This is my attempt at a Kung Fu Panda story. I saw the movie and loved it so I wanted to write one. In this I have Po working in his dad's noodle shop to spend time with his dad on a few occasions when he's not training.
He walked into the village, body covered from view by a cloak and his face shaded by a hat. He wandered through the town, receiving many looks from the villagers, but he stopped when he reached a local noodle shop. He walked into the shop, sat down, ordered and was served by a fat panda with a strange aura about him. From what he had heard it was Po, the Dragon Warrior. Just before the Panda left he said, "Po, come, sit with me" as he brought out a paw from under the cloak gesturing to him.
"Uhh, do I know you, sir?" Po asked.
"Not yet, but if you come her and sit with me you will."
Almost reluctantly Po sat down across from the stranger. "I am Tamesh" the stranger said.
"Well you seem to already know my name" Po said.
"And I know you are the Dragon Warrior, and that you defeated Tai Lung. You are quite the interesting person."
"What are you some kind of sage?" Po asked.
"Do you have and wine?" Tamesh asked.
"What?"
"Do-you-have-any-wine?" he asked again putting emphasis on every word.
"We do but why?"
"Because I have run out." He finished lifting up a gourd about the size of a head.
Po sighed and got up; he walked by Tamesh and took the jug into the back. He returned a moment later with the gourd filled up full of wine. And for the first time during their conversation he raised his head. He had solemn sky blue eyes and fur as white as snow.
"What are you?" Po asked.
"I am a Drunken Master and Siberian Tiger." Tamesh responded taking a swig from the keg of wine.
"The Tamesh?!" Po asked, amazed.
"Yea" he said.
"Your fighting is almost as well known as the Furious Five's!"
"The Furious Five? HAH! I could beat all of them combined."
"They will want to meet you!"
"Ok but lets surprise them" Tamesh said with a sly smile.
"Alright" Po said.
"I will go up the steps to the Palace first and you wait a few below just so they don't see you. I'm going to act like I killed you and when you hear them coming at me jump up there. Alright?"
"Got it! This will be funny!" So the two stood up. Tamesh left some money on the table and they ran toward the steps to the Jade Palace but Po was much slower than Tamesh. When he reached the steps he had to wait a little while for Po to catch up to him. Once Po made it Tamesh began taking the steps three at a time so he quickly made it to the top.
He threw open the doors to the Palace and saw 5 other animals training, that is until he came bursting in. They all stopped what they were doing and looked at him.
"Who are you?" Crane asked.
"Tamesh" he responded coolly, throwing off his cloak and straw hat revealing what he wears: a solid black sleeveless shirt similar to Tigress's with a navy blue sash holding up long black pants.
"Why are you here?" Tigress asked with anger.
"Oh hello Tigress I see you have gotten a little better. Unfortunately for your friend Po he is almost as bad as you at kung fu." Tamesh laughed at the last part but he knew Po would take forever to get up the steps. He would have some fun fighting Tigress again; he hadn't fought her since they were kids. He could have been the master tiger but he didn't want to, instead he chose to become a drunken master.
The other animals gasped, "You killed Po?! Why?" Tigress asked.
"Because he was in my way" he finished with a smirk.
"How dare you kill the Dragon Warrior!"
"And he wasn't even that hard to beat"
Tigress had had enough, she lunged at Tamesh with the intent to kill and Po was only half way up the steps. He side-stepped her lunge and leaned back, taking a long drink from his gourd, and suddenly he took up a wobbly stance that leaned one way and went the other. Tigress attacked again, this time aiming a fist at Tamesh's head. But he grabbed her fist, smiled, leaned back making her lose her balance, and threw his head forward to head butt her so hard she flew back into the wall. He laughed and went back to his wobbly stance.
"You're worse than last time" he smiled. She hated him still for breaking her heart years ago.
"I'm going to kill you!" she growled standing up. And the good thing was that the others were staying out of the fight to let Tamesh and Tigress settle their differences. She ran at him again and threw punch after punch but every time he either dodged the punch or swat it away with his drunken motions. She threw a kick at his head but he caught it. Then Tigress smiled as if she had just won. She brought up her other foot and kicked Tamesh in the side of the head hard as she possibly could. She kicked him so hard that he flew off in the other direction, into the wall, and through it. But he got up again.
"You have quite the kick" he said rubbing his neck. He took another drink from his gourd as Tigress charged.
He drank as she got closer. But once she was a few feet away he stopped drinking, spun around and fell onto Tigress, sending both of them into the ground. And before she could do anything he rolled off to the right. A few feet from Tigress Tamesh stopped and held himself up with his foot and elbow to take another drink. Once he finished taking a drink he smiled at Tigress and at that moment Po decided to make it to the top of the steps. Everyone looked over and ran to him glad to see that he was not dead, everyone ran except Tamesh and Tigress. They were focused on each other for the moment.
"You play jokes just like before." Tigress said standing up.
"Yea I do" Tamesh said with a smile as he too stood up.
"You're as childish as ever Tamesh."
"I know and I like it that way. Being serious never worked out for me, discipline is not really my thing" he said taking a few steps closer so they were face to face, and they were face to face. But Tigress did not flinch nor was she affected by it in the slightest instead she held his stare.
"What are you looking at?" Tigress asked fiercely
"You" Tamesh said with a smile "and how much you have grown in 5 years. You have grown quite a bit."
"As have you."
"Well enough of this where is Shifu? I wonder if he is any taller." Tamesh said with a light laugh.
"I'm right here Tamesh." Came a voice from behind Tamesh so he turned around to see Shifu standing there with every one else behind him.
"You're still so short!" He said laughing because he was somewhat drunk.
"And you're still a jokester I see. Well its good to see you again."
"It's good to see you all. Even though you didn't recognize me." Tamesh said as Tigress moved over next to the other 5. If anything Tigress looked even better to him after 5 years but she looked too serious, she needed to smile like she used to. In the time he was going to spend here he vowed to make her smile and relax like the old days, and he knew that it would be a big challenge to do so.
Hope you liked it. And if you review please be nice when doing so.