Delfim: So, another chapter is up, and I wanted to warn you that I'll not go into Tigress explanation about Tai Lung and pass directly to the training part.
Ego: Why?
Delfim: Because I'm a real live sloth in a zoo. Deal with it okay. And for you readers who wanted a heartwarming tale about Tai Lung and Tigress past, no can do.
Ego: Ah, Delfim? Did you mess with Super Mario or something?
Delfim: yeah, in one of my other stories, why?
Super Mario and Luigi appeared.
Super Mario: It's a me Mario.
Luigi: And I'm Luigi.
Super Mario and Luigi: Revenge!
Delfim: Oh man, fuck.
Chapter 7 Back to training, with some odd feelings and a threat
The next few days we found Leo training like a mad man. After he had heard the story of Tai Lung, he started taking his training seriously, surprising Shifu, who still disliked him, but kept training him. Of course, the Furious Five were helping: Viper would tell him ways to improve is flexibility; Mantis would help him with speed; Monkey would help him with dexterity; Crane would help his balance, though Leo was already good on that field, being an assassin and all.
Tigress was the one that helped the most, however: she would fight him, than tell him what he had to improve and what he was doing wrong. Not that Leo didn't knew how to fight, but one thing was his fighting style, the Leo fist (made by Leo), and another was Kung Fu.
Jack, Hikari and Mei Ling didn't stay behind in training: Jack trained with Viper the most, although sometimes it that was Viper who invited him along; Hikari showed to Monkey on the first day that she wasn't just a fan girl, she was a great fighter. Monkey actually took her under his wing and taught her everything he could. He still remembered that morning.
*****Flashback******
"Are you sure you want to do this, Hikari? I'm tough, you know?" said Monkey as he prepared his wooden pole.
"I'll show you, Monkey, that I'm not as weak as I look." Said Hikari as she to prepared her pole.
Typical fangirl: using the same weapon as me. I bet she will even try to use my style of fighting. And Leo said I would e pleasantly surprised. But as Monkey thought that, Hikari grabbed hers with the right point forward, paw near the tip and her body lunged forward as her other paw hold a little bit above. What the…? That is not the Monkey stile fighting stance. Maybe she isn't such a fangirl after all.
The match started, and boy was Monkey in for a surprise. Every time he thought he saw an opening, she would use some move to strike him back just as he was about to hit it. Like she was waiting for that to happen. He could still see some things from his style on it, but the majority was a fighting style he had never met before. He was actually having fun with this match: it was unpredictable and yet entertaining.
But alas, the monkey beat the fox. As they were taking a breath, Monkey complemented "Not bad, I never saw a fighting style like that, though I could see some things from my own. Does this style have a name?"
"Yes, the Tricky Fox, a fighting style that tricks the enemy into fake weak spots then hit them hard, I created it myself. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to have my own fighting style. I had the idea and movements but there were some key points missing. But then I saw you fighting and saw the movements I was missing. That is why I look up to you."
Monkey's eyes widened, then he smiled. Leo was right, I am pleasantly surprised with her.
*****Flashback end******
Mei Ling was always training with Crane, no matter what. They were really close.
Ever since then, all people had been busy in the palace. Even little Marie would train under the watchful eye of either Leo or Tigress. She was still in the beginning levels, but both Leo and Tigress were surprised by her development.
*****That night, in the women bathroom*****
"You sure you brought your towel this time?" Tigress asked Marie, as they, viper and Hikari entered the poll. Leo was standing on the other side of the door. He was still overprotective of Marie, even with Tigress inside. When asked why he did it, he answered that he found a pervert trying to get a view of the girls bathing. Ever since then the girls let Leo stay outside the door.
"What if I didn't, I could always ask Leo for his jacket." Says Marie.
"You really like that jacket he wears don't you?" Asked Viper as she let herself loosen up in the hot water.
"So? It's soft and very comfy. Besides, mommy seems to like it when she grabbed it to take a sniff."
Viper eyes actually widened. "You didn't…"
Tigress gasped out, then asked fearfully "you saw me?"
"Huh huh, it was a little bit weird. Auntie Viper actually did something weird too. She put her tail around Jack while on train and although it was hard to tell, I think she squeezed a bit."
Viper did another full body blush. Mei Ling and Hikari were laughing hard at the scene.
