Hello guys. School was basically the reason that kept me from writing
(exams, projects, bla, bla.) Anyway, I'm free from it. Lol. Here's the last
chapter to this story. I hope you like it.
Angel452, Lynn, ToughSpirit, Erika, and Qi Feng, I really appreciate your reviews. Thanks.
Chapter 10: Yin Yang
Camp Wu Zhong was totally burned out thanks to the attacks and the cannons the soldiers lit to get rid of the enemy. The tents where the soldiers slept, the tall pole where Mulan once climbed to prove she was a good soldier, the stables, everything except the barn had turned into ashes.
The battle was over.
Lots of good men had died there and their corpses lied on the ground.
General Li Shang made his way through them in search of one soldier he truly esteemed and if something happened to him, he just wouldn't know what to do.
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Mulan found herself lying on the ground facing the morning sky. What had happened? Then she recalled falling off Khan's back. She could hear men murmuring softly with grief in their voices.
Mushu and Cri-kee landed right beside her. "Are you ok?" her guardian asked concerned.
Mulan sat up and in the process her back ached terribly from the fall; she shut her eyes and grunted, "I'm fine."
"Don't think so," Mushu put in, "You shut your eyes in pain a few seconds ago. Are you sure there's nothing wrong with you?"
"My back aches a little from the fall," confessed Mulan.
"I knew it," Mushu said, "Perhaps you should take a break from all this. You definitely need one."
"I'll keep that in mind," replied Mulan.
Just then, she heard someone calling out her name from a distance. The voice could only belong to one person. A smile drew on her face to the fact nothing happened to him. "It seems I'm required," spoke up Mulan as she slowly got on her feet to answer his call.
"Be careful," Mushu said, hands on his hips he surveyed Mulan suspiciously. "Why the sudden change of attitude towards Shang?"
"Probably the battle," explained Mulan letting out a sigh, "that feeling you get when you find yourself close to death."
"So you realized you love him and now you guys are going to kiss and make- up?" teased Mushu.
Mulan shook her head, although she couldn't help a giggle escape from her. Mushu had to come up with what he called romantic suggestions.
From a distance she saw Yao and Ling coming toward her. They were fine. Mulan embraced them both, glad they were ok.
"Don't you ever scare us like that!" said Yao.
"We were so afraid something would happen to you," added Ling.
"I'll try to be more careful, next time," assured Mulan.
Once again Shang called out for Mulan, this time sternly he added, "Come out now!"
Mulan had left her friend behind to meet Shang. "I'm here!" she replied. Throughout her way were the dead bodies and she tried not to step on them for respect to the dead.
Finally, she found herself face to face with Shang. "Are you ok?" both asked at the same time.
Shang waited politely for her to answer first.
"Certainly," she replied.
"Lao Tsung didn't." Shang stuttered half regretting half wanting to know. "He didn't hurt you?"
"No," answered Mulan, "I wouldn't let him."
"Perfect."
Mulan looked down at her feet and began, "Shang, I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for not listening to you when you told me to stay away from him."
Shang lifted Mulan's chin to meet her eyes and replied, "It's ok. I just wanted to protect you." Mulan nodded silently. How could she possibly mistrust him? Shang gently removed the cinder off Mulan's face. "I heard explosions coming from here. What happened?"
A mischievous smile spread across her face, "It was part of the plan, and it worked."
"What plan?"
"Well, I created a plan to get rid of the enemy," Mulan went on and Shang listened attentively, "I knew they wanted me dead so I thought if I teased them they would come after me. So, as soon as the spotted me lots of them ran behind me. The thing they didn't know was that I was leading them to the cannons awaiting to be fired."
"What?" Shang asked incredulously, "It was too dangerous, using yourself as bait. Mulan you could've got killed."
So he wasn't going to congratulate her or something? His lack of gratitude awoke Mulan's anger as she frowned and replied irritated, "Is that all you can say?" Deep inside she knew he wanted her safety, but couldn't he recognize she had done a great job.
