Hey! Here is the second installment of FTWL! I hope you enjoy it although it's a bit "weird" in my opinion...but oh well. As the chapter before I own nothing but the original characters except Guan Yin. She belongs to a friend of mine. Anyways let me know what you think of it so far!!

The bright blue sky illuminated off of the radiant sun as the luscious water swayed beneath the morning sun. Sun Cai woke to a noise disturbing the other side of the 'curtain' and immediately withdrew beneath her thin blankets. The sun's rays peeked through the large window she had been laying next to, allowing the room to be lightened from the dark. She peeked one eye open and immediately groaned. She stretched, allowing the muscles in her body to flex and relax as she did.

"Sun Cai, these are you new clothes to wear until the exchange can be made. We will make the exchange at Chi Bi. Also, meet Dai Yu, she is one of the Wu officers who will be assisting us in this matter," Liu Bei stated as he walked over to the other side of the curtain, followed by a woman who looked merely a nineteen to twenty in age. Her long light hair fell to her waist as her black eyes stared straight at Sun Cai, who merely gave an annoyed look.

"Why does everyone keep staring at me?" she muttered beneath her breath as she stared at the clothing she had been given. It was a green dress with a white top that had thick black lining on it. It had a large black tie with a smaller white tie to keep it in place. It had a slit on the left side of the leg that went all the way up to what might have seemed like the mid thigh area. It had the yin yang symbol on both shoulders and had a large robe to accompany it with a black dragon embroiled on it. The sleeves were also very long, covering most of her arms and were white as well.

"Why does this look like a strategist's robe? It doesn't look anything like armour to me," Sun Cai stated as she observed the piece of clothing. She felt it between her fingers before looking back at the two people in front of her.

"Because the armour you wore has been taken and thrown out. You will not be needing it for this battle," Dai Yu replied as she crossed her arms against her chest. She was wearing something similar to what Sun Cai was wearing, only it was red with orange trimmings and had a tiger imprinted at the bottom of her dress. She was wearing a pair of black wrappings underneath as well so as the keep from being immobilized.

"What! But that was my armour!" Sun Cai shouted as Liu Bei left the two women to bicker amongst themselves.

"It wasn't necessary for this battle will be over shortly after your exchange," Dai Yu replied as she walked out of the room, allowing Sun Cai to grind her teeth together. She then sighed in defeat before looking back at the clothing she was to wear. A soft sigh escaped her lips as she turned towards the large wood changing curtain. The boat rocked beneath the waves as she quickly changed, slipping her small dagger back into her holster held on her upper thigh.

"Are you done yet?" the familiar voice of Zhao Yun interrupted as Dai Yu bowed to greet the general.

"Yes, I am. Are we close or what?" Sun Cai responded, a hint of anger dripping from every word she spoke. 'I will be glad to be back in Wei after this trip,' she thought bitterly before gazing up at the two people in front of her. "Can we go now," she stated as she began to walk towards the door.

They left the room and headed towards the deck of the boat. Dai Yu glanced up at the clear sky, smiling beneath the warmth of the sun upon her face. She moved a strand of hair out of her face as she picked up her spear that rested against the door way. Her wrists were covered with two gold rings on her left and a silver band on her right.

"Ah, Dai Yu, Zhao Yun; you have arrived," a voice greeted as a man with long, dark brown hair appeared. His dark eyes glanced towards Sun Cai behind them and he gently smiled.

"Master Lu Meng," Dai Yu greeted as she bowed towards the older man. He waved his hand as she returned towards Zhao Yun, who also bowed before the older man. "What brings you here upon the Shu boat?" she questioned as he glanced towards her.

"I came to see how the preparations were going and to discuss the plan that master Zhou Yu has come up with for the upcoming battle," he replied. Dai Yu raised an eyebrow to this.

"I thought he already discussed the plan with master Zhuge Liang before we boarded the ships?"

"Yes, but I am afraid master Zhou Yu made a few adjustments that need to be discussed with master Zhuge Liang."

Dai Yu merely sighed and walked off towards where Liu Bei and Guan Yu stood.

