It may be 12:25AM, so I am 25 minutes late on my promise to update everyday, but WHO CARES, nobody'll see this until the morning anyway. Too lazy to spellcheck or grammar check, so if you see something spelled wrong, deal with it.

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After all the commotion, I went back to my own room to catch up on some sleep. It didn't feel like I got much sleep, but when I was awoken by Da Qiao running in my room yelling, "SHANG XIANG! SHANG XIANG!!" it was already sunny outside.

"What?" I groaned, sitting up.

"I'm so proud of you!" Da squealed, jumping onto my bed, (yes, while she's pregnant) and hugging me so ferociously I thought my arms would break off.

"Ouch! What did I do?" I asked, inhaling deeply once she let go. Word of advice-- never let a Qiao sister hug you. They mean well, but GEEZ they're strong!

"You apologized! I'm so proud!" Da said.

"How'd you know?" I asked.

"I heard you two screaming at each other, and since I'm a light sleeper I could hear everything, so I listened in," Da explained. "Lord Sun Ce is upset with me, he says I need to relax more and get more sleep, or the baby won't be healthy."

"Yeah, whatever. Da, is breakfast ready? I'm hungry," I said.

"It should be," Da replied. "Hurry and get dressed!"

"Oh yeah, how's Xiao doing?" I asked.

"She's almost back to her old self. Just say absolutely nothing about babies or funerals, and we'll be fine," Da said. "She and Tong are back to their old normal cousin-love-hate relationship again, which is a relief."

"Alright, go away so I can change," I said. I looked down at my sheets and yelped, seeing my arm was covered in dry blood. I forgot to bandage it.

"Ew," Da commented. "See ya!" She left.

I got up and changed into my DW4 outfit, (once again, author laziness) messed my hair up and washed my face and arm up. "Da! Wait for me!" I yelled, racing out of the room and down the stairs.

Da glanced up. "Wow, you change fast," she said.

"I'm hungry," I replied. "That and, you walk slow." We scurried down the stairs and into the Main Hall, where everyone was eating.

"Hey, everyone! Shut up! I have an idea!" Sun Ce yelled, standing up from his seat. I sat down next to Xiao and Da sat down next to me. "What's he yelling about?" I asked Xiao.

Xiao shrugged. "I dunno! Something dumb, I'm sure!"

"Okay, Quan's been telling me that the peasants of Wu don't like living here no more, so I've got an idea to make them happy. How about we have National Free Food day?" Ce suggested.

"That blows," Huang Gai piped up. "We need something fun."

Ce thought again, then said, "How about we make Ling Tong take his clothes off and run around the country naked? Every single woman in this country likes him more than all of us put together! It'd be a hit!"

Tong blushed and hid under the table. "That WOULD work," Quan said, actually considering it. "But think about the children. We wouldn't want to scar them for life, now would we? They're still so young!"

Tong popped back up again. "Hey!" he said angrily. "What's that supposed to--"

"Wait, I got a better idea! How about a Martial Arts Tournament?" Ce suggested, cutting Tong off. "It'd be fun! We have a tournament, we kick the snot out of each other until somebody wins, and the crowd goes wild! It'll be great!"

"That sounds fun," I agreed. "And it sure beats Tong streaking. Come on, that just calls for an EW!"

"Hey!" Tong complained. "What do you mean by--"

"But wait, won't we kill each other?" Xiao asked, cutting Tong off.

"No weapons," Ce said. "We fight hand-to-hand, martial arts, that sort of thing. It'd be great!"

"It would be!" Quan agreed. "So, we charge 500 gold a person, and we'll be rich!"

"WRONG, little brother. If we charge them, they won't think it's fun, now will they?" Ce said. "We let 'em in free, we give 'em free food and free souveniers (cheap ones), launch some fireworks, and then we kick 'em out! It'll be great!"

"What do we get when we win?" Zhou Yu called.

"A warm fuzzy feeling on the inside," Ce said, rolling his eyes.

"That sucks! Give us a prize!" Zhou Tai complained.

"Fine, fine, ya greedy jerks. Ummm..." Ce grabbed Lu Xun's hat. "Winner gets this dinky little hat!"

"Hey!" Lu Xun whined.

"So when do we fight?" I yelled.

"Tomorrow!" Quan yelled. "We might as well!"

"TOMORROW!?" Tong cried. "The people don't have enough notice! They don't even know we're having a tournament!"

"Sure they will! Guess what you all get to do today!?" Quan said enthusiastically.

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"This is ridiculous," I growled, riding up to some peasant's door. A girl around my age answered it. "Oh my! It's Princess Sun Shang Xiang!" she yelled.

An older man came to the door and bowed. "Is there anything I can do, Lady Sun?" he asked.

"Yes. Come on down to the 1st Annual Wu Generals Martial Arts Tournament, sponsored by the Sun Family! Come see Wu generals beat the snot out of each other! And have I mentioned it's totally free? No, I'm not kidding you! Come on down and you'll have fun! Free food, refreshments and entertainment provided!" I said, reading off the letter Ce gave me to read.

"We'll be there!" the man assured. "Will Ling Tong be there?" the girl asked eagerly.

"Yes. He will," I said, still reading off the paper. "See you!" I left.

The rest of the day pretty much dragged on like that, with me and my other fellow generals riding around the countryside, telling people about the tournament. That night, we had pretty much gotten to everyone. However, running all around the country all day had made us all realize something by the time dinner rolled around...

"I'm exhausted," Da complained. "Pregnant women should not be doing this kind of manual labor!"

"Do you know how many crazy girls attacked me today?" Tong whined. "I didn't even know Wu HAD that many girls!"

"My feet hurt," Xiao wailed. "My horse wouldn't let me ride him anymore, so I had to walk!"

"Somebody hit me with a chair!" Ning said angrily. "They thought I was making an assault on their kid and tried to kill me!"

"Hungry," Zhou Tai growled.

"Everybody SHADDUP!" Ce yelled. "You guys are pathetic! Come on, you're in no shape to fight tomorrow!"

"Oh, that reminds me. Is killing legal?" Tong asked innocently, glaring at Gan Ning.

"No. If you kill Gan Ning, Ling Tong, we're taking away your clothes and throwing you to those crazy girls," Ce said, laughing.

"I still think that's a better idea," I whined. "It saves me the trouble of getting up and doing anything. We can give the children blindfolds or something."

"Well, I don't!" Tong complained. "Do you know what those girls will do to me?"

"They're not gonna kill you!" Xiao said.

"They'll kill me on the INSIDE," Tong said with a shudder. "They're gonna torment me until I am no more! They're gonna--"

"Quit being gay," Ce said impatiently. "Last time I checked, having thousands of women crawl all over your naked form was a GOOD thing!" Noticing Da glaring at him, he added, "Except of course when you're happily married! Hahahaha! Don't kill me, baby," he added.

"Only because our child needs a father, darling," Da said.

"That still doesn't solve my problem! Someone--" Tong whined.

"Ling Tong, stop being such a drama queen. Alright, when all you wimps are done eating, go to bed. You're fighting tomorrow whether you want to or not," Quan said, cutting Tong off for the hundredth time that day.

"What about YOU?" Ce asked.

"I'm the announcer/gong ringer! I can't fight!" Quan said.

"Excuses, excuses," Ce said, shaking his head.

Pretty soon, everyone finished eating and we all headed back to our individual rooms to get some sleep. I was asleep the minute my head hit the pillow.

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Ugh, pretty much no action/anything in this chapter, but the tournament starts in the next chapter and we'll catch up then. So until then, I'm too sleepy to add any more additional comments/sarcasm. Review, see you tomorrow. Good night all.