Disclaimer: See chapter 1
Chapter 4: Warriors and weddings
Fa Li and Grandmother Fa arrived early in the morning to get Mulan ready for the big day. The Emperor had allowed them to have the finest of everything for the wedding and Mulan felt well pampered.
She was bathed and dressed in the finest silks and doused in the most beautifully fragranced perfumes. Her hair was done in an elegant fashion and her face was painted to look like a porcelain doll. Cri-Kee was not attached to her waist for the wedding but Mulan was worried about messing up today. Her mother placed a white veil with beads sewn to the elegant silk glistened in the light. Her lotus flower hair comb was visible in her hair perfectly. Finally she was ready to be married.
Meanwhile
Shang was arguing with the tailor on what he should be wed in. The tailor was insisting that the General get married in his best uniform and Shang figured that would be unfair.
"If Mulan can't wear her armor then I shouldn't be able to either." he argued.
"Sir, women get married in dresses and Men in their best clothes it is tradition. Soldiers are supposed to get married in their uniforms as it always has been." the tailor continued to argue.
"Look I don't want to wear my uniform it represents all the brave soldiers that died in battle. I don't want to think about that while I am getting married. I want to think of happy times not of war. I won't wear the uniform find something else." Shang was starting to get ticked.
The tailor apparently noticed this. "Yes sir." the tailor finished the argument and went to find something different.
Shang turned toward the window and stepped back in shock. A red lizard sat on the window seat filing his nails. Shang rubbed his eyes to try and rid himself of this delusional lizard.
It didn't work. Shang backed against the wall when it spoke. "So general, you finally got around to making Mulan happy. You better treat her right or I'll come back and make you regret it." the little red lizard said.
"I'm dreaming. Must be wedding jitters. Lizards don't talk. I'm not seeing a little lizard talking to me." Shang tried to convince himself.
"No lizards don't talk and you aren't seeing a lizard. You are looking at the great and powerful Mushu the dragon. Mulan's personal guardian and I guess yours now too." Mushu responded to Shang's ramblings.
"Ok. So Mr. Lizard. Why are you here?"
"Dragon! Dragon! I don't do that tongue thing." Mushu said sticking out his tongue and doing said tongue thing. "And I'm here on behalf of the Fa family guardians to wish you luck, good fortune, and to make sure neither of you bolt. Oh and to make sure no wars or angry people stop this marriage."
"Oh. So why are you in my room and not Mulan's?" Shang was still feeling awkward talking to the little creature.
"Cause I may be all powerful but I am only one Dragon. Anyway your tailor is on his way back so I'll leave. I thought I should introduce myself before I start preventing disasters, as there is no time later. Good day." Mushu disappeared leaving a very bewildered Shang behind.
Fa Li had left Mulan alone with Grandmother Fa and went to make sure everything else was in place. Grandmother Fa grinned at Mulan. "I'm proud of you. You showed that matchmaker that you could find a good husband on your own."
"Grandma, I'm sort of nervous. I love Shang but I still don't know him that well. All I know is the military side of him. He never talks about his family. Up until today I assumed that his father was the last of his family so I was shocked to find that his grandfather and mother were still alive."
"Yeah well look how long you've know him and the circumstances. I'm sure he'll tell you more when you get time alone that isn't during a war. If I recall you've been sort of quiet about your life as well. This wedding is rushed because this is a time when there is peace and you both are here so you chose to get married while you could." Grandmother Fa was cut off when Mushu entered.
"Let's get this show on the road. Mulan I've already threa--I mean introduced myself to your future husband so I can pop up when ever you need me now." Mushu said waving to Grandmother Fa who wasn't shocked at all.
The wedding was going as planned and was just about to be official when an arrow hit the wall where Mulan's head was supposed to be. Mulan had rolled out of the way to avoid the arrow she saw out of the corner of her eye and this forced both Mulan and Shang into action.
Chein-Po moved in front of the emperor to stop him from getting hurt and Yao and Ling joined the fray. Some very familiar men were attacking.
It was the five Huns who had managed to escape the palace during the confusion of the emperor's rescue. Now they were back with a vengeance. Mulan found it difficult to fight in such an elegant many layered dress so she quickly ripped off the top layer leaving the bottom two lower layers. Mulan rejoined the fray and was not paying attention when Grandmother Fa and Fa Li were dragged out of the room. Soon the fight was over with three of the Huns pinned to the ground and the other two as well l as grandma and Fa Li. Mulan now noticed her missing family members.
Mulan never cried in battle, never cried after the matchmaker, not even when she thought Shang had found someone else. Mulan fell to her knees crying on this day. Her wedding was ruined her mother and grandmother gone, and Shang had been pierced by a knife in the side. He would be all right but it would take a few weeks to heal and she needed to find her family. Fa Zhou knelt beside his daughter and Mushu crawled up on her shoulder Cri-Kee soon following. Shang, after Yao had bandaged his wound, joined the little group and swore he would find them. The Huns would pay for making his warrior woman cry.
A/N: How was that? Don't worry I won't hurt too many characters but I couldn't make the story go all Happily ever after now. I'll try to update soon but I have to figure out more of a plot. Review for me and I will write more. Until next time.
