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Legacy of the Lunar Spear	By : CPascal42 Category: +A through F > Dynasty Warriors Views: 9722 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 12

Shattered

Xiahou Dun
lay wide awake in his bedroom staring at the ceiling. His wife, the source of his insomnia, had
repositioned herself in her sleep so that she was clinging to his chest with
her head pressed into his neck. It was
not her proximity that was bothering him, but his comfort with her being
there. These past few
days he was going back and forth trying to decide exactly what he wanted them
to be. As much as he told himself
he was going to remain distant, he kept ending up in this same position; Her
happily asleep on him and him petting her head as she slept. Even after she had started to cry the
previous night, he had waited for her to fall asleep so that he could touch
her. Certainly no harm would come of him
reinitiating sexual relations �..but it would probably cloud the issue. She was confused and scared and lost without
her father and before they could be anything she needed to figure out who she
was. Then again, he needed to stop
taking his own problems out on her. They
needed to stay apart for now�until these trials were over. There was too much at stake.
Only a few days had past since that
day at Xia Pi and it seemed like an eternity to them both. Why the hell
couldn�t he make up his mind? His gut
feeling told him it was a good move to get married but he was a man who enjoyed
solitude. Or was until half his world
went dark. Why did that matter? How could one isolated incident change his
perspective so quickly? Never before did
he allow a woman to sleep on him like this, no matter how huge her breasts
were. Why her? He knew the answer
already but even admitting to himself that Yuan was right drove him nuts. Tomorrow he was finally going to find out how
impaired his fighting skills were and for the first time he was nervous.

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Ling looked
over her new command assembled before her.
They were all reequipped with spears, on Dun�s orders. He decided to assign the unit to Zhang Liao
since he was already predisposed to her and her �attitude problem�. That was a prefect arrangement as far as she
was concerned. Now the only question
was, how the hell do you retrain three hundred men? What Cao Cao said was true, this unit was
made of the remains of Lu Bu�s army, every little piece of it. She had bridge layers, spearmen, cavalrymen,
archers, bodyguards, a cook�s apprentice, several pike men and a small group of
officers. The officers were a problem in
themselves.
�Well, Captain?� Hua Xi asked. He was already bitter enough about having to
accept a Lieutenant�s position but having to serve with her?
�Do you
have a problem with me?� Ling snapped.
�Yes. More than a few.�
�Care to
elaborate Lieutenant?�
�Not�� Xi sneered, �In front of the men.�
�Later
then.�
Xi put his
hands behind his back and raised his head up. �You mean after you figure out
how to command this unit you don�t deserve.�
�Liutendant!�
Ding Jun cautioned. He was Ling�s
cavalry colonel before this whole tragedy struck. Yes, he hated the way she treated the men and
her officers. Yes, she was inexperienced
and untrained herself. Yes, she was a
girl and an arrogant one at that.
However she was the best shot that Xi or he had at regaining their
former positions and he wasn�t about to let his thirty year military career end
here. �Make suggestions instead of
insults.�
�When our
Captain, asks for them.�
�Jun, can
you begin instructing the men on the proper stance for a spearmen while Lieutenant
Hua and I discuss matters?�
�Of course,
captain.�

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�Yuan, why
aren�t you taking the offensive?� Dun began moving closer to his younger
brother in the practice ring.
�Well, I�m
kind of distracted by the pus and other nasty shit that�s coming out of your
eye.� Yuan held the Enforcer Rod close, knowing that Dun was probably going to
take some whacks out of frustration.
�Funny.�
�No really,
all that is dripping out from underneath that fancy bandage of yours. Maybe you should see a doctor��
Dun hacked
at him and watched Yuan just block and fall back. �Attack me!�
�This is
the first day��
�Fight!�
Yuan shook
his head and lunged forward with several quick stabs then sidestepped to his
right and swept Dun off his feet with the Rod.
His older brother fell flat on his back and stared up at the sky.
�Sorry��
�Fuck.� Dun
gritted his teeth and sat up. �Again.�
�Dun, you
should be attending to that eye not frustrating yourself by coming back too
soon.�
�Yuan, in
order to �come back� I would have had to have left the field of battle. I have not done that� nor will I ever.�
�Dun��
�Keep
attacking my left side�.I have to catch on sooner or later.�

