I did most of this last night, but finished it off this evening. There isn't much, but Shang and the gang (hey it rhymes!) finally find out about Mulan! Thanks for the reviews y'all! (I do a cowboy dance!) Sorry about the strangeness but I am going to a themed party and I chose to be a cowgirl!

Previously

Shan-Yu and five other huge Huns had risen from the river and were walking determinedly to the Imperial Palace.

Now

It was light, being the morning after she had fallen, and so she could recognise them easily. She sped Khan to another path where they would not cross with the Huns and hurried to the Palace.

It was dark when she arrived and they were both exhausted. 'It's what you deserve, not even bothering to rest after you almost die…' she thought wearily. They had not stopped once to rest. Her chest, still unbound and clearly visible, was rising up and down heavily.

Mulan rode through the cheering crowds and looked down the long line of dancers, drummers and other people celebrating in the procession. Then she saw the men she knew so well. "Yah!" she shouted to Khan who rode up to them. Their faces changed from sadness to disbelief to ecstatic! She smiled. All of them stopped their horses and looked at her. Shang looked the happiest she had ever seen him, light shining through his eyes.

"How…?" He couldn't even finish the question. Chien Po went to her and gave a big hug but stopped when he had barely touched her, looking at her chest.

"Whoa," he said, backing away. She glanced down, and bit her lip. The bandages she used to bind her chest had ripped, and the curves of her breasts showed clearly under her training clothes. All the men were staring openly, Shang turning pink. She swallowed.

"I can explain." she said, mainly to Shang. He looked up at her. She looked pleadingly into his eyes. They were cold. The opposite to what they were a minute ago. "I went to save my father. I didn't mean for it to go this far…" He stopped her by putting up his hand.

"Was this what you were going to tell me?" he asked quietly. The men all looked away and pretended they weren't listening. Shang looked over at them, coughed and they started to ride forward once more. Mulan swallowed again.

"Yes," she whispered. Shang closed his eyes briefly.

"What is your real name?" His voice was hard as he asked the question. She looked away from his eyes.

"Mulan." Once again her voice was quiet.

"Mulan. Is this yours then?" He held up the blossom comb. Mulan stared. She thought she had lost it. Then she nodded and Shang gave it to her. "You do know what the penalty for this… deceit is? Death." She looked up at him, startled. "A life for a life. My debt is repaid. Get away from here. Do not let the emperor see you. Or Chi Fu. They would kill you." He started his horse again, having stopped it when Mulan arrived. She stared at his back. Then she remembered the message she had come to give.

"But Shang, the Huns are here! They're in the city." Several people in the crowd started murmuring, but Shang just ignored her. She rode after him. "I saw them with my own eyes. They're alive. I know they are." Still he ignored her. She was desperate now. "Shang, you have to believe me!"

He turned, furious at this. "Why should I?" he asked. She could not answer. Her eyes slowly became shielded with fury and exasperation. He spun around again and caught up with his men, leaving her to be barged past by ceremonial dragons and dancers. Finally she rode off, towards the palace, passing Shang and her friends.

He saw her ride past him. She was ignoring him, which just made Shang furious. How dare she ignore him, as if he had been the one who had lied to her? He stared after her for while. 'She's pretty.' He thought without meaning to. Then he gave himself a small slap. This was the woman who had lied to them all! 'The woman who had saved them all,' thought the small voice in him. Shang thought miserably about this. 'What am I?' He thought. 'So weak I have to been saved by a woman?'

Shang sighed. 'Why couldn't Mulan have been Ping after all. Why did his best soldier have to be a woman? He was happy that she was alive but then to discover that she was lying to him. That hurt.' Shang walked up the steps to the Imperial Palace and the emperor, forcing himself to stop thinking about her. A ceremonial dragon followed him, and behind that, his men. He took out the sword of Shan-Yu and bowed to the emperor, holding it out in front of him.

"My children! Heaven smiles down upon the Middle Kingdom! China will sleep safely tonight, thanks to our brave warriors! "The emperor spoke to the entire crowd.

"Your Majesty, I present to you the sword of Shan Yu." This simple sentence immediately made him think of Mulan. It was her who had come up with the plan to destroy the Huns, and Shan-Yu. He remembered her face before she fell, smiling up at him. Her rosy mouth has been curled up at the edges. He looked around briefly, searching for the Huns Mulan had said were here. He couldn't see any.

"I know what this means to you, Captain Li. Your father would have been very proud." The emperor spoke kindly and quietly, but the small mention of his father made Shang wince slightly. It still hurt.

Then, just as the emperor reached out to take the sword, an eagle flew down and grabbed the sword from Shang's hands. Shang watched, confused, as the eagle flew up to the roof and dropped the sword. An arm reached from one of the gargoyles. A gasp went through the crowd. The gargoyle stood. Shang saw a familiar man. Shan-Yu was alive. Mulan was right.

What d'ya think? You should know the story from now, but there's a small twist! The next chapter might be the finale, or not. It's going to be a short story… Anyway, do your thang! (Now I've had 2 packs of Haribo Tangfastics. They were the mini ones if that's any help.)