'Santa Monica' By Theory of a Deadman.
Requester: Shen's General
Character: Shen and Xion Harmonia (An OC of Shen's General)
Sorry, lots of projects and exams for me these last two weeks. I didn't have much time to work my fanfiction. Hope you all enjoy!
Disclaimer- I do not own Kung Fu Panda or Theory of a Deadman.
"Difficult times always creates opportunities for you to experience more love in your life."- John Piper
"Fire."
"But sir, we will kill our own."
"I said fire, now fire!"
"No."
FLASH
"My parents hated me. Do you understand? They wronged me… and now I-I will make it right."
"They loved you. They loved you so much, that having to sending you away killed them."
"The dead exist in the past… and I must attend to the future."
…
"Set the soothsayer free… she is no longer a use to me."
"Goodbye Shen, I wish you happiness."
"Happiness must be taken, and I will take mine."
FLASH
"Good afternoon gentlemen! Now we've got the pleasantries out of the way, please leave my house."
"Your house?"
"Yes… didn't you see the peacock on the front door?"
"Nawahh… there you are soothsayer. It seems your fortune telling skills are not as good as you thought."
"We shall see Shen."
"No you shall see old goat… Now where were we?"
"What do you want Shen?"
"What is rightfully mine, Gongmen City!"
"Gongmen is under the stewardship of the Master's Council and we will protect it… even from you."
"I'm so glad you feel that way… otherwise I would have dragged that here for nothing."
"What 's in the box Shen?"
"You want to see? It's a gift… It's your parting gift, as in it will part you. Part of here, part of you there, and part of you waaaay over there staining the wall."
FLASH
"Lord Shen what shall we do with the women and children?"
"Kill them all."
"E-even… the little ones?"
"You act as if you collaborated with them."
"N-no sir"
"Very well… Kill them, and don't stop killing until the rivers run red with their blood."
FLASH
"Shen… the soothsayer told us something we must tell you."
"What is it father?"
"You are going to travel down a very dark path that ends with a warrior of black and white… going to travel… dark path… ends… dark… dark path… warrior of black and white.
You are going to travel…
A very dark path…
A warrior of black and white…
Kill them…
FLASH
"Nooooo!" Shen yelled out loud. His nightgown drenched in sweat.
"Shen? Are you okay?" the white peacock herd a feminine voice next to him. It was Xion, a blue peahen that Shen had fallen in love with not too long ago. She was holding onto Shen's shoulder as she peered into his eyes and Shen looked into her light blue eyes.
"It's the dream where I become a murder."
Xion began to laugh as she fell back into the bed; he rolled over to face her. "What's so funny Xion?"
"You" Xion chuckled lightly as she placed her wing upon his face.
"Me?"
"Yes you! Thinking that you could kill someone! We both know that you couldn't do that."
"Ha… yeah you're right, I couldn't hurt a fly…"
"I know you silly." Xion kissed his cheek. "I need to get back before the sun rises, my dad said he needed to talk to me about something important. Also we can't let him find out that I spent the night here again."
"Wouldn't want that now would we?" Shen smiled at her as she rose from his bed and headed to the window.
"I will visit you later, shortly after the sun reaches the highest point."
"And I will wait for you. Love you Xion."
"Love you too." Xion said as she flew through the window.
Shen watched at Xion flew away, back to her parents house, Shen then decided that he would go back to sleep. It would be a few more hours till sunrise, and he would need his rest if he was going to attend the meeting with his dad in the morning.
Taking hold of the sheets Shen drifted back off to sleep with a smiling Xion on his mind.
THE NEXT DAY, AROUND NOON
"And one last... adjustment…BOOM" Shen held his face as he tried to put out his smoldering feathers. "Damn it… the breach is still too thin…"
"Shen?"
"Yeah, I am in here Xion!"
"Are you working on the firework launcher again?"
"Yeah, I am improvising dad's launcher. One day these things will be able to hold massive fireworks, and I will become famous!"
"Does your dad even know your working on this?"
"Not exactly…" Shen said slightly looking away from Xion, pretending to be focusing in on his work. "He thinks I am doing my map training."
"What? You mean the thing about surveying areas?" Xion asked as she watched Shen craft yet another one of his 'launchers'.
"Yeah, father told me that a great ruler must know the area around his lands."
"He could be right, you know? What if you need something from cites around your palace and you need to get to them?" Xion said placing a wing onto Shen's.
"You… you are right."
"I know" Xion smiled politely.
"I will finish the training as soon as I am done with this experiment."
"If you had a longer barrel and a second support ring, it will double your payload. Simple physics." Xion pointed out.
Shen looked at her with a small glint in his eye. "We will see."
Shen crafted a longer barrel to be attached to the end of his smaller experimental 'firework launcher' and after adding a second support ring to the barrel, he loaded it with twice the amount of firework powder. Shen motioned for Xion to step back, prayed to the gods everything would be okay, and then he lit the fuse. The powder inside the 'launcher exploded and hurled a small piece of metal at some targets before them. To Shen's surprise, the launcher was still intact, smoking, but still in one piece.
"Good job, Shen, now all you need to do is make a bigger one out of metal." Xion praised Shen for his work.
"I should be the one saying good job to you; after all it was your idea to build a better one. I only designed it."
"But you used your ideas too."
