It's all Queen of Fighting's, MTKiseki's fault... She had beaten me back, black and blue by guilt-tripping me and successive chains of expectations and reminders. Rendering hopeless and have to take a retreat, brainstorming my story out.

Kii, If you read this I have something to say... You damn manipulator, Congratulations!

I'm in a fucking awful bad mood. I typed this freaking story TWICE. And it got formatted TWICE! I feel awful and have half a mind to stop and call it a day but managed to refrain myself. I really want to kill someone. is a fucking bitch and I really hate it right now

Chaos Theory

Summary:

When Ye Xiu is at wits' end, because his card is stuck. A light come out of his computer screen shedding his hopes to ash. But in the next moment, Ye Xiu saw there are five unknown people in his room. "... Wait, Me?" To be precise there five other Ye Xius in the room. And Ye Xiu really needs to think about his life's choice. One Ye Xiu is enough to traumatize the world... Five?

Chapter 1: The Banished Battle God

Ye Xiu looked blankly to the room which had housed him for years. The very same room that had been a silent witness of his struggles and hardwork for the sake of his team. All the all-nighters he had pulled for the sake of analyzing their opponents, creating various strategies, researching for ways so the team could improve steadily, planting foundations for the club.

All for naught...

Ye Xiu shook his head slightly. No, he shouldn't be thinking that way. Ye Xiu still loves Excellent Era... even after what they did. Even thought people can't see it, Ye Xiu is someone who prones for emotional attachment... And once he values something, it's a bit hard to change it.

It's just he still loves Excellent Era but after tonight... He doesn't know if he still would. Ye Xiu sighed and walked over to sit in front of his computer, Mucheng said she'll take care of his things later. First thing first, Ye Xiu wants to see his beloved partner for the last time...

One Autumn Leaf...

Ye Xiu ignores the barrage of PMs from normal players and manipulated One Autumn Leaf toward a dungeon, starting to kill his way through. Remembering he wouldn't be doing this kind of thing again in the future, Ye Xiu feels a bit regretful and... Nostalgic.

He still remembers that night when he made One Autumn Leaf. He still remembers when that guy with a smile as warm as the sunlight, proclaimed he had something to show... Evil Annihilation gleamed in valiant light and bloodlust as it pierces another monster's flesh, cleaning the whole area. Ye Xiu stopped short and One Autumn Leaf also stopped.

... It's been ten years...

Since ten years ago, One Autumn Leaf had always been his main. The one who accompanied him from the bottom till he reached his glory. The one who helped Ye Xiu realizing their dream. The Battle God, One Autumn Leaf.

Ye Xiu sniffed, not acknowledging the prickle of tears at the corner of his eyes is an emotional tears and not the sleepy kind like he excused to himself. Yet, he's losing another friend... Even though this one is only but a program, he's still very important to Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu laughed bitterly, "Goodbye partner," Ye Xiu smiled and bid a goodbye to One Autumn Leaf as he grabbed his account card to pull it out... Only to find it was stuck.

"What?" Ye Xiu blinked and tugged at it a few more times with increasing panic. "Crap," Ye Xiu sweated as he realized it won't come out that easily.

"One Autumn Leaf, come on buddy. Don't throw a tantrum on me," Ye Xiu murmured pleadingly as he tried to pull the card out of the machine again. If One Autumn Leaf broke, Ye Xiu will die. Excellent Era will kill him and then tell the media that; "Ye Qiu broke One Autumn Leaf in his frustration" and yada yada. If One Autumn Leaf broke... He'd really become a legend.

[Breaking News! God Ye Qiu went into a frustration and broke his account card! One Autumn Leaf become the first God-tier avatar to got destroyed, ever!] Ye Xiu could clearly imagine this as the headline. Let alone the masses even his peers would diss him- not like he'll care either way but still...

"No no no nonono. Please God, come on," Ye Xiu's heartbeats are erratic as he glared unblinkingly at the card machine that had never failed him before.

"Spit it out!" Ye Xiu demanded with a hiss and the computer screen suddenly turn blindingly white. The sudden change shocked Ye Xiu and he went pale as the sheet, fearing for the worst whilst wondering if it had been too late to contact Ye Qiu for a lawsuit.

At that moment, the card machine peeped and a sound of awful electrical shock zapped prompting Ye Xiu to shut his eyes and fell backward with a thump.

*Thump* *Thump* *Thump* *Thump* *Thump* *Thump*

... A thump? That was six, what else that fell? Ye Xiu opened his eyes anxiously and to his shock, there are five other people in the room aside for him.

