Fan Fiction ❯ Curtain Of Vines ❯ Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Mina's eyes stared at the empty from the small window inside her cabin, she curled up into a seat on her bed with hwang's coat he has given her yesterday before she ran away from the costal defense ship. Part of her felt regression leaving without saying good bye made her miss him more. "Miss him more… what's wrong with me?" mina clutched her knees closere to her ,like a lonely child hook sitting in the corner of her bed, she could smell hwang's manly scent from the coat wrapped around her.

*Hwang must be worried about me….maybe by this time he must have sworn to find me…?….. nah…. Someone as childish as me….? Hwang is too preoccupied *

Mina's mind drifted into a void stare at the window and remembered leaving a piece of her earing and yellow scarf back at the ship

* What's wrong with me….. I don't have to be regretful for everything…. Thinking much of him…..Father must be very worried…maybe Hwang will find me.. he can't defy Father…..

Father even set up an engagement between us… He wants hwang to be his son?… or someone to watch over me… a brother or a spouse….SPOUSE?… what am I thinking!!!! *

Mina removed the coat and threw it across the bed. Realizing herself she was thinking about Hwang from the moment she left for the next ship departure to China , Until then. Mina glared at her reflected image on the window. *I'm pretty am I? Why am I not.. What am I worry for!!!!… I can find another decent man for me, NO one is going to tell me! * she said to herself

Suddenly a strong impact shook the ship in sideways something that has hit the ship "WHAT WAS THAT!" mina leaped from her bed taking back her balance on the floor. "PIRATES!…..!" someone yelled from outside. Mina quickly took her pack with her and her Zanbatou, she was about to leave and went back to the bed and took hwang's coat with her.

Mina got out of the room, the other passengers where in panic, this is what she was afraid of, Japanese pirates, must have been those invading the coast of her country.

When she got out on deck. Some passengers where capture others jumped over board, armed viscous looking men were taking over the whole vessel, mina clasped on her Zanbatou as some armed men charging their aim towards her , Mina hovered in the mid air as she sprung her scarlet thunder blade unto a circular blade smackdown, that over thrown a couple of her enemies across her, then another pair of attackers went towards her, sprint her legs backside and swoop her zanbatou vertically as she jumped across them hitting the two armed men injured.

"She's a tough one!" a pirate remarked clenching his fist on his sword "We're not to harm,… we just need supplies" His fellow comrade halted him.

"You're men are despicable!.. release those innocent passengers!" Mina Yelled at him.

Mina swoop her blade across him as he blocked her attack with his nunchakus.

She went to a back flip making her way above him as she began to smite him down with her blade again, when he was about to dodge I mina fakes her move and knocked his legs of balance. The pirate quickly avoided her weapon and managed to whip his nunchakus from her unguarded side and hit mina on her arm.

"I was almost surprised by your strength ,too bad , you're not that as I expected woman!" he gave her an insulting smile

Mina continued to block her zanbatou against his clamoring nunchakus trying to make her off guard and again the pirate kicked her of balance with is weapon knocked mina down. As the pirate flip back his nunchakus clasping back in his arm stopping his fight "that would be enough. My lady" the pirate offered his hand to get mina up to her knees.

"My lady…. You have our intentions wrong…we're not to harm. Were just here to take our needs.."The man said mina punctured his arm with the tip of her blade.

"Thieves!" She added, shoving his arm away from her

suddenly another ship appeared hitting the passenger vessel, the whole ship was like a battle field .

"It's De leon Cervantes!" A pirate yelled from across, knocking the ship out of balance. "Free the passengers… we don't have to deal with them!" He yelled. Unaware Mina quickly managed her way as the pirate was able to caught her arm.

"My lady…. You Fought gallantly… go your not supposed to be here… may I have your name?" he asked

"I don't give my name strangers.." she shook his hands away from her arm

"On my honor , Can Maxi know the name of his challenger, it's my first time to fight against a woman.. and a strong one" he remarked

"Mina…. Mina Sung Kyung" she answered

"Korean…very well… go now"

Just then Maxi quickly let go of her arm , as she made her way to the side of the ship taking off with a small boat.. she paddled quickly to avoid the battle. It was alarge ghostly ship that attacked the passenger vessel. Pirates versus pirates.

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Mina paddled her way for hours , far across the deserted scene of sea water until the sun set across the ocean mina find herself to the coast of her destination. "China!!" the tireless young lady excitedly got off her raft and took her things with her..

The Port was filled with vendors, it was almost sunset the sky was orange and blue up in the horizon..

"Okay….whew…. what a mess I ran into.." Mina started to look into her pack, searching for money.

"Oh no… I don't have money left….Oh dear what next…" Mina began to worry troubling her mind she continued walking, and sat on a small empty bench just around the corner of the busy night market.

She took out the map and looked at it's detail

* Now, where am I headed? * she said herself, a sudden awareness of a presence peeking behind her, disturbed her she quickly closed and folded the map and placed it back in her bag, and quickly looked behind her shoulder, no one was there just an empty corner.

