We arrived at the border of the city a few hours later. We could see
fireworks exploding into the air and kites flying around. "It looks like a
party is going on, I bet it's for Shang too, and oooh I smell chicken
broccoli, I love chicken broccoli, can I go get some, I'm famished?" I said
to Mulan, after all I had not eaten in about a day and being a guardian is
hungry work. Cri Kee agreed with me too and rubbed his stomach as it
growled.
"Sure go ahead Mushu, I'll be going after Shang, you can meet me at the palace later," said Mulan in a rather sarcastic tone, I could tell that saving the kingdom was more important and I did not want to upset Mulan so I decided to stay with her. The chicken broccoli would have to wait.
Mulan then ran straight into the city as fast as she could to Shang. She nearly caused Khan to run into a few people who then cursed at her for being such a reckless driver but she ignored them.
We soon reached Shang and the soldiers who all looked quite down because they had to leave Mulan up the mountains with the elements, until they saw Mulan run up to them. Shang especially looked happy for a few seconds until he remembered that she was a girl.
"The Huns are alive, their in the city," said Mulan to Shang.
"You don't belong here Mulan, go home," said Shang as he gave her the cold shoulder and began walking away from her.
Mulan made Khan walk up to him again and once she was eye level with him began to talk. "Shang I saw them in the mountains, you have to believe me," she said.
"Why should I?" asked Shang who then started moving away faster.
Mulan just walked even faster and blocked him from moving. "Why else would I come back? You said you'd trust Ping, why is Mulan any different." She said. Shang just ignored her and went around Mulan to continue the parade up to the emperor's palace.
Mulan stood on the side as the soldiers passed and looked at her. "Keep your eyes open, I know their here," she said and told Khan to head toward the palace.
I was quiet the whole time because I was afraid that I would upset her if I said anything as she road to the courtyard.
Once she did reach it, she immediately jumped off the horse and started running. "Now where are you going?" I asked before she was out of earshot.
"To find someone who will believe me," she said as she disappeared into the crowd.
I stood there wondering what to do. Should I follow her, or stay here with Khan and Cri Kee who chirped at me. "You could go get some chicken broccoli," he said. "No I need to stay with Mulan, they'll have leftovers after all this," I said as I jumped off Khan. Cri Kee decided to follow me and jumped on my shoulder as we worked our way through the crowd to Mulan.
I soon found her standing all alone looking frustrated, I knew no one was listening to her so I decided to play their game just for the heck of it.
"No one will listen," she said.
"Huh? Oh I'm sorry did you say something," I said all sarcastic like.
"Mushu!" she said angrily.
"Hey you're a girl again remember," I said to her.
It looked like she was about to do something else when a gong rung and Shang presented the Emperor with Shan Yu's sword. Just when he was about to take it, Shan Yu's falcon swooped down and took it from him. Everyone watched as the falcon flew up to the roof and dropped it next to what looked like a gargoyle. It was actually Shan Yu.
Everyone gasped and I looked at Mulan who just stared at Shan Yu full of anger. Suddenly the rest of the Huns sprang out from a paper dragon and took the Emperor and locked him inside his own palace. Shan Yu laughed evilly from the roof.
Mulan ran up to the soldiers who were using a giant statue as a battering ram to get in. "They'll never reach the Emperor in time," she said to herself and at that moment she seemed to get an idea. She then ran over to the soldiers and called to them. "Hey guys I got an idea," she said and ran to the corner of the building.
I could see the soldiers all looking at each other wondering if they should follow, they seemed to want to except for Shang who just stood there wondering why they were listening to a girl.
Once all the soldiers arrived Mulan began to tell them her plan. "Okay, you want to get in right?" she said they all nodded. "Well the only way I could think of that could get us in is if we dress as concubines and climbed up those pillars like I did with the pole back at the camp," said Mulan.
When Mulan told them that they should dress like concubines their jaws dropped and everyone was speechless. Cri Kee and I both laughed at them, I was glad I did not have to do that.
Mulan could tell they did not like the thought of that and spoke up. "Come on, I dressed as a man for longer than what we are doing, I think we should do it," she said.
