Same disclaimer. This is a reposting of the initial story posted on a Mulan fanfic site back in 1999-2000. After debating whether to change this part,I have decided to stick with my intent to do a repost only with minor edits. I have regrets that I did not make this longer.

Epilogue
Conclusion

As Fa Mulan stepped from the coach that had carried her far from her home, she stepped out
lightly and confidently. The guests in attendance remarked on the serenity and inner light of
her face.

Many had heard of the rather unconventional match and the complete story of the couple's first encounter and their shared history. But when they looked at Mulan's beautiful appearance, they scoffed at the idea that she ever could pull off masquerading herself as a boy. "Legend," they laughed. "Rumors," the other s grinned.

Li Shang, many guests were surprised to note, did not even look nervous. "Remarkable," they
agreed, for such a groom. "But he's a captain, a general's son," most argued, "he has faced
death, life will never hold fear for him." They thought him also rather strange – especially given the fact that he had broken with convention and appeared at the Fa's home to seek an audience with Fa Zhou before the go-between had actually formalized the engagement.

But as Li Shang took the hand of his wife to be, they could not dispute the genuine affection and respect the two had for one another. And Li Shang and Fa Mulan could not care what the crowd thought – only that they knew they had struck upon tremendous fortune.

Shang especially marveled that life had chosen to save each of them , for a purpose even he could not fully divine. His life and hers were intertwined already in such a way that nothing other than the heavens could separate them now. Mulan, who laughed freely at the antics of Little Brother Chi, and the silly puppy, Little Brother … wondered how she, the girl constantly the grief of her family and her village, could be bringing so much joy to all of them. And as they walked into the Li home to offer their respects to Lady Li and the assorted elders in his family, they walked certain of their destined happiness.

And Chi, watched with satisfaction. Not only because he had a hand in his brother's happiness, but because he had acquired an elder sister who was quickly proving her worth. And because deep down, he knew the truth of the tale of the woman warrior, and that it was finally complete. warrior was now complete.

While she had not married a king, or even a general, she had settled for even better --- her
Captain and a family that would honor her for everything she had already done for them. There would be more chapters to be added to the legend, he would later see… but that is a story for another time.

For now, as legends go…the woman warrior and her 'general' lived happily ever after.



My apologies for taking so long to put the remainder of the fic up. It was more a matter of deciding whether to rewrite part four that was holding this up. I decided to not risk it; if you look at my other fics you can see that my problem now is I write too much. 0_0.

Speaking of which hope you will check them out ^_^