Soul Urge II

*Before we start this, I want Scythe899 to know that while I appreciate that my story 'Eef, At sign, Dollar sign, Pound sign, ing rocks' I will NOT pair the cutest Soul Calibur girl up with the proverbial red-headed stepchild...EVER. I don't care if the game series wants them to be an item. He's a mornon and doesn't deserve her. The other thing I wanted to mention was that I'll be away from the computer for about a week...so the next chapter won't be out next week. I hope you can hold out till June guys.*

Soul Urge II
By The Playing Mantis
Chapter 4: Eat Your Heart Out, Lara Croft!

Facing her enemies head-on, her spirit cannot be repressed…
---Edgemaster; when asked why he chose to accept Seung Mina as a student

Seung Mina was seriously getting pissed off. She had been searching for Yunsung for over four months now, and no one had seen him. She had run into Mitsurugi, Kilik and Ivy but none of them had seen the little brat. But, Mitsurugi had told her about Astaroth, so she relayed the info to Kilik, who appeared to be very grateful. It wasn’t until she ran into Ivy that she realized that Soul Edge was coming back to life. Mitsurugi and Kilik had merely traded information, but Ivy had attacked her. “What’s your damage?!” cried Seung Mina. “I’m just looking for someone!”

“Don’t try to fool me!” snarled Ivy as she segmented her sword and swung it at Seung Mina.

“Knock it off already!” snapped Seung Mina as she blocked with her zanbatou. (*sob* It’s a spear! A spear! It’s not big enough to be a zanbatou! It’s just a goddamn spear!!!) “I didn’t even know that Soul Edge was reviving! Although, now that I think about it, why else would Astaroth, Kilik and Mitsurugi be running all over the place?”

“Dammit,” growled Ivy. “Dead end! Do you, at least, know where Mitsurugi is?”

Seung Mina shook her head and sighed, “He refused to tell me anything about where he was going. How many shards do you have?”

Ivy’s eyes narrowed before a smirk came to her lips. “You want to give it a try?” she asked. “Fine. I’ve got a few; most of them being from Xianghua. Here, take one and see how well you do.” Ivy fished into her satchel and tossed a small metal shard at Seung Mina. “When we meet again, I’ll take that shard from your sorely battered body.” Ivy smirked as she turned and ran off.

“What a weirdo,” said Seung Mina as she stared after the retreating woman, “but, at least she doesn’t appear to be as evil as she was four years ago.” She shrugged and pocketed the Soul Edge shard before hefting her zanbatou and continuing onward. After another 3 weeks of travel, Seung Mina found herself to be completely lost in a dense forest somewhere in France. “This is just great,” she muttered to herself. “I finally get some info on him and I get myself lost. I’ll probably starve to death before I get out of here!” She looked around and saw that it was getting dark, so she was about to give up and camp for the night when she heard someone moving through the trees nearby. “Hey!” she called, “Is someone out there?!”

“Hello?” replied the voice of a young girl. “Who’s that? You’re trespassing on private property, you know.”

“Uh…sorry, I’m kind of lost, can you help me?” asked Seung Mina desperately. “I haven’t seen a town in five days…haven’t eaten in three. Please! Just get me out of this damn forest!”

“Well, if that’s the case, I suppose I have no choice,” said the voice as a girl with red hair and a maid’s uniform emerged from the woods and walked up to Seung Mina. “My name is Gina,” she said as she looked Seung Mina over. “Well, you look like you’re telling the truth, so I’ll take you to the mansion. But I have to warn you, if you try to rob us, you’ll be sorry.”

“I come from a proud and noble dojo in Korea,” said Seung Mina angrily. “It would hurt my pride to have to steal!”

Gina shrugged and said, “Whatever. I’m too tired to be pleasant, so just follow me. We’ll be there in a few minutes.” Gina turned without another word and headed back into the woods, forcing Seung Mina to hurry to keep up. The two walked in silence through the woods for about ten minutes before they exited the woods and stood, staring, at a huge mansion.

“Wow!” said Seung Mina, completely impressed.

“Yes, it’s very nice,” said Gina as she stifled a yawn. “It’s my turn to light the lamps, so just go and knock on the front door. Tell them I sent you and they’ll let you in.”

“Thank you so much,” said Seung Mina as she slowly walked up the path to the huge wooden doors. She swallowed before reaching out a trembling hand and swinging the large brass door knocker. She heard someone walking to the door and quickly bowed. As soon as the door opened she said, “Please forgive my intrusion, but I’ve been lost in the woods for the past couple of days and was hoping to get a little food. Gina said that I could come here and I’ve no intention of robbing you, so please let me in.”

“You!” said a shocked voice that Seung Mina recognized all too well.

Seung Mina shot up and looked at Ivy’s shocked face and cried, “You!” Suddenly feeling all the energy draining from her body, Seung Mina collapsed to the ground and whimpered, “Fine. Take the damn shard. I’m too tired and hungry to fight for it.”

“Nevermind that,” said Ivy as she knelt down and draped Seung Mina’s arm over her shoulder, helping the girl to her feet. “You look like hell. Let’s get you some food and then you can tell me how you got here.”

Ivy helped Seung Mina stumble into a huge dining room where two people were eating together. There was a blonde man and young girl who where laughing until they saw Ivy enter the room. The man stood up immediately and rushed to help Seung Mina. “Who’s this?” he asked, “Someone you know?”

“I guess you could put it like that,” said Ivy as the two sat Seung Mina down across from the little girl. “I ran into her four years ago, and again a couple of weeks ago.”

“I’m looking for someone,” said Seung Mina. “He’s 18 years old with red, pointy hair.”

“That’d be the one we saw in Spain last week, right?” asked the man.

“You saw him?!” asked Seung Mina happily. “Great! Now I can go and get him!” She excitedly got up before flopping back on the bench. “Oh right…” she mumbled, “Haven’t eaten in three days…”

The small child started giggling. “She’s funny, mommy,” said the girl as she continued to laugh.

Seung Mina looked at Ivy, who merely blushed. “Mommy?” she asked.

“It’s a long story,” said Ivy. “Suffice it to say, I’m not after the sword anymore. Here, eat this, and then come see me in the library. I have some information that you need to hear.” She grabbed a plate of half-eaten food, supposedly her own, and placed it in front of Seung Mina before walking out the door.

“Uh…okay, and thank you,” said Seung Mina, still trying to wrap her mind around the major change in Ivy. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, however, she happily wolfed her food down while the man and girl stared at her. She looked up at them and smiled sheepishly. “Sorry,” she said, “I’m being rude, aren’t I?”

The man laughed and said, “Don’t worry about it. I enjoy seeing a woman with a good appetite. And I especially like seeing ones that look like you!” Seung Mina blushed as she looked down at herself, suddenly wondering why she hadn’t been hit on until now. She wore a pair of red boots and plain white socks that hung loose around her ankles. She wore a long skirt, if you wanted to call it that, that reached down to her knees. The skirt only covered her front and back, leaving her legs and hips completely exposed to the world. The fabric was red, with ornate golden patterns on both the front and back. Her top was little more than an extremely low-cut red tank top with a green collar and a golden face on the back. Her chest was barely covered, but until then, she had never thought about her outfit as being skimpy. She wore red gloves and had a red band around her left arm. The red headband that she wore and the purple bands that kept her long brown hair in it’s ponytail rounded out her whole ensemble.

The man laughed until the girl hit his arm. “Hey!” she snapped. “Don’t look at other women like that, you two-timing jerk!”

“Calm down, Amy,” said the man as he held up his hands in mock defense. “I’m not gonna leave Ivy, but I can’t help but take in beauty when I see it.”

“I’m flattered, really,” said Seung Mina with a smile, “but the girl is right. You’d better watch out because if Ivy hears you, she’ll kick your ass.”

The man laughed again. “I know!” he said, “She does just about every day when we train together!” Seung Mina laughed along with him before finishing her meal and getting up.

“I thank you for your hospitality,” she said as she bowed to the two. “I’d better see what Ivy wants. Where’s the library?”

“I’ll take you!” said Amy. She looked at the man and said, “You can do the dishes.” The man scowled for a second before shrugging and sighing. Seung Mina giggled as the young girl dragged her away from the table and out of the room. The two walked into the huge foyer and up a metal spiral staircase. Seung Mina whistled when she saw the library, bringing Ivy’s attention to her.

“I hope you enjoyed your meal,” said Ivy as she walked over to the two. “Amy, I have to talk to Seung Mina alone, so why don’t you go help with the dishes?”

“But I just…” started Amy but Ivy put a finger to her lips.

“Please?” asked Ivy as she stuck out her bottom lip in a mock pout. “For me?”

Amy giggled and said, “Okay, if it’s for you, Ivy!” She turned and ran down the staircase.

Ivy waited until she heard the dining room door close before she turned to Seung Mina and said, “I’d like you to leave as soon as possible.”

