Super short chapter. Cause, I feel lazy. And I don't know what to add here. It seems to end perfectly…to me XD! I noticed that like, Lu Xun's Zi name is Bo Yan. But I write Yen cause I keep pronouncing the chinese character as 'Yan' like how I say it in Cantonese. . I have my languages mixed up! But I'll start writing Yan now.
Disclaimer: Dynasty Warriors Koei! (Forgot to write it haha...)
Chapter 16: Scars from the Heart
Wu Kingdom-
Lu Xun tiptoed into his quarters in the middle of the night, afraid of waking up Er Ling who was in his room. He crept into the study where he had been sleeping for the past two weeks. As surprised as he was, two weeks had already past since he returned to the Wu kingdom. Many were still worried about Qing Wan's condition, but they had managed to try to focus back on war from the rumours of Wei attacking. Lu Xun was placed as battle tactician with Zhou Yu incase anything happened to the main capital. The Kingdom was now empty with various generals returning to their cities to protect the citizens, the only ones who stayed were Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, Xiao Qiao, Xiang Wan, Sun Jian, Sun Shang Xiang and himself. He lit the small candle with a match, which lit up the small room. Grabbing a map of Wu territory he began to plan defense strategies against the great forces of Wei. The door of the study creaked slowly as someone walked in. "Bo Yan?" the voice trembled, as if she was afraid of speaking to him.
"Yes?" he replied coldly, not bothering to turn around to his wife.
"I brought you some ginseng tea." Er Ling's hands shook as she carried the small brown tray with a bowl on top. "I've noticed you've been working late these days…"
"It's because I have many things to do." He folded the map angrily, "I'm sorry if I haven't been caring about you lately, but these past 8 months I've missed a lot. There's a lot to catch up on." He went to his bookcase and pulled out another map. "Just leave the tea on the table and get some rest." He sighed. Er Ling nodded slightly and placed it on the round table in the middle of the room. As she turned around to leave she suddenly stopped.
"Bo Yan, I'm sorry if I caused you and your family and friends any trauma. If I knew any of this would happen, I would of never asked to come along." She paused holding back the tears, "Good Night." The doors closed with a small sound as the voices of Er Ling brushed through Lu Xun's mind. Lu Xun took the cup of ginseng tea and couldn't help but pour the contents into the plant beside him. He knew this was ruining all of Er Ling's hard work, but it brought too many memories between him and Qing Wan…
xFlashback
"Bo Yan." Qing Wan stepped into the dim room one winter evening. Lu Xun turned around from his office desk and smiled.
"What brings you in here so late?" he walked over to see her holding onto a tray, "What's in there?"
"Ginseng tea." She replied smiling, "This was actually a gift from father, he wanted to make sure I was okay from the incident with the Nanman." Lu Xun scratched his head and couldn't help but feel guilty, taking the tray from her hands he placed it on the table. Returning he took her by the hands and swung it back and forth gently. "What are you doing?" she chuckled.
"I'm sorry, if it wasn't for my recklessness, you wouldn't have been hurt." He pouted, Qing Wan kissed him on the forehead lightly.
"No it's just a few scratches." She smiled, "Plus, for these two scars. I got to save your life right?" It was 3 months ago since Wu had attempted to control the Nanman, but their leader Meng Huo was too much for the amount of troops they brought. Halfway through the battle Lu Xun himself had to mount his steed to fight, but he wasn't ready for the powerful armor and weapons they possessed. To make sure most of his soldiers returned home, he began to hold off the powerful men with a few of his strongest men. While being mobbed near his camp, he was about to be stabbed through the heart by a trident wielding soldier when Qing Wan suddenly jumped in, her right leg exposed to the blade. Lu Xun had spun around just in time to kill the man but wasn't ready for the sword carrying Nanman behind him. Luckily Qing Wan threw one of her two daggers slashing the man on his neck, the Nanman cried in fury as he struggled to live. Throwing his sword and striking Qing Wan as she and Lu Xun tried to retreat.
"We're just lucky everyone else made it back okay." Lu Xun sighed, "I wish I put more thought into that."
"It's too late now anyways." She tried to reassure him, "I heard Shu's forces is having more luck than we did."
"That Zhuge Liang."
"As long as everyone is okay." She stopped him from going into his rants about the Shu tactician. The two stared at one another in silence until a grin formed on the maidens face. "Now you owe me two scars."
"Hm?"
"I took two scars to save your life, now you owe me two scars." Lu Xun stared at her with a confused look.
"What about heart scars?"
"What the heck is a heart scar?" she raised her eyebrow, Lu Xun released his hands from hers and placed them on his heart.
"You know, seeing you out there in the battle field. It causes a new scar to my heart." Blood gushed up Qing Wan's face before she smacked him on his chest. "What?" he laughed, "If those count, then you owe me many scars."
"And you don't think you owe me any scars?" she pouted, placing her hands on her hips. "You go on more campaigns than I!"
"Okay, okay." He grabbed onto her hands that were pounding on his chest. "To save your life, I wouldn't just give two scars. I'd gladly give away my life." He told her, before leaning down and kissing her on the lips.
XxEnd Flashback
Qing Wan touched the scars on her right leg softly, ever since Zhao Yun reminded her about it. She couldn't help but think back to that winter day in Wu. "Lu Xun," she whispered lightly, "You've given me too much scars that even I can't handle them anymore."
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Woosh! Review please! I notice I make a lot of small spelling mistakes that Microsoft Words fails to catch. I'm sorry if it totally confuses you. That's what you get for writing most of your chapters late at night. Sorry!
xReika