Mina quickly went back walking her way out of the market, slowly she turned her head slight from her back. someone is following her?

"excuse…. I'm sorry" she heard a man's voice must have bumped someone from the crowd behind her.. Mina was alarmed someone IS really following her!, mina began to ran quickly!

"WHO THE HELL WAS THAT, HWANG OR THAT PIRATE GUY?… NOW SOMEONE IS STALKING MY TRAIL!" Mina felt fear and suspicion as she continued running. She could hear the footsteps that was following her began chasing her as well. She ran quickly she didn't look back.

She got out of the crowded night market and making all her way out to an empty street she stopped and looked back, alerted armed with the scarlet thunder in her hand

"LEAVE ME ALONE! I DON"T HAVE MONEY IF YOU WISH TO ROB ME!" mina yelled, at the corner of her eye she saw a shadow movement his behind a dark corner behind a pile of old barrels. Mina was sure her stalker hid himself behind that side

"MAYBE YOUR HIDING SOMETHING?!" a shallow woman's voice said from her behind before she was able to turn to looked over her direction distant from her suddenly a spike of a blade slashed to the side of the leg. Mina was able to avoid the unlikely attack, mina leaped over to the side and found herself on top of a large crate , she kneeled down holding her lacerated wound on her leg.

"That Must be really painful wanderer.!" Said by a tall woman, she was nearly about older than her , caucaisian, with a short length silver hair, with a voluptuous beauty and body, Mina sensed great danger over the insane presence of that woman.

"I have nothing to give you! " Mina Fearlessly yelled at her

"Fool!... you're lying" The insane woman prowls the mist in between their fight as she hids herself into trickery before Mina's sight. Mina jumped over the center of the empty street

"Show yourself!" Mina shouted ,she heared her devilish laughter , suddenly a chain of spike blade appeared towards her, With mina's quick reflexes she was able to block her chains as the mist began to disappear, mina managed to swing her twisting zanbatao against her challenger, it hit against her enemy's shoulder that took her off balance.

Mina circled her scarlet thunder into her hands as she playfully twisted her weapon and smite her enemy again on her other side, following mina's kick and she flip back over mid air, her attacker was about to counter her move, but mina fakes her next attack instead she leaped above her and giving her a vertical thrust behind that thwack her zanbatao behind her opponent. Then mina jumped over her again and now stood before her, as her opponent defensibly stood up from her knees.

"Have enough! " She gave her a smirked

"You thought you can out smart me rat!" the woman striked her sword at mina, unaware mina was able to dodge her strike but her zanbatao slipped off from her grip and flew across her, causing mina to loose her balance. Her opponent pointed her sword against her face " You know. my sword can elongated slashing thru your skull, I'm going to kill you gracefully if you want to!" she laughed, then was about to strike at her again, this time causing her sword to glow which was about to change it's form, Mina wasn't able to move.

Suddenly another attack hit the sadistic woman off her balance causing Mina to crawl back.

"IVY! YOU WITCH!" a young man appeared behind Mina's opponent, he sprung his rod against her, just when jumped backwards avoiding it,

The unlikely stranger leaped over Ivy , as he shifted his Kali-Yuga to her inattentive side and he swirled his rod hitting her, causing her to fall of from the edge she was standing. Ivy fell on her back

"This is not the last time.. Kilik!" Ivy instantly vanished into the empty dark corner of the street.

Mina sat motionless as she witnessed the stranger appeared who must have been the one following her, he resembled more like Hwang but a bit younger ,especially when he saved her, He has a scar on his cheek ,and he has a same weapon same as Mina's scarlet thunder, but this man was more friendly and was really good looking though like Hwang but a different way. Kilik turned at her direction and lend her a hand to get up.

"Why should I trust you?" she rejected and pushed his hand away

"Because I saved your life.. wanderer!" he answered

"You're following me have you!" Mina looked at him unpleasantly raising an eyebrow at him as she took back her zanbatou and aim the blade tip at his face

"Don't point that on my face!" kilik pushed it away from his face and took a step back

"Why are you following me?"

"Not really, I suspected that Ivy will follow you, she was on my trail these past few days". He answered politely

"I'd almost admired you back there, when you attacked that woman…. But it's not good enough.. you've lost to her….." he laughed and offered his hand again to her.

(STOMACH GROWLS….)

"Oh I see, the little heroine doesn't have enough stamina!" Kilik laughed at mina

"I haven't eaten since yesterday…" She said embarrassedly looking away from kilik as her face blushed.

"Com'n I'm harmless… I have a couple of spare money here… let me treat you okay.. a little Chinese hospitality!" Kilik smiled at her just then mina reached out her hand and listened to Kilik.

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To be concluded…. Of course I won't spill the beans of this story… I've just detailed the troubles Mina went in… obviously she misses Hwang…

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