Okay, here it is! Chapter 8! Hope ya all enjoy it! Okay, this chapter will feature 3 characters, which should have appeared in season 2, plus one guest star. They are Liu Bei, Guan Yu( Female version, ack!* author being slashed and cut off by Guan Yu*

Guan Yu: Stop mocking me, you *****!), and Zhang Fei. And the guest star is Lu Meng. Yep, that's all. Then, let's go to the story!\(^o^)/

Chapter 8: The Junior Wushu Competition

"HIAAT!" Lu Bu moved his halberd to left and right, to and fro, then spun it as fast as lightning. He jumped, made a somersault slice, and landed with some vigorous swipes. He ended up by moving his halberd in some cool strikes and finally stroke a pose - a tiger pose.

" Good one, Fengxian!" The girls clapped at his performance, especially Diao Chan, who was really shot by him. Lu Bu bowed to them gratefully. Xing Cai, in this time, stopped her video camera to record his action. She ran to them and made a giant applause to Lu Bu. In this time, Zhu Rong asked," Lu Bu, why did you suddenly show us your wushu skills?"

" Yeah," Diao Chan added," you usually try to hide it."

" Oh," Lu Bu said, taking his halberd and spun in for a time. He flung it to the air and caught it. " Well," he said," I'm attending a competition."

" Competition?" Xiao Qiao asked, raising her eyebrows.

" I've just known..." SSX said, folding her hands.

" Yeah!" Lu Bu swung his halberd again, and replied with a giant pride on his face," I'm following the International Junior Wushu Tournament. It's at Kyoto.(Well, just writing randomly, OK? I've never heard about that, too.)"

" Whoa..." Xiao Qiao shook her head with astonishment.

" So... Have you ever won?" Yue Ying asked.

" Yeah! I've followed it for three years, and I won twice!" Lu Bu replied, still with his might.

" Twice? That means, you've lost once." Zhen Ji smirked.

" Yeah, and shamefully, that's a girl!" Lu Bu suddenly turned enraged. He was quiet for a while, and said," That girl is from Taiwan. She's known by the Taiwanese as The Art of War's Goddess. She got a weapon called, uh...uh... Crescent...uh...Blade..."

" Green Dragon Crescent Blade?" Xing Cai said.

" Yes, exactly!" Lu Bu nodded." Her name is Guan Yu, styled Yunchang.( Argh! Being slashed for a million times by him. Run away!) She's a great rival to me. She won once for me, though it's just 0.1... Grr... I wanna revenge!"

" So... You were defeated last year?" Xiao Qiao asked.

" Yep. I must do my best this year, that newcomer may not defeat me again!" He raised his halberd to the air, wishing that the sky knew his hard work and granted him victory. He lowered it then everyone surrounded him. Diao Chan held his arm and said," We're sure your wish will come true."

A few days later, the Qiaos were in the cafe, wiping the tables when the bell hung near the door rang. The Qiaos ran to greet the guest. It's a girl, seemed mysterious, she had a long, smooth black hair, as if she had a smooth black silk carpet on her head. Her face was red, well, not so red...

She sat down, and looked around the cafe. She sighed," Luckily, it's like things in 9 months ago... Didn't change. I really missed this cafe." In this time, Da Qiao came to serve her, while the others peeped at that girl from somewhere." I think I've ever seen that girl in TV." Zhou Yu whispered.

" Yes, I think that, too." Sun Ce nodded," If I wasn't wrong, she is..."

" Who?" Xiao Qiao, who also hid with them, asked.

Meanwhile, Da Qiao kept doing her job. The girl requested," Can you get me a cappucino, please? Whoa, I always wanted for some before battle."

" Excuse me," Da Qiao asked," what do you mean of 'battle'?"

" I'm going to attend a tournament. My rival's tough, y'know." The girl replied. Da Qiao verified the menu she ordered and went to the kitchen. When she was going to ask SSX to get her job done, Sun Ce suddenly asked Da Qiao about the girl. Da Qiao just shook her head, meant that she didn't know about her. Sun Ce nodded and went to the main room of the cafe, where there sat the girl, looking outside. Sun Ce approached her and asked," Any problem?"

" Not at all," the girl replied," I just got worried of my brother. I'm afraid he's gone by the cameras."

" Cameras? Your brother's an actor?"

" Yeah, I'm also a bit nervous for the Wushu tournament. I don't know whether I can win or not." She let out a sigh and looked at her blade. In this time, Da Qiao came with the things she ordered. The girl sipped on the cappucino. Da Qiao was about to say something to Ce when the girl asked," May I meet Manager Jian? I missed him a lot."