"Yeah, but if we use your ideas and my ingenuity, we will be an unstoppable team!" Shen said happily as he picked her up and spun her around causing her to giggle. But then her laughter died and her face became serious as she looked into his eyes. Shen noticed the change in her demeanor, and proceeded to question her.
"Is something the matter Xion?"
"I have some news you may or may not like."
"What is it?"
"My dad wants me to run as a council member." Xion divulged. "He told me this morning."
"Why would that be a bad thing?"
"In a different country…"
"Oh… well that's… great." Shen looked to the ground.
"I can, decline it. I can stay here with you." The blue peahen looked at Shen with glossy eyes.
'No… I couldn't take this opportunity away from you. This is a chance of a lifetime. You'll never get this chance again."
"B-but Shen-"
"Take it; I want you to be happy and to live a better life." Shen sighed and discreetly wiped a tear from his eyes. "When do you leave?"
"Tomorrow… morning"
"Why so soon?"
"It takes month of travel to make it there."
"So this will end our relationship?" Shen calmly asked her, but she only nodded her head. "Spend the night with me one last time."
(START)
The night came as the two of them sat quietly watching the sunset, after the sun fell behind the hills they retreated back to Shen's room as they passionately made love to each other. Neither wanting to let go of the other; Xion falling asleep grasping Shen.
When Shen awoke the next morning, Xion was gone, but there was a letter on the nightstand. It was addressed to him. As he reached for the letter there was a knock at his door.
"Son, we need to talk… about your future…" Shen could see the soothsayer behind his parents, she looked gloom.
She fills my bed with gasoline
You are going to travel…
You think I wouldn't notice
A very dark path…
Her mind's made up
A warrior of black and white…
The love is gone
I think someone's trying to show us a sign
Kill them all…
That even if we thought it would last
Even the women and children…
The moment would pass
My bones will break and my heart would give
Oh, it hurts to live
What do you want, Shen?
And I remember the day when you left for Santa Monica
What is rightfully mine…
You left me to remain with all your excuses for everything
…Gongmen City!
And I remember the time when you left for Santa Monica
And I remember the day you told me it's over
The dead exist in the past… and I must attend to the future.
I wish you happiness…
It hurts to breathe
Happiness must be taken… and I will take mine.
Well every time that you're not next to me
Her mind's made up
The girl is gone
And now I'm forced to see
I think I'm on my way
Oh, it hurts to live today
Oh and she says "Don't you wish you were dead like me?"
How many times do I have to kill the same stinking panda?!
And I remember the day when you left for Santa Monica
Fire!
You left me to remain with all your excuses for everything
But sir! We will kill our own!
And I remember the time when you left for Santa Monica
I said fire, now FIRE!
And I remember the day you told me it's over
I wanted more than this
I needed more than this
I deserve more than this
But it just won't stop
It just won't go away
I took away your parents… everything… I scared you for life.
I needed more than this
I wanted more than this
I asked for more than this
See, that's the thing Shen; scars heal.
But it just won't stop
It just won't go away
No they don't. Wounds heal.
And I remember the day when you left for Santa Monica
You left me to remain with all your excuses for everything
And I remember the time when you left it all behind
And I remember the day you told me it's over
I choose this!
And I remember the day when you left for Santa Monica
You left me to remain with all your excuses for everything
And I remember the time when you left for Santa Monica
Yeah, I remember the day you told me it's over
NEARLY TWENTY YEARS LATER SINCE XION LEFT SHEN
Shen was sitting on the beach before his lonely house on the shore. The soothing sound of the waves crashing against the sand was washing his head clean of all those memories. Xion had stopped sending letters back to him nearly ten years ago. He wondered if she even remembered him.
It didn't matter anyway, he couldn't go back. The whole country of China would be in an uproar if he came waltzing back in, especially after what he did to the people. She wouldn't want him back anyway, nor did she probably have room for him in her life.
"Shen?"
He knew that voice; his heart skipped a beat when he heard it. His heart wanted him to turn around but his brain said no.
"Shen is that you?"
"Go away… you don't want me…"
"Oh Shen-"
"I said leave me!" Shen stood and shouted at Xion. His mind wondering how long she had been there, and thinking 'She hasn't aged a single day since we were last together' but now Xion had a distinct look. Robes of authority and she held her head high.
"I am a murder! A monster. Exactly like my father said I would be."
"Shen I've missed you." Xion said ignoring all that he said and ran into his arms. Shen was almost reluctant to hug back, but soon he returned the hug.
"How could you take me back, knowing all that I have done?" Shen whispered into her ear.
She whispered back, "I never stopped loving you. Every second, every day, week, month, year. I never stopped thinking about you and wishing you were there beside me…" Xion began to cry in his arms. "The whole place was miserable; I should have never left in the first place."
"I am here now, I am not happy on the road I choose to get here, but I am here. And so are you."
Xion peered into Shen's eyes and he gazed into her eyes as they shared a gentle but passionate kiss on the beach. The cool ocean breeze ruffling their feathers, and sand whipping up around them. Shen helped his love retreat back into his cottage on the shore.
Xion confessed how much she had hated being a council member without Shen at her side, and Shen told her everything that happened after she left him. There were no secrets between them. No lies or boundaries. Their love sparked up again on a moonless night and they ran with the opportunity. Xion and Shen grew old together, living on the shore for the rest of their lives. Nothing broke their bond again.
Again, sorry for the late chapter. Shen's General I hope you like it and it was close to your wishes! Please continue to post your ideas and don't for get to review! MrSimba593 over and out.
