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Chapter Eleven

"Ten...nine...eight...seven...six...five...four...three...two...one...ready or not I'm coming to get you!" she screamed.

I picked up my dress and was trying to hide while everyone was still moving from their place behind the bushes and trees, rocks, or abandon wagons that were littered around.

"Come on out guys. I know you're there." she said.

Her voice was faint and I could hear her intermediately every time she found someone.

I crouched further in my spot and pretended to be a complete statue so she wouldn't find me.

The sun in the sky was getting lower, indicating it was afternoon and that most likely mom would be coming home soon and would be angry that we weren't home yet.

My stomach growled and I placed my hands on it, rubbing my hands back and forth on my stomach to ease the pain.

"Jin Yeon!" she yelled.

I licked my lips as my stomach growled even more.

"Shut up you." I said quietly but it wouldn't stop.

Her voice was getting closer and I closed my eyes.

"Jin Yeon!"

Still remained silent and hope she wouldn't find me.

"Jin Yeon if you come out we will get tteokbokki!" she said.

My eyes brighten up at that.

I licked my lips imagining eating my favorite food, especially the way the ahjusshi made it...I wanted to drool.

And drool I did as I could feel it dropping on the front of my pink and white hanbok.

"Ugh...mama is going to yell at me again." I said while trying to wipe away the drool.

"Or if not that we can still get some jangmyeon!" she said.

My stomach growled even more at the noodles, the delicious bean paste, chunjang, pork...ugh I wanted to fall in a puddle of deliciousness.

I led myself out of my hiding spot and I saw her.

She was looking around and concern was on her face until she turned and saw me.

Her large eyes widen and she smiled and it caused dimples to form in her cheeks.

I was in awe. In comparison I looked like a weak imitation of her and people always compared. She had long jet-black hair, large brown eyes that were honest and couldn't hide any lies, cute dimples, and a very soft-spoken yet kind and strong-hearted nature.

She was a complete flawless doll who was also a perfect lady to the core who knew the ins and outs of how to behave as the perfect daughter.

She then lifted up her dress and immediately rushed over to me.

"Jin you were impressive. It took so long. I think even longer than last time to find you" She said.

"Of course I was, this is your younger sister you're talking about. How can she not be amazing?" I said.

"Jin Yeon talks so highly of herself then what about her sister? I guess she isn't important." She said folding her hands and looking sad.

"Of course not! Sun Mi is totally awesome! She is amazing, the most amazing sister. So much so that she will get her younger sister tteokbokki and jangmyeon." I said looking at her with puppy eyes.

She shook her head and smiled.

"But I'm serious." I said.

She laughed.

"Of course you are." She said smiling

"What happened to everyone else?" I said looking around.

She smiled.

"They got tired saying that you were taking forever. They ran off." She said.

I pouted.

"Why didn't you join them?" I said looking skeptically at her.

She laughed and she smiled.

"Because I was worried. Plus how can I leave the impressive Jin in the woods?" She said.

She was smiling and it was so hard not to stay mad at her.

I stared at her and was always in awe with her beauty and soft spoken nature. It was unbelievable she was eight years older than me and she treated me like I was her friend.

She wasn't like the others that constantly treated me like a little kid. Even though I was eight I knew what was happening. I know what was occurring around us. I was aware of the world around me and knew that we were engaging in constant war.

I knew mama cried sometimes when papa had to join the army. I knew mama was sad every time she doesn't hear news about our brother. I knew it all but still everyone insisted I had to be treated as a child.

"Come on Jin we have to hurry before mama yells at us." She said grabbing my hand.

"But what about tteokbokki and jangmyeon?" I said grudgingly following her.

She laughed.

"We will visit the ahjusshi and we will get some." Sun Mi said.

"Yay!" I said excited.

"Who has the best sister in the world?" she asked as we walked together, her hand in mine and mine in hers and we began swinging our hands together.

"Sun Mi! Who has the best sister in the world?" I asked.

"Jin Yeon!" Sun Mi answered while looking at me.

We both laughed and we ran together back towards the village and out of the woods.

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"JIN YEON!!!!!!"

I laughed and I ran from her grasp.

She tried catching up to me and I held the knife in my hand.

"Drop the knife!!!!" my mother said.

"NO!" I said keeping the knife close to my hair.

