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Jiang Mae- Thanks for the review again, well I thought about putting Zuo Ci in this role, but I Jia fit the whole dead people who some how are still alive in this story.

Ping woke up early has had had everyday in his life, with having Guan Yu has a father; you were going to be drilled in discipline. He still had not had to work as hard as he had for the past six months. Every morning he woke up and began to move rocks in the morning, or he would cut rocks when he did have any more rocks to cut, then in the afternoon spar with Feng, with Jia going over everyone not worried a bit about criticizing any mistakes. Then he would read all night, and at some point go to bed and begin the routine again the next day. Ping just had to turn to look at the pile of books that was near is bed to remember the training, and it was just begging, because now he was going to have to learn from Jia himself. That was going to be no walk in the park, Ping was pretty sure that Jia was going to teach both him and Feng the aspects of tactics, and strategy in war. As he walked out of his room he noticed Jia was sitting at the table with Feng already up and sitting near by, both eating a small bowl of berries.

"Good to see your up, Ping, have a seat, I have some information I need to tell you," Jia said pointing at the open seat.

Ping took the seat and grabbed a few of the berries that were sitting at the middle of the table. "So what has happened?"

"Well Ping, there is good and bad news, which do you want to hear first," Feng said looking at his friend.

"Well whatever order, I don't care," Ping replied wonder what could of happened.

"First of all, Lu Meng, has died, he just suddenly up and died, rumor has it that it was a ghost that killed him," Feng said before his face turned more somber, "Well also it seems that Lord Zhang Fei has been killed, he was killed in the night by what appears to be his own men who then defected to Wu."

Ping just looked at them stunned, for a moment, "I think I need to return home, I need to see if someone is ok," he said sounding still surprised.

"You have training to do, you must finish it before you are ready to return," Jia said looking at Ping.

"I know, I do it when I get back, I just have to go see someone, trust me it is important, please I beg you let me go home, I must go," Ping said looking determined.

"Fine, one thing, have you completed everything you need to in the last six months," Jia asked.

"Yes I have, I have done everything that you asked of me," Ping replied.

"Well then we better pack up are stuff before we leave, you training with me will be in the real world, I will help you as best I can, plus I have to admit it would be nice to have something other then berries for breakfast," Jia said with a smile, he had a feeling this would happen and had prepared for the situation, though he figured it would be Feng wanting to see his father, and not Ping that would cause the move.

The three gathered all of there stuff and began the trip to Cheng Du,

When they got there, they went there separate ways, Feng was going to see his father, to ask for forgiveness from him, but he did not want to be known till he reached his father. He thought back on what Jia had told him.

"Yes, it will be nice to see father again," Feng said with a smile, "I just hope he can forgive me."

"I am sure everything will work out, a father is naturally inclined to forgive, and when it all come down to it, your father is a good man, and I don't see him not forgiving him, just remember to give that scroll to Zhuge Liang when you run into him."

Feng walked up to the gates with a large black cloak covering his face so that no one could tell who he was, when he got to the guards he handed them a dispatch telling them he was a diplomat from Wu who wanted to talk with Liu Bei. The plan worked, and the guards let him though, as he got closer he walked a bit nervous worried about someone stopping him, and his father's reaction to seeing him.

"Hey you, stop, I need to clear you before you speak with my lord," A voice called out.

Feng turned and to see Zhuge Liang walking towards him, remember his instructions he pulled the scroll from his sleeve, and handed to Liang when he was near him. "That tells should tell you why I am here."

Feng watch as Liang read the scroll wondering if it really did say anything like that, because he had not read it because Jia had told him not too. Liang looked from the document to him twice, and looking a bit surprised.

"Well young Lord, I think you may see, Lord Bei," Zhuge said opening the door.

Behind it Liu Bei was sitting looking over a map of some area, when he saw the cloaked figure he looked up curious to why the figure was let in, "Liang, why is this man here," he asked looking at his top advisor.

"This is a man you need to speak with, I must take my leave," Liang said leaving the room, closing the door behind him.

"My Lord, I want to ask you for your forgivness," Feng said still hiding his face.

"What you are another one of Quan's diplomats, I don't want to see you right now," Bei said still looking at the map.

"No, I am not one of his diplomats," Feng said pulling down the hood to the cloak revealing his face to his father, "I ask for you forgiveness for not being able to save, Lord Guan Yu."

Liu Bei just looked up and blinked, completely in shock. "Feng, my son, is that you are you really alive?" he said weakly.

"Yes, father, it is me, I was unable to help Lord Guan, I tried to raise a army to help, but I was unable to do Meng De's interference. Then I was force out of the town. It was then I meet with Guan Ping on the road back, I have been in training for the last six months, I am sorry."

"Feng, I could never hate you, you are my son. I am just so glad to see that you are alive, I thought that I had lost you," Bei said a bit teary eyed.

On the other side of the palace, Xing Cai heard a knock at her door, it was just day earlier when she heard that her father had died, which was just the cap to a bad year where she had lost her best friend. When she opened the door she looked out to see the person she never expected to see again. It was him, the man whose death had haunted her.

Guan Ping looked at a shocked Cai, he was a bit nervous on what to do, he could tell his apparent death had taken it tool on Cai, but he had not expected that reaction. Cai suddenly slapped him across his face.

"Ping, how dare you worry me so much, I though you were dead, I though I had lost you for good," she said sounding weaker as she went along.

I am sorry about your father, I should have been here for you when you found out," Ping said looking at Cai.

Cai suddenly broke down and began to cry, thinking about the lose of her father.

Ping mentally kick himself and put his arms around her and let his best friend cry into his shoulder.