A/N: So sorry for the wait! I got delayed on several occasions, but that aside, please enjoy the chapter! :D I hope you enjoy! I don't own KFP.
Chapter 2 – Battle for the town
The Kaftar runs on all fours as he leads Lei, Jia, Tai Lung, and Vanessa to the town that's in danger of being attacked. They're all running on all fours, Lei is still scared as always, but he's determined to save the lives of the people. They run through an opening and the dark clouds are becoming a little grey because the sun's rising. They ran up a hill and lo and behold, there's a medium sized town, not destroyed, but a very nice little town with some red roofs, farmers' fields, pools, and there's a bridge going over a river that divides the town. There's hardly anyone out, the five warriors narrowed their eyes and began looking for any signs of any black lions. Jia's ear slightly twitched, she looked to the right and sees nothing. The Kaftar sighed as he put his hands on his hips.
"All right," he said, "Though I see nothing, I will say that we'll scout the area and split into teams."
"No," said Tai Lung, "We don't know when those black lions are gonna pop up, we need to stay together."
"He's right, Mr. Nightfall," said Lei, "Those black lions could be just over the horizon, we gotta be prepared." The Kaftar held in a groan, but then he said, "Fine." Then they began moving to the town with caution, a fog showed up, giving the atmosphere an even more ominous feeling. As they crept to the town, a light howl of wind blew through the town, Lei shivered in fear, but he kept going. Jia held her machete tight, there's no one out.
"Where is everyone?" Vanessa asked.
"The sun's just rising," said the Kaftar, "They're probably just getting up."
His ears began turning in different directions to hear anything, Jia sensed something and then an ominous orange glow appeared in the distance. Jia pointed to it and then Tai Lung shouted, "Fire!" Then they heard panicked screams, they all took off for the direction of the fire. There're black lions attacking the town, they're trashing the food carts throwing torches into the houses and killing civilians when they came near, there're about 50 or so black lions! One black lion is running after a mother rabbit and her baby, she screamed in fear, but Lei sliced off the head of the black lion and its body dissipated into thin air. He picked up the mother bunny and took her to a safer location while the others began fighting the black lions.
"Get out of town! Get to safety!" Lei said in a fast tone.
He put her outside of town, she began running shouting "Thank you! You saved our lives!" Saving lives made Lei feel good, but he had to focus on the mission. He began running back to where his friends were, a black lion came across him. Lei threw punches and kicks before knocking it into a building. He sliced off its head before he began fighting three more. He dodged them, kicked and punched them and jumped over them making two of them run into a burning building. One black lion snarled and began fighting Lei, it swung knives at him, he dodged with ease, he threw a spin kick and kicked it into the burning building. Lei joined up with Tai Lung who paralyzed three black lions and then destroying them, then 6 black lions came down from the sky Lei shouted to Tai Lung, "Tai Lung! Double Death Strike!" Tai Lung immediately responded, he grabbed Lei's hands and threw him, Lei used his strength to swing Tai Lung alongside him before they took out the black lions. They landed back on their feet and continued to punch, kick and dodge.
Jia and Vanessa fought alongside one another, Jia destroyed two black lions and Vanessa kicked down three of them, Jia threw a spin kick at one of the black lions before the Kaftar came and killed five of them. Show off. The Kaftar began looking around and he noticed there're more black lions running through the village. Vanessa saw it too and took off for them, Jia followed and the Kaftar did as well. Outside of the village while our warriors fought off the black lions as best they could while saving as many civilians as they could, out of the dark shadows a tall, slender black werewolf with a black cloak, blue pants on and pale glowing yellow eyes stepped out to see the destruction. His name...Tokuta. He chuckled in amusement as the black lions continued to attack and burn the town. One black lion came running at Tokuta, he stopped a few yards away.
"You're supposed to be in the assault!" Tokuta snarled.
"I know, sir! But there's some resistance in the village! They're holding us off pretty good!" the black lion told him.
Tokuta's eyes slightly widened, he began rubbing his temples, then he slightly chuckled and said, "They're finally out and fighting again." He looked at the black lion, "Go alert Mogui and the strongest hold near us. I won't have them leave alive." The black lion understood while Tokuta decided to confront them himself. Back with our warriors, they're still fighting up a storm, Lei still is handling himself pretty well, he jumped into the air, did a full split taking down two black lions, Jia came to his side and began fighting alongside him and Tai Lung. They saw some black lions coming towards them, they held hands and then did a Double Spin Kick on them knocking them over but they didn't kill them, one got up but then the Kaftar double punched them away, Jia snarled before she began fighting one off again. Then...the Kaftar saw Tokuta's silhouette, the Kaftar ROARED and took off on all fours. He jumped onto the top of a house and then he punched the werewolf, he caught him off guard, but the werewolf recovered and he gasped when he saw the Kaftar.