Chapter 4: Warriors and weddings
Fa Li and Grandmother Fa arrived early in the morning to get Mulan ready for the big day. The Emperor had allowed them to have the finest of everything for the wedding and Mulan felt well pampered.
She was bathed and dressed in the finest silks and doused in the most beautifully fragranced perfumes. Her hair was done in an elegant fashion and her face was painted to look like a porcelain doll. Cri-Kee was not attached to her waist for the wedding but Mulan was worried about messing up today. Her mother placed a white veil with beads sewn to the elegant silk glistened in the light. Her lotus flower hair comb was visible in her hair perfectly. Finally she was ready to be married.
Meanwhile
Shang was arguing with the tailor on what he should be wed in. The tailor was insisting that the General get married in his best uniform and Shang figured that would be unfair.
"If Mulan can't wear her armor then I shouldn't be able to either." he argued.
"Sir, women get married in dresses and Men in their best clothes it is tradition. Soldiers are supposed to get married in their uniforms as it always has been." the tailor continued to argue.
"Look I don't want to wear my uniform it represents all the brave soldiers that died in battle. I don't want to think about that while I am getting married. I want to think of happy times not of war. I won't wear the uniform find something else." Shang was starting to get ticked.
The tailor apparently noticed this. "Yes sir." the tailor finished the argument and went to find something different.
Shang turned toward the window and stepped back in shock. A red lizard sat on the window seat filing his nails. Shang rubbed his eyes to try and rid himself of this delusional lizard.
It didn't work. Shang backed against the wall when it spoke. "So general, you finally got around to making Mulan happy. You better treat her right or I'll come back and make you regret it." the little red lizard said.
"I'm dreaming. Must be wedding jitters. Lizards don't talk. I'm not seeing a little lizard talking to me." Shang tried to convince himself.
"No lizards don't talk and you aren't seeing a lizard. You are looking at the great and powerful Mushu the dragon. Mulan's personal guardian and I guess yours now too." Mushu responded to Shang's ramblings.
"Ok. So Mr. Lizard. Why are you here?"
"Dragon! Dragon! I don't do that tongue thing." Mushu said sticking out his tongue and doing said tongue thing. "And I'm here on behalf of the Fa family guardians to wish you luck, good fortune, and to make sure neither of you bolt. Oh and to make sure no wars or angry people stop this marriage."
"Oh. So why are you in my room and not Mulan's?" Shang was still feeling awkward talking to the little creature.
"Cause I may be all powerful but I am only one Dragon. Anyway your tailor is on his way back so I'll leave. I thought I should introduce myself before I start preventing disasters, as there is no time later. Good day." Mushu disappeared leaving a very bewildered Shang behind.
Fa Li had left Mulan alone with Grandmother Fa and went to make sure everything else was in place. Grandmother Fa grinned at Mulan. "I'm proud of you. You showed that matchmaker that you could find a good husband on your own."
"Grandma, I'm sort of nervous. I love Shang but I still don't know him that well. All I know is the military side of him. He never talks about his family. Up until today I assumed that his father was the last of his family so I was shocked to find that his grandfather and mother were still alive."
"Yeah well look how long you've know him and the circumstances. I'm sure he'll tell you more when you get time alone that isn't during a war. If I recall you've been sort of quiet about your life as well. This wedding is rushed because this is a time when there is peace and you both are here so you chose to get married while you could." Grandmother Fa was cut off when Mushu entered.
"Let's get this show on the road. Mulan I've already threa--I mean introduced myself to your future husband so I can pop up when ever you need me now." Mushu said waving to Grandmother Fa who wasn't shocked at all.
The wedding was going as planned and was just about to be official when an arrow hit the wall where Mulan's head was supposed to be. Mulan had rolled out of the way to avoid the arrow she saw out of the corner of her eye and this forced both Mulan and Shang into action.
Chein-Po moved in front of the emperor to stop him from getting hurt and Yao and Ling joined the fray. Some very familiar men were attacking.
It was the five Huns who had managed to escape the palace during the confusion of the emperor's rescue. Now they were back with a vengeance. Mulan found it difficult to fight in such an elegant many layered dress so she quickly ripped off the top layer leaving the bottom two lower layers. Mulan rejoined the fray and was not paying attention when Grandmother Fa and Fa Li were dragged out of the room. Soon the fight was over with three of the Huns pinned to the ground and the other two as well l as grandma and Fa Li. Mulan now noticed her missing family members.
Mulan never cried in battle, never cried after the matchmaker, not even when she thought Shang had found someone else. Mulan fell to her knees crying on this day. Her wedding was ruined her mother and grandmother gone, and Shang had been pierced by a knife in the side. He would be all right but it would take a few weeks to heal and she needed to find her family. Fa Zhou knelt beside his daughter and Mushu crawled up on her shoulder Cri-Kee soon following. Shang, after Yao had bandaged his wound, joined the little group and swore he would find them. The Huns would pay for making his warrior woman cry.
A/N: How was that? Don't worry I won't hurt too many characters but I couldn't make the story go all Happily ever after now. I'll try to update soon but I have to figure out more of a plot. Review for me and I will write more. Until next time.