"Fuck! Who are you?!" Ye Xiu scooted back and corner himself on a wall in a desperate attenpt to keep himself away from the unknowns. Five groans answer to him, in a most long suffering way they could manage.

"Fuck it, Ye Qiu we've talked about this," There's a man in a suit growled in annoyance.

"Whose camera that intense light come from? Arrest them immadiately! I almost went blind!" Another man wearing a jacket with Glory's symbol as well "Team Chinese Glory" printed on his back, rubbed his eyes furiously.

"I swear someone spiked my drink last night," Another one murmured tiredly, he's wearing Excellent Era team jacket.

"The first match is..." Another one, wearing te same Excellent Era jacket but looks younger.

And finally, the smallest one is wearing a simple black T-shirt and brown short, "Muqiu, I don't feel... AAAHHH!" The boy jumped immadiately as he registered he's in a room with five strangers and damn... Su Muqiu would kill him... If these people didn't do it first.

"Who are you?! What do you want? What's your goal in kidnapping me?!" He yelled and accussed furiously, immadiately startling everyone into a full awareness.

The one who looks like he's experiencing hangover clutched his head, "What the fuck, kid... Kid?" He trailled off and gaped stupidly at the boy. Two pairs of golden eyes meet and a sense of familiarity couldn't be denied.

"... Me?" Gasps resounded and Ye Xiu decisively pinched his waist, hard. He still felt pain... This is real... Unwilling to accept one result, Ye Xiu grabbed the nearest person which happen to be the one wearing Team Chinese Glory jacket and slapped him.

"-What the fuck?!" The other cursed and Ye Xiu's hand felt prickling pain after slapping him...

Oh God, this is real...

Couldn't denying it anymore, Ye Xiu stumbled backward. Here... In this room, somehow there are five people that look exactly like him... And his past self. Three of them looks like his fifteen years old self, eighteen years old self, and twenty years old self respectively. Whereas the other two look like his older versions.

In short, there are five other Ye Xius in this room aside for him.

"... I will kill whoever spiked my drink," the twenty years old Ye Xiu growled murderously as he popped his head down and closes his eyes.

"You're not that drunk," The team chinese Glory one, raised his brows at him.

"What's happening?" The eighteen years old Ye Xiu freaked out slightly.

"It's just time travel," The one in a suit answered blandly and everyone looked at him incredulously. "What? It's still better that to get forced for meeting marriage candidates," To be honest there's nothing worse that meeting candidates...

Ye Xiu took out his cigarette and lit it up, inhaling till his full capacity before exhaling it out. He never felt the need to be wasted as much as now.

Silence reigned in the room as stared blankly at each other, as if waiting for something. The youngest Ye Xiu shifted on his feet, "Don't we have to be panic at this moment?" He asked innocently.

"I was... But then I realized if you guys are me, then it's useless to..."

"I was waiting for you guys to panic first..."

"Me too..." This conversation had taken a strange turn and suddenly, Ye Xiu understood why his peers had always been hostille whenever he spoke out his logic... It's just so frustrating when used against you.

"Hm, will it suffice if I go panic now?" The one in the suit asked in amusement.

"Alright, settle down," Ye Xiu held up his hands and demanded.

"I haven't panic yet," Ye Xiu in a suit said bluntly.

"I already am," Ye Xiu replied to him seriously. He doesn't have many times to waste, because his incoming doom is approaching and he needs to settle this... Weird phenomena before someone found out and frame him for illegal cloning.

"We have to settle you guys down before-"

*Creak* the door to the room opened without a signal. Su Mucheng's head popped in, looking somber and sad whilst keeping her gaze down so Ye Xiu wouldn't see the boiling righteous fury and betrayal in her eyes. "Ye Qiu... It's the..-" She finally looked up and her jaw dropped ellegantly, "... Time?" She finished lamely.

"What?" She couldn't believe what she's seeing right now. There are... One, two, three... WHAT?! Before she could cried out in bewilderment, a hand grabbed her wrist and dragged her inside. Closing the door right after.

"Mucheng, perfect! I need your help" Ye Xiu draped his hands firmly on her shoulders as he requested.

"I also need help," She murmured meekly as she gazed to five Ye Xius in the room. Two of them are grinning leisurely at her whilst the other three are looking at her curiously... Yup, she really needs some help. Maybe all those buried rage and other negative emotions really could render her insane.

"You're not insane," As if reading her thought, Ye Xiu answered benevolently. "They're real. In fact, I need you to settle them down," Ye Xiu gestured to... The group of him.

"She's Mucheng..?" The fifteen years old peered curiously at the beauty, reminded of his own timeline's Su Mucheng who hadn't fully bloomed yet.

