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The Next Dragon Warrior
Chapter 26
"Avenging Po"

The knee-high grass in the field was coated so heavily in dew you would have thought it had rained last night during the lightning exhibit. As we both maneuvered through the field the bottom of our garments started getting wet.

It became apparent soon after, Park had learned a lot from Tai Lung. He seemed to take no chances in fighting. He went all-out with each strike.

I didn't even want to think about inevitable end to this fight. Was it even possible for me to survive to the end?

I mean, he was trained by Tai Lung, the most feared person in the Valley.
But I was taught by Po, and he defeated Tai Lung once before. I had that advantage.
What has Po taught me?
Look at your opponent. Find there weaknesses.
Park was taught Tiger and Leopard style.
He was all attack, no defense

Studying his fighting I noticed his striking force. If he kept putting all his energy into every single punch like he was doing, he was likely to wear himself out. I also noticed he didn't know much about blocking and I was soon able to hit him with a few nice strikes.

He made another wide swing but I ducked and struck him in the arm.
He went for a forceful shove. I jumped back but I slipped on the damp grass and fell to the ground below Park.
Use a weakness to your advantage.

I maneuvered on a ground doing a low spin kick at his ankles knocking him down too.

As we both scrambled to get up I landed a phoenix eye to the side of his head that threw him off for a second. The punch drove him against a single small tree in the field.

In a whim he pulled himself into the tree from a low branch and dove down on top me driving me to the ground. Just to add insult to it, he pushed my face into the dirt. I elbowed him off of me, but as soon as I did he slammed a blow right in my stomach. I immediately doubled up and kicked back causing him to stumble a bit. I ran in the opposite direction for a second.

Still hunched over from the pain, my chest began to heave up and down rapidly. We now both stood in the grassless part of the field about 15 yards away.

Park stood shakily but still holding his arrogant smile.

There had to be something, anything that Po had taught me.

"Had enough streak-face?!"

Po, I wish you were here now. To tell me what I need to do. As my mind faded in and out in exhaustion I started to hear pieces of his voice from the first night we met. "Everyone's different... Oogway wanted to commemorate it by planting a Peach Tree... Be your own hero…Peach represents longevity... no one's ever told me that... its wood is said to fend off evil"

Fend off evil?

I looked down at my red sash belt. The 10 inch piece of Oogway's staff was still there.

It was a long shot but I had nothing else

I pulled it out of my belt. My eyes floated shut as I took another deep breath.
God, give me strength
My eyes slammed wide open.

"This is for Po!"

I threw the staff piece up in front of me. For that second it spun in the air. While it was still spinning I gave it an open palm punch.

The staff shot from me like an arrow with its aim true to Park. His eyes suddenly got huge and he opened his mouth to say something. Had he had a second more to think, he probably would have screamed.

Then the staff struck Park.

BOOM!

The ground erupted in a dust cloud towering to nearly 100 feet in the air and I swear I felt the earth shake. I clamped my eyes and ears shut to shield them as the deafening paroxysm drove a whirlwind of dirt at me. For a while all I heard was the whoosh of the dirt around me.

When dust began to settle I decided it was safe to look. I opened my eyes and saw what was left.

The explosion had left a slight depression in the dirt no less than 50 feet in diameter. It wasn't a crater but it might as well have been.

I stood there taking in this sight hardly able to process what I had done. Park was gone, and I had done it.

"That wood is some powerful stuff."

I made my way down the steps back into the village. As I passed the still empty buildings I wondered what my plan was from here. I knew I needed to get back to Shifu or the Masters to tell them what had happened and get them to come, which even thinking it sounded crazy. It would take me a while before I could even catch up to the evacuees. I didn't know what I would say to them to convince them that I was the next Dragon Warrior. Nothing else had changed except Park was gone. I doubt he had given much intimidation to them.

The pain in my stomach had subsided and my breathing had gone down to its normal speed.

I was half-way through the Village when I heard someone say "That was impressive back there." The voice was smooth and strong, easily recognizable. I turned on the spot to come eye to eye with Tai Lung.
"But you're not through yet."

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