Hello, thanks for tuning in. What you're about to read is the sequel for my fic Kung Fu Pirate: New Millennium. This is a new story with a new enemy (Or should I say enemies...?), new hero, new OCs, new mission and last but not least: A new POV. Yes, we won't get the story from my original character Hai's point of view, since I feel like I should practice a little on writing as a personality who isn't like me at all; most of my main OCs are based upon myself, so in order to be able to make characters that aren't, I decided to do this story a little differently. Actually, we won't see that much of Hai, so if you liked him, I'm sorry... :/

So anyways, I'm glad you guys took the time to check out my story! If you like it, you can leave a review as always - feedback is greatly appreciated! So, this was a pretty long Author's note, so what do you say we get on with the story! :)

We all dashed through the forest as we chased after the bandits. It was Fung and his minions who had been up to no good again. They had been stealing a lot of stuff from the village, and when we came to fight them off, they had made a run for it – cowards. I had been telling Hai a lot of times that releasing all those prisoners from Chorh-Gom was a bad idea. But of course the stubborn little lynx only thinks that whatever he does is right.

As a Kung Fu Master who had been trained with discipline all my life, seeing a sassy and sassy pirate with no respect for anything come into our palace, was a strange thing. I didn't know why Master Shifu had decided to let him stay – I mean a year ago he had gotten a task to fulfill and he had failed. But Master Shifu still let him stay here.

Hello, my name is Tigress and I'm, as you might have guessed, a tiger and also a Master of the Tiger Style Kung Fu. I live in Jade Palace in the Valley of Peace along with my family – my friends and my Master.

First there is Monkey. He is the heart and soul of our team; always ready to crack a joke about something or someone, and he is a Master of the Monkey Style Kung Fu. He is covered in orange fur and he wears dark red pants and leathery wristbands. He has a long, strong tail, and the only place, where his body isn't covered in fur, is his face.

Next there is Viper – the motherly character of our group. She's a viper and a Master of the style of the same name. Whenever someone feels distress or discomfort, she's always the one to help fastest. She has a very caring nature, and she will always ask in on you if you seem to have problems – I would know that. She is covered in yellow scales all over and has darker patterns on her back which resemble Chinese writing for some reason. Other than Kung Fu, she's also really good at cooking and ribbon dancing.

Mantis is easily the smallest of the team, due to being a Mantis. But this doesn't mean that he can't be a tough foe – Mantis Kung Fu is fast and very quick moving, so any newbie should never try to spare with him as their first opponent, even if he went easy on them. He is covered in green outer skeleton and wears robes around his tiny legs. He's also really good at acupuncture (Unless you're too 'big').

If you'd think of our group as a body, then of course the group also has a brain – Crane. He is a crane and Master of the Kung Fu Style of the same name, based off of balance and accuracy. Crane is of course covered in feathers – mainly white, but also black on his neck, around his wings and on his tail feathers. He wears a pair of dark blue pants and usually also a straw hat and various rings around his long talons.

The two newest members of the group are Po and Hai. I think we start off with Po as he came before Hai. Po is a panda and the biggest out of all of us. He came to Jade Palace as a spectator for the Dragon Warrior Tournament a few years ago, and at first we all rejected him and the fact that he was a warrior of such a high status; he was lazy, loud, unserious, childish and in really bad shape. But soon he proved to be the true Dragon Warrior as he defeated a powerful opponent and saved the Valley. Being the Dragon Warrior, he uses his own improvised style.

As mentioned Po is big and covered in black and white fur, but he also has a big heart and truly is a good person. He doesn't act arrogant in any way about being the Dragon Warrior (He does tend to get somewhat cocky sometimes) and wears a pair of old, simple pants.

Lastly there's… Hai. He is the newcomer and while I represent the dedication, Monkey the good mood, Viper the loving care, Mantis the serious personality, Crane the perfectionist nature and Po the happiness and excitement, Hai is… everything else. He would easily represent the treacherous and untrustworthy nature as he does whatever he wants at all times. Also, he is a pirate. He has grown up to become a pirate, but as Viper says, he is something more. He has proven to be quite the hero at some times and he's even the Millennium Warrior – a title even more honorable than the Dragon Warrior title.

