Well, now we start the worlds!

This one is loosely based on Mulan 2, which I have actually never seen.

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Chapter 4: Land of Dragons- Min and Shu

"Dad, has the thing found them yet?"

Sora rolled his eyes. "No, Tria. I'll tell you when it goes off."

Hikari sat with Max and P.J., playing cards. Kairi flew the ship. They left Radiant Garden about two hours before.

Sora looked down at the small tracker in his hand. "Son, we're on our way…" Suddenly, the tracker blinked. "Got something!" Everyone gathered around the cockpit as Sora held up the tracker. He moved it around in different directions. He pointed it to the left and the blinking sped up. "That way!"

"Got it!" Kairi turned the ship and they followed the blinking.

Pith groaned, his back stinging with every movement. "Augh!"

"Don't move." Angel took his hand.

"Wh-what…?"

The girl forced a smile. "Don't move. This is going to hurt." She uncovered his injured back, laying her jacket to the side. "I hate to ask, but I have to remove your shirt to bind the wounds, so do you mind?" Pith shook his head and the girl slowly took his shirt off, peeling it off his back. The boy gasped in pain as the back of his shirt pulled at the wounds, tearing off the scabs and reopening the tears in his flesh. "Sorry!"

"It had to be done."

The girl grabbed a cup of water, probably for drinking, and dipped a clean part of Pith's shirt into it and began cleaning the wounds, slowly. Pith relaxed, the pain from his wounds sapping his strength as he closed his eyes once again.

Angel tore the sleeve of her white jacket into strips, binding the wounds on her companion's back. At least, for the first time in her life, she didn't feel alone.

"There's the world!" Max pointed as a world appeared before them.

Sora's face lit up. "Land of Dragons!? I-I haven't been there since…"

"Forever?"

"I visited after we beat Xehanort, so it's been almost twenty years."

Patria groaned. "You can be nostalgic later. Pith could be here and in danger! Let's go!"

Kairi and Sora looked at one another before shrugging and going after their daughter with the other three following.

"This brings back memories." They stood at the gates of the imperial palace.

"Dad, you're doing it again."

Sora noticed his hands were behind his head, a habit he picked up from Ven. He'd tried to break that habit for years. "Whoops." He lowered his hands as his wife giggled.

"Who goes there!" A strong voice called out. A man in armor stepped into view, pausing as he saw the group. "Wait, Sora?"

"Shang?"

The two men laughed, clasping hands in joy. The soldier laughed. "It has been far too long!"

"Yes, it has. How have you been?"

"Good!" Shang smiled. "Please, come with me, I'd love to hear everything about your life."

Sora's face fell. "Shang, I'd love to, but I'm searching for my son. He's been kidnapped, and we have reason to believe that either he is here or one of the people responsible for his kidnapping is here."

"I see." The general nodded. "Still, all of you come with me. My wife has been out on missions lately, so she might have heard something about your son or these enemies."

Kairi smiled. "Thank you, Shang."

"I think we should just search!"

"Patria, don't be rude." Hikari chided her older cousin who just glared down at the little girl.

Mulan poured tea as everyone sat down in her and Shang's home. "Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I haven't heard anything about a boy that resembles you. I'm sorry this had to happen to your family."

"Māma," a girl with short black hair sat down beside Shang, "Shu and I might know something."

"Yes!" Another girl, with long black hair, came from where she stood at the back of the room. "Min(1) and I heard something about a strange boy with the warriors from over the sea(2)."

"Min, Shu, we told you to stay away from them. They are dangerous." Shang narrowed his eyes.

Min let out a sharp huff. "Bàba(3), you and Māma taught us to fight, and we didn't go alone. Mushu went with us."

"Of course he did…"

"What did this boy look like?" P.J. spoke between sips of tea.

Shu shook her head. "We never actually saw him, but the traders spoke highly of him, saying that he had mystical powers and harnessed the power of the gods through a stick in his hand."

