Chapter 1
MAMACITA: Secrets of San Mar ValleyOh MinJi enters a small town called San Mar Valley in search of a bounty hunter who could be her last hope to catch her father's killer.
The train was close to its destination, at least she guessed. She frankly had no idea that the travel time to the next town would take so long. She, went by the name of MinJi. Oh MinJi. For nearly two years MinJi had been traveling from town to town in search of a certain someone. She heard he was the only one who could help her in her mission. Everyone in the town before this one said that he was already gone and was headed for the next one. That was over a week ago, she hoped she wasn't too late again. Something clicked in her mind when the train came to an official stop. She will find him this time, she will. She just knew this town will be the place where all of her questions will finally be answered. She just knew it. She read the sign as she hopped off the train with her small bag on her shoulder, the wooden board being so big and tall she had to arch her neck back to read it.
Welcome to San Mar Valley.
She passed the sign and immediately scanned around for any sign of him. Nope, there was no one she saw who fit the description just yet. She will have to do what she always does when she first comes to a new town. Ask around and see where they will possibly lead her next.
As MinJi walked, she passed by some of the citizens who were on an afternoon stroll with their friends or significant other. To her left, she saw the town jail. She didn't take much interest in it until an inmate ran up to the metal bars, making her jump. The inmate reached his hand out, trying to get MinJi's attention.
"Hey, hey you!" The inmate called out to her, making her stop in her tracks. "Please, you're a kind citizen, right? Can I ask an important favor of you?"
"No, I'm not breaking you out of jail if that's what you're thinking." MinJi replied, rolling her eyes at him.
"No, I'm not asking you to do that. Although I wouldn't mind if you did something so generous." The prisoner charmingly smiled. "Can you please find Missy and ask her if she's still faithful to me? She's blonde and beautiful, so can you please ask her? I don't want her fooling around with other men while I'm still stuck in here."
"Sure. I'll, I'll ask her." MinJi replied, not wanting to talk to him anymore.
"Really?" The prisoner got excited. "Thank you! Thank you so much! I'm Leeteuk, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
"Oh MinJi." MinJi said, but declined to shake his hand when he held it out to her.
MinJi left without another word to Leeteuk. She had more important things to do than find a prisoner's girlfriend. Her eyes found the saloon across the street, thinking of it as the perfect place to start. Everyone goes into the saloon, someone might've seen the person she was looking for, or maybe he was in there at that very moment. It was a possibility for sure. There were definitely a lot of people when she entered, very crowded like a party. She immediately went and sat at the bar, next to a girl with long black hair who was having a drink. The bartender should know something, how could he not?
"What can I get you?" The bartender asked her as he dried a glass with a towel.
"Oh just, regular beer." MinJi said as she settled in her seat.
"Leenah, beer." The bartender called to the girl standing behind him.
"Right away, Heechul." Leenah responded, grabbing a beer mug.
"Hey, I was wondering," MinJi tried getting Heechul's attention, "Have we met before? You're familiar."
"Can't say we have." Heechul answered, patting Leenah's casually. "We've been living here for over a year now. I'm guessing you're new here, am I right?"
"Yes! I knew you were a newcomer the moment you entered!" The girl with the black hair smiled big. "I'm Kim SoonYee, it's nice to meet you."
"Well, I'm not staying forever." MinJi admitted when Leenah set the beer down in front of her. "I'm just looking for a bounty hunter. Do you know where I can find him?"
"I didn't know we had bounty hunters around here." SoonYee pouted curiously, "They're usually running around the much larger cities."
"You should ask Cho Kyuhyun." Leenah pointed across the room.
"Sure, because gamblers know everything, right?" Heechul mumbled sarcastically.
Leenah rolled her eyes and pointed more accurately for MinJi. "Do you see that guy playing cards over there? Go ask him, he might know."
"Thank you!" MinJi immediately stood and ran over to go speak to this,Cho Kyuhyun.
"Okay now. If you win this one, then you get to kiss me." Kyuhyun tapped a girl's nose. "If you lose, I win the ten dollars you're hiding in your dress. Deal?"
"Okay." The girl giggled, obviously swooning over him. She could care less if he took all her money, considering how good looking he was. MinJi couldn't really blame her for it. His dark hair, round face, one hell of a warm smile that made his chocolate eyes sparkle. It was enough for any girl to swoon over.
Kyuhyun put three cards on the table, and starting shuffling them around to mix them up. Adding to his handsome look, he wore a nice dark pinstripe suit and tie. MinJi noticed how he was able to sneak cards in and out of his sleeves as he shuffled them.
"Where is the queen, Veronica?" Kyuhyun teased as he shuffled the cards. "Where is she?"
