Disclaimer: Dynasty Warriors is owned by Koei. I didn't make this fic for money….wait, Koei doesn't even own the historical figures if they signed a contract, but they were all dead.
A/N: Man, I've been occupied with many things, but haven't abandoned the 3k/Han fandom
The Dynasty Warrior
The Forgotten Liu Descendant
Anti Dong Zhuo coalition camp…
Even after Liu Bei's father, who was humiliate to a lowly post died prematurely when he was a kid, the line of the Prince of Zhongshan had been forgotten. Years after his father's death, the Ten Attendants who withheld the power behind the Imperial Family with the influence of their relatives continue to plunder the authority. Noble landowners face the anguish of lowborns and Zhang Jiao who was, but a mere doctor began to make his point with Emperor Ling's lack of knowledge on his servants' deception.
"Maybe I should have let that petty official be and kept the post for Taoyuan. But, had I rise to imperial acknowledgement, the eunuch faction would threaten my life and my best friends," Liu Bei thought.
Today is the day he'll once more prove the ministers and nobles that the line of Prince of Zhongshan is still active. He's tired of living through the peasant life behind the Imperial Army.
Sifu knew he had sought out to bring back humility to the Liu clan and fix the distortion that brought those men into power the first place. The land had yet to respect him for he spends his days working on sandals and carpeting with his uncle whom his family own the shop from the beginning. Screw it; his clan own the damn territory for centuries! But no, what the eunuchs did and the officials who side with them changed the whole claims of landowning to clans like the Zhen family who are suppose to be a traitor family to the Western Han Usurper Wang Meng. What a huge cope out!
"Brother, what's gotten into you? You've been shaken that cup for an hour while we're calling your name," Zhang Fei's loud vocals have been like a lion's roar since he was 18. The first time he met the boy along with Guan Yu, both trying to make amends with their personal issues and volunteered to be his hands to the army of Liu Yan and Zou Jing. It was fate that they all met.
"Lord Gongsun Zan wants us to join him at the meeting near the royal palace. I think Dong Zhuo is about to bring himself from hiding with the Emperor and his brother as hostages," Guan Yu told him.
Dong Zhuo, of all people, that brash general who once was a hero to suppressing Han Shui and Ma Teng's rebellion years ago over the harsh treatment the Qiang natives been getting had sold everybody out. He raped the Empress out of revenge on Consort Dong's death and now is looking to spoil the royal court with his loyalists in the name of 'heaven'.
"Bogu wants me to join him? Very well…sigh…I can't drink this water right now. My heart is filling with rage, my brothers. I regret the opportunity that gave me in the past and this is the result," Liu Bei sighed.
"Forget about that stupid official a few years ago! He deserved it! The people don't like him, who cares what the imperial court says. Look brother, we have the opportunity to assassinate Dong Zhuo. He's finally going to show himself. Whatever he's going to brag, I'll gut him with my pike and bring his head before you!" Zhang Fei's Cobra Pike strikes it haul down on the ground making a short tremor bewildering the troops outside the tent.
"I'm just some nobody now, a minister under my old friend. What a career for a descendant of a forgotten clan," Liu Bei struggles to get up while still shaking his cup of water. He's upset, insulted and depressed. From this day, nobody respects the authority of the royal family under Dong Zhuo.
"So are you going to just run naked because you now end up living in the shadow of your friend?" Jian Yong assumed.
"I've been thinking about that for a week since we got here," Liu Bei nodded.
"That's good. I'll join you on the notion," Jian Yong grinned at his lord.
"We men of no name will live through this humiliation till the opportunity to renounce our cause come," Liu Bei exited the tent with his friends and join Gongsun Zan at the streets of Luo Yang.
The coalition has already been formed under Yuan Shao since he escaped the capital for criticizing Dong Zhuo's policies. He's lucky that Wen Chou and Yan Liang were with him during the escape and Cao Cao secretly escaped with the help of a persuading officer who also wants to oppose Dong Zhuo.
When Dong Zhuo knew that the lords will not show unity to his responsibilities as Han protectator, Jia Xu, who was recruited years ago for his extraordinary wisdom countered the doomed disunity by calling of a cease fire agreement and allow the lords to come to the capital so he can settle their issues by debate with the promise of giving the governors full independent of the imperial authority in their stationed territories, but not before a special announcement for the Empire.