"YOU!" the Kaftar roared, Tokuta tried to hold his shock, but he didn't do well, then he said, "Nightfall? You're alive?! How?!" The Kaftar ROARED and shouted "SHUT IT! YOU'RE GOING DOWN!"
Then they began throwing punches and kicks, the Kaftar threw a spin kick, but Tokuta caught his foot and slung him to the ground! The Kaftar ROARED before he made a move and punched Tokuta off the roof! He jumped down after him and double punched him into a building, it partially collapsed! The Kaftar went after him, Tokuta jumped out at him, the Kaftar avoided him by inches, Tokuta charged again and they began fighting up a storm again!
Lei and Jia continued to work side by side as they take out the black lions, they're in a different part of town, Vanessa kept fighting and leading as many people out of the town as she could, the town has many fires, it's burning to the ground! Tai Lung began helping Vanessa with holding off the black lions. Jia took down a black lion while Lei ran a bit to take down three more black lions, one punched him to the ground! He rose a knife high into the air, but then something whacked him! The other two began looking around, but a snake took them out and pulled Lei to safety. Lei looked around to see a green mature snake with blue eyes.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" she asked in a soft tone.
"Yeah...thank you..." Lei replied, Vanessa came along and she gasped when she saw the snake.
"Viper?!" she said shocked as her eyes widened.
"Vanessa?!" Viper said, shocked, "What're you doing here?!" Lei then asked, "You know each other?!" More black lions came and then Vanessa said, "We'll explain later!" Viper and Vanessa charged, Lei wanted to join them, but one black lion knocked him to the ground again! Lei knocked him off balance before punching him and escaping from him, Lei and Jia joined up again and chased after some more black lions, Lei caught a glimpse of the Kaftar and Tokuta fighting like wildfire. Jia did a spin kick and Lei charged through two of them like a bull, knocking them to the ground and for Jia to kill one of them, one stood back up and punched her, she roared and sliced his head off without hesitation. While Lei fought a black lion off he noticed a house FWOOSHED up in flames!
"Jia! Look out!" he shouted as he avoided the black lion, Jia took notice, she gasped, she rolled out of the way of flaming debris, she heard panicked screams inside the house. Without thinking, she dived through a window into the house, Lei gasped in horror, then she came running out of the house with two rabbit kids and the parents were by her side, they narrowly escaped the collapsing house. Jia handed the girl and boy rabbit back to the family, they were happy and relieved to be alive.
"Get out of town, now," Jia told them, they were about to thank her until they saw the Dark Stones they began running and the dad rabbit shouted out, "A dark being! She's hear to destroy us!" Jia froze when he said that, she's not trying to destroy them! She snapped back into reality and began looking around to see if there're more around. Lei did so as well, out of the flames and smoke, he saw a figure, he began running to it, and when he saw who it was, he gasped, he recognized this black lion! He stopped running at him, the black lion looked up and its eyes slightly widened.
"Butch?" Lei asked the black lion, it was indeed Butch originally known to him as "Dirt" but he renamed him. Butch looked deep into Lei's jade green eyes, Lei's heart raced, not knowing what he'll do. Then Butch ran off. Lei decided to go after him, but...
"Somebody help!" someone shouted, Lei slightly gasped to see a mother and a father antelope in distress, then the father shouted, "Help us! Our kid is trapped!" Lei looked to see Butch disappearing into the shadows, he then went back to see where the kid was, he looked to see him in a crate floating down the river! He gasped and then he began running after the kid in the crate.
"Help! Mom! Dad! Help me!" the kid antelope cried out.
Lei dropped down on all fours and began running faster, he ran past the kid, and to his horror he saw the river flowing into a hole, it was created by the black lions! He stopped at the edge and then he shouted out to the kid, "Hey! I can help you, but I need you to trust me!" The kid looked to see Lei, he shouted out "Help!"
"Kid, you're gonna have to jump over to me! You've got to!" Lei said in a fast tone.
"I can't!" the kid shouted in a panicked tone.
"Yes you can! Trust me kid!" Lei pleaded with him, he looked to see a rope, he grabbed it and began swinging it around like a cowboy, he tossed it and the end wrapped around a rock, Lei made sure it was stable. Then he shouted, "Grab the rope! Climb across it!" The kid told him he couldn't, but Lei told him to trust him. The kid is coming closer to the rope, with shaky hands, he grabbed it. The kid began moving towards him, Lei reached out for him, just when they're inches apart the rope snapped, Lei reacted and then he grabbed the kid's hoof. He pulled him back and fell flat on his butt. The kid's a bit wet, Lei wrapped his arms around the kid and began using his body heat to warm him some, the kid wrapped his arms around Lei as he took the kid back to his parents.