"Do not worry Guan Yu. Yin will be brought back to you and then we can, oh Dai Yu. What a surprise," he stated as he turned to face the light haired girl.

"Master Liu Bei, I have something I would like to discuss with you. Do you have a moment?" she replied as Guan Yu shook his head and walked off. Liu Bei stood next to her and motioned her to continue. "What if Cao Cao uses Lady Yin as a decoy and instead, proposes a 'truce' and has her married to one of his son's or officers?" she asked, hesitantly.

"I highly doubt that Cao Cao will do so, seeing as he values his daughter. Although he has other daughters, Sun Cai seems to have a very close relationship with him so it is safe to assume that he will not conjure something of that intensity," he replied, setting a hand on Dai Yu's shoulder to reassure her.

"I still do not see a chance of father offering such a resolve any how," Sun Cai interrupted, Zhao Yun right behind her. She crossed her arms behind her head and glanced up at the sail. "Beside's, I do not believe any one of my brothers would be interested. Cao Pi already has a wife and my eldest brother, Cao Ang, died a few years back. My other brothers are either not capable of marrying another yet, or are already married and are happily content," she finished.

"Sun Cai, I do not believe you should just join in a conversation that was not directed towards you," Dai Yu stated, glaring at the girl as Sun Cai merely shrugged her shoulders.

"Well I do believe that I should intervene whenever my father is being spoken of, especially by the enemy," she replied while giving a fake smile and walking away.

"I will be glad once she is gone. I do not know how you can put up with her, lord Zhao Yun," Dai Yu stated, glancing up at the man.

"To be honest, she has not spoken to me since last night," he replied while walking towards Liu Bei. "She is a strange one. Talking to the others but us," he added while glancing over the edge of the boat, light eyes glistening beneath the waters reflection of the sun. A loud popping noise soon filled the air.

"My lord look out!" a voice shouted as Zhao Yun and Liu Bei both turned towards the noise. A large, pure black horse charged towards the two, fiercely pounding it's hooves beneath the wood. Zhao Yun stood in front of Liu Bei as they both were caught in a moment of shock.

"Look out!" Sun Cai shouted as she immediately turned to face them as the black horse neared her. She reached out to grab a piece of the black mane and jumped upon it's back. The horse immediately began to buck with Sun Cai seated upon it's back. Soldiers moved out of the way as to not be hit by the horses' hooves and scurried around the deck. Zhao Yun took this opportunity to allow Liu Bei to return to the inside of the boat while he ran back upon the deck.

The horse began to run in a circle around the boat as Sun Cai held on for dear life. 'What the heck made me jump on the back of this stupid animal?' she thought as she continued to cling upon the horse. She nudged her heel into the side of the horse, causing it to take a sharp turn so that they would not fall into the vast sea.

"Sun Cai, steer it back into the bottom of the deck that way!" Dai Yu shouted as Sun Cai opened one of her eyes, the wind blowing harshly against her face. She nodded as she leaned forward against the horses' neck and kicked the left side of the horse harshly, causing it to turn right in attempt to shake her off of it's back. She then jabbed the horse in the neck, causing it to temporarily stop, allowing one of the soldiers to quickly toss a rope over it's head and onto it's neck. A few other soldiers tossed more rope, trying to restrain the horse before it could return to it's running position.

Sun Cai slid off the horse's back as the remaining soldiers restrained the horse and led it back to the stables.

"Okay, I do not feel like doing that again," she stated as she fell to the floor and sat cross legged. She closed her eyes temporarily and reopened them to spot Dai Yu and Zhao Yun standing in front of her. "Did I do something?" she questioned, raising and eye brow as her jade eyes held confusion.

"Not exactly but, where the hell did you learn to control a horse like that? He never responds to anything we have done or tried," Dai Yu asked. Sun Cai blinked a few times before the question finally sunk in.

"Father did not approve of me riding horses. He said it was un lady like and forbid me to ride any horse. Brother Pi, on the other hand, decided he wanted to defy father's wish and taught me to ride. I learned from him and also Xiahou Dun. He taught me how to properly ride a horse if I had to ride it bare back without anything to control it with," Cai replied as she just stared up at the sky.

