It's Kung Fu Panda day, everyone!
The first movie's release was on this day, June 6! I was thirteen back then when watching that awesome movie at the movie theater, and saw Po became the big fat panda and defeated the first, nostalgic antagonist Tai Lung!
News: I do not know how I can finish this story, but personal things (real life and serious works stuff) are in my way while skirmishing against writer's block! One thing for sure: I will finish the Mightiest Warriors, Book One this year!
As for the time being: HAPPY TENTH ANNIVERSARY, PANDOM! If you seek mistakes, remind me on PM or reviews!
GZ
6/6/2018
Episode Nine: Haidao ( 41 - 46 )
Chapter LVV
Gongmen Jail
I
Gongmen Jail went silent. Burbling murmurs entered out of every being's mouth; many unexpectedly glimpsed the three of China's most perilous adversaries. One swore his vengeance to manifest people bow at the albino's feet. Second to return his pride and achieve his "title." Third and last claimed to dominate China across scenery to scenery, town to town, and village to village where three including their sister invited their companions and clanmates by their side to accomplish their goal.
Indeed, three quests failed to their actions, thanks to the Dragon Warrior he dealt two former adversaries and one for three Masters of Gongmen handled the Wu Sisters! "What a small world to unexpected sightseeing, isn't it, Panda?" the albino questioned his teacher interestingly.
Lao sunk his eyes closed tightly. His chest went staggering as his heart crunched and thrust his streams around the veins of clenched eyes and feathers. "Uh, Po. I thought we all saw Shen crushed by his cannon!" the young peacock heard the bug who echoed in a loud, perplexing shout next to the panda.
"Yeah, last time was him battling against Po!" Crane pointed out to Mantis as if the Five went staggering and looked at themselves in an unbelievable moment to peer the peacock, alive and— well, serene. The bird darted his shocking eyes at the Lord of Gongmen, having thousands of questions in his empty mind that poured with mysteries and demands when ambling to Po's right side surprisingly. "And as for you, Lord Shen. Where the heck you been for the last ten years?"
"Peacefully slept with the dead, and dreamt of you and the Five burning into a corpse by the hooves of the Prince of Darkness. And here I am." Shen smirked cooly.
Crane's top beak rose and jerked his head back. "Surprise." Lord Shen announced in wicked, opera tone.
A soft rumble landed behind three warriors as if most heads were turning to themselves in awe and bright horizon eyes brightening at whoever stood up and walked ahead of Lord Shen's cell (previously Ox and Croc's jail room). "Greetings, my old friend," a gentle, vibrant, elder voice approached from behind Po and the tiger Xing.
The panda, the tiger, crane, and the green insect noticed their heads growing cold and turned. Old friend? Po repeated his thoughtful demand. The large water bull towered and manifested his hoof grasping toward his chest, and long pale garment with the red sash around the waist.
The albino straightened his neck he squinted at a familiar form's yellow eyes staring down at Shen. Unbelievable! "Huangdi?" Lord Shen recognized the elder astonishingly, loosened his eyelids separating from the albino's ruby eyes.
"You have come home," the elder's breathless voice tone spoke out and drowned underneath his giant throat.
"Emperor Huangdi. You are much taller than my father's tower," Shen figured, freezing his breath as the albino's chest stoned.
The Emperor knows this peacock? Xing thought astonishingly. Small world we are living in, eh?
"Precisely," the elder admitted. His spine went traveled from far north he could sense the rime climbing, and entering the water bull's emotional — stone, staggering, and unbelievable what he saw the crimson eyes of the albino overwhelmingly. Huangdi's hoof laid on his chest. "It has been so long, after many years when you exiled. First was your banishment. During your arrival, I have heard your presence from one of the lords of Kong City, and my Hand would have sent any kung fu master to cease your actions. The panda from the Valley of Peace defeated you. And second, was your resurrection."
