"Khan, let's go home!" Mulan turned her horse around and cantered down through the middle of the crowd. They parted to make way for her.

She was a hero now. She had saved the Emperor and saved China. So why wasn't she happy?

Captain Li's last words to her rang in her ears.

"Uhm, You... You fight good."

She had been hoping for more, so much more. A declaration of love, a request for her hand, maybe even an apology for not heeding her warnings about the Huns.

You fight good!? Really? That was the best he could come up with?

Back at the palace, Li Shang was watching the heroic woman ride away. His face gave away the despair he felt as her horse carried her out of his life.

The Emperor must have seen it, because a moment later he appeared next to Shang.

"The flower that blooms in adversity is among the most rare and beautiful of all."

Shang turned to him in surprise. "Sir?"

The Emperor glared at him for letting her get away.

"You don't meet a girl like that every dynasty. Go get her. Come back in a week."

Shang realized he was right.

"Yes, sir."

He quickly ran to his horse and jumped on it and followed her from a distance. She stopped at an inn, so he did, too, and checked into the room next to hers. Then he went outside to get his saddlebags. As he was approaching his room again, she was just coming out of hers.

"Mulan?"

"Shang, what are you doing here?"

"Staying overnight, same as you."

"Did you follow me here?"

"Maybe. Listen, Mulan, I wanted to say a lot more than just "you fight good". I think I'm falling in love with you."

"I've been in love with you for a long time, Shang."

"You have?"

"Yeah"

Shang cupped her chin with his hand and put his other arm around her waist and pulled her in for a kiss. She put her arms around his neck as she returned it.

He wrapped both arms around her and pulled her even closer, his saddlebags forgotten for the moment. Her fingers ran through his hair as his tongue danced on her lips, and she parted them.

Their tongues danced a slow dance of passion as their hold on each other tightened.

Shang reached behind him and opened the door to his rented room, bringing her in with him. He used his foot to push his saddlebags into the room.

Mulan pulled away from his arms. "I should get my bags a moment."

Shang held his arms out as she pulled away. "But..."

"I'll be right back." She ran across the hall and grabbed her bags, closing her door behind her. Then she came back into Shang's room and into his waiting arms.

Their lips met again as he pushed the door shut. Their tongues continued the dance of passion as his arms wrapped tightly around her.

Shang began shedding his armor. Pieces of it were all over the room as well as parts of Mulan's dress were scattered all over the floor. Soon both were naked and laying on the bed, too wrapped up in each other to think about anything else.

Pulling his mouth away from Mulan's, Shang turned his attention to her breasts. As she ran her fingers through his hair, he moved back and forth between them, licking and sucking and biting. When he gently took her nipple in his teeth and flicked it with his tongue, she moaned.

"Liked that, huh?"

"Uh huh"

"Ok". Shang moved back and forth, taking them in his teeth and flicking his tongue over the sensitive tips. He also gently twisted them with his fingers until Mulan arched her back and let out a cry in a climax brought on just by the attention he was giving her breasts.

Then he brought his mouth up to hers again and the two of them kissed with increasing passion and hunger.

Shang's hand wandered down her chest and over her abdomen until it came to rest over the heated dampness between her legs. He inserted his fingers into her and rubbed the nub with his thumb until she once again let out a cry as he brought her to climax again. Pulling away from her kiss, he looked at her and grinned. Then he brought his face down to where his hand had been.

He flicked his tongue over that little nub until she arched her back and yanked on his hair and nearly screamed. She managed not to by biting her lower lip until it bled. Every inch of her body was burning with the pleasure he was giving her over and over.

He brought his face up by hers again and licked the blood off her lower lip. Then, feeling like he couldn't wait another minute he moved his body over hers and pushed into her. His powerful thrusts rocked her whole body as he kissed her mouth and neck and she tangled her fingers in his hair. Moments later, their pleasure peaked in an explosion of passion. Shang rolled over to the side and pulled her tightly into his arms.

"That was incredible!" Mulan gasped, still trying to catch her breath. He'd brought her to a climax four times.

"Sure as hell was!"

He pulled the blanket up over the two of them and they fell asleep curled up in each other's arms.

A couple hours later, Shang woke up to Mulan kissing his mouth and planting kisses on his neck. He rolled onto his back and she climbed on and pushed herself over him until he was all the way inside. Then she moved over him until both of them once again reached a peak. Then she rolled off of him and laid her head on his shoulder.

"Mulan?" Shang lifted his head up and looked into the eyes of the woman in his arms.

"Hmmmm...?" was her sleepy reply.

"Will you spend the rest of your life with me?"

She looked up and smiled at the sincere look in his eyes.

"Yes"

"I want to spend the rest of my life taking your breath away!"

"So do I! I love you, Shang!"

"I love you, too, Mulan!"

Just before they fell asleep again, Shang whispered "Hey, Mulan..."

"Hmmmm?"

"You fight good!"

Mulan giggled and buried her face into his chest and they both fell asleep.