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Chapter 4:

Mulan was at school, getting her stuff in her locker that she needed. "Hey" hearing this made her turn to see who it was. The young man that stood before her had a blue shirt on, dark jeans with his hair jelled and had the tips spiked. It was Shang.

She rolled her eyes and shut her locker and began to walk past him. "What do you want now?" She asked with irritation.

"You never gave me a chance to introduce myself to you, I'm...."

"I know who you are." She snapped.

"Oh you do, do ya." He said arching his eyebrows and crossed his arms across his chest.

"Why won't you leave me alone and go bother someone else?" With that said she turned around and began to walk away from him. Shang shook his head and rolled his eyes 'girls' he thought, and walked away the other direction.

Nu Fa was in the corner, he had witnessed the whole thing. He grinned at his friends that were right beside him and told the to follow him. As he caught up with Mulan he extended his arm right in front of her blocking her way, and pressed it against the locker making her stop suddenly. "I told you too....." She looked up and noticed that it wasn't Shang, instead it was another good looking young man that was obviously older then her.

Nu Fa smiled, "I'm sorry am I in your way cutie?" He asked examining her from head to toe.

She looked at him with a disgusted look and replied, "Actually you are!"

"Aw...I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself to stop such a gorgeous young lady." He began to corner Mulan forcing her into the lockers behind her. He was practically breathing on her now.

"Get away from me!" She yelled, trying to push him away from her. Shang looked at where he could hear her voice, once he saw Nu Fa by her, he immediately got mad and gritted his teeth with fury that came from deep inside him.

Nu Fa kept getting closer and closer to Mulan, his friends kept cheering and laughing on. But before he knew it he was on the floor holding his jaw where he had been punched. He looked up to see who hit him and as he looked he saw a tall figure to be Shang. Shang stood right in front of Mulan glaring at him to not dare to come any closer to her.

"What was that for?"

"You know what it was for, just leave her alone ok." He warned, he turned to Mulan to see if she was ok, seeing that she seemed to be ok, he walked away and headed for his class. Groups of people gathered around, as they witnessed the whole thing between Shang and Nu Fa. Nu Fa got up and walked away with his friends as they tried to help him with his bruised jaw. Mulan stood there astonished that Shang did that, and for what. All this time she was so harsh to him but he still managed to come to her rescue.

She walked to where he had walked off to. She frowned, he was no where in site, She wanted to thank him for what he did but how? Would he let her after all that she has done to him? She sighed 'Why? Does he have feeling for me or was he just trying to be nice?' She asked to herself. The bell rung and she headed for class with a bit of a smile on her face.

It was lunchtime and Mulan was explaining to her everything that happened yesterday and of what had happened to her in the morning. Ma Li sighed, "Oh...my god that's so....so.... Unlike him, but yet so.... Sweet." Mulan giggled.

"Yeah but I don't know what it might mean, I mean I have been kind of mean to him lately. What should I do?"

"Well he's in this lunch period right?"

"Yes"

"Just go over there and talk to him."

Mulan's eyes widened at her friends response, "What?" She paused as he jaw had dropped, "You can't be serious? What would I say?"

Ma Li was looking over to where Shang and the whole group was and noticed that the most popular girl in the whole school was walking alone with her friends with their short skirts and tight, small shirts. Her hair was black with some highlights; it flowed with her as she walked down the lunchroom almost to make all the guys gruel and whistle at her.

"Hey baby, come over here!" Called out Wang. She grinned and walked over there and sat over there in between Wang and Loong.

"Um....Mulan I don't think you can go over there anymore." Announced Ma Li.

"Why?" Mulan looked over at Shang's table and saw that a very pretty girl that looked about their age was over there flirting with all the guys over there. "Who is that?"

"That's the most popular girl in the whole school, Fang Lu." They both continued to stare at the table, "I heard her say that she has a crush on Shang"

"Who saws that she'll win his heart?"

"Mulan, look at her, she can get any guy in the whole school, she has never been rejected before in her life. Why do you say that any ways?" Mulan looked at her only to make her friend cup her mouth, "You like him!" She declared.

"What? No I don't" She paused with thought, "Ok, a little."

"Ah! I knew it all along"

Mulan shook her head, "What ever you say." She turned to glace at Shang, he was there talking to her and all the guys, 'maybe I don't have a chance' she declared to herself, with that appeared a small frown on her face.

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"So, Shang you going to the prom with anyone?" Fang Lu asked fluttering her eyes at him trying to be adorable.

"Uh...Well, I was thinking of not even going."

Fang stood up straight, "What, you have to go! I mean...Well if you change your mind, just tell me ok. Well I got to go talk to you guys later." She winked at Shang and walked away clucking away with her high heel shoes. Shang watched her leave, then noticed Mulan across the table and how gentle and delicate she looked from across the room.

"So I heard this morning that you and Nu Fa got into a little fight." Declared Wang. Then all their heads turned as they looked at him for an answer as to why.

