DISCLAIMER: In this chapter, I own Lord You Huan, Su Chang, Su Yang, Zhu Pei, Zhu Dan and Lady Qing. The rest belong to KOEI!

A/N: This chapter is set in 208, Spring.

CHAPTER 1. The Cities Of Jing


OUTSIDE XIA KOU, WU'S MAIN ARMY, 16:21


"Rargghh!!" screamed the men who were charging down the hill. "Kill those enemies!"

"We're travelling Jing? For Han and You Huan?" another asked. "It just doesn't make sense... Hyarrgh!"

Sun Quan stood on top of the platform that the soldiers moved along.

"Huh," Sun Jian muttered, trotting beside his second son. "Isn't that horizon bright?"

Sun Cé stood on the second platform and smiled at his small brother. Sun Quan gave a small nodd back and turned at his father, nodding his head to his question as well.

"I have had contact," called a voice that sounded calm, "with the Prefect of Chi Bi, Lord You Huan. Since he is my mother's sworn brother, he is thinking to aid us on our final battle against Huang Zu."

"Gongjin," Sun Cé quietly said, "it is kind of you to aid our cause. But, err... Your father, Zhou Yi, err... He sort of... Err... Dunno how to say it."

"He got his backside cut off by that Su Chang," Sun Quan busted in, trying to make Sun Cé's speech more understandable. "He's dead!"

"Oh," said the calm voice. "That's highly a shame. I miss him, already!"

"Gongjin," Sun Cé laughed. "I can't believe that's all you got to say about him."

Sun Cé turned his head around and saw Taishi Ci. He smiled and then raised a brow. He blinked and then stomped twiice lightly on the platform. The platform stopped and Sun Cé walked down it, clenching his fists.

"Ziyi," Sun Cé smiled. "I thought you were... Err... Gongjin."

Sun Jian's daughter Sun Shangxiang stomped on her platform lightly too, and jumped down them. She rushed onto her brother and hugged him tightly. Sun Cé then moved towards his wife, Lady Qiao Da.

"My wife," Sun Cé smiled, pulling Sun Shangxiang off him slightly. "You remind me of mu-"

"COOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!" called a voice on the top of the hill. " 'elp us, please!"

Sun Cé walked back from his wife onto the platform, and gave his wife the signal to come. She hurried onto the platform and rushed at her speeds. Sun Cé gave his wife his second ring, which gave the knowledge that Sun Cé was married twice. He smiled at her. She smiled back, knowing that Sun Cé was going to divorce the other wife.

"Hey," Sun Quan called. "It's good and all that you're divorcing Lady Qing, but... I think they need our help too!"

Sun Jian smiled at his eldest son. He's a good 33-year-old, but... Sun Jian smiled... Smiled at the way that Sun Cé is already in business. Sun Jian gave his horse the note to run. He galloped off towards the couple villages and left a 10 000 man army there. Sun Cé looked over the hills and watched the mists. He looked at his favourite major, Chan Tue and stormed towards him. He touched his soldier and tapped his head and walked towards his old friend, Zhu Zhi's sons, Zhu Pei, Zhu Dang and Zhu Ran.


XIA KOU CITY, WU MAIN ARMY & VILLAGERS, 18:21


Sun Jian was already in the city, and he slew at least 1 000 men already.

"We've already won this battle. Send Jongsha to the next ship! Don't let 'em reach my Quan!"

One soldier was killed, lifeless on the mud. For some apparent reason, to Sun Jian he looked more important. Sun Jian picked the body up and touched his throat to check whether he is alive or dead.

"He's not breathing," Sun Jian quickly said to Dong Xi. "He's 100% dead. But, he looks sort of familiar. Huh?"

"True," Dong Xi replied. "Lord Sun Jian, I understand that... I recognise him? He's that Su Chang's son."

"Hold on?" Sun Jian ordered, making it sound like a question. "He's moving."

The 'dead' body begun to shake. Sun Jian begun sitting down onto the floor. He stared at the 'dead' body. All the villagers smiled at Sun Jian and Dong Xi.

" 'e's dead!" called one of the villagers.

They all begun to chant, " 'ooray! 'ip, 'ip, 'ooray! One for luck, 'ooray!"