Many heads regarded, locking their natural eyes at the giant water bull who reached near the window bars. Huangdi continued in concerning at once the panda, and the tiger stood next to the Emperor close defending him. "For the last ten years, the Masters claimed this city after your death and peafowls were no more to inherit your city. Before all this happened, Lord Shen, you were so young and innocent how you managed to play with our companions near the Harbor while my father met your old peafowl inside Lord Feng's Throne Room."
"I recall," Shen noticed dearly, folding his feathers ahead of the thick black bars he grasped. "You never manifest myself returned you a favor. The harbor was my last living that my strength could not last I tried swimming above the surface. And the shadow figure spawned above, and pulled me out of the water."
The bug crawled on the tiger's left wrist to upper shoulder. "I think this guy got a familiar tale like your brother, Xing," Mantis murmured right next to the tiger's left ear, without Shen revealing the bug's inaudible words.
Xing bent his head once while Shen proceeded. "My Emperor. Your father was—"
The water bull smirked into a soft chuckle. "Forgive me, Lord Shen," the Emperor apologized dearly after suppressing his chortle. "I reckon my father was ruthless who he is not like people who care. To me —" he palmed his chest, "— I am part of the people who concern, and cherish in a deep affection toward others."
"Yes, indeed." Shen concurred.
"My Emperor," Eagle in silvery vest armor, echoed by his booming, bold voice he stood and clenched his right talon on the pavement behind the Emperor. "I know peacocks including for those who read about them, and lastly I concern Lord Feng's son has criminal issues. The Lord of Gongmen cannot be trusted."
"Neither the snow leopard!" General Bear from the second floor next to three of the Five roared calmly. The Great Dragon within the cell snorted and scoffed his nose; crossing his arms still, Tai Lung contemplated the mighty, thunderous General voice as if many cellmates and bandits cowered behind and sunk underneath their crowns. "Tai Lung destroyed Chorh-Gom Prison since thirteen years ago. The prison has rebuilt eight years earlier. And two months ago, Prince Huoju demolished the highest level of the guarded palace after he and his supporters freed Wu Sisters, and murdered the warden!"
"General, please," Huangdi gestured his hoof, calming the high-rank masters he dazzled his heaven eyes.
"How did you three travel to this city from Yinxing Mountain?" the tiger demanded one of the dangerous criminals in the dark, grim cell Xing approached about one foot to the door. "Did you follow the Resistance quietly? When—?"
Xing had questions; then Wing cut him off. A she-leopard grasped the metal door harder and summoned her small fangs as if the antelope guards of light ocean garment and red spears pointed their weapons at the door without a flinch. "Huoju sold us here, boy," Wing Wu spat.
"Careful, Xing! She'll attract your distraction on what you seek ahead of the beauty warrior where Wing can tear your weakness!" Po warned.
The tiger bent his arms in front of his chest. "I understand that clear, Dragon Warrior." Xing nodded with a known quantity.
"Without eight-point cuffs and that tortoise shell with ten acupressures, I would have broken the cell and hammer your heads!" Wing Wu pointed and clenched the bars.
The tiger look at the panda he curved his right eyebrow. "I like this one," Xing darted his right thumb at her.
The panda rolled his crown. "Right," Po confused, but quivering his head. "As what you said clearly and on the other hand about this Huoju guy sold you out —" the Dragon Warrior ambled near the front bar door. " — what is the purpose?"
"Huoju had spare Shen's life, and so had Tai Lung. I volunteered with them," she briefed. "Tai informed me how that Ox could do no such mercy as he is the next conqueror to control China."
"Yet, Street Fighters stopped you and your Sisters," Xing boldly said. "And why did you leave without Su and Wan?"
The leopard concerned the tiger's demand she could not reply about more than five seconds in a deep sigh. Looking ahead of the tiger's ocean eyes, Wing Wu finally explained. "There are discussions from Huoju and his commander while Shen, Tai Lung, and I escaped the mountain."
