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Her past was a sad one.
She was hated for something she had no fault at but she still took all the blame and kept a smile on her face.
Being hated was part of her life until she met Chun Yan, the woman who became her mother and idol, who had come to be her bodyguard.
Everything had changed since that meeting, Ying Zheng was able to live without pain thanks to the blindfold she now wears.
She learnt what love was and cherished it but as all good things, it ended one day.
Neither she nor Chun Yan expected the attack but her dear mother didn’t think twice in sacrificing herself for Ying Zheng.
It broke her but she took Chun Yan’s last words to heart and decided to become the best queen, even empress, in the whole China.
Ying Zheng studied a lot and traveled her kingdom to know how things truly were and that was what slowly gained her allies since no other king(or queen) had dared to see the truth of their kingdom but she did and understood their pain.
She wasn’t going to lie and say that she kinda hated them, they made her suffer for something she didn’t do, but hate wasn’t a good reason to live so she chose to try and love all of them.
When her father died, she took the throne against the will of her brothers and the king’s advisors but she didn’t care and didn’t let them force her to marry anyone.
Slowly she started to conquer all the kingdoms that together made China, she didn’t accept any marriage and when nobles questioned if she was good enough to be their empress she showed them that she was more than that.
Ying Zheng changed her name to Qin Shi Huang and went to fight the demon king, Chi You, because she wouldn’t listen to no one, not even a god, about how she should rule her empire.
It took six days but she killed him and gained the love of all her empire with that.
She got known as ‘The Queen Who Began It All’, ‘The Greatest Queen’ and lastly ‘Queen of Kings’.
The day she died, her people cried for her for a whole week just to show how much they loved her and would miss their empress.
And when the Ragnarok came and they found out that their empress would fight? They decided to show her and all the gods how much she was loved.
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The seventh fight of the Ragnarok was starting.
Hades had been presented as the fighter from the gods’ side and the gods were excited because there was no way for the King of Helheim to lose.
When Heimdall was about to present the fighter from humanity's side, he was interrupted by some humans starting to play music which of course made some confused and/or angry for they dared to interrupt a god but Zeus was curious about it so told Hermes to tell heimdall to let it be.
And then all the chinese people present started to sing.
She, queen of the kings
Runnin' so fast, beatin' the wind
Nothin' in this world can stop the spread of her wings
She, queen of the kings
Broken her cage, threw out the keys
She will be the warrior of North and Southern seas
This gathered everyone’s attention because who could they be singing this for? There were no female fighters that any of them knew but they could only wait and see what was coming
Got raven hair, it's dark as night
Icy eyes, outta sight, outta sight
Her heart, in spite, is warm and bright
Her smile awakes the northern light
Slowly a beautiful entourage started to come out from the human’s side but none of them looked like the one who would fight until they all looked to the god’s side and saw someone come out, which they all knew was human by the way the gods were looking at them with hate.
Lookin' out, she calls
Lai, la-la-li, rai-ra
Who will conquer all?!
The human walked to the entourage where a pair of beautiful women bowed to the humans and offered him something which the human looked at surprised but accepted it.
Her name is
She, queen of the kings
Runnin' so fast, beatin' the wind
Nothin' in this world can stop the spread of her wings (hey!)
She, queen of the kings
Broken her cage, threw out the keys
She will be the warrior of North and Southern seas
A valkyrie walked to the human while pouting and looking angry but the human just laughed and said a few words to her before everyone watched the light of the volund come forth
A firestone forged in flames
Wildest card, run the game, run the game
Can't say the same in this world of change
Don't fear the pain, just break the chain
Once the light had disappeared, everyone was shocked to see that the human fighter was actually a woman with pale skin, a centipede tattoo in her face and back, short black hair with a red streak, a beautiful blindfold in her eyes and a well developed body that had been somehow hidden before.
She now was wearing an armor which everyone guessed was what her volund became but their biggest question was, why is there a woman fighting?
Lookin' out, she calls
Lai, la-la-li, rai-ra
Who will conquer all?!
The woman looked at her people, those that once hated her but know adored her, but especially to the woman who raised her and the little boy beside her before grinning.
Her name is
She, queen of the kings
Runnin' so fast, beatin' the wind (hey!)
Nothin' in this world can stop the spread of her wings
She, queen of the kings
Broken her cage, threw out the keys (hey!)
