Sora, Donald and Goofy are gonna wear dresses in this chapter. Also there's a GET UP ON AIKA'S (Hydra's) BACK moment in this.


Her Determined Heart

Chapter 7: Saving China

Shang, Sora, Donald, Goofy and the other soldiers of the Imperial Army were walking towards the Imperial Palace. There were many people cheering for their 'victory' against the Hun army but they all looked very glum. They heard a whistle and galloping to see Mulan and Aika on a black horse.

"Mulan, Aika?" Shang asked.

"Shang, the Hun's are alive they're in the city." The dark-haired woman stated.

"You two don't belong here, go home." Aika growled at this.

"You have to believe us!" She exclaimed.

"Why should I?" He asked.

"Why else would we come back? You said you trust Ping and Terra. Why is Mulan and Aika any different?" Mulan hissed but Shang's horse just trotted away.

"Hey!" The soldiers looked up at Aika who glared at them. "Keep an eye out for them. They're definitely here."

"Aika…" Sora mumbled and she looked up at him with a soft gaze.

"Go with the Captain. I'll join you shortly." He nodded and did what he was told.

Everyone entered the Imperial Square which was filled with people. Both Aika and Mulan tried telling people that the Emperor was in danger but no one listened. Mushu told them that no one would listen because they were girls again.

Suddenly they heard a hawk and knew who's it was. Shan-Yu's hawk grabbed the sword of Shan Yu and flew up to the roof of the Imperial Palace. There Shan-Yu emerged from the shadows and everyone began to panic. Hun Soldiers suddenly appeared and began beating up the Imperial Soldiers, whilst some grabbed the Emperor and fled into the Palace.

The brown-haired teen gasped at this and began running through the Imperial Square. She summoned her Keyblade and pointed it towards her enemy on the roof. She could hear her heart beating faster and she was trying to breathe steadily. 'I have one shot at this. Gotta made it count.'

"Fire!" She yelled and shot a blast of fire towards the roof. However, he managed to dodge it. "Shit!"

Mulan and Aika got to the entrance of the Imperial Palace and saw the soldiers holding a huge statue trying to push the doors open.

"They won't reach the Emperor in time. Mulan any ideas?" The brown haired teen asked. The soldiers heard a whistle and turned to Mulan.

"Hey guys, I have an idea." She said and ran off with Aika following.

Sora, Donald and Goofy followed after them and Mulan explained her idea.

"Oh, do we have to?" Sora whined.

"Hey, I had to dress up as a man so suck it up." Aika growled as she helped her friend get changed.


When they were done, they were dressed in female disguises, wearing dresses and heavy makeup, Sora wore red, Donald wore blue and Goofy wore yellow. Even Aika was wearing a dress over her usual attire of clothes, a similar dress to Mulan's but purple and white and some dark pink lipstick. They got to a few pillars, with Shang joining them and used their sashes to climb up. They managed to infiltrate the Palace.

"Okay any questions?" Mulan asked.

"Does this dress make my butt look fat?" Sora asked and earned a smack on the head from Aika. "Ouchie."

"Haha, Ouchie." She replied.

The Huns who were guarding the balcony where the Emperor heard soft giggles. Mulan, Aika, Sora, Donald and Goofy walked towards them and began waving. Suddenly, an apple from underneath Sora's dress fell out and they all gasped. One of the soldiers picked it up for him.

"How sweet…" Sora replied in a feminine voice with Aika trying her best to hold in her laughter.

The trio took out the fruits from underneath their dress and began fighting against the soldiers. They all managed to hold down the soldiers who were guarding the door.

"Shang go!" Mulan called out and the Captain ran up the stairs to defend the Emperor. Donald and Goofy followed them and suddenly Heartless appeared around them.

"You ready Mulan, Sora?" Aika asked and they nodded.

