Kung Fu panda fanfic: Story of the white wolf
Chapter 2
Author's note: phew, chapter two here, people! It's a bit longer. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Kung Fu Panda
The three reached a small town, just a few miles away from the border. The night was upon them.
"We're here, China, that is. Where are you heading now, miss…, sorry, Song?" Calmly asked the white wolf. But he couldn't hind a hint of disappointment thinking that she would go on a different route.
"The Valley of Peace." The leopard said. She didn't notice after saying this, the expression on Kann's face suddenly jumped.
"Oh, then, I guess we'll have to stick together until then." Still remained calm, he said. But, Za Shen knew, inside, he's jumping with relief. The snake had known him since they were kids. Since there was a tiny bit of peace….
"We should get a place to rest. The extensive traveling really not helping in your recovery, Song." Kann said, unintentionally snapped the snake from his thoughts.
"I'll be OK. I have my um…..oh, I forgot, I lost my herbs in that freezing mountain." Said Song, clearly disappointed about that lost.
"And that's why you need rest. You've been repeating that 3 times since our roads crossed back up the mountain. Come, I'll find you a decent room in this town."
With a gentle gesture, Kann signaled her to walk with him. Shen, who was on his shoulder the whole journey, slightly shook his head, then slithered down of his shoulder, to a cold spot under an old tree.
"What's with him?" Asked Song
"Well, he's just looking for a nice sleep in these hours. Oh, and there's a decent hostel." Kann said, pointing to a well decorated yet simple hostel in front of them. "Come, I'll get you a room."
"Wait, but what about you?" Song asked, confused at his decision.
"I'll be just fine! I'll join the snake under the tree, he needs company." Said Kann, but the truth is, he got only a small amount of money. He couldn't make a bad impression in front of a female! He was always full of pride. And also, his love life wasn't really good. His luck on females never came. That's why he's acting that way.
"OK, here's the key, go up stairs and rest, we'll continue our journey when the sun rises."
"um…ok, good bye then." Song said, taking the keys. Kann quickly turned his head away, avoiding her gaze from noticing the regret in his eyes.
"Yeah, bye." Kann said quickly, didn't dare to look in her eyes again. He paced forward, taking his hood over the head, covering the eyes, and the upper part of the face. He paced silently on the empty street, out of her gaze. She sighed, then stepped in the hostel.
Right when she was in, Kann stopped pacing. Turned around, he stared straight at a group of bandits approaching the hostel. His gaze full of cautiousness.
"Shen, we have some business to take care of." He said to the snake curling at the tree's stump. Shen rose his head slowly, his eyes sleepily blinked a few times.
"Couldn't you give me one moment of relaxation?" Grouchily said the snake. Though he didn't want to, the snake sleepily slithered up on Kann's shoulder.
"After this, you own me a big meal."
"You and your reptiles appetite." Said Kann. His mood completely changed. Shen saw it. He had also seen it before. This is not the time for jokes.
"Alright, let's roll." Shen said tensely. Kann took off his hood, then his black cloak, revealing a sleeveless black vest, on his left arm, there was many ugly, twisted scars. At the back of his vest, strange white patterns covered all of his back side. The pants was black, with white curls treaded horizontally on his thighs. He rushed to the entrance of the hostel, yet incredibly quiet. In a few seconds, he was in front of the small gate. In front of him, ten big bandits, with crocs, oxen, rhinos, and a tiger. Kann presumed that tiger was the leader.
"what do we have here? Some idiot trying to be the hero?" One of the crocs said
"I think he lost his bone." And ox said, then the group busted out into a laugh. Kann's face still remained calm.
"Hmhmhm" He chuckled. Then his face snapped back to the cold face of a killer. " I think, if you don't leave this town now, somebody's gonna lose his bones. Hm, and I don't think that person is me at all." Kann said in a cold, yet calm voice. Shen curled on his shoulder, ready to strike.
"Oh really? You think you could take out all of us? Look again, DOG. there're two of you, and ten of us." The tiger said mockingly. The rest of those bandits just smirked, some even laughed.
Then there was a snap. It was the snap of his fingers. Yet, his face remained emotionless. The bandits stopped what they had been doing earlier. Silence grew tensely among them.
"Get out of our way, dog. That woman was *taken* by us first. Don't worry about her, She'll be in *good care*." The tiger chuckled, followed by the group.
