Aaah, I'm almost halfway through!! Whoaaa, we're halfway thereee, whoaaa, livin' on a prayerrr--- anyone like Bon Jovi?? Anyone:D

I dunno if I'm actually going to do it, but I'm thinking of doing a one-shot chapter in Ling Tong's POV, y'know, focusing on his thoughts and everything. Shang Xiang is pretty good at figuring out what he's thinking, but she can't read minds, so I was thinking of doing one. :D

Anyway, here we goooo...

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"I HATE THE SUN," Tong growled angrily. "Look at this! My arms and my face won't stop stinging!"

"Yeah, we're getting a lot of sun out here," I complained. "Look at Xiao, she's asleep again!"

"You two need to spend more time out in the sun," Ning said, rolling his brown eyes. He looked pretty much the same, probably because his skin was already pretty tan. "Well, at least you two have nice tans."

"And we're almost there," I said, pointing ahead.

"We'd better be," Tong whined. "Xiao here's overstaying her welcome on the Ling Tong Express."

"Is that all you do? Whine and complain?" Gan Ning said. "At least we haven't been attacked recently."

"Yeah, if we got attacked right now, we'd be sitting ducks," I agreed.

"Can we break for a few minutes? I think Xiao's starting to wake up," Tong said, finally saying something that wasn't a complaint.

"Yeah, why not. I'm tired too," I said.

Ning sat down under the shade of a tree and stretched. "Man I'm hungry. I wish we had some meat buns or something."

"Okay then. Let's just go back in time and stop you from EATING THE ONES WE BROUGHT," Tong said angrily, now trying to wake Xiao up.

"You can do that?" Ning asked.

Tong opened his mouth to reply, (something sarcastic, I'm sure) when Xiao opened her eyes and whimpered. "Tongie? I still feel sick..."

Tong sighed and helped Xiao sit up. "Yeah, we're working on it, Xiao," he said. "Hang in there, ok?"

"OK," Xiao said. She yawned and rested her head on her cousin's shoulder. "Tongie?"

"What?" Tong asked.

"Thanks for everything... you're the best..." Xiao said, putting her arms around Tong's waist.

Tong awkwardly hugged Xiao back, saying, "Yeah, I'm the greatest, aren't I?"

"Not really," Gan Ning said.

"NOBODY ASKED YOU!!" Tong screamed. "You're just jealous because YOU don't get any love!"

"Oh really?" Ning said, raising an eyebrow. "HAH! You don't know the half of it, stupid!"

"I'm smarter than YOU are, dumbo!" Tong said angrily.

"Dumbo? I've heard better comebacks from a meat bun," Ning said, rolling his eyes. "And who are YOU to be talking? Even I know that girl's your COUSIN!Cousins don't count!"

"Sure they do! She's a girl, isn't she?" Tong snapped.

"I bet you've never even kissed a girl before!" Ning yelled. "Oh, and your mother doesn't count," he added.

"HAH! That's where you're wrong, pirate boy! As a matter of fact I HAVE kissed a girl who WASN'T my mother!" Tong said triumphantly.

"Yeah? Who?" Ning scoffed.

My eyes widened. Uh oh. This conversation did not bode well. Last time I checked, I was the only girl Tong had ever kissed in his entire life.

"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!!" Xiao shrieked angrily, sitting up. "I'm TRYING TO SLEEP!! And all you people are doing is making more noise!! It's YOUR fault I'm poisoned anyway!!" She promptly collapsed in Tong's lap.

"Xiao's right!!" I said, happy to change the subject. "We should get moving!"

"Yeah, we should get moving before it gets dark again," Ning said. "I sure as hell don't want to spend another night here."

"Tong, c'mon," I said, noticing my friend (ANDNOTHINGMORETHANTHAT) still lying on the ground.

"Speak for yourself! Xiao's a dead weight!" Tong complained.

Ning rolled his eyes, leaned over, and effortlessly picked Xiao up by her wrist. "Wow, she's SOOOO heavy," he said, laughing.

Tong jumped up and snatched Xiao away from Ning. "Get your hands off her!"

"I forgot, that's probably the only girl you're ever gonna touch in your entire life, so I might as well let you have your fun," Ning said, rolling his eyes.

"Wrong once again, RETARDO!" Tong screamed.

"Once again, better comebacks from a meat bun," Ning said. "You really are as dumb as you look!"

"WHAT DID I SAY BEFORE ABOUT SHUTTING UP!?" Xiao screamed, and passed out again.

"I like you better when you're unconcious," Tong said, annoyed. "Can't we just leave her like this?"

"Yeah, and we'll make sure to tell Zhou Yu it was YOUR IDEA, so he'll skin you alive," I said.

"C'mon, Shang Xiang, I'll lead the way," Ning said. "Oh, and His Imperial Majesty had better hurry up, or we're gonna leave him behind!" He yelled over at Tong.

We finally got back on the road, (without much arguing, might I add) just as the sun was in the middle of the sky. If we kept up the pace, we'd be at the Nanman palace, if you could call it that, by late afternoon/early evening.

"Hey, maybe if we're lucky, the Nanmans'll feed us," Ning complained.

"Yeah, and maybe if I'M lucky, a giant hole'll open up in the ground and swallow--"

"Don't finish that sentence, Tong," I ordered. "Don't encourage the madness."

Tong sighed. "Whatever."

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Alright, when I broke the chapters up when I wrote all this a million years ago, apparently Ch 25 was short, so to make up for this shitstick chapter I'm gonna add Ch 26 tonight too. But that means no chapter tomorrow, because if I'm not careful I'm gonna run out.

Ch 26 is a fun chapter, if memory serves me correctly, so if you REALLY want to be awesome, review Ch 25 AND Ch 26!! (Of course you don't HAVE to... but it'd be aweosme :D Twice the reivews!!)