WHAT HAPPENED?

SLASH ZL x ZY

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At Chi Bi we now stand, ready to face that vicious army of... steer?

12- Mischievous Midnight

The Shu Prime minister looked up troubled, the moon had taken a bloody red hew. A lot of troops had thought it a bad omen, Zhao Yun had thought as much himself... Speaking of the Little Dragon he had been assigned to watch over Zhuge Liang while he prayed for the wind... Zhou Yu was out of sight, but not the Shu men's minds.

He sat before the alter and prayed, he of course hoped no one would notice the silent tears running down his face.

Zhao Yun of course noticed the faint glistening on Shu Prime Minister's face. He decided for the other man's dignity not to mention it, he knew those tears were for Zhou Yu. The Shu Prime Minister, this was his opinion, had finally broken in and cared for someone. This was a good and bad thing in the Little Dragon's opinion as well, the Shu Scholar might finally get a better attitude...

The Little Dragon easily fended off Cao Cao's forces, keeping the very sad Sleeping Dragon safe from his outer demons. As the battle progressed Zhao Yun could feel a tension fill the air, he had to hold back the smile when he looked up at the cliff high above.

Zhuge Liang's knees ached, no matter how much he called the wind simply would not come. Then he felt it, not as close as it had been, but it was there. He opened his eyes and looked, high above the battle perched atop a white mare sat Zhou Yu. Ancient's sword in hand surveying the battle like a ghost, his formal Wu attire making it even more so.

The Shu Scholar could feel the stillness of the battlefield, all eyes were on Zhou Yu. He held up his sword and motioned with a triumphant smirk forward march. For a moment there was stunned silence, then blusterous battle cries from the Wu men.

Zhuge Liang felt his heart soar at the sight, he prayed for the wind one more time and watched the Wu man's hair start to blow over his face. From the Southeast! The Shu man scolded himself, of course he could call forth the wind. He just had to be relaxed when he did, he watched the Wu man back the horse away from the cliff and work his way down into their midst. The Little Dragon General greeting him warmly as he covered his Wu colors with Shu ones. Sword drawn aside to fend off any would be ensuers.

He remained at the altar watching the Wu man approach with a soft expression, he was batting enemies away like they were mere flies. Zhuge Liang was trying to decide if this was good or bad, that meant not only was Zhou Yu back to full strength... He was probably stronger now, and Zhuge Liang won't have minded if he weren't so worried. It seemed however that he either did not remember or did not care at this point.

"Master Liang, I apologize for a prolonged absence. I was told that it was something I could do to help," Zhou Yu smiled lightly, "my tardiness almost cost us though, do you think Lord Lu Xun was surprised?" He asked almost giddy at the idea, the Shu Scholar nodded with a small smile.

"If I was surprised, then he certainly was, although I wonder which was more of a surprise... You coming back from the dead the first or the second time," Liang desperately wanted to hug the man... Actually... that could be arranged. Where was that mare? "We should check in on Lu Xun and Lord Lu Meng, where is your horse?" The Wu man nodded, and whistled the beautiful white mare trotted up right away. Zhou Yu pulled himself up effortlessly, then pulled the Shu Scholar up.

He wrapped his arms around the Wu man's waist as he lead them towards the center of the boats. When the enemies started to veer a little to close Liang pulled out his fan. He whipped up a gust that blew them out of range of the horse. Zhou Yu pulled his knees in tighter, and Liang almost dropped his fan in an attempt to hold on as the horse jumped from one boat to another. He stuffed the object back in his robes tying the handle to his belt just in case.

The only warning he got the next time was stiffening of the Wu man's back muscles before they went boat hopping again. Liang decided he was going to walk, the rocking and jumping motions threatened to make him sick. "Lord Lu Xun!" He heard Zhou Yu call cheerily, the younger man waver back his twin eagles glistening brightly.

"Zhou Yu! Master Liang a little warning would have been nice, I almost fell off my horse in surprise," Lu Xun shook his finger at the almost motion sick man, but then he started blushing. He had in fact heard the truth from Zhuge Liang's mouth, but the fact that both men were riding the mare in such close proximities made his cheeks flush. Neither of those two allowed such a thing normally.

"I assure you that quite pales in comparison to the churning my stomach is currently doing," Zhuge Liang contemplated whether or not to get off the mare, his contemplation was ended when one of Zhou Yu's hands reached down to meet his that were around his waist. It cradled and warmed his cold hands, it was hard not to smile at the gesture in front of Lu Xun.

"My apologies Kongming," Zhou Yu told him softly, he raised his voice to talk to Lu Xun, "is there anywhere that we need reinforcements Lord Lu Xun?" The Wu strategist blinked and pointed behind them. It was too late however, with violent strikes to the head the three of them taken.

Crimson Choucho: This is not the end, however it is the end of what is actually written for the most part on this right now. If you'd like to see more leave a review or PM if you'd like requesting the update. All typos that are intentional are limited to the author's notes, anything else is just an error.