~CHAPTER 10~
FALLEN WARRIOR
"AH!" Boar stumbles back. "W- who are you?" he asks, still a bit surprised by Saitama's sudden appearence.
"I am Saitama. The Dragon Warrior."
"You? The Dragon Warrior? Please! You're just another pathetic tiger!."
"I was once a pathetic tiger. I was once weak like you but-"
"YOU CALLIN' ME WEAK?!" Boar roars in anger.
"Yes." Saitama responds, "Like I was saying, I-"
"Oh, you're DEAD MEAT!" Boar shouts as he lifted his hammer and forcefully brings it down onto Saitama. To Boar's surprise, however, his hammer smashes nothing but the ground. Saitama now stands behind the brute, arms crossed behind his back.
"Too slow." The tiger remarks. With a small grunt of frustration, Boar tries again to bash Saitama, yet his attempt is once again fruitless. He swings again, then again, then again! Had it not been for Saitama, clearly present for the fight, Boar would've looked like a madman swinging at nothing but air. After a few more dodges of Boar's hammer, Saitama decides to end the fight. He suddenly charges towards Boar from behind and nabs his hammer. Afterwards, he leaps upward and hurls the weapon down at Boar with extreme force. A loud boom is heard, followed by a large cloud of dust being kicked up. When Saitama lands and the dust finally clears, he can clearly see nothing but a crater where Boar once stood.
Saitama walks up to the giant crater that he had just created, only to find that rocks toward the crater of it were blackened, as if they had been hit by a meteor. In the direct center of the crater lies the now shattered bits of Boar's warhammer. The ironwood handle had been completely obliterated, leaving only splinters of wood behind, while the stone that once formed a hammer head had been practically powderized. After eyeing the crater for a couple seconds, Saitama begins to walk back to the Jade Palace. However, upon remembering Po and Tigress, he runs back over to tend to the two downed warriors. He first walks up to Po and attempts to wake him up. Saitama calls the panda's name over and over again, but only recieved silence from Po as an answer. After many attempts at calling Po's name, lightly tapping him, and even slapping him at one point, Saitama finally gives up. "I can't do this much longer." He says to himself. "I have to get back for lunch." However, Saitama suddenly hears a small groan from Po.
"Urrrgh" Po mumbles as he begins to wake up. "L-lunch? Someone say lunch?"
"Oh, you're awake." Comments Saitama, who is slightly relieved at Po's "aliveness."
"W-where are the others?" Po asks in a drowsy tone before sitting up.
"The Jade Palace."
"All of them?"
"Well, Tigress is still here. She hasn't woken up."
"Oh, wait, what?!" Po was now fully awake.
"I said, Tigress still hasn't woken up."
"Oh no." Po starts to panic. He stands and rans over to Tigress, who is still laying limp on the ground. Po began to shake her in an attempt to wake her up. However, to his dismay, Tigress does not even stir. Po is now extremely scared, as his best friend may or may not be dead. He puts his ear up to Tigress' mouth to listen for breathing, but hears nothing.
"Oh no, no, no..." Po murmurs as he checks Tigress for a pulse. Once again, nothing. "No no, no no no NO!" Po shouts. "T-Tigress, please don't be dead! I can't loose you!" Po begins to tear up. "Please!" he begs "Don't be dead!" There is no answer from Tigress. It is certain, Tigress has died.
Po sat next to Tigress' dead body, weeping for nearly an hour. He was in deep sorrow over his friend's death, and most definitely at an all-time low point in his life. It is at this moment when Saitama finally decides to speak up.
"Po?" He asks.
"What?" Po replies in a voice stripped of emotion.
"You do know that we can just bring Tigress back to life with chi right?"
"W-WHAT?!"