Kung Fu Panda: Po Pilgrim vs. The World by
Mitchicus
Chapter 12: Brothers
A/N: This story will be moved back to the Kung Fu Panda section and leave the crossovers section next chapter, so please don't freak out if you don't find it under crossover. Because of the end of the "Scott Pilgrim" crossover (meaning the exes and everything), it will be moved to just a normal fanfic. I hope you all understand. Katsumodo (leader of the Katsu clan), is not owned by me (at least his name isn't. I used his name for the awesome leader in The Last Samurai, one of my favorite movies. Please send more reviews on the story!
Mitchicus swung his blade as he crouched in the rain. He stood outside of Katsumodo's house and was training with his trusty Katana sword. The Katana and Wakizashi swords that the tiger possessed were gifts to Mitchicus from Katsumodo himself, honoring him as a true Samurai. The White Tiger mastered his new weapons quickly, and was now even more powerful than he ever was before.
Rain fell down his blade and face. His armor was off, and he now only wore his black pants and sleeveless vest. He took a deep breath and held it as he swung several times. He thrust his blade forward, imitating a stab. He crouched lower to the ground and made a three-sixty-degree spin, slicing the air with his blade. The tiger straightened up and sheathed his sword. A teenage Snow Leopard appeared behind him and bowed.
"Master, Lord Katsumodo wishes to speak with you." The teenage leopard said.
Mitchicus smiled and turned to face him. "Thank you, my apprentice."
The White Tiger shook the water out of his fur when he entered the house and went into Katsumodo's room.
"Do you know what you have accomplished, Mitchicus?" Katsumodo asked.
"Great honor to the Katsu Clan?"
"More than honor, my friend." Katsumodo said standing up. "We have now acquired all of the land, population, and resources that the Chuji owned! Their Samurai now serve us! War between us is over!"
The old tiger patted Mitch on the shoulder. "When you were just a cub and you and your master came here on visits, I swore to your master that I would offer you a home if you needed it. I never knew what great honor you would bring us…and me."
"One right for so many wrongs." Mitch said sighing.
"You hurt yourself by dwelling on the past. I heard of your rage, yes, but when you came here…I knew that you had changed. And now look at you! Out of honor you have earned the right to be Samurai! You have learned Kendo ("The Way of the Sword") and Kyudo ("The Way of the Bow"). You have mixed Kung Fu with the Way of the Samurai and because of that, I believe you to be the most powerful warrior this world has ever known!"
Mitch chuckled. "I still got beaten, remember?"
Katsumodo nodded. "Yes, but from what you told me, you had the Dragon Warrior's life in your hands but your exe-girlfriend saved him and broke your leg, making the fight for you impossible to win. Besides, you did not know the Way of the Samurai then."
Mitchicus nodded. "That is true. Katsumodo, I believe it is time for me to return back to my country. I will return to the Jade Palace to correct my wrongs once and for all."
Katsumodo sighed. "Yes, you did plan on leaving before the war with the Chuji started, but you did not return so that you could help us. The emperor is a good friend of mine, and I will send a letter to him asking for him to pardon you."
"Thank you, Lord Katsumodo…for everything." Mitchicus said bowing.
Katsumodo chuckled. "No Mitchicus, thank you."
Mitch straightened up. "May my armor be sent to the Jade Palace in about a week? I do not plan to bring it with me right now, so could you send it there?"
"Of course." Katsumodo said bowing.
"Thank you. Would you be willing to take care of my apprentice, Peng, in my absence?"
"I will watch over him. If you need anything else, send me a message." Katsumodo replied. "What about the lioness who survived Brunte's attack?"
"Hmm. I will speak with her. I believe that she should decide where she stays."
"That sounds good." Katsumodo said.
Mitchicus bowed and left Katsumodo. He went to his house (a gift from Katsumodo) and went into the kitchen. He prepared some tea and white rice and then went into his room. He found the lioness in his own bed and set the tray down on a low table.
"Take this; it will make you stronger after what you've been through." Mitchicus said sitting across from her at the table.
