Xiahou Dun cursed himself for being so careless. Sun Ce had led him right into a trap! Dun promised himself that he would never allow his pride to get the best of him again. He went back to find his army, who were probably searching for him desperately. He hoped nothing had happened to them while he was gone.
As he rode towards his army, angry thoughts raced in his mind. "That Sun Jian sure has a noisy brat," he muttered to himself as he slashed at a fleeing Wu soldier, riding onward.
"I'll make you pay, Sun Ce," Xiahou Dun declared to himself, sheathing his sword as he reached his army once more.
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"Lord Sun Ce!" a bodyguard shouted as he rushed over to the Little Conqueror, out of breath and panting. "Terrible news!"
"What is it?" Bofu said, turning to the man. Sun Shang Xiang listened as well.
"I saw it all, my lord!" the soldier exclaimed. "Your wife has been captured by Wei!"
"WHAT?!?" Sun Ce said, his eyes growing fearsome. "I'm going after her."
"Calm down, Sun Ce," Zhou Yu said as he approached. "It's a trap."
"I don't care, Zhou Yu! I have to save her!" Sun Ce argued.
"Don't you see?!?" Gongjin cried out. "They're using her to lure you in! You can't go!"
"I'm going, Zhou Yu, whether you like it or not!" Bofu proclaimed. And with that, he turned his steed around and rode off. Zhou Yu sighed.
"One of these days, he's going to get himself killed!" he muttered to himself.
"I'm going after him," Sun Shang Xiang said.
"What?!?" Zhou Yu asked, incredulous.
"He's my brother!" she shouted to Gongjin as she rode after Ce. "SOMEBODY has to look after him!"
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Da Qiao couldn't help but sob slightly. She was restrained, sitting down against the castle walls. Xu Zhu was guarding her closely.
Her thoughts turned to Ce. He would of course race to her aid, but it was all just a trap. Of course he had to know it - he may have been a bit hot-headed, but he wasn't stupid. But that wouldn't stop him from coming to rescue her.
A tear ran down her cheek as she thought about what might befall her beloved husband.
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Taishi Ci walked out into the city, even though each step pained him slightly. Forget doctor's orders... he was a man of action, and he was not one to sit and wait for death. He turned and saw Xiao Qiao struggling to hold off a group of Wei soldiers coming after her, so he instinctively charged to her rescue, his massive weapons smashing and throwing her attackers away from her. Those who still had the ability to do so ran off, and Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you all right?" he asked, a sense of dutiful concern in his voice.
"I'm fine," she said, nearly breathless. "I was supposed to go meet Zhou Yu, but I'm... I'm lost..."
"Let me help you," Ziyi offered.
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Gan Ning and Zhang He were both totally exhausted. Their blades were soaked with the blood of each other's armies, but neither had been able to gain an advantage over each other. They both stood facing each other, their blades ready, breathing heavily.
"Come on... give it your best shot..." Gan Ning said between gasps for air.
"You... first..." Zhang He said in a similar manner.
Neither of the men moved, and soon, they were standing in a less formal manner. And shortly thereafter, they both began laughing.
"Beautiful! Just... beautiful!" Zhang He exclaimed between chuckles.
"You thirsty?" Gan Ning said after he finally had stopped laughing.
Junyi was taken a bit by surprise at this. "A minute ago, we were ready to murder each other, and now you're offering me something to drink?"
Gan Ning shrugged. "We can kill each other later. I need a drink!"
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Sun Ce rushed forward. Da was near... he could feel her presence in his heart.
"Brother!" his sister's voice cried out from behind him. He turned and saw Sun Shang Xiang riding behind him. He allowed her to catch up.
"Sis? You followed me?" he said, a bit surprised.
"Of course I did! Why wo--" she started, and then she saw something that made her eyes grow wide. A Wei archer perched upon the roof of a hut, bow aimed at Ce, was about ready to release. "LOOK OUT, YOU BIG LUG!!!"
With that, she dove from her horse and tackled Ce to the ground. The archer's arrow struck her in the back as she and Ce fell to the ground together. Ce's eyes grew wide and full of terror.
"SIS!!!"
The archer cursed silently to himself. Bofu stood up, howling with rage. The archer's foothold on the roof slipped, and he fell off of the hut, shouting in fear. He landed yards away from Ce, who was already closing the gasp, his tonfas clutched in his hands.
His scream pierced the sky.
Ce rushed back to Shang Xiang, who had tears in her eyes from the pain of the arrow embedded in her back - or perhaps something more.
"Sis... are you all right?" he said worriedly, already looking at the wound. She couldn't bring herself to speak, and so Ce gripped the arrow by its shaft and gently began removing it from her body. She half sobbed and half shuddered as he did this, her lips trembling. He tore away a strip of cloth from low on his pant leg and applied it to her wound, pressing gently. "I'm not gonna let you die, sis..."
"I-it takes a lot more than that to k-kill me," she said weakly. But the gaze of her eyes meeting her brother's told him everything that he needed to know - that she would live, and how she felt about him.
"Sis... I love you too," Ce said, tears in his eyes. He put an arm around her loosely, so as not to aggravate her wound.
"Don't you die, bro," she said, leaning her head against his shoulder with tears in her eyes.
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"I told you, Xiahou Dun!" Zhen Ji exclaimed at Yuanrang. "We can't kill him!"
"So maybe we can't," Xiahou Dun responded coolly. "But what do YOU have in mind?"
"We did things your way," Zhen Ji barked. "So now... we do them MY way.
