The Scroll of Oogway

                                    

                                          


                          
The tension in the room was thick as Tai Lung's words settled in. His warning sunk in as the Jade Palace Masters shared confused glances. Shifu shook his head, baffled,
                          
"So, you come all this way, tell us you aren't evil, just to..warn us? About this Kai?" He asked. Tai Lung nodded. Shifu took several deep breaths. Seeing Tai Lung alive and, well, healthy was alarming. He hadn't thought about the leopard in years. And here he was, back in his life. "Why?" Shifu asked.
                          
"Well," The leopard shrugged slightly, "Master Oogway told me too. I couldn't disobey him with Kai breathing down my neck."
                          
"Pretty sure that's the first time he's ever listened to Oogway," Mantis said, just loud enough for Tai Lung to hear. Monkey and Crane giggled. The leopard glared at him. Mantis chuckled, "What? I thought it was funny!"
                          
"You have to believe me! This is no joking matter." Tai said, "We must get ready to face Kai!"
                          
"Who is Kai?" Leo asked, "I've never heard of him." The rest of the Masters quietly agreed.
                          
Tai thought for a moment, "Oogway did not say very much, other than that they were brothers... or something. It was all like a blur.." The leopard rubbed his head as he tried to remember. However, despite spending years in the Spirit Realm, it all began to fade the longer he spent in the Mortal Realm.
                          
"I didn't know Master Oogway had a brother," Shifu said quietly, "he never said anything about family."
                          
"No, not biological brother!" Tai said, quickly, "He was an ox. He was...strong. Fast." The leopard almost seemed discouraged as he replayed the battle against Kai in his mind.
                          
"Then we'll stop him!" Po said, almost eagerly.
                          
"No," Tai said, turning to the Dragon Warrior, "He isn't like anyone you've ever faced."
                          
"How do you know what we've faced?" Tigress challenged with a flick of her tail.
                          
Tai cleared his throat, "Well, um.." He hesitated before speaking, "in the Spirit Realm, we can see into the Mortal Realm in a reflection pool. Not like I've been watching you or anything." He added quickly.
                          
"So you've been spying on us?" Po said, confused, "How long have you been doing that?"
                          
"Only since Leo returned from the Spirit Realm. And I've only been watching him! Just to make sure he was ok." Tai held up his paws innocently, "I saw what happened in Gongmen Tower." He looked sadly at Leo, "I saw the final battle against Shen."
                          
Leo placed his paw unconsciously on his stomach, exactly where Shen had stabbed him with one of his knives. The lion closed his eyes and sighed, "It's all behind us now."
                          
Crane spoke up, "So..if Kai is more powerful than Shen, what makes him so strong?"
                          
"He will use chi against you. I mean, other masters chi. Once he takes your chi, he turns you into a jade statue."
                          
The warriors around him gasped. Shifu narrowed his eyes, determined, "Leo Lung, you said that you were in the Scroll Archives. Did you find anything about Kai? Or chi stealing?"
                          
Leo Lung thought for a moment. The silence began to grow as the lion thought. Tai Lung began to grow hopeless until the lion suddenly spoke up, "Wait! Yes. There is one scroll. It's in a green case, and I think Master Oogway himself wrote it. I've never opened it, but maybe it will say something."
                          
Then, everyone was following the lion to the Scroll Archives. They entered, and Tai looked around. It looked different from how he remembered it.
                          
He remembered thousands upon thousands of scrolls that were stuffed and crammed messily into shelves that were three times as tall as he was. He could spend hours searching for the scroll he needed, only for it to turn up right where he started looking.