Here's the next chapter. I will most likely be switching between forces through chapters. I hope you like it! Im a little stuck with stage names considering I havent played in a while... Heheh sorry. R&R is very appreciated. And I forgot to mention. All Dynasty Warriors will be there Dynasty Warriors 6 outfits and weapons and what not. And all Samurai Warriors will remanin there Samurai Warriors 3 outfits, and what not.
In the castle of He Fei, lied the Tiger of Jian Dong, and the leader of Wu, Sun Jian. He sat in his throne, resting his left cheek on his left knuckles, frowning. He too, felt the tremor of Earth. In the corner of the room, sat down in a chair, was one of the many famous strategists of Wu. Zhou Yu, had his legs crossed. He to, frowned, looking down somberly at the table. He shook his head with eyes closed, and sighed. It seemed as if the whole world stood still.
"What do you suppose we do my lord?" he said, plainly.
No one was in a good mood. Their efforts, were in vain now that the serpent king had been reviven. Therefor, no one was happy. It was so unpleasant to have an evil entity reborn, on such a world that could have known peace for some time. But now, it had been thrown all away, such as a bad strategy.
"I just don't see how this could have happened Zhou Yu... Not even the heavens could have foreseen this. I bet it was that Da Ji... She has always been the most cunning out of the whole serpent group. But, there is nothing we can do, for now. Not until Orochi makes the first move. It is only then that we may set out our scouts. Until then, we wait." he said calmly.
Zhou Yu sighed. Oh well. He thought. He was their lord, and he had to listen to whatever he said, no matter how much he disliked it or disagreed with it. He would at least like to do something, But Sun Jian was right. There was nothing to do. They simply had to lie and wait, just like all the other forces would probably do. A couple minutes later of silence, his wife, Xiao Qiao entered the room looking for him.
"Ah! Zhou Yu!" she exclaimed. She pranced over to him, and held both of his shoulders in her hand to show him a sign that she would always be with him.
He looked up at her thoughtfully, then looking back down. She had heard what Sun Jian said outside the door, her husband not needing to explain anything.
Outside, it was storming. From a distance, you could see a long blue light. With his arms crossed, you could see Yoshitsune Minamoto standing on the tall wall that protected the castle. He had been drenched from the rain, his hair blowing in the wind. He sighed deeply, knowing the current situation. Lu Bu, China's greatest warriors had attacked him about a day ago. Both had escaped unscathed. Below him, Okuni, Japan's most famous and notorious dancer had her parasol up, not wanting to get wet, even though she was still under the roof of the castle.
"What a mysterious man.~" she cooed.
"There's nothing mysterious about him Okuni. You can read him like a book!" said Ling Tong, son of Ling Cao who had been murdered by the ex-pirate, Gan Ning.
"Just look at him! He's so brave to put him self in the harsh elements like that. What a man!" she said, gushing over him, then doing a little twirl.
Ugh, is this chick for real, or is she just stupid? Thought Ling Tong. He shook his head shamefully, and did a face-palm. After this he just went inside, not wanting to hear any more of her gushing over someone she had never even talked to face to face. He was cold anyway. As soon as he walked in, he was greeted by Gan Ning.
"Hey beautiful." he said, nonchalantly. He was leaning against the wall next to the door, his arms crossed.
"Not now, Gan Ning. The serpent king has been revived, if you haven't noticed." he said irritated.
Gan Ning stopped leaning and walked up to Ling Tong from behind, and grabbed his ass.
"Argh! What are you doing?" he yelled out.
"Hey hey no need to get your loin cloth in a not. It was just a friendly hello." he winked after saying this.
Ugh, is this guy insane? I have no time for this. Thought Ling Tong.
"If that's hello, then I'm saying good bye, Gan Ning." he replied coldly, and he just walked away.
He'll open up eventually. I know it. NO one can resist Gan Ning. He thought. He was hungry. He went down a hall that lead straight into the food room. He stopped at he entrance and took a large inhale of the delicious chicken, and rice.
"Hello Gan Ning! Its good to see you again!" said the woman who served food.
