Jason nodded, "But it has been tested by small dark groups, yes?", and King Mickey chuckled, "You'd be surprised at the number of assassins I had to sentence to death over the past four years. I am one of the highly reveled people of Enchantia, Jason Valkara, and the shield is updated as much as possible. Especially when I deeply care about my people in the village and in the castle including my wife here.", with a determined smile as he held Queen Minnie's hand affectionately.
Mulan blinked, "How is it going up there, with Captains Phoebus and Helga?", and Mickey nodded, "With the rotations of fresh soldiers from the other regions, which I highly very much appreciate, the armies are having faith once again, but Scar's forces are just as stubborn as my armies, and the dark magic in Pride Valley is increasing little day by day. Under the charge of Phoebus and Helga, there has been far more successes than failures, but the failures are marginally tossing between small and large every day.".
"Well, hopefully that'll all change soon when we confront Scar." Jason said. "The way we've seen it and done; take out the leadership, the rest of the armies quickly fall apart. Any major threats finally ended south the moment we killed Tremaine... though it also helped with how devastating we had been with her army as well as the speed and tactics. That stronghold could've held off an entire army of a million men for 100 years if it could... we broke it in less than an hour."
Mickey whistled impressively, "That's quite incredible. May I ask you to tell your leader, Emma, I believe, to go use all the tactics you can? I have heard rumors of Clayton's death, and that Emma killed him, is that true?".
Jason replied, "To the first question, yes, your majesty, we'd be glad to use all our tactics of my old realm to fight off all the dark forces. Emma will be delighted of your support when I tell her so. And to the second question, yes, she did, and quite viciously, I must say. He's purely dead, through and through.".
Mickey nodded, "That's wonderful news. Clayton and his men have stolen people of all nations to be slaves, shapeshifters of the outer islands to be used as trophies of sorts, and wild animals of the Congo to be used as fur and meat inhumanely. I do not know who is to take charge upon his death, but I know of the rebellions, through word of news is difficult.".
"Well, I don't know fully what the plan is; Emma usually is the one that makes the final decision; but I strongly think the Congo is where we'll be going to next; to at least clean up a few things before we push for Scar and Frollo's territory.", Jason explained.
"I've heard rumors that Scar has moved a few of his commanders to the Congo... not too long after Clayton's death. There might even be a chance that Scar's there personally to gather a bit more territory.", Mulan said.
"Figures... I'm guessing he wants to make surer that he's got more power against Frollo when they eventually turn on each other. If all those tyrants won, how long do you think they would've all be allied out of convivence with each other?", Jason replied.
Mickey hummed lightly, "That makes a certain lot of sense, Jason.", before a bark pierced the air, and a familiar dog that Jason recognized very much, Pluto is coming into the throne room, through he's furrier and clunkier than his counterpart, probably because he's a royal dog, not a house dog.
Pluto barked happily as he pranced around Mulan, and Mulan laughed warmly, petting him, "Hello, Pluto, you're looking good!", and Pluto yipped softly as Mulan scuffled his ears, and then glanced at Jason, walking up and sniffing him before panting with a bark.
Minnie chuckles, "That means he likes you.", and Jason smiles, "Nice to meet you, Pluto.", patting his head softly, and Pluto barked softly before walking up to Mickey, putting his paws up on the edge of the chair.
Mickey smiles, "Ah, a message! Good boy, Pluto. Efficient as always.", patting him fondly before pulling out the rolled letter from the collar holder, and reading it, "Good, a Martag is here to pick up Jason for the trip back to Atlantis. Mulan, we will talk more after your return from the launch balcony once you finish guiding Jason there, understand?".
"I understand.", Mulan nodded before the two were dismissed. Jason looked at her when they were out of the throne room. "So... I guess this means we're parting ways soon...", Jason had a tone of regret in his voice.
"Looks like it. I'm needed back on the front soon. From the sounds of things, this lull we've have for a while is about to erupt again.", Mulan said as he nodded.
"Well, hopefully it's not going to be long. All we've got to do is get Scar and Frollo and that's more than likely it for the war. Sure, they'll still plenty of dark forces to mop up; but other than that...", Jason spoke.
Mulan nodded, "Indeed. All the same, I am going to miss you, Jason.", as they kept walking on, and Jason grabbed her hand firmly yet tenderly, stopping her, "There's something I want to give you.", drawing out the necklaces he bought earlier.
"The cricket symbolizes me in a way while the blossom flower symbolizes you in a way, and I have magicked our necklaces thanks to my ring, to give out a notification of danger when you or I touch them with code words.", Jason exhaled, seeing Mulan's eyes widen in amazement and wonder as he continues on.
"You wear the cricket one to remember me, and the code word is Cri-Kee, while I wear the blossom flower one to remember you, and the code word is Ping.", Jason finished.
