Well hey everyone! I'm back with yet another story. This one will be one of my favorites (yes, I haven't even started & I can say that) since it's based on the greatest family in the Dynasty Warriors franchise: The Sima Clan. Well, okay it's not based on all of them but they all appear. Enough of this silly intro. Let's all enjoy!

Chapter 1- Secrets

Boom! Sima Yi's head jumped away from his breakfast & focused in the direction leading to the upstairs. He sat frozen in his place, a fork in his left hand carrying a slice of his pancake. Before he could speak, the loud noise was heard again. This time, Zhang Chunhua heard it & turned around from the sink.

"What was that noise?" she asked.

"I don't know. It sounds like our kids are playing leapfrog."

"I'm sure they know better than to play leapfrog in the house."

The noise revisited their ears & this time, Sima Yi heard enough.

"I'll be back," he said before getting up.

Sima Zhao laid on the floor, dying in laughter. His hands were tightly gripping his stomach, slightly suffocating himself. Sima Shi was snickering from his beanbag chair, holding the remote in his hand. He was trying to contain his laughter but the more he watched the television the harder it became. Then the door to their bedroom flew open & Sima Yi walked in. He saw his two sons behaving like immature frat boys & before he asked what was going on, he heard a similar voice speaking from the television. Sima Yi eyeballed the television & he immediately began fuming, much to his children's delight. On the TV was Sima Yi getting tended to by several EMTs & a very concerned, younger looking Zhang Chunhua was by his side, her eyes tearing up.

"What...the hell...is this?" Sima Yi mumbled in clear anger.

Sima Zhao stopped smiling for a few seconds to answer his father's question. "Dad, how do you throw out your back doing the tango?!"

Sima Zhao burst back into laughter & this time he was joined by Sima Shi. Sima Yi looked at Sima Shi with a raised eyebrow & Sima Shi's laughter immediately ceased. Sima Yi looked back at Sima Zhao in disappointment.

"So it's funny that your father gets hurt huh? Your poor father injures his back & you are in here laughing about it?" Sima Yi stated.

"It's not that dad...it's the face you made before you fell!"

Sima Yi shook his head. "Stand up child."

Sima Zhao's laughter disappeared & he got to his feet. Sima Yi looked at Sima Shi & Sima Shi stood up as well. He walked over to his brother's side & faced his father.

"Look at you two...to think I raised the both of you. The money I've spent, the clothes I've bought & the education I have paid for."

"In all fairness, Zhao's wasting the education funds," Sima Shi stated.

"Oh give me a break," Sima Zhao demanded rolling his eyes.

"You aren't a saint yourself Shi. You're the one up their beating up everyone's kids."

"Hey I've only physically attacked two kids."

"Paying people to do it counts. And since when did you become some kind of mob boss with my money?"

Sima Shi looked down at the carpet beneath him. He couldn't look at his father as he belittled him.

"And it's not just fighting Shi...you're up their back talking the teachers, disrupting the classroom & harassing other kids."

"I was merely getting my opinion across. I wasn't back talking anyone."

"You are a child Shi, not a man. When an adult speaks, you listen. At least Zhao has the decency to listen to the teachers."

"Zhao just never gets caught. You should've seen him in our Spanish class this semester."

Sima Zhao rolled his eyes. "You need to get that lie straight. I couldn't possibly be in a class for a year & never get in trouble."

Sima Shi looked over to Zhao. "At least I did the assignments you failure."

"At least I didn't give the teacher a hard time you renegade."

"You see dad? This is why I don't want to share a bedroom with him. Not only do I do all the work at school...I clean the room all the time."

"Is this the part where I say I cover for him when he brings friends over when you & mom are away?"

"Oh okay Mr. Seventeen girlfriends."

"At least I can get one."

"Both of you shut up," Sima Yi said, regaining their attention. "Since we're in here exposing each other, I have a dirty little secret of my own. Kids, this is the part where I tell the both of you that you won't be sharing rooms in the future."

Sima Yi turned around & began walking out of the room. He thought the whole thing would've been dropped after he said that but his kids anxiously ran after him.

"Please tell me I'm getting the office," Sima Shi said.