"Cander!" Patria snarled. "It's gotta be him. He's probably what drew us here."

Max grinned. "Then we just go ask those traders where he is."

"And get them mad at us for going after their ally? No thanks."

Sora looked around. "Hikari's right. We could ask them about him, but I don't think that they'll give up his location so easily."

"Shu, Min, where can we find these men?"

"We can show you tomorrow."

Mulan stood up. "I'll be going as well. If this boy is as dangerous as he sounds, then we need to make certain he isn't causing any trouble. And if these traders are harboring him, we will have to deal with all of them."

"I'll inform the emperor of this development." Shang smiled at his wife before turning to the others. "All of you are welcome to stay with us for the night."

"Thanks, Shang."

Patria tossed on the mat, unable to sleep. "Sleeping on the floor… fun."

"Oh don't complain." The dark voice slithered into her thoughts once again. "It wasn't like I was going to let you really sleep anyway."

"Just leave me alone."

She saw the dark figure appear beside me, sitting and leaning against the wall. "You know I won't do that, Patria. We made a deal, and until you keep your end, I will never let you rest."

Patria rolled over, turning her back on the figure. "I am going to sleep. Buzz off!" She forced her eyes closed, focusing on the sound of the wind against the house walls, and the trickling water in the garden behind the house. Eventually, sleep took over, just as she wanted.

But still, she had no peace.

The man of darkness still strode about her dreams. So that, while her body rested, her mind did not. He would never allow it.

Hikari, waking early in the morning, skipped around the garden, taking care not to step on any flowers. "Beautiful…"

"You always did like waking up early."

The princess giggled. "Good morning to you too, P.J. How'd you sleep?"

"Pretty well. How about you?"

"Good. I'm worried about my cousin, but I feel in my heart that he is alive and safe." She sat down, looking around at the trees and flowers.

Both of them looked up as Kairi came outside. "Good morning, you two."

"Morning Ms. Kairi."

The woman rolled her shoulder. "I hope you two slept well because we're going out soon. Breakfast is ready inside. Eat quickly and we'll go." She turned and went inside; Sora helped Mulan cook while Shang prepared to leave for the palace. Kairi went into the room where her daughter lay, a look of pain and fear on Patria's face. "Another nightmare…" The mother leaned over her daughter, gently shaking her. "Patria, wake up. It's time to go."

"Ugh… fine." The redhead rolled off the mat, letting out a long sigh. The two went back into the main room as Sora set out breakfast.

Mulan laughed. "I never knew you could cook, Sora."

"My mom taught me. She was a great cook, and we bonded over cooking and baking."

Min and Shu came in, wearing light armor. A red dragon suddenly leapt from Shu's shoulder onto Sora's face in some sort of hug. "Sora! It's been forever!"

"Hey, Mushu." He peeled the dragon off his face. "Look, we'll have to catch up later."

"Say no more! The girls told me all about what happened, and I'm ready to help kick some bad-guy booty!"

"Thanks, Mushu."

The group took horses to an encampment of men outside the city in which Mulan and her family lived. One of the men grinned at the sight of them. "Well, again the children of the famous Mulan and Shang grace us with their presence, and with their mother as well."

"You do not speak to my daughters." The female warrior stepped down from her horse. "I am here to ask about a boy in strange clothes that you have been in contact with. I must speak with him at once. Do you know where he is?"

The man stroked his beard. "Our new friend has gone off on personal business. He does not tell us where he goes, and we do not ask."

"When he returns, I would like to speak with him."

As this conversation continued, Patria slipped off her horse and into a nearby set of bushes. Sora saw her go but said nothing as he didn't want to draw attention to them. Mushu slithered after her.

Patria ducked behind a broken cart, waiting for the conversation to end when a red face popped into her vision. "What do you think you're doing, missy?"

"Get out of here, lizard-breath. I'm looking for Cander."