"I know. Thanks again for saving the country, I really appreciate your courage," Shang continued, "but I want you to take care next time."
"Shang, I'm a soldier. I can't decide whether I want to risk myself of not," she said, "You will not go and hide in the middle of a battle just because it's dangerous."
"That is different, I am the General and you are a w."
"It doesn't matter if I'm a man or a woman," she snapped furiously, "What makes the difference. I'm not weak."
"You didn't let me finish," Shang said patiently. Mulan rolled her eyes. "Look at you. You're angry at me for nothing."
"Nothing?," Mulan yelled back, "You call disrespecting me nothing?"
"I didn't disrespect you!"
"You did."
"How?"
"You said I was weak!"
"What?"
"You think a woman is less than a man just because we're different." She crossed her arms to her chest and turned her back to Li Shang.
"I never said that," replied Shang with a handsome grin upon his face, he stood before Mulan to meet her eyes. "Chill out drama queen."
Mulan groaned, "I do what I want, and that includes ignoring your orders."
Shang chuckled. "I know you do. You're the most stubborn woman I've ever met."
"You are exactly like Chi Fu," Mulan went on, "Nosy, presumptuous."
Shang interrupted, "presumptuous me? Chi Fu?" That was a big offence. How could she compare him with that stupid old wretch?
"You are a pain!" exclaimed Mulan. "Thank you very much," said Shang approaching Mulan and bending his neck for a closer view of her anger burning eyes, "So are you." The tips of their noses were touching.
"Shut up!" commanded Mulan standing on her toes. She closed her eyes and reached for Shang's lips to plant a kiss on them. The young man was startled, she was burning with rage and the next thing he knew she was demanding affection. She was very strange indeed. Though he cared less, Shang gave in to the passion and replied the kiss biting her lower lip with his own. That moment they both realized they were one, they completed each other. All those foolish arguments they settled had only been an excuse to talk to each other. The kiss went on for a couple of minutes, wild yet wonderful. It had been what they yearned all this time. Mulan and Shang were breathless; they pulled away and noticed some eyes were fixed on them. The soldiers pretended they were separating the corpses of their comrades from the ones of their enemies, but the truth was that they all had seen the General and Mulan lost in the passion of the kiss.
"I'm sorry," apologised Mulan and ran off. Shang wasn't letting her go so easily, he had to know the reason why she had done that. The young man caught up with her. "I'm very sorry, Shang. I know this doesn't make any sense at all."
"You don't have to be sorry for it.we."
Shang was cut off by Mulan, "No, Shang people like us don't.are not supposed to kiss. I don't know what's come over me." She was feeling so ashamed; after all she had been the one who roused him to reply the kiss. What if he didn't want to kiss her? Then again, he responded the kiss (and very well).
"I don't blame you," Shang replied, "You did nothing wrong."
That was great relief, yet Mulan insisted she had to apologize. "I wasn't really thinking."
"I understand.I.you.you did it just to shut me up," he assented very disappointed, "I should've known better. I deserved it for being a jerk around you all this time."
"No, Shang," denied Mulan, "I did it because.I don't know.this is all very confusing to me."
"It is to me as well," said Shang. His mood had changed. "But we could figure this out together."
"How?" Mulan was curious. She thought for a moment that maybe he had enjoyed the kiss too.
"Let's just leave behind the differences between us. Let's forget about our fights." Shang proposed, "Most important, let us start all over again."
"Sounds good to me," agreed Mulan.
"Friends?" Shang stretched out his arm to shake hands with Mulan, but instead Mulan hugged him the way she would hug her friends Yao, Ling and Chien Po. "Friends," she repeated. So the Yin Yang returned to its balance, both sides were equal the way it should be.
THE END. (for now).
Should I write a sequel? (I've been thinking of it lately). What do you think? Do you want those two getting married?
Thanks a lot to the reviewers that support my job. Lol. You guys are very important to me, without you maybe I wouldn't be writing as much. Lol. Thanks always for the encouragement. Hail Mulan fans!
