For two days, Lord Gan Ning and I have been traveling on foot and I must say it was quite tiring but also very nice. We went past waterfalls, beautiful trees, and stumbled across little cute furry animals.
As we were walking, I heard a low growling. I stopped and looked around. I didn't see anything. Did I hear correctly or am I just imagining it? Yeah, it has to be. I saw that Lord Gan Ning was still walking so I ran and caught up to him.
I was wearing a short red sleeveless cheongsam with a collar on it. The top half has 2 layers. The first one is silk and the outer layer is lace. The Cheongsam came with a 2 inch ribbon belt and the bottom half is made of silk as well. The shoes I wore is light brown boots that go up to my ankle and black socks that go up to the top of my knees.
Once again, I heard the low growling, and it sounded closer than before. I gasped and turned around. I didn't see anything. Maybe something is following us. Perhaps I should tell Lord Gan Ning. I turned to Lord Gan Ning. I tugged on his shirt. He turned to me.
"Lord Gan Ning, I think something is following us. I keep hearing a low growling. Didn't you hear it?" I asked and he made a confused face.
"I don't hear anything. Maybe you're just hearing the wind. If there's something following us, I'll protect you, okay?" Lord Gan Ning said. I sighed. I nodded my head. I still think something's following us.
Then, just when we were about to start walking again, we both heard the low growling. It sent chills up my spine and I moved in closer to Lord Gan Ning. We were looking around but we didn't see anything. Lord Gan Ning took out his chain and sickle and put my behind him. I was really scared so I held on to the back of his shirt really tight. This is so scary! What is following us? Could it be a large animal?
Just then, something pulled on my shoulder bag with the apples and money in there. I turned and there was a tiger! I screamed and pulled my bag away harshly and got it away from the tiger. Because I pulled it hard, I fell down. Lord Gan Ning turned and saw the tiger. He also saw me on the ground. He helped me up.
"Kabanuna, are you alright?" he asked and I nodded my head. He put me behind him again and held on to his chain and sickle tightly. "Hmph, you don't scare me. Bring it on!" I turned to look around and there were 3 tigers approaching us. I screamed and tugged Lord Gan Ning's shirt.
"L… Lord Gan Ning, there's more tigers! I'm gonna get eaten alive! I don't wanna die yet." I said, being so scared for my life. Lord Gan Ning saw the tigers approaching.
"Damn these tigers. I promise I won't let any of them come near you." Lord Gan Ning promised and I nodded my head. Every time the tiger would try to get close, Lord Gan Ning would swing his sickle and make them stop coming closer. "Get away!" This continued on for literally 10 minutes. I really thought we were going to get eaten alive…
Lord Sun Jian, Lady Sun Shang Xiang, Lord Sun Ce, Lord Sun Quan, and Lord Lu Meng decided to go feed the tigers that belonged to Wu. The tigers are well trained and do not attack humans. They are nice and kind tigers.
When they arrived at their destination, the tigers weren't around! Where did those tigers go now? Lord Sun Jian thought to himself as they searched for their tigers. Did they go hunt for their own food?
"Hm, this is strange. The tigers aren't around here." Lord Sun Ce said, putting his hands on his hips. They don't usually go off looking for their own food, unless they can smell it. Lady Sun Shang Xiang laughed.
"Maybe they went exercising. Tigers do need to run a lot." Lady Sun Shang Xiang suggested. Just then, they heard a girl screaming from afar aways, causing them all to flinch. They looked at each other.
"Is a girl being attacked by the tigers? Maybe we should go see just in case." Lord Sun Quan said. They agreed and rode their horses towards where they heard the girl screaming. There they saw a guy and a girl together and the guy swung his weapon at one of their tigers. Whoa, that girl is super pretty. Tsk! What the hell does this guy think he's doing to our tigers? This guy is gonna pay! Lord Sun Ce thought.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing to our tigers? You're about to be sorry!" shouted Lord Sun Ce angrily. The girl and guy turned to him. The tigers turned as well and ran towards Lord Sun Jian them. Lord Sun Ce kicked the side of his horse and it ran towards them. Lord Sun Ce can't fight right now. He was injured in our last battle. He's still recovering. Lord Lu Meng made his horse gallop after Lord Sun Ce.
