Heyo! How's it going guys? Just thought that I'd write chapter 3 to this little sequel of mine. How do you like it so far? Where do you think that Kiro will go now? Read on and find out for yourself! I now present, chapter 3…
*A few days later, with Tigress*
Tigress slowly opened her eyes and scanned the room.
She was in the palace clinic, that was for sure. Potions and containers of medicine and herbs lined the shelves and walls. She saw that the room was darkened slightly and she saw Po, who was asleep in a chair a few feet over. His snoring shook the room.
It's a wonder how I didn't wake up sooner. Nobody can sleep through that! Tigress thought.
She tried to roll over, but pain shot up through her body, making her regret her decision to move.
What time is it? What DAY is it? How long have I been out?
Tigress looked outside and saw that the sun was low in the sky, but still bright and shining. She concluded that it was about midday.
She forced herself up, clenching her teeth and fighting off the pain. The injured master tried to get off of the bed, but her legs were too weak and she crashed to the ground.
Po's eyes snapped open and once he saw the collapsed Tigress, he rushed to her side.
"Ti! You're awake! Are you okay?" Po asked worriedly.
"What was that racket?" Shifu exclaimed angrily, walking through the door. "Oh, Tigress, you're awake. Good." He calmed down and turned to Po and said, "Po, will you go get some Jung-Si-Un tea for her? It should take all of the pain away."
"Right away, Master." The panda said before running off.
The floor shook with every step he took, which made Shifu wobble a little.
"I trust that you know what had happened." The master said, getting more serious as he stepped closer to Tigress, who was sitting on the ground..
"Most of it. The last thing that I remember is Kiro holding me in one hand and his knife in the other. After that, I blacked out." Tigress said, recalling what had happened.
"Someone, presumably Kiro, carried you up the steps of the Jade Palace, set you in front of the door, nailed this note to it…" Shifu paused as he gave Tigress the letter, "…and then knocked on the door and ran off."
Tigress read the letter and then crumpled it up.
"I'm afraid that he is too dangerous to be left alone in the valley. He is now a threat. We must detain him. I know this will be hard for you and the team, but he is NOT to be trusted anymore." The red panda said, starting to get angry again.
Tigress sighed and stared at the wall.
"I know what we must do. I just can't believe that it has come to this." She muttered.
"Very well, once you drink the tea that I hope Po is getting for you, gather the team and begin your hunt." Shifu said, exiting the room.
*A few hours later*
"Alright. Kiro is considered very dangerous and is not to be shown mercy. We will have to split up among the valley so we can find him faster. Once you find him, yell for the others, and we'll come running. Everyone understand?" Tigress said, laying out the battle plan.
Everyone agreed, but Po shifted nervously from side to side.
"Po?" Tigress said sternly.
"Y-Yeah. I understand. Can do!" He laughed nervously.
"Let's go."
*With Po*
Everyone spread out throughout the valley, beginning their hunt for Kiro.
Po jogged down an alleyway, which was dark and littered with trash and smelly dumpsters. He was nervous about what he was going to do if he did meet his old friend.
Po searched several more buildings and alleys, similar to the one that he searched first, but all of them turned up nothing.
"Heh. What're the chances of me running into him anyways? I mean, one of the Five will probably find him." Po said to himself as he walked down a dark pathway between two buildings.
"I would like to think not." Kiro said, emerging from the shadows.
All of the sudden, Po shrank back to a cub again.
"K-K-Kiro, y-you're coming w-with m-m-m-me." Po stammered.
"Listen, Po. The reason I showed myself to you is because I know that you realize that this isn't the real me. I have never acted like this before. One stupid move that I've made and my friends are out to arrest me, my girlfriend doesn't want anything to do with me, and my life has shattered in a matter of days!" Kiro explained.
"I know that this isn't the real you, Kiro, but I still have to follow my orders." Po responded.
Kiro scoffed. "Since when do you follow orders? Think with your heart, Po, not your brain!"
Po now had a decision to make: arrest his friend and send him to jail, or let him go and disobey Master Shifu.
*With Crane*
I think that I'll take a look from the skies. Crane thought.
He soared up into the air and looked down at his comrades below.
There's Monkey, and Tigress, and Viper. Mantis is too small to see. There's Po with Kiro… wait, what? KIRO!
