Author: Well, I hope you all like this fic. It will be a long one so just bare with it. I did a lot of hard work to make it as descriptive as I possibly could. I hope it turns out all right. Oh, and by the way, I will only add onto this story if I get some reviews, so...REVIEW! Oh and enjoy.


Yes…it was that time of year, when white, fluffy snow covers the ground and everything gets freezing cold. When all the trees had lost their leaves, the branches covered in snow and when you walked outside everything was bright white. This was December…or at least part of it. The most exciting part of December was Christmas…when everyone gets gifts and fires were blazing inside of fireplaces.

December had just begun in the kingdom of Wei. All of the officers had never heard of such a holiday, and so everything was normal…except for the temperatures that were constantly dropping.

It was December 4th, when finally one of Wei's new and youngest generals actually realized it was Christmas. Her name was Takiara Kai; she was recently drafted to be in the wars against Wu and Shu. She had raven black hair that went down to the middle of her back, icy blue eyes that seemed to peer into your soul if you stared into them long enough and she was at least five feet tall.

She had remembered that Christmas was coming up, so she decided that she would get everyone gifts. First she had to talk to everyone personally to know what she would be able to get them. She didn't know if anyone else remembered, so she went to Zhen Ji and asked her if she knew.

"Lady Zhen…may I ask you a question?" Kai asked. Zhen Ji nodded her head.

"You may ask me anything." She replied. Kai asked her if she knew what Christmas was and Zhen Ji said no.

"Well, It's a time where you receive gifts, as well as give them to another." Kai explained.

"That sounds like it would be fun. Are you going to do it?" Ji asked. Kai shook her head. Then she looked up at Ji with ambition burning in her eyes.

"I can't wait until I can find just the right things for everyone. Lady Zhen, would you be so kind to ask all the Wei officers to write down a list of things they might want for Christmas. If they don't know what that is, then you can explain it to them." Kai asked politely.

"Sure. I will tell them right away." Ji got up and walked to the door, then looked back at Kai, who was watching her leave.

"Also, you don't need to be so informal. Remember what I told you when you first got here? All you have to do is call me Ji." She walked out the door, leaving Kai smiling at her own stupidity and forgetfulness.

"Yeah…I do remember…" She trailed off into a world full of thoughts. She started to have flashbacks of when she had met everyone and how they treated her like an outsider at first. She was always either being left behind so that she could train more or she would always be one of the soldiers, not one of the big shot generals like Xiahou Dun or Sima Yi. That was her goal when she first arrived, but now, she had met that goal. She now had a new one, to become a true legend. She wanted to leave a mark in Wei's future.

'Mother…father…I hope that you are watching me from the heavens. I really miss you guys and I am sure that I am making you proud…or at least I hope so.' She thought, referring to her parents who had been killed when she was little. The Wu army had come and attacked the Wei territory, as well as her hometown of Xia Pi. Her father had been killed while trying to protect her and her mother. She was sitting right there when it happened too. She remembered the horrid day when it all happened.

Flashback

"Momma…what's happening?" A young and adventurous Kai asked her mother.

"Nothing…just don't go outside today okay? Everything should be fine." Her mother answered, ignoring the commotion that was outside their house. Her father guarded the door to reinforce it, just in case anyone tried to get in.

All of a sudden, one of the walls caved in and one of the Wu generals appeared before them.

"Submit to Wu peacefully and I will let you go." He said with a somewhat scruffy voice. He was obviously very tall, about six feet tall and he carried a katana at his side. He stood straight, making him look even taller. Kai's father grabbed one of his swords from his sword collection he had.

"Momma! I'm scared!" Kai screamed quietly, her voice hoarse from fear that overwhelmed her. She ran to her mother for comfort.

"D-don't worry honey…e-everything…will be all right…" Her mother stuttered and then took Kai into her arms and backed away from the fight so that they would be safe. As Kai was being held in her mothers comforting arms, she could feel her mother shake uncontrollably and the sound of metal clanging against each other.

She heard another clanging noise and then a blood curtailing scream…a scream so full of pain, that it sent chills shooting down her spine. That was when her father had been killed, while she was watching through a gap her mother's arms did not block. She felt tears burning against the bottom eyelid, threatening to fall. She blinked and the tears flowed out of her. She felt her mother slowly drop her arms and heard her whisper the word no quietly. Her mother all of a sudden collapsed and started to cry, tears flowing down her cheeks like rivers that had been put together and her hands flew over her eyes to try and stop those rivers from flowing any harder. Kai looked down at her mother, worried and frightened by the things she saw.

She looked behind her and saw blood seeping on the floor and her father's corpse lying in front of the Wu warrior. The man looked at her and then was knocked unconscious by a Wei soldier who had come up behind him. The soldier gestured to her to run away. Kai grabbed her mother and tried to pull her from the spot. She finally succeeded in getting her mother to get up and run with her.

End flashback

Then her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her door. She shook her head a few times, trying to remember where she was at the current time.

"Lady Kai, are you all right? You haven't come out in a while and I haven't heard a peep out of your room." She heard a voice coming from the other side of the door.

"…Yes…I'm fine. Come in." She invited. Her visitor opened the door, and it was Zhen Ji again. She had a carefree look on her face. She walked over to Kai and sat down on her bed next to her.

"What are you thinking about? You look like you just got back from your first battle." Ji asked concerned. Kai looked up at her with innocent eyes.

"I'm not thinking about anything…just how far that I have come in my training." Kai lied cleverly. Zhen Ji gave her a weird look that said that she didn't believe in what Kai said. Kai noticed her look then she answered, "…Okay, okay. I was thinking about when my parents died again." Kai let out a heavy sigh that made her feel like she had let the weight of the world fall off of her shoulders.

"Again? You have to stop thinking about them so much. You know that they are watching your every movement." Zhen Ji explained. Kai looked at her again, and then she looked down at her hands that were getting blisters from training so hard.

"Yeah…I know, but it just won't leave me alone. I can't stop thinking about it." Kai put her elbows on her knees and laid her head on her hands.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I told everyone about it. As usual, Zhang He had that weird look in his eyes…you know… the look when it's his birthday? Who knows what you'll have to get for him." Zhen Ji looked at the young woman who was now looking at the floor.

" Yeah. I wonder…" She trailed off and another flashback came back to her.


Author: Well, I hope you liked it. Please review! I am desperate to get the second chapter up. I only need two reviews okay? That's all. But otherwise, I won't be able to set up the 2nd chapter until I get more reviews. Anyway, I hope you people don't feel pressured...;

Sima Yi: HEY! What happened to me being in the story?

Author: Don't worry, you'll be in the next chapter.

Zhang He: Yeah...don't forget me either! The world needs to know of my beauty!

Author: Don't worry! Jeez...I will be adding more characters so just hold your horses! I have school to work on so don't rush me...

Sima Yi: Why does he have to be in it?

Author: Because he's my favorite character, I will continue this later.

Yi & He: Please hurry! We want to be in the story ASAP!

Sima Yi: Shut up you queer!

Zhang He: That wasn't nice.