Delfim: Hey, hey, hey. It's me with a new chapter for you! On with it!
Ego with a stop sign: STOP! Aren't you forgetting something?
Delfim: What do you mean?
Ego: We didn't even have our crazy moment! You are breaking the tradition!
Delfim sweat dropped at this: Tradition?
Clockwerk head: He has a point there…
Delfim: You want the crazy moment? Look at me! I talk with my own Ego! I have Clockwerk's head on my floor! What more can you want?
Ego: I don't know, you are the author here!
Clockwerk's head: That is two for Ego!
Delfim: I'll show you something crazy, alright… I will use… the WORD.
Ego and Clockwerk's head began to tremble: The WORD?
Delfim: Yes, the word! A word so powerful that 4kids censored it 8 times before any film where that came in could come out. HERE IT IS…
DISNEY!
Chapter 6 Training, Tai Lung's Past and the Fight.
The next days were torture for Neyla. Shifu would do everything to infuriate the poor leopard: she would throw her water when she slept, put itching powder on her, beat her with a stick out of nowhere and keep hitting her repeatedly and so on. When he succeeded in getting her mad, they would engage in furious combats in which Clockwerk's power and Kung Fu was mixed.
Not to say that the training wasn't working. She could feel everyday a bigger control over the powers of Clockwerk. She even got to fly, for a few moments but still, she could feel the metal wings of Clockwerk. And she noticed that her skin got harder than normal when using his power, like it was metal. She was also getting his power easier and with less stress, being able to maintain herself in the use of his power for a full 3 hours before passing out.
But the biggest development, was her Kung Fu knowledge. She would notice that whatever she learned while angry, would become memorized and like second nature when she was calm. It was amazing to do things that she thought she would never do.
Shifu was happy with her as well. He could see her fast development and saw that indeed he was right. Anger seemed to make her one of the toughest fighters he ever faced, but it also made her an easier student. Still, he couldn't stop one day as he was checking on her, to see her crying as she clutched herself. "Tigress, I'll show you." was all she sobbed.
Shifu decided it was time for the girl and him to have a talk, Master to Student.
"Neyla, come here a second!" said Shifu as he was near the Lake of Sacred Tears.
"Yes, master?" asked Neyla.
"I want you to tell me one thing. The other day, I saw you crying in the palace, you mentioned Tigress." He saw that he was hitting the nail because Neyla was already looking to the ground. "And you were crying the other night. What is wrong, Neyla?"
"It's just… ever since I have come to this world, I have given my hardest to be accepted by all. I train nonstop, I try to be friendly and for a time, Tigress… she and I… we had a bit of a thing."
Shifu's eyes widened out of his sockets. What the hell? They did? I mean, I know that one day Tigress was in her room, but still…
"But the thing is, I thought she loved me, but she hurt me so bad when she called me weak. She didn't even look at me! She just called me weak and I… I felt my hurt crush."
Shifu was quiet, thinking of what he could tell Neyla in this situation. Finally he started, slowly as if he was still thinking what to say as he went.
"You know, Tigress hasn't had the easiest of lives. She has been a very solitary girl all her life and her only friends are the other members of the Furious Five. She… even though she is fierce in battle and very forward in what she wants to say, she has a hard time with her emotions. She is very shy about them."
Neyla looked at Shifu in shock as she heard this. Shifu continued "As such, I think she didn't mean it when she said that you were to weak… I think she is only worried about you but is too shy to admit it, so she came up with another way to try and not involve you in the fight: by saying you were too weak to face him."
Neyla looked at the ground, lost in thought. Can it be? Is it true? Maybe, after all, she did seem insecure of herself when I dominated her in the corridor and the training room. Maybe.
Neyla decided to leave that for another time. She then turned to Shifu and asked "Could you tell me about Tai Lung?"
Shifu looked at her in shock. Then he looked down. "Tai Lung was… a cub when I found him at the door of the palace, abandoned. I took care of him, raised him like a son! Though there were some times that it wasn't easy, like that time he pulled my…" then Shifu looked at Neyla for a few seconds. He then realized he was stroking his mustache.
"…hum, anyway. One day, he showed skill in Kung Fu. Can you imagine that he, as a cub, kicked that training doll to the wall! I was astonished! I started training him, confident he was destined to great things!"
Neyla saw as Shifu got excited in the end of his speech. "He was unstoppable! He did any training I threw at him and would come back for more after finishing it. There was even that time he completely crushed the hitting dolls, then he turned to me and asked 'So what is next?' I was so proud of him!"
"But then, one day, I presented Tai Lung to be the Dragon Warrior. I was confident I was going to be chosen, he was after all my best student! But Oogway looked at him and… denied him. I was shocked, and so was he! He was so angry he laid waste to the valley!"
Neyla gasped at this. That was brutal! How could he… as she was asking herself this, she remembered her own past. I guess me and him are not so different after all. Both turned against their masters, their tutors and teachers. Then why did Oogway chose me?