II
Five Days Earlier
The rime of low hill was pressing lips from the northern wind. Thousands of red torches pulsed and dripped on all the dying logs, melting into pale smokes and steam water from black branches and summer leaves. Bandits, every being, wielded sharp axes and chopped trees above the roots on surfaces they enlightened fires after gathering woods and sticks across the shady sceneries.
One sister, Wing with the same outfit of wrappings on her body including both ears she breathed in silently. Standing over the open grass with a small open view of tall forest trees that was gleaming below by red fires around the land, Wing watched the Ox warlord's grim face, absorbing crimson eyes and a nasty battle scar below his left eye to the black nose.
One peacock in a gray robe with water trims on sleeves and tribal details behind his back and bird cuffed on his wings with ten acupressure cuffs he knelt. A dart rope wrapped around Lord Shen's train, preventing the next conflict as if the Ox Prince Huoju realized this bird could use advantages. Next, to the albino, his colleague also knelt beside the finality bird — a snow leopard. Reflective sun eyes and purple silk pants with black belt and small spikes. His chest grew sore, once punching by an angry water bull Temutai who wore the Medallion around the colossal's neck. The peacock could hear croaked breath from Tai Lung's throat. Burnt woods, crackling fires, lumber chops thundered elsewhere, feeling a warm circulating the land and into Shen's robes and feathers, and Tai Lung's pants and clouded furs.
The bear in black moved on the sloping stone behind Huoju. Gray metallic kilt. Crimson belt. Ironwood chest plate. And Metallic gauntlets with red sash wraps underneath her arms. "I redeem your atrocious army to conquer, Huoju. Fear shall reveal to every being what you desire. But the enemy's bold move, this Company crew discovered our scrolls, reinforcements, and your former ally's sanctuary," the bear in black spoke ahead of his loyal Ox Prince. Phantom inhaled from her snout anxiously. "What if you failed to take over the city?"
There will be no such failure when my father always clarified there would be no victorious if you consider intolerable. Huoju clenched his left hoof after speaking out strictly.
"You hated Lord Commander's order," she approached him. Huoju turned and listened to her conversation as if her eyes went pale red. "Since on that day you went through incursion in Qing Temple, you headed over the platform and peered small 'future' eyes they sobbed in front of you. You couldn't resist your sword in front of them." For a moment, she hesitated, brokenly breathing underneath her throat Phantom asked. "Was that the reason you desire to keep the rest of children from our enemies?"
No protectors. No Mightiest Warriors. No White Dragon. Huoju snapped, revealing his brilliant crimson eyes Phantom sensed the Prince of Darkness's flammable flames on temples. Every precious warrior will die at the hands of my sister.
"You and I both saw that thing it tried to kill you. That wūpó lies!" Phantom pitched her cry.
"Mind your language, female!" She turned to one of the two former allies who growled, unforgivingly manifested at the albino's cruel-looking eyes and fastened iron beak.
The bear in black hurled her left claw. Gasping in anxious, Shen felt his body and feathers crawling below his neck. Pieces of wood branches stuck on feathers. A shadow ribbon from the bear's claw slithered onto the albino's head, tightly closed his iron beak. Silencing the peacock in agony with a scowl he tried yanking his head but shadows froze Shen, Phantom gestured and pressed her claw finger toward her gray lips, shushing him menacingly.
How dare you!
Phantom ignored Shen's muffled scream she hated traitors, noticing from the beginning, the bear in black disgusted the Lord of Gongmen as if the Prince adored having him on his side after Huoju resurrected the peacock by Ox's shroud of darkness that entered the harbor. And to her second thought, Shen who had help from the Dragon Warrior, and conspired with Tai Lung including for those who are panda's companions to free the panda, are severe punishments. Phantom glimpsed back at her loyal Ox who brushed his jaw. "You encouraged Wugu more. You loved her," the bear in black said, with deep tone Phantom reached the Prince's left cheek and looked on Huoju's vibrant eyes. "Is that why Lord Commander wanted you to capture your sister when General Kai kept her for years?"
