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Author's Notes: Finally got this chapter out, it wasn't for any real problem with writing it as much as me trying to get ahead again in my backlog. Also making sure I had where this was going plotted out ahead of time, because I made that mistake before. Also if anyone reading wants to take up betaing this story, I am looking for a new beta so just throw me a PM.
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Chapter 3: Arrival at Xianbei
It was a bit more than a week later when Huang and Kayuu reached the southern borders of Xianbei, and in that time only a few notable things had occurred. The first was that Kayuu had recovered pretty much fully from her earlier wounds. The white haired general had already been on her feet as those bandits they had encountered early on in their journey had learned, but as Huang learned afterwards, the woman had been holding back on them.
Unfortunately, given a lack of any further bandits, Kayuu had started to grow antsy. Apparently during her time being a bandit lord and serving the Han she had had regular training fights with her fellow generals. Since none of them were around at this point, that left only Huang to have to deal with being an outlet for his ex-general's energy. So that lead to the second notable thing, Huang had started to get some training with how to use the sword he had taken off the bandit.
Thanks to that, the poor farmer currently was best described as one giant bruise, and they had only had one training session. Kayuu didn't believe in starting slow, or giving Huang a chance to figure out which end of the sword he should stab with, and had only stopped striking at a frighteningly high amount of force when Huang pointed out that he couldn't heal as fast as her. Even then she had only pulled back just enough to not break his bones or vaporize any internal organs. At the very least he now knew the very basics of how to use a sword, not that it would help him in a fight right now.
The last notable thing was that in the last week the two had gotten atleast slightly more talkative with eachother, and as of the day before, Kayuu knew Huang's name now.
'You know, I'm kinda surprised that we haven't encountered anyone yet. You sure we're in the right place Huan?'
Sorta.
Huang sighed, 'If the last village didn't give us poor directions we should have passed the border sometime this morning. Also it's Huang.'
'Right, Huang. Well hope some people show up quick, it's getting pretty boring just staring at these plains all day,' Kayuu said as she somehow maneuvered her giant axe to scratch her back.
That was another thing. For the first few days after they had encountered the bandits, Kayuu had been quite down. The woman had muttered things about wondering what happened to her fellow generals and telling herself, and occasionally randomly shouting at Huang, that they all were likely still alive. She seemed very adamant that one called Ryofu was for sure still out there, and she hoped that the others might have gotten the same idea as Huang and fled to the Xianbei.
'Well I doubt the Xianbei have people just sitting on the border waiting for people. They're supposed to be nomads or something so actually finding them is…' Huang trailed off as he noticed that Kayuu wasn't paying any attention anyways, and seemed to be looking off into the distance.
The woman squinted a little bit, before a slightly worrying smile came to her face, 'Well looks like we found some of them. A good twenty people on horses are heading our way.'
'How,' Huang said as he looked in the same direction, 'How can you even see them? I just see rolling hills and a cloud.'
'The cloud you idiot, it's the dust kicked up by their horses, and if you squint hard enough you can see the people at its base.'
Huang was thankful she had just called him an idiot instead of like, bashed him on the back of the head for his stupidity. Still the farmer tried to spot the horse riders that Kayuu had apparently seen, but for a few minutes could only catch the sight of the dust cloud. Eventually though the riders, and there were twenty of them as the general said, managed to get close enough for Huang to see and the only reason he wasn't getting worried again was the woman beside him.
Kayuu seemed quite relaxed as the riders approached, propping her axe so it stood upright in the wagon in a clear symbol they were armed. Though really given its size Huang would put it past the horsepeople to think she was holding a flag or something. Either way it seemed like the white haired woman was almost inviting the northerners to attack them with the bows Huang could now see they were all carrying.
Even with the relaxed woman beside him, Huang ended up starting to hold his breath as the riders drew closer and closer, and only released it with a relieved sigh when the riders got much too close to make the most use out of their bows. At the same time Kayuu lifted her non axe hand over her head and shouted, 'Hey, are you guys the Xianbei we've been hearing about?'