Hai is just like Po was when he got here – just far, far worse. He rarely trains, always gets up too late, always stuffs his face and never takes orders from anyone – even Master Shifu, our mentor. Hai is a (The) little lynx and is covered in light brown fur all over with black stripes and spots here and there. He wears a blue vest and black pants. An outfit that is strikingly similar to mine, except a few differences. Oh well, we might as well get back to the afternoon it all started.

Fung and three or four minions ran with their stolen supplies as Hai, Po and I followed them. The plan was to chase them through the forest and then Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey would block their way when we got through the forest. But of course one of us went ahead and forgot to use his brain.

Hai suddenly put all his power into his legs and sprinted fast through the forest and in an instant he was right behind Fung. Just as I yelled for him to back a little down, Fung and his minions suddenly jumped aside. The forest started parting and as Hai was moving with too much speed, he failed to stop and ran a little further until he finally stopped. Just as he started to run back towards us, he was jumped by four dashes of fur, feathers and scales.

"Get off me!"

"Hai? What are you doing?" Viper asked confused as she had ensnared his entire torso. I sighed and slapped my forehead and Po simply sighed. Of course Hai would somehow forget the entire plan and ruin everything. Po and I quickly started chasing after the crocodile bandits, but they easily made their way past Hai and the others, as they had caught him. I quickly dashed after the nearest bandit, but suddenly they all threw something at the ground and suddenly an explosion of smoke swallowed me up.

I coughed and quickly covered my mouth and nose with my hand. The smoke was thick and it hurt my eyes too, so I quickly closed them shut. I could hear the others cough, even though I did my best not to. I opened my one eye slightly to see a silhouette a little in front of me. I was sure that it was Fung or one of his minions and went to get him. But as I grabbed this other person, I could feel fur instead of scales.

Soon the smoke disappeared and I saw that it was Monkey I had grabbed onto by his throat. I coughed a little and so did the others – especially Monkey. I quickly let go of him and we all turned to Hai.

"What?" he asked as if it wasn't his fault at all.

"Uh, you just ruined the plan, Hai," Monkey said. "That's what."

"Me? I was just trying to get him?" Hai said, trying to defend himself.

"Yet you still went ahead without thinking," I pointed out. We had all agreed on the plan, and Hai had even been the one to bring up the fact that we could ambush them. So why'd he have to act so recklessly? "I thought a plan was a plan."

"Sure," Hai said carelessly and waved it off with his one sword. The other sword was in the one sheath on his back. "Besides, they haven't gotten that far – they're right over there!"

We all looked and saw the five crocodiles run towards a mountain area a few hundred meters away. We immediately chased after them and I saw Hai pull the other sword out of its sheath through the corner of my eye. He probably just wanted to have some, what he called fun, and probably didn't even care about the stolen supplies.

Suddenly he threw the sword in his right hand against the crocodiles. Somehow he was able to make it swirl in the air in a spiral motion, and somehow it swept the legs of all three reptiles away.

They fell to the ground and dropped everything they were carrying. The various stolen items were scattered all over the ground and as we got closer, we were about to attack them, but the cowardly reptiles decided to flee instead. We couldn't catch up with them and I sighed.

If it wasn't for Hai's goof-up earlier, we'd be able to get them and send them back to Chorh-Gom… Wait, maybe he did it on purpose! Think about it: he used to be a criminal just like they were! Besides, he was the one who let them out of Chorh-Gom!

"Looks like you succeeded," I told him in my calmest voice. He didn't seem to understand, but then I said: "You let them get away."

"Are you saying that I did that on purpose?" Hai hissed at me. It was rare to hear him speak like that, and it also surprised me quite a bit. "Just because I'm a pirate?"

"Guys, guys," Po said in a calming voice and made the tension in the air vanish. "They're gone and the stolen stuff is right here. Let's just get it back to the village, okay?"

"Hm, whatever," Hai muttered as we all started picking up the stolen items. It was mainly food and such, but it didn't seem to have taken damage from being dropped.