Huoju grasped her fingers he breathed his snout. I have had orders from my master. Wugu could have share plots to search our weaknesses. Huoju confessed. He strolled down to the dirt after both him and Phantom moved away from the pale stone. After Kai killed her, Lord Commander proposed me a different call to deliver her stiff body into the mountain and gather dark chi orbs from my master. I have waited many years until the time of my wrath can complete.
"The Resistance has that panda," the bear barked cooly.
We have the clan. We have Shen's weapons. We have thousands of bandits. The Prince pointed in bold, balanced voice. Our friendlies' ambitions are understandable. Snatch every poor's money, raid villages, burn houses, debts will pay, slaves to sell and buy, and above all, trusting their Prince.
A large water bull ambled ahead of the snow leopard, who mooned the bear in black's head gave a slight nod. His sleeveless tunic was the only bright red as if fires crawled on every tree around the space scenery—Temutai's neck went shining to a deathly pink and deep crimson. The Medallion, deeply mysterious to reveal who forged this evil stone in which clustered dark feelings, full of hate and limitless black magic. His right hoof spilled with hot lava toward the Great Dragon.
His lungs and many alive veins fired underneath Tai's fur like a fire. Screaming in torment, Tai Lung cried and quivered his body violently. Three sisters held their necks high, and teeth were sucking below their lips as if a painful scream to only two watched their former ally, helpless. Furrowing at this tragic and traumatic to gaze and listened to the leopard's dying suppression—
"ALRIGHT, STOP!" one of the Wu Sisters scowled who finally stood ahead and towered her back.
Temutai ceased glimmering his lava-hoof smothering and burning Tai Lung's chest, and throat, him including two warlords swiveled at the female leopard. Behind her, Su Wu clenched her sister's arm. "Wing! Stand back, and shut your mouth!" she jerked her sister's arm, but Wing yanked her limb she disregarded sisters.
Desperately eying the albino and the snow leopard, Wing insisted. "Shen and Tai Lung are finished their suffering, your Highness!" she grimaced, tightening her eyelids at three. "Let them live and reconsider their mistakes! Shen and Tai Lung made terrible decisions, and both realized consequences like this! Give them both one last chance!"
Begging emotionally from Wing Wu, the Prince of Darkness gestured the water buffalo out of sight; Temutai retreated and walked away toward his clanmates near large trees chopping and burning.
Tai Lung's future continues where I saw a vision of this snow leopard, which he desires retaliation and soon mount the red panda's head in front of the Jade Palace doorway. Huoju frowned, thrusting the Great Dragon carefully and looked at the albino peacock.
You. My closest friend, Lord Shen. You and I made a deal to let us venture your city and become the Emperor of China. The Prince sighed. Heartbreaking in such betrayal and peered down to Lord Shen, Huoju replied hardly with disappointed head shaking. You were once informed not to listen to my prisoner who the panda has Oogway's chi within him. The Dragon Warrior was the one who defeated you. Then your future lies upon the unity of you and son of Li Shan. His father I too reckon Po's vision, your father's colleague became the panda who Lord Feng never told you.
Wing Wu stared at Huoju who bent his body and neck stretched forward next to Lord Shen's right side of his head. Undoubtedly as if figuring out that the Prince murmured without announcing with the Clan and other leaders to hear Huoju, Wing's eyes bugged after the Ox returned towering his back. She witnessed the peacock's crests collapsed and stiffened his body, without moving after Shen popped his ruby eyes opened.
Send them where the Resistance occupies. Huoju directed Phantom. Whether they inform the Emperor or the Dragon Warrior, the Resistance and every master will not convince the peacock and the snow leopard.