The soldier that was of much concern had awoke already. The villagers' commander, Cai Mao, was preparing an execution.

"Soon, dese stupid scum'll be dead by de 'our!" Cai Mao said standing up. "Dough I am still par' of Lui Baio's army, I will keep my 'atred against dat 'uang Zu proper! All fanks to Sun Jun!"

Sun Jian stood up to the front of the village, and patted the top of the vocal-trumpet.

"All men," Sun Jian begun. "I would first like to correct you, it isn't Lui Baio, it's Liu Biao. And for seconds, it isn't Sun Jun. It's Sun Jian stled Wentai."

Cai Mao walked to the front of the crowd and bowed at his friends.


JANG KOU CITY, WU'S FRONT ARMY & YI WEST ARMY, 09:31


All the troops under Huang Zu rushed speedily at them.

"In the name of Han," Ling Cao cried, racing his spear at his enemies. "You will never pass this point, however hard you try!"

Zhang Pu stood on the hill with his arms folded. He stroked his short, spiky beard and then looked at his ally, Chen Sheng.

"In the name of the Han?" Zhang Pu spat. "The only reason why we did this was for the sake of Han!"

Chen Sheng stood against the wall, watching Su Yang walk pass to arrive at the ships.

"Hmm..." went Zhang Pu. "How was it?"

"Willing to know?" Su Yang asked walking pass. "As the great Su Chang's son, I accomplish naught-"

"Naught?" asked Zhang Pu displeasured. "Hmm... While I teach you what is right and what isn't, send Fan Cheng through the short cut to rescue Huang Zu, Kuai Liang to hold off Ling Cao, Gan Ning to destroy Taishi Ci and that Liu Pi to help Cai Mao launch the ships."

"So, I'll be off duty then?" asked Su Yang.

"No," Zhang Pu argued. "The punishment of failing a mission is half a year of prison, and as for being rude to your ancestors - death."

"B-but?" Su Yang asked, weirdly confused.

"I'm sending you to Sun Jian! They already know about you burning their camp. Unless - you'll send your son to war?"

"He's just 26?" Su Yang shouted.

"What? Your kids can't fight either?" Zhang Pu teased, walking off in a mood.

"But?" Su Yang tried to finish off, while being grabbed by all the majors.

"No if's, no but's!" Zhang Pu finished off.

As Su Yang lie crying, Ling Cao was still barging the Yi troops up the hill.

"Move out of our way you prostitu-uart!" Ling Cao shouted, before being stabbed in the arm.

"The master's in trouble," Dong Xi called, rushing a few metres up the hill.

Then all of a sudden, a ship landed to create a bridge on the middle island. As one soldier tied the ship to the pier, Cheng Din walked off and was thrown on to the floor by an angry-looking guy. The guy kicked the man in the stomach and with out saying a thing, cut his neck open. Then, all the other soldiers jumped off the ship and one folded his arms. Then, as the man begun to run lightly, a ringing noise was heard. The guy attached bells to his belt.

"Hey," Dong Xi smiled, pushing a Yi soldier backwards.

The soldier walked forwards and Dong Xi cut at the soldier. He picked up a stone and threw it at the soldier, instantly killing him.

"Gan Ning," Ling Cao shouted. "You'll get none of me!"

Gan Ning walked forwards and smiled, pulling a great sword out of his belt. He threw his dagger at Ling Cao but he avoided it.

"Oh yeah?" Gan Ning laughed. "Old man! Help us, well - not really help, but, err... kill him!"

"Here we go," the old man laughed, walking out from behind the pier, and watching 200 archers, including Gan Ning fire, as he points his arm at his enemy.

The 200 archers fired, and Ling Cao dodged. The next arrow came and the old man mounted his horse and raced off, half expecting Ling Cao to be dead. Arrow after arrow, Ling Cao avoided, even managing to catch three or four of them, which otherwise was inevitable. When the soldiers ceased fire, Ling Cao stopped avoiding as the arrows stopped. Then Gan Ning pulled out his bow.

"Gan Ning," Ling Cao screamed. "You'll never beat me."