"Don't you dare!" she warned.

"NO!!!" I said.

Sun Mi came running into the room, out of breath and she looked at my mother and I.

"Mama what's wrong?" she said going to my mother side.

"It's your foolish sister. She is trying to cut off her hair!" she said while yelling.

"It's because mama wants me to keep attending those lessons." I shuddered.

"You have to. It will teach you and instruct you on being the perfect lady!" she insisted.

"Why can't I go to school like the other boys? Why can't I learn how to use the sword? Why must I have to learn how to sit, eat, dance, act, and all this other crap!" I said angrily.

"Because you're not a boy you are a girl! You have to know this so you can get married!" my mother said hysterically.

"I don't want to get married!"

"What is this! You foolish girl..."she trailed on..

I edge the knife closer and I could feel the knife cutting some of my hair tied in my braid.

"Jin put the knife down...mama calm down we can..."

"No Sun Mi! I don't want to. I'm tired of all this. I hate being a girl. I don't want to get married! I don't want this!" I said.

"This foolish twit...what do you think learning will get you? Learning the sword? Are you joining the army? Are you going to be a teacher? A doctor? What are you going to do? What will you do by not getting married? Stay here? I will not have a daughter of mine stay under this roof if she insists on defying me." Mama yelled.

"Mama.." Sun Mi tried to say in calming her down.

I was angry and I sliced the knife against my braid and my mother rushed to me and slapped me across the face.

The knife dropped from my hands and it fell on the table along with the long plait of my hair.

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I was crying and she poured water over me.

"Jin.." Sun Mi said quietly.

We were by a lake close to the outside of the village and Sun Mi was trying to give me a bath.

I continued to cry and Sun Mi poured more water over me and she began using a cloth to scrub me.

She then stopped and I felt her remove my hands away from my eyes.

"Jin...why are you crying now?" she said.

I continued to cry, not relenting.

She sighed.

"Is it because mama beat you?"she said.

I shook my head.

"Are you regretting cutting off your hair?"

Again I shook my head.

"Why are you crying then?"

"Because Sun Mi hates me." I said crying again.

She didn't say anything and instead poured more water on me and she continued scrubbing and started crying and hiccupping again.

Sun Mi finished and she again removed my hands from my eyes.

She gave me a faint smile but she lifted her hands up and removed the tears from my eyes.

"Jin Yeon. I don't hate you. I hate what you did. You know you should always listen to elders especially your parents. What you did today was not right." Sun Mi said.

I sniffed and a large tear fell down my cheek.

"Mama wasn't saying that to be mean. She was being honest and telling you the truth. Mama turns a blind eye when I started reading and when I started teaching you but society won't. Society isn't as kind." She said.

She said losing her smile.

"You know Jin I always wanted to go to school I always wanted to be a teacher. I used to see all the boys sitting in class and the stuff they were learning was fascinating...the things that are yet to be known in this world is amazing. How we are here and why we exist...it's a mystery in itself. I wanted to learn all of that." She said.

"But now?" I said quietly.

She smiled.

"Papa and mama would never agree of course. So I gave up and instead attended lessons. I learned everything to be a perfect lady. I gave up my dreams of going to school and teaching. But I didn't give up on learning." She said smiling.

"I would sneak a book or two from the school late at night and just read. Read and read until the candle burns out. I used to read right here, far from the village where no one would see me. Mama found out and she was angry but papa allowed for me to continue. So I did. I studied twice as hard even if I wasn't going to school."

"Why are you telling me this?" I said.

She smiled and she squeezed my cheeks.

"Because you are a spitfire Jin. It's an amazing thing really. You will be a wonderful person, a wonderful woman when you get older. But I want you to always understand that fire in you shouldn't always be used to make impulsive and rash decisions. You have to think Jin. It's not always about you and how you feel. You have to be more aware of the people around you. You are a fighter but are you someone that fights for a good purpose of for your own stubborn intentions?" She said.

"You hurt mama today not me. You shouldn't be apologizing to me. You know mama loves you and doesn't want to make life hard on you, on us."

"What should I do? I can try to grow my hair back really, really, really fast." I said staring at her.

She smiled.

"See that's my sis. But I doubt your hair can grow that fast. Plus..." she said grabbing the ends of my chopped hair.

"I think just a little bit of adjusting and correcting some of your edges and you would be the most adorable thing ever." She said smiling.