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�Alright,
what is it?� Ling folded her arms and stared at Hua Xi.
�I�m not
going to do your work for you. You have
no place being an officer and we both know that.�
�I don�t
even know you, how would you have the slightest idea of what I am capable of?�
Xi ground
his teeth. �Of course you wouldn�t. The high and mighty Lu Ling Qi�.you want to
know who I am? I used to serve Dong Zhuo
as a colonel commanding a unit of pike men in Luo Yang, until your father
reorganized the army and I was passed up for promotion because he didn�t
appreciate my brother�s interest in you.�
�Me? Who the hell was your brother?�
�Hua
Xiong? Remember him? Incredible warrior, died at Shi Shui trying
to prove himself worthy of you.�
�I never
knew about that.� Ling thought back to the man she only barely remembered.
�Well that
would be because he wasn�t good enough to even warrant an introduction
according to your bastard father. Then,
as if his death wasn�t bad enough, Lu Bu decided to take it out on me for being
a relative. Now I have to suffer even
more humiliation by serving under you.
Believe me, I definitely don�t think you�re worth feeding more or less
commissioning.�
�So you
hold a personal grudge and that�s why you�re being insubordinate?�
�No, my
personal grudge is why I despise you. My
professional estimation of your ability is why I am insubordinate.�
�Go on.�
Ling narrowed her eyes at him.
�You
haven�t the slightest idea how to command anything. You have no skill or education befitting an
officer and your leadership skills are horrendous. You know nothing or formation, strategy or
morale. You�re going to do exactly as
you always have done, which is rely on your officers to run everything while
you go out on some joyride to kill the generals. I�m not going to be your
lackey.�
�I�ll show
you how unskilled I am�� Ling gripped her spear and gritted through her teeth.
�Well you
are a spitting image of the old man, ready to kill me for telling you the
truth. Some things aren�t pleasant to
hear, so you might as well kill the messenger�.�
�What�s
going on?� Liao marched up and separated them.
�We�re
having a little heart to heart.� Xi grumbled.
�Ah�.� Liao
closed his eyes and sighed. Now was not
the time for this��Xi, we�ve been friends a long time and I know you�re
frustrated. But you have one chance to
get your title and unit back and that is by proving yourself. I know you already have�but not to Cao Cao.�
�Mmmmm.� Xi
bit his lip.
�Ling, you
need to ask for your officers� help.
They are both more experienced than you and they are both valuable
resources. You need to learn.�
Ling huffed
and started at Hua Xi. �Fine.�
�If I have
to talk to you two again I�m demoting you both to sergeants. None of us have a lot of lenience here; we
all need to work together if we are going to get back to the positions we used
to hold. Do I make myself clear?�
�Yes sir.�
Ling and Xi responded.
�Remember,
we are all going down if you two are at odds.
Get back to work.� Liao walked off to watch his other men train.
�Well, what
should I do?� Ling asked.
�Break them
into squads, let their sergeants lead them.
Have the three of us set up stations where they will have to come to
fight us. I�ll take pike, you spear and
Jun sword. Let them go up against an
officer and let them learn the principles of spear usage that way.�
�Very
well.� Ling nodded. Oh god, I�m screwed. I don�t know any of this!

