This is it. Finally my school gave me a long holiday so that I could update.

By the way, Image Manager? For pictures? Hooray! I can't wait to put a cover in fanfictions. KYAAA! Finally a chance to draw!

Tonikaku, our story... It must continue... \(^o^)/

DISCLAIMER: How long do I leave this site, nothing changes. DW's in KOEI's possession, and it will always be.

Chapter 10: The New Headmaster, Daimyo Yamata

The party's been in a chaos, thanks to that purple thingy hanging in the sky. Looking at it made you feel so bad. Gloomy, and full of bad aura...

" Meh, what's wrong? It's just a strange cloud after all!" Gan Ning snorted.
Some looked at him with annoyance, but some agreed with him.

" Dad?" Shang Xiang looked at her father, froze in shock. Even dad was like that!

The night caused a happy and joyous party to a horror. What a sudden change. Just for a cloud? Are they out of their minds or something? (I answer: Oh, you'll see... T_T)

" Even you are scared!"

Lu Bu stared hard at his friend who was accompanying him. Damn you Zhang Liao, he thought, you are also scared. I sensed it.

That guy noticed his angry remark.
" Hey don't take it serious, Fengxian!" He blabbered sheepishly.
" You never changed, Yamada..." Lu Bu muttered.
" GEEEEHHHH?" Seriously, looking at his face and you knew he hated that nickname.

" Heh." Lu Bu responded. Well, that's Zhang Liao for you.

" Say, Fengxian?" Zhang Liao asked.
" Hmm?" Lu Bu kept looking at the blue sky. The purple thing stayed there.
" Looking at this situation, I really feel bad."
" I have a bad feeling since the first time it appeared."
" Your antenna works again..."
" Of course!" Lu Bu smiled widely, pointing at the "antenna" on his head (It's just pheasant tails after all).
" Yeah, it bugs me out."
" Liu Bei meanwhile asked us for precaution." Zhang Liao informed," Danger may come ahead, he said."
" Fengxian..." Zhang Liao patted his shoulder, after made a long sigh," I wonder if things could really work bad..."
" Hey, don't fear like that!" Lu Bu laughed," I never heard of a coward Zhang Liao before."
" Oh, really?" Zhang Liao looked smug this time," Or is it a coward Lu Bu?"

In this time, Lu Bu felt something moving on his shoulder (Yep, the shoulder Zhang Liao patted before). He looked at that area, and... It's a bug!

" GRAAAAAHHHHH!" Lu Bu jumped in shock. His hand was now busy getting rid of the bug.
" Ha! You're scared of a bug!" Zhang Liao laughed in a sweet victory.
" You really are..." Lu Bu growled, trying to punch Zhang Liao around, still hiding a smile with him. Zhang Liao responded it by blocking and avoiding them, and tried a counter attack.

Well, we'll leave them alone.

In other place...

" Ah, what a nice baozi you make, Lian Shi." Zhen Ji smiled. And she looked better and better these days.

The girls were seen hanging out in Lian Shi's (her father's) restaurant. And of course, Lian Shi's the main chef there.

" Zhen Ji, she's the best chef in Wu!" Xiao Qiao reminded.
" I don't think the whole Wu, the whole Japan even!" Xing Cai added.
" Or the whole universe?" Zhen Ji asked, still with her usual mocking tone. The girls all laughed together.

" Well, glad you all liked it." Lian Shi smiled. She looked beautiful in her restaurant uniform. It looked more like a French waitress one, but some oriental styles were added to it.
" Of course! No one will resist that fact." Shang Xiang winked.
" I can't cook like this!" Zhu Rong said.
" At least you can cook. I'm NG in this stuff." Diao Chan replied, embarassed.
" You're not alone, Diao Chan. Me too!" Xiao Qiao said, comforting that beauty.
" Me either!" Shang Xiang raised her hand.
" I could only cook instant noodles." A Dou giggled.
" H-Hey! Don't say it like that..." Lian Shi started to blush. Well, if you are arrogant you can accept it well (you could even reinforce the compliments), but if you are otherwise...

Cai Wenji who was sitting near the window, silently looked outside. Yes, that sky still bugged her out. A purple thing in the middle of a fine blue sky? Eww... Very ugly.
Sun Ni noticed Cai Wenji and looked outside as well. Yeah, it's totally bugging her. I mean, come on!

" Hey, what's wrong you two?" Zhu Rong asked, shocking them.
" I-Iie..." Sun Ni shook her head.
" Nothing at all..." Cai Wenji crossed her arms.

