Still A Thief, Not Thieves Anymore
Everyone was still sleeping. Leo, however, has woken up early before the sun can rise into the sky. He packed up some clothes in a bag. Before leaving, Leo left a note on the bed. He leaves the barracks and made his way down on the staircase to the village.
Leo was wearing the same black cloak. He made sure to cover his face with the hood. There was no one awake at this time. The Furious Five and The Dragon Warrior will be waking up in a couple hours. Leo takes one last look over his shoulder to see the Jade Palace and left the Valley of Peace.
The morning gong rang as Shifu was standing near the edge of the Moon Pool. He had several scrolls tied up and ready. The doors open up behind him and can hear The Furious Five and the Dragon Warrior talking, wondering where Leo is.
"Shifu, do you know where Leo is?" Crane asks his master as they walk up behind him. "He's not in his room."
"Or the Training Hall." Monkey added.
"We found the note on his bed." Po said, handing the note to Shifu.
Shifu read the note and looks at his students. "Don't worry." Shifu said to them. "Leo left after what happened last night of the Peace Jubilee."
"But Shifu, wouldn't it be better if Leo stayed here?" Viper asks him. "Every thief or bandit may target him."
"Yes." Shifu answered. "But he sounded serious about leaving for a week."
"Why did Leo leave for a week?" Mantis asked.
"He wanted to reflect of what he learned these past two months." Shifu replied. "I'm sure he'll be fine when I return."
"You're leaving too?" Monkey asked.
"Yes." Shifu answered. "I'm leaving to visit Master Chao and I will be back in a week. Do not do anything stupid while I'm away." He said that last comment while looking at Po.
Viper turns around and slithers outside, looking down at the village. "I hope Leo will be ok." Viper muttered.
Leo has been walking for two hours now. He made sure to hide his diamond sword in his cloak and kept it extremely close. His hood covered most of his face to the tip of his nose. And as for his hands, his hands was covered too within the sleeves of the robe. In his bag was only his clothes and several fruit as the yuan rest in his pocket.
He entered a large valley near the canyons when he exits the forest. The sun was high in the sky. Leo walks in silence as he made his way to the center of the valley. Thinking this is a good a spot, Leo places his bag on the ground and takes his black cloak off. This is the perfect spot to reflect and train.
Leo made his way to the base of the canyon. There was a large hill and several small hills. The boulders that were on the hill was big and perfect to help with the training. Leo stretches his arms and legs. After stretching, Leo places a big boulder near the edge before walking down the hill.
He threw two stones to hit the boulder and it causes the boulder to fall forward. Leo quickly ran towards the boulder as it rolls down the hill. The boulder slams into his bare hands.
"Ggrr!" Leo grunted as he stops the boulder. He pushes the boulder slowly up the hill. Leo continued pushing the boulder twenty-five times. Pushing a boulder was part of his training. He had to go through this kind of harsh training with Master Ju Fen.
After Leo was done pushing boulders, he sat down and had his legs crossed to begin his meditation. He reflected of what he learned in the past two months. But there is an important lesson; control and strength. Leo couldn't control himself after what he did to the assassin. And stopping a boulder with his bare hands when he was a kid.
He sat there meditating for five hours. Leo got up and stretches his arms and legs as it was nighttime. Leo gathered some firewood to start a fire. He drew his diamond sword, taking a stance. Leo circles around halfway slowly before lunging forward with his sword.
He continued training with his sword for three hours. Leo sits down in front of the fire and was having a couple of apples and pears for dinner. Sitting around the fire reminds him of the first night that he and his friends sat around the fire. He wonders if they're wondering where he is. They must be worried about Leo.
Leo lays down on the ground, looking upon the night starry sky. He closes his eyes and went to sleep.
The next morning, Leo enters the village. He made sure not show any part of his body to be seen by the villagers. There was a small restaurant to his left. When he entered, the customers stops eating and talking as they noticed a black hooded figure. Leo kept his hood low so no one can see his face. He sits down at a table near the entrance of the shop with his back turned to the customers.
