Sibungsu (Samurai stabbed)
R robbery

The Bungsu is like getting a sister. She once felt the affection of an older brother who later raped Saburo. Now it's like he's regaining a place to shed that lost love. Mei-mei, the poor seventeen-year-old Chinese girl, is an only child whose life has always been persecuted. The man she expected to be her protector was her stepfather.

But the man, the fat communist Babah, had sold him from one man to another. The girl who had never received protection and affection was now in the arms of a Malay youth who had avenged her, and the young man called her sister, how much he felt.

"Will Koko go to Batusangkar looking for Saburo ?" Mei-mei asks as they return to the first room.

The Bungsu looked at him. "If I go, who do you live with, Moy-moy?"

The girl looked down. He stared at his fingers. Then when he lifted his head, the Bungsu saw his eyes wet. The girl said slowly :

"There is no one here where I take refuge. If I'm not going to cause any trouble for Koko, I'm going with koko. Wherever cocoa goes ..." Slow tears slowly wet his cheeks. Real once his voice was the voice of a girl who was muffled quiet.

The voice of a girl in desperate need of protection and affection. The voice of a girl who began to turn into a teenager, who always wanted to be close to loved ones. The Bungsu took a deep breath. She really loves Mei-mei. Not because she was so beautiful, not because she had saved her life. But the girl he loved because the girl must be loved. Must protect. In compassion, differences in skin and origin are never an obstacle. Because love comes from within not on the surface.

"Is there a family in Batusangkar ?" Mei-mei shaking.

"In Bukittinggi?"

"If there is Bukittinggi. Mother's distant sister. Living in China …"

The Bungsu thought. He will deliver this girl first to Bukittinggi. There he could live in his mother's house. To be taken where you go will be difficult. Not because he doesn't want to. But what he will face is danger. And he won't bring Mei Mei into danger. Later if his business with Saburo in Batusangkar is finished, he will pick him up to Bukittinggi.

"alright. We will go to Bukittinggi together, if circumstances have made it possible …"

"Thank you koko, thank you"

Mei-mei jumps in the arms of the Bungsu.

He was so happy to be with the young man. For a few years he lived in this house. The safe cannot come out. He can only come out on Lunar Day. It can't be far away either. Heavy duty always awaits him at home. Satisfying the lust of Japanese officers. Now he swore to leave all the curse work that was forced upon him. He will repent and ask God for forgiveness. But they were only able to leave the house after two weeks. Because during that time period, Kempetai kept a close eye on the house.

Mei-mei had to ask for help from her maid, a Minang woman, to buy their needs to the market. And one night, when they were sure to escape, they came out in the rain. By paying high enough, they can jump a bus that will leave for Padang. For them, money is no obstacle. The gambling money won by the Bungsu was saved Mei-mei when she cleared the trail of the Bungsu just before Kempetai broke the door. In addition, they also managed to find a stash of money and gold jewelry belonging to Mei-mei's stepfather. The amount can make them rich. The money was obtained by Babah from gambling, the results became eyes for the Netherlands and Japan, and the results became pimp for some women in his house. Including mei-mei.

On the bus were only a few men and three women. The woman is two-and-a-half-aged, the other one is Mei-mei. In addition to the three women, the other occupants were six men. In the heavy rain, the bus sped through the highway which seemed like a black giant snake. Elongated and winding in every corner. The five bus drivers never looked back at Bungsu and Mei-mei. They only looked once, when they went up. After that, the five men continued to look ahead in silence. But the youngest who had lived in the jungle, who now had very sharp senses, could feel the danger coming from the five men. Although the man remained silent, not even whispering to each other, but his sharp premonition whispered of danger. He's staying quiet. While the bus was running while shaken by a shake because of the road that was broken into a hole. In silence he began to make calculations. Why these five men had no intention of being kind to them. Is that just his imagination? No, he was never lied to by his gut feeling.

