The Hybrid

Redemption

"Do you remember the last time I visited your Jade Palace?" Tigress nodded. "Roshu stole one of the Shift Stones when we were there."

"How did we not know about it?" Tigress openly questioned.

"You wouldn't expect a noble to steal, would you?" Li-Dong explained. Tigress agreed. Garfield held the green flame of light in his hands so everyone could see. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Hybrid. I've heard many stories about your-"

"I'm sorry to cut the formalities short," Garfield apologized in haste, "But we have to figure out how to get your brother off of his high horse."

"Just expose him as Roshu. It's easy," Raven replied.

"Not really," Tigress argued, "We can get rid of Roshu, but we have to explain to the entire empire how this happened." Raven looked at her teacher for a while in thought then shook her head in slight rejection.

"I still believe dealing with Roshu quickly will set things right," Raven replied.

"You've been around Queen Jinni too long," Garfield noticed. Tigress nodded in agreement. "Besides, we'll have to make sure that everyone has heard the word so they pin the blame on Roshu." Raven still wasn't understanding their thought process.

"It's for my reputation, Hybrid," Li-Dong explained. "The villagers will still be in rebellion and chaos if they believe I was the one who deceived them, even if I lift their taxes and punishments."

"That I can see," Raven finally agreed.

"Now to the plan," Tigress said fitted on the issue, "We need to get Li-Dong to a better location. Garfield, could you get Li-Dong back to the Jade Palace." Within a minute, Garfield made a portal with um... a very interesting picture on the other end. Po was whistling while scrubbing his back in the bathroom. "PO!"

"AHHH!" Po jumped, spun around and covered himself.

"Well, that's something I didn't need to see," Raven mumbled, covering her eyes.

"DUDE!" Beast Boy shouted, looking away, "Put some pants on!"

"Well! I'm in the bath!" Po shot back. "What's going on!?"

"Po," Tigress groaned, looking away to give her husband some decency, "We found the real emperor, and we need you to keep him safe at the Jade Palace."

"Shift Stone issue?" Po guessed.

"Ye... yes," Tigress stumbled, wondering how her husband figured it so quickly.

"Yeah, I kind of guessed it when the 'emperor' went bad and the Shift Stone went missing. But I knew you guys wouldn't believe me." Tigress rolled her eyes. "Just give me a minute."

"Okay, hurry," Tigress said as Garfield shut the portal. "Sorry about that."

"Don't be. That was the most entertainment I've had since my imprisonment," Li-Dong laughed.

After transferring Li-Dong to a safer location, Gar, Rae, and Tigress snuck out of the palace and climbed up to the roof of the Emperor's palace. Tigress and Raven crouched down as Beast Boy surveyed the land. "Okay, that illusion incantation should allow us some time if Roshu gets suspicious," He said.

"Now the issue is how to get Li-Dong AND Roshu in the same spot to revel to China about Roshu's scheme," Tigress said thoughtfully. "Somehow, we have to convince Roshu to go to the Jade Palace, but how?" Raven thought for a moment before coming up with an idea.

"Master Tigress, why don't you write a paper about the 'situation' in the village? Request the emperor come to the village to enforce the people to submit and then give the message to one of the officials." Garfield smiled at Raven's idea. "What?"