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Disclaimer: Dynasty Warriors and its characters are not mine, they belong to Koei. I'm not making any profit from writing this, I'm just a poor ficwriter.

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A/N: There will be more adventure and humor in this chapter, before the smut part in the next chapter, so I hope you can wait!

Shaky Ground

Chapter 2

The sky was full of white clouds and the breeze was cool against his skin. Gan Ning could see the Wu soldiers standing in formation, creating red lines over the field. He was at a hill and he could have a good view of the battlefield, the bases and the strategic points. He would have to head northeast and make a surprise attack there. Ling Tong could approach from the southwest, from the opposite side.

Why am I thinking about it right now?

There were many other things he could think of. Several of other officers he could think of.

But not as good looking as him.

Gan Ning wanted to slap himself. Where had that thought come from?

He gave words of incentive for the men and guided his horse to a place where he had to wait in position.

It didn't take long before the battle started. He could hear the shouts and the drums commanding the rhythm of the battle. He paced in anxiety, feeling the rush of adrenaline in his veins. Nothing could make him feel so alive as a battlefield. And Gan Ning was so eager to fight, he couldn't wait anymore. The hell with the plan, he wanted to bathe his blades in enemie's blood and feel the sweet taste of victory soon. He could see the astonished expression of the enemy troops with the surprise attacks. It was too easy sometimes. He crashed the enemy defences and teared their morale apart.

One unit down, he hungered for the next battle.

Seeing the next troop, he headed directly to their leader, maybe he could offer him some challenge. Landing several attacks, Gan Ning could see that the big man was better than the average soldier, but he was still slow, and soon he saw the attack that sent him to his own bloody death. With his demise, his men instantaneously fled.

The base was his, Gan Ning thought.

If he followed the schedule, he would have to remain in proximity, guarding the post and helping the nearby allied forces if necessary.

It wasn't what he did.

Gan Ning moved forward and continued on his slaughter, quickly sending men to their death. Nothing could stand in his way.

He ran and ran across the battlefield, until he found a familiar face. It seemed like Ling Tong was having a little problem dealing with that side of the battlefield. Enemy reinforcements had arrived by then and the young officer had to face the attack from both sides, alone with his troops.

"Hey, watch your back!" Gan Ning yelled.

Ling Tong turned just in time to defend the attack. He blocked the sword and then kicked the weapon out of the enemy's hand, beating him to defeat.

"What are you doing here?" he asked in surprise; after all, the warrior was supposed to be fighting on the other side.

"Came here to see you getting your ass kicked!"

"What? You bastard!" Ling Tong started to fight with even more vitality.

Gan Ning dismounted his horse and ran to the other officer's side. "But you know what? I can't let anyone kick your ass before I do."

"Like you ever could..."

Gan Ning smiled and fought happily, enjoying the sensation of the battle. When he was like this, there was no pain, there was no fear.

Ling Tong couldn't say it out loud, but he was relieved to see the warrior fighting by his side. It seemed as if Gan Ning had brought a new energy to the dark-haired officer and his soldiers.

"You're gonna stand here gaping? Come on!" Gan Ning ran when he vanquished the forces at the place.

"I can't lose to him!" He ran after the ex-pirate and fought with all his might. He fought until there was no enemy left standing.

When the battle was over, the Wu men cheered. They had been victorious one more time.

"Well done!" Lu Meng approached them. He patted their backs and looked around. "I was watching you two fighting, it seems like you're doing quite well together."

"What? Me and this guy? He only stands in the way," Ling Tong said.

"What did you say? It was you who needed my help, if I didn't..."

"Okay, okay, you two, that's enough."

"Yeah, I don't wanna hear anymore of this guy, he annoys me to no end." Ling Tong walked to the camp's direction.

"You..." Gan Ning stepped in the direction that the other officer had gone, but was stopped by Lu Meng.

"Let him go."

"You see how he treats me! I tried to help him and look how he thanks me!"

"Gan Ning, you know you better leave him alone."

"But..."

"Don't insist." Lu Meng mounted his horse. "Better hurry to the camp and prepare things to go back home... or do you want to stay here in the battlefield with the crows and the dead bodies?"

"Yeah, I'll pass it. It's starting to stink."

xxx

Wu men left their camp and headed back with news of the victory. Sun Quan was very satisfied to hear about the battle and he decided it was time to give his men some rest before the next advances. So they would have some free days to enjoy as they wished.

