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AN: Considering the future of AFF is in question I just
wanted to let everyone know that this fic is also posted on my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~cpascal42/id21.html. It�s ugly, but it serves it�s purpose.

Chapter 13
Hero of Chaos?

Cao Cao
rode Firestorm across the training grounds and observed the progress of his growing
army. He couldn�t complain about any of
his officers, they were all performing well and the army would soon be ready to
move towards Guan Du. But there was one
that worried him; Xiahou Dun was not recovering as he had hoped. Dun,
being the obstinate and aggravating person that he was, insisted that he
needed to keep training to learn how to deal with the lack of sight. It wasn�t working. Dun wouldn�t practice with anyone other than
Yuan, and Yuan just made him mad. It
wasn�t the fault of the younger Xiahou that he allowed his concern to show,
Yuan had always been more transparent with his emotions, but Dun took offense
to it. Dun took offense to everything
these days, except for his new wife.
However Lu Ling Qi had other concerns.
Ling had become
obsessed with training herself, but of a different variety. She worked day and night trying to improve
her abilities as a commander to ensure that she retain her position. She had even managed to upgrade to a level
two spear already, which went a long way to making her happy. Even if the only reason for her hard work was
the retrieval of the Lunar Spear, Cao was indeed impressed. The initial shock of being humbled went along
way to making her tolerable, however he wished Dun was able to see it. Three weeks had passed since Xia Pi and they
had stopped interacting. It was nice to
not have to listen to the bickering but it was also incredibly disturbing to
him. Dun wasn�t taking care of his
injury and the socket was not healing over.
That was something that needed to be attended to and the person
responsible for that was his wife.
�I think
the time had come for me to unveil my plan.� Cao looked back at Dian Wei who
was riding his jet black horse next to him.
�Are you
still thinking about going through with this?� Wei asked.
�I told
you, I will do whatever necessary to ensure Dun�s happiness.�
�You�re
going to get her close enough to you to make her dangerous. You know how her father worked his way up to
power, she�s his exact duplicate.� Wei stared at the source of his displeasure,
Lu Ling Qi. He knew she was a
calculating little bitch, more than willing to invest some time in her
revenge. Cao cared too much for his
cousin and couldn�t see the danger that was lurking in the mists.
�Lu Bu
would have never accepted these conditions, at any age.�
�Fine.� Wei
cracked his knuckles.
�I
understand and appreciate your concern.� Cao shook his head. �I disagree with
you though. Not so long ago Dun brought
a young man back with him, a woodcutter out of the forest, and everyone said
the same thing. He�s only getting
close to you to kill you Mengde. He is
untrustworthy, Mengde. Send him away
while you still can. Do you recall those
days, Wei?�
The bald
man gritted his teeth. �All too well.�
�I did not
listen to those accusations then and I will not listen to them now. Everyone distrusted you once and you became
just as defensive about it. I can only
hope that she will serve Dun as you serve me.�
Wei
unclenched his jaw. It was true; so many
people had hated him when Dun first introduced him to the prime minister. But Cao hadn�t killed his family; he was just
looking for a job. Dun never forced this
upon him, he volunteered for it. Cao
wasn�t going to change his opinion, he rarely did, so that meant watching Ling
was going to be his duty. Great.
�So let�s
call a war council and give everyone their new orders.�

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�Yuan Shu
and Yuan Xi must be eliminated before we strike at Yuan Shao. I�d like to have the northern
territories under my control by next month.� Cao
paused and walked over to the map on the wall.
�So the force attacking Yuan Shu will consist of Xu Zhu and Xu Huang
lead by Cao Zhi. Cao Pi will take Zhang
Liao and Xiahou Yuan and attack Yuan Xi.�
�Man, Ang�s
going to be pissed.� Cao Pi whispered to his younger brother.
�Well
someone has to defend the precious Wan
Castle. Might as well be the heir of our nameless
kingdom.� Zhi mumbled back. He actually
did miss his eldest brother. Ang was always fun to be around, unlike Pi who had
taken to kissing everyone�s ass in his spare time.
