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I haven't! I need a member of the audience to come up here and say the
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don't even know it!
So here is the FINAL chapter to The Pyromaniac Prince of Flames! It's a shame I lost all my readers though. nobody ever reviews anymore *wipes away tear*
"Honestly, Xiao! This is nuts! We HAVE TO find that maniac!" Zhou Yu complained as he continued chasing after Xiao Qiao whom was herself chasing after her little white bunny. "Think about it, if we don't catch him. who will? Cao Cao? Liu Bei?" Zhou Yu ranted on.
"What about old man Jenkins?" Xiao Qiao added.
Zhou Yu shook his head, "Who? What are you talking about? This isn't Spongebob Squarepants you know!" Zhou Yu complained.
Xiao blinked, "What are YOU talking about, you know very well that old man Jenkins lives around here!"
"No he doesn't!" Zhou Yu defended.
Xiao Qiao stopped and crossed her arms as she turned around to face her husband, "If there's no old man Jenkins, than explain that bearded guy at our base with the weird head piece!" Xiao pointed out.
Zhou gave her a bemused look, "That's not old man Jenkins! That's just Sun Quan!" Zhou Yu justified. It was Xiao's turn to give off bemused looks.
"But I could have sworn-" Xiao Qiao said shaking her head. Zhou Yu patted her on the back, "Don't worry about it, I'm one of the few who know that he's actually younger than Sun Ce."
Xiao shot him scrunched eyebrows, "Whatcha talkin' bout, Yu?" Xiao questioned. (I KNEW I could put that in somewhere!) Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow, "Oh never mind," he muttered continuing to walk.
Xiao Qiao stood there for a while. After a few minutes she turned around and spurted "HE'S YOUNGER THAN SUN CE?!"
Lu Xun continued standing before the horribly immovable log. "Come on you bull headed scoundrel! Move already, I have a schedule to keep!" Lu Xun bellowed at the obstacle while looking at his watch. That was when he raised his eyebrow, "Watch? Watches didn't even exist in this time you stupid head!" *rubs back of head* Sorry, my bad. *clears throat* I should say, while looking at the sky. Yea, the sky, old fashion clock.
He looked back down at the haggard log. It had to be at least a thousand years old. It was covered in dark green moss that looked like an old woman's shawl. Some of the bark lay chipped off by weather, old age, animals, or all of the above. Lu Xun eyed it curiously as he observed its qualities more. A hole was scattered here and there with rotting tree surrounding the edges of each. A branch raised here and there in much the same spread fashion as the holes. Lu Xun's facial expression filled with care and thoughtfulness. "This must have been a grand tree." he sighed dreamily.
In his sigh he continued, "But alas." an evil gleam sparked in his golden brown eyes, "IT IS IN MY WAY!" He immediately searched his pockets for his magic sticks only to realize one thing. "That little freak has my magic sticks!" Lu Xun shouted in rage.
"How DARE she go off with my magic sticks! That's where she went! The little thief! She's going to get it!" Lu Xun ranted on walking back and forth, never stepping around the log. For a rather continuous time, Lu Xun fumed on about how she would find the child and scar her for life. It was quite a shame that the only reason she was gone was because he was careless and he didn't really look.
Zhou Yu rolled his eyes at his wife who was doing quite similar to Lu Xun. "I don't understand this. . . its not possible. It's not physically possible! How can one look so old? It's not natural!" Xiao Qiao ranted inaudibly. Zhou Yu really wanted to get going to. He was ABOUT to look at his watch when he shot me a death glare and I remembered that they didn't have watches back then so I just made him stand there.
"Xiao, honey, we have GOT to get going!" Zhou Yu tried hurrying her along. And she was starting to scare him with the crazy faces she was making as she muttered and grumbled to herself. "When I was a kid, people looked young. unless they were old, Sun Quan looks so old. old old old."
Zhou Yu grabbed Xiao by the shoulders and shook her lightly, "Xiao! It. Doesn't. Matter." Zhou Yu said slowly and clearly as to get her to shut up. Her eyes widened as she looked at him and she started going off on a mumble spree again, saying something that sounded like, "Blue for the virus, green for the anti-virus" and repeating it about 3 times. (Go watch some Resident Evil. but first finish reading!)
"What?" Zhou Yu asked beginning to consider counseling for his wife. not that he hadn't considered it before, though. Xiao Qiao gave a big smile, "I have thought it over and decided!" Xiao Qiao told Zhou Yu happily. Zhou Yu nodded, "What?" he asked with fake excitement and a fake smile.
"Sun Quan is definitely older than Sun Ce!" she notified Zhou Yu with a grin. Zhou Yu's eye twitched, "Ohhhhhhhh hooooneyy." He jeered her. Xiao looked at him. "Bunny." He stated plainly. Xiao Qiao's eyes became as large as dinner plates, she raised her finger and glared at Zhou Yu, getting way up in his face, "You are in trouble mister!" she informed him before running off after the bunny that left a nice trail behind it.
Zhou Yu stood there, bewildered. "What did I do?" he inferred to himself. He shook his head out of it and quietly said to himself, "That was really, really weird," then he took off after his wife.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEELP! PLEASE! SOMONE, ANYONE! HELP!" the brown-haired girl screamed and cried from inside the stump. Her feet kicked wildly on the outside of the tree, which she was in. "THIS ISN'T FAIR! MASTER, WHERE HAVE YOU GONE! I'LL BE YOUR FIANCE, NO COMPLAINTS! PLEEEASE, COME BACK!" she pleaded getting extremely aggravated. She tried to squirm a little at the chance she could squirm her way out. She'd been in tough situations before and she'd gotten out of them, but she never even dreamed fate would bring her to such a case. After much screaming, rambling about how life wasn't fair, and kicking about, she decided it was useless to keep on struggling. So long as no bugs or strange animals lived in that whole, she'd be ok for now. I mean. someone had to get there sooner or later, right? Yea, lots of idiots JUST WALK OFF THE TRAIL IN THE POISON IVY! Which reminded her. "Ah! My leg. it itches!" she moaned. She couldn't reach it with the other foot because it was too high up and it wasn't in the whole with her hands. Now she had a REALLY good reason for squirming.
Lu Xun now sat defeated himself. That evil log was blocking his way and he was fresh out of his magic sticks that only can be made with the proper supplies. He wouldn't find them in the middle of the forest and he couldn't walk back to the base. unless of course. That was it! He knew just what to do! He got up quickly and like a bolt of lightning, he was off in the direction behind him. Now he had a plan and if it should work, he'd forever be known as the Prince of Flames, ruler of all China!
(Only 2 paragraphs later!) Our duo was still chasing after that old rabbit. And Zhou Yu had to admit, it was hard keeping up with Xiao Qiao at the rate she was running. But after all, the bunny must've been way ahead. But lo! There it was sitting before the two as if it had been waiting for a good half hour or so. A smile grew on Xiao Qiao's face. She was right about her hunch, this bunny was trying to lead them somewhere, and that somewhere could have been right to what they were searching for. That "prince" would have more spankings if Xiao Qiao died trying! Well maybe not died, but maybe got a cut on her finger or something. The bunny gave them one look and if bunnies could smirk, that one would have!
Off it dashed, Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu right behind it. Zhou Yu still thought it was the whole idea of following the bunny was ridiculous, but he had to go with it because otherwise he'd loose his partner and maybe get lost and everything. On top of that, what did he have to loose, it was at least in the same direction they would have been going anyway.
So on they chased, and a mere 15 minutes later (pure jogging), the tired couple finally got to stop because the bunny did. The bunny sat there for a while and so did the two. They were awfully tired. Not only were bunnies fast, but also they had to follow after it at the same quick speed for 15 minutes! And trust me, when jogging at ANY pace, 15 minutes can feel like forever. actually just in gym class is it horrible. but getting back to the story!
They rested for a short time and Xiao Qiao decided she had best start looking around for where the Prince may be hiding. The bunny had stopped after all, so he must be around there somewhere! She first looked around briefly and at all the obvious spots. Behind trees and large rocks she peered and searched. She looked in a few hollowed out logs that lie on the ground but still found nothing. She laid her hands on her hips and looked around with annoyance in her eyes. She couldn't be wrong, that bunny WAS leading them to SOMETHING. Xiao Qiao had to find it now!
She glanced down at the log again when suddenly her and Zhou Yu heard a piercing scream come from above. "WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HELP MEEEE!? THERE'S A HUGE SPIDER!" it shrieked in fear. The two both immediately looked up to see little legs sprouting from the tree! Xiao Qiao gasped. "Yu-bear! What is that?!" she stammered frightened. She'd never seen a tree like that. "Is someone there?" the "tree" asked. Xiao ran to Zhou Yu and leaned up against him and hid her face in his chest. Zhou Yu looked curiously at the tree and the kicking feet.
Then he smiled down at Xiao Qiao, he loved it when she did things like that and it was so cute! Plus it made him feel MANLY (hahahaha! In my head that sounds funny)! With Xiao Qiao still leaning close to him, he slowly walked forward towards the tree. Xiao of course didn't want to leave Zhou Yu so she walked with him. It was lucky they didn't totally trip over one another. As they approached, the kicking stopped and a low, practically inaudible noise came from the tree, "Maybe I'm just getting delusional from being here so long. I guess I'll just hafta be devoured by the spider," the voice said in dismay. Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow.
"Xiao-ow," Zhou Yu whispered softly using her pet name, "its not the tree talking, it's the person stuck IN it!" Xiao Qiao slowly lifted her head up and turned around to look at the tree. Now that they were up close, it was quite easy to see that the child was merely IN the tree. "Well what're you waiting for, Yu-bear! Get her out!" Zhou Yu nodded and grabbed the ankles of the child. After a few quick jerks, she sprang out of the tree causing Zhou Yu to be flung back, child on him and all. The girl shook her head a few times to snap out of it and looked around.
"I. I'M FREE!" she hollered in delight. Shortly after her little celebration, she felt a small tickle on her nose. like. "THERE'S A SPIDER ON MY FACE! ACK!" she shrieked. Now she shook her head furiously in attempts to get the spider off her face. When her attempts failed, she swiftly pulled out a small box.
