Here is the next chapter of Betrayals of the Heart. It once again takes place at Hu Lao Gate, but this time it uses it's DW5 version of the battlefield, on Dong Zhuo's side. Anyway this introduces Diao Chan's biggest rival out of the whole series, should be easy to guess who it is. This chapter is mostly action and people please review!

Also just a little something extra, Red Hare uses it's DW8 appearance and Storm Runner uses it's downloadable DW8 look. All the other animals use their DW8 look as well.

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Diao Chan stood, motionless as Yuan Shao's army charged towards them. It had only been a day since the Alliance had disbanded and Yuan Shao had gained the deceased Gongsun Zan's territory.

Yet here he was, attacking with all of his army and those new additions he had gained from Gongsun Zan. And she was the only person out here right now, she was going to die, even worse maybe the Emperor would die.

But the dancer was not going to go down without a fight, that she was sure of. This was war and it was kill or be killed, it was time that she learned that. Jian Yong signed his own death, he choose to go to war and he had payed for that choice.

Quickly stepping back, she drew out her whip and slashed it against a soldier's chest, Jian Yong's face flashed as the soldier fell to the ground. 'Why must he continue to haunt me?' Diao Chan thought to herself as Jian Yong's face flashed again as she killed another soldier.

Each time she killed someone, Jian Yong's face reappeared in her mind and his voice continued to taunt her, it was making her dance difficult. The sea of yellow continued as it was slowly reduced to smaller numbers by the dancing maiden.

"This dance... It's even too difficult for me..." Diao Chan stated to herself as she blocked an attack just before it could skewer her heart. Suddenly a horse foot landed on the soldiers head and Diao Chan finally allowed a smile on her face.

The hoof belonged to Red Hare and the horse ran furiously as it's rider killed countless soldiers. The rider was none ofther then Lu Bu, Diao Chan watched him as he dismounted and swung his halberd in a wide arc. "Come! See if you can defeat me!"

"My saviour." Diao Chan said to herself as she smiled cunningly, time to make a move. As Lu Bu became surrounded he killed some of the troops as Diao Chan summersaulted into the circle, killed 2 soldiers before twirling so she and Lu Bu were back to back.

"Diao Chan? You're not with Dong Zhuo?" Lu Bu asked her as he easily killed a troop by stabbing his halberd through it's chest. "There is only one man I wish to stand by. And it is you, not Lord Dong Zhuo." Stated Diao Chan, who blocked an attack as she waited for Lu Bu's reply and ducked when she suspected his next move.

Lu Bu swung his halberd around his head, killing everyone that had circled around Diao Chan. "Diao Chan... I believe you and your words. And I will fight to protect you!" Lu Bu responded as Diao Chan looked down, she was feeling that feeling again, guilt? Or was it something else?

The battle raged on, only Diao Chan and Lu Bu were at the frontlines. Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were guarding the way around and into Hu Lao Gate. Diao Chan had to admit she and Lu Bu made a good team.

But a beautiful figure approached Diao Chan. (AN: It's Zhen Ji, but the colours of her dress are different, as will be told at end of chapter) With long black and a beautiful dress, she was almost as beautiful as Diao Chan.

"Such a lovely dance, how about I play a requiem to accompany it?" The woman asked, she had a beautiful flute and Diao Chan could tell that it was her weapon. "You must be Diao Chan? I am Zhen Ji, the soldiers have been talking endlessly about you."

"However I am not impressed by what I see." Zhen Ji stated and Diao Chan knew that this was the girl those troops had been talking about. Diao Chan glared as she charged towards the woman, neither of them liked the other.

Diao Chan slashed her whip left and right, as Zhen Ji hurried to advoid the strikes. "How irritating..." Zhen Ji muttered. Diao Chan heard her and she slid on the ground and swung her whip, it teared Zhen Ji's dress slightly.

"How dare you!" Zhen Ji yelled as she blocked the attack and striked with her flute. Diao Chan who had stood up before the attack barely blocked it. Zhen Ji smirked at her and played the flute, sending out a large soundwave bubble.

It caught Diao Chan off guard when it exploded and she fell to the floor. Zhen Ji looked at her and put on a fake look of suprise. "Have you succumbed to my charm?" Zhen Ji said putting her hand over her mouth, to add to the fake look of suprise.

Diao Chan slowly stood up and said. "Can you see through the secrets of my style?" Diao Chan then perfomed a prancing dance and became surrounded by a purple aura. When the dance/attack was over, Zhen Ji was sent flying away as she had been juggled around by the attack.

As Zhen Ji struggled to get up, she and Diao Chan glared hatefully at each other. "I will give you a chance. Please leave," Diao Chan said sighing, wanting to annoy her now arch enemy.

"You must be quite confident." Zhen Ji shot back, her voice full of hate. Both Zhen Ji and Diao Chan glared at each other one more time before charging. Their attacks cancelled out the others and they became locked in combat, pushing against the other to try and gain an advantage.

"Do you really believe you can beat me?" Diao Chan asked, her voice taking a mock sympathetic tone, it was obvious she was trying to enrage Zhen Ji. "Your words are insignificant to my ears." Zhen Ji responded, easily ruining Diao Chan's attempt to enrage her.

Their duel raged on, neither was emerging victorious until Zhen Ji played her flute and created a soundball wave which she flung at Diao Chan and knocked her away, as Diao Chan went on to attack she stopped when she saw a handsome but intelligent looking man she identified as Guo Jia, recognized Zhang He and spotted Yuan Shao on a magnificent horse she knew was Storm Runner.

Lu Bu grabbed her arm and told her that they had to abandon Hu Lao Gate, the two left the battlefield as the cheerful cries of Yuan Shao's army were heard. They had lost Hu Lao Gate which they had previously successfully defended.

Maybe the ploy would last much longer then she had though, but Diao Chan knew one thing for certain she would defeat Zhen Ji the next time the faced each other in battle. That she would make true.

There's the chapter, hope it was good. Also for the different colouration of the outfits, Zhen Ji's; the purple is replaced by yellow, the silver/white is replaced by black and the blue is replaced by orange. Zhang He's; the armour colour is silver, the purple orange and the white is yellow, the blue is gold. Now Guo Jia's; the black is gold, the blue orange and the purple is yellow while the gold is a sparkling black.

Anyway please review!