The beginning of the adventure
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disclaimer: I still own my characters And Disney owns theirs
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*~*~ Imperial camp*~*~
Pei was humming a happy tune as she slowly walked towards the camp carrying the supplies her brother had sent. She was really happy. She wasn't even supposed to be here. Her father, Li Shang, had her banned for two weeks for the incident. Fortunately though, they had run out of supplies, and Pei was the only one available for delivery. So, to Shang's dismay and Pei's joy, she could enter the camp once more, on official business though. She was kind of sad since Mushu couldn't come with her. The explosion got the honorable ancestor all tweaked, and he punished Mushu for not looking after Pei. ( Mushu: " Hey no fair!!! Old geezer!!! ( gets hit by gong) Oww.(faints) )
" Ryo, I'm here!!!" Pei called out to her brother who was showing his amazing archery skills to some new recruits, with Yueh among them. " Hi Yueh." She added silently as she approached her brother. Yueh stepped forward. " Your brother is the famous Ryo??" he asked. Ryo grinned. " Aw shucks.." he muttered. Pei rolled her eyes. " Unfortunately, yes."
Ryo grinned fiercely, then ruffled Pei's hair. " Yep, that's my little sissy sister!!!" " Hey!!" Pei protested as she batted Ryo's hands away. Yueh chuckled. " Siblings." he mumbled, slightly sadly. " Anythin' wron' Yu- han??" Wong Da, a skinny soldier with short hair, asked as he approached Yueh. " Oh, uh, nothing." Yueh replied almost inaudibly.
" I brought food." Pei said offering Yueh a piece of bread. She knew that only she knew about his past at the Tung Shao pass. Yueh smiled and instantly accepted the kind offering. " Thanks." He replied. Pei smiled.
Ryo suddenly had an idea. " Say, the soldiers are taking a break at the weekend, Yueh-han, wanna come over to my house??" he said. Yueh nodded. " Sure."
Pei, inside, leapt and screamed for joy.
And that's where their friendship began.
*~*~ Fa House*~*~
Yueh arrived on Saturday, around lunch time. He was offered bean curd by Fa Li, Mulan's mother. As he was about to retrieve it, he tripped over little brother, who was snoozing peacefully on the marble floor, and he landed face down in the bowl of bean curd. Fa Li apologized and wiped the bean curd off. Pei and Ryo saw it all, and they help but laugh at Yueh. Little Brother, innocent to what he had done, playfully licked the bean curd off Yueh's face. He sighed, and simply let his face be a buffet.
Next, Pei was showing him around. Ryo followed close by, trying to be discreet and spy-like. He noticed that his little sister was clutching Yueh by the arm very tightly and cuddling it all the way. and he didn't notice. Ryo was taking all this down on parchment.
" Oh, almost forgot." Yueh muttered as he reached into his backpack. Ryo slipped into his parents' room. Yueh then brought out his little dragon Tsi Xiang and laid her on the floor. " Go around a bit." He said as Pei dragged him into her room.
Ryo waited for Tsi Xiang to go off somewhere, right after she was grooming her glorious mane. He peeked around the frame of the door and watched her slink away into the garden. He immediately crept to the outside of Pei's room.
Tsi Xiang slinked into a grove of peach blossoms and watched them fall gracefully to the ground. Mushu, not far away, was drooling at the sight of Tsi Xiang. He then hid behind a gazebo, and slicked his blue horn back, then he grabbed a bunch of orchids hanging from the tree, and he slowly approached her.
As he neared her, he was thinking of what he was going to tell her.
As he was near her, she looked at him with her pretty golden eyes. " Yes??" she said ever so politely. Mushu swallowed hard. " Uhm, ah, well..." he stammered blushing hard as he offered the flowers to Tsi Xiang. Suddenly, he felt a cold coming, and sneezed a flame that burnt the orchids to a crisp. Only then did he remember he was allergic to orchids. Tsi Xiang giggled at the sight, then walked away. Mushu drooped his shoulders in defeat.