"Now, lookie here," He let out a puff of fire. "I've been with those two girls for days and I know a little more about these wackos than you. The came with their king, who is meeting with The Emperor and we're trying not to go to war. Now you, bein' all sneaky-like might just get us in trouble."

Patria flicked him in the face. "I just want Cander. I don't care about them. And since when were you sensible. Dad says you were just as bad as he was."

"Well, first of all, I have spent years helping raise two crazy kids into lovely young ladies, and second, Sora would never say something like that about me."

"If he was high on painkillers after dental surgery he might…"

"What?"

"Never mind."

"Where did Patria go?"

Sora sighed. "She slipped into the bushes. Knowing her, she's probably going to wait for Cander to show up and then try to take him on herself."

"We need to go get her then." Min turned her horse around. "They'll think she's a spy if they catch her."

"And if we rat her out, they'll really think she's a spy." Shu grabbed her sister's arm. "Māma, what should we do?"

"We do nothing."

Sora turned around, looking back at the camp. "I can stay here and wait for her to get back or bail her out of trouble if I need to. I have armor that would conceal my identity(4) if need be."

"Alright."

Patria waited in the bushes, listening and waiting for any sign of the dark wizard. Night fell, but she stayed alert. Something swished in the darkness, and a boy appeared from the darkness.

Cander straightened his robes, putting his wand away. Mushu looked at him. "That must be the creep."

"Yeah, it is." Patria summoned her Keyblade, waiting until the wizard came closer before leaping out at him.

Cander saw her coming a second before her weapon collided with his head. He whipped out his wand. "Bombarda!(5)" The explosion threw the girl back.

"You call that fire!" Mushu shot fire from his mouth, driving the wizard back.

"Alarte Ascendare!(6)" The dragon flew skyward, screaming. Patria leapt back in, slamming Cander against a tree. He stared up at his assailant. "Looking for your brother, Patria?"

"Where is he!?" She pushed harder against him.

The wizard chuckled raspily. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Patria moved to speak again, but an arrow clipped her arm. "Well, look who's here!" The girl turned to see some of the traders. "Wasn't she with Mulan and the others?"

"Look, here." She growled at the traders. "I just want him! I have no quarrel with all of you."

A young man stepped through the crowd. "However, he is my honored guest and attacking him is like attacking one of my men."

"He is working with people who kidnapped my brother! I need him to talk!"

As this went on, Cander slipped his wand around, pointing it at the girl. Mushu suddenly spotted this. "Patria move!"

"Avada Kedavra!"

Patria lunged out of the way just in time. The spell shot past her; the soldiers also dodged, and the spell hit a tree. "Mushu! We're out of here!" Her eyes turned, fixing on Cander. "I'll be back for you…"

Sora looked over as Mushu and his daughter came up the hill. "I could've told you that it was going to bring trouble."

"Shut up, Dad." She climbed onto her horse which Sora kept him while he waited.

As they rode back, Sora glared at his child. "Patria, you are going to cause so much trouble. You might have started a war!"

"Uh, I was just after Cander, not those other guys"

"Excuse me!" Mushu snapped. "You heard what that guy said, attacking Cander is like attacking them."

Sora groaned. "Patria… you know not to interfere…"

"Oh, don't give me that speech. You interfered all the time." the girl gave her father a searing glare.

"Yes, but I didn't single-handedly start a war!"

At those words, his daughter's face fell. "Look, I'm sorry. I just want to find Pith. If I have to go apologize and accept all responsibility, I will. I don't want a war to start either."

"Alright." the man smiled. His heart soared when his daughter took responsibility for her actions, no matter how crazy they were. "We'll come back first thing in the morning."

"Ok."

Patria laid down on the temporary bed. Everyone else still sat around the table eating supper, but after all the glares of annoyance, she didn't care enough to stick around.

"How does it feel to be an instrument of darkness?"

"You know I didn't mean to cause trouble like this." The girl rolled over, closing her eyes in an attempt to block out her mental assailant. "And I'll fix it. I did what I did for a personal reason, not because of any political thing. I'll apologize, try and fix my mistakes, and I'm certain they'll be willing to listen."

