A/N: chapter 11!
(Long chapter, as promise!)
Disclaimer: 'Mulan' belongs to Disney; plot is mine!
Mushu, stopped gloating already?
Mushu: Yeah, because I'll always know that my girl will kick anybody's butt!
Mushu, are you her guardian or her father?
Mushu: What's that suppose to mean?
Nothing, on to the story!
A chance
Chapter 11
-Two weeks later-
She tied the weights to her wrists and used them as leverage and started climbing the pole.
Mulan watched her as well as the other new recruits.
She climbed higher and higher until she…finally reached the top, plucked the arrow out of it and threw it to the ground, to land at Mulan's feet, and she sat up the pole, gasping for air but smiling.
"She did it! She retrieved the arrow!" Dong said in awe, he finally learned not to underestimate girls.
Mulan smiled proudly, "Well done, Kin!" she shouted to Chun.
From this point forward all the recruits, following Chun's example, wanted to do their best, and succeeded.
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-One week later-
Two girls were walking down the path to where the paths to the other Camps meet.
"I think I'm still sore from training." Chun said, rubbing her arms.
"Don't worry, it will pass," Mulan comforted, "I remember how I was sore at my training." And smiled, remembering.
"So where are we going?" Chun asked.
"We're meeting my friends." Mulan answered.
"And Shang." Chun smirked.
"Shang is one of my friends." Mulan said, but spots of color on her cheeks betrayed her.
"He's your friend, all right," Mushu said, and Mulan's hand came behind her neck to shut him up.
"Mushu, why are you always taking rides on Mulan's shirt collar?" Chun asked curiously.
"Because," Mushu said, rubbing his (again) sore muzzle, "I need to watch over my baby!" he said in a protective-father way.
"And also to get a ride, isn't that right?" Mulan said to her guardian dragon.
"Ah…that too." He admitted.
Chun giggled.
"What's so funny?" asked a curious Mushu.
"Nothing, it's just that I can see that you and Mulan are really great friends!" said Chun,"I almost wish I had an animal guardian."
"Hmm…" Mushu rubbed his chin in thought, "you know, I think you probably have one, even if he/she not around now, what's your family's clan animal?" Mushu asked Chun.
"Our clan animal?" she repeated.
Chun smiled; "It's a dragon!" she beamed.
But the discussion was cut because the girls have arrived to the Commanders Junction, as Ling so named it, in a stroke of genius.
Mushu went back into hiding, and the girls approached the men who were sitting by the fire, as usual, Chien-Po was eating, Yao was bragging, and Ling was looking at the girls' direction.
"Good evening!" the gang greeted simultaneously (Yao had finished bragging, Chien-Po stopped eating for a bit)
"Good evening," Mulan amd Chun greeted back.
Ling got up quickly and went straight to Chun.
"My Lady," he bowed, "would you like to have a walk with me?" he asked, and smiled a hopeful smile
Chun smiled and said, "No thanks," and went to sit by Mulan's side.
Ling flopped back to the ground near Yao, who finished eating.
"Rejected again?" he asked rhetorically, "doesn't matter, it's the usual for you."
"Gee, thanks." Ling said bitterly.
"So, Mulan," Shang, who up until now was quite, said, "How are the training coming along?"
"Pretty good, the recruits are improving day by day." And then Mulan smiled at Chun, knowing, that she is the one of the best among the recruits.
And then, Mulan and the gang start their usual gossip/complaints/compliments about their recruits at each Camp, Shang just listed to them while looking at a map (to plan strategies).
"Mulan, who's the best recruit at your Camp?" Chien-Po asked.
"Well, one of them is Kin," Mulan answered.
The gang smiled, they all knew why Chun has chosen another name while at training.
"Ah, Kin, what a wonderful name." Ling sighed.
"Yeah, right," Mushu snickered back in Mulan's shirt collar quietly, but now quite enough.
"Who was that?" Shang asked, looking up from the map.
"Ah, no one!" said quickly Mulan, putting a hand behind her neck to shut a little dragon up, an act to anybody who didn't know Mulan's secret, was that of embarrassment.
"Yes, I bet it was a little lizard." Chun snickered behind her hand and Mulan giggled (Mushu just muttered a few things in Chinese that shouldn't be written...).
The men looked at them, very much confused.
"I think it's a private joke between them…" whispered Ling to his friends.
Suddenly a figure came running and stopped to a full halt in front of the four men and two women.
To the light of the fire, they could see it was Chi-Fu, "General! Captains!" he gasped for breath because he ran so fast, must've been important, otherwise he wouldn't have the gang and Mulan in the samesentence as Shang.
"What is it?" Shang asked, standing up and going to Chi-Fu.
"Urgent news!" And Chi-Fu gave a piece of paper to Shang.
Shang quickly read it.
"What is it?" Ling asked.
"One of the scouts, says that a few villages at the Honshu Pass are volurenble for the Hun army to attack them, he asks for reinforcements." Shang answered hading the note between the gang and Mulan.
"What is the strategy, General?" Chien-Po asked.
"Most of the recruits in each Camp have almost finished their training, right?" Shang asked and all four Captains nodded in agreement.
"Wait," Mulan said and smiling turned to Chi Fu, "are my soldiers competent to be in battle, Supervisor?"
He grimaced but said, "Yes."
"That's all I wanted to hear," she turned back to Shang.
"Alright, Here's the plan…" and they had agreed to his plan, because, like Mulan's ideas, they were usually good.
(A/N: next chapter you'll discover his plan…)
"Understood?" Shang finally asked.
"Yes!" all four Captains answered.
And all went back to their Camps to prepare.
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"Finally some action!" Mushu said as Mulan and Chun headed back.
"Yes, finally I'll be able to use all you've taught me," Chun smiled.
"I'm sure you and the other recruits will be fine, but still be careful." Mulan cautioned.
"I will, good night, Mulan!"
"Good night!"
And Chun went to her tent.
And Mulan went back to hers, to get ready for a battle that may come.
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A/N: chapter 11 is done!
Mushu: Finally!