Mulan's Fight: Never Back Down

by FlowersInAdversity

Ping's true gender was revealed after the avalanche, but only Shang knows. He'll keep her secret, but at a costly price. Just how far-reaching can the consequences of one's seemingly secret sins be? Trigger warnings: Deals with subjects of rape, domestic violence, suicide and PTSD. Rating this M for language due to the presence of the F-bomb, war violence and sexual subject matter.

18. Chapter 18

The next night, Mulan joined Zhou in the temple. She had learned meditation over the years and knew it possibly could help Zhou move on from his alcoholism.

It did help. He meditated several times a day. Two months later, he was able to return to Wu Zhong for the last two months of training.

Qiang grew up and married a girl from their village and continued to work as a medic with Zhou and Ling.

Shang died at the age of 65 and Mulan lived to be 70. They were married 36 years.

The End

I know this is kind of abrupt, but I've had zero inspiration for this story lately. Actually, I'm experiencing a huge writer's block at this time.