Ryo had watched them all afternoon. He saw them go to the kitchen, his parents' room, the living room, dining room, backyard and training room, it was for him and his dad. He looked at his list to see where the didn't go yet. He followed them to the cherry blossom tree. He watched them carefully as Pei, who was apparently showing off, was climbing on top of the bridge railing over a mini river. Ryo sighed and rolled his eyes.
Pei was suddenly caught off balance, and was careening backwards, she screamed. Yueh instantly grabbed her hand, but instead, they both fell in. They went down with a big splash and Ryo cringed a bit as he saw the whole thing. Pei was sputtering water and coughing. She opened her eyes, and saw that Yueh, was unconsciously on top of her, coughing. Pei blushed hard, and Ryo secretly grinned. Pei pushed him off, but accidentally kissed him in the process, this he was aware of. He and Pei got off each other, and blushed. Stared at each other for a while, then turned and blushed deeper. Ryo was furiously scribbling all this down.
Later, Fa Li was hanging their wet clothes on a clothesline while they were wearing new ones. They( Pei and Yueh) were huddled in front of a fire, warming themselves. Suddenly, Pei spoke, while clearing her throat. " Uh. Yueh-han. about that... 'thing' that just happened." she whispered. Yueh nodded. Apparently, he regained his coolness. " What??" he asked staring into Pei's eyes. Pei blushed. " Well.. It-it w-w-was.. W-well.." She stammered looking shyly at the floor. Yueh smiled and held Pei's hand. She felt the warmness of his touch, and felt like butter. " I know Pei." He said as he continued to stare at the flame. " It was enjoyable." He said as he leaned his head over Pei's. From their back, Ryo was smiling and sighing.
( Imagine, Pei has her first kiss at 13, although it wasn't exactly that, still, whoo..^.^)
*~*~ Bamboo forest*~*~
" Remind me again WHAT we're doing here." Pei muttered as she stealthily climbed up some rocks. Ryo, high above her sighed and said: " PEI, for the umpteenth time, WE are HERE to get some BAMBOO for that little PANDA." Pei frowned a bit, " I know, but why us??" she asked as she continued hiking, and running to catch up with her faster and stronger brother. He sighed once more. " Hey, you volunteered when you saw Yueh in the crowd, you wanted to impress him, right??" he said slyly. Pei blushed and kept quiet the rest of the way. Ryo mentally said ' Scratch one for me. Ryo: 1 and Pei: 0.'
That sunny day, a cute little panda cub had wandered into their little town. Many people were amazed at the sight of the lost little bear. The mayor of the town, Ki Ra, suggested that they keep the little critter first since it was injured at it's arm. He then said that someone must retrieve some bamboo to feed it until it was better. Pei was among the crowd, and she noticed Yueh who was watching the mayor carry the cub. ' I'll impress him by going to the bamboo forest and retrieving the bamboo!!!' she thought grinning. Then, she started waving and shouting and jumping up and down: " MAYOR KI RA!!!" she screeched " I'll do it!! I'll get the bamboo!!!!!". Many people were looking at her. Ryo, who was with her, covered his face with his shirt in embarrassment and muttered " I don't know who this crazy woman is." The mayor gladly gave her the permission to go into the forest.
" Please. shut up." Pei said lowering her head down. Ryo smiled and put his arm over his sister's shoulder, right now he was bending over since Pei was younger, and shorter. " Sure." He said in a big brotherish tone. Pei looked up at him, and smiled. She suddenly shot up at him, and hugged him tightly. They walked in this stance. Then, they had reached a grove of bamboos.
