Po felt that he had progressed. He could manipulate Chi without trying too hard now. He had felt whole, for once. But he still didn't know what made him whole.
It's been six days since Oogway left. Kai left him to find that missing part of his.
Now Po was in the middle of his meditation. He was on top of the mountain, where he talked with Kai about his mastery of Chi. He sighed again, unable to find it.
Po decided to look down at the village. There were glowing golden lights here and there, the villagers training their Chi. Kai was a great teacher, it turns out.
"Hey, Po." Kai called.
Po greeted him back. It's been a while since the last time they talked.
"Found that missing part of yours?" Kai asked.
Po looked up at the sky. This whole thing about finding who he was was really tiring. Po shook his head.
"It's so close to you, you know." Kai said.
Po's ears perked up. Did he knew? How did he find it out, while he couldn't?
"You knew?" Po asked, a bit confused.
Kai nodded. "I can't tell you, though. You have to find it yourself." he said.
Kai leaved the panda to his thoughts. Now, he went to another person. He also had to tell Tigress.
He found her in the middle of her training. She was in the bamboo forest as usual. He wondered why she liked the place so much. Shang Ling was there too, watching the orange cat dance her Kung Fu. Tigress had taken the position as a mother.
"Tigress." Kai called her.
She stopped her dance and looked at him. She jerked her head, gesturing for him to talk. Shang Ling watched the two with wide innocent eyes.
"Hairy blacky."
Kai ignored her. "Po hasn't found his whole self. I know what he's missing. Do you?"
Tigress didn't speak for a moment. Then she blushed. Kai chuckled at that.
"You love him, right?"
Tigress nodded. "Yes. But I don't know if he feels the same way."
"Stripy baby loves hairy blacky?" Shang Ling asked innocently.
"No!" Both shouted.
"Back to the topic. He loves you too. He just didn't know it. So, I want you to make him realize it." Kai said.
Tigress smiled. She stared blankly at the distance and her smile grew wider.
The sound of the bush ruffling gained their attention. A panda was running at them. He stopped and took his time to catch his breath.
"Master Kai..." he said.
A tic mark appeared on Kai's head. He didn't want to be called that. "What?"
"Master Shifu's back. He brought citizens from the Valley of Peace."
"Good. I'll see him then."
Kai left the place. He wanted to meet Oogway as soon as possible. Kai smiled as he walked fast.
But he couldn't shake off this nagging feeling. That something's wrong. And he always trusted his gut.
He found Shifu in the entrance of the village. It had been repaired after Niu Yao broke it. Kai felt dark feelings in the air. Shifu looked sorrowful. He was standing, putting the weight of his body to the entrance gate.
"Shifu!" Kai shouted.
Shifu turned his head to his direction, but he couldn't meet his eyes. Kai noticed something wrong. What happened.
"Shifu?"
A tearr rolled down from his wide eye. Kai couldn't hold back the nagging feeling anymore.
"What happened? Where's Oogway?"
Shifu didn't reply. Another tear rolled down. Finally, he answered.
"He's... in the demon realm." he said.
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It felt like an arrow straight to the core of his heart. A thunder striked down, adding to the shock. He fell to his knees.
And shouted to the sky.
Shifu backed away from him. Golden Chi exploded from his body, and it shot to the sky like a beam. Clouds gathered and spun to the beam of Chi.
The earth shook, and the clouds sent down more and more thunders. They also felt his sadness.
Why? Why did he have to be trapped in that wretched place. Kai started to lose his mind as he thought about what the demons would do to his brother.
A pair of arms hugged him. He didn't know whose arms were those, but he didn't care. It felt warm. Kai cried into the chest of whoever hugged him.
Exhaustion seeped up into him. He had lost a lot of Chi. Kai closed his eyes, succumbing to the calm and peaceful darkness.
Oogway jumped, dodging the demons' attacks. He prepared a Chi attack. Oogway made Chi dragons that striked the demons.
However, the demons easily batted them away. They used their own Chi to protect themselves. They had trained themselves indeed.
At that point, Oogway realized that he wouldn't make it. But he would borrow some time for Shifu, at least.
Oogway made another set of Chi creatures which battled against the demons. He himself fought against a pig demon.
He was getting old, he noticed. His moves weren't as gracious when he was younger. And he had much less stamina. The pig demon swatted him away.
Not letting him to have a chance, the demons grabbed Oogway. It held him in it's arms. Oogway couldn't move under it's grip.
"You locked us in that place for hundreds of years. Now you will suffer our pain!"
The demon threw the aged tortoise down into the pool where the two realms were connected. It then used it's Chi to lock up the realm gate.
Shifu ran with tears held back. He had lost his master the second time.
"That's what happened." Shifu said.
None of them said a word. It was a night to grieve the loss of a great master.
A.N.
I'm thinking about changing the title. I only planned the story to end when Niu Yao's dead, so I titled it escaped demon. I want to know what do you say.