"I suppose it comes naturally for me. Then again I could be mistaken," she added before looking back towards Dai Yu, whose black eyes seemed unfazed by the answer.

"Either way, she did, kind of, saved lord Liu Bei," Zhao Yun replied as he walked next to Dai Yu and glanced down towards Sun Cai. She meekly smiled before turning her gaze towards the sea. "It would have knocked both Liu Bei and myself into the ocean, and that would not have been good for the troop morale," he continued as he walked away.

"I wonder how Shen is doing?" Sun Cai muttered to herself. Dai Yu gave Sun Cai a raised eyebrow.

"Who is this, Shen, person?"

"My older brother. Unlike me, he wasn't adopted by Cao Cao, I was. I thought for sure that Cao Cao would have adopted Shen but apparently I was proven wrong."

"I am surprised he didn't make you a concubine or one of his wives."

"I was much too young to even be married off. I was only seven when Cao Cao strode through our village. My real father, Zhao Yu, was barely making enough to feed me and my brother. I suppose it was a blessing to our father when Cao Cao came by and offered to take me in. Of course I thought the same thing. Why would a man come waltz into a small, poor, village and adopt a peasant girl," Sun Cai stated as she stood up and walked back towards her room, eyes closed as she left.


"Guan Yin wake up!" Zhang He shouted into Yin's ear, causing her to jump, startled at the sudden loud noise.

"I'm up!" she shouted as she rolled on the floor, strangled between the covers. She heard laughing as her head popped out of the cover and glared at the man that had awoken her. "You didn't have to yell in my ear if you wanted to wake me up. Creepy bastard," she muttered beneath her breath and stood up.

"But it awoke you so it was necessary," Zhang He replied as he walked over towards her. "Lord Cao Cao gave these to me to give to you to wear," he added as he handed clothing over towards her.

"What's wrong with wearing my armour?" she questioned, taking the clothing and inspecting it. It was rather "revealing" for her taste. The top went down to the middle of her upper torso, allowing it to do a 'u' turn up in the front, exposing her stomach. The sleeves were extremely short and puffed out a bit from the top. The skirt was almost down to her mid thighs, a white spandex material underneath it to fit like shorts. There were some gloves accompanying it, going all the way past her elbows and had the same white material for the hand with gold bands between the fingers. A metal belt held a large, lavender bow tie with green boot's, that also had the same white material and gold bands that left just below her knee to a few inches above the knee.

"I don't think I can wear this," she muttered as Zhang He merely walked out of the room. "Oh well. I suppose it'll suffice until I can get home then and at least it's green," she mentioned to herself and slid into the clothes. She then pulled her dark hair into a high ponytail and walked towards the door. The ship swayed back and forth as Guan Yin appeared out on the deck, her dark eyes scanning the sea.

"Wow, it's beautiful," she stated as she leaned over the deck to stare at the water flowing beneath the boats. She never really.

"I am seeking a beauty greater than the sea," a familiar voice stated as Guan Yin turned to look at her would-be captor. "I, Zhang He, have searched for something more beautiful than the sea, and I do believe I have found it. Although I have yet to see," he continued as Guan Yin just shrugged. Zhang He chuckled to himself and left to speak with Zhang Liao.

"You should not be without an officer to keep an eye on you," a voice called out as Guan Yin flinched. She turned to see Cao Pi walking with his arms crossed against his chest and a beautiful woman next to him, holding onto his arm. His cold eyes glared at Guan Yin as she merely looked back at the water.

"So this is Lady Guan Yin that is supposed to bring back your beloved 'sister'," the woman stated, her light eyes gleaming as her dark hair was held up, some of it rolling over her shoulder. The headdress she wore was a magnificent gold colour and was in the shape of a phoenix.

"Ah, Lady Zhen Ji, you grace us with your apparent beauty," Zhang He stated as he bowed towards the woman as she smiled at him, returning to Guan Yin's side. She then looked up towards Cao Pi and gently tugged upon his sleeve, coaxing him to leave.

"Who is she?" Guan Yin questioned as Zhang He turned towards her.