"Auntie Hikari, What about that poster in your bedroom, the one about Monkey where you wrote 'Monkey and Hikari for EVAR'." Asked Marie innocently.
It was Hikari who got all red in the face this time. Mei Ling was to, but because she was laughing so hard she couldn't even breath.
"Auntie Mei, I heard some weird sounds in your bedroom once, when I opened the door I saw you on your bed playing with your thing in the bed saying 'Crane, oh Crane', why were you doing that?"
Mei Ling silenced in the second, looking like a real tomato. The four had forgotten one thing about Marie: she was the most observant and curious girl in the world. It was her curiosity that got Leo the title of Dragon Warrior anyway. Tigress then decided to take her mother rule.
"Marie, there are some things adults do that they just can't explain, okay? Just wait until you are a bit older, then you will understand." She then turned to the other three and said, in a low voice "8 o'clock, my room, we need to talk."
They all nodded, and enjoyed the rest of the bath, that is, until they heard a something hitting the wall outside in a hard way.
*****With Leo, few moments before*****
Leo was sighing as he stayed there unmoving. He did what he could to entertain himself and stay watchful. Then Jack, Monkey and Crane showed up.
"Hey there, guys. Where is Mantis?"
"Resting. Teaching Marie can be tiring, you know?" Answered Monkey with a smile on his face. It was quite true, the kid was a sponge, she always did everything they told her, but she had so much energy that a person would still feel tired.
"Yeah, I know. So what are you doing here?"
"We thought of making you company, and maybe to try our luck in the 'catch the pervert' game." Answered Jack, as he hated perverts with all his soul. The thing, was, no matter how many times they beat him up, he would always come back.
"It's around this time he starts to show up, isn't it?" Asks Crane as he started to look around. Not many people knew that Crane had the best eye in the Furious Five. If the guy showed up, they would beat him to a bloody pulp.
"Yeah, it is. Just keep watching, the guy is an asshole but he hides well."
Then suddenly, a noise was heard above them. Leo made a shushing noise and they went to get the pervert. They jumped together and threw the guy into the wall, hard. They were about to beat him up, when Crane said "that is not the pervert, its Zeng, master Shifu's mail boy."
They looked to find that it was in fact the geese that always brought news to Master Shifu. He looked like he had seen hell. They immediately apologized as the girls bathroom opened up and Tigress' head came looking out from inside the bathroom. "Something wrong out here?"
"No, false alarm, it's just Zeng" said Monkey.
As Tigress went back inside, they turned to Zeng. "So, what's up Zeng?"
"No time for that, I need to see Master Shifu now, Tai Lung just broke out from prison."
All went silent, then Crane said "okay, I'll take you there."
"Thanks Crane."
"Just a moment Crane. He is here." Said Leo as he pointed to the bushes behind him. They all, except Zeng who didn't knew what was going on, jumped there and a major scene of eating and fighting broke there. Then a bloody frog came out of the bushes.
"I just wanted to take a peek for my books." He then fell on the floor.
They all shock their heads. "Jiraya will never learn."
*****With Oogway*****
Oogway was meditating under the three. When suddenly Shifu came running from the palace.
"Master Oogway, I bear very bad news."
"Shifu, there aren't good or bad news. They are just news."
"Master, Tai Lung just escaped from prison."
Oogway was shocked. "Those are bad news. If you don't believe that the Dragon Warrior can do it."
"The Lion? He may be good, but he is not enough to beat Tai Lung."
"Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. You have to let go of the illusion that you can control everything."
"Illusion?"
"Yes. Look at this tree, you can't control when the flower grows or when the fruit will be mature."
"But there are things I can control." Shifu hit the tree and as the fruit fell, he said "I can control when the fruit drops." He then grabbed a seed and said "And I can control where I plant it. This is not an illusion, master."
"Yes, sure. But you can't control what grows here. You may want an apple or a pear, but you will get a peach."
"But a peach can't defeat Tai Lung."
"Maybe it can, if you believe in it. My time has come, you must continue your journey without me."
"But master…" Shifu looked up to see Oogway disappearing in thin air.
Shifu stood there, not knowing what to do. Then he went back into the palace.
Author Notes:
Delfim: Did you finish with Luigi already, Super Mario is down for the count.
Ego: Yeah, just finished. You are in some crazy shits, you know that.
Delfim: Yeah, I know. So I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Review
