Strife and Love in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1: Destiny Calls

Over the next few days Dentshi couldn't help but brood about and think on what the old man had said. 'What does he mean I have a role to play in this chaos?' All of this seemed far too large for any one person to play a significant role in; things like this had shared roles by everyone.

On Dentshi's birthday, marking his sixteenth summer, Shiang announced to him in private that she had a very special present for him. He smiled and gave her a light kiss "You are too good to me Shiang." he said softly to her. Shiang smiled back to him "No Dentshi it is you that have been too good to me. Now, my love, I will repay you for all your love and kindness." She gave him a wink and left their small room which they shared in the upstairs of the Tavern. He and Shiang shared one room while the rest of the guys shared the second.

He watched her leave and lay back on the bed they shared. He could still faintly catch the scent of their lovemaking from the night before. He smiled as he thought about how long they had been together. Four wonderful years. He closed his eyes and let his mind drift back to the day they had first met on the outskirts of Wu Wei.

She had been playing in a field of rocks. She had told him that she planned on clearing the rocks away and using them to make a bed for flowers. He'd thought the idea was crazy, as there wasn't much that grew in China's rugged Northwestern province of Liang. Despite these thoughts she had seemed so determined that he'd smiled at her and offered to help her clear the rocks.

He didn't know how things had happened after that. They had just always kind of been together. A few months after that first meeting, sitting on a clay wall at the outskirts of the city under a crescent moon their lips had found each other's. Their romance had bloomed in the harshness of the Northwestern desert almost against all odds. Here they were now engaged, here in Xia Pi he planned to follow through with that engagement once he had the money to do so.

He lay there for what felt like hours. It was still yet fairly early in the day, and he had the evening watch at the gate so he was going to need all the rest he could get. He heard the door to the room open and squinted his eyes against the daylight as he saw Shiang standing there with another person, though he couldn't tell who.

Shiang smiled as she walked to the bed and sat beside him. "My love allow me to introduce you to Diao Chan, the famous dancer and...Consort. She has agreed to celebrate your birthday with us." Shiang gave him a grin as the other woman walked forward so he could see her better.

He was amazed by her beauty, though at the same time she was nowhere near as beautiful as his beloved Shiang. He would never dream of turning down this gift on account of that, however. He leaned over and whispered to Shiang "You really didn't have to...Wait what do you mean 'with us'?" He gave her a puzzled look while Shiang just smiled.

It was one of her mischievous smiles "Don't you dare think I'd ever consider leaving you alone with her. We're going to share you, as you and I are going to share her." Dentshi smiled at his beloved before giving her a long and passionate kiss.

Diao Chan watched the display between the two lovers; it made her feel a longing to have that kind of connection with someone also. She gave an inaudible sigh of longing as she watched them kiss. Dentshi turned to her and smiled "Well met Diao Chan, by all means make yourself comfortable." He said to Chan as his fingers toyed with the tie of Shiang's top. He was very much going to enjoy this gift.

Diao Chan gave him her own grin and slowly stripped down to her liangdang which covered her breasts and then came down into a little triangle just over her womanhood. She, as with most women, had made her liangdang to match her personality thus it was a light shade of pink with purple ruffles around the edges and a small flower stitched on the center in a deep blood red color. A stark contrast; to go with the contrasts of her personality, and profession.

She smiled at the two young lovers before her and reached up behind her neck for the tie of her liangdang. The bow came lose easily and the thin piece of cloth fell away revealing her body in all it's glory. Shiang looked at Chan's body, the perfect form of it on top of Dentshi's attentions on her breasts, as he removed her tunic made her feel like her body was on fire. "Ohhh, I think I made a wonderful choice don't you Dentshi?" she asked as she began to remove Dentshi's trousers.

Chan beamed when she saw Shiang freeing Dentshi's manhood. It had been awhile since she'd been with anyone and her body was screaming for attention. She had a feeling that her two partners would see to it that she was more than satisfied.

Dentshi moaned in happiness when he felt Shiang tending to his hardening shaft with her soft hands. He very quickly removed Shiang's skirt and liangdang so he could have access to her body.

Once his lover was freed of her cloths he beckoned Chan to come closer. He smiled as she crawled towards him then stopped and rested on her knees beside him putting him eye level with her breasts.

He cupped one while his lips sought out the other. Once they found it he began to suckle it softly then flicked it with his tongue repeatedly. Chan's moan assured him that his attentions were much appreciated while he let out a gasp of his own as he felt Shiang's tongue sliding up and down his shaft while her small hand wrapped around the base and began to stroke him eagerly.

'Oh I'm going to very much enjoy this birthday' he thought as he began to kiss lower on Chan's body. When he reached her naval he lightly began to tongue it before he started to make his way lower. Chan smiled and stroked his long black hair as he grew closer to her sweet fountain which was by now quite wet and hot.

As he drew near he could feel the heat radiating off the young woman's sex. He slid his tongue up and down her thigh teasingly before lightly kissing the folds of her love pot. He looked up to see her eyes closed and a look of pure bliss on her face as he began to lap up the juices that covered her womanhood.

Shiang meanwhile was licking and sucking his shaft with a fevered need that he'd never experienced from her. Her hand was pumping him hard and fast while her tongue slid all over his tool. Then when he felt her mouth close around it and her gentle sucking began he paused what he was doing and just moaned in happiness.

It was then he heard the commotion outside the window, below in the street. He tried to ignore it at first but when he heard the steel ringing of swords leaving their sheaths he knew he had to go, Shiang unfortunately knew it as well. She pulled off his hardness and gave him a bewildered look. "I'm sorry love..." he said reaching out to stroke her cheek. "We should get dressed and go see what's happening." he said grabbing his trousers and his long curved sword from it's resting spot against the wall.

He looked back at Chan "I shouldn't be gone long. You can wait here or you can join us if you wish it." he said before ducking out the door still fastening his trousers. His tunic lay forgotten in the room.

He emerged from the tavern into the bright daylight and squinted and looked around for whatever might be causing this commotion. He saw Chang, Huang and Geng with a group of their militia staring down several soldiers with yellow scarves around their necks...

"This is it...It's finally come down to it..." he thought as he stepped forward. "What business have you in our city?" he asked in his most dominant and commanding voice. Shiang appeared at his side her two short swords on her belt. She stood at his right elbow, her face void of any expression and her eyes two pools of ice.

The Yellow Turban soldiers looked at the new arrivals and laughed. "These kids think they can stand up to us? We have the power of Heaven on our side!" one man proclaimed while the second "I say we just kill them and take what we want, except that girl there. She's pretty and I would love to..." he didn't get more than that out. Dentshi's long curved sword sang as it left it's sheath and the mans arm was then laying on the ground and the man stood there in shock. "No one speaks of her that way least of all slime like you. Now I advise you all to gather your things, including your arm," he said pointing his sword at the man who's arm he had severed "and leaving this city at once while you still can."

The Yellow Turbans seemed to be very angry over the thought of being thrown out by these young kids and drew their weapons. "Very well, you have made your decision, now you live with the consequences..." Dentshi said in a cold, hollow voice.

The battle had begun.