"It was nothing, really"

"A come on Shang!" wined Yao. Shang sighed and looked at all his friends.

"All right, it was because that he was bothering Mulan."

"Who's Mulan?" Asked Loong.

Shang sighed even heavier and placed his hand in back of his head and rubbed his neck in a bit of nervousness. "She's the girl that I made fun of, the one a couple of days ago that I was suppose to pour something on."

"Why?" Asked Ling.

"Yeah I mean, she's just a sophomore" added Loong.

"Guys she's not just some young sophomore, I met her after school the other day and......"

"Let me guess you think she's cute, and you want to go out with her" Interrupted Wang assuming that, that was the reason that he went after her.

"What's happening to you Shang?" Asked Yao.

Shang pounded the table with his fists and snapped, "No...you guys shut up and please, let me explain." They stayed silent and let him speak and say what he had to say. "All right, so it was after school and I wanted to apologize to her for making fun of her...."

"I thought you....." Shang glared at Ling as if saying not to interrupt him. "Any ways I asked her for her name and she gave it but when I told her that I wanted to make it up to her she just walked away so I tried to stop her but when I did, she took me down."

Loong shook his head and put out both of his hands in confusion, "Woo...Woo...what do you mean she took you down?"

"I mean she twisted my arm then sent her leg right under mine and the next I was on the ground" answered Shang. The others stopped and looked at each other almost as if they didn't believe it.

"I told you, but you didn't listen to me." Said Chien Po shaking his head at Shang for his foolishness, but then again how was he supposed to know.

"How was I supposed to know that she has an incredible skill?"

Chien Po folded his hands together on the table and looked at Shang straight in the eye. "Well I guess the question is, Why you went after her to say that you were sorry and I think this will hook up with the reason why you didn't pour anything on her either."

Shang sighed and rubbed his face with his hands, he leaned back on his chair as his friends stared at him waiting for his answer. "I...I...don't know."

The guys looked at each other then at Shang, "Yeah you do" said Loong. "Shang, were not going to make fun of you if you like her, I mean yeah she's a sophomore but we really want you to be happy." Shang grinned at his friends.

Shang held out his hand, "Thanks man." Loong slapped his on Shang's.

"No prob."

"So do you think you like her, or...what?" Asked Ling.

"I don't know, I think I do but I don't want to."

"Well all I got to say is, do what you think is right, and I think what you did this morning might help you make that decision." Chien Po said with wise words. Shang sighed and looked off in the distance where Mulan sat.

"I know."

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It was the end of the day and everyone was going home or to work. Shang began to search in his pocket for his car keys when, "Shang, wait up!" He turned around and noticed that it was Mulan. He sighed, he was all ready going thought enough with her, what did she want? But he stopped any ways and waited for her to catch up to him. When she caught up she stopped and took a couple breaths of air before she began to talk. "Can we talk, Shang?" She asked very nicely in her calm and sweet tone, that she had given him on the day he asked for her name.

He sighed heavily and sat down on the corner of the sidewalk, "Fine" She bent down and sat down next to him.

"Well I wanted to say that I was sorry that I was being a jerk to you. And I want to thank you for helping me this morning."

Shang looked up at her and saw that she meant it, just by looking into her eyes he could tell that she was serious. "No problem." An uncomfortable silence was among them until Mulan decided to ask one question.

"Um....Why did you help me after I treated you so badly?"

Shang looked up at her ready to say something but her dark, oval shaped eyes caught him off guard again, he looked deep into her eyes and her face, 'she's beautiful' he thought. He shook his head a bit to get rid of the thought, "Um...well, I saw that you were in need so I decided to help." Mulan smiled he smiled back.

"So.....Um....do you think it would be ok with you if maybe we could be...friends?" Mulan asked unsure if he would even want to be seen with her in public.

Shang chuckled, "Why wouldn't I" He cleared his throat, "Yeah...Yeah...I don't see why not." He said trying to act all cool about instead. For that second they stared at each other without any thing to say. "So...I never got to ask you how you know how to do that martial arts stuff that you pulled on me the other day."

Mulan blushed, "Oh...uh...sorry about that."

"It's ok, just how did you learn those kind of moves, I mean I know some wrestling moves but nothing was cooler then that." Mulan was blushing ever harder now.

"Thank you, Well when I was about ten I always watched my father do his practices, he taught me and later on he signed me up for martial arts training and this is where I am now."

"Wow....Well uh...do you have a ride home, because if you want I can take you home?" He got up and pointed to his car as an invitation.

Mulan got up and brushed herself off, "Um...that's ok, I can just walk."

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Well maybe next time, how about?"

"That would be good." Mulan sighed; "I better...get going."

"Oh...yeah, um...see you tomorrow"

Mulan walked along, she turned her head around and said, "Bye" then continued walking.

Shang sighed, "Bye" He whispered.

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