Sorry it took so long - something was wrong with the website i think as i couldnt log on. Well this is going to be it for a little while - i'm going to cornwall. It was my birthday yesterday! That was great! Anyway - back to the story - this chapter is kinda like the film but just in more detail (well not really). Thanks!

Disclaimer - sadly i STILL own no one. Well the huns are turning out to have a bit more character but that's all - they don't even have names! Hun1, Hun2, Hun3, Hun4 and Hun5!

Suddenly time seemed to rush. Five huge Huns burst out of the dragon behind Shang. He pulled out his sword and attempted to beat them back. Five against one however is not very good odds. Shang fell to the floor, and watched as the Huns grabbed the emperor and ran, carrying him, into the palace. Shang struggled to get up. Once he was up, he ran to the huge doors of the palace. They slammed in front of him, and were barred. Shan-Yu gave a cackle.

"No!" The cry tore from Shang's throat. He felt he was dishonouring his father. All his life, General Li had told his son to, at all costs, protect the emperor and china. That had cost his father his life. There was a slight cough. He looked around. Yao, Chien Po and Ling were standing there. The rest of his men were crowded around a bronze statue of a lion. Shang walked over to the lion. It should be heavy enough to break open the doors…

He was wrong. The palace's doors were very effective in their purpose. Shang almost felt sorry for anyone who would try to break in. It was practically impossible.

Mulan ran up the stairs to the palace. She saw Shang and the other soldiers trying to break in. 'They'll never reach the emperor in time,' she thought. She looked around, at the walls, the statues, the pillars… The pillars. She had an idea. It was crazy but it might just work. She whistled. They all turned and stared at her.

"Hey guys, I've got an idea." She called out to them, before turning and running to the pillars. 'What if they don't follow?' the insecure voice in her thought. She ignored it. This was their only hope.

Yao, Ling and Chien Po looked at each other. Then they looked at Shang. He was smiling dreamily at Mulan running.

"You coming, sir?" Ling asked cautiously. There was no reply. The three of them dropped the statue, and followed Mulan. When they turned the corner, they saw her holding out four dresses, and some fruit. They took a step back.

"We're not dressing up as…girls!" Yao said fiercely. She smiled, expecting this.

"You have to for my plan to work." She said, walking towards them. They looked at each other.

"Tell us your plan." Said Chien Po, ever the peacemaker. So Mulan told them quickly. They eventually agreed to wear them, and even let Mulan put on some make up. She put on a dress herself, although no make up. They took off the silk belts on their dresses and wrapped them around a pillar each.

Shang looked around the corner. He had stood with the other soldiers, trying to break in with the bronze lion, but he had followed shortly. He smiled. They were all dressed in dresses, and the three men had fruit filling out the dresses. Mulan looked beautiful. He stared at her, deciding what to do. She had still betrayed him…. Suddenly it was clear. He walked up to them and tapped Mulan on the soldier, taking off his cape.

Mulan looked around and saw Shang, smiling. She grinned back and all five of them climbed up the pillars, using their sashes around their waists or in Shang's case his cape in the same way Mulan had climbed up the pole. Once they were up there they quickly, though silently, made their way to where the emperor was being kept. They noticed that, in front of the door leading to the emperor, there were some guards. Mulan took a deep breath. This was where her idea came in.

"Is everyone clear about the plan?" she whispered to the others. All of them, but Yao, nodded. Mulan looked at him.

"Does this dress make me look fat?" he asked. Mulan forgot about being quiet and slapped him. She took a deep breath, ignoring his crude curses, and stepped out into the open. They followed her, Yao looking less like a careless concubine and giving her an ugly stare. Then he saw Ling behind her, swaying his 'hips' as far as they would go, and giggling in a high voice. The sight made him remember that they were here to woo those guards! (A/N I know this is a crap paragraph but it just came out!)The guards noticed them at once.

"Concubines," Said one guard.

"Ugly concubines," Said another. This guard seemed to be looking Mulan up and down though. The other one was looking at Ling interestingly. There were three more guards but only one of them really looked as if he was concentrating. The other two were looking at the scene happening in the middle.

Shang peeked out from behind the corner. He immediately saw the guard checking Mulan out. His blood boiled as the guard reached out and touched the giggling Mulan. He would have thought Mulan was perfectly alright with being touched by a man, and a Hun at that, were it not for a small stiffening her shoulders did. The Hun didn't seem to notice and started touching her arm. Shang could bear it no longer.

"Now!" he shouted. At once the four 'ladies' got out the fruit acting as their breasts. Two of the Huns were knocked out easily by Chien-Po and his watermelons, another hurt by Ling. Yao smashed the other ones nose with his fist and the last, Shang noticed satisfactory as the one who had touched Mulan, held tightly by Mulan with his own bow.

"Shang, go!" Mulan shouted at him. He raced past her and went through the doors, up the stairs and on the balcony. There he saw Shan-Yu just about to strike the emperor with his sword. He dived under, meeting the blow with his own blade. Shang gasped at the weight of the evil man and felt his arm starting to ache when Mulan came into the room, closely followed by the gang.

"Chien-Po, get the emperor!" she cried. Shang heard Chien Po (a/n does it have a hyphen in between? I'm just gonna spell it without one from now!) apologise to the emperor before lifting him up onto his shoulder as if he was a grain of rice. Shan Yu (a/n again the hyphen thing…) obviously saw this rescue as Shang felt the weight rising off his chest. Shang took the opportunity to try to cut him with the sword. But Shan Yu swiped his sword, almost carelessly, to block it. The two of them parried ferociously, Shang trying to distract Shan Yu from Mulan, and the rescue.

He could see out of the corner of his eye that they were sliding down the lantern rope. Mulan was just about to go. Shang willed her with all his mind to go, and leave him. Suddenly Shan Yu noticed the distraction and Shang felt himself knocked back onto the floor. Shan Yu kicked him and he flew across the room. 'God that hurt', he thought. Mulan hesitated and Shang saw this. Unfortunately so did Shan Yu.

Thanks for reading y'all! Hope you liked it and i should have the next bit up soonish. Though i'm going to cornwall... Review if you have any ideas or if you just wanna tell me what ya thought of it (hopefully good :)