This is an odd, corny chapter but I worked hard on it! After you read this chapter, please review and lend me some advice please.

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Chapter15: Fake Love?

A few days later after the new Princess began staying in the Kingdom of Wu, everyone seemed to be complaining and whining. At morning Lin seemed to be back to normal as well for everyone else. "Shang Xiang," said Princess Tei that afternoon.

"Y-yes…?" said the Wu Princess slowly facing Miss Pa grinding her teeth against one another.

"Would you… please give me a glass of water?" she said with a big, happy smile.

"No problem," said Shang Xiang dully.

"What are you doing?" asked Xiao walking with Shang Xiang while getting a cup of water.

"'Getting that little wimp a cup of water; 'that little mumble, mumble, mumble." (Shang Xiang was calling her names by mumbling.)

"Why? She's only a few meters away!" Xiao shouted.

"Because Father told me to do what ever that thing (Princess Tei) says!" the Wu princess said pointing at her.

"So? Do you get anything?"

"Huh, yes, apparently. I get a new pair of chakrams and a bigger troop in for battle… but lately I don't think it's worth it anymore!" said Shang Xiang in misery.

"Huh."

"Well, I better get going," said the Wu Princess.

"Yeah," said Xiao.

So they departed.

A few minutes later Lin walked down the hall and heard some nosy screams. Though the screams were annoying and loud, she continued walking until walking by Sun Ce's room. Ce's door quickly opened almost hitting Lin but luckily she stopped in time. When the door opened, Sun Ce ran out.

"H'oh boy," said Sun Ce.

"What wrong?" asked Lin.

"I-it's that princess!" Ce said pointing in his room. "She needs an exorcist!"

"You really think she needs to be exercised by a high priest?" said Lin with a funny look on her face.

"'Think!' I don't think, Lin! I know!" shouted Ce.

"You seem… pretty exhausted. Why don't you go hang with Da for a while?"

"Right and listen to her orders" Sun Ce said sarcastically leaving to find Da. So he left.

"Sun Ce! Where's my water!" shouted the princess from Ce's room. As soon as Lin heard it, she threw the door shut and ran away from that room as far as possible.

An hour or so later, Lin was caught by that wretched princess for slamming the door shut. So she was being Miss Pa, the princess, maid… at least for today thankfully.

So Lin was sent to retrieve some sweet tea and give it to Tei in her room. When Lin got the tea she went to Tei's room but saw no one. Lin deeply sighed and looked at the silly apron she wore. ''Oh my GAWD! Why must I wear this stupid… cra-…crafty thing! I had to slam the door didn't I?' Lin thought.

She went out of the room searching for that stupid girl, Tei, in her silly apron holding warm sweet tea. Li walked through another hallway until she heard Tei's voice. Lin quickly walked up to the hallways exit, she stood there. She turned her head and saw Tei with Lu Xun!

"Hey, you wanna' go play together?" Tei asked standing close to Lu Xun. Lin began eavesdropping and/ or spying.

"Sorry, I can't," Lu Xun replied.

"Why ever not?" the princess said grabbing Lu Xun's sleeves.

"B-because… I have to go study with Zhou Yu," Lu Xun said as an excuse.

"What about after that?" asked Tei.

"Then plan a strategy."

"After that?"

"I uh-…" he couldn't speak when he saw Lin spying. Lin leaned back against the wall facing up and eyes faced t Tei and Lu Xun.

"Ah-hah! No more plans I see. Why don't we start playing now?" said Tei wrapping her arms around Lu Xun's neck.

"Well what about Zhou Yu?" asked Lu Xun blushing from what Tei was doing to him, though it wasn't true since it was a lie for an excuse.

"No worries, I'll just persuade Zhou Yu to reschedule," Tei suggested.

"Are you sure you…" before Lu Xun could finish, he found himself kissing her… or the other around, she kissing him.

"What are you doing!" shouted Lu Xun pushing her aside.

"…"

Lu Xun went to the hallway where Lin was. She wasn't there. He quickly ran upwards of the hall and went in front Lin's room. He quickly opened the door and found no one there. For plan B, he went to the backyard of the Wu Kingdom and there he found Lin sitting under her tree. Her face was buried on her lap. Lu Xun slowly walked towards Lin, he heard her sobs.

"Lin…" Lu Xun said. Lin's face turned up. He saw her stream of tears flowing down her cheeks.

"Go away," she said looking at him then the ground.

