The three warriors rode through the calm and quiet forest. The wind was very relaxed as it whistled gently and quietly through the halls of the forest. The night started to turn into the early morning. As the moon now lowered, the sights of the slow rising sun appeared to light up the forest. The leaves fell off the trees gently and flowed down to the ground subtly, some would fall directly to the ground as others would flow in the direction of the wind, following it's trail. The slight peaks of sunlight shone through the tall and proud trees as the three warriors rode bravely through the forest, on their way to Jiang Dong to pay the little conqueror : Sun Ce a little visit.
Fan Luhua sighed gently as for once in her entire painful lifetime, she felt at peace. She closed her eyes lightly as she allowed the warmth of the rising sun to fall gently onto her pale snow like skin. Zhao Yun turned his head slightly to look at Luhua. He studied her closely with his soft brown eyes. He looked at her brightened up face and smiled slightly, he then looked down to her thin neck where he saw a single line upon it. He sighed.
"S-so, what happened to your neck ?" Zhao Yun stuttered slightly, but still holding the tone that he always did. Luhua sighed as she rolled her eyes slightly.
" Lu Bu trained me to be an assassin, he used methods that were beyond painful, made me into a monster" She whispered quietly, trying not to be heard by Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun sighed gently as the hopeful glimmer of light in his eyes seemed to grow larger as he continued to stare at the long scar upon Fan Luhua's pale and death like neck. She kept her head low and hidden away, her hair falling forwards, hiding each side of her face, her fringe covering her left eye slightly as she kept herself hidden away. Zhao Yun sighed gently as took his hand and placed it upon her face, moving her silky brown hair out of the way and behind her ear.
" You are no monster, not from what I have seen" he spoke out softly and quietly as he continued to admire the long scar upon her neck, twisting his head slightly in curiosity. Luhua sighed softly and chuckled deeply to herself.
" Then you know nothing of the meaning of that word" she said bluntly, moving her neck slightly away from Zhao Yun, gently making Zhao Yun's hand slip off her cold pale neck. Zhao Yun sighed as he placed his hand back onto the leather strap which was attached to his quiet black silky horse.
The conversation seemed to grow more quiet as the wind quietly whistled through the brightened forest. Guan Yinping rode ahead slightly more than the others. Yinping's head perked up slightly. She raised her gentle hand up to the air as she halted her horse to an immediate stop. Fan Luhua and Zhao Yun halted their horses gently as they stopped behind her. Fan Luhua turned her head towards Zhao Yun and sighed. She jumped off her horse gracefully. Her boots made a slight thudding sound on the dry ground of the forest, leaving a slight indentation within the earth of her small footprint. She walked over slowly as her eyes followed each tree, looking out for trouble. She walked up to Guan Yinping, who was glancing into the distance carefully, scowling slightly. Fan Luhua sighed gently as she looked up at Guan Yinping.
" What is it ?" she asked carefully and quietly, looking around, flicking each eye from one direction to the other swiftly. Luhua gently patted the horse that Guan Yinping was on. Luhua continued to look around the forest for trouble. Yinping sighed gently.
" I though I heard something, but it might just be me being silly, as always" Yinping spoke out but then chuckled gently as she joked about herself. Luhua sighed as she continued to look around. Then something happened. She heard a slight crack and snap of a twig being forced deeply into the ground, snapping into two whilst pressure was being forced upon it. Luhua's head lifted up sharply as the snap of the twig was sharp and swift as a sound within her tingling ear. As the sound entered and exited her ear, she snarled slightly as she laid a hand upon her weapon gently and squeezed the handle tightly.
" I heard that" she whispered softly towards Guan Yinping, leaning in closer to her ear, trying to be as quiet as possible. Zhao Yun got off his gentle white horse and landed onto the firm forest floor gently. He strode over to the two young warriors standing slightly ahead of him.
" As did I" He spoke out softly, holding his Dragon Spear tightly as he carefully approached the two young girls. He looked ahead of the horse where he saw a couple of shadows, the sunlight blasted the shadows onto the trees ahead of them. Luhua saw these slow moving shadows in the sunlight. She snarled gently as she quickly hustled over to the tree closest to her. Hiding behind it carefully. Zhao Yun and Guan Yinping proceeded to do the same. Yinping and Yun each hid behind a separate tree which seemed to be decaying away from the life it had once.
