Insecurities

Complicated

The jackrabbit threw another smoke bomb at Tigress and Tai-Lung, blinding their eyes. The two masters suddenly heard loud cracks. "Oh no," Tai-Lung mumbled. They couldn't hear the jackrabbit's movements behind the blasts. Tai-Lung hunched over in pain from a punch to stomach followed by a swift kick to his exposed back, forcing him to the ground. Tigress quickly darted out of the smoke, nearly colliding with the jackrabbit's sword pointed at her neck. Tigress growled, but the rabbit didn't flinch.

"Well," Zheng panted, "Do you reconsider your decision?" Tigress examined her teammates. Monkey groaned underneath Crane while his hand was plopped on Mantis. Viper laid belly up over the entire pile while Tai-Lung trembled on hands and knees. Her teammates were in bad shape. She needed a way out.

"Give us time," She stalled. Zheng-Hau lowered his blade and sheathed it. He was no some cruel rabble-rouser. "We'll consider the issue over three days. After that, we'll go to you," Tigress proposed.

"Why should I give you that chance?" Zheng asked, trying to see if she could find a good reason. He decided to let them go anyways, but he needed a better reason for doing that than just his good nature.

"We have Master Shifu back at the Jade Palace. If you let us go, we'll be able to convince him to do something about the issue," Tigress explained. Zheng-Hau nodded. That definitely was a better reason. "We... we'll speak with you when we've considered the matter." Zheng-Hau eyed her for a while before nodding. He looking around.

"You've lost your panda servant?" Zheng-Hau asked curiously. Tigress's eyes narrowed at him. How did he know about Po? And why was he worried about him if he saw that he thought Po was a servant?

"No, we just don't know where he is," Tigress firmly stated. Zheng-Hau rolled his eyes, facepalming his head.

"Well duh! That's what being lost is!" Zheng-Hau rebutted. "I ask because I don't want him to side with me just yet."

"Why?" Tai-Lung grumbled, slowly getting up from the ground.

"I have spies everywhere. A few of them are passionate about my cause. If they were to convince the panda to side with me, you may have a knife at your throats," Zheng-Hau explained. Tigress rolled her eyes and gave a small smile.

"Don't worry, he won't."

"How do you know?" Zheng-Hau asked the tiger.

"You don't know that panda," Tai-Lung grumbled with a small smirk. "He's special." Zheng gazed at them suspiciously but simply nodded. "We'll talk to you after three days."

"I'll be counting," Zheng-Hau darkly said. He jumped high onto the roof of a nearby house and disappeared.

Tai-Lung growled, "Well, that was embarrassing."

"We greatly underestimated him. The fact that he knows nerve attacks makes him a greater threat. We'll have to be cautious about how we tread in this place." Tigress said.

"Are we going to spend our time thinking this whole thing over?" Monkey asked as the rest got back to their feet.

"No... not until it gets to that point," Tigress contemplated openly. "For right now, we need to find Po before Zheng-Hau."

"Why?"

"Po doesn't know about you being the 'Dragon Warrior'," Tigress explained to the snow leopard. "We have to get to him before Zheng-Hau finds him." Tai-Lung rolled his eyes with a chortle and a laugh.

"What are the chances that he'll meet one rabbit in this village that is leading out a rebellion?" Tai-Lung asked. Tigress and the rest looked at Tai-Lung as if he was stupid. "What?"