A/N: Here's chapter 17! Enjoy! This is a long chapter, but enjoy! I don't own KFP or the Kaftar from Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011
Chapter 17 - Confronting Kaftar, and back in action
Lao Hu was wondering how in the world they were going to counter the Kaftar inside of his own daughter's head.
"How're we gonna do that? How can we defeat someone inside of her mind?" the elderly tiger asked.
"Anything is possible when you have inner peace," said Oogway.
Tigress' eyes widened when he said that, she has been trying for a long time to find it, and yet she hasn't found it!
"But…" Tigress said, "I've been trying for a long time now! I've been at peace for a while, and I haven't been able to find it and release the water drop onto the plant!"
"It's not you, Tigress," Oogway said, "Something is interfering with your mind to keep you from having peace."
"What do you mean?" Shifu asked in a confused tone.
"Oh, the Kaftar's been damaging her mind to prevent her from having inner peace. He doesn't want her to have peace because he knows she can fight him if she does have inner peace," Oogway answered.
Tigress was surprised once again, it is the Kaftar that's keeping her from having inner peace! If he wasn't there, she would've found it already!
"That beast is keeping her from having inner peace, she needs it to fight him, but she can't! How are we gonna counter that evil shapeshifter if Tigress can't find inner peace?!" Vanessa asked in a fast tone.
"Tigress may not be able to fight him just yet, but there is a way for Lao Hu to get into her mind," Oogway answered.
Everyone's eyes widened at that, including Shifu's and Lao Hu's.
"What do you mean, Master?" Shifu asked in a shocked tone.
"Lao Hu can put his hands on his daughter's head, and he can concentrate to get into her mind. He can even walk around and see all of the memories she has."
"Th-that's…awesome…" Tigress said, dumbfounded.
"Yes, it is," Oogway said, "To counter the Kaftar, we need to fight him off from the outer shell of your mind. He's made something like a shield to keep you from having inner peace. Then we'll come out and you'll fight him in the center of your mind."
"What do you mean 'we'?" Lao Hu asked, confused.
"Once you go in, I'll join forces with you to fight him. We'll defeat him easily if we work together. Are you in?"
Lao Hu nodded and said, "I'm definitely in! Jai-Li's my daughter, and I'd do anything to save her!" Oogway smiled and said, "That's what I thought." Lao Hu looked at his daughter's eyes and said, "I'm going in, and when I do, Oogway and I will fight him off so you finish him off."
"I'm ready, Father," Tigress said.
"Lao Hu, use your mystical powers to get into her mind," said Oogway.
Tigress and the others were shocked to find Lao Hu had mystical powers. His hands began glowing and then he put his hands on his daughter's head. She felt a chill go down her entire body when he did so.
In Tigress' mind, Lao Hu is shocked, paralyzed with shock as he's heading into his daughter's mind. He sees memories of her, all from her eyes, as a child in the Orphanage, with Shifu, and training in kung fu to become a kung fu master. Then before he knew it, he landed on a solid surface softly, but it startled him. He looked around to see the ground was black and that memories were flashing about in her mind.
"W-Wow…" he said, completely speechless.
Then Oogway appeared beside him and said, "I know. Your daughter's had a wonderful life in the Valley."
"I can see that." Lao Hu said, he was caught a little off guard when the turtle showed up.
"I've always been proud of her skills, bravery, and respect for kung fu," Oogway said with a smile, "She's a nice young woman, but back in the times before she met Po, she didn't know it until after he came."
"How happy has she been with that panda?"
Oogway smiled again, "If you look at the memories coming, you shall see."
Lao Hu looked and sure enough memories of Tigress and Po laughing and playing games together. He sees images of them making decorations for the Winter Festival, Halloween, and Valentine's Day. He sees them playing outside by the water, them hugging and kissing each other. He even sees when Po's fighting against Shen's fleet and the panda turning into the Yin Yang symbol. Then finally, he sees when Po's proposing to her and she accepting it gladly.
"Tigress is a happy young woman, always wanting to have fun now with her beloved panda," Oogway said with a smile.
"I didn't know how much that panda meant to her…" Lao Hu said in disbelief.
"Young Po's a fine young man. She and him are meant to be together," Oogway said with a smile, but then he dropped his smile and continued, "But something dark entered her life and mind that put her on the line for her life…"
Then all of the pleasant memories went away and the dark memories of the Kaftar flashed all around Lao Hu. He was shocked to see all of those images, especially when the Kaftar was punching her in the Hall of Warriors. Oogway got a serious look on his face when he looked to his right and up a hill. Lao Hu looked in the same direction, he sees the KAFTAR against a blood red sky, and he was just plain DARK. He cackled at the old tiger and turtle as they gave their glares.
