Yawn I'm so bored. I like to entertain myself so I did this. My brother left for Boot Camp for the army in Georgia and isn't coming back for 3 months. By then, it'll be September. Sad part was that he just left with out saying be to our parents. My mom cries a lot from that now… I know that doesn't matter to you readers but still. Pease enjoy this chapter!

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Chapter22: Time Never Comes Back

The next morning Lin woke up and quickly washed up. She walked down the hall into the main room of the first floor. "Lin!" shouted a voice. Lin turned to the voice. "Oh, hey Xing Cai," said Lin. "I am so happy for you!" she said. "…" "Your wedding is tomorrow! Lord Liu Bei ordered Yue Ying and me to assist you on the search of your wedding dress and such!" Xing Cai said. "Really? Where is Yue Ying then?" said Lin.

"LIN!" they turned around saw Yue Ying running up.

"Heh, heh, heh…" said Xing Cai.

"Never mind what I said," said Lin.

"I cannot believe someone's finally getting married here! I must congratulate you!" said Yue Ying.

"When I'm not even getting married YET? Ah, anyways, any reason why you were late?" said Lin.

"Forget that, what if we do not choose the perfect gown?" said Xing Cai.

"No worries. That is why I… brought them!" said Yue Ying. She points behind her and points at Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, Guan Ping, and Ma Chao.

"Them?" said Xing Cai.

"They will do," said Lin. "But really, shouldn't an expert do all this?"

"We are experts!" said Yue.

"Then do we need them?" Xing Cai said pointing at the guys.

"Yes!" said Lin.

"You're the one that asked in the first place, Xing Cai," said Guan Ping.

"Yeah, yeah! Can we just PLEASE leave now!" said Ma Chao.

"Yeah, I don't think his head can take it anymore," said Zhao Yun.

"Whatever! Let's just go!" said Jiang Wei.

"Yeah, I'm with him," said Lin. )

"Let's go then."

(And so they finally left…)

So they finally got there and went to the… "Testing Room," or the dressing room…

"You guys sit here and judge," said Yue Ying.

"Uh-huh…"

"Yeah."

"Got it."

"Sure."

"Fine."

"Good, this will take a moment… come on Yue Ying," said Xing Cai. And so Yue went with Xing Cai.

5 minutes later Xing Cai came out and said, "How about this one?" They showed Lin wearing a dark green dress with an empress hat. A big empress hat. She turned around so they could get a better view. "No," was their answer. "Okay, next!"

Another 5 minutes later. "Okay, how about this one?" presented Xing Cai. This time she wore a Gung Xi-like clothing with a headdress. "What is that? She isn't dead!" said Guan Ping. "Be quiet, Shorty!" said Xing Cai.

This time, it took 10 minutes. "Okay, how about this one," Xing Cai represented. This time Lin wore a black dress with a golden dragon wrapped round it. It had a collar and was outlined golden yellow, a few inches above her right knee the dress was split. "Yes!" "Perfect!" "That's good." "I accept." "Whew! Alright then!" said Xing Cai. So they bought the dress and exited the building.

"So, should we go back to the kingdom?" asked Guan Ping.

"Well, why don't we hang out for a while? Today's the last day for Lin and the people will be sending the dress back to home for us," said Xing Cai.

'Home…' Lin thought. 'Home.'

"Lin!"

"…Ah y-yes?"

"It's your choice. Yes or no?" said Ma Chao.

"Sure. Why not?" she answered.

"Why don't we go to the park?" suggested Yue.

"Sure, let's go there," said Zhao Yun.

"I agree," said Jiang Wei.

"OK!"

So everyone headed to the park. They headed to the hill and sat and laid there. A bit later they separated but were still in the same area. Lin was alone with Xing Cai, both were on the same hill. "I wonder if there will be anything good marrying the future Lord," said Lin.

"…"

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean…!"

"No, it's okay. You are an outsider. A foreigner. I was engaged to him until you received that letter…" said Xing Cai.

"Ugh, Xing Cai, I'm sorry…"

"No, don't be. I am… happy."

"…?"

"You see, I love the future Lord, but I am in love with Guan Ping…" she said blushing.

"I see what you mean. So one good thing about that I'm marrying Liu Chan is that you can be happy with Guan Ping+1."

"But that isn't good. You don't want to marry him… Don't lie, I know, from the way I see it, Jiang Wei seems to grow fond of you. So I do not think he will enjoy the wedding greatly."

"Okay, back to 0. But if I do get married to him, this kingdom will grow and he will become the new Lord of Shu, a-and Liu Bei can stop and finally rest in peace…! Back to +1."

"And back to 0. You don't even love him! We both know that."

'Well I can't argue with that' she thought. "But..!"

"Excuse me. I'm…gonna go with Guan Ping," she said seeing Guan Ping waiting for her in a distance.

"…sure."

Lin was lying back in the grass thinking… 'Home…I want to go back… home… back.' "…Home. Yeah, I want to go back in time…so far back that I end up at home."

"Are you okay?"

Lin opened her eyes and saw Jiang Wei standing before her. She sat up.

"You know, it's not good to talk to yourself. Least it wasn't for Ma Chao that day…" Jiang Wei said.

"What do you want…?"

He offered her a hand and she accepted.

"Uh…do you want to go somewhere?"

