Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Kung Fu Panda and whatnot. This chapter has some Lemons in it, so, deal with it or go somewhere else.
And, today is the Mooncake festival in China. Meaning the start of Spring, Chinese New Year is drawing closer. Yay!! This story is dedicated to the Mooncake festival.
Chapter 14
It was a hot sunny afternoon and apparently, it so happens that today was the Mooncake festival. Every villagers in the valley of peace was busy preparing their stuffs for the great event and even the hot scorching sun couldn't make them stop. Although many happy faces of children were running around the village, over the distance, at the outskirts, some not happy faces could be seen.
A cloud of smoke rose up from the nearby forest and voices could be heard.
"Phan Rhei!" a gust of wind was produced and it shredded the tress around it, making a bare spot in between them. An image of a lion was thrown in the gust of wind and landed beside a big tree with a loud thud.
"You idiot!" Vikki screamed. "You let him go? I should have never trusted you in the first place. Isis was right all along, you are showing your reversed self already."
Leo slowly got on his feet and staggered. He was injured terribly and a trickle of blood flowed out of his jaw. "So what if I'm reversed? It means nothing. Odin didn't change, neither did I."
"Nothing?!" she shrieked. "When an Emperor is reversed, your success comes slowly at this point and you start to respect the past, learning from it. Just because your lover is dead doesn't mean that it must affect our goals."
"My emotions are never my failure!"
"You are in a reversed state dammit!" Vikki trembled violently. "You are reacting too hastily in making decisions and you are not going by the rules. Emperor Arcana goes by the rules, MY RULES!"
"You do not control me!" Leo lets out a deafening roar. "I am not your servant. I'm only your partner in obtaining the Dragon Scroll and only that alone."
Vikki clenched her teeth and fist hard, "I should have trusted my inner voice. I'm the lover Arcana and I didn't do it. Now, I'm making my decision as Isis has said, I will not rescind it no matter how much opposition I face, that goes for you Leo. We're through."
Leo glared and squinted his eyes at her, "You can't summon Kohryu without a second individual who can summon a persona easily like me."
"You think you're the only one?" she shot a dagger eye towards the lion. "I have Snow and Tai Lung, both in which they can summon it."
"You think Tai Lung will help you?"
"With the right persuasion."
"Not on your life you female dog…" the lion growled.
Vikki stared at him hard, "Snow will."
"Snow?" Leo smirked. "That guy is a rogue warrior. He's death; you think he'll follow you?"
"Maybe…" Snow suddenly appeared in a black mist in the forest. "Depends, what's in it for me?"
Vikki turned to Snow, "Your wish, do you want to be whole? Tai Lung will become one with you and you have total control of him. He reverses back to his old Arcana, Death, and you can take over. Being whole is better than being a part of him."
Snow didn't answer immediately and paused but he agreed, "Deal."
Vikki laughed and points at Leo, "You, are no longer my partner."
Leo was angry and started to act foolishly, "You….ungh….Odin!" his persona appeared and shot a streak of lightning at Vikki. The sparks charged like a mad bull at her but Vikki didn't even move.
"Isis…" she casually said and an image of a weird creature appeared. The creature appears to have two horns of a bull that curved sinister like but the body of the image was half of a beautiful female. The upper torso of the female creature is lean and lanky, yet smooth and flexible at the same time. It was wearing a weird headdress on her head and a round orb floated in between her horns. The floating orb spun violently and shined brightly like the sun of the afternoon.
The jolt of lightning that Odin had delivered was stopped completely as Isis protected her owner. "You dare attack me?"
Leo growled loudly, "I will not fail! I will get the scroll!"
"Hmph," she raised her lips. "I can defeat you easily Leo. The Emperor loses to the Lover, I'm your weakness."
"You are not my weakness!"
"Isis, Phan Rhei!" the same gust of wind appeared and Leo was trapped in the middle of the shredding whirlwind. "How'd you like it now?" she screamed between the howling sounds of the blasting wind.
"You will pay for this!"
