Hello everybody, I have returned with a brand new chapter. And this time, our heroes are going to their first official world, that world being...the Land of Dragons :)
Now, this world I just realized is going to be the most challenging, because as one reviewer told me, Ruby doesn't want to hide her gender or fighting skills...So I need to figure out what to do….Well, I'll figure it out as I do along with the writing process.
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The World that Never Was/Holding Cell
Weiss groaned a bit, her head was seriously pounding, almost as if she was hit by something. As she rubbed her head, she heard some banging noises, and it hurt her ears a bit. She then opened her eyes to see that Nora was using her hammer to try to bust down large bars. After Weiss got some of her vision, she saw that she, along with the rest of her team (minus Ruby) Ren, Nora, Qrow, and Oscar were in some kind of holding cell.
"What the?" Weiss asked as she then looked around, outside the cell it looked to be all white, with some features. "What's going on?" She asked the others.
"Weiss!" Yang said as she went over to the former heiress and hugged her. "Thank god you woke up." She said, and Weiss got a good look at Yang, she could see that the brawler was not looking too good, her hair being a bit of a mess, and her eyes being all red, but not for anger.
"Yang? What's going on? Where are we? And what about Ruby?" She asked her.
Yang took a deep breath. "We don't know...I don't even know if Ruby is alright, all I know is that we get knocked out by those creeps, and next thing I know, we are stuck in this...cell!"
"Your leader isn't the only one who's missing!" they turned to see Nora coming over to them. "Jaune is not here with us either!" She said, now she was not very happy, not just because they were stuck in this cell, but also because they were without their leader.
Ren sighed a bit and put a hand on Noras' shoulder. "We have been trying to get out of this place, I tried shooting it, Qrow has tried slashing it, along with Blake, and Yang and Nora have been trying to bust it down...but nothing is working so far." The ninja said with concern. "And you're right, Ruby and Jaune are not here with us, neither is Sun."
"Just who are these people?" Blake asked as she walked over to the rest of them. "And what do they want with us?" She asked.
Ren looked at her. "I don't know, but it can't be good." He said to them, "The important thing is to calm down and find a way out of here." He said to them
The others had to agree, but Weiss was uncertain about something. "But," she said. "What about Ruby, Jaune, and Sun?" She asked them with worry in her face and voice.
Yang's hair burst into flame a bit. "I'm gonna beat the living hell out of those bastards if they touch my sister!"
"That's it, give into your hatred and anger." A familiar voice said, making them all look around. "And I think I told you before, that your weapons and semblances are useless in this cell." He said.
Nora gave a wicked grin. "I'll keep on banging at this cell for as long as I damn want to!" She said, "Where're our friends?" She asked.
Then a portal of darkness had appeared, making them all get alarmed, and a figure in a black coat had stepped right out of it. "Safe...for now." He said with a monotone voice.
Qrow then got right up to the cell and stared hatefully at the man. "If you laid a hair on my niece, I swear to god…" He growled.
"Are you angry?" the man asked him. "Do you hate me?" He asked.
"Jee, what do you think?" Qrow asked with anger. "You attack us? Kidnap us, and now my niece and her friends are out there. Who are you working for? Cinder? Salem?" He asked the man.
The man shook his head no. "We aren't working for them...we are our group." He said. "We captured you all...for a reason." He said to them,
Yang immediately pushed Qrow out of the way and punched the cell, right in front of her man, who didn't seem to flinch or seem intimidated. "YOU LET ME OUT NOW YOU BASTARD!" She yelled, her hair flaring up and her eyes turning red from fury.
The man then kept on staring. "Good...keep that hatred and anger in you." the man said to her as he then began to vanish in another dark portal.
"WAIT!" Yang shouted, but he had vanished right then and there, her anger then faltered a bit, and sighed heavily as he put her head down.
Blake had been watching Yang, and she was a bit cautious. It was already awkward at the party, where they didn't interact much. But Blake was going to try to cheer her up somehow. "Hey, Yang?" Blake said as she went over to her. "I know this seems bad, but don't worry. Ruby is with Jaune, and we know he is trustworthy, and Sun? Sun is trustworthy as well. She'll be alright." She said, hoping to cheer up the brawler.
But Yang ignored her though. Blake felt a bit hurt that she was ignored...but at the same time, she couldn't blame her. Yang was upset that Blake left the group...in her own misguided attempt to save them from Adam.
Weiss signed a bit and went over to Blake. "C'mon Blake, let's go sit down." She said as she then led the Faunus girl away.
