CHAPTER 03

Xiao grabbed Dun by the collar.

"What EXACTLY IS GOING ON BETWEEN YOU AND MY SISTER!" She asked, obviously angry.

Dun smiled. "Well, as I went back to rescue your sister, I saw Sun Ce and Dian Wei getting ambushed.

Well, This situation required a plan.

Zhou had catapults in the cell Da Qiao was in, so I stopped there first.

We had our introductions, and then we formulated a plan. We knew the ambush wouldn't go well, and the catapults were our way out. That's all. I swear."

Zhou Yu glared at him. "How are we to believe you?"

Xiao turned on Zhou Yu. "You've been a real jerk tonight! The attack was the proof! Stop being a …"

"SISTER! WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!" Da Qiao counseled loudly.

"Lookie what I found!" Sun Ce yelled.

"HORSES!" Wei yelled.

"HEY! YOU RUINED THE SURPRISE!" Sun Ce pretend-scolded.

"Sorry." Wei joked.

Wei and Ce stopped and laughed. "Man, is there any way you two could switch to Wu?"

Dun had a sad look on his face.

"It is a shame that our factions are not one," he started, "but we are Cao Cao's soldiers until the end, be it the end of our lives or this war. I promise, that as long as you don't go directly for Cao Cao, I won't kill you, or even harm you.

I'm sorry that it turns out this way."

Wei nodded. "Yeah, we wanna be friends, but as long as the uhh…(looks at Dun, who mouths the word "chaos") chaos goes on and stuff, we've gotta stick to our bows. Though, it don't mean we can't still be pals, right?"

Ce nodded. "Yeah. You guys are good, and loyal. I hope Wu has more men like you. Right, Zhou Yu?"

Yu snarled and rode off.

Ce shrugged. "Well, he's always had a bad habit of tantruming when he doesn't get his way. C'mon Da !"

Da Qiao bowed, and mounted the horse her love, Sun Ce was on.

"So, Till we meet again!" Dun yelled.

Ce nodded. "Till we meet again!"

Dun,Wei, and Xiao Qiao headed North, and Ce and his darling headed East.

Zhou Yu headed South, dejected.

Zhou Yu looked at the horizon, imagining his lost love.

"If I had left a day earlier, even three hours earlier, I could have had you!" he lamented.

He then saw (in his mind) Dun swooping in and taking Xiao.

"Bastard!" He muttered.

An owl hooted.

Zhou Yu sprang awake from his gloom.

"Where am I?" Yu wondered aloud.

"I think the question is…WHY are you here, in MY home?" a voice said.

"Who's that!" Yu asked, turning his horse defensively.

Meng Huo stepped out from the brush.

"It sounds like you have a problem. From your moanings and groanings, sounds like woman issues. "

Zhou Yu drew his sword. Why wasn't Huo attacking?

Huo motioned his hands down. He even took off his gauntlets.

"Look, I'm having those type of issues right now, and I came out for a walk, myself. Technically, this ain't my territory, yet that is, so I'm not gonna fight ya. I just wanna talk."

Zhou Yu got off his horse.

"Funny. I heard you were a barbarian." He said. "No offense."

Meng Huo laughed. "It's Ok. Come, It's late. I'll take you to my place on the outside, a retreat if you will. When the wife's pissed, I retreat here."

Zhou Yu had no clue why in the hell he was following Huo, but he might as well. His life was practically over.

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In the cottage-

Meng Huo drank a swig of beer.

"What's yer problem?" He asked.

Zhou Yu shrugged his shoulders. "A jerk from Wei stole my girl! There's nothing I can do! She's head over heels for him!"

Meng Huo stroked his chin. "Perhaps, if you can help me with my wife, I can help you."

Zhou Yu beamed. "This sounds like the beginning of a beautiful friendship…"

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