" We're here." Ryo said as he quickly took his empty bag of his shoulders and brought out a bolo. ( For those of you who don't know what the heck a bolo is, it's like a big, handy knife that is used like a sword, here in the Philippines, natives * Negrito, etc.,* use it to cut tall grass. It was also used as a weapon during Spanish times during the glory days of the Katipuneros) Pei studied the forest, which was mostly bamboo, trees, trail, dirt and animals, plus their guano. Still, Pei felt an adventure was waiting for her somewhere in all this foliage. " Ryo-han." she said as she turned and watched him cut down some bamboo shoots. " Can I explore a bit??" she asked, praying he would allow her. Ryo looked up from his work. " Sure, just don't wander too far." He replied as he continued. Pei smiled and kissed his cheek as she ran into the green. " Thanks!!" she called as she disappeared. Ryo touched his cheek and grinned. Secretly, he wished he had a girl who could kiss him, just like the incident in the water.
Pei hummed a happy tune as she walked down a dirt trail, just a few feet from the grove, which had lead her to a large pond covered in lily pads and lotuses, from the pond, a river was ahead.. She grinned. " Cool." she muttered as she removed her backpack, took out a fishing pole. She put them down in a rock, and looked around her surroundings for some worms. ( she's a tomboy, remember??? Not lesbian all you green-minded, tomboy) She soon found a nice big fat one, she took it straight from the ground. She grabbed her fishing pole, and latched the worm on the hook. " Time to go fishing." She said to herself as she threw the line into the water. She sat on her rock, and waited for the fish to bite the bait.
After five minutes of waiting, she felt her line vibrate. ( that was fast! ^_^) " Yipaahh!!!" she yelled as she jumped to her feer. " I caught one!!!" she added. She took out a net from her bag ( is it me, or is her bag like the one of the animaniac siblings??) and propped it up against the rock. She then rushed to the edge of the water, and with all her strength, hauled in a big fish.
A catfish suddenly flew into the air, and, almost gracefully, landed on Pei's face, squirming and wriggling in her face. She didn't care, and she removed it from her face and held it proudly by the tailfin. Strangely though, it was quite heavy, despite it being only medium-sized. " OOF!!!" Pei gasped as she decided to carry it with both hands instead. " Heavy." she groaned as she struggled with it.
Suddenly, something came out of the fish's mouth, covered in whatever the fish had previously ate and pond scum, and landed with a PLOP!!! On the ground. " Eeewww.." Pei uttered, disgusted as she stuck out her tongue. She put the fish on top of her gear, and grabbed a towel from her backpack. She used the first end of the towel to pick up the thing, and the other to wipe it clean. When she finished, she gasped, as the thing began to glow.
" Whoah.." She muttered as she stared at what she swore was an... egg??
Yup, it was an egg. And a big one at that. Pei was amazed at the sight of it. It had a smooth, white shell, free from any cracks, and the shell skin was incredibly smooth like silk, yet it was as hard as stone. " Whoah. amazing!!!" she quipped as she studied it even more. She was impressed with it's mint quality despite being in the bowels of the catfish.
As she stared at her find, she heard her brother calling for her to return, since he was already done. She quickly gathered all her things, and stuffed them inside the bag, the mysterious egg along with it. " Coming!!!" she yelled, slinging her bag on her back and carrying catfish in her other hand.
She ran back up the trail and met her brother, who was dirty and covered with sweat. " C'mon." he said motioning for them to leave. " That panda cub won't wait." He added, carrying a large bundle of bamboo stalks on his left shoulder. Pei nodded, and walked right beside him.
" So, find anything interesting??" he asked suddenly. Pei quietly looked at her backpack, and replied putting on a smile. " Nothing, just the catfish for dinner. Aside from that. Nothing else."
