A/N: I just want to say thank you to all my reviewers out there, peckforever, scarlet letters in the snow, friends 1004, Lil'Dinky, Useless-love, sugarbabz44, IchigoluvsRukiaforever, Lord of Illusion CuriousRiz, kamiluv, and bubbles365, you guys are fucking awesome. I have so much shit on my plate right now it's not even funny. On top of school I have a billion art projects to work on no to mention two other stories in progress, but I will try to update as much as possible.
Day 5
Fuu kept dreaming all night and kept seeing the same face again and again. The first dream she had she thought it was Shang she was getting married to. Then when she actually looked at her future husband it was Mugen! The next dream played out them kissing while falling off the cliff, the last one was them sleeping by the fire and never waking up.
When Fuu did wake up it because a tree had fallen nearby, the impact was so loud it startled Fuu out of her doze and brought her to her feet. She saw at the base of the fallen tree Mugen was standing there and looking slightly apologetic.
"Morning," he replied carelessly.
Fuu raised her eyebrows and looked at the tree questioningly. "Um…what are you doing?"
Mugen walked towards her and got really close to her body that Fuu had to take in a sharp breath of air. He was so close she could feel his breathing on her and made her shiver slightly. She saw his good arm reach out to his side and just when Fuu was about to say something she saw that Mugen was holding a big batch of bananas in between them.
"The tree had food and since I can no longer climb," Mugen motioned to his damaged shoulder "I just kicked it down."
Fuu had always been amazed at his strength but now she was just plain embarrassed for thinking that he was trying to make a move or something on her. She heard Mugen chuckle before he put down the bananas.
"Relax would ya. You act as if I'm gonna rape you or something."
Fuu rolled her eyes. "You may be a disgusting pervert but I would never think something that horrible of you."
Mugen gave her a toothy smile and Fuu smiled back. Maybe things would go back to normal between them. But just as Fuu started to relax Mugen pushed himself closer to her and gave her a surprise kiss. She gasped under the kiss and thought about punching him in the face before the sensation became too much to take and Fuu reluctantly closed her eyes and gave into the pleasure. Once he was done he walked back to their little burned out fire as if nothing happened.
Fuu on the other hand stood there with her mouth hanging open so long that Mugen had to call her over to eat.
"C'mon! I'm not gonna save any of this if you don't get your ass over here."
Fuu spun around on her heel and marched over to a sitting Mugen eating nonchalantly and ignoring her glare. Fuu tried to yell at him but found the words difficult to form especially with her lips still tingling. "Why you-you- Sick! Horrible! …piece of-of…arg!"
Mugen watched in amusement as poor little Fuu tried miserably to yell at him. Sure he wanted her to be happy and all but damn it! He really wanted to kiss her and ruin her for that pretty boy Shang. He wanted to make it hard for her to marry the guy, yes it was a shitty thing to do, yes he was a selfish bastard, and yes she was going to hate him for it, but that didn't bother him. He figured it would make it all easier when they had to say good-bye to each other. Besides…he knew she enjoyed it.
"I just can't believe you would-you would…go and do…I mean-why are you so...There's no word for it! I'm so mad at for making me feel …so…you…" Fuu finally couldn't go on because she knew she was sounding like an idiot right now. She looked at Mugen who just stared back at her patiently. Once he was sure she was done ranting and raving he handed her a banana.
Fuu snatched the fruit out of his hand peeled it swiftly and took a huge bite.
Mugen settled back and looked out to the sea line. "You done now?" she asked with a stuffed mouth.
Fuu just huffed and Mugen took it as a yes.
Once they were done eating Mugen sighed heavily and looked at Fuu seriously. Fuu was slightly taken aback at his expression. "We need to get off this island," he replied.
Fuu felt a small pain in her chest but knew he was right. They were not safe here, and it was only a matter of time before those pirates showed up again. Finally she nodded in agreement and said "but how are we going to get out of here? With nothing to signal the passing ships with we're sitting ducks."
Mugen shrugged. "We could knock down some more trees and make a raft outa them."
Fuu rolled her eyes. "We have nothing to tie the trunks together," she said sadly.
Mugen smirked devilishly. "Sure we do," he said eyeing the remainder of her clothing which was little to nothing.
Fuu squeaked involuntary and jumped away from his gaze. "Mugen! Are you crazy? I'll have nothing left to wear."
Mugen only continued to smile. "Yeah so?"
Fuu screamed frustrated with him. It was one thing for him to unexpectedly kiss her, but what he was insinuating now was plain out repulsive.
Mugen started to laugh with great gusto and then sighed at her impatiently. "Stop being a baby I was just kidding. Geez!" He giggled one last time before looking out to the shoreline again. Fuu walked back to her seat in a huff trying to make her blushed cheeks go away, she didn't want Mugen to see how embarrassed he just made her.
Mugen already noticed her beat red face though and had to contain himself from laughing further, she could be so amusing at times. A cloud settled over his mood and he wished so badly that he was strong enough to kill all those bastards and keep himself and Fuu from ever getting off the island. But he forced that thought aside. It was a foolish hope and a stupid one at that. She probably couldn't wait to be rid of him.
"Well I was actually thinking we could go look for the boat we nabbed off the ship and try to row it to one of the nearby island or get help form one of the passing ships."
Fuu actually thought it was a good idea with only one problem, where was the boat they had stolen anyway and what if the pirates already retrieved it?
'Then you'll get to stay on the island with him forever.' Fuu mentally kicked herself and shouted back at the little voice. 'Shut up! We're not safe here. Besides I'm sure Mugen wants to get back to his own life by now.'