The tiger sat on his knees and waited for her. She slowly went down to the table and sat on her knees. She wolfed down the rice and drank the tea quickly. Mitchicus chuckled at her speed. She finished her food and looked at him.
"Thank you." She said.
Mitch smiled. "You're welcome. What is your name?"
"Nera," She replied.
"That's a beautiful name. What are you doing in Japan, so far from Africa, your homeland?" Mitchicus asked.
"I was visiting friends and looking for a job…but that all went down when they were killed by the Chuji, and I was injured. Are you the demon who saved me?"
Mitch chuckled. "Not a demon, I hope, but I am the one who saved you."
"Thanks." She said smiling.
Mitch nodded. "I need to ask you a question. Where would you like to go now? Would you like to stay here or go back to China?"
Nera bit her lip. She was trying to stay focused on his questions, but was actually falling for him. She thought he was the most handsome male she had ever seen, and she wanted him.
"Where will you go, err what's your name?"
"Mitch,"
"Mitch, where will you go?" Nera asked.
"I will be leaving to China later today."
"I would like to go with you." Nera said smiling. She realized the awkwardness of this statement, and struggled to find something to explain her words. "I mean I would like to go with you because you might make people think that I'm extra special and I could get a better job."
"Oh…" Mitch said. "…I guess that can work. Are you ready to leave tonight?"
"Sure," Nera said smiling.
Mitch packed up his things and stuffed a bag of yen into his shirt. He moved his Katana and Wakizashi swords from his side to his back. He strapped them onto his back, and said goodbye to his fellow Samurai. An hour passed and he was ready.
"Goodbye Master Mitchicus. I wish you well on your journey." Katsumodo said bowing, and the others bowed as well.
"Thank you, Lord Katsumodo." Mitchicus said returning the bow.
Peng walked up to him and bowed. "Master, though you may not have trained me for very long, I would like to say that you are more than a master to me…you are a father to me."
Mitch smiled and rubbed his head with his paw in a joking manner. "Thank you for letting me be your master, Peng."
Mitch said his goodbyes to the others and journeyed with Nera out of the beautiful mountains. They reached the port and boarded a ship bound for China.
On the way, Mitchicus sat at the front of the ship. He drank a jug of water while he sat there. The Way of the Samurai had taught him many things. He learned discipline, self-control, and many other things. He still struggled with old habits that he had when he was evil, but they were not as bad as they were before. He was still just as deadly and smart. Nera was watching err admiring him.
"Mind if I join you?" She asked walking towards him.
Mitch shook his head and sat down the jug. He gestured her to go beside him and sit down, and she did.
"Where is your family, Nera?" Mitchicus asked turning to her.
She sighed and looked out at the sea. "Our parents took me and my brother out of Africa because of wars raging there, and we came to China for a better life. My brother left to learn Kung Fu when he was still young and I went with my parents to a village where they found work. We stayed there for years, and our parents died with unknown causes. Before they died my brother returned from his training and said that he would never again go back to Kung Fu, and he trained me in the art. He then said that he would go into the trading business, promising me that it would give him a better life. He died from a storm from what I heard, and I never found his body."
Mitch scratched his scar. "What was your brother's name?"
"Noru," She replied.
Mitch slowly turned away from her, concealing his fear. Noru, the lion that he had trained with during his younger years and killed recently. The leader of pirates, and was slain by being drowned. He had killed Noru, Nera's brother!
"Is something wrong?" She asked him.
Mitchicus turned back to her. "No, I actually trained with him in Kung Fu."
"Really? Wow, I didn't think you would know him. He was a good brother." Nera said sighing.
After a day of travel, they reached the port of Verun. This was a city supposed to be filled with Imperial soldiers, but there were none there. There were only the villagers and various species of an army. Mitch knew they were bad news. A castle was deeper inland, and he developed a plan to see what was going on here.
"Do you see the castle in the distance?" He asked Nera as they were getting off of the boat.
"Yeah, why?" She asked.
