A/N: Hey guys thanks for checking the story out hopefully you'll all find it at least decent xD. But first of a couple of warnings 1) This is going to be a bit...bloody so if you don't like action or people dying this isn't for you , 2) this will contain girl x girl content eventually.

I also want to take this opportunity to address something, some of you may be wondering if i wrote so many chapters why i don't just go all the way back and edit this mess of a beginning and make it even better? The reason is because even though i cringe at the beginning...every damn time, I feel that it serves as a bit of a reminder of where i once was. Its sentimental value, i like the idea of this also being a bit of a journey about myself in terms of how far my writing has come since this chapter, even though i cringe at it endlessly and the following chapters it serves as a good example of where i was once. And maybe some other people will be inspired by it I don't know. Sappy and silly to some people I know but hey, what can you do? Anyway just wanted to let you all know that and hope you continue on enjoy this.

'And that is how you simplify fractions.' A school bell rings all around the building.

'Don't forget about the test tomorrow.' The teacher said quickly to all the fleeing students who were very anxious to get back home. However a particular schoolgirl lagged behind everyone else. The girls was named Mitsuko, she was a quiet 17 year old girl who had black hair and had 2 different eye colours, her left eye was a bright emerald green while her right eye was a dark scarlet colour. She was someone who was described as "the average loner." She kept to herself all the time, she had decent grades but nothing about her stood out, except for her heterochromia but even then people didn't really want to associate with her. She never really talked to anyone at the beginning of the year, now it was halfway through and she didn't speak to anyone and they didn't speak to her in fact quite a lot of people picked on her and put her down because of her isolation that was never intended.

When class was over she lagged behind the crowd and waiting for them to go on ahead, she was a loner and she didn't belong in a crowd she thought to herself. When she didn't see anyone she started walking back to her home which was an orphanage. She enjoyed just spending the time in her room playing her favourite franchise Dynasty Warriors, she would vary it up every now and again but that series was by far her favourite series of games to play to help pass the time. Every now and again she would wonder what it would've been like living in that time period where technology was still very primitive, where everyone fended for themselves and everyone was fighting, where every named person would have at least some form of strength and power, something Mitsuko thought she lacked. Mitsuko boarded the train to her home since it was a good while away from her high school. When she arrived at the orphanage she greeted everyone while she was walking to her room with her usual smile to hide her sadness from everyone when the head mistress told her that some friends of hers visited. She got suspicious and quickly ran to her room, when she opened it she was horrified by what she saw. Her room was utterly trashed, all her belongings were destroyed, her bed and her sheets were torn to shreds. Her eyes filled with tears as she ran out of her home and just kept running, she didn't know where she was going all she knew is that she had to get as far away as possible. She didn't feel safe, however she was feeling rather pathetic and weak but most of all angry. She hated what had happened and wanted to make who ever made her life a misery pay but she knew she was too weak to do anything and her lack of self confidence didn't help at all. She eventually reached a small port where it seemed no one was around like it was completely abandoned. She found a small wooden bridge that seems to be used for fisherman or disembarking from the smaller ships that would've been docked, she walked up to the edge and sat down with her legs dangling from the edge while wiping away her tears. She looked up and saw for some reason it was night already, the moon was full and the stars were shining brightly. She wished to herself that she would overcome her lack of self confidence and doubt and get stronger, she wanted to be much stronger and make them all that made her suffer pay. Suddenly she started to cry again, when one of her tears reaches the water it made a small ripple that gradually looked like it travelled towards the open water. Mitsuko looked up and saw that the moon was glowing red and a fog began to appear and seemed to envelop Mitsuko. She quickly stood up and wondered what was going on when all of a sudden she heard a voice from what seems to be coming from all directions from the fog.

"Do you wish to become powerful?" it echoed within her mind, at first she didn't know what to do and wanted to run but it feels like her legs wouldn't move at all and part of her was compelled to stay.

"Y-yes I want to become strong!" Mitsuko shouts at the fog which seems to grow even thicker.