"She's got a point you guys, let's all trust her like we did when we thought she was a man," said Ling who then put his hand out. Mulan knew what he was doing and put her hand out. Chien Po was next and Yao took a second until he finally put his hand in. "Deal," they all said.
Mulan then took out some clothes that she had and gave each of them one suit to wear. She then went behind a bush and changed. I stayed with her and tried my best not to look. "So do you want me to do anything?" I asked her. "Hmm why don't you distract the falcon, I think that thing is just as dangerous as Shan Yu," she said. I nodded I could handle the bird just as long as I snuck up on him.
Once Mulan had finished changing she walked outside and found Yao, Ling, and Chien Po all dressed up and ready to help the Emperor. Their faces were white too; you could barely even tell that they were men unless you got really close.
Mulan then lead them to the nearby pillars and was about to descend when Shang tapped her on the shoulder, he was going to help after all. Mulan just smiled and started to climb up the pillars.
Once we were inside I jumped off Mulan and slithered like a lizard through the building looking for the falcon. It did not take me long to find him. He was perched on a nearby mantle preening his feathers. He did not even notice me climb up the wall and sit right behind him. He did notice Mulan and the others coming in and was about to squawk a warning when I blew fire at him.
Once the smoke had cleared, his feathers were all gone and had nothing but pink skin. He looked up at me in shock. "Now that is what I call Mongolian bar-b-q," I said as I blew a smoke ring at him. Cri Kee just rolled around and laughed at the poor bird's predicament.
Suddenly the falcon tried to fly off but fell to the ground; it quickly recovered and ran down a dark hallway where it could not be seen. I could only hear his claws clicking the tile. "Do you have a match Cri Kee?" I asked. "No, and your not making me go in there," he chirped.
I then picked him up and looked him in the eye. "What did you promise when we first met?" I asked him. "Uh that I would do your dirty work and that I would help you all the time," he chirped. "That's right now you are coming with me or I will squash you," I said to him. "Yes sir," he chirped.
I quickly found a small torch and lit it and began to walk into the dark hallway. Cri Kee stayed on my shoulder shaking the whole time like the place was haunted or something.
Once we got to the far end I heard clicking and something move behind me. I turned around and looked in that direction, nothing but darkness.
Suddenly more movement behind me, I turned again and still did not see anything. "I want to go home," chirped Cri Kee sadly. "Shhh," I said. "Come little birdie, I just want to talk to you, I don't want to harm you," I said in a sweet tone.
Suddenly I heard a squawk and something sharp hit me in the back causing the wind to get knocked out of me and make me fall on my face. Before I could get up the falcon jumped on me and began scratching me with his huge talons. It was the most painful feeling in my life and I could not turn around and burn him.
"Cri Kee help me," I cried. Cri Kee took a few seconds to gather his courage but when he did, he grabbed the torch and put it right in the birds face. The bird squawked in pain and backed away from Cri Kee and I. "Hurt him again and I will sing a really bad song with my legs," Cri Kee chirped.
The falcon just stood there stunned, not sure what to do. I then got up and walked over to him. "Just for trying to kill me, which would have not done you any good because I am immortal, you will now be my horse meaning I will ride you back to the Emperor and Mulan, any objections and I will bar-b-q you a second time," I said to him. The falcon seemed to have gotten the message and stood there waiting for me to get on him.
"Come on Cri Kee," I said as I jumped on the falcons back. The falcon squawked and ran when I gave him a solid kick in the side. It was time to go back and help Mulan.
While we ran back I patted Cri Kee on the head. "Thanks, I'm glad you were brave enough to help me," I said to him. "You're welcome, what are friends for," he chirped. I smiled and then stared ahead of me for Mulan.
It did not take me long to find her, or did she find me? We ran right into each other where we left off and Shan Yu was right behind her. She looked like she was trying to set a trap for him. "So what's the plan?" I asked her.
"Uhhhhh," she said. Well that was reassuring.
"YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN!?" I said in a frightened voice.
