As the horse galloped away from the city as fast as he can, Mitsuko looks back on the city and can still see the flames scorch it from quite far away. She wonders how Sun Jian and the other generals of the alliance are, however she realises who they actually are and historically they all survived so she focused on the objective that she needs to accomplish herself. About half a day has passed since they escaped the burning city, Mitsuko began thinking about the time she first arrived here to this very moment remembering every step that hasn't been time skipped though some of them are coming back aswell.

She realised something...she was a much happier person. Sure this era had a lack of technology and getting around everywhere just by horses or foot is so slow by comparison to cars or train. She didn't care though, she didn't care if it took her days to get somewhere whereas by car or train it would only take a few hours at most. She started to appreciate her surroundings more, she started to see beauty and colour in the world. She had so much frustration before with everything and everyone and now she feels she has enough strength to do the one thing she subconsciously always wanted to do when someone pusher her around, she pushes back she gets to deliver her own form of punishment. She felt more stronger, more confident with herself. That was all Mitsuko wanted, she just wanted to be stronger, she didn't want to be considered a weakling anymore although she felt she still has a long way to go it's a start. She thanked the snake demon thing, Orochi she remembers Dodomeki calling him for transporting him here. It turned to night as Mitsuko looks up to the dark night sky and sees it filled with bright stars and a half moon.

'Have any ideas?' Miu questions Mitsuko which interrupted her daydreaming.

'I'm sorry?'

'I asked if you have any ideas how to get in? I didn't expect this many guards outside the city. Infiltrating it is going to be a pain.' He rubs his forehead as Mitsuko thinks to herself trying to come up with a solution. She looks down and notices that she's still wearing her imperial uniform and since news travel a lot slower in this time she has a plan.

'Do you have any rope or anything like it? Mitsuko inquired which confused Miu Zhuo.'

'There might be some on the side pouches of the saddle but why?' Mitsuko begins to rummage through them and eventually found a short rope.

'Ok give me your hands.'

'What why?'

'Look I'm still wearing an imperial uniform. With luck they may think I'm on their side, if you're in binds I can say you're my prisoner I captured as we fled Luo Yang. Since we're not exactly popular we may not be recognised and we can get inside no problem.' She explains as he brings his arms behind his back. Mitsuko tied them fairly loose so he isn't too restricted but still looks convincing enough to be a prisoner. She has her left hand on the reins of the horse and her right hand still gripping her scythe and they casually made their way to the front gate. Mitsuko thinks that the horse may be too tired to actually sprint even more so she slows its pace. She approaches the front gate very casually as the guards stop her.

'Halt, who's that with you?'

'Someone fighting against lord Dong Zhuo, I managed to catch him before we left Luo Yang. I'm going to bring him to him now to speak for his crimes.'

'Of course sorry for the delay, Dong Zhuo should be in the palace. However the stables should be nearby one of the stablemen can take care of it for you.' One of the guards told her.

'Thank you.' She replied as she makes the horse enter the city. They wander for a while as Miu Zhuo is still in loose binds seeing as Dong Zhuo's troops surround them. Shortly after they enter they wandered to the stables where a stableman took the horse by the reigns as they dismounted it.

'Ok we're in, lets make our way to the palace we should find our lady in there, if not we can kill Dong Zhuo regardless.' Miu whispered to Mitsuko who nodded in response. She pushed him in front of her every now and again to fool the patrol soldiers and made their way to the palace. Mitsuko observes her surroundings and sees a lot of buildings and soldiers patrolling around the streets...almost too much for to allow this. Mitsuko thinks since the alliance taken Luo Yang they may try and take Chang An so Dong Zhuo must've ordered his men to be constantly vigilant.

'Little does he know.' Mitsuko thinks to herself as she smirks. They make their way to the front of the palace which is smaller than the one in Luo Yang however it is still a sight to behold in itself. They are stopped by some more guards.

'Halt where are you taking him?'

'To lord Dong Zhuo, I captured him before we made our escape from Luo Yang, he may have information on the treacherous alliance army.' Mitsuko lied.

'You should take him to the dungeons, Lord Dong Zhuo doesn't want anyone to interrupt him this late at night.' Mitsuko didn't expect that, she thought these would let her go on through like the previous ones.

'Well this one could hold important information our lord would want to know.'

'As I say take him to the dungeons he'll deal with them in the morning.'

'That will not be necessary.' A middle aged man descends down the short flight of stairs. The guards stand at attention as he descends.

'Lord Wang Yun!' One shouts.

'Let these two pass, I'll deal with them personally.'

'Yes sir.' They replied as they got out of their way leaving Mitsuko and Miu Zhuo to ascent the short flight of stairs and enter the palace. As the guards were out of their vision Mitsuko removes the loose binds of Miu Zhuo.