�As for the
nameless kingdom.� Cao growled as he walked past his sons, �I am proclaiming
myself King of Wei. The Han is dead,
only a new dynasty can emerge from the rubble.�
�Well
that�s a bit better than the old title father.� Pi smiled
�Nothing like calling yourself the former
prime minister to ensure that everyone knows your unemployed.� Zhi whispered
�Can�t wait
till he goes senile and starts proclaiming himself King of Koi.� Pi whispered
back in reply.
�As for the
defense of Xu Chang�� Cao narrowed his eyes at Zhi and Pi who quickly wiped the
grin off his face. Stupid boys. �I will leave
that to Xiahou Dun and Dian Wei. I do
not want the Lu Company leaving either.
We have yet to determine their dedication.�
The
officers mumbled their �yes, sirs� and everyone left except for Dun who didn�t
even get out of his chair. �So I�m being
demoted?�
�Yuanrang,
you are not healthy. Don�t even try and
argue that with me.� Cao rested his hands on the table and watched Dun play
with a knife.
�Answer the
god damned question. Am I being demoted,
Mengde? .� Dun slammed the knife into
the table and looked his cousin in the eye.
�I�m
reassigning you until you are well.�
�Fine.� Dun
stood up and left.
Cao sat
down and looked at the map again without really seeing anything. It would be good for the boys to have their
first taste of command, and for two such easy opponents to present themselves
was a blessing. Once the smaller armies
were destroyed, he could reunite the forces and attack Yuan Shao. By then Dun should be ready to return to
battle and he could stop worrying. Let
Dun be mad for a while, it would be better for him to be pissed at someone
other than Yuan or Ling.

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Lu Ling Qi
stood away from her unit observing the drill practice. They were doing well, although their
spearmanship was still rough. Liao had
already informed her that the unit was going to be left behind, and secretly
she was thankful. This unit was in no
way ready for battle and they probably wouldn�t follow her anyhow. Why was it so easy for Lu Bu? Why did men run from him at first sight and
men charge to certain death next to him?
What was she missing in this equation?
�Captain
Lu.� Cao Cao walked up and stood next to the girl observing practice. Wow,
they look bad.
�My lord.� What now?
�After the
army moves out tomorrow I�d like to drill everyone on formations. Dome and Dart formations will be the best to
practice, don�t you agree?�
�Yes sir.� Dome and Dart what? What happened to Flat? I know that one! Oh Liao, I need you�..
�Very
good. I look forward to watching
tomorrow.� Cao cleared his throat.
�Although there is the matter of your husband�s injury that you are not
seeing to.�
�He doesn�t
want my help. I�m listening to his
orders, isn�t that what everyone wants.
Me to be all obedient?�
�He needs
help and it was part of our bargain that you make sure he gets it.�
�Fine.
Anything else? Certainly there is
something else you can come up with. Pull the Lightning orb out of my
ass?� She looked up at his scowl and
silently cursed herself for the comment. �Sir�.� Yes. Would you like me to pull the orb out of my ass sir. Much better. She sighed.
�That will
be all for now.� He hoped she�d be just as abusive to Dun, the man needed some
harsh comments thrown at him to make up for all of Yuan�s sympathy. �I would like for you to come with me to the
training grounds, if you don�t mind.�
�You want
to�fight me?� She asked sounding a bit worried.
Level two spear versus Wrath of Heaven sounded like a pretty bad match.
�No. You need to check up on your husband�s
progress.�
�What
progress?�
�That is my
point.� Cao growled. Discussing anything
with her was as bad as trying to hold a meaningful conversation with Ang. Everything was some little cynical remark or
a jab at him. He really did miss the
boy; he was by far his favorite son.
Probably because he had turned out to have the charisma that Cao always
wished he had. Ironically Lu Ling Qi, an
only child, was just like her father but none of his fifty children turned out
to be anything like him. Ang had his
moments but was always way too jovial.
Pi turned out to be an exact replica of his grandfather, Cao Song, which
drove Cao insane. As if he didn�t have
enough of watching his father brownnose growing up, now he had to watch his own
son work the men of influence. Then
there was Zhi, whose mind was as sharp as a strategist. Cao had high hopes for him thinking he would
end up writing commentaries like the old man, but instead he started composing
poems.