Yang watched them go out of the corner of her eye, and despite the glare, her lilac eyes were hurt. "Why do you care?" She thought. "You left us…...left me." She thought with anger and sadness.
Qrow sighed a bit as he then sat back down next to Oscar who looked nervous. "What do we do?" The young farmhand asked with worry. "How do we get out of here?" He asked.
Qrow sighed. "I don't know kid," He said as he got out his flask and shook it a bit to see if he had any liquor in it. "And I'm out of booze….great." He groaned a bit as he shook his head in frustration.
Oscar looked down a bit. "Hey….do you know who these guys are?" He asked. Making Qrow look confused.
"No, what would I do?" The drunk asked him.
Oscar then shook his head. "Oh no, sorry, I was talking to Ozpin." the farmhand asked.
"I don't know…" Ozpin's voice said inside the box head. "But I could've sworn I had seen those coats before...the only question...is where do I see them?"
Ren was sitting down next to Nora, who had her arms in her lap, and was looking worried a bit. "What's going to happen to us?" She asked in a whispering voice, only loud enough for Ren to hear her. "How do we get out of here, and what do these guys want?" She asked.
"I don't know.." Ren said to her. "But at least Jaune and the others got away." He said to her reassuringly, although secretly, he was very worried for Jaune and the others, if these men were hunting for them….he...well he couldn't bear to think it.
Nora then looked up a bit, a tear running down her left aqua eye. "Fearless Leader, Ruby, Sun, please be ok...all of you." She thought as everyone else did the same.
Meanwhile, nearby. The man in the clock was observing them. "The blond brawler and hammer-wielding girl have energy, and anger….especially the blond girl...she could have potential.." He thought.
World Lane
While the ship was on auto-pilot, everyone had gone through the bags that Leon had given them.
"I wonder what it is," Sora said as he opened them up and took a good look inside. There were bottles of weird green substances inside the duffel bag along with bottles of blue substances, and inside the pouch was a large sum of weird-looking gold orbs.
"Potions and Ethers!" Sora said with a smile as he, Donald, and Goofy got some out. But it made the rest confused.
"Potions?" Sun asked and he took one of the bottles and shook it a bit with curiosity.
Sora smiled. "Yea, Potions can cure any injuries, and Ethers can restore our strength," He said to them. "Thank god Leon gave us these because we weren't able to go to the shops in Hollow Bastion to get some." He said with grins. "Everybody take one of each." He said and everyone grabbed the vials and placed them in pockets.
"Hey," Jaune said to Ruby and Sun. "I bet these liquids will be able to restore our Auras if they ever run down." He said. He thought about it for a few seconds, the Potions could boost up any minor injuries, without Aura could do that. And if their Aura is to run out, the Ethers might be able to help with that as well.
"And with this Munny," Sora said as he had the pouch on him. "If we run out, we can always get some more!"
"Cool!" Sun said with a grin. "But I can't wait till we see what world we go to!" He said with excitement.
"Same!" Ruby and Jaune said in unison, smiles on their faces. Even though they did worry about their friends, Sun's words had reassured them a bit that their friends might be alright. But inside, they were still very worried.
"Hey Sora," Ortensia said to him. "When we go to a world...what do we do there?" She asked him.
Sora looked back at the group. "Well whenever we go to a word, we need to find the world's keyhole." He said. "In every world, there is a keyhole, and once we find them, I need to lock it up, not only will it allow us to go to the next word, but it will prevent the lesser Heartless from showing up." He said.
The ones who were not familiar with the concept were amazing. "So once that keyhole is locked, no more Heartless will show up?" Jaune asked him.
"Well..sorta," Sora said to him. "They will still show up, but they won't be as common as they were the first time." He said to them, now it made some sense...sorta, so everyone just went along with it.
"Hey, fellers!" Goofy said to them. "We are approaching the new world!" He said, and it made the entire group look at what Goofy was looking out, the new world looked like a large castle of some kind, with some buildings. "Gwarsh, seems kinda fancy, don't you guys think?" He asked.
"Yeppers," Ruby said as she then saw some words typing themselves up on a monitor, making her and everyone else read what they were saying. "Land of Dragons….huh, very interesting name." She said, then her eyes turned into small stars. "Like a land that is full of dragons?" Ruby asked, that would be so cool if that were true!
"Well, we'll never know unless we find out," Sora said with a smile
Land of Dragons/Bamboo Grove
In a Bamboo area, there was a figure standing and looking outwards. She was a woman who looked to be around 16 years old. She wore green and black Chinese armor, and underneath the armor was a long, great martial arts shirt with dark grey pants as well. She also wore black shoes and white knee-high socks, and her hair was wrapped in a pun with a green ribbon. This was Fa Mulan, a woman who had secretly joined the Chinese Army in place of her injured father.
