CHAPTER 2

   Two weeks later...

Sisou had been sick for days but finally regained consciousness. In her sick days, she laid on her bed day in- day out, wondering how a common human could hit her down and cause her crazy weakness.

   " He won't escape my hunt for him,soon"She would always mutter, drawling. And Nimaj and Duri would pacify her.

King Chen had ordered the palace's one thousand hefty soldiers to search vigorously for the masked image in Moh Zu forest, but no lively figure was found.

King Chen, then pointed at her daughter,

 " Maybe you can now understand that you are old enough for hunting in wild forest, and you have to act matured. Get married!"

Then,he left her room.

  Sisou sighed, pulling out her quavers of arrow from beneath the bed."Well, I can't afford to stop hunting.. it's part of me, which no one can take away"

   She touched her temple for a while, then sighed softly, " God of Fangyi knows what would happen if any masculine image dares comes my way..." She whispered, then clenched her fists.

   The door slowly pushed open and the maids walked in. They bowed before Sisou politely.

  " My princess, how are you doing?"

Sisou grinned,"Very much fine... I think the ointment and herbs perfectly worked"

" We're glad about that, princess Sisou." They said. And Sisou nodded.

   "But it was all my fault... I couldn't even defend myself from his hit."

"No, my princess. You owe us punishment, for not being able to detect the trespasser." Duri said.

      "No, cuties. If not the intervention of yours, maybe I would be found dead or taken away by the freak... And as for him, I'll definitely try doing everything to find him. Climb the mountains, pass through the oceans, search the forests..." Sisou clenched her fist.

   "My princess, let bygone be bygone. Well, we're all happy that you didn't missed." Nimaj added.

  "It'll be a shame if I tell my Shaolin master about this, that a human could possibly hit me down" Sisou spitted,"Ptoeey!"

   "No,my princess. We all know you did your possible best"

  "Possible best, you say? Tsk!" Sisou looked away, "Well, I didn't knew what happened... I was looking deep into his eyes like they were bottomless pits which one mayn't try getting off, and maybe that's why I was distracted..."

     "Bottomless pits? "Duri whispered.

  "Huh? Distracted?" Nimaj murmured.

 The maids glanced at each other, " Our princess is in love" Their eyes chatted, "A strong warrior who never gets distracted by any means."

   "Well.."Sisou was looking at the ceiling in delight, trying to portrait his look, lost in idea "He's handsome. And charming... can't resist forgetting his fierce, killing look."

  Nimaj and Duri looked at each other, "What's wrong with our Princess? Has she been charmed in the forest by the trespasser?"

"Oh, what a handsome epitome!"

     "My princess, what are you saying? You've been talking to yourself...hope everything is okay?" Duri drawled at Sisou.

   Sisou grinned and looked at them, "Oh, I've been thinking of how to find the forest trespasser.."

She looked suspiciously at them," Or... were the both of you listening to what I was saying?"She chuckled at them,"Well .... I was never interested in him." She looked at them, clenched her fists and frowned," I'll kill him,if I sight him anywhere.And I'll go several miles for that!"

  The maids glanced at each other,"Huh?"

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  "Father, I want to personally go in search of that trespasser..."Sisou snapped, before King Chen, dressed in black tux and quavers of arrow at her back and a sheated sword hung into the slight cache in her dress.

   Duri drew Nimaj's attention," Pssst!"

Nimaj glanced at her.

   Then, Duri whispered into Nimaj's ear, "It seems like our Princess was never interested in him. Who knows how handsome he may be,well...?"

    "I heard the princess said : fierce, killing look...that means he might be a hot, cute guy, oh."Nimaj said,in a snap.

 Duri rolled her eyes,"Well, I'm not interested yet. He's a trespasser and he needs to be punished!"

    "I never was interested in a trespasser too... just trying to get a clue and imagination of his look." Nimaj murmured.

    They both sighed, watching the dramatic action between Sisou and her father.

   "I have a matchete and lots of arrows with me... can't that do enough for me to hunt him?" Sisou yelled at her father, clenching her fist.

King Chen chuckled, "You are always stubborn. You just recovered from illness some hours earlier and you wanna go looking for someone who you don't even know!"

    "Father..."

 "If our thousands of soldiers couldn't find him,then who are you to look for him ?" King Chen drawled, "C'mon, girl. It's better you go rest. We don't want the villagers to be worried about you getting ill again, over a hit."

       "I'll find him!"Sisou snapped, looking so mean at her father,"It was such a shame and humour that I couldn't even defend myself. Why won't I find him? At least, I'm now more cautious than before."

   "Sisou, no..."

  "I'll find him and kill him and bring his corpse to this palace. After all, I'm a Shaolin expert and I'm strong right from when I was little." Sisou snapped and walked away.

    King Chen glanced at the maids. They bowed politely before him, then left.

 King Chen sighed, "She isn't only strong from birth... She's a stubborn beauty, yet loved by the people of Fangyi State. What a mystery!"

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 At Mohzu forest...

     Sisou fiercely rode her horse around 50 good times but couldn't perceive any scent of image.

 She sat under a tall acacia tree with beautiful shades, gulping from the water bottle. She sighed, staring at Gemi.

   "Lil bro, do you think we'd find that freak today? I want to kill him. He depleted my fame in Shaolin, I want him to die." Sisou said.

     Gemi neighed.

Sisou rolled her eyes,"So he isn't even in the forest. Or did he ran off when he noticed that I was coming to hunt him?"She whispered, biting her finger,"Won't he be somewhere or some miles away from here? He must be afraid! Afraid of my revenge, and now he's running!"

      "ᕼᗩᕼᗩᕼᗩᕼᗩ!"she guffawed loudly, "I'll find him. C'mon Gemi, let's go find the freak."

Sisou mounted on Gemi and lightly whipped him as always,"Hyah!"

       Gemi ran off Mohzu forest,down into Mohzu's outskirt which got rocky mountains and sloppy hills covered with scanty,dried shrubs all around.

      "He must be few miles away from us. I can feel it,Gemi!"

          Gemi neighed, delightedly.

"Let's keep going further... I'd find him."

They sped past many mountains and hills with clump of thick shrubs and the sun was slowly setting from the west side.

Gemi was getting tired.

"Keep striving,Gemi. He's closer."

Then Sisou suddenly felt the aura of something speed past them with great wind.

"What was that?"Sisou looked around for a while, after she halted the horse."I think it's him"she whispered, pulling out her pairs of arrow on the string.

Her eyes was too active now. She mounted off the horse and watched around. She heard rustles of leaves from afar and thuds of footsteps.

She gripped her arrow tighter,"Get ready, Sisou. And don't get distracted of his damn look. You are only here to prove that you can deal with him, not to fall in love." She said."Infact, why would I fall in love? Isn't that crazy? Tsk!"

The thuds of footsteps seems to be approaching towards her and her spine slowly went chilled.,"Get ready to hunt him, Sisou!"She whispered to herself.

One.

Two.

Three...

And alas, a little rabbit jumped out, even before her eyes!

Damn! Sisou hitted her head.She fell beside Gemi, in anger.

"Why wasn't it him? I want to kill him!' She yelled,"Where is him?" Her voice echoed.

She glanced at Gemi,"Father would laugh at me if I eventually come back alone with you. He'd be expecting a lifeless image ridden by you. Tsk! Now, it's all nonsense. I couldn't even sight him!"

Gemi neighed.

"So where could he be? In the mountains? In the seas? Where on earth would he be?"

Sisou sighed and rolled her eyes,"Well, I'm tired. "She snapped her fingers at Gemi,"Back to home, boy."

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