The leading horse rider came to a halt not more than two dozen feet ahead of the wagon, giving the two a good chance to look at them and their nineteen friends. All of them were wearing long cloth robes that were tied around the waist and had armour layered over their chests. They also had a collection of heavy furred caps and cloths that covered their head below the eyes, probably to fend off dust and dropping temperatures so far north.
The lead one also had hard eyes, which right now were narrowed at Huang and Kayuu, though mostly at the latter as Huang had received a brief glance over before apparently being dismissed as a potential threat. The stare down lasted for nearly a minute, the whole time Kayuu glared back at the rider, though that same almost disturbing smile was on her face.
After the minute had passed the rider grunted and some tension dropped from all the horselords shoulders. The lead on reached up and grabbed the edge of her face concealing cloth, lowering it to reveal a feminine face, and judging by the scar running along her jaw she was every bit as dangerous as any soldier.
The woman glared for another moment before a half smile broke out on her face and Kayuu's terrifying grin changed to a less frightening one, the rider spoke first, 'Yes we're the Xianbei, let me guess you are some more deserters from the south?'
Huang could only nod, a bit too worried about being near someone that apparently Kayuu found entertaining. The ex-general on the other hand said, 'Yes, name's Kayuu, former General under Totaku, and this Huan-'
'Huang,' the farmer cut in automatically
'Huang, a former soldier of mine,' Kayuu finished, barely noticing the cut in.
'And I'm Nanlou, warlord under Budugen, and I must admit I am curious, how did a General find themselves in a situation to flee to us? Most of the time aren't your kind killed or poached by your former enemies?'
Kayuu frowned slightly, 'Well that was mostly Huang's doing, I was defeated on the battlefield and he managed to get me away before I could be captured. After that we learned that my Empress was defeated and we made our way here.'
'Hmmm,' Nanlou said and rubbed her chin, 'Well if you really are a former general then I think we could find use for you within our ranks, but we'll figure out if you're lying or not when we bring you before Budugen.'
It wasn't a request, and Huang shifted in a bit, worrying about whether heading hear was a good choice or not. Still Kayuu didn't seem too perturbed, and once more the frightening smile that showed way too many teeth, was on her face, 'Heh, I could show you right now how useful I could be but you might end up having to be ridden home in pieces.'
Nanlou seemed to consider it for a moment, before she said, 'No, it wouldn't do for us to reach Budugen and have you to injured to prove if you're useful. Now peon, get that cart moving, I want to get back before sundown.'
'Yes, Ma'am,' Huang said and looked to Kayuu for confirmation. The white haired woman still had a smile that would put sharks to shame when she nodded, and a moment later they set off.
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As they pulled to a half well before the sun had set, Huang was quite surprised at how far close the Xianbei's 'city' was. It hadn't taken them more than a few hours to reach the collection of tents so big that it put the Coalition's camp to shame. There were more tents then the farmer could hope to count as they had been lead toward a giant tent at its center that apparently was the residence of Budugen.
'Tie your horse here peon,' Nanlou said as she dismounted her steed and took off her hat to reveal cropped black hair. The Xianbei warlord hadn't addressed Huang by name yet, and didn't seem likely to do so anytime soon, 'And come with me Kayuu, Budugen is just inside.'
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The white haired general had gone back to a more neutral face now, and got off the wagon to follow Nanlou inside, though she did add to Huang before she disappeared into the tent, 'As soon as you got that tied up come inside too, just keep quiet, watch, and if a fight breaks out try to learn something.'
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It didn't take the farmer more than a few seconds to tie the horse up, and, unwilling to risk pissing the woman off, he followed quickly after Kayuu. He was expecting something like a serious scene inside, but instead what Huang found was Kayuu trying and failing to supress laughter, Nanlou looking completely serious, and a short non-threatening red haired woman dressed like Nanlou pouting in the center of the room.
