Ultimate Note: You Are Worthy

Lovesick

Hei Xiazi

It had taken him a while to once again dig a path for the heartless Master Hua to walk. Breathless by the scorching sun heat and exercise, he offer Xiao Hua the opening he digged. The man had smiled mockingly at him before he went in without giving him a moment to rest.

Resigned, he walked after Xiao Hua into the tomb and find traces of San Xing's people, well death ones at that. However, as soon as the door was open, a few boomerang things came zooming in and they barely had time to dodge them, only saved by their prime skils. Hei Xiazi was confidence on his ability to pass such dangers and watching Xiao Hua move like a true Master of kung-fu, he smiled to himself. All his movements where graceful and pleasant to watch.

Obviously, the man not only had the looks, he had the talent to make the perfect combination for his strong personality and adding a caring heart when it matters, how could his heart not beat for the other one? Just walking alongside him was exiting enough to keep him interested all the way down, until suddenly, another bizarre corridor with thorn on each sides was spotted. Xiazi illuminate the walls with his flashlight and smiled, looking at Master Hua.

"So weird. I wonder what kind of trap will be trigger for someone to get impaled at the sides." He said looking at the stone floor.

"No matter the trick, we must be careful." Xiao Hua said as he seriously look around.

"Are you anxious? Don't worry, I will be sure to protect you well." He teased and Xiao Hua snorted.

"As if I need you to protect me. I'm more capable than you for the job." Xiao Hua refuted.

"Want to bet?"

"Is money all you think about?"

"Not all, but most of the time."

"You are hopeless."

"Hey, I'm reasonable. A man needs to eat and make a living. Know what, I will go first with no charge this time."

"Should I be touched?" Xiao Hua asked and Xiazi make the motion of a broken heart, grabbing his jacket over his heart while falsely stumbling toward him.

"Don't be an idiot, either you go now or I will." Xiao Hua pushed him away and Xiazi sighed.

"Alright, I go." Like I said, so heartless... He thought as he carefully begin to walk forward, then suddenly, his body was pulled over the spike wall by an invisible force he could not avoid.

"Xiazi!" Xiao Hua yelled, yet Xiazi stop him.

"Don't move!" He shouted back, while putting his hands on the wall in between spikes. As he looked down, he notice he had manage to resist the force in time to avoid his heart to be stabbed by one. Still, his arms were now trembling by his efforts to be pulled no further.

"Xiazi! What's going on?" He hear Xiao Hua ask with unhidden worry.

"There is an invisible force working on those thorns. It's possible to be a kind of magnetic field, or the thorns themselves are magnetic. Take out all your metals, then come and help me. I had one just over my heart and I will not resist the force for long enough." Xiazi told him and he hear Master Hua remove all metals from him, then he try to pull him.

"What the hell do you have in that bag of yours? It's so damn heavy." Hua asked as he try harder to remove it.

"Don't talk nonsense now, hurry!" And so Xiao Hua did, adding a bit more force into it by putting one of his legs in between the spikes for more momentum and he pulled with all his strength in one go. This time, he manage to free Hei Xiazi from it, but the force he used on his leg, make him stumble backwards toward the other side of the thorns.