"What are you saying I'm already adorable." I said cracking a smile.

She looked at me and laughed.

She was laughing so much she fell back on her butt and on her undergarments. She reeled back and continued laughing and I stared at her.

She was calming down from her laughter and reached for her bowl and poured water on me once more before she used a small sheet to wrap around me to cover my naked form.

"Really Jin. You are too much. But don't lose that smile you have. Always smile Jin. Always be confident. Don't let anyone guide you otherwise. Because Jin you are one of a kind." She said smiling.

I didn't understand everything she was trying to say but I smiled even more because she wasn't angry at me anymore.

"Who has the best sister in the world?" she asked

"Sun Mi! Who has the best sister in the world?" I asked.

"Jin Yeon!" Sun Mi answered while laughing.

"But seriously Jin. Promise you will never do this again. You will always put someone's feelings into consideration first before you act." She said extending her pinky finger.

I stared into her eyes and I smiled.

I extended my pinky finger, wrapped it around hers and our hands lifted together until our thumbs touched.

"Promise?" Sun Mi said.

"Promise." I said.

We leaned our heads together to seal the promise and Sun Mi drew away and smiled.

"Come on Jin lets go back home before Mama becomes worried."

She got up and she lifted me up and carried me back home.

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"Close your eyes and whatever you hear don't come out." Mama said.

"But..."

"No Jin. Don't come out." She said.

She left and ran away and I never saw her again.

I was rocking myself back and forth, hugging my legs together in a crouched position while my sister was trying to calm us down.

But it wasn't enough as I was crying hysterically; there was so much noise outside, so much screaming.

"Jin its okay. Don't worry. Mommy will be..."

There was an agonized scream and Sun Mi was startled and for the first time she stopped patting my back.

"Stop the screaming." I kept crying and rocking back and forth.

"Its okay..."

Before she could finish someone came into our hiding place and grabbed my arm.

"NO! Leave her alone don't take her!" Sun Mi said screaming.

She attacked the person that grabbed me, punching him but it didn't seem to deflect him.

I was scared and the monster had a death grip on my small hands.

I was trembling in fear and couldn't stop screaming and crying.

"Stop! Leave her alone!"

She bit his leg and punched him straight in his groin but that seemed to hardly deflect the monster.

Instead the monster slapped my sister and she reeled back from the blow. She landed on the ground and she tried to get back up but he kicked her.

"SUN MI!" I said while trying to reach out for her.

Sun Mi stared at me and she tried to reach her hands out to me but he crushed her hand underneath his big foot.

He kicked her, again and again and again and I was screaming.

I tried to bite him anywhere but he slapped me.

He laughed.

It was malicious and maniacal; he was delighted in his work and was getting a rise out of it.

"It seems like you guys will have an early meal today...enjoy." he said laughing.

Soon other monsters and large figures came and was rushing towards Sun Mi who was knocked unconscious.

"Sun Mi..." I was crying hysterically.

"Shut up! You are going to join her soon." He said laughing maniacally.

"SUN MI!"I screamed even louder.

"STAY AWAY FROM HER!" I yelled but he slapped me again and he tossed me on the floor.

I landed on shards of broken pots and I tried to reach for Sun Mi.

But they were on her and I was losing consciousness.

I battled the darkness, but it was easily drawing me in its depth no matter how hard I tried to fight it off.

I woke up instantly, tears streamed down my cheeks.

I tried to suppress my memory of her...I tried to forget Sun Mi as it was too painful to relieve every moment of how I failed her.

If I wasn't so weak, if wasn't stuck in that stupid body and mindset of a child.

If I wasn't a human, if I could have done something...

But I couldn't.

Then thoughts as to why I was the only one chosen like this and not her.

She was better than me.

She was smarter, prettier, purer, and just a better person than I was.

Why did she have to die and not get chosen like this? Why was it me? Why was it just me alone?

I numbed my thoughts and like always I wiped her away from my mind completely.

It was the only way to maintain a piece of sanity and clarity in the situation that I was currently was in.

I didn't have to look up to know where I was as it was obvious that he was able to find me and he dragged me here.

I sighed and knew sooner or later that I had to face the consequences of my actions.

"You are a fighter but are you someone that fights for a good purpose of for your own stubborn intentions..."

