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Chapter 12: The Dying Love
Shang stared the ground for awhile not knowing what to do now. "Shang please.....go save her." Mushu pleaded.
Shang stood up straight to answer, "I'm sorry I can not help you, my men are I are busy here and we don't need to all go after one girl who got herself in trouble!" He answered straight forward, leaving Mushu almost in tears.
"How could you do that Shang? After all that she has done for you? Risking her own life for all of you!" He looked around at everyone telling them how foolish and dishonorable they were being. "She's your friend......" Shang kept a straight face and just turned away back into his tent. "There going to kill her!" Mushu yelled.
All stared at Mushu and did nothing, no one even stepped in. "Fine! I'll go by myself." Declare Mushu. "Come on Khan we don't need them." Khan got to his feet and galloped off.
Shang listened to every word that Mushu said from behind the tent flap. He shook his head and headed back outside to join his men.
The guard opened the huge bared door and two guards went inside with a torch each, to see where they were going. Mulan covered her eyes from the bright light and leaned in closer to Bao. "Bao.....there here what do I do? What if they see that you're ok?" She whispered.
"Shh....it will be ok Mulan....don't worry about me." Bao whispered back as well as he could.
"There she is!" one of the guards said. Suddenly Mulan felt a huge hand on her arm and was being dragged out. She yelled and screamed. "Hey! What about him? He's still moving!" said the second guard who was now pointing to Bao with his sword.
The guard went over still with Mulan in his other hand and looked at Bao debating what to do. "Just leave him he's as good as dead now so it don't matter. Now come on the Emperor needs her delivered now!" He commanded.
Mulan was now in the presents of the Emperor and guards all around. She kneeled down on her knees, with her hands tied and her cloths now ragged and torn. Most of her clothing was soaked in both her blood and Bao's. "Well, well how does it feel to be on the losing side my dear?" Tin Zao asked with a cheerful grin on his face. Mulan didn't answer. With that he still continued, "I see that you have found Bao...such a pity that now you have just seen him for the very last time, if by tonight he is not dead I will be dealing with him myself. Head chopped off and everything. But....maybe if you told me something, something that I need.....I might be able to help him?" he paused and walked up to her and moved her chin up to see his face. He looked at her dirty face that had stream marks of tears that rolled down from her eyes. "And I think you know what I want here."
Mulan didn't answer she knew what he wanted but she didn't want to, yet she wanted to save Bao. Her heart could not decide. Without a response from her he roughly pushed her down to the ground and placed his sword to her neck. "It is not that hard! Tell me what I need! You know where they are now tell me!" he demanded. "Tell me!" he screamed.
"I'm not telling you anything!" She answered him.
Bao looked at her and laughed, "That's the same thing your parents did....the fools, they didn't want to say a thing, but then again they knew nothing about it. I didn't care so I decided to kill them and yes I killed them with my own hands and had both your mother and grandmother watching as I took your father and slit his throat. The others were soon taken care of then and burned in their own house. I knew that you were still alive and that the one thing that you would do was go back and see them and even try to save them but you were too late!"
Mulan burst out and started yelling at him, "You murderer! I hate you! I hate you!" She got up and ran after him but she was soon tackled by two huge solders who held each arm and one even pulled her hair back making her face clearly visible for all to see. "Tusk, tusk my dear...you never go after the Emperor like that, especially me!" He paused and took a hold of her hair, then letting it go and then turned around and picked up a small dagger. "You will be with your parents again soon...." He then quickly ran towards her with the dagger and within an inch of stabbing her with it, it flew out of his hands. He jumped back and turned around to see a dark figure covered in black just lowering his bow.
The figure removed the hood so that everyone could see his face, it was Shang. "Looking for me Zao?" He asked.
"Well, well the famous Li Shang has finally come back to fight! So where's your army oh....tough one?" Zao chuckled only seeing him.
"Oh....well if you look above you and kind of all around as well, you should see them. Go ahead and look." Shang said with a mere sense of satisfaction in his voice and 'a matter of fatly' in his voice. Tin Zao slowly frowned as he looked up and saw the countless number of men who leaned in and had their arrows targeted at him and the other solders of his. He then looked around to see that his solders could not move now for if they did they would get killed instantly. Mulan smiled in disbelief and joy. But that soon went away when she slowly felt the small cold steal against her flesh. Mulan stayed as still as possible.
