A rather tall and broad man shot out of the darkness as he galloped on his heavy armoured horse. His royal, blue cape fluttered in the wind and his long, black, pigtails glistened in the moonlight. Words roamed aimlessly in his mind. Murdered, it kept saying. Murdered. His jaw clenched as he aimed to reach his destination- Bai Di Castle.

Two heavy knocks were placed on the castle door, to which a small maid hurriedly attended to. "Who is it?" the young woman asked. "It is I – Detective Lu Bu, here to investigate the case of Yuan Shao's Death." Almost immediately the doors flung open, to welcome in the muscular man. "Oh, thank goodness you're here," the young maid said, as she locked the castle doors. She then turned around to face Lu Bu, "I received your message, about not letting anyone leave the castle. They are all present in the Ballroom. If you care to…" Lu Bu gave a slight nod and let the maid lead him to Ballroom.

Silence echoed wall to wall in the Ballroom. No-one dared to breathe. No-one dared to move. All eyes were fixed on the detective, as he slowly worked his way across the room. Lu Bu stopped dead at the centre and looked around to inspect the faces that starred back at him. "Are all that are present, here when the death of Yuan Shao was discovered?" Lu Bu asked, breaking the silence. All slowly nodded, making sure no sound escaped their lips. "Good," Lu Bu continued, "you all shall remain here till the murder is caught- and I assure you- HE WILL BE CUAGHT!"

"How can you be sure it's a "HE" and not a "SHE"?" a young, spirited voice shot out from the crowd. Everyone turned to the far left corner, to see the moron who spoke out. A young woman, who wore a complete, set of red- a sleeveless top, a pair of crop pants and a bandana, to keep her short red hair out the way of her eyes. She stood there with her arms crossed. "Well!" she continued, "or do you think; only men can kill? I –"

"Lady!!" Lu Bu interrupted. "Are you suggesting that you caused Yuan Shao's death?"

"..err- no..." she looked blankly back at him.

"Then why on earth, are you getting worked up over the killer being a man?"

"Because, I'm sick of men thinking women can't cause death! We women are more than capable of causing deaths!!"

"I'm aware of that-"

"Then why did you say, "HE WILL BE CUAGHT!" why not: "SHE will be caught"?

"BECAUSE, then there would have been an idiot saying that men could have done it too..."

"Then here's an idea- say "HE or SHE". You can't possibly go wrong there!!"

"WOMEN! IS THERE A POINT?!?!"

"YES!! I'm saying us women have the right to be accused as well!"

At that point, silence took over again. Lu Bu stood there, frustrated. 'Blithering idiot,' he thought to himself, 'she can't possibly be serious. I'll kill that little- no, no. Lu Bu, you mustn't let that brat get to you.' Lu Bu let out a heavy sigh. "Fine, you win. "HE or SHE will be caught". For now you all may return to your rooms and rest. I'll see you all in the morning." With that everyone sighed in relief and left without a word. However, the lady in red stood there, with her arms still crossed. "What's your name?" Lu Bu asked her. The woman starred at him, unsure whether or not to tell him, her name. Finally she replied, "Sun Shang Xiang". Lu Bu smiled to himself, 'ah, so she is Sun Ce's sister. That explains her stupidity.'

Lu Bu began walking towards the door and then stopped. He looked back at Shang Xiang, not sure if she would accept his next words. "I'm keeping my eye on you," Lu Bu warned her. Shang's eyes beamed wide open, "I don't like to be falsely accused." A confused look appeared on Lu Bu's face, "I thought you said women have the right to be accused?"

"'Right to be' and 'like to be' are two different things". Lu Bu rolled his eyes at her response and left. 'What was wrong with a nice, quite night in?' he thought.