When the pair saw the small box, each of their eyes widened! It was that same box they had seen Lu Xun use before to carry his weird magic sticks that he used to set everyone and everything on fire. They then watched as the girl suddenly made a flame appear and burned the little black spider right off of her face. It was amazing! This little girl had mastered what Lu Xun had! They both wondered how she could have known how to make the powers work. and so well. So for a while they stood there staring at the cute little girl. The little girl made sure that the spider was good and dead by laying another flame on it then she buried it in the ground after digging a small hole with her fingers. When her duty was finished she patted the dirt a few times then dusted her hands off on her pants.
She looked up at the two who were staring at her. "Whatcha looking at?" she asked innocently. The couple both shook their heads out of it and smiled, "Nothing," said Xiao Qiao while admiring the girl's adorableness in her head. Zhou Yu was smiling while admiring her ability to use the accursed magic flame sticks. They kept on staring and the girl backed away slightly.
Xiao Qiao slowly walked up to the girl and bent down to be her size, "Hi there, little one. Have you a name?" she asked softly. The girl smiled a little, "My name is Chihouri, Chi for short!" the girl told Xiao Qiao happily. These nice generals had asked for her name! It felt special, especially after being with Master who just called her. well he didn't really call her anything, he just ordered her around. She scowled a bit at the thought of him then had to snap out of it herself. Xiao Qiao still crouched before her, "That's a pretty name, Chi, I'm Xiao Qiao, but you can call me Xiao!" The girl- I mean Chi, smiled brightly. These two were definitely friendlier! And that other one was so handsome. though Master was quite attractive himself.
Xiao Qiao got up and smiled down at the child who was smiling at her. (Isn't it nice I finally decided to tell you her name? I love that name, Chihouri. I made it up, but it was based off of that girl from Chobits, Chi, who is also very cute. no, that doesn't mean I'm a lesbian who likes girls. not that there's anything wrong with that ^.^;;). Zhou Yu also smiled down at the girl, if he and Xiao could get her to help them out, they'd have a much easier time finding Lu Xun; especially if the girl likes them and is willing to be of help!
"What is your name, Mister?" Chi asked. Zhou Yu blinked, "My name is Zhou Yu, but you can call me Yu," Zhou Yu told her. (If your wondering why Xiao Qiao's first name is the actual first and Zhou Yu's is the second is because I think it only works with men in China) "Ok, Xiao and Yu, thank you for helping me!" Chi bowed low then came back up and smiled again. "My, Chi, you sure do smile a lot don't you?" Zhou Yu laughed. That just made Chi smile broader. Her smiles were contagious so they all smiled. Then it got creepy and they each stopped.
This time Zhou Yu crouched down to talk to Chi, and in a very serious tone he asked her, "Chi, can you tell me where you got those?" He motioned to the box in her hand. Chi looked down at her hand where the magic sticks sat. She scowled again in thought of that jerk, her Master. Then it hit her. the faces, the heights, the hair! Any sign of a smile faded and she slowly began backing away. Zhou Yu gave a confused look, "What's the matter?" he asked. Xiao stepped forward, "Where are you going?"
Chi turned around and began running. They duo gasped. "We can't let her get away! It's that girl from before, the one who was with Lu Xun that burned our hair off! We HAFTA catch her, she must know where Lu Xun is hiding!" Zhou Yu ordered. Xiao Qiao nodded and they both ran after her.
Meanwhile, Lu Xun was running himself. If he could sneak back in the base and find BG (did you think I forgot about old BG?), he'd be set and he'd go and see if he could sneak some more supplies. Then he'd run back out here and burn up the whole dang forest. He only hoped he wouldn't run into those two interfering nuisances! This time he was SURE not to trip or fall or anything. This was urgently urgent! (what?)
He even put in the effort to go around logs and go over them! It didn't matter now; all those little obstacles would pay with their lives, thought Lu Xun. He would rule China after all. if he were smart. And he of course being as arrogant as he was right now thought he was. Poor fool.
Chihouri didn't want to be anywhere evil wizards. She remembered them and what Lu Xun said. She wasn't taking any risks with wizards, especially evil ones! She shuddered about the though of being that close to them. "But boy am I glad I'm out of that stupid tree!" Chi thought. "If I should come across Master again. he's going to get it!" She meant it to. Now she had the power, the magic, and the fire! He'd have a taste of his own medicine. which didn't taste much like cherries, just like those crappy cough syrups that they say are so good!
So now she sprinted in the direction that Lu Xun happened to be in, little did she know! Then she had Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao hot on her trail, which she did in fact know! Lu Xun didn't know he was being approached either, and at the rate which all four were running, they'd meet in about 7 minutes, 43 seconds, and 1208 milliseconds! But then again, since Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao were behind Chi by a few yards. oh forget it! They would soon pass trails!
Anyway, they were all equally determined to reach their goal, whether it was chasing yet another small creature, trying to secretly reach a base, or just plain escape the clutches of evil, they all wanted to reach their goal! Xiao Qiao was soon getting tired, after all that running and whatnot; she was beginning to get worn out. That was when it happened. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Xiao Qiao suddenly stopping and collapsing on the ground. Zhou Yu gasped and stopped himself. Immediately he was at Xiao Qiao's side, holding her hand.
"Xiao-ow! Xiao, please speak to me! Xiao!" Zhou Yu pleaded while she laid there, eyes closed, limp as a wet noodle. Zhou Yu held her in his arms and tried to shake her away. "Please come back to me!" he tried again. Her eyelids slowly opened halfway. "My dear Yu." she said tenderly. Zhou Yu's face lightened but a little. "Xiao. tell me, what is it?" he asked gently. "I. I." she stammered as if in pain. Zhou Yu's face filled with mental hurt as he watched the one he loved lay there. "Tell me!" he begged. "I have." Zhou Yu nodded, just imploring her to tell what was the matter, why she may die. "A cramp!" she finally let out falling limp again.
Zhou Yu gave her a look of pure aggravation, "XIAO!" he hollered. "WHAT?!" she whined, "cramps hurt badly!" Zhou Yu lightly pushed her off himself lightly and dusted his shirt off, "Do you want some cheese with that "whine?" Zhou Yu teased helping Xiao Qiao up. Xiao glowered a little and held her side, "Knock it off!" Zhou Yu snickered, "But really, dear, we need to keep going!" Xiao Qiao nodded.
As they started off again Xiao smiled evilly at the sight she saw on Zhou Yu's face. "Is that a tear dripping down your cheek?" she teased. Zhou Yu looked down at her and a look of embarrassment was in his eyes, "What are you talking about! I'm not crying!" Zhou Yu lied. "Aww! Yea you are!" Xiao Qiao accused trying to touch the tear with her hand. "Hey! I do not cry!" Zhou lied again. Xiao Qiao rolled her eyes, "You men are so full of yourselves!" Zhou Yu tried getting off topic, "Just concentrate on catching that little brat!"
Chihouri sighed in relief when she realized that she was so far ahead of those wizards she couldn't even see them. She smiled to herself; she was faster than she thought. The one problem she was facing at the moment was she didn't know exactly where she was running. She'd climb in a tree but they'd probably see her, and the ones that she wouldn't be seen in where only hidden because they were so high and she couldn't reach any branches or climb them. Wherever she was going, she would be satisfied so long as those wizards wouldn't find her.
In her concentration of trying to run as fast as she could without passing out first, she didn't see someone sprinting as fast as she was in front of her.
In front of her was in fact the Prince of Flames who was also too busy concentrating to see the little girl ahead of her. They both just kept on running. Chi was looking at the ground trying to think of how rewarding all this running would be when she was still alive and Lu Xun was looking to the sides of him to make sure nobody was following or trying to ambush him. He never thought that maybe someone could come from the front of him. all though that's probably the most likely place they'd be!
It was only when they were but a few feet in front of each other when they realized what was going to happen. Chi gasped, "Master?" Lu Xun found himself in the same questioning position, "Slave?" Then they collided. In not wanting to be run over, Chi decided that maybe if she jumped she'd actually just land on him and they'd fall over instead of completely smash into one another. It was lucky that her plan worked because she really would have been trampled.
So there Chi sat happily on Lu Xun's chest again, "Hi Master!" she sang. Boy was she ever glad she found him; he might be able to protect her from those evil wizards. "Where were you?!" Lu Xun demanded in anger, "Running of and stealing my flames for yourself!" "Stealing?! You abandoned me!" they both argued. "Abandoned? What are you talking about, Slave?" Lu Xun questioned. "When you tripped over that rock, I went flying and I got stuck in a tree!" Lu Xun burst out laughing at that. "Its not funny! There was this big spider in there! If it wasn't for the-" Chi stopped herself. She'd have her revenge on Master. She wouldn't tell them about Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao coming and find a way to stall him. Maybe even get him to go back to them!
"Wasn't for the what?" Lu Xun asked suspiciously. "The. the. the monkey! Yea, the monkey! He saw me and pulled me out!" Chi explained nervously. Lu Xun raised a brow and decided to just believe her. Its not like those idiots were still looking for him. After all, that whiney little Qiao brat wouldn't dare be seen with her hair like that. or would she? Lu Xun shook his head, everything was ok now anyway, and he got his magic sticks back and- "Where are my magic sticks! Lu Xun demanded suddenly.
"What? You mean these?" Chi asked pulling out all the packs that she had in her pockets. Lu Xun nodded with a creepy smile on his face. "Yes. give them to Master, Slave!" Lu Xun ordered. Chi growled, "I have a name!" Lu Xun's face became gentle, "You do?" Chi fell over anime-style. "Of course I do! My name is Chihouri, Chi for short!" she told him proudly. Lu Xun nodded. "Well then. CHI, thank you for keeping these safe! Now we really must be off!" Lu Xun informed Chi.
Chi blinked then was stricken with shock as Lu Xun lifted her up and began jogging in the opposite direction of where the wizards were. "Bu-" she stammered. She'd have to think of a plan, and quick! That was when an idea struck her. She sneakily took one of the packs of magic sticks from Lu Xun's pockets (where he would keep them from now on for emergency reasons, aside from one small pack given to Chi) and chucked it as hard as she could back in the opposite direction.
