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Alright, I know technically that this is to find original works, not fan works, but this has been killing me, and I've run out of options. A while back, I read a fanfic for Mulan (the Disney movie), where basically she still joined the army as a man etc., but when it was discovered that the Huns were camped nearby, Mulan dressed herself as a woman again, pretended to have gotten lost in the woods while collecting firewood while her father set up camp (I think she hid her weapon in a bundle of sticks tied to her back), then when they took her back to camp (it was implied that they were going to rape her) she killed all of the ones camped there. Don't really remember the end, but I'm pretty sure Shang saw her coming back covered in blood and was like WTF and she (I think maybe) made some comment that the Huns camped nearby wouldn't be a problem anymore. It was most likely on ff.net or ao3, bc those are the sites I use the most, but it could've been on live journal, as I sometimes read fic on there. Please help me find this! It was well written and really in character and I'd love to read it again.