“I was planning on doing that anyway,” said Seung Mina. “What’s the rush?”

“The rush is that we’ve already been attacked and Amy kidnapped once. I don’t think this house could stand for it to happen again,” said Ivy.

“What are you talking about?” asked Seung Mina. “I’m only trying to find Yunsung. Why would anyone attack you over that?”

Ivy stared at Seung Mina for a second before saying, “That’s right. You just learned about Soul Edge a few weeks ago. There’s no reason you would know about it.”

“Huh?” asked Seung Mina. “Stop talking like I have a clue about what you’re talking about. What’s going on and should I know about it?”

Ivy regarded Seung Mina before turning around and sitting down on the edge of the balcony. “You know Sophitia Alexandra and Chai Xianghua, correct?” she asked quietly.

“I’ve only heard about Xianghua, but Sophitia is a decent fighter, a worthy opponent and a good friend,” said Seung Mina. “What? Did something happen to them?”

Ivy hesitated for a second before licking her lips and saying, “Nightmare, and probably Soul Edge itself, appear to be promoting negative feelings and evil in the world…by raping women involved in the search.”

Seung Mina stiffened and her blood ran cold. “And, that happened to Sophitia?” she asked slowly.

“And Xianghua…” said Ivy, “and myself.” Seung Mina winced at the thought of something like that happening to people she knew. She had seen Nightmare once, before Hwang had found her and dragged her back home four years ago, and she felt like throwing up at the thought of being raped by him. She fell to her hands and knees, but barely managed to hold in the food she’d just eaten. She felt someone gently rubbing her back and looked up to see Ivy with a look of concern on her face. “Are you going to be okay?” she asked.

“Yeah,” choked Seung Mina. “It was just a bit of a shock, that’s all.” She slowly sat down. “So, what? Did Nightmare take your shards after he was done with you?”

“No…” said Ivy, “Actually, no one’s seen Nightmare himself. He hired the Ares cult to rape both Sophitia and Xianghua. I’ve been led to believe that Sophitia was gang-raped by a bunch of clones of Lizardman. Xianghua was raped by Astaroth.”

“And you?” asked Seung Mina quietly.

“Cervantes…” said Ivy after a time.

“But isn’t he your…?” started Seung Mina.

“He was, yes…” said Ivy. “I also highly doubt he was hired by Nightmare. He wanted the sword for himself, so I think that Soul Edge itself put him up to it. I’m telling you this for a reason. The three of us have all given up on the quest to find Soul Edge, and your little friend has all of the shards that we’ve collected so far. If you find him, you’ll most likely defeat him and then you’ll be the next target. Watch yourself and stay away from anyone who seems less than human.”

“Thanks for the warning,” said Seung Mina gratefully. “You’re right, I’d better go, but how do I get out of here?”

“I’ll take you through the forest,” said Ivy. “Come on.” The two quickly headed downstairs, where they ran into Amy, Gina and the man from before. “I’m taking her through the forest. I won’t be gone long,” said Ivy as she kissed the man and ruffled Amy’s hair.

“Please be careful, Ivy,” said Gina as she bowed. “You as well miss. There have been some nasty looking people in town for the past few days.”

“I’ll be careful,” said Seung Mina. “Thank you so much for helping me.” She bowed to the three before she and Ivy exited the mansion. “Damn,” she said, “He’s hot! You’re soooo lucky! Who is he?”

“I can’t tell you,” said Ivy.

“Why not?” asked Seung Mina.

“Because there are some scary people looking for him,” said Ivy. “People who want something he doesn’t have anymore. I took his Soul Edge shards and gave them to Yunsung with the others.” The two continued along the path before pushing through the woods. Seung Mina couldn’t tell which way they were going, but she could tell that Ivy was purposefully moving in circles to disorient her. When they finally emerged from the woods, Ivy gave her a small hug and said, “The town is about four miles in that direction. Take care. I don’t think we’ll meet again.” So saying, she slowly backed up and disappeared into the forest.

Seung Mina shivered in the cold night air before turning and heading in the direction of the town, running down the road. She managed to make it to the town in half and hour, but she was completely exhausted so she quickly found an inn to stay at and spent a quiet night in a warm bed for a change. She woke up early the next morning and quickly got dressed, prepared to head south to Spain. She headed downstairs to get some breakfast when she heard yelling coming from the tavern across the street. Curious, she headed over there and saw three interesting looking guys sitting at a table, arguing. Well, not really arguing. The one in black leather was yelling at the other two. The old one in the black gi was just sitting there, not saying anything and the young one in the green tunic was drinking a mug of milk, ignoring the whole proceeding. “I’m telling you that a mansion in the south of France is not a good lead to go on!” snarled the one in the black leather.

“It doesn’t matter,” said the one in the gi. “It may be a bad lead, but it’s the only one we have.”

“Link!” snapped the one in black leather. “You agree with me, right?” The youth in the tunic looked between the two and shrugged his shoulders, sighing.

“Excuse me,” said Seung Mina, causing the one in black leather to bring out a battle ax and point it at her. “Okay! Sorry for bothering you! I’ll be going now!”

“Hey,” said the man in black leather as his ax vanished, “With an outfit like that, you can bother me anytime.”

Seung Mina shivered when she saw that the man had green, glowing eyes, remembering what Ivy had warned her against. “I don’t think so,” she said coldly. “I suggest you stay away from me.”

“Spawn,” snapped the one in the gi. “Don’t be rude to the young lady.” The man slowly turned his head towards Seung Mina and looked her over. “She has an important quest that she needs help with.”

“Uh…yeah,” said Seung Mina. “I’m looking for a young man who ran away from my family’s dojo. I normally wouldn’t bother, but he has one of our family’s treasures. He’s 18 years old, a little taller than me and has fiery red hair. He should be carrying a scimitar with him.”

“Oh yeah, that punk,” said Spawn. “He was in here bragging about his ‘obvious talents’ a couple of days ago, but said that he still had one thing to do before he would be the best. He said that if he was ever going to show up some guy named Hwang, he had to go commune at some place called the Hwangseo Palace.”

“That’s back in Korea!” growled Seung Mina angrily. “That little brat! Thank you for your trouble. I’m gonna kick his ass!” She ran for the door but stopped suddenly when an arrow embedded itself in the doorway, inches from her nose. She slowly turned and saw Link putting his bow away and sitting down like nothing had happened. “What was that for?” she asked calmly, gripping her zanbatou tightly.

“I told him to do that,” said the old man without even turning around. “I need to ask you something. Are you also searching for Soul Edge?”

“Well, that’s more secondary on my list right now, but I guess so,” said Seung Mina, carefully watching the three in case they did anything funny. “Why?”

“Because we promised a young lady that we would put the word out about a nasty plot,” said the man. “If you are searching for Soul Edge, you’ve probably heard of her. Her name is Sophitia.”

“I’ve already heard all about it,” said Seung Mina. “I don’t need, or want, to hear about it again.”

“You’d better heed Heihachi’s warning, little girl,” said Spawn. “If you know what’s good for you, you’ll get rid of that shard and go home. Why don’t you give that to me?” He stood up and held out his hand.

“I told you to stay away from me,” said Seung Mina angrily as she pointed her zanbatou at him. “How do I know you’re not one of those things that Nightmare’s working with? You seem less than human to me!” Link snickered as Spawn growled and brought out his ax again.

“Don’t embarrass yourself again, Spawn,” said Heihachi. “We won’t attempt to take your shard right now. The three of us still have unfinished business with one Raphael to deal with. You wouldn’t happen to know anything about him, would you?”

“Never heard of him,” said Seung Mina. “He must be new to the search. Can I go now?”

“Not quite yet,” said Heihachi. “You may not have heard the name, but you may have seen him. He’s a blonde man. Taller than you. Around thirty years of age. He carries a rapier.”

“Alright, yes I’ve seen him,” said Seung Mina, knowing that lying to the old man would be a mistake. “He lives in a mansion about four miles from here, deep in a maze-like forest. If you can find it, good luck, but there’s something you should probably know. He doesn’t have any Soul Edge fragments anymore.”

“You mean you managed to beat him?!” scoffed Spawn.

“No,” said Seung Mina, choosing not to be insulted by the big oaf, “I mean he had already given them away when I met him, so if that’s all you three want, you might want to just lay off of him. I’m leaving now, okay?” Heihachi bowed his head. “Thank you for the warning, but I’ll be fine. And if I’m not, it’s my own fault. Good luck in your own search.” She bowed quickly before running out of the bar before anything else could happen.

She stopped at the window and listened intently to what the others would do now that their quarry had become useless. “I say we still go find him,” snarled Spawn. “We know where he is and she was probably lying about him not having the shards anymore.”

“The girl wasn’t telling the whole truth,” said Heihachi, “but she wasn’t lying about Raphael not having the shards anymore. She knows who has them, but I’ve no inclination to deal with it right now.”

