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Chapter 1 – 17 Years Later

"Long ago, there was a legend of two warriors, two warriors so great that they were a couple of the most powerful things in the universe. One was a male, one was a female, and together, they watched and protected the universe together and the universal timeline. The universe was all peaceful and full of light, and it was all peaceful until one day…the male of the group saw a darker power in the universe, and then he turned against the light and became the dark. The male became something he shouldn't have been and he began using his dark powers to create the circling Yin and Yang symbol in the Universe. So now, the light and dark are now chasing one another until one wins out. And that's when the Yin and Yang symbol was born. The male created a world of his own to combat the female, so there's been a war going on for thousands of years. And the male victim said he won't stop until everything in the universe is his! There have been other legends…and that's the tale of the Dragon Warrior and the Furious Five, but they won't realize what's coming…soon, the male victim will wreck all havoc on their planet, then so on, out into the universe…what kind of force can save us from this dark fate? There is only one way…"

*17 YEARS LATER*

It's been 17 years since the victory of ending the Solar System War and Tigress finally destroying the Kaftar and conquering her nightmare. It's been peaceful since then, but, when we look through the trees, we see a beautiful mountain range, with snow caps, there were some puffy white clouds in the sky with the golden sun, the trees were beautiful and green, and the meadows were flushing with green colors. We then travel past the meadows and see a crystal clear, sparkling lake with a crystal clear sparkling stream. The view was breathtaking, you would want to see this. Then, we see a village, that's a bit bigger than the Valley of Peace, it had red roofs, with nice looking Ancient China buildings, it had a large palace with a red roof on it, it was similar to the Jade Palace, only different. We then go down into the streets to see that there were lots of pandas with some geese, pigs, goats, antelope, and sheep. Then we see a group of kid bunny rabbits laughing and running to a certain building, and we see that it's a school. It's a school for all ages, including high school students.

Inside the school there were quite a bit of teens with a pretty good bit of kids there. All were smiling and talking with each other, and everything at the school was great. The teaching was great, the students behaved well, it was just great. Well...great but not perfect, then a tiger with jade eyes, black ears, nice and slender, he has on a green shirt with blue pants on, he has a round spot in the middle of his forehead and two horizontal lines on the side of it. He is sliding on a skateboard with a smile on his lips, he's a strong tiger, it looks like he works out some, but he's not huge and muscled up. He then stopped skating and then opened up his locker to pull out some books for science class. He smiled again and then he began skating.

"Lei!" said a woman goose with glasses and a black dress on, "Keep the skateboard's wheels upright if you want to keep it!"

Lei hopped off the skateboard, picked it up and held the skateboard upside down so the wheels are in the air.

"Like that, Mrs. Goose?" Lei asked, looking at her.

"That's it," Mrs. Goose said.

Lei continued to walk with his board upright, he has gotten in trouble at school some, but not too much, unlike the bully rhino who keeps picking at people. Lei walks by a kissing panda couple, and he just rolls his eyes while shaking his head, thinking "Some people."

A little while later, in science class, Lei sat in the middle of the room with other students surrounding him like antelope, sheep, and rabbits. The teacher was Mr. Xiao, he's a panda as well, but a bit smaller than Po.

"And as you can see class," said Mr. Xiao while writing something on the board, "The rocks that we find here on the surface of Earth, are just small pieces from the huge chunks underneath the surface." He turned to the class and asked, "Now tell me, how are Igneous rocks formed?"

Lei shot up his hand and Mr. Xiao said, "Yes Lei?"

"Well, they have to form in volcanoes," Lei explained, "Once a volcano erupts it spurts out lava. And once the lava cools, it'll form rocks and sometimes the rocks will form crystals inside of it. But unlike some rocks, like Obsidian, it cooled so quickly that crystals didn't have time to grow. That's why it looks glassy."

"Yes," said Mr. Xiao, "You should also know that they come from mid-ocean ridges like in the Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean."

"And Sedimentary rocks are formed from grains and pebbles that're pressed together over time," Lei continued, "While Metamorphic rocks are formed by heat and pressure."

"Exactly right," Mr. Xiao said, "Great job, Lei."

Lei smiled and nodded while someone muttered, "Geek." He looked back at an antelope, who just shrugged his shoulders. Lei just rolled his eyes and got back to paying attention.

