Note: One of the characters in the story, Tye the Tiger, came from somebody else on a website called Deviantart. Tye belongs to the person who made him, I'm just borrowing.
The New Recruit
Po's P.O.V.
It was after 3:00 and I was at the gym right now in a sparring match against one of my teammates on the heavyweight wrestling team. I just managed to grab him and locked one of his arms. I then put him in a headlock and flipped him to the ground with me piling on top of him.
"Hey, get off me!"
"Sorry, can't do that. Not until we hear the...: I trailed off and my sentence was finished when the bell rang.
"Finished. The winner this time, Po!" Coach Duncan announced. I got off of the elephant I was wrestling with. I helped him up to his feet, and we had a handshake to say good sportsmanship.
"Thanks for the match."
"No problemo. This panda can handle anything." I bragged. I just couldn't help myself.
"Alright everyone, gather around. I've got some important announcements to say." Coach Duncan said. We all gathered on the bleachers and sat down for his big announcements.
"We have some new recruits joining the team."
Just then, I was excited to hear that. The whole team was too, because whispers and voice chatter broke out almost instantly. It was exciting.
"I know, I know. Calm down." Just like that, it got quiet.
"I know that having a few new additions to the team is to take some time to get used to, so I've arranged a little fun assignment. I've decided to pair some of you with one of the new recruits. You can get to know them and show them the ropes."
He then turned to the door and whistled. The new recruits came in, 5 of them to be exact. There was a tiger, hippo, rhino, crocodile, and a bear like Coach, only his fur was brown.
"Say hello to Tye the Tiger, Reggie the rhino, Casey the croc, Henry the hippo, and Benji the bear. These five will pair off with one of you that I've chosen for this assignment. The group's are as follows:
Larry and Benji
Paul and Henry
Steve and Reggie
Hugo and Casey
Po and Tye
That's it. Get your partner and you'll spend a whole week with each other."
A whole week? Awesome.
"Alright then, let's pack it up and call it a day." We went to the locker room, changed of our wrestling clothes, and went to the front of the school. I pulled out my phone and texted Leo to come pick me up.
"Hey Po, wait up!"
"Don't worry, I wasn't going anywhere. I was just texting my friend to come pick us up."
"Oh, ok. Listen, Are you sure that your friends will like me? I'm a bit of a shy fellow."
"Really? You don't seem like the type." For a tiger of his size, you'd think he'd be a bit more confident. Muscles all over the body, good tone on his torso, and he's at least 6 ft tall. Bandages on his hands and feet. His muscles are as about big as my head.
"Yeah, most tough guys are a bunch of jerks. I'm not like them, however. I actually have a heart."
"Mmn. So what got you interested in wrestling?"
"My father's been doing it long before I was born. He would always be training whether he had a match or not. Once, I got on his back and he did one-handed pushups with me on him."
"Whoa."
"Yeah. And get this, I went to watch one of his wrestling matches. I was so excited from watching him wrestle, I asked him to train me. I did days, weeks, even a couple months of training and here I am." He said and flexed his biceps. He even let me feel them and they were about as solid as steel.
"Amazing huh? I thought I could make some friends by joining the school's heavyweight wrestling team."
"Well Tye dude, you're on a start. This panda is gonna be your best wrestling buddy." I said with pride and patted myself.
"(chuckles)"
Just then, I heard an engine running and I turned and saw the Shellraiser coming.
"Whoa, who drives that thing?"
"It's my friend, Leo."
"Leo?"
"Yeah, he's a turtle. He has 4 brothers and they have been trained in the ways of ninja."
"Really?"
"Yeah." The Shellraiser pulled over and the doors opened up. As usual, Leo was the one driving. I asked him how come I don't see his other brothers driving, Donnie works all the science-y stuff in there, Raph and Mikey would more likely hit something for fun.
"Hey Po. I got your text and- who is this?"
"Leo, say hello to Tye the Tiger. He's one of the five new recruits joining the wrestling team."
"Oh, well nice to meet you big guy."
"Same here. Leo right?"
"Yep. Grab a seat."
Me and Tye grabbed a seat in the back of the vehicle.
"So where are we going?" Leo asked us.
"Coach said that he is going to spend time with me at my dorm so you could just drop us off there."
"Done."
He stepped on the gas and took us all the way to the dorm area. He dropped us off and we made our way to the dorm from there.
"Hello? Anybody here? We have a guest!" So far, it was nothing but silence.
"Does anybody sleep here with you?"
"Yeah, there's 7 other people here. But if they're not here, they're probably somewhere else in the dorm."
So I decided to take Tye to my room and along the way...
"Po!"
I turned and saw Master Shifu behind me.
"Shifu! I can explain."
"No need panda. Your coach called me earlier and informed about a guest coming. Is this him?"
"Yes. Master Shifu, I'd like you to meet Tye. Tye, this is Shifu and he teaches me kung fu."
"A pleasure, sir."
"The pleasure is mine, Tye."
"Shifu, is it okay-"
"If he can stay with us? Yes. I already set up an extra bed for our guest in your room."
"Awesome! Thank you Shifu."
"Thank you sir."
So we went to my room and helped him unpack.
"You know Tye, we can start practicing for your first fight at any time."
"You sure? It's past 6:00 and I'm kinda hungry."
My stomach rumbled on the thought of food.
"Hungry?"
"Yeah. If you were a panda like me, you would always be hungry."
Later on in the day, I made dinner for everyone at the Jade Palace. Then, it was curfew so we had to call it a night. Tye and I made sure to sleep well enough so we could train tomorrow.
"Hey Po."
"Yeah?" I whispered
"You think I have what it takes to be a part of this team?"
"I asked myself that same question. If I didn't, Coach wouldn't have kept me."
"Mmn, I'll keep that in mind."
After that, I closed my eyes and in seconds I was asleep. I was going to make sure Tye had a bodaciously awesome time with the Dragon Warrior.
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review.