"The road ahead will be hard and difficult, are you sure you are ready to leave your life and face the trails ahead?" The voice questions while Mitsuko nods her head in response.

"Yes! I know it will be hard but I can't live in this world any longer the way I am, please take me away and give me the opportunity to be strong!" she screams while the voice just replies with "hmph." All of a sudden the water began to ripple more violently when a stream of water rose up which shook the very bridge that Mitsuko was standing on and fell over as a result. The jet stream of water began to transform into what seemed to be a giant snake, Mitsuko began to feel afraid, started to run away and yell for help before the snake grabbed her by her legs with its mouth and dragged her to down to the watery abyss. Mitsuko screamed for help but nobody came at all. As she was being dragged down she felt herself slowly being filled with water, her vision getting blurrier and her eyelids was getting too heavy for her to keep open, soon the darkness consumed her vision and she lost consciousness.

Mitsuko opened her eyes to find herself in a rather old, small house. She sits up and finds a square hole in the wall which seems to be a window but no glass was present. She noticed that she was sitting on a plain bed and to her left on the floor was a bowl of rice with what seems to be tea. She also noticed that she had been wearing a black silky robe above her school uniform which seems to be all dry despite the rather unusual means of transportation. When she turned to get off the bed she also noticed what seems to be a wooden bowl of freshly cooked rice with a small wooden cup filled with what seems to be green tea. Suddenly she heard a door open and an old woman appears in plain clothing who smiled when she saw her.

"Ahh I am so glad to see you awake, i was afraid you would never wake up." The old woman said which Mitsuko was confused.

"Wait where am I and what happened to me?" She questions while the old lady chuckles slightly.

"I found you drifting along the river last night near our village so I managed to bring you back here, you were feeling cold to the bone so I put you in one of my robes and brought you inside here for the night. I figured you might've been hungry when you wake up so I cooked some rice and made some tea." The old lady said as she grabs the bowl of rice and places it in Mitsuko's hands along with chopsticks that were inside. It didn't take long for Mitsuko to give in to her hunger and quickly devoured the rice in front of her while the old lady laughs.

"My that didn't take you long did it? Ha-ha what it's like to be full of youth again." The old lady said as she was looking at the young girl feasting on the helpless rice. When she finished she gave back the bowl and asked "Thank you very much for your generosity."

"aha do not worry my dear I couldn't leave you out there on your own especially one of your youth and beauty." Mitsuko blushed slightly at the compliment in embarrassment.

"Yes...well anyway where exactly am I?" she asked again.

"Oh I'm sorry, you're in the village of XinCheng south of the city of XiangYang." That was a name that Mitsuko has heard before...but that name is Chinese...wait...was she in china? Mitsuko couldn't comprehend what happened, one minute a giant snake dragged her down to a watery grave and the next this seems to be in china.

"Wait XiangYang? Wait what year is it might I ask my memory is a little fuzzy." Mitsuko said while rubbing the back of her head.

"Why it's the 16th reign year of emperor Ling of course" The old lady chuckles which made Mitsuko even more confused.

'Ok wait that's not a modern day thing. This means I'm somewhere in the past. Ok Mitsuko think…Ling is a Chinese name and XiangYang is a province in china…ok so I'm in the past in china…but when exactly.' Her answer would come a lot sooner as she expected.

"The Yellow Turbans, the yellow turbans are coming." One man shouted as he was running away, the old lady looked horrified and soon the village was in an uproar. Suddenly Mitsuko realises she was at the start of the yellow turban rebellion.

"Oh no I did not expect them here so soon, quick flee for your life it's your only way." The old lady told Mitsuko as she began packing her essentials. Mitsuko quickly disrobes and runs out of the house aswell as the old lady but then she hears a voice inside her voice which was the same one that she heard before.