"You may have gotten me there but as we speak more of my solders come for me..." The doors opened and the war was on, solders against Shang's. Shang ran over to Mulan and was going to help her when Tin Zao jumped in front of him and with his sword and in position to fight, daring Shang to make his move. Shang took out his sword swiftly and hit his. It was on...both swords and moves were made with the swiftness of each of their blades trying not to get hit. "You know that you can not win Shang! I always win here! You know that every time you tried to beat me that all that happens is that you lose!"
"Watch me!" He said as they were now face to face and all that stood in their way were their swords and both of their strengths fighting the other man's strength.
"Take her away and kill her!" Zao ordered out.
"Shang! Shang please help!" She screamed as they dragged her out.
Shang glared and pushed him to the ground "Get her! Shot them down Wang!" he ordered quickly before Zao came back up for more. When he did their swords were at it again. Being too quick, he caught Shang off guard and hit him in the leg making him drop to the ground. Zao came at him again with his sword but Shang easily pushed him away with his legs making him fall to the ground. Shang got up and noticed that Wang got one of the solders down but he couldn't get the other because Mulan and the solder were now fighting and there was no clear shot to be made.
He was going to go help her when he noticed that Tin Zao was right under him ready to strike his own sword down into Shang but Shang noticing this got his sword quickly and let it glide up into his stomach making Zao stop instantly and fall on to the hard ground. He took a deep breath and now noticed that Mulan was now a target from one of Zao's solders and he would soon hit her at any time now. He got to his feet and ran over to Mulan screaming, "Mulan!....Get down!........" The guard held the arrow high and straight at her. Mulan turned around and saw the man with the bow and arrow ready to shoot.
Wang from above saw this but was out of arrows, "Look out!"
The arrow was shot and at the same time Shang flew in front of her and took the blow. He landed on the ground and his eyes faded. Wang ran up to the solder who had Mulan and hit him over the head, and looked over at the solder who hit Shang and nodded his head, the solder got confused and soon relised he had been shot by another solder, then fell to the ground.
Mulan fell to the ground and leaned over Shang. "Shang! Shang please...don't leave me...." Wang ran over to Mulan and noticed all the blood on her back, the wounds were open again, and now he noticed his friend was losing, afraid of this he called out for someone to find help. Mulan cried and laid her head on Shang's chest. He had been hit in the stomach and was bleeding badly.
The men got around the both of them, not knowing what to do to help them. They just waited and prayed for someone to help.
Chapter 12: The Dying Love
Shang stared the ground for awhile not knowing what to do now. "Shang please.....go save her." Mushu pleaded.
Shang stood up straight to answer, "I'm sorry I can not help you, my men are I are busy here and we don't need to all go after one girl who got herself in trouble!" He answered straight forward, leaving Mushu almost in tears.
"How could you do that Shang? After all that she has done for you? Risking her own life for all of you!" He looked around at everyone telling them how foolish and dishonorable they were being. "She's your friend......" Shang kept a straight face and just turned away back into his tent. "There going to kill her!" Mushu yelled.
All stared at Mushu and did nothing, no one even stepped in. "Fine! I'll go by myself." Declare Mushu. "Come on Khan we don't need them." Khan got to his feet and galloped off.
Shang listened to every word that Mushu said from behind the tent flap. He shook his head and headed back outside to join his men.
The guard opened the huge bared door and two guards went inside with a torch each, to see where they were going. Mulan covered her eyes from the bright light and leaned in closer to Bao. "Bao.....there here what do I do? What if they see that you're ok?" She whispered.
"Shh....it will be ok Mulan....don't worry about me." Bao whispered back as well as he could.
"There she is!" one of the guards said. Suddenly Mulan felt a huge hand on her arm and was being dragged out. She yelled and screamed. "Hey! What about him? He's still moving!" said the second guard who was now pointing to Bao with his sword.
The guard went over still with Mulan in his other hand and looked at Bao debating what to do. "Just leave him he's as good as dead now so it don't matter. Now come on the Emperor needs her delivered now!" He commanded.
Mulan was now in the presents of the Emperor and guards all around. She kneeled down on her knees, with her hands tied and her cloths now ragged and torn. Most of her clothing was soaked in both her blood and Bao's. "Well, well how does it feel to be on the losing side my dear?" Tin Zao asked with a cheerful grin on his face. Mulan didn't answer. With that he still continued, "I see that you have found Bao...such a pity that now you have just seen him for the very last time, if by tonight he is not dead I will be dealing with him myself. Head chopped off and everything. But....maybe if you told me something, something that I need.....I might be able to help him?" he paused and walked up to her and moved her chin up to see his face. He looked at her dirty face that had stream marks of tears that rolled down from her eyes. "And I think you know what I want here."