'I'm glad you two have arrived in time. Come we're about to end this chaos.' He motions the two to follow them and they oblige, they reach a small room where Lu Bu and Diao Chan was waiting but also the woman that Mitsuko still remembers clearly on that fateful day he laid eyes on her.

'Ahh I hoped you would arrive in time.' Diao Chan stood up and respectfully bowed as the other two repeated the action towards her.

'We wouldn't miss it for anything my lady.' Mitsuko replied as she raises her head, she couldn't help but lay eyes on that strange woman again and attempt to examine her subconsciously. As Mitsuko realised what she was doing she immediately stopped and tried to focus.

'Now lets get down to business. Dong Zhuo seems to be moving everywhere in the palace. Me and Miu Zhuo will hold off any reinforcements that may come through the front gate. Lu Bu and Lu LingQi will work their way through the east Wing, Diao Chan and Mitsuko will work their way through the rest. Kill anyone you find that is loyal to Dong Zhuo we will end the chaos here and now.' Wang Yun concluded as he and Miu Zhuo makes their way to the front of the gate. Lu Bu was about to walk out the door way but stops and turns to look at Mitsuko. She forgot how intimidating the strongest warrior in all the land can actually be in front of you. She can feel her heart skipping countless beats.

'You had better take care of Diao Chan, if so much as a single hair is out of place I will have your head!' He shouts as Mitsuko who did not expect that and feels afraid for her life. She knew that Lu Bu would kill her in a single blow even if she was a woman.

'Of course my lord you can count on me.' Mitsuko replies as she bows respectively toward Lu Bu who grunts in response and leaves. As she raises her head she sees LingQi bowing to Mitsuko.

'I'm terribly sorry, please forgive my father he doesn't mean it he's just very protective of her it seems.'

'No worries its fine.' Mitsuko tries to reassure her. Seeing her this close surprised her and made her heart skip beats again though in a different way. This experience was a more pleasant one than she experienced a few seconds ago.

'In any event lets both do our best to win the day my lady.' She smiles gently and her voice was very calming and smooth especially compared to Lu Bu's rather Gruff voice.

'O-of course lets both do our best.' Mitsuko began to get flustered and bowed to hide her face in case she was blushing. LingQi walked out as Mitsuko followed suit and saw that Diao Chan was already making her way towards the west wing and ran to her side as her eyes changed colour to a dark purple and a scarlet red with her pupils turning slit shaped again.

A few moments later Mitsuko kicks a door down and finds a room where a couple of Dong Zhuo's advisors were drinking tea.

'What's the meaning of this!?' One stood up and yells as Mitsuko drops the scythe onto him on a diagonal angle, cleaving him into two parts. The other two try to escape in fear however Mitsuko catches one by the edge of her blade wounding the back enough to make him Crash to the ground. The other advisor was tripped using Diao Chan's whip with what seems like a shuriken blade at the end, the blades were slightly curved and one blade was larger than the rest and was attached to a chain at the tip, while the whip itself is made of rope. Mitsuko walks over to the two fallen advisors and finished them off with her scythe. Mitsuko's scythe slowly dripped blood from the tip of her blade as she exits the room leaving a small trail of blood in her wake. The blade hungered for me...as did Mitsuko deep down. They cleared the first floor and Dong Zhuo was nowhere to be found. As they ascended the flight of stairs Mitsuko broke the silence.

'My lady can I ask you something?'

'Sure but you don't have to be so formal Mitsuko.' She replied.

'I'll keep that in mind but I wanted to ask you...do you really think having Lu Bu will really help rebuild the Han Empire after this?' Diao Chan stops in her tracks to Mitsuko's confusion.

'To tell you the truth I don't think the Han Empire can be rebuilt.'

'Wait if that's the case then why...'

'You see my father served in the Han Empire all his life, its all he's ever known and he fears that without it the land will fall into further chaos. Though Dong Zhuo is a vile man who must be stopped after that...i'm not sure if the empire can be rebuilt to its former glory. My father also thought having Lord Lu Bu on our side would be beneficial but after Dong Zhuo is slain I'm not sure what his plans are. However even if I have my doubts its something my father would want and I will do everything I can to make sure his dream comes true, he's done so much for me, the least I can do is to make him proud and try to rebuild something that is precious to him even though I may think it may not change things.' She explains as she holds her hand close to her heart. Hearing of Diao Chan's love and devotion triggers a memory within Mitsuko, something she didn't think of for a long time. Her eye colours change to a dark navy blue.

Mitsuko and another schoolgirl met up at the rooftop on the schoolyard. They lean over the railings as the schoolgirl turns to Mitsuko.

'I made a decision...I want to get a job after this.' Mitsuko seemed shocked by this statement.

