Author's Note:

So in this chapter, you'll be surprised to see the return of someone who came to the Nine's Shui Palace before. Stay cautious!


Episode Six: Light


Chapter XXX

The Village of Cun / General Bear's Meeting

Xing's PoV

Purefulness.

I inhale to some warmth breeze within my nose, sensing a night that grows darker than before for the past two days. Two days of training with the Company and three days of travel over the vessel as all fourteen including me as the fifteenth must guide our path to claim the Dragon Warrior. Not moment ago, the three of Furious Five embarked through ten blocks of Wing Chun as I introduced my strategy in front of the bamboo dummy I forged it yesterday at the main deck; I advised Crane, Viper, and Tigress to absorb the flow of energy. You enabled chin stance in triangular angel and slightly bend your knee to balance your position.

The natural step is you can combine both defense and attack. Blocking and attacking does matter to strike in simultaneously to revoke and confuse enemy movements. Same as the hawk Fei disciplined his flow of Tai Chi movement around him (forms are crucial as almost as an attack, but sufficient to create energy). In any martial art class including my grandmother's side of Wing Chun, is all considered to foresee tranquility of harmony and focus.

Around daylight earlier, the three pandas and I marched through the plain grass hills ahead of white mountains. As I noticed the Company and I are getting closer to some dark terrain, I sensed all the rage at beyond the forest lands further away. Therefore, the trouble does not come close. The three wolves volunteered us to test those bows and arrows on the open field with bamboo trees. I picked the red bow that was made with a bamboo stick and attached the metal string that connects to both points.

I sniffed the air where it billowed with flowers and my feet met soft grass, and by the front where the light touched the trees and wooden dummies. Zhong beside me stood by. "Aim your bow, kid," the commander said, pointing the red bow he gave it to me. I pulled the string gently after I grabbed an arrow from the quiver behind me, noticing how strong that this arrow can catapult towards the air to hit wherever that point goes. I straightened my back while placing the back of a black arrow onto the string, and pulled it to one side. "No stiff. Trust your eyes. Breathe…"

I sniffed slowly, and steadily. The breeze went shut; my right eye pointed a direction to the dummy's neck I directly aimed. One pull I held the string, then swoosh! Its neck has penetrated. I repeated a process to do another shot. The next, however, stroke on a chest, then to a forehead, and even its left eye. "You must be good at archery, Xing. Have you ever used this bow and arrow before?" Zhong asked. He bent his patched left eye, giving me a squaring eye.

"No," I shook and caressed a hard, bamboo bow. "Not really. That seems a bit odd."

"Beginner's luck," said Zhong. "Your strategy's well accurate. By that means, your calmness within you is such likely a gift. You know, been into Wing Chun thing for years. I may like to consider a train beside you and Prince Dongji, Xing."

"Aye, sir. Xing's the youngest master who has the knowledge of tranquility than our master," said Lin, who informed Dim and advised the panda twin to pull the string without tense. "No offense, sir, but he's good being a leader and substantially professional weaponry of dragon pole, butterfly knives, and Dongji's feather knives."

The pandiva leader, Mei Mei, snatched a small dagger next to Lee at once I released another arrow where it catapulted near the dummy's neck. At that point, however, distraction could have murdered me if the real enemy (not a dummy) thrown a dagger or loose the arrow towards my breast. "Most important to pitch this blade, Miss—" Lee began.

"I can handle it myself, wolf," snarled Mei Mei. She dragged the blade away from Lieutenant with a grimace. Lee moved back calmly, Mei Mei rose her entire right arm and threw the dagger with a miss.

I saunter beside her. "Let me teach her, Lieutenant, if I may," I said, then palmed the wolf onto his back with a nod. Mei Mei's gazed at me with a grooving under her breath. "Here. Stand your battle position, Mei Mei," I guided my feet to reflect Mei Mei's stance as she processed and listened. "Your eyes are your best friend, and not to overthink. Otherwise, if you think more, the target will kill you in a deadly force after you miss."

"How do I throw better like you and your peahen brother?" inquired Mei Mei.

"Peacock, Miss," I corrected her. "Before you swing, your eyes can track where your enemy goes. Whether moving to the right or left side including middle part trying to get you, your enemy will succumb either arm, chest, or leg." Mei Mei searched some small daggers in front of her, any knife preference of a style. Stained knife, wooden knife, you name it. Once the panda snatched a stained metal blade, Mei Mei nodded me in lighthearted. "Raise your arm, and breathe…" I advised her.