"That should be easy to remember.", Mulan smiled. "Still, it's not goodbye just yet, we still have a bit of time, you know that."
"I know. Just... I thought maybe it was better to give that to you now rather than risk forgetting.", Jason explained.
Mulan nodded as she took the cricket necklace, placing it over her neck, smiling, "It's perfect, Jason, thank you.", seeing Jason placing the blossom flower necklace over his neck.
Jason smiled softly, rubbing the back of his neck, "You're welcome, Mulan.", squeezing her hand softly, and they kept walking on, holding hands before Jason paused at seeing a portrait of Walt Disney with King Mickey, "Is that King Mickey's father?".
Mulan nodded, "Sure is. King Walt, in fact, was one of the best kings ever known of Narnia, and one of the greatest magicians too. He was best friends with Merlin and Yen Sid.".
"I see.", Jason was quite surprised to see how regal Walt looked, especially compared to much of the photos and footage that he has seen of the man in his own world.
Mulan smiled, "Would you believe me if I told you that Mickey was originally an orphan before King Walt found him when he was a child and blood-adopted him as his own son?".
Jason raised an eyebrow, "Actually, that is fairly believable. So, blood-adopted, huh?", and Mulan nodded, "It's a thing for magicians and their immediate family. No other body would be able to do that, not even the magical healers. Most of it is a secret, but the aftereffects are that the kid in question gets the parent/s's genes in some features, if not all.".
"Interesting...", Jason always found everything he newly learned from this realm quite interesting, this was no exception. "Anyway, you were talking about giving me a tour and all before I was to head back?".
Mulan smiled softly, "Not the full tour as Cair Paravel is a large castle, but I can spare a bit of time to give you a tour of this floor.", grabbing ahold of his hand, and Jason nodded, "Fair enough.".
Mulan beamed happily, and she went to show him some more history through other portraits and artifacts, along with landmarks to tell which is which of the rooms, and this lasted for 15 minutes.
Jason smiled, "You sure know your stuff, Mulan.", and Mulan chuckled, "Well, when you tend to have breaks between battles and such, you need a place to rest and refresh while talking things over with their Majesties or training the soldiers down in the barracks near the village, you get to know places far more closely than before.".
Jason grinned softly, "I bet.", and Mulan giggled softly, "Actually, we're coming up on one of my favorite places to seek peace and quiet.", turning over a set decoration in the wall, and a secret door opened up from the wall.
"I happened accidentally across this place when I was gallivanting late one night. Apparently, not many people knew of it, only a certain few knew about it.", Mulan smiled, tugging Jason inside, and with a latch lock, Mulan closed the door, and Jason can see some torches turning on like magic, surrounded by a room full of stained windows, but to Jason's surprise, the stained windows aren't hung up, but they're on the ceiling, all nailed up tightly.
The torches' light on the stained windows cast so many colors everywhere on the walls, floor, and even on the furniture and the storage chests in the corners.
"Wow... what a sight...", Jason whistled, impressed at the entire place. "What exactly is this place?", he asked her.
Mulan smiled brightly as she sat on a lounge chair, "Two uses; this place is used for dancing lessons so no servants or anybody else would see your mistakes. Apparently, King Walt was extremely known for being pessimistic, and dancing is one of them. Plus, the lighting here is like a substitute for the ballroom lights. Enivronmental acclimation, he called it, I believe.".
Jason nodded, "That actually makes sense, far better than anyone seeing you stepping on someone's feet during a dance lesson in a classroom or something. And two?".
Mulan replied, "Two sub-parts of that one. You can store any valuable things like jewelry, books, and other things in the chests including sentimental items you cannot afford to lose. And the other part is that it's a private place to be intimate.", blushing at the last part.
"Oh...", Jason blushed as red as her. "I see... so... you mean for us to...".
"Well, maybe a few kisses for now... but I also wanted to share a dance or two... just in case...", Mulan glanced away as he knew what she was meaning. Just in case things went wrong, for either of them.
Jason nodded, and took a deep breath, and bowed before Mulan, "May I steal you away for a dance, milady?", smiling tenderly at her.
Mulan smiled brightly, "You may, dear sir.", lifting her hand up to be grasped by Jason as she was helped up to her feet, and Jason gently went into waltz mode, smiling warmly, "Let's see if I haven't gone rusty. Been a while since I did a formal dance.", faintly remembering the senior prom dance in school.
He couldn't remember much of that night. He was only there for a short time before his date was feeling ill to her stomach from something she ate earlier in the day, and he decided to head home too once she had left. Still, they had at least a few dances in them so it's not like the night was a total waste, but he never saw much of that girl after that night; and hadn't seen her since graduating and leaving with Logan.
Mulan smiled reassuringly, "You're doing good so far, Jason.", as she followed his lead, "You haven't stepped on my feet not even once.".