Crane hollered from the skies and dove down to help Po.
*With Kiro*
Po and him looked up into the night sky when they heard a holler.
"What was that?" Kiro asked.
Po's eyes widened and his mouth opened a little, knowing what that meant.
"Oh no. Please tell me that— OOF!"
Kiro was cut off when Crane grabbed him by the shirt with his talons and slammed him up against the brick wall behind him.
"RAH! ARGH! AUGH! Crane! AH! Was that necessary?" Kiro asked.
"You abandoned us and almost killed Tigress. I would say that that was VERY necessary." Crane said with a look of malice painted on his face.
The others appeared on the rooftops and behind Po.
"Good work Po!" Tigress said as she walked up to her former ally.
She placed handcuffs on his wrists and tightened them to an uncomfortable size.
"Excuse me, but I think these cuffs are a bit small for me. Do you have a size larger?" Kiro joked.
Tigress slammed her fist into his face.
"OW! SORRY!" Kiro yelled painfully.
Viper slithered up to Kiro and looked him in the eye. "And to think that I considered you a brother."
"Ya know, I would've surrendered anyway once you guys had found me. I think the tight handcuffs and the punches and the insults and all of that were a bit much." Kiro stated.
"Come on. Let's take his carcass to jail." Tigress spat.
*An hour later*
"Alright! Everything is in order! He won't be getting out of here any time soon!" The warden said as he set the prisoner papers to the side of his desk.
"I hope he NEVER gets out." Monkey replied.
Kiro looked at them through the bars and smiled as they walked out the door.
"Tell Song I said 'hi!'" He called out.
Po turned and looked at his friend again. He mouthed the word 'sorry' to Kiro before walking out with them.
The door closed behind them, sealing the warden in with Kiro.
"We considered you a hero, you know." The warden said to his prisoner.
"Nobody saw me as a hero. They only saw me as an outcast. Someone who would never fit in. Now, I'm a bit hungry. So tell me warden, are the meals any good here?" Kiro responded.
The warden only shook his head and turned back to his work.
Kiro lied down on his back on the wooden bench in his cell, and closed his eyes.
*Around midnight*
A loud boom exploded the front of the prison walls , sending brick and debris everywhere as Dowdi and Temothai charged in.
Dowdi was a short, fat pig who was for some reason bent on destroying the Furious Five and the Dragon Warrior. He was sort of an evil scientist, being that he always created massive machines and contraptions that he used to attack the valley.
Temothai was a large, muscular, rage filled ox who was determined to take over the Valley of Peace with his small ox army. The Five and Po would always stop him of course, but Temothai would usually get captured.
One thing that Dowdi had that Temothai didn't, was a brain. The ox was strong physically, but when it came to mental strength, he got the short end of that stick.
Somehow, though, the criminals always got out of the prisons rather quickly without a violent escape.
Now, the unlikely pair had teamed up and on a mission: to break Kiro Takimuro out of prison.
Temothai slammed the warden into the wall, knocking him out.
"How can this be called a prison? Where are all of the other guards?" Dowdi wondered out loud.
"It is night time. They must be home or other places. Stupid move, leaving jail unguarded." The ox replied.
"What do you crooks want?" Kiro snarled.
"You're the one calling us crooks? You almost killed the leader of the Furious Five! You're just as guilty as we are!" Dowdi explained.
Kiro's face dropped and he looked down at the ground.
"No matter, our employer wants a word with you." The pig went on.
Kiro looked up again and he got ready to fight. "Suppose I don't go with you?"
"Then I'd use this!" The boar said, pulling out a long, metal tube.
He blew through one end and a dart shot out the other end, pricking Kiro in the neck.
"Ow! What the heck waaaa—" Kiro trailed off as he collapsed to the ground unconscious.
"KNOCK OUT DART!" Dowdi yelled.
"Come on, boar, let's get his body out of here and into wagon before Five and panda show up!" Temothai urged.
They opened the cell, tossed Kiro's body into the back of the wagon, and rode off into the night, leaving the prison in ruins and smoke billowing out of the front.
There it is! Chapter 3! Hope you all enjoyed it! Leave a review if you liked the chapter. Always appreciated! Be sure to stay posted for more coming your way!