She inhaled slowly, then balanced on her right arm Mei Mei rose. Closing and let her breath discipline, Mei easily sensed an inner peace I closely peered into her mind. She woke and targeted the main dummy next to the other where I darted it with arrows. Mei Mei threw the dagger into the air, skewered the dummy's head and over penetrated behind the large bamboo tree. Plow! The tree and wooden model crumpled to the ground, giving all three wolves expanded their eyes into disbelief, and stumbled their feet away from her.

"Well done. You just killed the dummy and bamboo tree," I simpered.

Around afternoon, three wolves practiced blade-to-blade and paw-to-paw combat on their own at the front deck of our boat. As the company started riding on our vessel to the river after shooting and throwing practice, I peered Zhong using his hammer he swung onto both Lee and Lin. Both twins swirled away on their random sides they moved, then proceeded curl blades revolving near commander's arms. Tigress and I landed back to the bamboo wall to contemplate wolves' training from their master who taught many people including Zhong from the north.

Later in the afternoon as the sun rested above the horizon, I presented the first form of Wing Chun in front of the fourteen members of the Company; Dim and Sum parked the vessel to the left side of the river before summoning with Mei Mei and three of the Furious Five. The first form is most important to create chi within your mind, and flow your energy with knowledge of fighting.

They lined themselves into five at horizontal and three in vertical to visual my presentation of first form Lin Chin Tao. Shortly, I bridged Crane's wings I countered him with knife palm and struck to the chest. His kick, however, I observed him and the Company using jo phan kick (a block and bash) to prevent Crane's thrust.

Next, all fourteen partnered themselves as they connected to their bridge and formed a circle to control movements. As if you move anyone's arms, your partner must do the same. Once you feel the awareness in front of your ally, one attacks and the other have to defend. A sort of reflexes, you combine the opponent's fist with deflection paws, then a target should be where your partner's guard (both arms in front) will strike without protection.

Circle punches including fook sao blocks in front of your guard are easiest as a simple strategy to many beginners, especially most professionals and masters. I opposed Tigress using circular fists ahead of her fook sao blocks where our paws connected with a hit and block at the same time. Next, bong sao (armpit preventing opponent's fist below his or her arm) she took, then swept with other basics to take turns to make attacker goes defense, and defense becomes the offense.

As I urged all fourteen to call out ten blocks while they summon their arms, the Company used their knowledge of naming protection blocks when the sunlight ruptured into dark orange over the West horizon. Their smirk filled with my astonish and my heart poured warmer by Lotus's gaze, pulling my breast into her sharp grin.


I prepare myself after I rose from the bed, dressing my blue robe on with Yin-Yang icon at my back as I always love wear, including other robes. The night on a window crossed darker than yesterday, recalling Tigress and Crane opposed each other on paw-to-wing combat with Wing Chun blocks. Not for long, I tied my silk belt below my belly, exiting my kitchen room.

Mei Mei strolls away from her room at simultaneous after I walked away from the kitchen. She gives me a smirk with pink cheeks and fanning her silk hand Mei Mei carries.

"Hello, Er… good evening," I say, nearly vibrating my voice with a drawback from my feet.

"How do I look, Xing?" asks Mei Mei, pointing and indicating her red robes.

"Looking good in your dress, my lady," I say with a nod, then walk forward to the column.

Mei Mei raises her silk hand she summoned in her robe to my neck when I stop. "My pleasure, fluffy," Mei Mei says. "Pak-sao!" She swirls her left paw swiftly as I use a right straight punch to her wrist and knife palm. Mei Mei seeks my incoming circular fists using the first block fook sao in countless; our underarms go sore in a reason to get used to pain and takes many years to become iron without agony in combat.

She impacts me with a single palm near our bridges of tahn-sao. Mei Mei expresses in thin eyes. Nope. I think. My arms joint to her right arm of tahn-sao after I stir my left leg in front, using a kune-lum-tao block and knife palm to her neck twice with on-yen left palm and chi-gon near her jaw with my right open fist. "Big hits," I say, indicating her. "Palm strikes to your enemy's throat will have a difficulty of breathing and suffer jaw injury."

"Ouch," Mei Mei cringes, then she surrenders her guards as I draw my paws away from her. "How did you do that armpit thing before on-yen and chi-gon?"

"It's another level of defense, once you reach in between gold to orange sash ranks," I clarify. Mei Mei sees me enabling a stance and stir my right leg forward, combining both arms with open palms, "this block can let you proceed closer to your enemy into an advantage, depending on his size and strength."

"That's cool," Mei Mei impresses. "How many blocks are there, by the way?"

I chuckle lightly, palming to her arm as I reply to Mei Mei. "A lot. You're getting there, Mei Mei. Just got to practice more."

A triple tap beside us knocks. We gaze to my right corridor where a ramp that touches a moonlight with night stars. Tigress foresees us, convening and glimpsing our while both panda twins on my left steps off their rooms freely. "Xing, Mei Mei. We're here. Cun village."


