I'm going to tone down Qing Wan's reaction things. She's kinda nuts.

Disclaimer: Dynasty Warriors belongs to Koei! YES!

Chapter 9: Stranded

"Did you hear?" a soldier in green said to his comrade at a restaurant early in the morning. Qing Wan was eating her final meal before she was on the road again, she had worn a hat to cover her face from the town. "The Wu Kingdom is in a state of depression." He said a bit loudly for her to hear, worried about her friends and family. Qing Wan began to lean back on her stool, the creaking sound louder and louder.

"Chaos in the Wu Kingdom?" his friend replied astonished, "So does that mean?"

"Yeah, according to my sergeant last night, he said we might be attacking Wu!"

"At this state?" Qing Wan cursed, "That bastard Liu Bei."

"If we don't attack, Wei will be ahead of us." The two men then leaned closer to explain more gossip of the kingdom but that didn't stop Qing Wan, she began to lean further and further until it was the final creak she heard. With a loud shriek and a crash, Qing Wan's hat had fallen off her head as the customers in the restaurant looked at the young maiden.

"That's the woman who looks like Hua Yi." She heard one lady whisper to another.

"Stop looking!" Qing Wan cried covering her face with her hat again, she looked at the people who continued to look. "If you don't stop looking, I'll kill you all." She threatened, the people began to laugh.

"What a joker."

"Hua Yi's always doing these weird things to make us laugh."

"I'M NOT HUA YI." Qing Wan screamed, slamming her fist onto the table. Breaking it into two. The people were amazed at the strength she had.

"Hua Yi's even stronger than before!" a child screamed.

"Now she and General Zhao Yun can protect us all!"

"STOP IT." Qing Wan shrieked, "I'm leaving." She cried throwing money to pay for the table, chair and food at the owner. "I HATE THIS TOWN. I HATE YOU GUYS. I HATE ZHAO YUN ZI LONG!" she said lastly before walking out.

Wu Kingdom

"Xiang Wan, eat something please?" Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao pleaded from outside of the young generals room.

"You'll like the breakfast! I promise!" Xiao Qiao squealed trying to sound happy.

"Xiang Wan." Da Qiao added, "You need to eat, or you won't have the strength to beat up Lu Xun!" she scratched her head, not sure of what she was saying herself. Xiao Qiao's eyes flared as she tried to kick the door open, unfortunately there were items in front of the door to block it.

"Xiao Qiao!" Zhou Yu shouted from behind, "What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to get her to eat."

"Leave her Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao. If she wants to come out, she will. You can't force her to eat."

"But it's unhealthy!" Da Qiao tried to explain.

"You don't know what she's going through, I know if you or Xiao Qiao went missing, you two would be the ones stuck in the room."

"I guess so." Da Qiao mumbled.

"Just leave the food outside, and she'll eat it when she wants."

"YOUR FOOD IS OUTSIDE." Xiao Qiao shouted, still angry with her friend. Stomping on the ground she ran out of Xiang's quarter, to be chased after her husband and sister. Minutes later, Xiang Wan opened the door and took the tray of congee in. She took little sips of it before pushing it to a side.

"Jie, where are you?" she asked herself, before hiding under her bed covers again.

Cheng An

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T LEAVE CHENG AN." Qing Wan protested at the boundary gates.

"I'm sorry mam, it says anyone can leave except for you." The man in green glared, before going back to his books.

"Have you checked carefully? I'm a RONIN. You have no right to keep me in your town unless there was a WAR happening."

"We also have to right to prohibit you from leaving town if there are orders given."

"And who ordered you to keep me here?"

"Lord Zhao."

"ZHAO YUN?" she slapped her forehead and walked back, she knew there was no way she could get out of this town now. She looked around her surroundings and began to charge through the gates, where she was pulled back my six soldiers. "LET GO OF ME." She cried kicking her legs. "I WANT TO LEAVE THIS PLACE."

"You can't mam, rules are rules. Lady Hua." One soldier said to her.

"I'm NOT Lady Hua. Can't you get it through your thick skull?" she spat, getting out of the grip of the men before getting pulled back again. "This is outrageous, what kind of kingdom is Shu?"

"You don't insult or Kingdom, you hear that?" another angrily yelled.

"Well you're all bullies for not even letting me leave!" The argument between the maiden and the six men had gathered a huge crowd. Many were laughing, many were shaking their head.

"Stop this at once." A voice from behind said, as the crowd slowly began to fall apart allowing a man on a horse walk by.

"Lord Jiang Wei." The soldiers released Qing Wan allowing her to fall onto the ground with a plop.

"This is not my sister." Jiang Wei told the town, "I do not want anyone to bug this woman again. If she wishes to leave. She may leave."

"But Lord Jiang, this was Lord Zhao's…"

"I will personally speak to Lord Zhao." He glared, "Now, please, go back to your duties." The six men bowed respectively and the crowd generally dispatched. Jiang Wei hopped off his horse and kneeled beside Qing Wan still was drawing on the sand with her finger. "My names Jiang Wei."

"And you're going to tell me…"

"That I'm sorry for how the towns been acting. It's just everyone here was really close with my sister, whom disappeared four years ago."

"I'm sorry." Qing Wan looked up at the man, "I must have brought you back many bad memories then."

"Nah, I've learned to accept it." He smiled, helping her off the ground. "Would you like to have some tea? Or would you like to leave?" Qing Wan stared at the gentle man in front of her and smiled.

"I'd want to know more about your sister, if you don't mind."

"I thought…" he grinned, "You'd never ask."

End Chapter 9

Yeah this was a bit different from my old one. (Maybe really different) Not a lot of CAPITAL LETTER YELLING. Haha. 3 left to rewrite!

Reika 03/20/05