"YOU! You leave my daughter alone, you hear?!" Lao Hu demanded in an angry tone.
"HA HA HA!" the Kaftar laughed evilly, "Your daughter's mine! You're so pathetic to her! You don't want her to marry Po! What kind of father are you trying to take over her life? What fool are you?! HA HAH HAH HAH!"
"That was before! The past doesn't matter! I've approved her to marry the panda!"
"Trying to redeem yourself? You're nothing but a…"
Oogway came along and hit the Kaftar with his staff, knocking him off the hill! The Kaftar tumbled to the ground and faced the hyena with an angry glare.
"Don't listen to him! He's just trying to get under your skin!" Oogway warned.
Lao Hu nodded and he faced the Kaftar with an angry glare. Oogway said "Now" and then they began fighting the Kaftar! Lao Hu was impressive, he did all kinds of kicks and punches to the beast, who had been not expecting it at all. The tiger punched him to the ground and then Oogway attacked him. The turtle hit him on the chest with his staff and a shockwave came out of the staff, sending the Kaftar to the center of Tigress' mind.
"Come back here! We're not done here!" Lao Hu shouted in an angry tone, his eyebrows twitching.
"Now, it's Tigress' turn to fight him," said Oogway, "She's going to be the one to kick him out. The only way something this bad can be kicked out, is if the one who received it kicks it out. Understand?"
Lao Hu nodded, "I understand."
Oogway nodded and said, "Let's head out, help Tigress achieve inner peace, and let her defeat him."
Lao Hu nodded and then Oogway put his hand on Lao Hu's chest, and then they both vanished from Tigress' mind!
Back in the headquarters, Lao Hu let go of his daughter's head in shock, he couldn't believe that happened.
"Well, Dad?" Tigress asked.
Lao Hu was gasping, he couldn't believe what had just happened, he was inside his own daughter's mind!
"He's in shock right now," said Oogway, "We were able to defeat the Kaftar and drive him into the center of her mind."
"Wait, wait, wait…did he just go…into her mind?" Vanessa asked in confusion.
"Yes. He's in shock of everything right now," replied Oogway.
"So…what does my daughter need to do now?" Shifu asked.
"Inner peace, Shifu," Oogway answered, "She can achieve it now, now that the Kaftar's out of the way."
"But I…I don't know…" Tigress said in doubt.
"Tigress, you must achieve it now," Shifu encouraged her.
"But…I need Po…I can't achieve it…" she said in a sad tone.
"You can, young warrior. You just have to realize that Lao Hu's getting your suits an upgrade to fight easier and faster," said Oogway.
They looked at Lao Hu and Peter asked, "Really?"
"Uh…yes," replied Lao Hu, "With those we can defeat enemies easier and fight faster to reach our goal. I even got things to free the slaves from Tokuta's evil grasp."
Tigress' eyes widened and Oogway said, "See Tigress? You will get Po and your friends back along with many others."
Tai Lung stepped up and said softly: "Tigress, I know you've been stubborn towards me, but I just want to say that I love you and I've always treated you as a sister since I've returned. I always want to be here for you no matter if you hate me or not. If you don't accept me as your brother, I'll accept you as my sister."
Tigress' eyes widened a bit more, she was surprised Tai Lung hadn't done anything to get her back for anything she's done to him, she was just surprised by it all. Then she smiled and hugged Tai Lung, making him jump a little, but he recovered and hugged her back.
"I love you too, my brother. You've always been my brother, and I know that now. I'm sorry for everything I did to you. I accept you as my brother now, Tai Lung," Tigress said in a soft tone.
Tai Lung's eyes widened but then he smiled, "I forgive you, my sister Tigress."
Tigress looked into Tai Lung's eyes and thanked him, everyone else was smiling at the situation, Tigress took a deep breath in and breathed out slowly. She let go of Tai Lung and stood up straight.
"When heading in, avoid all dark areas. Those're the Kaftar's negative comments, avoid them until you reach the center of your mind," Oogway warned her.
Tigress nodded as Lao Hu put one of his plants next to her. She took in a deep breath as she moved her leg. She began to do the arm movements and her arms weren't stiff as she did them. Then she caught a drop of water using inner peace.