The pandas and I unite beside Tigress as my aunt courses her feet through the front of the ship's right side. The Company lines themselves to the side, squinting at the dark-green trees that spread and joins its light by the moon.

Further ahead, there are many houses with windows where it all glows from candles. Its land is grassy, and light brown specks of dirt firm like the same as home I felt before. The Company and I escort to the wooden entrance of Cun after both panda twins tossed the ropes onto polls near a side of the river.

The gate has constructed of bamboo walls higher than my grandmother's Shui Palace entrance. While the gate opens when a keeper on the watchtower who wears black armor with gold outline sees us, we clarified the Philippine Eagle about the Company who has sent here by authority of Emperor Huangdi's command to salvage the Dragon Warrior. The bird orders to anyone to inform General Bear for our arrival. While we enter Cun, black tents are everywhere in front.

Battle stations, war tents and local fire camps where all soldiers sit and glimpse our heads while we saunter. I sense in my mind like we are strangers to them, considering as much as we imply their awareness. Without a name of Huangdi we spoke to that guard, then we would not be here now, or could have captured us with a mistake. But hey, as long as the Company has an order from the Emperor of China, we will not be attacked. To this army of General Bear's, they are friendly because of Huangdi, because of his companions, because of the right men to trust.

Trust? I am careful to consider.

Multiple teams of men on our surroundings including their walk glimpse at us into such astound. Pondering. Tilting heads. Plenty recognizes three of the Furious Five while we concluded our walking from antelope guard wearing a battle armor with large metal gauntlets. Moments later, we arrive at the main war tent. A battle station filled with large tables lined up ahead, and the large map including items of locations of friendlies and enemies on the country of China. Orange lanterns attach across the tables, weapons, bows, and quivers filled with yellow arrows next to the map.

The antelope guard informed the Company as he shall notify General Bear before he leaves the battle station. We wait and have a sit anywhere else as there are chairs around until Master Bear's arrival. "Where could Master Bear be?" Mei Ling asks, crossing her arms and stand beside Crane. She seeks our eyes of the Company.

"Probably scouting themselves to the bamboo woods," Peng replies, revolving his wrist he pops while sitting beside the twin pandas. "Master Bear is like a warlord and master."

"Yeah. Not to be offense, Master Bear is the one who Mantis and I met him and other two masters when we saw some abandoned ship at the desert," Crane clarifies, darting his eyes to ours and after preened feathers under his right arm.

"What happened to you and Mantis after that?" Mei Ling deliberates. She focuses on Crane's eyes without budging.

Crane whirls his head to Mei Ling. "Well, we got jombied," he answers.

"Jombied?" Peng perplexes, and slope his head.

I sit next to my aunt. Peng must have not around in China since the return of an evil warlord. I inhale silently as by having a discussion in my mind to share Crane's word for the Company. "It's truly the word zombies go into jade stone after the collector defeats you and take your chi from him," I explain.

"I would never become jombie again," Crane huffs, shaking his beak and Mei Ling pats his back. "Besides, he stood bigger than the Nine's Pirate."

"How tall was he?" Lotus asks Crane as she sat to her dad and wolves.

"Way enormous, Lotus," Tigress answers. "He's about twice the size of a bull than Master Ox."

The commander clears his throat, grasping his daughter around her back. "Since my cub days as I always remember war stories," Zhong embarks, "Supreme Warlords were ambitious as they sought justice in many battles against the enemies. Something with a name clan Fire if I remember. Fire Clan, they were some disciple's army attacked Emperor Tàiyáng's forces in all of China —" Zhong considers attentively, his mouth locks and his eyes target our sights. "The crazy thing is, when I heard a name Kai, supposedly General Kai during the Great War, I knew that Supreme Warlord.

"Not directly, however. Soothsayer and many legends who passed their tales to contemplate people and many children. The more you listen to the wise, your knowledge of history will always stay in your temple. Ever noticed how that bull use sort of supernatural power within him, my wolves, Soothsayer and I vacated Master Wolf's palace after the beast's return. As my master received Master Bear's letter and said about warriors on their furs turned to jade with green eyes, making an army of Kai's specialists."

The Company continues to discuss and hear Zhong's words over the station. Noticing how his reaction he felt the experience of mind blocked and heart pumped louder as you can sense trouble without rumors. Zhong and twin wolves speak plainly; Crane, Viper, and Tigress stay in front beside the pandas, embarking to conversate each other.

