Chapter 3

(Liu Chan: Lu Bu's Castle)

"Lu Chan, is that really you?" she asked.

"My name is Liu Chan." I answered and she ran to me and gave me a hug and she squeezed my wounds.

"Oww!"I yelled with tears coming down my face. I clentched my side as she backed away.

"Lu Bu!" she said panicky, he came over. They saw all my wounds, and were shocked to see the huge gash on my back.

"Who did this to you?" he asked.

"Cao Pi and his wife." I answered and Diao Chan helped me stand up, but then I passed out from the pain.

(Liu Chan: My Room)

I awoke to the sun shinning in my room bright. I was cleaned up and bandaged up. I got out of bed and went to the window. Seeing Ma Chao come to my rescue was the most thoughtful thing anyone has done, and I am truly honored that he did that and now I feel something more than friendship for him.

I stared out in the sun and thought about growing up with him and the situation I am in now.

"I have to get out of here" I whispered and put my shoes on quietly and I opened the door and Lu Bu was standing in front of it.

"Good Morning,"he said and I stepped back into the room.

"Morning," I said back.

"Where are you headed?"he asked.

"I'm hungry," I answered.

"Follow me, we'll eat breakfast with your mother,"he said and I followed him to the table.

"Have a seat, the chef will bring you some food," he said and and gestured for me to sit. I did and as he said a chef brought me a plait of food.

"Thank you," I said to the chef and he nodded and left. I took a bite and then a messanger came running in, "Lord Lu Bu, we have caught a Shu officer trying to sneak in," he said.

"Ma Chao," I thought. Lu Bu stood up and so did me , and Diao Chan, and we followed him outside the castle. We walked down the stairs and that is when I saw him between Cao Cao and Cao Pi, they dropped him.

"Ma Chao!" I said and tried to run to him but Cao Pi stepped in front of me, I Punched him and Cao Cao grabbed me.

"Oh Ma Chao, what did they do to you." I said starting to cry, he was to weak to stand, btu he saw the look on my face and then he mouthed "I love you."

(Ma Chao: captured)

"I love you," I mouthed to her and she understood what I was saying.

"Put him in the cells," Lu Bu said.

"Don't hurt him anymore." She pleaded as Cao Cao and a messenger took me away.

(Liu Chan)

"Please don't hurt him?" I pleaded as Cao Cao let go of me and him and a messenger took Ma Chao away.

"He broke in, therefor he must pay for his crime." Lu Bu said.

"He came to bring me back to my home,"I said.

"This is your home,"he said angrily.

"No my home is with my father in shu," I yelled and stopped at the edge of the steps.

"No, I'm your father and this is your home," he yelled back and was in the castle know. I turned around and Cao Pi was behind me.

"Didn't I tell you to behave?" he asked, taking some steps towards me.

"like I'm going to listen to you," I smirked.

"I will truly enjoy what I did a few nights ago."he said.

"Don't you have a wife that you can take advantage of."I said and he came after me, but I tripped him and grabbed my dagger and steppedon him and held the dagger to his throat. "You wanna try that again?" No responce. "That so." And then I started to run the way Cao Cao went.

"Where are you?"I thought and then herd a noise. I ducked behind a barrel and a building.

"Tell Lu Bu his prisoner is chained up." Cao Cao said exiting the building and walked past my hiding spot. I waited a couple of minutes and then I appeared in front of the building, I walked in.

"Ma Chao?" I said as I walked past some empty chains, I turned a corner and saw him.

"Ma Chao!" I said and ran to him. I knelt down and lifted his head and looked him in the eyes, the feeling of love came to me, and I saw it in his eyes as well.

"Lady Chan, I'm sorry."he said weakly.

"No, don't be, I'm the one who should be sorry," I said. "If I had listened to my fathered non of this would have happened." And I started to cry.

"I probably would've been dead then." He said.

"I don't even want to have that thought in my head." I said and then noticed that the left side of his shirt was covered in blood. I shifted myself to the spot and lifted up his shirt and saw the gash mark.

"Oh Ma Chao, you're hurt." I said. He looked at me.

"I can barely feel the pain," he said.

"That's because you've suffered for a while with the pain. You need help, I must stop the bleeding, but how?" I said and put my hands on my hips and fely the wrappings, "I got it" and I started to unwrapped one of my wraps and when it came off, I started to wrap it over his wound.

"Ow." He said and smiled at me.

"Sorry, but now there is less worrying I have to do." I said and pulled his shirt over it.

"Thank you." He said and since I was close to him he kissed my head. I looked up at him, straightened my knee, and put my hands on his face and kissed him.

"I love you too." I said and then we herd a noice.

"Liu Chan?" Lu Bu said from outside the biulding.

"I must hide," I said. "I will get you out of here," I promised and kissed him again and left. I herd the door open and saw Lu Bu walk past me and turn the corner, then I sprinted to the door and walked to the garden of apple trees. I ran as far down as I could, then sat down to catch my breath and to relax for a little while. I stood up and picked a couple of apples and put them in my sac attached to my outfit.