A/N: Welcome to the first chapter of my first spinoff story! Like it says in the description, this story contains spoilers from my first fanfic called Kung Fu Panda- Dark-Bright. If you haven't read that story, then I recommend that you close this one and read that one first.
Anyways, past the spoilers, this story will be mostly focused on Tai Lung and it starts not long after chapter 19 in my first story, this story will explain certain adventures the Snow Leopard has after returning from the spirit realm.
Enjoy!
Disclaimer for this chapter and all the rest: I do not own Kung Fu Panda
Mischievous
Written by: Ace_Risk
Chapter 1
Distraction
The sun rose from the east side of the Jade Palace and began to cover the land in vibrant yellow light, as the light began to reach previously darker areas, the Valley of Peace began to wake up. Meanwhile, in a building perched high on top of a mountain, the sun began to penetrate through the paper walls in the Jade Palace Student Barracks which woke some of it's residents. One of these residents was a male Snow Leopard named Tai Lung, and he had woken up the second the light had touched the paper wall in his room. Tai Lung had just recently gotten used to waking up at this hour, and especially waking up in this place. For the past 24 years he had been completely unwelcome at the Jade Palace, or even the Valley of Peace for that matter, and not until 2 months ago had he been re-welcomed back into the village. And though he wouldn't admit it to anyone, he had really missed the feeling of being accepted and being honored. And though the things he had done earlier in his life had nearly tarnished his reputation, there had still been a select few individuals who had still believed in him, and to this he was eternally grateful. For nearly a quarter of a century, he hadn't had a place to call home, and now he did thanks to a generous and forgiving Panda called Po, or as Tai Lung would always refer to him 'the Dragon Warrior'. At first, Tai Lung had hated the Dragon Warrior and was jealous of the Panda's status which he had worked his entire life for, now however, his old ambition to become the Dragon Warrior had all but faded. And now his drive was simply to improve his skills and one day match the Dragon Warrior and perhaps even surpass him, he had always naturally been a competitive person and had always demanded a rematch when he would be defeated by the Panda, and the Panda never seemed to mind. As his thoughts went to the Panda, he also thought about how this day was going to be one of the most important days in Po's life. His wedding day. Tai Lung was never one for feelings for others and did not personally appreciate the idea of being in a relationship, however he felt very proud of the Panda mostly because he had found true happiness. Although the whole situation was slightly awkward for the Snow Leopard as the female that the Panda was getting married to was actually his adopted sister. And though he didn't mind the Panda marrying his sister, he felt slightly awkward at the thought that the Panda would technically be his brother-in-law soon. But he decided to discard this thought and instead focus on his morning training before he would attend the wedding. So he got up off of his bed and he changed into his training clothing which consisted of a pair of his signature purple training pants along with a new black training vest which had been given to him as a gift by the Dragon Warrior as thanks for his contribution to saving the valley. He then opened his door and headed on his way towards the Training Hall to start his routines.
But just as he entered the Training Hall, Tai Lung was stopped by a voice that said "nice vest." Tai Lung looked around to see where the voice had come from, and then a small 'thud' was heard right behind him. He looked behind him to see that the Panda who also wore his training clothes had jumped down from the Training Hall entrance and now stood behind him with a happy expression on his face. Tai Lung turned around and replied sarcastically to the Panda "shouldn't you be getting your rest before your big day Dragon Warrior?" At this, Po smiled and he walked over to the Leopard "I'm sure I can stay awake for my own wedding Tai." He said as he approached the Leopard holding his hand out for a handshake, Tai Lung obliged and shook the Pandas hand saying "I should hope so, you know what Tigress would do to you if you even lost focus for a second." Po rolled his eyes and replied "don't remind me..." At this Tai Lung chuckled and he said "so Dragon Warrior, would you be interested in joining me for training?" Po nodded and replied "absolutely." Tai Lung then nodded and the two began to make their way into the Training Hall, but just before the two entered, Tai Lung's ears perked up as he hear some sort of rustling sound in the vicinity. "Did you hear that?" He asked the Panda as he looked over to where he thought he heard the noise. Po then turned around as well and looked in the area where the Snow Leopard was scouting. "What did it sound like?" Po asked the Leopard. Tai Lung responded while still looking in the bushes just behind the Training Hall's courtyard "it sounded like someone was hiding in the bushes..." Po looked closely at the bushes where the Leopard was examining but he saw nothing and didn't hear any rustling noises, he could only see that there was a slight breeze that blew the sticks of the bushes slightly. "I don't hear anything, it was probably just the wind..." Po said as he left Tai Lung and went to enter the Training Hall. "Coming?" Po then called to the Leopard who still watched the bushes. Tai Lung responded without turning his head "Yeah..." After one last look at the bushes, Tai Lung decided that the Panda was right and he turned his back and went to join Po. But right before he entered the Training Hall, he turned his head back just to see if anything had moved, but nothing. So he went to join the Panda in his morning training.