Something enters my head. It's a sound I feel warm, and light that gently rings my ears. Not to disturb the Company's discussion, I quietly rise from the wooden chair, heading out to the front entrance of war tint, and sounds grow a bit loud below my heart. Regarding both sides I stir my head around many army units and war tents; no one and not even any of their eyes targets my quiver . Ahead of me in such bare sightseeing from soldiers amble in random places, the green eyes of a Swan in a black cloak who arrives and peer at me.

I recognize her from my grandmother's Shui Palace since the dinner invitation! That is a Swan visitor who took and returned my brother's Guan Dao! What is she doing here? Why is she coming back? Something to visit me for another warning ambush like the stadium? I better check that Swan!

I march forward, tramping faster as the Swan detects my soft clenching fist, and eyes tight sharply. She infiltrates through army crowds over the dirt road; I mobilize my body through war tints over where I am not supposed to allow there. So as I find her cloak flickering on the other side of another camp, she avoids massive duty warriors of yaks to the right as I jog.

Where the heck is she going?! I think, swaying my feet as I trip to the ground from one, big rock. I rise, and look up to Swan she revolves her neck to me and starts sprinting. I chase her to the intersect, hearing winds in front impact me; I dash in all fours to the other road where groups of army walk to the sides including entering their war camps, the Swan bellows her wings that her cloak billows behind, and soars away into the air. Above, and over she glides to the clouds and through a side of the mountains, I stop.


Damn it! I almost roar in my throat, wiping my sense of anger like the bull's clench eyes and ears whistle loudly. Closing my as I inhale longer and slowly, I let my rage extinguish. "Brother," my brother's firm voice calls me from behind. Lao. I think, peering my head to my brother's . "Master Bear's here." Just in time. I consider.

"Is something wrong?" Lao inquiries. I join beside him as we stroll onto the dirt road.

"We'll talk about that later," I say, as plenty of soldiers squint at us. Somehow within their voices embark to shock with a wide open mouth and eyes as the shiver, they merely see my peacock brother as the reflection of Lord Shen. "Do you remember your guan dao blade that once taken?" I ask. Lao nods before I answer. "I just spotted the Swan. I pursued her and soared away from me."

He twitches his neck with brightening blue eyes. "That Swan again? Nonsense!" Lao emits, shifting his sleeves quickly from grasping his feathers.

"Let's just head to the war camp, and concentrate Master Bear's meeting," I advise.

Not for long, both Lao and I reach Master Bear's battle station tint inside. As we enter, local soldiers of yaks, rhinos, and deer wear yellow and black armors of General Bear's lieutenants surround the war table with the Company. Tigress waves her paw we both head to her next to Crane and Viper. The lieutenants, likely few are captains, they peer the Company shortly, including my brother as they fill air into their mouths.

The orange torch above the war tint lightens the camp and the soldiers around us. Just then, a giant brown bear with a red belt and metal plates around his waist has entered the station along a small red feather chicken warrior who leaps to the table. "I assume you all fifteen are the Company who shall journey across the MengMeng Mountain to claim your friend, the Dragon Warrior," Master Bear says, darting his brown eyes in front of us and craning his neck down to the pandas, then wolves, and nine of us. The bear saunters across the war table, then stares my aunt beside me as I stand mutely. "Master Tigress. Such an honor to meet you. Who ordered you and the Company to salvage the panda?" he insists without raising his tone, shaking Tigress's paw respectfully.

"Emperor Huangdi, General Bear," Tigress replies, raising her neck as she greets the bear with honor.

"I see," General perceives. The brown bear glimpses to my brother with such lighten both eyes and touch his chest. "So you are the one who called Son of Divinity, my Prince." He shakes Lao's feathers in a flattering manner. "The honor is mine to welcome you and the Company —" The bear gives his thought before releasing my brother's feathers from his admiring shake. "— Tell me, why is your father claimed to return from his death?"

Lao hesitates his stammering tone. His intellect from both ocean eyes brightens and open his beak. "With my consideration of my father's return was an act of revelation, General Bear," he says, gazing the bear's without breaking away. "I reckon and know my father is. His actions, his crime on what he carried out, and calls himself the Lord of Gongmen. With an honor I called from the Emperor as Son of Divinity, I will follow in my grandfather's footsteps."

"General, if I may," I say, palming my brother's back and peer into General's brown . "Huoju has some dark powers within the peacock lord, that I noticed Shen's return was the result of Ox-demon's shroud."

"Yes," nodding Bear. He glimpses the map of allies at different locations across China. "I saw one of Huoju's scouts who I executed him for spying on my camp. The hyena as Master Chicken and I witnessed him inside the bamboo cell, those shrouds entered his body, and vanished into the fire."

"Resurrection?" Peng guesses in front of me. Master Bear turns to the snow leopard.

