Disclaimer: I do not own Dynasty Warriors. All I own is my character Yuki.
A/N: This story takes place during when all three kingdoms are situated. For the sake of simplicity, I will not be following the story line (meaning the people who were supposed to die at a certain time will instead die at a time I see fit). Battles will be randomized and maybe-MAYBE- the Battle of Chibi will take place. This take place during the DW7 era, but Zhang He's outfit will be from DW8 (I prefer it more than his DW7 outift). Some characters from DW8 will appear. This is my first attempt at an actual story, so please be nice. Also, comments and suggestions are much appreciated. I have no beta, so all mistakes are purely mine.
This is a Zhang He x OC that I decided to make because Zhang He is my absolute favorite character in the whole DW franchise. And yes, he is paired up with a woman. If you were expecting a yaoi, I am sorry. But I think there needs to be some more Zhang He x females out there (Not that there is anything wrong with him and guys :)). Anyways, please enjoy.
"Hey did you hear? Apparently Lord Cao Cao and Lord Liu Bei are going taking to the battlefield."
"So? Cao Cao has the largest standing army. He is definitely going to win. Liu Bei has no chance."
"Well, yeah, but he has Zhuge Liang..."
Yuki leaned back in her chair and sighed. Some soldiers were gossiping about what appeared to be an upcoming battle between Liu Bei and Cao Cao. Not that she really cared. She tuned them out and went back to drinking her wine. It had been a long day. She had had to help some local villagers clear out a tiger menace. It was easy, but a pain. At least it made her money. Now, all she wanted to do was enjoy some wine at the local inn. And yet, her quiet evening had been interrupted by the soldiers coming in all rowdy.
She rolled her eyes. In this time of chaos, fighting was inevitable. But the warlords fighting didn't seem to care much about the people around them, only if they won or lost battles. Even the benevolent Liu Bei was the same. For all his talk about fighting for the sake of the people he too had destroyed many villages fighting Cao Cao and Sun Quan.
Yuki set down her mug, paid and went to her room in the inn. She sat in front of the vanity stand and looked at her reflection. She sighed and started combing her long black hair. Her mind wandered back to the conversation she had overheard earlier. So Cao Cao and Liu Bei were going to battle again. Lately, neither one of them had been able to gain an advantage over the other and had remained in a deadlock for the territory of Xiangyang. Liu Bei currently held it but Cao Cao apparently wanted it.
Yuki put down her brush and stood up. The battle would be interesting, to say the least. Cao Cao may have the advantage in numbers, but Shu had Zhuge Liang. Yuki frowned. Zhuge Liang. He was a devious person, one that Yuki had avoided at all costs, only meeting if it was during one of the various missions that she did. She wasn't afraid of him exactly, she just didn't trust him.
But Wei wasn't without their own schemers. Yuki had met both Sima Yi and Guo Jia on multiple occasions. Guo Jia was a man who seemed only interested in women and having a good time, but Yuki knew that he actually was incredibly smart. Sima Yi was another tricky person. Yuki knew that him and Zhuge Liang didn't get along, but they had so many similarities. Both had the ear of their lord, both were incredibly brilliant. And both were schemers. Yuki didn't trust him either. But she had to admit that he was quite possibly the only one who was any real match for Zhuge Liang.
And then there was Zhou Yu-Wu's strategist. Yuki had never met him, but she had heard that he was a great lover of the arts and was said to be incredibly handsome. And not a huge fan of Zhuge Liang either. Not much had been heard from Wu. They hadn't fought in any recent battles. Yuki knew that they were probably just biding their time, waiting for the other two kingdoms to tire themselves out before swooping in and taking out both at the same time.
Yuki thought back to when times were simpler, when the land wasn't thrown into chaos. When scheming took place behind doors and only affected a few unlucky parties.
She had been just a normal girl of fifteen, helping her mother run her store. Her father was an officer in the Coalition forces. But one night her peaceful life was turned upside down.
Dong Zhuo had come through the small town, fleeing for his life from Yuan Shao and the Coalition forces who had banded together to stop his reign of tyranny. He had the town lit on fire hoping to stop, or slow down, the Allied Forces. His soldiers killed many townspeople who were unlucky enough to cross their path. Yuki and her mother had gone out to try and put out the spreading flames, but in the ensuing chaos they got separated. Yuki later found her mother severely wounded from Dong Zhuo's soldiers. Yuki's mother told her that she needed to find her father and to tell him what happened. She died in Yuki's arms. It was then that she found her resolve. She would learn to fight, to protect herself and those she cared about, so she would never lose a loved one again.
Though also wounded Yuki managed to make it to the next city where she learned that Dong Zhuo had been killed by his adopted son, Lu Bu. There was many casualties of the campaign against Dong Zhuo. Her father was one of them.
Yuki decided to get training in swordsmanship. How could she protect herself if she didn't even know how to fight? She spent five years under her teacher, who had treated her like his own daughter, before he deemed her fit to be able to take care of herself. He sent her off to find her own way in life. But she decided not to take service with any of the warlords that had risen up. Instead she decided to just be a free officer, going where she wanted, helping the people...
That had been five years ago. She was twenty-five now and fully capable of taking care of herself. Yuki shook her head. It did no good to dwell on the past-she couldn't change what happened. All that mattered was the future.
She yawned and got ready for bed. Tomorrow she would set out for Xiangyang. Maybe she would join in on the battle if she felt like it. Not that she was loyal to any side. She just wanted the chaos to end, but had yet to serve a lord. She preferred being able to do what she wanted without any reprecussions. She got into bed and closed her eyes. She had a long journey ahead of her.
And that is it for the first chapter. I am sorry if it is short and not very interesting. This chapter was mainly to serve as an introduction to my character Yuki. Hopefully, the other chapters will be longer. I have the storyline figured out I just need to put it all in a way that makes sense. This fanfic will be a mix of 6 Empires and 7 Empires. Mostly the battle layouts will be from 7, but I will have filler missions like there was in 6. In the next chapter Yuki will finally arrive on the battlefield and meet Zhang He.