"Thank you, thank you," the many villagers said to us when we had finally brought back all the stolen supplies. They had been stolen from various people who sold different stuff at the village's marketplace – Fung and his minions had just appeared and taken everything that was within reach. The villagers had been defenseless against the big crocodiles, but when we finally got down to the marketplace, the reptiles had fled.

"You're very welcome," Po said in his usual excited and eager voice as we helped the villagers put the stolen items back to where they had been before. After a few minutes of carrying stuff around, we were finally done and everything was back to normal. The sun had almost gone down and the night fell. The villagers started packing their re-obtained stuff and call it a day. Suddenly I heard something out of the corner of my ear; Hai asked for payment.

"What?" I growled at him, which immediately seemed to scare him a little. The villager he had been talking to immediately walked away quickly, as if he hadn't had anything to do with it.

"I just think we should also get some benefits out of being..."

"We do," I interrupted him. "Helping others isn't something that you should always expect material payment for. You can't call it a good deed if you expect something in return!"

"Oh, I'm sorry if I did something wrong... Tingju!" Hai hissed back at me.

He... he just called me a... I clenched my fist and kept my anger inside. I knew that he tried to simply make me angry, so that he could get around the argument that was to follow.

"If you think that's how the world works, maybe you should just go back to where you came from," I hissed at him, even before realizing what I had said and how strongly I had said it.

"Fine, if that's really what you want!" Hai growled at me.

"Fine!" I growled back at him. I was getting tired of Hai's way of acting as egoistically as he did. When he disappeared a year and a half ago, I had actually missed him, but now I had been reminded why I really didn't like him when we first met. Maybe it was just his pirate nature, but he was acting so selfish that it could make you sick.

The little lynx turned around and left the marketplace in a very angry manner. He had also spent quite some time away from the palace lately, so I guessed he might be seeing someone else who he found more to his liking than Po and the others… or me for that matter.

I crossed my arms and turned away in a random direction, trying not to look at the others. I could feel how they watched me and I could almost sense how they wanted to say something to me – especially Viper. Of course she wanted us all to get along… unfortunately it couldn't be so with Hai around. Viper is too much of a worrywart sometimes.

And I was pretty sure that Po also disliked my arguments with Hai. The big panda was one of the closest friends I had in the group, so I was sure he would try to cheer me up… one silly way or another.

Mantis, Monkey and Crane on the other hand, didn't look like they wanted to get involved in it and probably thought that it was a smart idea to keep their mouths shut – which I could only agree on.

"He's just so narcissistic," I finally sighed and broke the silence. I could feel how the others were still looking at me, but they still said nothing. "Why can't he see?"

"You know how he is," Viper said, eventually breaking the silence. "He only sees what he wants to see."

I knew she was right, but I still said nothing. In whatever way Hai's brain worked, I didn't think I'd ever figure it out. Besides, tomorrow was another day, and he would surely be back again soon. Tomorrow the argument would be forgotten and we'd be alright… at least I hoped so…

But Hai didn't come back. The next day he was nowhere to be found around the palace, not even around the Village. Po, Monkey and Viper had gone looking for him while Mantis, Crane and I stayed behind and did our usual training. I had just finished a little sparring match with Crane when the three returned… with no Hai.

"He's not anywhere in the village," Viper informed us.

"Yeah, he wasn't even in my dad's restaurant," Po elaborated. He sighed and then said: "I wonder where he went…"

I tried to think for a few seconds. The Valley of Peace was kind of isolated from everything else, especially the sea, so it was hard to figure out wherever that lynx had gone. Maybe he just needed to clear off his mind. And whenever I tried to clear off my mind I always went to…

"I think I know where he is," I told the others. "The Peachtree of Heavenly Wisdom."

"You think?" Mantis asked a little skeptical. "How come?"

"I think she's right," Crane told Mantis. "It's a little away from the village, there's a tree you can sleep up against and there are peaches to eat."

