Thread: Love Thy Enemy - A Tale of Romance In The Three Kingdoms (PF & LadyYunaFFX2)

RE Love They Enemy - A Tale of Romance In The Three Kingdoms PF LadyYunaFFX2 YueZhou Xun Picssamurai-female-warrior.jpg Picssamurai-female-warrior.jpg Solitude, betrayal, pain, and as of recently ... war. These were all aspects of Yue's life that she was all too familiar with. The decline of the Han Dynasty hadn't helped many people and unfortunately, herself and her family hadn't been exempt from this. Not long after her birth, her mother passed away. The labor had been too much for her heart and with the economy having made supplies and food hard to obtain, her condition had only gotten worse during the entire pregnancy. Perhaps only because her father had sworn to live on without her, he did just that. But not without taking his frustrations and anger out upon Yue. Of course the doctors had told him the true cause, but his logic had been twisted and distorted by the loss of his wife so much that he put all the blame upon Yue. Even to this day, his reasoning could still ring perfectly clear in her ears, as if it were a bell. If you had been a boy, she would have lived! This is your fault! With those words came years of - verbal and physical - abuse. By the time Yue hit 10, she took time to seriously contemplate on his words. ...If I were a boy huh? Waiting for her father to fall asleep during the autumn night in the middle of November, she slipped into his chambers while he slept. Taking her father's longsword, she cut her formerly long hair. It used to go all the way down her back. With the help of a simple mirror in her room, she made it touch her shoulders. After some more rummaging around their small house, she found some bandages. She wasn't developing .... not yet. But she knew she would need them. From that night forward, she decided to be done with all the abuse. Taking his longsword and the bandages, along with the clothes on her back with her, she began journeying. Granted, the pre-teen had no idea where to but as long as it was away from her horrid excuse of a father, she didn't care. Several days of traveling passed -- but to little avail. Yue had - no doubt - gotten lost moreso than she desired. But lost was only the beginning of it worse than that, she'd run into bandits. But when they saw she had pretty much nothing except her life, they decided to go for the next best thing aside from money her body. With little to no proper training in how to use her father's blade, it almost seemed inevitable on her fate. But none of them got to see the slightest bit of flesh. In fact, none of them got to blink. By the time Yue herself did, they were all dead. Standing before her was a soldier clad in armor, most of his face hidden by cloth. The most she could note were a pair of dark brown eyes. They studied her orbs silently ... before a calm, masculine voice spoke. With proper training, you can become useful and deadly ... especially with that blade. Let me teach you. That was all Yue needed to hear. Years passed .... seven to be exact. The now seventeen year old Yue had finished training under the guidance of her mentor. When she tried to ask for his name in order to thank him properly, he wouldn't reply, insisting to focus upon herself more than him. Taking his advice to heart, she had done more than succeed in her sword training but she had also never once forgotten her father's harsh words. During her years of training, she paid close attention to everything her mentor did, how he spoke, acted, any and every detail she could pick up on. In the end, it had all paid off. She had been able to join as an official soldier to the Han forces. Of course, her own change in name was needed. But she had thought of that ever since her father accused her of her mother's death. She had long wondered what she may have been called if she were a man. Known to the others of the Han Forces as Zhou Xun, she quickly became relatively well known with her skills in wielding, using, and killing enemies with her father's longsword. It had been only a few months upon her joining, but she had made sure that everything she did and said never once gave away her true identity. This day, however, all the soldiers were to await. She hadn't been given many details yet -- but she wouldn't dare question the orders of her superiors either. Walking out from her tent, she saw another figure near a fire. Bowing her head, she sat beside him, putting her hands close. Morning, even though it doesn't look it ... The voice was calm but - because she had made it so - as masculine as any of the other men serving in the Han Forces. Hesitating, she glanced slowly up. He seemed a bit higher up ... maybe he would know more. Were you given more specifics on what we're to do? I was told only to wait though not quite what for ...