"Wait, Sun Ce! You must not fight him right now. You're still healing," Lord Lu Meng said. Lord Sun Ce stopped his horse. Damn it! Lu Meng is right. I'm still recovering. Lord Lu Meng reached Lord Sun Ce and held out his weapon. "I shall fight this one. He seems strong. I will test his abilities." Lord Sun Ce nodded his head. Lord Sun Jian, Lord Sun Quan, and Lady Sun Shang Xiang reached them as well. Lord Lu Meng then galloped his horse towards the guy and girl.
Lord Gan Ning knew they were gonna attack them. He turned to Kabanuna. She looked really scared and was hiding behind his back while holding the back of his shirt really tight.
"Don't worry. I'll protect us. I promise." Lord Gan Ning said and she nodded her head. Kabanuna moved away from him as Lord Lu Meng reached him. He got off his horse and held his weapon tightly.
"What business do you have with these tigers?" Lord Lu Meng asked. Hmph, these tigers are trying to harm us. That's what.
"Your tigers attacked us first. I was blocking them away from us." Lord Gan Ning replied. What a liar! These tigers have been trained to not attack humans. Obviously they were trying to kill them.
"Such lies! These tigers know better than to attack humans. You will pay for trying to attack them!" Lord Lu Meng said angrily. Do you think you can stand against me? You fool. You've chosen your own demise dueling against me.
"You wanna scrap? You don't stand a chance!" Lord Gan Ning shouted as they dashed at each other…
I gasped when they began fighting. Oh no, this is bad! I thought they were gonna be good people! What should I do? I don't want Lord Gan Ning to get hurt! I really should do something about this.
I watched in horror as Lord Gan Ning and the stranger were dueling against each other and Lord Gan Ning was winning. Suddenly, I felt something gently pull my bag. I gasped and slowly turned. It was a baby tiger and it was so cute! Aww, this baby tiger is so cute!
"Aww, you're so cute!" I said. Then, a large tiger appeared in front of me, scaring the shizzles out of me. I screamed and began running. The tiger chased after me all around. Eek! This tiger is gonna try to eat me! Someone please help me!
"Wait, don't run! She's gonna think you wanna play with her!" shouted a girl on a horse. I was too scared to stop running. I ran around Lord Gan Ning and the stranger while screaming and the tiger was still chasing me.
"If you say that the tigers are well trained, then make it stop!" Lord Gan Ning shouted to the stranger. I was still running as the tiger tackled me to the ground. The apples in my bag came out. I'm gonna get eaten! Then we heard a whistle and turned. It was the man with white hair who whistled. The tiger got off me and ran to the man. Lord Gan Ning rushed to me.
"Are you alright?" he asked with a worry tone. I nodded my head and he helped me up. I dusted the grass off my dress.
"Well what do you know? The tigers weren't trying to harm you guys. They just wanted the apples in your bag," Said the guy who was gonna attack Lord Gan Ning first. He began laughing and came over to us. "Sorry about before. I thought you were trying to kill our tigers."
"Oh dear, I would never harm an animal," I replied and he smiled. I turned to my apples on the grass. I went to go pick them up. "Well, if they just wanted my apples, they can have them." I handed the apples to the guy.
"Thanks, you're such a kind lady. Are you guys traveling alone?" he asked and I nodded my head.
"Yeah, we are. We used to be pirates but Lord Gan Ning wanted to travel around with me so we've been traveling for 2 whole days." I explained. I turned to Lord Gan Ning and noticed he had a little scratch on his arm. It was bleeding a bit. I gasped and grabbed his hand. "Oh no, Lord Gan Ning. You're injured! Here, I'll heal you."
"It's fine. It's just a small scratch. Nothing big." Lord Gan Ning replied.
"Don't be silly. Something small like this could get infected!" I replied. I then closed my eyes and white stream lights came flowing down…
Whoa, what the heck? She has magical powers? What's gonna happen? Lord Gan Ning saw the white stream lights flow down her arm and to her hands. The stream lights then went to his hand and to his scratch. It then healed. What the? The scratch just healed.
"Whoa, what happened? What did you do?" Lord Gan Ning asked her. Kabanuna opened her eyes and her eyelashes were so long and pretty. It made his heart beat really fast. She then smiled and let go of his hand.
