Amazing Accomplishment
By: PointyEdgesofaSign
Note: This is the sequel to Magnificent Mistake: Uncut Version, so read that first or this won't make any sense.
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Ch. 8
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Tai Lung couldn't believe it. Po had run away. He hated him. He never wanted to see him again.
Tai Lung was all alone.
The thought frightened him, because he had no idea where he was. Every shadow, every creak of a tree, every acorn that fell echoed in his hyperactive imagination, transforming into beasts of grey with long blades, and black and white blobs with clubs and boulders.
Finally, as he scooted himself against a tree, he heard someone, and froze.
"Hi! Do you know where this is? Are you lost, too?" asked the rhino, walking ignorantly toward the trembling leopard.
"D-don't hurt me," Tai Lung begged, putting his arms in from of his face.
"Hurt you? Why would I do that?" asked the rhino curiously. "What's your name? And, if you know, what's my name?"
It occurred to the leopard that he might have been going through the same thing he was, and so, tentatively, he stood and pressed his muzzle against the rhino's because it seemed like the thing to do.
Pulling back, he replied, "My name's Tai Lung. Yours is Vachir. I like you."
Vachir murmured, dreamy smile on his face, "I like you, too, Tai Lung."
Maybe he didn't need Po. Maybe Vachir would be enough. Maybe there was hope for new path, and maybe, with the help of Vachir, he could find peace.