A/N: So, I didn't mention it, but Lu Xun's outfit is the outfit from Dynasty warriors 8 (: It is not my favorite outfit, my favorite is his look in the 6th game, but since the character Zhu Ran was only really given a personality and playable character in The Xtreme Legends for the 8th game, I wanted to keep their outfits similar.
POV: Zhu Ran
Pairing: Zhu Ran x Lu Xun
Splash!
The cold water suddenly hitting me like that and how forceful I hit it almost made me pass out. But thankfully, I didn't. Instead, I quickly opened my eyes, coughing a bit and trying to make my limbs work. It was so damn cold! Looking around, I noticed Lu Xun in the water as well, though he wasn't swimming. Instead, he was drowning, his eyes closed. He must have passed out. Quickly, I headed over to my fellow officer, a bit slow at first, but I slowly got faster. I made it to him, putting his arm around my shoulder and my own arm around his small waist. As quick as I could with a 125 lb man holding me down, I started towards the surface. As soon as I was there, I took a large breath of air, coughing a few times. Using my free hand, I wiped the water from my face before turning my attention to Lu Xun.
"Hey! Are you awake, you maniac!? Tackling me like that!" I questioned him, examining his face. He wasn't moving at all, his eyes closed and mouth hanging open slightly. I noticed a bit of blood making it's way down his cheek from his hair. He must have hit his head. Well shit. I started towards land, looking all around me to make sure that there was no one else around. No one that would try to attack us anyways. Lu Xun remained asleep for the 2 minutes that it took me to get there, but he was breathing. I could hear him.
Finally, I made it, dragging Lu Xun up with me. Take a breath of relief, I patted myself, trying to see any spots that hurt more than the other. Well, my arm hurt for sure, there was a hole in my shirt with a cut. My lower back was sore, had a raging headache. But besides, I was in one piece. Good. That was very good. My weapons were still with me, thanks God, but the fire element to them was completely ruined, which just brightened my mood even more. Looking over at Lu Xun, I frowned.
"Thanks for that. Why did you attack me anyways?" I asked him, of course not getting a response. Sighing, I reached over to him and poked his cheek a few times. No response. Pulled his hair. No response. Getting frustrated, I moved my hand down to his stomach. But that's when I noticed something on the ground under him, something that shouldn't have been there. And it was getting eyes widened when I realized that it was blood. And a lot of it to. Quickly, though trying to be gentle, I rolled Lu Xun over on his side, earning a whimper from the other man. On his back, there was a large cut that had sliced through all three of the shirts that he had on and it was bleeding. A lot.
"Shit! No, no no," I panicked, looking around for anything that I could use. His outer shirt! I could cut up the two wings that had there to cover up the cut! I began to undress the unconscious man, it being a bit difficult since he was limp. However, he didn't wake up once as I did this, which actually concerned me. Quickly, I cut up his shirt, making it into a bandage. With another portion, I got it wet and began to slightly clean the cut. Obviously he felt that, as he curled up and whimpered again.
"I know, I know. I just, I'm sorry! I need to get this done," I said to him, biting on his lower lip as I finished that off. Okay, okay good. At least it was clean...sort of. With that finished, I began to wrap the cut up tightly, though he made a noise of discomfort as I did. It still needed to be done though, to stop the bleeding and stop the infection. After that, I put on what remained of his clothes, which was only his white shirt and the red and white one. There wasn't much left as far as the back was concerned, though the shirts were belly shirts anyways. I also cleaned his head and wrapped it up. That cut wasn't nearly as bad, it was just bleeding a lot since it was a head wound. But the cut itself was very small, just had a large bump. Finally, Lu Xun was taken care of.
Letting out a sigh of relief, I looked all around us. The bottom of the cliff didn't have much at all and we fell a rather long way. I couldn't even see the ledge where we had been before. And that meant I couldn't let our troops know that we were alive. At least they had seen what happened. And as long as they lived to tell Lord Sun Quan, or anyone for that matter, we should be okay. Should be. Frowning, I looked back at Lu Xun, who was breathing steadily. I wasn't sure if he would be okay. It looked like he had gotten hurt quite a lot. Aside from the large cut on his back, there were also smaller looking cuts and rough patches on his skin that almost looked like burns. Maybe he was healing from something. Then again, if he had been in a serious accident, I would have heard about it.
The sound of a horse dragged me from my thoughts and i looked around, tense. I wasn't sure if they were our allies or our enemies. I didn't exactly want to figure it out either. Grabbing my bow, I quickly, yet cautiously, picked up Lu Xun, hurrying into the small wood area and hiding behind a tree. I kept a look out, the sound of the horse drawing closer. This wasn't looking so good. I was sure that if they were our allies, they would be calling our names. Instead, the only sound was that of a horse. A moment later, a man with a black beard and mustache as well as Wei clothing came around the corner, a few lower officers with him. As soon as I saw the two long axes that he had, I knew who he was. Zhang Liao. Gan Ning had been very eager to go into battle when he heard that this apparently great warrior was also fighting in it. And even I had heard stories of this man. He use to be an officer under Lu Bu before he was caught and taken in by Cao Cao. But why was he here?! And it looked as if he was looking around! Why?!
"C'mon! Lu Xun, I would love it if you would wake up right now. I could use the help of a strategist," I whispered, hoping that the other man would just wake up already. Despite my wishing, the man did not stir. Zhang Liao sent his officers a order and they began to look around, weapons raised. He was looking for us then? Eventually, they would make their way over here. So I needed to get out and I needed to get out quickly. I set Lu Xun down for just a moment and took his weapons, which were much heavier than I ever thought they would be, and instead put them in the loops of my pants so they would stay. Then, I picked Lu Xun back up, but instead put him on my back. That way I could run faster. Glancing over once again, I made my way cautiously through the woods, making sure to remain unseen behind the trees, but also made sure that I wasn't making too much noise. And like I had thought, they quickly began to make their way towards the woods, right where I just was. Glancing around, I noticed a small path that would mostly go unnoticed unless you looked hard enough. That would probably be my best bet. At least, I hoped so. I don't know, I'm not a strategist! Moving carefully, I made my way into the small path between the mountains, hoping that I didn't just make a horrible mistake.
