Chapter 4: The Legend Of The Manbearpig
Yun laid back on his official's chair, highly entertained to see Po and the Five fight tooth and claw during their epic game of Steal the Bacon. It was rather strange to see the Furious Five to be so competitive, especially over a game like this one. Back and forth, the two teams punch and kick each other for the bacon. Tigress and Crane knew better not to fall under Po's and Viper's underhand tactics, but the other two masters decided to play 'clean.' The game lasted several more minutes as bodies flew and soared across the field. Yun was about to call the game a draw since neither team showed no sign of giving up or gaining any momentum of victory. Before Yun could raise his voice to stop the game, the bacon flew into his arms. Yun looked up and saw 12 angry, adrenaline-surging eyes facing him.
"Oh boy." Yun whimpered.
Yun quickly made a dash out of the playing field and back to the lake in hopes of riding the angry warriors from his tail. No surprise, 5 crazy animals and an angry insect chased him to get their bacon.
"You're all crazy! You hear me! Crazy!" Yun screamed as he continued running. He dodged Po and the Five's attempts to tackle him, until the very obvious thought hit him.
"Why am I still carrying this thing!" Yun screamed in his mind. As he turned around to throw the bacon back at his chasers, he was quickly tackled into the lake by Po and the Furious Five. Po and the Five surfaced from the shallow waters and started viciously fighting each other for the bacon.
"ENOUGH!" Yun screamed, drenched in water and the bacon in hand. "I think that's enough game time. Get off of me so we can have dinner." Yun growled. Everyone's adrenaline finally dropped and realized that they were standing on Yun's body, partially submerged in the lake.
"Er…Sorry Yun." Po apologized as he help his wolf friend out of the water.
"Apology accepted. And Tigress, can you please get off my tail!" Yun demanded.
Tigress did as told, but continued pouting about why Yun ending the game when her team had the victory in the bag. Yun dried himself and straighten his tail as he headed back toward the eating area to prepare dinner. After getting cleaned and dressed, Po and the Five met Yun near lake for dinner. Yun prepared more fish, but instead, he set up dinner for everyone to the fish on their own over a campfire the wolf prepared. The group enjoyed their dinner and exchanged friendly conversations, until the devilish smirk of Yun's revealed once more.
"Since everybody's here, how bout a scary story?" Yun snickered. Po and the Five were eager to hear one of Yun's stories, well, except for Tigress, who remained unimpressed as she folded arms.
"I will tell you the tale of the Legendary Manbearpig." Yun introduced as he stood up and prepared for his story.
"How in the heavens did make that up?" Tigress asked, still unimpressed.
"Aye, I didn't. This tale be told and passed to me by the one and only Master Storming Ox." Yun responded, in some strange accent narrators try to portray themselves as a character in the story. The warriors started to huddle closer to the campfire, even Tigress joined the group, more excited to hear Yun's story.
"They say that a freak-a-nature wonders thee parts of time. Thy creature is the one and only Manbearpig. Nobody knew its origin, but some say that it started from a freak accident during a raging storm. Amidst the storm, a human fell victim to an angry bear and pig, but something horrible went amuck, and thus, the Manbearpig rises from the ashes."
Yun paused as he snickered towards the pupils he's speaking to. Mantis started huddling under Monkey's neck while the primate tried to keep a steady breathing rate. Viper coiled herself around Crane in fear while the avian stared at him with shock. To Yun's surprise, Po and Tigress were hugging each other, well, it seemed Po was more scared than Tigress. Yun continued his tale as he changed to his narrating voice.
"This be a creature that can't be stopped. It hunts and stalks at night, eager to feast on helpless victims. No Kung Fu master dared to attack this creature as no attack can harm its tough hide. What is more frightening than its features is its hunger for big, juicy pandas."
"Oh I'm going to be sick." Po moaned as he dashed out to clear his insides.
"Nice one." Tigress said sarcastically.
"Moving on…" Yun continued as he sat back down on his seat. He's really proud to finally get someone like the Furious Five shaking in fear, probably the hardest thing anyone could do.
"The Manbearpig is not only unstoppable, but all too terrifying. But even worse, rumors tell me that the vile creature lives in these very woods."
The Furious Five gulped in fear as they imagined what monster can be as feared by the powerful Master Storming Ox.