Gan Ning was watching the quiet night, looking at the sky from his room's balcony. He could see the stars shimmering sweetly and hear the crickets singing their mating songs.

It was depressing him.

He left his room and walked through the silent corridors of the palace. What did all those people do during their nights? Sleep?

Walking around a little more, he found a door.

He stared at it.

And then stared at it again.

"..."

He finally knocked on the door.

"What?" answered a tired voice from behind the wooden surface.

Gan Ning knocked again.

Com'on, bastard, answer it.

Ling Tong opened the door slowly and frowned when he saw a blond ex-pirate grinning in the corridor. He thought about closing the door on his face, but he knew that it would only give him more headaches later.

"What do you want?"

"Doing something right now?" Gan Ning asked.

"I was reading."

"You, reading?"

"Why the surprise? Do you think a warrior has to be dumb?" Ling Tong asked in annoyance.

"Reading what?"

"Poetry."

Gan Ning started laughing.

"..." Ling Tong rolled his eyes. "Did you come here to make fun of me?"

"No... It's just... I didn't know you were the type..."

"Whatever..." Ling Tong turned to his room again.

"Wait..." Gan Ning prevented him from closing the door. "I was wondering if you wanna drink with me."

"Me? Why me?" The man asked incredulously.

"Well, you seem like the only officer who enjoys this blessed pleasure... as much as I do."

"Are you telling me I drink too much?"

"Uh, yes."

Ling Tong groaned.

"From what I saw from the last parties. You sure look like you like to be wasted."

"You..." Ling Tong started to answer, but stopped... That was true anyway, what could he say? "Okay, where are we going?"

"I knew you wouldn't let me down on this one." Gan Ning patted his back in a friendly gesture, unaware of his strength, knocking the air out of Ling Tong's lungs. "Hey, are you okay, man?" The ex-pirate saw the other officer coughing.

"Yeah... fine," he hissed.

"I just know this place with the best booze around..."

xxx

"Is this the great place you talked about?"

Ling Tong looked around. The paint on the walls was fading, and the furniture looked like it would crumble at any moment. There was a strong odor of alcohol and sweaty bodies from the men drinking, and those men... they looked awfully terrible to say the least.

"Well, I know it doesn't look great, but I found the best booze of this region; believe me, it's a speciality of the house, something with rice and fruit and other things."

"These 'other things' really makes me worried."

"Ahh, come here." Gan Ning sat at a table and motioned for the other officer to take a seat.

Ling Tong moved slowly, regretting to have agreed on going to the place. He sat carefully and saw the ex-pirate order the 'special' drinks.

"So, for how long have you been under Wu command?"

The man arched an eyebrow at the blond's question. What was that? Talking like he wanted to know him. "Well, for some years by now, I guess, almost ten years; I asked to join their forces soon after..." He stopped for a moment. "Soon after my father passed away."

Ohhh... Gan Ning looked around and whistled nervously. "Long time." He nodded.

"Yeah... I've been an officer since then."

"You were really young. Well, you don't seem old."

"I was 15."

"Yeah, you were young, but by that time I was already in action for some years."

"You were a pirate."

"Yeah, it was fun for a while. Crazy times, we could do everything!"

"You had no morals."

"Well, no. But then I was young. I know how to be loyal now..."

And then their drinks arrived.

"I guess I have no choice..." Ling Tong looked at his cup.

"What? Afraid of a little drink? I thought you were stronger than that."

"What? I am..." He sighed and swallowed the bitter liquid. His throat burned and he felt dizzy for a while, but then... "Oh... it's..."

"Good, huh?" Gan Ning swallowed all the contents in his cup.

Ling Tong drank more. It was like nothing he had ever tasted before. It started off bitter but then it was all wonderful after.

"Hum, you liked it." Gan Ning grinned.

"It's not bad..."

Then Gan Ning asked for another round.

And another round.

And another round.

And there were so many rounds that both their heads were spinning. They were talking and laughing like they were the best friends in the world. And the once horrible place had become the coolest place in the world.

Soon Gan Ning and Ling Tong left their seats and started singing with the men in the table nearby; then they started playing cards in the next one; and after it, they danced with incredibly ugly prostitutes, though soon the two officers escaped their arms to sing again with some men. Then—with no reason why—they were rolling over the grass fields outside the bar.

