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Chapter 5: The Disturbing News

The Emperor was busy with his work in his palace. He talked amongst Chi Fu and many of his other advisers. "So how have the reports about the Huns been?"

"Well sir, two more villages have been destroyed but that was like a week ago. We heard nothing from their leader Shan Tao or any news that they have been spotted I think......."

All of a sudden an arrow shot through the room just missing the Emperor's head. The Emperor backed up of alarm. The advisers ran up to see if he was ok.

"Are you all right sir?"

"Yes." Said the Emperor taking in deep breaths of air. He then turned to the arrow, he noticed that there was paper rolled up onto it. He took the paper off and began to read it.

"What is it sir?" Asked Chi Fu.

He finished reading it and all he had to say was, "Oh no." In a worried way.

"What is it Sir?" The other adviser asked once more.

The Emperor sighed, "Shan Tao wants Mulan, If I do not give her up then he will bring his men and the Mongols to destroy China."

Without thought Chi Fu blurted out, "So.... We'll just give him what he wants and China will be safe." Chi Fu didn't care about Mulan; he could care less that she'd be taken away.

The Emperor glared at Chi Fu. "No...She is China's finest hero's I will not let her leave here. Isn't there another way that we can get passed this?" He asked the other advisers.

They had frowns on their faces, "Sir, I think the best and only way is to give up Mulan. We don't want her to go she is a symbol of China's greatest hero's and strongest ladies. But I fear if we don't do what that letter says......We could lose everything."

The Emperor sighed and looked at down at the floor, he was afraid it would come to this. He had grown quite fond of Mulan; She was almost like a granddaughter to him now. "I want to speak with her."

"All right I'll send her over."

"No....I will go to the camp that she is in and talk to her there. Get my carriage ready." He ordered.

"But don't you think...."

He got up immediately, "No! I want to go there!" He yelled out to the advisers in anger.

"Yes sir." They all bowed down and left the room including Chi Fu.

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Back at the camp it was break time, Mulan was in the open fields once more practicing her martial arts. Khan was in the filed too, eating away at the tall grass.

Mulan held her sword in her hands whipping it around through the nice, warm air that was scented with wild flowers. Shang watched from the distance as she moved about, with such grace and agility.

'What will I say how should I approach her? Should I approach her?' Shang questioned in his mind. He sighed and began to walk towards her.

Mulan closed her eyes picturing her surroundings. Then she whipped around with her sword. Shang immediately took out her sword to block hers. When she heard the cold steel hit hers she opened her eyes. "Oh sorry, I didn't......." Shang raised his hand in front of her.

"It was my fault, I should have told that I was here." He said smiling at her. She lowed her sword back down, tying it back to her side. Shang did the same. "You're getting a lot better with your sword skills."

"Oh...thank you, I've been practicing ever since the last time I was here."

Shang smiled at her, "No wonder you're so good."

Mulan began blushing red. Shang cleared his throat, "So um.... You never finished telling me, who that person was when we were talking, do you mind finishing with what you were about to say?" He asked kindly, curious about who the person was that she had feelings for.

Mulan began to blush a deeper red now. "Well um......."

"Shang!" Cried out Wang from the distance that was running over to the two of them. "Hey I was looking for ya."

Shang glared it him telling him through his eyes that this was not the time. Wang turned to face Mulan. "So I take it your Mulan" Mulan nodded. Wang bowed down to her, "Nice to meet you" Mulan bowed down too.

"Nice to meet you too, you are?......" Mulan asked

"Wang, I'm surprised Shang hasn't mentioned me to you." He said glaring at Shang giving him a wink. Shang shook his head, "Why?" He asked himself.

"I was wondering how about we all........" Wang stopped when he saw Shang shaking his head and placing his finger across his throat telling him No. Mulan looked at him then at Shang from behind her. He just smiled at her placing his hands in back of him.

"You were saying?" She asked turning her attention back to Wang.

Wang fumbled for the right words, "I...well....Wow would you look at the time I got to go, it was nice meeting you." With that he ran off.

Mulan turned back to Shang and both Shang and her went towards her horse who was still eating away.

"So...um...weren't you about to tell me who the person was?" Asked Shang nervously.

Mulan didn't know what to say She loved him. She feared that if she told him that it was him that he would never speak to her again. So she decided to lie, even though she didn't want to. "Well I.....There's just this guy that I know. He's strong, handsome; he is really kind to me too."

Shang felt his heart begin to break, "What's his name?"

"Um...his name, well his name is...." Shang looked at her curious for her answer. "His name is....."

Suddenly drums roared as a sign that someone important was coming in the camp. Mulan and Shang glanced to where it was coming from then at each other. "What is it?" Asked Mulan.

"I don't know, lets go see." Said Shang.

