Dynasty Warriors: Fight for True Love

Chapter 4 of my Dynasty Warriors story, enjoy.

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Diao Lover: Well, you'll find out soon, the final two will be revealed in this chapter.
Phil The Persona Guy: Yeah well, it will be revealed later why he is helping, but suffice to say he has good reason to help Zhang Fei, well read on and see.

Now onto the story.

Disclaimer: Dynasty Warriors belongs to Koei.

The Tournament Continues

Xingcai didn't know how it happened; it was as if her feet automatically led her there. But soon she standing outside Liu Shan's dwelling, talking with him about the tournament and her fears of Dong Zhuo. Liu Shan listened carefully to her problems and pondered quietly.

"Xingcai," He began, hesitantly. "I may have an idea…But, it could cause a lot of trouble."

"Anything's better than letting that corpulent swine anywhere near me." She replied, Liu Shan nodded and continued, "Cao-Cao, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo, these two men have great authority in the court, but I know a man who has even greater authority."

This surprised Xingcai, a man who could help her and had even greater influence than Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and Cao-Cao.

"Who is it?" She asked desperately, Liu Shan gave her a small smile, "Who else, my father. He is Emperor Ling's half-brother and therefore uncle to Emperor Ling's sons."

"So we need to ask Lord Liu Bei for help." Liu Shan nodded but Xingcai realized something, "Emperor Ling has been ill for a long time, what if he dies before Lord Liu Bei can help us?"

Liu Shan's expression darkened, "I hadn't thought of that, if he dies, you can bet Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao Cao-Cao will try and get one of his sons on the throne but under their thumb."

"If that happened, I'm going to have to run, to get away from here." She stated, Liu Shan nodded, "Listen, regardless of what happens, I know my father can help us. If the tournament ends and Dong Zhuo wins, we must escape."

She nodded, "But how?"

"I will take care of that, I will see to it that horses are ready at any of the stables, meet me by the pavilion tonight, if you need to escape. If you don't arrive by morning, I'll assume everything went well."

Xingcai nodded and thanked him before hurrying back to the arena as the next match was about to begin.

The next match had Yuan Shao against Liu Zhang.

"Lord Yuan Shao." Liu Zhang stated, "I believe this will be quite a battle."

Yuan Shao shook his head and laughed, "You rustic simpleton, my warrior is certainly far superior to yours. You will soon see that the warriors of the Yuan are unbeatable."

At that comment Liu Zhang's warrior, Zhang Ren stepped forwards, his anger clear as he brandished his spear.

"Fool, no man can beat me; let's see your warrior then?"

With that the match began as Yuan Shao's warrior stepped up. He was the most unusual man Xingcai had ever seen. He was tall and slender with long black hair tied back in a ponytail and black eyes. He wore a pair of blue and white pants with purple shoes and purple armour with gold accents which covered his left chest area and shoulders, exposing a strange tattoo on his right shoulder, extending down to his chest. He also wore similar gauntlets and was armed with a large pair of golden claws.

"Ah, finally, the moment I take centre stage." The man declared gleefully, Zhang Ren stated at him, incredulous, "You expect me to fight him, this is a joke."

Yuan Shao smirked, "I think you'll find Zhang He is more than a match for the likes of you."

Zhang Ren scoffed and tried to attack but Zhang He danced out of the way. No matter how hard Zhang Ren tried Zhang He dodged each of his attacks with such elegance and grace that he appeared to be dancing around his opponent. Finally he attacked, using both claws to strike and knock Zhang Ren out of the arena and deprive him of his weapon. Yuan Shao had won the match and now it was time for the next one.

The next round pitted Liu Biao of Jing against Sun Jian. Each was represented by his best warrior. Liu Biao's warrior was a tall bulky man with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was clad in full black and green armour with a green and gold helm. He was armed with a dangerous looking double voulge, his name was Wei Yan. Sun Jian's warrior was a tall muscle bound white haired man with black eyes and a white beard and moustache. His armour wasn't as protective as it didn't cover as much of his body; it was mostly red and black in colour. He was armed with a large distinctive club which resembled a large anchor, his name was Huang Gai. Both fighters sized each other up before Wei Yan recklessly charged in. The fight seemed to be quite even as they both struck and parried at each other but finally Huang Gai got the upper hand and won the match. The next match pitted Yuan Shu and his fighter Ji Ling against Gongsun Zan. After a long and protracted battle Ji Ling emerged victorious and the final battle of round one began, a man named Liao Hua against Ma Teng. Ma Teng's fighting was a tall black hair man with a short black moustache and black eyes, he was clad in full blue and silver armour with an elegant gold helmet with a black plume, he was armed with a large wolf teeth mace, his name was Pang De. As expected for someone of his obvious power Pang De made short work of Liao Hua and the second round was ready to begin.

The second round didn't take nearly as long as the first one and soon the difference in skill and strength between the fighters was obvious. Dian Wei fought against Xu Zhu and after a hard battle was able to pull off a win. Lu Bu defeated Wu Anguo with minimal effort as did Zhang He in his fight against Ji Ling. Finally Huang Gai and Pang De fought each other and after another intense battle Huang Gai won. There were only four fighters left, four lords being represented, Cao Pi, Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian and Yuan Shao. Lu Bu fought against Dian Wei in the first fight and defeated him; Cao Pi was no longer eligible to marry Xingcai. However she was dismayed after the next battle, as was Zhang Fei, as their plan fell apart. Sun Jian also lost, Zhang He dancing circles around Huang Gai and defeating him in a rather humiliating fashion. So it was now down to the final, Dong Zhuo, represented by Lu Bu, against Yuan Shao, represented by Zhang He. Before the final fight could begin however an official ran out into the middle of the arena and made a shocking announcement.

"His Imperial Highness, Emperor Ling, the Son of Heaven…He is dead, claimed by his illness!"

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it. Read and review please.