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Cao Cao
watched from the balcony outside his study as the events unfolded below. Dun was doing horribly and Ling wasn�t
fairing any better. Two lives completely
destroyed and two people desperately trying to salvage something out of the
shambles. The fact was that they needed
each other�.they were the only two individuals capable of understanding the
others misery. Then again that was his
job, wasn�t it? Dun had secured the
asset and now it was time for him to step in and cultivate it. It was the way it always worked but now it
was going to be more difficult because Dun was personally attached to the
asset. But this was a simple challenge,
something he was more than capable of handling.
He�d let them get furious with their circumstance first, that way they
would be too preoccupied to read between the lines and figure him out. Easy enough.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ling
galloped her nag towards the small group of ten men preparing to defend
themselves. This was an exceptionally good
idea; Hua Xi was definitely good at what he did. Too bad he hated her and everything she used
to be. Clearing her head she urged her
horse onward, but the animal was already way too tired to do anything but
canter slowly. How she missed Firestorm;
if she ever got him back she was never going to take him for granted again.
With a shake of the head she raised her spear and readied herself for her mount
to plow through the men, an event that didn�t happen. The horse refused at the last minute, not
wanting to charge head first into a group of armed men, and slid to a
halt. Ling, completely unprepared for a
warhorse to respond in that manner, went flying over the gelding�s head and
into a stack of hay behind the men she was attacking.
Don�t they know how to train horses here?
Ling rubbed her head and pushed her way out of the forage pile. The little chestnut came over to investigate
and began nibbling alfalfa off of her head.
Angrily Ling shoved the animal�s head away and stood up. The men were surprised, but their training kicked
in and they all raised their weapons.
Ling jumped up; she�d just have to do this on foot. Fine.
With a low growl she clenched the shitty spear and advanced. Why of all weapons did she have to get stuck
with a spear? Having to hold the weapon
in both hands hindered her movement enough to slow her down when she was trying
to move at a faster pace than a walk. It
was irritating; especially since she was so damned good with a sword�.but the
Lunar Spear was the important thing.
That was what mattered.
With her
head held high and her hair covered in hay she whipped the spear around and
attacked. First man took a sharp crack
in the jaw, the second a smack in the ribs and the third dropped to an overhead
chop. With a swift spin she was close
enough to the fourth man to juggle him and toss him into the fifth and sixth
privates. She grinned as the sergeant
and his remaining four men stood waiting for her. Hearing an odd sound behind her, she turned
and almost got impaled. The six men she
should have subdues were standing behind her, ready for a second round. But�how?
Usually the men went down after just one�but that was with a better
spear. This piece of shit was a reject
weapon, class level one, with barely any damage infliction. Son of a bitch! I�m starting from scratch!

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Dun took the long way back to the
palace after practicing all day. The
dismal performance that he managed against Yuan was eating at him. Before today he would have never thought it
possible that he would lose every match against his younger brother during the
course of a full day�.but he had never anticipated being partially blind. Hours of training only produced frustration
anger and bruises, and he was dreading going to dinner. Certainly everyone had heard about this
already and he wasn�t looking forward to the sorry stares and apologies. He�d
get better, he had to. There wasn�t any way
in hell that he would allow this embarrassment.
He would get better or die trying.

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Cao sat at
the table and suddenly noticed the only voice he could distinctly make out was
Xu Zhu�s, which was because the man always yelled. He ignored the obese general and looked to
his left where Dun was sitting, quiet and obviously depressed. Ling sat next to her husband and was equally
anti-social. Both of them had suffered a
severe hit to their self-confidence today and neither one was going to be drawn
out into conversation by anyone. He felt
bad knowing it was his decision that lead to this. Had he not forced Lu Bu�s hand at Xia Pi, Dun
would have both eyes and Ling would still be in her phony little world with her
father. But perhaps it was for the
best. If things were as they had been
four days ago, Dun would be alone and content with it. He may have never met the one woman he
actually wanted to spend time with and he certainly wouldn�t have married of
his own free will. Lu Ling Qi was a different
matter. She needed to be brought into the
real world before she became a lost cause.
Eventually she would settle into her new role and do it well, Dun was
right about that. Lu Bu shielded her
from everything, including life itself, and only exposure to the outside world
was going to make her into someone of worth.
Cao understood Lu Bu�s reasoning, as all father�s do, he wanted to give
his kid the best life possible. But
providing basic needs and safety was one thing, providing a fantasy world for
her to live in was another. Dun was
trying to shock her out of her upbringing, which was just pushing the girl
further away from him. If they were to
be happy, then he was going to have to do something soon. Dun was unknowingly destroying his marriage
before it even began, thinking that she needed to be tricked into reforming when
all she needed was honesty. Xiahou Dun
and Lu Ling Qi, two people completely unique and from entirely different worlds
yet they shared the same way of thinking.
How the hell Dun picked up on that so quickly�.he�d never know, but the
fact was that Dun wanted to be with her.
So that was how it was going to be.
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