A/N: Hello readers. I know I didn't updated for too long and I'm sorry for that. I had some troubles with my studies and examinations here. Its still going on so I may not be able to update soon. For those who wondered about what happened to my previous story "New allies", I'm not dropping it. Just taking a vacation from it. I'm not taking the whole pop story. Just borrowing the names of the artifacts. NOW ON WITH THE STORY...
DISCLAIMER : I do not own kfp or Pop.
VALLEY OF PEACE, A LONG TIME AGO
The wind howled as rain battered the window in the dead of the night in the valley of peace. The cracking sound of the thunder was everywhere and from the dark clouds lightning struck here and there, lighting up the sky and the valley for a second before vanishing.
An old turtle stood on the top of the thousands steps of the Jade palace, staring at the distance slightly leaning on his staff. Near to him was a young Red panda who looked so anxious. He turned to the turtle master again "Master, are you sure he will come. I mean, it's really dangerous to come out here in this, What if he stuck at the storm, what if…"
"Patience Shifu, patience. Patience is a virtue…" the old master suddenly smiled "Here he comes!"
The red panda turned and before him, was a figure with a straw hat on his head climbing towards them in the stairs. His one hand holds something wrapped in a cloth and his other hand on his sword on his side.
The figure reached them and bowed in knees before the turtle "Master Oogway. Here it is!" the figure stretched out the cloth wrapped thing to Oogway. The old turtle took the thing from his hands and handed it to Shifu "Keep it inside the Yin yang vault"
Shifu bowed and left inside the palace to carry out his order. Oogway turned to the visitor "Do not worry Prince Lang…" at this the figure stood on his feet.
Oogway leaned forward and placed his hands on his shoulder "The Dagger would be safe in the Jade palace!"
KUNG FU PANDA: DAGGER OF TIME
CHAPTER 1: REFLECTING POOL
JADE PALACE, PRESENT TIME
"Are you ready, po?" Tigress asked po who cracked his neck "Ready is my middle name, Show me what you got!" he jumped to his stance.
"You asked for it panda…" Tigress said and she shifted to her stance. After a moment of hesitation, she lunged at po with a roundhouse kick. Po ducked and he aimed for a punch at her stomach but she caught his hand "Oh crap!" po muttered before she threw him towards the wall, making a Po shaped hole on it.
"OW, that hurts! That's gonna leave a bruise…" She heard Po's voice from the other side of the hole. Tigress rolled her eyes and moved towards the wall "I expected you to at least stand and fight for two minutes, dragon warrior…Is that all you got?" she asked the now cross eyed Dragon warrior.
Po sat up grabbing his dazed head with a paw "Hey, this fight isn't over yet…" Po said and the two warriors readied for another shot. They sparred only for just two minutes, suddenly Tigress said "Po, stop!"
Po stopped "What happened? Is something wrong?" he asked still on his guard. Tigress hesitated for a moment and then asked "Why are you not using your inner peace, Po?"
Po was surprised at this. He sighed and let his hands down "Inner peace was a greater technique in battle, Tigress. but using it will forcefully reminds me of my past. That's the reason Shifu told me to use inner peace only as a final blow" he finished and resumed his stance.
Tigress suddenly felt guilty "I'm sorry Po..."
Po forced a smile on his face "Hey, it's alright Tigress. now, let's finish this spar!" he said and shifted to his stance.
Tigress sighed "Alright, it's just that…To see someone using inner peace is wonderful, and…I hope I would find it someday." she said and resumed her stance.
Po paused for a minute staring at her blankly. Suddenly he grinned…
"You know, I think I can show you some inner peace."
Tigress eyes went wide "No Po, it's alright, I…" but she was cut off by Po
"Don't worry, I can manage it. and besides, It has been too long since I used this inner peace. I was beginning to think I'm gonna forget this..." he said and closed his eyes for finding his peace. "Be warned Tigress…" Po said with a slight smile "You may lose this match. After I entered inner peace, you can't break through my defense!"
Tigress narrowed her eyes and grinned. "We'll see about that" she said and waited for Po to finish his movements. This was the first time Po using his inner peace in sparring. She was also excited inside about fighting against the person with inner peace, which she has never done before.
"Alright, bring it on!" she heard Po and she lunged forward and threw several punches and kicks, but Po dodged all of it even without opening his eyes. She noticed that Po was only blocking her attacks, and not using any counter attacks. But Po was right. She cannot even lay one finger on him. She feels like she was growing tired. When she aimed for a punch in his guts, Po suddenly grabbed her hand. She gasped but couldn't do anything when Po swung her and threw her through the hole where she threw him before.
After a moment, Po opened his eyes and muttered "Skadoosh!" pointing a finger towards Tigress who was now coming out of the hole, grabbing her head. She looked at Po and nodded her head smiling slightly "That was amazing, Po."
Suddenly, they heard a slight creak behind them. The two masters turned around and saw the furious five and master Shifu. (Of course the sound was crane beak's falling) They watched the spar for the whole time, but Po and Tigress Didn't notice since they were focused on their spar.
"eh...Well done, students! That was indeed an amazing spar." Master Shifu praised Po and Tigress and they bowed to him "Thank you, master"
"But…" Shifu interrupted "…inner peace was a powerful technique. Using it often will take too much energy out of you. I believe I told this to you before?"
"Yeah, about that…he he…" po smiled nervously and scratched his back. Tigress stepped forward "Forgive me master, it was my fault really. I requested him to show me the inner peace." She bowed again. Shifu nodded "I see, now go on with your training. I will be at the peach tree if you need me" he said turning around and left the hall.
"That was an awesome match, Po" monkey complimented Po. Crane just patted his shoulders. Viper slithered near Tigress "Tigress…did you just lost a spar to Po?" she whispered to her Tiger friend. Tigress looked at her "Well…" she sighed in defeat "yes. I cannot even land one punch on him when he is at inner peace. It's really a greater defense" she admitted her defeat. She jerked slightly when she felt a paw on her shoulder. She turned and realized it was po.
"Hey, you're still a better fighter than me Tigress" he said "I mean, without inner peace, I didn't stand a chance!" he said Pointing at the panda shaped hole on the wall. Tigress saw that too and chuckled "you're right Po, thank you"
Po grinned "And I'm sure you would find your inner peace soon…"
"So, Po…" Po turned to look at crane who called him "It is your turn to clean the hall of warriors!" he said and stretched out a broom towards po. Po rolled his eyes "oh man…I totally forgot about that, Shifu's gonna murder me!" he muttered and grabbed the broom from crane. "See ya later guys!" he said and ran towards the door. The furious five turned and started their regular training.
Po reached the hall of warriors panting. He paused for a moment outside the hall to regain his breath. Then he pushed the large wooden door and stepped inside. "oh, this won't take long!" he thought to himself and started to clean the hall humming some song.
After about two hour, Po slammed the broom on the floor panting. He looked around the hall for the result of his cleaning. He let out a heavy sigh after realizing the hall was finally sparkling.
"Phew! It took me a lot of energy than Inner peace. I gotta take some snacks." He muttered to himself and started to walk towards the door.
He stopped when he noticed something different. what is it? Is it the reflecting pool?
"Huh?" he turned around and stood for a while, staring at the pool. Is it glowing more than normal? Indeed. No doubt it was glowing abruptly.
He only moved two or three steps towards it before the reflecting pool erupted with a large flash of Yin yang symbol with a thundering sound, shaking the whole palace.
"Oh uh!" is all can Po mutter before he was thrown over to the pillar by the force of the eruption and blacked out.
A/N: Yep. that's the end of the first chapter. please please please review!