*A.N. I am so sorry for the wait on this chapter. It took me awhile to find the time, and unfortanetly this will be the last one for some time until I finish upgrading my labtop. So enjoy this new chapter and i will update as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.*

Chapter 4

"So where are we going?" Train asked from the back of the ship.

"Not a clue. We won't find out till we get there." Sora answered as he navigated the ship though the path that Donald claimed was the way to go. After several minutes they approached a planet and disembarked into a forest of bamboo.

"So where are we? You guys ever been here before?" Train asked as he bushed his way to the path.

"No. This is new." Goofy said as he followed. Once they were out of the forest they started down a path until they saw a warrior standing there and what looked like a dragon heartless.

"A heartless?"Donald asked.

"Let's get the jump on him." Sora nodded

"Wait guys. Maybe we should look before we leap!"Goofy called out as Train watched Sora and Donald run at the heartless. Once they were closer they saw that the heartless was a small red lizard looking animal that jumped onto the warrior.

"Mushu!" Sora yelled out.

"That's right! I know you've heard of me. I'm little, lethal and legendary! Now you best get out of here before I get my dragon dander up."

"Hey Mushu. We missed you." Sora said.

"Well you better hope I miss you…" the lizard said as it looked up "Sora! Donald! Goofy!"

"Why is that lizard talking?" Train whispered.

"Hey! Dragon not lizard! I don't do that tongue thing." He exclaimed.

"This is Mushu. He helped us in our last adventure." Sora said.

"Mushu, you know them?" the woman asked.

"Yeah. Me and Sora used to kick all kinds of bad guy butt." The tiny dragon said as they walked closer.

"And who are you?"Train asked the warrior.

"I'm Mulan. I mean . . ."

"Ping!" Mushu interjected.

"Mulan Ping?" Donald asked.

"Just Ping. Son of Fa Zhou. Mushu is one of my family's guardians." Ping said.

"We didn't know we were borrowing someone as important as a family guardian." Goofy stated.

"That's right." Mushu said mischievously "And that puts you in debt up to your eyeballs to Ping here. Well guess what kiddies, its payback time."

"Mushu." Ping warned.

"Don't worry about it, they don't mind." He replied.

"Sounds fair." Sora agreed.

"You see Ping here was just on his way to join the Imperial Army."

"Would you join us? It will be easier to fit in with guys like you." Ping said.

"What do you mean "Fit in"?" Donald asked.

'Ping's a girl.' Train thought as he stood there.

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

"WHAT? You're a girl?" Sora exclaimed as shock appeared all over his and Donald face.

"You didn't notice?" Ping asked. After the both of them denied having noticed she said to Mushu "I think its working."

"I don't know. Those two would fall for anything." He said.

"Hey! We're right here you know!" Sora exclaimed as Ping with Mushu on his shoulder walked past. They then followed Ping to the camp where Train started exploring. After walking around for a few minutes he saw that Sora and Donald had started a fight with two other soldiers. As they fought he saw the one in red reaching for his sword. Moving faster than the eye could follow he went behind the soldier and placed the barrel of Hades behind his head.

"Fists are ok in a brawl but if you take out that sword here then I might have to show you brains to everyone around here." He threatened.

"Enough!" A voice called out.

"The captain." Said the man who had been fighting Donald. They all got back in line quickly as a man with a red cape that marked him as a commander walked by. Once he had passed Heartless appeared out of the ground.

"What are those?" Ping asked.

"Heartless."Sora answered as the soldiers ran off. Acting quickly they five of them began to attack the emerging enemies. Train leaped to the top of a nearby tent and began shooting the shadows as they emerged. After a few minutes of shooting a new type attacked him on his perch. This one wore what looked like a robe of sorts and floated around casting lightning down on its enemies. Train leapt from his perch moments before the lightning struck and fired two bullets at it. Rolling once he hit the ground he turned to see that the enemy still floated after him. Going through his bullet stores he took out one of Sven's specialty bullets and loaded it.

"Try this." He muttered. He then pulled the trigger and the bullet shot out and exploded on impact with the target.