"Master! Master! You dropped a pack! Its way over there!" Chi pleaded to Lu Xun. Lu Xun stopped and sighed in annoyance. "Dilemmas, dilemmas!" he complained putting Chi down. "Ok then, be a good slave and go retrieve them for me!" Chi bit her lip, that wasn't going to help. unless. yes that was it! It was perfect. She'd go slowly to retrieve them.
"Yes master! You can count on me!" Chi said with one of her signature smiles and a giggle or two. She began slug walking towards the pack. Lu Xun coughed loudly and tapped his foot while giving Chi one of those looks. Chi laughed nervously, "Oh yea, in a hurry!" Chi stammered, her plan not working as well as she thought. She jogged a little then stopped, "I'm sorry Master. I'm just so tired from jogging here to find you!" she made up an excuse to just walk. Lu Xun moaned angrily, "CHIIII!" Chi nodded, "Ok, ok! I'm sorry Master!" But she didn't jog again and she just kept walking.
Lu Xun was about fed up with her lack of diligence and decided he'd just get it himself. He jogged over to Chi and picked her up again, holding her like a baby. She was acting enough like one to him! "Master! I was going to do it! I just needed a minute!" she complained trying to slow him down some more. She was grateful for her good arm and that the pack was still quite far away from them even though Lu Xun was now jogging.
Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao were extremely determined now that they were behind. They were actually catching up really well because of Chi. "Yu! I see something in the distance! It. No way!" she cried. Zhou Yu squinted to see, "Holy crap! It is! Both of them!" Zhou Yu burst out. Now they were more determined than ever and they took off at. adrenaline-like speeds. After all that they just might bag the maniac!
And so Lu Xun slowed down as he reached the little box and set Chi down. A few yards away Chi saw Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao zooming over. She bit her nails nervously. She prayed that they'd get there before Lu Xun had a chance to run off again! In her mind she devised multiple back-up B, C, D, and even E plans in case the couple should be too late. Lu Xun bent down and picked up the box. Chi thought of a way to further delay Lu Xun. (I'm sorry if for now this isn't the funniest thing, but its still cool, right? Don't worry it gets better! ^.^) She ran up from behind him and pushed his butt causing him to fall on his face. She giggled, "You silly! You let your guard down!" Chi said playfully.
Lu Xun mumbled something about "meddling kids" then got up off his face. He spat out the dirt and coughed a few times. "Don't do that again, Slave!" Lu Xun ordered. Chi bit her lip, "Sorry master," she said as she usually would. Then a plan hit her, "I just couldn't help myself." she said seductively, thinking of another plan to delay him while the couple was still yards away! Lu Xun raised a brow at her tone, especially because she was what? Nine? Ten maybe?
She walked up to him, licking her lips, thinking about what she was going to do. In all her life this idea had never even crossed her mind before, but she would have her revenge on him, even if it meant doing THAT! (Not that THAT!) Lu Xun was sitting down, legs outstretched and just watched as this girl approached him. She tried moving in the sexiest way she could think of and slowly leaned down on Lu Xun's lap. Chi didn't understand why adults loved stuff like this so much, but she knew that if she were to have her revenge, she'd have to pay a hefty price for it.
So then she laid her head on his chest. Lu Xun, even in his strange state, turned bright red. "Slave..?" he asked with a lump in his throat. He then shook out of it; after all, she was a little kid! Then again. he was only 17. that's only a 7 or 8-year difference (my dad and his GF are. 10 and a half years apart. it is weird but. you know. .) "What are you. doing?" Chi drew circles on his chest, "This," she told him plainly leaning towards his face to do what she knew she had to. Lu Xun waited, extremely red in the face, as she closed her eyes and slowly came closer to his face for a kiss.
Just before their lips would meet, Zhou Yu grabbed Lu Xun by the collar and pulled him up. Chi fell off Lu Xun and landed with a thump. She sighed in relief. She would have her first kiss when she was a little older. Forgetting how grateful she should be to the two, the only thing she could think about them was that Master told her that they were evil wizards. She wanted nothing to do with evil wizards! So she immediately got up and went to run off.
That was when Xiao grabbed HER by the collar. "Where do you think you're going?" Xiao asked with a hand on her hip while the other held the girl. The girl squirmed more than Lu Xun was at the time, "Let me go you evil wizard!" she screamed. Xiao Qiao was a taken a bit aback. "What?" she asked with hurt written on her face. "Master told me you were wizards! He also told me that you're dangerous! Let me go!" she squealed. Xiao rubbed one of her temples. then stopped when she realized that she would only feel better on one side while the other would probably double in pain.
"You're saying he," Xiao Qiao pointed to Lu Xun, "told you that WE were wizards?" Chi nodded and a fire flickered in her eyes. Xiao Qiao suddenly laughed, "That's the most laughable thing I've heard for a long while!" Chi looked befuddled (that's a real word). Xiao smiled at her, "We're no wizards! If anything HE'S the wizard, pulling fire out of nowhere setting things-" Xiao Qiao turned around and saw one thing.
"YU-BEAR! WHY DID YOU LET HIM DO THAT?!" Zhou Yu shrugged and bit his lower lip, "One second I'm holding him nice and tight and the next my arm's on fire!" Xiao's mouth was wide open, "And that caused the whole forest to be set on fire how?!" Zhou Yu shrugged like a little kid who knew he was in big trouble. Xiao stomped over to Zhou Yu and pulled him by his ear and began lecturing about something she didn't even understand. Chi stood there, hypnotized by the flames. "Preeeety... Fiiiiiiiiireeeee." she let out drooling. Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu looked over at her and decided it was best to grab her before she tried eating the fire. Once when Xiao and Da were little, they were watching the fire and Xiao decided she'd try to eat the fire. Da still thinks its funny, but Zhou Yu regrets it because he can't get a good kiss on Xiao without feeling scars.
So the three dashed after Lu Xun who was again, running from them while they chased him. By now they were pretty much used to it. But this time they were ready and he was barely ahead. There were no delays and they were right on his heels immediately. Lu Xun gulped in seeing they were gaining on him. Thinking quick, he pulled out his magic sticks and tried throwing one of them at the three. Its too bad he didn't realize the fire would go out in the flight.
Because he was looking at his magic sticks, his best friend the log from the before was once again in his way. That half of the forest wasn't on fire. yet. And that was the part he really wanted to destroy. The log betrayed him and he went flying for the billionth time.
"Oh, POOP!" Lu Xun pouted as he lied in the mud. He thought those two renegades were bad enough, but now, he lay face to face with Wu's prime enemy.
"Well if it isn't a little boy lost in the woods!" Sima Ye mocked. "Laugh it up peasant!" Lu Xun glared at his personal enemy. Though he was strange (as I said before) he still remembered old rivals. Sima Ye hadn't looked forward yet and was still busy trying to think of other ways to make Lu Xun feel bad. Just like our local flamers, Sima Ye felt bad about his self and knew that he was a loser. Because of this and his lack of good therapy, he liked taking it out on our cute little pyro since he was just that insecure. "Did baby loose his bottle and come crawling in the woods to find it? Does he need a diaper change?! DOES HE NEED HIS MOMMA! WHO'S YO MOMMA? WHO'S YO MOMMA?!" Sima Ye said getting a bit too into it. His bodyguards coughed and diss-coughed "*cough-overdoingit-cough* *cough-you'relame- cough*" one of them said.
And Sima Ye heard it. His eyes welled up with tears, "I'M NOT A BABY! JUST BECAUSE I WET THE BED DOEN'T MEAN I'M A BABY! IT WAS ONLY A FEW TIMES!" Sima Ye blabbed out. Lu Xun raised a brow and slowly backed away. Too bad for him that he was backing up into a trap, a Zhou Yu-Xiao Qiao-Chihouri trap! When he bumped into their feet he gasped. "You. you. -Gimme a good diss, writer person!-" *thinks* Er. "You pumpernickel loafs! What.? Oh screw it! You're all-" This has been censored by the EIPA (Eileen's Innocents Protection Agency). Xiao Qiao covered Chi's ears while Sima Ye's bodyguards covered his.
Sima Ye immediately shoved their hands away, "I is a big boy! Me hear!" When Sima Ye heard it he paled, "I'M TELLING ON YOU!" he shouted running away, his bodyguards following suite. "Xun! We know you're mentally ill, but really! Such language!" ZHOU YU scolded. (I betcha thought I was gonna say Xiao Qiao!) Xiao Qiao blinked a few times, "You know. Poo-face isn't such a bad word!" Zhou Yu gasped, "XIAO!" Zhou Yu roared, ". you're right!" Xiao nodded.
Lu Xun in the mean time snuck away (he's so sly!) on all fours. He lucked out because it was finally the end of that Godforsaken forest! And right outside that forest was, you guessed it, the Wei base! Everyone saw Lu Xun sneak away, but this time they wanted to follow him unnoticed. So they crept slowly behind him at the same pace he went. Lu Xun's eyes welled up with tears, "I think I finally did it! But I cannot cry, tears are watery. and water is no good!" Lu Xun spoke to himself. He then hissed at the thought of water. Satisfied with himself, he boldly walked right up to the Wei base, not bothering with being worried about being caught.
Zhou Yu and the girls secretly snuck to a bush right next to the entrance of the Wei base, right where Lu Xun was headed. Their plan: to pounce just before he makes the fire appear. It had to be timed perfectly.
At that perfect timing. 3 things happened. One: a group of men with a HUGE keg of gunpowder opened the door to carry the powder to a near-by battle. Two: Zhou Yu pounced to grab Lu Xun. The third and most fatal: Taishi Ci (I don't think I spelled his name right. and I'm too lazy to go turn the game on! Not that I really could, the brother and friends are watching a DVD. stupid, stupid heads!) and Lu Meng were secretly hidden to perform an ambush on the Wei base and didn't realize who it was jumping out of the bushes to attack Lu Xun. They were also unaware of what happened with Lu Xun because they had been sitting out there for the whole day, waiting for the right moment! So when they saw Lu Xun being "attacked," Lu Meng let out a signal for them to fire the poison darts.