Zhu Rong looked at them. There must be something.

The next day...

" Whoa, Bei!" Sun Shang Xiang laughed hard," I never thought you are such coward to walk around alone."
" Shang Xiang, please!" Liu Bei pleaded," I'm just not used to going out alone."
" You did go alone at school..."
" Not here... Don't mind?"
" It's not my problem, Bei, to accompany you along."
" Besides, it sounded like a hangout for me. What about you?"
" I have no problem for that," Liu Bei affirmed," I assume you."
" Well, then."

The two of them were walking down the streets of Tokyo. In the hours they moved around, surely it's a lively city. All were busy around, spreading here and there. The noise of the cars (very few, but loud), and voices of the pedestrians filled the day.

Shang Xiang looked up the sky. Well, in any ways, the purple cloud remained to exist. That thing was a hot news in her father's yesterday newspaper. It wasn't so "hot" for that time, though.
Liu Bei walked away from her to a vending machine near a konbini behind them. Shang Xiang ignored him and had her thoughts flying to that purple thingy. It grew larger. As Shang Xiang saw this, she realized that it was darker and darker from day to day. Well, not day to day. Maybe... A minute to another, it looked slight bigger.

" Back!" Liu Bei distracted her for a while. He was beside her with two cans of soda. He gave one to her, and of course, the other one to himself. Shang Xiang looked at him for a while. He looked completely different in the clothes he was wearing. A red T-shirt, beneath a brown-green jacket. Dark blue jeans, and a cap, hiding a little of his upper face part. Shang Xiang, meanwhile, was wearing a pink (and white) dress, and a pair of black skinny jeans. A decorative small ribbon was on her right side of her head. She looked really cute (but I guess she won't like it).

" The sky's got worsened these days." Liu Bei muttered.
" Wonder what actually makes it scary?"
" Well..." Liu Bei opened his mouth, going to say something, but then he dropped silent. " Never mind," he said, after a short silence. Shang Xiang looked at him, and felt that the thing got something to do to him.

Shang Xiang looked at the sky again. Man, how long were they talking? The cloud got bigger again. The blue sky was starting to retreat, along with the fluffy white clouds, who were always beside them. Purple clouds (but as Shang Xiang looked closely, it was no longer cloud, but sky), uh, sky, with black clouds started to expand its territory around the city. The citizens, some of them, started to get their umbrellas, since they thought it was going to rain. It would...

Suddenly, lightning fell from the centre of the darkness. It stroke perfectly like a neat zig-zag line. In this time, Liu Bei looked like he felt something. Quickly, he grabbed Shang Xiang's hand and ran to the direction to the source of the lightning. Shang Xiang followed him helplessly, watching the others started to enter anti-lightning building for safety.

They reached the scene, and found Cao Cao, surrounded by some serpent armies. No, not some. Uncountable, like the stars. Shang Xiang made a charge, along with Liu Bei. They gathered with Cao Cao, who expected their help.

" Perfect timing," he said," I really need your help around."
" Okey dokey." Shang Xiang directly put herself in the mini-battlefield. So did Liu Bei. To think again, Liu Bei may not be weak in front of Shang Xiang, or Cao Cao... Ahem, Cao Cao could spread it around if he did so, that's what he threatened.

Match start!

All weapons were out for them to use. Liu Bei's twin swords, Shang Xiang's chakrams. Cao Cao? He's taken out his sword from the start. Or was he looking for death, if he didn't. Everyone was ready. Eyes gazed at the serpents. Those monsters circled them. Shang Xiang poked Liu Bei, giving a signal. Liu Bei, understood, started to charge, followed with the other two.
You have to admit, everyone. The Two Mights got an unmatched strength and martial arts skill, but the three of them served us a fine wuxia performance. Cao Cao got a bump at first, but he could dodge the rest of the attacks. Shang Xiang swiftly moved and with a turn, she swiped a large number of them. Liu Bei slashed a line and gave a large blow to those armies via the swords. Just his usual power, and some kendo skills. That's enough for him.

The serpents were tough too. Killing them was easy for them, but... Nope, not the karma circle. Problem is, sometimes, just sometimes they duplicated into more than just numerous. And worst thing is, none of them knew how to seal those guys out. If only someone like Zhang Jiao or Zuo Ci's around...

