The world was strange, to say the least. X had seen many different landscapes in all his years traveling worlds. But very few had a forest quite like this one. In fact, X couldn't think of one that did. There were no trees, only bamboo shoots that took over the area. It wasn't something X was used to, but it wasn't unpleasant.

X only stopped walking when he nearly ran into Sora. The brown-haired boy had stopped suddenly looking ahead at a strange scene. A woman dressed in battle armor was talking to a shadow cast on a nearby rock. The shadow looked like some kind of lizard, but X couldn't be sure as to what it exactly was.

"A Heartless." Donald said. X frowned looking at the shadow. It wasn't a Heartless. Though he could understand why they guessed that. Before X could argue Sora spoke up.

"Let's get the jump on 'im!" Sora said with a grin. Donald nodded and the two of them rushed forward.

"Gawrsh, maybe better look before we leap." Goofy said, trying to reign back his two friends. X glanced at the humanoid dog thoughtfully.

"You're the smartest one in this group, aren't you?" X asked. It was no surprise he got no answer as Goofy made his way to follow Sora and Donald. X sighed heavily and followed after them. There was nothing to be gained from just watching.

The woman gasped suddenly when she noticed the group. What was creating the shadow jumped out from behind a smaller rock in fright jumping into the arms of the woman. It was a small red lizard of sorts. Or, maybe a dragon? X wasn't sure.

"Is that Mushu?" Goofy asked looking at the lizard hiding in the woman's arms. X frowned trying to get a better look at the creature that might have been Mushu. He didn't know what would identify him, but X was willing to try.

"That's right, I know you heard of me!" The lizard cried out popping up from his hiding place in the woman's arms. "I'm little, lethal, and legendary! Now ya'll scram before I get my dragon dander up!"

"Hey, Mushu! We missed you!" Sora greeted with his usual bright smile. X glanced at Mushu and the woman. He had no idea how they had encountered him, he really needed to learn a thing or two about their journey before Castle Oblivion.

"Yeah, well you better hope I miss you, or else you're-you're..." Mushu trailed off in the middle of his rant as he finally looked at who was greeting him. His face brightened as he identified the group of three. "Sora! Donald! Goofy!"

"Do you know them?" The woman asked looking at Mushu. He nodded as he dropped to the ground walking up to Sora.

"Know them? Man, we used to kick all kinds of bad guy butt together! Yeah, you know, I helped these guys out of a lot of tight spots. 'Cause I'm a mighty dragon! Right?" Mushu asked leaning up against Sora's leg. X took note that Mushu was in fact a dragon, not a lizard. He was sure that was a sensitive topic so X would avoid a mix up.

The woman looked at Sora in disbelief. She didn't seem to want to believe Mushu had really done that much to help. Sora crossed his arms behind his head like Ventus used to and stepped back, leaving Mushu to fall over.

"Something like that." Sora said. He turned his attention away from Mushu and onto the woman. "And...you are?" Sora asked.

"I'm Mulan." The woman responded without a thought. She lowered her voice trying to sound more masculine, or something of the sort. "Um, no, I-I mean..." She backtracked to try and cover what was apparently a mistake.

"Ping!" Mushu chimed in helpfully.

"Mulan Ping?" Donald asked. The woman shook her head.

"Just Ping. I am Ping, son of Fa Zhou." She said, keeping her deep voice. X frowned, it didn't seem like a normal thing for her to do. So what was the point of it?

"You know Mushu?" Sora asked, not even acknowledging the strange event that had just taken place. Was Sora so accepting he didn't see the point in questioning what had gone on? If so, X was impressed by Sora in a way he couldn't express. It was so rare to find someone who could truly accept anyone.

"Mushu's one of my family's guardians." Ping, or Mulan, whichever was actually correct, said calmly. The three of the original group all looked at each other in shock. X crossed his arms looking at the little dragon in disbelief. Something that small was probably only protection against insects of some kind.

"We didn't know we were borrowin' somebody as important as a family guardian." Goofy said for the group. Mushu jumped up on Ping's shoulder showing all his teeth in a grin that did not bode well with X. They were about to get dragged into something that was not their intended goal.

"Yeah, that's right! And that puts you three up to your eyeballs in debt to Ping here." Mushu said patting Pings shoulder. Ping smiled a little awkwardly, clearly not happy all this attention was on her. "Well, guess what, kiddies? It's payback time!" Mushu said ignoring Ping's awkwardness.