8 Hours Later at the Bottom of Jade Mountain
"You look absolutely beautiful Sister..." Tai Lung said to his sister as he stood beside the female Tiger who wore an incredibly gorgeous white trumpet style wedding dress with a veil. (Look this up to better imagine what Tigress' dress looks like) The female Tiger looked up at her older brother and said "thank you Tai, for everything..." Tai Lung smiled as he still looked down at his younger sister while she was getting her makeup done and her fur perfectly combed inside an enclosed tent with white fabric walls which was used for the wedding preparation. Tears began to form in Tigress' eyes as she began to get emotional, however he took his hand and soaked up the tears with his thumbs as he said with a smile "now now, you wouldn't want to spoil your makeup, now would you?" Tigress sniffed as she replied "I'm sorry Tai, it's just-" Tai Lung interrupted as he said "I know sister..." Just as the makeup artists finished with Tigress' makeup, they heard someone enter the tent, it was Crane. Crane had been the planner for the wedding and just like Po's wedding with Lu Shi, he had outdone himself, but this time he had really gone all out as this wedding was at least 4 times bigger than the last one and had the entire Valley of Peace attending. Crane then spoke out "alright everyone! Is everybody ready!?" Almost all of the people inside the tent including Shifu, Viper and the Bridesmaids all nodded their heads, however one voice asked "Umm, I'm sorry Master Crane, but what is my job again? I kind of forgot..." It was little Hao and he had been given the position of the Ring Bearer, however the poor little White Tiger Cub had seemed to forgotten his role. Crane then walked over to Hao and ran the Cub through his position "alright Hao, you are the Ring Bearer, and your job is to carry that pillow over there with the ring on it. Once your Mother, the Best Man, Shifu, the Bridesmaids and the Maid of Honor walk through the aisle, you and the Flower Girl will walk through the aisle slowly and once you arrive at the altair you will give the pillow with the ring to Shifu. Once you do that, you will return to your seat next to Mr Ping and Mr Shan. Did you get all of that?" At this, Hao nodded and he went and picked up the pillow with the ring on it. "he will be lucky to have Po for a father." Tai Lung said to his sister as they watched the Cub. "Yes, he will..." She responded. Tigress had asked for Tai Lung to be the Best Man during the wedding, not only because he was her brother, but also because she felt it would strengthen their bond. Tai Lung had kindly accepted this honor and now wore a formal silver and black traditional Chinese vest along with a pair of black slacks which made him look fitting in this setting.
