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Other world, other me
Gan Ning holds his head as he woke up, lazily. He could feel his whole body was aching with pain and his head was spinning 360 degrees. He tried to make himself to sit comfortably and took a deep breath, looks around, wanted to remember what had happen just now (since he had cold out during the drink). As he looks around, the first thing he saw was Jiang Wei who sits on the floor, reading, and Lu Xun still sleeps on the coach soundly. He slowly stands up, a bit shaky, and walks towards Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei lifts his head up and looks at Gan Ning who now stands in front of him. "Oh, you're awake." Jiang Wei asks. "Yeah…" Gan Ning just replies him shortly and look at Lu Xun. He raises his hand and touch Lu Xun's forehead gently, not to wake him up. "Don't worry about him, he just asleep. By the way, Ling Tong is waiting for you. He's just outside somewhere near the shop. I'm not sure what's wrong but its best that meet him now." Jiang Wei replies and let out a smile. Although Gan Ning not sure what is wrong with Ling Tong, he automatically moves out and thank Jiang Wei for everything.
As he steps out, he walks the end of the street, and meets Ling Tong who was standing at the corner of the shop.
Gan Ning: Hey!!!! (he call Ling Tong from far and run toward)
Ling Tong: You finally awake! I thought we'll have to put some ices on you…
Gan Ning: Well, better do that on Lu Xun, he's still asleep… (somehow his head was smack by Ling Tong) What's that for!
Ling Tong: Do you even need to ask?! What were you thinking?! Letting him drink alcohol! If Lu Meng finds out that you gives him 'those' thing, do you think your head still on? Hm?
Gan Ning: (he started to panicking, the truth is, he doesn't think of the consequences and he's doom if Lu Meng fined it out! But he does have his own reason why he do so) Wait! I can explain!
Ling Tong: Now you want to explain… Don't you think that was… out of time?
Gan Ning: I swear, just gives 10 minutes to explain, that's all I ask…(he just hopes that he could listen to him, or else…)
Ling Tong: Ok, fine! But just 10 minutes! Or else, you know what I will do…
Gan Ning: ok, ok, no rushing, sheesh…
Few minutes before the challenge… Gan Ning POV…
I was waiting, with boredom and look around to see if there was something interest that could kill the time before the race. As I look around, I saw Lu Xun pass by and decided to stops him. At first, he doesn't want to, but before he goes, I stop him by asking him to join us since we had went this far. But he decline, and decide to walk off! Of course I was kinda irritate about it and decides to do something so… I ask him for a challenge!
Ling Tong: You what?!
Gan Ning: Hey, shut it, I'm explaining! (somehow, Ling Tong just sigh and let him continue)
"You want to challenge me…with this?" Lu Xun ask in disbelief, look at the bottles. "Yeah, you hear me, if you win, I'll never bother you anymore, but if I WIN, you have to follow what I say, deal?" I just smile cockily, I knew his weakness and decided to dare him.
Lu Xun still look in shock, I could tell that from his face and I dare to say that he will not accept it and decided to pull out. Somehow, it does not came the way I wanted to, he accepted it! I was surprise! I've ask him to think twice before he did so, but he had sign his name on the list! "As long as I win, you won't bother me anymore, right?" he ask, put down the pen. Of course I can't back away, since he had sign it, so what? He would fall soon! "Of course, mark my word!" I reply him confidently.
As the challenge went on, I never expect that he could drink this much! The Lu Xun I knew was not a good drinker, whenever he drinks more than two cups, his head started to spin and cold out. As the race went on, I started to get worried and thinking what'll happen if he still keeps on. When the time we're on final, he still stands and started to stands shakily, well actually that same goes with me. I've ask him to give up, but he resist, and drink the next bottle. Just before we fall, I thought to myself, does he really think that way, about us? He doesn't want to join us? But why?! What makes him to do so?! Why?! But my body won't listen to me, and fall. I saw him fall too, but, when he raise up his hand and walk away, I knew I had lost the bet…
Ling Tong: (he looks at the sea, eyes wide, don't know what to say. He never thought that Gan Ning would done something like that for a friend)
Gan Ning: Now that I think back, I'm kinda… disappoints to myself. I mean, is this how it should be? Can't it just went back to how it likes? I mean, we always hang out together and now… look at it! Is this the way they're suppose to be? I mean, it's just…
Ling Tong: not fair? (he turn and face Gan Ning) Gan Ning, do you still remember what Zuo Ci say before we went off? He did told us that things might change in other world, right? So, why can't we just accept that? I mean, that's the thing they are now, why do you think you need to change it?