Bored of all this, Gan Ning aimed an arrow at Ling Cao. As he almost fired, Ling Cao jumped to the left causing disaster for himself, as Gan Ning quickly moved his bow at Ling Cao, causing him to get injured badly. Ling Cao sat down onto the rough, short grass and felt his blood. He gasped and layed silent, as the wind whistled.

"Agh... Killed... By... Lowly... Pirates..." Ling Cao said, as his last words.

"Father!!!!" Ling Tong shouted across the field, after throwing his sword on the floor, witnessing his father's death.

Ling Cao pulled his body into a lay. As the seconds flew by like a gust of wind, Ling Tong begun to hold back his tears. He stepped forwards and then turned around to Dong Xi and Han Dang. Han Dang stood in horror with the two, before turning around and racing off at high speed. He raced away as fast as he could, leaving Ling Tong with a angry face. Dong Xi turned around to run as well, but before he could run, he heard footsteps, so turned around and stared at Ling Tong. He begun to run after Ling Tong, who rushed towards Gan Ning, empty-handed. Dong Xi chased him at his high speed, still not able to catch with the 19-year-old. Then after a second Ling Tong slowed down, and turned his direction to his father. He ran to him and held his hand, and picked up his father's halberd, before taking all the weapons out his belt, and equipping himself with them. He left the halberd on the floor because he thought it would slower his cause.

"Gan Ning," Ling Tong screamed, beginning to charge at him, choosing his father's nunchuck's. "I swear, your head will be mine."

Dong Xi picked up Ling Cao's halberd that Ling Tong seemed to have left. Ling Tong front somersaulted to Gan Ning and attacked.

"Hyah! Yah! Waaah!" Ling Tong shouted as he did each move; a front somersault and a slam, then a side somersault and a leg swipe, then a back somersault and a slam, then a triple-front somersault onto Gan Ning's head and jumping off him, infront of him.

"Hey," Gan Ning said. "What the heck is your problem?"

Ling Tong walked forwards and aimed his nunchaku at Gan Ning, leaving a track of tears on his cheek.

"Do you think you could escape the son of the man you murdered? Not even this world of chaos will overcome my vengeance!"

Ling Tong stood and faced Gan Ning, holding each end of his nunchaku and letting the metal chain drop. Gan Ning held his sword with one hand and left the other one on top of his head. He looked at Ling Tong and then Ling Cao, and then looked at the floor with a sarcastic face.

"Oooh..." Gan Ning laughed. "I'm sorry? But, err... face me when you know how to fight."

"Flippin' do, you idiot!" Ling Tong snapped, aloud.

"Well - young boy," Gan Ning smiled. "Today's your lucky day! You get to fight the Great Gan Ning!"

"No!" Dong Xi screamed. "If he killed your father, he'd definitely kill you, Tong!"

"Whatever," Ling Tong explained. "I'll die in my father's name!"

"N-no! Stupid," Dong Xi told him. "You're commiting suicide, Tong!"

"Just let go of me," Ling Tong ordered.

"Tong. Don't risk your life!" Dong Xi shouted, trying to warn him.

"Just f**king leave me alone!!" he shouted, angry that the fool wouldn't listen.

Gan Ning smirked and walked behind the arguing two.

"Brave enough to fight?" he asked bored.

Ling Tong pushed Dong Xi and ducked an attack that would've ripped his head off. It cut Dong Xi's feather off his necklace.

"Tong. Pull back! You're going mental," Dong Xi screamed, as he left the feather on the floor.

He looked at Gan Ning who was holding his trouser pockets.

"He wasn't worth your head," Gan Ning smirked, studying Ling Tong for a better look.

Then, Ling Tong and Gan Ning begun stopless fighting that caused the red marks on eachother's bodies. But as the headblow came to Ling Tong, Han Dang rushed to the side and pulled his blade to defense. Ling Tong looked at Han Dang, and smiled in thanks. Han Dang brought a letter out of his pockets.

"Younger Tong, the Lord Sun Jian says that all units should fall back from Jang Kou. And the punishment for ignoring - is death."

"What? Cruel world. I'll fight 'til the day I die! Tell Lord Sun Jian that!" Ling Tong spat, attacking Gan Ning.