"Mushu..." Ping hissed in warning.

"Ah, they don't mind. Ain't that right?" Mushu asked turning to the group.

"Hmm, sounds fair." Sora said crossing his arms with a nod.

"What are we agreeing to help with?" X asked. He narrowed his eyes at the dragon waiting for a reply.

"See, Ping here was just on his way to join the Imperial army." Mushu said. X frowned, did the dragon not realize Ping was a girl, or was there some reason he was using the incorrect pronouns? Mushu switched the shoulder he was perched on before continuing his explanation. "We gotta go find the other recruits over at the training camp."

"Would you join us? It'll be easier to fit in if I'm with guys, like you." Ping asked.

"What do you mean, 'fit in'?" Sora asked in confusion.

"Well, um, uh, don't- don't worry about that." Mushu said, trying to brush off the concern that had quickly filled the group.

"You're pretending to be a boy aren't you?" Goofy asked. Sora and Donald jumped in surprise turning to look at Ping in shock. X guessed that would explain why Mushu was using different pronouns.

"You're a...girl?" Sora asked in shock. X blinked glancing at Sora. He didn't think Sora was that dense. Accepting m yes. Dense, well, that was an accomplishment all on its own if that was the case.

"You couldn't tell?" X asked slowly.

"You didn't notice?" Ping asked hopefully.

"Uh-uh." Donald said shaking his head in shock.

"Not me." Sora said, his eyes wide as he stared at Ping. X gave a heavy sigh and rubbed his temple slowly. It was going to be harder to watch over this kid than he thought.

"I think it's working," Ping said turning to Mushu excitedly. Mushu didn't look nearly as excited, as he looked off to the side dismissively.

"I don't know--those two would fall for anything." Mushu said.

"I'm inclined to believe you're not wrong." X said calmly. He received a glare from Donald, who seemed to be the only one who didn't trust X. Goofy had said something about a journal stating he could be trusted, but X hadn't seen anything about that. He also had no idea why it would say something like that.

"I'm right here!" Sora objected, his hands going to his hips as he frowned at X and the small dragon.

"Hey!" Donald shouted, joining Sora in his disapproval. X chuckled softly holding his hands up. Sora smiled at the reaction, quickly forgetting what had happened only seconds before. Donald, on the other hand, continued to glare at X suspiciously as the group made arrangements to head into the military encampment.

The group made their way to the encampment with no hurry. X hung toward the back with Ping. If things looked bad he wanted to be able to pull back and get out of there as quickly as he could. Someone would have to be able to save the others if necessary. Though Sora seemed to be the type who could make friends with anyone so there wasn't much worry of that.

"Remember, girl--manly!" Mushu reminded Ping before disappearing somewhere in her armor. Ping stood up straighter her shoulders going too far back and her steps turning into an awkward kind of strut. X watched a moment before laughing softly and nudging her gently. Ping turned to look at him curiously.

"Relax a little. Try mimicking Sora instead." X suggested, nodding toward the brown-haired boy in question. Ping nodded slowly and glanced at Sora. Her posture slowly changed as she began to walk more naturally. X smiled at her softly. "The first step to getting away with anything you're not supposed to do is to act like you're supposed to be doing it. Walk as if you don't care who owns the world, no one will question you then." He explained calmly. Ping looked at X with interest. X smiled briefly before looking away. He felt Ping's eyes remain on him, but he didn't react. X supposed he had too much experience getting away with things.

In the encampment, the soldiers were lining up to get what looked like someone kind of food. X wasn't sure he wanted to actually see what they were claiming the food was. As a Heartless, X didn't have to eat to survive. But he had gotten into the habit while with his friends. Even if it was just sea salt ice cream. It was something he had gone years without and was surprised when he realized how much he missed the comfort. The thought of eating now, after everything that had happened was not a pleasant one. X felt his stomach knot up within seconds.

X was pulled from his thoughts when he saw a short man shove Sora to the side.

"'Bout time we get some grub." He complained.

"Hey, no cutting!" Sora objected loudly, glaring at the older man.

"Get out!" Donald yelled in agreement. X found it strange that no one in the camp thought to question the talking duck. But then, no one had ever questioned the giant walking talking mouse either.

