Looking for family (Liu Bei)

[Liu Chao]

The say was a early start for the man that just woke up before the sun. The snow was falling from the sky and it was around ten inches of snow all around but he was asked to do a mission for the guards they wanted the bandits dead plus they did not thrust the man so either way if someone died they would of been the winners but he asked to talk to their leader if he survived. The wind were heavy and you could barely see through the storm that was going on and with the way Liu Chao was trained by the other bandits he is used to it.

He was outside during the storm the pathway from town to town was covered with snow but he needed to go in the forest either way. He goes slowly toward the wood and find a small path way that all he can see that was in his way was snow all the way to his knees. There was a cave inside the forest were they suspect it was the location of the bandits. He grabbed his sword and was already knowing that they would have placed many traps in the lands being a former bandit before he killed his own leader and also the other people that was also working with his leader like if they were just worthless peasants with no strength or even a sign of strength in there body. He walked and all of the sudden he slipped on a ice patch hitting his head hardly on a tree stump.

When he came too a young woman was in front of him outside he was only out of his mind for a few minutes but he was still out of it before she came. She placed a small bandage on his head and got him up with the help of the ​ tree beside him. She looked at him in a silence most disturbing and left the location in a speed of not other people that he knew but he still had to do his job if he wanted to meet the person that is called Liu Bei to make sure that his father was also his father making Bei his brother that he was separated from when he was just a baby. He knew that Liu Bei would never remember that he had a brother unless he was smart but he remembers since that even do he was just a baby he was encouraged by bandit to work with and also by his name he knew it was possible. He still remember the name of his father hearing it when he was born the memory was still there.

H​e was close to the bandit hide out and sees the two bandits that were in front of the cave protecting the location to make sure they will survive the next war that people said that were coming but they were not going to survive long as Liu Chao grabbed slowly a bow making sure they did not hear any noise from there location and aimed on the one on the write that was the closest to him. He fired the green arrow that was covered in a poison that was quick reacting just in case that he did not get in the head of the person he was aiming at. The arrow went hitting the enemy through the right eye going upward going through his brain and started to fall by time the other one realized giving Liu Chao the time to reload and fired the second arrow at the second bandit that was starting to run toward the cave getting hit through his head making him fall and die in a bloody mess on the floor.

The leader was inside with four other being a small group that was all well trained to fight but left there new recruit as the guard of the cave. They heard the noise of the screams of the dead Bandits that was outside making all five of them rush outside and were looking at the dead body seeing from were the arrow's would of been fired they started to run toward their leaving the leader beside the two new recruit looking around how long they would of been dead and saw that the arrow it self was covered in a poison making it even harder to say and made him uncomfortable knowing that it would be a talented bandit or former bandit they were versus at this moment.

During the time the four bandits that was with the leader ran to the location were he fired from he was in the tree that was behind him. He had a arrow in his bow and fired it to the one in front through the head it self the other three found the location were he was he through both of his dagger at the same time and both of them hit there head​ and then jumped of the three with the crystal sword in hand and sliced the head of the fourth one clean of then took his dagger and ran toward the back of the cave making sure the leader did not see him.

The leader turned around seeing that the four others were on the ground bleeding but this time only one of them has a arrow but this time was through his neck going directly down. The other two were killed but nothing was in the dead body. Was the man he was against a assassin or was he just a officer of the army of the region. He slowly grabbed his sword and look around going once more in the opening and decided to scream to see if he would of shown in front of him.

"Come out now stranger and show yourself. You killed my army I want to know why and fight to your death so I can avenge my dead friends that you killed using the assassination style. I want to know who asked you so after I killed you I can go and killed them also."

While the leader of the bandits were screaming his final words in his book he decided to take care of this man the same way as any bandit take care of their enemy by killing them from behind. He jumped down the cave with the leader five feet from the location were he was going to land he slashed his crystal sword through the man neck to grab the head as a prof of the kill of the leader.

He started to walk toward the location of the great city located the famous lord Liu Bei that he heard so many things about. He was next to his the guards after killing them and throws the head of the one they wanted him to kill on the ground. They saw the dead man head as surprised the guard was the deal he made with the man was still a deal. He brought him to see the lord Liu Bei but made sure that he had the weapon in the arm of the other guard and followed him until they reached and stay closed to him.

"My name is Liu Chao and I am in the search for my brother that I was separated from birth so I may help him do what he wants to do in life. So you are the great lord Liu Bei. You are too weak for what I heard about you but you may still be the person that I have been looking for my whole life. Is your father name really the man named Liu Hong. If so you are my brother that I lost before I was thrown out on the street forcing me to live with a group of bandits until that I was old enough to look for you and killed the leader of the clan like I did to the leader of the clan to the ones close to your region."

The guards looked at each other not knowing were the words of the man Liu Ch​ao came from but they could not believe it. The man that looked more like a demon then anything else would be possible to be related to their lord and even less being thrown out of the home he was born in to live with bandits and even more surprising he was still alive.

[Liu Bei]

Within was a solomn time as the mourning of the kinship was upon them, yet the council of the administration complex in Yong'an, newly established Capital of the Kingdom of Shu, was interrupted.. It was a rude awakening to a past that his once esteemed family wished to be forgotten, their part of the family forced into poverty; they could only raise one child and heir..the eldest would remain the gem of their world, thus pushing out any other children from concubines not committed to First Wife. To the blade was Chao, the youngest of the clan and clearly pushed into a life others could not dream for a child. Indeed it first shocked the Dragon to observe the fact not only had someone would act so rude in his jurisdiction, but most of all...to see the grown being of Chao, his younger brother believed dead rose from the grave to stand before him. Taking a moment to compose himself, a short sigh escaped his lips..the Lord of Shu stood from the throne he had placed himself upon from the days of sandle-weaving and meagre moments where his family struggled to eat. "Our family must rejoice in the fact you have survived something so terrible.." Looking to the head in his hand, it seemed that the Dragon would once cower away with such a horrifying sight. Yet now, Liu Bei had learned alot in his years and nothing could peturb him..

"It seems that you have been able to handle yourself. To answer your question, you are correct.. I am the oldest descendant of Liu Hong. Though I was young when you were forced to leave our home, I know much of your story Chao.." The mention of him being 'too weak' placed a sour taste within his mouth..the memories of his past and rumours of his dwindling power seemed not to be eradicated, the sturring of the Dragon had not yet surpassed the previous entity. "Weak? Indeed I was Chao, however, this time sees the rising of a Dragon this realm shall never have witnessed. Already our claws are aimed to territories we intend to expand in.." An official made a move towards Liu Bei, not wishing to reveal any plans they had to take certain cities..however, a small gesture from him halted the minister and subdued his suspicions.

"Tell me Chao, what brings you here to Yong'an, with a severed head?.. Do you wish to work towards the day the Green Banner of our Liu clan rise above to the Heavens?" It was a large statement from a being considered weak and perhaps insignificant, but even those who did not know him personally could sense the change within Liu Bei..the shell of the 'virtuous' path was long gone and ambition ran through his veins; yet, he had not become the villian like the others, but a man who could see what he wished to create. Through benevolence his rule would secure a government that did not give birth to corruption, it would not be a glorified Han but a ruling of Shu with a system that could not be torn assunder...