"Then die!" Vikki flung her arms to the side and Leo followed suit, he banged on to a huge tree and fell. The powerful lion didn't even moved or tried to get up anymore.
"He's not dead," Snow added. "Let me do the honours, Thanatos will be pleasured."
Thanatos appeared and shrouded at Leo's body, it disappeared and the mighty lion warrior was gone.
"Job done."
"Good. We have lots to do. Today is the Mooncake festival, we shall strike tomorrow."
"Why not tonight?" Snow asked.
"Because, Kohryu will not appear when it is a special occasion. The Mooncake festival symbolizes unity and that's what the scroll is about." Vikki answered.
"Then, tomorrow."
Night befell the valley of peace and many decorations were hung in every house and it was a wonderful sight to behold. The Jade Palace was opened to the whole village to celebrate this special event. Children were seen laughing and running around carrying their homemade lanterns. A wide variety of lanterns hung on the roof of the palace and was lit up as bright as the moon.
During the Mooncake festival, there won't be a cloud in the sky and the moon will be visible as bright as can be. The best part of all, the Mooncakes is baked to perfection for everyone to enjoy with family and friends to gaze at the full moon.
For Po, the best part, are the foods. His dad and friends had made lots of food to accommodate all the villagers that are coming to the Jade Palace.
"Dad, this is better than that day's steamboat dinner!" Po screamed and started drooling.
"Po! Behave yourself." Mr.Ping hit his son.
"Awww….dad," Po sadly said. "There are lots to go around. I mean 500 Mooncakes?"
"They are for the whole village. It's thanks to the magistrate that they are able to support us with the ingredients."
"Dad…" Po was starting act like a small child.
The rest of the five and Shifu were busy playing with the children and talking to the villagers to welcome them in, only Tai Lung was locked up in his room. Shifu didn't want the villagers to be alarmed as today is a special event for the villagers. So, the snow leopard was cooped up in his room with nothing to do.
He laid flat on his belly and his face was down on the floor, "I'm bored…….help me….." he stayed there for a few minutes as he hears the sound of children running around.
"Sigh…even the children are having way more fun than me. I'm bored…..hou sien…(Very bored in Cantonese)"
"Stop your whining." Somebody said as he turned to see that a certain someone was standing at his front door.
"Tigress?" he cocked his head.
"Yeah, yeah. Open up."
Tai Lung unlocked the door and let Tigress in. She was carrying a pot of Chinese tea and some Mooncakes on a tray and settled the delicacies on the floor.
"What brings you here to the room of boredom that nothing exciting ever happens and could die of it?"
"Must you be like this?" Tigress picked up the teapot and poured them into the cups.
"Yup and I'm bored." He lay on his back and crossed his legs. "I want to go out and enjoy too. It's been 20 years that I've ever celebrated the Mooncake festival; which means that I've missed the event 20 times already."
Tigress handed him a slice of Mooncake and he took it without saying anything. Both of them silently ate the delicious round cake that Po's father had made whilst listening to the happy voices of children running around.
Tigress looked at the bored snow leopard, "What do you want then?"
"I don't know," he casually replied. "Something exciting, anything." Suddenly, something clicked onto the mischievous snow leopard's mind. "You know…you didn't explain what's next after the previous night at the peach tree."
Tigress raised an eyebrow, "You what?"
Tai Lung positioned himself to face the striped cat, "You know; the love feeling, how was it?"
Tigress sighed, "It was…exciting actually."
"That's what I want to hear," he snapped and looked closer to Tigress. "So, I did well?"
Tigress was surprised at his question and blushed again, "Y-Yeah, y-you did good, for a guy who haven't kissed anyone before after being chained for 20 years."
Tai Lung scoffed, "I'm a natural." Then he slowly but assuring said to her. "Wanna go again?"
Tigress's eyes opened wide and blushed even more; her cheeks were blood red as if blood could have shot out of her cheeks.
