The Two Different Stories.
When we finally sat back and told them about the mission, Shifu leaned back into his chair and contemplated about it. "What's wrong Master Shifu?" I asked worried. Shifu sort of waved me away.
"I'm sure it's nothing, Po, but I'm curious of why the Qi-don were attacking a Hun village," Shifu questioned.
"That has popped into my mind as well," Lion said sitting down next to his tiger wife. "I thought that they wouldn't even bother with the Huns."
"Those guys are always attacking! They don't need an excuse for attacking another village," Krystal argued. Lion shrugged.
"Yes, but the fact that they would even step into Hun territory is what is bothering me," Shifu explained.
"What do you think is happening, baba?" Tai-gee asked. Shifu groaned a little.
"I don't know and that's what is bothering me," He replied.
"As I see it," little Zan spoke up, "there are two reasons why the Qi-don would be attacking the Hun Territory. One: they've finally realized that it is useless to attack the Valley of Peace and are attacking other nearby places. My question is do we really believe that they would discover something as simple as that?" It got quiet for a moment.
"Nah," everyone said in unison.
"Exactly, which brings me to my second reason. They have found confidence in something that they either have made or have," Zan explained.
"Meaning that they would have some kind of secret that they are willing to use. But the question is what?" Zeng asked. Lion got up and walked around the kitchen before speaking.
"I think it is time to check up on our Qi-don friends. We'll have Dead Shot Duck do a secret spy operation. Hey Zeng can you-" before Lion could finish, Zeng was already gone out of his spot. Lion shook his head. "I hate it when he does that."
"So what happened?" Lily asked. Po looked over to the duck servant to continue the story.
"Well, after I had gotten my orders, I decided to get ready and wait until nightfall," Zeng started.
I was at the gate post of the Qi-don's base. I quickly shot my two sleepy-time arrows at the two guards, making them fall to the ground. I moved underneath the ground when I got in. Interesting for a bird to be underground. Anyways, I moved silently through the dirt until I was right underneath Temuti. I only knew because of how loud he was.
"The Lion Warriors, Shifu, the Dragon Warrior, and the Furious Five may have stopped my supply of metallic gators, but they will not be able to stop my new weapons. Arrows that can fly faster than any cross bow and new state-of-the-art armor. WHO CAN DEFEAT US NOW?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Temuti laughed loudly. I quickly snuck a peak of the weapons he was talking about. I then flew back to the palace. When I got there, Lion used his powers to help visualize my thoughts so that everyone could see. Po sighed and said.
"This is not good." All of us bitterly agreed.
"Couldn't you just attack all of them and just be done?" Lily asked.
"Yes, but the problem was that the people in the Valley of Peace would still be hurt," Tai-gee explained.
"What type of weapons were they?" Lily asked.
"Now we have a name for them. The gun was new in this time and age. Other than the cannon, nobody had seen a small metal ball be shot out of a hand-held barrel with gunpowder. We didn't even know about gunpowder," Shifu clarified. Lily shifted around on her bottom. It had fallen a bit numb. Tigress came beside her and rested her on her lap.
"So what happened next, daddy?" she asked.
When we realized what we were facing, we nearly lost all hope. Keep in mind that guns are not enough to go through Lion Warrior skin, but it can be fatal to an ordinary person. It didn't kill us, but it still hurt like anything. I sat down on my bottom and said,"How in the world are we going to do this? We have enough Lion Warriors to stop the threat, but it can injure all of those people."
"They can't injure anybody if we get to them first," Nelon said with his deep voice and katana by his side. His black mane still superior to his son's, Alex. He stretched his bare chest and yawned. "If we can get to them first, we can put a stop to this."
"And if we can savage some of the weaponry, we can use it to defend the people," Mei-Ling added. Lion looked at the mountain cat who was in a dark jade vest. "That way, we don't have to protect the people as much." Lion nodded.
"This is what we'll do. Nelon, Mei-Ling, Sarah, Saber, Crane, Viper, and I will go into the Qi-don territory and see if we can't make the place look like an accident. Tai-gee, you stay here to look after Miracle, and Tigress, Po, Monkey, Mantis, Peng, Zan, Zeng, Master Shifu, and Krystal will stay here for the second line of defense and to keep people in line. Or near to it," Lion said.
"Why not just take all of us?" I asked.
"Three reasons. One: the less of us that are there, the more of us can be here if anything goes wrong. Two: like I said I need a second line of defense. And three: I don't want to keep track of so many people," Lion said with his hands on his head. I shook my head. Sometimes Lion's reasons were out of simple and plain laziness, something I could relate to.
"Alright, we'll stay here with Yoshi to keep an eye on him and protect the Valley yet again," I said. Lion nodded and off they were.
"Wait a second," Lily interrupted, "Did you see what Lion and the others did?" Po shook his head. "Then how is the story going to go if you two were separated?" Lion and Po looked at each other. The kid had a point. Lion didn't see what was going on in the valley and Po didn't see what was happening with Lion. Lion finally came to a compromise.
"How about this? First, Po will tell you what happened at the Valley and then I'll tell you all the action," he said with excitement. Po looked at him like he had just insulted him.
"We had excitement while you were gone. Especially with Yoshi, Peng, and Chu-hua over there," Po said pointing at the two blushing cats.
"What? What happened?" asked Lily.
Well, after they left, Yoshi and I descended back down to the valley. There I realized that Yoshi had a stern and concerned face. I asked him what was wrong. "It's probably nothing. You see, ever since that day when Lion threw out my brother, he's been lingering around lately. Usually, he would be outside my courthouse, begging for money, which then he would gamble away. AGAIN. But ever since this morning when you guys came, he disappeared. I'm worried about him," he said openly.
"I think he's alright, but I'll have the gang search for him to ease your conscience. See you later," I said as I rushed back up the mountain. Tigress and Viper were with Master Shifu talking. When Shifu and Viper started to walk away, I quietly pulled Tigress aside.
"Po wha-" I cut her off with a loving kiss. Her eyes fluttered shut and she wrapped her arms around me. Then suddenly she punched me in the gut. I stumbled back holding my stomach.
"What was that for?" I asked as she shook the pain in her hand away. Ever since I revealed my true tiger form, it was harder for her to hit me.
"For kissing me again," she said, "Why do you keep doing that?" I smirked as I got back up and grabbed her by the waist.
"Because I like doing it and I love you," I said as I was about to kiss her again but she gently pushed me away.
"I love you, too," she said a little strained, "But we have to be discreet about what we do around the others." I looked at her a little frustrated. "What?" she asked crossing her arms.
"Shifu knows, Alex knows, Krista knows, even Lion knows, and that in itself should be enough. Besides, don't you think that the others already know that we would be a couple? I bet you they've already made bets with each other about when we would come out with it," I exclaimed. Tigress laughed and gave her competitive look to me.
"Alright, how about this? When Lion gets back, we tell the others about it and if they made bets," she stopped to look around. "I'll show you a side of me that you've never seen before. And if they don't, you have to show me aside of you that you've never shown me before. It's a win-win" she whispered into my ear. I smiled, agreed to the bet, and started to walk to the training hall with her. "So, what did Yoshi want with you?"
"His brother is missing. I'm not too worried about it, but I have this uneasy feeling," I explained. Then I thought of something else. "Let me ask you a question. Do Yoshi and Chu-hua look alike to you? I mean more than she does with her father." Tigress thought about it for a while then nodded.
"But Yoshi and Chu-hua's father are brothers so they are going to look similar," she replied. I shrugged.
"Still, it's weird," I finished.
