Chapter 19: Loves Promise
Mulan had to watch for what she thought was the last time that she would see Shang walk away from her. The way that he did to was not so much of sadness or defeat but more that he had been just sent on a mission and was not ready to give up so easily, this almost sent shivers down her spine. She saw the way he looked at Bao. It was something she never saw before. It was as if the devil was in his eyes, looking for revenge, wanting the taste of blood in his mouth, Bao's blood. She was scared of him almost now, hoping and praying that he would not do anything stupid, or cause any trouble. She just wanted to live her life now with Bao, but yet she felt that Shang's whole little speech and even when he declared his love to her, she was impressed and even breath taken by the whole thing. It was all so confusing now.
The kiss made it official though, she and Bao were together forever, the finally went through with it, after years of being together and having the time to really and truly know one another, brought much joy to the day, their day. Mulan just never figured that she would have seen Shang there and to even have him say those things that he did, it brought chills but a sense of warmth through her. She felt troubled, and she knew this was not how her wedding day was supposed to feel like.
Mulan walked into the bedroom and listened as she heard the door close behind them. Mulan was scared but who wouldn't be? She had never done this before, sure her mother talked to her about it but she never thought she would feel so scared about what would happen and what he would think when he saw her. The soft touch of his hand touched her shoulder, made her thoughts trail off. She turned to see that Bao was looking done at the ground and not at her, he seemed worried or in other words, in great need to talk. "What is it?" she asked, scared of what it was, even though her senses already knew what he wanted to talk about.
"Why would he come into...our ceremony like that and say that? I mean you told me that nothing happened when you were at his camp sight....right?" He began.
"Bao...I swear on my life nothing happened, nothing like that..."
"Then what did? Because apparently you got his attention some how!" He snapped at Mulan making her step back, and turn away. She hated to be yelled at, especially like this at this time and to have it be Bao was even worse.
"I don't know?" She whispered.
"What?" he got in her face.
"I don't know!" She paused now staring deep in his eyes hoping that he would see her through her eyes and the pain that she was going through. "He wanted nothing to do with me....I told you that! He was sleeping with all the other women there....nothing happened between us! I love you....I would never...never hurt you like that." Mulan began to cry.
Bao felt guilty for yelling but he felt his life was in danger their lives together were in danger. He didn't want to lose her. "I'm sorry....I just....I don't want him to take you away from me!"
"You won't." Mulan walked over to him and began to wrap her arms around him; he returned the invitation and held her close to him.
"Are you sure you love me?" He whispered. Mulan looked up and stared at him, to ask that question scared her but it shouldn't, she thought.
"Why would you ask such a question, we just got married." Mulan said trying to laugh about it but couldn't.
Bao tilted his head back then began to lean it against hers, and look at her eyes like that, "Just answer the question Mulan, because getting married with someone doesn't always mean they love the person. You know how it is around here."
"I do...I love you with all my heart....I"
"All your heart?" he asked.
"Yes." Bao stayed quiet then and just stared in her eyes for more truth. He rested it and gave her a faint smile.
"Alright.... It's getting dark we should get ready for bed."
"Ok..." Mulan was scared of what tonight would bring. Would they become intimate? Mulan should feel herself tremble inside; she didn't know what to do. Bao took her hand and led her in the bedroom; he turned towards her and noticed that she was uncomfortable.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"I don't know...I think I am..."
"You don't look it."
He began to wrap his arms around her waist and continued to look at her. "I think I'm just tired that's all." Mulan lied, she was wide-awake.
"Sure you are...." He paused and noticed that she gulped. "Your scared aren't you?" he asked.
"A little..." she admitted.
"It's ok...um...how about this.... We'll start off real slow and if your not comfortable to go further just tell me...cause I don't want to scare you the first night of becoming a couple." He laughed softly.
Mulan blushed and nodded her head. They both found them selves suddenly getting more closer and closer together, they stared in one another's eyes and their lips began to touch, it started out soft for some time but then both wanted more. They were moving faster and were tenser. Mulan could feel hand moving slowly up from her waist and closer and closer to her breasts. Mulan began to tremble inside; she got nervous and began to back off. Bao could sense her movement back but he still continued he wanted more. For years now he had to wait to become closer to her. They were supposed to spend the night together like this. "Bao...." She whispered as she parted from his kiss. She placed her hands on his chest to push her self back.
"What?" he asked.
"I don't feel right.... Not right now."
"When will you then?" he snapped.
"Bao.... Please...besides you said that you don't want to scare me and that it would be ok...what happened to what you said?"
Bao sighed heavily, "I'm sorry...." He sighed again; "Can we at least sleep in the same bed?"
"Yes of course...I don't see any harm in that..."
Bao nodded and left the room to go change, while Mulan stayed in the room and changed out of her wedding dress into her night clothing. Bao came back and got into bed next to her, he pulled the covers over half his body then turned to face Mulan she was lying there staring at him. She couldn't understand why she didn't want to become close to him, she felt so bad, and embarrassed. She made her way closer to him and leaned her head against his chest, while wrapping her arms around him, "I'm sorry..."
