Author's Note: Sorry guys, I've been SUPER busy. Anyways, here's Chapter 13 and 14, for which have been ready. And Trackrat I'll pm you.

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Shang had heard Xiaohua threaten Mulan. He heard the fear in Mulan's voice and everything. Sure he wanted to find out about that first betrothal but it wasn't enough to embarrass Mulan in front of everyone. He had to stop Xiaohua somehow.

As soon as Xiaohua ran out of the tent, he ran to Yao, Chien-Po, and Ling. From the corner of his eye, he saw Mulan walking slowly and towards their tent but Xiaohua stopped her from entering. Shang had to act fast so he needed help. He looked over and saw the gang of three. Suddenly, Shang had an idea.

"Guys," Shang ran to them and looked at all of them. All of a sudden Aiguo came in too. "I need your help. Xiaohua is about to embarrass and expose Mulan in front of all the soldiers. We need to come up with our most embarrassing stories to say at story time."

"I knew that girl was trouble," Yao muttered. "I'm going to kick her…"

Shang stopped him. "There's no need for that. I just need you guys to embarrass yourselves in front of all the soldiers. I'll start it off. I'll completely interrupt Xiaohua and ignore her from the start."

Ling asked, "Yeah, but who is really going to even start story time?"

From the center of the circle, Xiaohua yelled, "Guys! Let's have story time tonight! We certainly haven't had it in a long time and we all remember how funny it was last time." She smirked at Mulan who only stood there looking away.

Shang frowned as he saw Mulan's saddened face. She wouldn't even look at him. He turned back to the four. "So what do you say guys? For Mulan?" All of them nodded and made their way towards the center.

Aiguo was the first to speak. "Hey Xiaohua, I say we skip story time tonight. We're in the middle of a war; I'm not really in the mood to laugh around right now."

All the soldiers started booing at Aiguo, shouting that they all needed time to relax. So story time was a good time for them. "So much for that," Shang thought.

Xiaohua looked at Mulan and then turned back to face the soldiers and Shang. "Now who wants to go first?" Xiaohua looked around. "I'll go first!" Xiaohua started. "Now there was this girl…"

Shang interrupted her. "That's boring. I'm tired of hearing about all these girl stories."

Xiaohua smirked. "But Shang, this one is embarrassing."

"I bet not as embarrassing as this." Shang looked over to Mulan and then back at the soldiers and sighed. "As you guys know I am madly in love with Mulan."

The soldiers nodded. "Well I followed her home because when I was at the palace I failed to tell her that I loved her. I instead told her, 'uh you, you fight good.'" Some of the soldiers started to laugh, even Yao and Ling did. "Well I followed her home to tell her that I loved her and even that failed. I came back instead to return her supposed helmet which actually belonged to Yao, but secretly tell her that I loved her. I happened to stay in the same inn as she did but didn't have the guts to say anything then. When I followed her home, I found her under a tree and even then I couldn't say I loved her. I had to wait until we came back to camp to tell her that I loved her." By now some of the soldiers fell to the ground laughing uncontrollably. But Shang just shrugged it off.

Xiaohua was ticked. "Well that isn't even half as embarrassing as…"

Yao cut her off. "As my story? Well I don't know, but I'm not really a ladies man. I've been rejected by every girl I try to talk to." More men started to laugh, but Shang started to applaud and so did Chien-Po, Ling, and Aiguo.

Xiaohua tried to continue again, "You guys still can't beat this story…" But Chien-Po interrupted her.

"Who wants to hear my story? Well even though I love food. I can't cook one thing. Not even rice! Why do you think I want a girl who can cook? My parents never taught me how to cook. My sisters know, but not me!" Some men stifled a laugh, but the applause overpowered their laughter.

Before Ling could say anything, Mao stood up from the circle and joined in. "My parents made me join the army because they felt was 'too in touch with my feminine side'." This time no one laughed. Instead everyone applauded for his bravery to share this.

Then Ling said his, "I ran away from home, but then came back two minutes after." There was more applause for Ling.

Another random soldier shouted, "I don't take showers!" All at once, several soldiers moved away from him. But Shang and soon others, applauded.

"My wife rejected me the first time I proposed to her!" Jian shouted. Yet there was still applause for him.

Mulan finally had the courage and moved to the center of the circle. She pushed Xiaohua aside and said her story, "I had to go to the Matchmaker's because my betrothal was canceled. I never saw the man, but for some reason, the man couldn't marry me and the wedding was canceled." There were rounds of applause for Mulan, who smiled and then bowed. She then turned to Xiaohua and smirked. "Now what was your story Xiaohua?"

Xiaohua just screamed and angrily ran for her tent. Mulan laughed and gave a hug to Ling, Chien-Po, and Yao. She thanked them and asked how they knew, but all they did was smile and point to Shang. Mulan smiled. She figured Shang had something to do with this.

Mulan smiled and walked up to Shang, who seemed to be deep in thought. He looked at her and grabbed her hands. "Mulan, I think I may have been your first betrothal. I was betrothed to you, because I remember sitting with my father and mother when they were talking about it to your parents. I wasn't allowed to see you, and I didn't. But I had to cancel because I had to go to the Army. My father told me that I had better things to accomplish before I could be married to you. He never told me your name. It's funny how I met you in the army though, the exact opposite place of where I expected to find you."

For a moment, Mulan pondered on the subject. It made sense. One, Shang knew her parents well, and they seemed to already know him. Two, her father and Shang's father were good friends. Mulan smiled. "How did you know Xiaohua was going to do something like that?" She asked.

"I knew something was wrong when she kept coming up to you and you didn't retaliate. You seemed hurt and sad. So I knew something was wrong." Mulan hugged Shang and he leaned down to kiss her forehead. "Plus I heard her threatening you inside the tent."

"Well thank you for that," She punched him on the arm. "And next time you see me, don't ignore me. Just like at the inn." Shang laughed. Mulan asked, "Were you the man fidgeting nervously behind the newspaper?"

Shang smiled again. "I'm guilty. I did hide behind the newspaper. And the funniest part is that, I kept saying to myself that I was ready to talk to you. Then you come into the room and every single man is staring at you. But don't you worry, if any of those men tried to hurt you, I would have gone up and defended you."

"I thought you were nervous to see me and a man thinking I was a disgrace. Yes I would have totally needed your help because that was my biggest problem. Besides I thought I fought 'good'?

Shang sighed. "I'm never going to hear the end of that am I?"

"No you never will. That was your biggest fault." Shang hit his head and looked down at the ground. "But I love you." She answered and Shang kissed her on the lips. "I love you too," He replied.