"I healed you." She replied, sounding cute to Lord Gan Ning. She's beautiful, talented, and she has healing abilities. Can Kabanuna get any better than this? Lord Gan Ning smiled.
Lord Sun Ce and Lord Lu Meng were so amazed at what the girl just did. Lu Meng was also impressed with Lord Gan Ning because he was really strong. He thought that the both of them could prove to be useful to the Wu Kingdom. Lord Sun Ce was thinking the same exact thing.
Lord Sun Jian, Lord Sun Quan, and Lady Sun Shang Xiang wondered what was going on. They decided to go see for themselves.
"You are a very skilled fighter. How would you like to come fight for Wu? If you just travel around, your talents as a fighter would be wasted." Lord Lu Meng said to Lord Gan Ning. Fight for Wu? I wanted a good start with Kabanuna, not leave her behind and fight in battles. I never know when I'll die if I fight.
"Thanks for the offer but I think we'll pass." Lord Gan Ning said. Lord Sun Ce was surprised that Lord Gan Ning would pass their offer. Hm, we really could use a strong officer like him. I wonder if she accepts, he'll accept as well. Lord Sun Ce turned to the girl.
"Will you join us? Surely we have lots of room available for you guys. You can have a home and you won't have to worry about traveling around and if anything happens, Wu will be there for you. What do you say?" Lord Sun Ce persuaded.
"Hm… Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to you as well. I must warn you though. I can never stay at one place for too long. What do you say, Lord Gan Ning?" she replied, turning to him. Damn it. I guess if she wants to stay, then I have to stay too. I'm not trying to have anyone become her lover except for me. Anyways, maybe I could be a hero and help fight battles too before marrying her. Yeah, I think that's what I'll do.
"Very well, Gan Ning is here at your service." Lord Gan Ning said to them. They all smiled. They were happy that more people are joining them.
"Alright then. Welcome to Wu. I am Sun Jian. You're name is Gan Ning, right? And who may you be?" Lord Sun Jian said.
"Greetings, I am Kabanuna. I am also here at your service. If you require assistance, feel free to ask me anything." She said. From the way she talks, she seems very nice and kind. I wonder how Gan Ning and Kabanuna met.
"I am Sun Ce. Nice to meet you." Lord Sun Ce said.
"I am Sun Quan, son of Sun Jian." Lord Sun Quan.
"I am Sun Shang Xiang, daughter of Sun Jian and sister to Ce and Quan." Lady Sun Shang Xiang said cheerfully. I hope Kabanuna and I can get along well.
"I'm Lu Meng." Lord Lu Meng said. Everyone knew each other's names now.Lord Sun Jian smiled. He noticed that Kabanuna was looking at him for a while. He turned to her. She smiled. "Sorry for staring. You remind me of someone I really miss. That's all."
"Oh, who is he?" Lord Sun Jian asked. Maybe I remind her of her dad or something. Speaking of which, I wonder why she is with Gan Ning and not her family. She seems pretty young to be traveling.
"Oh, you just remind me of my father and Lord Lu Bu. My father passed away and I was separated by Lord Lu Bu." Kabanuna confessed. Everyone but Lord Gan Ning gasped at what they heard. Lord Lu Bu? She used to be from Lu Bu's forces?
"You were a part of his forces? But you don't even look like a fighter! And we didn't even see you at Hu Lao Gate!" blurted Lord Sun Quan. He was so shocked. How could this girl be from Lu Bu's forces?
"Yeah, I was a part of his forces but I'm not a fighter. When Hu Lao Gate was attacked, I wasn't a part of his forces yet," She explained.
"But you were there at the battle of Hu Lao Gate?" asked Lady Sun Shang Xiang. She nodded her head. They were even more surprised.
"Oh well, that's in the past. Now you're with Wu. We're gonna dominate all of China and be the supreme ruler." Lord Sun Ce said. They agreed. That was all Kabanuna's past so it doesn't matter anymore.
"So, Kabanuna and I have to walk while you guys ride on horses?" Lord Gan Ning asked. We're joining their kingdom as new people. They should at least be treating us special.
Kabanuna and Gan Ning must be tired after traveling for 2 days straight. I should give them my horse to ride on back to Wu. Lady Sun Shang Xiang got off her horse. Everyone turned and she smiled.