"Indeed," General Bear agrees. The warlord bends his body and palming on the map in front. He touches his long striped beard as General Bear views at the Company, pointing out this map and slides his finger to the mountain. "As for the plans from Huangdi, the river close by will travel you all there to Yinxing Mountain, while my army and I will march forward to the Northwest to create Huoju's scouts go into diversion."

"The distraction," I say, perceiving the bear's plan as the warlord nods with a grin.

"The local units are not far behind, one day travel near to this location there —" The bear tips his claw to the South of MengMeng mountain. "— Master Eagle and his flying soldiers there have searched all over lands where Huoju's men are isolating into groups. The west of China is in purge from Huoju's army. However, the Prince of Darkness assembled his other leaders who worked with him to conquer the village by village, until they will someday heading city-by-city.

"Here is the warning you all fifteen need to listen —" General discerns the Company, including my . "— Their numbers are growing; One of my spies heard many voices spread across China, claiming that Huoju is creating thousands of army recruits and bandits. More army from Huoju will out-number Emperor Huangdi's resistance and then mine. The next, however, the Prince have his plotting plan. Wherever Huoju goes, he will go attack one of the famous cities."

Which city is Huoju going to attack? I ponder worriedly. Both Lao and Tigress tremble their faces with large eyes; I peer to them including Viper's gape and close my mouth delicately. Plan? Huoju's plan?

"We need to stop that madness," a robust, elder voice summons to our left of the war table. A brown eagle with a yellow beak and brown eyes in gray armor approaches to the table. Master Eagle. I recognize him while the prey bird tips his long feather to Northwest of China map. "We have rhino armies sprinting across village by the village near this location there to prevent invitation and hatred as possible."

"What does Commander Vachir's son and Anvil of Heaven proceed the information after their attack, Master Eagle?" the bear inquiries.

"They gathered some information from plenty of bandits as they spread hatred posters that are Huoju's invitation," Eagle informs. The bird reflects, opening his beak while he regards on the map in front of him and the meeting. "I found the hawk bandit who is in risk he gets into Prince's trust. While he clarified to share, Huoju's scout men captured many innocent villagers and took them all inside the mountain at the prison. Men, women — and children."

By the Gods! I nearly gasp within my throat. I serene the anxiety where my intellect softly burns as my aunt beside me raises her eyes to quiver mouth. I insist. "When did the villagers were taken? Why is Huoju want them for?"

"My child," Master Eagle mollifies to me. "The raid had happened yesterday. My Hawk has acquainted that Huoju uses all citizens of Xuěcūn as slaves. I assure the bandits do not interest stealing, but savaging them are worst decisions as the hawk uttered."

The eagle sees many Company members across the table. He searches a one-eyed wolf commander beside Peng and the pandas. Some of the army lieutenants murmur behind these wolves as Masters Chicken and Bear detects the alpha wolf with the glimpse of revelation. The bear bends forward; Chicken cranes his neck. "Wolf clans are protecting Jade Palace with Emperor Huangdi and his swordsmen," Master Eagle says. "What is the purpose, Commander?"

"My clemency, Master Eagle," replies Zhong, revolving his head to large bird and both Masters. Lee and Lin scoot in front of the side behind the commander. "I termed to the Emperor to let my wolves and I must apologize what we seek through the darkness, that we created many cannons, and opposed many people because of Lord Shen's orders."

"Who is your master now after Lord Shen, Commander?" General Bear asks him.

Zhong peers to the bear. "Master Wolf, sir," he answers.

"Aye. Master Wolf," the bear nods. "The great philosophy, kung fu master, and a colleague of mine. It appears to have three priorities as the Company will salvage the Dragon Warrior; the other two will have to decide which of our team will approach to snatch Huoju's plans, and retrieve citizens to escape."

"But General," Chicken revolves to the bear. "Front of the mountain is severely guarded with Lord Shen's cannons!"

"Right," the bear comprehends. General brushes long beard with his claw. "What can we dispose of those cannons?"

"My best flight men will diverge their aim," Eagle adds. "Your army can climb watchtowers and destroy Lord Shen's cannons. The question is General: How can we dispose of those war machines?"

How. I consider in such comprehensive. Master Eagle is right. There has to be a way to demolish all of the defensive weapons to enter the front gate. The meeting goes into the dark without anyone's voice to act. The Army looks forward to resulting the question for a word how, and the Company concern profoundly which of us will. I may not ever forget someone's voice in front of the wolf pack. Zhong's word in front of the Emperor I recall.


For my honor to accept my kindness, my Emperor, I will join three of the Furious Five, three of the Nine, and three pandas to save the Dragon Warrior. I will train Prince Dongji as his mentor to guide leadership as I was a former Wolf Boss, and knowledge of Lord Shen's cannons. I know how to dispose of mixtures of powder, and fireworks since I have ordered my dead wolves to guide their victory.


