KH – KH

After Sora, Melody, Donald and Goofy left Hollow Bastion; they went to Land of Dragons. They walked by a clearing and saw a person there wearing what looked like a soldier's uniform, and on the rock in front of them was the shadow of something.

"A heartless?" Donald whispered.

"Let's get the jump on him!" Sora replied.

"Garwsh, maybe we should look before we leap!" Goofy said, but the two of them didn't listen and charged right in.

The person yelped and something ran into their arms before they ducked.

"Is that Mushu?" Goofy asked, coming into the scene.

Mushu popped his head out and said, "That's right! I know ya'll heard of me! I'm little, lethal, and legendary! So, ya'll better scram before I get my dragon dander up!"

"Hey Mushu, we missed you!"

"Yeah? Well, you better hope I missed you or else your– Sora, Donald, Goofy!"

"Do you know them?" The person asked.

"Know them? Man, we used to kick all kinds of bad guy butt together. Yeah, you know, I helped these guys out of a lot of tight spots, because I'm a mighty dragon… right?"

"Something like that." Sora then looked at the other person, "And you are?"

"I'm Mulan… I mean…"

"Ping!" Mushu corrected.

"Mulan Ping?"

Mulan then changed her voice, trying to sound more like a man. "Just Ping! I am Ping, son of Fa Zu!"

"You know Mushu?"

"Mushu is one of my family's guardians."

"We didn't know we were borrowing someone as important as a family guardian!"

"That's right! That means that you guys are up to your eyeballs in debt to Ping here!" Mushu said after he climbed onto "Ping's" shoulders.

"Mushu!" Ping whispered.

"Aw, they don't mind, isn't that right?"

"Hm… sounds fair." Sora nodded.

"See, Ping here was just on his way over to join the imperial army! We gotta go find the other recruits over at the training camp!"

"Would you join us? It would be easier to fit in if I'm with guys, like you!" Ping asked.

"What do you mean 'fit in'?"

"Oh well… don't worry about that!"

"You're pretending to be a boy, aren't ya?" Goofy guessed.

"Wha–?"

"You're a… girl?" Sora asked, just as shocked as Donald.

"…You didn't notice?"

"Not me."

"I think it's working."

"I don't know… those two would fall for anything." Mushu said, and they started walking away.

"I'm right here!" Sora cried.

Melody laughed at that, and that's when Mushu noticed her. He hopped on her shoulders and asked, "Who is this?"

"This is Melody, Riku's cousin."

"Riku? Is he a friend of yours?" Mulan asked.

Sora nodded. "My best friend."

"And future boyfriend…" Melody whispered.

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

"Oh? Well then, now that we know everybody, let's get a move on!" Mushu said.

All six of them started walking towards the camp; when they got to the entrance of the camp, however, Ping turned around and said to Melody, "You are going to have to stay out here."

"What? Why?"

"Because women aren't allowed in the army." Mushu explained. "Why do you think that my girl, Mulan, has to pretend to be a man?"

"But I'm a good fighter!"

"Melody, you're going to get us all in trouble if you go in here. Just stay out here, please?"

Melody sighed. "Fine, but I'm not happy about."

"Don't worry, Melody." Sora said, placing his hand on her shoulder. "You'll help us out somehow later!"

"I guess I'll just… stay out here and meditate then." Melody said as she sat down by the river, closed her eyes, and began to meditate.

While Melody meditated, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and "Ping" went into the encampment and Sora got in the line.

"About time we got some grub!" A man said as he pushed Sora out of the way.

"Hey! No cutting!" Sora cried.

"Get out!" Donald added and the man turned around, punching Sora in the face. Donald then tackled the man and started hitting him.

"Back off!"

"No!"

Then, one other guy joined the fight and so did Sora while others watched.

"Please!" Ping said and they all stopped, staring at him.

"Please?" One of the guys asked.

"What a girl!"

"Uh… knock it off!"

"Knock what off?"

"You punched me!" Sora said.

"Cutting in line!" Donald added again.

"What a shrimp!"

"Who you calling a shrimp, panda lips? I'm a bona fide guardian dragon!" Mushu cried, and Ping forced him back behind her.

"Look! Let's just get back in line, okay?"

"Whose side are you on? I just got slugged!" Sora whined.

"Want some more?"

"Soldiers, get back in line!" Someone commanded.

"The captain!" One of the guys said, and they all did as they were told.

Suddenly, heartless appeared around them.

"What are they?" Ping asked.