"How about get your fucking ass away from her, or you'll be in a whole lot of pain." Snapped the wolf. He wasn't feeling to good on the idea of Song getting hurted. Za Shen just smirked a little. He knew too well Kann's ability. And the over-protective nature of Kann to those close to him.
"We'll go, tough guy. After we beat the fuck out of you and *claim* your little clouded leopard." The tiger said. Not waiting for Kann to react, he threw a punch right on Kann's face. But, Kann knew it would happen. He drew no signs of pain, not even did he move. He stood there, like a guardian. The tiger was overwhelmed with surprise. Then he threw another punch, hoping to sent Kann back. Another failed attempt. Kann just smiled. A mocking smile. Then:
"My turn." Kann threw a incredibly powerful punch right in the face, knocking him back, along with five more bandits. He spitted at the other's feet, then went into a stance. All of them just rushed in, hoping to out numbered the wolf. Kann threw his left arm forward, allowing Shen to plunge forward, using his speed. He was saving his venom for those *worthy* enough. Kann faked a right, then a left to a rhino's stomach, knocking the air out of his lung, then a right again to his face. He threw a right elbow back, knocking some croc's teeth on the ground, then a right kick to an ox's head. Ducked his head from a punch, he swept the attacking ox, causing a small quake from the fall. Standing up, he blocked a croc's punch, then did a head butt. The croc was dazed, then he received a dropkick from Kann, throwing him to two others. There were more than ten. They had reinforcements. After a flick of a coin, there were twenty more. But to Kann, that's not a problem.
"Bring it." Kann said solemnly. They mostly rushed to him. One third of them spitted to handle with Za Shen. Bad idea. The snake was incredibly fast, making them confused, which, led them to hit themselves. He preferred this way, watching them doing the damage themselves. Kann deflected a kick, then jumped up to avoid a sweeping kick. He did a back flip, kicking the jaws off of to rhinos, then landed on an ox by the knee, knocking him out cold.
"Enough playing." Kann said. Kann summoned flames to his hands. A trick he had learned in the lion's lands. Then, he threw flames at the bandits faces, making them panicked. then, he extinguished the flames, charged in and fought valiantly. His image, one versus a few dozens, fearless, powerful. Soon, all of them were lying on the ground, some tried desperately to find their teeth.
Kann walked casually to the tiger, their leader. The fear in that tiger's eyes didn't even affect his judgement.
"Please, let us go. I'll do anything. I swear!" Begged the tiger.
"I am letting you go." Kann said, surprising the begging tiger.
"really?"
"Yes, I'm letting you go, especially YOU, to the grave." He razed his foot, readied to open the tiger's skull
"Enough, Kann." A female voice suddenly busted.
He stopped, putting his foot down. Then turned around to look at the leopard.
"Go, get out of here. Never shows up in front of me again!" He said calmly to the tiger.
"Ye…yes great one! I'm sorry." The tiger quickly muffled the words. Then gathered all of his comrades and ran like hell, to the forest beyond.
"What were you thinking?" Exclaimed Song. "You could have killed someone!"
Kann didn't say anything. His face was dead cold. Song walked forward, lifting his chin up. Her gaze met his own. Then the silence came again.
"Why Kann?" She suddenly asked
"I, I stopped them from…."
"From what?" Song asked, confused
"From hurting you." He said solemnly. His eyes couldn't hind the hint of care, of worry.
Song was shocked for a moment. She thought he started it.
"They saw you walking in the hostel. They wanted to …. I had to stop them." He said, his calm voice was shifting to something else.
"Why, Kann?" She asked, confusingly looked straight into his deep black eyes. Kann then suddenly snapped back to his calm self.
"The reason is….. is my own to know." He said. "Please go back to rest. You need it." He changed the subject. But she knew what he was doing, still she ignored it.
"Ok, see you in the morning. Good night."
"Good night Song." Then, Song stepped back in the hostel. Kann, with Shen by his right, found a tree to spend the night.
"You should tell her." Suddenly, the snake said.
"Tell her what?" Asked Kann, he faked a confused look, but it couldn't out smart the snake.
"Tell her how you feel man."
"Whatever. Go to sleep." Grouchily answered the wolf. Shen hid a smirk, then curled up beside his friend.
"Good night, you stubborn wolf." The snake said, causing a low growl from Kann. "Ok ok, I'm done." Quickly said the snake. Then the silent night covered them all.