Next to her was a black horse with his face bearing white in the middle, this was Mulan's horse, Khan. And standing on the swaddle was a cricket named Cri-Kee.
"Alright, this is your big chance girl!" A shadowy figure said at a nearby rick, that it was on fire and showed a shadow. "I can see it now, Fa Mulan, son of the great Fa Zhou, defeats Shan-Yu, leader of the Hun army. Gril, you're going to be a superstar!" He said with excitement in his voice.
Mulan sighed a bit. "Mushu...I do not care for fame. But I need to do this, I have to gain my family honor and protect my father." She then sighed a bit as she rubbed her face. "I just hope to god I don't get discovered.." She said with some exasperation.
The figure, now known as Mushu, sighed a bit. "Well whatever girl, I mean you barely even got in, but you know, you've been making serious progress so Shang doesn't suspect you at all."
"Well there was that bath incident, thank god I got away before Ling, Yoa, and Chien Po found out…" She said to him, making the figure sigh a bit and facepalm. "Anyway," she said as she was slipping out of her clothing. "I need to take a small bath, then we'll get back to camp." She said to him as she then got behind some bamboo to a warm puddle. "Thanks again for warming it up."
"Whatever you say, girl, just hurry up so that way no one gets suspicious." He said, with Khan next in agreement.
Meanwhile, Sora and company were walking in the Grove, looking around.
"Huh...I never figured we would land in an area covered in...bamboo." Sun said as he looked around with curiosity.
"Well, looks can be deceiving," Ruby said as the group of nine continued, with Stitch riding on Ruby's back. "Even though we haven't seen any dragons…" she said as he pointed a bit.
"Hey, I see something up ahead!" Donald said as they got closer, they then saw the clearing, where a black horse was standing and looking at a large shadowy figure. When they saw the figure, they got alarmed.
"A Heartless?" Donald asked the others, from the look of it, it didn't look like a Heartless, but since it was a shadow and looked to be something inhuman...it must've been.
"Let's get it!" Ruby said as she got out her Scythe and she, Sora, Jaune, Donald, and Sun ran off ahead, leaving Goofy and Ortensia to begin.
"Wait, we should probably look before doing something brash!" Ortensia said, but they didn't hear her and kept going. "*Sigh*," She said as she placed her hand on her hip and shook her head.
As the group ran up to them, Mulan was finally getting out of her bath and now went over to get a towel wrapped.
"AAAGGGHHH!" The group who ran yelled loudly, weapons are drawn, as they got closer, Mulan immediately turned over and saw them coming, this startled her, Khan, Cri-Kee, and the figure who had jumped out and showed himself, he was red, with a yellow belly and very slender, a small Chinese dragon, this was Mushu, Mulan's guardian dragon who has some history with Sora.
As soon as Sora's party got close...they got a glimpse of...well...Mulan, and needless to say, Sora, Jaune, and Sun blushed out of embarrassment. "Uh...hello?" Jaune said nervously.
BANG POW KABAM BOOM
Sora, Jaune, Sun, Donald, Stitch, and Oswald were now on the ground, sporting welts on their heads and steam was blowing out of there, the culprit being a blushing and angry Mulan.
"Who-who are you people?!" she asked with a blushing face and her fist steamed a bit.
"That's right girl!" Mushu said to her. "You show these creeps who they are dealing with!" He said, and Mulan quickly got a towel and wrapped herself.
Sora, who was groaning a bit, lifted his head and saw Mushu, who was looking at him. "Wait...Mushu?" He asked, in the meantime, Goofy and Ortensia ran to join up with them.
"That's right, I know you heard of me, Mushu, the little, mighty, lethal guardian dragon!" He said in a boastful tone. "Now I suggest you get your buddies out of here before I make barbecue out of your behinds!" He said he then began to walk back to Mulan, with Khan glaring at her downloading heroes.
"Wait, Mushu!" Goofy said as he and Ortensia were now helping the others up. "We missed you, little buddy!" He said with a grin. But Ruby was awestruck by seeing the sight of the Dragon, even though she was a bit disappointed that he was small, but still, it was an amazing sight, so she couldn't complain.
Mushu then glared back. "Yeah? Well,l you better HOPE I miss YOU, or else I'm gonna-" but he then stopped as he then began to eye the heroes. "Wait a minute...Sora? Donald? GOOFY!" He said with major happiness, making the three smile and nod their heads.