"Hmm…? Sure!" :3

So she followed him to the other part of the park where all the trees laid or were. "Did you want to talk about something?" she asked. "…" he stopped walking and looked up. She sat on a branch of a tree. "Do you…" "Hmm…?" "Do you… really want to marry him?"

"Is that what this is about?"

"Well?"

"…no…"

"What?"

"NO…!"

"…"

"I don't! I don't, I don't , I don't, I don't! And never will!"

"Well, you should've saved that till tomorrow."

"Shut up! I'm stuck and got nowhere to go! Anywhere I go no one accepts me!"

"There's me."

"…"

Jiang Wei walked up to her and hugged her. "I'm sorry."

"…"

"Are you crying?"

He held her and wiped a tear with his thumb.

"We should go now," she said.

He nodded.

They went to the park and saw everyone waiting. Not long though. "Okay, we should really go now, it's already sunset," said Zhao Yun. So they all left to the kingdom. At night Lin thought to herself endlessly. 'Home is a place that awaits for you…no matter what. Time is something that anything will never give back. Back home…' "I wonder what Wu's doing…?" and she fell asleep…

(That's a puzzle. If you read carefully you know what she means! Back in Wu…)

"Arrrgh!"

"Calm down, Lu Xun!" said Lu Meng!

"How am I suppose to do that!"

"Da! Do something! He's creeping me out!" Xiao whispered.

"Da, shouldn't you and Xiao both be asleep during these hours?" asked Sun Ce.

"He's got a point there," said Zhou Yu. drools

"No way! Right now's a Family Time… you know, to help each other out," said Xiao.

"Lu Xun!" said Gan Ning.

"What!"

"I don't know, I thought it would just calm you down a little if I shouted your name…"

"Don't waste my time…!"

"Oh yeah, that's right. Bo Yan, this is just a rumor I heard but I hear that Liu Chan, Liu Bei's son or Sun Shang Xiang's son, is getting married to a pretty young woman around 17 or so tomorrow."

"What!"

"J-Just a rumor!"

"Are you sure it's gonna be Lin!"

"No! But most likely!"

"Yes!" he ran out of the room until Zhou Yu grabbed his shirt. "Ow! Hey, lemme go!"

"Fool, did you not hear? The wedding is tomorrow, in other words, Shu will be on high guard tomorrow. And since it's just not any general, it's the heir of Shu. And you remember that time when Sun Ce attacked on Zhuge Liang's wedding?"

"Oh yeah… good times…" said Sun Ce.

(Back flash…)

"Sun Ce, are you sure we should do this?" asked Da. Zhou Yu, Xiao, Da, Ce, Zhou Tai, Lu Xun, Quan, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Lu Meng, and Shang Xiang were all on saddles ready to fight Shu.

"Yup!" said Ce.

"You do realize were on Shu's base, home. Every single alive general is in this area ready to attend the wedding," said Zhou Yu.

"Uhh… about that…"

"Unless they're sick!" said Gan Ning replying to Zhou Yu's comment.

"Yeah, I'm with him, onward!" said Ce.

"We're all gonna die!" cried Shang Xiang.

"It is best not to disobey Wu heir," said Zhou Tai.

"Well we've a dim future ruler," said Ling Tong.

"Not to mention bad future of Wu…" said Xiao. Ling Tong and Xiao did a high five.

"Whatever! Charge," said Ce.

Everyone waited for Ce to do the first move first.

After the battle from loss they retreated back. Least most did, others ended up in the clinic…

(Back flash over…)

"I hated that day!" said Ling Tong. "I was in the Clinic for weeks!"

"I can't believe nothing happened to you for speaking ill of my husband," Da whispered. "Tch, I broke my arm!" said Xiao! "So, I got froze in from an Ice Orb!"

"Least it didn't end up like Gan Ning, he got an arrow stuck on his butt!" said Shang Xiang.

"Shut up! The arrow was next to it! That stupid Huang Zhong! I'll get him someday!" aid Gan Ning. Everyone laughed.

"And I got my skull fractured. Lu Xun, and you nearly lost your body," said Zhou Yu.

"Yeah, Wei Yan's pretty crazy," said Ce.

"Hey, I'm the one whom ended up fighting Zhao Yun," said Zhou Yu.

"I don't care, if you're going to do something that dumb, Lu Xun, bring an army!" said Xiao. "Unlike some people…"

"Oh, you noticed…" said Ce.

"Never mind that… I'll plan something else…"

Hours later when everyone went to their room, Lu Xun laid on his bed closing his eyes. 'If only I could go back I would, Lin…Time… If that time would flow the other way, I would've never kissed her. I'm sorry. I…want my time back…'

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If you're interested from the flash back battle, here's who they fought:

XXxx Lu Xun VS Wei Yan XXxx

XXxx Sun Shang VS Xiang Pang Tong XXxx

XXxx Gan Ning Huang VS Zhong XXxx

XXxx Zhou Yu VS Zhao Yun XXxx

XXxx Ling Tong VSMa Chao XXxx

XXxx Da Qiao VS Yue Ying XXxx

XXxx Xiao Qiao VS Jiang Wei XXxx

XXxx Sun Ce VS Zhuge Liang XXxx

XXxx Sun Quan VS Liu Bei XXxx

XXxx Zhou Tai VS Guan Yu XXxx

XXxx Lu Meng VS Zhang Fei XXxx