Ok, something went wrong with the opening of this chapter, I guess my word
processor messed up or something, I don't know. Well, if you couldn't tell,
the setting was Hu Lao Gate, and for some reason it didn't put that this
was in Ma Chao's point of view for the moment. Anyway, here's chapter two!
And reviews please!
Chapter Two: The Demonic Army Arrives
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******************************Jian Ye***********************************
*Sun Shang Xiang*
I got up and stretched. Hmmm. strange, I never had a feeling like this before. It's like, a feeling of impending doom, even though we know Cao Cao is busy in battle with Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei is up there too. odd.
My door suddenly burst open to reveal a very frazzled Sun Ce standing there, sweat all over his face, holding his tonfas.
"Hey Ce," I said. "What's up? You look like you were just ambushed in the hallway by a hungry Huang Gai."
"Some...thing...is...wrong!" he panted. "Strange...things...coming at the city!"
"What?!" I asked while putting on my bandana. "What do you mean. things?"
"Remember how you said a 'page' spoke to you of a war that would come to this area soon?" he asked.
"Yes, but you all just laughed at me."
" I'm not laughing anymore. There is a demon horde heading toward the city."
"WHAT?!" I yelled. No... this can't be happening. How can we possibly stand up to demons?! Let alone a whole horde of them. I closed my eyes. I need to calm myself down. Blind attacking will only get me killed, or worse. "Who do we have on defense?" I asked.
"Huang Gai, Quan, Pop, the two Qiaos, Lu Xun, and Zhou Yu." He replied. "Luckily the bulk of our forces are here."
"What about Zhou Tai?"
"He's there too. There are others, but there are too many to mention."
I picked up my chackrams. "All right. Let me grab something to eat out of the kitchens, and I'll meet you out there." Ce nodded and ran off. This is great. just perfect. The only other people who saw the page were the Qiaos, Xun, and Zhou Yu. They are going to be the only ones besides me who know what we're up against. Why didn't I ask some other people before everybody went their separate ways from Luo Yang.
*Zhou Yu*
"Oh gosh." I said quietly. "It's happening. It's really happening." I was on the south wall, looking out at the slowly coming horde of. things. I knew they were demons, but all the same I have never been so scared in my life.
Xiao grabbed my arm in fear. "It's them isn't it? The demonic army I mean." She said. I put my arm around her shoulders and nodded reluctantly. She whimpered a little bit. "Do you know where I put my fans?" she asked.
"Yes," I said with a dead hollow voice. "I put them in the southeast guard house." I looked out some more at the wave of coming doom. If I looked past the wave of destruction I saw one of the most beautiful sunrises I have ever seen. It seemed that the sky had just opened up with all of its most beautiful colors. There were few clouds, but all were glowing silver, gold, and light red. I turned to Lu Xun.
"Hey Xun," I asked.
"What?" He said. He seemed to be in shock at the amount of Demons heading our way.
"Are the fire archers ready? I daresay we'll need them fairly soon."
"Err, yeah, they are. And the troops are by the gate at the ready."
"Good. I'd say we should wait for Shang Xiang to get here before we go down there as well." Xun just nodded, a little blandly. He glanced over to where Da Qiao was standing by Sun Ce. "Your still stuck on her huh?" I asked, grinning.
"Yea," Xun said, blandly.
"Well, I doubt that your wish will come true unless if Ce happens to die." I had another look at him. "Haven't you ever talked to her?"
He shook his head reluctantly. "No, I was an idiot not to when I had the chance."
I shrugged. "No use crying about it now. Brooding on the past and hoping for the future is not the way. Live for now, for that is the way to secure your future, whether it is the best one or the one that just allows you to live." I said on a strange inspiration.
Xun looked at me in slight surprise. "Where did you pull that one out of?"
I shrugged. "Oh well." I looked over at one of the guardhouses to see Sun Shang Xiang running toward us.
"Sorry...that...I...over...slept..." she panted.
Xiao grinned. "Don't worry about it," she said kindly. "I would've done the same if Zhou Yu didn't get me up."
I looked back out. "Xun, you stay up here and give the order to fire when the time comes," I said. "Then you come down and join the rest of us." I turned to Xiao. "Are you sure that you don't want to stay in the palace? You'll be safer there."
She shook her head. "No way. In a battle like this, I'm gonna stay at your side."
I grinned. "Well everyone, let's get to it."
*Xiao Qiao*
My gosh... I have never been so scared as I am now. Those demons. I've never seen anything so terrifying in my life. And any second now, I could be killed in an instant.
"Zhou Yu?" I asked.
"Hmm?"
"Do you honestly think we have a chance?"
"I... I don't know. Not sure at all."
Well, this really doesn't encourage me. After about five minutes we heard a faint rumbling, which after two other minutes became a dull roar. From atop the wall, we heard Lu Xun yell.
"FIRE!"