"Heartless!" Sora replied, "Ping, I hope you're ready." The four of them then started battling the heartless and after they defeated a few, more came. "Where are they all coming from?"

Back outside the camp, Melody heard them and thought, 'They told me not to go in there!' She then looked around and spotted what looked to be a suit of armor that was just sitting on the ground, so she quickly picked it up and put it on before heading into the camp also. (The armor looked almost exactly like Mulan's armor.) Once she got in there, she helped get rid of the rest of the heartless.

"Melody?" Sora asked. "Why are you wearing that?"

"To hide the fact that I'm a girl also. Is it working?" She whispered.

"Yeah."

"Good."

"Thanks for your help, by the way!"

"You're welcome."

Then, the captain came up to them and asked, "You four, what are your names?"

"Sora."

"Donald."

"Goofy."

"…Hao." Melody thought, quickly.

"Your fighting skills are encouraging."

"I'm the son of Fa Zu." Mulan said.

The captain simply looked at her from top to bottom and said, "You should go home."

"But… that would dishonor my family!"

"Would you rather dishonor my troops?"

"Don't make me…" Ping growled and got into a fighting stance, but Melody (or Hao) grabbed her shoulder.

"Just give him a chance, Captain." Sora said, "He's a strong fighter."

Shang sighed, and said, "…Fine, I'll give you a couple tests to see how good you are."

"Thank you, sir. I promise I'll make you proud."

"Then when you're ready, come see me for your assignments."

"Yes sir!" All five of them said.

After the first few missions, which included clearing heartless out of the campsite, the five of them were sent up to clear a path to the summit of the mountain. Once they cleared the path, some of the soldiers came up and congratulated them.

"And thanks to you, Ping. You were great!" One of the guys said.

"Thank you." He said and let three men pass. "But… the captain…"

"Captain!" Sora said as he walked up to them.

"Good work." Was all he said before moving on.

After the soldiers got situated up at the town near the summit, Shang had given the five of them a new mission which was to go to the summit in search of Shan Yu. When they got to the summit, however, everything looked pretty clear. There was no sign of anyone, anywhere.

"Well, I guess that answers that question." Melody said. "There's no sign of Shan Yu… or any heartless for that matter, so I think we can report back to Shang now."

Suddenly, the shadow of something appeared behind a rock and started moving towards them, and they got ready to fight, thinking it was a heartless; however, when they actually saw what was making that shadow, they calmed down. Standing in front of them was no heartless, but instead, a dragon. The dragon was bigger than Mushu and had wings, but it was still relatively small; it was all white and had emerald green eyes. The dragon also had small spikes running down its neck, back, and down to its tail.

The dragon simply stood there, staring at them for a minute before flying into the air a bit and flew in circles around Melody.

"Hey! Whoa!" Melody cried and the dragon landed on her shoulders. "Hello?"

"What have we got here?" Mushu asked.

"Is that a dragon too?" Sora asked.

"Yep, and a female dragon at that!"

"Well, why is she hanging around me?" Melody wondered.

"I think she's choosing you."

"Choosing me?"

"Yeah, to be her master."

"I'm a dragon master?" Melody asked, and then laughed. "Who knew?"

A little bit later, back at the village, all of them were listening to Mushu, who was telling them that he knew where Shan Yu was.

"Was Shan Yu by himself?" Melody asked.

"Yes."

"Great! If we can take him down now, then we'll be heroes and no one else will have to risk getting hurt!"

"Yeah!" Sora agreed with a nod.

"If that's your plan, then count me in! I spotted Shan Yu in the cave just outside the village."

They all went into the cave and walked down its long, narrow path before arriving in a domelike room with no other exits besides the way they had come.

"Dead–end…"

"There's no one here."

"You're crazy. Check again!"

"I guess Shan Yu's not here after all." Melody said and walked out, followed by Donald and Goofy.

"Hey! Wait up!" Sora called and tried to follow too, but was separated from them by a force field that suddenly appeared.

"Sora," Melody cried. "Look out!"

Heartless had suddenly appeared around Sora and Mulan, so they started fighting them off. When all the heartless were defeated, the force field disappeared and they met back up.

"It was a trap!" She said. "Which means that Shan Yu must have been here at some point!"

"Let's go back and check on everyone!" Sora said, and they ran off back to the village, only to find that the whole village had pretty much been destroyed. Sora gasped, horrified at the site of the burnt down village.

Melody and Ping walked into the village while Melody's dragon flew up into the air to see how bad the damage was from up in the sky.

Ping looked over and saw Shang kneeling on the ground, covering an injury. "Captain!"