"My friend Commander Zhong here," I point the one-eyed wolf. The army and Company target my including the Alpha Wolf Commander. "He once termed to the Emperor as the commander can dispose mixtures of powder on Lord Shen's cannons."

"Is he right?" Master Bear demands.

"Yes, sir." Zhong nods. "This kid has a better memory than the Company."

"Proceed," General says, immediately having a thought during the time that he carefully stares the map ahead of him. "I acquire Commander Zhong and his lieutenants to contemplate their tips before we march forward to Yingxing Mountain. My army and I found the dragon's breath here outside of the war camp when some bats soared in the sky, and that cannon also flew beside them with some dark magic."

"If I do it?" Commander asks.

"Then we'll accept your clemency instead decapitating you." General Bear says, "Will you share your tips to my army, Commander?"

Zhong observes throughout the war tint; the army's heads crane near the wolves. The commander shrinks his fur, watching my nod as I deem him and his twin archer wolves. His reply takes a while for his consideration to give General Bear and the resistance a portion. A share to the army will go into confidence. "Yes, General," Zhong oaths.


The Company and I escort ourselves out of the war camp after the discussion has ended with a result of agreeable from warlords and Master Eagle. Tigress and I stand still beside a war bunker in crossing arms as we visual three wolves teaching local army scouts especially Eagle's flight crew to sabotage war machine cannon.

Three pandas to our right practice their Wing Chun stance; Mei Mei and Dim connect their bridges, she-panda intercepts him in both palm strike chops in front of the neck, and both of them bridge their arms again at the circle. Sum next to the pandas, however, he flows his big arms and striking with circular punches, and balancing the triangular stance.

Lotus and Lao stand near General Bear, Master Chicken, and Eagle to the curve of target practice terrain ahead. Each warrior member who wears gold or light gray armor that are middle or high ranks of the resistance, they inspect three wolves doing their presentation of shutting down a spark lighter behind the cannon. You study that wolf igniting with the flash, and he shows you a clench of his fist on the rope. Next tip after lighting the rope once again, you chop off the spark with your blade, A final tip where is a severe risk while not having anything to prevent the shooting, you cannot be alone once pointing the war machine in a different direction where targets are.

Crane, Peng, Viper, Mei Ling and Fei articulate themselves behind us. Uttering and having regard to two objectives for the army to search Huoju's plans, and free many villagers alive as possible. The Company's focus is to retrieve the Dragon Warrior. Shortly after we vacate the battle station, General Bear and I spoke distinctly as the Company can do Dragon Warrior quest, but to have additional objectives to support the resistance and Emperor Huangdi for good.

Why? There are plans to diverge the Company behind the mountain without getting ourselves captured. It is the distraction that General Bear and his army will get Huoju and enemies' attention. Hopefully, our plan will proceed. Tigress's soft paw lands my upper arm. "It's time. We set sail by now with the Company, Xing," Tigress says. "It's a two-day trip to reach the mountain."

I regard a little where my mind sparkles quietly. These three objectives in which includes retrieving Po are too risky. I glance into her orange eyes she narrow once. "Dragon Warrior, Huoju's plans, and villagers. We will talk at the boat, and have to consider that the Company must split into three groups," I say. General Bear ahead of me orders the army to march on a bank left hills to await there before his arrival. Three wolves and two of my companions saunter on the path where we stand. The General calls my name. "Don't leave me behind, Auntie."

I stroll forward, announcing the Company to head our vessel and wait there before return. Lotus's warmth paw touches my jaw below my neck as she brightens her ocean eyes, and I caress her left cheek before arriving the general next to me. What does the bear like to speak? Something to vow three objectives as he desires for the Company to support them?

Master Bear and I go to the lonely hill near to these bamboo forests as I seek the tundra mountains in front of the trees. The grass holds our feet, sensing the night that crawls to the west with large moon passing in prolonged movement. We dart our eyes to the Company entering the vessel, and General's army marches through the river go across. "You will do Huoju's plans, and salvage many villagers while you and the Company retrieve the Dragon Warrior, correct?" asks Master Bear.

"You have my word, General," I pledge to him. "The Company has the map to let us head toward the back of the mountain to search secret entrance on the X mark."

"You all wait there until the horn blows," he points, advising. "Do not engage Prince Huoju. Split into three groups to seize the Dragon Warrior, search the plans, salvage villagers inside the prison, and get out of there. My army and I will do what we can to distract enemies' attention, while you all fifteen can infiltrate the mountain. While we will enter the front gate, my army will search those citizens, free them all and vacate everyone away from the battle."

