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Liu Bei brought his hand up and rubbed it against his forehead. He shook his head, taking in a deep breath before turning his eyes up at his brother. Bei had known that it would just have been a matter time before his brother had made an outburst like that. Bei straitened his head and then stroked his small beard while raising an eyebrow as Fei bent over and stuck his rear end up at Bu while demanding if Lu Bu could see a tail. And then Fei had to go off and also spank it. Liu Bei just sat there, unsure of exactly what he should do.

Now Fei was challanging Lu Bu to a drinking contest. Bei didn't have any doubt that his brother would win. And besides, a contest would give Bei more time to think about his options before responding to what Bu had said. Let Bu stay there in Shu? That just seemed absolutely... unrealistic. Bei had no idea what Bu wanted to do here and he didn't want to find out.

'I'll have to wait for Guan Yu to come back before I make my decision. An important decision like this requires both my brothers to be present.' Bei sighed before deciding that this would be the best idea. For now, at least. All that Bei could hope was that his brother would be coming soon.

Gan Ning won the 'race' rather easily, even though he was the one that was leading the way, he fell behind Guan Yu as the gates to Xia Pi opened, noticing the guard a but nerved with him entering the gate, but some of the soldiers hadn't yet heard of Ning's decision he realized. He hitched his horse beside Yu's, and wandered after him, suprised at Yu's long stride that made him faster than he appeared. He crept into the throne room behind Guan Yu, and made his prescence felt by standing beside him. He wouldn't talk, that wouldn't do in this kind of sitaution, he decided to keep quiet.

((I think that Fei will be dark red when he's in the room with Yu)) Zhang Fei completely forgot about Lu Bu as soon as he saw Guan Yu and Gan Ning enter the room with no Xing Cai right behind. He raised both his eye brows and took a few steps forward, taking almost all of his strength to hold himself back so not to allow Lu Bu between him and Liu Bei. "WHERE IS SHE!!!!?!?!?!" He cried out in a worried yell. "Where's my darling baby girl? Gan Ning I swear I'll ring your neck if she's hurt! Those bastards got her, didn't they? What were you doing? And Yu! Why didn't you take care of her!?!" His whole body shook with anger and worry as he waited an answer.

Guan Yu grinned and said, "Calm down Fei, Xing Cai is fine! She volunteered to stay behind and help clean up at Xia Pi so that you, me, and Ning can have a drink with Liu Bei and each other. She's a lot stronger than you think. If it weren't for her the enemy might not have retreated." He said as he placed his hand on Fei's shoulder. He looked to Lu Bu, who had been quiet the whole time.

Lu Bu cocked and eyebrow at the insulent Zhang Fei. He smiled a devious smile and said, "Yap yap yap... that's all you ever do, even without a tail you still act like a dog. Maybe we should get you drunk so that you'll shut up." He chuckled a little and turned his attention to the newly entered Guan Yu and Gan Ning, "I'm here to ask Liu Bei here if I can stay in Xiao Pei for a few days as a way to repay me for helping out at Xia Pi. You can't deny that my presence didn't have an effect on the outcome of the battle. Even with their commander injured they probably would have pushed the castle if their numbers were still strong." Lu Bu didn't want to show it, but he was somewhat desperate. He hadn't had a room to sleep in for some time now and he figured that helping out a man as virtuous as Liu Bei would perhaps earn him some sympathy.

What Lu Bu had said angered Fei even more, but soon enough his brother had spoken and even mentioned drinks! Also his baby girl was okay so he couldn't be overjoyed and angry at the same time! "Now that's what I'm talking about! Come on! Let's go have a drink!"

Guan Yu smiled and nodded, "Right this way, Lu Bu," He said, welcoming their guest to the castle's tavern. He wanted to show that even though he knew that everyone was nervous about having Lu Bu there that his brother was right and welcoming him was indeed the virtuous thing to do. As he walked down the hall he pointed to a staircase and said, "Your room will be up there. From there you can see Xia Pi, distinguished by the magnificent White Gate Tower." Again, Guan Yu tried to be as friendly as possible. He walked into the tavern and sat in a seat on a long banquet-style table and waited for his brothers and the rest of the crew to come in as well before ordering any drinks.

((Hehe, I just HAD to mention White Gate tower. I think it's ironic that Lu Bu helped defend the city that he was ultimately killed in in history, one year before this RP takes place.))

Zhang Fei followed Gan Ning into the tavern, making sure that Liu Bei remained at his side, or at least with distance between him and Lu Bu. He heard Ning's question and said, "Ning, you're exactly right. Brother sits between me and Yu, other than that it doesn't matter where you sit. Now c'mon and let's share some wine. I've got some halcyon just waiting to be drank by good friends and family!"

Yu nodded to Fei's explanation and grinned, he knew that Fei had been saving that special wine for just such an occasion.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lifted their cups to their brother's toast. Yu took a slight sip whereas Zhang Fei took a nice large gulp. Though it looked like he simply slammed the wine he really held the large amount of liquid in his mouth and savored the taste, rolling it around on his tongue, before finally slipping it down the back of his throat.

Guan Yu listened to Bei ask his questions. Before speaking he leaned back and then stood up. "To fully understand their foreign weapons I had to observe them from the battlefield." He pulled his hair back, revealing his stitched up ear, or at least what was left of it, to show everyone. "They attacked so suddenly that Xia Pi was in a state of chaos. We fought back with whatever we could before I decided, after watching a man drop from an attack with one of those new weapons, to sortie from the fortress. I challenged their leader to a duel. Though he stood several feet smaller than I am he put up an impressive fight. His agility was enough to keep him from my blade and he too packed a strange weapon. It looked different from the ones the soldiers were using, it was smaller and could be held with one hand. He dodged my attack and fired a shot. These weapons utilize gunpowder somehow. It made a loud noise and I could barely see the missile as it struck me in the ear."

He sat back down and took a sip of wine, "While we fought Xing Cai and Gan Ning arrived. I believe Ning can best describe what happened with him and Cai. To make matters worse for the enemy Lu Bu happened to be passing by and decided to join the battle. From what I could see he didn't harm a single Shu soldier and was able to avoid the new weapons."

||"Smelled kinda funny all the time." XDDD

I'm always going to remember that line! rofl ||

That looked like a bad mark on Guan Yu, however this only gave him a much more fearsome appearance. And their commander, several feet smaller than his brother? Bei knew that his brother was very, very tall and usually stood over men but several feet? How small had this commander been? Very small since Gan Ning described the commander as a midget. Bei had a look of obvious interest as he listened to what his brother and officer were saying. So it was possible to see these strange things. Missiles his brother was saying.

'Stones lit with fire?' Liu Bei wanted to better understand what Gan Ning was saying. He would have to ask Xing Cai when she came back, she was good at explaining things well. Cai had been injured but she was fine now. Bei briefly glanced over at his brother, knowing that this would upset him. He would probably demand that his little girl be brought back home immediately. Liu Bei couldn't but smile at this image before he looked over at Lu Bu. "I thank you for bringing aid to my soldiers."