"Zhen Ji, Cao Pi's latest wife."

"She is really pretty, beautiful, to be in lack of better terms," she stated as she cast her gaze downwards toward the wooden flanks. She always knew that she wasn't pretty, but seeing other beautiful people caused her self esteem to plummet down.

"Ah, but so are you," Zhang He stated as he walked away, leaving Guan Yin baffled. She scowled as threw a nearby stone into the sea. What did he know what was beautiful or not? Surely he does not. Guan Yin left the side of the deck. As she turned to leave, she bumped into a man that was standing behind her, his only eye visible as the other one, covered by an eye patch, could not be seen.

"Sorry," she stated as he stared, harshly, down upon her.

"Brother Dun, I need you over here," a man shouted. His hair was held up in a wild ponytail and had a gruffy beard. His stalker figure walked towards the two as Guan Yin just lowered her gaze. "Ah, so you are the rookie warrior woman that was caught. I am Xiahou Yuan and this here is my brother Xiahou Dun," he said as he reached over to the other man and patted him on the shoulder.

"Guan Yin," she replied, keeping her gaze fixed on the floor. Xiahou Yuan just blinked a few times before letting out a heart felt laugh. He walked away as Guan Yin just raised her head along with an eyebrow. Xiahou Dun followed after as Guan Yin continued to make her way back to her room. As she entered the door, she immediately bumped, once again, into another person.

"What the, why am I bumping into people today?" she stated, rubbing her head, as it semed to ache with pain. She opened her eyes and saw a man in front of her. "And yet again, another man," she added as she inspected him. His long hair fell straight to his waist; it was a dark brown colour. His eyes matched his hair in the dark colour as his pale face was complimented by the dark strands that fell below to his chest.

"You should be more careful where you are going or else you might run into the wrong person," he stated as he picked up what seemed to be a small silver bracelet.

"I didn't mean to," she muttered as she glanced towards the side. She did not like looking at people's faces today since she did not want any unnecessary confrontation.

"I am Zhao Shen, brother to the woman who you will be exchanged for," he stated as he held a fan close to his face before walking off, his long hair flowing behind him.

"Man, this is getting weird by the minute," she stated to herself before walking back into her room, or, Zhang He's room to be exact. She slowly walked towards the bed, it's cover's welcoming her to their soft grasp as she slid into the bed, laying ontop of the blankets as she did. "Guan Ping, Father Yu, I wonder what you are doing?" she thought as she slid her fingers through her ponytail that fell over her shoulders and rested against the bed.

She was soon shaken from her thoughts as a large wave crashed into the boat, causing it to rock towards the left, sending her off of the bed. She rolled onto her stomach and pushed herself up into a sitting position as another wave crashed onto the opposite side, sending her back into her laying position. "Maybe I spoke too soon," she said out loud as she tried to catch her footing. Once she did, she made her way back outside.

She glanced over and saw the large waves that were causing the ship to rock back and forth. "Get out of the way!" some one shouted as a large rock was thrown at her. She immediately ducked as the large rock was flung to the sea.

"What about the other side?" she stated as she leaned over towards the side the rock had been thrown off of. "If you don't use a counter balance, won't the ship tilt towards the side that has the most weight?" she stated as Zhang He nodded and ran towards where the other rock was.

"Help me lift it over," he stated as a nearby soldier picked up the rock and both tossed it over. The boat stopped swaying for a mean time as Guan Yin sat back down, breathing as if she had been running. "Are you alright?" Zhang He stated as Guan Yin just shook her head.

"I am frightened of boats that do this," she replied. Zhang He laughed at her as Cao Cao came upon the deck.

"Ah, M'lord Cao Cao. How nice of you to grace us with your presence," Zhang He stated as he bowed. Cao Cao just waved him off and turned towards Guan Yin.

"You are to be exchanged at high noon, as soon as we arrive. Do not try anything or you will be killed," Cao Cao stated as he walked off.

"As if this day could get any better," Guan Yin replied as she turned to stare at the bright sun, illuminating it's rays. 'This is troublesome' she thought as she laid her hands behind her back and stared at the clouds as they rolled by.