Yinping held her dual mace tightly to her chest, hushing her breathing so quietly it could not be heard by a mouse, trying not to be seen, Zhao Yun did the same, he held is spear close to the side of his body, quietly breathing. Fan Luhua was different though. She loved using the nature around her to benefit her needs, to try and fool the enemy. Fan Luhua gently brushed her body past one tree as she used her hand to dig her claws into the tree to make a slight scratching sound upon the old and ruined bark and she quickly leaped to the one next to her. Zhao Yun heard a gasp as he was the closest one to the moving shadows.
Luhua hid behind the tree which was directly opposite Zhao Yun. He looked over to her and saw her hiding. She nodded as she released a slight smile upon her face. But then he also saw a sense of cruelty in her eyes as she had a plan of attack. She crouched down low to the ground, her knees tucking in tightly into her stomach. She waited for the first footstep to appear by her tree. She hushed her breathing and took out the small dagger from her boot and held it close to her chest. The forest floor seemed to be unhappy. The sound of branches and leaves seemed to get louder as more branches were being snapped by pressure of a boot.
The first black boot appeared in front of Fan Luhua's soft green eyes. She smiled gently at Zhao Yun as she raised her shining black dagger from her quiet chest and forced it into the black boot with an almighty force. She used her other arm to bring the body behind the tree. She placed her green covered hand over the Soldier's mouth to keep him quiet. She looked up as she saw Zhao Yun looking at her, seeing her for the monster she truly is. She looked back down and stabbed the solider straight through the heart. He bled out on her armour quickly. She threw the body onto a stack of leaves. The leaves blew up from the ground then fell gently back onto the dead body. Fan Luhua raised her body from the ground where she then began to climb the tree quietly. One foot gently placing itself onto a steady branch whilst one foot raised up from it's previous position as she continued to climb. She got halfway up the tree and looked down from her position. She was at a bird's eye view where she easily saw the soldiers carefully scouting the forest halls. As she looked, she was searching for a commander or a leader of some kind. But to her suspicions, she was correct. The leader of this patrol was Yun Shai.
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Yun Shai held his Monk's Spade in his hand tightly as he knew Fan Luhua might be here. Luhua stood up on the thick and strong branch as she pressed her back against the base of the tree. She looked down as she saw two officers stand underneath her. She gently lowered her body so she was laying against the thick branch. She then slipped her legs off the branch so she was hanging from it. She gripped on tightly. She let go of one hand as she struggled to get her Cross Halberd off her buckle. She struggled slightly but then it broke free from the buckle. She smiled in success. She breathed gently as she let her other hand slip gently off the branch. She fell gently from the tree and landed on the ground gently. The height was not that tall. She quickly came to her senses and slashed the two soldiers beside her.
" Go !" she yelled to Guan Yinping and Zhao Yun. Guan Yinping came out from behind the tree and ran quickly. She swung her Dual Mace around the soldier's face so he fell to the ground. She then kicked him and continued to run. Zhao Yun followed behind her as he forced soldiers down to their feet. He looked behind his shoulder to see Luhua continuing to fight.
" I have to go back for her, keep going My Lady" He shouted to Guan Yinping as he ran back to Fan Luhua. Guan Yinping nodded at him. But as she turned her head around, she found herself apprehended. Yun Shai chuckled to himself as he pushed Guan Yinping out of the way, onto the floor. She grunted as her head bashed against a tree. Luhua looked ahead to see Guan Yinping resting on the tree as she was slightly concussed. Luhua groaned and fell to the floor as an officer hit her round the head. She blinked a couple of times and shook her head, to try and get back into the game.
She raised her body from the ground and stood up, wobbling slightly from side to side. Zhao Yun spoke to her, but she was still slightly fuzzy. She shook her head as she tried to get back into normality. She nodded her head at Zhao Yun. But as she finally got back to normal. She was forced onto the ground by the Crescent that pinned her to the ground once before. She heard a slight chuckle from the body above her. She looked to the side of her to see several soldiers holding back Zhao Yun, and some others holding up Guan Yinping as she was slightly concussed. She looked back up to see the officer standing over her chuckling. She sighed and shook her head.
