Yin and Yang
Hey there Aldebran here, this my first fanfic ever. After reading other KFP work, I finally manned up and made my own. After coming back from Gong Men city, there is celebration for the savior of China, and even though it's in his honor he helps out with the festival (such a good guy) and at one point he notices a poster that catches his attention and makes him think about a certain female kung fu master. I do not own anything from Dream Works, Kung Fu Panda, its characters, its stories, etc.
Chapter 1- Preparations
The valley of Peace
It was a new day in the Valley of Peace. At this point the valley was more busy than peaceful, as one would think it should be with everyone moving around getting their preparations finished for the Celebration to come.. It has been three days since Master Shifu, the Furious five, and the Dragon Warrior returned from Gong Men city after Po defeated Shen and saved all of China from his wrath and proved that Kung Fu triumphs over news of the Dragon Warrior defeating Shen and saving China spread all over the country within a matter of days. The villagers in the valley were so proud and honored to have such great warriors that they decided to throw the biggest celebration they could in honor of the Kung Fu masters that watched over them. In despite of the villagers saying, Po still decided that he wanted to help them prepare the celebration. Po was in the main streets helping hang up decorative Chinese lanterns. It was a good thing he was tall, everybody else in the village was about half his size and needed a ladder to reach almost anything. "Son stop working and come over here", said Mr. Ping, "sure thing, dad I'll be right over there" Po hanged up the last lantern and walked over to his dad's noodle shop. "Is there something you needed?" "Yes Po, I need you to relax, you seem to working every time I see you. You seem thinner ever since you came back, so sit down while I make you a big meal like in the old days." "Dad you don't have to do that, I feel fi-" Po was interrupted by Mr. Ping "I will not take no for an answer son! A father knows what's best for his son. Now one order of everything coming up!" Po chuckled a bit and said " alright then, thanks dad."
Meanwhile at the Jade Palace
"Where is the Dragon Warrior?" asked a slightly irritated Panda to his students in the training hall. "He's missing?" asked Tigress with more concern than she intended. " Yes, he was supposed to be training on his inner peace" "We haven't seen him since this morning" replied Monkey "the same for us master" said both Crane and Viper. " Maybe he's learning a new technique that involves food" joked Mantis. Tigress said " Maybe Mantis is right and he's in the kitchen. It is almost time for dinner." "No he is not in the kitchen, I have already checked all over the palace and haven't seen a trace of him. Hmm well no need to worry, he can handle himself, we'll wait and see, he usually doesn't leave for too long. Resume your training students." The Five resumed what they were doing as Master Shifu left the training hall, but one student couldn't concentrate on her training. Tigress was sparring with monkey, but had a few difficulties with her thoughts. She still beat monkey, but it took her longer than it usually did. "I hope Po is okay and returns" Tigress thought.
Back at Mr. Ping's noodle shop
"Thanks for the food dad, see you later" said Po "Anytime son, don't be a stranger" Po chuckled "wow I'm really full, usually I would still be able to save room for dessert. I'm losing my touch haha". Po began to see that the sun was setting and then he remembered that he had to go make dinner for the Five and Shifu (if he joins them). As he started jogging towards his old enemy, Staiirrrss, his attention was caught by some posters on a nearby wall. On the wall there posters of the Furious Five, "they still look incredibly awesome" thought Po, next to it was a poster of a beautiful peach tree on a cliff side. A slight smile came to and it reminded him a of a very special turtle he once knew. Next to that one was a lot flashier than the rest, it was a poster of Po posing in his fighting stance with China behind it and a golden dragon circling both Po and China. It read ' Come celebrate the savior of China, THE MIGHTY DRAGON WARRIOR! All are welcomed to this celebration'. The rest talked about the kind of festivities would occur at the event. The one poster that really caught his attention was an old poster that yellowed a bit with age. When he looked at it he saw a dragon and a tiger and there over the Yin and Yang. The tiger was over the Yin half and the dragon of the Yang side. The poster said balance can bring peace especially to opposites. He understood the balance part, but how could a dragon and a tiger be opposites.
Po decided to push that thought aside and go to the palace before it got too late. Halfway up the stairs Po started thinking about the poster again. 'Still don't get it, hmm maybe they represent others. The only closest thing to a dragon I know is uh well me and the only tiger I know is Tigress. So does that mean that if me and Master Tigress were together we'd be at peace and balanced?' Po blushed violently as he thought of the word 'together' " Ha! Yeah right like Master Tigress and me could ever be together" his tone gradually turned a little sadder " heh a panda and a a tiger. No...way eve-" before he could finish his sentence he didn't realize he was climbing the thousand steps of the Jade Palace and tripped on the 5 to last step, making him lose his balance and fall backwards. As he bounced on his way down, Po thought 'darn so clooose, and I'm getting a strange sense of deja vu".
Jade Palace
"Alright everyone we can stop for today" Tigress said to the rest of the five. "Finally, I'm getting super hungry" said Mantis while stretching out his mandibles, " yeah me too" added Monkey. "You think Po will make his secret ingredient soup?" inquired Viper "I hope so. What do you think Tigress?" asked crane. "It doesn't matter what we eat, he just better not be late" she said rather coldly as she walked out through the doors and then thought 'or he'll regret it' . "Hmm do any of you think that Tigress has been acting differently ever since we returned from Gong Men city?" " She still seems as cold as ever haha" joked mantis, but quickly quieted as viper hissed at him "I'm serious you guys, she seems a bit more colder than before, but she only becomes this way when it involves Po" "now that you mention it, she was a bit mad after Po got hurt in the Gong Men Harbor even though he wasn't that injured." said Crane, " come on you guys, this is Tigress we're talking about, I'm sure this is nothing and it will quickly go away. For now let's go get ready dinner, last one there gets none of my almond cookies" Said Monkey as he ran out of the hall. With a few chuckles the rest followed to get ready for dinner.
Meanwhile near the Palace
Halfway up the thousand steps a panda was panting heavily and crawling on all fours saying "almost..there pant.. curse you... stairs... you will not beat the pant... Dragon...warrior. Phew the Five...make this look...easy."
Chapter 1 end
Thank you for reading, please review and tell me what you thought. I thought it might be a bit dry, so please tell me if you think so too or not. I'll accept any review so I can get better, but please no hate mail unless if it's real criticism. Thanks again! I'll upload the next chapter as soon as I can.