Gan Ning: Then, do you plan that it had to be like this forever? This is Lu Xun we're talking about! He's totally different in this world and I don't like it…
Ling Tong: Then, do you think that Ma Chao, Wei Yan and Xu Huang had not think the same thing as you are? And do you think I'm not aware too? Of course we do! They even thought that whether they should accept who they are or not?! Take Lu Xun as example, in this world, he was short temper, hard headed, unsociable, critic… but what could we do? This is their world, not ours, and we had no right to ask them to be who they are once!
Gan Ning: Still, you want them to continue like this?
Ling Tong: Well… of course I don't want, but still, we can't just ask them to change who they are! Even if they did, do you think that'll bring them back?
Gan Ning: Ah… (he turn aside and hold his head, feeling confuse and annoying) I just, don't want to be that way…
Ling Tong: *sigh* Gan Ning, I know it's hard to accept but… we have to…
Gan Ning: Urgh…. (he yell as loud as he could, Ling Tong just stood aside and let him stay calm)
Back in the motel, Lu Xun still asleep and Jiang Wei sits on the floor, reading. He close his book and rub his sleepy eyes, and look at Lu Xun's hat, which was on the table. He took it , examine the hat and look at sleepy Lu Xun. As he looks at him, for some reason, he remember a boy, who always hide behind his back when they were young. He too wearing a hat which it was so big that his face could not be seen! He smile a bit, back then, it was the happiest day ever. How he wish that he could return back of the days.
As he tried to remember who the kid was, he saw Lu Xun started to awake, he put down the hat and went to the kitchen. Lu Xun open his eyes and woke up, make himself in sitting position. He could feels his head spinning. He curl himself and rest his head on his knees. "You're awake?" Lu Xun lift his head up and look at Jiang Wei who stands in front of him, handed him warm water. Lu Xun accept it, and drink. He feels himself cool down and decides to stand on both feet. As he tried to stand, he almost collapse but was support by Jiang Wei. He quickly regain his balance and stand still, wanted to goes off. "Leaving so soon? Why not stay a bit longer?" Jiang Wei tried to hold him, but was decline. "I've stay enough." Lu Xun, same as always, ready to step out from the window. "Before you leave, what do you expect from this race?" Lu Xun stops, as if this question had strike him. "What do you mean?" Lu Xun ask, turn his head slightly aside.
"What else? You accepted it, right? Would that mean…?" Jiang Wei ask. "Nothing. Just leave me alone…" Lu Xun reply coldly, but cut off by Jiang Wei. "…Is that all? Then, why do you even bother to accept the challenge? You could just 'no', you know? Then why still…" Jiang Wei continue, which makes Lu Xun looks at him deadly, as if wanted to kill him, "That's my choice to make, I need no one to lecture me, besides, he was the one who ask for it. Since I've win, I'll could do whatever I want…" " Is that what you really want? From what I see, I don't think that was all." Jiang Wei walks toward him, pull him away from the window and ask him to sit on the coach, having conversation, privately. Although Lu Xun resists, but in the end he sits and confronts Jiang Wei alone.
On the next morning, they woke up early and ready to leave. Before they leave, they saw Lu Xun standing at the gate.
Gan Ning: What is it this time? I know, you want to say 'Leave me alone!' or give some dirty faces right? Well, just go on ahead, since you win the bet, I guess I've no right to…
Lu Xun: Do I look like those kind of person? (he stare at him deadly, which makes Gan Ning freak out for a while)
Gan Ning: Well, no, no…(he quickly shut his mouth and say no more, just in case he done something mean to him)
Ma Chao: Then, why are you here?
Lu Xun: Can't I be here?
Ma Chao: No! It's not that! It's just… (he too quickly shut his mouth)
Lu Xun: (he take a deep breathe and look at Jiang Wei, he nods and looks at them) I've decide, to follow you on this journey…
Unison: What?! (they were surprise, they never saw this coming)
Lu Xun: I say, I'll follow you guys on the journey… How many times do I need to repeat myself?! So, do I still welcoming or not?! (most of them just look at each other, surprise. 'Did he just say that?' they thought.)