"Now begins your journey to achieve strength, we shall see how you fair." The voice chuckles as it retreats back into her mind, Mitsuko suddenly finds herself grabbing the nearest weapon she could find...which turns out to be a 5ft scythe almost as tall as her, normally she would run with them but something inside her is almost forcing her to stay her ground, she finally saw for the first time the real yellow turbans with her own eyes, with yellow outfits and yellow turbans around their foreheads, equipped with various weapons such as swords, spears and sickles. Mitsuko waited for them patiently for them, almost every single part of her told her to run as fast as she can she still has time...but for some reason she felt compelled to stay here.

The old lady told her to run with her, that it was useless to fight them. However she replied with "I know...but i can't just sit back and watch you all lose your homes to bandits I won't allow it, you should get to the other villagers...I'll hold them off." Mitsuko which surprised both the old lady and herself, true she couldn't just let these bandits do as they please but she wouldn't actually fight them for fear of her own death. The old lady thanks her as she retreats with the rest of the villagers, Mitsuko steeled herself to the best of her ability until the yellow turbans appeared. When they did they laughed.

"Well look at what we have here, a lost girl who's trying to be a hero." The 'leader' says while the rest laughs again. Under normal circumstances Mitsuko would lower her head in shame and run away but for some reason now she's just getting angrier.

"Look why don't you just get out of here we don't want to hurt you even if you are a Han sympathiser. If you don't i'm afraid we are going to have to be rough with you...even if you do dress in some...weird clothes." The leader says while Mitsuko faces the floor choosing not to reveal her face.

"Then do it."

"What was that?"

"Do it...try and hurt me...unless of course you don't think your pathetic way of peace is strong enough to kill one young girl." The leader grew furious with rage and charged towards her.

"Thats it you bitch take this!" His sword raised above, as soon as he got into striking rage he attempts to bring his sword down. However his target was not there and he feels a sharp pain across his chest...like someone cut there. A slash appeared as Mitsuko dodged out of the way and slashed his chest in a diagonal direction, the yellow turban leader fell to the ground while blood was pouring out of him like an endless river. Mitsuko looks up to the rest of the group to reveal that her pupils changed to a slit shape similar to a snake with an evil grin across her face.

"Now anyone else wants to test their precious way of peace?" She asks while they seem to be quite scared of her.

"I-is she a demon!?" One said

"If she is we have no chance!" another one replied.

"Calm down, she is only one person, even if she is a demon we'll kill her because we follow the way of peace!" One rallied and the rest followed him as he lunges forward with his weapon ready. Mitsuko grins more as they come to her. When they got within her range she performed a strong horizontal slash taking out the first wave consisting 5 of them with all of them falling backwards with huge wounds getting quickly covered in blood. One of the spear wielding enemies attempted to stab her but she side stepped and slashed his chest open, blood erupted from the wound as he fell backwards. She struck downwards at another enemy as he lunges with his sword. One enemy screamed as he attempts to strike her which prompted Mitsuko to strike his gut backwards with the pole end of her scythe which made him hunch over giving Mitsuko the opportunity to turn around, move to the side and slice part of his neck which made him crash down. She blocked an incoming strike with the scythe's wooden pole from above, she heard someone charging forward with a spear so she used all her might to push the sword away and dodge the spear which stabs the sword wielding yellow turban, Mitsuko turns her body and beheads the other yellow turban.

Mitsuko struck down her enemies with ease as they entered her range and slashed them. As more of them fell the survivors felt their morale dwindle. A yellow turban attempted to strike from the side while she was in a deadlock, she kicked the yellow turban that she was in deadlock with and strikes the charging enemy while overhead slashing the one she kicked once he got in range with her scythe. Soon only she remained at the entrance of the village, her enemies were slain and her weapon of choice was stained with blood. One yellow turban was on the floor crawling away slowly however Mitsuko spots him and stomps on his back to make him stop.

'P-please don't hurt me, spare me my lady!' he begs while Mitsuko with her slit shaped pupils in her eyes looks at him.