Luckily they were pretty bad shots with the darts and one only hit Zhou Yu lightly on the arm. It more or less just brushed against him. As soon as it hit him he froze, "Ack. the liquid flowing in my blood is so very very cold. like ice in your pants!" he then passed out. Xiao Qiao was about to jump up to finish the job but it was far too late. The flame was set and..
BOOM
They all flew back like birds in a tornado! Perhaps miles away there lay 4 beings. But one could muster the strength to get up. Xiao Qiao slowly opened her eyes and looked around. It seemed as though they had been there for quite a while because all the flames were out. Luckily most of the forest was still there and. well only one half was there because the other burned. How it was all put out, nobody knows. All Xiao knew was her head hurt and she felt well rested. She held her head as she got up.
"Fragamuffins that smarts!" Xiao complained looking around. A few feet away she spotted Zhou Yu. "YU-BEAR!" she shrieked running up to him. He lay there. drooling and mumbling things to himself. "Onnnne potato two potato..four." Xiao rolled her eyes, "Some days its potatoes, others its eggs. sometimes its macaroni and cheese farts!" Her speaking caused Zhou Yu to stir a little and mumble some more, ".and then they made me their captain." Xiao Qiao rose and eyebrow and dismissed the idea. She decided she'd find where the others went, like Chi. She guessed it was probably already too late and Lu Xun was gone again. "I wish I could have laid a few more spankings on that rascals butt! He wouldn't be able to sit for weeks if I could get my hands on him now! And he'd hafta use one of those.. butt pillows! BWAHAHAHAHA!" Xiao Qiao began maniacally laughing.
Then her eyes fell upon something she didn't expect. Lu Xun lay, limbs sprawled about sleeping on the crisped ground. On him was sleeping a little Chihouri, drooling all over his chest and her limbs also all over the place. Xiao Qiao smiled, "I can't believe it." she sighed. "That cute little tree lived!" Xiao cooed running up to a small little tree with bright green leaves.
In the corner of her eye she saw Zhou Yu waking. She squealed in delight and ran over to him. "It's a miracle!" she chimed. Zhou Yu smiled and outstretched his arms for a hug. Xiao Qiao ran towards him. then right past him, "This one lived too!" Zhou Yu put his arms down and frowned. "Oh Xiao- ow." he called. Xiao Qiao turned around and saw him awake. She squealed even louder this time and practically tackled a cute little squirrel sitting on the ground munching a nut. It scrambled away and Xiao Qiao frowned.
"XIAO!" Zhou Yu shouted. This time it was in fact Zhou Yu that she saw. She smiled warmly, "Today is filled with miracles!" she jumped on Zhou Yu this time and hugged him tight. Zhou Yu smiled lovingly at her and hugged her back. While they were sitting there, Zhou Yu spotted Chi and Lu Xun himself. He smiled again, "No more chasing for us. well besides when we hafta chase Sun Quan around to get him to wear his depends." Xiao nodded, "Yea, he might as well be older than his father too!" Zhou Yu was about to say something but decided against it. Everyone could just go on and think Sun Quan's the oldest. Hell, they can even believe Sun Quan is all their fathers'!
The couple finally parted and got up. "You carry Chi and I'll carry the 'prince,'" Zhou Yu suggested. Xiao Qiao gave him a sour look, "What is that supposed to mean? I can carry anyone just as heavy as you!" Xiao Qiao went off on a rant about how girls can do just as much as boys can etc. etc. "I HAVE GIRL POWER, BOYEE!" she concluded doing the ghetto snap.
Zhou Yu sighed, "Fine, you can carry Lu Xun if you want!" Xiao Qiao blinked a few times, "HECK NO!" she shouted grabbing Chi and walking off. Zhou Yu grinded his teeth as he picked up Lu Xun and they all headed back to the base. The search was over at last.
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"What do we do with Chi?" Xiao asked as they walked into their newly rebuilt base. Zhou looked down at her then down at Lu Xun then smirked. Xiao Qiao widened her eyes then smirked with her husband, "Ok!" she said taking the hint.
So they carried the two to Lu Xun's room. They placed them both on Lu Xun's bed and tucked them in nicely. They placed Chi on Lu Xun the same way she was on Lu Xun before. "It'll be a funny surprise when he wakes up to see that little face!" Xiao Qiao snickered. She knew Lu Xun would probably be better after all that. Even if he wasn't, they were sure he'd give up on the prince thing anyway after that!
Asleep they remained for a few hours and Lu Xun finally began to wake up. At first his eyes only opened halfway. but then when he laid his eyes on a certain Chi, his eyes not only fully opened, but they opened larger than normal! He gasped and accidentally jumped a little. That little shake caused Chi to wake and she rolled over. Now as I said in the very first chapter (*eyes well up with tears* that was so long ago!) Lu Xun had a bunk bed and nearly fell off that first time. So in rolling over she nearly fell off. but because a certain 17-year-old had quick reflexes, she was caught.
Her heart stopped for a good millisecond as Lu Xun pulled her up, "Are you alright?" he asked in his normal, sweet voice. "Thank you Master!" Chi said after panting a little. Lu Xun scrunched up his eyebrows, "Master? Why do you say that?" Lu Xun asked in an innocent of voice as Chi. Chi looked at him in wonder. "What?" she questioned very confused. She got up in his face and examined him. Their faces were a mere 2 inches away and Chi was leaning on Lu Xun's chest and he turned a nice shade of red.
"Er. umm. child, what are.. You?" he stammered. She looked his face up and down and smiled, "That's not your old face!" she squealed in delight! "Now your not some silly stupid head! And you are not master, you're Xun! Lu Xun!" she would have danced but. well you know, she was on a bed that was up pretty high. "I think I will do it now!" she said with meaningful seductiveness.
Lu Xun's ears couldn't get any redder, neither could his face as Chi leaned over and went to really kiss Lu Xun this time. (I'm sorry about the romance crap, it just fits, and it'll get funny again. again) Lu Xun froze there. He didn't even remember who this kid was and she was already moving so fast! Because Lu Xun couldn't even move, it was easy for Chi to lay a kiss on him.
At that moment Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao walked in the room to see if everything was ok. They slowly opened the door trying not to make any sounds just in case they were still sleeping and got quite the site. "Holy bejesus!" Xiao nearly yelled, but Zhou Yu put his hand over her mouth. He put his finger against his lips, "Shhh." he scolded her quietly. Xiao nodded. They watched as Chihouri kissed him and never parted. Lu Xun got a little used to it and found himself not really minding anymore. After all, she was just a kid and it meant nothing. At least he hoped so. When Chi finally finished she smiled at him blushing herself. She then hurriedly crawled away and down off the bunk bed. She ran out the room and left Lu Xun confused there.
Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu luckily weren't spotted because they hid in another room and watched through a crack they made in the door. When they were sure that Chihouri was gone, they made their way out of the room and into Lu Xun's. They opened the door and saw Lu Xun sitting in his bed, gripping the sheets. It was true, he looked physically friendlier. The duo smiled in relief. Definatly no more chasing!
"Hey, Lu Xun. are you.?" Xiao Qiao asked slowly walking backwards towards the door just in case. "Hmm?" Lu Xun said not moving a bit. Xiao nodded, "Yup, he's back to normal. God am I glad that's over, I really had to use the bathroom that whole time!" Zhou Yu looked down at Xiao Qiao. "You still haven't gone yet. you've been with me." Xiao Qiao thought it over, "You know what? You're right!" she said with a smile. Zhou Yu raised a brow. "Then?" Xiao's eye twitched, "I GOTTA GO!" she said scrambling towards the bathroom. Zhou Yu sighed.
"I had the strangest dream before I woke up. some girl came in my room and kissed me. and before that I went nuts. What a strange night." Lu Xun explained. Zhou Yu coughed, "Um. none of that was a dream. and you really did blow up the Wei base. and set Xiao and me on fire multiple times. along with others." Lu Xun paled. "What am I gonna do?" he whimpered.
"Don't worry, we locked Sun Quan in the cell until the foam stopped coming out of his mouth," Zhou Yu told Lu Xun. If it were possible, Lu Xun paled more. "As I said, don't worry, he'll be in there until he understands and calms down. and what WAS with that kiss?" Zhou Yu asked merely out of curiosity.
Lu Xun turned red again and pulled off his hat to itch his head. "I dunno. who was that- it was THAT girl! That girl from my. well what I thought was a dream! I feel kinda bad about what I did now." Zhou Yu folded his arms, "You better! We had a hell of a time catching you! They had to keep ME in the cell for a while!" Zhou Yu said with a crazy look in his eye. Lu Xun pulled his covers up. Zhou Yu then smiled, "Don't worry. Xiao Qiao gave me these control pill things. just be careful when they wear off!" Zhou Yu said with a grin as he walked out of the room.
Lu Xun sat there taking everything in. "That was weird," was all he managed to get out before he realized there was a lump at the end of his covers. Lu Xun leaned closer to see what it was when it suddenly became alive! He crawled up through the covers (on him, mind you) and latched onto him. "Do you still wanna marry me, silly?" Chihouri asked with a giggle. Lu Xun rubbed the back of his head, "Marry..?"
"Well if you're not going to marry me after that, then the least you could do is let me stay here! And I'm hungry!" Chi complained.
"What is your name?" Lu Xun asked feeling a little more comfortable with the child.
"Chihouri, Chi for short!" she said giggling again. Lu Xun smiled. "That's a pretty name, Chihouri," Lu Xun complimented. Chi nodded, "Now get up, silly!" Lu Xun nodded and they both climbed off the bunk to go get their breakfast.
"I take it you won't carry me anymore?" Chi asked with disappointment clearly in her voice.
Lu Xun gave a smirk, "I don't know about that!" he grabbed her by the ankle and ran to the kitchen.
"AHHH! LET ME GO!" Chi hollered.
And they ate a big breakfast of potatoes, eggs, and macaroni and cheese farts (sound familiar?).
THE END!
