'Hey come on Mitsuko that's not fair!' Akane whines as Mitsuko did a cheap move in the fighting game they were playing in Mitsuko's room.

'Actually I think we came to the conclusion that this move is totally fine.'

'We agreed no sweeps with this character for BOTH legs!'

'Well this is technically a battlefield and as they say there are no rules of the battlefield.' Mitsuko states as Akane playfully spears her to the ground and initiates a play fight.

'Hey this is cheating!' Mitsuko tells her as she tries to wrestle Akane. Eventually they finish play fighting with Akane pinning Mitsuko to the wooden floorboards holding her hands as they extend upwards with Mitsuko's legs instinctively wrapped around Akane's waist. Akane moves in closer to Mitsuko's face as she blushes, staring at her navy blue eyes.

'As you say there are no rules on the battlefield right?'

Mitsuko suddenly wakes up to the sight of a white cloth shaped like a triangle and remembered what happened as she sat up and shook her head.

'That fucking dream again, damn it Akane why are you showing up now of all times!? What do you want from me? Argh can't sleep now, I'll just have to go for a stroll I guess to clear my mind.' Mitsuko thought to herself as she grabbed her scythe and crawled out of her tent and saw that hers is one of many. Its been two days since they escaped Chang An. Diao Chan wasn't with them, she wanted to continue looking for her father and hid somewhere in the city much to the disappointment of Lu Bu. The next two days Lu Bu and his forces including Mitsuko who went along for the ride wandered the land eastwards. Lu Bu began to amass a small army and recruited men and officers to his cause. Most were former soldiers of the imperial army who had left when Dong Zhuo came into power, the rest were peasant militia with not much military training. All of which respected Lu Bu's unparalleled might. To Mitsuko's surprise Lu Bu offered her a small amount of troops to command over making her an officer. She didn't expect to be serving anyone as an officer never mind the strongest warrior in the land. She didn't know the first thing about leadership in the slightest however she knew she had to do her best when a battle comes about though.

Part of her wanted to reject the offer however when Lu Bu offered her the officer role something changed within Mitsuko, like a spark igniting a tiny flame that burns slowly. She couldn't understand why she felt like this but she concluded it wasn't a bad feeling. As she strolls through the camp she looks up and notices that the sky although black is unusually bright with most of the stars disappeared from the sky. She thought it was just getting to be morning since she never saw this kind of sky before. She exits the camp though making sure not to stray too far away from it. As she exits she hears a faint sound like a grunt of some kind and decides to investigate it.

She finds herself climbing a small hill overlooking the camp, a good place to keep watch. As she walked to the top the grunting got louder and louder and became slightly feminine. She reached to the top and finds a small grassy field on top with LingQi swinging her double bladed polearms as hard as she could all around. Mitsuko couldn't help but admire the way she moved, to Mitsuko she moved with such elegance especially when she striked the air, she could see the determination and strength behind each attack. There was something strangely captivating about it for Mitsuko, she couldn't explain it. She realised that LingQi hasn't noticed her yet so she walks up closer to her.

'Hey what ar-' She was interrupted by LingQi getting startled as she turns around and strikes Mitsuko from overhead. Mitsuko barely manages to block the attack with her scythe however LingQi had so much force behind that strike she actually went on one knee. Once LingQi recognised Mitsuko she immediately retracted her weapons and discarded them to her side as she goes on one knee and puts her left fist in her right palm in front of her.

'My severe apologies my lady I did not know that was you!'

'Its fine don't worry to be fair I should've announced my arrival earlier.' She responded as they both stand up. Mitsuko notices the sweat dripping from LingQi's face and neck.

'What are you doing up so early anyway?' Mitsuko inquires.

'Training.' LingQi answered simply.

'Judging from that last strike I don't think you really need to train so early not like some of the new recruits.' LingQi giggles slightly before sitting down at the edge of the hill.

'Perhaps, however I find it strangely relaxing at night I find.'

'Yeah I understand, stepping out in the night is like a totally different world compared to the day right?' Mitsuko sits down next to LingQi on the edge.