"Anyway, he came to the palace, hoping to get the Dragon Scroll and I tried to destroy what I created… but I couldn't. He was still the son I had raised! Oogway was the one that defeated him last time, and he was sent to prison."
Neyla was quiet for a while. Then she sighed "This is too much to take in right now. I need to clear my head."
Shifu nodded. "You can meditate here, I will let you in piece. I too need to… clear my head after this conversation."
As Shifu left, Neyla sit on the ground and started meditating. However, she suddently felt herself being pulled…
**********In Neyla's mind********
Neyla opened her eyes to see she was in Paris once again. She looked around but found no one there. What…
"You must e wondering what is going on, Neyla."
Neyla turned and saw Clockwerk flying over her. He was looking at her with his yellow eyes at full power.
"What do you want, Clockwerk?"
"Insolent Child, you know what I want! I want to take over your body and restart my life!" Yelled the furious owl.
"And why should I let that happen? I have a new life… and you are not part of it!"
"You are wrong! Recently you have been using my powers constantly! If I am not a part of your new life, then why do you keep using my power?"
"Look, this is useless. Why are we even fighting? Why do you hate the Coopers so much? Right now, your past you is after another Cooper and for what? What did you gain with all this?"
The metallic owl was quiet, looking at Neyla in shock. She was right, what did his thirst for revenge brought him? Nothing except a hollow life.
"It seems that you are right, young Neyla. I find my life a bit useless now that I have no purpose. I think I will… give away my life now."
"Wait, what? What do you mean? I still need you!"
"Indeed. Let's make a game then."
Neyla looked at the old owl suspiciously. "What game?"
"It is fairly simple. If you can find the thing that still unites us, you will receive my powers without the stress that comes with it! If you don't… I will take my power to the grave. You have three tries!"
Neyla was quiet, trying to decipher what he meant. What did unite them?She then thought of the thing that gave Clockwerk power.
"My hate?"
"No, child. Your hate is not even enough for half of me. You have two more tries!"
Neyla thought some more. She then thought that, in the union, their hearts had fused. "My heart?"
"No child. Your heart and my separated when you and I crashed in the floor. You have one more chance!"
Neyla was getting desperate. What more could there be that connected this… immortal owl to herself. Wait, immortal?
"I got it. It is our will to live!"
Clockwerk laughed. "Indeed. We have both been fighting against death for all our lives. We survived it, in different ways: I, in that Vulcan in Russia, did because of my Hate Chip. You did because I gave you a second chance. We are both persons who fought against death and survived to tell the tale. Take my power and use it to your liking, child. Now, good bye… Clockla!"
Neyla chuckled at that name. It was her name when she was fused with Clockwerk. It now seemed so far away: the time when she was a cop, working with Carmelita, Sly, Arpeggio. It was like that was another life she had. And in all meanings of the word, it was.
She then felt a bean of power hit her chest. She felt it once again, the power of Clockwerk. It was… different. Without Clockwerk's hate, it didn't feel so hard to control it. She then felt herself fading from her mind.
************At the Lake of Sacred Tears******
"Neyla… NEYLA, wake up!" Said Shifu in a worried voice.
Neyla opened her eyes. She then stretched herself a bit and asked "What is the problem, master?"
"What is the problem?" asked Shifu, in shock. "The problem is you started to make weird noises and then you started to spasm and when you finally stop, you wake up and ask what is wrong?"
Neyla blinked, then a grin appeared on her face. "Shifu, watch!"
And with that she threw herself in the air. Just then, the silhouette of Clockwerk's wings appeared around her and she started flying. She flew in circles for some time, then came down and her nails turned metallic grey as she tore a bit from the ground.
Shifu was in shock. What? She has used his powers before, but never 2 at the same time! What the hell is happening?"
Neyla then charged her hands and a large lightning bolt came from her hands. She then flew down until she was in front of Shifu.
"Neyla, what happened?"
"Let's just say, I met Clockwerk, played a game, and won a fantastic price!" answered Neyla, filled with glee.
**********With the Furious Five**********
Tigress was running with the other guys after her. They were reaching the bridge. When they got there, so did Tai Lung. Seeing Tai Lung crossing the bridge, Tigress didn't miss a beat. "Now! Cut it!"
The four then cut the ropes of the bridge as Tai Lung was getting near. Seeing no other option, he jumped, roaring at the five. Tigress saw that he would land in the middle of them if she didn't do something. Oh no you don't!
She jumped and kicked the male tiger in the chin. This sent Tai Lung flying but created a problem: where is Tigress going to land?
"Grab the ropes!" yelled Monkey as the four grabbed the ropes and pulled them, making both Tigress and Tai Lung fall on the bridge. Tigress was already in a fighting stance. Tai Lung was… too much calm for comfort.
