A/N: Mmm. This is a new fan fiction I thought of while writing old one. The concept of it might be confusing, but I'll explain it as I go along. A brief explanation right now is that there will be three main characters in this story. They are Jiang Jia Wen, Ma Zi Qi and Li Mei Zhen. After this chapter (aka the prologue), it'll go back into the past and start from there all the way back to chapter one. So, I'm going backwards! Each chapter will represent the story of one of the three girls in an order, (Jia Wen, Zi Qi, Mei Zhen, Jia Wen, Zi Qi, Mei Zhen, Jia Wen etc). I've planned this for a long time, so hopefully everything will connect the way I planned it.

Hopefully you guys will enjoy it too!

For Love and Honour

Disclaimer: I do not own Dynasty Warriors. Koei does. I do not own any of the real people. Their parents do. I do own my created characters in this story. This goes for every chapter in the story. Thanks.

Chapter 1: Prologue

Three girls, three lives, three ways they affected China.

The sky grew dark as the vendors along the street began to pack and return home after a long day of work. The dark clouds covered the sun; thunder cackled lightly scaring most of the people to run for shelter in their homes. While the heavy rain started to pour down into the dirty streets, two women dressed in overly baggy clothes and wore a hat with a black veil covering their faces walked along the road. Knowing they wouldn't get far in this type of the weather, the two agreed to order some food from the nearest restaurant before finding shelter outside the city. Afraid that any soldiers of the area would be patrolling the more visited restaurants, the girls managed to find a small tavern in the poorest area of the city. Pushing the small gate open, the damp area reeked of drunken men and bad body odor as farmers and merchants were sprawled around the place.

Feeling highly uncomfortable, one of the two girls carefully stepped over the intoxicated men and towards the front desk. There a young girl, no more than seventeen was wiping the tables while being verbally harassed by the drunkards near her. Feeling that she needed to give justice for the young woman, she reached over to her waist when her friend placed her hand on her shoulder. "Don't stir up anything Mei Zhen." She whispered harshly under the veil. Trying to mimic the voice of a male.

"Hmpf..." She scoffed pushing the sword back into its sheath with a loud clink. Rolling her eyes she walked over to the young maiden and coughed, "I'd like six mantous to go please." The girl looked up relieved that she was going to be able to do something else than converse with the perverted men. The two girls sat down on the stools as they watched a specific group of men tease all the women who were there. From the looks of it, this place was not only a tavern but a brothel.

"Look over there." Jia Wen pointed out to a huge group in the corner that was gathering up. Rising from the seats, they walked over to see a young woman sitting there quietly sipping tea. She had long black hair which was tied into a ponytail, and in her ponytail a small pink peony stuck out. From her appearance the two girls already knew she wasn't a prostitute like most of the women in this filthy bar. She wore a dark green soldier's outfit with a light green emblem stitched into the corner.

"Shu." Mei Zhen muttered in her breath with hate, "Shu bodyguards." They watched with the crowd as a group of men approached her full of grins and smirks.

"Oh you like to play dress-up don't you?" One of the men placed his head beside hers and whispered, the girl continued to drink her tea. "Oh you're silent aren't you? How about I play a Wei general, and I interrogate you?" he smiled grimly as his friends cheered in the background. The girl turned her head slightly towards the man and let out a sarcastic smile, seconds later it turned to a disgusted frown as she grabbed the man by his pony tail and smashed his head onto the table. The tavern stepped back in surprise; the man rubbed his forehead snarling. "Rough? I'll give you rough!" he growled pulling out a weapon out of his pocket with his groupies.

"She needs help." Jia Wen said under her breath. "We have to help her." Her accomplice glared from under her veil, "She may the enemy, but all of us are in enemy territory."

"Nothing to say now?" the man raised his small dagger over his head, the girl rose an eyebrow before rolling her eyes. Angered, the man began to charge at her when the woman raised her weapon in front of his face.

"I will not hurt the innocent." She said sternly, "But I will hurt Wei savages." This enraged the other men in the tavern who began to pull out their own weapons. The girl rolled her eyes again and sighed. Hollering insults at the Shu guard the men behind the two girls began to push their ways forward to her. Just as they reached Mei Zhen and Jia Wen, a long silver rapier unsheathed from one of their clothes stopped them.

