Not like me

by thatqueenbee

"I don't like it Shang! Her mother and father are the best warriors in all of China, but our daughter worships Mrs Cho next door for doing makeup!" Mulan and Shang's daughter is nothing like her parents. She doesn't care for swords only makeup. Mulan hatches a plan to stop this, but it could turn her into the bad guy.

1. Desperate Attempts

Mulan had found one of her old swords whilst going through her things. It would be great to give to Ju-Hua as a present. It would be nice to have a daughter to teach martial arts to, Mulan thought, but she just won't listen. Mulan sighed, her daughter was nothing like her or Shang. Ju-Hua just wanted to hang out with the little widower, Wu-Teng, next door. She enjoyed to make-up with her. It kind of made Mulan uncomfortable, actually. Mulan wrapped it up none the less and went to try yet another way to turn her daughter more like herself.

Ju-Hua was in the garden, putting makeup on a doll. Mulan had reluctantly brought the make-up for her for Christmas, and Shang had brought the doll to practice on. Ju-Hua was kind of good, but was a daughter of General Li and Li Mulan really supposed to do makeup? "Hey, Ju-Hua! I got you a present!" Mulan said, handing Ju-Hua the package.

"Oh, thank you, mama. You really didn't have too," Ju-Hua said. No, you really didn't have too, she thought, I want to be my own person not you. Before even opening the present she knew that it would be an attempt of her mother's to make her want to be more like her. In her room Ju- Hua had counted that she had 3 bo-staffs, one bow and a full quill of arrows, and 5 different kinds of swords.

"Well, open it and see!" Mulan grinned

Ju-Hua opened it and saw a sword, "Wow… um," She didn't know what to say, she didn't want a sword, "I like the handle, it is very pretty."

"This is the sword I used whilst defeating the Huns!" Mulan said grinning, artificially

"Well, it's very, um, nice so I will put it with my other swords, Ok?"

Mulan sighed, "Yep."

"Well, I'm going over to Wu-Teng's house. We're doing each other's makeup!"

"Fine. Just remember to call her Mrs. Cho. I making dinner, be back for when it is done."

Ju-Hua skipped off to put her sword in her room, then ran passed again off to Mrs Cho's house. Mrs Cho was small and about the same age as Fa Li. She used to do makeup for weddings, matchmakers, and prayer ceremonies, but she had retired. At aged 18 she married love of her life, Cho Jie, becoming Mrs Cho, or Cho Wu-Teng. She used to be very beautiful, and for someone her age she was quite pretty.

Mulan walked off to prepare dinner.