Yes, that's it! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Remember, as old as this fanfic grows, I still love reviews! And oh yea, I only got ONE review for this fic to be put up, so I waited a while then decided, what the heck. so yea, HAVE A NICE DAY! ^.^
So here is the FINAL chapter to The Pyromaniac Prince of Flames! It's a shame I lost all my readers though. nobody ever reviews anymore *wipes away tear*
"Honestly, Xiao! This is nuts! We HAVE TO find that maniac!" Zhou Yu complained as he continued chasing after Xiao Qiao whom was herself chasing after her little white bunny. "Think about it, if we don't catch him. who will? Cao Cao? Liu Bei?" Zhou Yu ranted on.
"What about old man Jenkins?" Xiao Qiao added.
Zhou Yu shook his head, "Who? What are you talking about? This isn't Spongebob Squarepants you know!" Zhou Yu complained.
Xiao blinked, "What are YOU talking about, you know very well that old man Jenkins lives around here!"
"No he doesn't!" Zhou Yu defended.
Xiao Qiao stopped and crossed her arms as she turned around to face her husband, "If there's no old man Jenkins, than explain that bearded guy at our base with the weird head piece!" Xiao pointed out.
Zhou gave her a bemused look, "That's not old man Jenkins! That's just Sun Quan!" Zhou Yu justified. It was Xiao's turn to give off bemused looks.
"But I could have sworn-" Xiao Qiao said shaking her head. Zhou Yu patted her on the back, "Don't worry about it, I'm one of the few who know that he's actually younger than Sun Ce."
Xiao shot him scrunched eyebrows, "Whatcha talkin' bout, Yu?" Xiao questioned. (I KNEW I could put that in somewhere!) Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow, "Oh never mind," he muttered continuing to walk.
Xiao Qiao stood there for a while. After a few minutes she turned around and spurted "HE'S YOUNGER THAN SUN CE?!"
Lu Xun continued standing before the horribly immovable log. "Come on you bull headed scoundrel! Move already, I have a schedule to keep!" Lu Xun bellowed at the obstacle while looking at his watch. That was when he raised his eyebrow, "Watch? Watches didn't even exist in this time you stupid head!" *rubs back of head* Sorry, my bad. *clears throat* I should say, while looking at the sky. Yea, the sky, old fashion clock.
He looked back down at the haggard log. It had to be at least a thousand years old. It was covered in dark green moss that looked like an old woman's shawl. Some of the bark lay chipped off by weather, old age, animals, or all of the above. Lu Xun eyed it curiously as he observed its qualities more. A hole was scattered here and there with rotting tree surrounding the edges of each. A branch raised here and there in much the same spread fashion as the holes. Lu Xun's facial expression filled with care and thoughtfulness. "This must have been a grand tree." he sighed dreamily.
In his sigh he continued, "But alas." an evil gleam sparked in his golden brown eyes, "IT IS IN MY WAY!" He immediately searched his pockets for his magic sticks only to realize one thing. "That little freak has my magic sticks!" Lu Xun shouted in rage.
"How DARE she go off with my magic sticks! That's where she went! The little thief! She's going to get it!" Lu Xun ranted on walking back and forth, never stepping around the log. For a rather continuous time, Lu Xun fumed on about how she would find the child and scar her for life. It was quite a shame that the only reason she was gone was because he was careless and he didn't really look.
Zhou Yu rolled his eyes at his wife who was doing quite similar to Lu Xun. "I don't understand this. . . its not possible. It's not physically possible! How can one look so old? It's not natural!" Xiao Qiao ranted inaudibly. Zhou Yu really wanted to get going to. He was ABOUT to look at his watch when he shot me a death glare and I remembered that they didn't have watches back then so I just made him stand there.
"Xiao, honey, we have GOT to get going!" Zhou Yu tried hurrying her along. And she was starting to scare him with the crazy faces she was making as she muttered and grumbled to herself. "When I was a kid, people looked young. unless they were old, Sun Quan looks so old. old old old."
Zhou Yu grabbed Xiao by the shoulders and shook her lightly, "Xiao! It. Doesn't. Matter." Zhou Yu said slowly and clearly as to get her to shut up. Her eyes widened as she looked at him and she started going off on a mumble spree again, saying something that sounded like, "Blue for the virus, green for the anti-virus" and repeating it about 3 times. (Go watch some Resident Evil. but first finish reading!)
"What?" Zhou Yu asked beginning to consider counseling for his wife. not that he hadn't considered it before, though. Xiao Qiao gave a big smile, "I have thought it over and decided!" Xiao Qiao told Zhou Yu happily. Zhou Yu nodded, "What?" he asked with fake excitement and a fake smile.
"Sun Quan is definitely older than Sun Ce!" she notified Zhou Yu with a grin. Zhou Yu's eye twitched, "Ohhhhhhhh hooooneyy." He jeered her. Xiao looked at him. "Bunny." He stated plainly. Xiao Qiao's eyes became as large as dinner plates, she raised her finger and glared at Zhou Yu, getting way up in his face, "You are in trouble mister!" she informed him before running off after the bunny that left a nice trail behind it.
Zhou Yu stood there, bewildered. "What did I do?" he inferred to himself. He shook his head out of it and quietly said to himself, "That was really, really weird," then he took off after his wife.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEELP! PLEASE! SOMONE, ANYONE! HELP!" the brown-haired girl screamed and cried from inside the stump. Her feet kicked wildly on the outside of the tree, which she was in. "THIS ISN'T FAIR! MASTER, WHERE HAVE YOU GONE! I'LL BE YOUR FIANCE, NO COMPLAINTS! PLEEEASE, COME BACK!" she pleaded getting extremely aggravated. She tried to squirm a little at the chance she could squirm her way out. She'd been in tough situations before and she'd gotten out of them, but she never even dreamed fate would bring her to such a case. After much screaming, rambling about how life wasn't fair, and kicking about, she decided it was useless to keep on struggling. So long as no bugs or strange animals lived in that whole, she'd be ok for now. I mean. someone had to get there sooner or later, right? Yea, lots of idiots JUST WALK OFF THE TRAIL IN THE POISON IVY! Which reminded her. "Ah! My leg. it itches!" she moaned. She couldn't reach it with the other foot because it was too high up and it wasn't in the whole with her hands. Now she had a REALLY good reason for squirming.
Lu Xun now sat defeated himself. That evil log was blocking his way and he was fresh out of his magic sticks that only can be made with the proper supplies. He wouldn't find them in the middle of the forest and he couldn't walk back to the base. unless of course. That was it! He knew just what to do! He got up quickly and like a bolt of lightning, he was off in the direction behind him. Now he had a plan and if it should work, he'd forever be known as the Prince of Flames, ruler of all China!
(Only 2 paragraphs later!) Our duo was still chasing after that old rabbit. And Zhou Yu had to admit, it was hard keeping up with Xiao Qiao at the rate she was running. But after all, the bunny must've been way ahead. But lo! There it was sitting before the two as if it had been waiting for a good half hour or so. A smile grew on Xiao Qiao's face. She was right about her hunch, this bunny was trying to lead them somewhere, and that somewhere could have been right to what they were searching for. That "prince" would have more spankings if Xiao Qiao died trying! Well maybe not died, but maybe got a cut on her finger or something. The bunny gave them one look and if bunnies could smirk, that one would have!
Off it dashed, Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu right behind it. Zhou Yu still thought it was the whole idea of following the bunny was ridiculous, but he had to go with it because otherwise he'd loose his partner and maybe get lost and everything. On top of that, what did he have to loose, it was at least in the same direction they would have been going anyway.
So on they chased, and a mere 15 minutes later (pure jogging), the tired couple finally got to stop because the bunny did. The bunny sat there for a while and so did the two. They were awfully tired. Not only were bunnies fast, but also they had to follow after it at the same quick speed for 15 minutes! And trust me, when jogging at ANY pace, 15 minutes can feel like forever. actually just in gym class is it horrible. but getting back to the story!
They rested for a short time and Xiao Qiao decided she had best start looking around for where the Prince may be hiding. The bunny had stopped after all, so he must be around there somewhere! She first looked around briefly and at all the obvious spots. Behind trees and large rocks she peered and searched. She looked in a few hollowed out logs that lie on the ground but still found nothing. She laid her hands on her hips and looked around with annoyance in her eyes. She couldn't be wrong, that bunny WAS leading them to SOMETHING. Xiao Qiao had to find it now!
She glanced down at the log again when suddenly her and Zhou Yu heard a piercing scream come from above. "WILL SOMEONE PLEASE HELP MEEEE!? THERE'S A HUGE SPIDER!" it shrieked in fear. The two both immediately looked up to see little legs sprouting from the tree! Xiao Qiao gasped. "Yu-bear! What is that?!" she stammered frightened. She'd never seen a tree like that. "Is someone there?" the "tree" asked. Xiao ran to Zhou Yu and leaned up against him and hid her face in his chest. Zhou Yu looked curiously at the tree and the kicking feet.
Then he smiled down at Xiao Qiao, he loved it when she did things like that and it was so cute! Plus it made him feel MANLY (hahahaha! In my head that sounds funny)! With Xiao Qiao still leaning close to him, he slowly walked forward towards the tree. Xiao of course didn't want to leave Zhou Yu so she walked with him. It was lucky they didn't totally trip over one another. As they approached, the kicking stopped and a low, practically inaudible noise came from the tree, "Maybe I'm just getting delusional from being here so long. I guess I'll just hafta be devoured by the spider," the voice said in dismay. Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow.
"Xiao-ow," Zhou Yu whispered softly using her pet name, "its not the tree talking, it's the person stuck IN it!" Xiao Qiao slowly lifted her head up and turned around to look at the tree. Now that they were up close, it was quite easy to see that the child was merely IN the tree. "Well what're you waiting for, Yu-bear! Get her out!" Zhou Yu nodded and grabbed the ankles of the child. After a few quick jerks, she sprang out of the tree causing Zhou Yu to be flung back, child on him and all. The girl shook her head a few times to snap out of it and looked around.
"I. I'M FREE!" she hollered in delight. Shortly after her little celebration, she felt a small tickle on her nose. like. "THERE'S A SPIDER ON MY FACE! ACK!" she shrieked. Now she shook her head furiously in attempts to get the spider off her face. When her attempts failed, she swiftly pulled out a small box.
