ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
CHAPTER FIVE: YOUR HEART'S DESIRE
WARNING: THIS SECTION OF THE STORY IS RATED R. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IT, THEN SKIP DOWN TO THE NOTICE. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AND MAKING YOUR OWN DECISION.
Sun Shang was awakened by the sense of an intruder; he crept across the room. She knew it wasn't Pang Tong; he always asked to come in. She looked outside, and she guessed it to be around midnight.
The specter silently floated across the room and paused next to her bed. Some moonlight hit his body. He was built very well, obviously training, she could not tell who it was by the body alone. He didn't say anything. She thought it was Jiang Wei. She was confused, but she knew one thing, he was exciting something in her. She sat up instantly and sat at the edge of the bed, trying to see the mystery man better.
He said nothing, and it made her heart speed up. She clasped her hand to her chest, very close to her heart. The emotionless man-thing didn't move and was deep in thought. He doesn't move, is he not alive? Sun Shang had her doubts, and then he placed his hand over hers and spoke. "I have come for you, and I wish to have you. Will you let me?"
His voice was almost familiar; it could be Boyue. She got a partial look at his face; he was Boyue and her heart skipped a beat.
She had now been in the camp for three months and spied on Boyue every time she could. Watching the battles and even when he cleans the temple, there is little she doesn't know and asks Pang Tong about what she doesn't. She craved his secrets. She figures he should know hers.
"Take me, I am yours." She felt his hand caress her body, and felt his lips seek hers. They kissed; she felt his tongue try to enter her mouth and she let it in. She was in undeniable ecstasy. Electricity flowed through her entire body. He cupped her breast, and her nipple hardened instantly, she let out a moan of pleasure that went through the kiss. He parted from her face and lifted her night clothing up over her head. Then, took her nipple in his mouth, getting it both harder and more sensitive.
After what felt like pure bliss, he slipped his hands down her ribs, over her belly, and into her damp folds; he moved them out and in, slowly at first, then picking up speed until it felt like she was taking flight. She felt close to climax and yet felt it selfish, but she could not bring herself to tell him to stop. Without her noticing, he moved his lips inches from her folds. Her clitoris was standing up and he took it into his mouth. Immediately, she felt a wave of pleasure flow over her body, again and again. He began anew and she climaxed a second time.
!!NOTICE!!
"Three months, Zhi Ning, I can't believe that in three months that you haven't at least become a better chief!" She woke up. She looked around; she wasn't in her bedroom with Boyue by her side. Instead, Pang Tong was shaking her awake. She almost burned her eyes in the campfire.
"If this keeps up, then I'll just smuggle you out of here before morning." Pang Tong was off on another rant and her dream had almost faded away; she could only remember that it was with Boyue and it was a great feeling. "…young lady if you have another dream like that, I swear I'm going to…"
She wasn't listening and didn't care. He sounded way too much like her father. "…if anyone finds out about this, then there will be serious repercussions! No one has seen you, have they?"
"No. Do you think me so lewd?" This was not entirely true. She had "accidentally" tried to clue Boyue in by generally being womanlier in speech and action when they were alone. (Which was often, as she was always watching him.) He hadn't come to talk to her, and it was proper. Jiang Wei always spoke to Zhuge Liang on all matters and this was no exception.
But aside from that discretion, Sun Shang Xiang had learned a lot in her time at the Shu camp. She learned the most about humility, respect and about hard work. She almost enjoyed the toil to increase her rank; it made her feel better about where she was in the ladder.
Always being "Princess of Wu" tainted her every failure and accomplishment. Here, all she earned was from skill, even her feminine side knew she was better at some things than the men. Also, after a defeat at home, poor sportsmen would attribute the loss to "taking it easy on her" because she was Sun Jian's daughter.
She had talked to Pang Tong and set up a schedule within a week as to her daily activities. She insisted on training for three hours everyday, and Pang Tong could not get her to change that. She trained by herself and slowly began moving up the ranks. Pang Tong's plan was for her to fight the most brutal Shu generals; she only wanted to be worthy of such duels.
"Zhi Ning, I can feel that some massive crucible is on its way, and that you are going to be in trouble," commented Pang Tong, one day, in an offhanded manner.
Zhou Yu has some problems of his own.
I cannot believe that Sun Shang Xiang has been gone for three months, but I mustn't give up hope, I'll see her again one day. This was quite different from the Zhou Yu who was more concerned with losing his head than seeing Sun Shang Xiang again.
I must see her, I need to apologize to her, and I need her to forgive me. On the first day of trying to find her, Zhou Yu thought of her as only a stupid girl, as days went by, he thought of how he treated her, that sort of thinking made him think about more what she was than who.