Angel452, Lynn, ToughSpirit, Erika, and Qi Feng, I really appreciate your reviews. Thanks.
Chapter 10: Yin Yang
Camp Wu Zhong was totally burned out thanks to the attacks and the cannons the soldiers lit to get rid of the enemy. The tents where the soldiers slept, the tall pole where Mulan once climbed to prove she was a good soldier, the stables, everything except the barn had turned into ashes.
The battle was over.
Lots of good men had died there and their corpses lied on the ground.
General Li Shang made his way through them in search of one soldier he truly esteemed and if something happened to him, he just wouldn't know what to do.
*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
Mulan found herself lying on the ground facing the morning sky. What had happened? Then she recalled falling off Khan's back. She could hear men murmuring softly with grief in their voices.
Mushu and Cri-kee landed right beside her. "Are you ok?" her guardian asked concerned.
Mulan sat up and in the process her back ached terribly from the fall; she shut her eyes and grunted, "I'm fine."
"Don't think so," Mushu put in, "You shut your eyes in pain a few seconds ago. Are you sure there's nothing wrong with you?"
"My back aches a little from the fall," confessed Mulan.
"I knew it," Mushu said, "Perhaps you should take a break from all this. You definitely need one."
"I'll keep that in mind," replied Mulan.
Just then, she heard someone calling out her name from a distance. The voice could only belong to one person. A smile drew on her face to the fact nothing happened to him. "It seems I'm required," spoke up Mulan as she slowly got on her feet to answer his call.
"Be careful," Mushu said, hands on his hips he surveyed Mulan suspiciously. "Why the sudden change of attitude towards Shang?"
"Probably the battle," explained Mulan letting out a sigh, "that feeling you get when you find yourself close to death."
"So you realized you love him and now you guys are going to kiss and make- up?" teased Mushu.
Mulan shook her head, although she couldn't help a giggle escape from her. Mushu had to come up with what he called romantic suggestions.
From a distance she saw Yao and Ling coming toward her. They were fine. Mulan embraced them both, glad they were ok.
"Don't you ever scare us like that!" said Yao.
"We were so afraid something would happen to you," added Ling.
"I'll try to be more careful, next time," assured Mulan.
Once again Shang called out for Mulan, this time sternly he added, "Come out now!"
Mulan had left her friend behind to meet Shang. "I'm here!" she replied. Throughout her way were the dead bodies and she tried not to step on them for respect to the dead.
Finally, she found herself face to face with Shang. "Are you ok?" both asked at the same time.
Shang waited politely for her to answer first.
"Certainly," she replied.
"Lao Tsung didn't." Shang stuttered half regretting half wanting to know. "He didn't hurt you?"
"No," answered Mulan, "I wouldn't let him."
"Perfect."
Mulan looked down at her feet and began, "Shang, I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for not listening to you when you told me to stay away from him."
Shang lifted Mulan's chin to meet her eyes and replied, "It's ok. I just wanted to protect you." Mulan nodded silently. How could she possibly mistrust him? Shang gently removed the cinder off Mulan's face. "I heard explosions coming from here. What happened?"
A mischievous smile spread across her face, "It was part of the plan, and it worked."
"What plan?"
"Well, I created a plan to get rid of the enemy," Mulan went on and Shang listened attentively, "I knew they wanted me dead so I thought if I teased them they would come after me. So, as soon as the spotted me lots of them ran behind me. The thing they didn't know was that I was leading them to the cannons awaiting to be fired."
"What?" Shang asked incredulously, "It was too dangerous, using yourself as bait. Mulan you could've got killed."
So he wasn't going to congratulate her or something? His lack of gratitude awoke Mulan's anger as she frowned and replied irritated, "Is that all you can say?" Deep inside she knew he wanted her safety, but couldn't he recognize she had done a great job.
"I know. Thanks again for saving the country, I really appreciate your courage," Shang continued, "but I want you to take care next time."