" We meet again Miss Luhua" Yun Shai chuckled as he forced the Crescent deeper onto her throat. She coughed slightly as the pressure was cutting off her circulation slightly. She reached out for her dagger which was hiding under some leaves on the ground. She picked it up and stabbed Yun Shai's hand. He groaned and let go of his weapon. She kicked down the soldier next to her as she picked up Guan Yinping from the floor. She quickly began to hustle over as Zhao Yun grabbed his spear and proceeded to follow them. Yun Shai growled loudly as he ran after them. Zhao Yun tripped up over a log and landed on his face. Yun Shai ran past him as his only concern was Fan Luhua. He threw his spade at her, but luckily she missed it. Yun Shai growled as he leapt and tackled her. Guan Yinping flew out of Luhua's arms as Yun Shai leaned over her and forced his hand around her throat.
" You'll answer to Sun Ce for that" he growled. He lifted her up from the ground and pushed her forwards slightly. Fan Luhua stumbled slightly as she nearly fell over her own two feet.
" Start walking" he spoke out bluntly, forcing his Crescent slightly into Fan Luhua's back, causing a small indentation but not causing her to bleed. She sighed and growled quietly as she began to walk slowly. Whilst walking, Fan Luhua shook Guan Yinping's arm gently. Yinping groaned gently as she failed to wake up properly, she was slipping in and out of consciousness. Both Fan Luhua and Zhao Yun helped Guan Yinping up from the dry forest floor and helped her to walk as Luhua and Yun carried her slightly. Yun Shai rolled his eyes strongly and urged the warriors forwards with his sharp bladed Crescent. Yun Shai took the benevolent assassin, the dragon warrior and the unconscious beauty on the beginning of their journey back to Jiang Dong, back to Sun Ce where he waited patiently for their arrival.
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The day seemed to grow longer as the worn out warriors were just half a day away from arriving at Jiang Dong. Zhao Yun seemed to be dragging behind a little. His feet were aching, they dragged on the ground a little every time he lifted his foot up to walk. Fan Luhua did not ache, although her eyes were fluttering slightly as her breathing was getting quieter. Guan Yinping was still a bit unpredictable whether she would go in or out of consciousness. Yun Shai rose his strong hand to the air and halted the three warriors plus several soldiers to a stop. Fan Luhua looked up with her green sore eyes and she breathed out gently. Yun Shai walked ahead slightly to scout the perimeter before they set up camp.
As he walked ahead, Luhua gently leaned close to Guan Yinping's ear and whispered a few words softly before nodding at her. Yun Shai turned around as he heard small whispering. He strode up to Fan Luhua, not slowing down his pace. He rose his great hand and wrap it round Luhua's throat tightly. He pulled her close to his body and whispered softly.
" What did you say ?" He growled slightly in his throat. She gasped with a small rasping sound.
" I-I asked I-if she was a-alright" She rasped in her throat as each word was broken up by the pressure on her throat. He growled slightly and let go of her throat gently and stepped back a few steps.
" Fine" he spoke out carefully. He walked past them to check the rest of the perimeter for enemy patrols. He nodded to himself slightly as he walked back to the three fatigued warriors.
" Perimeter is clear for tonight" he said gently, almost cracking a slight smile at the warriors. Zhao Yun nodded his head at Yun Shai gently. Still being benevolent no matter how much he hated the warriors. Zhao Yun walked up to Fan Luhua, who was growing more tired by the second holding Guan Yinping in her arms. Zhao Yun placed a gentle hand upon her sore shoulder and turned her around carefully.
" Leave her to me" he called out with such a soothing voice. He placed his arms underneath Guan Yinping's legs and back, her lifted her up gently and walked over to a tree in the perimeter where he laid her down gently to rest. Luhua sighed as she felt completely useless when helping others. Zhao Yun told one of the soldier to look after her, the soldier nodded and walked over to Guan Yinping and sat with her. Zhao Yun smiled to himself as he walked back over to Fan Luhua who was gently but slowly collapsing to the ground. She fell onto her sore knees as her eyelids continued to flutter lightly. She sighed slightly as she was trying to stay away. Zhao Yun hurried over to her where he fell to his knees and placed his hand on her shoulder softly.