It didn't take them too long to fight against the Heartless and when they were done, they ran up the stairs to see the Emperor, Donald and Goofy already gone but Shang was on the floor and Shan Yu was about to get away. Mulan ran up to the cord which Donald and Goofy along with the Emperor escaped with and cut it with a sword. Shan-Yu turned to see Aika, Sora and Mulan standing in front of Shang protecting him and began walking towards them. They began running down the stairs and closed the door behind them. Shan-Yu managed to punch through the door and they started running.

"What's the plan?" Mushu asked.

"Ummm…" Mulan gulped.

"You don't have a plan?!" The dragon exclaimed.

"Wait look!" Aika stopped and pointed at the men lighting up the fireworks. The little dragon turned to Aika with a smirk. "He'll go out in a BANG!"

"Way ahead of you sister!" He exclaimed.

"Whatever you do, don't miss." Mulan stated and he nodded whilst jumping out the window.

They managed to get on the roof with Shan-Yu appearing between Sora, Mulan and Aika. He tried swinging his sword at her, but Sora blocked it with his own Keyblade. He managed to pull the sword off him and threw it to Mulan. The brown-haired woman jumped on Shan-Yu's back, held him down and got him in a headlock.

"Ready Mushu?" Mulan jumped over them, stabbed the sword on Shan-Yu's cape to hold him down.

"I'm ready baby!" He shouted.

Suddenly, Shan-Yu grabbed Aika's ankle as he was being hit with the huge firework. She began kicking his face, but he wouldn't let go. Sora and Mulan turned back, took her hand and managed to pull her away from him.

"Get off the roof, get off the roof, get off the roof!" Mulan chanted.

Sora pulled her Aika up and they heard explosions of fireworks behind them and the brown-haired woman grabbed her best friend's hand. They began running to the edge of the roof behind Mulan who had already jumped.

"Sora, jump on my back!" She stated.

"What?" He asked in surprise.

"GET UP ON MY DAMN BACK, SORA!" She yelled and he wrapped his arms around her neck whilst getting on her back. The young woman summoned her Keyblade and jumped off the roof, slid down the cord behind Mulan at full speed with Aika yelling with excitement and Sora screaming with fear. Mulan jumped off and landed on Shang and Sora and Aika landed on Donald.

"Where are they?" The Emperor asked and Sora, Mulan and Aika all stood in front of him, bowing down respectfully. "I have heard a great deal about you Fa Mulan. You stole your father's armour, ran away from home. And you Aika, you're no different. You both impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonoured the Chinese army, destroyed my Palace." They looked up at him. "AND!" They all gulped. "Sora, Aika, Mulan, you have saved us all."

They looked up to see the Emperor bowing down to them and turned back to see everyone, soldiers and common people bowing down towards them. Mulan's eyebrows rose and she was surprised, Sora had a cheesy grin and Aika had her hand on her chest whilst smiling at everyone.

"Take this…" The Emperor took off a dragon pendant from his neck and placed it around Mulan's neck. "So your family will know what you have done for me. And this…" He picked up Shan-Yu's sword and gave it to her. "So the world will know what you have done for China."

Out of happiness, Mulan jumped on the Emperor hugging him. He was taken aback but returned the hug.

"Is she allowed to do that?" Yao asked and the others just shrugged. She pulled away from him and turned to her friends.

"Way to go, Mulan!" Sora punched his fist in the air.

"We're so proud of you." Aika smiled.

Suddenly the sword began to glow and sparkle and it opened a gate. Sora summoned his Keyblade and so did Aika and they both pointed their weapons at it.

"Guess it's about time to be movin' on." Goofy said.

"Will it be okay if we come visit?" Sora asked.

"Of course." Shang nodded.

"Shang isn't there something you wanna say to Mulan?" Aika crossed her arms and he turned to her.

"You…uh…you fight good." The young woman huffed and rolled her eyes.

"You two play nice." The 15-year-old teen smiled.

"Yeah, don't forget to invite us for the wedding." Aika grinned.

"Wait, what?" Mulan and Shang blushed with their friends laughing at them.