When he brought the kid back, the attacks on the town are seizing, Lei gave the kid back to the parents who began crying with joy saying things like "Thank the gods" "Our son is safe" as they continued loving on their son who's loving on them, Lei formed a sad look, he was reminded of his own parents, he sniffled a bit as a tear trickled down his right eye. The parents looked at Lei, who managed to form a smirk.
"Thank you," said the father antelope, "How can we repay you?" Lei shook his head and said, "Just stay safe and clear of the black lions." Then he took off on all fours while the parents watched him leave, he's their hero!
Lei runs on all fours towards Jia who's looking around for any more black lions. She looked in the corner of her eye to see Lei, then...CRASH! The Kaftar and Tokuta tumbled out of a building! Jia and Lei both did a backflip to avoid them as they continued to fight up a storm. The Kaftar punched Tokuta into a building, the werewolf managed to avoid him, both are breathing heavily.
"Still upset about what happened that night?" Tokuta asked.
"I...ALWAYS will be!" the Kaftar roared.
Jia wanted to charge for him, but then Tokuta disappeared into a puff of smoke! The Kaftar roared out of anger and he punched down a wall of a collapsed building. The fires continued to burn in the town, Lei's horrified, some house are safe, but most are burning, smoke filled the atmosphere above. Then Vanessa along with Viper came back.
"NIGHTFALL?!" Viper shouted, completely shocked, Vanessa stopped her and said, "It's a long story, but he's under Madam Yue's supervision." Viper was confused, Vanessa told her it's a long story (again) and they don't have time to explain because of the mission they're on.
"I see," said Viper.
"What're you doing here, anyway?" Vanessa asked.
"Well, I took my two kids here for a little getaway, when they began attacking I saw Lei and I had to save him," Viper explained, Lei stepped up and asked, "How do you know my name?"
Viper looked at him and said, "I think I would recognize you, Lei. You're Po and Tigress' son. Oh...and where are they? I haven't seen them in a long time." Lei froze in sadness, he walked away, then Viper asked Vanessa, "What's wrong?"
"Po and Tigress...bodies and souls were dragged in a world of Eternal Darkness..." Vanessa explained, Viper gasped out of horror, then Vanessa said, "But Madam Yue insists we have the Kaftar help us with getting them back. It's a long story, but have faith in us."
Viper couldn't trust the Kaftar at all, before she could say anything Tai Lung came along, a sad look on his face.
"The black lions ambushed the townsfolk and killed all of them..." he said.
"What?!" Vanessa and Viper shouted in unison.
"You mean this was all for NOTHING?!" the Kaftar shouted, Tai Lung shut his mouth and the Kaftar kicked a stone far away. They failed to save the lives of the townsfolk, with the exception of the antelope family Lei helped out. Jia is ticked, this was all a big fat waste of time!
"Well...we've got the Dark Stones to recover," said Tai Lung, "We must move on despite this loss..."
"I'd love to know what's going on," said Viper, "But I gotta get my kids to a safer location."
"You're not staying with us, Viper?" Vanessa asked, Viper shook her head, "Afraid not. Being a mother of five children is tough." She looked in the distance to see that they're safe, Viper slithered over to them wishing them luck.
The others regrouped and the Kaftar said, holding his anger, "Well...we need to move along and get the other two Dark Stones. Just expect resistance...lots of it..."
"And where do you suggest they are?" Vanessa asked.
"About two miles northeast of here. We need to get a move on."
They began to move, Lei looked back to see the family he helped earlier, he prayed that they can rescue his parents before Mogui overpowers the light and save the universe. In a dark area, the evil Mogui sits upon a dark throne with a dark mist around it. He sighed heavily as he waited for someone to give him an update.
"Sir!" a voice shouted, Mogui looked up to see the black lion sent by Tokuta, he came to a stop and bowed before him.
"What is it?!" Mogui demanded.
"Sir! Tokuta sent me to tell you that the warriors are back and fighting! And that they've recovered two of the four Dark Stones!" the black lion said.
"WHAT?!" Mogui roared.
"Yeah! They're trying to get them to get to your world, I believe, and they're going for the Orb!"
Mogui ROARED and then he shouted, "Foolish mortals! They won't get the other two or that Orb! I'll alert the others about them coming, and I'll be joining in on the fun!" The black lion bowed before his master, then Mogui picked him up with his powers and destroyed him for no reason!
"Those mortals will be consumed in darkness before they activate the Eight-Pointed Star!" Mogui roared before he disappeared to confront the warriors himself!
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