Kayuu spoke first through her laughter, 'Y-You know I would have expected the leader of a huge barbarian army would be a bit more intimidating.'
'I'm not a child! I'm just small, have you ever tried to grow big on the kind of diet we have up here?' The girl who could only be Budugen exclaimed.
'She,' Kayuu pointed at a half glaring Nanlou with her thumb, 'Seemed to do fine.'
Budugen seemed to be growing even more irate, her fists clenched at her sides, when Huang cut in and nervously said, 'Kayuu, y-you should probably not insult our hosts.'
'It's as the peon says, if you want to have a hope of leaving this camp you should not insult Lord Budugen.'
Kayuu took a moment and brought an end to her laughter, though she looked totally unrepentant as she said, 'Ahh were are my manners. I am Kayuu, a former general of the Han, and sorry about that it was just surprising.'
Budugen let out an angry puff and calmed herself down, 'See that you don't do it again if you want to be accepted here. Now to business, Nanlou here sent news ahead of your claim and if what you say is true then I think you could do great things with us.'
'But the issue is you need to confirm if I'm telling the truth or not,' Kayuu said with a dismissive wave, 'I can atleast prove that I've got the combat prowess for it if that's what you want.'
Budugen crossed her arms and nodded, 'Yes, let's head outside and Nanlou can test you. Though before that,' The redhead turned and looked at Huang, 'You, Kayuu's peon, what do you bring that's useful to the Xianbei.'
Huang bowed a bit to the barbarian leader, and for a moment thought about what he did have to offer the Xianbei, before he remembered something, 'Ahh, I've brought a few hundred fresh arrows in my cart from when I left Han service.'
Budugen and Nanlou both looked at Huang for a moment and Kayuu looked like she only just remembered the arrows as well. Nanlou was the one to speak, 'We can check the quality of those arrows after we test Kayuu's potential.'
'Ya,' Budugen half cheered, evidently her excitement about the coming fight making her already forgot her annoyance at Kayuu, 'If they are of good enough quality then maybe we'll let Kayuu keep you as an aide instead of just putting you with the other defectors.'
*Scene Break*
The four, plus a large numbers of picked up tag alongs who evidently wanted to watch the coming fight, arrived at a large clearing within the tent city, where everything from archery targets to what appeared to be some sort of 30 foot tall wall had been set up, though all those were avoided.
Instead they found themselves at a large circular area that was fenced off by short walls, and even now Kayuu and Nanlou were both within the arena with their weapons at the ready. The two stared eachother down for a few moments, before Kayuu hefted her great axe and charged with the crowd cheering around her.
The Xianbei warlord held a normal sized curved blade and waited till the last moment to dodge Kayuu's attack. Even as she sidestepped a blow that carved a deep rift in the ground Nanlou was on the attack, her body twisting in an attempt to drive her blade through Kayuu's ribs.
The strike was met with the haft of the great axe, the silver haired general having already pulled the weapon out of the ground and brought it to a defensive position. Though Kayuu didn't stay on the defensive for long, instead as she blocked Nanlou's sword she pushed back.
The movement forced the weapon back up and gave Kayuu the space to lash out with a vicious kick at Nanlou's leg. The barbarian dodging it by leaping backward where she settled with her blade held straight out infront of her.
Kayuu didn't let up the attack though. Knowing that she would never be able to keep up with the sword defensively she charged again and at the extent of her much greater reach she struck in a vicious horizontal strike which Nanlou leapt over. The attack was so strong that the air it displaced slammed into the surrounding walls and nearly caused one to crack in half.
Even though the barbarian had managed a successful dodge, she was now in a very dangerous situation. Even if she was airborne and able to strike Kayuu from above, she also was airborne and unable to dodge. Kayuu instead followed the momentum of her swing, letting it pull her out of the way of Nanlou's potential strike before she tilted the head of the axe upward and struck out with a full rotation's worth of force.