"Gongsun Zan, I'm here as you commanded," Liu Bei bowed hiding his shameful face. A Liu descendant taking orders from an old friend, life is short.
"What is with the face? Aren't we best friends, Xuande?" Gongsun Zan looked at Liu Bei puzzled.
"Am I, your servant, supposed to answer that question, my lord?" Liu Bei said.
Bogu recapped the time they spend with the sifu. They make jokes and bullied a guy during their day walking. They are years apart as Zan is sort of a big brother to Bei.
"Meh, I should be calling you, 'My Lord' Xuande because the house of Liu needs the respect of the people and I sworn to be one of those people you considered," Gongsun Zan grunted crossed his arms.
Guan Yu observed the audience outside with an estimate of a thousand people at the square while there is a combination of one hundred thousand troops outside the capital where they left from the camp.
Gongsun Zan continues talking, "But, I'm amazed that Liu Yu didn't answer the call. He isn't here and people still look up to him as the savior. I never got the chance to get revenge on Qin Liju because of Liu Yu. Is he still hiding behind his Imperial reputation, Xuande?"
"I don't know. I barely met the guy, seeing as Liu Yu is the royal relative of the imperial family. It's hard to believe he's siding with Dong Zhuo here. Liu Biao on the other hand is particle interested," Liu Bei answered.
"Liu Biao can't decide if he wants to oppose Dong Zhuo or not," Gongsun Zan's advisor Guan Jing showed up with the group speaking.
"Yeah, Biao's indecisiveness is also getting on my nerves," Gongsun Zan glared.
"And they're both supposed to be my relatives by descendant…." Liu Bei sadly thought.
Suddenly the drums beat and every officer and civilian glance at the entrance of the royal palace with the coming of the world's demeanor. The most hated man of the country himself is seen walking on the royal carpet to the stage. Behind him are some of the meanest men in the imperial army. They served him when he was a war god among the Guanzhong. He's one of the worst political benefactors in the history of mankind.
"Grandfather, these men want to kill you," Dong Zhuo's granddaughter frowned.
"They harm me, they harm their own families! I guarantee, they will lose all their families and their lives if they harm me, my dear!" Dong Zhuo scowled.
"Pests," she stuck her tongue out.
Zhang Fei laughed at the little girl, "She got spunk, Yunchang hahaha!"
The huge figure stood next to Dong Zhuo. He's at the height of a giant, no Chinese man ever seen since Greece had Achilles. His weapon is a 6ft spearheaded halberd with a crescent blade on the forehead. Oddly, it weights alittle less than the weight of Guan Yu's Green Dragon.
"Look, Lu Bu. They don't like us," Dong Zhuo showed the behemoth his intruders.
Lu Bu scan the audience, each react with the eyes of detest. It reminded him the time of his youth when those jealous boys won't stand for his supreme might.
"I DON'T LIKE YOU!" Lu Bu shouted pointing his halberd towards everyone.
A grunt dropped hard on the ground dead after the intimidating holler.
"I don't like you either, dog!" Zhang Fei shouted back.
"You!" Lu Bu turned his weapon towards Zhang Fei and slowly came towards the attention whore, "Are you ready to die….scum!"
"Yeah, are you dog?" Zhang Fei faces up close at Lu Bu.
There was a long silent. Liu Bei shudder from seeing the reality of the big man's height and weight at the same time Gongsun Zan didn't lie to himself that he too is amazed of how frighten Lu Bu appears in person. Still, they can't wavier over one man.
"Fei, don't start. We're going to hear what Dong Zhuo has to say," Guan Yu restrained his young friend.
"I know, it's just this guy think he can wavier the entire army all by himself because he says 'Oh I'm so strong, fear me!'" Zhang Fei urged.
"Now you're pissing me off!" Lu Bu threatens his halberd at the sworn brothers.
"May I interrupt?" a dashing figure on blue and purple outfit with a cape crested with the phoenix symbol suddenly walk to the commotion.
Dong Zhuo recognize that man to be Cao Cao, the grandson of Cao Teng.
"The Eunuch's adopted grandson, it's a privilege to see you back here after months of sending my men to get you for joking about killing me," Dong Zhuo crosses his arms looking satisfied of the very person he's happy to see.
"The pleasure is all mine, my lord," Cao Cao bowed.
"Did he just call Dong Zhuo 'My lord'?" Liu Bei was surprised of the guy's way of sincerity.
