The Phantom of the Snow Leopard 2: The Return
Chapter 16: Tai Han's Dark Secret
Later, while Tigress hangs out with Crane and the others at their dormitories at the Jade Palace, we see Tai Han looking at Tai Lung and Shifu practicing their kung fu against each other. Then, the snow leopard went towards his son after Shifu left to let Tai Lung stay here a little longer at the training room.
"Son, do you have a minute?", asked Tai Han.
"Yes, father", said Tai Lung before he asked him "What is it that you want to tell me?"
"There's something about your sapphire for those three sapphires, or four sapphires for that matter", explained Tai Han, "But..."
"But what?", asked Tai Lung again.
"It's that Ryshu person that tried to kill Leona if you didn't give him the three sapphires", said Tai Han, "You see, son, I... I seemed to have... know this treasure hunter you spoke of."
"How did you know about Ryshu, father?", asked Tai Lung.
"Let's just say that...", explained Tai Han, "He and I were friends and we became this close to becoming allies with our own kind. But that all changed one day when he explained to me that his father died with a staff and asked me to join him on a quest to steal our ancestor's treasures. I chose not to because he didn't understand what it would mean when we steal those precious treasures: To conquer all of China and destroy it. When Ryshu betrayed me, I realized that I made a mistake and he had chosen the path of evil. After all of that, however, I was with my father in my teenage years after my mother died of a horrible disease while Mei Hu was watching me lovingly. Suddenly, when my father gave me a necklace with a sword on it, Ryshu appears and killed my father. When he burned down my home, I ran away instead of fighting him because I knew that killing my friend will bring me pain. But... when you appeared all grown up in the village, you decided to end his reign of terror for me and I'm very glad that you did it. That's why you became the replacement for Kudoha."
"Father, I...", said Tai Lung, "I don't understand. It doesn't make sense. How could you be friends with him before all of this had happened to the Valley of Peace?"
"You wouldn't even believe me if I told you, Tai Lung", said Tai Han, "That was the reason why I sent your mother to bring you to a place far away where you won't meet the same fate he did when his heart turned black."
"Wait a minute", said Tai Lung, "It happen to me once, but when you didn't see me at the time, I was only trying to gain the Dragon Warrior title. I've trained really hard with my kung fu, but yet, Shifu didn't stand up for me. That's why my heart turned black, just like Ryshu. I guess he and I had something in common before we fought against each other, did we?"
"Exactly", said Ryshu, "But, sending your mother to bring you away was a terrible mistake I ever had to live with. Will you forgive me, son?"
"Of course I do, father", said Tai Lung, "and those days are over now. Right now, we have other businesses to attend to. You could help Shifu, my friends, and me to fight against new enemies. Wouldn't that be great?"
"Yes, son", said Tai Han after ten seconds of silence and puts his paw on his son's shoulders, "I'll do what I can to help you."
Tai Lung smiles and later, after we see Tai Han and Shifu looking at each other before they shook their hands, we see Tai Lung, dressed as the Phantom of the Opera as he runs off into the night and getting past the palace. We see him in the Pool of Sacred Tears before he gives out his dark and scary look.
"Well, my friends", said Tai Lung, "Don't go away just yet! There's more surprises that awaits for all of you! Think you can find out for yourself? AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
Well, that's it for this chapter. Cliffhanger, coming right up!