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Chapter Three

Zhou Yu sighed; fiddling with the sleeve of is shirt red and white dress that had been forced on him by his wife. Lu Xun fared no better, for though his dress was a little different, it still had the same color design. Xiao Qiao smiled happily at her husband, and opened the door to the meeting/ dining hall. Sun Ce and Gan Ning had already entered and most likely everyone knew of their plight by now.

"And now, I am pleased to announce the new…" Zhou Yu heard Sun Ce announcing their arrival to the whole room, and groaned. Lu Xun was behind him, so he would not be the first to fall to such shame. What had he done to disserve this level of tyranny? "Zhou Yu and Lu Xun!" Sun Ce grinned cockily, as his sworn brother and the young strategist entered.

The chatter stopped immediately, as soon as everyone saw them, even Sun Jian stared. Zhou Yu could feel his cheeks burning with embarrassment, as he pushed Lu Xun back behind him, slowly backing out of the room. "No way! You're joking! That is not Zhou Yu! Last time I checked, Zhou Yu was a boy!" Lu Meng cried, shouting at Sun Ce. 'Thank heaven they haven't seen Lu Xun yet,' Zhou Yu thought, as he bowed his head and pushed Lu Xun back farther from the room, as he himself backed away.

"Oh really Lu Meng? Well, how is it then that I found her in Zhou Yu's room, dressed in his night clothes, and panicking about some stupid battle strategies scrolls that I fell on!" Sun Ce yelled right back, proving his point to Shang Xiang and Da Qiao, who both clapped hands over their mouths to keep they're laughter from the ears of the other officers.

Zhou Yu's face began to heat up, as the officers started laughing. 'Well, there's no stopping them from knowing now….' Then Gan Ning reached over and grabbed Lu Xun from behind him, bringing him out into the open for all to see. 'Oh no….'

Lu Xun and everyone else in the room gasped in surprise. If this was Lu Xun, he was Shorter than he was when he was a boy, and that was really short. (A/n: no seriously guys, Lu Xun is very light, I was playing him in dw4, and Xu Zhu smacked him with that big mace of his, and Lu Xun went flying, I mean he was outa' there!) "Okay, now, this is Lu Xun everyone!" Gan Ning shouted, for the room to hear.

Zhou Yu Placed a delicate hand on his head, as he explained again that he had no idea what had happened, unless of course it was an enemy trick of some kind. Immediately he had said Zhuge Liang but Lu Xun disagreed, saying that they were allies at the moment, was there really a reason for them to do this?

"He may be tired of you always trying to outdo him Zhou Yu," Xiao said softly. She noticed, as did everyone in Wu, that Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were great rivals, and Zhou Yu was always trying, usually succeeding, to outdo Zhuge Liang.

"Maybe its Sima Yi," Sun Shang Xiang suggested, taking a seat between her oldest brother and her father, Sun Jian.

"I agree, Sima Yi is one to weaken the enemy in a certain way, like now, to attack." Lu Xun said.

"Also," Zhou Yu stood and started pacing, a nervous habit he had developed over time. "Sima Yi, if it really is him, most likely could have done this because he knew it would preoccupy us enough so that he would be free to attack us, and we would be lax and unprepared." Zhou Yu turned to Sun Jian and bowed his head, "My lord, with all due respect, I believe we should prepare ourselves for an attack."

Sun Jian nodded at Zhou Yu, before turning back to the table of officers. "That we shall do, but this must be done quietly, and it must be done fast as well, I do believe, however, that a raiding party should attack the enemies' front lines, the kingdom of Wu is not one to fall without a fight! Nor will it fall to these disgraceful Wei!" Sun Jian slammed his fist on the table, making everyone jump in surprise.

"Yes sir!" They all filed out, except Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Sun Shang Xiang. Lu Xun left to help prepare the battlements and store the supplies, in case of siege.

"Hey Pop? Can we be in the raiding party?" Sun Ce asked, getting up when Sun Jian did.

Sun Jian looked at the three officers, you could say they were all his children, Zhou Yu was basically family. He sighed, "Fine, But be careful, do not get yourselves killed do you understand me?"

"Yeah, duh."

Yes my lord."

"Of course!" As Zhou Yu was about to leave, Sun Jian called him over.

"Listen Zhou Yu, I want you to take care, there are certain enemy general's that might try to take you as their 'prize'."

Zhou Yu laughed bitterly, "Don't worry my lord, no one is going to take me." He bowed and left, making his way to his tent, avoiding the other generals as he was not in the mood for them now, they had to prepare for battle.

Sima Yi entered Cao Cao's quarters with all the urgency in the world. "My lord, Wu's defenses are weakened at the moment, this would be the most valuable time to attack, we do not have much time if we are to catch Wu off guard."

Cao Cao turned to his adviser with a frown on his face. "Sima Yi what do you mean?" He frowned, setting down his wine glass on his golden desk.

"My lord, Wu's strategists are preoccupied, to much so to come up with a good scheme of attack." Sima Yi sneered, putting his fan in front of his face to hide his smirk.

"Is that all the answer I will get from you?"

"Yes, at the moment, and you shall find out what I'm talking about when we attack."

"Fine!" Cao Cao bellowed, standing and walking down the steps. "We shall attack them immediately. Alert the other officers, and start mobilizing the army! Wu will fall tomorrow under the Iron Fist of Wei!"

This one isn't that long either…sorry guys…just found a good spot for a cliffie and went with it! And don't worry, Lu Xun will be going to, I would never leave him out!

Review Responses:

blitz: yes, they are quite lovely aren't they? Don't worry…Xiao Qiao wont let Zhou Yu go to war without looking beautiful! Thank-you so much for reviewing!

firesaddle really now? That's a lot of laughing! Lol! Don't worry, I love doing battles, the one coming up will be particular fun! Thanks!

WindsOfEternity: Oh yes, of course they will be fighting, like I said to Firesaddle, they will be in the battle, and they will be 'beautiful!'

Sideways: LOL! Thanks!

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