Chapter 1 "Fight Back!"

A/N: PLEASE READ!!

Hey everyone!! This is my first fanfic – rewritten (because of tense problems)! Just to tell you, this is a DQxLX fanfic with hints of others in there to spice things up! If you ABSOLUTELY HATE this pairing, press the 'back button' and don't waste your's and my time dissing this fanfic. The story is Wu centered, so you won't see much of the other Kingdoms. Check my bio for a link to a website for visual aid on characters.

Also another note: I would like to thank Final Hikari for the FANTASTIC advice on this chapter (and others). You are like an awesome reviewer because of your advice and encouragement! Thanks again!

The summary:

When Sun Ce dies, Da Qiao is left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart, but she can't do it alone. Will her best friend ever since childhood teach her that a broken heart can be put back together again with a loved ones help? Read to find out!!

Disclaimer:

I do not own Dynasty Warriors or Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Koei owns Dynasty Warriors and RotTK is owned by Chinese history! I am not making money out of this so don't sue me!

After the battle…

"Alright men, great work today!" Sun Ce called to his army, "Just another province to be conquered and the Kingdom of Wu will be unstoppable! So give it your all! I want every single one of you to contribute to Wu as best you can! But let's leave that speech for later because…it's…time for CELEBRATION!" And with an air-whipping punch towards the sky, the 'Little Conqueror' rides gallantly back to the main camp with his battle-worn army following.

In the main camp…

"Man I'm tired! It's gonna take ages to get this freaking ache out of my ass." One of the soldiers complained half-heartedly.

"I agree man, our general is really pushing us to the limit. I do hope nothing is wrong with him…" Another soldier replied, staring down into his mug of beer.

"Don't worry! Lets just enjoy the celebration while it lasts! Who knows, this could be our last time together! Cheers everybody!"

"CHEERS!!" chorused the group of privates.

Grabbing a jug of beer and thumping down on the ground, the 'Little Conqueror' starts to gulp down the beer. With a satisfied burp, he saunters towards his tent while passing his cheerful and drunk soldiers. He ducks under the flap and sits on his makeshift bed and begins to think about the road his conquering life is taking him.

Sun Ce is an ambitious man, with dreams to make the Kingdom of Wu the ruling empire in China. It is his dream and duty to be a general and ruler, just like his late father Sun Jian. But this is no easy goal to accomplish since he never had much experience and because his father died when he became of age. But Sun Ce found many renowned officers willing to help him in his quest towards total domination.

But there is something even more important than conquering and ruling a big hunk of land to him, and that is Da Qiao. Sun Ce sighed, as he never got the opportunity and time to talk or even look at her recently. He is feeling guilty again for the 184th time and continues to think about the dilemma.

It's just not fair to Da Qiao! He thinks unhappily. She gives her heart to him for to keep and he is off battling wars, not knowing whether he will die the next second and never see her beautiful, loving face again.

The knowledge she's always waiting for him is heavy on his conscious. He knows every time he returns to Wu she'll come to greet him, smiling, no matter what was going on around them. He continues to think darkly as the candle in his tent flickers out.

"I'm such an ignorant asshole!" Sun Ce mutters as the guilt gets to him and he verbally abuses himself into a mental wreck. "So stupid, stupid, stupid!"

"Of course you are, foolish child." A cold but haunting familiar voice rings out.

Sun Ce sits up abruptly. "Who's there?" he demands as he frantically looks around. "Show yourself! Or are you too afraid to face my wrath?!

The voice cackled knowingly in reply. "Fool. Don't you remember me? I am the spirit of Yu Ji. I have returned to haunt you day night, just like I promised before you killed me. While you were blissfully unaware of my presence, I set my curse upon you," Yu Ji laughs manically as his voice fades.

"Argh! Damnit!" Sun Ce swears to himself, "I forgot about that…"

Flashback

"Heh! Your time has come, old man!" smirks an overconfident Sun Ce.

"That may be so, young one. But be warned! Unless you stop turning to war fix things and killing people for your own benefit, I will haunt you until the end of time. In other words, until you die" replies a calm Yu Ji.

Taken aback with his words, Sun Ce hesitates to kill him. His magic is very powerful…if I don't kill him now he will be a pain in the ass for Wu. Sun Ce rationalizes silently. But what if he really will haunt me until I die? Will I succumb to insanity? Could he have that much power over me after his body is destroyed?

Damnit, Sun Ce! Just kill the old man! He thinks abruptly, dismissing the tumultuous thoughts. The fate of Wu is more important than your own freaking life!

So without delay and new found rage, Sun Ce initiates a high kick to Yu Ji's head with a flurry of lightning fast punches and finishes off with a thunderous whack to the ribs. The mage's body collapses to the ground with a dull thud.

The man is dead.

Yu Ji is dead.

End of flashback

"Curses! Now what am I going to do?!" Screams Sun Ce as he punches the ground with great force, "now how the hell am I going to see Da Qiao like this?!"

What am I supposed to say?! "Hey Da, my one and only true love! How have you been? Good? That's wonderful! Oh, and by the way, did you know there's this ancient ghost haunting me twenty-four-seven now? Isn't that just freaking dandy?

As tears start to leak out of his eyes, he feels strange…he can't place it at first, but starts to feel as though there was something…no, someone inside his very mind slowly trying to change his thoughts. He snaps to attention as the feeling increases and the ominous aura of Yu Ji returns, attempting to gain control over his entire being!

"No!" Sun Ce exclaims. "He's trying to overcome me! I can't go down like this! I must fight back!"

Yu Ji's aura increases, attempting to engulf his thoughts. He feels the power creeping around the deepest portions of his mind, bringing memories Sun Ce would have rather kept to himself to the foremost of his mind.

He starts to feel control over his limps weaken as a splitting pain begins to form in his head. He is resisting Yu Ji's dark magic as hard as he can, but the supernatural is something humans simply can't completely understand never mind control.

Ce grabs his head, willing…no, praying, the strange feeling would dissipate and be gone. However, it only continues to grow along with the pain. More tears leak down from his eyes as he feels the aura drain his strength and energy from his body.

The pain becomes unbearable and Sun Ce gives up. He collapses on top of his bed and doesn't move for a long moment. The pain disappears but the feeling of something other than just his own conscious resides in his mind.

He takes a deep breath and stands up, pausing a moment to regain his bearings before hurrying out of the tent to order his officers to prepare for their ride back to Wu. He tries his best to act normally, but deep down he knows the vengeful ghost of Yu Ji resides within him as a parasite. He was eating away at Sun Ce's mind, causing him to lose his sanity, little by little like grains of sand gently falling in an hourglass.

A/N: YAY!! That was the 1st chappie (better version) and I hope you liked it!!

The story starts off serious but it will get funnier as it develops.

Because of exams coming up, I will probably not be able to update as much. But don't worry, I have the whole fanfic planned out so there will be no more delays than necessary!! Hope to write another chappie soon. :P

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