Very quickly the line dissolved into a fight. X couldn't exactly tell what started it, or where some of these people had come from. But it had become chaos quickly. Ping stood beside X along with a very large man who seemed just as confused. All attempts Ping had made to stop the fight were quickly dismissed by the short one who may have started the fight. Sora was of no help in the fight either, he and Donald being just as involved as some of the others. X sighed heavily glancing up to see who looked like the captain. X gave another heavy sigh.

"Enough!" X yelled, using the voice that was usually reserved for particularly stubborn Heartless that didn't want to listen to him. The entire line turned to X freezing where they were. X nodded in the direction of the captain calmly. "Captain." X said.

"The Captain." A tall skinny man echoed. The line quickly righted itself, all men facing the captain with straight and stiff posture. X stood calmly in comparison to the rest. He almost lazily watched the captain pace in front of the soldiers.

Before the captain got the opportunity to speak a group of Heartless appeared behind him. Sora quickly drew his keyblade as gasps filled the air. X sighed, bringing his own daggers into his hands.

"What are they?" Ping asked stepping back in fear.

"Heartless!" Sora answered.

"As usual." X added calmly spinning his daggers.

"Oh yeah?" The tall skinny man said. He and the two others X had noted before, the fat one and the very short angry one, readied their fists as if meaning to help. X supposed they would be more of a nuisance than a help.

"Ping I hope you're ready." Sora said before charging at the Heartless. X followed him without a delay.

The fight was a quick one as it seemed the Heartless weren't of the particularly dangerous variety. X did his best to watch where all the soldiers were during the fight. He didn't want to lose any of them to the darkness at the moment. Ping seemed to be falling especially far behind. X couldn't tell if it was her first time in combat, or if the armor was weighing her down too much. Whatever it was, there were several near misses with her.

After the Heartless were gone the group relined up, several were panting heavily with cuts and bruises. X would have to go around with some potions and healing spells later. He didn't want the soldiers to be too negatively affected because of the Heartless. That could alter the course of the world and that wouldn't be pretty. The world would probably fall.

"You four. What are your names?" The captain asked looking at the world traveling group.

"Sora."

"Donald."

"Goofy."

"X."

"You're welcome in my troops. Your battle skills are encouraging." The captain said looking over them once again. Ping stepped forward confidently, a good first step.

"I am the son of Fa Zhou--" She began the captain cut her off with a glare.

"You should return home." He said. Ping faltered for a moment before stepping forward again.

"B-but... That would dishonor my family!" Ping said in disbelief.

"You'd rather dishonor my troops?" The captain shot back. Ping clenched her fist and stepped forward in a threatening manner. In any other situation, it would have been a good way of acting like a man. However, this was not the situation to behave in such a way.

"Don't make me--!" She started, but stopped when she saw X shaking his head. She stepped back, her head looking to the ground.

"If Ping trains hard and does his best, he'll get stronger in no time." Sora said smoothly placing a hand on Ping's shoulder. The captain frowned at Sora looking at Ping unconvinced. "Just give us an assignment! We'll show you how well we can work together." Sora continued.

"So.. you want to be tested? Our orders are to ambush Shan-Yu's army on their way here. They should be coming through the mountain pass." The captain said, crossing his arms. He looked down at the group warily.

"We'll smash them!" Donald yelled. X sighed and rolled his eyes.

"I doubt that. You five will be the advance party. Scout out the mountain for my troops." The captain said.

"That's it?" Sora asked. "No problem. Right?" He turned to Ping who looked nervous. Apparently, it was going to be a problem.

"R-right." Ping agreed despite her nervousness.

The tests assigned by the captain all turned out to be along the same lines. Every test involved a fight against Heartless. Each one was completed quickly, mostly because of Sora. Ping did her best to keep up but it seemed she was still having trouble. She slowly got better going from taking out no Heartless to managing to take out a few. X did his best to teach her what he could, but he had no real experience with sword fighting. He had always gone for his daggers.

After completing the last mission assigned the group returned to the main camp. X wandered away from the rest of the group letting them have their conversation about something that couldn't be all that important. He knew he should probably stick close to Sora, the kid would probably manage to get himself in trouble if X wasn't nearby. But it was hard to stay near him. He looked far too much like Vanitas. And acted far too much like Ventus. It was reminders of all of X's mistakes right in front of him.

X froze hearing a loud scream filling the air. He turned around quickly bringing his daggers into his hands. The camp was filled with Heartless of all kinds mixed with what seemed like a group of Hun soldiers. X looked around, no sign of Sora and the others.