"For that.... Don't be...I was too quick.... I should be the one apologizing. But for right now we'll rest."
"Ok..." she snuggled in closer to him and got comfortable, "good night."
"Good night, Mulan."
Shang was with his men in the darkness of the night, talking while making there way to the palace, "You sure this is going to work?" Asked Zhao.
"It should.... Besides we did kill the enemy and save China...didn't we?"
"Yeah...but.... What if he doesn't go with it?"
"We'll let the new emperor decide that when he gets here tomorrow. Now come on we don't have a lot of time."
"So all we got to do then is climb up the ropes then get into Chi Fu's room and talk to him?"
"Yep." Shang said as he began to climb up his rope. The others followed him, all made it onto the balcony and slipped in quietly through the open door. A loud nose came from the bed it was Chi fu snoring like a dying pig. All smiled and tried not to laugh. Shang approached Chi Fu and began to tap Chi fu; Chi Fu snorted and began to open his eyes. He was about to scream when Shang covered his mouth and showed him the blade. "We have to talk.... oh and don't try to scream or call for help or anything because my men are all around." He nodded and Shang began to slowly release his grip on Chi Fu's mouth.
"What do you want from me?" Chi Fu asked.
"I came here to make sort of an agreement or what ever you want to call it."
"Like what?"
"Me and my men came here to save Mulan right? Well we also helped China from the worst emperor in the world...so we have been thinking that since we came back we should stay for what we did and you UN-banish us. We aren't asking for much here you know..."
"I would let you but you know that's up to the Emperor.... Not me...."
"That's where you come in...you are going to help us get back here. You will tell him what happened and that you think that it would be a good idea if we stay, we learned our lesson if you want to call it. I don't care what you have to say but say it so we can live here once again." Shang ordered.
"One question though.... Why all of a sudden do you want to be serving under the order of the Emperor again, three years ago you came in here disobeying a direct order and became banished and if I heard correctly you liked it there to? Is there something here...or someone perhaps that keeps you here?" Chi Fu asked.
Shang became silent, he got up and began to walk over to the door, "Come on men." As men filtered out of his room, Shang stared at Chi fu in rage, yet it wasn't totally directed towards him, "You get us in...you hear me..." He walked out and got to his rope and whispered, "I have some unfinished business here."
Mulan had to watch for what she thought was the last time that she would see Shang walk away from her. The way that he did to was not so much of sadness or defeat but more that he had been just sent on a mission and was not ready to give up so easily, this almost sent shivers down her spine. She saw the way he looked at Bao. It was something she never saw before. It was as if the devil was in his eyes, looking for revenge, wanting the taste of blood in his mouth, Bao's blood. She was scared of him almost now, hoping and praying that he would not do anything stupid, or cause any trouble. She just wanted to live her life now with Bao, but yet she felt that Shang's whole little speech and even when he declared his love to her, she was impressed and even breath taken by the whole thing. It was all so confusing now.
The kiss made it official though, she and Bao were together forever, the finally went through with it, after years of being together and having the time to really and truly know one another, brought much joy to the day, their day. Mulan just never figured that she would have seen Shang there and to even have him say those things that he did, it brought chills but a sense of warmth through her. She felt troubled, and she knew this was not how her wedding day was supposed to feel like.
Mulan walked into the bedroom and listened as she heard the door close behind them. Mulan was scared but who wouldn't be? She had never done this before, sure her mother talked to her about it but she never thought she would feel so scared about what would happen and what he would think when he saw her. The soft touch of his hand touched her shoulder, made her thoughts trail off. She turned to see that Bao was looking done at the ground and not at her, he seemed worried or in other words, in great need to talk. "What is it?" she asked, scared of what it was, even though her senses already knew what he wanted to talk about.
"Why would he come into...our ceremony like that and say that? I mean you told me that nothing happened when you were at his camp sight....right?" He began.
"Bao...I swear on my life nothing happened, nothing like that..."
"Then what did? Because apparently you got his attention some how!" He snapped at Mulan making her step back, and turn away. She hated to be yelled at, especially like this at this time and to have it be Bao was even worse.
"I don't know?" She whispered.
"What?" he got in her face.
"I don't know!" She paused now staring deep in his eyes hoping that he would see her through her eyes and the pain that she was going through. "He wanted nothing to do with me....I told you that! He was sleeping with all the other women there....nothing happened between us! I love you....I would never...never hurt you like that." Mulan began to cry.
Bao felt guilty for yelling but he felt his life was in danger their lives together were in danger. He didn't want to lose her. "I'm sorry....I just....I don't want him to take you away from me!"
"You won't." Mulan walked over to him and began to wrap her arms around him; he returned the invitation and held her close to him.