" Are you alright My Lady ?" he called out softly and yet with concern. Luhua nodded gently as she patted Zhao Yun's shoulder.
"One: I wish you would stop calling me that, Two: I will be fine, I require some sleep, but I do not trust Yun Shai" she spoke out quietly. Fan Luhua gently lowered her body to the soft ground where the leaves acted like a bed to her. She gently closed her eyes and placed her hands upon her stomach and tried to sleep gently. She curled up into a small ball, gently holding herself. Zhao Yun carefully stood up, rising his body up slowly and carefully from the ground, trying not to rustle the leaves on the ground as he tried not to disturb the peace and tranquillity of Fan Luhua's sleeping state.
Zhao Yun leant his body up against the hard but dying tree where he failed to sleep that evening. He crossed his arms and stared at Luhua sleeping. He saw her twitching slightly in her sleep. She groaned as she gripped her arm tightly, digging her nails into her fleshy skin, scraping the skin back slightly. He leaned his head slightly to the side as he continued to look at her dream, or what he thought were dreams. She whimpered slightly as the nightmare returned to haunt and taunt her. She turned over as the side of her body rested on Zhao Yun's foot. He looked down to see the look of sheer horror on her face. She looked so scared, and nothing scared an assassin so much. He lowered his body and shook her gently.
" Fan Luhua, wake up" he whispered softly in her ear. And yet, his soothing voice did not get into her head as she continued to dream horrible memories. She whimpered even more. As Luhua continued to dream such horrible thoughts. She woke up finally. Her scared eyes widened as she sat up quickly. No scream this time. Just quick and swift breathing as she woke up in a hot sweat. Drops running down the side of her face. She looked up at Zhao Yun who was gently kneeling at her side. He gently tutted as he laid her back onto the forest floor as he gently stroked her hair lightly.
" You'll be okay My Lady" he whispered softly as he continued to stroke her hair. She nodded gently as she closed her eyes again. He let go of her soft silky hair and stood back up against the tree. As he thought to himself he looked over to a tree, just opposite him to see Guan Yinping gently waking up. He smiled to himself, but as he looked back down on Luhua, he continued to think to himself as he looked down on the beauty. He wondered why she was a monster, why someone would break a girl like that to form a new one, he wondered what could make such a fearless warrior like her scared as easily as that.
" Something must of broke her" he whispered to himself minutely as he had one finger underneath his nose whilst his index finger was constantly tapping against the side of his head, near the corner of his eye. He sat down against the dry cracked tree where he protected Fan Luhua whilst she slept, like her own personal guardian angel. He gently thought to himself before he began to rest gently but not sleep. There was only one simple question on Zhao Yun's mind right now, more than anything in the world at this current point in time.
"What Broke Fan Luhua ?"
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As Fan Luhua woke in the tide of the rising sun, she yawned gently and stretched her arms out towards the cold frozen air. Her eyes were slightly red and sore. Tiny bits of sleepy crumbling in the corners of her slightly red eyes lids. She blinks a couple of times as the beams of the blaring hot sun broke through the barriers of her soft eyes. Her sun beams brightened up her sage green eyes as she began to feel more awake. Zhao Yun glared over her gently as he admired her. She scratched the back of her sore light brown silky hair in confusion. She felt like she could not remember a single thing about any of the events that happened during the peaceful night, the nightmare, Zhao Yun comforting her. Nothing. Zhao Yun bent down slightly as placed a gentle hand upon her shoulder and looked into her eyes slightly.
" Are you okay now, My Lady" he spoke out with such a soothing tone like he always did. His voice flowed gently into her cold pale ear as it took her a while to remember who's voice it was that she was hearing early in the morning. She sighed as the voice finally came to her senses. She chuckled gently as she tried not to remember her nightmare from the night. She nodded at him gently and sighed, with a slight puff in her voice.