Although with those hardships, they finally defeated the whole. Not all actually, some escaped. Three of them fell to the ground in exhaust. They didn't lose their consciousness, just tired. Shang Xiang lay on the ground. Her sight was to the sky. She was shocked to see that the sky turned all purple in her sight. A demonic laugh was heard somewhere.

" Cao Cao, is that you?" Liu Bei asked, with hopes he didn't hear anything wrong.
" I like using that laugh, but not this time." Cao Cao replied.

Shang Xiang, now sitting, gazed around. Where did that voice come from?
A strong wind whipped them in the middle of confusion. It brought dust around, and (weird in the chills of winter) sakura petals. Liu Bei shuttered. Sakura petals? As he noticed those, pain struck in his left chest.

" Bei!" Shang Xiang rushed, but was pushed back.
" Leave me alone." Liu Bei said, breathing heavily. He dropped hard to the ground. Shang Xiang looked at him, worried. Cao Cao stared in front of them, a dark purple portal was shown. All purple, spinning like spiral. Dark purple, purple... No, no, that wasn't important. A black silhouette appeared in the mist of those colors. More maniac laughs.

" Now you should give what my Lord wants." That devillish voice came out, as the silhouette revealed itself. A bishonen. Long white hair, pale white skin.
" What do you mean?" Liu Bei asked, struggling with pain.
" Japan, Liu Bei. Give Japan to us."
" You are kidding me. I don't own him in person." Liu Bei growled. (A/N: Hetalia reference)
" I mean the country, Liu Bei. You are the one who have this, and My Lord's the one who owns it."
" This is the kingdom my bloodline has ruled for centuries. You are not going to have any quarter." He said steadily.
" Well, well..." The man laughed," Even if your fronts are gone?"
" What?"
Before Liu Bei could react, the man snapped his fingers. Out came another tornado, blowing hard to them. Shang Xiang held Liu Bei tight, trying not to let go of him. Cao Cao stood by, watching the figure slowly vanished. It left with a few laughs...
" Just like they said,' Your demise is only when your shield does'. You will see that day soon, Ryuubi Gentoku."

As those words spilled out of him, he was gone. And so was the tornado. The purple cloud dropped. Harsh rain hit like arrows to them. Shang Xiang looked up. Yes, heavy rain. Suddenly, she felt like something was taken. Something very important.

" Impossible..." Liu Bei gasped, in the middle of his heavy breath." Could it be..."

" What's going on?!"
Shang Xiang yelled. Her house was totally empty. Her father was gone. Sun Ce and Sun Quan, however, were with her.
" I don't know. It vanished!" Sun Quan replied.
" But Dad wasn't going anywhere, right?" Shang Xiang asked," Where is he?"
In the middle of the heavy rain, she shivered. Not because of the chilly rain. But for the lost of someone, one of the nearest person to her.

" DAAAAADDDD!" Her voice echoed through the air. Her whole body was like she had nothing to support her. Quickly the brothers helped her. Tears of the clouds, tears of losing. Blurred the maiden's sight. Flowing her whole feeling. Her affection, her sweet memories... All the times, every single second she spent with that person. The one who with all his effort, made the current her. Sadness dropped, flowed and ended up to the ocean and left just like that... Nothing else to say.

Liu Bei watched her from the back. His chest still hurt, yet it lessened a little. Suddenly bad thinkings flew around his mind. Yet we never knew, what happened. Whatever it was, it was kept a deep secret for himself. Yes, only for himself.

" That signals the era of darkness. The opening of a new scene, new act. Where this beloved country where the sun rose was being swallowed by a large, monstrous horror."

" And that's why, everyone. All the students who witness here..."

Everyone watched the figure above the stage. Sturdy and burly. Stiff with his great impression as a warrior. Better than any warriors. He was...

" I, Daimyo Yamata, will proceed as a replacement for our beloved Headmaster, Han Xian. I wish all of us are able to cooperate and continue our vision, for the future of all of you students right here."

Faint applause was heard at the scene. Sun Shang Xiang didn't, however, with her mind flying to the beloved ones she lost.
" God, what will happen next?"

Ah, what a fine year hibernation.

Finally, time has come for me to publish this chapter. Kinda sad, though, with time passing, it was just a few months to April, when I'm having my national exam. I don't know the exact schedule, but it will be a lot of exams since January.

At least, I'm glad to be able to finally update this one. After leaving it long, when I read over, I realized that I've changed my storyline now. But I guess I don't need to change anything here.

Bye-bye! And go on to the second "R", if you really want to. \(^o^)/