"Man Sven. You really know how to make a burst bullet." He laughed as he saw the heart fly up from the defeated body. Once the heartless were defeated the five of them were called before the captain.

"What are your names?" he asked.

"Sora"

"Donald"

"Goofy"

"Train"

"You four are welcome in my army." He said.

"I'm the son of Fa Zhou…" Ping began

"You should leave." The captain said.

"But the disgrace to my family." Ping protested.

"Would you rather disgrace the army?"

"Ping just needs some more training. Give him a few missions and he'll prove how good he is." Train said.

"So you want a test? Very well. Shaun Yu's army is passing through the mountains on their way to the imperial capital." The captain began.

"We'll crush them." Donald said confidently.

"I doubt that. You five will act as scouts and find a safe way for our forces to pass through. You have three missions to carry out before we can march." He said. After a brief explanation of what to do they left the camp to the river that they would cross before scaling the mountain path.

"Alright. So all we have to do is deal with the incoming enemies while the soldiers prep the rockets that we will be taking up the mountain." Train reiterated.

"Pretty much. It's an easy job." Sora said confidently.

"By the way how many types of heartless are there anyway?"

"Well it varies. Each world gets its own specific type of heartless, but the shadows and the soldiers are kind of like a wild card. They go to wherever they want." Sora said.

"And what about those white ones with that weird symbol on them?"

"Those are called nobodies. If a person with a strong heart gets turned into a heartless then the body stays behind and gains a will of its own. They are strong and cunning, and are ruled by Organization XIII." He explained.

"Ok. So what would happen if a heartless found it's nobody?"

"I don't know. I suppose that they would go back to being a regular person." Was the final answer as heartless appeared. Once they finished fighting off the heartless they returned to camp and were given there next assignment. They were to go back to the river and deal with Shaun Yu's advance force before they reached the camp or the road to the capital. Once they were in position they saw the heartless appear. Leading them were the floating heartless and a new one. It was a large creature with the upper body of a man but from the waist down he had the body of a bull and in his right hand he carried a wicked looking lance.

"Sora, I'll deal with the big guy." Train said as he aimed Hades.

"Ok Train. Don't get yourself killed though." He said as they began the attack. Charging at the giant heartless he grabbed the extendable rope attachment at the end of Hades grip and extended it to its full length of 10 meters and wrapped it around the lance and the heartless's chest, keeping it pinned. Then leaping high he let the reel pull him at an amazing speed towards the target, spinning around it three times and slashing it with the orichalcum point that protruded off the barrel.

"Black Claw." Train said, his eyes taking on the glare that he had when he got serious. Turning he saw that the others were still fighting the massive swarm of heartless . Only a single shot sounded but six heartless disappeared from in front of Ping. After he reloaded Hades he leapt to the top of a large rock out cropping and started picking off the heartless. Once they were all defeated they returned to the camp and were given the final test. Apparently ten heartless had snuck into the camp and they were ordered to find and eliminate them. After a brief search they found the ten and reported to the captain.

"You've done well." He said.

"And what about Ping?" Train said casually.

"I suppose that he has improved a bit."

"Not a bit, a lot!" Donald snapped.

"No he's right. Give me one last test, I'll prove what I'm really capable of." Ping declared.

"Very well. One last mission. I want the five of you to scout a way up the mountain to the village where we are to stop Shaun Yu's army, find a path that will get us up there." He ordered. They then left and began to find the way through the mountain road, dealing with the occasional patrol. Once they reached the village the captain approached and simply said "You can stay in my army, but I still have my doubts." They then situated themselves into the village when Mushu came back and told them that he had seen a suspicious looking man entering a cave near the village.

"You guys go check it out. I'll stay here and keep an eye on things." Train said as he leaned against a building with a cup of milk in his hands. Not long after they had left Train climbed to a rooftop and observed the path that they were to be defending when he saw the incoming army.

"Captain! The enemy is approaching!" Train yelled as he gauged the distance.

'They are about 50 meters away and closing fast. At this rate by the time we mobilize they will be at the village gates.' He thought. Loading Hades with Sven's Burst Bullets he fired at the incoming horde. Unfortunately they arrived faster than Train had anticipated and they soon began to destroy the village. Train leapt from building to building, attacking the heatless but by the time they retreated they had destroyed the village.

