Chapter 1 Scorpion's Sting
It another day of training in the training hall. Leo stood behind Mantis with his arms behind his back. He watches his two friends, Po and Monkey, spar in the middle of training dummy's. Po was hit in the back of the head as Monkey ran two finger's up the panda's nose.
"Two points for Monkey!" Monkey cheered. "Light's out, Po!"
Leo let out a quite sigh, shaking his head.
"Ah!" Tigress said, who was going to sneeze. She covers her nose, but then, "Ah choo!" She sneezed. Tigress fell into the middle of the training dummy's. She got up, rubbing her head before one of the dummy's slaps her into Po and Monkey.
Leo, Shifu and the rest of The Furious Five made their way between the training dummy's and the Jade Tortoise Shell. He was going to help Tigress to get back on her feet, but Leo stop. "Ah." Leo said, beginning to sneeze. "Ah choo!" he sneezed, losing his balance. Leo walks into one of the Wooden Warriors. He was trying to block the attacks, but he sneezed again as one of Wooden Warriors slaps him besides Tigress.
"Are you alright, Leo?" Crane asked, helping him up.
"I think so." Leo said, feeling the sniffles in his nose.
"The key to sneak attack training is to do the unexpected." Master Shifu said as Leo, Mantis, Tigress, Viper and Crane walks up to him. "Doy!" Shifu turns around to face Po with his tongue sticking out.
"Huh?" Po asked confused.
This allowed Shifu to use his cane and sweeps the Dragon Warrior off his feet. "You see?" Shifu asked. "Unexpected." He turns around to look at Leo, Tigress, Crane and Viper. "Leo, you and Viper are up right after Tigress and Crane."
"Ah choo!" Tigress sneezed all over Crane's beak.
Crane wipes off the snot from his beak. Tigress sneezed again on his beak. Crane wipes his beak once more. He covers his beak just in case Tigress sneezes again. There wasn't any sneezing this time and he lowers his wing. But Tigress sneezed on his beak again. "Master Shifu, can we take five so I can sterilize my beak with hot coals?"
Po and Monkey was joking around about Leo and Tigress's cold. Leo caught a shuriken, growling in annoyance. "Tigress and I don't have a cold." Leo said. "It's probably just allergies."
Shifu threw his staff in front of Tigress and lands on top of his staff. "Wait." Shifu said. "Maybe you both don't have a cold." Shifu inspected Tigress's eye, ear and pulls out her tongue. "I see." he muttered. After Shifu was inspecting Tigress, the small master went over to Leo. Shifu takes a look at Leo's eyes, his ears and his mouth. "It's River Fever." Shifu said, backing away from Leo.
"What's the big deal of River Fever?" Po wondered. "You get a little sneezy, a little snooze then it's gone the next day. We've all had it when we were kids."
"I didn't." Tigress said.
"I've been here only for a few weeks." Leo said to them.
"Oh man." Crane said, walking up to Tigress with a couple of scrolls. "River Fever is bad news when you get it as an adult. You end up like this." He opens the scroll and shows it to Po.
"Ahh!" Po yelled, startled at the picture. "Is that a pig?"
"There's only one cure." Crane said, taking out another scroll and opening it. "Tea made from the sacred sun orchid."
"True." Shifu said. "The Sun Orchid is powerful, but getting one is dangerous. It used to grow here in the Valley Of Peace."
"So where does it grow now?" Leo asked.
"The Valley Of The Scorpion." Shifu answers him.
"No one is risking their lives for me and Leo." Tigress said. "We'll be fine."
"I don't think so." Leo said, shaking his head.
Tigress looks at her boyfriend. "What do you mean?" Tigress asked.
Leo threw a punch at Crane and Crane flew straight into the wall. "Like that." Leo answered.
"Muscle Spasm." Crane said, leaning forward. "It could happen any moment. But if you two don't get that Sun Orchid by sundown..." he was looking away, not wanting to say anything else.
"What?" Tigress asked, walking up to him.
"I can't." Crane muttered.
Tigress grabs him and pulls him up and they were eye leveled. "What?" Tigress growled.
"First, you'll never do Kung Fu again." Crane said.
