Author's note:

Lately I love playing Warrior Orochi 3 because the game has my favorite pairing, which is Cao Pi x Lu Xun. You can find the video of them in Youtube. They really are cute! And since Cao Pi got paired with Lu Xun now, Mitsunari Ishida, Cao Pi's partner on Warrior Orochi 1, got jealous and always angry to Lu Xun. Poor Lu Xun… he hasn't understood that Mitsunari was jealous at him. I want to make their story on Warrior Orochi 3 too. I want Cao Pi to be the incarnation of Susanoo, while Lu Xun was the incarnation of Kushinida. If you want to know about them, actually both of them was the god and goddess who slayed Orochi on the legend. Well, I have the idea but I have no time to write it down. Sometimes I will write about it.

Chapter 8 – Help from the Lotus

There was not a word out from Cao Pi or Xiahou Dun along the way back to the castle. Cao Pi felt guilty because he has caused some troubles to Xiahou Dun. He also thought what would happen to him when he reached the castle. He sure that Sima Yi won't allow him to go out from the castle again. And the worst case is Sima Yi would tell his father about his problem. And then, Cao Pi still held one of Swallow's precious blades, and he has promised Swallow to give back his swallow pet to Swallow. Cao Pi took a long breath as he thought about his fate.

It won't take long to reach the castle since Xiahou Dun knew about the forest path. As they reached the castle, Xiahou Dun escorted Cao Pi to his own room.

" Sorry, for causing you some troubles…and about your horse…" Cao Pi said with low voice.

" It's not a problem, sir…" Xiahou Dun said.

" Sima Yi must have waited for me in my room… I don't want to meet him…"

" Well, of course he is… I have to apologize to you, my lord, I have told Sima Yi about your secret meeting with your friend…"

" WHAT?" Cao Pi shouted.

" My apologize, young lord, I have no choice, since I was the only one who guard your room this afternoon…"

" Oh my, it's gonna be bad…."

" I'm sorry…"

Cao Pi shook his head, " It's okay… It's my fault…"

Finally they reached in front of Cao Pi's room. The door was closed, but Cao Pi can felt Sima Yi's presence from inside the room. It looked like he would get long lecture from the strategist. Cao Pi took a long breath before he entered his room. He found Sima Yi was already sitting in front of his table, wielding his black-feathered fan, with an evil smirk on his face, as always. Cao Pi closed the door and approach Sima Yi. " It's gonna be a boring night with long lecture tonight…" Cao Pi thought. But it seemed that waiting for the young lord until night made him tired, so Sima Yi postponed his lecture until tomorrow morning.

" Lucky for you, young lord, it's time to sleep now. I have some words to you, but I will postpone them until tomorrow morning. Now, if you excuse me…" Sima Yi bowed and left the room. Cao Pi felt relived. He lied on his bed and turned off the candle.

Meanwhile in the castle, after escorting the young prince, Xiahou Dun went back to his room. When he entered the room, he realized that Xiahou Yuan was sitting on his chair. He was still eating the pork leg with mushroom dish on the table.

" I told you to left me some food… I felt hungry, you know…" Dun poked Yuan's head.

" I have save yours… here, you can eat the rest of them…" Yuan arranged some plates on the table and let Dun sat.

" And you become as fat as Xu Zhu now… Someday, both of you have to take some exercises so that you will lose some weight…"

" Oh yeah, sometimes me and Xu Zhu were having a dance lesson with Zhang He. It was fun! You have to join us someday!"

Xiahou Dun laughed, " I will think about your invitation…"

" Hey… I just heard that Sima Yi was really angry because you help the young lord escape…"

" Well… He became more and more annoying over time. Lucky for him, the lord still need his brain…"

" Absolutely right!" Yuan shouted, " By the way, how is the young lord? Is he alright?"

" He has a fight with some bandits. Lucky for me, I found him with the help of his friend…"

" You have met him?"