"What can I get for you?" a female goat asks him.
"A bowl of fruit salad please." Leo said.
"Ok." she nodded. "Do you want a drink as well?"
"Just tea."
"Alright then. I'll be back with your order in a couple minutes." The goat heads to the kitchen.
Leo looks over his shoulder to see everyone in the restaurant staring at him. The customers stops staring and began talking low to one another. He turns around and crosses his arms over his chest while waiting.
"Here you go." the goat said, giving Leo a bowl of fruit and a cup of tea.
"Thank you." Leo thanked her. He eats in silence without any disturbance. After Leo paid for his breakfast, he went back to his campsite and continued to train for five more days. He returned to the village for the past two days because he was getting low on food. There was a nice lake in the woods that he used for a bath for the past five nights.
As Leo entered the village on the sixth day, he heard a villager screaming. Leo quickly ran to the center in the town square to see a giant gorilla stealing some fancy jewels from several villagers. Before the gorilla can get away, Leo ran and jump high over the gorilla's head and did a backflip kick to the jaw.
"Gah!" the gorilla shouted in pain as he landed on his back. The jewels he carried flew and Leo caught the jewels with his cloak. The gorilla shakes his head and stands up. "Who the fucking hell are you?!"
Leo laid the jewels in small vase. Then he proceeded to remove his hood, which surprised the villagers.
"No way!"
"The human!"
"So the rumors are true." the gorilla said. "There is a human in China."
Leo takes his cloak off and drew his diamond sword as he got into his tiger stance. He quickly charge at the gorilla. The gorilla threw a punch at Leo, but Leo skids underneath the punch to deliver an elbow strike to the stomach, followed by a backfist to the chest with a palm strike.
That attack made the gorilla to take a couple of steps back. As Leo tried to slice him with his sword, the gorilla grabs him by the leg and slams into the ground before throwing Leo into the wall. As the gorilla jumps and tried to slam his fists on Leo, his punch was blocked by a small fox.
"What the hell?" Leo asked confused.
The fox turns her head to look at him. She was wearing a pink robe with white trimmings and a pink sash as her amber eyes looks at him. Leo nodded in thanks to her. The fox looks back at the gorilla and pushes the punch away. Leo quickly got on his feet and delivered a palm strike to the stomach and a hook punch to the face. The fox took the advantage to kick him to side. Leo did a hurricane double palm strike to the stomach to deliver the final blow.
The gorilla fell onto his knees and Leo slices his chest, making the gorilla yell in pain, laying down on his side. The fox was behind the gorilla, who was about to deliver the final attack, but Leo beat her to it.
"What's going on here?" a rhino guard asks behind Leo with a couple guards.
"This gorilla tried to make off with the jewels, but he failed." Leo explains to the guard.
"I see." the guard said. The guard walks by Leo and pulls the gorilla on his feet. "It's Chorm-Gorm Prison for you, buster."
Leo delivered the jewels back to the owners. The villagers thanked him. They wanted to give him something for helping out, but Leo said that was unnecessarily.
"Fighting and stopping that thief is the only thing I want." Leo said to the villagers. "I don't need anything else." With that said, Leo left the village and returned to his campsite.
But when Leo made it back to the campsite, the fox from before was standing in front of the fire pit. She turns around and smiled.
"I believe that the guards arrested him?" She asks him.
"Yes." Leo answered. "But I didn't need your help."
"Not from what I saw." The fox said. "But for a human living in the Valley Of Peace with Shifu and his students, you're not bad."
Leo glares at her with his hand slowly reaching for his sword. "How do you know Shifu?" Leo snarls at her. "And who are you?"
"My name is Mei Ling." Mei Ling introduced herself. "I was Shifu's girlfriend."
Leo's hand stops when he heard his master's name. He looks at her with a surprised look on his face. "Girlfriend?" Leo asked. "You were his girlfriend?"