“Damn you, old man!” growled Spawn. “I need that sword to get back home!” Seung Mina quietly left as she heard a calm tune, on what sounded like an ocarina, start to waft through the tavern. She ran down the road as far as she could before she got a stitch in her side and had to stop. She leaned against a tree and looked back at the town she had just left. It was now just a little speck on the horizon, but she thought she could make out the shapes of three mismatched travelers slowly exiting and heading in the opposite direction. She smiled and hid behind a tree until they were out of sight. Then, she bowed to them again before turning and walking off, hoping to reach Korea before Yunsung left.

She traveled for two weeks, always feeling like she was just one step behind him, until she finally managed to make it back to Korea. She traveled for a few more days until she managed to find the Hwangseo Palace. “Finally,” she sighed. “Now I can send that little so-and-so back home.” She walked, with definite purpose, through the front gates, only stopping when a large hand clamped down on her shoulder.

“No commoners allowed inside,” said the guard who had grabbed her.

“I’m not a commoner!” snapped Seung Mina as she shrugged off the guard’s hand. “My name is Seung Mina! Daughter of Hon Myong; Master of the Seung dojo!” She sighed and grumbled a little before adding, “And fiancée to Hwang Sung Kyung.”

“I apologize,” said the guard as he bowed to show his respect. “What business have you here?”

“I’m looking for a young man from our dojo named Yunsung,” said Seung Mina.

“Ah yes,” said the guard. “He requested the chance to commune in the Phoenix Court, where Master Hwang once fought. You’ll find him there. He claimed to be Master Hwang’s apprentice, so he was let inside.”

“Thank you very much,” said Seung Mina as she bowed to the guard and entered the courtyard. She looked around, remembering the last time she had been there. She was still a young girl, and her father had been competing in the Phoenix Court. She smiled at the memory before heading to Phoenix Court to finally nab Yunsung. She raced through the courtyard and ran up a small flight of stairs that lead right up to the arena. She looked around, in awe, at the place that she had always known to be the most prestigious arena in all of Korea. She knew she would never be good enough to fight there for real, but it was nice being there, nonetheless. The platform itself was made of solid stone and had a large Yin/Yang symbol carved into the center. The surrounding area was fenced off and served as a place for spectators to stand and view the battles. There were large golden statues of famous warriors in the four corners of the room, two holding spears and two holding swords. She looked at the back wall and instinctively bowed to the imperial throne, which was roped off from the rest of the spectator’s area. She gasped as she looked up and saw two huge murals of a Phoenix and a Dragon on the ceiling. The same murals were on the east and west wall respectively. She looked out, through the open archway and couldn’t help but be caught up in the beauty of the autumn morning. The gate that she had entered was clearly visible and leaves were falling like cherry blossoms. She sighed at it all before she noticed a young warrior sitting on the edge of the platform. It was Yunsung. She slowly creeped up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder with her zanbatou, almost making him fall off of the platform. “I finally found you!” she said. “Go home, and leave Soul Edge to me!”

Yunsung quickly climbed to his feet and said, “No no, let young people handle it!”

Sueng Mina couldn’t believe she’d just heard him say that. She backed up a few steps and regarded him. He was still wearing the outfit of her father’s dojo. He had on black shoes and white pants. He wore a belt around his waist that included flared guards for his hips. His top was white on one side and orange on the other, and it had the symbol for the Seung dojo by his heart. He had a brass shoulder guard and wore a pair of silly looking gauntlets that he probably bought while in town. He didn’t really look like he’d improved all that much since they had last fought, but he could have just been hiding his power. She quickly bent down and made sure her boots were secure before standing and pointing her zanbatou at him, saying, “Let’s see what you’re made of.”

Yunsung looked surprised for a second but quickly smiled as he bent down and stretched his legs, saying, “Alright! Let’s do this!”

The two stared at each other. They each knew the other’s moves well considering all the time they spent training together, but they had no idea how strong the other had gotten in the time that they had been apart. “You’re sure you wanna do this?” asked Seung Mina, hoping to goad Yunsung into striking first.

“Watch and learn!” snarled Yunsung as he ran in and kicked at Seung Mina. She knew all about the Seung-Style, so she knew what attack he was going to do before he even started. She easily blocked his two kicks, but was caught off guard when he suddenly side-stepped and kicked twice more, sending her to the ground.

“How about this!” growled Seung Mina as she shot up and stuck her zanbatou between his legs. Yunsung looked down just in time to see her bat both of his legs to get him off balance before lifting her weapon. Her zanbatou hit him in the crotch, but she wasn’t done as she kept using her momentum to lift Yunsung over her head and drop him off behind her. “Twerp!” she scoffed.

“Not bad!” said Yunsung in a slightly higher register than normal as he grabbed her by the left arm, pulling her in and wrapping his leg around it. He did a quick back flip, pulling Seung Mina up with him before kicking her away and landing on his feet. “How’s that?!” he said with a smirk.

“Not bad, not bad,” said Seung Mina. “Try dodging this!” she roared as she quickly spun her zanbatou around her head. Yunsung quickly sidestepped the attack, which is exactly what she wanted. She stopped spinning her zanbatou and planted it in the ground, using it to spin around and kick Yunsung in the chest. “You left yourself open!” she chided.

“I’ll show you what I can do!” growled Yunsung as he rolled away from Seung Mina. He roared as he reared back and did a huge spinning leap that cleared half of the platform before swinging his sword at her. Seung Mina quickly blocked the attack, but even with her zanbatou up, the force of his swing sent her flying. She almost flew right off the platform. “How’s that? Still breathing?” panted Yunsung as he stared at Seung Mina.

“Okay, playtime’s over!” said Seung Mina as she got up and walked up to Yunsung. She knew he was tired from using all of his energy and also knew that one more hit of hers would finish the job. She quickly grabbed him by the ear, wrapped her left leg around his right ankle and punched him in the gut with the hilt of her zanbatou, hurling him to the ground. “This isn’t a place for kids,” she said angrily.

“I can’t handle her…I’m outta here!” wheezed Yunsung as he tried to crawl away.

“I don’t think so,” said Seung Mina. “After that little crack about letting ‘young people’ handle Soul Edge as opposed to me? You’ve got to pay me back for that! Besides, I won the battle. Those Soul Edge shards of yours are mine now.”

“Uh…what Soul Edge shards?” asked Yunsung. “I don’t have any.”

“Don’t toy with me!” snapped Seung Mina. “I know Ivy gave you a whole slew of them.” Yunsung looked like he was going to argue, but he just sighed and tossed his money pouch at her. “Very good,” said Seung Mina. “Now, what should I do to you for calling me old?”

“How about forgiving me and just letting me go,” suggested Yunsung.

“No,” snapped Seung Mina. “In fact, I think you should come with me…and be my pack mule.” She giggled at the thought of forcing Yunsung to carry all of her stuff along with his own. “Yeah, that’ll do.” Yunsung grumbled a little but nodded dejectedly.

“Fine, where are we headed than?” sighed Yunsung.

“Hold it!” said Seung Mina. “Aren’t you forgetting something?”

“Uh…” said Yunsung as he swallowed. “I haven’t shown you the proper respect?”

“Don’t try to weasel out of it,” said Seung Mina. “You’re the one who came up with the idea, so I don’t want to hear you complaining about it now.” She sat down on the platform and flipped the front part of her skirt to the side before pulling her panties away from her crotch. “You know what to do.”

“But, that was just something we did as a joke while we were training!” said Yunsung. “I didn’t think you’d still hold me to it!”

“Hong Yunsung!” snapped Seung Mina, causing him to wince. “Do you have any idea how many blowjobs I was forced to give you when you beat me? I think I deserve a little respect here since I beat you, so get to it!” She grinned internally at his discomfort, choosing not to mention that she threw half of those fights. His idea of giving oral sex to the victors of their battles had disgusted her at first, but she had come to enjoy it over time. She didn’t love him…far from it, but he was very good at eating her out.

Yunsung slowly got on his knees and bent down, mumbling, “I feel like I’m having sex with my sister…”

Seung Mina grinned at the thought. For some reason, it turned her on more than normal to think of Yunsung as a brother while he was doing this. “You never complain like this when I lose,” she said, “so I don’t want to hear it. You got it?”

“Yes,” said Yunsung as he started rubbing Seung Mina’s thighs. Seung Mina smiled and sighed happily as she felt Yunsung’s hands slowly travel inward until they reached her, already wet, pussy. Yunsung stared in shock as he pulled his glistening fingers from her crotch. “I haven’t even done anything yet,” he said.

“Well, get to it then,” said Seung Mina. Yunsung grumbled as he started to stroke Seung Mina’s pussy, making her moan softly.

“Keep it down,” hissed Yunsung. “We can’t be caught doing this here!”

