Chapter 11: Setting War
Khan sill laid there still...fog was everywhere and it was hard for anyone to see through it. All of a sudden something inside of Khan's motionless body began to move but only where the wound was, which was right by his heart. The arrow that hit him was slipping out from the body and dropped to the floor and with that Mushu climbed out of the wound following the arrow that had just dropped. As Mushu got up he watched as his work was continuing to take its part, the wound was healing!
As it fully healed Mushu watched as Khan jerked his head up and looked around then at Mushu, he muzzled Mushu and neighed. "How you feeling big guy?" Mushu asked. "I couldn't have Mulan's ride leaving us so soon.....Now come on we have to go find Shang!" Khan neighed and stood up. But before he got to galloping off, he watched as Mushu was heading into the forest so he decided to neigh getting Mushu's attention. Mushu watched as Khan smiled at him and walked over to him offering a ride. Khan used his head and jerked it back telling Mushu to hop on. Mushu smiled and began to cheer. "That's what I'm talking about!" Mushu hopped on and waved his arms in the air. Khan got on his hinge legs and neighed loud and got into a full gallop heading back to the camp.
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Mulan hit the cold, wet ground hard. As she looked up, she noticed that she was in the dungeons just by the way it smelled, looked and felt. She then noticed that the door that was entrance to the dungeons was opening. She glared at the figure that now stood in front of the dungeon that she was in. It was Tin Zao and he just smiled at her proud of himself that he finally had the one hero of China, Fa Mulan. "I hope you will be enjoying your stay here....I mean it wont be a long one but I'm still debating weather I should let you suffer in here or just kill you in my own fun way?"
"I hate you! You're the one who killed my family, Khan and Bao....."
"Oh...so....I did.....wasn't it just lovely?" Tin Zao said with enthusiasm, just to annoy her even more.
"Go to Hell!" With that said she spit in his face. He closed his eyes and slowly opened them and wiped away the saliva that hit him right on the cheek. He looked over to the guard and nodded to him. He took the whip from him and slashed it around to try to get her back, and get her scared but she just stood right where she was staring at him. The door opened and Tin Zao went in, Mulan was going to go after him and try to strangle him but he was too quick the whip, She fell to the ground crying of pain, with that one hit, a long line on her back began to bleed through her clothing that was around the open wound. "I'm sorry did that hurt? What about this?" He hit her again with it. "No? What about this time?" Once more he did again. She was lying on the ground crying in pain, she could feel the cold air touch the three opened wounds on her back, she fought the tears but it was too much for her to do. "No food for her.....nothing at all....I want to see what she would risk or do in order to get a small portion of food." He laughed and ordered for the guard to close the door and leave her there in the dark.
Mulan laid there in the same spot for quiet some time, dreaming of how her life use to be and how she wished that none of this would have happened, and that she could just go back through time and change everything. A sudden cough and moan came from in back of her....Mulan wasn't sure if what it was or who at the matter. She slowly got up as much as she could even with the new wounds and walked into the pitch dark area. "Hello?"
"Mulan?....."
Mulan couldn't believe it, it sounded just like Bao. "Bao? Is that you?" As she searched through the dark area she had to get down on the ground and crawl through the dungeon feeling her way through it. She began to cry, she couldn't hear anything anymore, she feared that she was just imaging it and figured that she just really missed Bao and it was just her imagination playing with her. "Bao?" she cried out softly.
It was silent...until, "Mulan...." The voice was cracked but she knew that voice.
"Bao....please stay with me....I need you....please...." She cried out. She stayed on the ground and continued looking for something, all of a sudden she felt a shoe, or what seemed like one, and it was still warm which made her figure out that the figure was still alive. "Bao?" She asked, tears rolled down her cheek, she stood up and touched the figure's chest.
"It's me..."
"Bao....oh my god....." She hugged him tight until he let out a cry of pain...she then noticed that he was hurt badly. "What happened? I thought that they killed you?" She asked.
"They beat me till I fell, and when I did Tin Zao told them to chain me up in here and have me wait in here till I died. But I'm pretty close to death, but now that you're here I have a little more strength." Bao said as well as he could Mulan held him light and cried on him.
"Everything is gone Bao....He killed Khan my family....and if it wasn't for Shang and his group I wouldn't be alive right now...but I'm probably not going to live for long as well." Mulan explained.
"Did you say that Shang saved you?" Bao asked, wondering if he heard that right.
