Pursuit
By Yukira (Yuki-chan)
Author's Notes: Hmm, my fourth DW fanfic! Yeah! (Everyone's probably thinking: Stupid immature author, writing three fanfics or more at a time.) This story will be different from all my other fanfics. It's about Sun Ruan Er, Zhao Yun's wife in real life. And it will be written from Sun Ruan's point of view, third person POV, and Zhao Yun's POV eventually.
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There's gossip around the village. Usually, I don't really trust gossip at all, but this time, it's going a little too far.
My husband-to-be, Zhao Yun, and I are to be married tomorrow morning.
The village gossip circulates that Zhao Yun is having an affair with another woman. I know that Zilong is loyal, but the talk is spreading fast, and all of the clues point in the right direction.
The other night, Zhao Zilong arrived home late last night. Now this is very unusual. Zhao Yun was very punctual when I first met him. He claims to have had a few drinks with his fellow officers but I found a long brown hair stuck to his shirt. This couldn't have been mine, because my hair is short and black.
And then, a female officer arrived at Zhao Yun's house while I was there alone and asked me if Zhao Yun was there. Another clue. The other thing is that when I confronted him about it later, he yelled at me. He's never done that before.
He also refuses to spend time with me and stays outside his home for long hours. The only time I get to see him now is when he is asleep.
I cannot bear this humiliation any longer. The women and children of the village alike stare at me with a look of pity. The other thing is, Zhao Zilong has not heard the gossip himself. The only thing I can do is escape.
Now I begin to pack. Inside a small bag are some clothes, consisting of a jade green cheongsam, silk robes, and undergarments. I also carry some money around.
As I mount one of the horses in the stable, I decide that maybe I could serve in the army, for a different kingdom, with a complete new name and alibi. I could. Maybe I could serve in the Wu Kingdom.
What ever I chose, it would not end in me returning here. As I grab one of Zilong's swords, I whisper a silent farewell to the village, the one who I loved and who I thought loved me back, and the future that could've happened.
Riding at full speed, tears fill my eyes but I brush them away, never looking back.
*~~~~*~~~~* (third person POV)
Sun Ruan, a woman wearing a white cheongsam, stopped her horse in the middle of another village, and began to look around. The village was quiet. It was almost dark outside. Sun began to look for a hotel. A woman walked outside of her dwelling and greeted Sun.
"Hello. You are not from around here, are you?" asked the woman.
Sun brushed a strand of hair out of her face. "Am I still in the city of Chang'an?"
"No," replied the woman. "You are in a part of Chengdu."
"Great." Thought Sun Ruan. "Just where Zhao Yun can find me."
"Is something wrong?" asked the woman.
"No," said Sun walking towards her horse, "I'd better go."
The woman patted Sun on the shoulder. "You can stay at my home overnight, if you'd like to."
Sun smiled and followed the woman into her home, taking her bag and leaving her horse outside.
The woman gave Sun Ruan a bowl of noodles and a cup of water.
"So," she asked. "Where are you headed?"
Sun began to eat from the bowl and paused. "I'm just a wanderer. I plan to visit Jian Ye."
The woman nodded. "What is your name?"
Sun hesitated and thought. If she told the woman her real name, she would probably tell Zhao Yun.and then.
"My name is Mai Li."
The woman walked outside to feed Sun's horse and walked back in. "Mai Li, what a beautiful name. My name is Ling Pei."
When Sun Ruan, or Mai Li, finished eating, she began to help Ling Pei with her house chores. After a while, screams were heard outside the house. Sun Ruan and Ling Pei looked out of the door to see a group of bandits terrorizing the civilians.
The leader of the bandits turned around to see Sun glaring at him with a look of hatred. He dismounted and ran towards her. Sun Ruan ran to her horse and pulled Zhao Yun's sword out of its sheath. The bandit leader pulled out his own sword and Sun was ready to fight.
Zhao Yun made sure that Sun Ruan never joined or fought for the Shu army. Sun had never fought before, but she would watch Zhao Yun training for battle and eventually learned from him.
A feeling of sadness overwhelmed Sun and she wasn't sure if she could find the strength to fight him. But something commanded her to fight.
The bandit leader ran towards her and jumped in the air, raising his sword, preparing to immediately kill her with one strike to the neck.
Sun Ruan blocked his attack and kicked him away. He charged towards her again. Sun sidestepped his attack and struck him from behind. The blade sliced through his armor and severed his spinal cord. That was when Sun realized that the weapon she was holding was not just an ordinary sword.
