Ancestors, Hear My Plea.

Training

(Ming's POV)

The next morning, first day of training, I get up pretty early to get dressed. My tent is close to Mulans, which is just outside camp, near a tree. As I walk over to her tent I can see soldiers all going to where we need to be, but I know for a fact Mulan is not awake considering that her tent isn't even open.

I get to her horse and start petting it's head, smiling. It leans into me.

Her horse only acts like this for Mulan and I, he's a really good horse and protector if you ask me. I hear Mushu from inside, "All right! Rise and shine, Sleeping Beauty!" I chuckle, he continues, "Come on! Hup, hup, hup." Mulan groans, then a second later I hear a shiver come from her.

"Get your clothes on! Get ready. Got breakfast for ya." After a few different words, Mulan asks, "Am I late?" I sighed, about to speak when Mushu speaks before me, "No time to talk. Now remember, it's your first day of training, so listen to your teacher and no fightin-"

I finally speak up, "Mushu. You do understand everything that happened yesterday was your fault right?" I don't try and open the tent, in case my sister isn't properly dressed but I can hear her giggle and Mushu groan, "Ming, go away. I'm trying to help Mulan here." I roll my eyes, "Also, Mulan to answer your question from earlier? Yes you are about to be late, everyone is leaving." I hear her gasp, "They what?!" She jumps out of her tent, making it fall down.

I step back, her still putting on her shoes. She starts running away, Mushu yells, "Wait! You forgot your sword!" I hold my hand out wanting him to give it to me. He stares for a second before he gets want I want and gives the sword to me. I start running after Mulan, or ahem, Ping.

We arrive to all the men laughing, I go off to the left while my sis- 'brother' goes off to the right. I want Mulan to figure out her own problems. I want to stay out of them, I want to be invisible to all these gross men. I don't even want one near me, all of them stink of dirty socks. "Looks like our new friend slept in this morning." Everyone stops laughing when they see Mulan walk up to them.

I make myself get into the back of the line, away from all the men expect for one, but this one seems clean enough so I don't mind him. "Hello, Ping. Are ya hungry?" I roll my eyes, curse you Mushu. "Yeah cause I owe you a knuckle sandwich." The short guy from yesterday informs my sister, while cracking his knuckles. I feel bad now for leaving her, but I know she would be fine for now. The short guy grabs Mulan by the front of her shirt, about punch her. I suck in a breath, in worry. Then the captain speaks up, "Soldiers!" Everyone stops and gets into the line they got out of before.

He walks over to some sticks, then takes off his robe. My eyes widen, 'Damn this man got muscles.' I blink, feeling heat going onto my face. I shake my head to make it go away, but I see that Mulan is looking at me, smirking. A roll my eyes for the 5th time this morning and look back to the Captain. "You will assemble swiftly and silently every morning." He grabs some of the sticks and turns around, "Anyone who acts otherwise? Will answer to me."

Captain starts walking done the line, where the fuck did the sticks go? Now he has a bow and some arrows what in the magic? Yao, The short guy, talks "Oh? Tough guy."

"Yao." Captain Shang says sternly, it's kinda hot to honest. He grabs an arrow from his holder on his back and loads it into the bow, pointing it at where Yao was, all the others, and me, step back. Yao standing in place. Shang then points the arrow up into the sky and shots it, it landing at the top of the pillar I was leaning on yesterday when the rice fight begun. "Thank you for volunteering," He begins to take off the arrow holder and continues, "Retrieve the arrow." Yao looks annoyed, and cracks his knuckles again, "I'll get that arrow, pretty boy," Pretty boy? Now he ain't pretty he's a lot more than that, Yao side eyes Shang, "And I'll do it with my shirt on." He begins walking to the pillar.