Fan Fiction ❯ Curtain Of Vines ❯ Chapter 7

Chapter 7

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"Where are we going?" Mina asked Kilik as the left the small port town "To find food.. why? You still doubt me?" Kilik looked at her questioningly.

"Really?… I think you don't have money to provide it?" She answered folding her arms looking at him questioningly looking at the middle of nowhere in an farm field outside the port town they left.

"Me..huh.. " Kilik laughed "I can't let a lady starve…watch this and stay here" Kilik smiled and winked at Mina. Mina felt uneasy with Kilik * This guy is Pathetically stupid * saying to herself. Mina watched Kilik make his way into a small field of farmcrops…

"Hey!!!…. "Mina was very surprised kilik just warned her to be quiet and stay low behind a small boulder. Kilik prowls into the field and pulls out a couple of carrots and cabbages planted on the soil.

*Dam'nt he's STEALING!" Mina thoughts made her feel uncomfortable with the mess she ran into.

Kilik took off his top coat and used it as a sac as he placed the vegetables he harvested. He tied it with a knot and threw it to Mina acroos a fence "Catch this…." Mina took the vegetables and trying to call back kilik to leave. But kilik didn't mind her as he went his way into a small barn

*Stupid guy!… this is too much! * So then Mina hopped over the fence quietly and followed Kilik's trail heading to the barn

"I told you, to stay there" Kilik whispered when he saw mina followed him.

"This is too much, let's leave!" Mina whispered insisting him to go away. But kilik continued to sneak and opend a small basket full of hay.there were eggs inside.

"Gimme your coat!" Kilik asked for Hwang coat mina was wearing

"No!" she said

"Gimme that!" his voice began to get louder

"No!" Mina refused

By force Kilik pulled her coat causing mina tripping over towards kilik, which caught her. "I'm sorry…" Kilik felt akward when he caught Mina was too close for his comfort he could almost kiss her with a small distance between them. Mina crawled away from him and gave him the coat, Kilik didn't mind her and continued stealing eggs from the basket.

"I'm going outside I'll wait for you there." Mina said

"Shhhh…. I think were heard" Kilik pulled mina to hide in between the hay stack. Overhearing a someone heading to the barn.

"This is very bad!" kilik whispered covering Mina's mouth with his hand to stay quiet

"Who's there!" The farmer looked over near their location, luckily there was a mice that run across the doorway squeeking.

"A mouse!" the farmer took out a small rake and started to hit the mouse as it ran outside the barn.

Kilik peeked at the small wooden opening behind the stack to see if the ghost is clear, as soon as the farmer were out of site.

"Let's go, before something else.. happens" Kilik quickly took off with Mina with theft items they took, it was dark already.

Mina tripped over not noticing a small stone causing a loud noise outside the field

"Damn't girl!" Kilik went back to her quickly tooked the bagful of vegetables that mina dropped and carried mina unable to stand, just when they over heard dogs heading their dirction.

Kilik ran quickly carrying much load as fast as he can as they fled far away from sight.

"Put me down!" Mina whimpered and kilik did so

"What do you think you're doing!"

"Hey if you're not hungry.. find your way… afterall you might get yourself in trouble!" Kilik remarked at her causing mina to get irriated, from being insulted

"FINE!…. I DON'T CARE! I'LL GO!" Mina answered turning her back away from

"Okay… you'll be caught by causing the dog barks back there…" Kilik added

(stomach growls..)

"see…. Com'n it works for me rather than rotting in the streets…" he insisted overhearing Mina's hunger. And they went to Ling - Sheng Su Mountain, where Kilik was residing on a small have completed hut , only with its roof top and a back wooden wall.

"Sorry. This is my outpost for a while… it's not much a place for a visitor like you" Kilik said

"it's okay…" she answered looking over the surroundings. The hut is on a hilltop overviewing a small valley and river and old ruins of a small temple engulf in a small cliff like a place underneath a cave

"What's that place?… it's beautiful" Mina pointing over the direction she was looking.