Well, there are probably three reasons why they want to do bad. First maybe see the beautiful Mei-mei. In Japan, almost never saw a beautiful woman outside the house. Well, could it be that this guy wants Mei-mei's body? Or perhaps they have kissed that in the parcel he carried was stored money and gold jewelry of very high value? Or perhaps they knew that Mei-mei was from a brothel where Babah was a spy. Therefore they suspect that Mei-mei is the Japanese eye anyway. If this last guess is true, then the Bungsu is not so worried. Because of course the five men are from the side of Indonesian fighters. Or do the men feel suspicious of the presence of the two of them, a pair of young people, one Chinese and one Malay?

His mind was still unfinished, when the bus came to a stop. From the light of the bus lights, the Bungsu immediately knew that they were no longer on the main road to Bukittinggi. It seemed that for a moment when he was daydreaming, the bus had been deflected to a small road where he had now stopped. The Bungsu began to feel that his premonition was going to be proven. The five men descended one after another. Finally lived the two half-aged women, the Bungsu, the driver and a thin man and Mei-mei.

"Come down alone for a moment" A man who was thin, when he was going down said to the Bungsu. The Bungsu stared as he came down.

"Where are we now ..?" the young man asked the driver.

"Be there" the driver answered.

From the answer, the Bungsu knew that the bus driver was on the side of the five men.

"Why should we go down ?" the Bungsu asked the Kurus who had set his foot on the ground.

"Let's go down if you want to be safe …"

The Skinny said in a hoarse dry voice. Mei-mei tightens her seat on the Bungsu. His hands hugged the hands of the Bungsu tightly.

"Don't go down koko ..don't go down .." the girl whispered in fear.

"Be quiet Moy-moy …"

"Hey, the waang above, come down with the Chinese boy"

Suddenly I heard a scream from below. Mei-mei further tightened her hand grip on the Bungsu.

"Why don't we just keep going ?" the young man was still trying to ask the driver.

"You'd better get off than your body in their question .." The driver answered coldly.

But the Bungsu did not move from his seat. Where they're sitting, there's no window on the left right so they're safe. The bus wall is made of thick wood. What the Bungsu feared was that the five men had firearms. If there is, then he and Mei-mei can be wretched. But otherwise he feels safe on this bus.

"We gave the bar a minute to get off. Otherwise we'll drag it down. waang .." sound again.

"Why don't you tell me what do you really mean ?" the Bungsu replied.

"Comedown. Don't say much about the waang there …"

"If you have a need, please go up again and we negotiate here. I have no need to go down" replied the Bungsu.

There was an oath and death from the five men below.

But the Bungsu remained sitting quietly in his place. When they told him to come down again, the Bungsu whispered something to Mei-mei. Then the two young men got up from their seats. They were going down, but they weren't. The Bungsu just moved.

They were sitting right behind the driver. Seeing this stubborn young man, two people immediately went up with the intention of dragging him down. Bungsu until then still do not know who they really are. Whether the person who intends to rob or from the side of the fighter.

He didn't want to intervene wrong. Because he swore he would not lower his evil hand on Indonesian fighters. Just like he was harassed by his father's men near the mosque when he first went down the mountain first. He did not want to return their blows. Although he could easily kill that person. Kinipun, when the two people got on the bus again with beaver faces, he said calmly :

"I hope the relatives say what the real brother means. What do you want from us .."

The young man just hurt her. Not intending to kill. When the five men were flabbergasted in their seats, the Bungsu stressed the tip of his samurai to the driver. That is to make it easy to threaten him to run the bus. In a flat voice, he said:

"If you don't want me to cut it down, run this bus back…"

The driver has been pale since. As soon as it felt a pointed and cold object sticking out its nape, its body immediately shivered. Like a robot he's back on the bus. Several times the bus was dead. The driver inserted the wrong tooth.

"Relax, otherwise I'll take your life with this samurai" the Bungsu said.

"Yes . yes sir. I am calm .. I am calm .." The driver replied while removing the sweat.

The bus is running. Re-entering the main road to Bukittinggi. Back to crawl jumped up and down the road that was broken into a hole. The roar of the engine was like the cough of an old man who had been sick for a long time, the bus was stuck in droves when the driver arrived to step on the brake.

"There was an inspection by Kempetai ..." the driver said.