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Dun kicked
the crate until it shattered into splintery shards. He couldn�t believe how difficult this
was. He was getting his ass handed to
him by his brother and Yuan wasn�t even trying all that hard. He had to make some progress, Yuan was
leaving tonight. Who else was he going
to train with? Cao? �FUCKING HELL!�
�Easy
brother�.� Yuan ducked as Dun threw a piece of the crate at him. �You just need
some more time.�
Xu Huang
sighed and watched Xiahou Dun obliterate the crate. He wasn�t doing well at all and Cao was
forced to give him command of the home guard.
It only made it more difficult for the man to concentrate. He looked up as Lu Ling Qi walked over with
Cao Cao. �My lord�.Lady Lu.�
�He is
getting worse.� Cao observed.
Ling
frowned, she couldn�t let him destroy himself.
Xiahou Dun was all she had keeping her alive. �General, this isn�t helping.�
�What the
hell would you know? You�ve been
protected by your daddy all your life.
What would you ever know about hardship?� He pointed an angry finger at
her.
�Do you always whine like a woman?�
�Shut up.�
He snapped.
�No.� She
strolled over to him. �I�d love to see you try to shut me up, but I wouldn�t
want you to be humiliated any more today.�
�Don�t you
have something you should be doing? Like cleaning my armor?�
�Why should
I waste my time? At this rate you�ll never need it.� She moved over to Yuan.
�Any luck with archery?�
�Actually
he�s doing fine with that, he�s still got his dominant eye.� Yuan smiled and
let his grin fade when his brother glared at him.
�Don�t talk
about me like I�m some kind of invalid, when I�m standing right here!� Dun
screamed.
�What would
it take to get him reassigned to the front lines?� Ling turned to Cao Cao.
�An
improvement.� Cao looked down; he couldn�t stand the sight of his cousin so
weak.
�What if I
were to accompany him? I will be his
left eye.� She watched Dun sheath his sword in disgust.
�You�d love
that wouldn�t you?� he growled.
�You�re an
embarrassment when you�re throwing fits like this. Besides, even my shoddy command is more
impressive than the old men of the home guard.
It would be a move up at any rate.�
�This is
none of your concern. Go play drill
sergeant some more, I don�t need you.�
�I had
better prepare my men.� Xu Huang stood up and looked to Yuan as the man began
to walk towards him.
�Me
too. I�ll talk to you before I go Dun.�
Yuan turned his head and left with Huang.
�I�m not taking my wife as my bodyguard.�
�No one
said you had to.� Cao looked at her �At least let her tend to your wound.�
�Since
you�ve already proven incapable of handing that simple task.� Ling huffed.
�I ought to
beat you.� He growled at his wife.
�Promises.�
She sidestepped away from his angry swipe.
�I have
things to attend to. I�ll see you both
at dinner.� Cao turned away from them and couldn�t help but smile. Perfect.
�I�ll make
you a deal.� Ling looked at his angry face.
�I�ll make
a better one. Get out of my sight and I
won�t hit you.�
�I need
your help and you need mine. You need
someone to train with, away from all the men.
I can help you; I have already seen the flaws in your attack.�
�And what
exactly is it that you want?� Dun watched her grapple with the strength to say
what she needed to say.
�I need
your help with formations. I don�t know
them and I have to know at least two of them by tomorrow. Liao�s leaving in two hours�he can�t help. I
can�t ask my subordinates, they already have such little faith in me. You know this shit�I need you to teach me.�
�Sounds
familiar.� Dun smiled suddenly remembering their wedding night. But he hadn�t touched her since, god that
would be nice about now.
�Look,
without each other we are going to fail.
Neither one of us wants to be married to an embarrassment so let�s just
work something out.�
�Fine.� He
turned away from her and returned to his training. �Then get your weapon and get ready to start
training.�
�Give me
your weapon and I�ll show you what your problem is.� Ling held her hand out for
the scimitar.
�You think
you know everything about combat, don�t you?�
�No, but I
know what weakness to look for in my opponent.� Ling took his weapon out of his
hand and smiled. �Plus I can�t resist the chance to make fun of you.� She
jumped back from his swing and giggled.
Once he returned to his typical thoughtful stance she began to play with
the giant blade in her hands. It was
simply annoying; not well balanced, too damned long and the hilt was wrapped
with the nastiest leather and gold ornamentation. Oh well, It�s better than the shitty spear I have. Trying to recall his stance she gripped the
hilt in both hands and planted her feet about two feet apart and tried
different ways of bending her knees so that the blade�s weight didn�t topple
her.
