Hello everyone. Sorry for the long wait. Here is chapter 7. I hope that you will enjoy it. :)
While Amy has managed to escape from Tonei, Banda and his siblings are busy trying to find safety for both themselves as well as Maya. The female Jaguar is still unconscious, from the impact of a rock hitting her head as she just started to show signs of slowly regaining her consciousness. Although she has a lot to catch-up on, when she awakes.
Luckily for both her and the tiger siblings, they are now on the outskirts of the famous Valley of Peace. They have heard about the famous, though they have never actually been there for themselves as they looked forward to seeing what the Valley of Peace has to offer for them. Although they remembered, that they are going to need to find help.
They continued a while longer on their journey, until they have finally managed to enter the Valley. They continued onwards, where they quickly found themselves facing an nearby village as they spent a little of their time looking around at the many homes and stores. After a little sightseeing, they returned their attention back to the task at hand.
"Ok, guys, we need to find our cousin Lain, we need her help" said Banda as he looked at around the place. "We were told that, she lives near the Jade Palace".
"Yeah, but, in which house?, we don't know where the house is" said Lucy as she saw the many houses. "Apparently, we have to for her to come to us, right Lang?".
"Well that or we can try find her, she has to be here, I'm sure of it" said Lang as he looked at the message. "It says here, that she lives in one of the nearby houses".
"That doesn't narrow it down, though, at this rate, it'll be ages" said Banda as he tried to remain calm. "Ok, we are just going to need to stay calm and try to at least find-".
Suddenly the three heard the sound of an voice, which caused them to look to their left to see the source. There is a female South China Tiger, who is wearing a blue Chinese vest with golden vine patterns and black trim, held together with small metal fasteners and a waist. She is also wearing black silk pants and black sandals with soles designed to resemble paw pads.
It was clear to the three, that this female South China Tiger is none other their long-sought cousin Lain. The three are happy to see her, especially when she has looked more beautiful than the last time they saw her. Lucy and Lang went to hug their cousin, who happily accepted the hug as the three were happy to be reunited with each other.
After hugging her youngest cousins for a few minutes, Lain released herself from them as she turned her attention to Banda. The two smiled at each other, before they hugged as they made sure not to squash the still unconscious form of Maya. When they had finally released each other, they turned to look at Maya, who is still in Banda's arms.
"Who is she, Banda?, where did you find her of all places?" asked Lain as she looked at her cousin. "Please don't tell me, that you were attacked by bandits, were you?".
"No, instead, we were attacked by some mysterious ninjas" said Banda as he explained to Lain. "After defeating them, me and siblings found this Jaguar down injured".
"Well, it's good thing, that you saved somebody's life, Banda" said Lain as she smiled at Banda. "I am very proud of you, if your parents were here, they would be proud too".
"Yeah, they would, but, we need to focus on the here and now" said Banda as he got back to the present. "Do you know, where we can keep her safe, where she'll recover?".
Luckily for them, Lain had the perfect safehouse for all them she began to lead them straight into her house. When they entered the house, Lain told Banda to take Maya upstairs as she will come by to check on Maya's injuries. After getting to the bedroom, Banda gently laid Maya on the bed as he pulled the quilt over her to keep her warm.
After doing that, Banda began to make some food for his younger siblings in order to keep them from starvation. When he had given them the food, he began to make his way back to see Maya as he stayed by her side throughout the latter's recovery process. He even held her paw, before he decided to get some sleep as he felt very tired.