"Ye Xiu...? Ye Xiu...? Ye Xiu, what the...?" Su Mucheng could feel her mind is swirling, "What in the name of-?" Her eyes widened incredulously.

"Mucheng, you look pale," a slightly older Ye Xiu waved at her and Su Mucheng's sanity almost exploded.

"Mucheng? Mucheng! Don't faint on me!" The original Ye Xiu shakes her awake frantically and Su Mucheng grasped back the feeling of reality.

"What the hell happened?!" Su Mucheng almost shrieked in horror as she demanded an answer from who she supposed her original Ye Xiu.

"I don't know!" Ye Xiu immadiately defended himself.

"It's a possible shift of time and space from a strange supernatural phenomena and we happens to be unfortunately, at a wrong place in a wrong time hence it affected us but then again it could be from another source. Do you want to hear my theory?" Ye Xiu in a suit tilted his head in askance.

"No. We don't have a time for that." Ye Xiu rejected and turned to face Mucheng, "Please Mucheng, for me, I beg you to bring these... These people out of here." Ye Xiu begged.

"But, how?" It's one thing to say it like that. But how is a beauty that attracts attention anywhere she goes, smuggles out five men without being caught in scandal?

"It's the time right? I'll go distract everyone and you hae to find a way to bring them out. I believe in you," Ye Xiu instructed.

"But what about you?!" She retorted, "They'll bully you and alone you'll be... You'll be stepped on!" Su Mucheng gritted her teeth and protested.

"They'll bully him regardless," The one with team chinese Glory jacket litted up his cigarette before pausing, "I meant, me." He added as an afterthought.

Ye Xiu ignored that remark and strokes Su Mucheng's head assuringly, rather than being bullied and stepped all over Ye Xiu is more worried that they'll turn on Su Mucheng instead... "Don't worry about me, for the meanwhile just mind these... Time-travellers" Ye Xiu glared at the five other Ye Xius.

The second youngest is currently teasing the youngest endlessly, the third youngest is already starting his own treasure hunting in Ye Xiu's room, whereas the two that looks like the older versions of him is currently arguing about something in hushes tone. The five of them are surprisingly fast to adapt. Ye Xiu wonders if there's something wrong with them... Him, dammit.

"... Alright," Su Mucheng relucantly agreed.

"Then, meet you outside," Ye Xiu took a black jacket from a hanger and exitted his room quietly, closing the door after.

Su Mucheng waited for a while before looking back to her 'assignments' and thought for a bit, "We should get you guys some disguise first," She stated firmly as she rummaged through Ye Xiu's closet for hoodies, extra scarfs, mask, and cool glasses. Whatever works.

Cold wind immadiately hit Ye Xiu's face after he stepped outside, bringing nothing but what's already on him whilst strangely feeling empty. Looking down to his pair of dainty hands, his eyes are dull... His hands are still shaking.

"Your hands are shaking to this degree. With these hands how are you supposedly to display the power of the Battle God?"

Ye Xiu shuts his eyes and bring his hands close to warm them up.

Ten years... Ten Years he had played Glory and ten years he had been with One Autumn Leaf. Almost eight years with Excellent Era. Three championships and-

"You? Retire!"

No more respect.

"Ye Xiu..?" A soft voice called out prompting Ye Xiu to open his eyes and see Su Mucheng looking at him concernedly from his side.

"How was it?" Su Mucheng asked in concern. Being soft and cautious so as to not making it dificult for Ye Xiu.

"Just how it should be," Ye Xiu shrugged uncaringly and Su Mucheng looked down.

Various emotions flashed in Su Mucheng's eyes; anger, disappointment, regret but mostly... Unwillingness. "I see," she murmured darkly.

"Anyway, where are them?" Ye Xiu asked, drifting the topic and not letting Su Mucheng got washed away by negative emotions. It worked as Su Mucheng's eyes cleared a bit and she smiles.

"They're there," Su Mucheng pointed to an Internet Cafe downstreet where five figures with different heights and elaborate disguises are standing stupidly there, looking at the internet cafe but also not going in.

"What are they doing?" Ye Xiu furrowed his brows at the strange sight of a group of eccentric but attractive people lined up like broadway models.

"I don't know. The eldest two insisted to go there and the rest also agreed since they wanted some computers to play with. But after crossing road, they seemed to be caugt up in an argument," Su Mucheng sighed fondly. No matter what age or what the situation he is in, the first thing Ye Xiu searched after got into a strange place is still computers.

"By the way, I gathered something about them. The smallest one said he was fifteen and he doesn't know what Glory is except for it being a highly anticipated game. I think he came from after you met us, but before Glory is launched.

