Creatures of darkness chapter 7

Pov Tigress

Tigress walked up the steps with a continuous pace.

The long walk gave her plenty of time to think.

She was thinking about Po and what she was going to do with him.

She was very confused and not only that, she suspected that he was hiding something.

And the something was very, very important.

She saw Po in his tiger form sitting at the edge of the cliff next to the sacred peach tree.

What intrigued her was that he was talking to another tiger that looked exactly like her.

Tigress suddenly filled with rage.

He left early to talk to another tiger?

Then the other tiger was gone.

She just vanished.

Tigress decided it must've been her imagination.

If it wasn't she was going to be very mad.

She reached the top of the stairs to find Crane talking to a komodo dragon.

"No, it's not my imagination." Said Tigress.

They walked toward the two.

One had an expression of excitement and wonder while the other smiled at his enthusiasm.

The wide eyed Crane spoke to them.

"Hey guys, you're just in time. I'd like you to meet Revan. He's my shadow." He said.

The other bowed.

"Wha…? Who?" said Viper, dumbfounded.

"He's part of me. I only just met him." Said Crane.

"This is the strangest thing I have ever seen." Said Shifu.

"Master I wish to ask something of you." Said Crane.

"Speak." Shifu said, simply.

"I wish to be trained to know and control all these new powers I have obtained. I wish to become Po's student." He said.

Shifu thought for a while.

"You may train with Po. Under my supervision." He said.

"Thank you Master." Said Crane before heading to the kitchen for something to eat.

"I've gotta ask this guy some questions. I wonder if we all have shadows like that." Said Mantis.

"You do. Good observation Mantis." Said Po (tiger) from behind them. "You won't talk to them they can't speak."

"Po, I didn't see you there." Said Monkey.

"Well you wouldn't." he said.

The others found this an odd comment but disregarded it.

"So, who's ready for some noodles?" asked Po with an excited face.

Monkey and Mantis whooped and ran off.

The females followed after rolling their eyes.

"Po, can I have a word?" asked Shifu.

"Of course Master."

Shifu led them to a secluded place.

"Po, though you are now the master of Crane do not forget that you still are under my instruction. Don't teach him anything I wouldn't approve of and keep me informed of his progress. Do you understand?" asked Shifu.

"I do Master. Thank you for letting Crane learn. He's a little bit of a loose cannon right now." Said Po.

"What's a cannon?" asked Shifu.

"It's a phrase that means he's reckless." Said Po.

"Well, he was always kind of logical and moral. Guess he's making up for lost time." Said Shifu.

They both laughed.

They walked back to the kitchen together talking.

"Yeah, just wait. Tomorrow he'll whip out the whoopee cushions." Said Po.

They laughed even harder.

"No no, I want to see him put shaving cream in Monkeys hand and use his feathers to tickle his nose." Said Shifu, holding his chest as if it would fall off.

"That's brilliant." Said Po.

They entered the kitchen, still laughing.

"What's so funny?" asked Tigress.

"Oh nothing." Said Po.

"Though you might find out tomorrow." Said Shifu.

The two kept laughing.

"Aaaaaah feels good to laugh after all these years." Said Shifu.

The others silently agreed in Shifu's case.

Po began to cook and answer questions asked by his friends.

"Po, do you have a shadow like Crane?" asked Mantis.

Po looked over his shoulder at him.

"Why don't you ask him?" said Po, nodding his head.

"Ask AAAAGH!" said Mantis as he saw Bane behind him.

Po began chuckling.

Bane sunk back to Po's shadow.

They all calmed down enough to start pelting Po with questions as he served them and sat down next to Tigress.

"Hey, how do we tell you apart?" asked Viper.

"You can't. The only way to tell between us is our knowledge." Said Po.

"How do you train to kill without hurting your practice opponent?" asked Tigress, directing her question to Po.

"Well, that's kind of complicated. We use something called dream training. It's all in your mind, but you can stab and kill anybody you want to without any repercussions other than the fact that it hurts like hell. That's why we usually try to train with our shadow partners. We can't hurt one another." Said the panda.

"Hey Po, you've changed forms a few times. What are you really?" asked Crane.

Po immediately stood up.

"It's getting late, I'm going to start training" he said.

They stared confused as he walked to the training hall.

The others ate their breakfast and walked to the hall.

They walked into the training hall to see Po as a tiger, in his full weapons gear just without the black clothing for camouflage, on the seven swinging clubs before grabbing one of the chains and climbing it to the ceiling.

From there he jumped to the rings that Monkey usually trained on.

He swung up and landed in front of the stunned group.

"You guys just going to stand there?" asked Po (tiger).

Shifu walked forward.

"I wonder, how have you been trained to handle multiple enemies?" asked Shifu.

"Same way everyone else has. Fight multiple enemies." Said Po.

"Let's see what you can do. Go to the ambush area. We'll see you in a bit." He said.

Po complied.

The others discussed how to attack him while a little while away.

Viper then noticed that Tigress was staring dreamily at Po meditating.

"See something you like?" asked Viper with a grin.

Tigress turned to her blushing madly.

"What do you mean?" asked Tigress softly.

"You know what I mean." Said Viper. "Just meet me in my room this evening."

Tigress was about to respond when Shifu said.

"Get ready to lunge." He said.

They launched themselves at Po.

When Shifu reached him he jumped in a flying kick and he passed through Po as if he were nothing but clouds of black.

Po disappeared.

"Form up. In a circle. Get ready." Said Shifu.

They got into their stances and waited for any sign of movement.

Po then came out of the tree line and lunged.

He disappeared and then vanished.

Tigress searched for him when she suddenly blacked out.