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Ch. 4 Sora and Shun vs Master Tigress
Starting the next day everyone converged to the Training hall standing in front of the Masters and the Dragon Warrior. Today was the day that the four teens will be assigned to one of the Furious Five or Dragon Warrior. Feeling completely anxious , Rai couldn't help but shiver, along with Sora and Meili, while Shun just stood there emotionless.
"Before you all beginning your training, I shall declare which student will be trained by the one of the Furious Five. I will verify who your ideal superior will be. Do you all understand?" Shifu questioned in a stern tone. The four teens nodded their heads in an understanding.
"Good, now lets begin. First Meili, you will be paired with Master Viper." Shifu announced. Meili sighed in relief grateful that she has Viper as her teacher. Meili then slithered over to Viper's side and bowed.
"Next, Rai you'll be put together with Master Crane." Shifu declared. Rai was also in relief, as he wanted Crane to be his mentor.
"Next, Sora." Shifu began.
'Let it be Po, let it be Po, let it be Po,' Sora repeated continuously in his mind.
"Your trainer with be..." Shifu started.
'Po is the only nice one left that's a Master. Come say Po, please.' Sora continued his head.
"Master Tigress." He announced. 'Damn it!' Sora heatedly walked towards Tigress and stood right beside her. Tigress eyed her new student and wasn't too thrilled either, but decided to keep quite.
"Finally Shun, your request from yesterday has been denied. But I will help you time to time along with everyone else. You will be paired with two, Monkey and Mantis. Since there's four of you I decided to let one of you have two masters, and that is Shun. Although, you will have it much harsher than the others", He explained.
"That's fine by me, I can take whatever you can throw at me," Shun stated. "Good t o hear. Now, you all may begin." Shifu said then walked out of the Training hall. Everyone then went to different sections of the training hall, leaving Tigress and Sora with one another.
"Okay, before we start I knew right away I wasn't the one you wanted to train with. Let's just leave our differences aside and just work together on this as Master and student. I'll teach you moves, and you'll learn them, and I warn you, my teachings won't be a cake walk. If not focus, my training methods could leave you broken, mentally and physically, so concentrate. I hope we reached an agreement?" Tigress said.
"Yeah," Sora answered.
"Good, lets head outside for your first few lessons." Tigress suggested walking out of the training along with Sora. Meili turned her head to the doors and saw Master Tigress and Sora heading outside. 'Good luck Sora' She then turned back to a smiling Viper.
"Ready to begin Meili?" Viper questioned. "Yes ma'am, I'm ready Master." Meili answered.
Jade palace: The Courtyard
"Okay, so what am I doing today?" Sora said in a careless tone.
"Hold your horses. Now, since you're a beginner, I'm going to set you up on a small test. To see if your really worthy enough to be my student." Tigress said. Sora looked puzzled as she said this.
"Test, what kind of test?" Sora questioned. As he questioned, as if on cue, Monkey, Mantis, and Shun arrived before the two predators. "We're here Tigress. Your starting your test now right?" Monkey said.
"Yes, good you've brought Shun, now I can start my test with the both of them." Tigress stated. She then pulled out two stringed bells from her pocket. "Let's move on with the topic. Sora, Shun, the test should be easy, both of you must each obtain a bell to pass this exercise. And when I say obtain, I mean take them from me...if you can." Tigress explained with an ominous grin.
"Basically, your saying we're playing a game of Keep-Away?" Shun predicted. "Correct, shall we begin?" Tigress said holding them out to them. "Try to take the bells, and don't think I'll just hand them to you. Also, anything useful are allowed."
"Hmph. Try not to get in my way, you screw-up." Shun muttered. "Your starting to sound like a broken record, I'll get that bell before you do. I'll pass this test with flying colors. Here I come!" Sora said rushing in at Tigress. But without the slightest clue Tigress Pined the young preteen panther flat on the ground and twisted his arm.
"Hmph, your all talk and no skill." Tigress taunted twisting his arm even further, making Sora whimper.