"…I'm sorry," he apologized. "I didn't mean to…"

"Go away!" Lin got up and began walking away quickly. Lu Xun followed her so she began running. He chased her. They ran nearly across the whole yard, when Lu Xun was close enough to Lin, he reached his hand out and grabbed hers. They stopped.

"Let me go!" Lin shouted turning around to Lu Xun.

"… It's not what you…" before he could finish, Lin began shaking her wrist trying to free herself.

"Lin!" he shouted.

"Shut-up!" she shouted. "I hate you! I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!" she repeated.

Hearing those words from her made Lu Xun's grip loosen. When his grip was loosened enough, she snatched her wrist and ran back inside the Wu Kingdom.

"I'm sorry," Lu Xun quietly said watching her run off.

(Where Lin is, in her room…"

Lin was lying on her bed crying. She thought to her self 'why?' There, Lin looked outside of her window. 'Maybe it's time for me to go,' Lin thought. Lin quietly sneaked out of the Kingdom and went to her sister's grave. Lin praised long and thought hard, after that she went back to the Wu Kingdom.

Lin found a sturdy bag and began packing her stuff in there. She putted in her and her sister's diary, most of her clothes, and all her money, even her secret savings. She held a small, stuffed tiger Lu Xun gave her, she thought of putting it in the bag but didn't. When she finished packing up, she got out a sheet of paper and a paint brush with ink. She began to write a poem that read:

Fake Love

I thought you loved me as I loved you,

Perhaps we were never met for each other,

The pain in my heart will never fade as my emotions feel about you,

You kissed her because she kissed you,

Do you think our love's in there?

This is not the love I wanted,

This is a fake love,

An illusion, a fantasy…

After the poem she wrote on the back of the paper To Lu Xun. After that, she rolled it up making sure that the label to who was showing. She then placed it in front of the stuffed tiger.

To be sure, if someone does care for her, she wrote a letter for the generals of Wu. She placed the letter next to the toy tiger leaving it opened.

'I'm done,' she thought. She waited in her room until the moon raised and when it was so late that everyone was asleep. Oh, and she did eat dinner, she didn't speak. Anyway, when she thought everyone one was asleep, she quietly walked down the halls to reach the front door.

"What are you doing, Lin?" yawned Xiao Qiao. 'Aw snap!' Lin thought.

"N-nothing! What are you doing up so late?" Lin said.

"Getting a drink of water…I'm thirsty," Xiao said rubbing her eyes like a child. When Xiao opened her right eye, she looked at Lin. "What are you doing with that bag?"

"Eh…!"

"You are aren't you?"

"What do mean?"

"Running away," Xiao said quietly. "You're running away, aren't you?"

"…"

"I hate people like you."

"…!"

"People like you always come and go leaving the ones that love behind!" Xiao shouted.

"You're wrong…"

"Am I?"

"…I'm leaving."

"It's because of Lu Xun, isn't it?" Xiao said approaching Lin.

"…Hmp, yeah…"

"Please don't go. Niang has already left us."

"I know that you two have made a promise. What was it?"

Xiao sighed. "We promised to be together always and share our troubles. Kind of like Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, Niang and I were sworn sisters."

"I'm truly sorry. Please do not tell anyone about my departing."

"I won't."

"Thank you so much!" Lin sniffled. She and Xiao gave each other one last hug. "Please take care. If you must tell, tell everyone that I'm sorry!" Lin said crying.

Xiao couldn't help but hug Lin back. "Please be careful! Where will you be going! When will you come back!"

"I don't know, but I'll mail you that is if I still can."

They stopped hugging and Xiao said, "Don't take the front door. Gate Captains are out there so take your saddle and leave from the back."

"Alright, thank you so much."

Xiao watch Lin leave to the back yard. Before Lin left to the backyard, Lin waved good-bye to Xiao. She waved back. Lin went to the saddle area and got her saddle. Xiao quickly and quietly ran upstairs into her room. Xiao looked out at her window where she can see the back of the Kingdom. Xiao's room was on the second floor in the back of the Kingdom which faced o the back yard.

Xiao waited to see Lin on her saddle passing by soon. In a bit she saw Lin as Xiao predicted. Xiao saw Lin turning left of the two trails. 'Shu,' Xiao thought. 'She's headed towards Shu. Unless it's Hai she after; which is beyond where the Shu Kingdom lies.'

After that Xiao climbed back to her bed and cried until it drove her to sleep.

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Well this chapter took a while to update, didn't it? Oh, and on the previous chapter when Xiao went to climb the trees to see the monkeys, I got that from a picture. XReika noticed that. E-mail me and I'll e-mail the picture back to you.