The voice said nothing for some time, giving Patria the feeling that she'd finally, for once, shut him up. "You are not going to make this easy for me, are you, Patria? Well then, I'll just have to take matters into my own hands."

Cander sat down against a tree watching his temporary allies. "You know," he looked up and saw Braig in the tree above him, "that girl is going to cause me trouble."

"Not really because we have a plan." The man jumped down.

Braig's eye turned black and his voice deepened. "Cander, we are going to start a war. I need you to do something for me. It will create the conflict we need, and all blame will fall on Patria's head."

"Oh?" Cander's eyes sparkled with excitement at the prospects of war. "Will there be bloodshed, broken hearts, and pain?" His leader nodded. "Good. Now, what do you need me to do?"

Pith's eyes slowly opened again as the sounds of fighting filled his ears. "You witch! I told you not to use magic!" Xext stood in the cell, holding Angel by her hair before slapping her across the face. "You knew what would happen if you disobeyed!"

"Please!" She begged. "I was just trying to help! I had to heal him! He was going to bleed out! Brother! Stop!"

Her twin threw her into the cell wall. "Fine. But if you use magic again, I'll make sure you suffer long and slowly." Xext vanished into a dark corridor.

"A-Angel?" Pith tried to sit up. The pain in his back lessened, but still stung with every movement.

The girl looked up at him, the hair over her face drooping so her golden eye could be seen. "You're awake." She crawled to his side. "How do you feel?"

"My back is still sore, but not as bad."

"Good. I managed to slightly heal your back to prevent you from bleeding out, but the wounds are still severe." She gently pushed him down, so he laid on his stomach.

He looked at the purple bruise beginning to appear on her cheek. "Why did he do that?"

"The cell has a spell on it to inform my brother and the others if we use magic in here. I knew they would find out, but I figured since they wanted you alive they wouldn't be too mad." She unwound the bandages on his back. "You need to eat before I work on your injuries." Angel reached over, pulling a tray to them. Slowly, she fed the boy, helping him slightly sit up so he could swallow the food properly.

"Thank you so much." Pith smiled. "You really live up to your name."

"Don't thank me…" she grabbed her old jacket and took part of the blood-soaked portion and wiped up some blood from the ground, leaving only a small sliver of blood with a small hole in the top. "At least my powers don't work as magic." Her finger touched the sliver, freezing it. Now, it looked like a needle; Angel then pulled some hair from her head. "The wounds on your back need to heal. I will have to sew them closed. I'm sorry that I don't have a proper needle and thread, and that this is going to hurt."

Pith gave a tiny smile. "I don't mind pain. Just do it. I'll be fine."

"If you say so." She threaded a strand of her hair into the needle and began to sew the wounds shut.

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Footnotes

(1) I named them Min and Shu because of the first letters of their names, the same as their parents.

(2) This is supposed to mean from Singapore or a nation around that area.

(3) This is the pinyin for the Chinese word for "father", 爸爸. And I have put the pinyin for "mother" in here too, 妈妈.

(4) Sora has probably received armor from Yen Sid by now.

(5) Creates a bomb-like explosion.

(6) Makes the target fly into the air.

VAs:

Li Min- Jennie Kwan (Suki, Enice, Nori Sakurada, Miria Harvent)

Li Shu- Lucy Liu (Viper, Silvermist, Princess Mei, Sio, Alex)

Anxiety

In today's time, anxiety is something that so many people deal with, including me.

I understand how it feels to be so worried and panicky about something. For me, it is social anxiety. And I am in a financial struggle which brings on anxiety.

I've learned much in these last few weeks, and Philippians 4:6 sums up everything that I've learned. "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

When we give our worries to God, we don't have to worry because He has them now. Even my social anxiety, I give it to Him and trust that He is with me when I feel alone and He will give me the friends I need and will give me the courage to step out of my comfort zone.

He can do the same for you.