A Leopards Spots
(A Kung Fu Panda Fanfiction)

Chapter One

The Emperor Sat on the steps in front of the Moon pool in the Sacred Hall of Warriors while Shifu stood in front of him with wide eyes and raised ears at what the Emperor had told him. "Are you sure Sire" Master Shifu asked his voice tinged with panic, the Emperor sighed and nodded sadly.
"I'm afraid so Master Shifu." He replied watching Shifu as he paced shaking his head muttering
"no, No, NO, NO!" Shifu exclaimed getting louder with each word. "There must be some mistake." He said desperately, the Emperor watched the near frantic Red Panda with growing concern. Soon tiring of Shifu's pacing and fearing that the old Red Panda may have a heart attack he decided it best to intervene. Placing a paw on Shifu's shoulder stopping him in mid step the Emperor waited until Shifu was looking him in the eye and then spoke. "There is no mistake Shifu, this information comes from a reliable and completely trustworthy source. And now, you know what must be done… I'm sorry." The Emperor said softly, he patted Shifu's shoulder before standing and leaving the Sacred Hall of Warriors and leaving an ashen faced Red Panda behind.

Shifu walked up the stairs to the moon pool that was located in the Sacred Hall of Warriors, after staring into the small pool of water for a few he abruptly dropped to his knees silently begging for his master's spirit to guide him. Despite his silent pleas to his master's spirit he was given no guidence, slowly Shifu rose to his feet and made his way just as slowly to the bunk-house. The trip seemed shorter than usual despite his slow pace, he was soon walking past the bunk-house kitchen where his students were crowded in, he tried to shuffle past un-noticed but to no avail. "Master just in time, dinner's ready come eat." Po called out in his usual happy go lucky way.
"No thank you Po. I am not hungry, I'm just going to turn in for the night." Shifu replied before limping off, his hands were clasped behind his back and his ears were drooping with worry. His students instantly picked up on his mood by his posture and tone, they all began to worry because when Shifu was worried then that meant something was seriously wrong.

Shifu slowly made his way through the bunk-house to his room, once inside with the door closed firmly behind himself Shifu leaned up against the door and slid down it to the floor. His room was mostly dark with the soft silver glow from the moon through one small window the only illuminating part of the room, Shifu sat cross legged on the floor in an attempt at meditation to try and calm his racing mind. He continued his forced meditation until he heard his students make their way to their own rooms, after the quiet chorus of goodnights that his students called out to each other Shifu made his way to his own bed. Though with his troubled mind racing with unanswered questions, memories and worries it wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Shifu managed to fall asleep, unfortunately his peaceful slumber wasn't to last as the nightmare began to play within his mind once more.

Shifu woke with a start and hastily tidied himself up ad rushed to the corridor where his student's rooms were, mere moments after he arrived in his usual place the gong sounded and his students swiftly exited their rooms saying "Good morning Master" in unison. He nodded in response before leading them to the kitchen, they quickly ate their breakfast in silence as each of the six young warriors cast worried glances at their Master.
After their hasty breakfast they slowly followed their master to the training hall, Tigress grew tired of the silence and tried to strike up a conversation with their master. "Master is something wrong?" It took a moment for Shifu to realise he had been asked a question and snapped back to reality.
"I'm sorry Tigress, what did you say?" Shifu asked still sounding slightly distracted.
"I... was just wondering if something was wrong?" Tigress asked concern clearly showing in her voice.
"Why do you ask?" Shifu responded simply as they neared the gates for the training hall grounds.
"Well you seem sort of distant this morning." Tigress replied starting to get slightly annoyed at Shifu's short replies.
"Ah. Do not worry I'm fine, I just didn't get much sleep last night." Shifu replied as he pushed the gates to the training hall grounds open.
"How come? Was it to do with what you and the Emperor were discussing yesterday afternoon?" Tigress asked once they were standing in the middle of the practice field, Shifu sighed sadly before replying. "Yes, I'll explain why later. Now lets start this mornings training."

A/N
Well here it is the first chapter to the seqel of Shifu's Cold, I'll change the name once I decide upon one and let you know a chapter in advance.
I'm still writing this story so updates might be far and few between until I finish it both on paper then typing, as alwasy reviews are always
welcome no matter what they say.
So until the next chapter BYE ^^