"Hey whats goin' on?" he asked calmly, despite what had just happened.
"Oh, not much. Just feeding the hungry. What would you like sweety?" she asked politely.
"Uh yeah, can I have some roast chicken and 2 rice balls please?" he asked, rubbing his stomach.
"Of course!" she grabbed a clean porcelain plate and served him his dinner. "Enjoy."
He walked over and took the plate, sitting on a pillow at a near by table, eating his food.
"Hello." said a low voice.
"Gah..! Motochika..! Don't scare me like that would ya'?" he yelled out, screaming like a little girl. The woman who served food stifled squeals of laughter, as if her laugh were any better.
"Feh. I've been here the whole time, drinking my sake and playing my ginkgo. I'm surprised you didn't see me." he said coldly.
"Well, uhm... You just blend in, s'all..." he said nervously. He never liked the presence of the musician. It always seemed seemed dark and ominous, yet some how calming, only because of his voice.
Motochika surveyed the room, looking up, down, left, and right, then at his own clothes.
"How...? We are surrounded by red, and I wear blue, gold and black."he said, staring into Gan Ning's eyes fiercely. "There is no excuse."
"Ah! Im sorry ok..? Just please don't yell at me alright?" he said, panicking.
"Ahahaha... No need to worry. I wouldn't attack you even if it was the last thing to do in the world, and I hope that day never comes, right?" he said, sounding somewhat sorry, then he took a drink of his wark sake. "Ahhhh... That hit the spot."
He looked up at Gan Ning, flashing a smile, which he almost never did, because there was no need to show emotion on the field of battle. Everything, was cold-blooded and heartless on the battle field. You did what you needed to do, and survive. To win, for what your cause is, and your beliefs, not to do a song and dance.
"Ahaha, right..." he said, calming down a little bit. "Hey! Theres' somethin' I gotta tell ya! And I think you're gonna like it.
"What is that?" he asked innocently.
"I think you're beautiful." he said platantly.
Motochika's small smile turned into a sort of frown, or snarl. He took his little cup of sake and threw it into his face, and got up taking his instrument.
"Ahh! Why'd you do that for? It was a compliment!" he said screeching.
"You know Gan Ning I would expect it from someone with out a spine, like Dong Zhuo or Huan Gai, but not you, especially since everyone knows you like Ling Tong the most. And besides," he sighed, then he lowered his voice "I could do a lot better than you. Urgh."
On his way out the door, he sighed, Not looking back, or regretting what he just did. He simply kept walking out of the chamber, and out the front door, to see Okuni high up, most likely flirting with Yoshitsune Minamoto. He walked his normal pace in the rain, seeing a stair case. He walked up it, and past Okuni to stand on the right side of Yoshitsune.
"Hello, Motochika." he said in his stern voice as always.
"Hello there, good sir." cooed Okuni and did a little curtsey.
"Hello to the both of you." he bowed his head slightly to Yoshitsune. "General, why is it that your out here, in the rain?" he asked, the rain drenching him as well, but not Okuni because she had a parasol.
"It... It's that Lu Bu. His might is none that any other Warrior can match, and yet I didn't manage any damage, and neither did Lu Bu. His essence was invigorating. It quickens my blood, and I'm sure it does for him too. But, no one knows where he is. China's most feared warrior is runing around doing who knows what." he explained.
"Well," Motochika sighed. "Thats not an excuse for staying out here and getting you, me, and Okuni sick, right...?"he chuckled lightly, and put an arm around his shoulder. "Come on. Lets go inside before we all freeze. Right?" he looked at Okuni.
"Your so rough around the edges, yet your softer than silk Motochika." said Okuni as she smiled. "Of course! Lets go inside now before my good sandals are ruined!" she said, prancing around for a bit, the quickly walking down the stairs.
"Alright then, lets go." said Yoshitsune. "Thanks for clearing my Mind, Chosokabe." Although he said it was cleared, he lied. Lu Bu was still haunting him in the back of his mind. How could someone have so much strength, cannot simply take out a whole army? He could if he wanted to, I'm sure, but what would be the point in that...? he thought.