Just then, they all began to hear the sound of instruments like violins and Chinese flutes playing the wedding song. Crane then said "okay! They're ready now!" Tigress then took a deep breath and she heard the voice of Shifu on her right "everything will be fine Tigress, just remember why you are here." Tigress smiled at her adoptive father and she replied "Okay Father, thank you." At her left side, stood Tai Lung and he also reassured the female Tiger "don't worry sister, everything will be perfect." Just then, the curtains of the tent were lifted, which revealed a carpet floor aisle which led through a pathway of at least 20 benches full of residents to a Gazebo where there stood the Groom. The weather was absolutely perfect with the skies completely clear and the venue at the bottom of Jade Mountain was absolutely stunning thanks to all the work that Crane had done to prepare it. Tigress, Tai Lung and Shifu all walked in a line through the pathway towards the Altair with Tai Lung still on the left, Tigress in the middle and Shifu on the right. The Bridesmaids followed closely behind along with the Maid of Honor (Viper) followed by the Flower Girl and the Ring Bearer (Hao) They all walked slowly up to the Altair with the instruments still playing the wedding song. But just as things were going so smoothly, Tai Lung felt one of the Bridesmaids behind him accidentally step on his tail, this sent a shock through his whole body and he just wanted to attack the Bridesmaid right then and there, however he thought better of it as he remembered where he was.
As they approached the Altair, Tai Lung noticed just how good Po looked as the groom, Po wore a formal black Chinese long sleeve robe with silver dragon markings along with a pair of black slacks underneath, this outfit made the Panda look very sophisticated. His fur was nicely combed and the robe made his athletic physique show quite well. Once they finally approached the Altair, Tai Lung looked into his sister's eyes and he nodded as if to say 'you've got this.' Tigress smiled back at him and then Tai Lung went back to his seat at the edge of one of the nearby benches. Once he was seated, Hao delivered the ring to Shifu who gave his daughter his blessing. Tai Lung then looked over at Po and saw that the Panda gave him a small nod, the Leopard knew exactly what the Panda meant by this, for just before the two had parted ways to prepare for the wedding, the two had spoken about a certain subject matter.
2 Hours Before the Wedding
"Tai, I know there's going to be a lot going on today, what with the wedding and all, but could you do me a favor?" Tai Lung raised an eyebrow at the Panda's request and he responded "A favor?" Po nodded his head and continued "this whole wedding is a great chance for any thieve, thieves or bandits to strike. Almost all the valley residents will be attending and so there won't be anyone to alert us if a raid or robbery is happening, so I wanted to ask you if you could keep an eye out during the ceremony for any sort of criminal activity." Tai Lung smiled and he replied "it will be done."
Present Moment
Tai Lung remembered the Pandas words as he watched the wedding ceremony continue, everything seemed to be going smoothly as Tigress and Po were now standing before each other at the Altair. As far as Tai Lung could notice, there was no sign of any criminal activity, but he staid attentive in his seat staying ready for anything. Just then, the wedding officiant began to recite the vows for the Bride and the Groom, he was a middle aged male Rhino who had come all the way from the capital of Beijing and his name was Hunli Ren. Tai Lung had actually met Hunli when he was younger, when he was a teen, Tai Lung and his father had went on a Kung Fu meeting in Beijing and at the meeting, he had met Hunli and had made great friends with the rhino as he was actually related to the great Master Thundering Rhino. Now seeing the male Rhino having come this far in his career, Tai Lung felt a small degree of pride for his old childhood friend. But just as Hunli began to recite the vows, Tai Lung's ears began to perk up from a scurrying sound that he heard beyond the benches and near a building in the town. He then looked back to behind his seat at the building, many of the residents in the seats behind him raised an eyebrow at why the Leopard was looking back at a time like this. But then, Tai Lung's eyes picked up a blur of motion near the building where he had seen the noise, so he turned around to face Po and he saw the Panda nod again, this was his cue, so he got out of his seat and ran off after the culprit. Once he arrived at the building where he had heard the sound, he used his senses to scope out the perpetrator. And sure enough, as he listened closely for any type of disturbance, he once again heard a scurrying noise, and this time it was close. He turned his head around once again and this time, he saw a figure run from an open walkway behind the building to an