"Hey I'm making this up as I....go," she said and stopped next to the window and stared out at a roof where some fireworks were being shot out of. "Mushu...." She said.
I knew what she wanted. "Way ahead of you sister. Come on Cri Kee," I said as I jumped on top of a kite and flew it across to the roof. We landed on the cover and I quickly had a plan. I tore off a piece of the kite and gave it to Cri Kee. "Here put this on your back," I told him.
"What are we going to do?" he asked as he put it on. "You've heard of the English dragon's right?" I asked him. "You mean the ones with wings?" he chirped. "Yup, man I wish I had some of those, but that is how we are going to get ourselves a firework," I said.
Once the "wings" were securely on I jumped down like a bird with Cri Kee at my side. "Citizens I need firepower," I said in a deep voice.
The two men working on the fireworks turned around in shock. "Ahhh you are you?" asked one.
I then spread my 'wings' and responded in a more evil voice. "Your worse nightmare," I said. I scared them so much that they jumped off the roof. I hope they did not leave a mess.
"Okay let's see here, Cri Kee help me find the biggest firework you can find," I said. Cri Kee did not respond but looked around. A few minutes later he called to me saying that he had found a really big one. I ran over and found that it was bigger than my body, (hey that's a John Mayer song) it would work.
I took it out and told Cri Kee to wrap it around my waist. He did and we flew to the roof nearby where Mulan was now battling Shan Yu and I was glad I had found the firecracker in time. Just when Mulan pinned Shan Yu to the roof with his sword I was needed and I quickly jumped on the roof.
"Ready Mushu," she called to me. I ripped off the kite that was still on my back and quickly responded. "I am ready baby," I said happily and lit and stick and passed it to Cri Kee. "Light me," I said.
Cri Kee did just that and away I went straight into Shan Yu. Before I could go into the air with him though I held onto the sword and then felt Mulan grab me. "Get off the roof, get off the roof, get off the roof," she said nervously.
Right when she reached the edge everything exploded and she let go of me. I was not scared at all I just fell to the ground and when I landed I started laughing at Shan Yu's death. Luckily I fell in time because a second later Cri Kee came down and I caught him. "You are a lucky bug," I said to him as I put out the little fire on his antennae. He just sat there in a daze and smiled acting like nothing happened.
I was about to walk over to Mulan and congratulate her for defeating Shan Yu but Chi Fu beat me to it and his was not a congratulations.
"That was a deliberate attempt on my life, where is she, now she's done it, what a mess," he said. Shang quickly ran over and stood in front of Mulan. Chi Fu was not happy. "Stand aside that creature's not worth protecting," oh somebody's jealous.
Shang quickly retorted. "She's a hero," he said. He definitely changed his mind after he saw her again.
She's a woman, she will never be worth anything," he said.
That angered Shang who then grabbed Chi Fu by the collar. "Listen you pompous..." he was then stopped by the Emperor who came walking down the stairs.
"That is enough," he said.
Before I could hear anything, I heard the clip clop of hooves and Khan was standing above me, I was glad he came I needed to get a good seat and climbed on his back to listen to what else the Emperor was saying. He sounded quite angry.
"I heard a great deal about you Fa Mulan. You stole your fathers armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese army, destroyed my palace, And...." He said getting angrier with every thing she did but calmed after his last statement. "You have saved us all," he said.
Mulan looked at him surprised and he did something even more surprising, he bowed to her. Chi Fu saw this and quickly fell to the ground, Shang and the soldiers followed until the entire inhabitants of the Imperial City were on the ground bowing to her.
I looked around in awe, this was something of my guardianship that had never happened, I knew I had done something good. I was so happy I began to cry. "My baby is all grown up and saving China," I said trying to hold back tears; I then turned to Cri Kee. "Do you have a tissue?" I asked him. He just shook his head and cried with me, he had watched Mulan turn from a young girl to a beautiful young woman just like I did, what an experience.
A few seconds later, the Emperor stopped bowing and called to Chi Fu.
"Your Excellency?" he asked.
