A Major Return to the Past

It's been a while for this story. I'm sorry; I've had a lack of inspiration lately. But, on with the show! Er, fanfic. And to find out what happened last time, go read it.

Rurouni Sano

Odd continued stuffing his face as the two men, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, tried questioning him.

"We should probably try later, my lord," Yu said. "Maybe, when he is finished eating…"

"Who knows when that could be?" Ce retorted. "He's been at this pace for an hour now! At this rate, we'll have no food left. If only we had Pang Tong. But no, you didn't like his style of clothing."

"You are right. We are going to withhold food from him," the strategist said as he gestured to the servants. "That way, if he wants to eat, he'll have to answer a few questions…

Ulrich would rather be with the one-eyed man (however you said his name) than with this man girl thing. He had a purple dress and a headpiece that looked too big for him.

"Why did you come here?" Sima Yi asked.

"I don't know. I just appeared here," Ulrich replied. He felt awkward with his hands and feet bound.

"I see. So, how did that wizard get you here?" he asked for the tenth time.

"How many times do I have to say that I don't know! I have no idea where this place is, or even when-"

"You are in Lord Cao Cao's territory in the north of China…" Ulrich didn't hear, or even understand what he said after that. All he had was a sick feeling in his gut that X.A.N.A. was definitely up to no good. He also hoped that the others were in a better state than he was.

Yumi was shocked. She had just found out that she was in China around the year 200 A.D.

"I am sorry, Lady Yumi," Zhuge Liang began.

"Please, don't call me 'lady'. I'm already uncomfortable enough as is," Yumi said.

"As you wish. Yumi, where did you say you were from?" he asked.

"I… am from the future, about 1,800 years into it. And my friends and I lived to the west, in France," she replied.

"France…? What a strange name… I'm sorry. Forgive me for my rudeness," he said. "Wait, do you think your friends are here, with you?"

Yumi again was shocked into silence. If she was with Liu Bei, and the others weren't with her, then where were they? And more importantly, can X.A.N.A. attack while they're gone?

"He… passed out…" Zhou Yu said, as he stared down at the boy. "Must have been too much wine. But, it's not like that's never happened before." He stared at Sun Ce.

"What?" he asked, taking a bottle of wine.

"Nothing…" he said, then gestured to the servants to take the boy into a guest room. "It appears that we will have to wait until he wakes up again." He turned to say something to his oath brother, but saw that he was chugging the wine down. "And he's our leader…"

"Hey, Zhou Yu!" Sun Ce yelled drunkenly. "Let's visit sis!"

"Well, that's not a bad idea… I'll prepare an escort, and send a message to Shu."

Ulrich was thrown into the dungeons for the second time. He grunted as he it the floor, and then stood up. He saw Zhang Liao, he thought, close and lock the door, and then stood with his back to Ulrich.

Ulrich didn't really know how long he'd been in this place. He tried keeping track, but these guys just kept knocking him out.

"So, what are Shu's plans to attack Wei?" the man asked.

Wait. Shoe? Way? "I don't know what you're talking about," Ulrich retorted.

"Your kingdom, Shu, wishes to attack our kingdom of Wei, doesn't it?" The man asked.

"I don't have a kingdom! I told you guys, I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Are you sure? You don't know… I see, I shall talk to our lord," Zhang Liao said, and then left.

"I see. So, you believe that two of your friends are also here," Zhuge Liang said. "It just happens that the country is split in three. If my predictions are correct, then your at least one of your friends is out of our grasp."

"We have to save them!" Yumi said.

"And then what?" Liang then stood up. "No one can control time. Unless Heaven intervenes, you and your friends are stuck here, in this time. I am sorry, Yumi. I shall leave you now." He then left. Xing Cai came in a little while later.

"Yumi, I'm so sorry. Do you need anything?" she asked.

"I'm… fine, thanks. I just need some rest, that's all."

"Ok, I bid you good night, Yumi." The girl then left the room.

"I wonder… how Ulrich is doing…" Yumi thought to herself as she drifted to an uneasy sleep.

Well, how's that? They are too short I think. But, I do not know what to do without any insight from my peers. And please, in English. I cannot read French.

R.S.