Again, I only own OCs.
Eli H. Lee
"Easy, Peng. You want to focus on the attacks given to you, not the other way around," Tai Lung said as he blocked his nephew's Tiger Kick before pushing Peng out of the fighting ring around them. The younger snow leopard panted as he got up off the ground. It wasn't even morning yet, and the sun rise and gong that rang was only about thirty minutes away, the time for training was over for them before the rest of the Palace would wake up. The uncle went over to Peng and helped him up, casting a small reassuring smile. Peng kept looking down at his feet. Tai Lung sighed and patted his nephew on the back. "Despite still having a lot to learn, Peng," he started, leading the younger warrior to the kitchen. "Your self-training has gotten yourself far."
"I still want to be better though. You know, this way I can show Lian some more moves and care for her as well," the younger leopard said, kicking a rock aside. "Especially when she comes over here…" Tai Lung raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, so I'm now going to finally meet this girlfriend of yours, huh? Should I ask when?"
"About a week from now. She said that she wanted to help me out with protecting the Valley and Jade Palace here while you guys try to help the army fend off the invaders."
Tai Lung chuckled as he opened the door for both of them. "I think I can be glad that it takes Po about a week and a half to pack then."
…..
"So, you three are the 'infamous' Wu sisters?"
Su Wu glared from the small prison she and her sisters were in at their guards as one of them chuckled. "Looks like the kittens' have nothing to say," the other said, placing their food down and sliding it under the cage door. Su handed the plate to Wing and Wan, both who took some and ate. Quietness hung between the three of them before they heard muffles and turned to see another leopard, a wolf, and an elderly rabbit before then, the wolf seeming to be trying to pick their lock. Su steadily got up and hissed, "Who are who? What do you want?"
The wolf finally picked the lock and tore the cage door off. The other female leopard extended her hand out to Su, confusing the eldest Wu sister. "My name is Ying Fa-yin. This is my sister Wu Ling Fa-Yin and our Aunt Lan Luli. You have heard of us, no doubt?" she said, smiling before using her other paw/hand to punch one of the guards that began to come through. "Aunty, give him some more of that powder." The rabbit bowed and covered the guard's nose with a blue handkerchief.
"You're the commander of the Chang-Yung's invading army? I'll admit, my sisters and I expected someone a bit… older. Someone around her mid-fifties or early sixties."
"You're thinking of Xiu Fa-yin. She was my mother. Now, as for why we're here, Chang-Yung thought you and your sisters would make… excellent Night-fighters under my command." Wing and Wan looked towards their sister in their usual silent way and Su narrowed her eyes.
"Why would we follow you?"
"Dear Su, my sister, aunt, and I just knocked out your guards, unlocked and tore out your prison door, and are offering you and your sisters a chance to seek out the highest places of orders in China. While I can't promise that Chang-Yung will keep you three together, under command of my part of the army, you won't have to worry once about each other's safety. As someone who is also the eldest sibling, I thought you could easily understand what the benefits are."
Su Wu looked at Ying's outstretched paw again before looking at her sisters. Both of them looked wide eyed at her, Wing in the middle of chewing the food they had been given before Su looked back at Ying. "Fine." The eldest sister took the Commander's paw.
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"So, like… how were you able to still keep all the reflexes and balance and stuff all … masterful during that entire journey back here, Tai Lung?" Po asked as he served breakfast to everyone. Tai Lung and Peng, the former having already made breakfast earlier for him and the latter, both sneaked their portions onto Po's plate that the panda had placed down first. Tigress raised an eyebrow at this action, knowing that Po's breakfasts were usually Peng's favorites.
"Actually, because the fight clubs that were set up across China. I just put a cloak and a tie-on hat, and I became a temporary fighter at them until I needed to go to the next town or city."
"Oh, so in an indirect way… Peng and his girlfriend helped."
"Pretty much."
Quietness came over the table as everyone but Tai Lung and Peng ate and drank some tea or water. Po mumbled about thinking he gave himself just as much food as everyone before Peng got up and excused himself. "Going to go training again, Peng?" Shifu asked, watching the young snow leopard went to leave the kitchen.
He turned around, looking a bit unsure. "Um… yeah. I kind of… wanted to get practicing so that I'd be a little more prepared to help the Valley with Lian." After the leopard closed the door, Tai Lung gave a look of concern for a moment.
"Are you sure that it's a good idea to leave Peng and Lian here while we're away, Master Shifu?" he asked, holding his cup of tea as he used a claw to stir it a bit.
"Both of them are very much experienced in their own fighting ways, Tai Lung. They'll have barely any problem while we're gone."
"That's not why I'm…"
"They'll both be fine." Shifu's expression quieted the larger male down before he excused himself from the table. As Tai Lung opened the kitchen door, he stopped at Shifu's words. "I also thought I told you to leave any training Peng sought out to one of us."
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"Commander! We've found a scout trying to follow us!" Ying turned her attention from the maps Lan Luli had given her to the three Wu Sisters, who changed their usual clothing attire to those similar to hers and Wu Ling's. Between two of them was a white goose wearing black clothes, similar to that of a spy's. Ying crossed her arms and approached the goose, eyeing him keenly before nodding to the three other leopards.
"Go ahead and release him. His message will be this: Our army is ready. Send us your best fighters that you can."
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"Commander Fa-yin has recruited the Wu Sisters, Masterful One! What shall be the next orders?" The oxen looked down at the goat as he bowed down, waiting for the orders.
"Tell the Commander to try and … per sway Temutai and his clan to join our forces. While the Wu Sisters are mighty, we do need warrior built up on strength and … boulder-like qualities as much as flexible warriors who can fight with the help of others," he replied, looking back at the training process of the warriors with him. "Tell her that once she's done so, to have them come to me." The goat bowed again.
"Anything else, High-Commander-Chief?"
Chang-Yung thought for a moment, before looking at the small scroll in his hoof/hand. "Tell her that after she's done that, to find The Boss Wolf and what is left of his and Lord Shen's Wolf Army. I've heard they have a camp not far from the Qidan Clan's location. And also… no... No, just that." The goat bowed once again and left to deliver the message.
Chang-Yung narrowed his eyebrows as he looked at the scroll in his procession again. Opening it, the oxen grimaced as he went into his tent to sit down, mumbling "I'm going to need to edit this before I send it to her."
Guess what's written in the scroll. No really, guess.
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