A/N: This story is not an idea taken from one of Pandafan91's latest stories "Fate Can be so Cruel". The idea of this fanfic was conceived about a year ago. However, this site was discovered by me mere months ago. It may very well turn out that there might be scenarios very similar to his fiction, but I have explained to him my situation about this story and we are completely at an understanding over it. He has also stated the he will post a review explaining that I did consult with him first.

Also I would like to thank Fox Mcloud SNR for helping me with the first few chapters and beta reading them for me.

And thanks to jweaks2016 for supporting me so much.

All the above mentioned writers are awesome and I would urge anybody who wants to read something good to check out their stories.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kung Fu Panda or anything that might be attributed to it. I only own the OCs.

Fanficton: When Fate Decides

Figment of the imagination of : PenLite1123

Chapter 1

The Escapee

A few days after Shen's defeat (somewhere in China)

"STOP HER, she's getting away!"

She was panting heavily but despite all that was going on around her, there was only one thought. 'I'm getting out of here'. Fear was the last thing she was feeling at the moment and the reigning emotion was...anger. Nothing was about to stop her.

She saw the steel gates coming down, ready to block her exit. 'NO! Not this time'. She thought. She neared the two guards standing before her exit. She could hear shouting some way behind her but she didn't stop. Giving a roar she dodged the sword of the first and swiped the legs from under him. The moment he hit the ground she knocked him out cold. Then she swiftly turned towards the other guard. She could see the frantic look on his face as he tried to block the exit on time. But he never managed, as a firm blow to the back of his neck knocked him out instantly.

"NOOO! GET HER! Stop her, you useless fools. Close the gates you morons!" yelled the leader of the guards as soon as she did this.

The gates were open only a few inches and she spared no time in going under them. She was only confused by her surroundings for a few seconds before she began to run as fast as she could towards the forest that was someways away from the fortress. She could hear the guards screaming to each other, trying to stop her, ordering one another. And then she heard something other than the delirious shouting. An arrow. She heard it whizzing through the blanket of still air around her. It narrowly missed her. But she couldn't care less.

"Fire!" came a yell. And arrows dotted the night sky for a brief moment as they flew down from the grand fortress, towards the escapee. She skilfully dodged any that came near her. Not breaking a sweat. But she had had enough of their games. She raised her head up in furry and gave a bone-chilling roar. And the next second...she was gone.

About two years after Shen's defeat.

Present day

The Valley of Peace

A cloaked figure had just walked into the valley. The sun had risen a few hours ago and the valley was already bustling with activity. Children were playing near their houses, the adults were busy in their daily jobs, merchants were shouting the rates of their merchandise to passerby and fruit vendors were bargaining with their customers. In short, the day was as normal as it can be in the Valley of Peace.

The figure walked through the village, giving off an aura of confidence and discipline to anybody who happened to pass by. Its face covered by a brown hood, yet the eyes underneath it were taking in every detail in the merest of glances.

Soon the figure came upon a restaurant, none other than the Dragon Warrior Noodles and Tofu. A brief look at the place was all it took the figure to decide for breakfast there.

The figure zig-zagged its way among the tables that seemed to be placed without any apparent symmetry, finally reaching the main counter. It came to a stop behind the customer in front of it waiting for him to finish ordering his meal.

As the figure waited in line it noticed a bunch of girls standing near the wall on it's right, ogling...a mop? However before it could find out the reason for the strange behavior its attention was called back to the counter and it turned back around.

An old goose met the figure's sight. Curiosity was evident in his big dark brown eyes. Probably wondering who the figure might be. The cloaked figure observed the goose for a few moments before raising its arms to bring down its hood.

As the hood fell down, the goose's eyes were met with the face of a good-looking leopardess. Her piercing blue eyes were bright. Her figure was smart yet slightly muscular as well. And the old goose couldn't help but feel she might be some sort of fighter. Nevertheless he smiled and asked.

"And what can I get you, miss?"

"What is the usual pick here?" she asked without hesitation. Her voice was gentle yet stern.

"Well, our noodles and dumplings are the best in the valley, not that I ever say that."He added.

"I'll just have the noodles, thank you. How much for that?" She quickly asked.

"That will be five Yuan"

She opened the money pouch tied at her waist and extracted the required money to pay Mr Ping.

"Thank you" he said taking the money."Your order will be right up. By the way you must be new to the valley? I'm Mr Ping. May I know who you might be, miss?" he questioned.

She contemplated his question for a few moments before answering "Yes, my...uhh...my name is... Leonne"

"Well nice to meet you Leonne. I hope you like the valley. I'll just send your order to you in a moment- Po" He turned around to address a panda, who was stirring something in a pot and whom she hadn't noticed before. As soon as Mr Ping called his name he looked up from the pot "Yes, Dad?" he asked. But before Mr. Ping could ask Po to take the customers their orders Leonne had already turned back around to find herself a table.

