The officers quickly rejoin their troops and make their way towards the castle. They meet a small force of defenders outside the castle however they were quickly dispatched off with a few observers on the castle walls, noticing their strength of a few individuals such as Mitsuko for her way of fighting and her attire The enemy dare not move outside the castle though as the majority of them were fighting Liu Bei's force on the other side of the gate. However when they came to the other side for support the main army of Lu Bu had arrived, they then realised they were surrounded with no hope for escape.

Hours have passed since the surround until all of a sudden Yuan Shu himself appeared on top of the gate dressed in expensive robes and wearing a hat in a similar design of the emperors.

'Lu Bu it is pointless to shed anymore blood, come is it not possible for you and Liu Bei to come over and talk about this.' Which Mitsuko rolled her eyes.

'Oh please not again.'

'Huh...perhaps this petty squabbling and this battle bores me anyway. Very well I am open to negotiations.' Mitsuko sighs as she hears those words uttered from her lords mouth. She knew that this was going to be a long, dreary process.

'Ahh splendid please come inside we have much to discuss but please leave your soldiers outside.' Lu Bu nods in response as the gates opened. Chen Gong voices his opinion but is ignored as Lu Bu rides red hare in the castle, the enemy soldiers make way for him out of fear. The gates shut behind him leaving Chen gong to whine to himself secretly. Shortly after though a messenger arrived on horseback riding to Chen Gong's position.

'My lord I bring news there's enemy reinforcements coming this way!'

'What was that!? Hmm, we can't mobilise the entire army in case lord Lu Bu needs our support to take the castle if necessary. Hmm...you lot!' he pointed towards Mitsuko's smaller contingent force.

'Meet the enemy reinforcements head on and delay their advance the last thing we need is a pincer attack on us.' Chen Gong ordered. Mitsuko didn't take too kindly to be ordered like that however she nods and starts to lead the force to the enemy reinforcements.

'At least it beats being bored.' She thought to herself as the forces march to battle once again. When they were out of earshot from the rest of the army the troops began to whisper thinking they were being silent. Word spread fast throughout the ranks and eventually reaching the officers themselves.

'So...erm...do you have any idea?' Zang Ba awkwardly questioned LingQi who is puzzled by it.

'Any idea about what?'

'About you know why your father went into negotiations when he was asked to attack him in the first place?' LingQi was about to answer however unexpectedly Mitsuko intervened.

'It doesn't really matter what his reasons are, what matters is that we listen and obey his orders is that what you were going to say LingQi.' Mitsuko glanced back at her a she smiled genuinely at her.

'Yes exactly that Mitsuko.' Mitsuko formed a small smile on her lips as she turned back around.

'q-quite rightly put Mitsuko, sorry.' Zang Ba sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.

'You say that however you must admit that even you are curious of his decision no?' Pang Tong questioned which surprised Mitsuko who didn't expect him to get involved and caught her off guard.

'Well erm...that is to say...even if I am it doesn't matter.' Pang Tong chuckles at her. An hour later they meet the enemy reinforcements but they're surprised when they're not the colour of Yuan Shu yet still fly their banner high. Their uniforms were red much like Sun Jians forces that Mitsuko barely remember.

'Well looks like the enemy has some special forces for us to deal with.'

'They look like Sun Jians men...why would they be fighting for Yuan Shu though?' Mitsuko asks out loud.

'Who knows though there were some rumors Yuan Shu sheltering Sun Jian...but why though I couldn't tell you...not for certain at least.' Two figures on horseback amidst the troops started to emerge and make their way to the front of their lines. One who seemed to be the leader was dressed with simple red garbs with a white tunic underneath, embroiled with a golden tiger on the front with pride. He had his brown hair in a long ponytail and had a sharp goatee. He was armed with Tonfas, weapons that Mitsuko remember from her time playing the game and the other figure she definitely recalls as Shang Xiang. The two sun children rode on inching closer to Mitsuko's small force.

'Well looks like the enemy sent out a welcome party for us. It'd be rude for us to ignore them don't you agree sis?' Sun Ce smirks confidently at her sister who seemed to be trying to look among the enemy as she faintly recognising someone.

'Hey wait is that...' Shang Xiang looks hard at Mitsuko and recognises her weapon design.

'It is! It's Mitsuko! Hi Mitsuko!' She yells loudly and waves towards Mitsuko as she's taken aback by this normal greeting on the battlefield and waves awkwardly not sure if she should do this considering they're going to be fighting each other.

'Oh I didn't know you were acquainted with the Sun family my lady.' Pang Tong responds.

'I mean...I don't know them that well, I only know Shang Xiang and even then I don't know her that well.'

'That is hard to believe considering how she's reacting to you right now.' LingQi responded. They see both sun children dismount their forces and their forces march forward.

'Ahh so you're Mitsuko? My sis has told me quite a few things about you.' Sun Ce announces as he shakes himself loose.'

