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Cai smiled back at Gan Ning and shook her head in responce to his words. "No, Cai is fine." Liu Bei smiled slightly, happy to see that they were getting along well so far. Cai turned to her father and went up to him, giving him a soft kiss on his cheek before going up to her uncle and doing the same. Then she faced away from them, walking over to where the door was. She stopped when she was there, looking over at Gan Ning. Liu Bei gave her a small wave, saying this: "The men we'll be sending with you are already waiting for you outside!"

Cai nodded back to show that she'd heard him, then started walking outside again. "Gan Ning must be trustworthy if you've left him to gaurd Cai." Liu Bei remarked once the other two were far enough not to hear them. He looked over at his brother, still smiling as he looked. It was obvious how precious Zhang Fei's little girl was to him, and Fei wouldn't easily trust someone to take care of her. "Well, shall we go and start getting ready for a possible assault?"

"Gan Ning is a good warrior, not as good as I am, but good enough to look after her." Fei said with a laugh. "Plus I would much rather have someone go with her than have her go alone. You need me here and since he came along I figured it was a perfect opportunity for him to show his strength." Fei watched them leave and then turned toward his brother, "So, we should get ready for the worst, should Brother Yu have to retreat."

"What's so funny Cai, can't imagine me in all green. It would muss my doo correct?" Ning chuckled at this, and decided he might keep the red as well as green, just to confuse people. "Where is my horse? Oh wait, I don't need one." Ning flashed a toothy grin, and got to a Track start, down on the ground ready to gallop to Xia Pi.

Gan Ning went from his track poistion, to backflipping onto the horse. "Heyaw, horse." Ning kicked at it galloping up beside Cai, ready to start a hard battle with these strange invaders.

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"...What? Lu Bu? Why in the world is he here?" Liu Bei instantly responded as his eyes grew a little wide while he blinked in shock. One of the lord's hands was pulling on the hairs that grew on his chin, his eye brows knitted together as he stared out in thought. Bei definately disliked the idea of bringing a man like Lu Bu into his gates, but what else could he do? If Bei refused then Lu Bu would just break right through and march his way over. Bei let out a strained sigh and lowered his hand while turning his head and looking over at his brother. "...I'm afraid that we'll have to let him in, brother." Bei's eyes moved back over to the soldier and he pushed himself up from the throne he'd been sitting in. "Let Lu Bu in. I want a messanger to be ready to head for Xia Pi in case Lu Bu tries to do anything. If he does try something, Fei and I should be able to hold him off for a while...."

Liu Bei now nodded to the gaurd as a way to dismiss him, and he folded his arms behind his back and paced around in a few circles before he forced himself to stop. He rubbed his head while shaking it, looking down at the floor as if there was something interesting there. "What in the world could Lu Bu possibly want with Shu? I suppose that we'll just have to find out...."

Inside Liu Bei was frightened, but at the same time knowing that his brother was right there made him calm. Just as long as at least one of his brothers were there Bei knew that things would remain as safe as possible. For now all that he could do was just wait. Bei walked back over to where he'd been sitting before he'd gotten up and set himself down, his eyes now locked to where Lu Bu would enter from.

The guard returned to the gate and gave the order to open up. There sat Lu Bu on his mighty steed, waiting to come in. He was still holding his halberd, which was still covered in blood, and he slowly rode into the city. People in the streets began to panic and ran inside, hoping that he wouldn't hurt any of them. "Hmph... pathetic..." He muttered under his breath as he rode forward. The guard called out to him, "Lord Liu Bei awaits you in his throne room. I will escort you there once we reach the castle." Lu Bu nodded to him and then eventually made his way to the castle. He tied his horse up outside and turned to the guard, who was opening the door. He was lead down the hallway and to the entrance of the throne room. "Sir... Y-you will have to leave your weapon out here...." Said the guard cautiously.

"And who's going to take it from me? You?" He said in a harsh tone. Lu Bu more or less did whatever he wanted. The guard began to tremble and shook his head, then backed away, "Right this way sir." He waved for Bu to enter the room. He walked through the doorway to see Liu Bei sitting there with Zhang Fei at his side, as usual. "Very courageous of you, Little Brother, bringing me all the way into your castle instead of meeting me in the streets. I see you still have your faithful little dog at your side as usual." He said in a mocking mannor.

Lu Bu stretched his arms and cracked his neck a few times before answering Liu Bei's questions. "Well, you see, I just left Xia Pi not too long ago and I wanted to tell you personally that your precious Guan Yu is okay. This new foe is nothing special for I have tested their men and they have proven to be somewhat better trained versions of the basic soldiers that fight in this land. In any case I cut through them just as easily as I do everyone else. My point for telling you this is that I did not kill a single Shu soldier, only these invaders fell by my blade, and I can safely say that my being there helped your brother win the battle. I was hoping that you would repay me by lending me a room for a few nights. I would like to hang around for a while in case they decide to attack somewhere else. I'd like to fight one of their generals to see if anyone in there force has anything to offer in the name of a challenge and staying here would be the perfect place to wait until they move again."