Strong

Walking through the Past

"A gem." The bruised and wounded warrior grumbled up the mountain with Po, Sho, Tigress, and Lion in tow. "An inept, futile, baseless, mundane gem!"

Po looked to Tigress. "Uhhh?"

"He called it a stupid, useless, unimportant, ordinary gem," Tigress replied. 

"Seriously, why can't you just say that. Why can't people say stuff I can understand?" Po whined. 

"Most people won't stoop that low," Sho sniggered, earning a glare from Tigress. "Sorry, sorry." They struggled up the winding rocky path. Thousands of soldiers had once trekked this particular road, hidden between the sharp rocks. The road was narrow, but a upshoot of rocks guarded the edge like a rail to prevent them from falling. "Tell me again why we left the others?"  

"This is something we need to do alone as Jai-Yin," Lion said. "Plus, they're gonna need to talk with the new Emperor."

"I would love to go back to peace again," Platon sighed. 

"I don't believe the peace we had will be the same as this peace," Sho said ominously. 

"Geez, when did you become the spirit of death?" Po groused.

"Shut up."

"Enough, we're closing in," Lion said. 

"Lion," Platon spoke up in a hard tone. "When were you going to tell me that Mr. Three and Mr. Four were alive?" Lion's eyes popped open and then glared hard at the panda.

"Pooooo?"

"It uhh... slipped out? I mean the guy was played, it was the least I could do."

Lion rolled his eyes. "They wanted to stay hidden," He explained. "We were sworn to secrecy until every secret was out in the open."

"So Po didn't technically break an oath," Sho said. 

"It doesn't matter either way," Tigress said. "We don't need any secrets anymore."

"That much is true," Sho sighed. "Now some questions can be answered."

"So what was dating Li like?" Po asked. Platon scowled down at him as Sho laughed. 

"HAHAHA! That wasn't the sort of question I meant." 

"Yeaaaah, but I just wanna know what Tigress's mom is like... you know... before I go see her?" 

Platon rose his eyebrow. "You think you'll get hurt?"

"Yes," Po said with complete seriousness. Platon shook his head with a smile.

"She's kind, loving. Just very intense at times."

"So far like Tigress."

"Has the meanest temper and punch known to animal-kind."

"Definitely Tigress."

"Po," Tigress growled.

"But her husband, Qiang, balances her out. He's very... reserved, somewhat shy, very strong in his own right, but... emotionally closed," Platon stopped for a moment. "They actually complement each other really well."

"How about we get onto other questions?" Sho sighed, a bit exhausted. 

"What is the summit like?" Tigress asked. 

Lion and Platon took a long look at each other. "I... don't know," Said the lion. "I haven't been here in a while. I've only told the other soldiers what to do on this mountain." Tigress frowned. 

"By the way, panda," Sho spoke up. "How did you manage to move faster than your shadow?"

"I ACTUALLY MOVED FASTER THAN MY SHADOW!? NO WAY!" Po looked down and spun around to try and find his shadow in the misty sky. Sho and Platon laughed while Lion sniggered. Tigress simply stopped the panda and smiled. "Oh, right, the clouds."