"Well, yes." Mei Ling smiled. "I supposed I was a bad girl back in the day. Shifu was a young prodigy and I was a rouge Kung Fu Master. It was love at first fight. We became quite the item, but our love couldn't last. Shifu felt a higher calling. But I used Kung Fu to make a living. When I refused my ways, Shifu dumped me. He cared more for Kung Fu than me."
"I can see why the hell he broke up with you." Leo said. "But breaking up with you was a good decision that Shifu made. If he hadn't made that decision, Shifu, you, and everyone else will be killed by Zhao. Everyone was lucky that Zhao's life was ended by me."
"I know." Mei Ling said. "You saved the lives of many from a killer." She notices that his hand didn't move away from the sword. "Don't worry, I'm not going to steal from you."
"Fine." Leo said, moving his hand away from the sword.
Mei Ling walks up to him. "I hear that you're living with Shifu as a student." Mei Ling said.
"Yes." Leo nodded.
"So why are you out here and not back at the Jade Palace?" Mei Ling asks him.
"I'm out here for some "Special Training" alone." Leo replied. "But there is something I think that you help me with."
"And what's that?"
"I've been wondering if you happen to come across a crater around these parts." Leo said.
"Hm." Mei Ling said, bringing her paw to her chin. "Yes, there is. There's a crater that's not far from here in the canyon."
Leo followed her into the canyon. They arrived at the canyon after seven minutes of walking. There was also a lot of boulders too.
"This is the place." Mei Ling said to him as the two stands near the edge.
"Good." Leo said. He walks up to a boulder and pushes it to the edge.
"Wait, what are you doing?" Mei Ling asks Leo as she watches him pushes another boulder near the edge.
"This is part of my training, Mei Ling." Leo answered. He continued to push all the boulders near the edge. After pushing the last boulder near the edge, Leo looks at Mei Ling. "Now, there's something that I want you to do."
"And what's that?"
"Push all these boulders down in the crater towards me." Leo said, crossing his arms.
"Hang on, that will get you killed." Mei Ling said to him.
"We'll see." Leo replied. He takes his shirt off and walks to the center of the crater. Leo brought his sword with him. He stretches his arms and legs. Leo nodded his head towards her.
Mei Ling proceeded to push the boulder down into the crater, one by one.
"Ha!" Leo yelled, running towards the boulder that was rolling down to him. He jumps over it and lands on the other side.
"Hrgh!" Leo grunted, stopping two boulders with his bare hands. He quickly did a spinning back flip and landed back to the center. But Leo was attacked from behind as the the boulder slams into him.
"Ngh!" Leo grunted as he was sent to the ground. But he used the force of the attack to get into a handstand. Leo quickly did a split kick to two boulders that was coming to him on both sides. Flipping forward onto his feet, Leo drew his sword and blocks a boulder from behind and forward.
Mei Ling couldn't believe what she saw. She just hopes that Leo isn't going to get himself killed. The fox took a step forward and wanted to stop him, but Leo's sword misses her and landed on the ground. She sees him shaking his head, telling her do not him. Taking a step back, Mei Ling took a step back and continues to watch him. She looks over her shoulder to see the sword laying on the ground.
Mei Ling smiled to herself. Leo was busy training, and he won't notice she will steal the sword. She quickly runs for the sword and picks it up. Then she made a run for it. "Men." Mei Ling thought.
The Ladies of the Shade was walking through the bamboo forest. A female leopard with spotted black, gray, and white fur was wearing a red and brown vest with brown sweatpants as she was carrying an umbrella. Her name is Song.
"Alright, ladies." Song said as she and the ladies stopped walking. "We'll make camp here for tonight."
"That's fine with me."
"I agree."
"I'm going on ahead to see if there's a town nearby to buy some food." Song said.
Song went on walking by herself alone. She walks out of the forest and into the valley. When Song made it to the center of the valley, she notices a campsite. There was also a bag too.
"I wonder who's this bag belongs to." Song wondered.
