A/N: Sorry it's been a while guys. I've been away for a long while, such little stresses get in the way of my work, but not any more, no more stress which means more time for writing so Boom, I'm back baby ! Enjoy my fellow friends and followers ( sorry the chapter is shorter than usual ) !
Fan Luhua looked around the darkened room to see cheer and joy from Zhao Yun and the alliance. She knew she had successfully completed her mission for Lord Liu Bei. Sun Ce cheered in joy as he began to plan celebrations for this new alliance between the three kingdoms. But what Sun Ce did not know is that the celebrations should not begin yet. Fan Luhua walked up to Sun Ce slowly, her arms behind her back. She leaned forwards and placed a hand on his strong bulging shoulders.
" My Lord, we should not begin celebrations yet, the fight is not over yet" she whispered gently in his cold ear, reminding him that he could not ignore the original reason why this alliance formed in the first place. Sun Ce closed his eyes and nodded gently. He walked away from Fan Luhua so her hand fell gently from his shoulder and walked towards the rest of the alliance.
" My Lords and Ladies, the battle is not over yet, our alliance might be successful, but we have forgotten the real reason to celebrate" Sun Ce bellowed out lightly. The alliance slowly knew their mistake.
" Of course, we should celebrate when we get our Lords and Lady Sun back and once we have defeated that evil tyrant, we shall celebrate with a giant feast for the three kingdoms !" Lu Xun called out towards the Officers. Sun Ce smirked slightly to himself and he bowed his head slightly towards Lu Xun. Lu Xun chuckled slightly to himself. He turned his head slightly towards Fan Luhua who he saw was a bit sad and depressed as she hid in a corner to herself. She hid in the shadows of the room, trying not to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the happiness in the room. Lu Xun bowed towards Sun Ce and walked over towards Fan Luhua who rested her back against the wall, her feet leaning outwards slightly. Her played around with her small dagger in her hands slightly, twiddling it around in her fingers, the coldness of the blade seeped into her thin pale fingers as she kept her head bowed down out of the way.
"My Lady, why are you hiding ?" Lu Xun whispered as he apprehended the shadows to talk to Fan Luhua. She sighed lightly to herself as she stopped twiddling the dagger.
" I have my personal goals, I need to avenge my family" she whispered to herself lightly as she began to twiddle the light dagger in her hand again. Lu Xun sighed as he stepped into the shadows with her.
" You know, you father was a good man" he whispered softly as he gently patted Fan Luhua's shoulder and walked off back to Sun Ce and the rest of the officers. She blinked a couple of time, thinking to herself.
" How does He know my father ?" she thought to herself. She put the light cold dagger back into her boot and strode out of the shadows, walking up to Lu Xun, she pulled his shoulder back tightly so he spun around lightly to face her.
" Hey !, How do you know my father ?" she yelled loudly so all of the warriors heard her. Lu Xun chuckled.
" Follow me" He whispered lightly. He walked off ahead of Fan Luhua. She looked back to see all of the warriors staring at her. Zhao Yun closed his eyes and bowed his head to her, with a slight smile upon his cheerful face. She turned around and breathed deeply, she had no clue what awaited her.
Fan Luhua walked behind Lu Xun, each foot step catching up with his feet. As they walked along the corridor, other officers from Wu stared at her with evil eyes, knowing who she was and what she did to them. As she walked along the darkened corridor, they came upon a secret room, access by key only. Lu Xun pulled out a small rusted key and unlocked the old door slowly. He pulled it open and allowed Fan Luhua to walk in. Luhua walked in gently for the room to be dark, not seeing anything around her. Lu Xun took a candle and lit up two bowls full of a flammable substance which lit the room up brightly.
The room revealed to the a shrine of kinds, a memorial room. She looked around to see a statue of a man. On the name written beneath it was " Fan Dian, A fearless Warrior, A respected Commander, a dedicated husband and a honourable father". Luhua walked up to the slightly rusted statue with was dripping water down it as there was a leak coming from somewhere carefully as she continued to lay eyes upon the plaque. She knelt down gently next to it to see a dead crippled now brown rose laying next to the rusted old plaque. She placed a cold hand upon the rusted name as all this brought back memories of her father, her mother and her brother and all the joy she had in the world before now. She felt the memories come flooding back to her. She sobbed lightly, for an assassin like her, she thought she would never cry so hard, but one day, all have to cry. She turned around to face Lu Xun. He looked down with sorrowful eyes as he saw the cold tears roll down Luhua's pale face, she sniffled and sobbed slightly, shuddering slightly as she breathed in.