"Yes, I know you wont believe this but he and his men are alive but he's changed too much...he's not what he use to be....he told me to leave because he blamed me for his friends death and so I did, because I saw no reason to stay there, I wasn't welcome there." Mulan explained in smaller version of the story. "I could tell you all about it but it doesn't matter now...." Bao was silent.
'So he came back.....?" Bao asked.
Mulan was silent but something clicked, before Bao thought he was dead? "What do you mean? You thought he was dead before?" Mulan paused and heard him sigh heavily, "You knew that he wasn't dead didn't you?" she asked, wondering if he knew the whole time and he just lied to her.
"I had heard that he was banished but I figured that he was dead because of the wilderness or something or someone out there found him....I didn't know that he was alive and was with his men....But the stories just made me not tell you because I was afraid that you were going to leave me and never come back...." Bao explained.
Mulan was hurt a little but understood what he did. "Don't worry about it....I understand why you did it...." Mulan leaned against him and tried to keep him warm, a single tear rolled down her face and landed on Bao's chest. He felt it but didn't say anything. Even though what she said about him telling him that she didn't care and how he changed he knew that there would always be a part of her that still loved Shang. But to see him again made him wonder if maybe those same feelings came back? "Kiss me....."
"What?" Mulan asked a little confused.
"I missed not having to taste those lips...." Bao said.
Mulan leaned in and found his lips and planted her lips on top of his giving him her love and warmth. After they parted Bao closed his eyes and sighed, "I missed that so much." Mulan smiled and leaned on Bao again and wrapped her arms around him. She missed him.
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Shang was in his tent reading when he heard the sound of a horse a horse that he knew so well. He got up and marched outside only to see that it was Khan and Mushu was on Khan's back. "Khan, Mushu? Where's Mulan?" Asked Shang.
"They have taken her....We need your help, Shang." Answered Mushu. Shang looked around to see that all of the men were out of their tents watching Shang. All of them heard what happened and now heard what was going on with Mulan. They a waited for Shang to respond. Shang continued to look around at his friends and comrades who he had grown to love like a family. "Shang, it would give you and your men the honor that they need if they serve the heroin, Lady Fa."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ What does he decide to do? What's going to happen to Mulan and Bao and Mulan's life at that matter? I know it was short but some chapters are hehehe. Thank you all for your support!
Khan sill laid there still...fog was everywhere and it was hard for anyone to see through it. All of a sudden something inside of Khan's motionless body began to move but only where the wound was, which was right by his heart. The arrow that hit him was slipping out from the body and dropped to the floor and with that Mushu climbed out of the wound following the arrow that had just dropped. As Mushu got up he watched as his work was continuing to take its part, the wound was healing!
As it fully healed Mushu watched as Khan jerked his head up and looked around then at Mushu, he muzzled Mushu and neighed. "How you feeling big guy?" Mushu asked. "I couldn't have Mulan's ride leaving us so soon.....Now come on we have to go find Shang!" Khan neighed and stood up. But before he got to galloping off, he watched as Mushu was heading into the forest so he decided to neigh getting Mushu's attention. Mushu watched as Khan smiled at him and walked over to him offering a ride. Khan used his head and jerked it back telling Mushu to hop on. Mushu smiled and began to cheer. "That's what I'm talking about!" Mushu hopped on and waved his arms in the air. Khan got on his hinge legs and neighed loud and got into a full gallop heading back to the camp.
~*~*~
Mulan hit the cold, wet ground hard. As she looked up, she noticed that she was in the dungeons just by the way it smelled, looked and felt. She then noticed that the door that was entrance to the dungeons was opening. She glared at the figure that now stood in front of the dungeon that she was in. It was Tin Zao and he just smiled at her proud of himself that he finally had the one hero of China, Fa Mulan. "I hope you will be enjoying your stay here....I mean it wont be a long one but I'm still debating weather I should let you suffer in here or just kill you in my own fun way?"
"I hate you! You're the one who killed my family, Khan and Bao....."
"Oh...so....I did.....wasn't it just lovely?" Tin Zao said with enthusiasm, just to annoy her even more.