Leonne found a table at the back on the left hand side of the restaurant. (from the point of view of somebody standing in the restaurant door) She waited patiently for her order to arrive. But the wait didn't last long because soon the panda was coming out of the kitchen, balancing multiple bowls full of who knows what delicacies, on his arms. He skillfully maneuvered through the tables and dropped off orders at those which required it. After serving everybody else he made his way over to her.

"Enjoy" he smiled as he placed her order of hot noodles on her table. She only gave him a nod of acknowledgement and a "Thank you" in return before he walked back to the kitchen.

As Leonne took the first bite of her noodles she found herself enjoying their taste. She began to eat her breakfast slowly not wanting to miss any of the flavor. Savoring every bite. She was nearly finished when she heard Mr Ping calling his son again. This time it was to bring a crate of radishes from downstairs. She saw the panda say something with a nod before he walked out of view of the counter window.

Finally she finished the last of her noodles and picked up the satchel she had been carrying around and the empty bowl to take it back to the counter. But as she began to get out of her seat she saw three bulls making their way into the shop. Each with a sword at their sides. She stopped as soon as she saw them. Not liking their appearances one bit.

The goose happily looked up from his cutting board, ready to ask the next morning customer what they desired to fill their hungry stomachs with. The next second however, he found himself getting choked by the large fist of a bull.

The bull had his large fist around Mr Ping's neck. He leaned forward and whispered in a low and menacing tone "Now hand over all your money old man or we'll have you diced up and cooked in your own soup." Mr Ping sputtered in reply, unable to say anything due to the hold. The bull loosened his grip a little so that the goose could reply. "You'll get nothing from me...Po!" croaked out Mr Ping. The bull gave a low growl this time and began to tighten his grip on Mr Ping's neck. Without looking away from the goose he said first to Mr Ping then to his comrades "We'll see... You two go! Get all the money and valuables you can find." His comrades nodded and were about to leave when...

"Let him go!"came a female voice from behind the three. Surprised they turned around to find an angry looking feline behind them. The leader of the three scoffed "And just what are you gonna do about it, missy?" Leonne's eyes narrowed.

The happily chattering, completely oblivious customers suddenly looked up when they heard the raised voice of the bull. Many hurriedly began to leave, however some were still oblivious to the real intensity of the scene and some of their friends were trying to get them to move before things got too nasty.

"Last warning, let him go" she said with a low threatening growl this time. "Not gonna happen." Replied the bull and his two comrades behind him nodded and snickered in agreement. The leader bull turned his head to give them a glare as if to say "Get your sorry carcasses moving already". They immediately shut up and at once began to move into the kitchen.

The leader bull gave a loud snort as he returned his attention back to Mr Ping. Only there was no Mr Ping? Instead there was a seething leopard standing before him and she looked ready to kill.

Mr Ping was standing behind Leonne rubbing his neck. "You show them" he croaked in encouragement to Leonne. The bulls stood there looking stunned." How did she do that?"

"Now let's take this outside, shall we?" asked Leonne and without waiting for an answer she sent the three bulls with powerful yet precise kicks through the shop door and one by one into the wall of the house opposite the shop.

Leonne calmly walked out and took a fighting stance before the sprawled bulls. They all got up rubbing their heads and each giving a roar of fury. The leader drew out his sword and the others followed his lead.

"CHARGE"

At once they all rushed towards her. She dodged the sword of the first one swiped the legs out from under him and then gave him a hard kick to his side, sending him flying back. She then ducked immediately to avoid the other bull's sword who began to swipe his sword back and forth trying to land a cut to any part of her, but she easily evaded the strikes. Just then she heard somebody approaching from behind her. She immediately jumped straight up hearing two yells of agony as the bulls beneath her cut each other in their haste to get her. As she came back down she did a perfect split and

THUD

The two bulls fell to the ground, knocked out by the kicks to their heads.

Leonne landed gracefully onto the ground between the two of them. Then suddenly, without turning around caught the sharp end of a sword between her index and thumb that the first bull she had tackled was trying to drive into her shoulder. With a powerful flick of the wrist upwards she disarmed her opponent and the next second the bull was lying unconscious on the ground after receiving a hard blow from her fist. "Amateurs" She thought.

As soon as Leonne had dealt with the lot, the villagers hiding around came out of their temporary refuges and began cheering for her. She looked surprised for a moment but quickly dismissed the sudden applause and began walking up to a nearby villager to ask him for a rope to tie up the thugs. The villager didn't hesitate in bringing one for tied up the bulls and was sure the villagers will inform somebody to come and take them away.