Tigress gasps, letting Crane go. Never do Kung Fu again? It was the only thing she's good at. "I'd rather die." Tigress said.
"Yeah." Crane said. "That's second."
"Damn." Leo growled in frustration. He will never do Kung Fu again and he'll die. Seriously. It's kind of messed up once Leo thought about it.
Shifu pounds his staff several times to get Po and Monkey's attention. "This is no game." Shifu said. "Few have ever returned from the valley alive and those few have their minds destroyed as zombies from Scorpion's Sting."
Leo took a knee to kneel, listening to his master.
"Long ago, Scorpion was a celebrated healer." Shifu began. "An expert in medicinal plants. The soil in the valley of peace was the perfect soil for her experimental flowers. But once she discovered hypnotic elixir, and stung herself with it, it warped her body and her mind. She used this power to assault the valley with red-eyed zombies. She nearly succeeded of taking over, but Oogway has two things she never have; the people's loyalty and a hard shell. Oogway exiled Scorpion, but she stole the last Sun Orchid from here. She has sworn eternal vengeance upon anyone from the Valley Of Peace." He notice that Po and Monkey have left the Training Hall.
"But what will happen if she learns that Leo is here?" Viper asked.
Shifu turns around to look at her. "Scorpion will probably catch Leo and keeps him as a prize since he's not from around here." Shifu answers her.
"Where's Leo?" Crane asked, looking around the room.
Shifu turns back around and sees that Leo is not there with them. Then he realized that Leo set out to the Valley Of The Scorpion to retrieve the Sun Orchard for Tigress. But if Leo does not come back by sundown, Tigress and Leo will die.
Leo was running on the dirt road through the bamboo forest. He kept on running and stops in front of a stone wall. Leo took a quick glance on how long the wall is. "So this is the valley." Leo said. "Hmph!" He quickly moved to the right as Po slams into the stone wall.
The stone began to move slowly. Monkey lands next to Po as all three of them watches in silence. The stone wall falls onto the ground making a large sound. The sound was so loud that it echoed.
Po stands up, looking worried. "Did you think anybody heard that?" Po asked worried, moving his eyes towards Monkey.
"Think anybody didn't hear that?" Monkey asked with sarcasm. He looks at Leo. "Leo, what are you doing here? I thought you were back at the Jade Palace. You still have River Fever."
"I'll be..." Leo coughed, "Fine. Don't worry about me."
"What should we do, Po?" Monkey asks the Dragon Warrior.
Po looks back at Leo. "We're already here." Po said. "If we turn back now, Leo and Tigress will never do Kung Fu again and die. Even if we did get the Sun Orchid, we're going to lose one of them."
"Then we have but one choice." Leo said. "Retrieve the Sun Orchid and give it to Tigress."
Before Po and Monkey could say a word, Leo punches them in the chest hard before running off into the valley.
"Was that a muscle spasm or a regular punch?" Po asked, getting up.
"Muscle spasm." Monkey answered. "Come on. We need to catch up to Leo."
Leo continues to run on the dirt road. He cuts through a wall of bamboo sticks that stood in his way with his diamond sword. Leo coughed some more. A thought appeared in his mind. Even if they do succeed, only one of them will survive.
Leo wanted Tigress to live instead of dying. If Tigress is recovered with the sun orchard, he will surely die. He will make sure to recover the sun orchard before sunset. But he won't go down without a fight. He will fight to the end.
"This must be it." Leo said, coming to a stop. Standing before him is Scorpion's lair. "Ah Choo!" Leo sneezed. "Damn it..." He took a knee, feeling the strength of the disease. Leo shook it off a bit before standing up.
The doors opens up. Readying himself, Leo arms himself with his sword and steps inside the cave. The doors close behind him and Leo walks down a long hall as he approach another set of doors. The doors opens up and Leo walks inside. Floating at the center of the room above a bowl of mystical water was the sun orchid.
Behind the sun orchid was a chair up against the wall with two flower paintings. Sitting on a shelf was some skulls. Leo saw a stinger from behind him and jumps backward to avoid the sting. He points his sword at his attacker.
"You must be Scorpion." Leo growled, eying his attacker.
