Aku-Po

Do not own anything but my own ideas. I'm surprised I thought of this.

Tai-Lung glared around the room of his throne. His menacing face made all the duck servants of the Jade Palace nervous. It seemed as if their nervousness only invoked his anger. "PAH!" He grunted, storming out of his seat and going outside of the Hall of Heroes.

Tai-Lung, the infamous criminal of the Valley of Peace, the former student of Shifu, had defeated Po in their confrontation. Not only that, he had figured out the Wuxi Fingerhold when Po inaccurately did it. He banished the panda to who knows where. The point was he was dead. Tai-Lung accomplished, being the Dragon Warrior. But he didn't know what that meant. He looked back at the Moon Pool. He had tossed he Dragon Scroll in it because it had nothing. He tried using fire, water, different mixtures. Still nothing. For now, he was in the middle of deciding what to do, and he had two choices. One, rule the village. Two, destroy it anything in it. The whole Valley of Peace was in fear. Tai-Lung had wolf soldiers everywhere. Former crooks and bandits from the prison. No one was allowed to leave.

"Grrr," Tai-Lung grumbled. This wasn't the life he dreamed of when having the power of the Dragon Warrior title. What was left? Suddenly, there was a loud ruckus from the dungeon. A wolf soldier ran up the stairs.

"Master Tai-Lung. She's doing it again!"

"I'm getting tired of this," Tai blurted out as he marched down to the dark, damp dungeon. He passed the cells where he kept Crane, Viper, Monkey, and a special cage for Mantis. Shifu was chained around his waist to the wall in his cage. However, Tigress's was more... grim. A small metal window slid open to a pitch black cave-like room in the mountain. Tai-Lung knew she was in there, even if he couldn't see her. Suddenly, Tigress's sharp claws slashed at the door, trying to break the bearings. "SHUT IT!"

"Having trouble?" Shifu jested. Tai-Lung glared at his old master.

"Be glad that I haven't killed you all yet," The snow leopard snarled.

"I wouldn't count you as sentimental, Tai-Lung," Shifu replied above Tigress's snarling.

"It's a conquest, Shifu. I like to have trophies," Tai-Lung smirked. Then he growled at Tigress's snarling. "SHUT UP!" He banged on her door. Then she hideously laughed rang. "She's mad!"

"No, she's just messing with you," Monkey joked. Tai-Lung grunted as he stormed away. The soldiers went with him.

"Keep it up, Tigress and the sweet release of death may come," Mantis sighed.

"We must have hope," Viper argued. "The panda would have said, 'Warriors don't quit'." Everyone fell silent at the mention of him.

"Po," Tigress sadly sighed.

"I shouldn't have allowed him to fight. I should have-" Shifu stopped in between closing his eyes at the guilt. In Tigress's cell, it was a lot bigger than it looked. There was one small hole that allowed a hint of life. Much too small and thick to punch through, but it let a 9-inch diameter round spot of light for the daytime. She would always stare at the light during that time.

"Po." Tigress sighed. After the snarling and gnashing, that was the only word that she spoke.

"What do you think his dad is doing?" Monkey asked the others.

"He's probably too grieved to run his shop," Crane replied.

"Po," Tigress moaned.

"Maybe she is going mad," Monkey whispered to Viper.

"Monkey!"

"Think about it. That's the only word she's said since we've been in this cage and that was two months ago. I'm worried that Tai-Lung will finish her off if she's gone completely mad."

"I'm not," Tigress spoke from her closed cell. That surprised everyone. "There's nothing that Tai-Lung can do to make me lose myself."

"Then why are you doing the whole snarling thing?"

"You'll see. It's a matter of time," Tigress said. "But... I do wish Po was here. Po."

"And she's back to the creepy talking," Monkey sighed as he went to bed. Shifu crawled to the corner of his cell to speak privately with Tigress.

"Tigress, are you well?"

"No, Master Shifu. We're prisoners here. The Valley of Peace cowers in fear. The innocent panda is... gone, and it's all our... my fault. I should have believe in him like you did, Master Shifu. I don't understand why I was so... harsh with him. He at least believed in himself. I'm sorry I failed you, Master."

"No, Tigress. Of all the students, I've never been more proud of you. But... I gave my master a promise to believe that Po would deliver us. I still believe he will some way," Shifu sighed. The light slowly faded away from Tigress's dark pit and cast her into darkness again. "Goodnight Tigress."

"Goodnight."

The snow leopard looked at the ceiling of his room. It was Shifu's old room. He could remember nights where he was scared and he came to Shifu for comfort. Tai-Lung shook his head. No, he couldn't even feel remorse or sadness for him. Tai-Lung wanted power. That's all there was to it. "I should go into town and check the subjects," Tai-Lung sighed as he restlessly went to sleep.