Mei Ling stayed in the canyon for several hours As Me Ling was running back, she heard a powerful roar that made her stop. She became worried that Leo hurt or worse, killed. The fox turns around and sprinted back to the crater. When she arrived at the crater, Mei Ling notices all the boulders were in the center. But Leo was nowhere to be found.
"I'll take the sword back." Leo said, grabbing the sword out of her hands from behind.
Mei Ling turns around and sees Leo standing in front of her with his sword. He was covered in sweat after five hours of training. Leo had a few red marks on his body, but it didn't bother him. He looks at Mei Ling with his arms crossed after he got his shirt on.
"I thought something bad happen to you." Mei Ling said.
"Nothing happened to me." Leo said as he raises his sword at Mei Ling. "Now move, Mei Ling."
"Fine." Mei Ling replied.
Leo kept his sword pointed at the fox's back as they made it back to camp. But when they arrived, Leo's bag was missing.
"I didn't steal your bag." Mei Ling said as Leo looks at her.
"Then who did?" Leo questions her.
"I did." Song said behind them.
Leo and Mei Ling turns around to look at Song. He notices his bag in her paw.
"And who are you?" Leo asks her.
"My name is Song." Song introduced herself. "I found this bag out here and wondered who left it out here."
"That is my bag." Leo said, sheathing his sword. "I'm going to need it on my way back to the Valley Of Peace. I just hope Po didn't do anything stupid."
"Po?" Song asks him. "You know the Dragon Warrior?"
"Yeah." Leo answered. "My name is Leo."
"Leo?" Song repeated. "You're the human who's living in the Valley Of Peace with Po and his friends. It's an honor to be in your presence."
"Thank you." Leo said. "Can I have my bag back?"
Song hands him the bag.
"Do you have a place to stay?" Song asks him.
"No." Leo replied. "And I have to get back to tomorrow."
"Why don't you stay with me and the Ladies of the Shade for tonight?" Song asks her.
"Fine." Leo answered. "And tomorrow, it's prison for you, Mei Ling." He looks at Mei Ling.
Leo and Mei Ling followed Song back to her camp in the bamboo forest. When the three of them entered the camp, the ladies all stared at Leo. He can hear them giggling and purring. Leo didn't say anything. They made it to Song's tent and went inside.
"I'm guessing they've never seen a human before." Mei Ling said.
"That's because I'm the only human here." Leo said.
"Looks like China is lucky to have a human here." Song smiled.
Leo nodded his head. "How come the Ladies of the Shade have so many parasols?" He asks him.
"We're a dancing group." Song answered.
"Interesting." Leo said.
"And since you're here, the Ladies of the Shade and I will perform our dance to you." Song said.
"Ok." Leo said.
Leo and Mei Ling was sitting outside with several ladies. Song, the Twins and another leopard took their place. Then the four leopards began to dance. Leo watches the performance in silence with his arms cross over his chest. The performance went on for several minutes and the four ladies' lands on their feet, bowing to the audience. The ladies applauded and Leo stands up and walks up to her.
"Not bad." Leo said.
"Thank you." Song thanked him. But something fell out her pocket.
Before Leo can say anything, he notices the object on the ground, and it was his iPhone. "Hang on." Leo said, kneeling down.
Song wanted to say something, but she couldn't. He stands up, looking at his iPhone.
"Why is my iPhone here?" Leo wondered.
"Because I stole it with the Dragon Chalice." Song answered.
"What?!" Leo growls, looking back at her. "You're thieves!" He brought his hand to his face.
"We used to be thieves, but not anymore." Song explains to him. "I helped Po to bring the Dragon Chalice out of our camp and redeemed myself. I became the leader of the Ladies of the Shade and having the ladies to get away from a life of thievery and into honest work."
Leo sighs as he looks at her. "Good to hear you're doing honest work." Leo said. "But why didn't you give the phone back to Po?"
"I had to catch my ride and I thought if I see Po, Viper or Crane again, I'll return the item to them or the human on my travels." Song explains. "I'm sorry."