" Well… She's beautiful, gentle, and looks smart… She has a beautiful voice too… However, she's rather weird. She said that she know me… but I don't remember her…"

" She…? I think it's a boy… Whatever, but she looks kind a familiar right?"

Dun nodded, " Maybe… I don't really remember…"

" But you are blushing… Don't say that she's your type too…" Yuan poked Dun.

" NO!" Dun shouted, " She belong to the young lord, I don't want to ruin his happiness…"

Yuan laughed, " But your description is rather different from what I know. The one that I know is a male. He has a great dance ability, and I have to admit he's kind a beautiful… or cute…"

" Male with dance ability… it remind me of Zhang He…" Dun laughed.

" I'm glad you remember me, Mr. Dun!" Zhang He appeared from the window.

" WOAAAAA!" Yuan and Dun shouted together.

" It's not good to talk about people behind their back…" Zhang He entered the room, " Let me join your talk. It seems interesting…"

" So you are eavesdropping at us, huh?" Dun asked.

" Oh, don't be so angry. I just miss you, Dun, you barely visit me again lately…" Zhang He explained as he dance around the table.

" So you have a secret relationship with Zhang He?" Yuan stared at Dun.

" Fool… Please don't be fooled by him. I met him to discuss about the war with Wu that we will have soon…"

" Oh, you are too shy, Dun…" Zhang He hugged Dun.

Suddenly, all of them heard some knocks from the window. They saw a young man entered the room from the window.

" Young Lord? What are you doing this late?" Yuan asked.

" Why do people like to enter my room from the window tonight…" Dun shook his head.

" Have you ever kissed someone?" Cao Pi moved closer to Xiahou Dun.

" WHAT?" Xiahou Dun blushed, " Why do you ask me those kind of question?"

" Well… Actually I have met someone on the village… That one is really interesting person, I can't get him out of my mind… And… I accidently kiss that one today… and it's feel wonderful…"

" And… you want to say to me that you was in love… with that person?" Dun asked.

" I don't know… but meeting that person make me happy… I found myself in great happiness whenever I went with that person…"

" But you already married Lady Zhen Ji… Why do you ask me this kind of question? You must already felt that feeling when you married Lady Zhen, right?"

" No… it's different… I have to admit that Lady Zhen is very beautiful, but… somehow, this feeling of mine is different… This happiness and warmth inside my heart… I don't know what is it…"

Xiahou Dun took a deep breath, " Well, I think you already have your answer… Just clear your mind and you will find your answer…"

" It's LOVE!" Zhang He danced circled Dun and Pi, " Only true love that have an eternal happiness like that! Love is not only because beautiful face, sometimes it also require chemistry…"

" General Zhang, please don't add any fuel to the fire…" Dun said as he pushed Zhang He aside.

Cao Pi smiled, " By the way, about the little bird… have it recovered yet?"

" Yes, it has. This bird is really noisy, but I never got bored of it…"

" That bird is actually the pet of my friend. I promised him to give it back to him tomorrow, but… I don't think I can meet him again tomorrow…"

" Mmm… I don't think Sima Yi will allow you to go there again tomorrow… And I'm afraid it's hard for me to help you out either… He watched my move since this happened…"

" …" Cao Pi sighed, " You're right…"

" It's not good to block someone's true love path, Dun…" Zhang He approached Cao Pi with his dance step, " If Dun refused to escort you, I will help you!"

" General Zhang!" Cao Pi smiled.

" But it's not that easy, Zhang! Sima Yi will know your absence, young lord!" Yuan said.

" That's why we will go tonight!" Zhang He explained, " You just need to give the bird back to your loved one, right? The guard on the night won't be as tight as in the afternoon, so it's the only change!"

" Great idea, general Zhang!" Cao Pi gave him applause, " Now, let's go!" Zhang He and Cao Pi jumped from the window again.

Dun shook his head, " So it seems that the young lord has became crazy because of his love…"