"No the office is mine's!" Sima Zhao blurted.

"If anything Zhao, I earned it more than you ever could. Even father can't deny that."

"Just don't back talk him when you don't get the office."

"Do the two of you hear yourselves right now?" Sima Yi asked, spinning around to face them. "I deserve this, I deserve that. I did all the work, I behaved. You two sound like second graders arguing for a toy in a toy store. You both should be ashamed of yourselves."

Sima Zhao & Sima Shi had their heads down to their father. They both were pretty embarrassed that their father was ashamed of them. Sima Yi shook his head. He was going to walk off but Sima Zhao raised his head, harboring an uneasy smile.

"So who did you decide to give the office to?" he asked.

Sima Yi looked at him in disbelieve. "Did you hear a word that I just said? Okay, apparently you two don't understand hidden messages so I'll make it a little clearer: Neither of you are getting the office."

Sima Shi looked up at his father. "So who acted so bad that they get to sleep in the garage?"

Sima Yi sighed. "This is impossible to even hint so I'm just going to say it clear as day...your mother & I have..."

"What your father is trying to explain," Zhang Chunhua interrupted, making her way up the stairs, "is that the both of your issues have become intolerable. Zhao, your work ethic is far from impressive." She now stood in front of her confused kids. "Four Ds & two Fs are absolutely unacceptable, especially in this house. And you Shi...judging by your performances in junior high & your freshmen year of high school, your father & I had high hopes for your future. Sophomore year, however, you blew everything. You became a disappointment. So this year of school, both of you won't be going back to Han High. Instead, you two are going to another school, forty miles away from here. This school has a high performance standard for each student..." she fixed her eyes on Zhao. "...which is good to help kids keep up their grades. They have ways of dealing with kids with bad attitudes..." she turned her attention to Shi. "...which is good to help kids learn the importance of good discipline."

Sima Yi nodded. "You two will have better lives with this school..." Sima Yi looked at his wife to find her smiling back. "...and so will we."

"So what's the school?" Sima Zhao asked, scratching the back of his head.

"The name of your new school is Jin Academy."

Sima Zhao & Sima Shi looked at their father confused. "Academy?!" they both exclaimed.

Sima Yi nodded. "Sons, I have a high paying job in the cyber security field. Your mother is a high ranked forensics scientist. We don't have the time to be going to the school with your issues every day. Shi you are sixteen & Zhao you're fourteen. You will both be out of this house soon, so this'll be good practice."

"You got that idea from mother?" Sima Shi asked.

"What difference does it make? Now, go pack your things. We head to the academy tomorrow," Zhang Chunhua demanded before she began walking towards her bedroom.

Sima Yi began walking back downstairs, leaving the kids standing where they were in shock.

"An academy?" Sima Shi whispered to himself.

"I guess mom & dad really hate us," Zhao told him before he began walking to his room.

Shi followed after him. "You know this whole situation is almost all your fault."

"My fault? You're the one who was on an expulsion contract."

"That pales in comparison to the fact that you were on academic probation for a good chunk of your freshmen year."

Zhao & Shi by now were in their room & Zhao was removing his video games from his dresser. "You were almost on literal probation," Zhao stated.

"How so Zhao? I never went to a juvenile hall center."

"You don't have to have a jail sentence to be on probation."

Shi looked back at Zhao from the closed closet he was in front of. "Wow, & to think you were once so intelligent that the school allowed you to skip the third grade."

Zhao swung a sack of games onto the bed. "Don't be jealous."

Sima Shi opened the closet & immediately jumped back. "What the..?"

Zhao turned to him. "Now what's going on?"

Zhao walked next to his brother & immediately froze in place the moment he looked in the closet. Their closet was almost empty, containing some boxes on the floor. Their clothes were missing, but one box had the sleeve to a sweatshirt sticking out, telling them where their clothes were at. Shi & Zhao looked at each other.

"How long have these boxes been here?" Shi asked to Zhao responding with the shrug of his shoulders.

There's chapter 1! I hope you're all excited for this story. I know I'll have fun typing this one & I hope you'll be equally as entertained when reading it. Okay, I'm off. #writingismydrug