"It's not really interesting…"kilik said sounding like he didn't want to talk about it. Mina looked at him he seemd like quite disturbed about that place she asked.

"I'll do something with those veggies and eggs you like?" Mina offered and took the ingredients from the loot they took from farm.

Kilik took a small pot from the hut and washed it from the river bank below the hillside and handed to mina, they've prepared supper. Kilik seemed too quiet, while he help mina as he start the fire on the small pile of wood.

"We haven't been Introduced properly…have we?" Mina began to asked to keep a conversation between them to avoid the awkwardness

"Kilik" he said

"I'm Mina…I'm from Chili-san, Korea… by the way thank you for saving my life back there.." She said

"It's always my duty to protect someone like you." Kilik answered. Somehow mina felt he sounded mush more like hwang,she sighed and stared at the starry sky above her. Remembering how Hwang would always say to her "It's my responsibility to protect you".

* I Hope he's okay…. I wish his wound has healed.. wonder if he has taken his supper, or is he sick?..he must have been to worried about me.. or not?… where could he be now… what is he doing? * her thoughts drifted thinking of hwang

"…….Mina…? hey… you okay?" Kilik appeared beside her that cut off her thoughts into reality

"You okay?…. I thought you don't hear me…. You must have been in a shock this day". Kilik took the pot from her hand and they sat by the fire.

Now mina remained silent as Kilik started his part of his meal with omelet and veggies they prepared.

* I wonder how father was doing…. I feel sorry now I'm miles away from both of them *

Mina stopped thinking and looked over kilik who remained quiet looking at her while she was thinking deeply.

"Don't look at me that way. You hardly know me" Mina looked away and began to take her part of the supper. Kilik just laughed and smiled at her

"There's nothing wrong looking to a pretty girl like you" He exclaimed

Mina felt akward , Kilik was already starting to flirt with her, the guy she met a few hours ago. Mina just pulled out Hwang's coat and embraced it tightly

"I'm sorry, I'm just praising you, what you did with that mercenary woman…" Kilik said

"Who's she?" mina asked

"Practically…. I want to be honest with you, I saw you with that map you have, it directs to the souledge. Like you, I think your looking for it as well that woman, Ivy Valentine was her name." Kilik said

"yes.. I'm in search with that sword, not to claim it… it would help restore the war over Korea" Mina answered.

"Were on the same side, pratically, the soul edge is evil in nature causing the demonic power to the one who posses it… " he said as he placed down his bowl

"I also ran away form home.. just to prove something I'm worth what I can do, especially for my father."mina said

"At least, you have a home you ran way from…" Kilik began to tell his the tale of his journey

" I was found here on this mountain . the elders of that temple took me in as their own . I was trained, Martail arts began to be part of my life , not knowing who are my parents are. But all I felt was home in this place , the Rod became my specialty as my weapon of fighting similar as to your fighting skill with your own spear . By my sixteenth year, I became so proficient with the weapon that I was selected as the successor of the secret arts of the rod.

One of the three sacred treasures Was that Kali-Yuga. Becoming the successor of the secret art meant that this revered treasure would eventually be passed down to me. Tragically there was a sudden incident before the night of the ceremony, the tragedy happen, that ruined my life." Kilik's eyes became teary, mina felt his sorrow that nests inside his heart then he continued….

"……An elderly man found me the following morning till I realized, that night, a demonic presence eaten the whole mind of the residents of the temple , taking over control, I was one of them, Isaw every corpse still bloody fresh, which there was a insane butchering between the crowd of evil possession , I was the only survivor that night, I saw the Kali yuga in my hand that morning, and saw another sacred weapon the elder claimed that night.. Dvapara-Yuga…. Another weapon, that belongs to my foster sister…Xianglian just like me another orphan taken to the temple, she was like a sister to me..Till I realized, I was insane that night ,I didn't know I killed her…. With my own hands".