Now done with the trouble however, she turned back around to go get her satchel which she had left back in the shop.

Unknown to her though, a certain panda and his friends had been watching her the whole time. He had been called up by Mr Ping almost instantly after Leonne had kicked the three bandits out of the shop and had been standing at the side to witness the whole scene unfold.

(With Po)

Po had rushed upstairs when he had heard his father calling to him and the word 'Bandit' was all he had to hear before he rushed out the front door of the noodle shop. Only, he had stopped short when he had seen a feline dealing with the thugs before him.

He saw his comrades racing towards the scene from his left and he immediately ran towards them, stopping in their way "Guys, stop!" he said holding his hands out in front of him to stop them from moving any further.

"Po what are you doing? We got to stop those bandits?" Viper hissed trying to move around the panda.

"No,you don't understand-" he began, but Tigress pushed him aside and began to make her way over to the commotion but stopped short when she saw what was happening.

She turned to look at Po "Who is that?" she asked almost accusingly pointing a finger at the feline who was fighting.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you guys" Po said getting out of the way of his comrades and turning to look at Leonne and the thugs fighting. "She was fighting them before I came here. I want to see what she does." he said.

Tigress gave an annoyed huff. "She might not even be able to deal with them. We'll have to take care of them ourselves." she said.

"Tigress just give her a chance. If she can't do it, we'll step in, okay." Po said not taking his eyes off the scene.

Tigress gave another huff, nevertheless she crossed her arms in front of her and stood along side the other members of the Furious Five to watch the fight.

However the fight didn't last long after that and soon Leonne had delivered the final punch to the last bandit standing.

Po turned around excitedly "So what do you guys think?" he asked clearly impressed by the mild skill shown by the leopard. "She was pretty awesome. I think we should ask her to come up to the Jade Palace to meet Shifu." he stated excitedly.

"I don't know..." Monkey began.

"Oh come on monkey even you have to agree the way she stopped that sword from slicing her shoulder was pretty cool." he said looking at his monkey friend.

"Well I.." he began but Tigress cut him off.

"Po, I know she dealt with those bandits and she did fight them well but we can't go on calling everybody to the Jade Palace just because they can fight." her voice was stern with a hint of annoyance.

"Aww, come on Tigress. She didn't just fight. She fought well! I think we should call her to the Jade Palace. What if Shifu likes her?"

"Uhh, Po? Shifu never likes anything you bring." Mantis said. "But I'll agree with you on this one." he quickly added as Po turned to give him a hurt look.

"I don't think there's any harm in just bringing her to the Jade Palace, I guess." Viper began. Tigress gave her a disbelieving look, but Viper continued "So I think we should bring her along." she completed.

Tigress gave a scoff and turned to look at Crane, her last support. "Crane this is obviously insane. We got to report back to Shifu anyway. Let's go." she said and began to make her way towards the thousand stairs. But Crane's voice stopped her.

"Actually I think I agree with Viper and Mantis-" Crane started to say.

"Hey, I think it's okay to bring her along too you know."Monkey added annoyed.

"Yes well." Crane started again. "Since we all, except you of course, agree that it's okay to bring her to the Jade Palace with us. I think it kind of makes your case weak."

Tigress gave a low growl of frustration. "Fine. But be quick. We haven't got all day you know." She nearly yelled and folded her arms over her chest. The fact was, she hated the leopard had got there before them and taken care of the job for them. She was hoping for some action for days and here there was one feline to mess it all up for her. And then she hadn't even been that impressive and everybody was already swooning over her. She didn't want that leopard to be around her.

"Oh, oh. I'll go ask her." Po stated excitedly and before any of them could say anything he dashed off towards the shop to find her.

(Back with Leonne)

Leonne returned back to the shop to get her satchel. However a goose came running up to her the moment she picked it up.

"Thank you so much for saving my shop. I sent my son after you to help. Where is he?"

Leonne gave him a confused look "The panda?" she asked.

"Yes" Mr Ping stated. "He's my son. I sent him to help you with the bandits." he said worriedly.

Leonne could obviously see the goose was getting distressed so she tried to lessen his worries "I don't think he was anywhere near the bandits, sir, I'm sure he's fine." she said.

"Oh Po! Where are you?" Mr Ping said worriedly and began to run towards the door when suddenly he bumped into the very panda he was going to look for.

"Whoah Dad!" Po said steadying his father. "What happened?" he asked.

"Po! I'm so glad your okay. I thought the bandits must have done something bad to you." He gave him a hug. "That leopard over there told me you weren't there and I got worried." he broke the hug he'd been giving Po.

"Dad, I'm fine. I wasn't even near the bandits. She took care of them." he said pointing at Leonne.