"What happened?" Sora asked as he ran into the village with the others following behind.

"Shaun Yu's army." Train panted "They came in while you guys were in the cave. We held them off for as long as possible but it wasn't good enough. They torched the place and then retreated. They are heading for the summit."

After checking on the survivors the five of them quickly climbed to the summit where they saw Shaun Yu stood. After a fierce roar Heartless appeared and began attacking. After battling for several minutes and destroying most of the initial wave Shaun Yu charged down with reinforcements.

"Well this is not good." Train groaned. Then the remaining soldiers came up with one of the few rockets that weren't destroyed during the attack on the village. They started to aim at Shaun Yu when Ping grabbed the rocket and aimed it at the mountain, grabbing Mushu and using him like a lighter Ping lit the rocket and launched it at the mountains with Mushu on it. It struck and set off an avalanche that swept up Shaun Yu and his army and almost caught Train and the rest of the army who started running as soon as they saw it. Once Train caught his senses he moved towards the others only to hear "The price for deceiving the imperial army is death. Get out of my sight. My debt is repaid." He said coldly. He then walked off with the rest of the army.

"Let me guess. Mushu blew the secret?" Train asked.

"It was an accident." Mushu declared.

"What now?" Sora asked.

"I guess I should go home." Ping said.

"Man your daddy's going to be steamed like a chicken dumpling." Mushu said shaking his head.

"So what should we call you?" Goofy asked.

"Mulan. I am actually Fa Mulan." She said as she removed her armor and took out the pin that held up her hair. They then began to make their way down the mountain when they suddenly heard the sound of Shaun Yu bellowing. Running to the edge of a cliff they saw Shaun Yu had risen from the snow and was heading towards the capitol.

"We have to stop him." Mulan said.

"But he just popped out of the snow! Like Daisies!" Mushu yelled.

"Doesn't matter. If we don't who will." Train said. They then ran down the path all the way to the capitol.

"Captain!" they yelled as they approached.

"Shaun Yu's alive! He's on his way here!" Mulan explained.

"And why should I believe you?" he snapped.

"Because it's the truth." Sora said. Then they looked up to the palace and saw Shaun Yu standing there.

"Defend the emperor!" the captain ordered. Then several of the soldiers transformed into heartless.

"Go captain. We'll deal with them." Sora said as the five of them went back to back and prepared to fight the enemy. Moving quickly Train leapt into the air and loaded a single bullet into the gun.

"Clear out!" Train ordered as he fired. The others ran towards the stairs and to help out the captain as the bullet hit the ground and exploded with a deafening boom. Once the smoke cleared all of the heartless had been defeated he ran up the stairs. Once at the top he saw that Sora had changed. He was swinging around two keyblades and he was moving with incredible speed and he then noticed that Goofy was gone. After throwing Shaun Yu around like a rag doll he changed back to normal and Goofy was back.

'What was that?' Train thought as he watched them continue to fight. Train then ran into the fray and caught Shaun Yu from behind and used Hades to attack him from behind. Once he had entered the fray Sora and Mulan used a tag team attack that had them floating around the area with Mushu shooting fireballs and the other two slashing at Shaun Yu. Once they finished the tag team Shaun Yu started moving with incredible speed that the others couldn't keep up with him. Train quickly aimed his gun and loaded a bullet with a blue band around it. Firing it he bounced it off the floor and watched it hit Shaun Yu's leg and freeze it.

"You're finished. That bullet was filled with nitroglycerin, and if you move you will shatter." He said calmly as he loaded a regular bullet into the gun. "See you in hell." Train then pulled the trigger and ended Shaun Yu's life as he disappeared into a pool of darkness.

Once things had calmed down the emperor emerged and awarded Mulan for her service to China. Once they finished Shaun Yu's sword rose into the air and the keyblade opened a new path to another world.

"Well we have to go now. Play nice you two." Sora said as they left.

"Whoa watch it there soldier." The captain barked.