When the officers were tired of rolling around, they stood up and started to run on a road; naked. They had arrived at a river and jumped into the cold waters.

And after all their laughing, Ling Tong decided to kill Gan Ning.

It didn't help the fact that he tried to drown the other man in a place where the water didn't even reach one foot deep. Gan Ning chocked on water and tried to escape the man above him, with no avail, but he managed to not die.

"Hey, man! Calm down! I'm on your side now!"

"Oh..." Ling Tong stopped and tried to regain his breath.

Then he laughed hard.

"What?" Gan Ning arched one eyebrow and inspected the man's happy face.

"It was a long time since... Since I felt so young."

It wasn't like he never had times to relax and do things he enjoyed, but being a high-ranking officer gave him so much responsibility that he didn't have much time to go out and do the stupid things young men usually do.

"Ah, I know what you mean. It's been a while since I found someone who's not old and grumpy to hang out with." Gan Ning looked up and admired the features of the man above him. He felt so good lying there with his body pressed against the other in those waters. He saw the water drops rolling over Ling Tong's skin, and he felt the urge to lick it. But soon he felt the loss of the other body pressed to his and almost groaned in frustration.

"You know, you're right. People around us are so serious." Ling Tong stood up. "I wonder if that kid does other things than studying strategy."

"Lu Xun is the youngest of us and he acts like a man twice his age." Gan Ning stood up. "It's cute, but it's irritating at the same time."

"Cute?" Ling Tong arched one eyebrow, never imagining to hear the word coming from Gan Ning.

"What? Don't you think he's cute?"

"Hum..." Ling Tong sighed. "I guess..."

"Well, let's go then."

Gan Ning started to look for his clothes and Ling Tong could see all the extension of the tattoos that were hidden under the armor. They travelled from his arms and up to his chest, covering a good part of it. He also could see the man's well defined muscles moving as he walked. He should feel ashamed of looking so indiscreetly, but he had drunk so much that he didn't care.

"What? Are you checking me out?" The blond man tried to sound humoured, but his tone had sounded a little deeper than he liked.

"No," Ling Tong lied shamelessly.

"Ah..." Gan Ning answered.

"You know, I was thinking." Ling Tong started to look for his clothes too. "I never saw Boyan without that serious face, or a calm smile."

"Guess we need to change that." Gan Ning grinned.

xxx

"What are you doing awake in these late hours?" Lu Meng asked when he saw a light on one of the rooms of the palace.

Lu Xun was sitting at a table, with several scriptures in front of him. "I... I was thinking, master Lu Meng, if I did something wrong in my plans."

"Why do you say that?"

The boy had a concerned expression. "I planned for master Gan Ning to stay at a point in the battlefield, but in the end, he was at another place."

"And didn't we win the battle anyway?"

"Yes, master, and that's the point. I'm very glad that we have achieved victory, but maybe I had to plan another strategy for Gan Ning."

"Yours was a good strategy, you did nothing wrong and it was Gan Ning who disobeyed the orders."

"But he saw it necessary to..."

"I don't know if he saw it that necessary to cross the entire battlefield because he thought his presence was needed. I think he was reckless and didn't think about the consequences of his action... for our luck it turned to our favor. But one can't trust luck alone. That's why we need brilliant minds to think of an effective strategy."

"I'd be really happy if I became one good strategist one day."

"You already are, young man!" Lu Meng was relieved to see the concerned expression on the boy's face soften a little. "You have not awakened your full potential, but you're definitely on the path, so... don't worry too much right now. Go to your room and have a good rest."

And so Lu Xun followed the older man's advice. He was sleeping peacefully in his bed, in his silk robe; his skin was illuminated by the moonlight and his face showed a peaceful expression... that changed when something wet hit him.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The poor boy yelled.

"Happy birthday!" The two drunk men cheered in unison.

Lu Xun realized that two high officers had snuck into his room and threw a jar of water on him. "Why did you do that?" He had an incredulous expression on his face. "And it's not my birthday... and... and... Throwing water is not a way to celebrate someone's birthday!"

"I just made it up now." Gan Ning grinned proudly.

"It was a good idea, I might say," Ling Tong complemented.

