Life's Turning Point
By Paupu

Chapter One

Author's Note: Ok, after writing and then throwing away, I have finally come up with a story! It is about Lu Xun marrying Sun Ce's daughter. I got the idea from Wikipedia. This is a dedication and thank you gift to Xuanie!

Disclaimer: I don't own Dynasty Warriors, Koei does. I don't own Sun Ce's daughter either, she is a made up by the wonderful BlueSun96/Xuanie. She allowed me to use her.

Note: This story has absolute no relation to As the Phoenix Falls, which you should totally read may I add. It's just the OCs name that's the name…well and the game characters and junk.

It was late afternoon in the village of Wujun. Birds soared through the skies in groups. The sky itself seemed quite healthy and lovely that day, filled with fluffy clouds. The bird's sweet sounds brought peace to all that was near. A small current kept blowing by, causing a cold yet pleasing breeze.

Within the village, the place was bustling. People were selling their goods, others were buying. Horse drawn carriages rode through the town to stop for supplies, gaining the attention of many. Yells such as 'Fresh dim sum!" or "Goods are here, get'em while they're still here!" filled the air. People were chatting, eating, sleeping and more. It was a normal day.

One person was away from everyone. Outside the community, by the forest, sat a young man. He was sitting in on a large branch in one of the several and attractive trees in Wu territory. In his hands held onto a small book. His short and messy chestnut colored hair covered his face as he read the book to himself. He was called Lu Yi.

Yi was barely an adult, but still a young man. His stunning appearance attracted several young women, none of his likes. His face was often described as 'a beautiful face, like the finest jade'.

Though he was charming, he was still quite intelligent. He enjoyed reading. One of his hobbies as you would call it was to learn the art of war strategies. He worked hard to study and learn, and he would succeed.

Lu Yi seemed like an average civilian, but in reality, he was far from average. Besides his intelligence and good looks, the man was born in one of four most prestigious and richest families in the Wu district. He was a part of the Lu family line, along with three others called the Zhu, Gu, and Zhang.

Still with his lifestyle, Yi longed to be normal. It was hard to tell if his family truly had any companions. Rarely did he ever interact with the common people. He knew he was taunted and called an aristocrat behind his back by nearly everyone. Who wouldn't call him that? He admitted to himself that he was on. His whole family and their so called 'friends' were called aristocrats. Bratty, snooty, and spoiled; all names for the four families. Not a single one of the villagers liked them. They were only kind to them just so their goods would sell. If they were all to be poor, they would have been treated like nothing.

Aristocrat meant the same thing as noble. Noble sounded a lot better. The word seemed to mean something along the lines of 'kind and sharing rich person.' Was his family noble? It sure didn't seem like the same 'noble' he thought of. The only 'noble' people in his family were his deceased mother and himself. No one else from the Zhu, Gu, or Zhang families were kind, more like tyrants if they could have been,

Lu Yi was the son of Lu Yu. His father was an excellent war hero, praised by the rich and the poor. His looks were not very charming, but his battle scars were what attracted the women. Lu Yu was indeed a first-class warrior, but a dreadful father. Never did he care for his wife or his child. He was a man who would waste away the family's money for his own pleasures of wine and money to woo women. To Lu Yi, he was nothing. Neither Lu Yi nor his mother would care if they were abandoned by Lu Yu; it felt as if they had been neglected long ago.

Yi had a grandfather who too was famous known, Lu Jun. He didn't know much about his grandfather. Lu Yi's mother had told him that Jun was too a war hero much like Lu Yu. Being praised by everyone, but secretly as mean as a tyrant. He was better then his father, but still a ghastly man. Sometimes, which was rare, Lu Jun would actually care for his family, but the care would fade away ever so soon. The legend of Lu Jun had been cast away after his death of old age.

His mother, he loved her so much. Her name was Mei Xin. She was a beautiful woman, filled with love and always smiling. She was where Lu Yi received his good looks. They were the two best looking people in the family. She too was smart like her son, but never did she wasn't to be involved with war. She was a good wife, helpful and caring. Sadly, she too had passed away. Her death was what filled Lu Yu with grief of hating his son. Yu blamed Lu Yi for Xin's death, but the truth was that she was killed by bandits while traveling.

Lu Yi was always compared to his father. Who was braver, who was smarter, who was better looking, who was a better fighter, and who was a better person? The answer was always Lu Yu. Some was true, but most of it wasn't.

No one knew Yi like his mother did. Everyone, including his father, automatically assumed he was a spoiled brat. Even if he was, which he wasn't, his attitude would be blamed on his father's sorry parenting skills. If it wasn't for his mother, Lu Yi might have turned up like his father. He was thankful for her.

Not one in the village knew or even cared about Lu Yi. He was an outcast; a rich outcast. Everyone thought he was useless. Not a single person knew of his abilities. To the villagers, he was just a stupid weak brat. They were far from being right.

Now, Lu Yi was stuck living with his ungrateful father, whom he rarely saw day and night. His father didn't fight in wars anymore. He was too busy longing for his wine to worry about others. Lu Yu still impressed the villagers, but they still didn't like him. They secretly let their hate for him burn away, not wanting to cause trouble. Yi didn't blame them, he did the same.

When he did see his father however, he wished that he didn't. Yu's words were always slurred and hard to understand. He would yell at you even if you didn't do anything. That was how great a father he was.

No one was willing to work for the Lu family. What absent minded person would want to work for a drunkard? Sure someone would want to work for a rich and famous war hero, but not a drunk and crazy one. Even if they did have servants of maids, Lu Yi was sure that his father would hardly ever pay them.

If Lu Yi ever had a chance to escape, he would have left long ago. Anyone living in his life would want to leave. He couldn't picture anyone willing to live his life. He might as well have lived in a tree; it was better then living with his father.

How could anyone treat people like his father? The only people his father was truly kind to was people with something he wanted. Once they lost what he wanted, he'd shut them out of his life.

Practically anywhere would be better then where he was right now. He didn't know what kept him there. He had no friends, no family, no loves. Yi had no reason to live here, but he did anyways.

Lu Yu was no father to him. If he was injured, Yi would care. If Yu was sick, he still wouldn't care. If Yu was dead, Yi would still not care. That's what he thought. He knew that if his father was harmed in anyway, he really would care, but that care was locked away deep in his heart after his mother had been passed into the heavens.

Lu Yi didn't have a single memory of his father being a good guy to his family and he didn't expect one either…

Author's Note: Ehhh here's my short chapter one xD It's not the best but at least it's something xD

Remember, I made up Mei Xin so nyah xD and also remember that Lu Yi was Lu Xun before.