The rest of the bandits, surprised that their leader was slaughtered ran off.
Sun examined her sword. It was now covered in blood. The hilt was a beautiful jade green color and the engravings on the sword read, "Jade Dragon".
"What a peculiar name for a sword."thought Sun Ruan.
The villagers ran over to Sun and thanked her. Sun, overwhelmed with pride, walked back into Ling Pei's house.
Ling Pei was frightened. "Are you okay?"
Sun Ruan looked at her cheongsam. It was stained with crimson blood that belonged to the bandit leader, but she didn't care.
"I'm alright."
That night, Sun Ruan slept on a sleeping mat. She woke up in the middle of the night, calling out Zhao Yun's name, but she then realized that she was in Ling Pei's home, and away from her betrayer.
When Sun Ruan finally awoke, Ling Pei saw her and handed her a stack of beautiful clothes.
"For you," explained Ling Pei, "They're from me and the village people to express our thanks."
"Thank you." Answered Sun.
After eating breakfast that Ling Pei prepared, Sun got up and hugged her. "Thank you for all that you have done for me. I must leave now."
As Sun Ruan mounted her horse, a messenger entered the village.
"General Zhao Yun's wife, Sun Ruan Er, is missing! Start searching for her!" yelled the messenger.
"What does she look like?" asked a village woman.
The messenger began looking at the rest of the scroll, and then he saw Sun riding off. "Wait! That woman over there is Sun Ruan!"
"Damnit! Stupid messenger." thought Sun, riding away into the forest.
Behind her, several of Liu Bei's men were chasing her on horseback.
Sun rode as fast as she could through the forest, dodging tree branches and maneuvering around the trees.
One of Liu Bei's men shouted to her. "Sun Ruan Er! Stop! By defying our orders, you are defying the orders of Lord Liu Bei!"
Sun grabbed several rocks and hurled them at the men, knocking them out.
Sun continued to ride through the forest. "Who cares if I'm gone?" she thought. "No one cares. I don't either. I'm going to start a new life, starting today!"
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So how was it? Good? Bad? Both!? WHAT IS IT, HUH!?
Um, anyways, Please review! And suggestions are nice, y'know.
It's kind of boring so far but keep reading (and reviewing)!
Oyasumi Nasai! *goes to sleep*
By Yukira (Yuki-chan)
Author's Notes: Hmm, my fourth DW fanfic! Yeah! (Everyone's probably thinking: Stupid immature author, writing three fanfics or more at a time.) This story will be different from all my other fanfics. It's about Sun Ruan Er, Zhao Yun's wife in real life. And it will be written from Sun Ruan's point of view, third person POV, and Zhao Yun's POV eventually.
*~~~~*~~~~*
There's gossip around the village. Usually, I don't really trust gossip at all, but this time, it's going a little too far.
My husband-to-be, Zhao Yun, and I are to be married tomorrow morning.
The village gossip circulates that Zhao Yun is having an affair with another woman. I know that Zilong is loyal, but the talk is spreading fast, and all of the clues point in the right direction.
The other night, Zhao Zilong arrived home late last night. Now this is very unusual. Zhao Yun was very punctual when I first met him. He claims to have had a few drinks with his fellow officers but I found a long brown hair stuck to his shirt. This couldn't have been mine, because my hair is short and black.
And then, a female officer arrived at Zhao Yun's house while I was there alone and asked me if Zhao Yun was there. Another clue. The other thing is that when I confronted him about it later, he yelled at me. He's never done that before.
He also refuses to spend time with me and stays outside his home for long hours. The only time I get to see him now is when he is asleep.
I cannot bear this humiliation any longer. The women and children of the village alike stare at me with a look of pity. The other thing is, Zhao Zilong has not heard the gossip himself. The only thing I can do is escape.
Now I begin to pack. Inside a small bag are some clothes, consisting of a jade green cheongsam, silk robes, and undergarments. I also carry some money around.
As I mount one of the horses in the stable, I decide that maybe I could serve in the army, for a different kingdom, with a complete new name and alibi. I could. Maybe I could serve in the Wu Kingdom.
What ever I chose, it would not end in me returning here. As I grab one of Zilong's swords, I whisper a silent farewell to the village, the one who I loved and who I thought loved me back, and the future that could've happened.
Riding at full speed, tears fill my eyes but I brush them away, never looking back.
*~~~~*~~~~* (third person POV)
Sun Ruan, a woman wearing a white cheongsam, stopped her horse in the middle of another village, and began to look around. The village was quiet. It was almost dark outside. Sun began to look for a hotel. A woman walked outside of her dwelling and greeted Sun.