" I will be fine, anyway, how is Guan Yinping doing ?" she said in a slightly blunt voice as she looked around the forest trying to look for Guan Yinping. Zhao Yun chuckled to himself as she gently stood up and held out his soft pale hand towards Fan Luhua. She placed her chilling hand in Zhao Yun's warm but slightly sweaty hand. He cracked a little smile to her as he pulled her up from the hard ground floor gently, sweeping her up from the floor gently. As she stood back up on her own two feet, Zhao Yun placed both of his gentle hands upon her shoulders and turned her around carefully as she soon placed her back towards Zhao Yun. She looked ahead to see Guan Yinping sitting on her own, talking to the soldier who kept her company during the night. She was chuckling gently to the guard. Guan Yinping looked over as she had such a bright smile upon her face, she saw Fan Luhua staring at her. She raised her arm up to the air and waved enthusiastically as she turned back to talk to the guard. Fan Luhua chuckled to herself as she knew Guan Yinping would be okay, nothing ever let her spirit become down. Yinping was always lively and positive. Zhao Yun chuckled as he leaned his head forwards and rested it on Fan Luhua's shoulder.
" See ? I told you she was okay" he whispered softly into her cold and death like ear. Fan Luhua chuckled as she walked over towards Guan Yinping quietly. Zhao Yun stumbled a bit as his head fell off Fan Luhua's shoulder and he wobbled slightly, his arms flailing gently as he tried to keep upright. Guan Yinping smiled as she saw the cheerful warrior approach her. Guan Yinping raised her body up from the ground, jumping slightly when she had finally stood tall. She ran over to Fan Luhua who was currently walking and wrapped her arms around her tightly and squeezed. Fan Luhua chuckled.
" I saw you having the nightmare, I've never seen you so scared before !" Guan Yinping called out as she continued to hug Fan Luhua tightly. She let go and smiled at her. Guan Yinping said the thing that was questioning Zhao Yun's mind right now. Zhao Yun walked up to the two girls and smiled softly.
" I am glad that you are feeling better Lady Guan Yinping" Zhao Yun called out gleefully as he gently patted her shoulder. They all chuckled to themselves before their cheerfulness died down as Yun Shai walked over to them, holding his Monk's Spade tightly in his right hand. He waked over, not very amused by the positive atmosphere that they were creating. He was frowning strongly as he glared deeply at Fan Luhua. She narrowed her soft green eyes at the Officer. He growled quietly in his throat before clearing it.
" We travel" He said with nothing, just a dead tone. He turned around swiftly and walked in the opposite direction to the three benevolent warriors. Zhao Yun sighed as he walked ahead of the two girls, holding his hands behind his back. He continued to think about the many possible things that could of broke Fan Luhua all those years ago. But she continued to hold her secret close to her heart. She only told Sun Ce about the event all those years ago. As the troop continued to walk through the forest, nearly arriving at the gates of Jiang Dong. Unexpected events began to happen. Yun Shai stopped as he heard a noise. A small but sharp cracking noise, a crinkling noise, like a leaf on the floor. Yun Shai held his weapon out, the crescent end sticking out towards the sharp noise. Then, a yell.
Enemy troops from the Wei kingdom apprehended the group of Wu soldiers. Several officers from the kingdom including Yue Jin, Li Dian and Wang Yi. They surged ahead of the Wei Soldiers to apprehend the three warriors. Yun Shai stepped in front of the benevolent warriors and held his Monk's spade up to Yue Jin's shining hookblades. He turned around and stared at the warriors.
" RUN !" he yelled as he lifted up his foot and kicked Yue Jin in the stomach then followed with a knocking punch to Jin's lower jaw, causing him extreme pain. Guan Yinping picked up her Dual Mace from the fallen guard next to her and began to run north out of the dark forest. Zhao Yun picked up his Dragon Spear and stayed behind to fight with Yun Shai. He swung his spear at Wang Yi, forcing her backwards. She landed on her back where she lifted up her head and scowled at Zhao Yun. She yelled as her Twin Trishulas landed on one side of Zhao Yun's spear, the other landed under it. Wang Yi used both Trishulas to flip the Spear out of Zhao Yun's hands. He gasped as the spear flew past his head and landed deeply into the ground a few metres behind his body. Wang Yi held up her sharp Trishula to his throat. She guffawed to herself as she stared at him.
" Not so fast fool" she blurted out as she continued to chuckle to herself. She turned her head to face Li Dian who had just put a solider in their rightful place. She nodded at him and looked ahead to see Fan Luhua and Guan Yinping running away from the battle. He nodded as he sprinted after them. Wang Yi turned her head back to Zhao Yun and pulled him up on his feet.