"We planned this quest for a hundred times since we lived the fortress before those fighters seized us." Wing Wu flicked her ears back. Looking at her sisters, their young sister shook and sadly pointed them. "Tai Lung freed us and offered from him delaying the Dragon Warrior in the forest on that night. Another plan like Prince Huoju's idea, sisters—" she revolved her chest in front, " — is not promising."
"Wing—!" Wan Wu interfered before her sister Wing rejected and defended.
"Two times we have failed!" she shouted truthfully. "The third will rule in a burial if we follow Huoju and soon fail!"
Su Wu hissed. Giving a grimace look and sharp teeth, the Wu Sister alpha squinted. "I will not be part of this, Su," Wing shook her head vulnerable.
"And neither Huoju's battle plan," Su Wu clenched her teeth. "Whether you hate it or not, Wing: you will obey Prince Huoju and do as I command."
"Wing, he is stepping closer to our victory! And now you are submitting?" Wan next to Su Wu screamed in a query.
"Su, Wan! Can't you see Tai Lung is in misery?! Look at his face and chest!" Wing cried after darting her paw at the leopard. "He is bleeding all over the dirt!"
"He betrayed our Prince, sister!" Su fired back.
Wing flared her eyes. "Would you care if he dies, and never return him a favor for what Tai did to us?" she demanded.
Her bold demand pushed Su and Wan Wu's hearts and minds. Wu Sisters craved and attractively encouraged Tai Lung and had their interests, along by ambitions they could have returned becoming the Great Dragon's disciples after him long gone with a cause of the Dragon Warrior's Wushi Finger Hold. Would you offer a favor to someone who redeemed you from your final moments? Her sisters held their tongue back, moving their eyes down and sides. For a moment, Su and Wan Wu admitted while inhaling toward their emotional, anguished leopard sister.
Wing felt her fur towering behind. Your fate decides with your colleague, daughter of Méiguī. Huoju palmed Wing's right shoulder. Wishing to exile with Lord Shen and Tai Lung, sisters of yours will become loyal to me. However-
Wing rose her head and glimpsed the Ox who stood behind her, unemotional and eyes dazzling. Spines and veins stumbled, sparkled with cold from Huoju's hoof. Wing Wu. Returning to the Fire Clan and Wu Sisters, my sister will feast your heart.
Both Huoju and Wing's heads gazed. His lips stretched to the side of his right cheek from the sound of ghost wind. A woman's wail echoed, lowered like the giant's growl. Wing's eyes and whole head quivered, her body went stiff, her feet froze. Leveling the heart and loudly thumped, Wing shut her eyes; Huoju caught her left jaw, refusing her to prevent watching this grayish smoke with shady black nostrils, squint eyes and top lip rose it summoned blood fangs.
III
"He knew every step what Lord Shen had talked to someone who that Prince hated every person's light. Huoju sensed my heart crawling near to my throat at once Phantom noticed Shen and Tai Lung crossed him and all the Fire Clan's lieutenants, including my sisters and me." Wing Wu continued during her conclusion tale.
Every head became pale to sweat as if Xing and Po looked at each other, then the albino and snow leopard, and the Emperor next to them. Questioning in thoughts with concerns, the tiger rotated and saw his peacock brother who stood beside Tigress, Monkey, and Viper. "Behind Huoju, it floated with dark shades, giving a nasty blank glare and sharp fangs that watched our fear.
"It?" the Nine's Leader Xing turned after wondering at she-leopard.
Wing shut her eyes. "A monster." she detailed anxiously.
Few bandits within cells, now as prisoners, hailed from murmuring underneath their throats to booming out with anger. The elder buffalo gestured his opened-right hoof. "There is no need to start communing violently in here," calmed Emperor Huangdi. He swam his head around Gongmen Jail. Instead, his yellow eyes focused on three, vicious warriors. "Prince Huoju spared you three as if he concerned the betrayal. I assume the fact that he cared, then spared you to exile without slaughtering."
