I'm sorry that this was late, but I've been having issues with this story.
Which reminds me,
No Po isnt evil, he's just different and slightly changed.
and thank u Hand of Kane
"What the hell was the about, who was that person, and why did you freak out like that?"
Suki's lips pursed into a grim line. "That was one of Sage's endeavors gone wrong."
He raised an eyebrow. "Why?" he wasn't exactly known for subtlety.
She shuddered, and mumbled something inaudible. He strained his ears, but he couldn't catch it. "What?"
"It actually worked out, they were together for awhile. Even though she was simply using him, you know get it and quit it." She shivered again, and suddenly the full measure of what she said hit him. He twitched, and his eyes narrowed methodically.
"Worked out….as in a female actually tolerated him…in a relationship…Oh my god." Po quivered slightly, feeling highly uncomfortable, before a thought hit him.
"Did he give her alcohol, or was the lighting simply bad in the area?"
She glared at him dangerously annoyed, and he gave her a fairly innocent look.
"What?"
"Do you seriously think that he's incapable of getting a female, and staying in a long lasting relationship?"
"Yes….."
Suki scowled. "You're a very crude little man."
He nodded sagely, hefting the bag to his shoulder. "Flattery will get you no where."
"That wasn't a compliment meathead."
He clutched at his chest dramatically, and pretended to be offended. "That hurts, my heart can't take such cruelty." He whined gesturing at his heart emphatically.
"If you go into cardiac arrest it's your own fault for being so disgustingly melodramatic."
"You're mean." He turned in his heel, pointedly walking towards the forest. He could sense her amusement toward his irritation. What person takes enjoyment out of a guy's pain. Suki….Tigress…..Viper….Monkey….Holy shit, all the women in his life overly abusive sadists….
They arrived at the hut an hour later to see Sage staring despondently at the mountain range with a rather grim expression. Suki walked up to him silently, gently shaking his shoulder…no response…...maybe he was broken…..
Po let the pack slide off, and pile into a small heap on the ground. He walked up beside Suki, and with the utmost care sniffed the breeze, and a feral grin replaced his normal look.
Suki caught it, and gave a very noticeable flinch. "Po what-"
She wasn't allowed to finish the sentence as Po's claws slid out, and he crouched, bunching his muscles, and without warning lunged for the unsuspecting victim. Sage sat unmoving, but his ear twitched slightly, and he ducked, sending Po sprawling in the not-so-soft dirt.
The graying panther chuckled as Po spat dirt, and grass on to the ground.
"Wanna try again kitten?"
Po snarled at the name. "You would've stayed still for two more seconds and you would never have to try to get a haircut again."
"Hmmm…maybe but we wouldn't want anything to happen to this devilishly soft fur, now would we?" he purred, wagging his eyebrows.
Suki rolled her eyes, but remained serious. "What had you so distant anyways?"
The corners of his mouth quirked upward, revealing one pointed fang. "Exotic fantasies…."
The glare she sent him would have made Tai Lung proud. " And your second answer is…."
He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, while Po snickered in the background. "Well…. a messenger bird came by, apparently we have some sort of celebrities staying in the Plains."
The incredulous look she sent him turned to one of curiosity. "Seriously….Why?"
"They're searching for one of their own. A master, no the master, the dragon warrior is no longer with the five, and now they're searching for him."
Suki gaped at him. "You're kidding right. The dragon warrior can't just up and leave , isn't that against some martial code or something?"
"Not really."
Suki's expression darkened, and her eyes' slit dangerously. "How the hell can you be so nonchalant about this?"
Sage looked at her, as if surprised at her stupidity. "Yes, the dragon warrior is part of a delicate balance, but he's said to be pure of heart, if he left it had to be for an honest reason….retard"
"It must be hereditary trait."
"I doubt that, the only thing I've passed down to your generation is good looks, and taste."
She blinked innocently. "Don't you have to have good looks, and taste to pass it down?"
Sage glared in her general direction, his milky gaze voicing his annoyance. "Did respect to your elder's skip your generation?"
"Respect is earned, not given."
Sage rolled his eyes, and glanced at Po. "What is your opinion?"
"On…what… disrespecting you. Yes it's very fun."
"On the dragon warrior, boy….."
Po gave a flippant shrug. "He had things to do I guess….."
Po maintained a careless attitude, and stuck close to his trainer, and healer, because frankly if he was left alone, he would start worrying, and when they found his carcass, the reasons behind death would be some where next to hyperventilating, or high blood pressure.