"See to it that this woman is made a member of my council," said the Emperor.
This gave Chi Fu quite a shock and he was not happy with the thought that Mulan would be a member of the Emperors council. He quickly walked away from the Emperor and said that there was no council positions open in a very sly voice. The Emperor just chuckled.
"You can have his job then," he said to Mulan. That would be cool because then she would be able to order men around. Of course Chi Fu fainted when he heard that.
Mulan just bowed and answered the Emperor. "With all due respect, your Excellency. I think I have been away from home long enough," she said. I did not blame her, I kinda missed the temple myself and first ancestor probably was wondering where I had run off to.
The Emperor just smiled and took off his necklace and gave it to Mulan. "Then take this, so your family will know what you have done for me," He said and then picked up Shan Yu's sword, "And this so the world will know what you have done for China."
Mulan held the sword in awe, then she jumped up and hugged the Emperor tightly. He was quite surprised by this and did nothing but smile.
Mulan then let go and walked over to her friends who were still in drag and they all cried because she was leaving them. Shang then walked over to her and said something I could not hear but Mulan seemed a little upset by what he said and walked over to Khan and mounted him.
"Khan let's go home," she said. Khan snorted and ran down the steps of the palace and out of the court.
I was about to ask her what Shang had said to her when Cri Kee tapped my shoulder. "Your forgetting something," he chirped and pointed at a nearby chicken broccoli vendor. "Oh yeah, hey Mulan I'm hungry," I said.
Mulan stopped. "Your right, you've earned it too," she said and walked over to get some chicken broccoli. I licked my lips while I watched her and when she returned she gave me a whole box. "There you go, for the best guardian in the world," she said. I took a big bite out of some chicken and smiled. "That would be me," I said. Mulan just laughed because I had gotten some sauce all over my face.
I did not care, I was heading home with Mulan, Cri Kee, and Khan the three greatest people in the world and the only obstacle I had now was facing First Ancestor.
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Yay! I'm done with Chapter 8. That was a really hard chapter because Mushu was not in it very much. Sorry about the lame part where Mushu used the firework to kill Shan Yu I was having a lot of trouble with that part; if I can do better I will fix it. Well one more chapter and I will hopefully have it up by next week. Please review and have fun writing. Have a nice week
"Sure go ahead Mushu, I'll be going after Shang, you can meet me at the palace later," said Mulan in a rather sarcastic tone, I could tell that saving the kingdom was more important and I did not want to upset Mulan so I decided to stay with her. The chicken broccoli would have to wait.
Mulan then ran straight into the city as fast as she could to Shang. She nearly caused Khan to run into a few people who then cursed at her for being such a reckless driver but she ignored them.
We soon reached Shang and the soldiers who all looked quite down because they had to leave Mulan up the mountains with the elements, until they saw Mulan run up to them. Shang especially looked happy for a few seconds until he remembered that she was a girl.
"The Huns are alive, their in the city," said Mulan to Shang.
"You don't belong here Mulan, go home," said Shang as he gave her the cold shoulder and began walking away from her.
Mulan made Khan walk up to him again and once she was eye level with him began to talk. "Shang I saw them in the mountains, you have to believe me," she said.
"Why should I?" asked Shang who then started moving away faster.
Mulan just walked even faster and blocked him from moving. "Why else would I come back? You said you'd trust Ping, why is Mulan any different." She said. Shang just ignored her and went around Mulan to continue the parade up to the emperor's palace.
Mulan stood on the side as the soldiers passed and looked at her. "Keep your eyes open, I know their here," she said and told Khan to head toward the palace.
I was quiet the whole time because I was afraid that I would upset her if I said anything as she road to the courtyard.
Once she did reach it, she immediately jumped off the horse and started running. "Now where are you going?" I asked before she was out of earshot.
"To find someone who will believe me," she said as she disappeared into the crowd.
I stood there wondering what to do. Should I follow her, or stay here with Khan and Cri Kee who chirped at me. "You could go get some chicken broccoli," he said. "No I need to stay with Mulan, they'll have leftovers after all this," I said as I jumped off Khan. Cri Kee decided to follow me and jumped on my shoulder as we worked our way through the crowd to Mulan.