'Hmm you know sure i'll let you go, but make sure you warn your friends about the reaper, I'm coming for you all and I will reap what you have sown." She threatened, the man nodded in fear and ran away the moment she took her foot off him. When he was no longer seen Mitsuko went down on one knee and panted heavily while her eyes returned to normal.

'W-What the hell was that?' She thought to herself, she felt like a different person back in that moment, it was as if a weight had been lifted of her shoulders or chains that restricted her have been broken. She found herself...enjoying herself during that fight. The old woman who has been hiding in her house came up to her and thanked her for her assistance.

"W-well it's no big deal, I couldn't just let them have their way." She replied while the old woman smiled.

"I suppose so, still you have done us a great service thank you, say are you going to volunteer your services to the Han?"

"What? You mean join the volunteer forces and help quell this rebellion?" She asked while the old lady nodded.

"You should, it would be a shame to not use your skills to good use." Mitsuko thought about this for a while before she nodded.

"You're right, helping putting an end to this rebellion would be good for the land." She says as the womans face brightens up.

"thats wonderful news,hmm if you would like to follow me." She says as she retreats back to her house with Mitusko following her inside. She goes into a small room and brings out a late uniform with scale armour.

"This belonged to my late husband, a former han soldier...I would like you to have it." She exclaims in which Mitsuko face looked shocked.

"Are you sure you want me to take them? I mean they seem to be important to you."

"Do not worry if I kept them they would simply gather dust, if I leave them with you though i am positive they would be put to good use why don't you try the uniform on, it'll help with you not attracting your attention." Mitsuko realised that she's still in her school uniform while also realising its not the best attire in this era. The woman seems adamant so Mitsuko took the uniform to the other room and got changed. A minute later she revealed herself to the old lady.

"S-So how is it?" she asked blushing slightly. She wore a typical purple garb and trousers with iron armour on top protecting her front, back and shoulders. She also wore a helmet, luckily Mitsuko didn't have long hair at all so she didn't have to stuff it in her helmet

"Ahh a perfect fit it was quite lucky my husband wasn't the tallest" she chuckled to herself and then gives Mitsuko 2 pouches one containing coins while the other being significantly more heavier contains food and rations.

"Wait how much are you giving me isn't this a little much?" she asks while the woman shakes her head.

"Do not worry we shall be fine, we are forever in your debt for saving us so this is the least we can do." She says as she drags her outside. "There is one last thing I must give you before you set off." She motions Mitsuko to follow her outside where she finds a dark brown horse that has been tied onto some steel dug deep in the ground.

"Here my husbands horse, do take care of her on her travels she's not the youngest but she will serve you well." She said while stroking her head while Mitsuko wasn't feeling the most comfortable taking all of these things from an old woman.

"Are you absolutely sure its ok for me to take this? You might need these more than me." The woman nods her head while smiling warmly.

"Do not worry we will be fine. You on the other hand will need all the help you can muster if you intend to go against the yellow turbans." She said as she helped strap the pouches on her belt and helped her mount her new horse.

"The way to the capital should be the north however you should see the camp before you reach the capital."

"Thanks, anything else I should know?"

"Just one, some soldiers don't really like women fighting alongside them so try and avoid any confrontations." She warned while Mitsuko nodded.

"Right thank you and good luck." She said as she makes the horse lightly gallop north after a minute or so after messing around with it, handling the saddle with two hands while also handling the crimson stained scythe. The old woman bid her farewell while smiling and retreated back into her house. Mitsuko replayed todays bizarre events in her mind and thought to herself.

'So i'm actually here in ancient china and I doubt this is a dream. Hey you there can I ask why you brought me here?' She said trying to reach to the voice she heard before but to no avail and she sighs out loud. She replayed the fight in her mind and remembers the feelings she felt...she hated to admit but she enjoyed the fight, slaying her enemies and seeing the fear in their eyes. Part of her felt scared by this since it was nothing that she ever experienced before but part of her wanted more. She had no idea what this journey in the Romance of the three kingdoms era will be like but she knew she had to be strong to survive the obstacles and a small part of her made it her mission to gain that very strength.