Author's Note: I was watching a Hannah Montana episode (which by the way, sucked! I'm sorry any Hannah fans!) And I was interested because she had to choose between two guys…I decided to take a spin on that! Enjoy! :)

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As Mulan woke up, she had hoped to wake up to the peaceful sounds of nature: sounds of birds singing in the trees, the rush of the waterfall, or even nearby villagers whistling softly as they worked. Instead she heard more fighting outside her tent. It was Shan and Shang again. She never knew what they were fighting about, because each time she came into the picture, they stopped and avoided talking to each other. Now she would be able to listen in.

"She loves me more than she will ever love you!" Shang yelled at him.

"You don't know that!" Shan yelled back. "Have you noticed that she's rarely talking to you?"

"She also doesn't talk to you much!" Shang argued, "Mulan and I have a history. We have a true love for each other, something you wouldn't understand from meeting her after a week. I know almost every part of her! I bond with her in ways you wouldn't understand."

"Do you hear yourself?" Shan laughed, "All I hear is a whip! Someone has been whipped! Mulan doesn't want a man who is soft! She wants a strong man! One who can stand up and fight for his belief. A man who is just as stubborn as she is."

"And what I hear is Mulan being annoyed for the rest of her life," Shang retorted, "She wants that, but there's a line between annoying and bold. I'm just bold and strong, which is what she needs. You don't know what she needs anyway! I've known her longer! I love her more than you! You're just infatuated with her."

"I am not infatuated with her! I am in love! I don't think you understand that!" Shan shouted.

"Oh yeah? Why do you love her?" Shang asked.

"She's beautiful and strong and everything a woman should be unlike these girls nowadays." Shan said with a smirk, thinking that his answer was good, but Shang laughed.

"Hah!" Shang laughed, "Like I said, you're just lovesick. You don't see past the physical things and underneath. You only know the China story everyone who wasn't in the army knows. While you weaklings stayed in the palace or at home, Mulan and I fought our hardest against the Huns. She trained harder than you know. I saw her weaknesses. I saw her strengths. She saw a side of me, no one in the army ever saw. I truly love her past her glory, past her beauty, past everything you seem to love about her."

Mulan groaned. These men were fighting over her. "How ironic," she thought. It was just about a year ago that the Matchmaker told she would never bring her family honor, in the form of a bride at least. She never thought she'd find someone as great as Shang to marry. Mulan always thought she'd marry some farmer, or if she was lucky, some of a noble status. She never thought she'd marry Shang, someone richer than noble status and richer in his beliefs and strengths. Shang was strong and brave, especially to accept the General position, which his brother hated enough to make him skip out on it and become a part of the Emperor's Counsel instead. But now Mulan found herself between two guys.

Shan also loved her. He was also rich, but not as much as Shang. But then again, what did Mulan care? He was handsome too. Shan could be brave, but he was just so immature at times. He made her laugh, which Shang mostly failed to do. Shan was carefree and wild, something Mulan always was, but with Shang, he tied her down.

Mulan was torn, but she didn't want to get into this fight. So she snuck out of her tent quietly. Shan and Shang were off fighting in the other direction, as usual, near the trees. Mulan's tent was a little far from them so she was unseen. She was almost successful in reaching the lake without being seen, until Shang turned around.

"Mulan!" Shang called out to her.

She winced and turned around to face him. "Yes?" she asked.

"Please tell Shan that it is me whom you love!" Shang replied with a smirk.

"Really, Shang?" Shan retorted, "She loves you? If there's anyone that she has learned to love, it's me!"

"No it's me!" Shang yelled back, turning to face him again.

"No it's me!" Shan yelled and then also faced Shang.

"Pick me Mulan!" Mulan heard Shang's voice in her mind. "No pick me Mulan!" She also heard Shan's. "I love you more than he ever will!" Mulan heard. "He doesn't know what he's talking about!" Mulan's mind was filled with their voices. She couldn't even tell them apart anymore. They all kept yelling her name, getting louder and louder. She tried blocking them out, but the more it bothered her. Their voices soon became haunting to her, calling out her name, begging for her love.

"Stop!" Mulan commanded to the voices and to Shan and Shang as she covered her ears. "I can't take this any longer!" She shook her head, shaking off the tears that fell from her face. It was all too strong for her. Her mind was distraught and unclear. Shang made his way towards her to try and comfort her, but Mulan angrily pushed him away.

"You two have been acting childish this whole time," she told both of them. "I can't take this anymore. We are to be focusing on the mission! Not on me! The mission, must I remind you, is to find Xiaohua! Not to win my love!"

"Will you then tell us whom you love?" Shang asked gently.

Mulan screamed in exasperation. She vehemently threw a rock at Shang, and luckily he dodged it. Mulan knew she wasn't acting like herself, but she couldn't help it. These men were also not acting like themselves. And with the stress of the mission's need to be fulfilled, and the stress these men were putting on her, was driving her crazy.