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Thank you AMB3R for showing me how to upload multiple chapters!!! Arigatou!! As thanks, you can either hang out with Ray, Yueh, Ryo * choose from these hotties if you're a gal* or innocent Pie * if you're a guy, she's not all bad, believe me* as a prize for helping me. ^_^ Another thing, anyone who can guess to whom the egg belongs too will win a date with either Ray, Yueh, Ryo or Pei. AMB3R, don't worry, in your hang-out, you can go with all of them, the others, you gotta choose. ^_^ Thanks, I'm now working on the next chapter. As in, NOW. ^_^
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disclaimer: I still own my characters And Disney owns theirs
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*~*~ Imperial camp*~*~
Pei was humming a happy tune as she slowly walked towards the camp carrying the supplies her brother had sent. She was really happy. She wasn't even supposed to be here. Her father, Li Shang, had her banned for two weeks for the incident. Fortunately though, they had run out of supplies, and Pei was the only one available for delivery. So, to Shang's dismay and Pei's joy, she could enter the camp once more, on official business though. She was kind of sad since Mushu couldn't come with her. The explosion got the honorable ancestor all tweaked, and he punished Mushu for not looking after Pei. ( Mushu: " Hey no fair!!! Old geezer!!! ( gets hit by gong) Oww.(faints) )
" Ryo, I'm here!!!" Pei called out to her brother who was showing his amazing archery skills to some new recruits, with Yueh among them. " Hi Yueh." She added silently as she approached her brother. Yueh stepped forward. " Your brother is the famous Ryo??" he asked. Ryo grinned. " Aw shucks.." he muttered. Pei rolled her eyes. " Unfortunately, yes."
Ryo grinned fiercely, then ruffled Pei's hair. " Yep, that's my little sissy sister!!!" " Hey!!" Pei protested as she batted Ryo's hands away. Yueh chuckled. " Siblings." he mumbled, slightly sadly. " Anythin' wron' Yu- han??" Wong Da, a skinny soldier with short hair, asked as he approached Yueh. " Oh, uh, nothing." Yueh replied almost inaudibly.
" I brought food." Pei said offering Yueh a piece of bread. She knew that only she knew about his past at the Tung Shao pass. Yueh smiled and instantly accepted the kind offering. " Thanks." He replied. Pei smiled.
Ryo suddenly had an idea. " Say, the soldiers are taking a break at the weekend, Yueh-han, wanna come over to my house??" he said. Yueh nodded. " Sure."
Pei, inside, leapt and screamed for joy.
And that's where their friendship began.
*~*~ Fa House*~*~
Yueh arrived on Saturday, around lunch time. He was offered bean curd by Fa Li, Mulan's mother. As he was about to retrieve it, he tripped over little brother, who was snoozing peacefully on the marble floor, and he landed face down in the bowl of bean curd. Fa Li apologized and wiped the bean curd off. Pei and Ryo saw it all, and they help but laugh at Yueh. Little Brother, innocent to what he had done, playfully licked the bean curd off Yueh's face. He sighed, and simply let his face be a buffet.
Next, Pei was showing him around. Ryo followed close by, trying to be discreet and spy-like. He noticed that his little sister was clutching Yueh by the arm very tightly and cuddling it all the way. and he didn't notice. Ryo was taking all this down on parchment.
" Oh, almost forgot." Yueh muttered as he reached into his backpack. Ryo slipped into his parents' room. Yueh then brought out his little dragon Tsi Xiang and laid her on the floor. " Go around a bit." He said as Pei dragged him into her room.
Ryo waited for Tsi Xiang to go off somewhere, right after she was grooming her glorious mane. He peeked around the frame of the door and watched her slink away into the garden. He immediately crept to the outside of Pei's room.
Tsi Xiang slinked into a grove of peach blossoms and watched them fall gracefully to the ground. Mushu, not far away, was drooling at the sight of Tsi Xiang. He then hid behind a gazebo, and slicked his blue horn back, then he grabbed a bunch of orchids hanging from the tree, and he slowly approached her.
As he neared her, he was thinking of what he was going to tell her.
As he was near her, she looked at him with her pretty golden eyes. " Yes??" she said ever so politely. Mushu swallowed hard. " Uhm, ah, well..." he stammered blushing hard as he offered the flowers to Tsi Xiang. Suddenly, he felt a cold coming, and sneezed a flame that burnt the orchids to a crisp. Only then did he remember he was allergic to orchids. Tsi Xiang giggled at the sight, then walked away. Mushu drooped his shoulders in defeat.