I nod. "By all means," I agree, pointing my to the souls of stars. "If the Company and I venture to the mountain, I may be experiencing to see a very first battle. By going over the struggle through wars by if winning or losing, you get scars and discipline to tell a tale, including an honor for triumph, or mistakes you encounter bad things in front.

"My master always said war is not an answer to become a killer. She concerns what her knowledge Ming taught the Fellowship and me about fighting, but spoke tranquility of life to be a warrior in a peaceful home."

"I convince you, Master Xing. " Master Bear assures. My insinuation let General beside me search surprisingly as his turn wider and smirk in his mouth; he adds more to his voice. "By the way, one of your companions said to me that you have an action figure of Master Bear. And a bear toy you used it before in your cub years."

Lotus! Why? I think, chuckling and my ears flicker downward, palming my throat. "Yes, General. Lotus had to share some thoughts about my confession. To be honest with you, sir, I'm such a big fan, and you're my second favorite of kung fu master in all of China."

"And who is the first one you prefer, Master Xing?" he inquires in sociable.

"You won't like my answer if I name someone who was Oogway's disciple, sir," I voice him. "He's… like a companionable on tortoise's side, but so unsociable according to Furious Five's tale."

"Hmm. The one you describe to me is no longer living here. As I understand your preference, that General from the past was immoral and dangerous in aggression with his jade power," The Bear points to clarify why one of my favorite warriors deceased by himself as the chi sparkled into the sun and obliterated the bull's body. Just then, the warhorn blows loudly at once. The Army's pre-marching. I believe. "Is there a fourth Mightiest Warrior?"

His question brought my breathe colder within my chest. Does the bear know from anonymous messages? I wonder in small to his head. "There is," I reply. "What did you know, General?"

"Huangdi messaged to me that he has notified by Master Shifu and your Wing Chun master," he explains accurately. "The Emperor demands to know which of the fourth Mightiest Warrior you must find. As your student or brother has the pure bloodline of Li Han, especially the snow leopard I perceive him intimately as I do not mistake from the Great War history. Your Pirate student who journeys with my colleagues and the Nine to head Pirate Island, he has the actual bloodline to his Supreme Warlord ancestor.

"The fourth one you are looking for has an element of the sun. I assure the Mightiest Warriors must assemble to prevent Huoju, Oogway's kin could be possible. Does Master Oogway have any relatives of his?"

The bear solicited at once with his claw touching his long beard in front of him. My inquiry and Shifu's voice ring to my mind from Jade Palace's Library.


Does Master Oogway have any sons, daughters, or grandchildren, Master Shifu?

I do not think so, Xing. Without Oogway or any relatives of tortoises, this could be near impossible to stop Huoju.


"No, General," I reply, shaking my head in such hopeless. "Oogway does not have any relatives or children of his."

I knew his face go perplex when glimpsing above the night's moonlight. He shuts both eyes without tensing through his furry cheeks and temples. What if the General displeases in front of me after I answered him in an honest tone? There was nothing wrong to tell him lies. His brown target to my concern mind as if he can add other words. "I remember a time," he embarks, Master Bear stands closer to the downside hill as I follow him. "Master Chicken, Master Croc and I were freed from the Collector's rage from his jade power. We saw a glare of the sun at the Panda Village. What lies beneath the breeze and inside the sun, there is one warrior surrendered his chi to evil master and obliterated the collector, was such a victorious conflict. Inside the sun, there was —"

"The panda," I reveal when we conclude our saunter over the grass simultaneously. He revolves his head toward me. "You're talking about the Dragon Warrior who salvaged you all from Kai's amulets."

"His chi remains within the panda's body," the bear articulates. "The power that the Dragon Warrior grew reliable within him produces by becoming such capable of defeating those who shall slay life of prosperity, happiness, and love. The prophecy on the panda's journey of exposing Oogway's brother has ceased. To Oogway's tale in his conclusion, the grandmaster met the past, present, and saw the future of the panda were two Supreme Warriors arrived Healing Palace as the monks gave Oogway a chi to heal him."

The Bear delivers a soft impact of the cold beneath my heart. Master Bear's conclusion I observe through my mind to recall, remind me of the panda I confront him on the fifth day after Crocodile and Boar Gangs' incursion.


On the fifth day as I recall, I roamed with the Dragon Warrior who he truly explained his tale of defeating Tai Lung inside the Hall of Heroes. The enormous hall was brightened on that day as the sky glared lightly because of Jade Palace's height on the tip-side of the taller mountain. We approached some sky-blue pool that waved slightly and repeatedly without stopping.