Everyone ran up to Shang to make sure that he was alright.

"Don't overdo it, captain." Melody said.

"It's just a scratch." Shang said and tried to stand up properly, but the pain was too much and he groaned, falling back down.

"Captain, the enemy, where did they go?"

"They went… towards the summit."

"We'll stop them!"

"It kinda is our fault." Goofy said.

"Yeah…"

"You mean my fault." Mushu said.

"No, it's not our fault, it's Shan–Yu's!"

"So, let's go to the summit and stop him!" Sora said, and they ran towards the summit. When they got there, they saw Shan–Yu standing at the top with his falcon flying around him. Then, a bunch of heartless appeared around him and he pointed his sword towards them all.

"Attack!" He commanded and the heartless headed for everyone. They all started fighting off the heartless and appeared to be winning when Shan–Yu sent another wave at them.

Suddenly, Melody's dragon flew off her shoulders and into the air. She then turned into a larger dragon and let out a loud roar which caused all the heartless to vanish into darkness out of panic. "…Whoa!"

"Did you know that she could do that?" Melody asked Mushu.

"No, I had no idea."

The dragon then turned back into her smaller form and flew back up onto Melody's shoulders.

Shan–Yu then let out a growl and charged at them himself with more heartless behind him.

"Great…" Melody groaned and got ready for more fighting.

"Don't worry. We'll handle this." Ling said as he, Yao, and Chein–Po walked up, holding a dragon shaped cannon.

Ping then got an idea as he looked up at the mountain next to them, and he ran up, taking the cannon with him. "Sorry." When he got a little closer, and when Shan–Yu was practically in front of him, he positioned the cannon at the mountain, but then realized something; he had nothing to light the fuse with! Ping then looked at Mushu and grabbed him, using him as a lighter.

"You missed! How could you miss? He was three feet in front of you?" Mushu cried as the cannon shot him off to the mountain, and when it hit, snow started falling down, causing an avalanche. (That line is better than what they had in the game!)

"Yes!" Ping cheered.

"Captain?" Sora asked when he saw him coming with two soldiers behind him.

"Look out!" Ping cried, and they all ran for it to avoid getting buried.

Sora tried to make a run for it too, but one of his feet got stuck. "Ah, guys help!"

"Don't worry, Sora, we're–" Donald got cut off when he and Goofy were about to go get him, but Melody ran past them and got Sora unstuck herself. "Coming…"

Melody then grabbed Sora's hand and they ran, getting to safety just in time.

After the avalanche stopped, Sora finally spoke up. "Wow! Thanks for that, Melody! You're a life saver… literally!"

She laughed. "No problem!"

"That was quick thinking." Shang said to Ping.

"It… was nothing." Ping said and they got up off the ground.

"From now on, Ping, you have my full trust."

"Thank you… Captain!"

Then, Mushu came up from the snow and shook himself off. "First, she uses me as a match, and then she shoots me from a cannon! You know, I'm getting sick of this, Mulan! Let's just pack up our things and go home, girl!"

"Mushu…" He whispered, and Mushu realized that Shang had heard everything; he gasped and covered his mouth.

"Mulan? A woman? It can't be!" Shang growled.

"Ping!" Sora called as he, Melody, Donald, and Goofy ran up to them.

"You all knew, didn't you? You all knew that Ping was really a woman in disguise!"

"We, uh… what?" Melody asked, and then glared at Mushu.

"I can't believe you lied to me!" Shang said to Ping, and he winced. "The punishment for deceiving and dishonoring the army… is death!"

"Captain…" Sora whispered.

"…Get out of my sight! You're all dismissed!" He ordered. "My debt is repaid. The rest of you, let's go! The emperor is waiting!" He left and the rest of them followed.

After all the soldiers left, "Ping" and "Hao" took off their armor and "Ping" untied his bun; Ping and Hao were now back to being Mulan and Melody.

"…I guess it really is time for us to go home now, Mushu." Mulan said.

"Yeah," Mushu said. "Your daddy is going to be more steamed then a than a fresh bun roll."

Mulan sighed at that comment.

"Don't worry!" Melody said, coming up behind Sora and wrapping her arms around his neck. "We'll take our share of the blame!"

She smiled. "Thanks. You're all great friends!"

"We try!" She said and started to head down the mountain.

"Melody, wait!" Sora cried and ran after her.

"What?"

"You can't head off on your own like that."

"Why not?"

"Well, because… I want to make sure that you stay safe."

"You're taking care of me?"

"Don't thank me."