"I take it as a yes?" Tai Lung held her paw as his calloused paws connected with her smooth yet gentle paws. He slowly closed in on her. Tigress was speechless but didn't turn away either. I-I….do I…… his lips made contact with hers and both of them started kissing for the third time. Sigh, who am I kidding. I really do love him. Tigress parted for a second and said. "Take me Tai Lung. I-I have no idea why but I love you." And she slammed her lips onto him, hard, while Tai Lung fell back on the floor with Tigress on him, again.
They kissed for what seemed like hours and Tai Lung made the first bold move as he undressed her top. Tigress moved down towards his defined chest and nuzzled them with love. He lets out a low growl of pleasure. She then proceeded to fondle at his huge package and he growled even louder with ecstasy.
Question…….his inner voice spoke to him.
Buzz off; can't you see I'm busy?
Listen to me. Answer my question and you will see the truth…
Tomorrow……k……mmm……
Sigh…important…listen, do you love Tigress?
Hell yeah I do. She's everything that I've ever wanted, ever since she came to the Jade Palace 20 years ago.
Next, do you trust Po as your friend? It asked again.
Of course I do, I guess. He's the first every guy to do so much for me.
Then it's settled……you are…fulfilled.
Tigress was about to mate with him when she felt an unknown presence in the room. Apparently, both of them weren't the only ones in the room. She stopped and gasped. "Tigress?" Tai Lung opened his eyes and was just as surprised as Tigress was.
In the room, another animal had appeared out of nowhere and was standing on all fours facing the two lovers. The animal's fur was fully white but a few strands of strips ran across its body. It was a white tiger and it looked menacingly enough at both of them. What was the weird part of the white tiger is that all of its 4 legs have small wings on it and it made the creature floated above the floor a few inches. It's pure white moustache wafted between his face right up to its upper torso.
"What the hell…" Tai Lung was ready to pounce if the animal showed any signs of harm and Tigress quickly covered her body with her clothes.
"Who are you?" Tai Lung asked.
"I… am Byakko." The white tiger replied in a soft and wonderful voice with a serene passion in it.
"Byakko?" Tai Lung's eyes widen in shock. "My….persona..?"
"Yes, I am the Temperance Arcana," the white tiger slowly moved to the window to look at the full moon. Tai Lung and Tigress didn't know what to do with the sudden presence in the room.
"The moon is full, Tai Lung; you have fulfilled the hole in your heart. All you needed was friendship, and love. In which you have obtained in an amazingly short time. Po, your friend and Tigress," the white tiger looked at her and Tigress glared back. "As your love. You have fulfilled his Arcana and for that, he is prepared."
"What are you talking about?" Tai Lung asked with a big question on his head.
"Isis and Thanatos will come tomorrow. I assure you of that. Please be ready. Tai Lung, to call me out, just remember the ones who have helped you fulfilled your heart, and call my name. I'll be by your side." With that said, Byakko slowly faded in thin air.
The two cats were dumbfounded and didn't said anything for a few minutes. Tai Lung slumped on the ground and looked at Tigress. "What, do we do…?"
Tigress snapped to reality and answered him, "You want to continue?"
"What?! Are you crazy-"he was cut short and once again, continued what they were doing a while ago.
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I must be crazy to write these stuffs. This thing just came out like a pimple in my brain and I just had to put this down. Please tell me if this is worst than any of my previous chapters that I've written. I've have updated my profile with Byakko and Isis illustrations. I will say this again, they are the properties of ATLUS and the pics are not mine. I just dug them up form the net
Thanks to you, the reviewers for reviewing this story which has no sense in it. Haha… To Luna who has help me with your tips and everything. I took off the 'fourth wall' in here.
Now, readers, this is where you come in. Do you want Leo back alive? Do you want him to be one of the main character that will help fulfill Tai Lung's missing pieces? Do you want to see him back? It's up to you. If you want him back, I'll have him back. If not, then I'll leave my beloved lion to perish. Tell me why with reasons. I know it's unusual but I want this to have an influence with the readers. Thanks alot.