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Well? How did you like this one? Review Please! Oh, by the way, some of my future/current ideas may sound familiar because LuXun88 and I are friends and he encouraged me to use some of them. Cya
Chapter Two: The Demonic Army Arrives
************************************************************************
******************************Jian Ye***********************************
*Sun Shang Xiang*
I got up and stretched. Hmmm. strange, I never had a feeling like this before. It's like, a feeling of impending doom, even though we know Cao Cao is busy in battle with Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei is up there too. odd.
My door suddenly burst open to reveal a very frazzled Sun Ce standing there, sweat all over his face, holding his tonfas.
"Hey Ce," I said. "What's up? You look like you were just ambushed in the hallway by a hungry Huang Gai."
"Some...thing...is...wrong!" he panted. "Strange...things...coming at the city!"
"What?!" I asked while putting on my bandana. "What do you mean. things?"
"Remember how you said a 'page' spoke to you of a war that would come to this area soon?" he asked.
"Yes, but you all just laughed at me."
" I'm not laughing anymore. There is a demon horde heading toward the city."
"WHAT?!" I yelled. No... this can't be happening. How can we possibly stand up to demons?! Let alone a whole horde of them. I closed my eyes. I need to calm myself down. Blind attacking will only get me killed, or worse. "Who do we have on defense?" I asked.
"Huang Gai, Quan, Pop, the two Qiaos, Lu Xun, and Zhou Yu." He replied. "Luckily the bulk of our forces are here."
"What about Zhou Tai?"
"He's there too. There are others, but there are too many to mention."
I picked up my chackrams. "All right. Let me grab something to eat out of the kitchens, and I'll meet you out there." Ce nodded and ran off. This is great. just perfect. The only other people who saw the page were the Qiaos, Xun, and Zhou Yu. They are going to be the only ones besides me who know what we're up against. Why didn't I ask some other people before everybody went their separate ways from Luo Yang.
*Zhou Yu*
"Oh gosh." I said quietly. "It's happening. It's really happening." I was on the south wall, looking out at the slowly coming horde of. things. I knew they were demons, but all the same I have never been so scared in my life.
Xiao grabbed my arm in fear. "It's them isn't it? The demonic army I mean." She said. I put my arm around her shoulders and nodded reluctantly. She whimpered a little bit. "Do you know where I put my fans?" she asked.
"Yes," I said with a dead hollow voice. "I put them in the southeast guard house." I looked out some more at the wave of coming doom. If I looked past the wave of destruction I saw one of the most beautiful sunrises I have ever seen. It seemed that the sky had just opened up with all of its most beautiful colors. There were few clouds, but all were glowing silver, gold, and light red. I turned to Lu Xun.
"Hey Xun," I asked.
"What?" He said. He seemed to be in shock at the amount of Demons heading our way.
"Are the fire archers ready? I daresay we'll need them fairly soon."
"Err, yeah, they are. And the troops are by the gate at the ready."
"Good. I'd say we should wait for Shang Xiang to get here before we go down there as well." Xun just nodded, a little blandly. He glanced over to where Da Qiao was standing by Sun Ce. "Your still stuck on her huh?" I asked, grinning.
"Yea," Xun said, blandly.
"Well, I doubt that your wish will come true unless if Ce happens to die." I had another look at him. "Haven't you ever talked to her?"
He shook his head reluctantly. "No, I was an idiot not to when I had the chance."
I shrugged. "No use crying about it now. Brooding on the past and hoping for the future is not the way. Live for now, for that is the way to secure your future, whether it is the best one or the one that just allows you to live." I said on a strange inspiration.
Xun looked at me in slight surprise. "Where did you pull that one out of?"
I shrugged. "Oh well." I looked over at one of the guardhouses to see Sun Shang Xiang running toward us.
"Sorry...that...I...over...slept..." she panted.
Xiao grinned. "Don't worry about it," she said kindly. "I would've done the same if Zhou Yu didn't get me up."
I looked back out. "Xun, you stay up here and give the order to fire when the time comes," I said. "Then you come down and join the rest of us." I turned to Xiao. "Are you sure that you don't want to stay in the palace? You'll be safer there."
She shook her head. "No way. In a battle like this, I'm gonna stay at your side."
I grinned. "Well everyone, let's get to it."
*Xiao Qiao*
My gosh... I have never been so scared as I am now. Those demons. I've never seen anything so terrifying in my life. And any second now, I could be killed in an instant.
"Zhou Yu?" I asked.
"Hmm?"
"Do you honestly think we have a chance?"
"I... I don't know. Not sure at all."
Well, this really doesn't encourage me. After about five minutes we heard a faint rumbling, which after two other minutes became a dull roar. From atop the wall, we heard Lu Xun yell.
"FIRE!"
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Well? How did you like this one? Review Please! Oh, by the way, some of my future/current ideas may sound familiar because LuXun88 and I are friends and he encouraged me to use some of them. Cya