Somehow, she went from brat to young woman. She was a woman, and he hadn't treated her like one. Going over each conversation in his head, he realized that she thought differently than he did. He finally found that he maybe had crushed her by saying what he said. The more that he thought about her, the less he thought about his plans. Eventually, even Lu Xun, his student, could start finding flaws in them. But the feelings of Zhou Yu were rather minor compared to those of her father.
Sun Jian is having an argument in his head, as always the italics hold the other side of the arguments.
I brought her up as a warrior; she should be a warrior first and foremost.
Are you forgetting that she is also a woman, and thinks about things differently?
That shouldn't matter, I have raised three boys (Zhou Yu being one of them,) and they are quite capable warriors.
But, they are boys. Girls are harder to mold and to teach.
But that doesn't excuse her from leaving the camp.
It also doesn't excuse you from neglecting her.
What do you mean?
She was ready for battle, even before Gongjin said that she was. You knew that. Still, you had her stay out of the fray. Only during those times did you treat her like a woman. If you would treat her like a warrior, instead of like a woman, and vise versa, then perhaps she would still be here.
She didn't leave because of me! (In desperation,) She left because of what Gongjin said.
But she listened to Zhou Yu several days before she left. Or did that slip your mind too?
Back to story.
"Sun Jian, I would like to hold an audience with you," Zhou Yu said this behind Sun Jian's heavy door; he had been avoiding the Wu leader for almost all the time that he has been searching, "It has been four months, and there is still no sign."
"ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO CALL OFF THE SEARCH FOR MY DAUGHTER? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ZHOU YU? IF YOU ARE, THEN--"
"Not at all, my liege, I merely request more supplies. And I'd like to step into your chambers to discuss the matter."
Now quite sated, Sun Jian stated, "You may come in."
As Zhou Yu took his seat, Sun Jian recollected what he had been thinking just before his lord strategist came in, and unloaded his stress on him, "Why did you think it proper to send my daughter off crying? Did you forget that she was a woman?"
Zhou Yu had thought that this was going to be a discussion between him and Sun Jian about his needs for more supplies, not Sun Jian verbally roasting him. In his absolute bewilderment, he was totally speechless, and Sun Jian took the silence as a no.
"IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO BE CERTAIN THAT I DON'T SEE YOU UNTIL SHE IS BACK IN CAMP!"
In a timid, scared voice that was unbecoming him, Zhou Yu only said, "Yes, sir." He walked out of the room, very shaky and nearly broken. He barely got to the practice field without losing his composure. He found that the field was empty, so he pulled out a practice dummy. He started to work up a sweat to mix with his tears. They fell like his blows and his curses, freely and often.
Instead of Da Qiao, Lu Xun came to comfort Zhou Yu once he had quieted again.
"Lord, I have come to bring troubling news," Lu Xun could barely remember what Lu Meng had instructed him to say. "Great Teacher, Zhuge Liang and the Shu forces are at our west border, if they attack all is lost. What are your orders?"
"Let them come, I am no longer welcome here. Let Zhuge Liang kill me and end my misery!"
Lu Xun was caught completely off-guard, upon lying about the Shu attack, he expected Gongjin to al least ask for a map. Infuriated, Lu Xun nearly struck his mentor in his seething hatred. His teacher, whom had taught him everything, was now welcoming his rival's appearance and was constantly distracted by a pesky girl. This was against everything he had learned. But Lu Xun remembered one of Zhou Yu's previous lectures, "Sometimes not everything is planned, inspiration and intuition also play major roles in the War Room." Now, Lu Xun had a plan.
"Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang has Sun Shang Xiang and is planning on using her to get in camp. We need you to--"
"You know where Sunny is?! What proof do you have? I demand to know how you found out? Did you learn just moments ago? If you learned before this, then I'll--"
"Teacher, I do not know. I do know that you won't know unless we defeat Shu in battle, so you need to buck up in the War Room. No one should find any flaws."
"Don't worry about that, Sun Jian doesn't want to see me until his daughter is back in camp. I can't even go into Council," then in a fashion similar to that of his student, Zhou Yu's inspiration came bubbling forth. "You can give the Council my ideas. That would work, then you'll never find a flaw and if one is found, I won't be given away. Please, Lu Xun, this is one fight we need to win."
Feeling joy at this new honor, Lu Xun said, "As long as Sun Shang Xiang is out there, I can be your vassel." Then Lu Xun left with a huge grin on his face, and odd thoughts in his head, Gongjin trusts me to tell his plans. That is the greatest honor. Then, in a fashion unnatural to him, Lu Xun thought, did he call her a pet name? Perhaps there is more to this than I thought.