When the pair saw the small box, each of their eyes widened! It was that same box they had seen Lu Xun use before to carry his weird magic sticks that he used to set everyone and everything on fire. They then watched as the girl suddenly made a flame appear and burned the little black spider right off of her face. It was amazing! This little girl had mastered what Lu Xun had! They both wondered how she could have known how to make the powers work. and so well. So for a while they stood there staring at the cute little girl. The little girl made sure that the spider was good and dead by laying another flame on it then she buried it in the ground after digging a small hole with her fingers. When her duty was finished she patted the dirt a few times then dusted her hands off on her pants.
She looked up at the two who were staring at her. "Whatcha looking at?" she asked innocently. The couple both shook their heads out of it and smiled, "Nothing," said Xiao Qiao while admiring the girl's adorableness in her head. Zhou Yu was smiling while admiring her ability to use the accursed magic flame sticks. They kept on staring and the girl backed away slightly.
Xiao Qiao slowly walked up to the girl and bent down to be her size, "Hi there, little one. Have you a name?" she asked softly. The girl smiled a little, "My name is Chihouri, Chi for short!" the girl told Xiao Qiao happily. These nice generals had asked for her name! It felt special, especially after being with Master who just called her. well he didn't really call her anything, he just ordered her around. She scowled a bit at the thought of him then had to snap out of it herself. Xiao Qiao still crouched before her, "That's a pretty name, Chi, I'm Xiao Qiao, but you can call me Xiao!" The girl- I mean Chi, smiled brightly. These two were definitely friendlier! And that other one was so handsome. though Master was quite attractive himself.
Xiao Qiao got up and smiled down at the child who was smiling at her. (Isn't it nice I finally decided to tell you her name? I love that name, Chihouri. I made it up, but it was based off of that girl from Chobits, Chi, who is also very cute. no, that doesn't mean I'm a lesbian who likes girls. not that there's anything wrong with that ^.^;;). Zhou Yu also smiled down at the girl, if he and Xiao could get her to help them out, they'd have a much easier time finding Lu Xun; especially if the girl likes them and is willing to be of help!
"What is your name, Mister?" Chi asked. Zhou Yu blinked, "My name is Zhou Yu, but you can call me Yu," Zhou Yu told her. (If your wondering why Xiao Qiao's first name is the actual first and Zhou Yu's is the second is because I think it only works with men in China) "Ok, Xiao and Yu, thank you for helping me!" Chi bowed low then came back up and smiled again. "My, Chi, you sure do smile a lot don't you?" Zhou Yu laughed. That just made Chi smile broader. Her smiles were contagious so they all smiled. Then it got creepy and they each stopped.
This time Zhou Yu crouched down to talk to Chi, and in a very serious tone he asked her, "Chi, can you tell me where you got those?" He motioned to the box in her hand. Chi looked down at her hand where the magic sticks sat. She scowled again in thought of that jerk, her Master. Then it hit her. the faces, the heights, the hair! Any sign of a smile faded and she slowly began backing away. Zhou Yu gave a confused look, "What's the matter?" he asked. Xiao stepped forward, "Where are you going?"
Chi turned around and began running. They duo gasped. "We can't let her get away! It's that girl from before, the one who was with Lu Xun that burned our hair off! We HAFTA catch her, she must know where Lu Xun is hiding!" Zhou Yu ordered. Xiao Qiao nodded and they both ran after her.
Meanwhile, Lu Xun was running himself. If he could sneak back in the base and find BG (did you think I forgot about old BG?), he'd be set and he'd go and see if he could sneak some more supplies. Then he'd run back out here and burn up the whole dang forest. He only hoped he wouldn't run into those two interfering nuisances! This time he was SURE not to trip or fall or anything. This was urgently urgent! (what?)
He even put in the effort to go around logs and go over them! It didn't matter now; all those little obstacles would pay with their lives, thought Lu Xun. He would rule China after all. if he were smart. And he of course being as arrogant as he was right now thought he was. Poor fool.
Chihouri didn't want to be anywhere evil wizards. She remembered them and what Lu Xun said. She wasn't taking any risks with wizards, especially evil ones! She shuddered about the though of being that close to them. "But boy am I glad I'm out of that stupid tree!" Chi thought. "If I should come across Master again. he's going to get it!" She meant it to. Now she had the power, the magic, and the fire! He'd have a taste of his own medicine. which didn't taste much like cherries, just like those crappy cough syrups that they say are so good!
So now she sprinted in the direction that Lu Xun happened to be in, little did she know! Then she had Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao hot on her trail, which she did in fact know! Lu Xun didn't know he was being approached either, and at the rate which all four were running, they'd meet in about 7 minutes, 43 seconds, and 1208 milliseconds! But then again, since Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao were behind Chi by a few yards. oh forget it! They would soon pass trails!
Anyway, they were all equally determined to reach their goal, whether it was chasing yet another small creature, trying to secretly reach a base, or just plain escape the clutches of evil, they all wanted to reach their goal! Xiao Qiao was soon getting tired, after all that running and whatnot; she was beginning to get worn out. That was when it happened. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Xiao Qiao suddenly stopping and collapsing on the ground. Zhou Yu gasped and stopped himself. Immediately he was at Xiao Qiao's side, holding her hand.
"Xiao-ow! Xiao, please speak to me! Xiao!" Zhou Yu pleaded while she laid there, eyes closed, limp as a wet noodle. Zhou Yu held her in his arms and tried to shake her away. "Please come back to me!" he tried again. Her eyelids slowly opened halfway. "My dear Yu." she said tenderly. Zhou Yu's face lightened but a little. "Xiao. tell me, what is it?" he asked gently. "I. I." she stammered as if in pain. Zhou Yu's face filled with mental hurt as he watched the one he loved lay there. "Tell me!" he begged. "I have." Zhou Yu nodded, just imploring her to tell what was the matter, why she may die. "A cramp!" she finally let out falling limp again.
Zhou Yu gave her a look of pure aggravation, "XIAO!" he hollered. "WHAT?!" she whined, "cramps hurt badly!" Zhou Yu lightly pushed her off himself lightly and dusted his shirt off, "Do you want some cheese with that "whine?" Zhou Yu teased helping Xiao Qiao up. Xiao glowered a little and held her side, "Knock it off!" Zhou Yu snickered, "But really, dear, we need to keep going!" Xiao Qiao nodded.
As they started off again Xiao smiled evilly at the sight she saw on Zhou Yu's face. "Is that a tear dripping down your cheek?" she teased. Zhou Yu looked down at her and a look of embarrassment was in his eyes, "What are you talking about! I'm not crying!" Zhou Yu lied. "Aww! Yea you are!" Xiao Qiao accused trying to touch the tear with her hand. "Hey! I do not cry!" Zhou lied again. Xiao Qiao rolled her eyes, "You men are so full of yourselves!" Zhou Yu tried getting off topic, "Just concentrate on catching that little brat!"
Chihouri sighed in relief when she realized that she was so far ahead of those wizards she couldn't even see them. She smiled to herself; she was faster than she thought. The one problem she was facing at the moment was she didn't know exactly where she was running. She'd climb in a tree but they'd probably see her, and the ones that she wouldn't be seen in where only hidden because they were so high and she couldn't reach any branches or climb them. Wherever she was going, she would be satisfied so long as those wizards wouldn't find her.
In her concentration of trying to run as fast as she could without passing out first, she didn't see someone sprinting as fast as she was in front of her.
In front of her was in fact the Prince of Flames who was also too busy concentrating to see the little girl ahead of her. They both just kept on running. Chi was looking at the ground trying to think of how rewarding all this running would be when she was still alive and Lu Xun was looking to the sides of him to make sure nobody was following or trying to ambush him. He never thought that maybe someone could come from the front of him. all though that's probably the most likely place they'd be!
It was only when they were but a few feet in front of each other when they realized what was going to happen. Chi gasped, "Master?" Lu Xun found himself in the same questioning position, "Slave?" Then they collided. In not wanting to be run over, Chi decided that maybe if she jumped she'd actually just land on him and they'd fall over instead of completely smash into one another. It was lucky that her plan worked because she really would have been trampled.
So there Chi sat happily on Lu Xun's chest again, "Hi Master!" she sang. Boy was she ever glad she found him; he might be able to protect her from those evil wizards. "Where were you?!" Lu Xun demanded in anger, "Running of and stealing my flames for yourself!" "Stealing?! You abandoned me!" they both argued. "Abandoned? What are you talking about, Slave?" Lu Xun questioned. "When you tripped over that rock, I went flying and I got stuck in a tree!" Lu Xun burst out laughing at that. "Its not funny! There was this big spider in there! If it wasn't for the-" Chi stopped herself. She'd have her revenge on Master. She wouldn't tell them about Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao coming and find a way to stall him. Maybe even get him to go back to them!
"Wasn't for the what?" Lu Xun asked suspiciously. "The. the. the monkey! Yea, the monkey! He saw me and pulled me out!" Chi explained nervously. Lu Xun raised a brow and decided to just believe her. Its not like those idiots were still looking for him. After all, that whiney little Qiao brat wouldn't dare be seen with her hair like that. or would she? Lu Xun shook his head, everything was ok now anyway, and he got his magic sticks back and- "Where are my magic sticks! Lu Xun demanded suddenly.
"What? You mean these?" Chi asked pulling out all the packs that she had in her pockets. Lu Xun nodded with a creepy smile on his face. "Yes. give them to Master, Slave!" Lu Xun ordered. Chi growled, "I have a name!" Lu Xun's face became gentle, "You do?" Chi fell over anime-style. "Of course I do! My name is Chihouri, Chi for short!" she told him proudly. Lu Xun nodded. "Well then. CHI, thank you for keeping these safe! Now we really must be off!" Lu Xun informed Chi.
Chi blinked then was stricken with shock as Lu Xun lifted her up and began jogging in the opposite direction of where the wizards were. "Bu-" she stammered. She'd have to think of a plan, and quick! That was when an idea struck her. She sneakily took one of the packs of magic sticks from Lu Xun's pockets (where he would keep them from now on for emergency reasons, aside from one small pack given to Chi) and chucked it as hard as she could back in the opposite direction.
