Please enjoy this chapter! I know it took forever but at least it didn't take 3YEARS! (Talking to some of you… ah, just one actually!)

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Chapter21: Everyone Else In Between

"So, why are you here?" asked Lin. We were in a cave with a fire sitting down, back-to-back. Lu Xun sighed. "Hmp. Well if you can't answer that, 'least how did you find me?" she said. "…" "Are you listening! I'm talking to you!" "Yes!" he shouted. "Can you stop being so selfish and shut up for a moment!" he said. "No I can't! If I could, don't you think I would!" 'My goodness!' Lu Xun thought. "Whatever!" Lin shouted. She turned around angrily. "Just tell me how you found me or why are you here!" "Fine," he began, "well, it all started one when…"

(Flashback: 3 Weeks ago in Wu…)

"Errr!"

"Eh? C-calm down, Lu Xun!" Sun Ce said with a twitch.

"Why!" Lu Xun said. He was pacing walking back and forth.

"Well, here's a suggestion, why not?" said Zhou Yu watching Lu Xun pacing, calmly.

"He's right, you know. Lately during Zhou Yu's absence, YOUR strategies have been nothing but failure causing destruction and chaos on the battlefield," said Xiao Qiao, who stood next to Zhou Yu.

"What the...? the hell is that suppose to mean?" said Lu Xun and stopped.

Da Qiao sighed who was next to Sun Ce. "She has point though, I must admit," she said.

"This should be illegal!" Lu Xun shouted.

"What?" said Gan Ning passing by and came in with Sun Shang Xiang.

"Ugh, the whole army of Wu soldiers ganging up on a strategist whose fiancé ran away…" Lu Xun said.

"Fiancé?" everyone said.

"Ah, you all didn't have to say it at once!"

"You two are engaged?" said Shang Xiang.

"Well, not…least not yet…" Lu Xun said turning his head around blushing. "Anyway let's get back to the main point…"

"Yeah! I don't blame Lin for running away from Lu Xun who kissed another woman she disliked!" said Xiao Qiao. Everyone stared at her. "Never mind, just trying to bright you guys up!"

"Hmm…"

"What is it, Da?" said Sun Ce.

"Well, this is my theory: Lin couldn't have left with out telling at least one of us where and/or when she she had gone with out regretting it. And she hates regrets that she never did them, if she did, she do something to make up for it."

"So you think Lin told one of us where she have gone?" asked Ce.

"Weren't you listening?" she said.

"So, it has to be one of us," said Zhou Yu.

"Yes… someone she truly trusts. It has to be a female general here…" said Da. Everyone looked at the female generals in the room. "Sun Shang Xiang… or Xiao Qiao…" Da whispered.

"Yo, Sis! We're not in prison! Don't forget to list yourself!" shouted Xiao.

"I don't anything, little sister. If I did, I'd be kept quiet o' say like…you," Da pointed at Xiao.

"What! No way! Sis, you're crazy! Stop drinking steak juice and live your life!" Xiao lied.

"Xiao!" Lu Xun said running to her. "My Dearest Xiao Qiao, do you really know where Lin is?" Lu Xun doing a proposal position to her. 'Backoff…!' Zhou Yu thought. "Uh, n-n-n-no…!" she shouted. "Tell the truth, liar!" said a b&tchy passing by hall. Xiao never liked lies so she spilled. "FINE! Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine! Your lover's headed to Shu alone with her…watchamacallit…horse!" she shouted. Lu Xun was relieved to now know where she was. So he quickly gave Xiao a French-kiss on her lips and ran off. Next thing was that he packed up and went to Shu. "Uh, he just kissed you," said Gan Ning. 'What the…!' Zhou Yu thought. "That stupid!..." Xiao Qiao spat and went to the bath room. From that day forward, she drank 12 cups of liquid from that day on…

(Back To Reality…)

"…and that's it," Lu Xun ended. He turned around to see Lin's face. Lin left eye twitched. "You k-k-kissed her!" she said with her teeth grind together. "N-not that it meant anything!" "…moron…" she whispered… "Oh yes!" He got up searched through his pockets. Then he bent down on one knee and held her hand. 'Why this seems familiar…' Lin thought. "Lin, w-will you…uh…marry me…?" he asked. There was a long period of silence. "What? T-this is jus so sudden…" "Well?..." Lin sighed and closed her eyes. "I'm sorry." "…?" "I'm sorry, I must decline." "…" "I'm so sorry…" "Nah, don't be…" Lu Xun turned around and face his back towards her.

In a while Lu Xun felt something quietly slide up his back. He turned around and saw Lin. She dropped her arms around his neck and lid her head next to his next. He placed a hand on her arm. 'Is she crying?' he thought. Long while later she slowly slid off and face the ground. Lu Xun turned around and lifted her chin and kissed her. After that she jumped on him and gave him a hug. "I missed you so much!..." she said crying. And then for the rest of the night they did nothing but nada. At morning they slept together and Lin found herself in Lu Xun's arms. She crawled out and went out.