Ma Chao: But… why you want to come… don't misunderstood, I'm not saying you're not welcome…it's just that…
Lu Xun: Well, thanks to that spiky, I've win the bet. Since I've win, then I could do whatever I want right? Of course, if you really wish that I could join, just one condition, whenever that had something to do with me, I'll handle that by myself! So, you think you could accept that?
Cao Ren: (he looks at the others, none of them dare to say it. He turns and look at him, welcoming him) Sure, no prob. You're welcome aboard. The more the merrier, right?
Jiang Wei: Well, say no more. I'm just glad that you could come, right guys? (he looks at them, most of them just look aside, dare not to object)
Lu Xun: (Cao Ren wanted to shake his hand, but he just look aside and walk away, standing besides the gate and ready to leave with his member)
Cao Ren: Shy, I guess. Well, since we're all here, now, shall we go now?
Ling Tong: So, where'll we headed this time?
Cao Ren: (he took out the map and take a look) The next stop will be…
Lu Xun: Luo Yang.
Cao Ren: Yeah, that's the place. But it'll took us few days to arrive, so be sure we're ready enough before we set off.
They check their equipment one last time and finally set off to Luo Yang. As they walk, Lu Xun's phone keeps beeping and started to annoy Gan Ning. Lu Xun somehow just ignore him, and continue to answer his phone. But, as time goes by, Gan Ning could not bear anymore and decided to ask Lu Xun to keep his phone down.
Gan Ning: Hey, can't you just done something to that thing? It started to annoy me…
Lu Xun: What, a phone could annoy that badly? I wonder why… (he took out his phone and press the button. Of course Gan Ning started to get crazy whenever tick, beep, tock were all around)
Gan Ning: Urgh… I swear if I had the chance I'm gonna throw that thing off!
Lu Xun: Well, if you dare to do so, I'll buy another one and make you crazy like hell! So stop complain! (he walk pass through him and continue to answer the phone)
Gan Ning: (he looks at him, disbelief. He curse himself silently, he shouldn't bet with him in the beginning) Damn you, come back here… (he chase Lu Xun down, try to take down the phone, and started to argue about it)
Ma Chao: Do they have to begin it right now? (they knew them too well, whenever Lu Xun and Gan Ning around, only arguing, and quarrel fills in the air)
Ling Tong: Yup, it seems that our journey going to be 'fun' soon… (they just gives him blank expression. Of course they don't want their journey fill with quarrel, especially with them. They've been like that ever since they first met!)
Ma Chao: Well, I'm not buying that…
Xu Huang: (he knew it's gonna begin soon and decided to change the topic) Say, what was that thing you're holding on your waist? They seems…small…(they look at him, give him a thumb up as he had thought of the idea)
Lu Xun: (he looks at his waist for a moment and answer him) It's Crystal, never meet one?
Xu Huang: Well, you could say that so…, so those are Crystal, I do remember you did mention about it in the dungeon, I never know about it, I saw Cao Ren use that thing before, so I was just wondering how to use them…
Lu Xun: (he looks at Huang Gai, Jiang Wei and Cao Ren, although they never really use it, but at least they should knew a thing or two about it) You didn't tell them? (they just shock their head and ask him to explain, since he uses it most of the time.) *sigh* How should I put it, Crystal was like a form, a device that could help us in many ways. There're many ways to use it, and it depends on how you use them. For example, my outfit was 'Thief Form'. Whenever I change to 'Warrior Form', my outfit will change according to what it was, and of course only that particular option I could choose from it was from the Crystal itself. So far got me?
Xu Huang: So far ok, but, is there lots of them? You seem to have lots of it…
Lu Xun: Yes, there are lots of kind. It depends on the Crystal too. Some are outfit, and are magic. But, of course that's not all, there're also rare Crystal too. It's just that we need to look for it.
Xu Huang: Hm…, come to think of it, I barely see Jiang Wei and Huang Gai use it…
Jiang Wei: Well, I use it before…
Huang Gai: Don't look at me like that, of course I do! It's just that…it's hard to use…
Jiang Wei: Well, you need some time to change it, since it some time, so, I barely use it…
Ma Chao: Took some time? Come to think of it, Cao Ren did take some few seconds to change it… but Lu Xun seems use it perfectly fine.
