Dynasty Warriors : Rise of the Wang Empire
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Death's Head - I do not own Dynasty Warriors 3. Koei and THQ have that honour. All I own is a copy of Dynasty Warriors 2 and 3. This is my first Dynasty Warriors fanfic.
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At the village, in Shu Territory :
The soldiers of Ma Chao and Wei Yan, working alongside the villages themselves, had finished the repairs, and the medics had treated all of the wounded. The two commanders left in charge, by Ma Chao and Wei Yan, sighed to themselves. Wei Shu looked at his childhood friend and companion.
"Well Yuan Kao, how do you think Lord Ma Chao and Lord Wei Yan are doing?"
Yuan Kao, second officer of Ma Chao, smiled.
"Knowing Lord Ma Chao and Lord Wei Yan, they've probably found the bandit hideout and have sent those bandits running into the hills," he paused "Then again, the bandits are probably dead."
Before Wei Shu could reply, screams of villagers reached their ears. As the two Shu warriors looked at the gate, a swarm of black armoured men ran into the village, blades dancing in the sunlight. From the south gate, more black armoured men climbed over the gate and wall like spiders, dropping onto villager and soldier alike.
Yuan Kao and Wei Shu issued orders to their warriors, and soon the soldiers were fighting back. Black armoured men fell to the ground, arrows in the visors of their helms. Yuan Kao looked at his archers, and gasped as the archers were overrun by a heavily armoured troop of black warriors, the bodies of the Shu warriors left adorning the wall, their blood staining the bricks.
Wei Shu raised his halberd, and let a war cry escape his lips. His bodyguards followed suite, and they charged into a mass of the enemy at the North Gate. Yuan Kao grabbed his bow and with his own bodyguards, unleashed volley after volley of arrows into the enemy, covering Wei Shu and his troop. However, Yuan Kao gasped in pain, and staggered forward, falling to his knees. He turned and saw a tall man, wearing nightblack armour and was wielding a huge sword. Yuan Kao's bodyguards laid around him, cut to pieces by this warrior's sword.
Yuan Kao hissed.
"I have no idea who you are, but I will make you suffer for what you did to my men!"
The dark warrior raised his sword into an engarde position. He spoke in a voice, which sounded as if it came from the grave.
"You want to play do you?"
Yuan Kao threw his bow to the ground and drew his sword.
"I'll send you back to your master, in pieces!"
Yuan Kao slashed downwards with his sword, the blade cut into the warrior's armoured side. Before Yuan Kao could draw his blade back, the dark warrior grasped the blade in his dark gauntlet and crushed the blade in his hand.
Yuan Kao staggered back, his broken sword still held in his hand. The dark warrior swung his sword, the blade cutting deep into Yuan Kao's side, and the force of the blow sent the Shu warrior slamming into the side of a house. Through pain filled eyes, he looked up at the warrior. The dark warrior turned and walked into the rest of the Shu warriors, his sword raising into the sky, gleaming with blood. Each strike, caught a Shu warrior.
Meanwhile, Wei Shu and his bodyguards had retreated back towards the docks, only to see, black armoured warriors cutting down the villagers. Men, women and children fell to their blades and arrows. Wei Shu snarled and was about to leap into the midst of them, when he caught sight of Yuan Kao.
"What the?"
Wei Shu ran towards his comrade, his bodyguards covering him. As soon as Wei Shu approached Yuan Kao, the wounded Shu warrior looked up.
"Wei… Shu… I… have failed…"
Wei Shu knelt next to his friend.
"Don't say that Yuan Kao. We've been in worse battles before, and we made it through them. We'll make it through this as well."
Yuan Kao shook his head slowly.
"I do not… think so… old friend… Get out of here… someone needs to tell… Lord Liu Bei…"
Before Wei Shu could respond, one of his bodyguards cried out.
"Commander Wei Shu! Look! On the battlements!"
Wei Shu turned and looked up at the battlements and gasped.
Standing on the battlements on the West, North and South gates, stood three black robed women. All three women had their arms raised and started chanting. Wei Shu's bodyguard's grabbed him, and started to lead him away. He turned back and saw his friend, slump to the ground, dead.
Standing over Yuan Kao's lifeless body, was the dark warrior, his sword dripping with Yuan Kao's blood. Three of Wei Shu's bodyguards, levelled their halberd's at the warrior. One of them looked at Wei Shu.
"Commander, leave now! We'll distract him long enough for you to escape!"
Wei Shu started to argue, but the remaining three bodyguards forced his away. Wei Shu and his three warriors, made their way towards the docks. The other bodyguards fell in quick succession, to the dark warrior.
The remaining bodyguards, fought against more warriors of this enemy, and Wei Shu swung his halberd in tight arcs. In the end, Wei Shu was hit by an arrow and fell into the river. The water swept Wei Shu along, throwing him about in it's current. A branch hung over the river and Wei Shu, still holding his halberd, against all the odds, swung it, and the armoured tip snagged among the thick branches, keeping him from being swept away. He gasped and climbed the halberd, until he could climb onto the branch itself. He looked back at the village and gasped.
Even from the distance he was, he could still see the three robed women, arms raised, chanting. Wind was being drawn towards the village, and the sky grew dark. Clouds of immense darkness hung in the sky, yellow lightning flashing across the sky. Wei Shu gasped as he saw one of the dark clouds over the village open, allow a dark and unholy light to wash over the village. It was then, he heard the screams. He tried to force his gaze away, but found himself staring at the scene before him.
Bodies were being sucked up into the air, limbs torn from the bodies as they disappeared into the vacuum. Wei Shu shuddered in terror as he witnessed the event before him. It was then he saw him. The dark warrior was standing on one of the battlements, staring at him. He raised his sword into the sky, and Wei Shu saw the scarlet stain on the sword.
The Shu warrior climbed off of the branch, and disappeared into the surrounding forest. The dark warrior watched Wei Shu disappear. One of his warriors approached him and knelt at his feet.
"Lord Kian, shall we pursue?"
Lord Kian, the dark warrior, sheathed his blade and turned on his heel, walking away.
"No. Let him return to his lord. Let him spread the news of what we can do."
The warrior nodded.
"I understand my lord."
Lord Kian strode towards the three women, who bowed to him.
"Lady Pai, you and your sisters are to be commended."
One of the women bowed again, her dark silken hair flowed among her shoulders.
"Thank you my lord."
Lord Kian mounted his horse, a coal black steed. He looked over his troops.
"We return home. My father will be pleased."
The armour of the Wang empire headed off towards the mountains, the heart of the Wang empire, nestled deep within the many twisting paths and crevices.
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Death's Head - Heh, after a request from a faithful reviewer, I've decided to give you all a little 'taste' of what the Wang empire is like, and introduce one of the leaders of the Wang army, Lord Kian. He's an evil monster isn't he? I wonder what's going to happen, when the Wang monster, Lord Kian, meets the Shu monster, Wei Yan? Heh, heh, heh, now THAT'S gonna be a REAL battle! Please R&R.
Now, I may not be able to update this story for awhile, as I'm experiencing a lot of grief at the moment. One of my beta readers (and also the inspiration for most of my stories) and beloved girlfriend, passed away on the 31st of October. At the moment, I'm trying to sort out my own thoughts and helping my girlfriend's sisters sort things out. So I hoped you all enjoyed this story so far, and I will continue it, once I've sorted out my problems and such.