“You worry too much,” said Seung Mina as she pulled her top down and started groping her breasts. Yunsung sighed as he slipped a finger into Seung Mina, making her gasp. His eyes twitched slightly. He hated to admit it, but her gasping and panting was turning him on. He had never really thought of her as anything other than an older sister, but as a young male he was also curious about females, so he used her to get his sexual gratification. He didn’t normally feel anything when he was licking her, but this time was different for some reason and he didn’t know why. Seung Mina looked down at Yunsung as he was slowly moving his fingers in and out of her, and noticed something that made her smile. “Does little brother have a boner for big sister?” she teased.

“Don’t say that,” said Yunsung even though it turned him on even more.

“I’ll help you with it,” said Seung Mina as she flipped Yunsung over onto his back before crawling on top of him, her hips straddling his face. “Get back to it,” she ordered as she eagerly pulled his belt off and pulled his pants down. Panting heavily, she gripped his cock and shoved it into her mouth, running her tongue all around it as she bobbed her head up and down.

Yunsung gritted his teeth. “Damn, you’re still the best,” he hissed. Determined not to be outdone by her, he reached up and spread her lips open before running his tongue along her inner walls. Seung Mina let out a muffled groan as Yunsung found her clit and started to pinch and tease it while sticking his tongue deep inside of her. Seung Mina gripped her breasts as she pulled her head off of his cock and gently licked the tip, enjoying the taste of the precum that was oozing from it. Yunsung continued moving his tongue around until he found her g-spot, causing Seung Mina to suck in a deep breath between her teeth. He smiled and continued to run his tongue along her weak point until her entire body shuddered and a small flood of juice flowed from her pussy, into his mouth.

Seung Mina panted happily and licked her lips. That had felt better than she had remembered, but she wanted more. She slowly got off of Yunsung and asked, “Does little brother wanna fuck big sister?”

Yunsung looked at Seung Mina. She was covered in sweat, her breasts were hanging out and there was still cum dribbling down her legs. “Oh fuck yes,” he said as he tackled her to the ground and started kissing her deeply.

The two rolled around on the ground for a while before Seung Mina managed to get on top and held Yunsung down. “I don’t think so,” she said. “You ‘young people’ should never be on top.” Yunsung groaned in frustration, but Seung Mina held him down firmly. Seung Mina grinned as she gripped Yunsung’s cock and stroked it a little before lifting her hips up and holding herself over it. “Hey, you ever done this before?” she asked.

Uh…yeah…lots of times…” said Yunsung, lying through his teeth. Seung Mina’s eyes narrowed as she looked at him. “Okay, fine. I’m a virgin. Is that what you wanted to hear?”

“Just wanted to know,” said Seung Mina as she held herself open and slowly slid down his rod until it was firmly embedded inside of her. “After all, if I’m your first, I want to make sure it’s special.” She slowly leaned down and kissed him on the lips before moving forward, holding her breasts over his face. “Go ahead,” she panted, “suck on them.” She bit her bottom lip as she slowly moved her hips, sliding up and down Yunsung’s cock while he groped and sucked on her breasts. She sighed contentedly, realizing just how much she had needed this after searching all over creation for Yunsung for half a year. She panted and moaned softly as she squeezed her muscles around Yunsung’s cock, gently massaging it as she moved, hoping that his first experience was a pleasant one. “How are you liking your first time?” she asked.

“Oh god…” was all Yunsung could say. He was in heaven. It felt like his dick was wrapped in a tight velvet glove. And the way she was squeezing him felt wonderful. Her breasts were beautiful and he loved teasing and sucking on her nipples. But he knew what he really wanted to do. He pushed her breasts from his face and grabbed her shoulders, bringing her in and kissing her again.

Sueng Mina pulled away from him and said, “You do realize that we’re not ‘making love’, right? We’re just fucking, so I don’t want you getting any funny ideas.”

“Yes, sis…” groaned Yunsung. He couldn’t hold out much longer, so he grabbed Seung Mina’s hips and started thrusting into her at a furious pace that she wasn’t prepared for. She wrapped her arms around his back and let out small gasps and groans as he continued to fuck her rapidly. She buried her face in his chest as she finally couldn’t take anymore and came again. Her muscles clamped down on Yunsung’s cock like a vise, making him groan and cum as well. Seung Mina whimpered happily as she felt his cum shooting into her and collapsed onto him, completely spent.

“Damn, that was good,” she moaned as she slowly pushed herself up and got off of him. “I have to say, you’re actually a better fuck than Hwang.” She jabbed him playfully on the arm before she went through her things to get a rag to clean them off and a clean pair of panties.

“Really?” asked Yunsung. “Better than Master Hwang?”

“Yes, but don’t let it get to your head,” said Seung Mina, “and if I hear you bragging about it, I’ll personally kick your ass.” The two spent a few minutes cleaning off the arena floor before sitting down and discussing where to go next. “I’ve seen Mitsurugi, but he’s probably in Japan right now, and I hate boats. Taki’s probably there too. We might be able to find Yoshimitsu or Rock if we search hard enough.”

“What about all the other people you and Master Hwang were always talking about,” asked Yunsung.

“Most of them have given up on the quest, and this bag of shards is a testament to that,” said Seung Mina, “Nightmare…we don’t want to meet up with him. Hwang is off fighting in the war and Li Long is supposedly dead. Edgemaster could be anywhere and I doubt that he’s involved this time. I think he was only involved last time to test Kilik.” She sighed heavily and leaned back on her elbows. “I have no idea where to go from here.”

“Well, I heard a rumor about a strange place full of treasure that had an evil aura around it on a small island just off the coast of Italy,” said Yunsung. “I was going to go there after I was done here anyway, so why don’t we check it out?”

“I guess,” said Seung Mina, “but something about that description makes me worried, and I don’t know why.” In the end she shrugged and they agreed that it was the best lead they had, so the two headed off…with Yunsung carrying all of their stuff.

A week later, Seung Mina and Yunsung were standing on the Italian coast, looking at the rumored island. They couldn’t find anyone brave enough to give them a ride over, so they had to rent a boat and take it out themselves. Fortunately for Seung Mina, the trip was short so she didn’t get too sea sick. “What did they call this place?” she asked hesitantly as she looked around the small island and shivered in the cool air.

“I think it was something like the Money Pit,” said Yunsung.

“Why does that name sound so familiar?” asked Seung Mina anxiously. “And are you sure this is the right island? I don’t see anything.”

“Hang on,” said Yunsung. “The rumors said that there would be huge doors in the middle of a large rock outcropping.” He stepped around a large boulder and disappeared.

“Right, and we’re supposed to believe that nonsense because?” asked Seung Mina sarcastically.

“Because, I just found huge doors in the middle of a large rock outcropping,” said Yunsung as he peaked his head out from behind the large boulder. “They’re over here and they really are big. I just hope we can even open them.”

Seung Mina ran up to where Yunsung was standing and looked up. “Wow,” she said, seriously impressed. The doors appeared to be made of solid iron and were at least ten feet tall. She sighed and shrugged, “Well, we’ll never know unless we try. Come on.” She and Yunsung both walked up to one of the doors and pushed with all their might, but it wouldn’t budge. “What gives?” she asked. “Are they rusted…shut…?” She looked up and saw the ring on the door they had pushed on and slapped her hand to her face. She grabbed the ring and pulled. It took a little doing, but the door opened without too much trouble.

He felt the doors open and sensed the intruders. There were two. One a young man, the other a young woman; both warriors, but neither one a real threat to him. He knew how to deal with intruders by now, and he would relish their deaths. Voldo let out a hissing laugh as he started to climb the walls of his home. He was halfway up the pit when he heard a familiar voice. “Voldo!” called the voice. It was the voice of his master. It was Vercci! He hadn’t heard his voice in so long! Voldo leapt to the nearest platform and immediately bowed to show his respect to his master. “Voldo, my loyal servant, I want you to do something for me,” said Vercci’s voice. Voldo quickly nodded his head and hissed. “Very good,” said Vercci’s voice. “You have sensed the intruders. I know you plan on killing them; however, I don’t want you to do that. Understand?” Voldo hesitated. He understood the order, but was unsure of the reason. “You will obey me, Voldo!” hollered the voice of Vercci, causing Voldo to cover his head and let out a rasping sound that was probably a sob. “I want them captured! When you have accomplished this, I will contact you again. Remember Voldo, they are not to be killed!” Voldo curled into a ball and hissed again to show his understanding. As soon as the feeling of his master had disappeared, he growled. Who were these people that the master would want them alive? It didn’t really matter, because whatever the master wanted, Voldo would retrieve.

Yunsung and Seung Mina peered into the doorway and were both hit by the sudden urge to turn around and head back to the boat. “There’s a shard of Soul Edge here,” said Seung Mina. “I can feel it. The evil is strong here. Strong and very old.”