alleyway in the village. So he pursued the figure as quickly as he could on all fours for extra traction on the ground. When he turned around the corner though, he noticed that there wasn't just one figure, there were three disguised figures. Once they noticed that they had been found, the three figures split up and each went in a different direction. Tai Lung knew he couldn't follow all three so he followed the one that went in the middle direction who was the one that he had originally chased. He ran on all fours to catch up to the figure who also ran on all fours, it was now that Tai Lung noticed that the stole away had a gray and white tail with black spots on it. It had to be a fellow snow Leopard. As he chased the figure, the figure ducked and dodged some of the obstacles in the alleyway such as food stands, carts and also the walls of other buildings. Just then, Tai Lung noticed that the stole away was carrying a black bag that was full. 'Whoever they are they're a thief!' Tai Lung thought to himself as he chased the figure relentlessly. As the figure managed to evade him Tai Lung also thought to himself "and whoever they are, they're good..." But the chase didn't last much longer as the thief quickly reached a dead end and was cornered by Tai Lung who grinned and he said "end of the line..." The thief turned around and Tai Lung noticed that they were wearing a black Fukumen (Ninja headdress) and a black Uwagi (Ninja jacket). However he could only see the right eye of the thief as the other one was covered in the headdress, but their right eye was gold in color and almost looked like it reflected light. But the figure didn't look like it was going to give up so easily and it got into a fighting stance, at this, Tai Lung said "come quietly or someone will have to get hurt..." But this didn't get the reaction Tai Lung had hoped for as the thief kept their fighting stance and didn't back down, so he now began to approach also getting into a fighting stance. But as he began to approach, he noticed that the stole away was staring off at something behind him as if something of great importance as behind him, so he said "what are you looking at?..." He said as he turned his head around to see what they were looking at, but there was nothing. Just then he heard a noise that sounded like nails scratching on a stone wall so he turned his head back at the thief and he noticed that the stole away had climbed up the stone wall and had gotten up to the top. "Son of a Bi-"
He then noticed the figure look down upon him mockingly and then jump down from the top of the wall into another alleyway. Hey then growled as he knew he had let his guard down and he yelled "hey! Come back here!" He then performed a wall jump and managed to scale the wall now seeing that the stole away was now fleeing through the alleyway still with the bag in hand. Tai Lung growled as he now jumped into the new alleyway and once again pursued the thief. This time he ran much faster than before as he was angry with the thief's persistence, he chased her through the alleyway until he decided to jump onto the roof of a building so he could get a better view of her movement patterns. As he ran on the shingled rooftops, he noticed that they were headed towards another dead end and so he ran as fast as he could to catch up before they could get over the next wall. And just as he saw the thief getting ready to jump over the wall he shouted "OH NO YOU DON'T!" as he launched himself forward for a powerful kick. The figure heard the shout and turned around, but failed to brace themselves for Tai Lung's powerful kick which hit the thief right in the belly and sent them flying at the wall at the end of the valley. The thief hit the wall hard which made a loud 'thud!' sound followed by a yelp of pain by the figure, but the cry of pain sounded more like a feminine voice than a masculine voice. But Tai Lung didn't care and he took this as an opportunity and he rushed the thief pinning them to the wall by both of their arms. The move had successfully immobilized the thief, but when Tai Lung realized the position he was in, he instantly blushed in embarrassment. He had pinned the thief to the wall, but his body was basically up against the thief's, this made for an awkward and embarrassing moment for both the Leopards. Each of them blushed and Tai Lung immediately removed his body from the thief's and shook his head trying to get back his focus. He then got back to business and demanded "where did your companions go? What did you steal!?" The figure seemed to mock him as they said in a feminine voice almost completely ignoring his questions "you're good, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you're the infamous 'Tai Lung'?" Tai Lung wasn't satisfied with this as the female Snow Leopard had completely dodged his question and he spoke again "I'll ask you one more time...WHERE DID YOUR COMPANIONS GO!?" This time Tai Lung tried to say this with as much ferocity as possible to