"Are you sure you love me?" He whispered. Mulan looked up and stared at him, to ask that question scared her but it shouldn't, she thought.
"Why would you ask such a question, we just got married." Mulan said trying to laugh about it but couldn't.
Bao tilted his head back then began to lean it against hers, and look at her eyes like that, "Just answer the question Mulan, because getting married with someone doesn't always mean they love the person. You know how it is around here."
"I do...I love you with all my heart....I"
"All your heart?" he asked.
"Yes." Bao stayed quiet then and just stared in her eyes for more truth. He rested it and gave her a faint smile.
"Alright.... It's getting dark we should get ready for bed."
"Ok..." Mulan was scared of what tonight would bring. Would they become intimate? Mulan should feel herself tremble inside; she didn't know what to do. Bao took her hand and led her in the bedroom; he turned towards her and noticed that she was uncomfortable.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"I don't know...I think I am..."
"You don't look it."
He began to wrap his arms around her waist and continued to look at her. "I think I'm just tired that's all." Mulan lied, she was wide-awake.
"Sure you are...." He paused and noticed that she gulped. "Your scared aren't you?" he asked.
"A little..." she admitted.
"It's ok...um...how about this.... We'll start off real slow and if your not comfortable to go further just tell me...cause I don't want to scare you the first night of becoming a couple." He laughed softly.
Mulan blushed and nodded her head. They both found them selves suddenly getting more closer and closer together, they stared in one another's eyes and their lips began to touch, it started out soft for some time but then both wanted more. They were moving faster and were tenser. Mulan could feel hand moving slowly up from her waist and closer and closer to her breasts. Mulan began to tremble inside; she got nervous and began to back off. Bao could sense her movement back but he still continued he wanted more. For years now he had to wait to become closer to her. They were supposed to spend the night together like this. "Bao...." She whispered as she parted from his kiss. She placed her hands on his chest to push her self back.
"What?" he asked.
"I don't feel right.... Not right now."
"When will you then?" he snapped.
"Bao.... Please...besides you said that you don't want to scare me and that it would be ok...what happened to what you said?"
Bao sighed heavily, "I'm sorry...." He sighed again; "Can we at least sleep in the same bed?"
"Yes of course...I don't see any harm in that..."
Bao nodded and left the room to go change, while Mulan stayed in the room and changed out of her wedding dress into her night clothing. Bao came back and got into bed next to her, he pulled the covers over half his body then turned to face Mulan she was lying there staring at him. She couldn't understand why she didn't want to become close to him, she felt so bad, and embarrassed. She made her way closer to him and leaned her head against his chest, while wrapping her arms around him, "I'm sorry..."
"For that.... Don't be...I was too quick.... I should be the one apologizing. But for right now we'll rest."
"Ok..." she snuggled in closer to him and got comfortable, "good night."
"Good night, Mulan."
Shang was with his men in the darkness of the night, talking while making there way to the palace, "You sure this is going to work?" Asked Zhao.
"It should.... Besides we did kill the enemy and save China...didn't we?"
"Yeah...but.... What if he doesn't go with it?"
"We'll let the new emperor decide that when he gets here tomorrow. Now come on we don't have a lot of time."
"So all we got to do then is climb up the ropes then get into Chi Fu's room and talk to him?"
"Yep." Shang said as he began to climb up his rope. The others followed him, all made it onto the balcony and slipped in quietly through the open door. A loud nose came from the bed it was Chi fu snoring like a dying pig. All smiled and tried not to laugh. Shang approached Chi Fu and began to tap Chi fu; Chi Fu snorted and began to open his eyes. He was about to scream when Shang covered his mouth and showed him the blade. "We have to talk.... oh and don't try to scream or call for help or anything because my men are all around." He nodded and Shang began to slowly release his grip on Chi Fu's mouth.
"What do you want from me?" Chi Fu asked.
"I came here to make sort of an agreement or what ever you want to call it."
"Like what?"
"Me and my men came here to save Mulan right? Well we also helped China from the worst emperor in the world...so we have been thinking that since we came back we should stay for what we did and you UN-banish us. We aren't asking for much here you know..."
"I would let you but you know that's up to the Emperor.... Not me...."
"That's where you come in...you are going to help us get back here. You will tell him what happened and that you think that it would be a good idea if we stay, we learned our lesson if you want to call it. I don't care what you have to say but say it so we can live here once again." Shang ordered.
"One question though.... Why all of a sudden do you want to be serving under the order of the Emperor again, three years ago you came in here disobeying a direct order and became banished and if I heard correctly you liked it there to? Is there something here...or someone perhaps that keeps you here?" Chi Fu asked.
Shang became silent, he got up and began to walk over to the door, "Come on men." As men filtered out of his room, Shang stared at Chi fu in rage, yet it wasn't totally directed towards him, "You get us in...you hear me..." He walked out and got to his rope and whispered, "I have some unfinished business here."