hey guys, Yazzii is back, but not with a comedy o.o
ok this story is basically formed around my favourite character tigress... i may add a lil poXtigress at the end *wink* *wink* but only cuz i kno how much u guys love it... most of u anyways. anyways! read! and pleeeeaaassssseeeeeee for the love of literature READ & REVIEW !
.The Art Of Manipulation.
One of the most beautiful sights to behold; the valley of peace at sunset. The deep fiery colours that burned in the sky were truly amazing. Birds flying towards the warm glow of the dying sun, behind the dark silhouettes of mountains in the far distance and shadows gradually stretching until they eventually disappeared in the darkness of night. The black outlines of villagers closing shop and going about their business. The usually hectic streets had finally calmed, to the extent that a pin dropping could be heard. Peaceful was the only word that could describe the fairy tale setting; for once, the valley of peace lived up to its name.
Sitting silently beneath the sacred peach tree of heavenly wisdom was a tiger, watching over the valley like a guardian angel. Appreciating the quiet like a rare gift (which in her case, it really was), she savored every moment; she of all people knew it was not to last after all.
Tigress gazed the red sky, seeing nothing; she was consumed in her thoughts and ponderings. She remembered everything that was worth thinking about that had happened since she, Po, and the rest of the furious five defeated lord Shen four months ago. To her great dismay she still hadn't mastered inner peace, she didn't know what was wrong with her, the last few months had been the most relaxing of her entire life! And she still didn't have anything to show for it; master Shifu had said 'patience tigress, everything worth having, takes a lot of hard work to get', cheesy and unhelpful as it was, she accepted his remark and kept trying to accomplish what seemed impossible. She had fully recovered from the blast of Shen's cannon although she did still have an ugly scar stretching along her stomach as a constant reminder of the twisted peacock; thankfully it was almost invisible beneath her white belly fur, one of the pro's of being a tiger. She and Po had become best friends they were as close as she was with viper, thinking of the big, care-free lump of lard made her grin fondly.
She had mastered the Mantis style of kung fu, so now she was a master of the Tiger, Crane, and Mantis style; as a result of her success Mantis had formed a 'family like' bond with her, she viewed him as an annoying big brother, Crane as the respectable eldest brother, monkey as a cheeky cousin and viper as her compassionate younger sister. She supposed that made her the feisty little sister; she smirked soundly. A mix and match family. Her mix and match family. Of course Shifu had been proud of her, since Tai Lung's defeat, they had gradually been developing a father, daughter relationship; just like she had always yearned for.
(Flashback)
"Master, I have finally completed my training, I mastered the final scroll of the mantis style. I am now a master in the Mantis style of Kung fu." Tigress stated proudly, while bowing to the red panda, who was balancing on Oogway's with his back to her, while he was facing the moon pool in the hall of warriors. She had slaved for four years to reach this accomplishment and she still insisted on being humble about it. After a few moments of silence, tigress began to wonder if he had heard her, or if he had and he was merely unimpressed. Her determined grin fell as she considered the latter.
In a sudden flurry or movement, Shifu was balancing at her side, smiling coolly and patting her supportively on the back; the biggest show of affection he had given her, in her twenty years at the palace.
"Good job, Mei Shan, I am very proud of you." He murmured his words were dripping with pride, so she knew he meant what he was saying. Her heart flooded with warmth, he was proud of her and he had addressed her using her given name, which just made it all the sweeter (A/N plz make sure you take note of the name i gave her ^_^). Those were the exact words she had always longed to hear coming from her adoptive father. She beamed and tried valiantly to hide her on coming tears.
(End flashback)
But other from that, not much had happened. When raiders and bandits heard of lord Shen's defeat, they had made the wise decision to back off. This unfortunately meant that things got a little boring around here. Without a weekly bandit attack things had been insanely quiet; quiet enough that she found the time to sit under the peach tree and reflect on times gone by. Like she was now.
