Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Wolf and Tiger. Enjoy the 1200-word chapter. I don't own Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks does.
"Pain in the backside…." Kiba moaned under his breath as he, Po and the Furious Five were led up the stairs by the Wolves, Kiba could hear metal clanking against the ground as they neared the top of the tower.
'Po better have a plan….' Kiba thought as he and the others reached the top of the tower. Kiba looked around the room and spotted a white Peacock, two Gorilla soldiers besides the one carrying Po and a small goat.
"Greetings, panda, we meet at la-…." Po cut him as Kiba chuckled a bit under his breath.
"Hey, how's it going?"
Kiba savored the stunned reaction of "Hey" In response as Shen no doubt hadn't expected Po's offhanded reaction before the goat came over. Kiba and the Furious Five watched, confused as the goat prodded Po with her cane, seeming to inspect him.
"Your bigger than I thought you would, strong, healthy."
"Sir, please stand aside." Kiba chuckled at Viper's reaction.
"Po, that's a lady!" Kiba chuckled as Po backed up in his sentence.
"Oh, Sorry, the beard threw me, very misleading."
Kiba would have chucked if Shen didn't cut him off, Kiba saw the same ruthlessness he saw in Tai Lung, the same anger and need to prove himself, it made him a lot more dangerous then Kiba thought.
"Enough, bring the prisoners that I have at last met…. To me." Kiba snarled as he finally was able to use his teeth to cut the muzzle off his face which fell to the floor.
"Guys, keep looking for the…. The WEAPON!" Po shouted as he spotted the weapon and ran towards it.
"Spear Kick!" Po shouted as he launched a kick that shattered the weapon into pieces, Kiba rolled his eyes as Po turned to them.
"Yes, yes! Guys, look! I Kung Fu'd the weapon that beat Kung Fu!" Kiba cleared his throat as he was finally able to speak without the muzzle affecting his voice.
"Po?" Po turned to his friend.
"Yah?" Kiba made a head motion to turn around which Po did only to notice the dragon like cannon behind him as Kiba growled at the horrible weapon.
"I thought I smelled gunpowder, only armies in Japan and overseas use guns." Shen smiled and turned to the goat.
"This is rich! The wolf is the only one who knows what my weapon is! Oh, you could have been so much more…. If you hadn't joined the fools standing in my way."
"What's a gun?" Po whispered to Kiba as Shen laughed.
"This is the warrior destined to destroy me? A lifetime to plot this battle and he comes in on his knees and in chains." Shen sneered as Po looked around.
"A lifetime? We only heard about the death of Master Rhino a few days ago and we came to avenge him!" Kiba cracked his neck as the goat spoke up.
"You have come to avenge nothing else?" The goat asked as Kiba tried to work out a plan to get himself out of the cuffs before he tried to attack and destroy the cannon.
"Yeah, you stole a lot of pots and pans to make the weapons, we are going to need those back." Kiba looked at Tigress and rolled his eyes as she nodded.
"Nothing else?" The goat asked as Po reached his breaking point.
"Master Croc and Ox? They're not dead, just in jail but I'm guessing we could avenge them.
"Everyone but you know…." Shen sneered as Po growled in anger at not knowing.
"Ok, spill it, first the goat is a lady, now she isn't! Then the weapon is tiny but now it isn't! I say we drop the guessing game and settle this!" Kiba and Tigress let out growls as a sword shot out of Shen's sleeve and into Po's face.
"The only reason I haven't had you shot and killed is because I find your stupidest mildly funny." Po didn't flinch as Kiba popped out his claws and began using them to pick his cuffs.
"Well thanks, but I find your evilness really annoying." Shen got into Po's face as Tigress looked over to see Kiba had nearly gotten his hand free as he motioned for her to come closer so he could try and pick her cuffs.
"Who are you, panda?" Po stared him down.
"Who do you think I am?" Shen backed off and turned to the Wolf Boss.
"Shoot them, we are done." Shen didn't notice Kiba get his cuffs off but hold his hands behind his back as the fuse was lit.
"Huh?" The Wolf said as the fuse went out.
"Light it!" Shen hissed as the wolf tried again only for the fuse to go out.
"I can't!" Kiba looked over to see the Mantis toy was in the cage. He turned and cut off Tigress's cuffs with his claws as she shouted.
"Destroy the weapon!" Po went to work freeing the rest of the Five as Kiba roundhouse kicked the Wolf Boss into the wall, knocking him out as he swatted away a group of knives from Shen.
"Your next, feather boy!" Kiba growled as Tigress flip kicked the canon into the air before Mantis kicked the gun through the floor as it's blast took out the stairs.
"Shen!" Po tackled the Peacock before recoiling from the symbol on his feathers.
"Po, what are you doing?" Shen grinned.
"You were there!" Shen nodded.
"Yes, I was." Shen tossed 4 knives that Tigress and Kiba slashed back with their claws, snarling. Kiba tossed a throwing knife that knocked a few feathers from Shen as he used his feathers to fly off.
"Blast it!" Kiba growled out in anger.
"Po, you just let Shen get away!" Tigress growled out at the Panda.
"At least we destroyed the weapon." Mantis said as Kiba saw 5 cannonballs hit the tower.
"Or not, he has a lot more." Kiba felt the ground shake under him as the tower shook.
"We need to move, now!" Kiba turned as Po nearly crashed through a hole in the floor.
"Pull me up!" Po cried out as he fell and Viper lunged for him.
"No, use the lanterns, we go down!" Tigress yelled as Kiba and the Five along with Po used the Chinese Lanterns to slide down before debris blocked the way.
"Blast it again!" Kiba growled out in frustration.
"Back up!" Tigress yelled as Kiba and her used their claws to quickly scale the walls as the rest of the Five and Po climbed up.
Tigress kicked a hole into the wall as Kiba and her saw dozens of Wolf archers fire arrows at them, Kiba cut the arrows down with his claws as Tigress simply caught one.
"No way out…." Tigress ran in and grabbed Po and Kiba caught onto what she was planning.
"What are we doing?" Po asked as Po and Tigress used each other to climb up the tower as it fell.
"Use the tower to jump the gates!" Kiba cried out as the Five and Po and Kiba leapt over the gates, Kiba landed in a roll as he and the others dodged arrows and vanished into the night.
Author notes
Ok, yes, Kiba knows what gunpowder is and guns, since I'm assuming the franchise is set in 19th century China, that would mean Japan would have muskets…. I think, don't quote me on that. Next chapter will be on Tuesday. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!