"We like to be addressed by our sponsor here, so if you're looking to start a fight, I suggest you take it to a tavern, because the ministers and scholars here don't like your uncivil behaviors," Cao Cao requested.
"No problem. I respect the classes," Zhang Fei nodded.
"Is that a threat?" Lu Bu slowly faces towards the calmly intelligent man.
"No, it's a request. And please refrain from pointing that dangerous blade in front of a harmless man…" Cao Cao said.
"Hahahah…a harmless man you say?" Lu Bu grinned, "You want my lord dead, don't you scum!"
"Actually, I want your lord to stop the madness. Our people wanted to be governed with ease and fairness. We're currently running low on food for the poor and…I forgot to get my list…" Cao Cao turns to his men who are looking confused while one of his cousins just glared.
"Father, why waste our time with that idiot? He looks to not know anything about politics," Cao Pi crossed his arms with a gaze of boredom at the commotion.
Cao Cao looked at his son, and then looked at the anger behemoth then he turn to the other hosts, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu laughed at Cao Cao's admit to socialize Lu Bu. Then he questioned, "Can a well taught man teach a dumb man how to govern?"
"Oh boy…"Liu Bei did the facepalm.
"HAHAHAHAHHA!" Zhang Fei laughed as do most ministers and scholars joined the laughter.
"Lu Bu, come back here and watch my back for assassins. Don't waste your time with them until then, sigh…" Dong Zhuo ordered.
"You think you're funny? This world was wronged by your clan! You should be glad that you met the Mighty Lu Bu who will eradicate all relatives of the Ten Attendants who polluted this court starting with you!" Lu Bu said.
"But, my grandfather did everything for the Han…" Cao Cao sighed.
Liu Bei ponders at the thought of Cao Cao's well known status. He is a highly achieved scholar and a fearless general. The figure shows the presence of a powerful force to reckon.
"If only I was as popular as him…" Liu Bei thought.
Lu Bu returns to the stage and keep his eye on Cao Cao.
"Well, excuse me sires," Cao Cao bowed to Gongsun Zan and the oath brothers, then return to his folks.
"Now, where shall we start?" Dong Zhuo walked back and forth at the stage while his enemies watch him.
"Be quick so we can take your head!" some random guy shouted.
"Heheh, oh you will, until you hear this! I'm going to hold a tournament, right here in the capital." Dong Zhou nodded.
Everyone look surprised at their announcer, all except on young man who isn't looking. They all exchange glances and soldiers whisper over the excitement of a tournament.
"What's your scheme this time traitor?" Yuan Shu asked.
"Yuan Shu, I hope I'm not wasting your patient because your army is the closest to my territory and I didn't attack you first yet. I'm not scheming anything. You guys are!" Dong Zhuo glared at Yuan Shu.
"Hmph," Yuan Shu grunted.
"You want my heads, but I'm offering you compromise for opposing me. Listen; on the day of the tournament, each of you lords will represent three of your chosen warriors. It can be your son, cousin, nephew or some lowly slave. Oh, if it's a female slave, I can exchange gold for her haha," Dong Zhuo giggled like fat pervert.
"Pervert!"
"Who said that?" Dong Zhuo scanned the audience as the voice is coming from Yuan Shu's side.
"I said it, pig! Why would you buy a poor woman for your gross atrocities?" The young girl furiously incited.
"Hahah, because I love women! You don't look bad yourself my dear," Dong Zhuo made shots at staring her beauty.
She then take out her bow and placed the sharpen arrow.
"This makes me look even badder! I'm a daughter of a tiger!" the girl roared.
"Shang Xiang, enough…" the older man told her.
"Hmph, you should have killed him when you had the chance father. Now he's enslaving poor girls" Sun Shang Xiang complained.
"I know, I'm going to make this up for my mistake," Sun Jian said.
"This girl is a tomboy. Gan may act alittle plucky with me, but never as plucky and tough as this girl," Liu Bei thought as he continues staring at her. She wore red like her father does with the silky skirt revealing her pale legs. No, those aren't very soft legs. Are they muscled? Is she even a girl?
Then Sun Shang Xiang notices all the guys staring at her.
"What are you looking at? I'm not going to take proposals for marriages! I mean, you think I'll have your babies or something!" Sun Shang Xiang threatens the men before her.
Then she hears a voice of a woman on the stage chuckling.