Mr Ping looked over at her.

Po stepped towards Leonne and held out his paw "Hey, I'm Po." he said somewhat nervously.

Leonne just looked at the paw for a few seconds but didn't take it. Eventually Po lowered it somewhat upset.

"Yeah well, you see..." he began awkwardly under the piercing stare of the leopard which was sending a chill down his spine. A chill, very similar to the one he felt around Tigress.

"I was wondering whether you would like to come with me to the Jade Palace. I think Shifu...I mean, Master Shifu-" he corrected himself. He was feeling so uncomfortable with the felines glare. "would like to see your fighting skills they are pretty good you know. I'm the Dragon Warrior by the way." he added trying to get the feline to stop looking at him like that.

Leonne's eyes widened as soon as Po said the last line. She couldn't believe that the first panda she had met was actually the Dragon Warrior himself.

"Wait a minute" She thought. "If Master Shifu and the Dragon Warrior are here then that means this is the Valley of Peace. Why hadn't I asked the name of this place the moment I got here?" She thought in a scolding manner. "And the sign on the shop wasn't just to attract customers either. Humph, I think this might be my best opportunity to get assistance."

Po had noticed Leonne's eyes widen and and feeling more upset he said "Yeah, I know. Many people don't believe that I'm the Dragon Warrior when they see me, since I'm a Panda." He said in a tone straight enough but you couldn't miss the slight pain in it.

Leonne was brought out of her thoughts when he said this. "No, it's not that I'm surprised you're a panda, I already knew that. It's just that if you're the Dragon Warrior then... this must be the Valley of Peace. You say you want to take me to Master Shifu. I would be honored to meet him." She said.

Po gave her a wide smile and said " That's great!" he said and looked towards the kitchen window. There was his dad, already busy with his work. "Typical" he thought. He made a 'wait a minute here' motion to Leonne and ran to the kitchen.

Mr Ping turned around to see who it was when he entered. Once he saw Po he gave a wide smile. "Going back to the Jade Palace are we?" he asked in a tone that didn't convey whether he was angry or not.

Po rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly and looked down"Yeah sorry about this Dad. I know I said I'll help you with the shop and all, but I got to go."

He looked up at his father.

Mr Ping gave a sigh "It's okay, Po. I understand you have duties as the Dragon Warrior now. But don't forget to meet your old man every once in a while now."

"I won't Dad." Po said picking his dad up in a hug. Then he set him down. "I got to go now. See you later Dad."

"See you too son" Mr Ping said with a slight chuckle.

Po walked out the kitchen and began making his way out the shop door. Thankfully nothing had been destroyed and he didn't have to stay and fix it. Leonne followed behind him.

(With the Five)

Tigress had been waiting patiently. Well, as patiently as she could. She had her arms folded on her chest and was pacing back and forth releasing an annoyed huff every now and then. The others didn't get to watch her progress for long since she began ordering them to check out whether anybody was hurt, whether any property had been damaged and to take the bandits to prison.

The other five immediately obeyed her, knowing she was in a bad mood. Mantis and Viper at once went off to check whether anyone was injured or needed help and Monkey and Crane were teamed up to take the bandits to prison. She however was going to check out the damage herself.

Five minutes later however she was seething in annoyance and frustration. There wasn't much of a damage anywhere unless you counted the slight indent in the wall where the bandits had hit. And it wasn't even deep enough to really blame the leopard.

Annoyed with everything she decided to go check on Po. He'd been gone for about five minutes. How long did it take to ask somebody whether they wanted to come with them to the Jade Palace? Unless...

As she neared the entrance of the shop her path was blocked by Viper and Mantis who reported that none of the villagers were injured. She nodded her head in acknowledgement and began making her way towards the shop again, but it was just then that Po came out of the shop. Followed by the leopard behind him.

Tigress angrily made her way over to the two.

"And what took you so long?" she asked her hands on her hips.

"I was just saying good bye to my Dad, Tigress. And she's agreed to come with us." he said gesturing excitedly at Leonne.

"How wonderful" Tigress stated in a flat tone. "So are we going now or not? Or do you still have some shopping to do?" she asked looking at the leopard.

Leonne only shook her head unfazed by any of the Tigress' anger or displeasure "No" she simply said.

"Good, now let's go." Tigress said. And got on all fours and began to race towards the Jade Palace steps. The other two masters following closely behind.

Po heaved a heavy sigh and looked at Leonne "Let's go!" he said in a voice that made it apparent to Leonne he was trying to lighten up the mood. She nodded and began to make her way towards the steps behind Po.

Well there's the first chapter. Not much in it I know, but there will be more in the next chapter hopefully. Please do review. Even a short comment is helpful.