Lu Xun stood up and felt the wet silk sliding off his skin, blushing instantaneously.

Gan Ning smiled. "We're gonna take you to your birthday party."

"What? I'm not going anywhere! Not like this..."

"Yeah, he's right, Gan Ning. Think about the danger he could be in if he went almost naked and wet walking through the streets at night."

Lu Xun didn't want to think about what that comment might have implied.

"Yeah, get dressed, boy, we're waiting here."

"But I don't wanna go anywhere!"

"Oh, yes, you do." Gan Ning got closer to the boy and restrained him from behind. "Ling Tong, move your lazy ass and pick some clothes for the kid."

"Hey! I'm not a kid!"

Ling Tong laughed. "Oh, yes, you are." He rummaged through the boy's wardrobe and picked an attire he liked. "What do you think of this one, Ning?"

"Perfect!" The man shouted.

"Don't let him escape." Ling Tong moved closer and started to take off the wet clothes the boy was in.

"Hey!" Lu Xun struggled, but Gan Ning was much stronger than him, and all that body pressing against his was making the boy light headed, so he stopped and blushed furiously. He was very conscious of the hard chest pressed against his back, the strong hold of Gan Ning's arms encircling his body, and then Ling Tong hands started to move over his skin to take off his wet clothes... "Stop it! I'll do it! I'll go with you, but let me dress alone!" He wanted to die in shame.

The older officers watched the heart-wrenching scene of Lu Xun helpless and... they smiled.

"Oohh... Okay, but don't cry." Gan Ning grinned.

"I'm not crying!" Lu Xun furiously took the clothes Ling Tong had picked and hid somewhere in the room to get changed.

"Do you think we are being too cruel to the kid?"

"Nah..." Gan Ning answered. "He has to learn the world is more dangerous than he thinks."

"And what does it have to do with clothes?"

"I don't know... In taking off clothes maybe..."

"Okay... I'm ready..." Lu Xun appeared decently dressed to go out. "Where are we going?"

The poor boy's eyes hurt with the scene before him. It was the ugliest place he had ever seen in his life. The other officers had brought him to the same bar they were in earlier.

"You'll drink with us, boy." Gan Ning ordered the drinks.

"But I don't... I don't drink often."

"But that's one thing you have to learn to be a man." He put an arm over his shoulders.

"As I see it... it's not a necessary..."

"Hey, the drinks are here!" Ling Tong informed.

"Alright!" Gan Ning toasted before drinking the entire contents of his cup.

Ling Tong did the same. But Lu Xun just stared at the strange liquid.

"You don't have to be afraid, it's you or it... Do you wanna lose to a drink?" Gan Ning asked.

"No, sir."

"Then take it! In one motion, don't give it the chance to strike back."

"Ning, it's a drink, not an enemy soldier," Ling Tong said.

"Okay..." Lu Xun took a deep breath. "I'll try." He put the cup to his lips, closed his eyes and swallowed... coughing up next.

"Hey, hey, are you alright?" Gan Ning patted the boy's back and he coughed a lot more from the impact.

"Don't kill the boy, Ning!"

"I'm just helping him!"

"No, you're not!"

"Yes, I am!"

"Okay... okay, stop arguing... I'm okay." Lu Xun swallowed the rest of the liquid in one gulp.

Suddenly the entire place seemed to become silent.

Both men looked at the boy expectantly.

Lu Xun blinked a few times, and realized he was still alive.

"It's... it's not that bad."

"I knew he'd like it!" Gan Ning motioned for a woman to bring more.

"But, hey, I think it's enough for now."

"What? Are you refusing my birthday gift? I'm paying for all this!" Gan Ning exclaimed.

"...But I can pay for my drink."

"No, you're not paying! You're drinking!"

"But I prefer paying..."

"You have no right to say no."

"That's a good way to talk to a superior..." Ling Tong rolled his eyes.

"What? It was your idea." Gan Ning looked at the tall officer.

"No, it wasn't!"

"It was your idea too!" Gan Ning got up and pulled Ling Tong by the collar, lifting him from his seat.

"You..." Ling Tong stood up and went around the table to press Gan Ning against a wall.

The blond man stumbled drunkly without resistance. He lifted his head up to look at the angry brown eyes and—lost in the intensity of their glow for a moment—Gan Ning forgot what they have been arguing about.