Sage would stare at him for a time, before continuing with whatever he was doing. The feeling that the old perv suspected something nagged constantly at his subconscious.
He would get the sense that he was being watched, and the fact that his old team was coming didn't help, because he honestly was mentally unprepared for his old rents.
He yelped as his head connected with the base of the tree, and a sickening crack filled the clearing.
"What the hell? Did you use him as a punching bag, target practice, an anger management experiment?"
Suki stared critically at the giant gash on her patient's head. It wasn't deep, but head wounds were difficult to judge, they always bled more that necessary, and the damage was difficult to guess. She turned and, glared stonily at her uncle.
He held his hands up defensively. "He wasn't paying attention, he hasn't been for days, and if it were a real battle he'd be dead."
"And if this continues, he'll be dead long before the battle even starts."
Sage rolled his eyes, before he slumped slightly. "I'm starting to wonder if I'm the right mentor for this cub."
"Who else is there? You're assisting him in every way you can. That's enough isn't it?"
His whiskers twitched, and he gave a small smile. "One can wonder….He has potential, and a hell of a right hook, I just don't think he'll reach that potential under me."
Suki paused in the middle of wrapping the bandage around his head. "Well what then, do we send him away? He never once mentioned home since being here. He didn't say he had family, or a place to go….Is it that simple to just kick him out."
"I didn't say we'd force him to leave…"
"What are you saying then?"
"….I'm saying…I'm saying we need more wine, after you're done could you pick it up?"
He avoided her gaze, letting himself out of the room.
That's not what he was going to say. Any moron could see that, but Suki complied anyways. She walked slowly through the undergrowth, and eyed the trees distrustfully. She didn't know why, but she had a bad feeling about today. She quickened her pace, You know what screw this. She dropped on all fours, and made a mighty leap forward, kicking up dirt as she went.
She went at a break neck pace, slowly losing herself to the wind's feel against her fur, and how her paws flew over the soft brown dirt. She smirked, and propelled herself gracefully over an overhang.
She tensed, as the wind was knocked out of her. She tumbled into the dirt, snarling at the person rolling with her. She extended her claws, digging them into her attacker's fur. As they came to a stop, she aimed a well placed kick at his stomach, and sent tumbling into the bushes.
Suki slowly got up, growling a threat to the bastard. He better pray that she would leave him in one piece as a generous offer, and in lovely sushi sized pieces as a close second.
Her eye's narrowed, as he stumbled out of the bushes, and she twitched in surprise. Wasn't Po suppose to be unconscious?
"What are you doing, why the hell did you attack me you asshole?" She took a step forward, but leaned back as a paw swiped at the place her face had been a few seconds ago. Holy crap, he was seriously trying to maim her.
She stumbled back as he lunged again, and tripped over her feet. Shit, she wouldn't be able to block in time. If he killed her, she was coming back to haunt his ass. She stiffened waiting expectantly for the pain that never came. She looked up, and to her surprise, a striped tail swished within biting distance of her face.
Her gaze traveled upward, and a pair of scarlet eyes stared imploringly at her. "Are you all right?"
Five minutes, we had been here five freakin minutes, and someone was already causing trouble. Tigress glared at the person in front of her. His eyes were a stunning blue, and his white fur, and black stripes accommodated him well, but his pupils were all wrong, they were pale, and dull…..
She twisted his wrist back, and was satisfied to hear a loud pop. She pivoted, on her foot, and brought a round house kick to the side of his head, knocking him out.
For someone who looked so damn intimidating he sure went down fast.
She turned and glared at the bushes in the clearing. "You can come out now, you useless twits."
Suki's jaw dropped as the furious five filtered into the clearing. Oh my god. The most proclaimed martial artists in the country just dropped into the clearing….where she was…..where she was getting her ass handed to her….
That made a really sucky first impression….
She sighed and rubbed her temple, could this day get any better.
She jumped as Tigress growled at her.
"What?"
The kung fu master looked rather annoyed at her at this point. "I said do you know this guy?"
"Yeah my uncle trains him."
Monkey stared at the fallen tiger, then at her, as if assessing them. "Let me guess he gave one riddle to many."
Crane rolled his eyes "Put a sock in it Monkey…"
Mantis mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like, "and then do us all a favor and choke on it."
Viper glared at them both, before looking nonsensically at Suki. " Can we by any chance meet your uncle?"
honestly I think I want to burn this chapter. I hate it, and I'm running on four useless hours of sleep, anways R and R, I'm just waiting for someone to flame me, waiting...
