A/N: chapter 3!
(Juggling 3 stories isn't easy...)
Disclaimer: 'Mulan' belongs to Disney; plot is mine!
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Here's the story, enjoy!
A chance
Chapter 3
This time Mulan didn't need the help of an alarm cloak in the form of a certain dragon and cricket, in fact, she woke up early herself, which stunned Mushu and Cri-Ki to no end.
"Why are you wearing that?" asked Mushu, removing his ears from his eyes, after Mulan told him it was fine to look.
She now wore her green training outfit (A/N: the one from the movie), but her her hair was loose.
"Well," she said while packing her stuff, "I figured it would be dangerous if I go dressed like woman, because they say that a woman traveling is in for some risks, so if I go dressed as a man, it'll be fine."
"Ah-huh and you're not doing this because it's more comfortable?" said Mushu while crossing his arms.
"Fine, that too." Admitted Mulan.
After eating breakfast with her family plus Shang (he slept in the spare, which was conviently, against Mulan's), she went to fetch Khan, the family's big black horse.
Mushu and Cri-Ki transferred from Mulan's shirt collar to one of her saddlebags, and Mulan knew why that particular saddlebag.
"Don't eat up all the food supply, all right?" said Mulan while tying her father armor to the saddle, ("If I want to disguise myself, I better take this too." Was Mulan explanation, all Mushu said was "Riiiiight...")
"Don't worry, we won't!" cried Mushu, popping up from the saddlebag.
"Mushu, keep your voice down!" hissed Mulan, shutting his mouth with her hand.
"Did you say something?" asked Shang, coming with his white horse.
Mulan smiled towards him, "Not a thing." She lied through her teeth.
"oh." was He said and got up on the horse.
Mulan finished saddling up and got up on Khan as well.
"Goodbye, Mama, Baba, grandma!" she said, waving at them.
And her grandma, while waving said, "Good luck!" and nodded in Shang's direction.
"Grandma!"
But her grandma just snickered playfully.
Her parents just waved back, smiling, knowing that this time their Mulan will be all right.
Mulan and Shang rode through the gate and on road to the Imperial City.
They stopped to eat in some kind of valley, and while Mulan was busy opening the saddlebag which held the food, Shang looked at her with a little smile.
Now that he knew that Mulan was a girl, how could he have been so blind to the fact that "Ping" was different from the other men in the Camp.
When both sat down to eat, Mulan could feel a light breeze on the nape on her neck, she smiled while eating, her shirt collar has become her little friend blanket, (after opening the saddlebag, she discovered both drowsy, but with full stomachs.)
"Shang, did the Emperor tell you what is that he wanted to talk to us about?" asked Mulan, trying to start a conversation.
"No, he just said it's very important that both of us need to hear." Explained Shang
After taking another two breaks along the way, when the sun came down, the two riders halted their horses.
"I can see the lights of the imperial city from here!" exclaimed Mulan, pointing forward.
"Yes, we're close." Agreed Shang.
"Well, then I better get ready." Said Mulan mysteriously as she got down from Khan, and untied her armor suit.
"Ready?" asked Shang with curiosity.
"You'll see." She says and went behind a big tree alongside the road.
After awhile, he heard Mulan say "Done!' and turned to look.
And there she stood, dressed in her armor, (her father decided to hand it to her saying he's too old for those kinds of things...), her hair tied up in a green ribbon.
"Why did you put on the armor?" asked a very curious Shang.
She smiled,"Well, I just want to make the perfect affect."
"What affect?"
She smiled even more broadly then before and just said again, "You'll see."
Both amounted their horses once again.
Sure that Mulan in engrossed in riding, Shang looked her up and down, it really taken him back in time 6 months ago, when he first met "Ping".
Everyone who'll look at her, will see a short young man, a very pretty young man, but Shang saw now, knowing the one beside him was a girl, he thought that on closer inspection, 'he' will turn out to be a 'she', and only a fool (including himself, he smacked himself mentally) will not see it.
When they passed through the city gates, Mulan just said to the sentries guarding the gates, "Good evening"
The men looked bewildered and Shang could hear, "What a strange young fellow."
And Mulan leaned closer to Shang and whispered, "THAT affect." She giggled, and even Shang smiled (Shang dictionary: smile means laughing quietly(very quietly...))
And so both arrived safely in front of the Emperor's palace...
A/N: Continued on chapter 4!
You do the honors, Mushu!
Mushu: ok! Please review! So this so-called writer continues writing about the awesome me! Why are you smiling like that?
Big mistake, my dear Mushu, to be naming me 'so-called writer'
Mushu: You wouldn't!
Oh, yes I would!
Mushu (teleported to piece together the great stone dragon)
Well, seeing that Mushu will be busy for a while, I'll just say what he said before, please review!
Mushu (working): Why meee?!!!