Kung Fu Panda fanfic5

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Soul Eater

Setting up shop in an open area, under a small cliff excellent for snipe maneuver, the remaining three warriors went through the plan one last time. After conclusion, Po and Fray leaped off the cliff and landed in the area set as a trap for Tai Lung.

Tigress took the last stick of dynamite and tied it to an arrow. She loaded the crossbow with the TNT arrow and loomed over the cliff, waiting for the opportune moment.

Po held base in the area as Fray went to find Tai Lung, and hopefully lead him into their trap. With the Canobic Jar in hands, he was sure the demon would not be able to resist.

He prowled through the forest, retracing his steps to where they had last seen Tai Lung. Evidently he found him, his back turned.

Tai Lung stretched his arms as he cracked his neck, after Viper he was now completely regenerated, and restored to his former form. As he looked at his reflection he smiled, now that he was fully restored all he needed to do was find that Canopic Jar, that Werkhotep had sent him to collect.

Snap!

A twig snapped behind him, the snow leopard spun around to find Zhan Fray, his old fan. The cheetah stood, lungs filled with courage and determination, as he faced his once hero and inspiration. The same warrior who which he had watched and wanted to be like when he was old enough, but now Fray did not eye him as if he were a hero, he glared at him as if he were a monster.

"Zhan Fray," Tai Lung greeted friendlily, "How nice it is to see my old admirer."

"I no longer look up to you, Lung," Fray growled, "I'm no longer that boy who idolized you."

The snow leopard chuckled, "Nonsense. You will always be that same silly boy with dreams that will remain dreams."

"Maybe, but I'm not the one who's after something," the cheetah shot back, pulling out the Jar, "You are!"

Tai Lung's eyes widened, "The Canobic Jar!" he said, his voice shaking as he saw his objective, in the hands of the cheetah, "Give it to me!"

"No," Fray began, stepping backwards as he stored the Jar in his bag.

The snow leopard smiled, "Now Zhan, let's not get hasty. I have done nothing against you."

"Liar! You killed Shifu, you killed the Five..." Fray listed.

"Yes, but not you," Tai Lung began, walking closer, "my 'employer' has offered me something truly grand, and I just have to proceed through this task."

"For what?! What has this Werkhotep offered you that has brought you back to murder us?"

"Immortality." Tai Lung answered, "The escape from death itself. My boy, Werkhotep can give you so much. Whatever you want! Money? Power? Royalty? Anything."

Fray unguarded himself as he went on.

"Join me, Zhan. Give me the Canopic Jar... and Werkhotep will make all your dreams come true," he said, holding out his paw towards him.

Fray hesitated, and then shook his head, "No." he replied, "Rollo Kio, a Shadow leader offered me that same dream, and in the end I was fallen and disgraced for what I had done. You betrayed the Valley of Peace, Oogway, Shifu, and me, and have paid for it. I had done the same thing and paid for it myself. I will never go down that path again, and my redemption will begin by ending you."

Tai Lung's smile faded, "Very well, if you will not join me then you will be destroyed," he said and roared at him, his large mouth widening in structure.

With that, Fray turned and ran, heading back to the trap area to unveil the trap. Tai Lung running after him, his intentions to get the Canopic Jar were so determined that he was willing to kill Fray to get it. The cheetah led the snow leopard as he arrived to the location set for the trap, and as Tai lung entered the area, a shadow fell over him.

He looked up and saw Po, the Dragon Warrior and over sized panda, pounce on top of him, squishing him flat. The giant panda cheered, "Got him!"

"Tigress, now! Take the aim now!" Fray called, waving his arms as a signal to Tigress.

Meanwhile, underneath Po, the snow leopard demon used his strength to pick up the giant panda. With the Dragon Warrior in the air, Tai Lung saw Tigress aiming a crossbow and tossed the panda he way.

The female tiger saw her companion flying towards her and ducked in stroke of luck. Unfortunately Po landed against the wall of the cliff over her, launching a large rock, which fell and knocked Tigress on the head, causing her to fall shortly unconscious.

At the of his two comrades taken down, Fray gasped. He turned to Tai Lung, only to get gripped by the neck and thrown to the ground.

"My dear boy," Tai Lung began, approaching his former fan, "being stubborn is not being smart."

With that, Tai Lung picked up Fray and slammed him into the ground, tossed him into the air, leaped and grabbed him, and then threw him back to the earth. He fell and launched a foot to Fray's face, luckily the cheetah rolled over, dodging his foot, and aimed his wrist launchers. He launched several of his explosive darts at him, but only to watch Tai Lung absorb them all and literal spit them back at him. The explosion knocked Fray backwards as he fell to the ground again.

After taking almost more beatings than he did when he was Rollo Kio's apprentice, Fray coughed up blood as the snow leopard stood before him, lifting him up with telekinesis.

"You are a fool Zhan Fray," Tai Lung told him, "you will regret refusing my offer."

Fray grunted in agony, "My only regret... was looking up to you."

Tai Lung ceased, knowing the pain Fray had was worse than he himself had been through. He was Fray's idol, and he let him down, made him leave the Jade Palace as he did and turned out to be an even bigger threat to the Valley of Peace, and it was his fault. He looked into the eyes of the cheetah, seeing the same boy he had let down all those years ago. You think he would have given him an apology, but no.

The snow leopard opened his mouth and roared, devouring another soul.

Tigress opened her eyes and lifted her head, spotting Fray's end at the hands of Tai Lung. The snow leopard reached into his bag and pulled out the Canopic Jar, and tossed him corpse to the ground. Despair came into the situation, Zhan Fray, her best friend and crush, which she had never even told, was dead.

Depression, followed by anger, followed by rage filled her being, and as she looked into herself she found something had returned.

Out of curiosity, Tigress leaped from the cliff, doing several somersaults, cartwheels, and flips into the air, and landed gracefully on her feet. Her skills had returned.

Yeah... remember when I said it is traditional for the horror stories to come down to only two characters, and it is most likely the lovers, well I never said I was doing the traditional horror story, did I?