"I accept your apology." Leo said.
"Thank you." Song thanked him.
"So where am I going to sleep tonight?" Leo asks her.
Before Song can answer, the ladies run to Leo, surrounding him and grabbing him.
"Song, he'll stay in my tent!"
"No way!"
"In your dreams!"
Song grabs Leo and drags him out from the ladies. "Ladies!" Song yelled, raising her voice. "Leo will be staying in my tent!"
After the sleeping arrangements was done, Leo, Mei Ling and the Ladies of the Shade were having dinner in the evening. Leo listened to Song as she was telling how he met Po and the Furious Five. When Leo gets back, he's going to have the panda spar with him for two weeks. Dinner was over as several ladies were washing the dishes and Mei Ling was tied up again by the Twins.
As Song walks out of her tent with a towel and some new clothes to sleep in, she notices Leo wasn't here at the camp. "Maybe he went to bed already." Song thought. Song left the camp. There was a nice pool in the bamboo forest. The pool was extremely big with a big boulder in the center. Song removed her clothes and set them on a branch.
She steps inside the pool and submerge her body into the water. The water was nice and refreshing. Song begins to rub her fur with some soap. Then she can hear the ladies walking to the pool after they took their clothes off. Her friends were swimming in the water or talking. As Song was washing her fur, she notices something that was hanging on the branch next to her clothes and her eyes went wide. Right next to her clothes was an orange, black shirt and pants.
"Those are Leo's clothes." Song thought. "Is he...?" She swims over to the boulder and looks over to the other side of the boulder. Leo wasn't there.
When Song turns around, Leo emerges from underwater and the two froze as they stare at each other. Both of them blushed. Song covered her chest and turns around and Leo turns around too.
"What the hell Song?!" Leo cursed after his face blushed.
But Song quickly pushes Leo against the boulder with her back. "Be quiet, Leo, or they'll hear us." Song whispered.
"They?" Leo asked confused, looking over his shoulder. She motions her head to the left. Leo nodded his head and tap the boulder once, having Song to move forward a bit so he can move. Leo slowly swims to the other side and took a peek. But when he took a peek, his face went red. He felt his dick growing when he saw the naked ladies. Leo backed up and went back behind the boulder. "You've got to be fucking kidding me." Leo whispered. "They have to take a bath while I'm taking mine."
"You need to get out here before they spot you." Song whispered as she turns around. She swam over and took a peek. "Oh no. They piled their clothes on the branch where our clothes and towels are."
Leo slams his head against the boulder softly. "Great." Leo growls softly. "Things can't get worse."
"Hey, where's Song?"
"I think I saw her going to that boulder."
"Let's go see her."
Leo's eyes went wide when he heard that. "I just had to say it, fucking shit!"
"Quick, hide!" Song whispers to him.
Leo quickly sank beneath the water and swam into the shadows of the boulder. He lays down flat on his stomach. There were so many of them taking their bath and swimming. Leo didn't close his eyes in the water because if he closed his eyes, he won't even know whose leg is going to touch him or even step on him. He didn't bother looking up as he kept a close look of who's coming behind the boulder.
Several ladies swam to Song. Leo kept his head down and didn't move. He felt the urge to go up for some air, but thanks to his training with a master, Leo didn't open his mouth. He could see several pairs of legs standing several feet from him. After several minutes went by, Leo watched the several ladies leave Song to join the others. He quickly swam out of the shadows and slowly emerges.
"Leo!" Song gasps softly as she lowers her body in the water and it was just her head while Leo gasps for air.
Leo leans his head back as he gasps for air softly. Song swam up close to him.
"Are you ok?" Song asks him.
"I'll... be fine..." Leo said in between taking breaths. But when he tried to stand up, Leo loses his balance somehow.
He tried to push Song out of the way, but Song grabs his shoulders and pushes him gently back to the boulder.
"Thanks." Leo whispered.
"Why did you almost lose your balance?" Song asks him.