I soon found her standing all alone looking frustrated, I knew no one was listening to her so I decided to play their game just for the heck of it.
"No one will listen," she said.
"Huh? Oh I'm sorry did you say something," I said all sarcastic like.
"Mushu!" she said angrily.
"Hey you're a girl again remember," I said to her.
It looked like she was about to do something else when a gong rung and Shang presented the Emperor with Shan Yu's sword. Just when he was about to take it, Shan Yu's falcon swooped down and took it from him. Everyone watched as the falcon flew up to the roof and dropped it next to what looked like a gargoyle. It was actually Shan Yu.
Everyone gasped and I looked at Mulan who just stared at Shan Yu full of anger. Suddenly the rest of the Huns sprang out from a paper dragon and took the Emperor and locked him inside his own palace. Shan Yu laughed evilly from the roof.
Mulan ran up to the soldiers who were using a giant statue as a battering ram to get in. "They'll never reach the Emperor in time," she said to herself and at that moment she seemed to get an idea. She then ran over to the soldiers and called to them. "Hey guys I got an idea," she said and ran to the corner of the building.
I could see the soldiers all looking at each other wondering if they should follow, they seemed to want to except for Shang who just stood there wondering why they were listening to a girl.
Once all the soldiers arrived Mulan began to tell them her plan. "Okay, you want to get in right?" she said they all nodded. "Well the only way I could think of that could get us in is if we dress as concubines and climbed up those pillars like I did with the pole back at the camp," said Mulan.
When Mulan told them that they should dress like concubines their jaws dropped and everyone was speechless. Cri Kee and I both laughed at them, I was glad I did not have to do that.
Mulan could tell they did not like the thought of that and spoke up. "Come on, I dressed as a man for longer than what we are doing, I think we should do it," she said.
"She's got a point you guys, let's all trust her like we did when we thought she was a man," said Ling who then put his hand out. Mulan knew what he was doing and put her hand out. Chien Po was next and Yao took a second until he finally put his hand in. "Deal," they all said.
Mulan then took out some clothes that she had and gave each of them one suit to wear. She then went behind a bush and changed. I stayed with her and tried my best not to look. "So do you want me to do anything?" I asked her. "Hmm why don't you distract the falcon, I think that thing is just as dangerous as Shan Yu," she said. I nodded I could handle the bird just as long as I snuck up on him.
Once Mulan had finished changing she walked outside and found Yao, Ling, and Chien Po all dressed up and ready to help the Emperor. Their faces were white too; you could barely even tell that they were men unless you got really close.
Mulan then lead them to the nearby pillars and was about to descend when Shang tapped her on the shoulder, he was going to help after all. Mulan just smiled and started to climb up the pillars.
Once we were inside I jumped off Mulan and slithered like a lizard through the building looking for the falcon. It did not take me long to find him. He was perched on a nearby mantle preening his feathers. He did not even notice me climb up the wall and sit right behind him. He did notice Mulan and the others coming in and was about to squawk a warning when I blew fire at him.
Once the smoke had cleared, his feathers were all gone and had nothing but pink skin. He looked up at me in shock. "Now that is what I call Mongolian bar-b-q," I said as I blew a smoke ring at him. Cri Kee just rolled around and laughed at the poor bird's predicament.
Suddenly the falcon tried to fly off but fell to the ground; it quickly recovered and ran down a dark hallway where it could not be seen. I could only hear his claws clicking the tile. "Do you have a match Cri Kee?" I asked. "No, and your not making me go in there," he chirped.
I then picked him up and looked him in the eye. "What did you promise when we first met?" I asked him. "Uh that I would do your dirty work and that I would help you all the time," he chirped. "That's right now you are coming with me or I will squash you," I said to him. "Yes sir," he chirped.
I quickly found a small torch and lit it and began to walk into the dark hallway. Cri Kee stayed on my shoulder shaking the whole time like the place was haunted or something.