" You father was a good man, and a respected Commander of the Wu forces" he said quietly as he rubbed his hands together nervously. Fan Luhua perked up her head up slightly and she twisted her body around to face Lu Xun.
" Wu, I-I thought my father was a soldier for the yellow turbans ?" she questioned Lu Xun as she stuttered lightly. All Lu Xun could do was sigh at her grief.
" When Sun Jian met your father, he was easily turned, he joined us to protect you and your brother, everything he done was for the protection of your family" Lu Xun whispered to Fan Luhua. She blinked a couple of times before realizing that Lu Xun was right. She stood up from the floor, standing tall, teats rolling down her face slowly. She brought her hand up to her face and wiped it toughly. She finished sobbing to herself as the memories of her family were painful. She sighed as she walked up to Lu Xun and shook his hand lightly. " Thank you for showing me this place" she whispered to him. She strode out of the room quickly, sobbing lightly as she slammed the door behind her, the pain was hurting her so much. She leaned against the old wooden door gently and slid down it, her knees up to her face, cradling herself, sobbing in her knees. She sobbed at the thought that her father never said anything to her. Her father lied to her all this time about what he did. He lied for her own protection.
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Fan Luhua sat at the door, crying her eyes out for nearly an hour. The Wind blew lightly into the corridor, making it colder. Fan Luhua's straight fringe flowed over her eyes lightly. She lifted her head up from her knees. Tears finished rolling down her pale face. She looked up with calm eyes, but she suddenly felt a sense of anger come upon her. Her green eyes narrowed slightly, her eyebrows lowered slightly, her lip trembled slightly due to this anger. She opened her mouth wide and screamed loudly, her scream echoed in the hallways and into the room where all the Officers were. Zhao Yun turned his head sharply and heard the painful scream. Zhao Yun took out his spear and ran out of the room quickly. Guan Yinping gasped and followed behind him.
Zhao Yun ran down the hallway to see Fan Luhua on her knees, her head tucked into her lap against the door. Her hand was clenched up into a fist next to her knee, the other hand holding her green necklace.
" My Lady, a-are you okay ? We heard you screaming" Zhao Yun called out soothingly. Guan Yinping stood next to Zhao Yun. Sun Ce, Yue Jin, Wang Yi and Li Dian arrived, and stood behind Zhao Yun, looking at Fan Luhua. But she stopped sobbing, she was laughing.
" M-my Lady ?" Zhao Yun called out softly. Fan Luhua lifted up her head from her lap, Zhao Yun could see the anger in her eyes, a large wide grin on her face that made her seem Psychotic. She continued to cackle loudly.
"A-are you okay ?" Guan Yinping asked Fan Luhua. Luhua laughed loudly and chuckled with a wide grin on her face.
"I'm going to kill them all" she whispered lightly with a laugh in her speech. She continued to laugh as the Psychotic look on her face was not going to disappear any time soon. Li Dian's eyes widened lightly, Yue Jin turned his head sharply to Sun Ce. He looked behind then looked ahead to Zhao Yun and raised an eyebrow. Wang Yi stepped forward a little, holding her Twin Trishulas tightly in each hand. Zhao Yun lowered himself to the ground, putting his spear on the floor before moving closely to Fan Luhua and placing a gentle hand on her knee.
" My Lady, are you sure you're al-" Zhao Yun spoke out before being cut off by Fan Luhua. She raised her body upwards quickly, standing tall. She took her hand which contained the necklace within and held it tightly to her chest.
" I'M FINE, I'M GOING TO KILL THEM ALL, ALL THE YELLOW TURBANS, DONG ZHUO, LU BU, ALL THE EVIL IN THIS WORLD, FOR THE SAKE OF THIS COUNTRY !" she screamed loudly, her eyes tightly shut, yelling at the top of her voice as loud as she could shout. Zhao Yun backed up quickly, stumbling a little. Wang Yi rolled her eyes lightly and stepped forward confidently and held her Trishula up to Luhua's neck, digging it into her throat slightly.
" That's enough" Wang Yi chuckled softly. Zhao Yun walked up to Wang Yi and pulled her Trishula down away from Fan Luhua's neck.