A little while later, Lei has just eaten lunch, and he had some rice balls with noodles and tofu. He softly burped before he threw the plate in the trash. Then a teenage male panda patted him on the back, surprising him, but not much.

"Hey Lei!" the teenage panda greeted, "How's it going?"

Lei chuckled and said, "It's going fine, Xin." He turned to face the panda, and the panda had blue eyes, he was nice and slender for a panda, he had on a green shirt with black pants. Then Lei saw a female leopard with brown eyes, she's nice and attractive, she smiled at Lei, who blushed lightly.

"Hey Lei," she said in a sweet tone.

"H-Hi Jinjing," Lei said with a little nervous tone, making Jinjing giggle.

"Are you ready for some football practice?" Xin asked in an excited tone.

"I don't know," Lei joked, "Mom's still a bit picky about me joining the team. If you know what I mean."

"Yeah," agreed Xin, "She is a great woman, but she can be a bit stubborn about things."

"That she can, be she's a great mother," Lei said with a smile.

Then the bell rang and Lei knew it was time for some football practice, he began walking with his friends. Xin has been in the football team for a few months, and Lei is just getting started, after Xin coaxed him to do so.

"Hey Lei," said Jinjing, "Maybe after school I could go meet your parents. I haven't seen them in a while."

Lei blushed a bit before saying, "I…I, oh, of course. You can see them again if you want." Jinjing smiled and said, "Thanks Lei." Lei nodded before she began walking down the hall, she looked back at him and waved at him. Lei chuckled and slowly waved back with slightly wide eyes, making Jinjing giggle.

"Dude," Xin said, wrapping his arm around Lei, "She's a keeper, but she's a hard one to land."

Lei snapped out of his thoughts back into reality before saying, "What?! What?! We're just friends! Nothing else! I mean…yeah, since we were five…"

"Are you saying you can't land a girl?" Xin asked.

"Uh…" Lei said, "I don't know if a girl will ever fall for me…I'm into skateboarding, doing insane tricks, kung fu, and rock n' roll music."

"Lei, it's the inside of a person that counts for a girl," Xin said, "And also if you're a guy who has abs like Stan, or are a panda like me, anyone can land a girl or guy if possible."

Lei shuttered a little, he then turned to Xin and said, "Thanks…for the advice…"

"And be sure to do the pec popping of love," Xin said with a grin.

"NO!" Lei shouted, "Not that! No way!"

He began stomping away while Xin called, "Women have fallen for men for thousands of years because of that!"

"Don't care!" Lei shouted back.

A little while later, school's out and Lei has to go home. He could take the bus, be likes to walk in the crisp, cool, autumn day. He took a deep breath in and breath out, oh, the cool air felt so good in his nostrils. He's waiting for Jinjing to come and meet him, for he always walks to where his dad works when school's out. He goes there not only to see his dad, but to also enjoy the candy. Yes, his dad works at a candy shop while his mother works at home, babysitting some kids for the local neighbors while they're at work. Then, he felt someone tap his back, and when he turned around, he almost fell backwards when he saw Jinjing right in front of him.

"Hello Lei," she giggled, "I'm ready to meet your parents."

Lei slowly nodded, his stomach tightened a bit before he said, "Let's head to my dad's candy shop. He's about to get off work."

"Let's go then," Jinjing said with a smile.

Lei slowly nodded again before they began walking. The streets were nice and beautiful with beautiful buildings with red roofs pointing to the blue sky above. There were lots of pandas with some geese and rabbits in the town. As they walked, Lei couldn't help but look at Jinjing. She's so beautiful in her white dress with white sandals. She just could take your breath away, what he thought anyway. He smiled as he looked at her, unaware that she knows that she's looking at him. He chuckled in his mind, and then…BAM! He ran into a post, making Jinjing laugh. Lei blushed furiously while he said, "Ha, ha, very funny."

"Come on, big boy, let's get to your dad's place," Jinjing giggled.

Lei nodded and then he looked to his left to see a candy store, that's next to a noodle shop.

When they got there, the shop was packed, there were lots of geese, antelope, and rabbits. Lei looked for his dad and then he saw him come out of the employees' area. Lei smiled and then he began to run over to him. We then see that his dad his Po. The panda was a bit slimmer than he was 17 years ago, and he looked a lot more mature and wiser.