“Yeah,” said Yunsung, “Are you sure we need to do this? Maybe someone else will take care of this place for us and then we can take that guy on.”

Seung Mina scowled at Yunsung. “I don’t think that’s a very sound strategy,” she said. “Besides, maybe everyone else that’s come here has said the same thing and chickened out.” She swallowed and took a step forward. “I’m not going to run away. If I’m gonna face Nightmare eventually, I’m gonna need to get stronger, so I’d better just get this over with.” Her entire body trembled as she continued to move past the doors and into the structure. Yunsung screwed up his courage and followed.

“Wow,” said Yunsung after they’d been walking for a short while. “This place is really neat!” Seung Mina couldn’t help but agree. The whole place was very impressive.

They were almost where they needed to be for the trap to be sprung. All one had to do was step on the platform, but how to lure them there.

Seung Mina looked around at the huge room they were in and couldn’t believe that it all fit in the tiny island. The room they were in was enormous, with chandeliers and numerous hallways that were most likely put there to get people lost. She ran her hand over the stone banister that kept people from falling off the main path and looked out into the room. There was a large steel platform in the middle of the room that appeared to be the only way of getting further into the place. She looked carefully and finally saw, through the gloom, a set of stairs leading downward, but to get to them, she’d have to go through what appeared to be a confounding set of rope bridges, water traps and probably even a few block-pushing puzzles. (Couldn’t resist.) She shivered in the cold as she walked over to a huge drain that constantly flowed water into the abyss. She peered down, trying to follow the water, but there was no way a normal human could see that far. “Come on,” she said tremulously. “We’ve got to check this out and that platform seems to be the only way.” She didn’t like the way her voice echoed in the room, but at least they hadn’t been attacked.

Were they coming? They had to come! If they didn’t Master would be very upset! He didn’t want master to be upset, so he hit the platform he was hanging from and could hear them stop. They would investigate and then, he would have them.

“What was that?” asked Yunsung.

“I don’t know,” said Seung Mina. “I’d rather not find out, but we don’t really have any choice. It came from that platform we have to get on.” The two quietly creeped along until they got to a rickety looking wooden bridge that went from where they were standing to the platform. Every warning signal in Seung Mina’s body told her to go back, but she ignored them. She slowly moved along the bridge, with Yunsung following behind her. She made it across without having any problems, so she let out a sigh of relief and looked back at Yunsung. He was halfway across himself and looking confident, but before he took his next step, the bridge collapsed, taking him with it. “Yunsung!!!” screamed Seung Mina as she watched, helplessly, as he plummeted into the darkness.

Voldo caught him before he hurt himself, diving into him and tumbling into a little alcove. He looked at his catch and almost tossed him back for being too small. He hissed at his little joke before slinging the unconscious warrior over his shoulder and taking him down to his master. He would be back for the other one. Oh yes, and she would suffer first. She would see what happens to people who make Master angry at him.

“Yunsung…I’m sorry…” sobbed Seung Mina. She had been unable to help him at all. He was a good friend and a good fighter too. “But I’ve got to finish what we started here,” she said as she wiped her eyes and got up. “Now where’s that bridge to the stairs?” She looked around and saw that there was no other bridge and she was trapped on the platform. “Oh great,” she muttered. She looked around and saw that the place she was aiming for was within jumping distance. “Let’s do it!” she said and was rearing back when a familiar hissing noise hit her ears and a familiar freak of nature landed in front of her. “Oh god! Voldo!!” The freak was wearing a pair of gold, knee-high boots that covered the legs of his tight-fitting purple body suit. There was also a gold leg protector around his right thigh. The top of his body suit only covered his chest, leaving his pale stomach and horribly tattooed shoulders exposed. He also had a pair of golden wrist guards, which kept his hands attached when he used his twin katars. She grimaced when she saw that he was wearing a golden cup…over his outfit. But the part that really made her sick to her stomach was his head. Voldo was bald, mute and blind. He also had white bands wrapped all over his head that cut into him. She could see that the one’s that covered his eyes were too tight, because as they wrapped around his head, they sank into his flesh. She backed up a step as the pale monster stood before her and growled.

She was afraid. Good. But, he was confused. He felt like he’d met her before. Then again, it didn’t matter. All that mattered was that she be captured, and then maybe the master would let him play with her afterwards. She smelled nice, after all.

“You’re in my way!” growled Seung Mina as she hefted her zanbatou and twirled it around before pointing it at him. Voldo hissed and bowed to Seung Mina before getting back into his odd fighting stance that involved walking in place.

Voldo knew how to handle her. She would be distraught over the loss of her lover and wouldn’t be thinking straight. He would just wait for her to make the first move, then he would have her.

Seung Mina was pissed, she knew that it had been a trap and had still come here and now Yunsung was dead and it was all her fault. But she wasn’t going to blame herself just yet. First, she had to get rid of this scumbag who’d probably lured them to this platform in the first place. “Father, I won’t lose!” she said as she quickly reared back and spun up into the air in a perfect circle, holding her zanbatou out.

Voldo barely dodged her attack by falling backwards and holding himself up with his claws. As soon as the girl landed, he crab-walked backwards, crashing into her and sending her falling to the ground. Voldo grinned as he continued forward, hoping to feel the bite of steel against flesh.

“Jerk,” snarled Seung Mina as she quickly rolled away from his attack. She was upset at herself. She was getting riled up and she needed to calm down, but how could she calm down when fighting this freak?! She roared in anger as she plunged her zanbatou into the ground and vaulted up onto it, before quickly flipping over and bringing the crushing weight of it down on Voldo’s chest.

The pain was marginal. He was more upset about being hit by her than anything else. She would pay and pay dearly for that. Without even getting up, he slithered between her legs once, then once more, getting her off balance. When he was certain he had her, he moved between her legs again, relishing the thought of what he might do to her later, reared up and slammed her, face first, onto the platform.

“I can’t lose, not yet,” groaned Seung Mina as she slowly crawled to her feet. That throw had been brutal and she wanted to make sure that she got him back. She feigned being really hurt until Voldo moved in for the kill, then she grabbed him by the arm and smacked him in the face with her zanbatou. While he was still reeling, she flipped into the air, caught his head between her ankles and flipped him into the ground, landing safely herself. “Try again, lose again,” she said as she got up and looked down at him.

It wasn’t fair! Why was she managing to hit him?! What was going on! Voldo was pissed and she would suffer before the end of the day for it! He rolled into a ball and tore at her. She dodged to the side, but he merely turned around and kept coming at her until she tripped and fell. He had her at last! This would do it! He rolled up next to her and fell to the ground. She, most likely, thought that he was dizzy and would be an easy kill, but he was ready for her. Before she could get up, Voldo shot out his limbs so fast that it was like an explosion had occurred, but he didn’t feel himself hit anything. What was going on?

“Fell for it!” cried Seung Mina as Voldo quickly got up. She kicked him three times in the chest, the first two being weak kicks, but the last one being strong enough to kick him right off the edge of the platform. She heard Voldo hissing in rage and fear as he fell to his death, and sighed as she fell to the ground. “That was close,” she said as she picked up her zanbatou, which she had dropped right by the edge of the platform to trick Voldo. “Too bad he couldn’t see, or he wouldn’t have fallen for that. Now, for the shard of Soul Edge.”

Voldo fell for what felt like an eternity before his claws finally clamped onto something. He felt his arm wrench from the socket and growled in pain, but he knew how to fix that. He quickly crawled onto the platform and sniffed the air. He was on the next to lowest level. If he hadn’t caught that platform, he would have been dead. That bitch! He would kill her! “No Voldo!” called the voice of his master. “Let her come to us if that is what she wants. After getting all the way down here, she’ll surely be exhausted. If you catch her off guard, you can easily capture her.” Voldo hissed his anger, but he accepted his master’s words. He slammed his shoulder against the ground, popping it back into place before easily climbing down to the bottom floor to check on his prisoner.

“This place sucks,” muttered Seung Mina as she crawled through a small passage only to end up at another dead end. “If I don’t watch myself, I’ll end up dying of starvation after getting lost in here.” Getting to the stairs was a more difficult task than she had originally figured, mostly due to the fake doorways, dead ends and collapsing walkways. She grumbled as she retraced her steps and tried another route that finally led her to the rope walkways she had seen before. “Finally,” she sighed before she got a good look at them and saw that they were completely rotted through. She blinked at them and touched one of the ropes. The walkway crumbled to dust, leaving a gaping chasm. “God dammit!” she screamed as she punched the wall. She felt the stone she hit depress and heard an ominous click. “Oh no…” She looked up and dove back just in time to avoid being crushed as a huge stone slab slammed down into the doorway, closing it from ever being used again. Seung Mina sat, trembling on the floor for a second before she quietly got up, brushed herself off and started to cry. “This place really sucks! I can’t handle this anymore! I’m outta here!” She turned and was about to head off when she heard something that made her stop in her tracks.

