Chapter 10: A final decision
Both Mulan and Shang were back at the camp now. Shang explained to all his men what had happened to Loong, but that he died happy with the girl of his dreams. As night fell so did the men's hopes of staying alive. Shang stood up tall as in front of all his men and began to announce his speech, "We won't forget Loong....he was a great man, he had so much strength inside him. He went looking for his girl and he did indeed find her. He didn't want to leave her....so....he requested to die right there and then with her so he would always be with her in the end. I actually understood what he meant and I left him there and watched him die." Shang paused and cleared his throat. "Tonight we pray for him and all those others who lost their lives....." Shang picked up his glass and raised it up, the men did the same and mimicked his actions and drank to their friend.
The night was long, and the camp had grew silent, throughout the whole speak Mulan had been in the back of the camp watching Shang as he had given his speech and his prayers to his dead friend. As camp broke out to their separate camps, Mulan headed to Shang's tent and waited by the tent opening. "Shang? Can I come in?" She asked. Shang who was inside really had no need to talk to her at that time but he allowed her any ways hoping that it would be quick.
Mulan slowly entered and looked in front of her to see that Shang was in his chair, arms crossed and with a rather annoyed look in his eyes. "What do you want now?"
"I was going to see if you needed to talk that's all?" Mulan said uncomfortably.
"Oh....you want to talk don't you? Well then let's talk and talk about how you disobeyed my orders to stay here!" he yelled.
"Shang I was worried ok....I just wanted to help!" She responded with tearful eyes.
"Well you know what you made things worse if it wasn't for you, Loong would still be alive! None of this would have happened! Shang got up and walked around her in a circle glaring at her yelling at her in her face. "It's because of you that my very good friend is now dead, and it's all because you had to come here! They should have just killed you like your husband!" Shang stopped in front of her and stared at her with eyes that made a person wish they were never there. Mulan had tear running down her face, she didn't say anything more except just take every word that Shang had just said and let it sink through her. There was no love no friendship between them and as Mulan looked up and stared into Shang's eyes she could tell that she was not welcome here. He changed after all this time, and throughout all the years that they were separated his hatred for her grew but she never knew why? "I want you to leave here and never come back...." Shang said calmly as he turned around and walked back to his chair.
Mulan gulped hard and swallowed her tears. She slowly bowed down to him even if he didn't deserve it then straightened back up and left Shang.
Mushu from outside heard the whole thing and he even had a small tear run down his cheek, His best friend Mulan was getting beaten for something that she had nothing to do with....and to think that Shang would be the one to bring her down like that was in his mind amazing. He could remember the one day that Mulan had saved all of China and how Shang was so nervous around her....and couldn't even get what he really wanted to say out of his mouth. It just amazed Mushu how one person with so much feeling towards another changed throughout time without seeing each other. Mushu looked down towards Crikee and frowned, Mulan would be on her own and have to return but where? There was no home, no family to go to.... "What do we do? My baby can't be left in this world alone, she can't go home or anything....I say we have a talk to Shang. ~*~*~
Mulan was packing up to leave with continues tears running down her face. She mounted onto Khan's back and looked in back of her for the last time to see the whole camp, no even was outside or knew that she was leaving but she figured no one cared. She turned Khan back around and headed out into the dark, deep forest not knowing where she was going or where it would lead her.
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Mushu crept into the tent and saw that Shang was on his desk rubbing his head. Mushu spoke out and said, "Why do you do that?" Shang quickly looked up and so no one and was wondering if maybe he was just hearing things?
"Whose there?" He asked.
"Mushu and I'm not over there I'm down here in front of your desk." Pronounced Mushu. Shang arched his brow and slowly leaned over and saw a red lizard he jumped back into the chair and was about to go but that's when Mushu go onto the desk and started talking even more, Shang just rubbed his head to see if maybe he was dreaming but the creature kept getting closer and closer to him.