They went off to see whom it was. Everyone was surrounding as a beautiful red and gold carriage came through with ten white stallions hooked up onto it. Solders on their white stallions surrounded it. As the carriage came to a stop, out came the Emperor. Everyone immediately bowed down.

"I need to speak with the Captains, in one of their tents." The Emperor announced out. Shang, Wang came forward and escorted the Emperor to one of the tents.

The Emperor sat down with two of his guards right by his side. Wang and Shang sat right across from him. "Shang, Wang...huh.... I received a letter today from Shan Tao, He wants Mulan, and in return he will give us peace and wont harm China."

Both Wang and Shang's jaws dropped. Shang was the first to speak, "Your not going to, are you sir?"

He sighed heavily, "Shang, I don't think I have a choice, I don't want to but......."

Shang interrupted, "She's a person sir, you can't just give her away like that......"

The Emperor raised his hand in the air to stop his voice from going any father. "Shan Tao has alias, the Mongols. I don't have a choice."

Shang placed his hands over his face. "You sure there is no other way that we can take care of them?" Asked Wang

The Emperor just shook his head in disappointment. Shang looked up at the Emperor with sadness in his eyes almost like he was about to cry. "I'm sorry Shang, I know how you feel about her but there's nothing I can do." Said the Emperor.

Shang nodded slowly.

"What! You know too, Why am I always the last person to know anything?" Said Wang interrupting the short silence. Both Shang and the Emperor looked at him with strange looks on their faces. Wang cleared his throat and got serious again, "Sorry sir."

Shang sighed heavily, looking down at the ground. "When does he want her?" He asked still facing the ground, not daring to show the Emperor the sorrow in his eyes.

"Well probably as soon as possible, I brought her some things to wear, just in case he is not impressed with what he sees but I'm sure that wont be a problem." He paused waiting for Shang's response. He kept silent. "Can one of you please get Mulan so that I may speak to her?" Asked the Emperor kindly.

As Wang was about to get up, Shang put his arm in front of his friend and said, "I'll get her." Wang nodded and Shang went off to get Mulan.

Mulan was in the field sitting down by Khan as he stood around. "Mulan, the Emperor wants to speak with you." Said Shang as he approached her quietly making her heart jump a bit when he called for her. Mulan got up and followed Shang to the tent.

The whole time both Shang and her did not say a word to each other. It made Mulan feel uncomfortable. As she entered in the tent she bowed down to the Emperor then sat in between Shang and Wang.

"Mulan, This is hard for me to tell you but I got a letter from Shan Tao, Shan Yu's brother. He wishes to have you and if he does not get what he wants he will destroy all of China with the help of the Mongols." The Emperor paused to see if Mulan was ok so far.

Mulan was breathing harder, She was scared she didn't want to but she also didn't want many innocent lives to be taken because she didn't want to go. She sighed, "What..When does he want me?" She looked at the Emperor, he noticed that water was forming in her eyes.

"Probably very soon, I will have you be taken back to your parents so you can say good bye then you will be brought back here then escorted to the Dark Woods. I'm really sorry Mulan, I wish it didn't have to be this way." Said the Emperor in a low and sad tone of voice.

Mulan sniffed and nodded trying to fight back the tears.

Shang quickly glanced at Mulan then at the Emperor. "Sir, I would like to be there when she is escorted."

Mulan looked at Shang, "Why, why does he want to go? Does he care about me?" She thought.

The Emperor nodded

"Sir, may I also go?" Asked Wang.

The Emperor sighed, "Yes but that is it, I don't want to anger Shan Tao."

"Yes Sir." Both Shang and Wang said. The Emperor got up from his seat and bowed down to them, All three of them got up and bowed down.

He approached Mulan and looked into her eyes, "I'm sorry" Mulan nodded, then placed her arms around him and hugged him like, a granddaughter to her grandfather. Breaking from the embrace, he put his hand on her shoulder, "Be strong"

"I will" she replied, still fighting not to shed a tear.

The Emperor nodded his head to Mulan then to Shang and Wang. With that he left then tent and went back into his carriage. Mulan, Shang, Wang and the solders watched as him and his men left. Wang nudged Shang on his arm to get his attention, when he had it he pointed to Mulan. Shang looked at Mulan seeing that she was shedding tears. He wanted to comfort her, but knew that he wasn't aloud to. Both Shang and Wang watched in sorrow as she began to leave them to go to her tent.

"Just makes you want to kill the guy doesn't it? Seeing her like that." Said Wang whispering it into Shang's ear.

Shang still watched as she walked away, "Yes, Yes it does."

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Aw......Hope I didn't make any of you cry. Well if I didn't I probably will in the next chapter. The next chapter is when she goes home to say good bye and there will be a lot of crying. Please review.