A Hero's Sacrifice
Me: "This chapter will be longer than usual, guys. I promise."
Po: "It better be."
Chapter 8: The Final Battle
The last time we saw our heroes, they escaped from a pack of wolves and are now in an underground base. Po barely made it out alive, but thanks to the help of his friends, he still lives. He hasn't been himself this whole trip, and nobody knows why...Until now.
Master Yao has been checking on Po ever since they came into the underground base called undertown. As he kept checking on Po, he finally realized what was wrong with him.
"Po has a heart virus." Master Yao sternly said, making everybody else drop their jaws.
"Heart virus?!" They all exclaimed in unison, making Master Yao nod. Po slowly got up, trying to shake his pain off. "I'm going to fight Tikal, whether you guys like it or not. You all are not stopping me."
"But Po...you could..." Tigress really didn't want to finish the last part of her sentence, as Po just sighed. Master Shifu looked like he was going to say something, also, but Po quickl shut them up. "I don't want to hear it. I'm facing Tikal no matter what."
Everybody could see nobody was stopping Po from coming along on this trip to Tikal's palace.
"Fine. Is everyone ready?" Shifu asked, as everybody exclaimed, "YEAH!" Master Croc punched the ground again and they were soon back on the surface.
"CHAAAARRGGGEEEEEE!" screamed Po, bringing out his Sword of Heroes and started slashing at every wolf imaginable. Tigress kicked with ferosity, Monkey slapped almost every wolf with his tail, and every other master did their signature moves. It was pretty much an entire army against a good amount of masters. The difference here is that these masters are pretty dang good, if I do say so myself.
They kept fighting with all their might, and soon they were at Tikal's palace. They charged through the doors, and there was a large row of stairs that could be seen. "Ah, my old enemy. STAAAAAAAIRRRRRSSSSS..." Po said in an annoyed tone, as the group of masters went up the stairs. Once they finally reached the top floor, they could see the legendary warrior himself. Tikal was waiting for them with his majestic blue clothing. It wasn't clear which animal he was, but if one were to take a look at him, he had different parts from different animals all over his body.
"You all have finally made it! It certainly took y'all long enough..."
"Cut the crap! We'll defeat you once and for all!" Tigress screamed, getting straight to the point but Tikal didn't like that at all.
"If anybody is going to defeat me, it's going to be the best warrior among you all. Now, who would that be?" asked Tikal, making Po come out.
"That would be me. Let's go." Po had determination in his eyes. He wasn't going to fail this time.
"Po are you sure you want to do this?" Tigress said with worriedness.
"We don't have a choice." said Po, who didn't want to continue this conversation with Tigress and focus on his battle with Tikal.
"Are you done yet?" Tikal was clearly impatient.
"Let us begin..." said Po, making Tikal strike first. He sent fast punches at Po, but he luckily blocks the first few hits. Soon, though, one of Tikal's hits sent Po flying to a wall.
"Ow...nice shot. But now it's my turn." Po proceeds to bring out the sword of heroes and slashed at Tikal, but he only got a piece of his hair.
"That was close." After that, Tikal shoots a blast of fire at Po as the burning flames heat up the room.
"What the!?" Po blocks the fire with his sword just in time, but he is now confused. "How can you control fire?!"
"That's not the only thing I can control..." Suddenly, Tikal controls the water around him and creates a huge wave and launches it at Po.
"Hmph." muttered Po, as he slashes the water with the sword of heroes and charges at Tikal. He slashed at him, but Tikal is dodging every move with amazing speed.
"Is that all you've got?" This time, Tikal decides to control the air. He shoots multiple tornadoes at Po, catching him off guard.
"Aw crap..." said Po, as he gets caught in a tornado and gets slammed into a window. "Ugh..."
"Now it's time for lightning!" Soon, Tikal shoots the lightning at Po. Po is blocking it with his sword of heroes, but he can barely hold it.
"Can't hold it much longer!" Po exclaimed, gritting his teeth, trying to stand his ground.
"I'm surprised you're able to block that! It won't matter, though! LIGHTNING STORM!" Tikal's move made lightning flash everywhere, and it strikes Po directly on his body casuing him to scream in pain.
"AHHHHHHH!" Po screamed in pain once more.
"You must be one strong Dragon Warrior if you're able to survive that attack, but now my invasion must be brought upon the city!"
"W-what?!" Po said, his eyes widening.
"Get the ships ready, men!" Saying this, Tikal was now walking away.
"I-I won't let you!" Po charged at Tikal, making him sigh.
"Sorry Dragon Warrior. It's been fun, but now I have to end you." Tikal controls the air again to blow Po away and blast him into a window.
"POOOOOO!" The group screamed.
"COWARD! Do you think Po would get destroyed by a blast of air?!" Master Shifu said angrily.
"No...I could've ended him in one punch if I wanted to, but I wanted to make things interesting. And now my invasion on the city BEGINS NOW!" With that Tikal vanishes and everybody checks to see if Po is alright.