"The creature looks and smells grotesque in many ways. It has features of a bear, but it stands on its two legs, which are pig hooves. The face, aw man, its man wields two frightening tusks and several sharp fangs. The creature is most feared how it stalks its prey. Each step the demon makes crunches the earth beneath its hooves."
After those words, Yun and the Furious Five heard strange footsteps deep in the woods. Tension and fear grasped the warriors and the wolf as the footsteps echoed the air.
"S-s-s-so, w-w-w-what else does this thing s-s-s-s-sound like?" Monkey asked, shaking violently.
"W-w-w-well, the Manbearpig enjoys watching his victims tremble in fear. It tops it off with its ferocious roar." Yun replied.
Yun wished he didn't end that sentence with those words as a spine tingling, horrifying scream echoed the woods.
Now everybody's terrified as their eyes widen in horror for what living thing can make a noise as ear piercing and frightening as that.
"W-w-wait! Where's Po!" Tigress asked. Everyone quickly began to panic as it could be possible, the Manbearpig has Po. Before the Furious Five could make a move, they notice Yun shaking violently and his eyes widening in sheer horror.
"Yun! What's wrong dude!" Mantis demanded.
Yun simply whimpered and lifted his hand, pointing directly behind the five warriors. A warm breath brushed against the warriors' shoulders before they could turn around. The Furious Five reluctantly turned around, and came face-to-face with the Dreaded Manbearpig. Just as how Yun described it, the creature's tusks and fangs dripped with strange fluids, and it smelled repulsive. The creature unleashed an inhuman shriek that scared the Furious Five out of their skin. Monkey, Crane, Viper, and Mantis jumped onto Tigress while the tiger sprinted madly out of the area, possibly the most terrified she has ever been. Yun quickly scrambled onto a tree in hopes in safety, only to realize that the Furious Five followed him to his hiding spot.
"Are you mad! Its after you five!" Yun whispered angrily.
"What was that!" Tigress demanded.
"Did you see the hunger in its eyes! It obviously wants to snack on a succulent bird, insect, monkey, tiger, and amphibian than a disgusting wolf!" Yun retorted back.
"I'm actually a reptile, but it's a common mistake among- wait a second! How inconsiderate can you be!" Viper asked in shock.
"As that one saying, eat or be eaten!" Yun responded.
"Yun! That is so irreverent in this current situation!" Crane whispered loudly.
"Keep your voices down!" Tigress ordered quietly. Everyone remained silent as the night air remained still and quiet.
"I think the creature's gone, lets fine Po before it-" Tigress was cut off when something grabbed at her tail. She quickly glanced down, and saw the Manbearpig's savage face next to her tail. The creature yanked Tigress to the ground it stood on. For the first time the other four of the Five heard Tigress scream in horror as the tiger master fell off the tree.
"Tigress!" Yun and the four warriors cried. The creature slams Tigress onto the soft grass beneath the tree she was on a second earlier. She was more terrified than ever as the creature pinned her arms and legs on the ground. The Manbearpig looked directly into her amber eyes as it readies itself for the kill.
"Help!" Tigress cried. Yun and the other warriors tried to pry the creature off Tigress, but the Manbearpig felt like it weighed at least a several tons of Po! The creature used it hind legs to kick Yun and the four warriors off with ease as it focused its gaze back to its downed prey.
"Any last words before you become my meal!" the creature snarled viciously. Tigress remained frozen in fear as the creature actually spoke from its dripping mouth. Tigress noticed that the creature had soft jade, green eyes. They remind her of Po, unless…
"Cause you got punked!" the creature laughed. Everyone was stunned by the creature's voice as it sounded like Po. That is when the creature removed its head, and a familiar panda took the creature's place. "Gotcha!" Po yelled as he pointed and laugh at his terrified comrades.
"POOOOOOOO!" Tigress and everyone else yelled loud enough for all of China could hear.
After several minutes of beatings, torture, and other forms of brutality towards Po, the panda and the rest of the gang returned to their campsite for much needed rest.
"Oh man you should of seen the look on your faces when I chased ya!" Po groaned happily through his swollen cheeks.
"You're lucky I actually like you. Otherwise, you would've been dead back there." Tigress snarled back.
A/N: So tired…but glad I finished this chapter. Wanted to try a typical, camping setting with your crazy storyteller person and realized that his/her story is real…sort of. Yeah, the Furious Five were terrified. You would think that Po and the Five would stand up to this thing huh? R&R and let me know what you think about this chapter.