Mulan, who had gotten over her initial shock, was now eyeing the dragon with curiosity. "You know them?" She asked.
"Know them?" Mush asked as he began to walk towards the group. "Girl, we kicked all kinds of the bad guy butt together! Yea, I helped out these guys in a whole lot of tight spots, because I'm a ferocious dragon! Right?" He asked them.
"Well..yea, he did." Sora said with a smile.
"Wait," Jaune said as he then picked up Mushu and inspected him. "You guys got help from a lizard?" He asked, then Ruby snatched him away.
"Oh, you're so cute!" She said with a smile on her face. Mushu was not the kind to be tossed and handled like a toy, but he did blush a bit at being called cute. "You might not be big, but you're a cute dragon!" She said,
"Well, I mean…" Mushu said with a grin. "And by the way, blond boy," Mushu said to Jaune, who got a bit startled. "I'm a dragon, not a lizard, I don't do that tongue thing." He said as he flicked his tongue as a lizard would do.
Jaune then looked at Mulan. "We're sorry, we didn't know you were coming out, we thought we saw some monster and we were going to take it down." He said to her,
Mulan could see the truth in his voice and breathed a bit to calm down. "Ok then...sorry, for you know…" she said as he made punch motions, obviously for hitting Jaune and the other guys.
"Don't worry about it," Sun said as he rubbed the back of his head. "I've been hit before." He said with a cheeky grin.
Mulan giggled a bit. "Well, if Mushu trusts you, then I guess I can too." She said to them all, but then she looked so relaxed that she was still in her tower. " Give me a few minutes to change real quick." She told them.
A few minutes later….
Mulan was back in her clothing and armor, putting her hair back in a bun. "Anyway, I'm Mulan," she said to them all.
Sora smiled. "I'm Sora, that's Donald, Goofy, Jaune, Ruby, Sun, Oswald, Ortensia, and Stitch." He said. Mulan looked at them all and she was a bit taken aback since some of them consisted of animals...and...does that kid have a tail? "And yes, some of us are not human….but don't be alarmed, we are friendly people." He said with a grin.
Mulan hesitated a bit, but she eventually gave a small smile. "Ok then...so...what brings you all here to China? Are you here to sign up to join the army?" She asked them, making them look a bit confused.
"Army?" Oswald asked with a raised eyebrow as he crossed his arms.
"Oh yea, my girl here is part of the Chinese army to take down Shun-Yu, leader of the Hun army planning to dominate all of China. And my girl is going to become famous, I'm talking A-list!" Mushu said with a smile on his face.
Mulan sighed a bit. "Let me tell you what's going on." She said as she then the others all gathered around to sit down in a circle, with Khan resting his head between Ruby and Ortensia, and Cri-Kee resigned on Khan's head too. "You see, China is being invaded by the Hun Army, led by their leader Shan-Yu." She said to them. "You see, every male in one's family was given conscription notices to join...even my father. Who was injured and a war veteran already." she said.
The group looked surprised, an invasion was brewing? And all the men were drafted? That was nuts. But..why was Mulan here? To protect my father, I took his place in the army.'' She then showed them her armor and sword. "This is my fathers' armor and sword." She said as she took the sword out of the sheath and showed the others
"Wow!" Ruby said with fascination as he got a look at the sword, which was a Jiann sword with a straight blade, the grip being black and patterned to look like the scales of a dragon. The pommel was gold and had a small ring at the tip, then the cross guard was gold and designed to look like a dragon's head, with the teeth acting as the rain guard.
"Anyway, I am disguising myself as Fa Ping to enlist in the army," she said to them all.
"Girl!" Mushu said to her. "Why do you gotta tell them? I mean I know Sora, Donald, and Goofy wouldn't mind, but we don't know the new meat! They might squeal, especially the blue thing, he looks suspicious to me."
Stitch then glared at him. "Stupid lizard!" He said to him, making Ruby rub the alien's head with affection and calmness. While making Mushu glare at the small alien
"Easy Stitch," She said to him, but then turned to Mulan. "But don't worry, we don't judge anyone, besides, you just did it to save your father right?" She said,
Mulan looked at them all with a look that spoke of confusion. "You..don't mind at all?" She asked them, and they all shook their heads no. to say the least, Mulan felt relieved and a bit happy, especially since this group contained males so they weren't discriminating against her.
"But something I don't understand," Sora said. "Why are you taking his place? I mean I understand that he is ill, but what did you mean by all men?" He asked her.