Ryo had watched them all afternoon. He saw them go to the kitchen, his parents' room, the living room, dining room, backyard and training room, it was for him and his dad. He looked at his list to see where the didn't go yet. He followed them to the cherry blossom tree. He watched them carefully as Pei, who was apparently showing off, was climbing on top of the bridge railing over a mini river. Ryo sighed and rolled his eyes.
Pei was suddenly caught off balance, and was careening backwards, she screamed. Yueh instantly grabbed her hand, but instead, they both fell in. They went down with a big splash and Ryo cringed a bit as he saw the whole thing. Pei was sputtering water and coughing. She opened her eyes, and saw that Yueh, was unconsciously on top of her, coughing. Pei blushed hard, and Ryo secretly grinned. Pei pushed him off, but accidentally kissed him in the process, this he was aware of. He and Pei got off each other, and blushed. Stared at each other for a while, then turned and blushed deeper. Ryo was furiously scribbling all this down.
Later, Fa Li was hanging their wet clothes on a clothesline while they were wearing new ones. They( Pei and Yueh) were huddled in front of a fire, warming themselves. Suddenly, Pei spoke, while clearing her throat. " Uh. Yueh-han. about that... 'thing' that just happened." she whispered. Yueh nodded. Apparently, he regained his coolness. " What??" he asked staring into Pei's eyes. Pei blushed. " Well.. It-it w-w-was.. W-well.." She stammered looking shyly at the floor. Yueh smiled and held Pei's hand. She felt the warmness of his touch, and felt like butter. " I know Pei." He said as he continued to stare at the flame. " It was enjoyable." He said as he leaned his head over Pei's. From their back, Ryo was smiling and sighing.
( Imagine, Pei has her first kiss at 13, although it wasn't exactly that, still, whoo..^.^)
*~*~ Bamboo forest*~*~
" Remind me again WHAT we're doing here." Pei muttered as she stealthily climbed up some rocks. Ryo, high above her sighed and said: " PEI, for the umpteenth time, WE are HERE to get some BAMBOO for that little PANDA." Pei frowned a bit, " I know, but why us??" she asked as she continued hiking, and running to catch up with her faster and stronger brother. He sighed once more. " Hey, you volunteered when you saw Yueh in the crowd, you wanted to impress him, right??" he said slyly. Pei blushed and kept quiet the rest of the way. Ryo mentally said ' Scratch one for me. Ryo: 1 and Pei: 0.'
That sunny day, a cute little panda cub had wandered into their little town. Many people were amazed at the sight of the lost little bear. The mayor of the town, Ki Ra, suggested that they keep the little critter first since it was injured at it's arm. He then said that someone must retrieve some bamboo to feed it until it was better. Pei was among the crowd, and she noticed Yueh who was watching the mayor carry the cub. ' I'll impress him by going to the bamboo forest and retrieving the bamboo!!!' she thought grinning. Then, she started waving and shouting and jumping up and down: " MAYOR KI RA!!!" she screeched " I'll do it!! I'll get the bamboo!!!!!". Many people were looking at her. Ryo, who was with her, covered his face with his shirt in embarrassment and muttered " I don't know who this crazy woman is." The mayor gladly gave her the permission to go into the forest.
" Please. shut up." Pei said lowering her head down. Ryo smiled and put his arm over his sister's shoulder, right now he was bending over since Pei was younger, and shorter. " Sure." He said in a big brotherish tone. Pei looked up at him, and smiled. She suddenly shot up at him, and hugged him tightly. They walked in this stance. Then, they had reached a grove of bamboos.