She will be the warrior of North and Southern seas
Lai, la-li-la
Rai, rai-ri, rai, rai-ri
Lai, la-la-li-lai, lai-ri-ra
Lai-la-li-la, la, la-la, la
La, la-la, la
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
She looked at the entourage and nodded at them so the entourage smiled and bowed at her before disappearing.
Her name is
She, queen of the kings
Runnin' so fast, beatin' the wind (hey!)
Nothin' in this world can stop the spread of her wings
She, queen of the kings
Broken her cage, threw out the keys (hey!)
She will be the warrior of North and Southern seas (ha!)
“ALL BOW DOWN TO OUR EMPRESS!” Chun Yan shouted once the music ended and all those who knew Qin Shi Huang did it because she deserved it
“...Who are you?” Hades asks with a raised eyebrow because while all the humans were well received by most(except Jack), it was the first time that someone was so well received
“I’m Qin Shi Huang, the first empress of China and The Queen Who Began It All” Qin Shi Huang answered looking at Hades with no fear
“And why are you fighting?” he questions mostly because even Brunhilde looked surprised that Qin Shi Huang was a woman
“Why shouldn’t I?” Qin Shi Huang asks “It is my job as queen to fight for my people besides I always wondered how it would be to fight a true god” she adds because while Chi You called himself a god, she knew he wasn’t one and wanted to know how strong a god really is
“Oh?” Hades murmurs curious about the last things she said
“But enough talking” Qin Shi Huang says putting herself in a fighting position “I’m here to fight for my people and you to avenge your brother, so let’s begin King of Helheim” she says smirking
And Hades wouldn’t be the one to deny her a fight even if she was a woman so he nodded at Heimdall to announce the beginning of the fight.
“AND THE FIGHT BEGINS!” Heimdall shouts and the two royals attack each other with no fear
The fight was amazing, neither Hades or Qin Shi Huang gave up at any moment and gave their all on it even if they were both terribly injured. Both gods and humans shouted for their fighter, anxious to know who would win.
And then it happened…
The fight ended the moment Qin Shi Huang’s sword pierced Hades chest and cut him.
“...You were amazing, Queen of Kings” Hades says knowing that soon he would start to disappear and Qin Shi Huang laughed
“You weren’t that bad, King of Helheim” she says looking slightly at how her people celebrated her win and the gods cried the loss of Hades “If we ever meet again, I will want a tour of my new kingdom, my king” she whispers with a smile in her face and Hades looks surprised at that but then laughs at that but does nod in agreement before he finally disappears
“AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, HUMANITY TAKES THE LEAD” Heimdall shouts as the volund disappears and both Qin Shi Huang and her valkyrie walk away to the infirmary
‘Can’t wait to see him again’ Qin Shi Huang is her last thought before she passes out in the infirmary
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A few days later, humanity's fighters found themselves in the middle of the council of the gods.
They had won the fight and now they were waiting to hear what the gods had to tell them.
“Humanity will live for more 1000 years” Zeus declares even if it had cost him some time for no god to try and go against the result and try to kill the humans, they were gods and should at least keep their promises “And thanks to clause ****, each of you will be allowed one wish as the winners” he declares looking at the humans and Buddha
“Really?” Sasaki asks in disbelief because he didn’t expect the gods to be happy with that
"Unfortunately" some random god mumbles but is heard by everyone
“What are your wishes?” Zeus asks, ignoring said god, wanting to hurry this up so he could properly mourn the death of his brothers and son
The humans and Buddha looked at each other unsure before Qin Shi Huang decided to talk.
“I want you to bring back all the people that died including gods, animals and the fighter’s previous soldiers who decided to die with them” Qin Shi Huang declares making everyone look at her in shock since they didn’t expect for her, or any human, to wish that
“Are you sure about that?” Shiva asks curious since some of the gods may wish to kill the ones who killed them
“It was that or to bring back Chi You so I could see how much stronger I actually became” Qin Shi Huang comments “But then I remembered that I still need certain someone to give me the tour of my new kingdom so bringing them all back was the one I choose” she adds
“She fought that demon who escaped Helheim centuries ago? New kingdom?” a lot of people murmur confused but Qin Shi Huang just smiles and doesn’t explain anything else
Zeus sighs but agrees to the wish because he wished to have his siblings and son back, and with that the other humanity’s fighters made their wishes.
Once they all made their wishes, Zeus and the gods made them all happen except for Qin Shi Huang’s since it was better for hers to be the last one in case one of the people brought back wanted to kill someone else.
The Queen Who Began It All could only smile as everyone was brought back and she watched the reunions happen but still didn't make a move to approach her king.