Sun Mi's voice repeated in my head.

I cracked a smile small and knew this time it was for a good purpose.

What I was doing for Shraddha...Kunal...Dhruv...it was for a good purpose this time around.

"Jin Yeon. You have finally decided to wake up." A voice said.

I remained silent.

"You know why you were sent here." Another voice joined in.

"How do you plead Jin Yeon, you have violated our orders." Another voice

"You know we didn't authorize for you to tend to her case." Another voice said.

"It's punishable by death."

At that I immediately sat up. When I tried to stand I realized there were chains linked on either arm. I tried to break it off but it didn't come off. I tried to teleport but every time my body would just stay in the same place.

"You know better than to try any of that with us Jin." Another voice.

"I wasn't trying anything." I said looking up at the voice I knew too well.

He wore a stern expression and his eyes were filled with amusement.

"Don't try to read our mind that is ineffective." He said.

"Forget that. Jin Yeon you have been meddling with time and we have found out that you have meddle with case 1909485."

"I had no choice but to do so. Isn't this what I'm supposed to do? This is my job!" I said.

"Your job is to not interfere with cases such as hers."

"But I had no choice I had to!" I said.

"Not without proper attention to the council. We decide ultimately what gets done and who gets a second chance!" another voiced riled up.

"It would have never happened. No one was interested in it. I had no choice." I said.

"Her case was never up for discussion. This is a system we have to follow! There are plenty of humans like her! What do you think you can do for her? Its her own fault for not trusting her husband! This is the problem with humans they are so weak-minded "

"But still it's my job!" I said.

"Your job still dictates in getting approval before you decide to bend time!"

"Are you doing this for every case?" another piped in.

"Of course not. She must know this human somehow." Another said.

"But how?

"It's impossible."

"Or better yet it's something entirely different...isn't it Jin? Are you feeling pity? You know no emotions are allowed in this." The same male voice said.

"There are no emotions in this!" I said.

"Then why have you been avoiding me?" he said with amusement in his voice.

I refused to answer.

"Because I have always felt your presence but somehow it abruptly disappears. I wonder why Jin?" he said.

I ignored him again.

"Trying to ignore me huh? I can still read your thoughts. You forget I know you so well and I have been watching you. Is it because you pity her or is it because she resembles..."

"Eli!" a female voice shouted.

He smiled and stopped.

"Okay I will. I won't say anything. But if you don't mind I have to conduct a thorough integration. After all I'm in charge of her aren't I?"

"Very well then you may proceed." The female voice said.

One moment he was with the others in the council and the next he was before me.

He was smiling and I couldn't move and he grabbed my chin.

"Which one is it? Do you pity her or is it what we both know is the real answer?" he said.

I just stared at him in his hazel eyes and I said nothing.

His eyes lowered at my lips and he smiled.

"Poor Jin Yeon. The girl who's tired of being in this body of her former self. If you fix everything, if you put the human back in her correct time, and let everything play out like it should I will personally make sure your body age. You won't be seen as a kid for so long." He said.

"Is that what you hope for?" I said.

He smiled and this time it reached his eyes.

"Of course. It would make it a lot fairer every time I keep winning our fights." He said chuckling.

"But it's not just that is it?" I said while looking at him.

He looked at me and smile.

"You know the answer to that." He said smiling.

"That's gross I'm a kid." I said.

"Like you always say...I have the body of one not the mentality and mind of one. Plus you will be such a sexy adult." He said while winking.

"That's so gross. I would call you a pedophile but then again you might just twist it and argue that you are not. But then again what makes you think I would ever be interested in you?" I said right back.

"Because you already are." He said simply.

"There is a difference between flattery and liking someone." I said.

"Even when you stare at me?" he said.

"I don't have a choice when you are continuously telling me to pay attention to what you say." I said back.

"Even when you think...gosh Eli is such..."

"Eli get to the point." The female voice said once more.

Eli straightened and his expression turned serious.

He sighed and then turned to me again.

"Why are you doing this? What's the purpose of helping her?" he said.

"You can be punished for disobeying orders. You have avoided me and you are supposed to report to me on any and every activity you are doing." Eli said.

"I don't have to." I said back.

"But I'm in charge and you follow my orders." He said agitated.

"I follow the council orders." I said.