"At least one girl will participate, so I'm not alone," the woman gazed at the girl.
"Ah, Diao Chan!" Dong Zhuo praised.
"Diao Chan, what kind of name is that?" Sun Shang Xiang blinked.
"My Diao Chan! Wang Yun's jewel in the palace as come to put a fashion show! My lady, please introduce yourself to the girl there," Dong Zhuo smiled evilly.
"I'm Diao Chan from Bing," Diao Chan bowed.
"Diao…is that really you?" Guan Yu took a shock of recapping the past before he ended up fugitive.
Liu Bei noticed his friend has seen a ghost, "Guan Yu, do you know her?"
"It was back a year before the yellow turbans took Ye," Guan Yu whispered, "Xuande, I'm not the only one who saw the poor girl who almost died from that carriage from being chased by those bandits. Now she's Dong Zhuo's woman…fate surely goes to the cruelest ways."
"You don't look like the 'warrior' type. All women are still taking these pleasure jobs that men like. So, what's your weapon, Lady Diao?" Sun Shang Xiang asked.
Diao Chan showed her two objects on her left hand, the maces.
"Those are not very life threaten…." Sun Shang Xiang yawned.
"Physically, no. But, mentally?" Diao Chan took the other mace on her right hand and start channeling a disturbed aura that brought Lu Bu's attention.
Cao Cao looks surprised of the level of chi she summoned.
"Still am not convinced," Shang Xiang took out her two chakrams.
Diao Chan releases her chi and motioned both her maces in form of an X strike at the walls of the city gate.
"Impressive," Liu Bei gasped.
"Are you satisfy, little girl?" Diao Chan grinned.
"Heh, even your alluring charm makes for a tough lady," Sun Shang Xiang shot back.
Gongsun Zan whispered to Liu Bei, "Don't you think they'll make great concubines for us?"
"Now you mention it, the younger one seems mature in appearance, but plucky by nature while the older is mysterious. Well, not that mysterious, Guan Yu seems to know her as a troubled girl long ago," Liu Bei analyzed.
"Ah…Yunchang knew her…" Gongsun Zan nodded.
"I should have brought Lady Gan here, but she's working at tea shops. Really, I have horrible luck with women…..nothing great like those two," Liu Bei sighed.
Dong Zhuo noticed another girl who is at Yuan Shao's side. She isn't even paying attention to the crowd and next to her is that same guy who is crossing his arms calmly and not paying attention either with his eyes closed.
"You there, girl. The older girl on Yuan Shao's side! Who is she?" Dong Zhuo asked.
Nobody spoke a word since it's their first time seeing the beauty that's even more heart struck as Diao Chan.
Suddenly, the young boy demanded the same question, "The pig asking a question, who is that girl being in an army lead by those Yuans?"
"I'll second that." Cao Cao nodded his cousin is as amazed as Cao Cao and his son on the appearance of the older girl's features.
"Hahaha, that's right! I, Yuan Shao have the country's best! Gentlemen, this is the Luo!" Yuan Shao presented the older girl before everyone.
"The Luo..?" Cao Pi gasped.
"Hmm…" Xiahou Dun, who's been the cousin of the Cao family for years, finally felt the interest on the subject along with his cousin Xiahou Yuan.
"It is a real phoenix…" the muscled man whose Xiahou Dun met gaze along with the group.
"That's a nickname for her. She's the girl from the Zhen family taking the place of her brother!" Yuan Shao smiled.
"A woman leading another traitorous family you mean?" Sun Shang Xiang shook her head.
"She sought to redeem her family's dark past, with the presence of giving grace…." Yuan Shao was cut off by the voice of the girl.
"Lord Yuan Shao, that's enough, you over praises me my lord," Zhen Ji bowed nervously.
"Such beauty….such power…" Cao Cao and Cao Pi drooled.
"Yeah, a real phoenix, Dun," Xiahou Yuan nodded.
Diao Chan can't believe there's someone who can actually equal her while Sun Shang Xiang just continues yawning muttering the word 'slut'.
"If you're done drooling traitor….." the man's voice raises from soft to seriousness
"….." Dong Zhuo's eyes started to crack with surprise and entice.
"….I suggest you start explaining this violence game of deception you're hosting" the man slowly open his eyes and shot death stare at Dong Zhuo.
Next Chapter: The Empress's Man
"WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY!" Dong Zhuo loudly echoed.