Mulan looked at him as if he was crazy. "What do you mean? Don't you know that women can't fight in war?" she asked him.
While the others were surprised by that revelation, they didn't know how to answer her. They obviously can't tell her that they are from other worlds now can they? "We're from very far away…" Jaune said to her, hoping his lie would work, and others nodded as well.
Mulan seemed to have accepted it as she began to explain. "Well, women can't fight in the war. We are expected to be nothing but loyal housewives and all that….but that isn't me, I wish to see other things." Mulan's aid to them. "You see, I was sent to a matchmaker to see how well I would do, to honor my family...but things went downhill." She said with some embarrassment. "And she said that I would never be able to honor them." She then got up and looked through a peak of bamboo to a nearby campsite for the bamboo. "I know what I'm doing is wrong, but I have to rely on my family honor...and I need to protect my father...I just got to." She said,
Sora's group had looked at each other. This girl needed help, and since they were here to find a keyhole, they would help her out while they did it.
"Alright then," Ruby said to Mulan, who looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "We're going to help you."
Mulan looked at everybody, and they all seemed to agree with what Ruby was saying, even Stitch was nodding his head and rolling around. "But...why?" She asked them.
Sora then looked at her and smiled. "Because we want to." He said to her, Mulan could see that he was telling the truth, and so did his friends. Mulan then smiled and stood up.
"Thank you all." She said as he then gave them a bow of respect.
"No need for bowing, we're all friends with her," Sun said to her. "Now what do we do now?" He asked her.
Mulan then nodded. "Well, I went away from the army to give myself some time to think and to get a bath. So Shang must be expecting me back anytime now, he thinks I'm scouting ahead to check for any Huns. So we got to go to camp, and I can lead you all there." She said as she then had Khan get up and rub him gently. "Also, when we get there, call me Ping and use male pronouns." She said to them.
"...Ping…?" Donald, Jaune, Sun, and Oswald asked in unison, raising their eyebrows at the name.
"Alright then, sounds like a plan," Sora said with a smile, as the group was about to walk on. As they continued to walk, Ruby just thought of something.
"Wait," They all stopped to look at her. "The army won't allow girls right? Why don't they make an exception for me and Ortensia?" She said, "I can kick butt too, and so can Ortensia."
"She's right." the cat said with her hands on her hips. "This is some high-class sexism right here." She said, not very amused by these worlds of sexism. This caused the group to get to a standstill. What were they going to do?
"Well, we always-" Mushu said but was stopped by Ruby.
"No!" Ruby said. "I'm not disguising myself as a boy. If I'm kicking butt, I want to be me and only me!" She said as he crossed her arms and turned around, and toOswald'ss surprise, Ortensia did the same.
"I agree," Ortensia said. "If I'm going to fight, I'm going to fight as myself, and if those men have a problem with me, then tough luck!" She said to them all.
The group was looking at the two and sighed, this was going to be difficult, they would have to do whatever it took for those soldiers to accept Ruby and Ortensia. It would be hard, but they would get it done. Mulan felt mad respect for the two, as they were not going to let their genders be an issue...why couldn't she have that courage?
"This is going to be tough…" Sora said, with the others nodding in agreement.
(Eyecatch featuring Mulan, Ruby, and Ortensia standing together, getting ready to fight.)
(Eyecatch featuring Zwei chasing Stitch.)
Encampment
The party had finally arrived at where the army was located, with it being a bunch of camps and tents and stuff.
"Ok..let's go sign up. I guess…" Jaune said as he and the rest followed him. Mulan however walks behind them.
"Remember girl," Mushu whispered to Mulan. "Manly." the woman nodded and hulked up her shoulders while trying to walk manly..but it made her look awkward. The rest of the group saw her walking like this and had a good reaction.
"She is trying too hard…" they thought while sweat dropping, even Stitch was shaking his head while sticking his tongue out. As the group got inside the cameo, they found that nobody was there at all and there was no sound either.
"Huh...I wonder where everybody is?" Mulan asked with confusion on her face. Jaune, Ruby, and Sun noticed the quietness and got alarmed.
"No noise, nobody here," Jaune said as he analyzed the surroundings. "Either we're being watched….or something is about to happen." He said.
Yea," Sora said as he then noticed something. "Look!" He said, and everybody got a good look at a group of Heartless popping out of the ground.
"Wh-what are those things?" Mulan asked as she got out her sword.
"Heartless!" Ruby said as she then got out Crescent Rose.