'Really...like what?' Mitsuko questioned a she tilted her head slightly.

'She said you're quite a fighter and I've been itching to see how good you really are.'

'Is that so? Well I can show you if you like.' Mitsuko's eyes turn back to reptilian as raises her scythe at him while also starting to smirk confidently.

'I'd hoped you say that. How about a little one on one?'

'A duel eh? What would be the terms then?' Pang Tong questioned.

'Just a simple one, the loser takes their forces and withdraws from the battle...how about it? Do you think your fangs are sharper than that of the tigers?' Sun Ce alternatively hops from one foot to the other in his battle stance to which gets Mitsuko excited as she lopsidedly smirks on her right side of her mouth. She took a step forward however stopped as she felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned back and saw LingQi.

'You sure about this Mitsuko? We can just take care of them with our own forces you don't need to do this.'

'Don't worry about it I'll be fine, besides...I want to see how tough the tiger actually is.' She takes a couple of more steps closer towards him.

'Hehe. All right tiger, consider your challenge accepted.' She raises her scythe at him when he's directly in front of her. Sun Ce pumps his fists together and moves more excitedly.

'All right that's what I like to hear! I gotta warn you though, just because you know my sister doesn't mean I'll hold back.'

'Oh I hope not, it wouldn't be as fun otherwise, now come at me tiger.' Sun ce smirks as he suddenly charges forward at Mitsuko, she downward strikes him expecting an easy kill however Sun ce rolls forward and striking Mitsuko in the stomach as he runs past her. Mitsuko winces as she felt that strike but she tried hard to make it look like nothing. She rotated the crescent blade to the right and twisted her body with full force as Sun Ce stands back up.

He reacted quickly and put both of his tonfas in front of his face just in time to prevent the blade from squeezing inbetween the two. With his mighty strength he pushes away the blade and lunges toward Mitsuko and striked overhead with his right tonfa after a slight jump to close the gap between them faster. Mitsuko barely had enough time to block with the crescent blade. While they were in a deadlock Mitsuko slides her right arm very near to the blade and pushes him back with all his might. Sun Ce jumps away kicking Mitsuko upwards as he did so. As she straightened her head she felt a small drop of blood trickle down from her nose. She wipes it away with two of her fingers and glances at the rather dark scarlet blood. She grasped the scythe again looks up to Sun Ce and smirks with her reptilian eyes fully exposed. Sun ce smirks back in response clearly having a good time.

The two run at each other once again. Sun Ce threw the first strike aiming for Mitsuko's face however Mitsuko went on her knees and power slided and swung her scythe at his knees just before the punch connected. Ce managed to barely dodge the blade by jumping however because he landed awkwardly with his right leg and not his left he crashed to the ground face down. Mitsuko quickly got back to her feet and tried to strike him repeatedly. However Ce kept rolling away from her before Mitsuko manages to catch him with the blade as they squeezed between the tonfas making the tip of the edge visible to Ce. As Mitsuko tried as hard as she can to get in one final push she overextended her body as she was leaning forward. Ce just barely manages to kick the side of her head which staggers her to the side.

Mitsuko attempted to strike at Sun Ce before he could jump back onto his feet however he did in the nick of time making the scythe penetrate the ground. Ce turns around and strikes with his right Tonfa aiming at her head. Mitsuko moves her scythe to intercept it and sidesteps to dodge it. She pulls the scythe out of the ground and strikes upwards using the momentum of her strength. Ce sidesteps just barely and rushes in again for another strike. Mitsuko turns her scythe and tries to catch him off guard with a swing of the scythe at the torso as she takes a step back. Ce merely ducks under the swing and strikes yet again at her face. Ce was surprised when Mitsuko manages to pull out a sword and block the attack as it struck the joint in between the hand and the actual weapon. The handle of the sword was above the actual blade due to her unsheathing it.

With all her strength Mitsuko pushes back Ce and strikes with her scythe downwards aiming for his right shoulder. He sidesteps to the left giving Mitsuko an opportunity. She raises her scythe above her and thrusts her sword at him aiming for his head however Ce slammed the Tonfa's together and stopped the blade in its tracks being millimetres away from his eye. Mitsuko drops down the scythe again aiming for Ce's skull. Ce pushes the sword to his left while sidestepping to the right making Mitsuko stumble and lose her footing. This gave Ce an opportunity to strike and he took it. As Mitsuko regained her composure and footing Ce struck her in the face. Mitsuko used the momentum to turn herself around while swinging her scythe making Sun Ce jump back to dodge the attack and creating a gap between them once again. As they initiate combat once again Shang Xiang examined Mitsuko with great interest.

'Wow she's managing to keep up with Ce, I'm impressed. she came a long way since back then. Watching them in action like this is actually exciting, c'mon bro tag me in I wanna have some fun aswell.' She scans the enemy forces for any potentially strong warriors for future reference. She spots LingQi on the frontlines wearing a serious and determined face but couldn't hide how worried she became, at least to Shang Xiang.