In her own mind, Tigress is moving into her mind while avoiding the dark areas that came up right away. In the real world, she's doing the arm movements with the water drop, concentrating only on inner peace. The darker areas kept coming in like wildfire and Tigress dodged them like a pro, the Kaftar was failing to keep her from entering. In the real world, she released the drop onto the plant and she stayed in her position.
In her mind, she reached the center of her own mind and she gets a real shocker. She's overlooking the destroyed New York City as seen in her nightmare! The Empire State Building is dark and it's against the blood red sky. It's the only recognizable building left, the others were rubble or just changed too much to recognize.
"Ah, you made it," said a voice she instantly recognized.
Tigress whirled around to see the Kaftar standing on a pillar just 10 yards away!
"You! You're going down!" Tigress shouted.
The Kaftar chuckled, "Such hardcoreness I see. But you tried to face me before, and you failed to defeat me. I overtook you silly tiger. Your pathetic friends had to save you and so did your not-brother Tai Lung!"
"Tai Lung is my brother! My friends are not pathetic!"
The Kaftar grinned, "But you failed to save him from Tokuta, my old partner. You see, I was a part of your village's invasion. Not too long afterwards me and Tokuta came up with ideas that didn't match up with one another's plan. So, we got into a fight and split."
"YOU WERE THERE?!" Tigress screamed in anger.
"Yes, yes I was. All of the nightmares and visions you've been having for all the past few weeks, have all been me."
Tigress growled, "So…the nightmares…the visions…the voices…that was all you."
"Yes, all the time," the Kaftar snickered, "I survived the battle with your pathetic friends and I got away to begin to haunt you."
"I'm not gonna let you defeat me!" Tigress screamed.
She lunged for him but he knocked her away onto her back with one blow!
"So weak, so vulnerable, so intelligent against me. You cannot escape, Tigress. No one can," taunted the Kaftar.
"YOU'RE PATHETIC! You COWARD!" Tigress stated.
"Will a coward do this?" the Kaftar grinned.
Then he punched and kicked her into the air! He went after her and kicked her to the ground! She groaned as she barely had the strength to stand.
"No panda, no friends to back you up. You're in here all alone," the striped hyena said with another evil smile.
"Come on, Tigress! Smash him into bits!" a voice shouted, encouraging her.
The Kaftar whirled around and gasped when he saw Tai Lung! Tigress was shocked as well, then Shifu came along and said, "You're one of the most powerful of my students! You can defeat the Kaftar!" Then they see Vanessa, Lao Hu, and the ghost of Oogway!
"You can handle this liar, Tigress! I believe in you!" Vanessa shouted, trying to encourage her.
"No evil liar should overpower you!" Lao Hu declared.
"Focus on your inner strength and peace to defeat this evil being," Oogway said.
Then Tigress heard Po's voice through her mind, through the atmosphere, "Tigress, I can't spend one day without you, and you're the love of my life. Would you do the honor of becoming my wife?" Tigress stood up and faced the Kaftar with anger.
"Not you idiots! That is cheating!" the Kaftar shouted as he looked at them, before looking back at Tigress.
"All villains say things like that when things don't go as they planned," Tigress stated in a serious tone, "And as for you, you're not welcome in my life anymore! You're going to get kicked out of my life, and I'll defeat you!"
The Kaftar ROARED and charged at Tigress! She was hit, but she felt a power surge come over her and then she PUNCHED the Kaftar and he went flying into a building! Tigress was amazed by her own strength, and then the Kaftar came out of the building and they began fighting again! Tigress avoided the Kaftar's punches and kicks and then she stepped on his foot, making him hold it in pain. She punched him again and dodged another punch from him she grabbed his leg and threw him into the air! She kicked him and he slammed into the ground! She kicked him up into the air once again and grabbed his tail while kicking his butt. The Kaftar tried to attack again, but she kept spinning his tail around and then kicking him into another building! The beast charged again, but she blocked him and grabbed his tail once again! Then she kicked him HARD sending him flying far into a distant building! She got on all fours and went after him as the others cheered her on.
When she reached him, she smiled deviously at him and said, "You're finished you mean bruin."
The Kaftar's eyes widened as she grabbed his arm and kicked him into another building! He then tumbled into the raging flames below! Tigress smiled as she completed her victory, the others were roaring in cheering, knowing she'd defeated the Kaftar.
In the real world, somewhere in China, the real Kaftar ROARED in pain as he held his head and tumbled off the hill he was standing on. He landed in a puddle of water and kept his head facing the ground while panting. He looked up at the rainy skies outside with angry eyes as lightning flashed and thunder rumbled.
"Dang…you…Tigress…" he mumbled in anger as he formed a very angry look.