'Whoa, so it's true. She is fast, and monstrously strong. I have to watch to my step if I wanna get a beat on her. One slip up, and I could end up like the idiot. Time to go to work on this tiger.' Shun noted, He then pulled out a Chinese kunai from a small bag from his back pocket and threw it at her. Tigress caught sighting of the in-coming kunai, she let go of Sora and leaps away.
"Not done yet," Shun murmured. He began making weird hand signs and began inhaling air which confused Tigress and Sora.
"Kasai sutairu: Kasai no bakudan!" The leopard exclaimed then exhaled a large fire-ball at Tigress. "What the-" She said as she attempted to move out-of-the-way, but as soon as she dodge the large fireball, with a grin Shun was right up her face making an effort to snatch one of the bells from her grasp. Tigress moved the bells away, grabbed Shun arm, maneuvered herself behind Shun plotting to roundhouse kick him. Shun raised his arm canceling her attack, turned around to do a left hook. Tigress moved away from the strike, but that was part of Shun's plan, as he reach is arm for the second bell that was around her waist. Tigress raised his left knee and knocking his attempt away and backing off to gain a few distances from him.
'Okay, this kid is a whole different story, He can shot fire out of his mouth by just making hand-signs and exhaling. He's a lot stronger than the loud mouth panther. I have to keep my I eye on the leopard.' Tigress thought then check her waist to check and see if she still had both bells, and she did.
'Damn it, I was so close but I couldn't get to the bells. I gotta think of something. Everyone lacks at something, so what is her's. She has speed and power. Wait, that's it, she pauses every time she avoids attacks!' Shun thought out. He then saw Sora getting back on his feet.
'I so don't want to do this, but-' "Sora, attack her NOW!" Shun shouted then suddenly is eyes went from yellow eyes to red. Without a fuss, Sora charged at Tigress again. Tigress turned around and attempted to back-hand Sora, but with a grin the panther weaved and went for a reverse-punch, which Tigress dodged. 'So he can fight' Tigress thought.
On the move, Shun quickly ran up to Tigress, jumped and done a Round kick to her back and she fell to her knees. When she got back up ready to continue, she saw Sora and Shun standing beside each other, both with a bell in the hands.
"We win." Sora announced. "Hmph." Shun eyes noticeably turned back to bright yellow. Tigress was stunned. She wondered how they got the bells from her, but then realized that she did let herself open a few times.
"Congrats, you passed The Bell test." Tigress announced. She then looked at Sora. "Maybe I can teach you a few things after all. And here I thought you were a lost-cause with a big mouth. Good job. But that was today, tomorrow will be much, much worse, and you'll be by yourself for now on." Tigress said.
"Thanks I guess." Sora said. Shun then walked off with Monkey and Mantis. Tigress and Sora then watched them leave. Tigress then had her attention back on Sora.
"So, I assume you figured out the purpose of that training?" She questioned.
"Sorta, but can you tell me so I'll know I'm right or not." Sora asked scratching the back of his head.
"The whole purpose of that training was Teamwork. I wanted to see how well you and Shun would work as a team. At first, you didn't start out too great but, you pulled through by listening and cooperating with your teammate. Which made this training session a success. Congratulations, I'm official allowing you to become my student." Tigress said.
"Thanks. Ya'know, you're not that bad. I look for to my training with you tomorrow, Master Tigress." Sora stated with a bow. Feeling the same way, Tigress done the same and walked back inside the Jade Palace with Sora.
'SORA' a loud-voiced echoed in the back of Sora's mind. Sora stopped for a second and turned around. 'That...voice again.' Sora thought covering his head with is paw.
"Sora, come inside it's getting late." Tigress called, waiting for the black panther to come inside. Sora looked up at the sky and realized that the sun was just about set and was getting dark. Sora was surprised that all that time has passed. He then quickly made his to Tigress and she closed the doors.
That's it for this chapter. So, how was that, Sora and Shun working together. That was just the start for the two rivals. Next chapter we'll get to see more character arrivals. Until then, stick around for more A New Beginning.