Next one, the second smallest is your eighteen years old self, it seemed like he was just about to lead Excelent Era in the first tournament.

The one I donned with a cap and blue scarf is your twenty years old self, and just won his third championships. He was so trusting that he even believe my lie saying you got bullied and retiring because you were too old already and Excellent Era want you to take it easy" As if. Su Mucheng sneered darkly. But what could she said? The truth? With those pair of clear eyes looking up at her- not to mention the two of other young Ye Xius are watching curiously. She couldn't exactly say "They're bad and want money so Ye Xiu got kicked out."

No. Let's keep those three pure a little longer.

"Anyways, the other two are your older versions from future. The one with a suit is your thirty years old self. He said he had long retired and had assumed his position a the heir of the family," Su Mucheng continued.

Ye Xiu cringed inwardly, what a bleak future is waiting for him.

"-And then, the one with "Chinese Glory Team" jacket... Is apparently your twenty eight years old self. He said he and the team had just won the international tournament for Glory. Though, I'm a bit doubting that... As he looks like he was just trying to gauge a reaction out of me. But I'm not sure," Su Mucheng finished and Ye Xiu nodded gently at her.

"Alright, I understand. Thank you, Mucheng," Ye Xiu patted her head but before he could walk away, she grabbed his sleeve.

"What are you... Planning to do now?" Su Mucheng asked softly.

Ye Xiu casted his eyes down for a split second before smiling leisurely at her, "Don't worry, I'll just rest for a year. Then I will come back," Ye Xiu promised and Su Mucheng looked down, her grip on his sleeve slacked down and she let go. Without anymore words need to be said, Ye Xiu turned around and walked off to approach his different timelines' selves.

Seeing that slouched back clad in mediocre black jacket Su Mucheng's eyes blurred with tears. She hastily covers it up and turned aroud, walking quickly back into the club building. She wants nothing more than just burying her face into a pillow to cry her heart out.

Unknown to Su Mucheng, a pair of golden eyes watched intently as she gone. The eldest of 'Ye Xiu group' exhaled heavily 'I knew you were crying back then,' And now he had seen it for himself.

"What are you guys doing crowding over here?" Ye Xiu asked after he reached them.

"We wanted to play" Everyone replied in unison, without anyone signaled them to.

"What stupid propaganda is it that decided you can't play in an Internet Cafe without ID card?" The youngest Ye Xiu asked solemnly with a dark tone as he pointed toward a wooden tablet stating "ID cards needed for renting"

"I look too young for my written birth date," The eighteen years old small captain said regretfully. Damn Time-travel.

"I... Only brought Ye Qiu's with me," The three times champion looked at his- Ye Qiu's ID card.

"And if they can't go in- they won't let us in," The national team's Ye Xiu said.

Ye Xiu massaged his temples a he felt his brain might combust out of overheat, "First, let us discuss about suitable names for you all. I can't keep reffering you guys with the same name in my head. And it will be suspicious if we have six people calling one another "Ye Xiu"," Ye Xiu quickly proposed an idea, cuting them off. The other five looked at each other before shrugging.

"Alright," The eldest clapped his hands, "To not make it difficult or everyone, we'll be using numbers. You guys can call me Da Ye or Big Ye, as I'm the eldest. Then the national team's leader is Er Ye or Second Ye. The original from this timeline is San Ye or Third Ye. The newly crowned three-times champion is Shi Ye or Fourth Ye. The small captain is Wu Ye or Fifth Ye. Whilst the youngest will be reffered as Xiao Ye or Little Ye," Big Ye pointed and assigned their nicknames one by one.

"With this, we'll be like one big happy family no?" Big Ye clapped leisurely, pleased at his own genius thinking.

"Heh, There are only me, myself and I as family. looking it this way, it's actually kinda sad," Second Ye looked toward the distant with hooded eyes but the others accepted the nicknames silently.

"Alright, that solved it then. Any question?" San Ye or The original Ye Xiu turned to the rest.

Little Ye raised his hand, "Me,"

"What is it Little Ye? No need to be shy," Ye Xiu asked with a fond smile at his ten years younger self.

"I'm hungry," Little Ye said unrestrainedly. He's not shying away at all.

"..."

Of course Xiao Ye is a growing boy, he needs to eat. Or else I would be guilty for not feeding him a lot of food he deserves and- wait...

What have I done?! No-

Kii, what have you done?! *Loud Shrieks*

ANOTHER PROJECT?! Goddammit!

IT'S YOUR FAULT MTKISEKI! DAMN YOU AND YOUR GUILT-TRIPPING!

Second chapter is in the making anyways, expect it you little shit.