There was a sudden silence between Mina and Kilik, Mina felt sorry for Kilik , now she knew what he was going through, She was still lucky, realizing her father was still alive.. and felt sorry leaving him behind without saying good bye. Mina began to cry

"Don't be a sissy… I'm supposed to be the one crying not you!" Kilik sat beside her patting her on the shoulder

"I should have listened to my father.. " she said

"Hey… If you know you need to do something… why give up…" Kilik smiled at her and hold her hand.

Mina felt comfort beside Kilik, wishing herself if only Hwang could be like that giving her the courage of what she really is..

"The only thing I must do, is to destroy the soul edge, the could root all this war and chaos..Will you help me?…. I believed in you…. You're stronger than I thought you were, so don't get bad impressions on me… keep the map.. as long we're heading in the same journey." Kilik asked

"Okay…" Mina wiped the tears from her eyes, and smiled.. it was the first time someone appreciated her, made her feel empty from hwang's absence.

"Where's the elder?" She asked

"The edgemaster left this place, looking for the soul edge, before I could, so I was left here, looking for directions, which I ran into you, along with that Ivy valentine, the Europeans also scattered in these part of lands, Ivy valentine was devoured by her insanity searching the blade for her own purposes, and the outskirts of the ocean, His father De Leon Cervantes has the same motivation, It was known that another knight was nearly in possession with it, Nightmare". Kilik told Mina the details

"You are really in to this… okay, I'll help you" Mina said and yawned, it must have been midnight already.

"You must rest..we have a long way to go tomorrow… I'll just stay here for a while to see f the place is secure" Kilik said

"Don't stay up late". Mina went to the hut and went to sleep.

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Hwang's memories haunts mina's mind, from the time she envies him, how his father would praise hwang. Instead of her, the time when she followed hwang when he was recruited to the Costal defense force , Hwang was really annoyed with her, when she tag along. ..that time, when hwang caught her from running away……

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"I found YOU!!!!!!... now I can get the soul edge!!" she almost made him choke, Hwang was definitely shocked his eyes widened "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE MINA!" Hwang panicked and quickly sat up and took her hands off his neck..

"NO NO No!.. You're going home!. You're going to cause me trouble here.. this instant!"

"NO!!! I took me a hard time to track you down here, being repacked in a large barrel!" she grabbed on the collar of his clothing "let me go!! I'll stay here find that sword!"

"I'm not GOING HOME!" She strongly remarked on him, hwang was really upset, he tried to grab mina, but she was small enough to avoid him he swoop again and caught her legs, that tumbled both of them on the floor. Causing a large noise. Mina tried to kick him off she'a really getting to his nerves.

"YOU!!!! Stubborn BRAT!"
I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE!" mina yelled at him, while hwang crawled above her and grabbed hold of her arm, mina inhaled catching her breath but hwang's grip was so strong for her.

"Let's see, if you can escape me now!" Hwang exclaimed at her face.

Mina froze like a helpless captive Hwang kept her from struggling, he was on top of her, his face were as close to mina, that instant ,she gazed at every contour of his face, his hair and his eyes, mina could feel his exhaling breath at they were just and inch away from each other he could feel his contoured muscles and his chest pressing above hers. When she looked into his eyes… his strong arms, clutching her… Mina could almost dreamt of him everyday…..

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"Wake up princess…" Mina opened her eyes she was dreaming..all night and heard that voice she looked to her said and saw….

* Hwang!!!… no…. it's not him…..* Mina realized she was with Kilik, who sat beside her...

"Where you watching me asleep?" she asked

"Sort off…You were talking…." Kilik giggled, smiled at her and he stood up took his rod and a piece of cloth hung by the tree branch near the hut.

"What did I say?" Mina sat up and stretched her arms

"Nothing.. in particular… I don't know what you were dreaming about but interesting you is moaning…" Kilik laughed

"What….? "

"Nevermind…." Kilik bit his lips avoiding to laugh so Mina couldn't get offended. And went to mina and touched her forehead "See…. You have a slight fever….I don't know what the hell are you dreaming about!"