Mei-mei, look at the Bungsu. The youngest kept his samurais. The five wounded men looked at each other.

"Where are you going ..?" a hoarse voice asked from below to the driver. For a moment the driver stuttered not knowing what to answer. A head stuck in. Look at the old bus. Look at the injured face.

"Hmm, there's a wound. Why ?"

"We just got robbed down there .." the Bungsu said.

"Where is there a robbery ?" The Japanese asked back.

"In Padang Tarab .." the driver answered quickly.

"Who's robbing ?"

"The Malays .."

"How many people ..?"

"There are eight people. They were all wearing swords." one of the wounded replied.

"They didn't rob women ?" The Japanese asked again. While his eyes were staring at Mei-mei who sat hugging the Bungsu.

"They wanted to. But once he found out that this girl was sick with leprosy, they quickly got out of the way. And it's only our money that they brush .." replied the Bungsu.

"Preix ..?" The Japanese asked in surprise.

"Yes. My wife is sick leprosy .. will be taken to Bukit Tinggi hospital .." the Bungsu replied again.

The Japanese head quickly disappeared out. Then came the command to quickly walk. The bus then crept up again. They all breathed a sigh of relief. The five men became relieved, as they escaped from the hands of Kempetai. Because they are the ones who committed several robberies along the road Bukittinggi Payakumbuh. And this bus is one of their tools for that. The Bungsu did not know, that what he hurt was robbers, Minang people who used the opportunity in the narrowness of people who nailed in murky water. When the population was frightened and suffering under the nails of Japanese colonization, they added to that suffering by robbing. Though they robbed only their countrymen, where dare they rob Japanese soldiers. But tonight they learned a bitter lesson from this young man. Fortunately, this young man did not know their football all this time. If only the youngest knew, maybe these five men were all wiped out.

Bungsu was relieved because he escaped from the supervision of Kempetai. If they had known that he was the one who killed the Japanese in these last months, maybe he would have killed them in this bus. Thankfully they don't know.

Mei-mei meanwhile looked at the Bungsu with a feeling of amazement. He was amazed, and was very pounding to hear the last Bungsu said to Japan :

"My wife is sick leprosy .. will be taken to the hospital" said My wife who uttered the Bungsu sent a very strong pulse in her heart. oh, if it were true that this young man became her husband, how happy would he be. He felt safe in his arms. Feel secure and protected by his side. The young man felt that the girl was staring at him. He stared back.

"Moy-moy .." she said with a smile.

"Shops.."

"In a moment we will reach Bukittinggi .." he whispered.

Mei-mei just nodded. Then lean his head against the shoulder of the Bungsu. The bus was intercepted again by Kempetai at a guard post in Baso. They are approaching Bukittinggi. The town they entered almost midnight.

"Take me to the inn .." the Bungsu said to the driver.

"Yes . yes." The driver who was still horrified at the samurai in the hands of the young man behind him answered quickly.

The bus stopped at an inn in Aur Tajungkang. Before descending, the Bungsu turned to the five men who were still leaning and injured.

"I've never bothered my friends before. I don't want us to deal anymore. Remember that." he said slowly.

Then she guides Mei-mei's hand down from the bus. Leaving the robbers flabbergasted. Shut up and die a flea. Two middle-aged women who had been sitting in fear at the back, rushed down at the inn. They are two women who sell beans and corn from Bukittnggi to Payakumbuh and Padang Panjang. When they registered at the same small inn, the two women told of several robberies against merchant traders.

"Are these five robbers ?" ask the Bungsu.

"Don't know us. It just so happened that we never had the fate of being robbed. But some friends who have experienced say, that the robber was indeed a crewman. And the way is like that. Same with the bus. Then stop in a quiet place. Thankfully there are young people. Otherwise we must have been robbed …"

The Bungsu fell silent. Then they went to the room because it was late at night. Since all the rooms are full, then she is forced to one room with Mei-mei. Fortunately, there were two beds in the room.

"Sleep Moy-moy. Tomorrow we look for your mother's family in the Chinese village." she said slowly

"Coko didn't sleep ?"

"Yes. I will also sleep. But I will pray first"