Guan Yinping huffed and puffed as she continued to run through the woods. Fan Luhua continued to run, but she bent down quickly to pick up a sword from the previous owner now dead and she continued to run, trying not to trip up her own feet. Li Dian groaned as he continued to run after the two girls. Yun Shai gasped as he dropped his Monk's Spade onto the ground and fell to his sore and damaged knees, defeated in battle by Yue Jin. He groaned as he looked up to Yue Jin, his shoulder bleed due to the slash. He looked up with such anger and hate in his eyes towards Yue Jin and the other guards looking down at him. He scowled as he leant forwards slightly, trying to get up from the ground. One of the guards held out their sword towards Yun Shai's throat and shook their head. Yun Shai huffed and puffed to himself as he growled in anger. The soldiers lifted him up and held him back as he lunged forward, trying to attack Yue Jin quickly.
" Where is Li Dian ?" Yue Jin called out loudly. Wang Yi turned her head around sharply and snarled lightly.
" Chasing the two girls" Wang Yi spoke out, yelling slightly with a growl in her voice. Zhao Yun's eyes widened as his head was lowered towards the ground. He gasped minutely as he knew Li Dian would hurt them.
Li Dian continued to run after the girls. Fan Luhua stopped as she turned around to face Li Dian. She raised the sword that she stole from the dead guard and raised it up Li Dian's wheeled Halberd to stop him from slashing down on her. She struggled as she used all of her force and weight to hold the Halberd up from her. Guan Yinping came to a halt and turned around.
" Luhua !" She yelled out, calling for her. Fan Luhua turned her head around and looked at Guan Yinping. She shook her head at Yinping.
" Go !" Luhua yelled as she continued to hold up Li Dian's weight. She was delaying him so Yinping could get away. Guan Yinping hurried away from the scene. Luhua strained and let go of the weight, as she did, she lifted up the sword and swung it across Li Dian's shoulder and continued to run off. Li Dian groaned as he fell to one knee, gripping his shoulder tightly. Wang Yi came running up to him. She snarled as she patted his shoulder lightly. Yue Jin came running up as he had Yun Shai and Zhao Yun in their hands now. Yue Jin nodded at Wang Yi.
" Get them" He whispered in her ear. She nodded as she sprinted ahead of the group after Fan Luhua and Guan Yinping. Fan Luhua turned around to see Wang Yi chasing them. Guan Yinping reached out of the forest to see the gates of Jiang Dong ahead. She gasped as she continued to run towards the gates. Fan Luhua was slightly behind but catching up. Guan Yinping reached the heavy doors and slammed her fist onto it rapidly. The gates opened to reveal Sun Ce waiting. He gasped as he saw Fan Luhua getting chased.
" Quickly" he hurried Guan Yinping into the kingdom, Fan Luhua was at the gates, but as she tried to get into the kingdom, her feet were grabbed tightly by Wang Yi. She landed on the hard ground where Wang Yi pulled her backwards and placed her Trishula up against Fan Luhua's throat. Luhua kicked Wang Yi in her stomach as she crawled over to reach the sword behind her. Luhua gripped the sword tightly and held it up to Wang Yi's stomach.
" Do not mess with me, that might be your worst mistake" Fan Luhua whispered into Wang Yi's ear. Wang Yi chuckled deeply as she bit Fan Luhua's hand deeply. She then kicked Luhua in her hip, causing her extreme pain, Luhua laid on her back in pain, groaned slightly as Wang Yi knelt over her. Forcing her Trishula into Fan Luhua's throat, causing it to bleed ever so slightly. The blood ran down the blade of the Trishula slowly as Wang Yi snarled at her.
" You'll pay for what you have done" Yi snarled in her ear. Fan Luhua sighed as she gripped the blade of the Trishula and forced it in her throat further.
" Then do it !" She yelled out loudly, kneeling on the grass. Wang Yi moved her position so both Trishulas crossed each other in front of Fan Luhua's throat, Fan Luhua gasped as she felt the coldness of the blade touch her throat. The sharpness made her shiver, but she was not scared of death. But as Wang Yi went to kill her. Sun Ce walked out of the palace doors, His dual Tonfas in his hands. Behind him were many officers, including Guan Yinping. He raised his Tonfa to Wang Yi.
