Reunion: The Guardians of the Five Elements

Chapter 10

It is already in the afternoon when Wu Xie and Xiao Ge got back from their shift. The other two women stayed out for a while just to make the last look around the hotel, including the area near the mountain. Initially, it should have been the other way around but for some ridiculous reason, it is best to make some changes. 'We need to change partners. They are already watching us.' - yeah right. Bai Hao Tian thought as she kicked a stone that it flew high enough to get the stone over a high barrier towards the other side. Since the incident in Warehouse 11, Thunder City, and South Sea Kingdom, she already notices Wu Xie's actions towards her. Why can't you just tell me that you don't like me, Wu Xie!!! She screamed in her mind as she kicked all the small rocks that she can see over the barrier like a kid having tantrums. "He will not like you if you're acting like that." Bai Hao Tian looked at her friend who is taking pictures of every angle in their area like she has been doing as the other hum a tune, having the best time of her life. "Yan Yan. He's impossible. He's avoiding me like a plague. Even though all of us are talking to one another, he didn't even glance at me. Not even once." Xia Yu Yan looked at her frowning friend and chuckled at her.

"Boys have their own pace in solving problems. Unlike us girls, we solve problems head-on before it gets worst. The only thing we have to do is wait." "Is that why you wait for five years for him? And for centuries, you keep on doing it for him. Can your heart take it? The sacrifices you keep on doing, is it all worth it?" Bai Hao Tian asked solemnly not waiting for Xia Yu Yan to answer her as her friend's smile wavered but didn't frown. Xia Yu Yan sighed and smiled widely at her very worry-wart petite friend. "Whether I wait for him or not, this is my duty as his wife. To ensure that his memories are intact and in the present time, I don't mind waiting. Even if he forgets me during the process, I don't mind at all. I will keep doing this forever just to make sure his memories are there. Wu Xie and Pang Zi are his most valuable friends. I know Ah Qi will be devastated if he unwillingly forgets them and my job is to make sure that does not happen." Bai Hao Tian looked up to her utmost dedication. The way her eyes shine so bright and a smile to match. But she knows how hard she's feeling every single day. Not being remembered by the person you love and yet, to do the responsibility and duty as a wife for her husband's condition without fail and not rewarded enough is painful. Too painful. Bai Hao Tian then thought how petty she is. Getting angry, disappointed, irritated at Wu Xie's lack of response to her confession last year, getting offended for being treated as a child is just a small matter compared to her friend's experience, and feeling hurt when he treated her like some excess baggage when in fact she knows very well that she is. With that in mind, her heart feels a tinge of pain as if someone pinched it so hard but then she can't help but smile at herself by the pain. Who am I kidding? Wu Xie is not mine in the first place. I can never be the person he likes. But, I can always be there for him whether he needed. I already made that resolve. So why am I being like this again? She chuckled at that and shook her head getting the other's attention. "It's either your happy, sad, angry, or weird. You're a kid having a tantrum and a horrible mood swing." "I'm not a kid, Yan Yan." Xia Yu Yan laughed as did Bai Hao Tian as she chased the other until they reached the border where they can see the mountain and where the others made their appearance as the tension from their previous conversation.

Mount Tai is majestic and beautiful. And dangerous. I can feel the power it is emitting. Bai Hao Tian then thought of something. As she was about to grab the fence, where the power of the mountain can still reach, she felt her fingers are being pulled forcefully by something coming from the mountain. Good thing though, Xia Yu Yan is fast and held on her tight as they move away from there. "Don't touch anything with your bare hands. Remember, you hold the water stone. In the shēng cycle, water nourishes wood. In other words, you give that, the mountain, power." Xia Yu Yan said as she gestured towards the mountain. Then, it's a good thing Huo Dao Fu got to Xiao Mei on time, or else, the presence of the wood element would harm the earth stone. In that case, Xiao Mei and Pang Zi. We need another research on the cheng and sheng cycle. She thought and looked at her friend. "Let's head back. I think we had enough-" Bai Hao Tian stopped when she saw the breathtaking view of the sunset and then looked at Xia Yu Yan smiling so wide like a child seeing something for the first time. "My first sunset, Tian Tian. My first sunset after a long time. I can't believe that I got the chance to take a picture of it, now. I don't know when will I get this chance again. Maybe, I can make it a habit during our trip? Wouldn't it that be super?" Xia Yu Yan cheerfully said taking so many pictures and looking back at her like a kid. Bai Hao Tian smiled at her and thought, I forgot. She never gets out. She will only get to do this only when Zhang Qi Ling needed her.