"Yasuo..." Riven breathed as she saw him.
Blood was everywhere, his usual blue attire was covered in a dark shade of red.
He was out cold, why was he here?
His condition was horrible, yet he had came to her?
Is that how desperate her situation was?
Grunting, Riven threw Yasuo on her back and made her way to her shelter. She would have to patch him up, he had put effort in coming to her, so she must repay the effort.
Upon arrival, Riven threw Yasuo on her bed as she went quickly to find cloth to cover his wounds.
Ripping his Ionian shirt, she began to treat his wounds.
He seemed to be wounded by a sharp, jagged material. Who was he fighting?
Upon further inspection, Riven realized that the wounds were caused by no other than Katarina, who used to be Riven's comrade.
She touched the wound, causing a small groan of discomfort from Yasuo.
This was going to be complicated...
"Ezreal!" came a shriek.
Ezreal turned around and saw a running Lux.
Reaching Ezreal, she bent down to pant.
"Where... do you... think you're going?" she gasped.
"I was going to find Yasuo-"
"Yasuo? Didn't you leave him there?"
"He left by himself once we went to sleep."
"Oh..."
"Yeah, I see small traces of blood leading somewhere, so I'm sure Yasuo's there."
Lux observed the ground. Indeed, there were blood drops in small traces leading a trail.
"Alright then, I'm coming with you," Lux said finally.
Wiping her hands, Riven finished her treatment.
Yasuo's wound was cleansed and covered to prevent infections.
Riven sighed as she slumped down in her chair next to her bed.
This Ionian wanderer is surely determined to prevent her from participating in the war. Why did he act the way he did? After killing his elder and dirtying Yasuo's name, he still came to tell her that she shouldn't participate in the war, and that he would pay her back gold if she did so...
Speaking of the deal they made, she looked around for any sources of gold.
Rummaging through the pockets of the Ionian clothing, she found nothing.
This rascal of a liar...
She wasn't too late, she could still go back to Swain to earn her bounty for joining in the war.
Standing up, she turned around to leave.
"Riven" came a weak rasp.
She turned around.
"You filthy liar..." she muttered. "Stop wasting my time, what do you want?" she asked.
"I have your bounty..." he said weakly, forcing a smile.
"Is it greater than Swain's? He's offering 500 pieces of gold."
Yasuo's face grimaced as he tried to sit up.
"I am offering 600."
600? As a normal citizen of Runeterra, 600 pieces of gold meant a year of food, shelter, and clothing.
"Deal," she said.
"But you don't have it on you," she added.
"Y-you checked?!" Yasuo grunted.
"Why of course I did, it was the deal, but you were out cold for 5 hours after I treated you, so temptation made its way."
Yasuo looked down and to his surprise, he was patched up fully, from all the scars with the deep wound made by Katarina.
"650 pieces of gold if you have the patience," he said.
"Deal."
"Want to take a break?" Ezreal asked as he stretched back, yawning.
"It's been a while since I bathed..." Lux murmured.
"Well you're in luck," Ezreal said. "You're in Ionia and there are springs everywhere."
Lux smiled briefly.
"I guess I'll go find one then, you keep marking where the blood goes... we will meet up again here?"
"Sounds good to me."
Lux wandered off and Ezreal started tracking down the blood trail.
A good 15 minutes later, Ezreal had nothing to do. He had tracked the blood trail as far as he could without getting lost, and had came back.
"I really need a nice bath too... but I'll do it later..." Ezreal murmured.
He yawned as he stretched back onto the floor to sleep.
Yasuo closed his eyes.
Now that he just lied to Riven about the gold, he needed to find some way to get her those pieces of gold or she's going to kill him...
For the time being, he only had 200 pieces. Where would he get so much gold?
Ezreal? No, he left Ezreal, who must be extremely pissed off right now. He had to borrow some... but from who?
The past version of himself won all of Riven's gold through a duel...
Yasuo thought for a bit.
That's it!
He would confront his past self on a duel, and he would win the gold back.
And also disrupt and change history altogether...
Forever...