"Shang, I'm a soldier. I can't decide whether I want to risk myself of not," she said, "You will not go and hide in the middle of a battle just because it's dangerous."
"That is different, I am the General and you are a w."
"It doesn't matter if I'm a man or a woman," she snapped furiously, "What makes the difference. I'm not weak."
"You didn't let me finish," Shang said patiently. Mulan rolled her eyes. "Look at you. You're angry at me for nothing."
"Nothing?," Mulan yelled back, "You call disrespecting me nothing?"
"I didn't disrespect you!"
"You did."
"How?"
"You said I was weak!"
"What?"
"You think a woman is less than a man just because we're different." She crossed her arms to her chest and turned her back to Li Shang.
"I never said that," replied Shang with a handsome grin upon his face, he stood before Mulan to meet her eyes. "Chill out drama queen."
Mulan groaned, "I do what I want, and that includes ignoring your orders."
Shang chuckled. "I know you do. You're the most stubborn woman I've ever met."
"You are exactly like Chi Fu," Mulan went on, "Nosy, presumptuous."
Shang interrupted, "presumptuous me? Chi Fu?" That was a big offence. How could she compare him with that stupid old wretch?
"You are a pain!" exclaimed Mulan. "Thank you very much," said Shang approaching Mulan and bending his neck for a closer view of her anger burning eyes, "So are you." The tips of their noses were touching.
"Shut up!" commanded Mulan standing on her toes. She closed her eyes and reached for Shang's lips to plant a kiss on them. The young man was startled, she was burning with rage and the next thing he knew she was demanding affection. She was very strange indeed. Though he cared less, Shang gave in to the passion and replied the kiss biting her lower lip with his own. That moment they both realized they were one, they completed each other. All those foolish arguments they settled had only been an excuse to talk to each other. The kiss went on for a couple of minutes, wild yet wonderful. It had been what they yearned all this time. Mulan and Shang were breathless; they pulled away and noticed some eyes were fixed on them. The soldiers pretended they were separating the corpses of their comrades from the ones of their enemies, but the truth was that they all had seen the General and Mulan lost in the passion of the kiss.
"I'm sorry," apologised Mulan and ran off. Shang wasn't letting her go so easily, he had to know the reason why she had done that. The young man caught up with her. "I'm very sorry, Shang. I know this doesn't make any sense at all."
"You don't have to be sorry for it.we."
Shang was cut off by Mulan, "No, Shang people like us don't.are not supposed to kiss. I don't know what's come over me." She was feeling so ashamed; after all she had been the one who roused him to reply the kiss. What if he didn't want to kiss her? Then again, he responded the kiss (and very well).
"I don't blame you," Shang replied, "You did nothing wrong."
That was great relief, yet Mulan insisted she had to apologize. "I wasn't really thinking."
"I understand.I.you.you did it just to shut me up," he assented very disappointed, "I should've known better. I deserved it for being a jerk around you all this time."
"No, Shang," denied Mulan, "I did it because.I don't know.this is all very confusing to me."
"It is to me as well," said Shang. His mood had changed. "But we could figure this out together."
"How?" Mulan was curious. She thought for a moment that maybe he had enjoyed the kiss too.
"Let's just leave behind the differences between us. Let's forget about our fights." Shang proposed, "Most important, let us start all over again."
"Sounds good to me," agreed Mulan.
"Friends?" Shang stretched out his arm to shake hands with Mulan, but instead Mulan hugged him the way she would hug her friends Yao, Ling and Chien Po. "Friends," she repeated. So the Yin Yang returned to its balance, both sides were equal the way it should be.
THE END. (for now).
Should I write a sequel? (I've been thinking of it lately). What do you think? Do you want those two getting married?
Thanks a lot to the reviewers that support my job. Lol. You guys are very important to me, without you maybe I wouldn't be writing as much. Lol. Thanks always for the encouragement. Hail Mulan fans!