-Sorry about this taking so long, I have been crazy busy lately. I would've liked to have wrote this next chapter, but my Internet was acting up soo here's the next chapter! Thanks for reading, please review!-
Xao woke up to find her bed sheets crumpled and creased. She looked up, the light shone through the small opening in her tent. Hearing the bird's pleasant whistles, she threw back the sheets and ruffled her hair. She stood up gently and wobbled slightly, didn't balance herself and fell over.
Getting up quickly, Xao began to get changed from the dress she had been wearing last night, which was a blur in her mind. There was a gentle chuckle emanating from the outside of the tent.
"Then I saw her trying to lift him. He really gave her a handful, I saw the whole thing, well almost. I was thinking she could tell us the rest." She overheard the conversation wondering who and what they were talking about. Pictures flashed inside her head. Yun found her sitting by the rock pool and tried to kiss her. She gasped and ran through the gap in the tent, bumping straight into Liu Bei and Jiang Wei.
"Sorry..." She mumbled. Wei looked at her, he had stopped talking to Bei and had announced a small glare at her, thinking she bumped into them, more importantly him, on purpose. She glared back, then smiled at Liu Bei. He smiled warmly back and put his hand on Wei's shoulder. He instantly relaxed.
"My Lady Xao, I heard from Wei, that Yun was giving you... a slight problem last night." A few passing soldiers looked at him and bowed, he bowed back.
"Maybe we should move this inside her tent, my lord. We don't want anyone to overhear our conversation with Lady Xao." The subtle and soft voice from him, relaxed her, but she was still confused at how Wei could've know about Yun almost kissing her, and even if he didn't, Liu Bei was here and she didn't want to rat on one of his prized officers. Wei pushed her gently in the direction of the gap in her tent. She stepped inside, followed by the general and the apprentice of his tactician. Xao stepped towards her bed and perched on the end, Liu Bei sat down next to her without hesitation. Afterwards, Wei marched over to the bed and sat next to Xao, and then realizing how close he was to her, shuffled further down the bed.
"Did Yun cause you any trouble last night, Lady Xao?" Jiang Wei questioned. He looked at Xao passionately but reluctantly. Someone had obviously told him to behave around her.
"Not really," She lied. "I was going back to my tent and heard Yun collapse behind me, I hurried over and tried to pick him up. I don't really remember much else, I'm afraid. I'm sorry if my information doesn't help you in any way." The image of Yun trying to kiss her was replaying in her mind over and over, she recoiled and flinched every time his lips almost reached hers.
"Is something wrong?" Bei asked her.
She fell back and recoiled again. "He tried to kiss me..." she whispered. Wei gasped and stood up.
"I'm going to go find Yun, that was inappropriate, he shouldn't have tried to kiss you!" He shouted.
Xao jumped up and pushed him back down. "It wasn't on purpose, he was drunk... I suppose he was too drunk, but that's not the point."
"Then what is the point, Xao?" Wei retorted. He was smiling a crooked smile. It made Xao smile slightly too, but only because the sun glinted of his perfectly straight teeth.
"I don't know, I guess..." She started, before Liu Bei started to interrupt her.
"The point is, was that he was drunk and anything can happen, he just happened to come across Xao at the time, it could've happened to anyone who walked by. Even you Wei."
Wei cringed slightly, then straightened up again. "Next time why don't you let me escort Lady Xao. Who I have still yet to congratulate..."
"And apologize to!" she grinned as she finished his sentence.
"I believe you do owe her an apology or two, Wei." Bei said.
"Then I apologize for what happened last night, I also know my lord was right in employing you, you are witty, strong and not afraid to share your feelings. I apologize also for the little fight we got into when we first met, I saw you weren't part of Zhuo's army and yet I still refused you passage, but for that I am thankful, because if I hadn't have stopped you, I wouldn't have had the pleasure to meet you."
"As for me I also owe and apology for that day, for being so reckless and irritable. I mean hey it's not usually something I would be doing... standing around trying to explain why I was somewhere, usually people would just ignore me, I was just another passerby in the crowds."
"Great! I'm glad the two of you patched things up."
"Now... How about a little exercise to wake you up? Fancy a match in the training fields?"
"Your on!" Xao shook his hand, that he had stuck there after challenging her, grabbed her bow, inside the newly presented case that Lord Liu Bei had given her shortly after the feast, grabbed her slightly torn quiver and ran outside to the small training fields.
"Bring it on!" He shouted, pointing his gleaming trident at her. She slipped the bow out of the case and began her ready position. She had to be on careful guard because she didn't know what he would do first.
Xao began the count down by saying '3', while Wei sequenced her by saying '2' and they both hoped to get the last word by saying '1'. At first Wei just stood there, he watched Xao with a small glance, waiting for her to strike. She sent a flurry of about 5 arrows his way, and as they approached, he looked at them smiling, still stood there. Within an inch of himself, he had deflected all the arrows and sent them twirling back towards Xao. A small crowd had formed, who were gasping wildly, apart from one very 'old boned' man, who watched with certain interest. Xao thought that he didn't know anything about weapon to weapon combat, but soon realized he knew a lot more than she looked on. One of the arrows flew past her head as she swerved in and out of the flurry, dodging all the rest. She let out a small sigh, and heard the approaching quick footsteps, Wei had his trident pointed behind him and was charging swiftly towards her. Xao started running forwards towards him also. As soon as she was close enough, she jumped above him using her right foot to push him down for a higher boost. He fell to the ground, and she twisted her in air body towards his direction and shot more arrows which landed all around his head, making him jump up suddenly and point his trident at her. Xao came closer to the ground, rolled and shot and arrow that was aimed for his chest, which was heavily guarded by light but thick armor. It bounced off.
"Kill shot!" She shouted pointing to the small dint in his armor.
Wei grinned his crooked smile again, Xao laughed, also grinning and holding up both her hands in the air. Clapping emerged from the crowds.
"Very well done Xao! Finally showed this little show off, who's boss." Zhong walked forward holding a stiff wooden bow in his hands.
"I guess it is her victory..." He pretended to sulk, but then chuckled heartily.
Zhong looked at her, grinned and started to whisper something in Wei's ears, Wei nodded his head once. Zhong stepped forward and looked Xao in the eyes.
"How about giving me a go, Young 'un? Student gives the master a little spar. You up for it?"
"Of course! I would never back down from a challenge!"
"Hey! I got an idea to make this more interesting... Wei stand next to her. Two against one? How about it? If you beat me I might give you something good..."
"Of course Old Man! I could beat you with my eyes closed." Wei said
"And remember I'll be targeting the both of you so work together, and don't squabble. It always ends up bad for most teams!"
"I wouldn't dream of it!" Xao shouted, again pulling her body back into her ready position, as Zhong and Wei did also. Zhong charged towards them both with a mad grin on his face. Xao looked at Wei and nodded, while wei muttered "We can do this."
They were stepping up for the challenge.
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