"You cannot force me to marry, nonetheless one of you." Both men gasped in surprise. They had thought Mulan would pick one of them.

"Maybe you need some rest Mulan," Shan offered, "I can see you're not thinking correctly."

"No," she told him angrily. "I am in my right mind. It's you two who are causing me to go crazy. And honestly, I am sick of you two. But if you must know who I love, then I'll give you the straight answer, no sugar coating, no lies. Just my raw emotions." Both men gulped. They weren't sure about what to expect. They feared her decision.

And right above them, the sky started to darken, as huge rain clouds filled the sky.

Mulan started saying, "Shan," He smiled and released his breath. Shang, on the other hand, was not happy, and just before he was about to protest Mulan continued, "You are wild and crazy and carefree, which is something I love about you and something I am myself. Sometimes I wish Shang was this way. You move based on your heart and what makes you happy, and most of the time, that makes me happy." Shan smiled. "But you and I would be crazy. And there is a fine line between fun and carefree and wild and crazy. You are wild and crazy. And sometimes when I am too wild and crazy, I can count on Shang to be there. I don't see you being the man I can count on as I get older. In fact, I can see you dying younger than I because you're too wild and crazy." Shan's smile turned to a frown, while Shang smiled.

Soon thunder could be heard all around them.

"Oh don't get too happy yet General," Mulan replied, turning Shang's smile into a slight frown. "Yes you're brave. Yes you're handsome. Yes you're wealthy. You love me, you're true to me, and you always keep your promises. My mother loves you and thinks you're an angel sent down from heaven. My father loves you like his own son. You're the perfect gentleman. You're smart and you're gentle to me. All of my friends wish they could marry you."

"Mulan, but what? What's wrong?" Shan bitterly asked, "He's perfect. What else could you want?"

"That's the same question I've been asking myself this whole time. I wish Shang made me laugh the way you do Shan. I wish Shang was wild and crazy for once in his life! I wish he would do something crazy for once, like visit me late at night, when he's not suppose to, or kiss me in the rain when everyone's watching. I wish Shang would get rid of that stupid rule book in his head that governs his every thought and his every decision! Sometimes I wish he was you!"

And as the rain fell upon them, so the tears fell down from a young girl.

"What do you want me to do Mulan?" Shang asked, "Do something stupid? Make a fool out of myself?"

"Yes!" Mulan replied, "Sometimes I wish you could get off your stupid high horse that makes you think you're so perfect and wonderful all the time and notice that it's me you're stepping on! I wish you would embarrass yourself! I wish you went with the idea that made sense to your heart instead of the most sensible thing! For once in my life, I felt alive when Shan came along, and you yourself, you turned into my brother! I know you need to protect me, but you need to learn that I can protect myself. I need you to love me like you would love me! Love me in the way that I need to be loved."

"What do you want me to do?" Shang asked in exasperation, "I don't understand! If Shan makes you happy then why don't you marry him?"

"Because I don't love him!" Mulan yelled, "I love you! I just wish that you would let your heart bleed for once instead of hiding it from me! You love me and you tell me that you would do anything for me! But all I'm asking for is to show me that you love me! What happened to the man I knew? The man who would do small things to surprise me? I know I'm asking for a lot, but all I need to know where your heart is, and right now I don't feel it." Mulan wiped away some tears and finally calmed down enough to say softly, "I know it may seem to you like I'm asking the world to move for me, but all I want to see that you would try and love me enough to do that."

Mulan wiped her tears and got on her horse. "I'm sorry that you and I drifted apart of the past couple of days. That was partially my fault but it was also yours. You let me go." She grabbed her stuff and left her tent there.

"Where are you going?" Shan asked.

"I'm leaving," Mulan replied, and quickly rode off without looking back. She was drenched in the rain, but what did she care?

Shan turned to Shang and looked at him. He just stood there watching her go, as if he was in a trance. Once she was out of sight, he still stayed there staring out into the forest, possibly hoping that she would come back because she left her tent. "Are you going to go after her?" Shan asked, interrupting Shang's thoughts.

"No," Shang replied, "She needs space."

"No," Shan answered him, "What she needs is you. And what better way to show that you love her than to follow her?"

"I've already done something like that," Shang softly answered, "That's not much creativity on my part."

"Are you thinking correctly, nonetheless at all?" Shan asked with a smirk, "The girl isn't asking for any damn creativity! She's asking you to show that you love her! She's asking you to stop thinking so highly of yourself! She's asking you to be wild and crazy! To have fun for once! At least she loves you!"

"And yet," Shang replied, "My heart is telling me to give her space, to let her calm down." Shan knew he couldn't argue with that, and Shang knew that. He had hoped it would stop Shan from pressuring him. But Shang knew it was wrong, because what Shang's heart was really telling him now was that he was a coward: for letting her go, for not going after her, and for hiding away his feelings from her.