"First of all my name is Mushu and I'm Mulan's guardian and I heard what you said to her and I really think that you should....." Mushu stopped and saw that Shang was not paying attention he was actually looking around his tent in panic and kept pinching himself. Mushu placed his hands on his small little hips and rolled his eyes. "Hey! Down here! Listen to me!" Mushu ordered. Shang stared at him and began to poke at Mushu to see if he was real but once his finger touched Mushu, Mushu snapped at it with his teeth making Shang jerk back in pain of the sharp teeth. "Shang you have to listen to me I....."
"You're a little lizards and lizards can't talk....." Shang interrupted.
"I'm not a lizard! I'm a dragon!"
"You can't be serious?! You're too small!" Shang announced.
Mushu got onto Shang's chest and slapped him, making Shang cry in pain. It was like a whip came across his face when Mushu slapped him. "You believe I'm real now?" Shang nodded.
Mushu jumped back onto Shang's desk and made himself comfortable. "Why did you do that to her?" Mushu asked.
"Do what to whom?"
"Mulan! Holly shit! Did you not get anything that I had just said?" Mushu snapped.
"I do not want to talk about it ok! There's nothing to talk about any ways....."Shang got up and began to walk towards the tent door when,
"What happened to your feelings for her?" He asked.
Shang stopped in his tracks and turned around, "They died out a long time ago, she moved on and so did I."
"But things have changed now.....Mulan has lost almost everything....and everyone.....but she didn't lose you and you know that....."
"Listen you....I don't have time for this and I don't have time for her I don't want to make time! She's gone now and I hope to never see her again!" Shang snapped. He turned around and continued walked but when he was about to open the tent flap he got interrupted by Mushu once again.
"I saw you come back that one day....the day that you were banished....you went back to see Mulan....but that's when you saw her with Bao...and your heart broke you never felt so much pain inside of you before...you wanted to die, or just leave...." Mushu paused to see if he got Shang's attention and it was obvious because Shang just stood with his back towards Mushu. So Mushu continued. "For these many years that you were separated from her, you grew ruthless and tired and you changed your ways to try to get her out of your head....you didn't want to feel that pain any more...it was just to much for you, so you then began to sleep with all those girls at the pub. You even tried to convince yourself that you had fallen in love with one of them but you never did send that letter to that girl...because you saw Mulan, and deep inside even you didn't want to admit it but you thought that maybe there was still a chance? But you never considered it truly."
Shang slowly turned around and stared at Mushu, "She still loves you but you hurt her real bad showing her that there was nothing not even friendship in your heart for her." Mushu paused and watched as Shang sighed heavily and looked down at the ground feeling the past go through him once again. "She needs you....Tin Zao is going to find her and he will kill her."
"That's her problem now....not mine she left, she's gone not my concern."
"Oh....stop that's all I hear from you now...and its getting old! Stop denying your true feelings...."
"What if all that you're saying is not true, about my feelings and everything? What if I like my life how it is?" Shang asked while crossing his arms across his chest, showing how he knew that he was right.
Mushu sighed heavily and rubbed his eyes, "You do like your life....you enjoyed the freedom but once you found out that the girl in the doctors tent was Mulan your feelings came back...and you didn't want to change back to your old ways, you were scared, confused and all these emotions made you like this!" Mushu paused, "You do what you think is right but as for me I have my baby girl to go save...and protect....I don't know how much I can do but at least I'm doing something......She's an amazing person and obviously you haven't noticed that....." Mushu hopped down off his desk and walked out from underneath the tent flap, then disappeared. Shang stayed silent for a moment, then sat down and studied the words of the little dragon and thought of what had happened.
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Mulan was now approaching the road, she stayed silent and so did Khan, her eyes were still all wet from crying so much, but she didn't care she had been hurt so many times within so little of time. She slowly and carefully looked both ways to see if any one was there. She clucked and applied pressure from her legs to Khan's barrel. Khan walked on quietly and continued north. All of a sudden she heard a load crack coming from the sky, she stared at it noticing that it was a fire cracker but why? She then heard horses, men and the sound of arrows getting ready. She slowly turned around in a circle to see that Tin Zao's men where now all around her, and she had no way of getting out of this one. She lowered her head down, she lost.
