Claws of a Tiger: Chapter 1
(Summary: Beadu a fierce some soldier from birth. A name bestowed upon her at the age of ten when she bore no name. Her life is one of war, death, and survival was all she knew. However, she felt purposeless like a tiger with no food to hunt. However, her wondering has landed her in a foreign country and she finds her purpose in protecting a young man and her life will never be the same.)
(Trigger Warning: Mild Cussing, fighting, light blood mentioned)
‘Strong people don’t put others down… They lift them up.” - Unknown
*A name? What was a name?* She thought to herself, her small feet coated in red as she walked through the hot sun. Eventually, she came to a stop, her amber colored eyes glanced around at the bodies that surrounded her. It was nothing new to her, after all, she was born from the corpse of a woman who died in the middle of giving birth to her. At least that is what she was told, however, the young girl noticed that the light had dimmed causing her to look up. It was then she was greeted to eyes that were like hers, but not as dull as hers were.
“Why are you here?” The man before her asked softly.
“I belong here. I, born from death and given life by the wise tiger,” She softly replied as she tilted her head,” Who are you?”
“My name is -”
*Welcome to Seoul, Korea. We hope you had a wonderful flight.* A pleasant voice of a flight attendant echoed over the intercom of the plane.
Eyes once closed, opened at the sound of the intercom turning off, slowly she turned and watched as the other passengers began to stir. She watched as they slowly began to make their way off the plane and as soon as the passengers dwindled, she stood up, reaching for her only bag that she had with her. As soon as her black duffle was secured upon her shoulders, she began to exit the plane and make her way toward the entrance of the airport. She pushed her thick wavy black hair back behind her ears as she looked around letting out a soft sigh of defeat.
Taking out her phone she began to go through her limited amount of contacts, finding the one that read ‘brother,’ she pressed it allowing it to ring. However, it eventually just went to voicemail, letting out an aggravated sigh she decided to leave her brother a wonderful message,
“Beom. You knew I was coming here at your request and you don’t bother showing. Stop fucking Geum-Hoo on every surface. Don’t bother coming to the airport, I'll just walk. Love you.”
After hanging up she puts her phone away and begins her long trek toward where her new home was to be. By the time she got to the center of the city, it was mid afternoon, looking around she noticed a small little restaurant nearby. As she approached the door, she could hear the sound of something slamming into the wall coming from the alleyway next to the restaurant. As much as she knew she should mind her business, but unfortunately curiosity got the best of her. Walking over to the entrance she noticed that there was a lone male that was about her age with black hair that was gelled up to where the tip of his hair was pointed.
His dark eyes were scanning around wildly as if trying to find an exit point, but he appeared to be surrounded by other teenagers. What caught her eye was that he seemed to have large ears, however, it was put to the side when she heard one of them speak in a haughty tone,
“Well Well. Looks like Burn Knuckles Number Two is all alone without his precious leader or crew to back him up.”
“Didn’t you know you had a target on your back Jace Park? After all you and your boys decided to intervene in our business,” Another one gripped, causing the one known as, Jace Park, to smirk weakly as he replied,
“You were picking on someone weaker than you. Just to leave you without some type of punishment wouldn’t have been right.”
She could see that they were picking up two by fours to hit Jace with, if there was one thing she couldn’t tolerate was bullies. Slowly she made her way down until she was nearly a foot away from one of the guys that were surrounding. She allowed her bag to slide off her shoulder, landing on the ground with a loud thump. The sound caused the guy in front of her to quickly turn around only to be met with her fist. He was sent into the wall that was on her left, this caused the others to turn their attention to her. She looked at them with a small smile before asking with amusement in her voice,
“Blood or bone?”
This caused all of them to blink, she tilted her head before pointing to Jace, asking once again,” Blood or Bone?”
A bewildered look appeared on his face before answered hesitantly,” Umm… Bones?”
She widened her smile as she raised her hands, one rested against her stomach while the other was raised in front of her with her palms facing them. Her fingers were crooked slightly, as she waited for one of them to move. Taking their hesitance into account, she quickly charged them, using her right hand she used the base of her hand to hit one of the men underneath their nose. She could hear the sound of the other three charging, she quickly shifted her body with her right leg up in the air allowing the heel of her black steel toed to land upon another one's face sending him flying into the wall causing cracks to appear.
“You dumb bitch!” One of the two remaining screamed as he swung a metal pipe at her head.
She leaned back allowing the pipe to fly by her face before she quickly slammed the palm of her left hand into his face feeling his nose break. As he fell to the floor, hands covering his face as blood spurted from his nose, she looked over at the last one standing. She could see he was shaking like a leaf, she grinned making sure her fangs were revealed as she asked him,
“Blood or bone?”
He let out a scream as he ran past her, which caused her to simply raise an eyebrow in amusement, but only shook her head. She walked over to her bag and put it back on her shoulder, making sure to move her thick wavy black hair out of the way first. She had only taken a few steps toward the opening of the alleyway when she heard Jace call out to her,
“Hey wait!”
Stopping, she turned to see him jog up to her, and as soon as she stood still, he stopped a few inches from her before he continued to speak, “Thanks for helping me out. Name’s Jace Park. What’s yours?”
“Beadu is my name and need not thank me,” She replied as she tilted her head slightly before letting out a soft sigh before sheepishly asking,” I don’t suppose you know where there is a good place to eat. I am… lost.”
Jace let out a soft chuckle as he replied with a grin,” Yeah. Follow me, I owe you anyway. Lost? How did you get lost?”
Beadu smiled brightly as she began to follow Jace toward their destination she replied,” I have just arrived here I actually came from the airport-”
“Holy shit! You walked all the way here!?” Jace exclaimed with surprise as Beadu chuckled as she continued,” Yes. I was supposed to be picked up by my brother, but I think he got distracted by his significant other. So he more than likely forgot that I was coming today.”
“Shit that sucks. Do you know where you are staying?” Jace asked as the two eventually came to a small restaurant. Glancing at the name she could see that it read ‘Pang Gong Noodles’ before she followed Jace inside.
“I have the address. Apparently, I am supposed to be living in a penthouse in this apartment building,” Beadu grumbled as she sat down across from Jace. Once they entered, she made sure that her duffle bag was placed under the table to make sure it was out of the way of other patrons.
“Really? Jeez you must come from a rich family,” Jace commented softly, watching as Beadu reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper handing it to him.
“I… suppose,” Beadu replied as she pressed her lips together. As if sensing her awkwardness about her family he took the paper, quickly saying,” I know where this place is. After we eat I can show you how to get there.”
Beadu smiled as she replied,” I would appreciate that. Thank you.”
Beadu couldn’t help the feeling that she had just made a good friend that would stay by her side at least she hoped she did. She had been known to be wrong before, but all she could do was hope.
(I hope you enjoy! I apologize for any OOCness for Jace! Please let me know what you think!)