"WOAH!" Mushu exclaimed. "Dang, the girl got herself a big scythe! Dang!" He said with wide eyes. Making Ruby smile at him cheekily. Mulan herself was just as shocked at seeing such a weapon, and even more surprised that a girl of Ruby's age could carry it with no difficulty. Heck, even Khan and Cri-Kee looked a bit intimidated
"Mulan, I hope you're ready!" Sora asked as he got out his keyblade. Not only were there shadows and Soldiers, but a new breed as well. This new sky blue colored Heartless was covered in high-collard, purple robes with hand blue lining on their loose, furisode-esque sleeves, the front of the robes were magenta with yellow lining. They also wore wide, flat-topped hats that were purple on top and magenta near the base, with the two colors being separated by a yellow zig-zagged line. And the Heartless symbol was printed on a small piece of parchment stuck on their foreheads. These Heartless were called the Nightwalkers. "Alright," He said to them. "Let's do this!" And everyone cheered with him. Sora then used the fire spell to dispatch some Shadows, then quickly dodge rolled out of the way to avoid a Soldiers attack, he then quickly ran over and slammed the keyblade right in a Nightwalker's face.
"Fire!" Donald said as hsi spell burned a group of Soldiers. "Thunder!" His thunder spell had electrocuted and deserted an army of shadows. "Blizzard!" He then froze up a majority of Nightwalkers as well.
Goofy used his shield to knock back a Soldier, he then quickly turned to see a Nightwalker doing an aerial spin towards him, but luckily, Goofy used hsi shield to block the attack and knock the Nightwalkerbackwards a bit. "Tornado!" He said as he then grabbed his shield and began to twirl around and around and around, hitting numerous Night Walkers and Soldiers that were unfortunate enough to get in his way.
Ruby had Crescent Rose and was slashing up several Nightwalkers at once, along with Soldiers who were unfortunate enough to try to attack her. Then she had her scythe go into her sniper mode and she fired off several fire and ice rounds into Shadows as well. "Take some of these!" She said as she continued to fire.
Jaune blocked a Nightwalker's claw attack with his shield, and then he used his sword to slice off the arms, and then the head. He then turned to see a Shadow attempt to pounce him from behind, but luckily, Jaune sliced it lean in the air before it could reach him. A Soldier attempted to do a spinning dropkick on him, but Jaune luckily got out of the way, when the Soldier was on the ground, Jaune took the opportunity to stab it in the chest.
Sun got out hsi nunchuck and looked to see a barrage of Soldiers and Nightwalkers attempting to jump in the air and do their attacks on him, and Sun just smirked, "Perfect." He said as he then got his nunchucks, and when the Heartless was coming closer, he was shooting bullet after bullet with his twirling his nunchucks around, almost as if he was dancing, and he was loving every minute of it.
Oswald avoided a spin attack from a Soldier and used his keyblade to take it down, along with a Shadow who was coming up to him. "Blizzard Raid!" He said as his keyblade then turned to ice and he threw it like a boomerang towards a group of Nightwalkers causing them to freeze right up upon contact. Then the keyblade hurled itself back to Oswald, while also striking the Nightwalkers again, this time, shattering and destroying them all.
Ortensia had her wand and glared. "Wand Growth!" She said, as his wand then began to get longer a bit, almost resembling a staff. A Soldier tried to slash her, but she used her newly grown wand to wack it right in its face. Then she used her staff to block a double attack from a Soldier and Nightwalker and pushed them back. "Thunderball!" she said as a ball of thunder formed from her wand and went right towards the Heart, causing them to get destroyed.
Stitch cracked as he began to fire at the Heartless and they got posted with east, and when shooting was enough, he slept on them and withe clawed them or bit them hard. "Stupid heads!" He said as he clawed a Soldier's head
Mulan saw their fighting skills and was amazed by their prowess. How he was so jealous of them all. But he did train for a while, so he was now going to fight alongside them. "Ragh!" She said as he then swung his sword down on a Soldier, cleaving its head right off. And she then dodged a claw attack from a Nightwalker, and she used that opportunity to stab it right in the belly.
"Yea, baby!" Mushu said with a grin as he was perched on her shoulder. "That's how my girl does things!" He said with a grin as he and Cri-Kee watched. And even Khan was getting in on the action, as he then rowed his legs and kicked two Nightwalker ways, which were then killed by Ruby, who slashed them both.
"Alright, good boy!" Ruby said as he went over to pet Khan gently on the head, making the horse neigh and nudge his head a bit, his nervousness of her fading away.
After a good few minutes, all the Heartless were defeated. "Aww yea,h we did it!" Mushu said with glee as he hopped down from Mulan and danced around. "We did it! We did it! We did it!" He said.