A man called out to her and yelled for her to get off her horse slowly and if she didn't they would shoot her. Mulan's eyes were full of tears. She did what she was told, and as she got off she noticed that some of the men were walking up towards her with arrows and swords all draw towards her, she leaned into Khan and cried into his fur. She patted him and told him that everything would be ok, "I guess this is it Khan....Thank you so much for being there for me all this time you have been my one true friend and companion." She whispered softly to him, Khan nodded his head and neighed, "Khan run while you can ok baby....get out of here!" Khan looked at Mulan sadly.
"Get away from your horse and place your hand in the air...you are under arrest for the murder of the Emperor, you will be taken to our lord Tin Zao and he will deal with you then." The same man ordered. Mulan did as she was told and held her hands up high. Three men hit her down to the ground giving her a blow to the stomach, and the head, almost knocking her out. She then looked up and watched as Khan was trying to get free from the solders grip on his reins. One man tried to take aim at Khan's head trying to kill the creature because he wouldn't calm down. Mulan watched in horror as several men were trying to hold him down but Khan was too quick for them. Mulan was screaming for them to leave him alone but no one listened to her, all of a sudden the one man with the arrow who was trying to get ride of the creature had a clear shot and took it. Khan neighed and fell back.
Mulan screamed at the top of her lungs and tears kept falling from her eyes. She tried to fight the restrain but there was too many of them holding her. "Take her away...we leave!" Yelled the one man who got on top of his horse and walked in front of the whole group.
Mulan was now being pulled away, "Khan! Please.......Khan! No!" She yelled. It almost as if it was in slow motion the way she kept moving away from the motionless Khan. Clouds began to cover the sky and it began to storm. And fog began to cover the area. It wasn't before long all Mulan could see was a dark figure lying on the ground she yelled out his name one last time but noticed there was nothing, Khan was dead, now adding onto the list of her husband, her family. She couldn't take this anymore. "Help....me!......." She cried out.
It began to rain.
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You guys probably hate me now....you know if you listen to a slow song, something sad....it brings more tears to your eyes...I've noticed that....so...tell me what you think ok....oh and in the next chapter there are at least 2 surprises! Hehehe....
Both Mulan and Shang were back at the camp now. Shang explained to all his men what had happened to Loong, but that he died happy with the girl of his dreams. As night fell so did the men's hopes of staying alive. Shang stood up tall as in front of all his men and began to announce his speech, "We won't forget Loong....he was a great man, he had so much strength inside him. He went looking for his girl and he did indeed find her. He didn't want to leave her....so....he requested to die right there and then with her so he would always be with her in the end. I actually understood what he meant and I left him there and watched him die." Shang paused and cleared his throat. "Tonight we pray for him and all those others who lost their lives....." Shang picked up his glass and raised it up, the men did the same and mimicked his actions and drank to their friend.
The night was long, and the camp had grew silent, throughout the whole speak Mulan had been in the back of the camp watching Shang as he had given his speech and his prayers to his dead friend. As camp broke out to their separate camps, Mulan headed to Shang's tent and waited by the tent opening. "Shang? Can I come in?" She asked. Shang who was inside really had no need to talk to her at that time but he allowed her any ways hoping that it would be quick.
Mulan slowly entered and looked in front of her to see that Shang was in his chair, arms crossed and with a rather annoyed look in his eyes. "What do you want now?"
"I was going to see if you needed to talk that's all?" Mulan said uncomfortably.
"Oh....you want to talk don't you? Well then let's talk and talk about how you disobeyed my orders to stay here!" he yelled.
"Shang I was worried ok....I just wanted to help!" She responded with tearful eyes.
"Well you know what you made things worse if it wasn't for you, Loong would still be alive! None of this would have happened! Shang got up and walked around her in a circle glaring at her yelling at her in her face. "It's because of you that my very good friend is now dead, and it's all because you had to come here! They should have just killed you like your husband!" Shang stopped in front of her and stared at her with eyes that made a person wish they were never there. Mulan had tear running down her face, she didn't say anything more except just take every word that Shang had just said and let it sink through her. There was no love no friendship between them and as Mulan looked up and stared into Shang's eyes she could tell that she was not welcome here. He changed after all this time, and throughout all the years that they were separated his hatred for her grew but she never knew why? "I want you to leave here and never come back...." Shang said calmly as he turned around and walked back to his chair.