"Go to Hell!" With that said she spit in his face. He closed his eyes and slowly opened them and wiped away the saliva that hit him right on the cheek. He looked over to the guard and nodded to him. He took the whip from him and slashed it around to try to get her back, and get her scared but she just stood right where she was staring at him. The door opened and Tin Zao went in, Mulan was going to go after him and try to strangle him but he was too quick the whip, She fell to the ground crying of pain, with that one hit, a long line on her back began to bleed through her clothing that was around the open wound. "I'm sorry did that hurt? What about this?" He hit her again with it. "No? What about this time?" Once more he did again. She was lying on the ground crying in pain, she could feel the cold air touch the three opened wounds on her back, she fought the tears but it was too much for her to do. "No food for her.....nothing at all....I want to see what she would risk or do in order to get a small portion of food." He laughed and ordered for the guard to close the door and leave her there in the dark.
Mulan laid there in the same spot for quiet some time, dreaming of how her life use to be and how she wished that none of this would have happened, and that she could just go back through time and change everything. A sudden cough and moan came from in back of her....Mulan wasn't sure if what it was or who at the matter. She slowly got up as much as she could even with the new wounds and walked into the pitch dark area. "Hello?"
"Mulan?....."
Mulan couldn't believe it, it sounded just like Bao. "Bao? Is that you?" As she searched through the dark area she had to get down on the ground and crawl through the dungeon feeling her way through it. She began to cry, she couldn't hear anything anymore, she feared that she was just imaging it and figured that she just really missed Bao and it was just her imagination playing with her. "Bao?" she cried out softly.
It was silent...until, "Mulan...." The voice was cracked but she knew that voice.
"Bao....please stay with me....I need you....please...." She cried out. She stayed on the ground and continued looking for something, all of a sudden she felt a shoe, or what seemed like one, and it was still warm which made her figure out that the figure was still alive. "Bao?" She asked, tears rolled down her cheek, she stood up and touched the figure's chest.
"It's me..."
"Bao....oh my god....." She hugged him tight until he let out a cry of pain...she then noticed that he was hurt badly. "What happened? I thought that they killed you?" She asked.
"They beat me till I fell, and when I did Tin Zao told them to chain me up in here and have me wait in here till I died. But I'm pretty close to death, but now that you're here I have a little more strength." Bao said as well as he could Mulan held him light and cried on him.
"Everything is gone Bao....He killed Khan my family....and if it wasn't for Shang and his group I wouldn't be alive right now...but I'm probably not going to live for long as well." Mulan explained.
"Did you say that Shang saved you?" Bao asked, wondering if he heard that right.
"Yes, I know you wont believe this but he and his men are alive but he's changed too much...he's not what he use to be....he told me to leave because he blamed me for his friends death and so I did, because I saw no reason to stay there, I wasn't welcome there." Mulan explained in smaller version of the story. "I could tell you all about it but it doesn't matter now...." Bao was silent.
'So he came back.....?" Bao asked.
Mulan was silent but something clicked, before Bao thought he was dead? "What do you mean? You thought he was dead before?" Mulan paused and heard him sigh heavily, "You knew that he wasn't dead didn't you?" she asked, wondering if he knew the whole time and he just lied to her.
"I had heard that he was banished but I figured that he was dead because of the wilderness or something or someone out there found him....I didn't know that he was alive and was with his men....But the stories just made me not tell you because I was afraid that you were going to leave me and never come back...." Bao explained.
Mulan was hurt a little but understood what he did. "Don't worry about it....I understand why you did it...." Mulan leaned against him and tried to keep him warm, a single tear rolled down her face and landed on Bao's chest. He felt it but didn't say anything. Even though what she said about him telling him that she didn't care and how he changed he knew that there would always be a part of her that still loved Shang. But to see him again made him wonder if maybe those same feelings came back? "Kiss me....."
"What?" Mulan asked a little confused.
"I missed not having to taste those lips...." Bao said.
Mulan leaned in and found his lips and planted her lips on top of his giving him her love and warmth. After they parted Bao closed his eyes and sighed, "I missed that so much." Mulan smiled and leaned on Bao again and wrapped her arms around him. She missed him.
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Shang was in his tent reading when he heard the sound of a horse a horse that he knew so well. He got up and marched outside only to see that it was Khan and Mushu was on Khan's back. "Khan, Mushu? Where's Mulan?" Asked Shang.
"They have taken her....We need your help, Shang." Answered Mushu. Shang looked around to see that all of the men were out of their tents watching Shang. All of them heard what happened and now heard what was going on with Mulan. They a waited for Shang to respond. Shang continued to look around at his friends and comrades who he had grown to love like a family. "Shang, it would give you and your men the honor that they need if they serve the heroin, Lady Fa."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ What does he decide to do? What's going to happen to Mulan and Bao and Mulan's life at that matter? I know it was short but some chapters are hehehe. Thank you all for your support!