" Um... Manager Jian's died. The cafe is now under Manager Quan." Da Qiao said. The girl lowered her head for a while and shook her head." So, he's died, eh?" She whimpered.

" By the way, who are you?" Manager Quan got out with everyone, to meet that customer. The girl stood up and bowed, while introducing herself." My name," she said," is Guan Yu, styled Yunchang." Everyone nodded, while SSX said," Wait... You are the Goddess of War?"

" I think I am..." Guan Yu nodded." Everyone called me that, but, I'm not sure of that..." She stood up and granted them farewell. The Qiaos greeted her too and she went away. Sun Quan took the tip she gave and said," I don't know she'll win or not. Whatcha think?" The Qiaos said," Maybe... She seemed tough."

In the day before the match, Diao Chan didn't come to school. Lu Bu, too! They were going to ask Mr. Dong Zhuo( since Lu Bu is his son, so he should have known about Lu Bu) when Xing Cai said," Diao Chan told me the day before that she had been gone to accompany Lu Bu and Mr. Dong Zhuo to the match." SSX nodded and said with disappointment," Oh, I see." In her heart, she thought," Damn, Diao Chan. You didn't invite me to see too? But I wanna see him." Xing Cai said," But, hey, tomorrow is Sunday, and the match's that day. Diao Chan left us some tickets for those. Wanna watch?" She showed the whole party of friends the tickets. Zhao Yun shouted," Yes! Let's watch, guys!"

That day was really a good day, though. Mr. Dong Zhuo didn't come and the friendly Mr. Yuan Shao substituted him. He's really a nice guy, eh?

The next day, the whole class went merrily( except Mr. Dong Zhuo, who was with Diao Chan at the backstage)went on an express to Kyoto, thanks for Zhang Jiao's magic. They reached the location of the tournament and took a seat. They couldn't wait for their hero, Lu Bu, to show up, while they actually came an hour earlier before the tournament started.

Meanwhile, at the backstage, Mr. Dong Zhuo and Diao Chan were motivating Lu Bu when they found a girl looking outside. Diao Chan looked at that girl. She seemed lonely. She approached and asked her," What's going on?" The girl replied," I'm a bit nervous if I could win..." Lu Bu suddenly came and said," Aw, come on, Yunchang. You won last year, but it doesn't mean that you'll win now, right?" The girl just sighed and looked outside...again. Diao Chan thought," This girl... She seemed... Wait! Could she be..."

Meanwhile, SSX looked at her watch impatiently( Of course, cuz this story's modern-day style), and snorted," Why is it so long?" Zhao Yun raised his shoulder. SSX growled and scoffed," I'd better leave for a while..." She left her seat and went for a walk outside the stadium. On the way, however, she bumped with a man, seemed to be aged 17, was handsome but he looked panic. He whimpered," Please don't tell them that I'm here." He looked around and hid behind a tree. A few seconds later, hundreds of reporters surrounded SSX and asked," Where's Liu Bei? Where's Liu Bei?" SSX answered," Liu Bei? I...don't know." They quickly ran to the other side, leaving SSX alone - with that man.

" Phew, they're gone." He sighed. SSX looked at him suspiciously. Hey, she thought, he seemed familiar. But where did..." Oh, yes!" She snapped and pointed to him," you... You are the Taiwanese actor, Liu Bei, right?" That man's face turned pale and asked," How... How could you know?"" Whoo! I guessed right! You are!"

The man then bowed to her and said," My name's Liu Bei, styled Xuande. I went to Kyoto cuz my lil' sis has a competition here." SSX replied," I'm Sun Shang Xiang, the daughter of the Suns. I'm from Tokyo. My friend, Lu Bu, has the tournament, too."

" Oh," Liu Bei nodded," I see. You are Sun Jian's daughter, right? Too bad for the 'Jaws', he really snapped him up." SSX smiled bitterly, reminded of his poor father.

" So, wanna go with me to find my sis?" He asked. SSX replied," Yes, please." Both of them then walked quietly to the backstage, since Liu Bei wasn't ready to meet his fans in moments like those. Finally, they were in the backstage, safely, without notice from anyone.( Phew...) When they reached there, SSX was shocked to find Guan Yu in the backstage. She was staring to Lu Bu, who also did the same thing to her. What were they doing? Liu Bei stood still, watching his little sis moving her blade and..." Fengxian," she said," Let's see our match later." Lu Bu smiled and said," Yeah, I'm sure I'll win."

