Hi everybody! I'm so sorry this took so long to upload. Thanks to everybody who reviewed my story. I do have a full explanation, and if you want to read it, just keep reading, obviously. If you'd rather skip to the story, just skip the next paragraph.

Lately, my oldest brother has taken to sleeping in the computer room, with his feet sticking WAY over to where the computer chair should be. This has been going on for a couple months and because of it, I can only get on the computer when he's not home. That only happens when he goes to work on Saturdays, Sundays, and sometimes, but hardly ever, Mondays. I do have 1 more chapter that I'll upload with this chapter, so I hope that makes up for it. >

And is it just me, or is this story completely crazy?

Chapter Two: Settling In

Dinner that evening was quite eventful. Wu sat at one table in the large dining hall, while Wei sat at another, and Shu sat at yet another. Zhou Yu was glaring at Zhuge Liang, who was sitting, much to his disappointment, too far away for him to murder without anybody noticing. As he plotted the Sleeping Dragon's death, nobody noticed Sima Yi glaring at the back of Zhou Yu's head.

"Stupid fool! Move your damned head before I cut it off… I want to watch him drink his drink!" Sima Yi exclaimed quietly to himself. He stood up, slamming his hand down on the table, and causing a few people to look at him. "ZHOU YU OF WU! MOVE YOUR DAMN HEAD!"

Zhou Yu fell out of his chair as Sima Yi screamed as loud as he possibly could. He looked at Wei's strategist, as the man sat back down triumphantly and took a few deep breaths, his gaze set on Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu muttered something about sinister strategists before standing up and dragging his chair closer to Sun Ce before sitting back down.

Liu Bei was quite shocked by the outburst from Wei's strategist. He stared at the man with a quizzical look on his face for a few moments before he realized that the man was glaring back at him. He gave a startled squeaking sound before turning back to his food and conversing with Zhao Yun. Sima Yi continued to glare at Zhuge Liang, who clearly wasn't planning on drinking his wine. He gave an angry growl, causing Zhang He, who was sitting to his right, to give him a startled look, both eyebrows raised.

Standing up again, Sima Yi marched over to Shu's table, where he stopped next to Zhuge Liang and gave him a death glare. The strategist calmly looked up at him. "Yes, Master Sima Yi?"

"Drink the damn wine." Sima Yi growled through clenched teeth.

Zhuge raised an eyebrow. "Do you think me to be a fool? I'm well aware that you poisoned it."

By now, everyone was staring at the two strategists. This didn't phase Sima Yi or Zhuge Liang one bit, as the Wei strategist glared at the other. "Me? I'd never do such a thing."

Zhuge Liang nodded his head slowly, rolling his eyes slightly. "Then you may drink it."

"No, you drink it."

"Zhang He?" Zhuge Liang called to the Wei table. The handsome young man was there in a second, sliding gracefully up next to Sima Yi, a bright smile on his face. "Would you care to drink my wine? I fear I don't have an appetite for it."

"I'm not into alcohol, Master Zhuge Liang, but if you'd like me to, I most certain--"

Sima Yi clamped his hand over Zhang He's mouth, his eyes narrowed at Zhuge Liang. "Fine. I poisoned it. You proved your point." he snapped before turning and stomping back to his own table, dragging Zhang He with him. "Goddamn smart alec…"

At Wu's table, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were watching, their eyebrows raised and laughter building up in Sun Ce's throat. They watched, along with the rest of the occupants of the dining hall, as Sima Yi marched back to Wei's table, Zhang He in tow. Everyone was silent as the strategists slammed back down in his seat, after shoving Zhang He into his own, and poked angrily at his food. Then the hall burst back into noise, full of conversations between everybody. Sun Ce suggested that Sima Yi's never-ending mission to kill Zhuge Liang was because he loved him. This statement caused Zhou Yu to make a mental note to stop trying to kill the Shu strategist.

"You know, I've noticed that you try to kill him. Zhou Yu, do you like Zhuge Liang?" Sun Ce asked seriously, though if Zhou Yu were looking, he would've seen the humor in his eyes.

"WHAT?" Zhou Yu exploded, standing up quickly and knocking his chair over. He calmed himself and sat down before quietly hissing, "My lord, I ask that you remove such a… a… disgusting thought from your mind this instant."