"I think it was the soap bar I dropped earlier before you came." Leo said as he caught his breath.
Song used her foot to locate the soap. "I found it." She said, feeling the bar soap. Song moved her foot to kick the soap over and land on her foot. She moves her foot halfway up the boulder. Then she used both paws to grab the soap.
The soap slips out of her paws. Song went underwater with her eyes close and swam a little to get it. She felt Leo's thigh, thinking it was the soap. Song ran her paw down his right leg and felt the bar of soap. The leopard grabs the bar and returns to the surface.
When Song rubs her eyes, she found herself very close to Leo. Their noses nearly touch each other. Song felt her face blushing again as Leo blushed too.
"Damn." Song thought as she looks into his eyes. "He's handsome."
"We should get out before anyone sees this." Leo said.
"Huh?" Song asked, taking out of her thoughts. "Yeah. Let me check if the ladies left." She swims out to the other side into the open. The ladies weren't there. "We're good."
Leo and Song swam to shore.
"You'll go and get our stuff." Song said to him. "I won't look."
Leo nodded his head as Song looks at the boulder. He gets out of the water and walks toward their towels and clothes. "I got them." Leo called to her. He wraps his waist with a towel and walks over to the edge to place the towel down.
Song got out of the water as Leo turns around. She wraps herself in her towel.
"Well, I got to say that was..." Song said.
"A close call." Leo finished for her, turning around to look her in the eyes.
"I'm just glad that they didn't see you." Song said. "They'll be all over you."
"I do not want to go through that situation." Leo said. He turns around and walks towards their clothes.
Song watches him as he separated their clothes into two piles. While she was watching him, Song stares at his body.
"My god." Song thought. "Leo must be very strong from what I heard." She walks over to her clothes and trips over a stone. "Whoa!"
Leo turns around and caught her. He couldn't hold his balance as he fell backward because of a bamboo branch and hits the back of his head with a small pebble. "Are you okay?" Leo asks her, rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah." Song answered.
When Leo lifts his head up halfway, both of their noses touched each other as Song was on top of his naked body. Their towels lay on the ground. He could feel her breasts pressed against his chest. Leo's face turned red as Song began to blush. They both stare at each other's eyes.
"We should, uh, get our clothes on before someone sees this and gets the wrong idea." Leo said.
"Maybe." Song said slyly. She tugs his hair lightly with her right paw before running her paw in circles on his abs. The leopard proceeded to bring her paws to his shoulders and began to massage him.
Leo couldn't believe this is happening. Before he can speak, Song stops and smiles.
"I think we had enough, fun don't you think?" Song asks him. "Because we don't want to take this too far. It's cute seeing your reaction."
Leo nodded his head as the leopard got off him and grabs her towel. He sits up and grabs his towel and clothes. Leo heads to a nearby bush to put his clothes on.
After getting a goodnight sleep, Leo was on his way back to the Valley Of Peace. Mei Ling escaped while everyone was sleeping last night. Leo made it to the Valley Of Peace and walk up the steps to the Jade Palace. He sees Shifu holding the Dragon Chalice and a mini parasol.
"Hello Master Shifu." Leo said, entering the hall.
Shifu turns around to look at Leo. "Hello Leo." Shifu greeted him. "How was your week?"
"It was good." Leo answered. "Your trip was fine, I assume?"
"Yes." Shifu replied. "I have a ceremony coming up and I have to wash off this lipstick from the Dragon Chalice while I have found this mini parasol. After that, I'm going to ask the Five and Po if they know why lipstick and a mini parasol is there on the Dragon Chalice."
"That's good." Leo said. "If you excuse me, I'm going to my room and meditate." He bows to his master and left the hall.
Leo just wanted to forget what happened last night. He could've just said no to Song yesterday afternoon. But Leo knows that he can't tell his friends about last night, especially Tigress. If Tigress or Shifu found out about it, there's going to be hell to pay. And Leo already went through hell before.
I have to say this chapter turned out good. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to leave a review!