Sins

Xiao moaned and writhed with anticipation of pleasure. His long hair tickling her from her small breasts to her navel, down past her shapely hips and into her private nether region. Xiao gasped when he nibbled her lips teasingly before driving his tongue into her.

Xiao woke up with breathing heavily. Her hair was a wide array around her and her hand was near her pussy, soaked in her own juices. Xiao shuddered. That was now the 3rd night in a row that she had had that dream and found herself like this. She was fine with her current nude state but it was the dreams that worried her. Then again she had had dreams like this before and she loved them but it was WHO was in the dream that disturbed her.

"Why am I still dreaming of him? He can't be alive. He's dead. I should move on. That's what he would have wanted." Xiao told herself but everything of what she said worried her.  Her dreams worried her and Xiao was thinking about going to Da for help. Also Xiao doubted Zhou Yu would have wanted her to move on, at least not so quickly. But then she had needed comforting, the need for contact and a little lust mixed in. Xiao knew that she shouldn't let all of this worry her since Zhou Yu was dead and she was no longer married making her fair game again. Bu then who was there?

Gan Ning was nice and Xiao liked him but not that much. But then she had given to him many of her firsts that she had been saving for Zhou Yu if he had ever made a move. There she was again thinking about him. Xiao wanted to forget about him but deep down she knew she would never allow herself to do that. He had been the only man she would ever truly desire and love. Thinking of him Xiao cried herself to sleep.

Far away 9 men slowly made progress. They were all tired and worn but they all trudged on like the good soldiers that they all were. Finally at dusk their leader decided to stop and set up camp. Several men went off to gather firewood and berries from the near by woods. The remaining men tried their luck at fishing in a near by brook. After another hour of labor the men sat down to a small supper and collapsed into sleep knowing the next day would be the same.

In the morn the men broke camp and though hunger continued their slow march homeward. Then their leader saw something off in the distance that made his blood run cold. Flags furled in the far distance bearing the phoenix of Wei.

Night fell upon the castle once again. Most were asleep save a few guards on duty. Da was snuggling up to her beloved when a guard called out loudly "Who goes there?"

"Open the gates! By order of Lord Zhou Yu!" A voice answered full of authority.

"He is dead! State thy true business or prepare to die!"

"I am Zhou Yu, OPEN THE GATES!"

The news spread faster than Zhou Yu could walk as he passed through the corridors to Xiao's room. People kept coming out of their rooms to follow him. All wore a mixed expression of happiness and dread of something. Even officers started to join in the gathering castle staff. Zhou Yu didn't care, he wanted to go and see Xiao before going to see his good friend Sun Ce and Da. Zhou Yu rounded the final corner and opened the door to Xiao's room and stood there staring while everyone else gasped and cringed in anticipation as to what was to happen.

There in front of him was is wife and Gan Ning sleeping in the same bed and Gan Ning even had his arms around Xiao. The gathered multitude was now dead silent. Zhou Yu walked up to the bed and grabbed Xiao by the haul and threw her out of the bed. She hit the floor with a loud thud and looked like she was in a lot of pain as well as in a lot of confusion.

Gan Ning woke up from the lack of warmth beside him only to be greeted by a fist that came into contact with his jaw sending Gan flailing through the air before he landed on the other side of the bed.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING IN MY WIFE'S BED?" Zhou Yu roared.

"Zhou Yu? Is that you?" The spiky haired man said still half-asleep and dazed from the force of the blow.

Zhou Yu just picked the man up and slammed him through a near by table before lifting the man and slamming him against the wall.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING IN MY WIFE'S BED? " Zhou Yu repeated the question.

Xiao had been sitting there too stunned and hurt to do or say anything. Finally she mustered the strength to whisper; "I thought you were dead."

"Oh? And how long did you mourn me? Or were you fucking him before I 'died' you little bitch!" "Now you answer my question before I tear your head off!"

"Get your hands off of him Zhou Yu!" Sun Jian said as he strode into the room.

Zhou Yu turned to face the Wu leader with such a face full of anger and fury that Sun Jian took a step back as did the entire assembly.

"Do I give you advise about your marriage life? No? Well shut up and let me deal with a mess you created or you will find that Wei will have another strategist."

Turning back to the short ex-pirate Zhou Yu picked him up and through him against another wall. Turning back to Sun Jian Zhou Yu ordered coldly; "Have him moved to another post or I will kill him." Turning to face the masses Zhou YU barked at them; "GET OUT! and Zhou Tai, send in Da and Sun Ce I have to talk to them."

"Now Zhou Yu, CALM DOWN!" Sun Ce yelled at his childhood friend as he restrained him from hurting Xiao even further. Xiao had tender cheeks, her nightdress was torn, and her hair a mess and her eyes tear-strained as a she cried into Da's chest as Da tried her best to comfort her sister.

"Fine fine. But how would you feel and act if you found your wife sleeping with that little runt?"

"Just like you did and more probably." Sun Ce admitted.

"I wasn't sleeping with Gan Ning." Xiao managed to sob out.

Zhou Yu's eyes flashed and Sun Ce immediately grabbed his friend again. Unfortunately Zhou Yu tore free from Sun Ce's grip and picked Xiao up by her hair only producing more cries of pain and tears. "Never say his name again, you little hor!" Zhou Yu growled before dropping Xiao back onto the ground and back into the relative safety of Da's arms.

"Will you at least hear her before you beat her?" Da pleaded.

Zhou Yu merely nodded and set a stony glare on the girl her had once thought of as his wife.

Xiao proceeded to try and tell her side of the story but could only manage a low mumble that only Da could hear. "She says she was lonely, that you never was there for her. She says you hardly ever talked or saw each other and when you did you never gave her any love."

"No love my ass. Do you think I was going to rape a 12 year old? I could have by all rights but I loved that SWEET and INNOCENT 12 year old, that's why I never touched her, so that she could grow up. I'm gone for a little over 2 months and I find this." Zhou Yu said in a disgusted voice as he pealed off his shirt revealing several cut wounds.

"Damn boy, where you get these?" Sun Ce asked.

"Trying to hold the bloody gate. Arrow here and here" Zhou Yu pointed to his right and left shoulders "and spear cuts." Zhou Yu indicated his various other cuts.

"Those will scar." Sun Ce whistled.

For a moment Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were off in their own little world and Zhou Yu was his old self again but the Xiao spoke up in her astonishment. "You love me?"

"I loved a beautiful, sweet and INNOCENT girl named Xiao Qiao, not you." Zhou Yu spat. "But I can see that she's dead."

This renewed the stream of sobs coming from Xiao. "Please Zhou Yu, will you stop it. She didn't know and acted badly, okay?" Da said starting to get angry.

"She could have had more faith. I know that you are faithful to Sun Ce here and you haven't even slept together yet." Zhou Yu said in a matter of fact voice.

Sun Ce and Da put on guilty looks with hints of red. Neither had had much hope that Zhou Yu was alive and how Zhou Yu knew that other fact was something else all together.

"10,000 are marching on Hin Gi Gate. I spotted them marching back home through the wild lands. I have 500 local militia that will hold the gate as long as we can. Tell your old man that if he has any sense left he'll send more men to me." Zhou Yu said as he started to walk out of the room.

A/N: R rated. What do you think? This will be Zhou Yu x Xiao Qiao in the end, if I let him and her both live. Thoughts please. I may not be able to update this quickly what with AP Bio on top of other subjects.