She sighed and watched the last visible villager, go inside their home to welcomed by their own loving family. She glanced at the darkened sky and noticed that stars were beginning to appear. How long have I been sitting here? I've probably missed dinner too. And as if on cue, her stomach growled and a peach fell from the tree and landed on her lap. Huh, I suppose that's my signal to get going.
Jade palace kitchen
Roars of booming laughter could be heard echoing around the jade palace. The dragon warrior and the furious five (minus tigress) were very close to falling off of their chairs with laughter. They were discussing their lives and experiences before they'd ever set foot in the palace. Empty bowls of noodles cluttered the sink while the group of friends was sitting at the table exchanging their tall tales.
"YOU GOT YOUR ASS HANDED TO YOU ON A SILVER PLATER BY A GRANNY?" Po exclaimed between snickers, pounding his fist on the table, saying it just seemed to make it funnier as another round of laughter shook the palace walls. Even the usually composed Crane was grasping his sides and wheezing desperately for breath.
"Well, excuse me Po, but I was taken by surprise! It's not like I could fight back, I would never strike an elderly Lady!" mantis insisted glaring at his friends (well, used to be 'friends') in frustration and embarrassment. Was it his fault that he mistook an elderly woman for a nice 'catch'? Was it really his fault that he threw a few 'cat calls' her way? Wasn't that a compliment? And, was it completely necessary to beat the living daylights out of him with her handbag? No, no, yes and no! Surely this was classed as some sort of abuse or bullying; always pick on the little guy, typical. He shrunk back in his chair and pouted childishly. This is the last time I tell these clowns anything! Would it kill them to try to take me seriously?
"Whatever dude, you got beat up by a pensioner." Monkey chimed in burying his face in his arms while his back heaved violently, he was either crying or laughing. Mantis bitterly guessed it was the latter. "A woman no less." He added with a teasing smirk.
Viper scowled and hit monkey with her 'whip like' tail around the back of his head. "And what has being a woman got to do with it?" suddenly the three other boys went very quiet and looked pitifully at monkey (apart from mantis who was rather enjoying seeing his friend in discomfort), who was expected to answer the touchy question. He straightened his back and glanced desperately at his male companions, while scowling hatefully at mantis.
"Nothing! Nothing at all! I was just stating that fact, is all, I didn't mean anything by it!" he mumbled nervously. He was actually quite relieved, if it had been tigress who had heard him say that he would no doubt be silenced by a solid punch in the face, then thrown down the palace steps, then burned alive, then possibly eaten… she was a carnivore after all.
"Hmph. I'll pretend I believe you this time, you are lucky that I'm not as temperamental as a certain tiger I know." Viper noted, smirking and wagging her eyebrows evilly. They all shared knowing looks. The next few seconds were spent in thoughtful silence as they considered the disastrous out come if tigress had been present. Monkey gulped and rubbed the back of his neck, while slumping into his chair. Of course Po had to be the one to break the silence that was slowly edging towards being awkward.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me, what about tigress? Any of you know any stories about her past and stuff? She never told me anything about her early days of awesomeness!" he said pumping his fist into the air with confidence. More cautious glances were shared between the group as they debated on what was appropriate to reveal to him; it was not their place to talk about someone else's past, let alone their friend's.
"well… urm… as you know, she was brought up in an orphanage, She was… neglected and bullied, but one day Shifu came and taught her self control, she made friends and then he adopted her when she turned six. So basically she has been here most of her life." Crane said matter-of-factly. The dragon warrior stared wide-eyed as crane finished his simple analysis of tigress' past; he suddenly began to worry. Why is he staring at me like that? Did I let something slip? I shouldn't have said anything…
"Crane. We may as well tell him, Po is going to be staying with us after all. We can trust you not to pass on any of our conversations right, Dragon warrior?" viper inquired mysteriously.
"Of course not! I'm the dragon warrior aren't I? Would the dragon warrior ever tell a lie?"