"Most of my cannons will venture, bandits have enough power by Huoju's order to destroy wherever you stand, and inside shelters." Lord Shen towered his long feathered neck he warned the Emperor.
"One hundred and one cannons?" Huangdi guessed.
The Lord of Gongmen nodded. "Before selling us here," he looked at many eyes which met his, "this wretched, ignoramus Temutai interests to place your heads on all spikes and hang bodies around the tower, by manifesting fear and unfriendly Huoju you will soon not underestimate him."
"Unless Huoju fears the future." Tai Lung intervened.
The tiger rose his black ears he squinted at the snow leopard who Xing could barely glimpse Tai Lung's head that shaded in dark gray from shadows surrounding him. "What future?" Xing interrogated.
"Panda, do you remember this awesome creature who many bandits and Huoju startled in front of it?" Shen asked.
Dragon Warrior gasped and dazzled his smaragdine eyes. "Yes! We all did!" Po smirked and fisted near his chest.
"What awesome creature?" the green insect demanded with confusion he swam his head rapidly on Xing's shoulder. "What are the big cat and white bird talking about, Po?"
"Soothsayer manifested Huoju's future," Shen revealed in clarification ahead of perplexed warriors and the Emperor. "This Mightiest Warriors theory is not just what he can embrace against all five. There is another who that beast fears from it."
"Which is?" Crane squinted his left eye he ambled next to Po.
"Familiar to my chi creature, Crane!" the panda smirked, feet tapping on pavement yin yang floor. "It was a shape of Yin Yang, formed to a stern, intimidation eyes, fangs, reptile skin with pale claws and wings."
"You are saying Huoju is afraid of the dragon, like yours?" the tiger questioned, genuinely understandable as if Po shared the tale of Jade versus Chi and comprehended many people in all of China they listened after the Maker's defeat.
"Dragons before Oogway are gone," another elder soldier spoke calmly. An owl who previously argued two weeks ago at General Bear's War Tent arrived with golden armor, black pants and the Resistance emblem of Yin Yang with a tiger and dragon revolving around the outer circle. "Do you think the ancient dragon who created and educated us for survival and self-defensive can return China to save us all from Prince Huoju?"
"We have the Dragon Warrior here," the brown bear silenced Master Owl, giving a cinnamon flare at the bird.
"Let me put it this way, General Bear and Master Owl with all due respect," the tiger joined. He stood close to the center of yin-yang pavement and announced the tiger observed prisoners, warriors, and the Emperor. "This warrior became the inception of Kung Fu student through years —" Xing gestured the panda. "— Bandits fear of him who protects the people and many he loves. One evil warlord said that who the panda himself shifted to a giant Chi Dragon, battled and surrendered his power against the worthy opponent."
Plenty of bandits in random cells gave a slight nod, half bent left and right of their heads; The Dragon Warrior took the tiger's encouragement as if the panda admitted Xing's speech. "Po defeated General Kai. And Kai somehow killed himself." the tiger continued, carefully considered.
"'Somehow'?" Xing's right ear caught flickering and heard Wing Wu who repeated with a perplexed query.
Good question. Xing thought after turning toward she-leopard. "Unknowingly, somebody needed him alive, but turned Beast of Vengeance into a jade amulet before Huoju summoned Kai."
The Great Dragon strolled and shown his figure of bruises on his chest, left black eye and plenty of pale scars on his shoulders. "Tigress?" Tai widened his right eye.
The tiger sensed the warmth surrounding his back. His aunt moved her head next to Xing's left ear, murmuring her nephew inaudibly Tai Lung, Lord Shen, and many could not catch Tigress's soft voice. Seeking four eyes of gold and red, the tiger bent his head. "I must be going outside," Xing informed the Dragon Warrior and the Emperor of China. Next, the Nine's leader darted his ocean eyes at the albino's ruby eyes. "Hopefully we will speak about this awesome dragon very soon."