"He doesn't look too good." stated Mantis, making everybody else give him another death glare. "What?" he asked for the second time. Fortunately, Po was getting up.
"Well if I'm still standing it's not over. I need to go after him..."
Later...
"Destroy this city!" Tikal screamed.
"Yes, master!" The bandits look to destroy everything that they see, but then Po and the gang show up.
"TIKAL! We have some unfinished business!" Po said, getting into a stance.
"Seems like it. Men, take care of his friends! I'll be the one to kill the panda!" Tikal announced.
"This is what we trained for!" Everyone stated, charging at the wolves and attacked them. Tigress and Viper gave a look at each other and smirked. Tigress sent the first few blows to distract, the wolves, while Viper came in with a sneak attack to knock them out. Crane performed his wings of justice, trying his best to blow the bandits away.
"Tikal, this ends now." Po wanted to kill Tikal for what he did to him last time.
"We will see PANDA!" Without wasting another second, Tikal sent multiple punches at Po, but he grabbed every single one.
"Not this time! FEET OF FURRY!" Po's feet of furry got Tikal off balance, and not to mention it hit Tikal in the face tons of times. He wasn't done yet, though. "Dragon Slash!" A quick slash by Po made Tikal's arm bleed, as it was stabbed a little bit. Tikal winced in pain, but then looked at Po angrily.
"IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT?!" Tikal then punches Po in the face and kicks him into a ship. "HAAAAAAAAAAAA!" To put an emphasis on his attack, Tikal shot some water at Po which pushed him even farther back.
"OWWWW!" Po said, getting quite tired of Tikal's power.
"That's it!" Po and Tikal spoke together, meeting each other in the air.
"DRAGON FIST!"
"LIGHTNING STRIKE!"
The two warriors come at each other at lightning speeds. Once their powers met, it created a large shockwave of power, blowing both of them away. Their powers were so immense that it created a massive earthqauke. They fell on the ground, both of them still looking at each other with anger and determination.
"Ugh..." Po could barely get up, but he did.
"You fool..." muttered Tikal.
"It's over, Tikal." Po then brings out his sword to unleash the final blow.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Tikal laughed crazily.
"Why are you laughing?" Po was clearly confused at this situation.
"You've only doomed one of your friends by doing this..."
"What?!"
Unexpectedly, Tikal vanishes behind Tigress with his hands holding a large ball of powerful lightning.
"Say goodbye, Tiger!"
"Huh?" Tigress turned around when she heard Tikal's voice, but when she noticed what he was doing, she didn't have any time to dodge this attack. Soon, Tikal shot a fully charged lightning ball, coming straight for Tigress.
"TIGRESS!" With Po's last bit of strength, he ran and pushed Tigress out of the way so he could take the blow for her. The Lightning ball struck Po and sent him flying. It made him fall to the ground, showing no signs of movement.
"POOOOOO!" Tigress could only watch as Po looked motionless. She slowly turned her head to look at Tikal, her eyes showing nothing but fire.
"You monster..."
"What are you going to do about it?" Tikal had a cocky smirk on his face, but that smirk quickly went away went Tigress grabbed him by the throat and threw him into multiple buildings. Everybody that witnessed this was utterly shocked. They knew Tigress could get angry, but they didn't know she could get THAT angry. Tikal was shocked himself. He wiped his mouth, as he got up.
"Well, at least I can say you're much more powerful than that weakling Po." Tikal's comment only made Tigress more furious. She roared the loudest roar she could ever do, taking a stance.
"Don't you dare...say his NAMEEE!" Tigress launched at Tikal, but he seen this coming. He quickly dodged and punched Tigress in the gut.
"Is that the best you got? Because I have plenty more where that came from!"
This made Tigress instantly get up and unleash a split kick on Tikal. It knocked him far away, but Tigress wasn't done yet. She then did her tahila leap, making Tikal fly into the air.
"That's the spirit! Fight with anger you MONSTER!" Again, Tigress became even more furious, making her jump into the air where Tikal was. "SHUT UP!"
"MAKE ME!" Tikal suddenly moves his hands in a motion to where he could control the water. When she least expected it, Tigress got hit by a large water whip and she got sent flying into a building. Shifu didn't like it one bit.
"Tigress! How dare you do that to my daughter!"
"I do what I want old man." Tikal scoffed at Shifu, but then they started clashing with punches at the fastest speeds possible. The rest of the masters didn't even know what was going on because they were punching so fast.
"You're faster than you look, Shifu. I can see why Oogway made you the leader of the Jade Palace." stated Tikal, with Shifu ignoring him. He proceeds to slap Tikal with Oogway's staff, and soon after that, he struck Tikal with a nerve attack. Tikal then falls to the ground in pain.
"That should finish you off." As Shifu was walking towards Tikal he heard his voice.
"But it didn't!" Tikal was faking the pain all along, and used this oppurtunity to kick Shifu flying toward a pole, knocking him out. "NO!" The masters screamed, as they all came at Tikal and sent their attacks. Though, Tikal blocked ever move that they threw at him. He then slams the ground with his fist, creating an earthquake to get the masters off balance. Using another chance he had, Tikal uses the air element and knocks them to the ground.
