
"Oh so you're admitting that you like him now. Okay that's the first step … Now listen I don't know exactly what you mean by different because you two act pretty much the same."
"Different worlds, different people, different problems."
"They say opposites attract besides all that can be worked out, love's a strange thing kiddo but it's a magical experience don't just let it go by. I bet if it was you who said all that instead of Talim he wouldn't have taken that standing down. If he felt like someone he really cared about wanted him there."
"Yeah well how do you know he cares about me?"
"Same way I know that you care about him no one has to say it… It's just seen by everyone else"
"You and Talim must get your lines from the same store."
"HaHaHa maybe… maybe. Anyway I'm exhausted so I'm going to sleep"
"Okay goodnight" they both tried to go to sleep but Lyric couldn't sleep to many thought's were running through her mind.
"Hey Talim wait up!" Link said following her. Talim was just walking through the hallways crying, she didn't know where she was going she was just blinded by tears. Finally Link caught up to her and turned her around and just held her for a while.
"It's not fair" she said choking on her tears "How could they just break us all up like that because that's what there doing. They think just because they're all older than us that they can run everything, it's not fair. Soon you and Lyric will be gone and now Yunsung's gone. Soon we really will be all apart but Link I don't want to fight alone anymore! I've meet so many people, you all are my friends, We've all been traveling so long I feel like were family and I can't imagine waking up without anyone of you guys there. I don't want to be alone anymore… searching for soul edge alone and if we do break up that means we'd have to fight each other… we'd be enemies… but everyone seems fine with that am the only one who sees this as a problem."
"No your not alone we all understand this but the rest of us have been fighting alone so long it's I doubt it'll have as much of an effect on us as it will on you. I'm practically your whole journey has been with us but we've been doing this thing severalty for year's wouldn't be any different. This whole thing was more like a bossiness deal then a family I hate to say." He said to her but she just stared at him with disgust
'How can you talk like that, a business deal, after all we've been through, you all can cut off our bonds so easily? That's bullshit! Don't tell me you enjoy leaving us."
"Of course not but it's something I have to do…"
"Is it really something you have to do? I don't see anyone with a gun to you're head is it really that easy to say it's something that you have to do. Is it?" she said yelling now
"No it's not…" his voice getting low " it's never easy to do what you know you have to do. We all can go and do what we want but we just can't. Do you really think Mina wanted to do what she just did couldn't you see the hurt in her eyes… Yun's like her little brother… I know it took a lot for her to do what she thought was right no matter how much it hurt and I could say the same to Yunsung for not fighting it because he understands. Things aren't always about our wants and us sometimes we have to make sacrifices of our own happiness Lyric and I do it all the time… we have a whole world of people counting on us it's not about us anymore… it's not about whether or not I love you anymore because who am to sacrifice a world full of people because of one person because of my own selfishness"
"So obviously we don't fell the same way because I would sacrifice that to be with you… I love you that much…"
"Talim … I'm sorry… I …"
"No don't say anything, it's okay, were not the same different circumstances" the tears were really falling now and she looked down at the floor "I understand." He tried to hold her hand but she just broke free and started to run back to the North wing. "Just Leave me be for awhile I need to think." And he was left standing in the middle of the hall
"Damnit"
Back in the guys room Yunsung laid in bed looking at the ceiling "Boy I've done it this time" he said aloud. 'Maybe it won't be so bad though… shit stop fooling yourself man. I have nothing to live for here…" he thought 'Well gotta be a man bout this, I dug this grave now I gotta sleep in it. Anyway she said I couldn't leave with them but I certainly can't stay here I'll leave on my own like before only this time I'm sure no one will be looking for me.' Suddenly something struck him as weird 'today when he asked Lyric to the festival Shin said something about not getting into any trouble… does he know after all he has been hanging around us a lot maybe we just didn't realize he was there. Is he trying to sabotage us… oh well it doesn't matter anyway It's no longer my business but…' that but hung is mind for along time ' I have to find out.' He got up and left the room, his mission now was to find Shin.
The end of chapter 23
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. It may leave you wondering, If Link and Talim's relationship is over as quickly as it began? Will Yunsung and Lyric every get together? What exactly is Shin up to and what does Yunsung plan to do about it? Is the group going to part ways? Are Lyric and Link truly going to go back to Hyrule now? Will Mina's plan work? And wtf happened to Nightmare? The answers to these questions and more in the 2-chapter conclusion to the Korean saga!
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