(Okay so here's a little surprise for some of you. =^) A guest appearance, should you say, OC?)
Chapter 10: Ambush!
"So let me get this straight," Crane began to say to Po. "You and Song are – dating?"
Po nodded sheepishly, though he was still uncertain how to explain this to Tigress not knowing how she would react to this. The only thing that he was afraid of most would be—
"Does Tigress know about this?"
"She doesn't have to," said Po.
"Well of course she does! She nearly wanted to ring that poor woman's neck the last time she saw her, which was a long time ago."
"But you know how Tigress is, if I told her about it she would-!" Suddenly he was interrupted when they both heard someone clearing their throat next to them. When they looked at the same direction; Tigress stood with her arms crossed.
"Well, I suppose you can handle this mumbo jumbo," said Crane stretching out his wings just as he walked away.
When everything was quiet, Po and Tigress just stood there. The thoughts began to run through Po's head as to how he would explain the circumstances to her, persuading her would be the possibly easiest; getting her to believe it would be another.
"Nice weather we're havin' huh?"
"Tell me…" Tigress demanded in a low tone, no one would dare get past her lie-detector.
"Well… you see… it's just that…" Po began to stammer now.
"Fine, if you don't want to explain then I'll just head over to miss –"
Suddenly Po ran directly in front, blocking Tigresses way. She crossed her arms again then raised an eyebrow.
"You won't hurt her if I tell you?"
Tigress shook her head. "You have my honorable word."
The Panda took a deep breath to collect himself, then began to tell her the whole story. She stood there, nodding her head a little to let Po know she's listening.
"So you promise not to hurt her, right?" Po asked pressing the both of his index fingers together in utter anxiety.
"I'm not going to hurt her," she said which gave him relief. "But I will make her days a living pain if she tries anything in these walls."
Just then Song walked toward Po and wrapped her right arm around his left; she gave him a kiss on the left cheek then looked at Tigress with a smile.
"Hello Tigress," she said cheerfully.
"Greetings," Tigress replied but with less respect than what Song presented to her, still keeping her arms crossed. She quickly looked at Po with her eyebrows angling downward that gave him a sudden chill down his spine.
Once the fighter walked off, Po was left at ease with his beloved treasure. He placed his right hand on Songs.
"I'm sorry for what Tigress has done to you, she's just a bit of a worrier."
"It's alright, Po, I worry too sometimes," said Song. "Not because of you or me, but because of everyone else, which is why I came here."
"No you see-"
Suddenly they were both interrupted by a shout. The two ran to the source to find Monkey, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Master Shifu crowded around something.
"Lad, what happened?" Shifu asked, raising a clouded leopards head; it was Peng.
"The Wu Sisters," he said. "They've destroyed a village and... they're planning an attack on the village down below!"
He didn't need to say anymore other than to name out the Wu Sisters to Shifu. His eyes widened in fear, weren't they imprisoned long ago? Even Po had been pretty shocked, but why would they plan an attack here?
"You can stop them though, they have a camp out not to far away from there... they're gathering troops," said Peng.
"We will do what we can, son," Shifu replied.
With a wave of his left hand, the group departed quickly out the Jade Palace in a blur.
"Song, I want you to stay here and keep an eye on the palace while we're gone," Po said placing both of his hands on her shoulders. She looked into his eyes for fears he might not return, to help, he gave her a reassuring kiss. Then off he went.
Well it appears they have taken the bait echoed Wu in Pengs thoughts. You know what to do from here.. destroy them.
When Song approached Peng from behind, she carefully placed her right hand on his shoulder. Deep inside he didn't want this to come, not to a woman who had taken care of him. But he wasn't in control.
The leopard swiftly knocked Songs hand aside with his right hand, then he pressed both of his hands together and slammed his palms against Songs stomach that sent her flying at least a few feet away directly into the stone walls. Shifu; struck by horror as he could remember the last time Peng had done this, but this wasn't Peng for in the leopards eyes he could see a flicker of red flames and a black crow.
Without the help of the Dragon Warrior and the Furious Five, Shifu felt powerless as he struggled to block every attack from Peng. Now his fears had been realized just as he defended himself against Peng, crows started to emerge from the shadows in the corners of the palace. This was an ambush!
In the meantime as Po and the team made their way toward the camp, Tigress looked over at Po, her face flushed as she could only think he were more than just a mere friend in her heart.
"Po," she started to speak out.
"Yes, Tigress?" He replied.
"I wanted to tell you I'm sorry about everything," she said.
"Why's that?"
"Well, you see I-"
Just then they heard a low wolf howl off the distance, when suddenly a flaming arrow flew up in the air then landed directly in their path with a black ball attached to it. A bomb! The object blew up in a giant fire ball that knocked everyone on their backs.
Everything had gone quiet... Monkey lifted himself up with his knuckles along with Crane; Viper; and Mantis, Po remained unconscious as Tigress tried desperately to wake him up. But then, rustling in the bushes, a group of wolf bandits emerged armed with stone axes and maces.
"Bandits," Viper hissed.
"Didn't we beat these guys the last time?" Crane asked as he stood in attack position.
"Who cares, I'm up for round two of kicking their fluffy butts!" said Mantis with a chuckle in the end.
The wolves snarled and snapped in the air in a threat display. The Wu Sisters kept themselves hidden in the trees high up as they watched the event unfold down below. It was silent for a long minute, just then...
"Well well, look at what we got ourselves here," said a voice. Walking out from the crowd; a drunk wolf holding a large glass bottle. "I don't mean to be rude, just a traveler walking by looking for a place to sleep."
Everyone looked at him in confusion as he took a big gulp of whatever was inside the bottle, then he let out a loud hiccup. He stumbled once awhile as he walked toward the group, stopping right by Po.
"Boy what happened to him? Poor fella really let himself go and had to take a nap, no?"
Giving another hiccup, the strange wolf slowly poured the drink into Po's mouth as everyone looked at him. Another minute went by then the Panda opened his eyes wide and quickly raised up, coughing and gagging.
"Don't worry," said the wolf. "It's just my grandmothers good ol' herb mixed wine *hiccup* even though it does... kind of taste like a bandits armpit."
"Who are you?" Asked Tigress as she patted Po on the back as he continued to cough.
"Without thanking me... well, apologies madam," said the wolf as he slowly wobbly raised himself up. "My name is Kai, and yes I walked many miles from Japan."
Suddenly a wolf bandit ran directly toward Kai with his ax raised high in the air. The wolf effortlessly turned around and threw his right leg directly into the bandits head, the impact caused the bandit to fly straight into a boulder. Everyone now looked at him in total surprise.
"A drunk... who can fight?" Said Monkey, looking over at Crane and Mantis.
"Watch and enjoy ladies, and gentlemen," said Kai, bowing down slowly.
Placing the bottle down by Po and Tigress; the wolf pushed both his hands down on the ground, swinging his back legs high up in the air that sent him high up in the air in a perfect front flip. He landed into the crowd of bandits knocking everyone aside.
"Shouldn't we go help him," Crane asked.
"I think he's got everything under control..." said Tigress looking at the wolf in awe.