"I would like you to wait in the trees in front of the castle, and don't go anywhere. I'm going in there and I'll be back out once I find out why this city is…occupied." Mitch said.
Nera agreed and they reached the entrance to the castle, which they presumed to be where the leadership of the army was. The lioness hid in the trees as told and Mitchicus went to the front gates.
"What do you want?" A guard in front of the gate asked him.
"I wish to speak with the leader of this army here." Mitch said.
The guard whispered to another and then nodded. "We will let you see him."
Mitch nodded and they escorted him into the castle. There were several large rooms that they walked through, and they reached a large throne room.
"The general will see you shortly." The guard said as they left to find their leader.
Mitchicus scratched the ground with the claws of his feet anxiously, and waited until a Komodo Dragon walked in.
"Ah, the mighty Mitchicus is in my castle! What an honor." The lizard said. "My name is Fuden. You wish to learn why we occupy this city, correct?"
Mitch nodded.
"I lead an army to take over China, one chunk of land at a time. You may find it foolish to reveal information like this to someone I just met, but I can trust you. You have battled the Imperial Army single-handedly and won, and they fear you. I know that you would never turn me in to justice."
"Of course." Mitch lied smiling.
"You tried taking China all by yourself, but you were stopped by the panda unfortunately. We seized this city from the Imperial Army so that we can control trading and inflict a blow against the emperor. I would like you to join us in this fight; we could use your skill and brilliance." Fuden said.
"I will consider it, but I ask for time." Mitchicus said crossing his arms.
"Of course." Fuden said exiting the room.
Mitchicus felt strangely. He felt presences of people he had known before, but he could not know who they were. He had to find out who they were.
Mitchicus sneaked out of the room and evaded the guards. Mitch moved his eye into a hall and saw two guards at the end of it, guarding a cell. This must be it, Mitch thought. He moved into the middle of the hallway and drew both of his swords. He then quickly threw them at the guards before they could even make a sound. The Japanese blades drove into the guards and pinned them against the wall. All they could do was grunt when they were hit, and they slumped over. Mitch smirked and walked down the hall. He pulled both of the blades out of the guards, making them fall to the floor. He sheathed his Wakizashi and picked up the keys that the guard had. He opened up the door and was shocked at what he found inside. Tigress was their, and her wrists were tied by ropes. She was hanging from the ceiling of the cell, and she was unconscious. Po was hanging by his legs upside down by the ropes, and he looked up (or truly down) at Mitchicus when he heard him.
"Mitch?"
"Po? What are you doing here?" Mitch asked.
"Don't worry about me, is Tigress alright?" Po asked.
Mitch ran up to Tigress and checked her pulse. It was weak but it was there.
"Her pulse is weak and she's unconscious, but other than that, she's fine." Mitch said as he cut the ropes that held her with his Katana.
Mitch caught her with his hand and gently set her on the floor. Mitch cut Po from the ropes and the panda fell to the ground with a grunt, for the tiger was unable to catch him. Po stood up and looked at him.
"I guess I owe you one for rescuing us." Po said.
Mitch shook his head. "No, I owe you so much more. Can you try and wake up Tigress?" The tiger said as he sheathed his sword.
Po nodded and woke up Tigress. The feline slowly awoke and growled when she saw Mitchicus.
"It's ok Tigress, he is on our side. He's been that way for about a month." Po said.
"What do you mean a month? You didn't tell me he's been alive at all?" Tigress said.
"Let explaining wait, we have to get out of here." Mitchicus said.
"Agreed." Po said.
"Follow me." Mitch said as he ran out of the cell, and the two followed him.
Mitch ran down the hall and hugged the wall as he looked down the other side. A few guards stood there, unaware of the escape. Mitch looked back at them and noticed two things about Tigress. There was a puncture wound on her arm, and there also was blue ooze running out of her mouth.
"Tigress." Mitch said and gestured for her to wipe her mouth.
Po looked back at her and she did so. Tigress looked at her paw and saw the ooze. "I don't know what this is." She said.
"That's pretty bad, but it will have to wait until we get out of here." Mitch said, knowing the virus she now had.