"Where is the Dragon Warrior?"
"How do you know you are not looking at her?" asked Tigress, trying to sound intimidating.
"You think I'm a fool? I know you are not the Dragon Warrior, none of you are!" yelled Tai Lung as he pointed towards the other four. "I heard she appeared on a bright and shiny light! That she can paralyze with a look and cut a person in half with a swipe of her claws! I heard she can create lightning strikes from her paws alone!"
Monkey turned to the others and whispered "How does he know so much about Neyla?"
Tai Lung turned to them. "So that is her name… Neyla. Finally, an opponent at my level! Our battle will be legendary… and made, if I am smooth enough, our children will be devastating!"
Tigress roared in pure rage at Tai Lung. "You will not touch a single fur on her, or I will kill you!" As she said that, Tigress ran towards Tai Lung and a fierce battle started. She punched him, but when she was about to repeat, he defended himself and they exchanged some fists between them. Then she caught Tai Lung with a kick in a face and, using the momentum, grabed herself to the ropes of the bridge and with her two feet grabbing Tai Lung's head, she twisted herself around and threw Tai Lung, trying to make him falloff the bridge.
Tai Lung grabbed himself to the rope on the other side of the bridge, forcing the four to make an extra effort to keep the bridge from falling. Tai Lung jumped up and disappeared in the middle of the clouds. Tigress looked up. Just then, Tai Lung came down on her. She spun the bridge around, using it as a shield against Tai Lungs incoming attack. Tai Lung missed Tigress and broke a bit of the bridge.
They started fighting on the down side of the bridge. But Tai Lung grabbed Tigress when she tried to kick him and threw her down. Tigress used her claws to grab herself onto Tai Lung, then hit him with a kick and was back in the bridge. They exchanged some kicks, but it was clear that Tigress was losing badly.
Monkey saw the situation and yelled to Viper and Crane "Go help her!" He and Mantis then grabbed their ropes as Crane and Viper went to strike Tai Lung. Tai Lung kept hitting Tigress until he kicked her up, breaking more of the bridge as he did so. Tigress rested her arms on the wood when Tai Lung jumped, used the ropes as support, spin around and hit her square in the face, sending her back through the bridge as the wood cracked in her way. Tai Lung then twisted the bridge in a circular motion, making the ropes encircle and choke Tigress.
Just then, Viper took action. Tai Lung didn't even see her until her tail was on his face. He lost his grip and that released Tigress, who was having a hard time breathing, for a fall. Thank goodness for Crane, because he caught her in her fall and brought her up.
Viper was enrolled around Tai Lung's neck and right arm, using her flexibility to make Tai Lung hit himself. Tai Lung tried to grab her, but he was having no luck. Then they nearly fell and Viper was about to leave Tai Lung fall, but not only didn't he fell, he grabbed her by the throat. Did he have some kind of choking fetish? "Monkey!" tried to yell Viper.
"Go!" said Mantis as he took the rope on Monkey's hand. He soon regretted it as the weight finally caught with his poor size. "Hugh, what was I thinking?"
Monkey ran through the rest of the bridge and kicked Tai Lung square in the face, making him release Viper. When Tai Lung fell on the bridge, Mantis almost fell with the weight. Tai Lung got up and ran in Monkey's direction.
Tigress was coming up, with the help of Crane, when she saw this. She yelled "Mantis!". Mantis then showed that even if he was small, he was still strong as he raised the ropes and made them hit the ground, creating a wave that hit Tai Lung in the face.
Tigress then jumped on the bridge and yelled "Now!" And she, Viper, Monkey and Crane ran… or slithered… or flew towards Tai Lung. Monkey jumped and kicked Tai Lung in the chest. Then when he fell on the rope again, he extended his arms and Viper slithered through them and hit Tai Lung in the face with her tail. Crane then grabbed a piece of rope from the bridge and enrolled Tai Lung on it. To finish it, Tigress jumped and punched Tai Lung hard. As she did so, she cut the last rope and Tai Lung fell roaring to the heavens.
Mantis then pulled all back. When they were on ground again, they watched as the bridge hit the rock. They fought Tai Lung was done for. But Tigress looked back. She saw the ropes circling the rock. What?
Then the rope showed herself… without Tai Lung! The five were shocked, and even more when he fell behind them.
"Shifu taught you well!" admitted Tai Lung, before hitting Monkey with a nerve attack. "But he didn't taught you everything!"
Author Notes:
Delfim: So there you go, another chapter in this story and I must say describing that motherfucking battle almost killed me! What about you, Ego?
In Ego's place, a skeleton stands.
Delfim: HHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Ego: Hey, Delfim, you didn't see my new skeleton did you?
Delfim: Wait, so that is your… why do you want a skeleton?
Ego: What? I'm learning a bit about the human body!
Delfim: Why?
Ego: Curiosity!
Delfim: Okay. Review!