"What do you mean we?" Donald asked with his arms crossed. "We did the majority of the work!" He said to the small dragon, who then realized it and he began to blush a bit.
"No harm in trying, right?" He asked Cri-Kee, who rolled his small eyes.
"Stupid lizard," Stitch muttered under his breath.
Mushu then galred at the alien. "Who you calling stupid, koala-boy!" He said with anger. Making Stitch stick his tongue out while holding his lower eyelid down with his finger.
Mulan then sheathed her sword and looked at the others. "What are those things?" She asked them.
"Heartless, nasty, horrible creatures," Jaune said to her. "Be very careful because there are possibly more around here." He said, making the woman nod her head in agreement.
"You all!" The group quickly turned to see a bunch of figures coming towards them, they all appeared to be soldiers in the army, and at the front was their leader. He was a well-built man who wore Chinese armor, the armor being black, along with his shoes, leg guards, and gauntlets. Under the armor, he wore a white shirt and grey pants as well, his hair was jet-black and in a topknot, and wore a red cape, his sword sheathed to ship left side. This was Li Shang, captain of the Chinese army.
"Oh jeez," Mulan said as she noticed Shang coming and got in position, and she had the others do the same thing. "That's my captain over there." She said to them. "And while we are around the other soldiers, you are to refer to me as Ping, got it?" She asked, making the others nodding their heads, and they all stood upright.
"Soldier!" Shang said he went right up to Ping, who looked a bit nervous. "God to see you have returned, but who are these people here?" He asked as he took a good look at Sora's party, and to say the least, he was a bit surprised to see that some of these people weren't ….human to say the least.
"Uh, captain!" Ping said. "These are Sora, Donald, Goofy, Jaune, Ruby, Sun, Oswald, Ortensia, and Stitch." He said to him, "I was on patrol and saw them in need of my help." He said. "I took them back here, but no one was here, but we saw a bunch of monsters come out of nowhere, but they managed to take them all down.
The group was was pretty surprised to see Ping lie to his commanding officer like that. But you know, if these guys were to gain some trust...then they would have to follow through.
Shang looked at Ping, and then at Sora's party with suspicion in his eyes. "Well...you don't look anything like Huns." He said but then eyed Ruby and Ortensia. "Soldier," He said to Ping, without taking his eyes off of the girls. "You say that these women fought?" He asked.
Ping then nodded. "Yes sir, and they were splendid." He said. "I know we can't allow women to fight in the war, but if you are to see what these women are capable of, then you won't regret it." She said to him. Shang eyed the two girls, who nodded their heads in agreement, and as he was thinking it over, a voice stopped him.
"NO WAY!" said a loud whiny voice. The figure the voice belonged to was an older male with a lanky build and had a Fu Manchu mustache. He wore a long blue dark cape and robe that he wore over a white undershirt. The robe was held together by a purple band that was around his waist, and he wore brown shoes and was carrying a writing brush and board. This was Chi-Fu, the advisor to the Emperor and supervisor to the army. "The rules completely forbid any women from entering the army at all costs!" He said.
Ping then stared at the man and sighed. "Sir, if you could-"
"You be silent!" Chi-Fu said with his hand out, making Ping jump a bit. "The rules are as they are, and besides, women fighting? What a laughable concept." He said with a smug grin.
That remark made Ruby a bit angry. She could too fight, heck any woman can fight if they wanted to. She fought Grimm, Heartless, Nobodies, and took on the Fall Maiden, so her being insulted like that was making her a bit angry. And she knew that if Yang heard that man's comments...well...there would be broken bones involved. Ortensia might not have been that much of a fighter, but she was still able to kick lots of butt with ease, so she wasn't too thrilled by that man's insults as well.
"Well," Ruby said to him. "Maybe women CAN fight too if they want." She said to him, "I think you would be very surprised." She said,
Chi-Fu gave her a smug look. "Ha, I'm sure you could." He said to her smugly. Ruby's fists were balled up and a bit shaky, not liking his attitude.
"Sir," Sora said to Shang, who looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Give us an assignment, and we can prove to you that Ruby and Ortensia can fight, you'll be surprised at what they can do." He said, and the other guys agreed, with Stitch nodding his head and nuzzling his head on Ruby's left leg.
Shang then took a look at Sora and could see that he was certain, then he took a look at Ruby and Ortensia and they both looked at him with pleading eyes. Then he finally spoke to Ping. "Soldier...do you trust them?" He said.
