Oh, by the way, I deleted Jinchuriki Tales, so I have more brain power to concentrate on the two stories I'm doing.
Like life, I'm just making these up as I go along :)
Chapter 2
Sun Shang Xiang woke up to the sounds of the breakfast bell, which was twice as loud, and twice as long. She rubbed her eyes together as she threw back her duvet and slipped into her slippers. (I'm not even sure if they had slippers in those days to be honest, but hey)
She walked to the window, where she saw various officers half asleep, half walking in the direction of food. She yawned, grabbed her towel, and headed straight for the shower. (I don't know if they had showers back in those days but hey again :) ).
She turned on the tap, to get the water temperature just right, and whilst waiting, proceeded to brush her teeth. She hopped into the shower, where she began enjoying the full relaxation of the warm water.
Just then, she felt the water thicken, and its consistency became greater. She opened her eyes, only to meet thick droplets of green paint flying towards her. She screeched so loud that the birds outside chirped and flew from every tree in the near vicinity.
...Meanwhile in the breakfast hall…
"Breakfast is more or less served everyone. Help yourselves." Announced Sun Jian. He turned to his son, Ce, mouthing "Where is Shang Xiang?"
Ce shrugged. He was too busy mounting fresh rashes of bacon and rice into his bowl.
"Be a pal, Zhou Yu, since you never eat breakfast, and go and check on Shang Xiang?" Ce said, nudging his best friend, but Zhou Yu was too engrossed in a letter that he had gotten from a distant Uncle in the Jing Province.
He then turned to Ling Tong who rolled his eyes and set off upstairs.
…Back at Shang Xiang's room…
There was a knock at her door and she calmly allowed Ling Tong to enter.
Upon one look at her, he burst into laughter. She was covered in complete green pain from head to toe.
"What in Wu's name happened to you, princess?" he said, picking at bits in her hair.
Her temper raged again. "That LIU BEI! He did this!"
"Why would Liu Bei want to colour you green? Apart from it being his favourite colour, I guess." He said as he collected water and soup from her bathroom, and started wiping some of the green off her face.
"Because! Yesterday I pushed him into the pond because he implied I was ugly and now he wants to take some sort of revenge! Trust me, he's out to get me now! But two can play at this game-"
"Oh no you don't. I know you, princess, and how you get when you're all competitive. I don't think it's a good idea to be messing with a potential leader."
"Why not? He's messing with a leader's daughter."
Ling Tong sighed. He knew once she had her mind set on doing something, she'd do it, no question asked.
…back at the banquet hall…
Silence fell upon the room for a moment as Shang Xiang walked in with her green hair, green nose and green hands. As I said, silence fell for a moment, then the whole room burst out with roaring laughter.
She saw Zhao Yun attempt to whisper something in Liu Bei's ear, and she lost control of her temper, yet again.
"YOU!" she bellowed, almost launching herself a Liu Bei.
"Sis. What are you doing?" Ce said, trying to drag her to her usually seat in between her brother and his best friend.
"It was HIM! He did-" she had barely begun her sentence before Ce clasped his hand over her mouth.
He gave a hearty chuckle and said, "We try not to give her too much wine at dinner. I don't think she can cope with the average couple of cups."
And at that, everyone went back to eating their breakfast.
…At the other side of the room…
"My Lord, I thought you said you weren't going to do anything major to the princess." Zhao Yun whispered.
"I wasn't. Until Zhuge came up with the idea." Liu Bei, said trying to contain his laughter.
Both Zhao Yun, and Zhuge Liang's wife, Yue Ying, stared at him in surprise.
"I'm sure everything is ok," he started in his unusual calming voice, "The paint will come out in a couple of hours or so."
"No, it's not alright. Do you think I would have married you if you had turned my hair green?"
"Well…dear…I said it's alright…"
"No, it is not alright, husband. You've embarrassed her beyond the midpoint. You must do something to make up for it."
"Well, it's too late now. She's left with that officer Lu Xun somewhere." Ma Chao quickly pointed out.
"Ma Chao, why don't you invite her to the picnic we're having this afternoon. I don't think I trust my husband or Lord Liu Bei doing anything sincere at this present moment."
"Sure-" Ma Chao began.
Zhao Yun looked slightly taken aback. "My lady, what about me?"
Yue Ying looked at him. "Oh, no offence, I trust you…it's just…she might throw you into the pond. You are one of Lord Liu Bei's closest friends."
…in the horse stables…
"I need a way to get back at that crafty Lord Liu Bei. I need to think."
Lu Xun bent down to change the hoofs of their chestnut brown stallion.
"Well, you could always try burying the hatchet. I mean you did start it."
"Lu Xun! He called me-"
"Did he? Really? Or did you imagine it? Because really princess you have a tendency to get carried away sometimes, even though you don't mean to, but that's ok, because we all have faults and we can work through them."
Shang Xiang gently pushed her best friend to the ground.
"I do not get carried away."
She walked over to the water pump to collect some water for the horses. Suddenly, the door opened and she heard a voice saying "I thought I'd find you in her, Lady Sun."
"LIU BEI! ATLAST!" and she threw the bucket full of water at the person in the doorway, to her surprise, was not Liu Bei.
"Shang Xiang!" Lu Xun gasped. "It's not even him!"
"I'm so sorry." She said rushing to get the officer a towel and started trying to dry him quickly. "If I had known…who are you?"
"Mhwa Chwoah." He replied with a mouthful of water. He turned, spat it out and tried again.
"Ma Chao. I just came to offer my apologies to you for…you know…your green state of being. The Shu officers were planning on having a picnic with some of the officers of Wu and Wei, and I just wanted to invite you as Liu Bei's guest."
"Nuh-uh. No way. Just so he can try to humiliate me."
Ma Chao took the towel from her and cleaned his ears. "Well, you could always come as my guest, and try to figure out a way to get your own back for your…Shu-like coloured hair."
Sun Shang Xiang thought hard about the offer, and Lu Xun realised that Ma Chao had no idea what he had just done.
"Sure thing. I guess I'll see you there." She grinned, the heartiest of grins and grabbed Lu Xun by the arm.
"Lu Xun, we have some planning to do."
I accept that Wei have barely said a word.
Next chapter, that will definitely change. This one was a bit boring but Read and Review please.
If you want someone specific to be added in, just tell me. I'll do it. :)