Nanlou, still midair, pulled off a feat of bravery that bordered on suicidal just to dodge. Twisting in midair she put her shoulder forward with her weapon braced against it and when Kayuu's axe made contact she reached out and grabbed the beard of the great weapon. Pulling on it as hard as she could and using her braced weapon to shield her shoulder as she yanked herself over the weapon and was once more flying through the air at Kayuu.
The ex-general didn't have time to get a third rotation in so instead she leaped off the ground following the haft of her axe. The entire maneuver risky in its own as Nanlou reached out with her sword to try to cut Kayuu as she passed, and came very close to doing so. As she passed underneath Nanlou, a few of Kayuu's hairs were cut off by the tip of the sword that passed not even an inch from her face.
The two landed on the ground at the same time and Nanlou acted first, using her lighter weapon to change directions quicker the barbarian woman was already rocketing toward Kayuu's back before the white haired woman could even fully land properly. Though even as the potential killing blow came down, Kayuu was moving herself, and the poleaxe's butt rocketed out from under her arm pit, heading toward the barbarian's heart as the ex-general shortened her grip. With the speed the two of them were moving the blow would likely have been puncturing and thus fatal, and Nanlou was forced to give up her own blow to avoid dying herself. Dodging to her right to get away from the deadly protuberance.
As soon as she started moving Kayuu was too, holding her axe just under the shoulder, was able to move much faster than before. Twisting to meet Nanlou the two girl's weapons struck like a thunderclap, and were accompanied by a burst of air that stirred up dust and grass from the field around them.
As soon as the force was spent out of the two weapons Nanlou struck again and again, only for each attack to be blocked by Kayuu until once again the white haired general stepped in and used her superior size to push the black haired warlord back. As soon as space was between them Kanyuu twisted once more, though this time she pulled her axe away from the woman. Unfortunately for Nanlou that mean she now found herself trying to dodge the fully extended haft flying at her at high speeds, doubly unfortunately the warlord was stumbling, and had no hope of getting the purchase needed to actually dodge.
With a loud crack the haft smashed into Nanlou's side, and with an even louder crash the woman was sent flying into the side boards. Blowing one of the wooden fences apart and scattering a few people who were on the other side.
For a moment silence reigned over the arena, before a single cheer broke out, from none other than Budugen herself, 'Ohh that was awesome! You are so~o becoming one of my Warlords.'
'Do I get to keep my peon?' Kayuu said as she planted her axe into the ground, well Huang was eternally grateful that he had somehow gotten enough into the general's good books to not be left to fend for himself
Budugen nodded, 'Yep you can even keep your peon!'
'Then I'm at your service,' Kayuu said with a grin.
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Then cheers broke out from the rest of the watchers well Budugen and Kayuu, with Huang tagging along, went to go check on Nanlou. They found the black haired warlord pulling herself out of a deep trailing crater, and Kayuu spoke with a hint of mirth, 'That was a good fight Nan-chan, hope I didn't hit you too hard.'
The other girl threw Kayuu what Huang could only assume was a sarcastic glare, 'You'd have to hit a lot harder than that little tap to hurt me Yin-tan.'
Kayuu just brushed off the sarcasm without a thought and instead offered Nanlou a hand to help her up as she said, 'Please, if we are going to be working together might as well call me Miyabi.'
'Ahh right, you southerners and your two names thing,' Nanlou responded as she took the offered hand. It seemed like the two warriors had used the fight to turn into friends in record time.
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Just when Huang didn't things could get weirder, Budugen leaped at the two and pulled them both into what seemed like a crushing hug, the smaller woman having the strength to bounce all three of them in the air as she cheered, 'Ohh we are all going to be such great friends! And with you two we are going to be able to show Sousou just who is the power of the North!'
Huang could only sigh, and wonder what he had gotten himself into.