So now, Rue and the Travelling Shadows are almost in Chengyang but Luan and Kuan just can't seem to stay out of trouble ;)
Again a long wait I know, but school is so much and I just don't seem to have a little writing 'boost' as you can call it.

It was morning and after the group had finished their breakfast they were already walking towards Chengyang. The sun was up and sometimes they even saw some animals walking by, who were either also going to Chengyang or just came from it.
Luan and Kuan were, as always, playing around a little and annoying some people. Now they were throwing berries on a panda and a monkey.

"Hey, stop it!" the monkey yelled.

"Calm down Monkey they're just playing" Po said.

"Well I think their playing is annoying" Monkey replied.

They continued to walk but soon Po also found it annoying and yelled at them. Luan and Kuan however didn't saw the tiger standing behind them until it let out a loud roar and tackled them to the ground.

"Hey, where are Luan and Kuan?" Rue asked, when she noticed the two were gone.

"Since we're close to Chengyang, probably annoying some villagers" Zhi said.

At that moment they heard a loud growl, followed by two terrified screams.

"Wait a minute, weren't that Luan and Kuan?" Rue asked.

"Oh no, I told them not to mess with the wrong people!" Shui said with a sigh.

"Come on, hurry" Feng said, while he already flew away, followed by Shui, Rue and Zhi.

When they arrived they saw that a tigress had tackled the two and was standing over them.

"Rue, throw your staff in the air" Zhi whispered, when he knew the tiger hadn't noticed them.

"What? Why?" she whispered back.

"Just do it!" he whispered in a more demanding tone.

"Fine!"

Rue threw her staff horizontal in the air and Feng then blew it away towards the tiger, making her fall on her back, so Luan and Kuan could crawl back a little.

Soon a mantis, a crane, a monkey, a viper, a fox (with a chameleon on his shoulder) and a panda joined the tigress.

"Tigress are you okay?" the viper asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine" she replied, while rubbing her head.

She picked the staff up: "wait a minute, I recognize this staff."

Tigress looked around and soon saw Rue standing in the distance.

"Rue?"

I recognize that voice Rue thought, while putting her hand on the ground. Now she knew for sure.

"Tigress!" she yelled happily, while running to hug her friend.

"I thought you were dead!" Tigress replied.

"Well luckily, I'm not" Rue said with a smile, while turning to the others and giving them a hug too.

"But what happened? How did you survive?" Po asked, of course happy to see his friend back.

"Well the only thing I remember was the long fall before hitting water and when I woke up again it appeared they had saved me" she answered, while pointing towards the group behind her.

The others looked up to see five boys staring at them, two of them more then the others.

"Dude, we just shot berries at two of the masters…" Luan whispered to his brother.

"I know" Kuan whispered back before they both, after a little silence, replied; "awesome…"

"So you rescued Rue?" Monkey asked.

"Uh… yes" Shui answered, after exchanging a quick look with Feng and Zhi.

"Thank you so much! We actually really don't know how to thank you" Viper said with a big smile on her face. They all had been sad that their friend wasn't there anymore (or so they thought) but like she had whished they still travelled to Chengyang and were now happier then ever to see her alive.

"We actually don't want anything, we're just glad we could help" Feng replied.

"Really?"

The group nodded, followed by Zhi saying; "well, since Rue is back with her friends now, I think we should go".

"But can't you stay?" Rue asked, while also getting her staff back.

"Yeah you can't just go. Besides I still want to get revenge on those two" Monkey said, while pointing to the twins, who were just snickering.

"Well, I think we can stay for a few days and from then we'll see how it goes" Feng suggested.

As the rest of the group nodded, Rue smiled and looked around her: "Hey, where is Master Shifu?"

"He's still at the camp. We were exploring this place a little and then we wanted to travel further to Chengyang" Tigress replied.

"Well come on then" Rue said, while walking a little further and was soon joined by the others.

When they reached the camp, they saw Master Shifu meditating on his staff. They walked towards him but he had already heard them coming and opend his eyes.

"Rue?" he asked, his eyes widening, while he saw the tiger standing in front of him.

"Hello master" Rue said with a little smile.

"But how? We thought you were-" Shifu stared but was interrupted by Rue, who held her paw up.

"Dead? I know, I thought that too but I was saved" she answered.

"By who?"

"Them" Po said, while pointing towards the group behind them.

"Well this is wonderfull!" the master said, while jumping of his staff. "And how are we going to thank these boys?"

"We already asked master but they don't want anything" Viper answered.

"Really?"

"Yes, Grandmaster. We, if it's okay, would like to stay a few days with you in Chengyang but then we think we'll travel further" Feng said.

"Very well then, let's have a quick lunch and then go to Chengyang" master Shifu said.

they all had lunch and talked with each other. They got to know a little more about one another and soon were on their way to Chengyang again.

As they walked in the village they could see all kinds of stuff on the little stands and also the beautiful landscape. But, of course, the two brothers were playing around again.

"Could you please stop playing around for a moment?" Zhi asked with a long sigh.

"Maybe" Luan said, followed by Kuan: "But why should we?"

They started laughing and were about to play around again before they got a little knock on the head from Rue's staff. The two looked up while grubbing the back of their head.

"Fine" Luan mumbled, "but no longer then two minutes" Kuan said with a grin.

"Five" Rue said.

"No way!" Kuan replied.

"I can also just hit you again" she said, while raising her staff a little.

"Okay, okay!" The brothers replied, while already holding their hands up in defense,

"Good" Rue said with a little smile.

"So, Guo, where is your general?" Shifu asked, after a little silence.

"Uhm… he should be here somewhere" Guo said, while looking around. "Ow, there he is!" he said, while pointing towards on of the stands.

Hm... a little short but Rue is finally back with the others ;)

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