"Good point," Viper agreed. Suddenly I saw Master Shifu exit the Hall of Warriors. Our old Master barely seemed to have noticed Hai's lack of existence, and probably just thought that he was still sleeping – either that or he enjoyed having no chaotic pirate around. He continued onto the barracks, obviously to wake Hai up – if he had been there of course.

"We should go look," Viper said and eventually she and I ended up going. We left the palace grounds and walked into the mountains behind it. As mentioned, I had often come to the tree to clear my mind, and I knew just how calming and comforting it was to just sit there and look out on the valley view.

We had barely been walking for more than a few minutes when Viper asked me: "Why is it you acted like that?"

"Like what?" I asked her, having absolutely no idea about what she was talking about. Maybe it was the fact that I wasn't too busy looking for Hai like she was. I don't usually show my feelings, so maybe that was what had given her that idea.

"Like you really don't like Hai," she told me. I sighed on the inside, since I knew she was right. I had also been kind of hard on him lately, I'll admit that. But there was just one part of me that enjoyed arguing with him somehow… I was sure at least one part of him felt the same way too.

"I… I just think he has a too egoistic way of thinking," I finally sighed. "I mean, yesterday he wanted payment for helping the villagers…"

"Tigress... It's Hai we're talking about," Viper reminded me. "He is egoistic, but that's simply who he is… no one should change how they truly are…"

I listened to her words in silence, even though I disagreed greatly. You should always live up to titles such as the Millennium Warrior, which probably was the finest title you could ever get in the world of Kung Fu. I had discussed this with myself so many times before, but I always got back to the same point: Hai was selfish and he'd never change.

We finally reached the Peachtree of Heavenly Wisdom, but there was no Hai. It didn't look like anyone had been there for a while, since there were many peaches on the tree, and if Hai had been here, he most likely would have eaten half of them.

I sighed. "I guess we should just wait for him to come back."

"But what if he doesn't?" Viper asked. I shrugged. It was very hard to believe that one out of a hundred arguments really could make him so angry that he'd leave Jade palace for good. I knew that it was kind of my fault, but I knew that Hai would always turn good again sooner or later – he always did.

"He does," I told her. "I'm sure."

But we waited for several days without hearing a word from the little lynx. Po and Crane both assumed that he had gone back to his father, the pirate captain. Who knew, maybe he had actually been happy sailing with his dad for a year and a half… maybe he even wanted to become a pirate for real. Well, Hai about that; we still had a village to protect.

One day when the six of us sat in Mr. Ping's noodle shop and ate a quick lunch, the old goose came with a suggestion that somewhat startled me a little: "Perhaps it's because of what you said… I mean, even he can get hurt."

I fell quiet and looked down at my plate of tofu. Maybe I should just have realized that Hai was Hai and that he was just acting through instinct. Now he was gone, and it was all because of-…

My trail of thoughts was interrupted when a sudden dash of feathers landed in the restaurant. It was Zeng, a little goose who has various jobs, for an example he sometimes works as a messenger, which obviously was, what he was today.

The gray little goose wore his usual yellow robes with black trims and he was carrying a scroll of some sort.

"An important… message from… Master Baozhai," the little goose said while gasping for air. Obviously he had been very busy and been flying as fast as his small wings could carry him.

Po took the scroll and we all moved over and read over his shoulder. I really didn't know what to expect. Maybe Hai had gone back to his criminal ways and maybe she had captured him – she had a bounty hunter past after all.

"Dear fellow Masters, please be aware that evil has started moving out again," Po read out loud for us. "Several Masters have already been attacked and the troops are getting closer to your position. Be careful, but don't alert the villagers too soon – they might panic. Baozhai."

We all looked at each other with astonished faces. This was just like what happened a year and a half ago! A guy named Zhu had created his own army and used it to attack and try to exterminate Kung Fu Masters all over China.

We looked downwards to face Zeng, but he was already gone. Obviously he had another job to finish. But we did see some sheep by one of the tables. They looked horrified and had obviously heard Po read the letter. Before we could do anything, they rushed out of the restaurant, and next thing we knew, all we heard panicking villagers.

"Master Shifu won't be happy about this," Monkey said as the other guests in the restaurant left too.