“Help me!” came the echoes of a voice that she hadn’t expected to hear again. It was Yunsung!

“He’s alive!” gasped Seung Mina. “He’s alive!! I’m coming for you, Yunsung! I’ll get you out of here!” With a new found determination, Seung Mina looked around and saw something that she hadn’t noticed before, it was a lever made of stone that blended in with the wall. She reached for it before hesitating and looking more closely. There was a second lever right next to it that didn’t look quite as obvious as the first one. She pulled the second one instead, and let out a sigh of relief when she saw the huge stone block rise up from the doorway. She looked through it and let out a cry of joy as she saw a bridge slowly lowering itself. She quickly ran across the bridge and rushed down the stairs, hoping to be able to avoid more traps and just get to Yunsung as quickly as possible.

Voldo was impressed. She made it to the second level rather quickly. Waking the prisoner for a second before knocking him out again had been a good idea. He was glad he’d thought of it. The girl would be more careful than before thanks to the fact that she sprung that beginner’s level trap, but there would be more. Ones that weren’t so easily detectable. Ones that killed you before you knew you’d sprung them. And ones that didn’t kill, merely incapacitated. She would, undoubtedly spring them as she went along, and hopefully, she wouldn’t die too soon. His master would be most displeased with him if she died.

Three hours later, Seung Mina was all but crawling down the stairs. She was tired, hungry and battered. Those traps had been brutal, from the room with the crushing, spiked walls, to the room full of statues that shot poisoned darts at anything that crossed their paths. She had almost been caught in a room when both of the doors closed and gas started to flood the chamber, but she quickly tossed her zanbatou in between the closing doors and pried them open, letting them close behind her. She was forced to pull levers and quickly run through doors that were only open for seconds, to push blocks into holes in the floor in order to open sealed rooms, and even had to enter seemingly empty rooms, only to step on a floor switch that opened a door in the previous hallway. “I can’t take much more of this place,” she moaned as she hobbled down the stairs. Diving through the last closing door had been too close for comfort. The door had slammed into her leg and she feared that it was broken, but she had to keep going. Yunsung was counting on her.

She was special. She was almost to him. She only had to continue moving down those steps and she would be in his clutches. A few more steps and she would pay for what she did to him. “Remember Voldo, she isn’t to be killed!” ordered the voice of his master. Voldo hissed. He understood, but it was so hard to obey an order like that. He wanted to slowly peel the flesh from her bones, keeping her alive through most of it. The thought made him shiver with joy, but he held himself in check when he sensed her footsteps right underneath him. He sniffed the air, and inhaled her nice scent again. It was the scent of sweat and fear with just a hint of blood that he loved so much.

Seung Mina limped along the narrow pathway. The stairs had finally stopped and she shuddered at the intense evil aura that she felt from down the hall. “Please, still be alive, Yunsung,” she whispered. She was so intent on reaching Yunsung that she didn’t even notice the presence above her until it was too late. She looked up just in time to scream as Voldo leaped onto her and slammed her head into the ground, knocking her out.

“Very good, Voldo,” said the master’s voice happily. “Now bring her to me and we can deal with her properly.” Voldo hissed gleefully as he slung the girl over his shoulder and capered away.

Seung Mina groaned as she slowly woke up, wondering what had happened and where she was. She tried to rub her throbbing head, but suddenly realized that her hands were bound. She snapped into full alertness as she looked up and saw that her wrists were held above her head in manacles. She snarled and attempted to pull herself up to them, but sighed and looked down when she noticed that she couldn’t move. She saw her ankles were bound in the same way. She looked around and saw a man seated in a chair, bathed in light. She couldn’t make out who he was because the light was so bright. “Who’s there?!” she cried. “Let me go!”

“I don’t think so,” said a voice from behind her. She stiffened at the sound of Yunsung’s voice.

“Yunsung!” she cried. “What are you playing at?! Let me go already!”

“Yunsung?” asked the voice as Yunsung slowly walked in front of her, one eyebrow raised in confusion. “Oh, that must be who’s body this is. I’m sorry, but he’s not in at the moment.” Yunsung grinned at Seung Mina and bowed respectfully to her. “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Vercci. Some have called me the Merchant of Death, and I rather like the title. Anyway, since my demise, I’ve been kept here by one single desire. Soul Edge. It was the blade of all blades, and it was my only real desire after I had heard about it. However, that stupid pirate went and got himself possessed by the blades, so he never returned.”

“What are you talking about?!” cried Seung Mina. “What’s going on?! You’re Yunsung! I’ve trained with you for years!”

“Don’t be simple,” snapped Vercci. “Do you actually think that a brat like this could defeat my will? I admit that I had my doubts about using him, but my theories were correct. All I had to do was inhabit a piece of Soul Edge and then, when the shard touched this young man’s skin, I was able to possess him.”

“No!” screamed Seung Mina. “Fight him, Yunsung! Please! You can’t let him win!”

“Voldo!” said Vercci as he snapped his fingers. Voldo appeared right behind him, kneeling. “Gag her.”

“What?” cried Seung Mina. “You can’t just…MMPH!!!” Seung Mina cried out in muffled rage as Voldo shoved a ball gag into her mouth and quickly tied the strap around her head before she could spit it out.

“Nice,” said Vercci approvingly. “Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, I possessed your little friend here and as I suspected, having flesh again gave me the need to do something I haven’t done in years.” He leered at Seung Mina, making her shudder in fear.

The words of Ivy echoed through her head as Vercci slowly walked towards her. “Stay away from anyone who seems less than human,” she had said, and yet she’d still attempted to get the Soul Edge shard after fighting Voldo. They didn’t get much more ‘less than human’ than Voldo. Tears rolled down her face and she shook her head vigorously as Vercci gripped one of her breasts and squeezed it.

“Very nice catch, Voldo,” said Vercci. “Oh, you should see these breasts. They’re very nice.” Voldo hissed, making Seung Mina shiver. “Come on,” said Vercci. “You should try touching one. No…let go of the weapon first!” Seung Mina clamped her eyes shut as she felt Voldo’s pasty, clammy hand clamp down on her other breast and pulled on it. She quietly sobbed, knowing that she had no way of escaping this torture, just hoping that it would be quick.

“Voldo,” said Vercci. “Give me one of your katars.” Seung Mina’s eyes shot open at the command and she started pleading as best she could. “I’m not going to kill you, silly girl,” said Vercci as he shook his head. “I just don’t think you need those pesky clothes anymore, and it’s not like we’ll let you go just so you can take them off, so I’ll just have to remove them for you.”

Seung Mina cried and shook her head, but Vercci took no notice as he held the katar over the waistband of her skirt and easily sliced into it, letting the cloth fall to the ground. Next, he pulled on the waistband of her panties and sliced the white fabric to ribbons, leaving her crotch completely exposed. Seung Mina whimpered in shame and fear as she watched Vercci move up her body and slice away her top, as well. “I think I’ll let you keep your headband and boots, just cause I’m a nice guy,” said Vercci with a smirk. Seung Mina screamed for help, hoping that someone would help her, but she knew that it was hopeless. She hung her head down and cried.

Vercci grinned as he lifted Seung Mina’s head up and stared at her face. Tears were running down her cheeks and drool was trickling from her mouth from all the screaming she had been doing. “Even after all this time, there’s still nothing better than the face of a broken woman,” he said as he let her head drop again. “So, Voldo, what should we do first?” He thought about what he’d just said for a second before chuckling. “What am I thinking? Asking Voldo. Don’t you think that’s funny?” Seung Mina whimpered pathetically. “I’ll take that as a yes. Voldo, pull that lever over there…no, not that lever! That’s the self-destruct lever. Never pull that lever!” While Vercci was cursing out Voldo, Seung Mina made sure to memorize which lever Voldo was at. “That lever, yes,” said Vercci. Seung Mina let out a muffled yelp as two things happened at once. Her legs were lifted into the air while her arms were lowered slightly. She was now hanging horizontally in the air about waist high with Vercci.

Vercci ripped the ball gag from Seung Mina’s mouth. “Please, stop…” moaned Seung Mina. “Don’t do this to me…”

“Oh shut up and put that pretty mouth of your to good use,” snarled Vercci as he dropped his pants and stood in front of her face. Seung Mina clamped her mouth shut and shook her head, shivering as she remembered being perfectly happy to do that only a week ago. Vercci grabbed Seung Mina by the hair and said, “Either suck me off like you mean it, or I’ll just hand you over to Voldo and go get another girl for myself!” He thought about it for a minute before adding, “I may rape your skinned corpse first though.” Seung Mina weighed the two options in her head for a split-second before deciding that living with the humiliation would be better than dying by Voldo’s hands. She let out a choked sob as she slowly stuck out her tongue and slowly ran it up and down Vercci’s shaft. Vercci groaned happily as he grabbed Seung Mina’s head and started thrusting his dick into her mouth. “Ah, the pleasures of the flesh,” he sighed. “How I’ve missed them. And being able to enjoy them with a young virile body like this one, it’s amazing!”