"We don't NEED to kill Sun Ce," she continued. "We just have to take away his reasons to fight..."
As he rode towards his army, angry thoughts raced in his mind. "That Sun Jian sure has a noisy brat," he muttered to himself as he slashed at a fleeing Wu soldier, riding onward.
"I'll make you pay, Sun Ce," Xiahou Dun declared to himself, sheathing his sword as he reached his army once more.
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"Lord Sun Ce!" a bodyguard shouted as he rushed over to the Little Conqueror, out of breath and panting. "Terrible news!"
"What is it?" Bofu said, turning to the man. Sun Shang Xiang listened as well.
"I saw it all, my lord!" the soldier exclaimed. "Your wife has been captured by Wei!"
"WHAT?!?" Sun Ce said, his eyes growing fearsome. "I'm going after her."
"Calm down, Sun Ce," Zhou Yu said as he approached. "It's a trap."
"I don't care, Zhou Yu! I have to save her!" Sun Ce argued.
"Don't you see?!?" Gongjin cried out. "They're using her to lure you in! You can't go!"
"I'm going, Zhou Yu, whether you like it or not!" Bofu proclaimed. And with that, he turned his steed around and rode off. Zhou Yu sighed.
"One of these days, he's going to get himself killed!" he muttered to himself.
"I'm going after him," Sun Shang Xiang said.
"What?!?" Zhou Yu asked, incredulous.
"He's my brother!" she shouted to Gongjin as she rode after Ce. "SOMEBODY has to look after him!"
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Da Qiao couldn't help but sob slightly. She was restrained, sitting down against the castle walls. Xu Zhu was guarding her closely.
Her thoughts turned to Ce. He would of course race to her aid, but it was all just a trap. Of course he had to know it - he may have been a bit hot-headed, but he wasn't stupid. But that wouldn't stop him from coming to rescue her.
A tear ran down her cheek as she thought about what might befall her beloved husband.
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Taishi Ci walked out into the city, even though each step pained him slightly. Forget doctor's orders... he was a man of action, and he was not one to sit and wait for death. He turned and saw Xiao Qiao struggling to hold off a group of Wei soldiers coming after her, so he instinctively charged to her rescue, his massive weapons smashing and throwing her attackers away from her. Those who still had the ability to do so ran off, and Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you all right?" he asked, a sense of dutiful concern in his voice.
"I'm fine," she said, nearly breathless. "I was supposed to go meet Zhou Yu, but I'm... I'm lost..."
"Let me help you," Ziyi offered.
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Gan Ning and Zhang He were both totally exhausted. Their blades were soaked with the blood of each other's armies, but neither had been able to gain an advantage over each other. They both stood facing each other, their blades ready, breathing heavily.
"Come on... give it your best shot..." Gan Ning said between gasps for air.
"You... first..." Zhang He said in a similar manner.
Neither of the men moved, and soon, they were standing in a less formal manner. And shortly thereafter, they both began laughing.
"Beautiful! Just... beautiful!" Zhang He exclaimed between chuckles.
"You thirsty?" Gan Ning said after he finally had stopped laughing.
Junyi was taken a bit by surprise at this. "A minute ago, we were ready to murder each other, and now you're offering me something to drink?"
Gan Ning shrugged. "We can kill each other later. I need a drink!"
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Sun Ce rushed forward. Da was near... he could feel her presence in his heart.
"Brother!" his sister's voice cried out from behind him. He turned and saw Sun Shang Xiang riding behind him. He allowed her to catch up.
"Sis? You followed me?" he said, a bit surprised.
"Of course I did! Why wo--" she started, and then she saw something that made her eyes grow wide. A Wei archer perched upon the roof of a hut, bow aimed at Ce, was about ready to release. "LOOK OUT, YOU BIG LUG!!!"
With that, she dove from her horse and tackled Ce to the ground. The archer's arrow struck her in the back as she and Ce fell to the ground together. Ce's eyes grew wide and full of terror.
"SIS!!!"
The archer cursed silently to himself. Bofu stood up, howling with rage. The archer's foothold on the roof slipped, and he fell off of the hut, shouting in fear. He landed yards away from Ce, who was already closing the gasp, his tonfas clutched in his hands.
His scream pierced the sky.
Ce rushed back to Shang Xiang, who had tears in her eyes from the pain of the arrow embedded in her back - or perhaps something more.
"Sis... are you all right?" he said worriedly, already looking at the wound. She couldn't bring herself to speak, and so Ce gripped the arrow by its shaft and gently began removing it from her body. She half sobbed and half shuddered as he did this, her lips trembling. He tore away a strip of cloth from low on his pant leg and applied it to her wound, pressing gently. "I'm not gonna let you die, sis..."
"I-it takes a lot more than that to k-kill me," she said weakly. But the gaze of her eyes meeting her brother's told him everything that he needed to know - that she would live, and how she felt about him.
"Sis... I love you too," Ce said, tears in his eyes. He put an arm around her loosely, so as not to aggravate her wound.
"Don't you die, bro," she said, leaning her head against his shoulder with tears in her eyes.
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"I told you, Xiahou Dun!" Zhen Ji exclaimed at Yuanrang. "We can't kill him!"
"So maybe we can't," Xiahou Dun responded coolly. "But what do YOU have in mind?"
"We did things your way," Zhen Ji barked. "So now... we do them MY way.
"We don't NEED to kill Sun Ce," she continued. "We just have to take away his reasons to fight..."