Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, they belong to their rightful owners, Koei and W-Force. Contains Orochi 3 Spoilers

Xing Cai, had never cried. Not unless you count the times she was an infant. She's never shed a single tear after the age of four, because at age, she had developed her cold stoic nature. That isn't to say she hasn't come close however. There were two case of her coming close, the second of which was when she learned how her father had died. Betrayed, beheaded, and then his own subordinates took his head to offer to Wu. She was enraged under her pale beautiful mask, and made a second silent vow to herself to avenge her adoptive father. While she may not know who exactly killed him, she would take down any Wu infantry that had a familiar face, one that she recognized in her father's unit.

The first time she almost cried was when she received the news about Fan Castle. Wu, they're allies had betrayed them, and had taken not only the province of Jing, but the life of her adoptive uncle, and his adoptive son; The one who had captured her heart with his great strength, brilliance as a commander, and his undying loyalty, Guan Ping. It shouldn't be a surprise. She knew out of the four of them, her, Her Father, Lord Guan Yu, and Ping, that they weren't invincible. But they were so strong, and they were so unbeatable, it seems so unreal that the three of them had left this world. The only one left now was her, her lord, and his child. But Lord Liu Bei died shortly after the assault on Wu, and she was only left with Liu Shan by her side.

Upon coming to the world created by Orochi, she was confused. She was seperated from her forces, or even anything resembling a human. She would at least take comfort if she were neck deep in Wei or Wu troops, at least they were people. But what were these...things? They had hands, and feet, and wielded weapons like she or anyone else she knew did, but they were clad in blue-gray scales, and their eyes were a hideous yellow. Whatever they were, they weren't friendly. She fought her way out and eventually found others. Together with the other humans, they defeated and imprisoned the demon who had created this world.

After that was all said and done, she was elated to have been reunited with her father, her lord, and her uncle, and of course, Guan Ping. However, just as soon as she had found him, he went off and joined the Oda. Why would he go and join a man so much like Cao Cao?

"You're strong enough to protect Shu" He said.

"I need to go fulfill my obligation to Nobunaga." He said.

"It's something I have to do as a Man." He said.

Ugh why were men so pig headed? Not that she should complain, she's quite stubborn as well. Did he not know how she grieved inside when she found out he had died? And now he's just going to leave again? No, of course he didn't know, it's not like she had made it known.

This world, as bad as it was before, had gone straight to hell. With the rise of the Hydra, the demons had gotten the upper hand. The serpent army had swept across the Chinese-Japanese land, killing human officer and peasant alike. People she knew were dying again. Her father, her uncle, her lord, all killed by that eight headed beast. She had lost them all again. She had no idea where Ping was, but she could only assume he fell to the same fate. That pain she felt the first time her world crumbled, it was coming back. Not again, this can't be happening again. The pain took a toll on her fighting spirit, and she was captured and imprisoned to be one of Dong Zhuo's concubines against her will.

She could hear fighting outside her garrison. She heard the voice of her cell captain scream in pain, and then she heard the thud of his body. Suddenly, the large doors to her garrison opened, and she was met with Nagamasa, Kiyomasa, Masanori, and unfortunately, Liu Shan. She was loyal to him yes, and she did respect him as her lord, be she always hated the slightly hungry look he sent her way at times. It was enough to make her squirm in her armor. To make matters worse, he had informed her that Jiang Wei had fallen trying to rescue her.

As soon as they defeated Dong Zhuo and captured that giant of a man...Shuten Doji, was it? She had asked around the feeble camp about the whereabouts of her loved ones. No one knew, and she only received half an answer from a Major. He had said that they disappeared around the time the the Hydra appeared. Inside her head, she undid the sugar coating of his words, the Hydra had killed them. The people she fought with for so long were once again dead, and the pain of losing them returned twice fold. Things would be different, she thought. In this world, they would've fought and nothing could've toppled the four of them. She was a fool for believing something when it had happened once before.

Using that Vixen's memory, they had gone back in time, and saved her father and uncle. Ping however, was nowhere to be found. He wasn't in anyone else's memories, and even if they were, she could never convince him to join them. She needed advice. She didn't know what compelled her to ask the 'Wild' man Keiji Maeda, but in the end, it had worked out. Maybe she decided to ask a stubborn man about how to handle a stubborn man?

"If words don't work, convince him with your blade." The giant man had told her. The answer seemed to obvious, she cursed herself for not thinking of it before. Together with Keiji, and Katsuie, she went back to the memory of the time Guan Ping was left.

Xing Cai and company had worked together and ripped through the Oda army. This time she would convince him to come back with her. This time, she would make sure he lived until the future.

"Xingcai, why don't we train together? It would be more efficient." He had asked her one day.

But she couldn't no matter how much she wanted to. What if he were to leave again? Could she handle it? Could she prevent the tears from escaping a third time?

"Sorry Guan Ping, I prefer to train alone." She replied. It was a lie, because she loved to spar with her father.

"I see. It has been a while since we have faced each other. I was really looking forward to it."

She hated how dejected he looked, and she thought of how fun it would be to have a practice match. Like the nostalgic days, before she thought he could ever be taken away from her.

He tried again another day however. She hated how stubborn he was, but knew it was one of his redeeming qualities.

"Xingcai, do you remember when we were children? We were so small back then and-" She cut him off.

"Guan Ping…I'm not in a nostalgic mood right now." She said coldly.

In reality however, she had been thinking of the story he was about to tell before he even came up to her. She remembered that moment, how embarrassing it was, and how she had so much fun. But she had to cut him off, she didn't want to remember.

"I see…I'm sorry I disturbed you." She didn't want him to apologize, he did nothing wrong.

"Xingcai, are you avoiding me? Have I done anything to offend you recently?" He finally stopped beating around the bush, and took a forward approach. She told him the whole truth.

"No it's just…We're together like this now, but I know one day soon, we'll be apart again. I want to be prepared, so that I am ready whenever that happens."

Her words had left cuts upon both their warrior hearts.

A/N: Will be 3 chapters.