"Dad!" he heard.

Smiling, knowing that voice, he turned around to see his own son running towards him. He smiled wider and said, "Lei my boy!" When his son got up to him, Po scooped his son up in a hug while Jinjing smiled as she walked over. In comparison, Lei's head went up to his dad's neck.

"How'd school go?" Po asked his son with a soft tone.

"Oh, Dad, do we have to talk about it?" Lei joked with a chuckle.

"Yes, yes we do, son," Po chuckled.

He put his son down and then he saw Jinjing, who was smiling. Po smiled at her and asked, "And you're Jinjing right?"

"Yes," Jinjing replied as she smiled, "It sure has been a while, hasn't it?"

"Yes, it's wonderful to see you again," Jinjing, "Remember, I'm the father of awesomeness."

"Dad, really? Awesomeness?" Lei teased again while nudging his dad a bit. Po chuckled and said, "Well, the word 'awesome' has been a big part of my life."

"Well," said Jinjing with a smile, "It's great to see you again. I've heard stor…"

"Yeah, yeah," Po said with a smile, "I know, it's great to see you too."

"Yeah," said Jinjing, "Oh, and Lei, do you have your science project ready?"

"Oh, yeah!" Lei said with a grin, "The science fair!"

"Oh, I forgot about that," Po said, "It's only two days away, right?"

"Yes," Lei said with a grin, "And mine's about volcanoes and rocks forming in the earth."

"That sounds like a great project," Jinjing commented with a smile, "Mine's about electricity and energy."

"Same to you," Lei said with a smile, "A great project."

"Both are," Po said to the teenagers, "I've got one more thing to do. But until then, get you some candy out of the candy machine over there."

Po pointed to it and then Lei said, "Thanks Dad." Po nodded before he went to go take care of one more thing. Lei got him some chocolate bars with some jellybeans and some gum. Jinjing got some kit-kats and some Twix bars, king size. Then Po came over and said, "Okay, I'm done."

"That was quick," Jinjing said with a smile.

"Ah, you know, awesomeness," Po said a little proudly with a smirk.

"Come on awesome Dad," Lei joked again before they went out of the shop.

As they walked, they walked past the noodle shop, where Mr. Ping is serving customers. He's a bit older looking, but he still can cook and serve. This time, he has some helpers.

"Hey Dad!" Po called out to him.

"Oh, hey Po!" Mr. Ping called out to him with a smile.

"Be sure those customers are happy as pappy!" Po joked.

Mr. Ping laughed and said, "You can count on that!" With that, the three figures continued to Po's house, where Lei can't wait to get after a day of school.

Meanwhile, at Po's house, Tigress, who's in a plain blue dress, nothing special about it though, she gave a baby goose to its mother and said with a smile, "He was an angel today. I'll look forward to see him again."

"Thanks for taking care of him," the goose woman said with a smile, "He'll be back tomorrow."

Tigress smiled and then the goose gave her 20 Yuan. Tigress thanked the goose, who went on her way. Now, you might think Tigress' beauty decreased over the years, but no! She's a bit stronger and she looks more beautiful. She matured in beauty over the years despite being a 44-year-old woman. She's even stronger than she was 17 years ago, and she's happy as well. She grabbed a broom and began to sweep off the porch some, for she only had one child for the day.

"Heya! We're home!" a voice called to her, she stopped sweeping as she let a smile spread on her face. She turned to see that the voice belonged to her Po, and Lei began running up to her. She put the broom away and when she did, Lei gave her a big hug, and she returned the hug while she smiled a wide smile.

"How was your day?" she asked in a sweet tone.

"It was great as always, Mother," Lei said.

"Did you get in trouble again?" Tigress asked.

"No, no," Lei replied, "I do have grade A's in my science and math classes though."

"Well, always do great in school," Tigress said softly, "You don't want to fail in life, you know."

Lei nodded and he kissed his mother's cheek before he turned to see his dad and Jinjing.

"Hey my panda," Tigress said in a sweet tone before kissing Po, she turned to see Jinjing and she asked, "Aren't you Jinjing?"

"Yes," Jinjing said with a smile, "You remember me?