Sun Ce burst out laughing, clutching his side, and tears leaking from the corners of his eyes. After a moment, he wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and sighed, unclenching his stomach. "You should've seen the look on your face, Yu. It was priceless!"

Zhou Yu blushed brightly, and cleared his throat before saying, "Sun Ce, don't you have something to tell everybody?"

As if suddenly realizing that he did, the Wu leader slapped himself on the forehead. "Of course! I've got to let them know about the room arrangements!"

"Room arrangements…?" Zhou Yu questioned as Sun Ce stood up, clearing his throat loudly and waited until he had everyone's attention.

"I would like to welcome everybody to the Kingdom of Wu. As you know, there is a peace treaty, which is obviously the reason for our celebrations. There's only one problem… and that's the room arrangements. We need to share rooms due to the lack of space. So if everyone would pair up, it'd make everything easier." the young leader said the last bit while grabbing Zhou Yu's shoulder.

Everyone was silent for a moment before they all started rushing around, trying to find someone they wouldn't really mind spending a week sharing a room with. At the Shu table, Zhao Yun ducked under the table to avoid Liu Bei, who seemed to be looking for him. The young man saw the leader's feet walking around the table towards where he had been sitting, and scrambled out from under the table, knocking over poor Jiang Wei, who had been heading towards his mentor. Liu Bei waved at Zhao Yun, and the man looked around wildly before gripping Jiang Wei's elbow and giving Liu Bei an apologetic look.

"Let me go, you buffoon. I need to get to the Prime Minister…" Jiang Wei whined, pulling on his arm.

Zhao Yun clamped a gloved hand over Jiang Wei's mouth as Liu Bei approached. "I'm sorry, my Lord, but Jiang Wei's a good friend of mine."

Liu Bei nodded before turning and walking away, looking around for somebody else to room with. Jiang Wei bit down on Zhao Yun's hand and pulled his arm away before slamming himself back into his seat. He crossed his arms and threw insults back and forth in his mind, but stayed silent. The ever-so-intelligent Prime Minister walked over gracefully, coming to a stop before his student.

"Jiang Wei. I take it you will room with me?" he asked lazily.

Jiang Wei's frown deepened and he shook his head somewhat angrily. "Of course not, Prime Minister. This… this… moron stopped me from rooming with you. I'm sorry, sir."

Zhuge Liang was quite taken aback by this statement and nodded before turning and stomping off, fuming over the fact that his student had been taken from him. Sun Ce began counting down from 10, and Zhuge Liang walked around, desperate to find somebody to room with…

"2..."

Anybody!

"1! STOP!" Sun Ce yelled. "SIT NEXT TO YOUR ROOMMATE!"

Zhuge Liang froze and watched in horror as everyone sat next to their roommates. The only people still standing were himself, Cao Cao, Liu Bei… and Sima Yi.

"Okay… Cao Cao… you room with Liu Bei. And Zhuge Liang…"

Oh dear GOD no…

"You can room with Sima Yi."

Zhuge Liang let out a groan and Sima Yi yelled in anger, as Zhou Yu stood up triumphantly, pointing and laughing at the Shu strategist. He slowly made his way to the seat next to Sima Yi, and waited for the feast to end.

"Well… that went well." Sun Ce said happily as he sat back down.

Zhou Yu nodded and observed the pairings… Gan Ning was with Lu Xun, Cao Cao with Liu Bei, he with Sun Ce, Jiang Wei with Zhao Yun, Sun Quan with, of course, Zhou Tai, Zhang He with Cao Pi, and Zhuge Liang with Sima Yi. This last pair made Zhou Yu want to laugh triumphantly again, but he kept quiet, as Sun Ce stood once again.

"Thank you all for attending our feast. Since we are finished, I believe it's about time we retired. Our servants will show you to your rooms. Sleep well." Sun Ce stated before turning and leaving the hall, Zhou Yu close behind him. The was silence for a few seconds before the rest of the hall burst into action as people pushed back their chairs and headed out the main entrance to the hallway, where there were plenty of servants waiting to bring each group to their own rooms.

Oh yea... it's definitely a bit screwy. I scare myself sometimes. Hahaha... Reviews would be really awesome.