The Legend of Team Tao

In no way do I own KFP or its characters, enough said.

Prologue: The Legend

Starring:

Bruce Boxleitner as the Mysterious Narrator

Cam Clarke as the Shadow Warrior

A Chinese paper screen and puppets are seen as an unseen narrator is heard speaking:

"Long ago, in the time of Ancient China, a fierce was fought between good and evil."

Puppets of warriors such as wolves, tigers, cats, dogs, mice, birds, gorillas, and other animals, are seen with weapons and armor at the ready, preparing for conflict. As one of the soldiers blows a war horn, it signals for both armies of good and evil to begin combat. The unknown storyteller is heard once again:

"The war raged on for what seemed an eternity with no sign of ending. Just as the warlords of evil thought victory was theirs, nine warriors of legend stepped forth to oppose the wicked forces."

The screen now shows a battlefield with nine silhouettes in the background, slowly moving forward. As they walk closer it's shown that they are nine different animal puppets: an inu, a giant panda, a red panda, a snow leopard, a Southern Chinese tiger, a red crowned crane, a mouse, a tree viper, and a golden langur. It also becomes clear that the tiger and viper are females and the rest are males, with the snow leopard being the tallest and the mouse being the shortest. As the heroes approach closer to the battle grounds, our out-of-sight narrator announces the nine legendary warriors:

"Kazama Ichiyuki or "Kam Zing Yuk" of Beijing, the great grandmaster of Gouquan (Dog style Kung Fu also known as Dishunquan), though Japanese at birth, lived his whole life as a Chinese man and who's bravery and skills in stealth him the title of Yinshanzhi the "Shadow Soldier"."

The puppet of the inu jumps high in the air and lands in full view, performing Gouquan with incredible grace and accuracy and ends in a fighting stance. As we see the puppet of the inu up close, we see that he is at least six feet tall a well built and moderately toned body with pure white shoulder length long hair with long bangs and fur without a sign of black anywhere to be found or seen, pointed ears and snout, and piercing azure blue eyes. His clothing consisted of traditional Chinese long sleeved white cuffed black changshen (Chinese long shirts) with a plain white shirt underneath, black baggy Chinese pants, and black Chinese slippers with white socks.

"Ping Po of Shanghai, the grandmaster of the soft form of Longxingquan (Dragon style Kung fu), though overweight was very quick, agile, and strong willed that would never break no matter how much anyone tried. It is because of these traits and his caring heart that he was known as Longshanzhi the "Dragon Warrior" "

The puppet of the giant panda appeared to the right of the Shadow Warrior and performed his own style of Kung Fu and came into a fighting stance of his own. He was at least nine feet tall with a bald head, typical black and white fur, short snout, rounded ears, illuminating green eyes, and as the narrator said was a tad overweight. His clothing consisted of traditional orange, yellow and grey Shaolin robes that wrapped all around his upper torso, baggy pants, but unlike the rest of the warriors, was barefoot.

"Soong Shin Fu of Jiangsu, the grandmaster of the hard forms of Longxingquan, despite his height had the strength of ten men, with agility of the wind. With the authority of a king and intuition of a scholar granted him of the title Zhuzhanshi the "Grand Warrior""

The puppet of the red panda appeared next to the Dragon Warrior and performed is style as well as ending in a fighting stance. True to the narrators word, the red panda was merely four feet tall with a slim but bit body, short pointed snout, large round pointed ears, eyes as grey as the storm, short red, black and white fur and long red hair that was tied into a ponytail that went down to his knees. His clothing consisted of Shaolin robes similar to the Dragon Warrior but with emerald green instead of grey, same baggy pants, only he like most of the warriors wore Chinese black slippers with white socks.

"Leung Tai Ho of Zhejiang, grandmaster of Baoquan (Leopard style Kung Fu) and the twin brother of the wicked Leung To Wo. Despite his harsh outer exterior was a caring man, but on the battle was a force to be reckoned with. It was because of this he was called Lengshanzhi the "Cold Warrior""

The puppet of the snow leopard then appeared to the left of the Shadow warrior performing his Kung Fu style that had ended in a fighting stance. Like the Dragon Warrior was nine feet tall, but unlike the Dragon Warrior he had long silver hair that ended near half way down his back with short bangs, pointed ears, short snout, dark amber eyes, white and baby blue fur with typical brown and black spots that covered his entire body and a widely muscular build. His clothing consisted of chengshen similar to the Shadow Warrior's only white inside and out with black baggy pants and black slippers with white socks.

"And finally Tong Hu, Wong Qizhongji, Hung Houzi, Sheng She, and Peng Lang of Heibei grandmasters of Heihuquan (Tiger style Kung Fu (Tong)), Fujian Baihe (White Crane style Kung Fu (Wong)), Houquan (Monkey style Kung Fu (Hung)), Shequan (Snake style Kung Fu (Sheng)), and Tang&NanLangquan (Northern and Southern Mantis style Kung Fu (Pai-Ming)). A team of five different animals and style brought together by their passion of justice and freedom. By these actions alone they named themselves Wu Kuangnu the "Furious Five""

The puppets of the tiger, crane, langur, viper and mouse appeared on either side of the Shadow and Dragon warrior, each performing their separate Kung Fu style and ending in a fighting stance. All wore traditional red Chinese Wudang Daopao with ceremonial Wudang hats, black Chinese baggy pants, and black Chinese slippers with white socks. The tiger was seven feet tall with short white and orange fur with black marking like all tigers, long ebony black hair held in a ponytail that ended below her shoulder blades, small pointed ears, short snout, orange eyes and a toned but attractive. The Crane was eight feet tall with black and white feathers, hazel brown eyes, short messy brown hair, long golden beak, and had a moderately toned body. The langur was six feet tall with short golden fur, completely bald, long flat face, short rounded ears, jade green eyes and a slightly muscular body. The viper was five feet tall with jade green scales, long green hair held in a ponytail the end below her shoulder blades, aqua blue eyes, no ears and a toned but slender and attractive body. The mouse was the smallest out of all the warriors being only three feet tall with short golden brown fur, short black hair, small pointed snout, Large (but smaller than the Grand Warriors) ears and a moderately toned body.

"It was then that the nine heroes led other worthy and honorable warriors into the final conflict. Though the battle was long and hard with many losses, the heroes arose victorious. The joy and celebration, however, was short lived as the Shadow Warrior suddenly fell to the ground. It had appeared that the war had taken its toll on him and was moments away from death. While cradled in his wives arms and surround by his many companions he smiled and spoke with much happiness: "Do not grieve for me, for I shall pass on to a better life. Do not weep, for one day, in another life we will all be together again. I have no knowledge when, where or how, but I am certain we will be reunited when we are needed once again. Till… we … meet … ag … ain". With the last of his strength he saluted everyone and with one last reassuring smile as his whole body went limp and his eyes closed, for the final time, never to open again. People from all over China and other countries both martial artist and non martial artist mourned for the fallen warrior and paid their final respects to his grave. But his eight companions along with the other warriors never gave up hope as they believed what the deceased warrior said was true that they would be reunited in another life when they where needed again. To this very day the "Great War of China" as it is call, as well as the soldiers that had fought in it, had become stories of legend and suspense for people of all ages to enjoy. The words of the Shadow Warrior became the most famous part of the stories and are highly regarded by many Chinese martial artists. And many this day believe that one day the nine warriors will return. It is not known where, when or how, but they know when the time is right. As now begins a new legend."

Whew that was hard. Not sure how good this will turn out, but I'm confident that it will be good enough. Reviews please and no flames