Motochika smiled at him and took his arm off from his shoulder, as they both walked back inside He Fei castle. Mean while, close to the back yet not far from the front, there were 2 people in the small bath house. Zhuo Tai, and Sun Quan. Sun Quan, being the son of Sun Jian, and the brother of Sun Xiang Shang, and Sun Ce. Zhuo Tai, was Sun Quan's loyal, or somewhat personal body guard. He went wherever Sun Quan went. He fought in battles with him. In every battle to be exact. And Sun Quan, still asked the same question.
"What are we going to do Zhuo Tai? Bad things just keep happening for the Wu kingdom... I know we've been on a short respite, granted we actually had one, but the serpent king the first time was barely defeat able. You felt the tremor! That was huge! If there was no tremor last time, and we lost all those men, what makes people thing that this will be easy...?" he questioned his silent statue.
"I don't know my lord. We must hope that we can get through this quickly with little casualties." he replied with a cool equilibrium as always.
"You're right... I needn't fret. We don't even know if that was Orochi or not... That could have been an earthquake..." he said, calmly.
"Exactly, my lord." Zhuo Tai lied. He knew it was Orochi. Everyone did, except Sun Quan. He wanted to keep Sun Quan hopeful, and not scared, because Sun Quan is what he held closest to him. He sighed. He could not keep up the charade forever.
When Sun Quan would find out, he would have to explain his reasoning for lying to him, but he also knew that Sun Quan would understand, seeing as so many people care for him, and his well being. He looked over to Sun Quan, who was staring into the water, with eyes filled with sorrow. Maybe he already knew what had happened, maybe not. Then he looked at everything else. His facial structure, his long, brown silky hair. He looked into his green eyes.
"My lord..." he said to himself, louder than he thought.
"What is it Zhuo Tai?" he asked back.
"Oh..! What bothers you?" he asked, quickly thinking of a substitute for what he might have said.
"Zhuo Tai... I'm worried for what might become of the people, and this world. Surely something like that wasn't an earthquake... No, that was far too large. Can't you see the obvious signs? The skies are black, the clouds don't even flow with the wind. No, for they drift with something else. And the thunder and lightning are no long the astonishing white, they are red. As if they were tainted with evil." he said, all too seriously.
"My lord," started out Zhuo Tai. "Even if it is Orochi, it has only been hours, if not even minutes. And if it were, he surely would have attack some one, and we'd be the first to hear it, would we not? You also need to leave the future to the strategists, not you. Although you may be the next heir, you need not worry just yet my lord." he explained.
But should you ever need anything else, hold onto me, and never let me go, for I will always be there for you. He thought. He always wanted to scream out, no matter how deep his voice was. But now was not the time.
Every one's emotions were running high, and the last thing they needed was something else to think about.
"Y-...You're right... Zhuo Tai, I'm going to retreat for the night." he said, sounding a bit sad. He got up, and as he did, Zhuo Tai looked away, for his urges might take control over him.
"And if you want, you may sleep in my guest bed." he said, quietly, a bit embarrassed to say that. Who was he kidding, they were both men. It wasn't supposed to be like that. It was a relation ship that is only confidential. Only a friendly workplace relationship. Zhuo Tai laughed. Sun Quan stopped, still half naked with only a towel on his waist.
"My lord, if you thought I was worried about you, you would be in my room, not yours." he said. Sun Quan turned around and frowned, taking it the wrong way.
"Ahh, right. Good night Zhuo Tai." he said, walking out the door and throwing his sleeping robes on in the hall. No one could see, so he might as well.
As Sun Quan exited, Zhuo Tai sighed, arms crossed. He inhaled the warm steam coming from the bath. He ran his hand through his short black hair, and decided too, that he would call it a night.
Ahahahaha... There's gonna be more yaoi in the next couple of chapters.. Heheheh. Im picturing Zhuo Tai with hair from like, Prince Zuko from Avatar the last airbender, when he had hair, not the little pony tail. Hah, sorry. Hope you like it, and please review. (: 2 chapters in one day, baby. Im going strong.