Gan Ning and Ling Tong began to fight for hours on end in the sun set and charged at eachother. All the men of Yi had already fled back to the city at Jiu Kou, and the men of Wu are heading for reinforcements from You Huan at Red Cliffs, in Chi Bi.

"Lord Tong," Han Dang smiled. "Best be quick. Lord Sun Cé is coming. He will abandon you in the stray of the dessert. Do you care?"

"Oh, I care. Boy, do I care. I've served Wu for the life you've never lived, snuggling in your hole at night."

"You did it with my wife?" Han Dang demanded an answer. "Did you flippin' do it with my wife?!"

Gan Ning looked at them arguing and bored, decided to kill Ling Tong as well. He cut Ling Tong's stomach and Ling Tong stared.

"These wounds are nothing compared to the death of my father!" Ling Tong shouted, whacking his nunchaku's at Gan Ning.

Gan Ning burst out to laughter and got a bottle of rum out and begun drinking it. Ling Tong fell dizzy in amazement at how such a pirate would risk his life at battle. He then woke up and kicked the bottle into the air. The bottle fell into heaven's clutches and back down again. The bottle fell and knocked Gan Ning unconsious. Ling Tong, thinking he was dead from the attack walked back, too angry to make sure of his life.

"So," Dong Xi smiled. "Finally finished, huh?"

"Yeah," Han Dang joked. "I wonder where such a young boy became so strong, then?"

"Shut it! I'm not in the mood!" Ling Tong shouted. "I've told Gan Ning to back off, so he did by suicide."

"Tong," Dong Xi smiled, "get in the carriage. We're returning to Xia Kou to get our Lord Sun Jian's prize for saving them."

"I may die," Ling Tong laughed. "I am too injured to go any where. I'd like to lay in the grave with my father."

"Was that a joke?" Han Dang asked, staring at Ling Tong.

"That weren't even funny!" Dong Xi shouted.

"Err... Forgot what I was gonna say?"

"Oh, yeah?" Han Dang asked. "The truth about you f**king my wife would be kind."

"Oh," Ling Tong sarcastically spat. "Shame? Cos I would go out with a peice of sh -"

"Hush..." Dong Xi commanded, pulling Ling Cao's dead body into the back of the old carriage. "Get in, Tong. Master Han Fengzin."

Ling Tong looked at Dong Xi in despair.

"Carry me in then!" Ling Tong told Dong Xi as he almost tripped onto his face.

Han Dang moved in with Ling Tong and Dong Xi. Dong Xi knocked on the window.

"To Xia Kou," Dong Xi asked.

"Err... 26.31Y, please," the carriage driver asked. "Thanks," the carriage driver said, taking the cash out Dong Xi's hand.


XIA KOU CITY, WU'S FRONT ARMY LEADERS, 17:47


"Hey. We're there. Enter the city of Xia Kou, then," the carriage man said, stopping.

" 'ello!" shouted Cai Mao. "Are you alrigh' den?"

Ling Tong stared at Cai Mao and then growled at Dong Xi.

"You never told me that they couldn't speak, properly!" Ling Tong shouted.

"True say!" Han Dang said. "I don't trust these bookies."

"What? You saying I do?" Dong Xi asked. "Lord Sun Jian just told me to enter their palace, talk to Dei Weng, take our prize and return to Wu!"

"Uhh..." Ling Tong groaned, walking towards the city, half-injured.

" 'ello! Welcome ta Shia Koo!" said the registrator. "Wha' is ya name?"

"He... No Bo Dé. He's Kong Sua and he's Han Dang," Ling Tong joked.

"Welcome in, ya good for nu'en paypel."

After walking in a bit, they looked at Ling Tong.

"Where's his office then, Dong Xi?" Ling Tong stomped.

"Straight forwards," Dong Xi replied.

"OK," Ling Tong smiled walking in.


SHANG KOU CITY, YI FRONT ARMY, 18:32


"Haha!" Cai Mao laughed, riding into Shang Kou City. "Men come out our disguise! The city will blow any second now!"

Cai Mao rode for at least half a mile, before turning around and blinking. He saw the city explode and raised his hands into the air, at a very high speed.

"Kh-hah!" laughed a footsoldier. "Being plain me, isn't always half the fun!"

"What?" Cai Mao asked, while drinking a glass of wine.

