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Chapter ten: Time for a reunion

*A few days later*

Shadow walked through the halls of the Jade Palace. She had her black and blue bag, slung over her shoulder. She had decided to venture into town.

She had been worrying a lot, since she had been having these dreams. Or better yet. Nightmares! And she thought, that it would be best to just get away and forget about thing's for a few hours. Just have a little fun.

Leon, Silver, Blaze, Lance and Kira stood at the doorway, ready to say good bye to Shadow. Then Leon was going to take the four cubs to go do some training.

"You enjoy yourself, Hon!" Leon said.

Shadow nodded and smiled. He leaned down and kissed her, good bye. Blaze and Kira both said, 'aw!', while Silver and Lance both said, 'ew'

Shadow and Leon smiled and laughed at them.

Then Shadow bent down, and let her kids run up and hug her. "You be good. And listen to your father!" Shadow said, to Silver and Blaze.

"We will!" they both said with a smile.

Then they let Shadow go and backed away. Smiling at her.

"I'll see you all, later!" Shadow said.

Then she waved good by and walked down the many step's, and into the Valley of Peace.

Leon turned to his kids and the two Lion cubs. "Come on kid's! Let's go to the Training Hall. I've got some new trick's to show you!" Leon said.

"YEAH!" the four cubs cried happily. Then they took off running for the Training Hall.

"Ugh… wait for me!" Leon yelled, dropping down on all fours and taking off after them.

'Kid's…' he thought with a smile, as he ran after them.

*The Valley of Peace*

Shadow walked through town, just looking around. She always enjoyed looking at all the shops and people, bustling around. Then she found an open spot, and she pulled up a barrel and then sat down on it. She reached into her bag and pulled out a beautiful flute. It was blue and had wave's on it, like water.

Leon had given it to her as a wedding present. Shadow always played it when she was sad. And this was one of those times.

She slowly brought the flute to her lips and began to play a beautiful tune. Pretty soon, children of all kinds, came and danced around her.

When she stopped playing, the children all clapped their paws, hooves, or wings, and then begged for her to play another song. Shadow smiled at them and then played some more.

Pretty soon, Shadow was up dancing along with the children. She played her flute and danced around. The children danced and laughed. Shadow smiled through her flute and continued her song. Before to long, the song ended and Shadow took a bow.

All the children thanked her and ran off to find their parents. Shadow smiled at them, as she watched them walk away with their parents.

'Why couldn't that have been me?' she thought sadly, as she watched them.

Then a little girl bunny, walked over and pulled on her pant leg. Shadow looked down at her and smiled.

She bent down to the little bunnies, level. "Why, hello there! Can I help you?" she asked sweetly.

"Um. I didn't get to hear you play. Could you play another song? Please!" the little bunny asked.

Shadow smiled even more and said, "I'd be happy to!"

Shadow closed her eyes and brought the flute to her lips again, then she began to play it again. The little bunny smiled in delight, then she started to dance around. Her brother and sister ran over and joined her in her dance. Shadow smiled through her flute again, as she watched them dance about.

Soon her song came to an end and the children clapped and thanked her. Then they ran off with their parents. Shadow walked over to fetch her bag. It was getting late and she had promised Leon, that she would be home before dusk.

She placed her flute into her bag and pulled the flap over it.

Then a voice rang out form behind her. "Could you play, just one more song, my dear?"

Shadow was about to say that she would be back again, later tomorrow. When she snapped her head up and her blood turned cold. She felt as if the world had stopped completely. She turned around and suddenly felt very faint, as she saw who stood before her.

She gasped and whispered fearfully, "Tanis..."

Her whole body shook. She felt as if she couldn't move one inch of it. Her worst nightmare was coming true. Tanis had returned to the Valley of Peace!

"Well. I see you remember me. How nice!" Tanis said, with an evil smile.

"I could never forget you! Or what you did to me! You took away everything! My home; my life; my family! And the worst part. You took Leon from me. You knew how much I cared for him. But you didn't care!" Shadow cried out angrily.

