Chapter 10

When MOMO and Jr. reached the castle, they took baths in a handmade pond made by the Wu warriors themselves. Jr. went last like he always did and MOMO went first. Afterwards, they met up with Shang Xiang and her father.

"Um…Jr? MOMO? We have some news for you." Shang Xiang said sadly. The two looked up at her in confusion. "Well, we are abandoning this place. We only have enough supplies for our warriors and soldiers…so we can't take you with us. We're…really sorry…" Shang Xiang continued. Her father nodded and put his hand on her shoulder.

"What about the Nanman?" Jr. asked surprising himself at how well he pronounced the word.

"Well, we have weakened them enough to where you can live in the jungle freely." Sun Jian answered.

Jr. nodded slowly and then turned to MOMO. She had a sad expression, knowing that they weren't going to have anywhere to go again.

"I…wish we could take you with us…but…"

"It's all right. We'll manage." Jr. cut Shang Xiang off.

She looked at him and then sighed heavily. "All right then…I guess…but we're going to be here until tomorrow morning so…well, I guess maybe you could stay with us for just this one night and maybe then you can meet all of the warriors here." Shang Xiang said plainly.

Jr. smiled and nodded.

"Why not? How about it MOMO? You want to stay here one more night and then we can meet everyone." Jr. looked over at MOMO. She looked back and nodded slowly in agreement. "All right then, we'll be looking forward to meeting every one tonight."

"Okay. We'll hold a special ceremony."

"Uh…that might be a little over the top…" Jr. said with a nervous smile.

"Huh? It'll only be an introductory slash going away party type of thing." Shang Xiang explained.

Sun Jian nodded in agreement.

"I-I guess that'll be okay…" Jr. replied. "Are you sure that it'll be okay?" He added. Shang Xiang nodded excitedly. Then she stopped nodding and had a confused look on her face.

"What?" She asked.

"Who?" Sun Jian said in confusion.

"Where?" MOMO added, not knowing what they were talking about.

"How? Wait…what? Huh?" Jr. said in utter confusion. "What the hell! Why are we asking such dumb questions that aren't even called for? I'm so confused…" He put a hand to his face and shook his head.

MOMO blinked a few times and then started to laugh. Shang Xiang and Sun Jian joined her. Jr. also joined them after a few seconds. They were all interrupted when a barrage of arrows came from out of nowhere.

"Get out of here now you two!" Sun Jian yelled while he stood next to his daughter.

MOMO began to run to the castle but stopped upon noticing Jr. wasn't with her.

"Jr.! Come on!"

"No way! I'm not going anywhere! I still have a few bullets left in my guns. I have to help them!"

Jr. ran to a tree at the edge of the jungle and climbed it. He found a branch that had a perfect sight to be a well hidden sniper. "All right…hey! You guys! I'm going to snipe them down and hopefully it should distract them! Once you hear my first shot then run for the jungle and get to the source!" Jr. yelled down to Shang Xiang and Sun Jian.

'Even though my guns aren't really the sniping type...oh well...'

"No! You have to protect the young miss!" Sun Jian objected.

Jr. didn't answer and soon enough they all heard gunshots ring through the area and a few screaming noises from far away. Jr. sat in the tree still pulling the triggers to his pistols. After a few empty clicks he finally noticed that his pistols were out of bullets. "Shoot! I'm screwed now…" he jumped out of the tree and surprised the two Sun's. "All right, now I'm coming MOMO!" Jr. ran past the two and made his way to MOMO.

"I guess it's our turn!" Shang Xiang said as a small group of Nanman troops appeared in an ambush attack.

She immediately noticed that she didn't have her chakrams with her so she had to use her martial art skills. Sun Jian took out his sword and cut the enemy to pieces. A few minutes after the battle had taken place they all entered the castle, Shang Xiang and Sun Jian leading the way to the main room.

The room had a few people in it, but seemed empty. Only a long table in the center filled the room along with an abundance of chairs. It seemed that when the Nanman infiltrated the castle, they didn't make it to this room.

"Wow…this place is empty." Jr. stated as he examined the bare gray walls.

MOMO nodded in the background, doing the same thing as he was.

"Well, like we said, we are leaving." Sun Jian explained. "Shang Xiang, make these two feel at home. We're going to start the party now."

"But…we haven't prepared anything yet…"

"Don't worry about it Shang Xiang. I'll be back with everyone." Shang Xiang bowed as her father left. She sighed and then left to go and sit at the long table, inviting Jr. and MOMO along too.

Half an hour later, Sun Jian and the rest of Wu were set up at the table. Everyone stared at MOMO and Jr., making the two feel awkward. Shang Xiang was zoning out while Sun Jian stood up at the end of the table.

"Before we leave this place, let me introduce you all to two people who were captured by the Nanman's, running for their lives before Shang Xiang found them." Sun Jian waved MOMO and Jr. to come and stand by him. The two hesitated, but then walked up slowly to him. MOMO went to his right side while Jr. went to his left. "This little girl is MOMO…and the boy is Jr. Ever since we're leaving, they will be left behind, so let's all give them a toast…a toast for good luck." The whole room stood up as the warriors followed Sun Jian's orders.

"Heh…a toast for your kids Shang Xiang." Gan Ning teased across from the table. Shang Xiang shot him an evil glance, shutting him up immediately.

"My lord…are you sure we should leave them in the wild like this?" Lu Xun said, leaning onto the table to look at Sun Jian. The room then directed its attention to the strategist.