"THAT'S enough. Leave her be" he whispered into Wang Yi's ear. Yi sighed and withdrew her weapon from Fan Luhua. Zhao Yun placed his hand upon Fan Luhua's shoulder.
" What do you mean ?" he whispered into her ear. She sighed.
" I'm going to avenge my family, and I'm going to kill that tyrant myself, No regrets" she whispered to Zhao Yun before storming away from the scene. Sun Ce sighed and walked towards Zhao Yun.
" What was that all about ?" Sun Ce whispered to Zhao Yun. He sighed lightly as he watched Fan Luhua walk away down the cold corridor.
" I think you got the Assassin you were finally looking for" Zhao Yun whispered softly. Sun Ce raised an eyebrow in confusion.
" What do you mean ?" Ce asked Zhao Yun. He sighed lightly.
" She just expressed her anger like a true Assassin" Zhao Yun whispered softly. Sun Ce looked down to the ground where he sighed lightly before looking back up at Zhao Yun again.
" You need to look after her, she is your responsibility now, find her." Sun Ce called out at Zhao Yun. Yun nodded his head lightly as he placed his fist within his hand and bowed to Sun Ce. He rose his head up lightly to reveal his light blushing cheeks. He sharply turned his body around to face away from Zhao Yun before walking away from Sun Ce. He strode heavily, bouncing lightly within each pounding footstep down the corridor as he searched for Fan Luhua. Sun Ce sighed lightly as he shook his head form side to side.
" That girl is going to be trouble, for all of us" Sun Ce whispered to himself lightly before walking back to the counsel room.
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Fan Luhua stood alone in the courtyard. Pacing back and forth from the cold stone bench to the old decaying tree. Each step she stood, slamming it hard into the ground, she thought about how she would slay those who have harmed her, and who have tried to harm her. She came to a stop in between the tree and the bench. As she came to this halt, she sighed longingly. She sat down slowly, crossing her legs whilst she lowered herself to the ground. She sat on the soft moist ground. She placed her small soft fingers into the soil on the ground. She sighed as she shut her eyes, embracing the coldness of the moist soil. She kept her eyes closed.
The wind blew lightly against the coldness of her eyelids, making them even more colder than they already were. Her red soft lips quivered slightly as the bitter cold wind seeped into her pale skin. She was as cold as Ice. She opened her eyes to see dark black clouds closing into the palace grounds. She sighed as a single raindrop fell onto her nose, then multiple raindrops began to fall onto her face gracefully. She did not move an inch. The coldness of the rain and wind seemed to bind into Luhua's skin, as it did not bother her much.
Zhao Yun was walking curiously around the castle, looking for Fan Luhua. He reached the end of the hallway to see it raining heavily outside.
" I doubt she's out here..." Zhao Yun whispered to himself. But his eye caught onto the armour on her shoulders shining slightly as the rain continued to fall. He walked outside cautiously, trying not to be caught by Luhua. He hid behind the old decaying tree to see her sitting there in the pouring rain, her eyes closed, and relaxed as her hands still lay in the soil. She looked peaceful. He continued to admire the fact that she was not bothered by it all. She was peaceful in the middle of a war. Zhao Yun continued to admire her beauty as water dripped down her face.
" I know you're there" Fan Luhua called out. Zhao Yun ducked slightly, but then realized there was no-one else around in the courtyard except him and her. He cautiously walked out from behind the tree and towards her slightly. He bowed his head.
" I am sorry to disturb you My Lady" He called out softly, trying not to be loud to disturb the peace. The only sounds that Fan Luhua focused on was the sounds of the rain pattering onto the floor and His voice. She sighed as she opened her eyes once more. The slight breaks of sunlight from the black clouds seeped into her eyes, causing her to react by raising her hand to her eyes. She looked up to Zhao Yun who stood there, looking very awkward.
" You didn't disturb me" She called out. She sighed lightly as she continued to sit on the floor. Zhao Yun looked down on her, He placed his gentle hand out towards her. She looked up at him, glaring slightly into his eyes with a scowl, then looked back down at the ground as she rejected Yun's hand. Zhao Yun withdrew his hand from her, gently curling it into a light fist. He gently crouched down next to Fan Luhua then placed himself onto the floor next to her, sitting calmly next to her.
" Why are you out here ?" Zhao Yun whispered softly into her cold freezing ear. She sighed lightly as the petals from the blossom tree began to fall gently due to the strength of the howling wind.