Tanis just smiled at her. "Ah, little Shadow. Still you haven't learned!" Tanis said, advancing towards her.

Shadow backed away from him, fearfully. "You stay away from me!" she screamed. Then she asked, "And just what haven't I learned?"

Tanis continued to walk towards her, Shadow backed herself into a wall. Trying to stay as far away from Tanis as she possibly could.

"You still haven't learned, not to make me mad!" Tanis growled.

Shadow bared her teeth at him and growled. He smiled at her. Then he attacked.

Shadow fought hard. She had learned so much, in the year's that had past.

Shadow brought her arms up, to block his first set of attacks, then she countered with a Reverse Round House Kick. Tanis stumbled backwards. Shadow used this to her advantage. She ran at him and attacked with a Palm Strike to his chest. He brought his arm up and grasped his claws around her wrist. She yelped, as she yanked her arm away from him and stumbled backwards. Tanis swung his legs low and tried to knock her off her feet. She quickly went into a Reverse Hand Spring. She landed on her feet and got ready for round two.

"You have been training, haven't you?" Tanis asked, as he watched the panting tigress. He knew she wouldn't be able to last much longer.

"Uhn! You bet I have!" Shadow yelled.

Then she raced at Tanis and swung her claws at his face. He dodged and used that failed attack against her. He swung his legs around and under hers. Knocking her off her feet. She fell to the ground, hard. Knocking all the air out of her lungs. She laid there, panting hard. Trying to catch her breath, again.

Tanis smiled down at her as he watched her, lying there. Panting and trembling. Then he reached down, wrapping his claws around her throat, and lifted her off the ground and high into he air.

Then he turned and smashed her into the wall. She grasped her paws around his arm. Trying to pry herself lose of his grip. But it wasn't working. He merely tightened his hold on her. Tanis smiled at the squirming tigress in his grasp.

But what Tanis didn't know, was that their fight had been watched, by one of the little children who had dance with Shadow.

The young bunny watched in fear as Tanis held Shadow against the wall. Ever so slowly, tightening his grip on her throat. Knowing that this could turn to nothing but bad. The little bunny quickly ran to the Jade Palace.

She ran up the steps, into the palace and then into the dinning room. Where everyone was having dinner.

*The Jade Palace. Dinning Hall*

Everyone was sitting at the table. All the chairs were filled, expect for one, which was next to Leon.

Leon glanced over at the empty chair and said, to no one in particular, "I wonder what's keeping Shadow? She's never this late!"

Leon was very worried about Shadow. He always was.

Then they all looked up, when they heard footsteps, coming down the hall.

"Help! Somebody please help!" the little bunny yelled, as she ran into the Jade Palace Dinning Hall.

"What is it? What's going on?" Po asked.

The little bunny was panting hard, and stopped for a moment, to try and catch her breath. "Oh, Master Po! Thank goodness! There's trouble in the village!" the bunny said, still trying to catch her breath.

"Who is it? Is it Fung and his gang again?" Tigress asked, rolling her eyes slightly.

"HA! If it is, then they're in for a rude awaking. Shadow went down to the village today. She's probably still there! She'll probably have them dealt with, before we can get down the stairs!" Leon said.

The little bunny shook her head and said, "That's the problem! Master Shadow is in trouble!"

Leon stopped and stared at her. "What? How is she in trouble?" Leon asked.

"I don't know who it is. But this huge lion just started attacking her!" she replied.

Leon felt his blood run cold. He knew exactly who it was.

"Leon? Are you alright?" Viper asked.

Leon bared his teeth and started to growl, low. He said one thing, before dropping down on all fours and running for the village.

Tanis!

"Come on! Let's go!" Tigress yelled, following after her brother.

The other's followed closely behind the two Tigers.

'Please. Oh please let us make it there in time!' Leon thought as he sped towards the village...

Well, well, well! What a turn of events! So what's going to happen now? Will Tanis hurt Shadow? Will Leon and the others make it there in time? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? So yeah. Hope you all liked it and please don't forget to REVIEW!