“I should kill that trash” Poseidon glared looking at Sasaki who laughed nervously
“Let it be, Poseidon” Hades says patting his younger brother’s head who pouted but did what Hades said
“Why were we brought back?” Adam asks since he was sure that the gods would have only brought the other gods back and not the humans
“It was Qin Shi Huang’s wish for all of you to be brought back” Hermes answer before his father could do it since he wouldn’t put aside Zeus making a comment about Qin Shi Huang’s body….again
“Qin Shi Huang?!” Cheng Gong asks immediately looking towards the empress together with Lu Bu and the rest of the chinese soldiers
“Hi” Qin Shi Huang says amused especially when they all bowed to her “No need to bow down, I may be a queen but not yours anymore” she says gaining confused looks
“You will forever be our empress” Lu Bu says serious because even after her death, there was no one who talked bad about Qin Shi Huang and she was regarded as an example for all the following rulers of China
“You respect her a lot…” Thor says remembering what happened in the seventh fight
“Of course we do!” Cheng Gong says “She unified our country and always understood her people even to the point of making sure those with not so well seen jobs were treated with respect” he adds looking at Qin Shi Huang as if she was his idol “And let’s not forget that she got rid of the demon Chi You that asked any new king to sacrifice some of us to be able to rule”
“You fought Chi You?” Hades asks finally looking at his empress
“I killed him after six days of fighting” Qin Shi Huang confirms
“Lady Qin is certainly amazing” Jack says and Qin Shi Huang smiles at him
“Not really, I just took care of my people to the best of my abilities” Qin Shi Huang says because every decision she made was always for her people
“You must have been seeing how your people sang about your greatness for your entry in the seventh fight” Adamas comments and Qin Shi Huang just smiles at that
“That reminds me” Sasaki mumbles “You mentioned you needed someone to give you a tour of your new kingdom, what did you mean with that?” he asks curious and Qin Shi Huang just laughs while Hades blushes which is only seen by the god’s siblings who looked shocked at that
“So it is true?!” one of Lu Bu’s soldiers asks in shock “It is said that a king from another kingdom tried to force Empress Qin to marry him for an alliance but our empress said that she would only marry a person who could endure a fight with her and gravely damage her without cheating” he adds at the looks of confusion he receives
“Then that means she is talking about…”
With that everyone looks from Qin Shi Huang to Hades, not sure how they should react to this.
“And what if Hades already has a queen?” Aphrodite asks since she was always up for chaos created by love
“Well, I have no problem being a concubine as long as there is no one trying to kill me for that” Qin Shi Huang says with a thoughtful expression but that makes Lu Bu and his soldiers glare at Hades because for them, Qin Shi Huang deserves much more then to be a concubine even if it is to a god
“Hades doesn’t have anyone” Adamas says feeling bad for the glares given to his older brother
“Good” Lu Bu says serious
“Aww! You guys are so adorable!” Qin Shi Huang says going to squeeze Lu Bu’s cheek like he is a kid “You remind me a lot of Ying Fan, he was such a sweet but protective older brother before dying” she says with a nostalgic smile
“This is cute and all that” Loki says “But I’m curious about what Hades thinks of this” he says making everyone look at Hades waiting to see what he would do about what Qin Shi Huang had proclaimed
“How could I deny something the Queen of Kings has proclaimed?” Hades says because he wouldn’t deny that Qin Shi Huang had caught his attention during their fight and that she would make an amazing queen for Helheim
“Then, I hope you treat my daughter well” Adam declares glaring at Hades because he didn’t want any of his kids to have to suffer with a husband that may end up being like Zeus
“I think she is more than able to get back at me, if I ever hurt her but I promise to be loyal to her and treat her like the empress she is” Hades says looking at Adam, who looks happy at those words
“Who would have thought that the Ragnarok would end up with Hades finding a wife…” Shiva mumbles in disbelief
“Maybe we should also choose one of the humans as your fourth wife?” Durga hums because all the humans who had participated had been amazing
“Oh! That sounds like a good idea!” Parvati says excited about it
“I did find the inventor one interesting” Kali comments and her fellow wives nod in agreement, Shiva looks in surprise at them while said inventor is blushing since he heard them
As everyone started talking about finding a human lover or about what they just saw happen, Hades walked towards his empress.
“Ready to meet your subdits and kingdom, my empress?” Hades asks offering his arm to Qin Shi Huang
“With pleasure, my king” Qin Shi Huang says putting her hand in the other’s arms before both disappear to Helheim