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Chapter 4: Change of plans

Hang Lu had the shot, right when he was about to fire the sharp arrow; he felt Shan Tao's hand on his bow and arrow. Shan Tao was not looking at him at that time he still stared at Mulan. "Sir?"

Shan Tao turned around and faced Hang Lu, He noticed that he had this kind of softness in his eyes, he looked almost like a whole different person. "I had the shot, why did you stop me?" Asked Hang Lu as he shrugged his shoulders in confusion.

He then got back to his serious look; "There's been a change of plans. I've decided that instead of killing her, we could send the Emperor a letter. It will tell him that if he does not give Mulan up, China will fall."

"But sir, What if they give up Mulan, what will we do then?"

"Fa Mulan is a heroine why would they just let her go, just like that? Even if he did give her up that easily, I will find a solution from there." His horse neighed as he got up on top of it. Hang put his stuff away and mounted on his horse.

"You sure not killing her is the answer? I mean when I saw your face when you looked at her, you looked......." He immediately stopped when he felt the cold, silver steel of Shan Tao's blade just touching him on his throat. Hang gulped and stayed still as he possible could, so that Shan's sword would not silt his throat.

"Hang; don't mess with me right now." He paused as he put his sword away. " I will have her and if I don't China will suffer." He then pressed on his heels and him and his horse were off. Hang rubbed his neck, as he turned his horse the same direction and began to canter away.

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Night had fallen and the sound of campfires and men talking filled throughout the camp. Shang and Wang were on opposite sides of the hot, flaming fire. It had been a long hard day because of the fierce amount of training that they were doing not to long ago.

"I took you down good." Announced Wang, rubbing it in Shang's face that he beat him at the martial arts one on one match.

Shang shook his head, "You were lucky that's all."

"Sure, but I got to admit you did get easy to take down when you caught sight of Mulan when she passed by....."

Shang blushed, but it was too dark for Wang or anyone to tell. Shang just rolled his eyes at him pretending that he wasn't there once more.

"Shang going after the young one's...uh.........." Wang said making both him and Shang laugh.

"Shut up...." He said trying to be serious about him but Wang got the best of him and he couldn't stop laughing.

They finally both stopped laughing. "She's not that much younger ya know." Pronounced Shang.

"I know" Wang paused as he watched the flames of fire reach through the sky. "She is pretty." Shang looked at Wang raising one of his eyebrows, giving him kind of stern look like don't think of it kind of look.

"What? She is. Why you don't think so too?" Asked Wang

"Wang you know my answer to that. Of course I think she's pretty, I think she's more gorgeous then pretty."

"Aw....That was touching." He said acting, as if he were about to cry with Shang's little speech.

All of a sudden they heard a group a voices say, "What was so touching?"

Shang and Wang turned around to see that it was Ling, Yao, and Chien Po.

"Nothing" Explained Shang immediately. He could feel his face get warmer with embarrassment.

"May we join you two?" Asked Chien Po kindly gesturing to the seats right next to the two Captains.

"Of course" answered Wang. As they sat down everyone was quiet, they all either watched the fire, or stared off into space.

"So when are you going to tell her how you feel?" Asked Ling breaking the long silence.

Shang moaned, covering his face with his hands. "Wait you guys know too?" Asked Wang.

"Yeah he told us that he had SOME feelings for her." Said Yao.

"He doesn't just like her; he's in love with her." Wang announced out. They all turned towards Shang who was hiding behind his hands.

"Shang is it true? You're in love with Mulan?" Asked Chien Po almost as if he were stunned about the whole thing.

Shang sighed, He looked up at all of them, "Yes, I am" He said in a low whisper.

Wang and the gang's faces lighted up with great big smiles.

Shang sighed heavily, "What am I suppose to do?"

"Tell her how you feel." Said Chien Po

"Yeah I mean how hard can it be Shang? You are afraid of nothing but this girl, you can't even tell her how you feel?" Added Wang crossing his arms across his chest.

"You guys don't understand she's much more then just a girl, she's....wonderful. I want to tell her how I feel but I feel that I don't disserve her." He paused and began to walk back and forth in front of the fire. "If anything happened to her I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

He sighed once more. Wang and the gang looked at each other, thinking of what to say next to their friend.

"Shang." Shang turned around to face them. "Tell her how you feel and if you don't I will tell her myself." Said Wang now with seriousness in his voice.

"Fine."

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Shan Tao and Hang were back at their base with their men. The mountaintops made the wind be more ice cold and brisk. Shan Tao got off his horse and onto the high rock. "Attention men" They all turned around to face their leader. "I promised you the head of Mulan, but I did not do so."

They all began to talk amongst each other in confusion and anger.

"Don't worry, I yet have a better plan that would bring down this pathetic country." He said in rage.

They grew silent to wait for his next words. "We will not kill Mulan. A letter will be sent to the Emperor telling him that if he does not give up Mulan, China will go down with the many helps of our alias and friends."

"Yah..........." They cheered on with confidence.

Shan Tao got off the rock and went to his small tent that his men had fixed up for him while he was gone. He laid out some paper and dipped his pen in the ink and began to write.

Emperor,

I will spear your men and women's lives only if in return you hand us your heroin Fa Mulan. If you do not give her to us you will see me and my men soon, with the Mongols and many of our other friends. When you make your decision have her sent to the Dark woods, there me and my people will take it from there. She had better be alone!

Shan Tao

He folded it up and handed it to Hang, "Put this letter on one of your arrows and shout it through the Emperor's window. Make sure he gets it" He ordered.

Hang bowed down, "Yes sir" Then left the tent. Shan Tao grinded evilly to himself. As he thought about him having Mulan and his men destroying China he began to laugh.

Minuets later Lung Dai marched right into Shan Tao's tent. Shan was sitting in his chair so calm. "What were thinking Shan? You could have killed why the hell didn't you?" As Lung took out his sword. Many of Shan's men came out from behind him aiming their arrows at Lung.

"Drop your sword, Lung." Ordered Shan, with a smile upon his face. Lung dropped his sword with force.

"Why didn't you kill her? She's supposed to be dead now!" Yelled Lung.

Shan got up and looked at Lung straight in the eye. "So were you." He paused and started walking around Lung, "I didn't kill you, I could have but I didn't. So you listen good. I decided that instead of killing her, that she be brought to me. If the Emperor does not do so well lets just say that there won't be China."

"What if it doesn't work? What if they don't give her up?" Asked Lung demanding for answers.

Shan took him by the collar, "China will fall one way or another, trust me." Shan let him go and walked back to his seat.

Lung rubbed his neck where Shan held him tight. "Why do you want her?"

Everything went silent, even Shan's men looked at him. For they too wanted to know the reason why he wanted her.

Shan Tao sighed heavily, "Because Lung, She's the key to our victory. I will have her, and she will be mine. So go tell your men that this is how we are going to get our revenge."

Lung nodded slowly.

"Oh and one more thing, make sure that none of your men mess this up. Got it?"

Lung nodded once more.

"Good, Now Go!" He ordered. Lung did what he said and left. Shan Tao looked at his men that were still in his tent with their weapons. He just nodded to them. With that they knew that they were to leave him alone.

He sat back in his chair thinking about the whole thing. The vision of Mulan came to him once more. The way her hair flowed with the wind as it blew around, the way the moon reflected off her face. He just couldn't stop thinking about her.

Then his thoughts went to the letter that he wrote to the Emperor, "Will it work" he thought. Then he just chuckled to himself. It was just beginning.

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