"You guys can ride on my horse. I'll ride with Lu Meng." Lady Sun Shang Xiang offered. She climbed onto Lord Lu Meng's horse too. Lord Gan Ning got on the horse and helped Kabanuna onto the horse as well.
"Alright, now we'll be heading to Wu Kingdom." Lord Sun Jian said and led the way while everyone followed behind…
Pretty soon, we reached the kingdom and it was big too, just like the Wei kingdom. The armies opened the gate and we entered inside. Wow, it's so similar to Wei kingdom. I can't wait to meet everyone here.
When we halted our horses, 4 people came to Lord Sun Ce, Lady Sun Shang Xiang, and Lord Sun Quan.
"My lord, you're back!" said a mature looking girl to Lord Sun Quan. Lord Sun Quan smiled and gave her a hug. She hugged him back. Aww, that's so sweet.
"I'll always be back, Lian Shi." He replied to her. The smaller girl went to Lord Sun Ce. Lord Sun Ce smiled and gave her a quick peck kiss.
"Hey, love. Did you miss me when I was gone?" Lord Sun Ce asked and the girl blushed and nodded her head. Lord Sun Ce laughed. He gave her a hug.
"I miss you when you're not by my side, Lord Sun Ce." She replied. They're so cute together. Best of luck to them. Lord Sun Ce turned to the other girl and guy.
"Hey Zhou Yu. Hey Xiao Qiao. Come meet the newest recruits in Wu." Lord Sun Ce said. Everyone turned to Lord Gan Ning and me. It was a little nerve wrecking but I managed a smile towards them. They returned it to me too.
"Hello there. I'm Da Qiao. It's nice to meet you guys." The girl with Lord Sun Ce said.
"I'm Xiao Qiao, Da Qiao's younger sister and girlfriend of Lord Zhou Yu." Said the girl wearing shorts.
"I'm Zhou Yu, friend of Sun Ce." The guy with long hair said.
"I am Lian Shi. Welcome to Wu. Please make yourself at home." The girl with Lord Sun Quan said.
"Gan Ning is the name. Nice to meet y'all." Lord Gan Ning said.
"My name is Kabanuna. It's nice to meet you all. I hope we can all get along." I said to them too. They all smiled and Lord Lu Meng escorted Lord Gan Ning and me into the castle and to our new rooms but he wanted a talk with Lord Gan Ning so they went off and I was alone.
Since I had nothing to do, I decided to go explore around and meet new people. I went out of my new room and walked down to the first floor. I saw 2 guys talking for fun. They were the older people. They turned to me when they saw me coming to the first floor.
"Hello there, I'm Kabanuna. I'm new to Wu." I said cheerfully.
"Well hello Kabanuna. I am Ding Feng." He said.
"I am Lu Su." The other guy said.
"Nice to meet the both of you. Well, I'm gonna go introduce myself to everyone. I will see you around the castle some time." I replied to them. We said our goodbyes and I began walking down the path and saw a guy up ahead. He was practicing fighting with Nunchuks. Hm, he looks friendly. I walked over to him. "Hello."
He lost his concentration and accidentally made his weapon hit his head. I gasped. Ooh, that sounded like it hurted. I quickly went to him…
Ow! Who the hell said that? They made me hit my head with my weapon! Lord Ling Tong turned angrily to the person but quickly stopped with the attitude. Whoa, she is one pretty chick! The girl went to him.
"I'm sorry for making you lose concentration. Are you okay?" she asked him, her silver eyes sparkling in the sunlight. Whoa, she's like an angel or a Goddess. She is so beautiful! I got to know her!
"It's alright. So who are you? I've never seen you before." Lord Ling Tong replied to her. She smiled.
"Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name's Kabanuna. I'm new to the Wu kingdom. What's your name? You're very good at fighting." She replied. Boy, her voice and her beauty is gonna make my heart burst into fireworks.
"I'm Ling Tong. Nice to meet you." Lord Ling Tong replied.
Lord Gan Ning was walking back to go find Kabanuna in her room but he saw Kabanuna up ahead, talking to another guy. Tsk! Who the hell is that guy? How dare he be talking to Kabanuna? From the looks of how he sees Kabanuna, he's definitely into her. Well I'm gonna let him know she's mine.