"Hey, you two... the drinks have arrived," Lu Xun said nervously.

"Ah, it's about time!" Ling Tong eased his hold on Gan Ning and returned to his seat. "I love this thing." He swallowed the liquid happily, forgetting he had been angry the moment before.

Gan Ning remained pressed against the wall for a while longer, thinking about how close he had been to the dark-haired man, before returning to his seat at Lu Xun's side. He saw the boy drinking and the smile returned to his face, but then he noticed the boy staring at a certain direction; a blush appearing at the young officer cheeks. He realized the young strategist was looking at a woman scarcely dressed.

"Tell me what, kid, have you ever been with someone?"

"What?"

"You know, what."

Lu Xun blushed furiously.

"I think you got your answer, Gan Ning." Ling Tong took a sip of his drink. "Leave him be."

"Oh, but don't you think we might help an officer in need?"

"What?" Ling Tong almost choked on his drink. "What do you mean? We can't do this to him!"

"What are you guys talking about!" Lu Xun wanted to hide somewhere.

"No! I didn't say that! Not us! Hum... I don't know why not, but not us!"

"Ahhh... I see it..." Ling Tong grinned.

"I'll be right back." Gan Ning got up and headed somewhere.

"Where did he go?" Lu Xun asked carefully.

"You just wait for the surprise, Boyan."

And it was a big surprise. Lu Xun was terrified to see the prostitute coming over to him.

"They say she's the best one here." Gan Ning said proudly and dragged the boy along the bar to a room in the back of the establishment.

Lu Xun tried to escape with all his forces, but to no avail.

"You can't leave me here!" Lu Xun yelled when he was thrown on the bed.

"Do you want us to stay?" Gan Ning asked. "To give moral support?"

"I think it's a private moment..." Ling Tong said. "Good luck." And dragged Gan Ning out of the room.

"Nooooooooooooo!" The boy yelled.

"He will thank us later." The blond man said when they returned to their table.

Ling Tong started to laugh hard.

"What?" Gan Ning asked confused.

"If he survives, he'll kill us!"

"Why?"

"She's the ugliest woman I ever saw!"

"She wasn't that ugly..." Gan Ning grinned.

"No, she was not just ugly, she was horrendous."

Gan Ning laughed. "Yeah, maybe she is... but hey, he doesn't need to keep looking at her face to do what he has to do."

"Oh, I don't think I could be that brave."

"I could, but I had to be totally drunk."

"You have a very low taste."

"Well, when you're a man of the sea, you don't have much choice. But if I had the choice, of course I'd choose someone gorgeous."

"Like who?"

"I don't know..."

"I bet you wanted to fuck the kid."

"What?" Gan Ning asked surprised.

"You were very happy by his side."

"Oh, I couldn't fuck him even if I wished. He's the chief's boy."

"What? Sun Quan? I don't see anything between them."

"I bet he wants to bring the kid to his bed, and I won't be crazy to touch him when my leader has his eyes on him."

"So you send him to bed with a dirty whore instead."

Gan Ning laughed. "Yes!" What could he do but laugh?

"Oh, man, we're so fucked up"

"I hope he never finds out." Gan Ning's laugh subdued a little. "But you know, even if I'd fuck the boy, it's not him I'm thinking of lately."

"So, who is it?" Ling Tong asked carefully, he didn't know why the statement bothered him.

Gan Ning remained silent for a while, maybe pondering on his words for once in his life.

But then they saw a boy leaving a room and running to the exit of the establishment. Clothes torn and tears on his face.

They went out of the place and found the boy in dismay. "It was horrible."

"You have to be strong, man." Gan Ning put a hand over one of the boy's shoulder.

"Sooner or later it had to happen." Ling Tong tried to comfort his young superior.

"What? Nothing happened."

Both men blinked a few times.

"What did happen?" Ling Tong asked.

"First she took off the cloth covering her breasts and they pumped into the air and then... she buried my face bettween them and I thought I was gonna die for lack of air..."

Gan Ning started to laugh hard. "Good, boy!"

"What?" Lu Xun was confused.

"Our master won't kill us."

"What do you mean?"

Gan Ning stared at Lu Xun's confused eyes with all the seriousness he could in his drunk state. "You'll understand someday... the torment they call love."
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