Nodding to the panda and most high ranks around Gongmen Jail, Xing roamed into the tunnel and strolled on the stairs toward the entrance. The albino browsed his eyes at the tiger who left, noticing only Monkey and Viper stood on the edge. Dongji. Shen figured. "The map of attack positions will strike where Huoju's army can sweep and enter the city." Lord Shen detailed the Emperor. "The Prince's tactical men will outnumber one in each district."
"Clever bird," the Owl spat while scoffing and shaking his head, clenching his beak. "Lord Shen is trying to trick us and convince this peacock to separate our local forces, and then bandits could ambush."
The panda saw the Emperor squinting at the bird behind him. "Let Lord Shen speak," the elder buffalo ordered. Revolving back, Emperor Huangdi ambled and towered his back he met the peacock's eyes. "Tell me everything you know."
IV
The white peacock with blue train and crests heard serene steps near the front door of Gongmen Jail. Lao immediately shut his natural horizon eyes. He could not believe his father returned to his grandparents' prosperous city, this innocent town where the Masters of Jade Palace adored sharing their stories they encountered the Lord of Gongmen along with vicious wolves, including Wolf Boss.
"Are you okay, Lao?" his tiger brother palmed Lao's back. Xing discerned the distressed eyes Lao barely opened his visions. Seeking forward, the Nine's Clever breathed his sinus.
"Yes," Lao sank his eyes toward the pavement. "I need to be in space between Shen and me."
For a moment, the tiger earlier overheard his brother's discussion with Commander Wolf Boss they, indeed had history and encountered the Lord of Gongmen. Lao attacking his father that Xing witnessed? Xing's peacock brother could have been the next albino with a mix of affection and full of hate as if both Shen and Lao matched their personalities. You would not fight against a father who went into the darkness, then traveled into the light to seek clemency. Deep into his heart, a father's gift he never stops loving someone is you.
"I don't know what the reason you fought against Shen back there in the mountain was," the tiger looked at Lao's distressful head before elucidating him in manner. "The last thing your father spoke to me that the albino ahead of him is not an enemy."
"He's not my father, Xing," Lao said, eyes squinting in front of his brother. "Shen's a cruelty peacock who murdered pandas. If he continues to call me a son like that—"
The tiger gestured his brother into silence. "That doesn't matter what you concern like that, Lao." Xing rejected Lao's argument. "Everyone knows about him, and he is your dad. If Shen surrendered to himself with Tai Lung and Wing Wu, then there must be a reason. Why would they? The most straightforward answer would be enough of Huoju's chaos, maybe? Then add to that point of their surrender, Tai Lung's nephew, hardest decision to Wu Sisters must conclude their actions because of wasteful, and they might have seen how chaos will destroy everything in Huoju's path.
"Then Lord Shen—?" the tiger gave his thought before adding. "— He has already defeated. Defeated, and saw peace at once again, especially the next course to change Shen might go to the light. He saw you, for one thing, he might have surrendered, is because how cruel and peered evil in his life he went insane to himself. Shen doesn't like that anymore, and he wanted to find peace. And even as by looking inner peace one day, Shen wanted to see you, brother."
The Nine's Clever boldly contemplated Xing's after giving his defeat, realizing his brother was always pointed, even when Lao had a long day, suppressing anger issues, and faced arguments before. The tiger moved in front of the peacock. "You are overthinking too much, Lao. I can sense you," Xing perceived, clasping both paws behind his back. "There is a saying: Water has filled the cup. With sort of knowledge, could begin with a complex of confusing, and lose his or her mind. The way to avoid much of full cup of water, by flipping onto the ground of dirt, then a mind redeems peacefully with a grow of seed with natural knowledge. By knowledge of a mysterious path, you'll learn the form's tree with a healing plant."
The young albino rose his head and creaked his beak to the right after listened to his brother's philosophy, possibly shared words from their master and Ming's teacher. "Yes, I know," the young peacock sighed. "You said it like thirty times."