"I sure do," Tigress said with a smile, "I've been keeping your little brother for the past few weeks."

"Oh, so you're the reason why my little brother vanishes for the entire day," Jinjing said with a little teasing tone.

"I know," Tigress said, pretending to be guilty, "But he's so adorable!"

Jinjing laughed and hugged Tigress, who returned the hug, all had smiles on their faces.

"Why don't we all go in and have a snack?" Po offered, he then put his hands on his belly and said, "My belly has been really talkin' to me for the last two hours."

"Oh, Dad, you're such a nutcase sometimes," Lei said with a teasing tone.

"Lei," said Tigress, "Don't go too far like last time, when you told a joke, it was a little…too dark and you got in trouble. Right?"

"Okay Mom," Lei said, he was a bit rebellious sometimes, and sometimes a bit cocky and stubborn, but he and his parents love each other so much. Tigress nodded and then she wrapped her arm around Lei before they all went inside.

When they got in, the house was a decent house, it had white walls with hardwood floors, and the kitchen has a blue wall, which Po went into and got him a snack.

"Lei," said Tigress, "You know to get your homework done and to get your project to school, don't you?"

"Yes Mother," Lei said.

"Good," said Tigress, "You and I need to get that thing into the gym tonight since it's a bit hard to get it there in one piece."

Lei nodded, his mother can be a bit ordering around and asking questions wanting things straight, it was a bit annoying, but he gets over it in time. Then Po came out with some cookies and some apples and they all each got one.

"Po, did you eat all of the donuts?" Tigress asked when she saw powder on his face. Po nodded his head while Tigress rolled her eyes in annoyance, but she smiled, just loving how Po can be about eating. When they finished eating their snacks, Jinjing smiled at Tigress and Po.

"Well, I'd love to stay, but I've gotta go home, my parents don't like me getting home late," she explained.

"Well, we'll see you later," Po said with a smile.

"It was lovely to meet all of you," Jinjing said with a smile.

"You too," Tigress said.

Jinjing began to leave, and she looked back at Lei.

"See you around," she said in a seductive tone, with a smile.

Lei blushed a bit before Jinjing giggled and left. Tigress made him look at her and she said, "You have to get my and Po's approval before dating, you know."

"I know, I know," Lei said, a bit annoyed.

"Come on, Tigress," Po said, "He knows the rules."

"I just wanna make sure he's listening," Tigress said, looking at him.

Po sighed and he said in a soft tone, "Tigress, he's 17 years old. He's gonna be graduating in a year."

"I know," Tigress said, "I just don't want him to fail in life."

Po understood that, he smiled at Tigress and he pulled her into a hug, and she returned it. Po looked at Lei and said, "Get your homework done, you and her need to get your project to school."

"Yes Father," Lei said.

Then he headed up the stairs to do his homework, Tigress kissed Po again before they both sat down on the couch.

A while later, Lei has done his homework, and he and his mother are in the school's gym, bringing the volcano and rock project into the gym. Lei led his mother to where his project would be placed; Tigress was pleased to see Lei in the science fair again, for he'd been in it for 3 years in a row. Tigress looked around to see other science projects, like the Solar System, plant life, animal life, and many others.

"Isn't it amazing, Mother?" Lei asked with a smile.

"What?" asked Tigress.

"The science fair," Lei explained, "It looks a lot better than it did last year."

Tigress smiled, and she couldn't disagree with him there. Then Lei showed her where to put everything. Lei put down a model of a volcano and a display showing how rocks are formed inside the Earth. Then Tigress put down some actual sample from the Earth. When she saw it was finished, she smiled at Lei and said, "Nice work, Lei."

"Well, you and Dad helped me a bit," Lei said with a smile, "You two are such good parents."

Tigress chuckled, "Well, you do get a bit annoyed at us." Lei shook his head and said, "Doesn't mean I don't love you." With that, they hugged each other, happy with one another. When they broke apart, Tigress said, "Let's go home. You know, the Po and I have to do our routine each night."

"Yeah," Lei said with a smile, "Always doing things in the garage and checking the town, making sure it's safe."

"Just don't go near the garage at night hours," Tigress told him before they began to leave.

"Okay Mom," Lei said.