'It is...I wonder...how come you're also up this early?'

'Oh I erm...just couldn't sleep really you know?' Mitsuko responded, she didn't want to tell LingQi she had a bad dream over someone she knew from a long time ago.

'I understand. I am surprised though.'

'At what?'

'That you decided to actually stay with us. I thought the emperor would've been your highest priority.' Mitsuko didn't understand at first what she meant then she remembered the first time she laid on eyes on LingQi was when she was an imperial guard.

'I'm surprised you remembered that far back to be honest.'

'Of course I couldn't forget a beautiful pair of eyes like yours.' Mitsuko had to turn around away from LingQi to calm herself before she began blushing. Almost everyone else back in her time made fun of them, she rarely got a compliment about them. She was taken aback by LingQi's comment as she took a small breath to regain her composure. During this LingQi tilted her head in wonder in Mitsuko's direction who quickly turns back to her.

'Well in any event being a guard for the emperor wasn't my most exciting experience. Not that I didn't appreciate the offer, it was just boring for me.'

'I see, well in any case I'm glad you came with us. Though I do wonder how you managed to be a guard for the emperor in the first place.' LingQi says.

'Well I actually saved him while I was wandering. And then he invited me to the palace where I killed another assassin before he pulled his blade on him and before the emperor drank the poison in his drink. Afterwards he wanted me to serve as his bodyguard so I accepted since I had no rations or money to continue my aimless wandering.' Mitsuko explained.

'Interesting...how did you know that was the case?'

'Erm...call it a hunch I had.' Mitsuko nervously laughed as she remembered the real reason why that was and why she couldn't tell LingQi. The two sat in silence for a while watching the night sky get brighter and brighter. Mitsuko began to get curious over LingQi so she nervously broke the silence as the question began to eat at her.

'Do you mind if I ask you something?'

'Of course not.'

'How did you find yourself on the battlefield?' LingQi thought about her answer as she looks up at the sky.

'My father taught me everything I know when it came to fighting when I was young...partly because I annoyed him a lot about it. But when my mother died I didn't have anywhere else to go. No family I could stay with so my father took me and we wandered for a while, after being a burden to him for so long I wanted to be of use to him.' LingQi put on a sad smile as she remembered the times she was a burden to him. Mitsuko didn't know why but seeing that smile made her feel slightly hurt and she didn't understand why. Probably because she put that smile on all the time but there was something else to it, something she didn't understand.

'I-I'm sure you wasn't.' Mitsuko accidently spoke her thoughts out loud, she realised this as LingQi looked at her with a perplexed look on her face.

'A burden that is, I'm sure he enjoyed your company but can't express his happiness you know?' Mitsuko forcibly expressed her thoughts, she wanted to believe those words as she wanted LingQi but she just wasn't sure enough of Lu Bu to make that assumption. LingQi's sad smile turned into a genuine one as she replied.

'Maybe...maybe not however it's still kind of you to say. Tell me, how did you come to be on the battlefield yourself?' Mitsuko thought about her answer trying not to give away that she's from the future or anything just to avoid any complications, besides it's not something she understands one hundred percent herself.

'I woke up in a village somewhere in Xiang Yang and I can't remember how I got there, however not long after I woke up yellow turbans began to attack the village was under attack by yellow turbans so I picked up the closest thing to a weapon I had which was this scythe and I cut down the attackers until they retreated.' Mitsuko states as LingQi burst out laughing leaving Mitsuko dumbfounded.

'Was that really the best story you could come up with?'

'Story!? Hey that actually happened!' LingQi continued laughing as Mitsuko sees that she's genuinely enjoying herself. She concluded that a genuine smile suits her face more than a miserable one. She didn't understand, she shouldn't have this much of a connection with LingQi already. Sure she was captivated by her when she first laid their eyes on her but she shouldn't care this much though especially considering this was their first casual conversation, so surely her feeling a connection like this is just weird, right?

