Seung Mina: After the greatest evil in your lifetime is gone, and you're alive, with absolutely no other purpose in life, what on earth do you do? Why, play matchmaker of course!
It all started innocently enough. It was peacetime, after the war, after Soul Edge was gone, and everyone was happily going about their lives… But Seung Mina was bored.
She was happy, she was alive, but she had nothing to do. Hwang so whipped it was almost not funny anymore, so her love life there was fine and secure (somehow). Even challenges weren't as exciting as they should be, and the feeling of restlessness was making her itchy and annoyed. Seung Mina needed to make it go away. The itching was driving her nuts, and she was thinking about it and scratching her back when the answer to her problems fell onto her lap.
Quite literally you might add.
One minute, Yunsung had been running from these fumbling guard people and simply pissing them off by being the arrogant loudmouth that he was. The next minute, he was sprawled on the ground with Seung Mina, who had apparently been spacing out when she was training. Shoot.
"Yunsung?"
He quickly got up off the ground and helped Mina to her feet. Both eyed the heavily breathing guards who had paused, trying valiantly to appear less winded in front of the general's daughter.
"Excuse us," he wheezed, "for interrupting your training ma'm but-"
"The boy here," the second guard paused to cough, "was being a nuisance. He'll not bother you again m'am..."
"We'll just take him for discipline now."
Mina was silent for a moment, as if she was thinking about something else. When the guards hesitantly asked if she was okay, she snapped out of her trance, glancing at Yunsung. She grinned widely and told them not to worry, "I'll take care of things."
When Yunsung caught sight of the creepy smile on Seung Mina's face, his instincts told him to run. Something bad was going to happen. Something extremely bad was going to happen. The fact that the creepy smile was directed at him did not make him feel any better at all. He had to make a run for it.
"uh, thanks a ton, I think-"
"You're. Not. Going. Anywhere. Boy."
He suddenly wished she couldn't read his mind so well. Maybe he'll get lucky. Maybe the creepy smile will go away. Maybe he'll be saved. Maybe she won't do anything. Maybe-
He was gutted by the blunt end of Mina's weapon and heaved onto her shoulder while she cackled evilly. He groaned sadly. Maybe not.
Hwang's first reaction when he heard that Yunsung was causing a ruckus was to grab his weapon and go beat the living daylights out of him. Hero of the war or not, the boy needed to learn that you did not go around acting like a moron because some girl he's crushing on is back in town.
Then he heard that Seung Mina had decided to "appropriately discipline" him. Hwang's eye twitched as he imagined what the woman would do to her surrogate brother as 'discipline'. Contrary to the belief that she was soft on him, he knew she had a very harsh streak. A very scary harsh streak.
Hwang pondered whether or not to interfere, and eventually decided Seung Mina could deal with it on her own. He wouldn't want to interfere with such 'family business' anyway.
She would probably beat him up if he did.
A few days earlier, Talim had gotten a letter.
"Talim, dear?"
As her mother handed her the letter, Talim shot her a questioning look. Who would send a letter to her at the temple?
"I believe it's from some of your traveling friends from your journey. Seung Mina and Yunsung?"
Talim skimmed the letter and decided it had been courteous, asking her how she had been, what she was up to now, and if she could possibly visit sometime soon if she wasn't busy. Apparently Seung Mina and Yunsung would be very glad to see her and catch up some time, now that things were settling down.
And apparently, her parents had gotten wind of what the letter said. Exchanging glances, they swiftly decided that it would be positively wonderful to 'set their wind shaman on a journey again for foreign relations' (father) and to think of it as 'giving their daughter a much needed vacation with her friends' (mother). Instinct told her that they both had an ulterior motive, but instinct did not tell her what the ulterior motive could be.
The sixteen (and a half) year old decided to look into ulterior motives later and enjoy the ride to see her old acquaintances. All too soon, she found herself in the city where Seung Mina and Yunsung were. Twas time to see old friends after a year...
In a comfortable, noisy, local bar, two great warriors battled fiercely. A crowd had gathered round, shouting their bets to the bookies nearby on who they thought would win. It was intense.
Taki glared at Mitsurugi, and muttered, "You're going down."
His eyes glinted mischievously as he calmly replied, "I think not," and further strengthened his grip on her.
"I beat Yunsung." Taki's face was reddening from exertion.
"But he was distracted with the pretty girl in the corner."
"Then maybe I should go play the pretty girl in the corner?"
He gave her a grin and with a final burst of energy, pinned her arm to the table. "You may do as you please, Taki-san, but as the pretty girl in the corner seems lost looking for him, I believe I shall go and help. Care to join me?" He offered her an arm of assistance.
Ignoring the slightly annoyed gamblers, who had bet on her to beat Mitsurugi in the arm wrestling match, she took the offered arm and smirked. "Ever the gentleman, eh? Do I get drinks?"
Mitsurugi laughed, and Taki soon joined, and the pair made their way to the slightly lost looking Talim, being accosted by the curious regulars and the entertaining crowd.
After all, it wasn't every day a pretty girl came who could cause Yunsung to loose at arm wrestling.