"Of course. Oh, this is Lu Xun…our strategist." Jr. looked at Sun Jian with a confused look.

"Strategist? You guys still use them? Heh…oh, wait a second. I forgot we're not in our time anymore… (Telepathy) maybe I should teach them my way of doing things." Jr. smiled maliciously and then decided to explain how he fought.

"This boy and this girl are very strong. If they could out run the Nanman in the jungle, then I'm sure they should be all right." Sun Jian said while sitting down. Everyone followed except for Jr. and MOMO. "Now it's your turn to speak." Sun Jian directed to Jr. and MOMO.

"All right then. First of all, I'm going to show you how I fight…without a strategist." The whole room gasped, including Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, who took it slightly as an insult.

"Jr. never uses strategy…" MOMO noted. Jr. only ignored her for the moment and continued his explanation.

"All I did was use these little things and everything went perfectly fine. Just like in the movies…" Jr. jumped up on the table and began to do positions with his guns. "Then, BANG! They all fall dead to the floor in one shot. Heh, your guys' weapons couldn't do that. Watch…" Jr. pointed at the ceiling and fired…but nothing came out. "Shoot! I forgot I was out of ammo…"

"Well, that's the problem with your weapons…uh, what ever they are. The common halberd, sword and other weapons don't require being loaded with anything. Therefore, our weapons could last longer in the heat of battle." Zhou Yu argued standing up. Lu Xun stood up along with him.

"You can always get more ammo…" Jr. added, arguing back.

"But then that would cost you wouldn't it?" Lu Xun replied.

"Yeah, but if you have a good paying job then it shouldn't be a problem."

"But then you would just be wasting your time! And money!" The argument got heated between the two strategists and the lone gunman. The whole room looked back and forth between the three as they argued.

About an hour later, the whole entire argument got down to just a few words…

"Are too!"

"Are not!"

"Are too!" Jr. kept insisting his guns were more stylish than any of the weapons that the warriors had. Zhou Yu decided to drop out of the pointless argument and watch Jr. and Lu Xun argue. They were face to face, ready to tear each other apart when MOMO came up to them and parted them.

"You don't need strategy when you have guns! That means their quicker!"

"(Gasp) You always need a strategy even with something as brutal as that!"

"Nu-uh!"

"Uh-huh!" The argument got worse. MOMO was now pushing Jr. back while Zhou Yu was holding Lu Xun back by the arms. They gave piercing glares at each other as they got further away.

"Jr.! Settle down, this isn't going to help anything! Remember, we are in a different time period!" MOMO said, whispering the last part.

"No! Let me at 'em! I'll show him!" Jr. eventually struggled out of MOMO's grasp, pushing her to the floor.

"Lu Xun, this isn't something to fight over!" Zhou Yu said while trying to get the young strategist to sit down.

"I'll show him what type of fighting is better!" Lu Xun used his height to his advantage and ducked beneath the table, making Zhou Yu fall face first into the table. He eventually found his way to meet up with Jr. He unsheathed his sabers, ready to fight.

"Show me what you've got!" Jr. growled, taking out his guns, once again forgetting that they didn't have any ammo.

"I'll show you what strategy is all about!"

"HEY! Stop this right now!" Sun Jian's voice bellowed above all the whispers, bickering and everything else that was going on. Everything stopped at the roar of the Tiger of Jiang Dong. Even Jr. and Lu Xun snapped into an upright position and looked at Sun Jian. "This wasn't supposed to happen…" Sun Jian whispered to himself. "Take your seat Lu Xun and Jr. come back over here." Jr. and Lu Xun gave each other one last menacing glare and followed Sun Jian's orders. "All right MOMO, it's your turn to tell us about yourself." MOMO blushed and then looked away in embarrassment.

"Well, ummm…I fight with a special type of bow and arrow." All the warriors stared at her, looking for where her bow and arrows were held.

"How is that possible? You don't even have a bow and arrows. Is she delusional?" Gan Ning stated. He looked over at Shang Xiang, who also had a confused look on her face.

"Like I said, it's a special type of bow and arrow." MOMO acted like she was holding a bow and an arrow with it. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy (except for Jr. cause he knew what she was talking about). Suddenly, a lavender light surrounded her hands and a glowing bow appeared. Soon enough it materialized and became a solid object. Then a glowing, purple arrow appeared in the bow and ready to be launched. Everyone was aghast at what had happened.

"Shoot it!" Huang Gai yelled from the end of the table. MOMO had a worried look on her face, but she decided to aim for the ceiling. She let the arrow loose and it hit the ceiling, turning the area around it into ice.

"That was only my ice arrow." MOMO explained. Everyone started to ask her to do other elements, Lu Xun specifically screaming out fire. "I'm not going to use my ether up. I'm sorry…" The room 'awed' with disappointment. Suddenly the castle began to shake.

"Looks like the Nanman still want more. All right everyone! Get to your places and blow them away!" Sun Jian stood up just like everyone else did. They all ran out the door to fetch their weapons.

Jr. grabbed MOMO's hand and led her out the door as well. They made their way to the exit, amazingly finding their way professionally. Once outside, they ran through the jungle making sure not to be seen by the Nanman.

"Jr.! We have to help them!" MOMO cried as the sound of branches breaking was heard.

"Don't worry, they should be all right!" Jr. replied. MOMO sighed and they both continued to run to a safer place.

So? Yes, that little fight scene between Jr. and Lu Xun got out of hand, but I had fun writing it. Afterall, it is supposed to be fanfiction! Please Review cause I would really appreciate it. I hope to get plenty of them in the future!