"Hey Kabanuna." Lord Gan Ning said, walking to them and disturbing their conversation. Kabanuna turned and smiled.
"Lord Gan Ning! You're just in time to meet a new friend of mines. His name is Lord Ling Tong. He's really nice." Kabanuna told him. Who the hell is this guy? How dare he know Kabanuna before me? Why do I feel jealous? I'm not a jealous person! What's wrong with me? Lord Ling Tong faked out a smile. Lord Gan Ning faked a smile back. They felt a tension in the air between them but Kabanuna didn't seem to notice it.
"So you two know each other?" Lord Ling Tong asked. Kabanuna nodded her head. Lord Gan Ning put one arm around her shoulder.
"We came to Wu together." Lord Gan Ning said. You better back off from Kabanuna or there'll be trouble. You may be taller than me but I'm more muscular than you and you don't stand a chance against me, boy.
"I'm sure we're gonna be great friends!" exclaimed Kabanuna using one hand to hug Lord Gan Ning and the other to Lord Ling Tong. Ew, don't even hug that Ling Tong guy, Kabanuna! I really hate it!
Ew, I don't want you hugging that Gan Ning guy! He's way too guilty for you! You could do much better. Lord Ling Tong and Lord Gan Ning pretended to be okay with each other…
After talking for a while, I decided that I wanted to go introduce myself to more people. Lord Gan Ning and Lord Ling Tong really seem to be cool with each other. I should let them talk and get to know each other.
"Okay, well you two talk. I'm gonna introduce myself to everyone. See you guys in a while!" I said, skipping off. What a beautiful day!
I was skipping and humming to myself for fun. I went down by the river and saw little ducklings. Aww, how cute! I just love baby ducks! I continued skipping down the path. While skipping and humming, I accidentally tripped on a rock and fell down behind 2 guys. They turned to me.
"Ouch!" I said. The 2 guys began laughing so much at me. Oh, this is so embarrassing! I quickly got up and blushed so much.
"Are you alright, miss?" one of them asked. I nodded my head.
"Y… Yeah… I think I'm okay." I replied to him.
"You should be more careful when you're skipping down this path. There are quite a few rocks here," The other one said. I nodded my head. "Who are you? I haven't seen you around Wu before. Are you new here?"
"Yeah, I'm new. My name's Kabanuna." I told them.
"Oh, cool. Nice to meet you. I'm Zhu Ran." The first guy said.
"I'm Lu Xun." The other one said. I smiled.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm meeting everyone here so I will see you around Wu." I replied to them. They smiled and I quickly went off towards the training ground. I saw 2 guys fighting each other. I gasped. Oh no, these 2 guys are fighting but they're in the same forces! This isn't good! Friends don't fight friends. I quickly got in between them. "Don't fight each other! You guys are supposed to be in the same team! You guys are in Wu together!" Suddenly, one of them began laughing so much.
"We are in Wu. This is how we train to get stronger. We're not fighting for reals." He said. Wait, so this is how they train for war? Oh, I'm such a fool!
"Ugh, I'm so sorry. I didn't know you guys train this way. I don't know a thing about war. Forgive me." I replied to him.
"It's alright. I'm Taishi Ci. What's your name?" the guy asked.
"I'm Kabanuna," I replied to him. I turned to the other guy. "Hello, what's your name?"
"Zhou Tai." He replied.
"Oh, okay. Nice to meet you, Lord Taishi Ci and Lord Zhou Tai." I said cheerfully. Lord Taishi Ci smiled but Lord Zhou Tai didn't. He must be really shy. It's okay though. I turned and saw Lord Sun Jian with 2 other men. They came to us. "Hello, Lord Sun Jian."
"Hello, Kabanuna. I see you've met everyone already, except for these 2. This is Han Dang and Huang Gai." Lord Sun Jian said. I smiled.
"Hello there. I'm Kabanuna. It's very nice to meet you." I said happily. They smiled.
"Has everyone been nice to you?" Lord Sun Jian asked. I nodded my head.
"Yes, everyone's been so nice and kind to me." I replied. Lord Sun Jian smiled.
Everyone was really nice to me and I liked Wu better than Wei for some reason. Wu seems livelier and they are more talkative. I preferred to be in a place that's lively like this place. It reminded me of my family because we were all lively too.