"You have got to be joking right now." X muttered before joining the soldiers in the fray. He wove in and out of multiple fights, running his dagger across the enemy as he shot through the crowd. "Come on Sora, where are you. I swear to Kingdom Hearts if you get killed already I'm going to drag you back and kill you again before Yen Sid can kill me." He continued muttering taking out another Heartless as he passed by.

Very soon it became clear to X that Sora was nowhere in sight. He wasn't sure if that was good or bad. They were clearly losing based on shear numbers alone. Sora might have been a huge help in taking out the Heartless, but he would be in too much danger here. Not all the enemies were Heartless, and the village they were in was burning now.

X jumped up onto the wall surrounding the village. Looking around he saw a mass of Heartless, many of which had closed in around the soldiers. It was fortunate, most of the soldiers looked to be out cold too. Or at least somewhat delusional. They wouldn't remember what happened when it was over.

"Leave this village now!" X shouted from where he stood. His eyes flashed yellow as all the Heartless stopped and looked up at him. X glared at the Heartless, his gaze slowly sweeping across the encampment. "Don't make me repeat myself." He hissed. The Heartless all disappeared in the vortexes that always accompanied them. X found his eyes meeting with the cold eyes that belonged to the Hun leader. Shan-Yu snarled before turning and walking away.

X jumped down from the wall landing in the snow. He began to search the camp, healing soldiers as he went past. He was never as good as Y was at this sort of magic, but he could usually manage something helpful. At least they wouldn't die right then and there.

"Captain!" X turned at the sound of Ping's voice. He let out a relieved breath seeing Sora with Ping and the others looking relatively unharmed. X quickly joined them looking over the captain in concern as he tried to stand up, leaning heavily on the wall beside him.

"Don't overdo it, Captain!" Sora said.

"It's just a scratch." The captain replied, his hands clutching over the injury that was clearly still heavily bleeding. X frowned.

"I don't think you know what a scratch is." X said as the captain lost his footing and slid down the wall slightly.

"Captain, the enemy! Where did they go?" Ping asked.

"They went toward the summit..." The captain replied. His eyes briefly flashed to X. X tensed slightly catching what the glance meant. It hadn't escaped his notice what X had done.

"We'll stop them!" Ping stated standing quickly. She faced the summit with a determined look. X smirked. It was good to see Ping growing into the role of a soldier. It fit her surprisingly well.

"It's kinda our fault." Goofy said as the group made their way toward the summit. X frowned glancing around at the group. Where had they gone off to anyway? And why had they felt it necessary to leave X behind?

"Right." Ping agreed.

"You mean MY fault." Mushu said, walking on the snow in front of them.

"Uh-uh!" Donald said.

"Shan-Yu and the Heartless did this, not us!" Sora insisted as they drew even closer to the summit.

Reaching the summit they found it completely abandoned. The snow was undisturbed, which was more concerning to X than anything else. If they had passed through there had to have been a sign. Unless they were flying Heartless, which were always a pain to fight.

Shan-Yu appeared at the top of the summit looking down at them, before X could finish his assessments. X held back a groan. He was not a fan of uphill battles unless he was the one uphill. It was too much energy to waste on these types of things. At least it was only one, the Heartless were still cleared out.

Shan-Yu raised the hand he held his sword in. From behind him a large group of yellow Heartless X knew to be called rapid thruster. He was yet to figure out who came up for the names of the Heartless. He suspected it was someone long, long ago. So long ago it seemed even some of the older Heartless didn't know. They at least had never given him an answer as to where they had found the names and who had decided them in the first place.

With a simple hand motion, the Heartless attacked the small force at the foot of the summit. The numbers were the only threat with the Heartless. They were easily killed with one or two hits, but with what seemed like thousands upon thousands of Heartless the group was quickly separated. X found himself surrounded in minutes. Sora was lost somewhere to his left and he thought Ping was somewhere behind him. Donald and Goofy were...somewhere, maybe.

X didn't regain any knowledge of the others whereabouts until he heard a rumbling echoing down the mountain slope. He froze turning quickly to the top of the mountain. Seeing a wave of snow cascading down the mountain he cursed looking for some way to get out of the way. He ran to the far side of the summit and grabbed hold of a few rocks, pulling himself onto them and out of the snow.

X stayed where he was until the snow finished settling on the mountain. All the Heartless had disappeared under the snow. Shan-Yu was also nowhere to be seen buried under the snow. X dropped down, first finding Sora, Donald, and Goofy. X walked on top of the fresh snow layer joining the trio as they approached the Captain and Ping.

