A/N: The first in a series of historically inaccurate GN/SSX vignettes. I hope everyone enjoys them! Please read and review!

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Vignette One: The Princess Doesn't Dance

"Well," laughed Sun Ce, "now that you've been treated to a dance by my wife, is there anyone else you would like to dance for you? We have many good dancers here - albeit none match the beauty and grace of the Qiaos." He added before his wife could make him regret his statement.

Gan Ning opened his mouth before he could think twice about it. "What about the Princess?"

Everyone stopped talking and laughing in surprise and shock, even Sun Ce seemed to lack words. Gan Ning was now praying this was not one of the royal no-nos Su Fei had warned him about before defecting to Wu. The silence was deafening and he was about to retract his question when the middle of the Sun children responded with a nervous chuckle.

"My sister doesn't dance-"

"No I will."

The entire room turned to face Sun Shang Xiang who was now walking towards the platform in the centre of the room. Unprepared, the royal musicians were frozen in place, unsure what to play. Kneeling beside the leader, she whispered something in his ear before returning to the centre, waiting for the drums to begin pounding out the timing.

The Sun brothers turned towards Gan Ning with mouths agape as the entire room waited on baited breath for Shang Xiang to begin. "She never dances," Sun Ce said a little more hotly than he meant. "Seriously. It took forever to convince her to wear a dress!" The beginnings of the beat sent the room into deeper silence as Sun Shang Xiang began dancing.

Her dance lacked the grace of Da Qiao's, but made up for whatever it lacked with pure, raw passion. Traditionally it was not as beautiful as that composed by the elder Qiao, but Gan Ning could feel a stirring in his loins as he watched the Princess of Wu dance for him. He could feel a slight constricting in his throat as the words became louder in his head, that the Princess was indeed, dancing for him, and despite how many patrons were present at the banquet, it was truly a dance for him and him alone.

The former pirate could not keep his eyes off of the gorgeous warrior, especially as she danced in his direction, until she was right in front of him, bent over and whispering in his ear. "How do you like my dance, Xingba?" Her voice was low enough for only his ears, dripping with a seductive quality he was unaware virgins could muster. Oh and the way she said his style name! His loins were burning as his eyes met her emerald ones that shone with passion and fire. Dropping a little lower, he caught sight of her cleavage that his body ached to reach out and touch. Before he knew it, she was back at the centre, dancing furiously to the raw beat.

As her body sashayed back and forth, Gan Ning tried to summon as his willpower in order to prevent himself from losing his head as he took the princess then and there. The pulse of the music keep growing faster and louder and her body moved faster with it. Didn't she know what she was doing to him?

A glance thrown over her shoulder in his direction reassured him that, yes, the virgin princess knew exactly what she was doing to him. Gan Ning had heard tales that women of higher society were educated in the fine art of pleasure - much like concubines. Although unlike their lower counterparts, women bred to be given to royalty and high status men kept their maidenheads until the night their brand new husbands claimed them as their own. Oh how the pirate wished he could claim this woman as his own! From her gorgeous lips - no scratch that - face, to her lithe, sexy body and her fiery, passionate personality. He had only known her but a day, but deep inside he was beginning to realize that he was feeling more than lust for Shang Xiang.

With a final blow to the drums, the dance ended with Sun Shang Xiang spread eagle on the floor with her head thrown back, chest rising and falling rapidly from exertion. Her emerald eyes were glued on Gan Ning's dark ones, daring him to do what his body so desired. He did one better though, throwing his body up applauding her dance. Everyone else followed his example, although none could match his enthusiasm. Still applauding, Sun Ce rose and strode into the centre to help his little sister up. She hugged him energetically as a slight blush coloured her already flush cheeks.

"Give it up for my little sister, Sun Shang Xiang!" Shouted Sun Ce, throwing her fist in the air. All the while, Shang Xiang was smiling ear to ear, her eyes never leaving Gan Ning's. His own expression mimicked her own and despite just meeting each other they both knew this was the beginning of something special.