Once we got to the far end I heard clicking and something move behind me. I turned around and looked in that direction, nothing but darkness.
Suddenly more movement behind me, I turned again and still did not see anything. "I want to go home," chirped Cri Kee sadly. "Shhh," I said. "Come little birdie, I just want to talk to you, I don't want to harm you," I said in a sweet tone.
Suddenly I heard a squawk and something sharp hit me in the back causing the wind to get knocked out of me and make me fall on my face. Before I could get up the falcon jumped on me and began scratching me with his huge talons. It was the most painful feeling in my life and I could not turn around and burn him.
"Cri Kee help me," I cried. Cri Kee took a few seconds to gather his courage but when he did, he grabbed the torch and put it right in the birds face. The bird squawked in pain and backed away from Cri Kee and I. "Hurt him again and I will sing a really bad song with my legs," Cri Kee chirped.
The falcon just stood there stunned, not sure what to do. I then got up and walked over to him. "Just for trying to kill me, which would have not done you any good because I am immortal, you will now be my horse meaning I will ride you back to the Emperor and Mulan, any objections and I will bar-b-q you a second time," I said to him. The falcon seemed to have gotten the message and stood there waiting for me to get on him.
"Come on Cri Kee," I said as I jumped on the falcons back. The falcon squawked and ran when I gave him a solid kick in the side. It was time to go back and help Mulan.
While we ran back I patted Cri Kee on the head. "Thanks, I'm glad you were brave enough to help me," I said to him. "You're welcome, what are friends for," he chirped. I smiled and then stared ahead of me for Mulan.
It did not take me long to find her, or did she find me? We ran right into each other where we left off and Shan Yu was right behind her. She looked like she was trying to set a trap for him. "So what's the plan?" I asked her.
"Uhhhhh," she said. Well that was reassuring.
"YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN!?" I said in a frightened voice.
"Hey I'm making this up as I....go," she said and stopped next to the window and stared out at a roof where some fireworks were being shot out of. "Mushu...." She said.
I knew what she wanted. "Way ahead of you sister. Come on Cri Kee," I said as I jumped on top of a kite and flew it across to the roof. We landed on the cover and I quickly had a plan. I tore off a piece of the kite and gave it to Cri Kee. "Here put this on your back," I told him.
"What are we going to do?" he asked as he put it on. "You've heard of the English dragon's right?" I asked him. "You mean the ones with wings?" he chirped. "Yup, man I wish I had some of those, but that is how we are going to get ourselves a firework," I said.
Once the "wings" were securely on I jumped down like a bird with Cri Kee at my side. "Citizens I need firepower," I said in a deep voice.
The two men working on the fireworks turned around in shock. "Ahhh you are you?" asked one.
I then spread my 'wings' and responded in a more evil voice. "Your worse nightmare," I said. I scared them so much that they jumped off the roof. I hope they did not leave a mess.
"Okay let's see here, Cri Kee help me find the biggest firework you can find," I said. Cri Kee did not respond but looked around. A few minutes later he called to me saying that he had found a really big one. I ran over and found that it was bigger than my body, (hey that's a John Mayer song) it would work.
I took it out and told Cri Kee to wrap it around my waist. He did and we flew to the roof nearby where Mulan was now battling Shan Yu and I was glad I had found the firecracker in time. Just when Mulan pinned Shan Yu to the roof with his sword I was needed and I quickly jumped on the roof.
"Ready Mushu," she called to me. I ripped off the kite that was still on my back and quickly responded. "I am ready baby," I said happily and lit and stick and passed it to Cri Kee. "Light me," I said.
Cri Kee did just that and away I went straight into Shan Yu. Before I could go into the air with him though I held onto the sword and then felt Mulan grab me. "Get off the roof, get off the roof, get off the roof," she said nervously.
Right when she reached the edge everything exploded and she let go of me. I was not scared at all I just fell to the ground and when I landed I started laughing at Shan Yu's death. Luckily I fell in time because a second later Cri Kee came down and I caught him. "You are a lucky bug," I said to him as I put out the little fire on his antennae. He just sat there in a daze and smiled acting like nothing happened.
