6 bloody bath
As tigress & co rush Leonidas to the jade palace, mantis and monkeys' mission was to search the area and find what did this to Leonidas.
*Monkey & and mantis pov*
On their way to Leonidas's mission location monkey decided to throw a question at his best bud "you think he's gonna be okay?" monkey said looking concerned, although he isn't Leonidas's bestie they met a few times, talked and laughed so it saddened him to see someone he knows die like that.
"aaah he's goddamn lion dude, I mean look at the way he got tigress lookin at him sheesh I wish I had a lady who looks at me like that, imagining her cute antenna as we make love…as she rips my head clean of as we both reach our limit...yeahhhhh that's the life." Mantis realises he said too much as he side glances at monkey.
"uuuuuh… you ok bro? you are not sick are you?" money says while looking at his friend weirdly.
"also how do you know if she is the one? is it like a one-off thing right? Do you climax? Or does she squeeze the juice out of you?" monkey asked intrigued by mantis's statement."
Mantis quickly laughs "you have no idea bro, I heard from a few guys it's like the ultimate feeling in the world and honestly if you do it more than once, they say you can go crazy. that's why the females cut out head off and eat it."
" oh how would they know tho? so it's like those dudes who like to be chocked out but you gets chocked off instead, kinda seems like a fabricated story to be honest, she might just give you the ultimate edge and squeeze you out, a never ending edge as your life fades away" monkey says as he mimicked birds flying with his hands.
"NO! that can't be the sacred texts can't lie! "mantis said looking pissed off.
"who said the sacred texts are not made by women to deceive you? It's like a huge conspiracy!" monkey say and with one last jump they make it to their destination.
the scene of mangaled corpses and a wolf hanging from a rhinos horn hit them hard.
"damn, kinda feel bad for whoever steps on his way, check the tents and get samples of the poison and also check the leaders body I don't wanna stay longer than I should."
*end pov*
Tigress crane and the other finally mad it to the jade palace, as they rushed Leonidas to master shifu.
Master shifu's ears picked up movement and came first.
he saw 3 of the five as he saw tigress approach him.
"master, Leonidas has been poisoned with something we do not know it's power is beyond of what we can handle and we think it can even affect master's of kung fu." Tigress said and she bowed down.
Master shifu thinks and replies "viper do you not have solution for this? Or a way to conduct an antidote?"
"no master he will not survive till that time." Viper says bowing down.
"it seems our only hope is grandmaster oogway, take him to his room prepare ice and lower the fever I will be back soon!" shifu said that and with woosh he disappeared.
Standing Infront of the warrior's hall in the jade palace shifu pushes the door open and goes inside.
"Grandmaster oogway." He bows down with outmost respect.
"old friend, there no need...…..for honorifics here....we are friends After all.....but I sense distress in your voice so....tell me." Oogway said as he came down from his stick slowly.
"our one and only novice kung fu warrior has fallen ill to an unknown poison that can take even masters down, I came to ask for your help." Master shifu pleads
"my old friend I'm no poison master but perhaps....they say the sacred pool of tears can heal all wounds and even make you a little stronger if you have the body to take the trail." Oogway said looking towards emptiness. (smouldering intensity)
"grandmaster oogway we cannot contaminate the pool for a mere novice even if he shows promise at the end of the day, he is still a novice."shifu says looking pained as if he is between a rock and a hard place.
"his mission, I assume was for promotion?...."master oogway said.
"yes it was, and he did technically complete it." Shifu said in hurried manner.
"then he....is no longer a novice is he, all life is Precious my friend even a cleaners.."oogway said as he got back to his stick.
"I understand." Just shifu was about to leave he heard oogway say.
"submerge the body in the pool, drown him until he stops moving and just when his life is about to flicker out. let him go.....it is called a trail for a reason, it's just that people…..have too much to lose to do it." grandmaster oogway then went inside his shell to meditate.
Shifu quickly made his way to Leonidas's cabin.
"everyone! Bring him to the sacred pool of tears now!" he said as they all made their way there.
"master why are we coing here?" tigress was the first to ask.
shifu saw the look in her eyes and thought the upcoming trail will weigh heavily on her.
Once there he told everybody to leave tigress was especially reluctant to but shifu ordered her to leave.
He then took a wooden staff pulled Leonidas into the pool, he slowly pushed his body with the staff until he got to the bottom of the pool.
Slowly bubbles started to rise and a 3o sec later a red tint from every pore in Leonidas's body was seen.
"the process of reforging has begun, legend said that it feels like burning alive for years on end and as your body changes inside out the pain will be unbearable only those with strong wills and bodies can hope to pass, I wish you the best of luck you'll need it."
Soon the pool turns red as the bubbles visibly lessen and slight resistance on the staff stops.
Shifu then pulls out his staff and shakes his head.