intimidate the thief. The thief even though they had a headdress seemed to smiled mockingly as they weren't fazed at all by Tai Lung's attempts to intimidate her. "such ferocity...have you reverted to your old ways?" The female Snow Leopard mocked him. This only served to anger Tai Lung more as she was wasting his time, so he then said "it's obvious you know a lot about me, but just what is that mask hiding?" As he said this, Tai lung unsheathed his claw on his right index finger, and then he used the finger to slowly pry off the mask that was concealing all but the thief's right eye. Once he had lifted the mask off the thief, he recognized exactly who the female Leopard was, she had a normal face for a female Snow Leopard, but in her left eye was a prosthetic blue eye which could only mean one thing…
"Su!?" Tai Lung said in shock as he realized who the female Leopard was. Su then laughed as she said "surprised?" Tai Lung the pinned the female Snow Leopard to the wall again and said "how did you escape!?" At this, the female Leopard laughed and replied "do you think that flimsy prison in the mountains could really keep me locked up forever?" Tai Lung knew what she meant by this, back 24 years ago, he had been transferred to Chor Gohm Prison after his crimes towards the valley of peace. And when he had initially been sent to the prison, he had been placed in a regular cell, and shortly after he had arrived at the prison, three other criminals had been sent to the prison and were put inside a cell right next to his. Their names were Wan, Wing and Su and they had been notorious all over China as some of the greatest criminals in the history of the country known as the 'Wu Sisters'. However he hadn't really gotten to know them well as he had broken out of his first cell shortly after they arrived. And once he had been caught again and place in his high security cell at the bottom of the prison, he had never seen them again. But now he had the leader of the Wu Sisters pinned against the wall and he said "never mind that, all that matters is that you're headed back to prison and returning the things you stole..." But before Tai Lung had the chance to tie the female Snow Leopard up and retrieve the stolen items, Su spoke back to Tai Lung and said "you know, during our time in that prison, I never realized how handsome you are..." As she said this, Tai Lung's muscles went stiff and he began to blush slightly "excuse me?" He said in shock as his grip on her arms began to weaken. As he said this though, Su gently removed his paws from his grasp on her and instead, she put her paws against his chest and she said "I said I never realized just how handsome of a man you are..." As she said this, she began to move her face closer to his. The shocked male Snow Leopard said "wait, what are you doing..." But just as he said this, Su suddenly pressed her lips against his and began to kiss the shocked Snow Leopard. Tai Lung didn't know how to respond right now with the female Snow Leopard pressing her lips against his, but his body instinctively closed his eyes and pressed her against the wall now leaning into the kiss. However, Su had secretly intended to use this as a distraction, and while the two kissed, she leaned her right foot over to a floorboard which was balancing on a brick with a heavy bucket of water on the other side. She then used her foot to press on the floorboard and catapult the bucket of water right into Tai Lung's face. The bucket of water hit the unsuspecting Tai Lung right in his face and splashed water all over the Snow Leopard's face. This served to distract him while Su removed herself from him and grabed the bag of stolen items, she knew this wouldn't distract him for long and so for insurance, she kicked him right in the manhood this earning her a high pitched yelp of pain from him. As he fell to the ground covering his 'manly area' out of pain, Su used this as a distraction and she jumped to the top of the wall. She had to laugh at the fact that a lethal Kung Fu Master could be brought to their knees by a simple kick in the manhood. She then said "until next time handsome!" as she blew a kiss towards the Snow Leopard who was still on the ground from the pain but had seen her do this. She then winked and she left the Snow Leopard in the alley as she made her escape.
Tai Lung then muttered to himself in pain "fool me once, shame on you...Fool me twice, shame on me..." And after a couple of minutes of laying on the ground wet and in pain, the pain began to wear off and he got up from the ground and he muttered to himself again "alright Su...It's on..."
A/N: Hope you enjoyed the first chapter into this first spinoff story that I will be writing! I plan to update this story at least once every 3 days and make about 10 chapters total for this story, so stay tuned for future updates! If you like this story and wish for me continue it, favorite it, follow and most importantly
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