"That is correct." Scorpion chuckled. "You must be the human from the Valley Of Peace I've heard so much."
"Give me the Sun Orchid or else, you bitch." Leo snarled.
"I don't think so." Scorpion said. "Your little monkey friend is already under my control. But it seems he's having a tough time to kill the Dragon Warrior. Since you're here, I'm going to sting you and you will be my mindless zombie."
"Like hell that's going to happen!" Leo yelled angrily.
Scorpion jumps to attack him, but Leo sneezed, catching her off guard with a muscle spasm kick. The kick sent her flying halfway across the room before looking at Leo. "Heh heh." she chuckled darkly.
"What's so funny?" Leo asked, coughing.
"I know you have River Fever." Scorpion said. "And you're getting weak with each passing minuet."
Leo coughed before falling on all fours. The disease has gotten stronger on his way here. He could feel his strength leaving him as he collapses sideways. Scorpion laughs as she drags him into another room. There was a couple chains on the wall as she chains Leo.
"You should consider about being my servant." Scorpion said, standing in front of Leo.
"Ne...ver..." Leo said weakly.
"Have it your way." Scorpion said. "Either way, you're running out of time. It doesn't matter if you accept my offer because you will still die either way. Even if you succeed you or your tiger friend will still die." She pushes a door next Leo, revealing a second sun orchid. "I had a spare one ready just in case for something like this." Scorpion said, crawling up his arm. "Will you be my servant or become a mindless zombie?"
Leo snarls at her, making her chuckled. "Very well then." she said before she left the room.
Leo turns his head around, trying to look up. He tried to move, but the disease became too strong for him. Leo closes his eyes.
It was the afternoon and Crane was getting worried. "I don't think they'll make it." Crane said, walking back inside the Training Hall.
Tigress was laying on the bed with Mantis looking at her.
"They'll be here, Crane." Viper said before she looks back Tigress.
"Crane... Viper..." Tigress said weakly. "Mantis... I'll never...do..." She was saying before feeling the pain inside her. "Kung... Fu... again..."
"Don't worry." Mantis assured her. "They'll be here."
"But what about Leo?" Viper asks Crane.
"I'm not sure, Viper." Crane said. "A person needs to have the whole sun orchid. I don't know what will happen."
"Argh!" Leo yelled in pain, feeling the pain in his body. He has made no effort to move after he was captured. Is this how will it end for him? Leo hopes that he'll get out of these chains and see Tigress one last time before he dies.
"I'm not..." Leo growled, standing up, hanging onto the chains. "Going to... die! ARGH!" Leo yelled as he pulled the chains hard.
The chains broke in half and Leo destroys his cuffs, falling sideways but Leo jumps backward into the stone slab. The slam causes the sun orchid to fall over. Leo lifts his head up as he use the last of his strength to open his mouth and swallow the sun orchid quickly. His strength gave out after he swallows the sun orchid.
Scorpion hears a knock on the door. "Someone's at the door." Scorpion smiled. "Come in!" She crawls on the wall as Monkey opens the door. "Haha ha!" Scorpion laughs, sitting in her chair as Monkey brought in the dead Dragon Warrior on a cart.
"Po no more." Monkey said.
"Ha ha!" Scorpion laughed. "Who did a good job? You did, Monkey!" She quickly walks over to Po. Scorpion pushes his tongue back and forth before taking a sniff. "Eww!" Scorpion squealed turning away. "He's only been dead for a few minutes." Scorpion looks back at him. "He shouldn't stink already."
Po opens his eyes, startling her. "That's the stink of awesomeness!" Po yelled. He jumps off the cart, destroying it in the process and lands next to Monkey.
"Ah!" Scorpion gasps.
"Us, one." Po said.
"Scorpion, zero." Monkey said.
"How did you overcome my mind control?" Scorpion asked.
"A poison that's stronger than yours." Po answered. "That poison is called friendship."
The doors to the right side of the wall exploded. Walking through the rubble was Leo. But there was something different about him. His eyes are close.
"You'll need this." Scorpion said, tossing the his weapon towards Leo.
