A/N: chapter 7!

(I'm on a roll...)

Disclaimer: 'Mulan' belongs to Disney; plot mine!

Mushu: a new chapter...yay...

This time, you do have a part in the story, Mushu!

Mushu: really?

Yeah

Mushu: good!

On the the story!

A chance

Chapter 7

And Mulan was true to her word, she did her best...at anything: fishing, archery, running, (A/N: spare me, I don't know what their training are like...), she did it all to the level of Excellency.

The gang, who probably took Mulan as a role model, did their best too and soon all men in camp as the 'Formidable Four'.

-Two weeks later-

"And where do you think you're goin'?" asked Mushu, seeing Mulan put a blue blanket on the horse.

"I'm going to bathe in the lake."Said Mulan, calmly doing all the arrangements,like a blue blanket, "What about..." Mushu started to asked, but Mulan cut him, knowing what he'll ask

"The men? Don't worry, everybody here knows I'm a woman, they'll respect my privacy." She answered logically.

"Except the pervs among them..." muttered Mushu, but Mulan heard him.

"Look, do you want to come and stand guard?" asked Mulan,who knew that was what Mushu really wanted to do, because Mushu would never ever let his 'precious baby' get hurt or something like that, according to his logic.

"Yeah! But I ain't biting any more butts, you hear!" he warned and to Cri-Ki he said," Let's go, Lucky Bug."

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Shang was at his tent, writing a report, a true report (because Chi-Fu would never let on the good things on the soldiers...), and sat back, letting the ink dry.

Hmmm..., maybe I'll go for a walk, He thought and got up and left his tent.

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He was in his training outfit, his shirt undone, and walked slowly around the camp, some men still about greeting him occasionally from where they were sitting by the fires.

As he got nearer to the lake, he saw a dark shape a got closer; it was a horse, a black one with a stripe of white on his face.

"You're Mulan's, aren't you?" he said and patted his nose, which Khan gladly accepted.

"Shang?" said a familiar voice, a female voice, behind the bushes on Khan's side.

"Mulan?" said Shang, of course, if her horse is here; she's also bound to be near.

Mulan head popped up from behind the bushes, "Good evening." She smiled.

"Ah..., good evening." He returns the greeting.

"What are you doing here?" she asked as she came out of the bushes, tying her shirt of her training outfit, holding her green ribbon at her hand.

"Just...just out for a walk." He said as Mulan draped the blue blanket (which had time to dry) on Khan's back.

"What were you doing here?" he asked than kicked himself mentally, stupid question, stupid!

"I came here to bathe." Answered Mulan as she turned around Khan and the pair started walking.

She didn't mind that his shirt was undone because she already seen him like this when she was at the army in the first time.

Than Shang mentally envisioned Mulan at the lake. Naked.

And Luckily Mulan asked in time," Are you all right?" or else something pretty shameful would've happened.

"Fine!" he squeaked, than cleared his voice, "I mean, I'm fine."

They stopped and Shang looked to see that they stopped before Mulan's tent, Khan happily gnawing on some grass.

"Good night." She said and put a hand behind her neck to shut Up Mushu who start singing softly,"Mulan and Shan sittin' on a tree...!"

"Ah...good night." Said Shang with a smile.

They smiled at each other for a time and than Shang said, "I...I need to..." and walked off.

Mulan sighed and went in the tent.

"Humans!" exclaimed Mushu as Mulan went to sleep.

-Chirp chirp- chirped Cri-Ki next to him.

"I want them together too, but they're just so stubborn!" replied Mushu, and the dragon went to sleep besides Mulan so he could wake her up in the morning.

Cri-Ki did the same.

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A/N: end chapter 7!

Big enough part for you?

Mushu: it's not bad.

But...there's always a 'but' with you.

Mushu: but next time a whole chapter about me!

(Snap)

Mushu: -chirp chirp-?

Now you and Cri-Ki can be even better friend than before!

Mushu: -chirp CHIRP-!

Lucky for you, I can't understand what you say, Cri-Mushu, heh.

Well, don't worry, next update, you'll be normal again and to you, my readers, please review!

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