I gazed at the ceiling and saw a slithering dragon where the scroll was hang by its mouth with sharp fangs. Here is where the Masters of Jade Palace infiltrated here when Tai Lung opposed all Furious Five members at the bridge far away from the Valley of Peace. Shifu decided to sweep Oogway's wooden staff to summon air where blossom leaves crawled above the ceiling, and red panda seized the scroll using a stick when it leaped down towards the pool.

The Dragon Warrior next to me spoke while I enjoyed a vision of waving water's light impacted my eyes.

"Since I am like the Dragon Warrior when I opened the Dragon Scroll so quivered, the light glared to my face like GAH! Geez, the Five and Master Shifu were perplexed and so hardcore that they stood back, and all I saw in that scroll, was me! Do you get it?" Po said, he waved his arms on sideways.

"That seems odd," I perplexed and joined my arms together with closing eyes as I showed him a smirk. "What was the reason for, Po? How is that possible that Oogway once wiser than you all?"

Po snickered. "An answer can be philosophy," Po said, he tapped on my right shoulder. "It's like you cannot search that answer suddenly. What that means is you have to solve the image of yourself and believe you are special."

"You know, since I became the best cooker on my grandmother's side at Rice Restaurant," I considered. I tugged my arms crossing again and looked at his jade eyes. "Every person who I nearly know around the Prosper Valley adores our ingredient. Especially my grandmother's rice."

"Do you know secret ingredient?" Po asked me socially.

"No. There is no secret ingredient in my rice," I replied. "It's just plain, white rice. All you have to do is like you add something very delicious as by making people go insane, and letting them come back to fulfill starvation within their empty stomachs."

"No way! Your grandmother and my goose dad spoke familiarly!" Po beamed lightly. "There is no secret ingredient!"


There is no secret ingredient," I say. "It's just—"

"Just what?" The bear perplexes.


On the second week of the fourth day after bandits' incursion, the Nine and I followed the Dragon Warrior onto the cliffs of Jade Palace at a night time. The crescent moonlight glowed every mountainside; we strolled over the inclined rock as the Dragon Warrior reached his favorite tree beside him. The Nine and I peered the pink tree with peaches attaching over branches, and brown log that stands taller than one of my grandmother's cherry blossom trees at my Palace. The Sacred Peach Tree made our hearts go gold into glowing when Po introduced Oogway's lifelong tree our Grandmaster planted there for centuries.

"I came here to this peach tree since I entered Jade Palace for the first time," Po stated. He grasped the log and peered on peaches above him. "I felt lonely as no one of the Furious Five could be happy because they thought I'm just the panda who tricked like a joke. Oogway chose me for a reason I became the Dragon Warrior, being worthy and such a hero to save people from bandits. That's not why I do kicking butts, then running through town and high fiving villagers every time.

"In the Spirit World, I confronted our grandmaster at the light lake since I freed every master from Kai's amulets. Once I realized the question as I demand to him why I am the chosen one, he suggested that Oogway saw a vision of the panda. From the past, from the present, and from the future as our Grandmaster met Healing Monks who gave their chi to him, and taught how to provide that power to life forms everywhere. Not just us, but flowers, plants, trees, everything.

"Nothing is impossible," Po said. He shut his green eyes delicately. The Dragon Warrior caressed his both palms and grasped togetherly in such gentle. The Nine and I saw his motionless movement as I determined what the panda used inner peace. "Close your eyes. Your mind is ready to concentrate, even if it's empty. You feel the balance from Earth below. You sense the breeze of nature. Hear your own heart flowing from the balance. You enable your form of air, and water you dance. Open your eyes. Release your chi."

The panda summoned the chi in his paws. The light sparkled on Po's claws; he flowed his arms across the breeze, a yellow star of a slithering creature above the Dragon Warrior has arrived. He opened his jade eyes, thrusting his paws of chi to the Sacred Peach Tree and the dragon infiltrates in like water splashes with waves. Many blossoms blazed into stars like lanterns, the log's veins brightened into the sunlight, and the Nine and I sensed a warming breeze through our bodies.


"Oh, God…" I gasp, craning my eyes to Master Bear he confuses. "Master Bear… Oogway shared his chi to the Dragon Warrior!"

"What is it, child?"

"You are not going to believe what I discovered, Master Bear! Since Oogway was one of the Mightiest Warriors with other warlords, met the pandas before and chose Po, the panda before the tortoise warlord is the Mightiest Warrior!" I announce.


Glad to bring Masters Bear and Chicken in the play? I consider bringing Master Eagle (who battled hyenas) on a roll with them too. Even though Eagle is not an official character but mentioned in Secrets of the Masters, and we don't know if he'll soon be in future KFP movies to see him. So for now, I use Master Eagle within that character's look and his clothing in my headcanon.

Thank you all for reading!

-GZ