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Chapter Four: All Illuminated

-Furious Five-

Never before had the Five's name been so fitting up until now. The Furious Five.

As the old Soothsayer retold Po's tale, the Five were seething, each experiencing their own fits of rage.

Monkey and Mantis were trying to keep their composure, only allowing themselves to clench their fists and a scowl to grace their features every so often. Unlike the rest of the Five, they weren't fixated on their rage and although they were angry, pity for their friend outweighed their hatred for the evil peacock. But all in all, the two remained relevantly calm. They had both listened to and even experienced a few sad stories before and forced themselves to think of this as another one, for all those stories happened to total strangers and not their bumbling buddy Po.

Viper, however, was not holding in her emotions as well as the two. Her eyes were welling up with tears of rage at the thought of Po, happy, loveable Po, witnessing such a horrific thing as a young infant. The unwanted memory of the first time she had seen her father kill a garden mouse invaded her mind. She was just a few days old and was curious how her family managed to have full bellies while she remained hungry. She asked her father to show her how they all found their food and he smiled down at her and told her to follow him. They had ended up by a mouse's burrowing hole and when Viper had asked why they were there, her father quickly hushed her up and told her she would scare away the food. Sure enough an unexpecting mouse surfaced from the ground and was in the middle of stretching his tiny arms when her father snatched him up. The frightened thing had begged and pleaded with her father to spare his life but was quickly silenced by a blood-curdling snap. Viper was commanded to swallow a small portion of the mouse her father tore off for her and quickly did so only to heave it back up as soon as her father's back was turned.

Viper was suddenly snapped back into the present when Crane wrapped a shaky wing around her. She looked up at her friend and could see he was not doing much better than she was. Crane's whole body was shaking. The Soothsayer had just finished speaking and he felt like he was going to be sick. Sure he had heard sad stories before and death was a regular part of the job, but never had their mission been as personal as this one had just become. He looked down at Viper whose eyes shone with tears. Crane steadied his wing and tightened it around her. He was angry, no he was enraged, but he would hold it in for now, save it for the battle field. Besides he had to be strong for Viper's sake.

Tigress was surprisingly the most unresponsive of the Five. There was no emotion in her golden orbs. No rage. No pity. Nothing besides what appeared to be concentration from the slight furrow of her brow. If her fists hadn't been clenched it would have seemed she did not seem to care about the horrible story that had just been told in the slightest. Inside however was a different story as a hurricane of fury took a hold of her. That peacock is going to die. She thought bitterly and hardened her gaze when the old goat glanced her way.

Tigress cleared her throat which caused everyone in the room to look her way. "As informative as that was, we still have a friend to rescue." Turning on her heal she could only imagine the shocked expressions on her team's face at her total lack of response.

The Soothsayer shook her head sadly knowing all too well what locked up rage could do to a person. "I hope you're mission goes well." She said curtly to the other Five who nodded and quickly followed after their retreating leader.

-On Shen's Ships-

Things were not looking good for Shen. The sky was looking more and more threatening and he already had to kill three wolves who had dared to question his authority by insisting they steer the ship to shore until the storm passed.

Shen rubbed his temples and groaned. They were right, he knew that, but he wasn't quite willing to delay his well thought out plan for bad weather. He thought over his options. If they continued the way they were now, they would get caught up in the storm and the sea would most likely lead half of his ships and crew to a watery grave and maybe even more with them carrying such heavy artillery. On the other hand, delaying his plan would keep them alive yes, but it could also lead to more chances for Po to escape, and even though Shen was pretty sure the chains would hold him, the panda did have a knack for miraculously getting out of sticky situations.

Another clap of thunder in the distance was the only answer Shen needed.

Groaning again, Shen stood tall as he yelled, "We will wait by the shore until the storm passes." The wolves looked like they were about 'whoop' for joy and quickly turned the ships towards land as the ominous clouds inched closer.

Down below, Po's body swayed as the ship made a sharp turn to the right. He had stopped crying awhile ago but was now left feeling hollow.

The door to the small room opened and Po looked up thinking it was the Wolf Boss here to give him another beating. He was surprised and furious to see it was in fact Shen who had a satisfied smirk on his face.

"I came down here to tell you we will be resting for a few days and to not try anything funny," His smirk grew wider as he looked at Po more closely. "But by the looks of things, I'd say you don't much fight in you left. Such a shame."

Po growled a small spark reigniting. "Unchain me and we'll see who doesn't have much fight left in them, Shen."

Shen chuckled. "Ah, so you're not completely broken yet. Good. And here I thought you were going to make this boring." Shen brought up his metals talons and inspected them like they were the most interesting thing in the world at that moment.

Po wrinkled his nose at the peacock. "You really are pathetic, Shen, you know that? Your parents were right to kick you out of Gongmen City. Someone as twisted and cowardly as you is not couldn't even be trusted to rule over a pile of bricks. You're-"

Po was cut off by sharps talons digging into his left cheek. He let out a cry and jerked his head making it so the metal claws narrowly missed his eye.

Shen straightened up and narrowed his eyes at the panda. "That was a warning. I expect next time I come down here you will treat me with more respect." He spat and turned leaving the panda with a stinging face and sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.

-Back at the Village-

A large figure stood in the shadows watching the group of warriors. They looked troubled and they talked quietly among themselves before the five sprinted away from the abandoned village.

The figure waited a few moments before emerging from the shadows and heading to where he knew a familiar goat would be waiting for him. He wasn't disappointed when he was met by the friendly Soothsayer.

"It's been a long time." She said her lips pulling upwards into a small smile. "Unfortunately this isn't going to be the happy reunion I thought it'd be."

The creature sighed and nodded in understanding. "Is he okay?"

The Soothsayer's smile broadened. "He will be fine; he has a quite ambitious group of friends that I know won't let anything happen to him. But that isn't the only reason I called you here... I believe it is about time to make your existence known."

A/N: Duh duh duhhhhh… who could this mysterious person….(animal xD] be? Actually it is not all that hard to figure out buuuuuuuuut if you know who it is please refrain from saying so in the comments I want SOME people to be surprised xD Anywho I kinda wrote this one late last night so if there are lots of mistakes or something sounds weird please message me :) R&R lovies! :D