" Because I need my revenge, my father helped you all out, I shall do the same" she mumbled to herself quiet. Zhao Yun just gave her a look of concern, but understood what she meant. He sighed as he placed his hand onto hers gently. She quickly shot her head to face his. She looked into his eyes for a split second before looking away back into the distance, slipping her hand out from underneath Zhao Yun's. As she slipped her hand away, his hand immediately reacted, he shot out his hand again to grab hers and she pulled it away. She turned around again to face him. He could not say a word, he just had the look of concern on his face. So gentle, so afraid, so cold. In that fear, being afraid, two possible immediate reactions sparked from Fan Luhua's senses, either she could punch him, or kiss him. And she knew exactly which one she was going to do. She raised her raised her right fist and went to go and punch Zhao Yun. But he immediately held up his other hand to catch the punch. He brought her hand down and interlocked his fingers into hers. She struggled a little bit but then calm down. He wrapped his arms around her gently and brought her head to his chest and calmed her down.
" Let go of me !" she yelled loudly from his chest. He wrapped his arms around her even tighter and hushed her down, stroking her softly silky hair gently and the anger began to turn to tears, She sobbed loudly as the clear angry tears rolled down her pale face quickly as her sadness revealed how terrified she was of what her duty was and what she has to do now. Zhao Yun shushed her down as he continued to stroke her hair. Zhao Yun sighed lightly.
" I know you are afraid, and it is okay to be afraid, sometimes your anger gets the best of you, you try your best to remain angry, but I know you, and you are terrified. And no-one can blame you for being as such. Your sadness comes from pain, and your pain comes from anger. It's okay..." Zhao Yun hushed her down even more as he whispered those gentle words into her troubled mind. Fan Luhua shuddered a little within Zhao Yun's arms as she continued to cry a little, but as she continued to think about those kind words that Zhao Yun spoke. She calmed down a little. And her breathing became more calm.
" I...I have...I have to do this...It's my duty..." she stuttered lightly, slightly breathless as Zhao Yun continued to calm her down gently. He lifted her head up from her chin and kissed her cold forehead gently before cuddling her again.
"I know my Lady, you will be fine, I understand this is not easy, but you have to do this...I will not be as simple as you think it might be" he said as he stroked her hair lightly. Fan Luhua closed her eyes lightly as she began to enjoy Zhao Yun stroking her hair, comforting her as he knew exactly how she felt about this situation. She sighed as she relaxed whilst his warm thick arms kept her protected from the cold. Zhao Yun turned around to see Lu Xun walking towards them. He raised one of his hands from Fan Luhua and waved it away from Lu Xun, implying that they required peace. Lu Xun bowed his head lightly and turned away from them two, walking back into the palace halls. Fan Luhua sighed lightly as she raised her hand to touch his, to hold his hand.
" I'm going to die, Aren't I ?" she whispered softly as she looked into the sunset, fearing for her life. Zhao Yun emptied a little gasp from his lips before forcing her head up to face him.
" Listen to me, you will not die, you're a fighter, when you get to the situation, you will know what is the right thing to do. Trust me, if you make the right choice, you will not die" Zhao Yun whispered in her ear. She looked up to him, looking in his glistening eyes, staring into them deeply. She shuddered slightly before speaking.
" Zhao Yun... I really do...like you" she whispered. At this point in time, Fan Luhua was no longer the assassin everyone knew her for, but she was now exposed of this, the assassin was just a cover, she is really just a scared woman trying to make a difference. Zhao Yun's eyes widened as she was being honest. He sighed and chuckled lightly.
" I know...I suspected. I like you too..." he whispered gently into her ear. She smiled lightly before moving in for a kiss. Zhao Yun moved in closer and closer until their lips met, The coldness of her lips and the heat from his lips mixed to create one warm kiss. But as they kissed lightly. A boom like sound thundered though the palace halls, and into the courtyard. They both gasped as they released from the kiss. Their heads shot round quickly to face the palace from where the thundering sound originated from. They looked into the distance to see black coal like smoke rising from the palace halls, as red orange like embers rising from the ashes and the fire roared loudly as the flames rose up from the palace halls. The smell of smoke quickly moved in the wind from the palace to the courtyard where the smell rose up their nostrils, the burning smell was terrible and they began to cough and splutter lightly. There had been an explosion in the palace.
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