"Master! Master! You dropped a pack! Its way over there!" Chi pleaded to Lu Xun. Lu Xun stopped and sighed in annoyance. "Dilemmas, dilemmas!" he complained putting Chi down. "Ok then, be a good slave and go retrieve them for me!" Chi bit her lip, that wasn't going to help. unless. yes that was it! It was perfect. She'd go slowly to retrieve them.
"Yes master! You can count on me!" Chi said with one of her signature smiles and a giggle or two. She began slug walking towards the pack. Lu Xun coughed loudly and tapped his foot while giving Chi one of those looks. Chi laughed nervously, "Oh yea, in a hurry!" Chi stammered, her plan not working as well as she thought. She jogged a little then stopped, "I'm sorry Master. I'm just so tired from jogging here to find you!" she made up an excuse to just walk. Lu Xun moaned angrily, "CHIIII!" Chi nodded, "Ok, ok! I'm sorry Master!" But she didn't jog again and she just kept walking.
Lu Xun was about fed up with her lack of diligence and decided he'd just get it himself. He jogged over to Chi and picked her up again, holding her like a baby. She was acting enough like one to him! "Master! I was going to do it! I just needed a minute!" she complained trying to slow him down some more. She was grateful for her good arm and that the pack was still quite far away from them even though Lu Xun was now jogging.
Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao were extremely determined now that they were behind. They were actually catching up really well because of Chi. "Yu! I see something in the distance! It. No way!" she cried. Zhou Yu squinted to see, "Holy crap! It is! Both of them!" Zhou Yu burst out. Now they were more determined than ever and they took off at. adrenaline-like speeds. After all that they just might bag the maniac!
And so Lu Xun slowed down as he reached the little box and set Chi down. A few yards away Chi saw Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao zooming over. She bit her nails nervously. She prayed that they'd get there before Lu Xun had a chance to run off again! In her mind she devised multiple back-up B, C, D, and even E plans in case the couple should be too late. Lu Xun bent down and picked up the box. Chi thought of a way to further delay Lu Xun. (I'm sorry if for now this isn't the funniest thing, but its still cool, right? Don't worry it gets better! ^.^) She ran up from behind him and pushed his butt causing him to fall on his face. She giggled, "You silly! You let your guard down!" Chi said playfully.
Lu Xun mumbled something about "meddling kids" then got up off his face. He spat out the dirt and coughed a few times. "Don't do that again, Slave!" Lu Xun ordered. Chi bit her lip, "Sorry master," she said as she usually would. Then a plan hit her, "I just couldn't help myself." she said seductively, thinking of another plan to delay him while the couple was still yards away! Lu Xun raised a brow at her tone, especially because she was what? Nine? Ten maybe?
She walked up to him, licking her lips, thinking about what she was going to do. In all her life this idea had never even crossed her mind before, but she would have her revenge on him, even if it meant doing THAT! (Not that THAT!) Lu Xun was sitting down, legs outstretched and just watched as this girl approached him. She tried moving in the sexiest way she could think of and slowly leaned down on Lu Xun's lap. Chi didn't understand why adults loved stuff like this so much, but she knew that if she were to have her revenge, she'd have to pay a hefty price for it.
So then she laid her head on his chest. Lu Xun, even in his strange state, turned bright red. "Slave..?" he asked with a lump in his throat. He then shook out of it; after all, she was a little kid! Then again. he was only 17. that's only a 7 or 8-year difference (my dad and his GF are. 10 and a half years apart. it is weird but. you know. .) "What are you. doing?" Chi drew circles on his chest, "This," she told him plainly leaning towards his face to do what she knew she had to. Lu Xun waited, extremely red in the face, as she closed her eyes and slowly came closer to his face for a kiss.
Just before their lips would meet, Zhou Yu grabbed Lu Xun by the collar and pulled him up. Chi fell off Lu Xun and landed with a thump. She sighed in relief. She would have her first kiss when she was a little older. Forgetting how grateful she should be to the two, the only thing she could think about them was that Master told her that they were evil wizards. She wanted nothing to do with evil wizards! So she immediately got up and went to run off.
That was when Xiao grabbed HER by the collar. "Where do you think you're going?" Xiao asked with a hand on her hip while the other held the girl. The girl squirmed more than Lu Xun was at the time, "Let me go you evil wizard!" she screamed. Xiao Qiao was a taken a bit aback. "What?" she asked with hurt written on her face. "Master told me you were wizards! He also told me that you're dangerous! Let me go!" she squealed. Xiao rubbed one of her temples. then stopped when she realized that she would only feel better on one side while the other would probably double in pain.
"You're saying he," Xiao Qiao pointed to Lu Xun, "told you that WE were wizards?" Chi nodded and a fire flickered in her eyes. Xiao Qiao suddenly laughed, "That's the most laughable thing I've heard for a long while!" Chi looked befuddled (that's a real word). Xiao smiled at her, "We're no wizards! If anything HE'S the wizard, pulling fire out of nowhere setting things-" Xiao Qiao turned around and saw one thing.
"YU-BEAR! WHY DID YOU LET HIM DO THAT?!" Zhou Yu shrugged and bit his lower lip, "One second I'm holding him nice and tight and the next my arm's on fire!" Xiao's mouth was wide open, "And that caused the whole forest to be set on fire how?!" Zhou Yu shrugged like a little kid who knew he was in big trouble. Xiao stomped over to Zhou Yu and pulled him by his ear and began lecturing about something she didn't even understand. Chi stood there, hypnotized by the flames. "Preeeety... Fiiiiiiiiireeeee." she let out drooling. Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu looked over at her and decided it was best to grab her before she tried eating the fire. Once when Xiao and Da were little, they were watching the fire and Xiao decided she'd try to eat the fire. Da still thinks its funny, but Zhou Yu regrets it because he can't get a good kiss on Xiao without feeling scars.
So the three dashed after Lu Xun who was again, running from them while they chased him. By now they were pretty much used to it. But this time they were ready and he was barely ahead. There were no delays and they were right on his heels immediately. Lu Xun gulped in seeing they were gaining on him. Thinking quick, he pulled out his magic sticks and tried throwing one of them at the three. Its too bad he didn't realize the fire would go out in the flight.
Because he was looking at his magic sticks, his best friend the log from the before was once again in his way. That half of the forest wasn't on fire. yet. And that was the part he really wanted to destroy. The log betrayed him and he went flying for the billionth time.
"Oh, POOP!" Lu Xun pouted as he lied in the mud. He thought those two renegades were bad enough, but now, he lay face to face with Wu's prime enemy.
"Well if it isn't a little boy lost in the woods!" Sima Ye mocked. "Laugh it up peasant!" Lu Xun glared at his personal enemy. Though he was strange (as I said before) he still remembered old rivals. Sima Ye hadn't looked forward yet and was still busy trying to think of other ways to make Lu Xun feel bad. Just like our local flamers, Sima Ye felt bad about his self and knew that he was a loser. Because of this and his lack of good therapy, he liked taking it out on our cute little pyro since he was just that insecure. "Did baby loose his bottle and come crawling in the woods to find it? Does he need a diaper change?! DOES HE NEED HIS MOMMA! WHO'S YO MOMMA? WHO'S YO MOMMA?!" Sima Ye said getting a bit too into it. His bodyguards coughed and diss-coughed "*cough-overdoingit-cough* *cough-you'relame- cough*" one of them said.
And Sima Ye heard it. His eyes welled up with tears, "I'M NOT A BABY! JUST BECAUSE I WET THE BED DOEN'T MEAN I'M A BABY! IT WAS ONLY A FEW TIMES!" Sima Ye blabbed out. Lu Xun raised a brow and slowly backed away. Too bad for him that he was backing up into a trap, a Zhou Yu-Xiao Qiao-Chihouri trap! When he bumped into their feet he gasped. "You. you. -Gimme a good diss, writer person!-" *thinks* Er. "You pumpernickel loafs! What.? Oh screw it! You're all-" This has been censored by the EIPA (Eileen's Innocents Protection Agency). Xiao Qiao covered Chi's ears while Sima Ye's bodyguards covered his.
Sima Ye immediately shoved their hands away, "I is a big boy! Me hear!" When Sima Ye heard it he paled, "I'M TELLING ON YOU!" he shouted running away, his bodyguards following suite. "Xun! We know you're mentally ill, but really! Such language!" ZHOU YU scolded. (I betcha thought I was gonna say Xiao Qiao!) Xiao Qiao blinked a few times, "You know. Poo-face isn't such a bad word!" Zhou Yu gasped, "XIAO!" Zhou Yu roared, ". you're right!" Xiao nodded.
Lu Xun in the mean time snuck away (he's so sly!) on all fours. He lucked out because it was finally the end of that Godforsaken forest! And right outside that forest was, you guessed it, the Wei base! Everyone saw Lu Xun sneak away, but this time they wanted to follow him unnoticed. So they crept slowly behind him at the same pace he went. Lu Xun's eyes welled up with tears, "I think I finally did it! But I cannot cry, tears are watery. and water is no good!" Lu Xun spoke to himself. He then hissed at the thought of water. Satisfied with himself, he boldly walked right up to the Wei base, not bothering with being worried about being caught.
Zhou Yu and the girls secretly snuck to a bush right next to the entrance of the Wei base, right where Lu Xun was headed. Their plan: to pounce just before he makes the fire appear. It had to be timed perfectly.
At that perfect timing. 3 things happened. One: a group of men with a HUGE keg of gunpowder opened the door to carry the powder to a near-by battle. Two: Zhou Yu pounced to grab Lu Xun. The third and most fatal: Taishi Ci (I don't think I spelled his name right. and I'm too lazy to go turn the game on! Not that I really could, the brother and friends are watching a DVD. stupid, stupid heads!) and Lu Meng were secretly hidden to perform an ambush on the Wei base and didn't realize who it was jumping out of the bushes to attack Lu Xun. They were also unaware of what happened with Lu Xun because they had been sitting out there for the whole day, waiting for the right moment! So when they saw Lu Xun being "attacked," Lu Meng let out a signal for them to fire the poison darts.
