Disclaimer: I don't own Mulan or make money….from anything.

I-love-Mulan13: I noticed it wasn't one of my best, but while I was writing it I was laughing at the 'role-play' part, and almost forgot that he was supposed to fail. Including Kahn was the first thing that I thought of. (Which was probably inspired by 'Equine Seal of Approval' by... uh… someone.)

Everyone else: I'm glad people like this. (I write because I can, not because I think I'm any good).

I shall dedicate this chapter to Shadowvixen49, because her review/idea is more interesting than my vague and general ideas, so I'm going to use it instead, using the most awkward sentence.

Fail! 4

Mulan and Shang sat on a bench not far from her house. They managed to have a nice, calm conversation where Shang only stuttered twice. The night was drawing to a close, and Shang knew he would have to leave soon.

He glanced to the side, saw three thumbs up, and turned back to fully face Mulan. "Um…Mulan?"

"Yes Captain?"

Shang faltered, forgetting that she still thought of him as her captain. Well, that's what this plan was all about, right? Showing her that he can be more than a captain? "I, uh, well…." He could see her impatience (after all, this is the first conversation they had where he didn't fall over every other word he said), and decided to do it the quick (and possibly painful) way, hoping that nothing too bad came from it.

He kissed her. It was barely more than a peck, but a kiss none-the-less. Pulling back, he said the first thing he thought of. "Your lips are pink." Which was a stupid thing to say, but it was too late now. He quickly stood up, bowed, said sorry, and walked off with a blush.

Mulan blinked. She was kissed. By her captain. Captain Shang just kissed her, a soldier. She knew something was up with him, but she wasn't expecting this.

A familiar "fail" from the three ever-present men (those voyeurs!) brought Mulan back to the real world. By then, Shang was gone.

So, I'm back in school, have financial aid issues, and the only one who knows where the forms are to finish it is in the hospital. That's why it's taken me so long (that, and I kind of got addicted to Kuroshitsuji [Black Butler, for those English-only people] and Loveless).