As LingQi's laughter died down the sun started they saw the night was gone and the sun was starting to rise. They were mesmerised by the sight of the golden sun starting to light up the sky. This was the first time Mitsuko ever saw the sunrise with her own eyes as her jaw was lowered in awe of this new sight.

'Hear that?' LingQi interrupted the silence between them as Mitsuko attempted to attune her hearing. At first she heard nothing then a faint sound was heard strangely in rhythm. As it got closer Mitsuko realised what it was, they stood up and walked to the other side of the hill and spotted a lone horse and rider galloping across the field.

'Looks like we have company, any idea what its about?' Mitsuko inquires as LingQi shakes her head.

'None that I know, everyone should be getting up now anyway we can find out what's going on when get back.'

'Fair enough then, after you my lady.' LingQi stops to turn towards Mitsuko who looks confused.

'Please, call me LingQi.' She smiled which caught Mitsuko off guard.

'Ok then just refer to me as Mitsuko then.' She smiles back and they both chuckle as they began to stroll down the hill. Unbeknownst to them Dodomeki and Gyuki was on a mountain overseeing everything.

'Aww look, our lady has made a friend. I was afraid she was going to be another loner this reincarnation.' Gyuki expressed as Dodomeki scoffs.

'She just made a potential ally, nothing more nothing less. You can't really trust humans too much, look at what happened during the last reincarnation.'

'Even so she seems like a nice girl. Maybe we should give her the benefit of the doubt at least for the moment. And I've never seen our lady look so happy outside of battle before. Besides she's not a mystic.'

'I suppose...still its better to be cautious and nothing happen than being lax and being stabbed in the back.' Dodomeki looks towards the camp and sees the army starts to wake up.

'It looks like they'll be moving soon towards Pu Yang soon. We should get moving ourselves.' Dodomeki states as he starts running.

'How do we know the battle will still be the same?' Gyuki questions as he runs after Dodomeki.

'Because she hasn't influenced this world to a major enough scale yet. Once she's ready we'll see start to see differences in the future making it once again unpredictable.'

By the time Mitsuko and LingQi returned to camp they see everyone already waking up, running around and packing up ready to move. They wondered why they were rushing. They saw a man donned in black armour and armed with two axes, the same figure that was in the Chang An palace two nights ago.

'Hey Zhang Liao.' Mitsuko calls out as he turns around and bows towards both of them.

'My ladies, did you both sleep well?' He inquires as they politely return the bow.

'As much as we could, anyway what's going on isn't it a little early to move out?' Mitsuko questions.

'Ahh yes, our lord received a message from someone at Puyang saying that Cao Cao and his main forces are absent and that our lord should capture it for himself.' Zhang Liao explained.

'Wait we're attacking Cao Cao of all people? We don't exactly have numbers on our side is this truly wise?' Mitsuko sceptically asks as Zhang Liao nods.

'Truth be told I share your concerns however our lord wishes us to capture Puyang and I will do my best to see that it is captured for our lord and finally have a land we can call our own. I must see to my men, if you excuse me my ladies.' Zhang Liao bows as does LingQi and Mitsuko as he marches off.

'Well going to capture Cao Cao's land eh? Of all people to attack first when I get a bit of a leadership role it had to be him didn't it? Now I'm nervous.' Mitsuko chuckles to herself nervously before LingQi pats her on her back.

'Do not worry Mitsuko you'll do fine.' She tells her as she smiles which seems to calm Mitsuko's nerves.

'Yeah you're right, of course I will.'

'Glad to hear it. I must also attend to my men...that was enjoyable earlier lets try and do it again sometime.'

'Y-yeah of course most definitely.' She managed to spit out as LingQi walked away and blend in the crowd. Mitsuko turns around, puts her hands around her back and sighs.

'This was not something I expected as I woke up today and we're fighting cao cao of all people this early? Heh well I should've really expected this though I don't have knowledge of this battle.' Mitsuko begins to smirk to herself as one her right eye pupil began to become that of a reptiles.

'However this does mean I get to fight in an actual battle for a change and kill as many as I can and as an officer under the greatest warrior in the land...this is going to be fun!'