"Don't try to attempt a hero saving a beauty technique." The guys argued, pulling the hat off of Jia Wen. They looked in surprise at the new beauty unrevealed. They especially noticed her jaded colour eyes that brought out her true physical features. Looking over at Mei Zhen, some of the men reached for her hat but got hit in the face with the top of a sword.

"You don't even try to touch me." She snapped, taking the hat off herself. Some of the men swooned. "Grow up." She looked at them in disgust, grabbing a bunch of chopsticks from the holder and throwing it at their faces. Now all the men in the tavern with their weapons surrounded the three girls.

"I didn't need your help." The Shu guard mumbled as the three of them circled up back to back.

"You really think I wanted to help you?" Mei Zhen scoffed.

"Mei Zhen!" Jia Wen scolded, "Listen, both of us are enemies outside of here, but allies in here. We just need to get out of Wei territory. Just help us out of here?" The Shu guard looked at her current position and nodded. "Mei Zhen. Do your stuff." She whispered spinning her sword in front of her; she moved her elbow beside her face with her rapier held up high at the men. As the men in the bars attention was diverted to the flashy move she just did, Mei Zhen reached into her pocket pulling out five mini daggers that fit in between the slits of her finger.

"Hey!" she called out to the men who were blocking their path to the door, "Get a wife." She threw her hand back and flung the daggers out. Scared all the men fled from the area crashing into tables or others in the bar. Taking this chance, the three girls darted outside. Shouting was heard from inside the bar while the men began to charge out wielding their weapons.

"That way." The woman from Shu hollered rushing towards the front gate. Seeing two Wei soldiers standing guard, the three girls looked around anxiously for an exit.

"The tree!" Jia Wen pointed at a big tree that rested beside the roofs of the city. The three carefully climbed up the slippery thick branches to get up onto the roof. Jia Wen held on to her head as her vision tumbled from looking down to the ground.

"Let's go!" Mei Zhen called from the tree. Jia Wen jumped down onto the soggy soil with her eyes closed, relieved that she didn't fall and hurt herself. She hurried the other two.

"We're still in Wei territory." She pointed out when they all successfully escaped the city. "We have to find a place to rest for now." Agreeing, the three ran down the muddy path through the forest until they reached an abandoned temple not far from them.

Striking a small fire out of the figs and sticks they found. In their undergarments the three girls sat round the fire to keep warm, their clothes were hanging to dry on various poles and sticks they managed to find around the area.

Mei Zhen held onto her legs and rocked herself lightly; taking chances to glare at the Shu guard who was wringing her long hair dry. Jia Wen fluffed the stacks of hay she found behind the temple along the floor, preparing a bed for herself. She noticed the queer silence between the two guards but didn't bother to put it to mind as she separated the hay into stacks. "Would you stop looking at me like that?"

"I did save your life; I can look all I want." Mei Zhen snarled.

"I appreciated your help, but knowing it was you I rather of died in the hand of those men!" Jia Wen clasped her hands loudly together and turned around.

"We need to pass time anyways, why don't we introduce ourselves a little?" she asked the two girls who looked away from one another in disgust. "I'm pretty sure all three of us have a reason why we're in here." She looked at them, "No one wants to give a brief introduction?" she rolled her eyes. "You go, we don't know your name." she pointed to the Shu guard who sat there quietly, her hands playing with the peony. Looking up, it was the first time that the Shu guard noticed the jaded eyes of this woman; it glimmered in the light beautifully as she felt absorbed into those eyes. Shaking her head she scoffed.

"My name is Ma Zi Qi." Jia Wen looked over to Mei Zhen who pouted.

"Li Mei Zhen."

"Good, my name is Jiang Jia Wen." She took a seat in between the two girls around the fire. Her hands hovered over the open flame; she looked at the two girls. "So, who wants to share their story?"

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A/N: Boring? Nothing much happens in the beginning. Comments and opinions much appreciated! Thanks!

Reika