Three days after, the Furious Five and Shifu woke up to something... different.

"Hey, do you smell... noodles?" Monkey asked.

"Yeah, and they smell like the noodles that Po made."

"But, the only person that knows the recipe is Po's father," Crane replied. Tigress looked up and saw that light was still coming into the prison. Then a small pink peach flower floated into her cell. She picked up the flower and held it in her hand.

"The Peach Tree is in bloom," Tigress said.

"What? But... it was dying when Tai-Lung defeated Po. I saw it when he brought us in," Shifu replied. "This is a good sign." Then they heard the guards discussing something.

"Hey, you know that the boss is going into town. Some of the guys are going to that duck's shop."

"Really? The one that's normally crying about his fat son all the time?"

"Yeah, he seems like he forgot all about him."

"Great! I heard he has the best dumplings."

"Hope the guys bring us some back."

"You don't think-" Crane wondered.

"Po," Tigress said. "He's back." Unfortunately, she was wrong.

"That crazy old goose," Tai-Lung muttered as he rubbed his sore head. Mr. Ping hit him on the head for saying his prices were too high. It was surprising that Mr. Ping was upset about that and not about the fact that Tai-Lung destroyed his son. Tai-Lung was so shocked that the goose retaliated that he didn't even fight back. He was just glad to get out. The goose did do a number on the soldiers though. The two wolf soldiers stumbled through the hall doors, grasping their hurt crotches.

"Boss- I mean, Dragon Warrior, can we go over there and get back at the duck?"

"No, don't bother. He's a kind of crazy I don't want to deal with anymore," Tai-Lung muttered.

"Hehe. Yeah, Mr. Ping is a bit much sometimes," Said a person from the throne in the Hall of Heroes. Tai-Lung and the soldiers snapped alert. "Hey, what's up?"

"WHAT?! WHO ARE YOU!?" Tai-Lung shouted. He gazed at a lean muscular panda with a messy head fur, sharp-toothed grin, and deep red eyes. He also had a jet black robe that seemed to reach to his knees. It had no pattern or style, just plain black. He was eating dumplings on Tai-Lung's throne, laying across it. "And how dare you sit on my throne!"

"Yeah, um... isn't the throne a bit much?" The panda asked in a mocking fashion. "I mean, awesome fashion though. The dragon armrest, entirely made out of jade. It really gives the palace a palace-y look."

"Guards!" As the wolf soldiers rushed the panda, the panda simply raised his hand, making them stop.

"I... can't move," Grunted the wolf.

"Of course," the panda said, magically tossing them into the pool behind him. "Well, that was WHOA boy!" The panda shouted, dodging a punch from Tai-Lung.

"Hyah!" Tai-Lung struggled to land a punch on the panda, but he couldn't. "Hold still! I'm not going to let you come to defeat me, panda."

"Defeat?" The panda said, catching one of his punches. "Oh, no, no, no. I'm here to help you become undefeatable."

"What?" Tai-Lung asked, retracting his hand.

"I want to be your personal bodyguard," The panda bowed with a smirk. "You've already seen a fraction of my power." He caused one of the wolves in the pool to spin uncontrollably in the air. "But now I'm offering them to you."

"You're giving me your powers?"

"Oh no. This is a kind of one-time deal. I'm offering to help you retain order in this place," the panda replied. "You see, you're Dragon Warrior and you used bandits to keep the village in order. That will attract heroes to free the people and villains to steal your power and influence."

"What makes you think I'll allow you to protect me? How do I know you won't kill me?"

"You see, I was thinking about that," The panda honestly replied, swinging his arm around Tai-Lung, "But then I realized something weird about my life. I am... okay with the power I have. So instead of finding more of it, I'm just going to use all of it."

"To protect me?"

"Basically, I'm bored and this place is full of weird characters. Besides, you won't need as many guards to keep those trophies you keep in the dungeon," The panda replied. Just then, Tigress's snarling sounded. "Ooo, a kitty. Sounds female as well."

"I was going to kill them," Tai-Lung said, wondering what he would say.

"And destroy your rep? Oh dumplings no," The panda exclaimed. "You keep them around and people will have a respect for you, always. And think what will happen if you capture all of them. The people will be eating out of your hand. Ooo Bao-Lu." The panda said taking a piece of the snow leopard's food. Tai-Lung growled at Tigress's loud snarling.

"Help me with the tiger, and we'll see," Tai-Lung offered.

"Of course."

"What's your name, by the way?"

"Aku. Aku-Po."

Continued...

This story might be a lot funnier if you imagine it in a amine style. :D