Fuu glanced over a Mugen, his face was blank and she couldn't tell what he really thought of her right now, especially after that surprise kiss. She really hoped she was wrong though about him wanting to leave her…again.
"Hey." Fuu was snapped out of her thoughts by Mugen's voice. "So what do you think?"
Fuu was surprised he was even asking for her opinion. "That sounds like a good idea, if we can even find the boat that is, what if those pirates already retrieved it?"
Mugen rolled his eyes. "Then we'll just have to steal another one."
"That's not funny," Fuu said in a stern voice.
Again Mugen only rolled his eyes. "I'm sure they didn't retrieve it, they're probably still looking for us, but we need to hurry up and locate it or else it may drift off too far.
Fuu took a deep breath and mentally prepared herself for the day. "Ok let's go."
4 fucking hours! It was one thing to be looking for a needle in a haystack but looking for a boat in the ocean was flat out infuriating. Not only did they have to be careful and hide behind every tree and bush, but they also had to take breaks because Mugen's shoulder kept acting up. Mugen would insist he was fine every time it began to throb and ache, but Fuu refused to let him move, yapping on about infection or some other crap.
Mugen's eyes began to droop when he finally caught sight of something from the corner of his eye.
"Hell ya!"
Little Fuu jumped in surprise at his sudden outburst and looked out to the shoreline franticly. "Did you spot it? Where is it?"
"Right there!" Mugen said pointing a bony finger.
Fuu squinted her eyes until the object came into view, it was really far away. "Ah man! I need to get it before it drifts any further." Fuu was beginning to run towards the shore when a hand snatched her arm and pulled her back.
"What do you mean 'I!?' If anyone should go get it, it should be me!" shouted Mugen. He didn't care if he was injured if there was any chance those bastards were sailing their ship round the island he wouldn't put Fuu in danger.
Fuu however didn't feel like arguing, much as she was merciful to him she actually poked his injured shoulder roughly causing Mugen to howl in pain and release her arm. As soon as she was free she ran as fast as she could to the shore and dove in the water.
Mugen ran after her but stopped his chase as soon as the water was up to his waist. "You little bitch! What cha do that for."
Fuu kept on swimming but managed to yell back, "You're in no condition to swim, just stay there!"
Mugen's blood boiled. 'Now she's telling me what to do! Just because she saved my life does not mean she's the boss of me.' Mugen thought about chancing it but walked back once the salt water began soaking past the bandages and licking at his wound. He looked as Fuu got smaller and smaller in the distance feeling utterly helpless. He began to get really agitated when he heard the snapping of a twig behind him.
Fuu's muscles burned and her stomach coiled. She was tired and hungry but knew she had to get the boat back to the island so she and Mugen could leave. She finally reached the boat and with great effort climbed inside. Thankfully the oars were still there and she started to work her sore arms back to the island. Once she got half way there Fuu saw a sight that lurched her heart and stole her breath. Two of the pirates were kicking Mugen in the sand. They were kicking hard at his injured shoulder and kept up the beating with kicks to the face and ribs. Fuu rowed faster and faster feeling like she was rowing as slow as a snail.
All the while she was thinking of ways she could fight them off, knowing she'd probably end up getting hurt in the process. Fuu was starting to feel helpless and was on the verge of a panic attack when she spotted something sharp and pointed on the floor of the boat.
Mugen felt like he was dyeing. He kept trying to kick them off but they were literally on top of him now, punching his head in like crazy. He thought about Fuu and imagined her seeing him being beaten, she'd be too scared to fight them off by herself and would leave without him. Somewhere in the back of his brain a voice whispered he was being stupid, 'That crazy pip squeak would put herself in danger first before she left without me. She's so damn stubborn!' But Mugen really hoped that wouldn't happen, and hoped to whatever God there was that she would just leave.
Mugen however wasn't about to just lay down dyeing. He managed to lift up his good hand and poked clear though the eye of his attacker. The remainders of the man's eye stuck to his finger as the man staggered backwards screaming. Mugen took the opportunity to leap at the man and take out the other eye making him completely blind.
Mugen glared at his other attacker who was shaking from the sight he just witnessed. Mugen smiled at him as if to tell him "you're next." But just as Mugen was about to move the man's scared composure turned cocky and Mugen saw the end of a gun barrel being pointed at his head.
Survival instincts took over and he was about to dodge the flying bullet when all of a sudden the man's eyes bulged and the gun fell from his hand. Mugen didn't understand what was happening to him until he saw the end of a blade sticking out from his chest. As the man fell to the ground Fuu appeared still holding the bloody dagger. She was shaking and tears welled in her eyes. Mugen just realized she had killed him.
He weakly limped back up to his feet and approached a frozen Fuu still looking at the corpse and holding the knife firmly in her hand.
Mugen carefully grabbed her hand and pried the knife out of her hand, she let go reluctantly and wouldn't take her eyes off the dead pirate. She had never killed anyone before.
Mugen finally took her in his arms and forced her eyes away form the man. "It's ok, everything's ok," he repeated over and over to her. He felt her sobbing against his chest and her little fingers fisting up behind his back. In the back ground he could hear the blinded man still screaming.
He began walking them towards the boat realizing Fuu wouldn't budge; he picked her up and carried her the whole way. His shoulder screamed and bitched under her weight but he ignored it. Once they were securely in the boat Mugen took one of the oars and forced Fuu to take the other one and they began to row away from the island.
The blind mans screams slowly died away.
A/N: I feel like this chapter was sot of rushed but I need to post another one now because I need the school computer for other things now. Hopefully my school projects won't take to long and I'll be able to update soon. I already have the ending mapped out in my mind and just need to focus on the details. Again sorry if it seemed rushed because…it was. Peace out!