And here is the new story! With Half A Heart, it is going to be 100% better with more emotions, action packed, more schemes, more tragedy, more characters, more character development and relations and more romance and minor rivalries, more chapters (story will range from 27 to 45 chapters) ! Anyway, here is the epilogue and I hope it helps set in the tragic road the story will take. All of the characters will be in their DW8 outfits but some might first appear in different appearances.

Only thing I can say is please review! No flames but constructive criticism would me much appreciated! Btw, while this chapter will be short the others will be longer then this one.


Diaochan sat in complete silence, her heart was shattered and she was beginning to know what if felt like to only have half a heart. She had failed as a daughter and she didn't know if she had the strength or the will power to carry on.

Everything had happened so quickly, it was unpredictable and she wondered why the heavens seemed to hate her. Everything was surrounded in flames, the palace was on fire and Diaochan desperately pushed through the flames to find her father.

Her blue eyes once bright and full with life were now dull and lifeless, she could no longer shed any tears as she was pretty sure she had already cried a river. "I just can't... Oh Father, please forgive me..." Her tone matched her heart, dead and broken.

Her fingers trailed the side golden dagger she normally kept hidden. Blood dripped off but she could no longer care, she felt no physical pain. The only kind of pain she could feel now was emotional and she just wanted to die, it hurt so much.

"So, nightmares do come true..." It was a whisper, her delicate hands left the dagger and returned to bury her face. "I just want to be free... Can someone free me... Please..." Despite her pleas, she knew they wouldn't be answered. There was no one around her anyway.

She had always been known as a loving, kind, delicate beauty but now all she felt like was a tramp that was being torn in two. Fear and desperation in her eyes, she slashed her whip at two soldiers, killing them. "Father?" She cried out, her voice represented her feelings of fear and anxiety.

Nothing could get her out of her depressed state and she knew that if she didn't snap out of it soon something would happen. And she knew very well what would occur and it could possibly save any hope of freeing the land from it's chaos.

But she could care less about the chaos or the land, all she could bring herself to care about was her right now. When would it all end? When would she finally be free from everything? When would she feel happiness? Or was she doomed to wallow in self pity forever.

'Oh please, Nuwa or Fu Xi whichever when one is watching over me please don't let it be him. Let it be anyone but him.' Begged Diaochan, the sight before her was concerning her and all she could see was an old man trapped behind burning debris, unable to get to an exit.

Closing her eyes gave her the comfort she needed, everything was just too painful and she only wanted to go back in time to prevent what had happened. Maybe, if she'd of been a better daughter it could of been avoided.

As she ran to the old man, she knew instantly it was her father and half of her heart was already shattered. "Father!? I'll get you out of there!" She shouted, but her efforts proved to be futile. They both knew he was doomed.

It had all been too much for her and she knew that she couldn't just dance her way through this. Wang Yun erupted into a fit of coughs, "Diaochan? You must escape. You must complete the mission, my time is over but yours isn't. Please live for me."

The words shattered what was left of her heart. "No, Father this isn't happening. You're going to make it... You're going to make it..." Her voice became softer and she knew she was only trying to convince herself. "Diaochan, do this old man one last request. Promise you'll never forget who you are, no matter what lengths you go to complete out mission, never lose sight of the wonderful lady you truly are."

With those words, he vanished into the smoke and flames. Diaochan couldn't stop the stream of tears as she collapsed to her knees, begging for it not to be true. "No...No...No...No..No..." She had repeated that two letter for so long that she had forgotten how many times she had said.

Still on her knees, refusing to believe that the events which had just transpired was real, she was frozen with only her mouth working. She knew she owed Lu Bu her life and that had just made her feel worse. She was just a woman that had been manipulating him to do her every bidding and he was a man who had fallen in love with a lady that was just manipulating him.

She could only faintly hear the footsteps and she only looked up when they stopped, her broken blue orbs looking into his strong, unbreakable brown ones. Without thinking, she jumped into the arms of Lu Bu and broke into tears for what felt like the thousandth time. And she truly appreciated what he had done for her, maybe just maybe she could cope but for now all she could feel was her heart breaking and she could only wonder if she would be able to continue living with half a heart.


That turned out better then I thought it would! I hpe you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it, Lu Bu will officially be upgraded from a recurring character to a main character. Please review and tell me what you thought!