"Hello. You are not from around here, are you?" asked the woman.
Sun brushed a strand of hair out of her face. "Am I still in the city of Chang'an?"
"No," replied the woman. "You are in a part of Chengdu."
"Great." Thought Sun Ruan. "Just where Zhao Yun can find me."
"Is something wrong?" asked the woman.
"No," said Sun walking towards her horse, "I'd better go."
The woman patted Sun on the shoulder. "You can stay at my home overnight, if you'd like to."
Sun smiled and followed the woman into her home, taking her bag and leaving her horse outside.
The woman gave Sun Ruan a bowl of noodles and a cup of water.
"So," she asked. "Where are you headed?"
Sun began to eat from the bowl and paused. "I'm just a wanderer. I plan to visit Jian Ye."
The woman nodded. "What is your name?"
Sun hesitated and thought. If she told the woman her real name, she would probably tell Zhao Yun.and then.
"My name is Mai Li."
The woman walked outside to feed Sun's horse and walked back in. "Mai Li, what a beautiful name. My name is Ling Pei."
When Sun Ruan, or Mai Li, finished eating, she began to help Ling Pei with her house chores. After a while, screams were heard outside the house. Sun Ruan and Ling Pei looked out of the door to see a group of bandits terrorizing the civilians.
The leader of the bandits turned around to see Sun glaring at him with a look of hatred. He dismounted and ran towards her. Sun Ruan ran to her horse and pulled Zhao Yun's sword out of its sheath. The bandit leader pulled out his own sword and Sun was ready to fight.
Zhao Yun made sure that Sun Ruan never joined or fought for the Shu army. Sun had never fought before, but she would watch Zhao Yun training for battle and eventually learned from him.
A feeling of sadness overwhelmed Sun and she wasn't sure if she could find the strength to fight him. But something commanded her to fight.
The bandit leader ran towards her and jumped in the air, raising his sword, preparing to immediately kill her with one strike to the neck.
Sun Ruan blocked his attack and kicked him away. He charged towards her again. Sun sidestepped his attack and struck him from behind. The blade sliced through his armor and severed his spinal cord. That was when Sun realized that the weapon she was holding was not just an ordinary sword.
The rest of the bandits, surprised that their leader was slaughtered ran off.
Sun examined her sword. It was now covered in blood. The hilt was a beautiful jade green color and the engravings on the sword read, "Jade Dragon".
"What a peculiar name for a sword."thought Sun Ruan.
The villagers ran over to Sun and thanked her. Sun, overwhelmed with pride, walked back into Ling Pei's house.
Ling Pei was frightened. "Are you okay?"
Sun Ruan looked at her cheongsam. It was stained with crimson blood that belonged to the bandit leader, but she didn't care.
"I'm alright."
That night, Sun Ruan slept on a sleeping mat. She woke up in the middle of the night, calling out Zhao Yun's name, but she then realized that she was in Ling Pei's home, and away from her betrayer.
When Sun Ruan finally awoke, Ling Pei saw her and handed her a stack of beautiful clothes.
"For you," explained Ling Pei, "They're from me and the village people to express our thanks."
"Thank you." Answered Sun.
After eating breakfast that Ling Pei prepared, Sun got up and hugged her. "Thank you for all that you have done for me. I must leave now."
As Sun Ruan mounted her horse, a messenger entered the village.
"General Zhao Yun's wife, Sun Ruan Er, is missing! Start searching for her!" yelled the messenger.
"What does she look like?" asked a village woman.
The messenger began looking at the rest of the scroll, and then he saw Sun riding off. "Wait! That woman over there is Sun Ruan!"
"Damnit! Stupid messenger." thought Sun, riding away into the forest.
Behind her, several of Liu Bei's men were chasing her on horseback.
Sun rode as fast as she could through the forest, dodging tree branches and maneuvering around the trees.
One of Liu Bei's men shouted to her. "Sun Ruan Er! Stop! By defying our orders, you are defying the orders of Lord Liu Bei!"
Sun grabbed several rocks and hurled them at the men, knocking them out.
Sun continued to ride through the forest. "Who cares if I'm gone?" she thought. "No one cares. I don't either. I'm going to start a new life, starting today!"
*~~~~*~~~~*
So how was it? Good? Bad? Both!? WHAT IS IT, HUH!?
Um, anyways, Please review! And suggestions are nice, y'know.
It's kind of boring so far but keep reading (and reviewing)!
Oyasumi Nasai! *goes to sleep*