I was about to walk over to Mulan and congratulate her for defeating Shan Yu but Chi Fu beat me to it and his was not a congratulations.
"That was a deliberate attempt on my life, where is she, now she's done it, what a mess," he said. Shang quickly ran over and stood in front of Mulan. Chi Fu was not happy. "Stand aside that creature's not worth protecting," oh somebody's jealous.
Shang quickly retorted. "She's a hero," he said. He definitely changed his mind after he saw her again.
She's a woman, she will never be worth anything," he said.
That angered Shang who then grabbed Chi Fu by the collar. "Listen you pompous..." he was then stopped by the Emperor who came walking down the stairs.
"That is enough," he said.
Before I could hear anything, I heard the clip clop of hooves and Khan was standing above me, I was glad he came I needed to get a good seat and climbed on his back to listen to what else the Emperor was saying. He sounded quite angry.
"I heard a great deal about you Fa Mulan. You stole your fathers armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese army, destroyed my palace, And...." He said getting angrier with every thing she did but calmed after his last statement. "You have saved us all," he said.
Mulan looked at him surprised and he did something even more surprising, he bowed to her. Chi Fu saw this and quickly fell to the ground, Shang and the soldiers followed until the entire inhabitants of the Imperial City were on the ground bowing to her.
I looked around in awe, this was something of my guardianship that had never happened, I knew I had done something good. I was so happy I began to cry. "My baby is all grown up and saving China," I said trying to hold back tears; I then turned to Cri Kee. "Do you have a tissue?" I asked him. He just shook his head and cried with me, he had watched Mulan turn from a young girl to a beautiful young woman just like I did, what an experience.
A few seconds later, the Emperor stopped bowing and called to Chi Fu.
"Your Excellency?" he asked.
"See to it that this woman is made a member of my council," said the Emperor.
This gave Chi Fu quite a shock and he was not happy with the thought that Mulan would be a member of the Emperors council. He quickly walked away from the Emperor and said that there was no council positions open in a very sly voice. The Emperor just chuckled.
"You can have his job then," he said to Mulan. That would be cool because then she would be able to order men around. Of course Chi Fu fainted when he heard that.
Mulan just bowed and answered the Emperor. "With all due respect, your Excellency. I think I have been away from home long enough," she said. I did not blame her, I kinda missed the temple myself and first ancestor probably was wondering where I had run off to.
The Emperor just smiled and took off his necklace and gave it to Mulan. "Then take this, so your family will know what you have done for me," He said and then picked up Shan Yu's sword, "And this so the world will know what you have done for China."
Mulan held the sword in awe, then she jumped up and hugged the Emperor tightly. He was quite surprised by this and did nothing but smile.
Mulan then let go and walked over to her friends who were still in drag and they all cried because she was leaving them. Shang then walked over to her and said something I could not hear but Mulan seemed a little upset by what he said and walked over to Khan and mounted him.
"Khan let's go home," she said. Khan snorted and ran down the steps of the palace and out of the court.
I was about to ask her what Shang had said to her when Cri Kee tapped my shoulder. "Your forgetting something," he chirped and pointed at a nearby chicken broccoli vendor. "Oh yeah, hey Mulan I'm hungry," I said.
Mulan stopped. "Your right, you've earned it too," she said and walked over to get some chicken broccoli. I licked my lips while I watched her and when she returned she gave me a whole box. "There you go, for the best guardian in the world," she said. I took a big bite out of some chicken and smiled. "That would be me," I said. Mulan just laughed because I had gotten some sauce all over my face.
I did not care, I was heading home with Mulan, Cri Kee, and Khan the three greatest people in the world and the only obstacle I had now was facing First Ancestor.
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Yay! I'm done with Chapter 8. That was a really hard chapter because Mushu was not in it very much. Sorry about the lame part where Mushu used the firework to kill Shan Yu I was having a lot of trouble with that part; if I can do better I will fix it. Well one more chapter and I will hopefully have it up by next week. Please review and have fun writing. Have a nice week