"This is getting old really fast." When he said that, the building that Tigress was in suddenly crumbled. She came out with a roar, as she looked at Tikal.
"Well well well…looks like the kitty wants to play some more huh?" Tigress unleashed her claws and came at Tikal with full force. She was on the offensive once more, but Tikal dodged the attacks and kicked her in the gut.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Tigress screamed in pain, holding her gut as that was the second time that Tikal hit it.
"How pathetic." Tikal is about to punch Tigress, but all of the sudden he hears a voice and he saw that somebody grabbed his kick. It was none other than...Tai Lung.
"Miss me?" Tai Lung stated, with Tigress being seriously confused at this point.
"Tai Lung? I thought you were..."
"Dead? I thought so myself. When Po used the Wuxi finger hold on me I thought I was gone for good. But somehow I survived and it cured me of my evilness. And now I've come to save the masters, the rest of the four, my sister, and father."
"I still don't understand..."
"You will soon sister. Now let's fight him together!"
"Right!" They both took a stance as they looked at Tikal.
"Do you actually think you can beat me, Tai Lung? Don't make me laugh." Tikal was not impressed with Tai Lung showing up.
"Let's just say I have a clearer mind now." Tai lung then uses his claws to scratch Tikal's face.
"You never change your attacks brother..." Tigress told him.
"It's just the way I am." Tai Lung smirked when he said that.
"SHUT IT! Tikal said, elbowing Tai Lung in the face, sending him flying. He then came after Tigress, but this time she was ready.
"TAHILA LEAP!" Tigress kicks Tikal in the sky and she jumps up with Tai Lung following her. "Tiger and leopard combo!" Tai Lung punched Tikal countless times, and then let Tigress make the finishing blow with a smashing claw attack. The impact of the attack made Tikal fall flat on his face when he hit the ground.
Tikal got up and gave a disgusted look toward Tigress and Tai Lung. He angrily controlled the rocks around him, causing an avalanche. "LOOK OUT!" Warned Tigress, as they jumped high enough to dodge the avalanche. At this point, Tikal became super frustrated. "I've had enough! BEHOLD, THE ULTIMATE POWER!" He started transforming, causing shockwaves, earthquakes, and all of the above to happen. Soon, he transformed into a form he likes to call Chaos Tikal.
"We can't beat him like this!" Tai Lung exclaimed.
"So...how are we going to beat him?!" Tigress asked, yet screamed at the same time.
"I hope you're up for this, because this move would combine our powers." Tai Lung stated.
"It sounds...interesting..." Tigress slowly said, not sure what to expect.
"Just trust me on this one." That was all Tai Lung said, before a bright light surrounded both of them. Suddenly, their powers combined to create a new form called Lungress.
"Hahaha! Just because you two combined doesn't mean you can defeat me!" Chaos Tikal said arrogantly, with Lungress sighing. "We shall see about that..." Lungress proceeded to punch Chaos Tikal reapetedly, but he didn't even feel anything. "Not even a scratch." Smirking, Chaos Tikal threw some chaos lightning balls at Lungress, but Lungress blocked it.
"Dang it! We need more power!" Lungress screamed, but suddenly, the spirit of Master Oogway appeared before them. "Unleash your full power..." Oogway said, as Lungress heard him loud and clear. Chaos Tikal couldn't see Oogway, however.
"I'm ending this right now! CHAOS LIGHTNING STRIKE!" A massive beam fired out of Chaos Tikal's hands, but Lungress' eyes lit, preparing to make an attack. "IRON CLAW!" Lungress sliced right through the beam and redirected it right back at Chaos Tikal. "NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The beam was dead on target, as Chaos Tikal exploded and created a large blast of energy. It surrounded all of Mystic City, but it went away after a little while. Lungress soon separated, making Tigress and Tai Lung appear again. As soon as Tigress was out of that form, she ran over to where Po was.
"Po!"
Po's eyes were barely open, but he tried his best to give his full attention to Tigress. "Tigress...I-...I..." He couldn't get the words out, as his eyes closed. He arm went limp, and he couldn't be heard breathing anymore.
"No...No...NOOOO!" Tigress fell on her knees, slamming the ground multiple times out of frustraion. Even though they had just won a huge fight, it was bitter sweet. Tai Lung saw Tigress' emotions, and didn't quite know what to say to her. What could he say to her?
"Po...you must live." The voice of Oogway could be heard again, and a light surrounded Po's body. The light only lasted a few seconds, but suddenly, Po's eyes were now open and he was breathing again.
"What...what happened?" Po asked, with almost everybody in shock. Tigress didn't say a word, as she kissed him. Po was not expecting this, but he definitely wasn't complaining. "Don't you ever...scare me...like that again." Tigress said, relieved that Po was alive.
"Okay, Tigress. I won't. One question, though."
"Ask away."
"Why and how is Tai Lung here?"
Tai Lung crossed his arms, smirking at Po.
"It's a long, long story..."
End of Hero's Sacrifice
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