She chuckled. "Sora, as sweet as your concern is for me, I can take care of myself."

"…You sound like Riku."

"Well, it's true."

"I know it is, but still."

Melody hugged Sora. "Thanks for the concern."

Suddenly, they heard a yell and they looked over the ledge and saw that Shan–Yu was there with a few heartless and they were heading towards the imperial city.

Melody growled. "What's it going to take to kill this guy?"

"He's heading for the imperial city! We have to warn Shang!" Mulan said.

Suddenly, Melody's dragon got off her shoulders and transformed into her larger dragon form again. She then lied down and motioned for them to get on her back.

"You… want to give us a ride?" Melody asked and the dragon nodded. "Well, um… okay." She got on and everyone else got on also. The dragon then got back up on her legs, let out a roar, and flew into the air, towards the imperial city.

"Melody, have you ever flown a dragon before?" Donald asked, a bit freaked.

"No, first time actually!"

When they finally made it to the courtyard of the palace, they got off the dragon and ran up to Shang who was leading everyone else towards the entrance.

"Shang," Mulan called. "Shan–Yu is alive! He's here!"

"Why should I believe you this time?"

"But… she's telling the truth!" Melody growled

"…Who are you?"

"I was Hao; I was pretending to be a man also, but my real name is Melody."

"We were lying also?"

"Yes, but that's not the point here! Mulan is telling the truth! You're not listening to her because she's a girl, right?"

"I'm not listening because she lied to me once, so why should I trust her?" He said and tried to walk away, but Melody stepped right in front of him.

"Why else would she come back? You said that you gave Ping your full trust, why is Mulan any different?" (That's a line from the actual movie, remember? …Not the exact line, but yeah.)

Sora heard a cry and looked up to see Shan–Yu's falcon. "Captain!"

Shang suddenly realized that if his falcon was there, then Shan–Yu also had to be around somewhere. "Guard the palace!" He ordered. "Do not let the enemy anywhere near the emperor! That's an order!" Suddenly, the soldiers that hadn't gone to the palace transformed into heartless.

"Captain, we'll stay here and secure the courtyard! You go save the emperor!"

"That's an order!" Donald said, and Shang gave an affirmative nod before heading for the palace himself.

"Ready to fight, Melody?"

She nodded. "I'm always ready when it comes to fighting, Sora!" She said as she drew her blade, and Sora noticed that she had a determined look in her eyes; it was the same determined look that Riku used to give him all the time.

He shook his head. 'Concentrate, Sora! Don't let that look distract you!' He thought and they fought off the heartless in the courtyard.

"The emperor's in danger!" Mulan said, and they ran off towards the palace where they saw Shan–Yu standing there with his sword right in front of the emperor.

"Now you'll bow to me." He said and looked at them, almost as if daring them to try something.

Suddenly, Shang dropped down in front of Shan–Yu and punched him, knocking him to the ground. He then led the emperor into the palace and the soldiers shut the door.

Then, the five of them got in front of the door, all had their weapons pointed at Shan–Yu.

"It ends now!" Mulan said.

"Right now." Sora added.

They finally had their final standoff against Shan–Yu and won.

"Aw yeah! Mulan's the best, Mulan's the best!" Mushu said, dancing around. "No, wait a minute! I'm the best! Mushu's the best!"

After they were all thanked by the emperor himself for their help, Shan–Yu's sword began to glow and it shot a beam of light into the air. Sora's keyblade appeared and he pointed it at the keyhole that had appeared, opening up another gate. "Well… I guess we better take that as a sign and go."

"You'll come back to visit us, right?" Mulan asked.

"Wouldn't miss it for the universe!"

Shang nodded and said, "We will look forward to your return."

"You two play nice." Sora said, which earned a laugh from Melody.

"Whoa! Watch it, soldier!"

Melody's dragon tried to get back up on her shoulders, but Melody stopped her. "Wait! You can't come with us."

"She has to." Mushu said.

"But she belongs here."

"Melody, once a dragon chooses their master, they won't ever leave their side." Mushu said and gave Mulan a hug. "That's why I'm staying with Mulan for a lifetime!"

Melody sighed and let the dragon get on her shoulders. "Alright, but I hope you don't mind going to other worlds. We're trying to find my cousin."

"Oh, right. That boy you mentioned earlier." Mulan said. "Riku, was it?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I hope you guys find him soon."

"I do too." Sora said, and they left.

KH – KH

Chapter two is finally done, but I've got a long way to go before this whole story is done! Please tell me what you think!

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