" Let her go" he whispered gently. Wang Yi looked up to see the many officers aiming their weapons at her. She knelt up and back up slightly. She backed up to her group of officers where she stood with her group. Sun Ce looked down on Fan Luhua, as she looked up to him, she saw a godlike figure standing in lightness, looking down on her. Sun Ce walked off to Yue Jin.
" Give me back my officer and the two girls and Zhao Yun, and we'll be fine" he spoke out demandingly. Yun Shai growled at Li Dian. Yue Jin scowled.
" Give me Fan Luhua" Yue Jin spoke out, growling slightly in his voice. Zhao Yun's eyes widened as he kept his head down.
" I am sure we can come to a negotiation" Sun Ce spoke out softly. Yue Jin thought about the offer that Sun Ce spoke about. He would work with Sun Ce, but he hated Fan Luhua with a passion. He scowled and narrowed his eyes slightly before giving off a little nod to the god like figure. Sun Ce smiled a little as he walked back inside the palace with the new company. Fan Luhua walked along with the group, realising that this was her plan all along. Everything he had hoped for was now falling into place.
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The giant palace doors slammed behind the group of officers and soldiers. The giant thudding noise boomed behind Fan Luhua, sending a shuddering feeling down the very tips of her spine, causing her to react in such a way, that it jolted her senses slightly, causing her to jump slightly as she walked along the path of warriors in the courtyard.
She looked around the courtyard cautiously as each eye flicked along to each officer which stared at her menacingly. Her eye flicked from one officer to the other. She went from staring at Gan Ning to Lian Shi who was tightly gripping her Crossbow in her left hand. She scowled at Fan Luhua. But Luhua's evil green eyes looked into Lian Shi's eyes. She stared her down, Lian Shi's eyes flickered slightly as she tilted her head downwards to the ground as it started to rain gently on the kingdom. Fan Luhua felt the gently patter of rain upon her face. The coldness of the rain seeping into her hair and scalp. She shuddered slightly as she continued to walk into the palace.
Sun Ce guided the large group of warriors into the counselling halls. He opened the doors to the room where he saw Lu Xun talking to a couple of commanders. He looked up to see the group of warriors walking in.
" Leave us" Lu Xun called out gently as he ordered the soldiers away from the room. Lu Xun walked up to the door as the warriors entered the room, leaving the troops outside as he closed the doors on them and turned around and sat down by the table in the middle of the room.
" Please take a seat, warriors of Shu" Lu Xun spoke out as he gestured his hand towards a couple of chairs next to him. Zhao Yun nodded towards Fan Luhua and Guan Yinping as they walked towards the chairs and gently sat down on them, trying not to make a lot of noise. Lu Xun looked up towards Sun Ce who was staring at the Wei Warriors: Yue Jin, Wang Yi and Li Dian. Sun Ce glared at Yue Jin who's eyes were only fixated on Fan Luhua. She kept her head down towards the table. Every time she looked up just a sight bit, Yue Jin would still be scowling at her. Sun Ce folded his bulging arms together and walked around the room.
" So, why were you three on Wu's territory?" Sun Ce called out gently, his voice echoing the hall slightly as he turned around and walked back towards the three warriors in blue. Wang Yi turned her head towards Yue Jin and raised her eyebrow at him. Li Dian kept his head down to himself. Sun Ce narrowed his eyes slightly as he saw Wang Yi raise her eyebrow.
" I am assuming you are the leader here, Yue Jin" Ce called out as he shuffled forwards slightly. Yue Jin sighed as he cracked his knuckles slightly.
"We were sent to find the one that took our lord, in hope that she might help us out" Yue Jin whispered quietly to himself. Sun Ce raises an eyebrow as his head tilted down to Fan Luhua slightly. She looked up to Sun Ce before raising her small body from the lower chair and glaring at Yue Jin.
" And if I were to help you, what would your lord do to me as a consequence of my actions ?" She questioned the warriors of Wei. They lowered their heads slightly and did not answer her question. She chuckled slightly to herself.
" Hm, I thought just as much" She whispered softly to herself. Sun Ce sighed as he looked down on Zhao Yun.