"I know this doesn't look reasonable notice to share a complicated philosophy from someone whose legend, and lost to give every master and student realizes brother," he ambled near his brother again, flattening both paws on Lao's shoulders with a balanced tone. "You cannot challenge for those who already know the truth. China, the villagers, wolves, Jade Palace, they all know about him. And my next thought, you cannot betray the ones you love. Even if your dad has criminal stuff, and your grandparents had to banish him for a reason, you cannot choose a side to either capture or protect your loved one. Tell me this: As I am your family, if I get caught doing something wrong, and guards or masters are searching me, would you help them to capture me?"
Lao flicked his blue crests with brilliant eyes coming out of the shade. "I would not betray you, brother," he shuddered.
"Exactly. The same principle like your dad and I discern his immoral crime which is I cannot defend him from masters and politicians they can shut my argument." Xing suggested. "The Emperor rank has the power to decide any criminal by either spare his life to live on a prosperous home and someone will look after him or life in prison you have to meet your father at once per month."
Nodding at the tiger, Lao sank feathers in his long sleeves. Half politicians and masters wished the Lord of Gongmen executed. The other half could spare Shen's life and be in prison for life, depending on each and single lord and lady of provinces could decide.
"There's only one way that I can assure you from 'knowledge,'" the Nine's Clever spoke usually.
"And what's that?" Xing determined.
"By eating Mantis's cookies where he'll make you into pieces." Lao grinned.
"Really?" the tiger questioned after bending his left eye and smirked.
"Kind of." Lao reflected he could sense the light crawling on his head. Grinning at the tiger, Lao added. "If you lie, just remember, if Mantis would volunteer me, I shall accept his request by calling your Na— I mean Master Ming to punish you with her clawing slap for million years."
Xing chuckled under his throat. "Do you realize he listens? You just made Mantis a frowny day!" he pointed the jail entrance behind Lao.
"Did I—?" he swiveled. Two wolf guards swam and brushed their bodies around their furs. Stunning and freaking out, wolves trembled as the bug was not spawning elsewhere. The bridge of Lao's beak melted on his neck and shrunk his eyes. "Thanks. . ."
I got you again! Xing laughed, slapping his right knee and mouth not shutting during his musing laugh. Lao accepted this hilarious moment he cracked his beak. Taking his breath calm from running out, Xing sighed in happiness. "Oh, boy. You got to strike me back one day."
Will see. Lao reflected and nodded. "I am sorry, Xing," the young albino immediately relieved before admitting. "Whatever I fought Shen back from that mountain, I was major anger management. Ever since I always listen not to anger while training and public elsewhere —" Lao he rotated his pointy feather, " — I do that most of the time. Even though I must follow your path to peace, I still get mad when anything goes far worse than. . . you know."
"The Nine and Jade Palace masters know." Xing bent his head.
Lao spread his wings. "Can you forgive me, brother?" he asked politely.
"I forgive you," the tiger separated his limbs. Both embraced and patted their backs, brushing their elegant silks. Brothers stick to each other as whether they faced argument before, the tiger and peacock find ways to solve issues, and even in difficulties, Lao had to speak out with either his brother or Master Ming. Encouraging the peacock, Xing palmed his brother's back. "I love you, brother."
"I love you too, brother." Lao smiled, seemed sympathetic they have not hugged for quite a while. "You are my family."
Once pulling back, Xing met his brother's eyes. "No. We are a family." he corrected and palmed Lao's feather. Xing gestured his head to the right. "Come on, buddy. Let us stroll across Gongmen City."
"We venture together!" the tiger and the peacock heard a thunderous, encouraging joy from Gongmen Jail door. The black and white bear sprinted out of the entrance and reached out with the Nine's Leader and Clever, breaking his smile and grasped both of their shoulders. "Emperor Huangdi offers you both, including me to walk and head Kung Fu Council! Come on, you guys! Let's go see it!"
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