Seung Mina felt like throwing up. She tried to look away from Vercci, but when she did, she saw that Voldo had removed his cup and was stroking himself. She almost retched right there, but was too afraid of Vercci’s retribution to allow her body to do what it thought was necessary. She closed her eyes and tried to think of anything other than the idea that she was being raped by the ghost of a man who had possessed the, possibly dead, body of her friend, but every time Vercci thrust into her mouth, he’d hit the back of her throat, making her gag. She wasn’t being given enough air and was close to passing out when he finally sped up and thrust deeply into her mouth, shooting his cum into her. After one or two spurts into her mouth, he pulled out and shot the rest of it on her face. Seung Mina gasped in a big gulp of air as she let the cum in her mouth dribble down her chin. “Gonna kill you…” she wheezed.

“Yes, I highly doubt that,” said Vercci off-handedly. “Hey, Voldo, come over here and try out her mouth. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.”

“No…” whimpered Seung Mina as Voldo scampered up to her.

“And I want you to treat him well,” said Vercci. “He is my best and most faithful servant, after all.” He smiled and patted Voldo on the head before leaning against the wall and watching. Seung Mina actually retched as she looked at Voldo’s pale, clammy member. “I said, treat him well!” snapped Vercci angrily as he walked behind her and smacked her on the ass.

“I can’t…not him…!” cried Seung Mina. “I don’t care what you do to me! I won’t willingly pleasure him!”

“Don’t! Talk! Back! To! Me!” yelled Vercci, punctuating each of his words with a slap on her ass.

Seung Mina let out muffled whimpers with each hit, but refused to cry out. “Fuck you, asshole!” she screamed through her teeth.

Vercci grabbed her by the pony tail and tugged. She yelped, but kept her teeth clenched together. “I’ll get you to open that mouth of yours right now,” said Vercci as he knelt down and started to lick and finger Seung Mina’s pussy. Seung Mina, completely taken aback by the sudden change in tactics, opened her mouth wide and gasped. Voldo took the opportunity to grab her head, shove his dick into her mouth and start thrusting. Seung Mina let out muffled cries of protest, but the feeling of Vercci at her pussy was starting to screw with her mind. She was still disgusted by the fact that she was being raped, but her body didn’t seem to care who was doing what, as long as it was being pleasured. “You seem to like it when I do this,” said Vercci as he noticed how wet she was getting. “You kinky girl, do you get turned on by the idea of getting raped?” Seung Mina tried to shake her head, but Voldo held it in a death grip as he continued to rape her mouth. But, she couldn’t deny the fact that she was definitely getting turned on by what he was doing back there. She even found herself licking Voldo’s member and groaning happily. “Well, you’re a bit of a slut, aren’t you?!” asked Vercci as Seung Mina came, splashing his tongue. Seung Mina could only gasp and moan in response as Voldo pulled out of her mouth and came all over her face and hair.

Seung Mina groaned as Voldo’s cum slowly trickled down her face, feeling extremely dirty. “Help…me…” she panted. “Please, help…”

“I don’t think anyone can hear you,” said Vercci evilly. “Well, at least no one who cares can. Voldo, shut her up again. I don’t care how.” Voldo shoved the ball gag back into Seung Mina’s mouth before slowly sliding under her and started playing with her breasts. “Very good, Voldo. Now, I’ll really enjoy her.” Seung Mina felt Vercci’s cock start to rub up against her slit and started shaking her head vigorously. “Oh stop it,” said Vercci as he held her hips in place and thrust into her. “You’ll love it soon enough!” Seung Mina didn’t doubt his words, and wanted to avoid admitting it. She panted and moaned in unwanted joy as Vercci thrust into her and ground their hips together, while Voldo gripped and pulled on her breasts. She sobbed in shame and felt hot tears slide down her face. Voldo slowly crawled up and sniffed at her face. Seung Mina stared at Voldo in disgust and groaned as he started nuzzling her neck and running his fingers through her hair. “He really likes you,” said Vercci as his thrusting sped up. “I think he should fuck you too.” Seung Mina let out a whimper even as her hips started moving back at him. “Take the gag out,” said Vercci, “I want to hear her scream when I cum in her.”

Voldo did as he was told and the first thing that came out of Seung Mina’s mouth was, “Oh god! Fuck me! I’m gonna cum!!!” She screamed in glorious release as she felt Vercci shoot his load into her womb. She panted and looked back at Vercci with half-lidded eyes. “Does this make you feel powerful?” she asked, “Capturing women and making them playthings for your sick pleasures?”

Vercci scowled as he pulled his cock from her and said, “Voldo, fuck this bitch until she cries your name!”

“It’ll never happen,” said Seung Mina, even as she watched Voldo walk behind her and push his way into her. She gritted her teeth and groaned at the feeling of Voldo’s much larger cock stretching her open. She chuckled a little as she said, “He’s bigger than you…maybe I will cry out his name…cause I’d never do that for you, pencil dick!” Voldo hissed in anger as he started savagely thrusting into her. Seung Mina screamed as Voldo’s cock slammed against her cervical barrier over and over again before forcing it’s way past it. When Voldo’s cock entered her womb, Seung Mina shrieked in a combination of pain and pleasure that she had never experienced before. Voldo bent over and gripped Seung Mina’s breasts as he continued to push deeper and deeper into her. “How long is he?!” cried Seung Mina. “He’s not human!!!”

“No, he’s not,” said Vercci as he folded his arms and sneered. “He’s my immortal servant and not only can he stretch parts of his body, he can make them grow as well.”

“What are you…oh god…no!!!” screamed Seung Mina as she felt Voldo’s cock slowly get thicker, stretching her even more than before. “Too big! He’ll rip me apart!! Please stop!!!”

“There’s just one thing you have to do to make him stop,” said Vercci calmly as he bent down and looked at her face. Seung Mina looked into Vercci’s eyes and cringed at what she saw. There was nothing but pure evil intent in his eyes. Her entire body was trembling at the amount of pleasure that Voldo’s huge cock was giving her, even through all the pain.

“Voldo…” sobbed Seung Mina. “Fuck me harder! Oh god…please Voldo, make me yours forever…” Voldo growled triumphantly as he thrust deeply into her and came. Seung Mina shuddered in orgasm as she felt Voldo’s cum fill her, mixing with Vercci’s. “Please…kill me…no more…”

“Kill you?” asked Vercci, “Just as we’re becoming good friends? I think not!” He walked over to the wall and flipped the same lever that Voldo had flipped earlier. Seung Mina groaned as she was pulled back into a standing position. Vercci walked back over to her and gripped her face and looked like he was going to kiss her before thinking better of it. “Your face is a mess, let me clean it for you,” he said. He reached down and picked up her destroyed skirt and wiped all of the cum, sweat and tears from her face before tossing it aside. “Much better.” He pressed his lips to hers and immediately forced his tongue into her mouth. She didn’t have the energy or will to fight back anymore, so she just accepted it. “Voldo, the fifth lever on the left,” he ordered between kisses. Seung Mina sobbed as she felt the chains around her ankles slowly pull her legs apart.

“You really are a beauty,” said Vercci as he bent down and sucked on her breasts as he rubbed her pussy.

Seung Mina, in a last ditch effort of defiance, screamed, at the top of her lungs, “Please! Somebody! Anybody! Help me!!!”

Vercci slapped her in the face and snarled, “What did I tell you about making noise?! I think you should be punished for that little outburst. I’ll think of something, but until I do…” Seung Mina shuddered as she watched Vercci grab his dick and shove it into her pussy again. She moaned, in spite of herself. After Voldo’s huge cock, Vercci’s smaller one felt nice. “That’s what I want to hear,” said Vercci as he gripped her ass cheeks and thrust into her, before an idea came to him. “Hey Voldo, come here and try out this hole!”

“What?!” cried Seung Mina. “No! I’ve never…MMPH!” Vercci kissed Seung Mina as he continued to thrust into her and spread her ass cheeks for Voldo. Voldo slowly walked up behind Seung Mina and ran his fingers up and down her back until he found what he was looking for. He hissed in appreciation as he grabbed his cock and pressed it against Seung Mina’s ass hole. Seung Mina screamed and cried into Vercci’s mouth as Voldo applied constant pressure on her hole until he slowly forced his way into her. Seung Mina was lucky that he was still slightly lubed up from fucking her pussy, but she wasn’t thinking about that as Voldo’s cock head finally pushed past her tight sphincter muscles and moved deeper into her ass.

“If you don’t relax, it’s just gonna hurt more,” sneered Vercci as he stopped pumping into her and rubbed her clit.

“Can’t…take it…anymore…” moaned Seung Mina. “Kill me…can’t bear it…” The pain of Voldo stretching her ass was unbearable.

