Author's Note: This chapter is greatly influenced by Here Today by Paul McCartney! Sad, sad song. It was my repeat song as I wrote this chapter. I now love him more than ever after seeing him. Anyways, I apologize for my long absence…school kills. But if you ever get tired of reading this story, go and read my new story, Reasons to Hate You. Thanks to all my faithful readers who still stayed and continued to read in my long absence! I'll be updating next weekend! R&R!

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"What are you doing here?" Mulan angrily asked as she seethed through her teeth. "Get out of here before I kill you!"

"Wait, wait," Shan smirked, "Don't you want to hear what I have to say first, my love?" He then winked at her.

"Don't you dare ever do that to me again!" Mulan warned him. And she felt, or actually she had a gut feeling that somehow, what Mushu had said to her was coming true.

"Why not, after all we are to be married, are we not?" He winked at her again.

Mulan immediately jumped off her horse. Su and Xiaohua knew exactly where this was going, so they jumped off too. They immediately grabbed her arms but she pushed them away. Mao, Xiaohua's old lover, also showed up and along with the girls, tried to hold Mulan back. But that was to no avail either. Then all of a sudden three men who looked like the guy Mulan killed back at Lord Chin's palace showed up and helped, Mao, Su, and Xiaohua hold her back. "Come here and fight me like a man!" Mulan taunted him, "You can't even stand up to a girl, so you send four guys to hold me back!"

Shan walked up to her and looked her in the eyes. She was fighting against the three men and kicking them in a sensitive spot. Yet they held the pain and held her back. Mulan spit on Shan's face and he quickly rubbed it off. "This is no way to act for a lady." Shan replied, still wiping the spit off his face.

"Oh so should I act like you then?" Mulan sarcastically asked.

Shan finished wiping his face and glared at Mulan. "Like it or not, you and I belong together. We were made for each other. I have seen the future, and you and I have six kids like you wanted. We live in a nice house near the palace, and I go to work every day early in the morning and come home late at night. This all would have happened, if Shang hadn't cut me from the Army. You and I would have met and fallen in love."

"What have you done with Shang?" Mulan angrily asked. "Tell me where he is!"

Shan shrugged and walked away. Mulan, using the knowledge she knew of every pressure point, kicked those four men, causing them to fall to the ground. She then charged at Shan. But before she could throw a punch, he turned around and got a hold of her right arm. For a while they just stared at each other. Mulan was angry, but still in control, while Shan just stared at her smugly. As Shan leaned in for a kiss, Mulan grabbed the arm he was using to hold her arm, and flipped him over her, tossing him on the ground. Mulan turned him on his back, and grabbed one of the swords. She put it to his neck, causing him to bleed a little.

"Stop please!" Shan cried. "It hurts!" He was wincing and tearing up a bit. Apparently he wasn't as much of a man as Mulan had thought. She smirked at this and wondered how far she could push it. "Please Mulan I'm begging you! I'll do anything!"

"I might just kill you! You are no use to me!" Mulan fake warned.

But neither Su nor Xiaohua could see that. "Mulan, please!" Su pleaded with her. "Please don't hurt him!"

"Yeah listen to her!" Shan begged pathetically, "I honestly don't know where Shang is. But I thought that maybe I could go after you since Shang is gone. All I know is that they're taking him to the border and if you don't hurry, they might trade him to the Huns. Please don't hurt me! Just let me go!"

Mulan scoffed and stood up. She took off the armor he wore and put it on her. It was lighter and a bit smaller for some reason. Mulan then glared at him as he stood up. Shan dusted himself and winced as he touched the small cut Mulan. It was deep but not so big. He groaned. Mulan laughed and walked back to Khan. Xiaohua got on her horse and helped Su get on.

Shan walked over to Mulan's horse. She immediately turned in the opposite direction, avoiding his eyes. Shan sighed. "Listen," he said to her softly, "I love you. I really do. You're the only girl I actually and truly love. I've never felt this way with anyone else before. I don't understand what happened after you fell into my arms and thanked me. Did I do something wrong? Please tell me so I can fix it. I need to know where I went wrong."

Mulan turned back and faced him, "When you made me fall in love with you." She replied nastily.

Shan sighed. "Okay," he answered, "I understand. But you didn't have to answer so harshly. You know you were in love with me too. I want the best for you, but I can't help but think that the best for you is to be with me." He reached for her hand but she moved it away.

"Shan," she replied gently, "Shang loves me and I love him. We are to be married. And that's how it's meant to be." She then ran off.

Su and Xiaohua threw him a sympathetic look and followed after her. And from the corner of her eye, she looked back at Shan and couldn't help but silently cry.