Luckily they were pretty bad shots with the darts and one only hit Zhou Yu lightly on the arm. It more or less just brushed against him. As soon as it hit him he froze, "Ack. the liquid flowing in my blood is so very very cold. like ice in your pants!" he then passed out. Xiao Qiao was about to jump up to finish the job but it was far too late. The flame was set and..
BOOM
They all flew back like birds in a tornado! Perhaps miles away there lay 4 beings. But one could muster the strength to get up. Xiao Qiao slowly opened her eyes and looked around. It seemed as though they had been there for quite a while because all the flames were out. Luckily most of the forest was still there and. well only one half was there because the other burned. How it was all put out, nobody knows. All Xiao knew was her head hurt and she felt well rested. She held her head as she got up.
"Fragamuffins that smarts!" Xiao complained looking around. A few feet away she spotted Zhou Yu. "YU-BEAR!" she shrieked running up to him. He lay there. drooling and mumbling things to himself. "Onnnne potato two potato..four." Xiao rolled her eyes, "Some days its potatoes, others its eggs. sometimes its macaroni and cheese farts!" Her speaking caused Zhou Yu to stir a little and mumble some more, ".and then they made me their captain." Xiao Qiao rose and eyebrow and dismissed the idea. She decided she'd find where the others went, like Chi. She guessed it was probably already too late and Lu Xun was gone again. "I wish I could have laid a few more spankings on that rascals butt! He wouldn't be able to sit for weeks if I could get my hands on him now! And he'd hafta use one of those.. butt pillows! BWAHAHAHAHA!" Xiao Qiao began maniacally laughing.
Then her eyes fell upon something she didn't expect. Lu Xun lay, limbs sprawled about sleeping on the crisped ground. On him was sleeping a little Chihouri, drooling all over his chest and her limbs also all over the place. Xiao Qiao smiled, "I can't believe it." she sighed. "That cute little tree lived!" Xiao cooed running up to a small little tree with bright green leaves.
In the corner of her eye she saw Zhou Yu waking. She squealed in delight and ran over to him. "It's a miracle!" she chimed. Zhou Yu smiled and outstretched his arms for a hug. Xiao Qiao ran towards him. then right past him, "This one lived too!" Zhou Yu put his arms down and frowned. "Oh Xiao- ow." he called. Xiao Qiao turned around and saw him awake. She squealed even louder this time and practically tackled a cute little squirrel sitting on the ground munching a nut. It scrambled away and Xiao Qiao frowned.
"XIAO!" Zhou Yu shouted. This time it was in fact Zhou Yu that she saw. She smiled warmly, "Today is filled with miracles!" she jumped on Zhou Yu this time and hugged him tight. Zhou Yu smiled lovingly at her and hugged her back. While they were sitting there, Zhou Yu spotted Chi and Lu Xun himself. He smiled again, "No more chasing for us. well besides when we hafta chase Sun Quan around to get him to wear his depends." Xiao nodded, "Yea, he might as well be older than his father too!" Zhou Yu was about to say something but decided against it. Everyone could just go on and think Sun Quan's the oldest. Hell, they can even believe Sun Quan is all their fathers'!
The couple finally parted and got up. "You carry Chi and I'll carry the 'prince,'" Zhou Yu suggested. Xiao Qiao gave him a sour look, "What is that supposed to mean? I can carry anyone just as heavy as you!" Xiao Qiao went off on a rant about how girls can do just as much as boys can etc. etc. "I HAVE GIRL POWER, BOYEE!" she concluded doing the ghetto snap.
Zhou Yu sighed, "Fine, you can carry Lu Xun if you want!" Xiao Qiao blinked a few times, "HECK NO!" she shouted grabbing Chi and walking off. Zhou Yu grinded his teeth as he picked up Lu Xun and they all headed back to the base. The search was over at last.
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"What do we do with Chi?" Xiao asked as they walked into their newly rebuilt base. Zhou looked down at her then down at Lu Xun then smirked. Xiao Qiao widened her eyes then smirked with her husband, "Ok!" she said taking the hint.
So they carried the two to Lu Xun's room. They placed them both on Lu Xun's bed and tucked them in nicely. They placed Chi on Lu Xun the same way she was on Lu Xun before. "It'll be a funny surprise when he wakes up to see that little face!" Xiao Qiao snickered. She knew Lu Xun would probably be better after all that. Even if he wasn't, they were sure he'd give up on the prince thing anyway after that!
Asleep they remained for a few hours and Lu Xun finally began to wake up. At first his eyes only opened halfway. but then when he laid his eyes on a certain Chi, his eyes not only fully opened, but they opened larger than normal! He gasped and accidentally jumped a little. That little shake caused Chi to wake and she rolled over. Now as I said in the very first chapter (*eyes well up with tears* that was so long ago!) Lu Xun had a bunk bed and nearly fell off that first time. So in rolling over she nearly fell off. but because a certain 17-year-old had quick reflexes, she was caught.
Her heart stopped for a good millisecond as Lu Xun pulled her up, "Are you alright?" he asked in his normal, sweet voice. "Thank you Master!" Chi said after panting a little. Lu Xun scrunched up his eyebrows, "Master? Why do you say that?" Lu Xun asked in an innocent of voice as Chi. Chi looked at him in wonder. "What?" she questioned very confused. She got up in his face and examined him. Their faces were a mere 2 inches away and Chi was leaning on Lu Xun's chest and he turned a nice shade of red.
"Er. umm. child, what are.. You?" he stammered. She looked his face up and down and smiled, "That's not your old face!" she squealed in delight! "Now your not some silly stupid head! And you are not master, you're Xun! Lu Xun!" she would have danced but. well you know, she was on a bed that was up pretty high. "I think I will do it now!" she said with meaningful seductiveness.
Lu Xun's ears couldn't get any redder, neither could his face as Chi leaned over and went to really kiss Lu Xun this time. (I'm sorry about the romance crap, it just fits, and it'll get funny again. again) Lu Xun froze there. He didn't even remember who this kid was and she was already moving so fast! Because Lu Xun couldn't even move, it was easy for Chi to lay a kiss on him.
At that moment Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao walked in the room to see if everything was ok. They slowly opened the door trying not to make any sounds just in case they were still sleeping and got quite the site. "Holy bejesus!" Xiao nearly yelled, but Zhou Yu put his hand over her mouth. He put his finger against his lips, "Shhh." he scolded her quietly. Xiao nodded. They watched as Chihouri kissed him and never parted. Lu Xun got a little used to it and found himself not really minding anymore. After all, she was just a kid and it meant nothing. At least he hoped so. When Chi finally finished she smiled at him blushing herself. She then hurriedly crawled away and down off the bunk bed. She ran out the room and left Lu Xun confused there.
Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu luckily weren't spotted because they hid in another room and watched through a crack they made in the door. When they were sure that Chihouri was gone, they made their way out of the room and into Lu Xun's. They opened the door and saw Lu Xun sitting in his bed, gripping the sheets. It was true, he looked physically friendlier. The duo smiled in relief. Definatly no more chasing!
"Hey, Lu Xun. are you.?" Xiao Qiao asked slowly walking backwards towards the door just in case. "Hmm?" Lu Xun said not moving a bit. Xiao nodded, "Yup, he's back to normal. God am I glad that's over, I really had to use the bathroom that whole time!" Zhou Yu looked down at Xiao Qiao. "You still haven't gone yet. you've been with me." Xiao Qiao thought it over, "You know what? You're right!" she said with a smile. Zhou Yu raised a brow. "Then?" Xiao's eye twitched, "I GOTTA GO!" she said scrambling towards the bathroom. Zhou Yu sighed.
"I had the strangest dream before I woke up. some girl came in my room and kissed me. and before that I went nuts. What a strange night." Lu Xun explained. Zhou Yu coughed, "Um. none of that was a dream. and you really did blow up the Wei base. and set Xiao and me on fire multiple times. along with others." Lu Xun paled. "What am I gonna do?" he whimpered.
"Don't worry, we locked Sun Quan in the cell until the foam stopped coming out of his mouth," Zhou Yu told Lu Xun. If it were possible, Lu Xun paled more. "As I said, don't worry, he'll be in there until he understands and calms down. and what WAS with that kiss?" Zhou Yu asked merely out of curiosity.
Lu Xun turned red again and pulled off his hat to itch his head. "I dunno. who was that- it was THAT girl! That girl from my. well what I thought was a dream! I feel kinda bad about what I did now." Zhou Yu folded his arms, "You better! We had a hell of a time catching you! They had to keep ME in the cell for a while!" Zhou Yu said with a crazy look in his eye. Lu Xun pulled his covers up. Zhou Yu then smiled, "Don't worry. Xiao Qiao gave me these control pill things. just be careful when they wear off!" Zhou Yu said with a grin as he walked out of the room.
Lu Xun sat there taking everything in. "That was weird," was all he managed to get out before he realized there was a lump at the end of his covers. Lu Xun leaned closer to see what it was when it suddenly became alive! He crawled up through the covers (on him, mind you) and latched onto him. "Do you still wanna marry me, silly?" Chihouri asked with a giggle. Lu Xun rubbed the back of his head, "Marry..?"
"Well if you're not going to marry me after that, then the least you could do is let me stay here! And I'm hungry!" Chi complained.
"What is your name?" Lu Xun asked feeling a little more comfortable with the child.
"Chihouri, Chi for short!" she said giggling again. Lu Xun smiled. "That's a pretty name, Chihouri," Lu Xun complimented. Chi nodded, "Now get up, silly!" Lu Xun nodded and they both climbed off the bunk to go get their breakfast.
"I take it you won't carry me anymore?" Chi asked with disappointment clearly in her voice.
Lu Xun gave a smirk, "I don't know about that!" he grabbed her by the ankle and ran to the kitchen.
"AHHH! LET ME GO!" Chi hollered.
And they ate a big breakfast of potatoes, eggs, and macaroni and cheese farts (sound familiar?).
THE END!
Yes, that's it! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Remember, as old as this fanfic grows, I still love reviews! And oh yea, I only got ONE review for this fic to be put up, so I waited a while then decided, what the heck. so yea, HAVE A NICE DAY! ^.^