Dynasty Warrior
Kagirinai Shinboku
Chapter 3: Attention
Liu Bei stood in the cherry blossom garden. Pang Tong came up behind him and stood next to him.
"Is there something bothering you?" Tong asked his friend.
"…I feel as if I…have not been…" Bei started.
"Lord? Friend? Brother? Father?" Tong said.
Liu Bei sighed, "I don't even know what they are like now. They might have changed the last time I saw them"
"Ah, yes. They have changed, but more like you" Tong said happily.
"I hope you're right" Bei said taking a cherry blossom from the tree in front of him. He held it in his hand gently as the wind blow. The blossom floated out of his hand and flew with the wind and into the sky.
Xing Cai stood outside in the training grounds practicing her fighting. A little girl with brown hair and eyes stood at her window watching. She was around 8 and enjoyed watching the officers fight. She wanted so much to with them. There what a little thunk that sound by her other window. She stopped looking out the window and went to the other one. She picked up a small rock that was on the ground in from of it. She looked out the window to find 5 boys standing out there. She smiled.
"Come on Kai! We want to play Attack with you again!" the tallest yelled, he was just a year older then her.
"Ok, I'll be right down!" she yelled. She went into her and opened her door. No one was in the hall and she snuck down stairs. She walked down the hall and found a window that is below her room. She saw the boys and pulled herself out the window. She smiled and ran up to them. "Ready to get your butts kicked again?" she asked.
"No, last time didn't count" said the smallest, he was 5 but loved playing with the older boys.
"Fine, but I won't hold back" she said.
Liu Bei walked down the hall and found a door open. He sighed, "Again"
Jiang Wei came up behind him "Sir…is something wrong?" he asked.
"No, just that Kai has run off again"
Jiang looked into the room and nodded. "We'll find her sir" he said.
"No, leave it. Let her enjoy whatever she is doing. And I will be the one to find her. I would like to know what she is doing all these times she runs off"
"Ah…yes sir" Jiang said walking away.
"Hmm…what does she do all these times?" the lord said walking down the hall again. He walked passed an open window and heard laughing. "Hmm…" he looked out the window to see 5 boys playing with a girl with brown hair. He smiled and went to find a door to get there.
Kai was now facing the tallest boy. She had beaten all the other boys except the 5 year old. She smiled, "You sure you don't want to back out instead of having to lose and be embarrassed again" she said.
"I'll never back out to a girl!" he yelled.
She smiled even wider, "Fine, it's your loss" she said shrugging.
"…..I will beat you!" he yelled and charged at her. They had wooden swords.
She dodged his attack and hit him gently on the back. She jumped back and smiled.
"Why you" he said and charged at her again. She again dodged his attack and this time hit him in the head a little hard this time. "Owww!" he yelled.
She looked at him but knew he was faking.
"And what are you doing out here?" said a voice behind her.
Her eyes widen and she turned to see her father, Liu Bei standing there. She chuckled nervously. "Ah…playing?" she said.
He put his hand on her head. "Don't worry, I'm not mad" he whispered.
"Huh?" she said surprised.
"Now which one of you boys have challenged my daughter?"
The boys looked at each other and the other four pointed at the tallest.
"Hey! I'm not the only one!" he yelled.
"It's ok lad. But you've got to remember that she is a lady and has to be treated like one even if she is fighting you. Do you see her hitting you very hard?"
"Ah…no sir…she is going easy on me" the tallest said.
"Yes, so you should respect her for that"
"Yes sir"
"Come Kai, I would like to speak with you" the lord said.
"Huh?" she said again.
He took her by the hand and led her back to the castle. She looked back the boys and smiled. They just stared, not knowing that her father was the lord.
Liu Bei had Liu Chan and Liu Kai in the library when Zhuge Liang came in.
"Oh…what is going on here?" he asked sitting in his usual chair.
"Hi Liang" Kai said.
"Father is going to tell us something but he's been sitting there thinking" Liu Chan said.
"Oh…well, I'll take my leave then" Liang said getting up.
"No…stay please, I do not like just sitting here and he won't talk to me" Kai said pointing at Liu Chan.
Liang chuckled, "If thy princess wants me to stay, I shell" he said sitting down.
She got out of her chair and sat by him. "Can we read a book?" she asked.
Liang smiled and let her pick the book to read. She got up and ran to one of the bookshelves. She looked at the many books and took a small but fairly thick book. She walked back and gave it to him. He looked at the cover, it read 'The Living Rose'. It was about a young girl who even though was beautiful, was also very deadly in combat. He chuckled and opened it to the first page where it showed a picture of the young girl wearing a red komono with black hair and deep blue eyes. She carried two swords under her komono.
Kai smiled and watched as Liang started reading from the book. Liu Chan sat in his chair and listened as well. Though Liu Bei was deep in thought, he also heard his strategist tell his young daughter the story. After some time he looked up and saw Kai smiling as she heard this story. She seemed to like warriors that were girls and how it told the reader that they can be just as strong as men but more deceiving. He also looked at Liu Chan who was now interested on hearing the story has turned to face Zhuge Liang. 'My children have changed without me knowing. I will now pay more attention to them and see them grow' Liu Bei thought to himself and listened as Liang continued telling the story about the young girl.
Author's Note: I know it's very short, but I was lazy with one and I'm waiting to get permission to use someone else OC so…the next one will be longer, about as long as the last chapter. Anyway, enjoy my story.