'What!? Are you sure you want to give up your education?' Mitsuko questions the woman in front of her.

'Yeah I'm not like you, I'm not smart and I'm not going to get good grades to get into university or college. But there's lots of big companies who need people like me you know...i'd like to save up and actually get us a place.' Mitsuko began blushing madly.

'G-get us a p-place?' Mitsuko managed to blurt the words out in shock.

'Yes...I want to repay you for what you did for me. I want to give you what you never had...a proper home, someone to care for you, things like that you know.' The other girl holds both of Mitsuko's hands.

'Akane'

'Who?' Mitsuko snaps out of her flashback to look at Diao Chan's looking at her and shakes her head as she grounded herself back into reality.

'No one important its fine.' She said after she realised that there was a small tear making its way down her right cheek. She quickly wiped it and went in front of Diao Chan and continued forward.

'Are you sure?' Diao Chan questions with concern present in her voice.

'Yeah I'm sure don't worry about it.'

'More intruders, get them!' They hear as they doors opening aswell as a few guards charging towards them. Mitsuko's eyes turned from Dark Navy blue to their Dark purple and Scarlet colours. Sadness now replaced with anger as Mitsuko orders Diao Chan to stay behind her as she charges forward. With one slash Mitsuko kills two in front of the rest and knocks them back. Two attempt to flank her from both sides but she dispatches with them easily using one diagonal slash. Three run past her to get to Diao Chan, Mitsuko catches one with her blade but the other two were out of her reach, she ran as fast as she can towards them. Diao Chan uses her whip to lash the leading guards neck, making him fall to the side before getting near her. The second guard armed with a spear lunges at her, she gracefully sidesteps and her uses her whip to wrap around his neck with the one of the blades pierces his neck. She brought her whip back spinning him around and carrying the blade through his throat slitting it as he fell. Mitsuko was impressed by Diao chan didn't think that she could hold her own against a couple of guards.

They cleared most of the west wing as they ascended the last flight of stairs they see that both wing converged into one big hallway. They could see two figures were on their knees bowing to Lu Bu respectively. One was a larger figure wearing a black officer uniform rather than the standard imperial uniform Dong Zhuo's forces have. The other wore black regal armour equipped with a helmet which shows his face which had a small moustache and goatee. In front of that figure was finely crafted axes.

'Allow us to come with you Lord Lu Bu.' The larger of the two figures asks Lu Bu who grunts in response.

'Do what you wish just don't get in my way.'

'Lord Lu Bu!' Diao Chan yells making Lu Bu turn and run towards him.

'Diao Chan! Are you ok, are you hurt?' He puts his hands on her arms and looks at her right in her eyes.

'I'm fine my lord your concern is most welcoming.' She replies Lu Bu notices Mitsuko and walks up to her. Mitsuko began to feel Lu Bu's intimidating aura again and began to fear for her life.

'Good job protecting her.' He states as he starts to make his way through a set of rather expensive double doors. Mitsuko sighs in relief. They all made their way through the doors and see a big bedroom surrounded with expensive luxuries and accessories. They also see Dong Zhuo against the wall with his sword enraged by the betrayal of his adopted son

'Lu Bu how dare you betray me after I gave you everything! You will pay!'

'ha don't make me laugh you pig!'

'Why you, I'm going to cut you all down I will gain my paradise!' He charges as Lu Bu with one swipe cleanly decapitates him. The fat corpse caused a very minor thud as it dropped on the ground.

'It's finally over.' Diao Chan said to herself however everyone's thoughts were interrupted by yelling from below.

'I think that's our cue to leave guys.' Mitsuko states as the yelling got closer to their location. Lu Bu climbed out of the high window and jumped out followed by several others. Last one to climb out is Mitsuko after convincing Diao chan to escape rather than wait for her father. As she climbs out she finds a roof that slants downwards. As she walks she loses her footing and slides down, as she goes over the edge she lands on another longer roof, she manages to stand up and jump down to the ground being careful to not injure herself. She looks around to see where the stables are. A few guards find her and alerts the others of her presence. She sprints in the opposite direction which coincidentally leads to the front gate. As she gets there she Lu Bu mounted upon Red Hare zoom past her, she never saw a horse gallop that fast. He was followed by two more horses that also ran past Mitsuko.

'Fucks sake thanks guys.' She sarcastically says to herself as she sees a huge number of soldiers running to her position.

'Grab on!' she hears some yell, she turns to her left and sees LingQi on a chestnut coloured hold and extending her hand as the horse gallops. Mitsuko holds her hand out and grabs LingQi who pulls her up onto the horse as they gallop to the front gates. Guards atop of the walls attempt to fire arrows at them however they run too fast for them to actually make them hit their targets. Mitsuko wraps her left arm around LingQi's waist as her right arm grasps her scythe tightly.