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Shan-Yu's Victory	By : lightbird Category: +M through R > Mulan (Disney) > Mulan (Disney) Views: 16642 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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“How far away are my friends and the villagers?” Mulan asked Mushu when Shan-Yu left the room.

“They were on their way to the Tung Shao Pass. It will take them several days to get here. They’re on foot.”

“I may need to stay here for a little while, Mushu.”

“Are you…?”

“I have to get Shang out of here.”

“But, if he wants to die…”

“Can you find him for me, Mushu? Before Shan-Yu’s men do?”

“What, am I his guardian now?”

“Please, Mushu. Just help him get out of here, so I don’t have to worry about him anymore. Help him escape and take him to Yao, Ling and Chien-Po. He can lead them.”

“I don’t want to leave you alone, baby.”

“I’m okay, Mushu. I told you…I don’t think he wants to harm me.”

“No, he doesn’t. He wants to do something else.”

She eased herself out of bed and crept over to the door, peering out. Shan-Yu was gone.

“Mushu, would you follow Shan-Yu for now?”

“What?”

“Well, think of it this way. He isn’t with me, so you know that I’m safe.”

“I don’t like this at all,” the little dragon was muttering as he left the room.

She crossed back to her bed and was about to climb back in when she felt herself being grabbed from behind by someone with a large, very muscular frame. A wave of shock and panic paralyzed her and a hoarse scream escaped her. A strong hand was clamped over her mouth immediately, cutting off her cry.

She felt fur against her skin, typical of a Hun uniform, and her mind began to race, trying to grasp how one of Shan-Yu’s men could have gotten into her room without her seeing. She could feel her assailant’s heavy breath ghosting the back of her neck and a whimper escaped her.

Her heart thudded so loudly in her chest she couldn’t hear anything over the sound of it; but she recovered from her shock and began to struggle, using the points of her elbows to jab at her attacker’s ribcage. The hand over her mouth slipped a little and she bit it.

“Mulan, it’s…ow!”

The voice was familiar but she was too panicked to register it. She managed to turn as he released her in reaction to the bite she’d given him and she knocked him off balance, gasping as she suddenly caught sight of his face a moment later, realizing that it was Shang.

He was quick though, and he had reached out after she knocked him off balance, grabbing her tightly and pulling her to the floor with him and rolling over on top of her, the full weight of his large frame pressed down on hers.

“Mulan,” Shang whispered. “It’s okay. It’s Shang.”

She lay there, trying to catch her breath, her heart thumping rapidly in her chest. His body was still pinning hers against the floor and he had lowered his face so that it was nearly touching hers.

“I’m sorry, Mulan,” he murmured softly, his lips almost brushing against her ear. “I was afraid someone would hear you cry out.”

“Okay,” she answered, stiffly. “Would you get off of me now?”

She groaned involuntarily as she felt his body shift on top of hers. He rolled off of her, raising himself to standing then. He leaned down as she sat up and held out his hand to help her up but she ignored it, refusing his help, and stood up on her own.

“You really scared me, grabbing me from behind like that,” she muttered softly, flashing him an angry glance. “How did you even get in here?”

“There’s a passageway inside the walls. My father told me about it. It leads from the Emperor’s room to all the concubines’ rooms.”

“Shan-Yu knows I got your sword to you, Shang.”

“It was my father’s,” he muttered.

“I know.”

He looked at her in surprise.

“I recognized it,” she added. “Shan-Yu is sending his men to search for you, Shang. You need to get out of here.”

He looked angry again all of a sudden, for some reason that she couldn’t figure out.

“Mulan, why did you come back here? To the palace, I mean. I left you in the Tung Shao Pass.”

“Yao, Ling and Chien-Po came to find me. They told me what happened. By the time we got back to the Imperial City the rest of the Hun army was here. They went to get help.”

“And you risked yourself and came into the palace alone?”

“I wanted to help. I knew you and the others were being held prisoner.”

“Are you crazy? I think you are crazy. Why do you care so much about what happens to me?”

“Why do you care so little about what happens to you?”

He scowled at her. “That is my business, Mulan. Who do you think you are?”

She sighed, exasperated and rolled her eyes. She realized that he seemed to just want to angrily fight with her and she couldn’t fathom why.

“You’re right, Shang. It’s none of my business.”

She returned her gaze to his face and found him staring at her. The anger was gone from his expression now and he looked bewildered.

“I don’t understand you, Mulan. You are like no woman I’ve ever known,” he muttered. “I can’t even figure out how you managed to get in here.”

“Shang, what are you doing here in my room anyway? You could have left the palace and gotten yourself to safety. Why did you come to me?”

“I…I thought he might try to hurt you. I came to help…but I see things are cozy between the two of you…”

His tone was full of bitterness and sarcasm and she narrowed her eyes, speaking in an even but quietly threatening tone.

“Don’t even go there again, Shang.”

~~~

Shan-Yu found Boke walking toward him in the corridor when he left his room.

“You were coming to see me, cousin? And I was just coming to find you.”

“We found the four missing men. They’ve been killed. And one of them was stripped of his uniform.”

“The commander has escaped. Organize a search, and leave no inch of the palace unturned. Let the men know that he is wearing a Hun uniform and that he is armed.”

“I don’t understand. How could he have gotten out? The guards would have seen him.”

“I will question the guards once we have found him.”

“And how could he have gotten hold of a weapon?”

“That is my concern, not yours. Go. Find him.”

He turned around and headed back to his room, pondering. He couldn’t figure out how the commander had escaped from the room he was imprisoned in without his guards seeing him either. He obviously hadn’t gone through the door and there were no windows in that room. The only other way out was if he walked into the wall. Shan-Yu stopped as everything clicked into place in his mind. Of course. The Emperor might have wanted to move about without being seen.

“Boke,” he called after his cousin.

“What?”

“Check inside the walls also.”

“Excuse me?”

“Look for a hidden door, maybe built into the wall and appearing to be part of it. I believe it may lead to a passageway inside the walls. And I think that is where you will find him.”

~~~

“Mulan, he’s coming back!” Mushu whispered frantically, darting back into the room. He blinked when he saw Shang. “What’s he doing here?”

Shang blinked back at Mushu. “What…?”

“Okay, Mushu, guard the door. Shang, go. Get back into the hidden passageway before he comes in here.”

“Mushu?” he repeated.

“He’s my guardian, Shang.”

“A guardian?” he murmured in disbelief, gaping at Mushu and not moving.

She shook her head in frustration and began to push him to snap him out of this odd stupor he was in.

“Shang, are you stupid? Hurry! He’s on his way in here and he’ll see you!”

She watched as he finally turned and approached the wall, pressing his hands against it and sliding it open. She pushed him in and shut the panel behind him.

She heard the outside door shut and hurried into bed. Mushu hopped up and hid under her pillow now.

The door to her chamber opened and Shan-Yu came to her once more, sitting at the edge of the bed.

“That commander is quite clever. As I expected.”

Shan-Yu glanced around the room. A minute later he stood up and went to the closet in the small chamber, opening it. Mulan watched him in confusion. He suddenly began to pace the perimeter of the room, appearing to be scrutinizing the walls. She felt her heartbeat quicken. He lingered for a long time, eyeing the walls carefully.

She released a sigh of relief when he finally returned to her and sat on the edge of the bed again.

“Who were you talking to?” he asked.

“My guardian,” she answered.
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