Veronica pointed to the one in the middle once he stopped shuffling. It ended up being a ten of clubs instead of the wanted queen of hearts.
"I'm so sorry, you didn't win this time." He was obviously not sorry. "Come on, ten dollars. Cough it up."
Veronica reached into her corset and pulled out her money, upset that she lost once again.
"Don't be sad, you'll have a shot next game." Kyuhyun patted her shoulder, then leaned in closer to her. "Maybe I'll treat you and let you kiss me for just this once."
Veronica's mood perked up at his words. She wasted no more time and immediately kissed him. MinJi felt awkward when she approached them. This guy was going to help her? It didn't seem likely. He was handsome all right. It was his personality that was the issue.
"Excuse me?" MinJi stood across the table from him. He didn't seem to be listening. "Excuse me? Cho Kyuhyun?"
"Yes?" Kyuhyun immediately broke the kiss at the sound of his name.
"Hi, I'm Oh MinJi. I'm not from around here." MinJi awkwardly waved to him, even though he was right back to focusing on his cards. "Them, over there? Heechul and Leenah? They told me that you could tell me where the bounty hunter is?"
"Are you asking me or telling me?" Kyuhyun glanced up at her.
"I'm telling you?" MinJi groaned at herself when she realized she was saying everything like a question. "So, you know where I can find him...Right?"
"No."
MinJi immediately became annoyed. Was he seriously being difficult? "Well if you see him, can you tell me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because why should I?" He smirked, "Right?"
"Please, I'm begging you." MinJi tried to control her growing annoyance for this man. "It's important that I find him."
"Ooh, I like when a girl begs for me." Kyuhyun his lips as he looked up at her with that suave smile "I haven't seen him around for a couple of days. If you find him, let me know. Because I need to discuss an important offer with him."
"Well I have an offer for him too." MinJi rested her hands on the table.
"Well who says yours is more important?" Kyuhyun put down his cards and leaned in closer to her.
"Because mine is actually serious." MinJi leaned in closer as well.
"I highly doubt that."
"Kyuhyun?" Another guy interrupted them. He was sitting next to Kyuhyun. He was petite but handsome, and wore glasses with a long white jacket. His skin was tanner than Kyuhyun and MinJi's. His hair was a silky raven black color that brushed ever so slightly over his eyes. He had such a sweet and innocent face like someone who could say and do no wrong. He got Kyuhyun's attention again, "Can you make Jennifer leave me alone?"
Jennifer, another saloon girl, was all over him. It was obviously making the poor guy uncomfortable. MinJi saw that he was trying to stare at someone from across the room and Jennifer was nothing but a distraction.
"Okay girls, why don't you scoot, okay?" Kyuhyun shooed them off, making them sigh. "Now now girls. It's just that my friend here is preoccupied and we'll just have to do this hangout some other time. Okay? Okay. Now scoot."
"Bye, Ryeowookie." Jennifer waved to him. Ryeowook didn't care. He rested his chin in his hand and continued staring at who he thought was the most beautiful girl in town.
"Seriously, Ryeowook? No matter how hard I try you're still not giving up on her?" Kyuhyun scolded him. "Fine. Just do that forever. Just stare at her until you die."
MinJi turned to see who Ryeowook was staring at. He was clearly staring at the girl sitting across the room who had long golden blonde hair and was incredibly beautiful. Her skin was fair and smooth. Her lips were perfectly plump and she had the most seductive eyes that ironically also held a sense of innocence behind them. Her hair was her most eye-catching feature from how it glowed like fine gold under the light. She didn't wear a dress like every other girl here. She wore a simple white shirt with black pants that hugged her waist with knee-length black boots. MinJi immediately shot over to her thinking she was the one Leeteuk, the prisoner, was talking about. After all, there was no one with blonde hair here.
"Excuse me," MinJi waved to get her attention, "Are you Missy?"
"I feel like I should be offended by that question." The girl replied, making a confused expression appear on MinJi's face. "You did just confuse me for the town after all."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know." MinJi looked at her feet. "I'm new here and I was supposed to ask this girl Missy a question for this guy-"
"Leeteuk wanted you to ask Missy if she is still faithful to him?" The girl softened her tone.
"How did you know-"
"He asks everybody." The girl immediately answered. "Don't worry about it."
"So, who are you anyway?" MinJi asked, looking away from her feet and at the girl.
"Kim Sungah." She smiled a little. Her smile was very pretty. It was so angelic it even made MinJi's heart skip a bit. She could only imagine how it made Ryeowook feel.
"Well, Kim Sungah," MinJi leaned in so she could whisper someth
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