As they headed home, Lei was wondering why his mother and father don't let him near the garage at night hours. It's confused him for a long time, but he always did what they told him. He was just wondering what they do in the garage all night and checking the town. What's up with that? He always thought he could hear clanking of metal and smashing of wood far in the distance. He knew if he got close to the garage at night, his parents would be upset, like that one time last summer. They trained him in kung fu some in the yard, but it's pretty much basic. He decides not to question them for they don't want to talk about it. He just couldn't figure out what.

"Lei," said Tigress, but he didn't respond, "Lei? Lei!"

Lei jumped out of his skin, he turned to face his mother and asked, "Yes Mother?"

"We're home, first off," said Tigress, "And were you thinking about something?"

"Yes, Mother," Lei admitted, "I was just thinking about the science fair and how excited I am for it."

"I see," Tigress said with a smile, "You are always excited about it." Then she dropped her smile and said, "But remember not go near the garage tonight."

"I know, Mom," Lei said.

Lei headed into the house while his mother followed.

When they got in, it was 8pm, and Po was waiting for them. He gave his son a smile and a hug like he always does when he comes home. He gave Tigress a hug and a kiss like he always does. Po smiled at Lei and said, "You might wanna get some sleep, for it's the day before the science fair, you know."

Lei nodded, "But it's 8pm."

"I know," Po said with a smile, "But we've got things to do, and you do need sleep."

"I know," Lei said softly, "But I just want to…" Tigress cut him off and said, "Lei, it's bedtime. You need to be at school at 7:30 tomorrow morning."

Lei sighed, rolling his eyes with his eyes closed, he turned to face his mother and said, "Good night, Mother." Tigress gave a small smile before hugging Lei and telling him good night. Then Po told Lei good night as well. As Lei headed up the stairs to his room, he looked at his parents before he left.

A few minutes later, Lei has already brushed his teeth and he has on nothing but boxers. He's a bit ripped and he does look a bit strong. He blew his candle out as he got into the bed and pulled the covers over him. As he laid in bed, he began wondering why his parents are so secretive at night.

*Flashback*

We see a ten-year-old Lei, who's with some friends, Xin's parents, and 11-year-old Xin is right next to Lei.

"You're gonna be staying with Xin's family for a while," Po said to Lei while rubbing his son's head.

"But I want to go with you guys," Lei said, wanting to go with his parents.

"Lei," Tigress said, getting eye level with him, "Dad and I have to go on a vacation without you. Kids aren't allowed on this private vacation. I'm sorry."

Lei hugged his mother, who returned the hug, when they broke apart, it looked like Tigress was holding back tears.

"Lei, be safe here," Po said softly.

Po gave his son a hug before they left while Tigress wiped her eyes. Lei was confused and he didn't know why they were acting a bit emotional.

*End of flashback*

Now, with the 17-year-old Lei, he was just confused as he was then. That's not the only time it's happened before, it's happened on several occasions. When he was 10, and when he was 13, and when he was sixteen. They say they go on a vacation, and when they do, they come back like three weeks later. Lei always wondered why they left in a bit of sadness, he just didn't know why.

"Why won't they tell me…" he asked himself.

Then, he heard some faint clanks of metal and smashing of wood in the distance like he does every night. He looked at the window and he just couldn't figure out why his parents were secretive at night. He then closed his eyes to try to go to sleep.

In the garage, well, BELOW the garage, we see Po and Tigress training on training equipment, similar to the training grounds back at the Jade Palace, only a little different. They're training?! They're kung fu masters, duh! But why are they hiding that from Lei?

"Po," Tigress said.

Po stopped training, he turned to face her and asked, "Yes Tigress?" He saw that she was a bit concerned and she crossed her arms while looking at the floor. Po put his hand on her shoulder and asked, "Is something wrong?"

"I just…" Tigress said, but she trailed off.

"You just what?" Po asked, confused.

"I just…don't want to let Lei find out about us," Tigress said softly, "What if he finds out we're kung fu masters?"

"I don't know," Po said softly, "But he won't."

"What if he does?" Tigress asked, looking at him.

"I just hope he doesn't…" Po said, hugging her, "If he does…who knows how he'll react…"

"Shouldn't we get back to training?" Tigress said, changing the subject.

Po nodded as they got back to training, not wanting Lei to find out that they're kung fu masters.

Author's note,

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