Leo snarls in response and engage Po in combat. Po was able to dodge Leo's sword, trying not to get cut. Leo withdrew his weapon and continues his attack.
"Leo, open your eyes!" Po shouted, grabbing a punch. "Are you a zombie or working for her?!" Po kicks him into the chair, making Leo grunts.
"Hmph." Leo said, pushing his feet off the wall and combats Monkey.
Monkey threw in several punches at Leo. He blocks every punch but didn't notice Po running up behind and slamming him into the wall. Leo quickly grabs Po and throws him into Monkey. The two warriors slams their heads into each other, causing pain. Leo walks up to them, drawing his blade.
"Heh heh." Scorpion chuckled, walking up behind him.
Leo opens his eyes and wink at the two warriors before turning around and did a palm strike to Scorpion. Scorpion hits the wall. She tries to attack but her tail was stuck in her own chair.
"Ah choo!" Po sneezed, throwing two small shuriken's at Scorpion's claws. Now Scorpion was trapped. "Bonus Points for Po!" Po cheered, looking at the orchid.
"Just split the points with him since he helped, Po." Leo said, sheathing his sword.
"Deal." Po said.
All three of them ran out of the lair.
Po, Monkey and Leo made it to the Training Hall with barely enough time.
"We've got it!" Po panted.
"Quick!" Monkey yelled, running up to Crane. "It's almost sundown." He hands the orchid to him.
"I'm suppose to make tea out of this, but there's no time!" Crane panic. He quickly puts the orchid in Tigress's mouth and she swallows the orchid.
No one made a sound. Silence took over the room. A few seconds pass and Tigress did not make a sound or any sign of movement. Everyone bowed their heads. Then Tigress quickly got up and made some impressive moves.
Tigress grabs Cranes throat. "Who do you think you..." Tigress was saying until she realized what she was doing. "I'm cured."
Leo watch Po, Viper and the kids cheer for her.
"You-re wel- come...?" Crane gasps, trying to breath.
Tigress lets go of him. "Sorry." Tigress apologies to him.
Leo leans back against the wall as the kids were running around. Shifu walks up to him. "I'm glad to see you're alright, Leo." Shifu said. "Can you explain what you did?"
"Of course, Shifu." Leo nodded his head. "I didn't want Tigress to die so I set out to the valley. Scorpion and I fought but I lost because of the River Fever. She chained me up and wanted me to serve her or become a mindless zombie. She had a spare sun orchid just in case."
Tigress and the others walks up to them.
"I chose neither and Scorpion left the room." Leo continues his story. "I passed out and woke up several hours later. Knowing I was running out of time, I used my remaining strength to destroy my chains and swallow the spare sun orchid. But once I recovered my strength, I made Scorpion think I was helping her. But she didn't realized I wasn't a mindless zombie when I open my eyes and did a palm strike. I did less damage without making huge damage."
"I see, now." Shifu said. "Well, I'm glad that you're safe. You are lucky there was a second sun orchid."
"But I know what would happen if there wasn't a spare one, Master." Leo said.
Shifu nodded his head as he, Po and the rest of the Furious Five kept an eye on the children. Tigress walks up to him. "Thank you for saving me." Tigress smiled.
"Do not worry about it, Tigress." Leo said.
"But I'm going have to punish you for leaving the Valley Of Peace when you had the River Fever." Tigress said with a evil smile on her face.
"And what does the punishment involved?" Leo asked.
"The punishment involves sparring with me." Tigress said.
"Alright." Leo said, nodding his head. "I'm looking forward to it."
Leo and Tigress kissed before they walk up behind Viper. Leo shook his head as he watches Po running around the room with hot peppers on his eyes.
There you have it, everyone! The first chapter was similar to the first episode but I've thrown in some different stuff to spice things up for the story. I will be doing every episode but this story will be updated with every chance I can get. I do have other stories to work on. But this story is really important that focuses on Leo and Tigress.
If you all want to know how Leo and Tigress ended up being in a relationship, then you just have to wait. I've already got some ideas for the story and how this will play out. It takes place right after Kung Fu Panda. I'll mention that story in future chapters later on. I hope you all enjoyed it and don't forget to leave a review!