“What do you think, Voldo?” asked Vercci. “Is her ass tight enough for you?” Voldo shook his head and hissed. “Well, go ahead and make her tight enough.” Voldo nodded happily.

“No!” screamed Seung Mina as she felt Voldo’s cock get wider again. “He’s too big already! Stop it!!!” She screamed in agony as Voldo pulled out and was about to thrust all the way back into her when he suddenly pitched forward and fell to the ground.

“What?!” snarled Vercci before the hilt of a sword came from nowhere and struck him in the back of the head, knocking him out.

“Who…?” asked Seung Mina with a trembling voice before she heard familiar laughter echoing through the room.

“Ah-hah, Seung Mina,” said a voice right by her ear, “You appear to have made some interesting friends since last we met.”

Seung Mina slowly turned her head and saw a man in a purple outfit with a face mask standing next to her. “Yoshimitsu,” she said happily. “I’ve never been so happy to see you…please get me down!”

“No problem,” said Yoshimitsu as he searched through Voldo’s possessions and retrieved a key. He quickly unlocked Seung Mina’s manacles, catching her and helping her sit on the floor. Seung Mina looked back and saw that Voldo still had a sword sticking through his chest. She didn’t feel any pity at all and spat on his corpse. Yoshimitsu calmly put his foot on Voldo as he pulled his sword from the monster’s chest, wiped the blood from it and sheathed it.

“Thank you for saving me,” she said quietly. “And also, thank you for not killing Yunsung.”

“I sensed a great evil overpowering the young one,” said Yoshimitsu, “I knew he wasn’t to blame for his actions.”

“What are you doing here, anyway?” asked Seung Mina.

“I’ve been looking for my sword for four years now,” said Yoshimitsu. “I finally found it here. I was in the process of leaving when I heard your desperate scream for help. I was surprised to learn that you were here too; however, before we continue this conversation, shouldn’t you be putting your clothes back on?”

Seung Mina glared at Yoshimitsu for a second before gesturing around the room. “Do you see all the scraps of cloth around here?!” she asked. “Those are my clothes! All my stuff is probably still back at the entrance where we left it.”

“Ah-hah!” said Yoshimitsu happily. “So, these are yours! I was just going to sell the stuff in here, thinking that the owners were dead, but if they belong to you, then you may have them back.”

“You are the greatest!” said Seung Mina gratefully as she snatched her bag and pulled out another set of clothing. She started to put her clothes back on when she realized something. “You have my shards of Soul Edge, don’t you?” she asked.

“Well, I…” started Yoshimitsu, but Seung Mina cut him off.

“Take them,” she said firmly. “I never want to think about that damn sword again. And take that shard off of Yunsung too, but don’t let it come in contact with your skin, or you’ll get possessed too.”

“Don’t worry about that,” said Yoshimitsu as he raised his right arm, revealing that it was made of wood. He quickly searched Yunsung’s body and found the shard attempting to fuse into his back. “Nasty piece of work,” said Yoshimitsu as he ripped the metal shard from Yunsung, making the young warrior groan. He quickly placed the shard into the little bag with the others and asked, “So, how did you get so many anyway?”

“Almost everyone has given up the quest, for one reason or another,” said Seung Mina. “Sophitia, Xianghua and Ivy have all been raped, like I was. They all gave up their shards, as well as the shards that they’d won from others, and now they pass from me to you.”

“All of them were raped?!” gasped Yoshimitsu. “What is going on?!”

“I talked to Ivy about this,” said Seung Mina. “Apparently, Nightmare is trying to increase the flow of negative feelings in the world, by having horrific monsters rape the women who are after Soul Edge, but we’re not sure why yet. I’m inclined to agree with Ivy’s assessment that the sword itself is doing the same thing after what happened to me. Voldo wasn’t working for Nightmare, but I’m sure that the sword had no problem finding Vercci’s soul and absorbing it for the express purpose of having my friend rape me.” Yunsung groaned as he slowly pushed himself to his hands and knees, rubbing his head. “Yunsung!” cried Seung Mina. “Are you okay?!” She tried to hug him but he pushed her away and refused to look into her eyes.

I’m so sorry, Seung Mina,” mumbled Yunsung. His bottom lip trembled as he tried, desperately to keep from crying. “I had no control over my body, but I can’t excuse what I did to you!” Seung Mina’s blood ran cold as she realized that Yunsung had been conscious and fighting Vercci’s spirit the entire time. She crawled over to him and wrapped her arms around him, holding him tight as the young warrior, unable to hold his tears back anymore, started sobbing uncontrollably. “You know I’d never hurt you on purpose! I’m so sorry!” he sobbed as he threw his arms around her.

“Shhh…” soothed Seung Mina as she held him and rubbed his back, tears forming in her eyes as well. “It’s okay. It wasn’t your fault.” She looked up at Yoshimitsu and quietly asked, “Could you give us a minute?”

Yoshimitsu nodded and wandered the room, looking around at whatever seemed interesting. His eyes eventually landed on the body of a man, seated in a throne, bathed in light. “So, this is the legendary Vercci: Merchant of Death!” he said.

Seung Mina and Yunsung slowly walked up behind him and stared in horror. All that was there was a mummified corpse, lovingly preserved in a position of life. Voldo had even given him food over the years. “I’m gonna be sick,” said Seung Mina, stumbling away from the corpse and throwing up.

Yoshimitsu walked up to her and held out her zanbatou. “If you want any closure of your own, he’s right there,” he said solemnly.

Seung Mina looked up at her zanbatou and wiped her mouth off. She grabbed her zanbatou and pointed it at Vercci’s corpse. “Wanna help?” she asked Yunsung. He merely shook his head and gave her the ‘go ahead’. She slowly walked up to Vercci and held up her weapon, and suddenly all of the pain and anger that she had suffered from Vercci and Voldo came flooding back to her. She screamed with rage as she plunged the zanbatou into Vercci’s corpse again and again. Tears flowed down her cheeks like waterfalls as she screamed incoherent curses and expletives at the quickly crumbling body. Yoshimitsu and Yunsung looked on as Seung Mina let out all of her pain and torment until Vercci’s body was nothing more than a pile of dust on the throne. Yunsung slowly walked up to Seung Mina as she stood, panting, in front of the throne and gently placed his hand on her shoulder. She whirled around, dropping her weapon, and hugged him tightly, bawling into his chest.

“We should leave this cursed place,” said Yunsung quietly after Seung Mina had calmed down. She nodded and pointed to the wall of levers. Yunsung nodded and walked over to the lever that they had both seen Voldo almost flip earlier. “I have no idea what this lever will do, but we’d better be ready to run like hell when I flip it.” He hefted his pack, while Yoshimitsu and Seung Mina did the same, both of them waiting for him at the exit to the room. Yunsung flipped the lever and ran to the others who were already running as fast as they could down the hallway. Yunsung almost thought that they had been tricked by Vercci when the entire island started rumbling. “Hurry!” he cried as they ran as fast as their legs could carry them; dashing up stairs, diving past collapsing traps and pillars and swinging over lava pits. The three barely made it out of the door before it collapsed and the entire island started sinking. They hurried to their boats and sped away, making it to the mainland before the island went under completely, causing a huge whirlpool to suck their boats under.

“Guess I have to pay for that boat now,” said Yoshimitsu with a laugh. Seung Mina and Yunsung looked at each other before laughing as well. “Take care, my friends,” said Yoshimitsu as he turned and left.

“Take care yourself, Yoshimitsu,” said Seung Mina with a sigh. “Come on, Yunsung. Let’s go home.”

“Right,” said Yunsung. “This experience has taught me that I still need to train harder before I’ll be ready for real combat. So, I’ll train as hard as I can and then I really will be the best! Look out Master Hwang! I’ll surpass you eventually!”

Seung Mina stared at Yunsung as he put his hands on his hips and started laughing loudly. She put her fingers to her temples as she said, “Yeah…good luck with that.” She looked up at the blue sky and smiled. “Let’s go already, pack mule!” She tossed her stuff at Yunsung, who whined a little but shut up when he saw her glaring at him. “What’s already happened is over and tomorrow is full of new possibilities!” said Seung Mina with a smile. “Let’s see what tomorrow has to offer!”

To Be Continued…

(Yet another chapter done, and this one went by so quickly! I’m not sure why, but it was really easy to write for Seung Mina, probably because while I don’t use her very much, I like her personality. She always seems cheerful and able to handle anything that comes her way, but with each game, she grows up a little. If you ask me, that makes her a very interesting character, as opposed to someone like Mitsurugi, who refuses to care about anything other than being strong. I mean, he beat a freaking rifle with a sword! What more does he want?! Whatever… Cassandra’s next, so we’ll see how I handle that girl. Her quotes in battle make me think she’s a bit of a bitch, but we’ll see I guess… till next time!)