Huang Gai: Well, that's because he's one of Xi Huang Mu's descend. I heard that whoever those are those clan, they're perfectly fine with it…
Lu Xun: It's not that, it's not because I'm one of them then I'm perfectly fine, I also use some time to get use to it and keeps using it, or else, it'll became those situation…
Huang Gai: Huh?! So that's mean we need to practice it? Oh man…
Ma Chao: Since you guys keeps mentioning about Crystal, why don't we try it, could we?
Lu Xun: (he handed some Crystals to them) Sure, what you need to do was just put it in your… where's the slot? (he looks around Ma Chao's weapon, and notice that most of their weapon did not equip any slot. He felt curious and started questioning them) Where did you got that weapon?
Ma Chao: Uh, it's from… uh…(he's not sure whether he should say it's from their world or not, the last time when Jiang Wei told him about it, he doesn't seems to trust them at all) Uh… well… uh…
Gan Ning: Where else we came from? Of course from our own world! Ouch! (smack by Ling Tong on his head)
Lu Xun: (he look at them suspiciously, he doesn't trust them at all, especially 'the other world' thing. He never believes there was such thing. Somehow, he looks at the weapon one last time and return back to Ma Chao, walk away)
They look at him strangely, he never gave them a word or something, and its not his style at all. They look at each other and continue their journey.
Time pass by very fast, and most of them were tired. They saw a broken house right in front of them and decided to stay there for a night. Huang Gai search some woods and put it in the middle of the house, and Lu Xun lit the fire (well, he was a pyro right?) Cao Ren and Jiang Wei went out to find some foods while the others remaining find themselves some cloth and put it on the ground, preparing for sleep. Once Jiang Wei and Cao Ren came back, they started to cook and went to sleep.
Now, most of them had fallen asleep, only Lu Xun stays awake, he had to stay on guard until the round. He sigh to himself, and look at the sky, recall back what Jiang Wei say back in Jiang Dong…
In Jiang Dong, motel…
Lu Xun sat on the couch, and looks annoying. Jiang Wei sits in front of him and confront him.
Jiang Wei: Now, tell me, what do you intend to do?
Lu Xun: Like I say, I've win and I'll do whatever I want…
Jiang Wei: Then what? You just wandering just like that?
Lu Xun: Leave me alone! You're not the one who should talk either! Take a look in your condition! Do you think you…
Jiang Wei: …have the right? I can't say I have, but I do. Do you think I did not consider about it. I too wanted to walk out alone, search for my past, by not dragging them in trouble, but do you think that would help? It won't help. When the time I'm still a HURT member, I never really had a true friends in my life. When the time I died, I could feels that I'm all alone, but now… I got another chance, a chance that gave it to me to know more who I am and my surrounding. All this time, I've been work like a machine, but that was all over now! So, why can't you…
Lu Xun: Do you really think that could work? Maybe for you it's nothing, but, what about me? Do you think I…
Jiang Wei: (he use his finger and shut his mouth) Of course you could! You could join us, from now on! Listen to me, don't hard head anymore, if that's what you really want in your life, do it so! Or else, only regret will be taken to your dead. As far as I know, we need companion to guide through all this hardship. I know we might had conflict in between, but together, if we work as one, I'm sure we could overcome it, I knew it! (he smile widely)
Lu Xun was surprise, he never thought Jiang Wei could read his mind! As if they're one! He thought for awhile, and stands, walk to the window, ready to leave, but before he leaves, Jiang Wei ask him to reconsider as this was one of the chance! He turn back and jumps on the roof, as he runs, he thougth to himself, "Should I?"
Back at the camp, Lu Xun looks at the sky, ask the same thing. "Did I make the right choice, mother? Did I?" As he thought, he heard someone awake. It was Jiang Wei, and he walks towards him quietly as he did not want to disturb his sleeping friends. "You should sleep now, we had a long way to go." Jiang Wei ask him to sleep as it was his turn to stay on guard. Lu Xun shook his head, claiming that he's not tired at all. The truth is, he too was tired, but Jiang Wei foresee that and looks at him with angry eye, ask him to sleep. With no choice, Lu Xun lay on the ground and close his eyes. Before he sleeps, he asks Jiang Wei about his opinion towards them (which he was mentioning about Gan Ning and the others). Although Jiang Wei couldn't gives him a precise answer, but he asks him not to think so much as truth will come someday. He looks at Jiang Wei one last time and fell asleep, try not to think too much.
Alright, that's all for today…