Mulan gulped hard and swallowed her tears. She slowly bowed down to him even if he didn't deserve it then straightened back up and left Shang.
Mushu from outside heard the whole thing and he even had a small tear run down his cheek, His best friend Mulan was getting beaten for something that she had nothing to do with....and to think that Shang would be the one to bring her down like that was in his mind amazing. He could remember the one day that Mulan had saved all of China and how Shang was so nervous around her....and couldn't even get what he really wanted to say out of his mouth. It just amazed Mushu how one person with so much feeling towards another changed throughout time without seeing each other. Mushu looked down towards Crikee and frowned, Mulan would be on her own and have to return but where? There was no home, no family to go to.... "What do we do? My baby can't be left in this world alone, she can't go home or anything....I say we have a talk to Shang. ~*~*~
Mulan was packing up to leave with continues tears running down her face. She mounted onto Khan's back and looked in back of her for the last time to see the whole camp, no even was outside or knew that she was leaving but she figured no one cared. She turned Khan back around and headed out into the dark, deep forest not knowing where she was going or where it would lead her.
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Mushu crept into the tent and saw that Shang was on his desk rubbing his head. Mushu spoke out and said, "Why do you do that?" Shang quickly looked up and so no one and was wondering if maybe he was just hearing things?
"Whose there?" He asked.
"Mushu and I'm not over there I'm down here in front of your desk." Pronounced Mushu. Shang arched his brow and slowly leaned over and saw a red lizard he jumped back into the chair and was about to go but that's when Mushu go onto the desk and started talking even more, Shang just rubbed his head to see if maybe he was dreaming but the creature kept getting closer and closer to him.
"First of all my name is Mushu and I'm Mulan's guardian and I heard what you said to her and I really think that you should....." Mushu stopped and saw that Shang was not paying attention he was actually looking around his tent in panic and kept pinching himself. Mushu placed his hands on his small little hips and rolled his eyes. "Hey! Down here! Listen to me!" Mushu ordered. Shang stared at him and began to poke at Mushu to see if he was real but once his finger touched Mushu, Mushu snapped at it with his teeth making Shang jerk back in pain of the sharp teeth. "Shang you have to listen to me I....."
"You're a little lizards and lizards can't talk....." Shang interrupted.
"I'm not a lizard! I'm a dragon!"
"You can't be serious?! You're too small!" Shang announced.
Mushu got onto Shang's chest and slapped him, making Shang cry in pain. It was like a whip came across his face when Mushu slapped him. "You believe I'm real now?" Shang nodded.
Mushu jumped back onto Shang's desk and made himself comfortable. "Why did you do that to her?" Mushu asked.
"Do what to whom?"
"Mulan! Holly shit! Did you not get anything that I had just said?" Mushu snapped.
"I do not want to talk about it ok! There's nothing to talk about any ways....."Shang got up and began to walk towards the tent door when,
"What happened to your feelings for her?" He asked.
Shang stopped in his tracks and turned around, "They died out a long time ago, she moved on and so did I."
"But things have changed now.....Mulan has lost almost everything....and everyone.....but she didn't lose you and you know that....."
"Listen you....I don't have time for this and I don't have time for her I don't want to make time! She's gone now and I hope to never see her again!" Shang snapped. He turned around and continued walked but when he was about to open the tent flap he got interrupted by Mushu once again.
"I saw you come back that one day....the day that you were banished....you went back to see Mulan....but that's when you saw her with Bao...and your heart broke you never felt so much pain inside of you before...you wanted to die, or just leave...." Mushu paused to see if he got Shang's attention and it was obvious because Shang just stood with his back towards Mushu. So Mushu continued. "For these many years that you were separated from her, you grew ruthless and tired and you changed your ways to try to get her out of your head....you didn't want to feel that pain any more...it was just to much for you, so you then began to sleep with all those girls at the pub. You even tried to convince yourself that you had fallen in love with one of them but you never did send that letter to that girl...because you saw Mulan, and deep inside even you didn't want to admit it but you thought that maybe there was still a chance? But you never considered it truly."