Mitch thought up a trick and stepped into the hallway. Tigress and Po whispered protests but stopped when the other guards down the hall came up to him. They did not notice Tigress and Po against the wall.
"Master Mitchicus, shouldn't you be in the Throne Room?" One guard asked.
"You're absolutely right." Mitch said as he drew his Wakizashi, too fast for the guards to react.
In one slice he decapitated the three and their heads rolled to the floor. Their bodies soon followed.
"We have to move!" Mitch said as he began to run down the hall, making the other two follow as well.
Five guards ran down the hall towards them, now aware of Mitchicus' intentions. They shouted alerts as they ran towards them. Mitch cut one in the abdomen with his short sword and then impaled another. Po double-kicked two guards into a wall. Tigress hit the last guard with a powerful kick to the face. They resumed their running and made it to the main hall of the castle. More and more soldiers began to appear, and the odds of survival became slimmer and slimmer for the Kung Fu masters. Mitchicus cut the arm off of a wolf and decapitated him. He kicked his body to the ground and held his bloody blade at the ready.
"Move to the door!" Mitch commanded, always knowing how to take leadership of a group.
"What do we do?" Tigress asked.
"I have a plan." Mitch said grimly.
Po punched a Komodo Dragon to the ground before dodging a rhino's blade. He kicked the rhino into a wall and moved back with the other two. Mitch looked down the hall and saw a balcony. Fuden and a tiger in armor stepped up to it and gripped the rails of the balcony. Archers went beside them and began firing at them. The arrows came at the group as if in slow motion, and Mitch looked at the tiger. It was a White Tiger who looked similar to himself, yet five years younger. No…it can't be. How is it possible? Mitch thought, and as if the second in command read Mitchicus' thoughts, grinned evilly.
Mitchicus snapped out of it and dodged incoming arrows. He gasped as he saw an arrow heading straight for Po. Acting selflessly, he shoved Po out of the way. The arrow drove into Mitch's chest and sent him to the ground.
"Mitch!" Po yelled as he rushed to Mitch's side and helped him up.
The tiger coughed a few times and winced as he grabbed the arrow with one paw. He roared and pulled the arrow out of him. Mitch staggered up and opened up the doors.
"Go! Get out of here!" Mitch commanded Po.
"I'm not leaving without you!" Po yelled at him, and the other soldiers closed in on them.
"There's no time! I'll hold them off as long as I can!" Mitch said.
"But-"
"No buts! I was born to do crazy ass shit like this! Farewell Po!" Mitchicus said as he shoved the panda out of the gates along with Tigress.
Mitchicus knew that his decision might cost him his life, but he was ready to die. He laughed in the face of death, and as a Samurai, he was prepared for his death.
Mitch drew his Katana also, and he now held both swords.
"If there's one thing that I can do before I die now, then that's have a good fight!" Mitch yelled and went into a stance with his swords.
The White Tiger on the balcony smiled and ordered the men forward. Mitch cut a wolf in half and then stabbed a rhino with both of his swords. He pulled the blades out and decapitated two Komodo Dragons. These were only a few of the many being killed by Mitch now, and his enemy was taking tremendous casualties from him. Mitch then cut the legs off of a crocodile before impaling him. He then made a series of slices, killing around thirty men. Mitch staggered backwards and wheezed. The soldiers stepped back and watched him, as if they knew what would happen next. Mitch dropped to his knees and then dropped both of his swords. He collapsed to the ground.
A/N: Po and Tigress are freed at the expense of Mitchicus fighting off the army as long as he could. This chapter's song is "Zen Ball Master" from Kung Fu Panda 2, by Hans Zimmer. This song sets the mood for the battle in order to escape from the castle and when Mitch has to hold off the army. I hope people noticed Peng, so that may indicate what will happen later on. Also, how do you think Song is going to handle knowing that Nera likes Mitch, and what will Nera do to get Mitch? You'll just have to keep reading and find out. Next chapter's title and summary are hidden to avoid spoilers. Please review, share, comment, and please, no flames!