'Horses…I hear…horses.' Lin was out of the cave for some air and heard horses as well. 'What the…' Then she saw a noble horse carrying a carriage. The carriage stopped right in front of her and it opened. A woman stepped out. "Lin? Is that you?" she said. "Y-Yue Ying!" se shouted. "Thank goodness you're safe. Shu has been so worried, we though you be dead!" "Heh…" "Please, come in, come back to Shu," Yue offered. Lin looked back and saw Lu Xun moved a bit. "Uh- OK!" Lin quickly got on and they immediately left.

When Lu Xun woke up the carriage was gone. "Lin?" he said. He went out and saw nothing. He then saw footsteps on the ground. 'Great!' he thought. He felt something slick and cold on his head so he looked up. Snow. 'Just my luck! Dammit! It'd be best if I just return back to Wu.' And so he did.

"Lin."

"Ah, yes, Yue?"

"What… have you been doing?"

"…"

"You can tell me…"

"Nothing."

Oh god I'm tired! Especially my friggin' hands! It hurt's!

A while later Lin and Yue made it to the Shu Kingdom, everyone welcomed Lin back. She got dressed and went walking around to find a friend. "Oh! Well, Lin, I see that you're back. What happened?" sid Xing Cai.

"Not much, you don't need to know…" Lin said.

"That so. Because of your absence you really gave Jiang Wei a fright and he's lost his concentration."

"Him too, huh?" Lin said remembering what happened to Lu Xun.

"Excuse me?"

"Ah, I said nothing…!"

"Excuse me. Are you Lady Qao Lin Yi?" said a messenger walking up to Lin.

"Uh, yeah…" Lin answered.

"This is for you from the LORD." He handed Lin a paper and left.

"What is it?" said Xing Cai.

"Shh!..." said Lin reading the message. "Ugh…!"

"W-what's wrong!" said Xing Cai. Lin fell to the ground and dropped the paper. "Lin!" Lin picked up the paper and handed it to Xing Cai. She read it. "What is this! My dearest love Lin, you will marry me and share our love and romance together to live a happy and peaceful life together. We'll married… Love, Liu Chan."

"…"

"Lin this' crazy!"

"Read the second paragraph…" she said quietly looking at the ground still lying on the floor.

"We now are engaged to be with each other…forever. Please take this ring and wear it always. I can't tell this to you in person because on this part there's a smear on the letter the wedding starts at 3:00PM sharp in the next two days. This letter… sounds more like a will!" said Xing Cai. She offered Lin arm and Lin got up.

"Hmm…My, my, now what's this?" said Ma Chao. He grabbed the letter away from Xing Cai.

"Dude, give it back!" said Xing Cai.

"No, please! Give it back!" said Lin.

Ma Chao read the paper and so did his buds Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, and Guan Ping. "Whoa…!"

"Moron!" Xing Cai said slapping the back of Ma Chao's head and snatched the letter back.

"Lin, is this all true?" asked Zhao Yun.

"…" she rolled it up and held it to her chest.

"Ah, you DO know that it's a SECRET PRIVATE wedding, right?" said Guan Ping.

"Not with the six of us now knowing," said Ma Chao. Lin took a step back.

"I-I'm sorry! Forgive me!" Lin bent half way down bowing to the other generals and ran off to her room.

"Lin!" shouted Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei ran after her. He went to her room and saw her facing down on her bed. "Go away!..." Lin said with her face stuck into her pillow. "Lin…" he said. He saw the letter tossed on the table. He sat on her bed next to. Lin couldn't breathe anymore in her position so she sat up covering her face into he legs. Then he and she started talking about their personal lives. "I…" said Lin. "What?" "I-I…I think I'm gonna' crack up…" "What?" She sniffled. Jiang Wei faced her and held her into his arms. Next thing she did was immediately cry. "Heh," Jiang Wei chuckled. "Don't laugh!" she said crying.

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(One Day Later… (Yeah, one day later, that even goes for Lin and everyone else!))

"Oh, well I see someone's back in failure," said Xiao.

"Oh, shut up, will ya'!" Lu Xun said.

"Hmp!" and so she left.

"Hey, Lu Xun, I know this is sudden and all but…"

"We've a battle tomorrow?" he guessed.

"Yeah… and…"

"Against Shu?"

"And Wei…allied with the Nanman…" said Gan Ning

"God! Already!"

The pirate nodded.

"Guess we better get started!" he said all of a sudden in a cheery mood.

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Late at night Lin laid on her bed alone thinking… 'What is best?' she thought. Slowly she drifted to sleeping. Dreams. Dreams are fantasies made when your asleep. Love, insanity, hate, pain… a dream can be about anything… In Lin's dream, she heard a song… a song sang by a familiar but unknown person…

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Please read and review and blah, blah, blah! O' GAWD I'm so tired right now… it's like past midnight! I gotta' go to the bathroom! 0o;;