'I hate it when I'm ordered around, but what choice do I have other than to be executed?' Cao Pi thought as he watched his army advance on the enemy. 'Tch…my own father wouldn't have the guts to kill me. I know that I am all ready stronger than that old man is anyway.' Then he engaged the enemy holding up the rear of his men. He showed no mercy as he pulled his double-edged sword apart and attacked on both sides of his horse, killing any soldier that dared to try and face him.
"Why do they even bother trying to take me on alone? They're all insignificant and weak." He said to himself while beheading another man. He sighed as he put his sword together again and stood up straight as he scanned the area filled with…Shu soldiers? "So it's Shu this time…this shouldn't be hard at all." Cao Pi gave an evil smile as he charged the enemy, slaying about ten men right on the spot. He stood straight again and closed his eyes. When he closed them he saw the beautiful image of his wife-to-be, but he was still alert of what was going on around the battlefield.
A soldier came up behind him and lifted his sword to Cao Pi, but Cao Pi merely shoved one of the ends of his weapon into the soldier's gut and listened to the scream of agony. He quickly jerked the sword from its prey as the enemy collapsed. "Tch…petty Shu soldiers…so predictable." He put on his cocky grin as he opened his eyes again and walked forward at a steady pace.
"There you are Xiahou Dun!" the newly awaken Cao Cao spoke joyfully as he turned to see his cousin, stained with blood, standing in front of him. "Thanks for forgetting about me! Somehow I managed to get out of their trap…barely. No thanks to you…" Xiahou Dun sarcastically remarked. Cao Cao only nodded his head, still happy to see his cousin still alive. "Why are you so hyper?" Xiahou Dun asked, watching his cousin fiddle with his fingers…trying to hold a thumb-war with himself. "So, I had a few drinks, but it wasn't much." Cao Cao gave a hearty laugh. Xiahou Dun only sighed and turned to go to the healing tent.
'How can Cao Pi stand that man?' He asked himself as he opened the flap of a nearby healing tent. To his surprise, he saw someone else there, but it wasn't anyone he recognized. This someone looked he had just been done being healed and was now resting peacefully. The only problem that Xiahou Dun had come upon was…he couldn't really determine the gender the person.
He felt a soft hand touch his shoulder gently. He looked around and saw the lady healer ready to heal him. He looked back at the unfamiliar visitor and then turned around and followed her to another tent.
"Who was that?" He asked as they walked to the next tent over. "Oh, well, you see, he was someone that defected to Wei at the battle of Guan Du. He was one of Yuan Shao's most prized generals." The lady answered as she opened the flap on the tent and let him inside first.
"So then…that's a guy in there?" He said astounded. He thought that he looked more like a woman than that of a man. She nodded as she placed her hands over his left shoulder wound, the underside of her palms glowing with a sparkling white and yellow light. "Lord Cao Cao was very pleased to have him with us. I don't know why, but I guess it's a good thing." She continued. "We also got another general. A woman. She's getting married to our Lord's son." She grinned and moved down his body to a wound on his chest.
"What!" Xiahou Dun jumped a little bit in surprised, soon to be pushed back down on his back by the healer. "Why would anyone want to get married to someone like that?" He calmed his voice to a low volume. "Truly, sir, I don't know myself. That's just the news I recently received. They planned it from the first time they saw each other." She moved her hand down to his right leg that had been gouged deeply, obviously the work of a sword.
"My, you sure are wounded now aren't you?" she said as she plopped back and took a little bit of a rest. "Well, if my stupid cousin would have come sooner, I probably would have been a little bit better." Xiahou Dun said with distaste in his voice. The nurse only nodded her head.
"Anyway, about these new generals, do you know their names?" Xiahou Dun questioned, suddenly changing the subject before getting to mad. "Well, the one in the tent, I believe his name is Zhang He and the woman is Zhen Ji. They are believed to be childhood friends, but we're not for sure." She informed as she got back to her job.
"Childhood friends, eh? Hmm…no wonder they were on the same side. It makes a lot of sense at least." Xiahou Dun turned his head to look at the intruder that had made his way in. It was his brother, Xiahou Yuan. "What are you here for? Are you here to make fun of me or something?" Xiahou Dun remarked sarcastically.
"Possibly, but I also came in to check on you…" Xiahou Yuan said sheepishly. "Oh, sure. Don't play that game with me." Xiahou Dun retorted, giving his brother an evil glare. Xiahou Yuan snorted and then harshly shot back, "Well, can't a brother be worried about his brother?" Xiahou Dun only sighed as his brother came and sat at the opposite side of the healer.
"Looks like you got pretty banged up huh?" Xiahou Dun once again shot him an evil glare. "Well, duh! You weren't any help, just like Cao Cao!" he scolded as he looked back up at the top of the tent. "Well, we were tied up with other things and we forgot!" Xiahou Yuan defended. "You forgot about your own brother? Your pathetic!" Xiahou Dun yelled, making the healer jump a little.