Soon, they heard a pant and it's the MC. He asked the contestants to gather to him. There were, um, 20, or somehow. He told them something, which SSX or Liu Bei didn't know. After the MC's done, he went to the stage, after whispered to Liu Bei," Can you give me your signature after the tournament has finished?" Liu Bei blushed and nodded, causing the whole contestants to laugh, except Lu Bu and Guan Yu. Both of them still glared at each other. "Ouch...", SSX thought," they seemed to be a big rivals."

The MC ran to the stage, which was a giant circle. He said," Welcome, Wushu lovers, to the annual 'International Junior Wushu Tournament'!( I told you that I was joking, okay? It's not real) I'm your host, Zhou Cang, and I hope all of you are very well today! And now, with my arrival, it means that the competition is now started!" Soon, there were cheers from the audiences. Zhen Ji shouted," GO, LU BU!" Yue Ying, meanwhile, was shocked to see a boy with the same age with her sat SSX's seat. When Yue Ying was going to warn him not to do so, he said," That girl was with my brother. They went to the backstage." Yue Ying sighed and, thus, let him sit there.

After a moment or two, the competition started. Soon, after a few contestants showed up, Sun Ce thought," Whoa, they are cool." SSX thought that so. In the backstage, she saw their vigorous moves. She was a bit doubtful that Lu Bu wouldn't win that year. Besides, there was Guan Yu, which was as strong as her ascendant was. Whoa, could she be the descendant of the God of War, Guan Yu? That's what she thought for the whole time in the backstage.

" Now, the next contestant is the winner of the tournament last year. Let's present our Goddess of War, Guan Yu!" The MC announced. Guan Yu smirked to Lu Bu and went to the stage. Lu Bu watched her performance with his two hands on his hips. She's cool, very cool - her blade swung in a high speed. She moved her blade in a perfect swipe. Everyone was amazed with her performance, until an arrow was shot to her arm." AH!" She shouted painfully. She took it off and threw it to the ground." Damn," she thought," where did that arrow come from?" Lu Bu was shocked when he saw the arrow. Something's wrong, he thought, could be someone... Then, another arrow shot Guan Yu, luckily she swooped and the shot's missed. Geez, could it be...

Apparently, when Lu Bu went to the toilet, on the way, he found a boy shooting arrows. He shouted," LU MENG! DON'T DO THAT!" The boy, who's really Lu Meng, shouted," OH, YEAH?" He shooted the arrows to Lu Bu, which almost caused him to be hit. Luckily, he swung the halberd and it missed, flew to all directions. Guan Yu, meanwhile, who almost finished her manuever, found out that the arrows were gone. She smirked and completed it with a perfect spin. Everyone clapped their hands to her, while Zhang Jiao thought," How could the arrows came in a sudden? Whoa, something's wrong there."

Finally, Lu Bu showed up. He made a set of vigorous moves to everyone. His swipe made all eyes moved to him. His cool spin made everyone cheered to him. He kept moving his halberd confidently, without any doubt whether he'll win or lose. Still, he felt something wrong in his mind...

Finally, the competition ended. The MC announced the winner after for a 15-minute-waiting. And the winner was... Lu Bu! Whoa, Lu Bu was shocked, it couldn't be, right? He moved to the stage and everyone gave him an applause. Lu Bu was happy, but still...

The next day, in the airport in Tokyo...

" Congratulations, um, Lu... Bu..., you, you win..." Guan Yu, with her face blushed, praised the mighty Lu Bu beside her. Lu Bu shook his head. Guan Yu asked," Why?"

Lu Bu replied," You win. If it wasn't of Lu Meng shooting arrows, you would have been the winner." Guan Yu blushed again and said," I see... Um, well, hope we'll meet next year. Bye!" She ran to her two brothers who had been waiting for her. Lu Bu smiled and suddenly blushed." Great," he thought," could I... She...um, well...she is...um..."

" Lu Bu!" Diao Chan suddenly hugged him from behind. Lu Bu, who was shocked, looked behind him. He smiled to her." Are you okay?" Diao Chan asked." Yeah," Lu Bu replied," I'm alright." She pulled Lu Bu's hand and said," Let's go home!" Lu Bu nodded and soon both of them raced home. Though he was so happy at that time, but, great, he suddenly thought about Guan Yu. He blushed for a while, then didn't think much anymore. Now, what he should do was to chase Diao Chan, who took his halberd away!" Hey, Diao CHAN!" He shouted. "Yeah," Lu Bu thought,"but, at least, they'll meet next year, and nobody should know our lil' secret of... Of..."

Lu Bu:" Yuri-chan! Don't tell me and Guan Yu's *******( censored because it's a spoiler), please!"

Diao Chan:"..."

Okay, Chapter 8 is all done! Chapter 9 will come soon. Then, please review... I hate to see silent readers, y'know. Stay tune!\(^o^)/