" We're here." Ryo said as he quickly took his empty bag of his shoulders and brought out a bolo. ( For those of you who don't know what the heck a bolo is, it's like a big, handy knife that is used like a sword, here in the Philippines, natives * Negrito, etc.,* use it to cut tall grass. It was also used as a weapon during Spanish times during the glory days of the Katipuneros) Pei studied the forest, which was mostly bamboo, trees, trail, dirt and animals, plus their guano. Still, Pei felt an adventure was waiting for her somewhere in all this foliage. " Ryo-han." she said as she turned and watched him cut down some bamboo shoots. " Can I explore a bit??" she asked, praying he would allow her. Ryo looked up from his work. " Sure, just don't wander too far." He replied as he continued. Pei smiled and kissed his cheek as she ran into the green. " Thanks!!" she called as she disappeared. Ryo touched his cheek and grinned. Secretly, he wished he had a girl who could kiss him, just like the incident in the water.
Pei hummed a happy tune as she walked down a dirt trail, just a few feet from the grove, which had lead her to a large pond covered in lily pads and lotuses, from the pond, a river was ahead.. She grinned. " Cool." she muttered as she removed her backpack, took out a fishing pole. She put them down in a rock, and looked around her surroundings for some worms. ( she's a tomboy, remember??? Not lesbian all you green-minded, tomboy) She soon found a nice big fat one, she took it straight from the ground. She grabbed her fishing pole, and latched the worm on the hook. " Time to go fishing." She said to herself as she threw the line into the water. She sat on her rock, and waited for the fish to bite the bait.
After five minutes of waiting, she felt her line vibrate. ( that was fast! ^_^) " Yipaahh!!!" she yelled as she jumped to her feer. " I caught one!!!" she added. She took out a net from her bag ( is it me, or is her bag like the one of the animaniac siblings??) and propped it up against the rock. She then rushed to the edge of the water, and with all her strength, hauled in a big fish.
A catfish suddenly flew into the air, and, almost gracefully, landed on Pei's face, squirming and wriggling in her face. She didn't care, and she removed it from her face and held it proudly by the tailfin. Strangely though, it was quite heavy, despite it being only medium-sized. " OOF!!!" Pei gasped as she decided to carry it with both hands instead. " Heavy." she groaned as she struggled with it.
Suddenly, something came out of the fish's mouth, covered in whatever the fish had previously ate and pond scum, and landed with a PLOP!!! On the ground. " Eeewww.." Pei uttered, disgusted as she stuck out her tongue. She put the fish on top of her gear, and grabbed a towel from her backpack. She used the first end of the towel to pick up the thing, and the other to wipe it clean. When she finished, she gasped, as the thing began to glow.
" Whoah.." She muttered as she stared at what she swore was an... egg??
Yup, it was an egg. And a big one at that. Pei was amazed at the sight of it. It had a smooth, white shell, free from any cracks, and the shell skin was incredibly smooth like silk, yet it was as hard as stone. " Whoah. amazing!!!" she quipped as she studied it even more. She was impressed with it's mint quality despite being in the bowels of the catfish.
As she stared at her find, she heard her brother calling for her to return, since he was already done. She quickly gathered all her things, and stuffed them inside the bag, the mysterious egg along with it. " Coming!!!" she yelled, slinging her bag on her back and carrying catfish in her other hand.
She ran back up the trail and met her brother, who was dirty and covered with sweat. " C'mon." he said motioning for them to leave. " That panda cub won't wait." He added, carrying a large bundle of bamboo stalks on his left shoulder. Pei nodded, and walked right beside him.
" So, find anything interesting??" he asked suddenly. Pei quietly looked at her backpack, and replied putting on a smile. " Nothing, just the catfish for dinner. Aside from that. Nothing else."
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Thank you AMB3R for showing me how to upload multiple chapters!!! Arigatou!! As thanks, you can either hang out with Ray, Yueh, Ryo * choose from these hotties if you're a gal* or innocent Pie * if you're a guy, she's not all bad, believe me* as a prize for helping me. ^_^ Another thing, anyone who can guess to whom the egg belongs too will win a date with either Ray, Yueh, Ryo or Pei. AMB3R, don't worry, in your hang-out, you can go with all of them, the others, you gotta choose. ^_^ Thanks, I'm now working on the next chapter. As in, NOW. ^_^
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