"What about when you convinced master Shifu that you were ill, just to get out of doing a few laps around the valley?" mantis countered, snickering cheekily. Po pouted and glared back at the witty insect.
"Hey! That was one time! And I got caught snacking in the kitchen later on didn't I? I learnt my lesson." Po grumbled.
"Anyway. We all came up with a theory which explains why tigress is so shady when asked about her time at Bao Gu. We think she had some sort of traumatizing experience. The real question is what happened? I know it's not any of our business but any normal person would be concerned. What is she hiding when she says 'I don't want to talk about it.'? What is she remembering when she gets that far away look in her eyes? Whatever it is, it's killing her, and I for one don't want to see her hurting." Viper said with unusual aggressiveness and seriousness lacing her tone. Viper was really worried, everyone was, and even Po had those little caring worry lights flickering in his eyes.
Suddenly a strange rumbling sound echoed in the now silent kitchen.
"You don't know the half of it!" a cold voice snapped; causing the group friends to jump 10feet high and Po to fall out of his chair to land on top of monkey with a loud crash. "And I do not want, nor do I deserve, any of your sympathy." it added stiffly. A figure stood solidly in the doorway, eyes burning with hardly controlled rage and it's lips curled back over its glistening fangs in distaste. The figures ears were flat against its head and it was inhaling and exhaling heavily through its nose.
"Tigress! We were just ta-" crane was silenced with a quick raise of the paw.
"I know exactly what you were discussing. And viper, you were right; it is none of your business. What happened, happened because I was insanely stupid and you all have absolutely no idea how hard I've been trying to forget." tigress snarled through clenched teeth. Just the sight of her muscled rippling powerfully made mantis want to take a step back… perhaps one thousand steps back. It had gone unnaturally silent, no one even had the nerve to breathe; so silent in fact that mantis discovered that silence had its own sound. A few more seconds passed and with a final warning growl, tigress left the doorway, heading for her room.
"Dude get off of me!" monkey snapped while shoving Po off of him, after he was able to breathe steadily again he shivered and hugged himself tightly while glaring at the spot where he had been pinned under Po. "Gods I feel so violated."
37 miles north from the valley of peace.
She could imagine it all so very clearly, her tears, her blood and the grand finale; her death, but no, not the death of the body! No, no, no that is simply too merciful, she had bigger plans, outstandingly brilliant plans! She wanted to bring death to her spirit. Her soul, the thing that made her who she was; her conscience must die. She would destroy her to the very core of her rotting black heart; she wanted every fiber of her being to feel pain and torture constantly. Her ever so painful 'death' just a mere heartbeat away… so close… it was all going to come together, every single bead of sweat and blood and tears she had shed planning this was so worth it and it was all going to be so satisfying, just to watch what she had worked so hard for, finally come together.
That bitch is going to feel a small fraction of the pain and heart ache she brought upon me. I will tear her away from everyone she holds dear. I will expose her to the world and she will finally become known for being the slimy whore she truly is. It will be so delicious. The best part? Oh, the best part will be being there to witness it all, to drive her to the mere edge of insanity, to watch her fall from a public icon to one of the most hated people to ever go down in history! I. will. Break. Her.
Hardly showing a half-sane appearance as she strolled through the darkening streets she struggled to contain a chuckle of anticipation. No, don't call attention to yourself Rushai. Arctic foxes aren't common around here so you're already turning a few heads. That's not me drawing in attention, it's the scars, the scars that slut gave me! Her snow white fur was ruffled and dirty, where as it used to turn many a man's head. Her black void-like eyes which seemed deep enough to fall into glistened with excitement. She was grinning madly; all in all, she looked rather insane.
Almost there now! Thirty-seven miles to go! She could no longer contain herself and she let out a low chuckle, which slowly grew into uncontrollable hysterics. Watch out, I'm on my way Mei Shan.
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