'Aww she made a friend...hmm but the way she looks at her though...i wonder if she's the reason...nah I'm probably thinking too much into it.' She glanced at Pang Tong next to her who seemed perfectly calm, especially compared to LingQi next to him. Her eyes dart around the surroundings and she sees far away on the mountain two shadows. She couldn't make out what they were exactly but they were definitely there.

'I think she sees us Dodomeki.' Gyuki announced as she notices her gaze.

'Its of no concern, its only a problem when multiple people spot us and live to tell the tale. One woman from a family of self proclaimed tigers shouldn't be of any concern. Even if she speaks about us no one will believe her and even if they do they will not be able detect us anyway.' Dodomeki responded.

'Still, she's sharp to be able to spot us so far away.'

'Hmm perhaps but again its nothing to be too concerned about. This human though on the other hand could be a problem in the future.' Dodomeki claimed while observing the duel closely.

'Do you think so? Looks like he could be a powerful ally to her.'

'Hmph you're too optimistic for your own good. Men with ambition cannot share power at all. They're willing to sacrifice everything to achieve their goal. In this case total domination. They may be friendly but they'll have to fight in the end and he won't hesitate to end her.'

'Is that why you don't trust her friends?' Gyuki questioned. Dodomeki was silent for a moment before replying.

'They should prove their loyalty with actions, not words is all.' Gyuki sighs and goes back to observing the duel.

While in a deadlock Ce makes Mitsuko lose her grip on her sword and it flies out of her hand landing behind her, penetrating the earth. She used both her hands on her scythe and strikes overhead. Ce blocks the attack with both of his tonfas however Mitsuko lets her right hand off the polearm and quickly hammers it down, making Ce go onto one of his knees. As she attempts to do the same thing again Ce pushes the scythe upwards, gets back onto his feet and strikes with both tonfas at her stomach with so much force she gets flown back. Mitsuko quickly drops the scythe to the ground and picking up the sword as she goes past it and also plunges it to the ground to stop herself. As she slows to a stop a long carved line was seen in the ground accompanied with a shorter one on its left. Mitsuko stands up and regains her composure and couldn't help but smile as she saw a trickle of blood run down Ce's forhead.

They both start to breathe heavily, Mitsuko tries to not show that she's in pain but only the few officers noticed that. They were about to charge in again however a messenger emerged from Lu Bu's forces and scrambled towards Mitsuko.

'My lady I bring news from master Chen Gong. He orders your force to fall back as they negotiated a peace treaty with Yuan Shu.' Mitsuko sighs as her reptilian eyes reverted back to their normal colours and shape.

'That's a shame just as things were getting fun. Ahh well...all forces fall back.' Mitsuko announces as the force starts to retreat and she sheathes her sword which confuses Sun Ce.

'Hey what's the deal don't tell me you're giving up?' Ce asks almost sounding disappointed

'Far from it, however looks like my lord negotiated peace with yuan Shu so we're on our way back.' Mitsuko explains.

'Is that so? Well at least we paid our debt to him now anyway. All right men fall back.' Ce orders as the two started to walk away.

'Hey Mitsuko!' Ce yells out to her. She stops to turn around and sees him and Shang Xiang mount their horses.

'That was a good fight lets do it again sometime.' Mitsuko couldn't help but smirk at his request.

'Sure but next time I'll win.' She turns around and hears Ce laughing.

'Bye Mitsuko it was nice to see you again!' Shang Xiang yells out again, Mitsuko waves back at her and returns to her side greeted by LingQi and Pang Tong.

'Well my lady how was that experience for you, did that quell your boredom?' Pang Tong questions with his usual jolly demeanour.

'Yeah that was pretty fun.' Mitsuko replies and turns towards LingQi.

'Sorry I should've probably asked you if you wanted to have a go.'

'Hehe don't worry about it, you just have to give me the next one.' LingQi chuckles.

'It's a deal...oh no.' Mitsuko quickly drops to one knee due to her injuries. Luckily she gets caught by LingQi who drops her spears immediately to prevent her from dropping to the ground. Pang Tong even came to her aid.

'Mitsuko!' LingQi yells out with worry.

'Don't worry he just did a number on me but I don't think it's fatal.' Mitsuko chuckles however that still didn't calm down LingQi.

'Even so you shouldn't overdo it. Come I'll help you back to the camp.' LingQi drapes Mitsuko's arm over her neck, grabs her weapon and proceeds to walk.

'Wait you don't have to go this far.' Mitsuko insisted however LingQi wasn't having any of it. Pang Tong did the same thing to her other arm.

'I may not be the best person to do this but I simply can't walk by when my lady is in need of assistance.' He chuckles as they both help her walk. Mitsuko was stunned by their aid and even refusing to let her be. She can't help but smile to herself, having actual friends she can rely on to help her and would be happy to return the favour.

'...thank you.' She whispers.