Mulan didn't answer she knew what he wanted but she didn't want to, yet she wanted to save Bao. Her heart could not decide. Without a response from her he roughly pushed her down to the ground and placed his sword to her neck. "It is not that hard! Tell me what I need! You know where they are now tell me!" he demanded. "Tell me!" he screamed.
"I'm not telling you anything!" She answered him.
Bao looked at her and laughed, "That's the same thing your parents did....the fools, they didn't want to say a thing, but then again they knew nothing about it. I didn't care so I decided to kill them and yes I killed them with my own hands and had both your mother and grandmother watching as I took your father and slit his throat. The others were soon taken care of then and burned in their own house. I knew that you were still alive and that the one thing that you would do was go back and see them and even try to save them but you were too late!"
Mulan burst out and started yelling at him, "You murderer! I hate you! I hate you!" She got up and ran after him but she was soon tackled by two huge solders who held each arm and one even pulled her hair back making her face clearly visible for all to see. "Tusk, tusk my dear...you never go after the Emperor like that, especially me!" He paused and took a hold of her hair, then letting it go and then turned around and picked up a small dagger. "You will be with your parents again soon...." He then quickly ran towards her with the dagger and within an inch of stabbing her with it, it flew out of his hands. He jumped back and turned around to see a dark figure covered in black just lowering his bow.
The figure removed the hood so that everyone could see his face, it was Shang. "Looking for me Zao?" He asked.
"Well, well the famous Li Shang has finally come back to fight! So where's your army oh....tough one?" Zao chuckled only seeing him.
"Oh....well if you look above you and kind of all around as well, you should see them. Go ahead and look." Shang said with a mere sense of satisfaction in his voice and 'a matter of fatly' in his voice. Tin Zao slowly frowned as he looked up and saw the countless number of men who leaned in and had their arrows targeted at him and the other solders of his. He then looked around to see that his solders could not move now for if they did they would get killed instantly. Mulan smiled in disbelief and joy. But that soon went away when she slowly felt the small cold steal against her flesh. Mulan stayed as still as possible.
"You may have gotten me there but as we speak more of my solders come for me..." The doors opened and the war was on, solders against Shang's. Shang ran over to Mulan and was going to help her when Tin Zao jumped in front of him and with his sword and in position to fight, daring Shang to make his move. Shang took out his sword swiftly and hit his. It was on...both swords and moves were made with the swiftness of each of their blades trying not to get hit. "You know that you can not win Shang! I always win here! You know that every time you tried to beat me that all that happens is that you lose!"
"Watch me!" He said as they were now face to face and all that stood in their way were their swords and both of their strengths fighting the other man's strength.
"Take her away and kill her!" Zao ordered out.
"Shang! Shang please help!" She screamed as they dragged her out.
Shang glared and pushed him to the ground "Get her! Shot them down Wang!" he ordered quickly before Zao came back up for more. When he did their swords were at it again. Being too quick, he caught Shang off guard and hit him in the leg making him drop to the ground. Zao came at him again with his sword but Shang easily pushed him away with his legs making him fall to the ground. Shang got up and noticed that Wang got one of the solders down but he couldn't get the other because Mulan and the solder were now fighting and there was no clear shot to be made.
He was going to go help her when he noticed that Tin Zao was right under him ready to strike his own sword down into Shang but Shang noticing this got his sword quickly and let it glide up into his stomach making Zao stop instantly and fall on to the hard ground. He took a deep breath and now noticed that Mulan was now a target from one of Zao's solders and he would soon hit her at any time now. He got to his feet and ran over to Mulan screaming, "Mulan!....Get down!........" The guard held the arrow high and straight at her. Mulan turned around and saw the man with the bow and arrow ready to shoot.
Wang from above saw this but was out of arrows, "Look out!"
The arrow was shot and at the same time Shang flew in front of her and took the blow. He landed on the ground and his eyes faded. Wang ran up to the solder who had Mulan and hit him over the head, and looked over at the solder who hit Shang and nodded his head, the solder got confused and soon relised he had been shot by another solder, then fell to the ground.
Mulan fell to the ground and leaned over Shang. "Shang! Shang please...don't leave me...." Wang ran over to Mulan and noticed all the blood on her back, the wounds were open again, and now he noticed his friend was losing, afraid of this he called out for someone to find help. Mulan cried and laid her head on Shang's chest. He had been hit in the stomach and was bleeding badly.
The men got around the both of them, not knowing what to do to help them. They just waited and prayed for someone to help.