"Ping! Captain!" Sora called out.

"Oh boy, you're okay!" Goofy said. The captain turned on all of them with a harsh glare.

"You all knew, didn't you? You knew Ping was really a woman in disguise." The captain demanded looking among the group. He stopped with his gaze on X, which was expected as he seemed to be the only one who wasn't sunken down into the snow.

"A woman?" X asked sarcastically turning to Ping. "You lied to me? And what are you, a sheep?" He turned to Donald with an accusing glare. Donald returned the glare and several others joined. Sora held back a laugh glancing between X and Donald. X smirked before shrugging and looking back to the captain.

"I can't believe you lied to me." The captain said turning his back on the group. "The punishment for high treason and dishonoring the Army...is death. Get out of my sight...now. You're all dismissed." He said not turning to face them.

"But Captain..." Sora began, he stepped forward slightly.

"My debt is repaid." The captain said simply as he walked to the edge of the ridge. "The emperor is waiting! Move out!" He yelled to the remaining troops who followed. Soon the only ones remaining were Sora's group and Ping. Mushu hopped onto Pings shoulder, his head hanging in dejection.

"Mulan... I blew it." Mushu said sadly. Ping sighed and took off the armor leaving a simple outfit on underneath.

"Thank you, everyone. Sorry I got you in trouble." She said turning to the group. X waved off her concern.

"This is hardly trouble compared to the other situations I've gotten myself into." He said calmly. He got a few strange looks from parts of the group, but he ignored them like he often did.

"It's no big deal." Sora said calmly. "So Ping... I mean, uh, Mulan... what're you gonna do now?" He asked.

"Go back home," Mulan answered calmly, X supposed the fake name wasn't necessary anymore.

"You know, your daddy's gonna be steamed as a chicken dumpling." Mushu pointed out from where he sat on her shoulder. Mulan frowned looking down at the snow.

"Relax, we'll take our share of the blame." Sora offered. Donald and Goofy nodded in agreement.

"Thanks. You're all wonderful friends." Mulan said. X frowned looking away over the side of the ridge. His eyes widened as he realized he was watching Shan-Yu dig his way up out of the snow. He let out a loud cry when he was above the snow, the screaming bringing up several Heartless.

"Shan-Yu!" Mulan exclaimed.

"He's alive!" Sora said in shock.

"He's heading for the Imperial City! We have to warn Shang!" Mulan said firmly. It took X a moment to realize Shang was the captain. He had no idea how or when Mulan learned his name but he wasn't going to question it. He only nodded before the race to the city began. It was unlikely they could make it to the city before Shan-Yu, he had a head start. But they were trying their hardest anyway. It seemed they managed to catch up with Shang's unit in no time flat.

"Shang!" Mulan yelled. Surprisingly he actually stopped for her. "Shan-Yu is alive! He's headed this way!" Mulan said gasping for breath.

"And why should I believe you this time?" Shang asked. X rolled his eyes.

"Because the fate of the city depends on it. But your call." X said earning a glare from Shang. X only shrugged glancing around. His eyes landed on a rooftop where it looked like someone was sitting. X sighed heavily as everyone slowly turned their attention that way, following a hawk that was flying through the air. It became clear to everyone that the person was Shan-Yu and Mulan was not lying.

"Guard the palace! Do not let the enemy get anywhere near the emperor! That's an order!" Shang yelled turning to his men. Three ran forward as ordered. The rest, however, stood where they were. Each soldier turned into a Heartless making X grown in annoyance. Sora and Mulan jumped in front of the captain weapons at the ready.

"Captain! We'll secure the courtyard, and you can save the emperor!" Sora said watching the Heartless before making his move. Shang looked over his shoulder at the palace before looking back to the Heartless.

"That's an order!" Donald added jumping up. X rolled his eyes spinning his daggers in hand.

"I don't think you're in the position to be giving orders." He said earning a glare from the duck. X didn't react as Shang ran toward the palace leaving the group of five to take out the Heartless.

It took only moments for them to exterminate the Heartless. Mulan seemed to be fighting much better now that she wasn't being dragged down by the armor she had worn before. Without it she hardly needed the others help. X was impressed, to say the least.

"The emperors in danger!" Mulan said turning toward the palace as the last Heartless was killed. Sora nodded following her gaze.

"No time to lose!" He said before taking off running toward the palace.