Dun watched
her wiggle around trying to find a comfortable way to hold Kirin Fang, but
about all he could concentrate on was her ass.
As she shifted around and squatted to find a duplicate of his stance,
she was also riding her shorts up. Not
that they were all that long to begin with, but the unique moves she was having
to create were doing a very good job of slowly revealing her lower ass
cheeks. One thing was for sure; his wife
was never going to wield a scimitar. Not
without a complete wardrobe change.
�That�s not how I stand.�
�That�s not
the point of this demonstration.� Ling set her shoulders back and held the
scimitar up over her right shoulder. �And yes, this is how you stand.�
�No.� Dun
walked up behind her and pushed her left foot out further. Then he pushed her torso forward a bit more.
�That�s more like it.� Before he backed away and let her continue, he couldn�t
resist tugging her shorts back down to their original position. He didn�t need her showing off any more than
she already did, a line had to be drawn somewhere. She was his wife. That was a sight meant only
for him.
�Thanks.�
She muttered. �Ready?�
�I�m
waiting.�
�Okay,
first all of your moves are linear. You
advance forward slash, slash, slash.� Ling demonstrated then repositioned
herself back into the stance. �Or slash, slash, chop.� She advanced another few
steps and then stopped. �Everything is
based around what you can get from your peripherals. You no longer have complete sight, so your
moves should paralyze everyone you can�t see.�
�Like
what?� Dun saw where she was heading.
All this time he had been expecting his sight to adjust to his
movements, but he needed to create new attacks to adapt to his impairment.
Dammit..he knew that. All this time he
was just letting the anger get the best of him.
�What about
adding a 360 degree spin. Use the linear
move then toss in something new to lure your enemy and then shock them with a
blindside attack.� She took slow steps. Hack
to left, slash to right, swing to left�momentum carries......Oh shit.
Dun was
following behind her and wasn�t expecting her to actually try the move. She almost lodged his own weapon in his
ribcage but he kicked her backwards and jumped off to the right and out of the
way. She flopped backwards carried by
the off balance maneuver she was trying. �Sorry�instinct.�
�Good instinct.�
Ling sat up and handed him his weapon.
�Guess it�s better for you to work with the idea anyway.�
Dun took
his scimitar back and watched her dust his footprint off her shirt. He sheathed the weapon and held his hand out
for her. �That will help�thanks.�
Ling gave
him a brief smile. Maybe tactics lessons
would be so bad after all. �Now�can we talk about this Dome and Dart thing?�
She let him pull her up and saw his smile begin to spread. That same mocking
smile that he had when he told her that kissing her was like planting a carp on
his face.
�You really
don�t know anything do you?�
�Why do you
keep asking me that?�
�It just
amazes me that�s all. As good as you are
in combat; you don�t know anything that would allow you to make your skills useful. How your father taught you to ride and
decapitate, yet never thought of teaching you the simplest formations�.�
�He would
have gotten around to it if your cousin didn�t kill him.� Ling snapped
furiously. �I only rode with him for two
months�and there wasn�t any time.
You�re so pissed off about everything I don�t know but you�re the ones
who stole him from me!�
�Need I
remind you that you are now an officer of Wei?
You need to get over it.�
�When you
get over your eye, you hypocrite!�
�That�s different.�
�No...it�s not.� Ling took a few deep breaths. This was no time to start a fight. He needed to tell her about the formations or
she was most definitely going to lose her small command. There was only one way to get back at Cao Cao
and that was by force. She needed to
learn how to be a good officer, it was the only way. Only once she could lead men to victory and
hold their respect would she be capable of toppling his empire. That was the important thing. These sudden emotional outbursts were
weak�they needed to be contained.
�Sorry.�
�Mmm.� Dun smacked her shoulder. �Come on, let�s go find
some books and paper. I�ll teach you what you need to get by, but you�re going
to have to keep on it. Cao won�t let up,
after he�s seen you can handle it he�ll keep pushing you to keep improving.�
�Thanks.�
�Like you said, I can�t have you embarrassing me.�
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