The Lion and The Tigress 1
It's been 3 months since Po, The Dragon Warrior, defeated Tai Lung. Po has become the hero of the Valley of Peace and been fully accepted as a student of the Jade Palace.
As the sun started to set the Furious Five and Po exited the training hall from an intense day of training. It wasn't unusual for Master Shifu to push his student to their limits but thanks to Tigress, training has been unbearable.
Calling out, Shifu: Tigress may I have a word?
Tigress: Of course master.
As Tigress walked over to Shifu, Mantis: What do you think is going on?
Rubbing his chest, Po: Hopefully Master Shifu is going to tell her to take it easy during sparring.
Walking away, Monkey: Or to go harder on us.
Shifu stood outside the training hall until Po and the others were completely gone before addressing Tigress.
Shifu: Tigress I have a mission for you. Lately there have been several reports of bandits attacking villages in the eastern region of China. Reports say they're being led by someone claiming to be as strong as a kung fu master. I want you to put an end to this.
Raising an eyebrow, Tigress: Me alone master?
Shifu: Yes. I figure you can handle this alone. I've also noticed you have become more aggressive since your battle with Tai Lung.
Tigress: I'm sorry master. Although I do accept Po as a warrior it still frustrates me that he was able to defeat Tai Lung after training for such a short amount of time when I didn't stand a chance against him.
Shifu: I am to blame for your defeat Tigress. I've had you fight with the 5 for so long your solo combat skills have suffered due to your dependence on the others. When I trained Tai Lung, I made sure he was capable of fighting on his own. Due to that he was able to fight army without any worries. This mission will be the first of many so you can sharpen your solo combat skills. Smiling, Beside I think you could use some time to yourself away from everybody especially Po.
Tigress bowed with a huge grin on her face knowing she'll be able to relax alone for once and fight without having to worry about the leading the others.
Tigress: Thank you, I'll definitely put an end to those bandits master. When do I leave?
Shifu: You will depart after dinner.
Excited about her mission Tigress ran to the dormitory to eat and prepare for her journey.
On the far eastern coast of China a news scroll made its way to an abandoned temple where three unknown figures trained. The three figures turned out to be brothers. Panther the eldest was well toned with dark fur and bright blue eyes. Cheetah the middle brother, had a lean muscular build, yellow fur with spots, 2 black stripes going down his back and light orange eyes. Lastly there was Leo the youngest. Although he was the youngest Leo was slightly bigger than his brothers and had a muscular build with golden fur, a pitch black Mohawk like mane and blood red eyes.
In complete disbelief, Panther: How can this be?
Concerned, Cheetah: What has happened?
Panther: Tai Lung broke out of prison and was killed by a warrior from his old temple.
Cheetah dropped his head sadden by the news when a loud, powerful and aggressive roar could be heard. Looking over the brothers saw Leo's angered expression.
Livid, Leo: That's impossible. There isn't anyone strong enough to defeat Tai let alone kill him. This has to be a lie.
Keeping a stern expression on his face to hide his anger, Panther: If Tai rushed back to his old temple after escaping he would've been weaker than we remember so it's possible. I'm sorry Leo but Tai is probably dead. According to this he was killed by someone called the Dragon Warrior.
With a single tear rolling down Leo's face and oozing with bloodlust Leo turned and started walking off. Sensing Leo's bloodlust rising Panther grabbed Leo's arm.
Tightening his grip, Panther: Where do you think you're going Leo?
Yanking his arm out of Panthers grasp, Leo: It should be obvious. I'm going to hunt down this so called Dragon Warrior that killed Tai Lung and make him regret the day he was born.
Leo ran off to his room grabbing a few items before taking off.
Standing besides Panther, Cheetah: Shouldn't we stop him? You know when Leo gets like that he can become uncontrollable. If he finds Tai's killer he will kill him. He's probably going to destroy the temple as well.
Panther: No let him go. He can blow off some steam while he travels. I never told him the exact location, name of the temple, or even the village Tai Lung came from so we can beat him there. While watching their brother run off, Plus I want to hear know the Dragon Warrior's reason for killing Tai before Leo gets there and all hell breaks loose.
Growling, Cheetah: Same here but I hope they don't try anything foolish or by the time Leo arrives all the fun will be over. Looking back at Panther, So when are we leaving brother?
Panther: We'll leave in a few days but for now let's return to training. If they have a warrior strong enough to bring down Tai Lung then I want us to be ready.
Cheetah: You sure you don't want to just leave now? We're as strong as Tai was if not stronger than he was in his prime and even though I hate to admit it in terms of strength and skill Leo has far surpassed Tai a while ago.
Panther: That might be the case but I don't want any surprises. Remember this is where Tai grew up, trained and became one of the greatest warriors in China. If they really have a warrior skilled enough to take down Tai that means there might be other warriors who skills are on par with Tai's or stronger. I'm sure Tai wasn't in the best condition after being imprisoned for all those years and underestimated them but I won't lose you or Leo because we made the same mistake.
Cheetah and Panther watched their brother disappear into the growing shadow of night before returning to their training.