Back in the headquarters, the warriors saw that Tigress was smiling with her eyes closed, Vanessa, Shifu, Tai Lung, and Lao Hu had their hands on her head. They let go of her head as Tigress opened her eyes.
"I did it! I've defeated the Kaftar!" Tigress said in a happy tone.
The other members of the North American Furious Five began CHEERING for her victory, they hugged Tigress and congratulated her on her victory. Tigress hugged Tai Lung, Shifu, and Lao Hu for helping her.
"Thank you all for helping me to defeat the Kaftar," she said in a tone full of joy and relief.
"I'm always here for you, Tigress," Shifu said with a sweet smile.
"So are we," Vanessa and Tai Lung said in unison.
They looked at each other and smiled before chuckling. Tigress turned to face Oogway, she smiled a bit wider and said, "Thanks for returning to help me."
"Ah, it was no problem," Oogway said with a warm smile.
Tigress hugged the ghost of Oogway and he hugged back with back with one arm.
"Remember to avoid all negative things about you and replace them with positives," Oogway said softly, still smiling.
"I'll always remember that," Tigress said with a smile.
Oogway smiled and then he disappeared in a swirl of peach blossoms. Tigress turned to face the others, but then a thought hit her.
"Wait…" she said, "How'd y'all get in my mind to cheer me on?"
"They did what I did," Lao Hu said with a smile, "They went into your mind also to cheer you on in case the Kaftar was trying to hurt you mentally."
"Thank you," Tigress said wit a smile.
Vanessa went over and hugged Tigress and said, "It was no problem, my friend." Tai Lung came over and hugged her saying, "I wanted to do it for my sister…but there's one problem…"
"What's that?" Tigress asked in a wondered tone.
"We did defeat the Kaftar in your mind, but not in the real world…"
"What're you saying?"
"What I'm saying is that the Kaftar has psychological powers, and I'm afraid he's still out there…in the real world…just not in your mind…" Tai Lung looked a bit disappointed after he said that.
Tigress sighed and the others were disappointed too, then Tigress said, "It'll still haunt me knowing he's still out there…"
"I agree…" Lao Hu said.
Then an owl came into the room, he wore a red shirt with white pants, he had something in his hands.
"Oh! You're here," Lao Hu said.
"And I said I will be," said the owl walking over.
"Who's this, Father?" Tigress asked.
"Jai-Li, this is Lance," Lao Hu replied with a smile, "He's been working on an upgrade for our suits so we can fight faster and better."
"Believe me, it's hard to work on something for 10 years," Lance said with a smile.
"Try staying chained up in prison for 20 years," Tai Lung said, crossing his arm.
"I've heard stories about you and your team."
"So, what do you got for us?" Lao Hu asked.
Lance opened up the box and there were nine golden bracelets, for each warrior in the room.
"Bracelets?" Peter asked, curiously.
"Oh, these aren't ordinary bracelets," Lao Hu said with a smile, "These will give you power to your suits and yourselves to help you deal with more enemies faster and easier."
"That sounds cool!" Tigress stated as she smiled.
"It is cool," agreed Lao Hu, "I've been trying to work them out for 10 years, and I finally managed to get them done. And what perfect timing to try them out!"
He turned towards Lance and asked, "You've got one for each of us, right?"
"Right. These'll definitely kick yourselves in action," Lance said with a smile.
"Let's put them on!" Phil said.
"He's right. Tokuta's really on the move this time," said Lao Hu.
"Then let's put these on," said Lance.
The North American Furious Five went first, they attached the bracelets to their wrists and they stuck like glue, but they can be removed if you push the button on it. Then Tai Lung and Shifu went next and then Tigress.
"That's everyone," Tigress said.
"Not quite," said Lao Hu.
"What?"
Then Lao Hu pulled out the last one and put it on his wrist, shocking everyone.
"What? You're…" Tigress said, but was cut off when Lao Hu said, smiling, "Yes, Jai-Li. I'm going to help you defeat the werewolf that took our home from us."
"These two days have been…amazing for me…" Vanessa said in a shocked tone.
"Me too…" agreed Phil.
"Shouldn't we be going?" Trisha asked.
"Yes. Thanks Lance," Lao Hu said with a smile.
"No problem. Well…maybe…" Lance said with a chuckle.
They chuckled and Lao Hu stated, "Let's go, team! Let's bring Tokuta down once and for all!"
A/N: Sorry if the chapter could've been longer, but I did the best I could! I hope you enjoyed it and leave a review! Oh, the Kaftar's still alive just so you know. :)