"Calm down you two! Do you want to get better or not?" This must have shut them up because the rest of the time, they didn't say another word.
Zhen Ji was making her way around the main camp, getting familiar with it so that she would know where to go. She looked at the few healing tents that were there, the stalls where horses neighed and ate and the other tents that were use for resting. She wonder which tent Zhang He was in, but she didn't want to bother him if he was resting up. She knew that he needed it, so she decided to go and see the other people in the healing tents.
She opened the flap to the first one and no one was there. She went to the next one and that one had a few soldiers in it. She moved on, checking every one, just out of curiosity. She finally got to Xiahou Dun's healing tent.
"Who are you?" Xiahou Yuan said, surprised by the opening flap of the tent. Zhen Ji came in and then answered. "My name is Zhen Ji. I was just doing a little bit of exploring. And you know that you don't have to be so rude." She walked over and sat next to the now resting healer.
"So, you're the one who's getting married to Cao Pi." Xiahou Dun remarked. She looked down at him and smiled. "Yes. That's true." "All right, not to be offensive, but why would you marry someone like him? Why not me?" Xiahou Dun got a harsh reply. Zhen Ji smacked him across the face, the healer putting her hands up, trying to signal that that wasn't a nice thing to do. "Because, I don't think your attractive like he is." She snorted as she walked out of the tent, with a hot temper.
"Wow…now I see why she's going marry him." Xiahou Dun said sarcastically as he closed his eyes and dozed off, still feeling the stinging feeling in his cheek.
'What an ass…' Zhen Ji told herself mentally. How could someone insult her soon-to-be husband? She sighed heavily and continued to stomp around the camp, insulting anyone who came close to her. She wanted to be left a lone for a little while to cool off.
Zhang He woke up with blurry vision. He rubbed his eyes as the surroundings came into a better focus. Then he remembered that he was in a healing tent. He sat in an upright position and blankly stared at the opening of the tent.
"Well, maybe I could find Lady Zhen if I looked around for her." He thought aloud. Then he got up and walked out. He squinted his eyes as the brightness of the sun made everything bright. He finally adjusted and started to wonder about the camp.
He saw plenty of people running around everywhere. 'Something must be going on.' Zhang He thought to himself as he saw a few groups of people run by nervously. He stopped when he spotted Cao Pi. Cao Pi was currently fighting of a group of about ten men of the Shu army. 'Shu's here?' He looked ahead curiously. Then he was going to grip his Peacock talons…but soon found that they weren't with him at the moment. 'Shoot! I must hurry back!' Zhang He ran back to the resting-place he was in.
Zhen Ji had finally cooled off some after the insult. She jerked her head to the side when she heard sudden screams off from the distance. "I wonder what's going on." She walked in the direction of the scream, grabbing the small dagger hidden in her shirt.
When she had finally arrived, she saw Cao Pi in the middle of a huge group of green soldiers. "Shu has come to attack us?" She asked aloud as she unsheathed her dagger. She charged to reach her husband to give him a little bit of help.
"My dear, what are you doing out here?" Cao Pi asked as a few men out of the group met their bloody fates. "I'm here to help you." Zhen Ji replied, swiftly turning around and jabbing into the underside of the attacker's jaw, going straight through hid jaw and into his head. " You're pretty good…for a woman." Cao Pi commented. She only smiled as she killed another. Cao Pi took his weapon apart, pushing through four people, beheading them all. Then he pushed both of his swords through two more people, blood spurting onto his face as they both fell limp on each sword. He angled his swords down and the bodies landed in a bloody heap.
Zhen Ji, on the other hand, had just started slapping her opponent for trying to get her to defect so they could be together. After she had slapped him silly, she turned and kicked him in the gut, her heel driving through his gut. Then she took her dagger and pierced it through the top of his head, blood pouring out of him. She quickly crouched down to the ground and kicked the attacker that was coming behind her and kicked him into the air, sending him flying. She jumped up and flip-kicked him back down to the ground. As she fell to the ground, she threw her dagger into his back, paralyzing him.
"That should do it." Cao Pi said slyly as he stared at the few soldiers retreating back to where they came from. He knew that wasn't the only group, but at least he gave Wei time to start preparing for another ambush.
"I'm surprised that you could push so many enemies away all on your own." Zhen Ji commented as she walked up to the side of Cao Pi. "No, I wasn't alone, you helped out as well." They hooked arms and walked back to the main part of the camp.
Meanwhile, Zhang He had just arrived at the empty battlefield, realizing that he had arrived a little bit too late. "Oh, I missed all the action. I'll just have to show my beauty elsewhere." Then he sighed and walked in the opposite direction.
How Depressing! I must end it here for now. Oh well, It will be updated soon, I promise that…whenever I have time to cause of drivers training…oh well, I want to drive. Its good that way…well, maybe after I get more experienced. XD Anyway, I'm glad I'm able to update again. TTYL my fans!