* Oh boy he must think, I'm having Those dreams… or maybe he though I was dreaming about him… This is embarrassing! * She thought

"Forget what I said, You to come with me. I'm going to the Bamboo springs….to train myself"

"Okay., I'll just get my self cleaned up the river bank"

After getting herself cleaned, She went to the bamboo springs, overlooking the temple and where the beautiful sunset peaks out from the mountain, the lake was sparkling bright against the morning sunlight.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Kilik remarked and sniffed the morning breeze before them.

There were Tall bamboo poles over the water openings high above them like tall pillars.

"Huh, you mean… You train ON those poles… How?" Mina asked wondering how Kilik does his routine.

"Watch and learn…" Kilik leaped and landed on a thin pole of bamboo, he seemed to be light as a feather as his mind concentrates keeping him balance high above the air. His one hand acts as the foundation of his weight making him steady upside down. And he suddenly jump backwards with a stunning double flip back causing him to land to another pole.

Mina was really surprised she can't even say any remark

"Let me try it!" she said with enthusiasm

"It's not that easy.." Kilik hopped over the near pole to which she would jump.

"NoT that way!!!!" Kilik caught her just when about she fell unable to stand on the pole, it was a risky task but kilik manage to carry Mina in his arms and he leaped over the edge of the ground where mina started.

"Listen… don't think of the pole…don't worry about your weight, thick that your as light as you can be again… but I'll catch you for starters" Kilik hopped back to a nearby poll, just when mina jumped kilik grabb hold of her, It was really uncomfortable, mina was around kilik's arms, Kilik felt uneasy staring unto her eyes…and he avoided the moment when an attraction he felt towards mina…

"ah… okay.. place your feet on the pole…" mina followed focusing her mind… way from kilik's embrace, kilik slowly transferred to another plo.

"There you see?…" Kilik smiled at her. Mina was standing on a pole by her self.

"I did it!" She said excitedly and noticed how kilik stares at her… it bothered her. Mina leaped from another pole. Almost took her off balance just when Kilik hopped to get her. And again caught in his arms.

"Mina….." Kilik whispered, Mina was aware with his actions. Kilik was obviously starting to fall for her…

"Kilik…what are you doing…?" Mina chuckled as kilik carresed her cheek and softly his lips touched hers. He kissed her!!!!! Mina pulled away and leaped to another pole.

"Are you taking advantage of me?!!" Mina said in an angry voice

"I'm sorry…. It's just…I'm lonely…" Kilik remarked catching his breath that triggered his alertness causing him off balance.

Mina was about to fall, then kilik again caught her.. *Oh dear not another attempt! * Mina thought.

Suddenly the pole they were standing on was starting to fall apart!

"What the! " Kilik jumped to another pole still holding mina then the pole they were standing began to fall off, mina leaped to another pole as well as Kilik then it stopped

"WHAT was That!" Mina wondered

"SOMEONE"S DOWN THERE ,..STOP CUTTING MY BAMBOO POLES! " Kilik yelled , then to where his stand the pole began to fall apart quickly Kilik leaped and was able to gain back his balance, there were still a thick mist below, Kilik can't see who was there below them

"Show Yourself!" Kilik yelled below as he went back to the cliff and took back his Kali yuga preparing himself from his anonymous intruder. Mian wasn't able to move in fear as she saw a couple of bamboo poles fall off before them leaving kilik in the center with the single pole he was standing very far from mina

"Is this a joke!" Kilik yelled furiously!

Unaware to which Mina was standing , the pole started to fall off

"EEEEKKK!!!!!" She yelped … " Mina!" Kilik shouted as mina lose her balance then suddenly Kilik's intruder appear catching Mina in his arms and landed to a pole before him

"HWANG!" Mina Gasped as recognized her rescuer, Hwang seem to be in a bad mood, mina didn't have the chance to say anything, carrying her in a bridal style standing on a pole before Kilik

"Taking you chance to a woman eh….!" Hwang yelled at kilik "I can play that game too!"

"So you're the one who's chopping the bamboo poles off! Kilik started to twirl his Kali Yuga in his hands preparing for another fight.

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I don't know if this is stupid…. About Bamboo poles.. let me know….;) Reviews