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Sorry for the delay, I couldn't think of anything. Thank you for the reviews Traum and many other reviewers for supporting me to continue writing! Thanks and I hope you enjoy. Oh and Thanks Yuncyn for checking the chapter for me!

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Chapter 9: The Delicate Becomes Powerful

Mulan held onto Shang's hands tightly, as she kneeled over him making sure she would not lose him. "Shang, please." She pleaded to him. Shang looked up at her in pain. He held onto Mulan's hand tighter as the pain got worse. He looked around him seeing the solders fight against the Orcs, and Ho Chi helping them but was having a difficult time as much as the them.

"Mulan....go....get the necklace." He said almost as if he were losing his voice. Mulan shook her head in response, she knew that she had to get the necklace but she didn't want to lose Shang. "Mulan, China needs you. Now...go get the....necklace." He ordered her.

"Shang, I can't lose you........." She replied almost ready to cry at any second.

"For me." He whispered to her in his soft and gentle tone. Mulan stared at him in shock, and in fear and worry. Mulan looked up at the battle in front of her and all around her. It was horrible, she felt as if it were all her fault.

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Ho Chi had enough of it, he swooped into the air and flapped his wings up and down. He looked below him trying to find Mulan so he could drop the necklace onto her and around her neck.

He then spotted her kneeling on the ground near Shang, where he lay bleeding. "Rah...." He roared to get Mulan's attention. Before she could even look up she found the necklace around her neck once more. She took the dragon part into her hands and looked at it with joy.

"Shang...." She turned around to see that his black oval shaped eyes were closed and his grip on Mulan's hands had become more loose. "Shang, Come on....Please Shang, don't do this to me now......Please." She pleaded for him to come back, she tried to hold the tears but it was too much now. Her eyes began to water up and tears fell down her soft checks.

She placed her head on Shang's chest, sobbing onto him, while clutching at his shirt. "I love you." She whispered. She could hear the many men cry of pain as they aced with horrible pain when the bloody swords of the Orcs went through them. Her grip on Shang's shirt tensed with anger. 'Why, why did this have to happen?' She thought.

The force of her anger made the eyes on the necklace glow red. Bright, brighter then ever before. Mulan could feel the power of the necklace go through like light. She stared up at one of the Orcs that had just killed one of the solders with his large metal blade. The Orc looked at her noticing she was not afraid, he crept closer and closer to her with his sword up high ready to strike. She looked back down at Shang. One last tear filled her eyes and made it's way down her check.

The Orc was now above her with his sword in the air ready to strike. She looked up at him, her eyes glowed red like the necklace. He began to back away noticing the power within her now. She could kill him and all the Orcs now. As he backed away, Mulan began to stand up slowly.

"Alright Mulan! Get ride of them now!" Ho Chi said now being able to talk again because of the necklace. All of the black cloaked Orcs made their way towards her with their swords facing her.

Mulan eyes still glowed red, she looked around her watching as they came closer to her.

Ho Chi came from behind her and roared making the palace walls shake. Mulan began to change suddenly right before every ones eyes. Stuff swirled around her like magic dust, or as if she were inside the middle of the tornado. When the winds came down it revealed her to be a red dress. The top was small making it show her stomach, and only covering her chest. It was embroidered with gold.

Every one stared at her as if she were an angle from heaven sent down to save them. She held onto a staff, the top part of the staff looked a lot like a dragon's head, and the eyes also glowed like hers and the necklace. She lifted it up high into the air, suddenly her head jerked back. She screamed making the red light come out of her mouth and into the ceiling. Winds swirled around the room, making it the room red with it's light, and windy because of the power.

Everyone could not bare the brightness on the light, everyone closed their eyes and held on tight to other solders and objects around them unknowing what was going to happen next.

Mulan was still there screaming exerting the power within her. The Orcs began to run away but didn't make it far when the sudden red light went through them and like that they vanished into thin air. All that remained was the black cloaks.

Mulan stopped and landed on the hard floor. The solders ran to her to see if she was ok.