"You see," the man laughed, putting his blade at Cai Mao's back head. "I've been part of Shu for half my life. I am Liu Pi, son of Liu Biao."

"What?" Cai Mao asked, turning his head to Liu Pi. "Obviously you're Liu Pi, but..."

"But?" Liu Pi asked pushing the pike slightly into Cai Mao's head.

"But... Whadda hell! Whadda hell are you betraying us?"


CHI BI CITY, WU MAIN ARMY, 23:58


Sun Jian took out his blade as he searched the city of Chi Bi. Sun Cé went into every house and kidnapped the children. The traitor to the Jing Kingdom tapped Sun Quan's shoulder.

"We best hide in this house," he said. "At midnight, the bell of the Bi Cathedral rings, and the guards who have the alarm wake and march the city, in groups of 100. And if they destroy us, we're done for. Traitor's get the worst execution - they're skinned until the flesh. Then, the flesh is given to the dogs, and they eat it. Then they rip out your organs and feed it to the animals. And burn your bones to crust. When the flesh turns to ash, the bones are eaten by the dogs. I've seen the execution over 100 times. And that'll happen to me."

"Damn it. It's 1 minute 'til!" Sun Jian growled.

"45 seconds, actually," Sun Quan said. "We're getting in the house. How do we get in?"

"Round the back," the man replied. "And through the open window."

"That's too long. We have half a minute," Sun Quan said pushing his hands against the door. "And it ain't opening!"

"Damn," Sun Cé whispered. "We're gonna get caught!"

"15 seconds," the traitor breathed, looking at Sun Quan. "10. 9, 8, 7, 6 -"

As the traitor counted, Sun Quan walked back, and kicked the door open. He entered the great house, and Sun Cé threw the kids in.

"Quick," the traitor growled, pushing everyone in. "It should've gone by now."

"Good," Sun Jian said. "Got enough time to get everyone in!"

As every one went in, Sun Quan slammed the door shut and looked at his father. After 10 seconds of waiting for the bells Sun Cé turned to the traitor.

"I thought it rings at midnight liar!" he shouted in a whisper.

"It some times goes 10 seconds late," the man whispered.

The bell went, and after 3 minutes of waiting, they heard marching. Footsteps by footsteps, stomping by stomping. After 3 hours and 30 minutes, the soldiers returned.

"When the second bell goes, we leave. Do you hear?" he said.

After the second bell, they all rushed out of the big house, and continued kidnapping children. When Sun Cé entered one house he saw a woman wide awake.

"C'mon," she whispered. "Go to bed, Shao. Daddy still loves us - well you. Me and Daddy just had a little argument, OK?"

"Yes, mommy," he answered, crying still. "But where's the divorce papers?"

"Shh... Go to sleep," she whispered. "Every little thing is going to be alright."

She walked outside the room and looked at the table. Weird - she'd never normally see her cup of tea spilt. She got her cloth and rubbed the table. Sun Cé walked up the stairs and looked at the window. He saw blood, and looked at the walls. It was painted red in blood.

"Holy s**t!" Sun Cé whispered, touching the blood. He looked at the corner of the room and realised that their was a bowl with the same red in it.

He then turned it around and saw the words 'RED PAINT' on it. He sighed of relief and turned around to see a knife at neck.

"Cé," she growled, putting the knife at his neck. "Why is she better than me!"

"Damn, man. Gimme a break, Xiang," he said looking at her, holding his arm. "OK. Xiang, she gave birth to my second daughter. It's so hard to choose between your children and wives. And -"

"I gave birth to your first daughter and your only son, your own f**king heir!" she shouted. "How cruel can you be towards me, you f**king p***k!!"

"Hey, you don't get so rude," Sun Cé warned sticking his index finger in her face.

She moved the knife of his neck and smiled.

"I am not waking Shao..." she whispered. "And I will not let you get to him."

"He's my son, Xiang," he growled. "I can kill you for him, you know?"

"Yeah, I dare you to go and try," Xiang smiled folding her arms. "Yeah... Unarmed and no army... You and what army?"

"Me and what army?" Sun Cé asked himself, dreaming that Xiang never existed, and was just a nightmare in the mountains, and that all his children were Da Qiao's.

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