Ping nodded. "Yes sir," He said while nodding his head. Shang looked at him and he looked back at Ruby and Ortensia and sighed.
"Fine then, you both can join my troop." He said to the girls, much to their and the others' relief and to Ch-Fu and some soldiers' shock. "But it's your word though." He said to Ping. "you will be in charge of them, got it?" He said.
"Yes sir!" Ping said
Shang turned towards Sora. "You can join too, we will need all the help we can in defeating the Huns." He said.
"Yes sir!" The group said in unison. Shang nodded his head and turned back to the others.
"Alright soldiers! That will be it for today." He said as he retired to his camp, Chi-Fu complained to him as they went.
After That, the soldiers went to do their own thing and Sora's group all sighed with relief. "Well, good thing that didn't end badly," Goofy said as he wiped his head. "I was afraid that it was going to end with a fight or something."
"I swear," Ruby said with a balled fist. "If that man says one more derogatory word about women in general…" She said with a balled fist.
"Ruby, we know you're a good fighter," Sora said to her. "And if that guy can't see it then it's his loss, not yours." He said to her,
"Yea, but-"
"But nothing, you got us here for you so don't worry," Sora said with a smile. That smile made Ruby feel a bit better, he was right, she was a good fighter.
"If Nora or Yang hear what he said...broken bones would've been involved," Jaune said as he glared back at that tent, he was not too happy with what Chi-Fu said.
"Well, at least we got you both in," Mulan said to them with a smile, making Ruby and Ortensia smile a bit.
Mountainside
At the peak of the mountain. There was a group of huge muscular men, most of them shirtless and carrying large swords or crossbows. But the one distinguishing person in the group was at the front of them was a Hun of a muscular figure, he wore a coat that was pale yellow on the left side and black on the right side with tattered brown lining and was closed by a brown belt. He also wore a single black glove on his left hand and wore grey pants and black knee-high boots with grey soles and a vertical grey stripe up at the front. On his head, he was wearing a black hood with grey fur lining and at the end of the hood were what looked like two raccoon tails dancing on the sides. This was Shan-Yu, leader of the Hun army. And in front of him was a man in a black coat.
"So," Shan-Yu said, stroking his animal companion, a brown hawk known as Hayabusa. "You'll help me then?" He asked the man.
"Yes, but on one condition." The black-coated man said. "There is a boy here, carries a large key, along with a group of his, some of these creatures are animals as well...eliminate them, but there is a boy in armor and a girl in red….keep them alive, I need them." He said.
Sahn-Yu gave a wicked grin. "Alright then, and what are you going to do to help me?" He asked.
The man raised his hand and had to print at Shan-Yu, who looked a bit confused. "I grant you the power of darkness, and the ability to control the Heartless!" He said. Just then, Shan-Yu's body began to radiate a dark aura around him, shocking his men as well but Shan-Yu...heck and felt it, the power...darkness growing in him, the orange iris in his eyes becoming much darker.
"Yes….this is it." The Hun leader said as his grin turned much darker, he then looked at the man in black. "Alright...you got a deal." He said as he then turned to his men. "Men, there is a certain village nearby." He said as he reached into his pocket and got out a small doll that seemed to belong to a little girl. "Seems like some poor kid forgot her dolly….why don't we return it?" He said in a dark tone with his grin becoming more wicked, making all his men cheer.
"Oh, and another thing." the man in the black coat said to him, as he then got out an envelope. "Have your pet go to the encampment and drop this off nearby, but not too close so that the soldiers won't see him." He said.
So I hope you enjoy Sora and co's first interactions with some of the characters of Mulan. And I hope you enjoyed that part where the people of Remnant are trapped in that cell.
The next part will be the heroes going to the village, and shit hitting the fan….
But seriously I hope you are all enjoying the story so far, I know I like it :)
So there might be a change in worlds….I have recently seen the Inuyasha sequel Yahashime half-demon princess...and I was thinking...should I replace the Demon Slayer world for that? I'll put a poll up and I'll check it back once I finish the next chapter.
Also please let me know if I got the characters correctly, it's been a while since I have seen the Mulan movie and I completed KH2 Final Mix a month ago (which I consider a victory since I was always stuck on Xigbar and Xemnas's Final Form….I think we all were at one point...)
Also do not worry, I have not forgotten Jiminy Cricket, the issue is that he barely shows up at all and sometimes I forget that he is there at all. I will make sure to give him an appearance in the next chapter.
Anyways, pressed don't forget to read and review, I'm always happy to hear from you guys and happy to answer any questions you might have for me.
See you all next time :)