Reaching the palace they saw Shan-Yu holding a sword to who looked like the emperor's throat. Before it was necessary for them to get involved Shang dropped down from the roof and punched Shan-Yu back. The three soldiers that had not been Heartless pulled the emperor back into the palace, followed by Shang. Shan-Yu charged at the door but was stopped by Sora, Donal, Goofy, Mulan, and X standing in front of the door.

"It ends now!" Mulan said.

"Right now!" Sora agreed.

Around Shan-Yu a dark energy appeared before he charged the group. The group split, Mulan, Sora, Donald fight Shan-Yu while X and Goofy hung back protecting the gates. It was a harder fight than any before, but it still was over before long. It seemed the advantage of numbers was always really a help. Shan-Yu fell backward down the stairs. X slowly walked away from the door and looked down the stairs, watching the unconscious enemy on the off chance he got up again.

"Now that's what I call burning some hunny-bun! Aw, yeah! Mulan's the best! Mulan's the best! No, wait a minute-- I'm the best! Mushu's the best! Mushu's the best!" Mushu yelled jumping around happily. X rolled his eyes turning his attention back to the others as the emperor joined them.

"I've heard a great deal about you, Fa Mulan." The emperor said. Mulan bowed in respect her eyes nervously avoiding any kind of eye contact. "You stole your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated an Imperial soldier. You deceived your commanding officer, shamed the entire Chinese army, and dishonored your family name." The emperor continued making Mulan clearly more nervous.

"We get the picture..." Sora said looking off to the side.

"You're a young woman. And in the end...you have saved us all." The emperor continued. He bowed to Mulan making everyone gasp. A large crowd that had gathered in the courtyard now that things had calmed down followed the emperor all bowing to Mulan.

"Your Excellency!" Mulan said in shock. The emperor rose again, turning to Shang who stood off to the side.

"Captain Li?" The emperor asked. Shang stepped forward and presented the sword Shan-Yu had used to Mulan. "Take this, so the world will know what it is you have done for China." The emperor said.

"Thank you." Mulan said taking the sword.

"Mulan." Shang said.

"Yes?" She asked. Shang only turned to Sora.

"Sora." He said.

"Sir." Sora responded with a salute.

"Donald." Shang said shifting his attention again.

"Wak!" Donald responded.

"Goofy." Shang continued.

"Yes, sir." Goofy said saluting as Sora had.

"X." Shang said.

"I didn't do it." X said quickly looking up. His action earned a chuckle from those around him, so he supposed no one thought it was weird. Or they were getting used to his strange mannerisms.

"Thank you." Shang said with a slight bow.

""Thank you"? Is that all there is to say, Captain? If you wish to win the heart of Fa Mulan, China's bravest woman, you'll have to be a bit more eloquent than that!" The emperor said in disbelief. Shang jumped back in surprise. Mulan however chuckled softly, so X guessed he wasn't messing up too badly.

"Can I get an autograph?" Sora asked Mulan in a joking manner.

"Thanks for everything Sora." Mulan said with a smile.

"Now they gotta let me go back to bein' a guardian! They gotta!" Mushu said loudly, reminding everyone he was in fact still there.

"But Mushu, I thought you already were a family guardian!" Goofy said in shock. Mushu stopped where he was in surprise.

"What? Oh, no, no--- don't even worry about that, that's just real technical. Just for us guardians." Mushu said trying to rectify his mistake.

"You tricked us!" Sora said putting his hands on his hips.

"No, no no no, see I did-- I just, uh," Mushu said trying to run away. "You know, I just didn't wanna bog y'all down with all the Guardian-ese. See, it's very complex, a lot of fine print. You wouldn't understand." He said as he ran. Before the group could chase after him Shan-Yu's sword began to glow and float in the air. Sora raised his keyblade and X assumed once again he was locking the gate.

"Ok!" Donald said.

"Guess it's about time to be movin' on." Goofy said looking at the sky.

"You shall be missed." The emperor said. X chuckled and shook his head.

"You say that now." He said.

"Is it ok if we come back to visit?" Sora asked hopefully.

"Of course!" Mulan said.

"We will look forward to your return." Shang agreed.

"You two play nice." Sora said jokingly. Mulan looked away blushing while Shang stepped back in shock.

"Whoa! Watch it, soldier!" Shang warned.

"Goodbye, Sora, Donald, Goofy, X!" Mulan said waving as the four took their leave.