Jason chuckled deeply, "You're my...well, in terms on Earth, I'd call you my girlfriend. I wouldn't dare imagine ruining your dainty, cute feet.", and Mulan giggled softly, "Nobody has ever called me cute. Only 'stubborn' 'fierce' 'brave', and 'strong', but never that.".
"Well, I doubt many of them have seen you with your guard down.", Jason chuckled as she responded with a small giggle of her own as they kept their slow dancing up.
Mulan sighed contentedly as she rested her head on his shoulder, "You are incredibly good at this, Jason. This feels nice.", and Jason smiled softly, kissing her forehead, "Sure does. You know, no matter what you're wearing, you're a beautiful dancer.".
Mulan looked up at him with a wide smile, "You think I can dance in my armor?", and Jason laughed a bit, "It's not impossible. It'd be a great sight to see.", and Mulan giggled, joining into the momently laughter before leaning up and in to kiss Jason on the lips.
The two of them felt time stop practically as their lips met. They just stood there and enjoyed the touch of their lips for as long as their lungs would allow them before finally, they had to break for air.
"Wow... that felt...", Jason muttered. Mulan smiled softly, "Perfect?", and Jason chuckled, "I was going with 'wonderful', but that is better.", looking at her lovingly as he brushed her hair over her ear.
"Either way... it felt right...", Mulan whispered as she went in for another kiss with him. The two of them lost track of time as they just kept kissing and pausing to catch their breath before going right back into it.
Jason loved kissing her as the passion increased within every kiss as he held her from standing up, against the wall, and eventually the lounge chair. Unlike his brother, he can hold back longer, but unfortunately, from the passion rushing through his blood, he's soon blushing red as a tomato when he realizes that there's a tent in his trousers.
He quickly backed off as Mulan blushed herself; obviously telling what had just happened, "Jason... you..."
"I'm sorry!", Jason was quick to rush with an apology. Mulan gently touched his waving hand, halting him to pause, and smiled softly, "It's okay. I would never blame you for reacting to the passion. You're a man, and it's okay.", looking at Jason with understanding.
"Yeah, well, usually, where I come from; a fair amount of time, guys get slapped by some girls for that kind of situation.", Jason explained. "Like we're supposed to be better able to control it or something.", he chuckled.
Mulan raised an eyebrow, "I would probably do that if you were a stranger, but you aren't a stranger to me, Jason.", caressing his cheek, "You are obviously my special love...We're adults, and we are not tied by rules or contracts.", before looking down at the tent in Jason's trousers, "Besides, you would be so uncomfortable with a hard-on all the way, riding on a Martag.".
"Uh, I can... easily handle that myself, Mulan... thanks for the offer.", Jason stammered there as it clearly was surprising to him to hear her be... quite forward like that.
Mulan chuckled, "I can speak what's on my mind, remember? But if you need privacy, I'll leave you alone to handle yourself.", and Jason nodded, "That'd be great, thanks.".
Mulan smiled, and headed out of the room through the secret door, and waited as long as she could before blinking in surprise when she heard Jason calling out for her as the secret door is slightly open, not wanting to trap Jason incidentally, and she became concerned, entering back into the room, freezing on the spot with awe and shock as she stared upon a half-nude Jason, too absorbed in imagining Mulan before him as he leaned upon the wall with a hand, and his other hand on his hard-on rod, his underwear and trousers down to his feet.
Mulan's brain just froze at the moment as she couldn't think anything but just keep watching what he was doing. She was honestly surprised how quick he was getting into things there as it was only less than a few minutes. But as he kept moaning her name, she finally started to have the gears in her head turn and she slowly closed the door to give him the privacy he deserved, but what she saw was going to stick in her head for sure.
Mulan decided not to tell Jason, not wanting him to be embarrassed and distracted during the trip back to Atlantis, and the plans of Congo, but she is going to have some erotic dreams tonight, that's for sure.
After 10 minutes, there's a knock on the other side of the door, with Jason's voice speaking, "All done, Mulan.", and Mulan opened the door by the secret decoration, allowing Jason to walk out, looking much better and happier.
Mulan tried to be normal, smiling and nodding, even though the scene of Jason handling himself would be running through her head every minute, "Ready to get going? The launch balcony is not too far, just around the corner.".
"Yeah... I am...", Jason sighed as he obviously had a heavy heart with having to part ways with her. It wasn't like the others of their group though; Mulan obviously was needed much more elsewhere than their group.
Mulan reached to hold his hand warmly, "Don't worry, we'll see each other again. Heck, you could save the Congo in a month or sooner!", seeing that his hand is all clean, unknowing that Jason had conjured up wet cloths to clean himself including his hands, and towels to dry afterwards, destroying them to make sure there's no evidence in the room.