Captain Sang began to lightly shake her on the shoulders. "Mulan, Mulan! Wake up." She groaned and her eyes began to flutter open.

"Are you alright?"

She placed her hand on top of her head, "I think so......" Mulan still in the red outfit, made her way towards Shang. She kneeled down and placed his hands in hers. "I'm sorry" She said in a whisper.

Captain Sang and the solders watched her from where they were as they pitied Mulan for her loss. Mushu and Ho Chi walked up to her and watched as she cradled Shang's head in her lap.

Mulan stared at him with a broken heart. She leaned over and placed her lips on his.

At that very second the necklace glowed and her lips turned red and the light went through Shang. Feeling light headed she fainted right on top of him.

"Mulan!" Shouted everyone as they ran towards her.

Mushu ran over to her and checked her pulse, "She......"

Ho Chi interrupted and said, "She's fine, and so is he." Mushu raised an eyebrow at Ho Chi. Then a moan came from Shang, he was alive!

"Oh......ah.....What happened?" Asked Shang as he began to look up at everyone whose jaws were dropped down in amazement.

"Well you did die but Mulan kissed you and this red light went through the both of you, then she fainted." Explained Sang. Shang feeling some weight on him looked on top of him and saw Mulan there. Shang got up slowly and put her in his arms while he was kneeling on the ground.

He noticed that she was wearing a silky red and gold outfit. "Why is she in this?" Asked Shang looking bewildered as ever.

Ho Chi bent his head down towards Shang's level and looked him straight in the eyes. "She got angry at that time because at first she lost you. The power of her and the necklace combined together in other words and made her have the ability to destroy the evil Orcs."

Shang raised his eyebrow in disbelief that he was actually hearing this. "You didn't ask my question though."

Ho Chi sighed and was about to tell him when the little Mushu butted in and began to tell him, "Ok, you were dead, she was mad! Her eyes began to glow red like the necklace and stuff swilled around her and she transformed into that." He said pointing at Mulan. "Then the power of her and the necklace combined together and made her kill the Orcs with the red light that came out of her." Mushu breathed in out as he finished the long sentence without taking any breath of air in between.

Shang acknowledged by what Mushu said, nodded his head in reply of understanding. He looked at Mulan in his arms and brought her closer to him.

Sang placed a hand on Shang shoulder and smiled at him, "She'll be alright." Shang smiled back at the comment. "Come on I'll take you to the doctors where they can keep an eye on her."

Shang and Sang and the solders began to walk towards the doorway when Ho Chi got in the way. He faced them all, "I think I should take her to the lands of the dragon." He applied to them.

"Why, I though you said she would be ok?" Asked Shang concerned.

"The necklace is still around her neck, meaning that she still is powerful. She will be fine but I just want to make sure that nothing else is wrong."

Shang sighed and approached Ho Chi. Ho Chi placed his claws out and Mulan was placed into them. He closed them to make sure that she would not fall out. Shang looked down at the ground then back up to Ho Chi. "How long will it take?"

"Depends, but it shouldn't take more then a couple days, don't worry Mushu will come back every so often to tell you her conditions." Mushu nodded then stared straight at Ho Chi and said,

"I'm What?...."

Ho Chi looked down at Mushu and gave him the evil eye. "Ok, Ok..." Replied Mushu as he crossed his arms out in front of him.

"Alright lets go Mushu" Mushu got on top of Ho Chi's back and they took flight. Shang and the many solders watched as Ho Chi left with Mulan.

When out of site the men split up and began to clean up the wounded and dead. Sang placed a hand on Shang's shoulder, "Will you be ok, sir?" He asked.

Shang nodded his head and began to chuckle, "No, I know she will be ok, she's with Ho Chi and I know that China and the dragons are all on her side."

Sang smiled, "That's one tough women you have!"

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Hope you enjoyed this chapter, yeah I know it might be corny but it kind of relates to "The lord of the rings" So I wanted to make it interesting. Well please review and tell me what you think, Thanks!