" So why are you here Zhao Yun ?" he questioned the benevolent warrior. Zhao Yun stood up and bowed towards Sun Ce. And began to walk around slightly. Fan Luhua spoke out before Zhao Yun ever got the chance to.
" This is my business, my lord. I was hoping for an alliance, between the three kingdoms, in order to get our lords back to safety" she spoke out bravely. She looked around the room to see the reactions on the warrior's faces. Lu Xun placed a hand underneath his chin and thought to himself. Zhao Yun nodded his head towards Sun Ce in approval. Yue Jin however, had an entirely different approach to Fan Luhua's risky idea of an alliance.
" I think this alliance would benefit us all, it would help return out lords to safety" Lu Xun spoke out softly as he stood up from his chair. Zhao Yun nodded in approval towards Lu Xun. Yue Jin scowled.
" My Lord would never approve of this alliance" Yue Jin blurted out slightly as he huffed and puffed. Fan Luhua rolled her eyes slightly as she clenched her fists tightly. Sun Ce saw the anger within her fists and looked up towards Yue Jin.
" It is the only radical solution to all our problems" Sun Ce called out. Wang Yi chuckled to herself.
" But your ways of peace is different to ours" she called out, crossing her arms and laying them on her stomach. Guan Yinping stood up and placed her hands behind her back.
" It is the only way for us to help each other, to make an alliance and get everyone back, It does not have to last forever, just until we get everyone back" she called out with a chirpy tone. Fan Luhua looked over towards Guan Yinping, with a curious expression upon her pale face as she smiled slightly. Li Dian walked up to Yue Jin and placed a hand upon his shoulder.
" Come on, it does not have to last, just until we get Lord Cao Cao back, after that, we break the alliance" he whispered minutely into Yue Jin's ear. It took a little while for Yue Jin to process the thought into his head properly. He sighed gently to himself.
" Give us an hour to think about it" Yue Jin spoke out loudly as opened the hall doors and walked out with Li Dian and Wang Yi into the courtyard. Sun Ce sat back down on his chair and placed his head in his hands and sighed deeply. Yue Jin sat down on the bench in the courtyard where both Li Dian and Wang Yi proceeded to sit down either side of Yue Jin on the cold bench.
" Yue Jin, it might be the only way to get our lords back to the kingdom safely" Wang Yi whispered slightly towards Yue Jin. Li Dian perked up slightly.
" And besides, we can just break the alliance afterwards" Li Dian blurted out slightly before ducking down slightly as he was a bit loud. Yue Jin nodded in approval.
" I know, but would that decision just make the war even more worse ?" Yue Jin questioned both the warriors. The warriors thought to themselves as Yue Jin's question made a very good point. Would it make the war even worse ?.
" I think we should just make do with the alliance for now, and see what happens for now" Wang Yi spoke out towards Yue Jin. Yue Jin started to bop his head a little in approval with this idea.
" We will go with this for now" Yue Jin whispered softly as he rose his strong body from the bench and began to walk into the hall. Wang Yi and Li Dian trailed behind Yue Jin slightly as he burst into the Counselling room unexpectedly. Lu Xun, Sun Ce and the Shu warriors turned around sharply as they saw Yue Jin standing in the doorway with Wang Yi and Li Dian behind him. Sun Ce smiled slightly.
" Have you come to a conclusion ?" He asked the warriors of Wei, with a facial expression full of hope on his face. Fan Luhua looked towards Yue Jin and knew that he was not going to accept the offer of an alliance. Yue Jin still kept a blank facial expression on his face.
" We have" he spoke out bluntly, not changing the tone in which he spoke towards the warriors. Sun Ce tilted his head slightly in curiosity.
"And ?" he spoke out softly, wanting to know the answer urgently as the anticipation was annoying him slightly. Yue Jin chuckled softly to himself.
" We will unite" he whispered softly towards the warriors. Sun Ce smiled. Fan Luhua gasped as her mouth dropped open and her eyebrows were raised. Zhao Yun smiled a lot. Lu Xun chuckled to himself as he walked up to the warriors. Sun Ce walked up to the warriors.
" The three kingdoms shall unite against this tyrant !" Sun Ce yelled out in glory and victory like he had already won the war. Fan Luhua chuckled to herself. She thought to herself.
" My mission is a success"