"You obviously didn't this time around. So what will it be Jin? Will you fix what you did or will you face punishment?" he said.

I stared at him and smiled.

"I'm not prone on going back on my word. So I guess it will be punishment."

He looked agitated and angry and he shook me.

"Are you insane? You can lose your ability, you can face death." He said while shaking me.

I'm sorry Kunal...it's all my fault...

Shraddha's voice...I kept on replaying it in my head, over, and over, and over again.

Shraddha looked so happy when she saw Kunal and Dhruv.

"I didn't want to lose them again...I couldn't...knowing I could have prevented the accident..." Shraddha said.

She had a chance with them again. She had a chance to save them.

"Sun Mi!!!" I was crying as they jumped on her and ripped her clothes off.

I never had that chance.

I looked up at Eli and saw fear in his eyes.

"Please Eli I need your help in this. We both know the answer to why I have to help her. If I must stay in this body...so be it. If I lose anything else oh well. But I must help her. Please." I said staring at him.

"I cannot do that Jin." He said.

"Please." I said.

"No! You are going back to fix your mistake. Hopefully you will have temporary suspension and restriction but that is all. You will be fine and you will be safe." He said.

"Please!" I said staring at him in his eyes.

"She is a freaking human! She made her own stupid mistake. So what do you think will change with her? The same thing is going to happen and it doesn't seem like she is smart enough to catch on. What if she repeats the same and ignores what is going to happen? You will be stripped from your powers, rendered useless, or even dead while she gets to live." He said angrily.

Tears were close to falling and I steeled myself in not trying to cry.

"Jin she is not like her. Don't compare her to her. That is the reason isn't it? Don't compare them." He said, pleading.

He put his hands on my face and he was searching in my eyes.

"It wasn't your fault. Don't let this one human get under your skin. She is just another case that can easily be fixed. You can fix your mistake." He said

"Don't be so easily swayed by what everyone else thinks Jin. Make up your mind in what you think is right and follow through with it." Sun Mi said.

I looked at her.

"But you said I should always put people's feelings into consideration?" I said looking at her.

She smiled in the distance.

"Sometimes it's unavoidable. On one end we should put others feelings in consideration but it shouldn't limit you in what you believe is the right decision. Sometimes the truth isn't nice to hear but it's the most clear and most sensible one to make."

"What if I had to make a decision that would hurt your feelings one day?" I asked.

She looked at me and she smiled at me.

"Then I will tell you now Jin that I won't be mad. You thought about the best decision that you believed was right. Knowing my sister and how much she loves me...I know it wasn't easy and that you even thought about my feelings beforehand shows me how much you love me and thought about it being the most clear and sure thing you could ever think of." She said smiling

I tried to touch his hands and I smiled at him.

"This is something I think is right. I might not be 100 percent sure if she...if Shraddha trusts me...but there is everything screaming at me that this was...is right. I couldn't ignore her. It was too pitiful seeing her trying everything to save her husband. She ignored him and was mad at him for months and at a drop of a dime she wanted him back. She loved him. Why shouldn't she get a second chance? She made a mistake...we all do. But that shows how much she loves him if she was able to use so much emotion in fighting and being angry at him."

"Jin she is a human." Eli said.

"I was one before as well. No emotions but isn't everyone here using emotions for me to reverse this? Anger, pride...aren't those emotions? Just because I turned into this doesn't make me indistinguishable from my past. I cannot forget where I came from." I said.

He was looking at me and he was not easily relenting.

"Plus wouldn't it be more interesting for you to see me age one day. How can I if you don't support me just this one time." I said jokingly.

There was a smile trying to make through on his lips.

"You know me better than anyone...Please convince them. Let them give me time? Please?" I said silently staring at him searching into his eyes.

He looked at me and he stood still for another minute or so before he looked away.

He released me and walked away.

Before I could say anything the chains linked on me disappeared.

"She will finish what she has done so far. Any other consequences I will take the fall in bearing until she completes her task." He said.

The other council members started yelling and arguing at him but another voice silenced them.

"Okay she has the required months. But if she fails in this you will bear the same fate as her Eli." A female voice said.

I looked at Eli and he looked at me and he nodded.

A soft smile was on his face.

You totally owe me a kiss for this...

His voice whispered in my head.

I smiled at him.

Thank you.

He smiled and winked at me before I disappeared from there.

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