Shang slowly turned around and stared at Mushu, "She still loves you but you hurt her real bad showing her that there was nothing not even friendship in your heart for her." Mushu paused and watched as Shang sighed heavily and looked down at the ground feeling the past go through him once again. "She needs you....Tin Zao is going to find her and he will kill her."
"That's her problem now....not mine she left, she's gone not my concern."
"Oh....stop that's all I hear from you now...and its getting old! Stop denying your true feelings...."
"What if all that you're saying is not true, about my feelings and everything? What if I like my life how it is?" Shang asked while crossing his arms across his chest, showing how he knew that he was right.
Mushu sighed heavily and rubbed his eyes, "You do like your life....you enjoyed the freedom but once you found out that the girl in the doctors tent was Mulan your feelings came back...and you didn't want to change back to your old ways, you were scared, confused and all these emotions made you like this!" Mushu paused, "You do what you think is right but as for me I have my baby girl to go save...and protect....I don't know how much I can do but at least I'm doing something......She's an amazing person and obviously you haven't noticed that....." Mushu hopped down off his desk and walked out from underneath the tent flap, then disappeared. Shang stayed silent for a moment, then sat down and studied the words of the little dragon and thought of what had happened.
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Mulan was now approaching the road, she stayed silent and so did Khan, her eyes were still all wet from crying so much, but she didn't care she had been hurt so many times within so little of time. She slowly and carefully looked both ways to see if any one was there. She clucked and applied pressure from her legs to Khan's barrel. Khan walked on quietly and continued north. All of a sudden she heard a load crack coming from the sky, she stared at it noticing that it was a fire cracker but why? She then heard horses, men and the sound of arrows getting ready. She slowly turned around in a circle to see that Tin Zao's men where now all around her, and she had no way of getting out of this one. She lowered her head down, she lost.
A man called out to her and yelled for her to get off her horse slowly and if she didn't they would shoot her. Mulan's eyes were full of tears. She did what she was told, and as she got off she noticed that some of the men were walking up towards her with arrows and swords all draw towards her, she leaned into Khan and cried into his fur. She patted him and told him that everything would be ok, "I guess this is it Khan....Thank you so much for being there for me all this time you have been my one true friend and companion." She whispered softly to him, Khan nodded his head and neighed, "Khan run while you can ok baby....get out of here!" Khan looked at Mulan sadly.
"Get away from your horse and place your hand in the air...you are under arrest for the murder of the Emperor, you will be taken to our lord Tin Zao and he will deal with you then." The same man ordered. Mulan did as she was told and held her hands up high. Three men hit her down to the ground giving her a blow to the stomach, and the head, almost knocking her out. She then looked up and watched as Khan was trying to get free from the solders grip on his reins. One man tried to take aim at Khan's head trying to kill the creature because he wouldn't calm down. Mulan watched in horror as several men were trying to hold him down but Khan was too quick for them. Mulan was screaming for them to leave him alone but no one listened to her, all of a sudden the one man with the arrow who was trying to get ride of the creature had a clear shot and took it. Khan neighed and fell back.
Mulan screamed at the top of her lungs and tears kept falling from her eyes. She tried to fight the restrain but there was too many of them holding her. "Take her away...we leave!" Yelled the one man who got on top of his horse and walked in front of the whole group.
Mulan was now being pulled away, "Khan! Please.......Khan! No!" She yelled. It almost as if it was in slow motion the way she kept moving away from the motionless Khan. Clouds began to cover the sky and it began to storm. And fog began to cover the area. It wasn't before long all Mulan could see was a dark figure lying on the ground she yelled out his name one last time but noticed there was nothing, Khan was dead, now adding onto the list of her husband, her family. She couldn't take this anymore. "Help....me!......." She cried out.
It began to rain.
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You guys probably hate me now....you know if you listen to a slow song, something sad....it brings more tears to your eyes...I've noticed that....so...tell me what you think ok....oh and in the next chapter there are at least 2 surprises! Hehehe....