Ok I do not own Kung Fu Panda.
Warning: gets a little gory.
Chapter 1: A Letter from the Front
A few months after the defeat of Lord Shen
A boar ran through the city of tents intent on delivering the report on the mission that he had just returned from. He saw a black and green tent that was a little larger than the rest and headed straight for it pushing the flaps aside as he entered.
"Commander," he said bowing, "I'm reporting on the mission to rescue our comrades from Lord Hun."
A female mountain cat turned from the maps and reports from the table and looked at the boar. She wore a black long sleeve shirt with a green leather vest, and loose black pants with dark green leg wraps. "Proceed."
"The rescue was a success, all of our comrades are back with us." He said
"Good, but where is the general, he should be here." She said
"That is the problem commander, he has been captured. He stayed behind to cover our retreat; he is the only reason why we are here now." He said clinching his fist. "With all due respect commander we should attack Hun's fortress where he is most likely being held with everything we have." He shouted
"Calm yourself, the general has left very clear instructions in the event that he is captured." She said as she walked over to the table and picked up three letters and started reading the first.
'Mei Ling if you are reading this than I must have been captured and Lord Hun is close to defeat. I need you to send the third letter to the Jade Palace, the Five and the Dragon Warrior will come. The second letter is for you. It explains everything you need to know.
Your dear friend
Gin Ping'
Mei Ling turned to the boar and gave him the letter meant for the Jade Palace. "Give this to our fastest runner tell him to take this to the Jade Palace and that it is of the upmost importance." She said
"Yes ma'am!" he said as he ran to find the messenger.
Mei Ling opened the letter meant for her. "Let's see what you have to say for yourself Gin." She said as she started reading.
Two days later at the Jade Palace
"GONG", "Good morning master." Said the Five as the morning gong sounded.
"Good morning students." Said Master Shifu as Po stumbled out of his room; even after a year of being the Dragon Warrior he still had trouble getting up on time.
"Good morning Master." Po said
"Nice of you to join us Po." Shifu said with a smile, he had become a little more lenient since Po defeated Tai Lung.
"Students meditate, eat breakfast, and train till noon, and then you may have the rest of the day to do as you please." He said as he dismissed them.
"So what are you guys doing after training?" Po asked as he cooked breakfast.
"I'll be training if anyone needs me." Tigress stated as she started eating.
"Come on Tigress don't you do anything but train?" Po asked
"Po, a warrior must be ready to fight no matter the time or place, so I train myself as hard as I can so that I am ready when that time comes." She said
"I'm going fishing if anyone wants to come." Crane said
"That sounds like fun, Mantis what about you?" Monkey said
"No offence guys but I don't feel like getting eaten today." He said
"Sorry forgot fish eat bugs." Monkey said
"I'm going shopping, there's a new store in the valley and I want to check it out." Viper said "what about you Po?"
"I'm going to help my dad at the shop." He said as they finished eating.
As they made their way to the training hall they were stopped by Master Shifu.
"Training will have to wait; I've just been informed that we have a visitor." He said as the front gate was opened to reveal a cheetah. He wore a solders outfit that was dirty and worn by the rough days of travel. He had a crest that identified him as a runner for the Imperial Army. He ran over to Shifu, dropped to his knees, handed him a letter, and then collapsed from exhaustion.
Shifu turned to some of the palace servants and shouted "Take this man to the medical wing immediately!"
As they did Shifu opened the letter and began to read.
"Do any of you know about the situation in Thailand?" he asked
"Yes" Po said earning him looks from the Five because none of them knew, so how could Po? "There is a war going on. The people are trying to over throw an oppressive ruler, I think his name is Lord Hun, and the Emperor is helping them."
"That is correct" Shifu said shocked that Po knew so much. "But it seems that there has been a problem. A key general has been captured and they need help, and they have asked us to help, more specifically you Po." He said handing him a sealed note, which he opened and read aloud.
'Po my dear brother, how have you been? I am sorry about not writing you in over a year the war has taken up all my time. But I heard you became the Dragon Warrior! Needless to say I was shocked! We must talk the next time we meet and tell of our adventures. But time is short I'm afraid, if you are reading this it means that I have been captured and I need your help. My friend and second in command, Mei Ling, will give you the details, by the time you get here she will know all about how we became brothers and my past.
Your friend and brother
Gin Ping'
Po just stood there after reading the letter. His brother, who he had thought dead, was alive and needed his help, HIS HELP! Po always remembered his brother as someone HE came to when he needed help; someone strong and calm who would help someone no matter how difficult the problem was.
"Po, I didn't know you had a brother." Tigress said
"Yeah why didn't you tell us?" Crane said as the rest of the Five waited for his answer.
"It never came up, and besides I thought he was dead." Po said before shaking off his shock "we need to leave now, I'll tell you about him on the way there." He said as he ran inside to pack, followed closely by the others. They came out not three minutes later and started off to where the note said to go.
"So Po about your brother," Monkey said after a few minutes.
"Right, well he's not my real brother. Me and my dad found him one day while we were out walking. I was only 6 years old." Po said as he remembered that day.
Flashback 18 years ago
"Come on dad hurry up!" Po shouted as he started to run ahead of his dad.
"Po don't run to far ahead." Mr. Ping called after his son.
"Ok dad" Po called back.
They rounded a curve in the road and came upon a bloodbath; there were no other words to describe it. The bodies of bandits littered the road. Half the corpses were broken; their limbs bent and twisted the wrong way, with bone sticking through flesh. The other half were cut by a blade wielded by a skilled hand; throats slit, limbs severed, and bodies disemboweled. A truly horrible sight to see, Mr. Ping turned Po away and was about to turn away himself when he saw a child crying over two of the bodies. Mr. Ping walked over to the boy and saw him clearly. He was a tiger but not like any tiger he had ever seen. He had dark grey fur, just light enough to clearly see the black strips that marked him as a tiger, and very light grey fur on his front; he couldn't be a year older than Po. He was kneeling over two bodies; one a female black panther who held a sword in one of her hands, it looked as if she had been stabbed through the heart, and the other a male tiger, one of his legs were broken at the knee and his neck was snapped. Mr. Ping placed a hand on the boy's shoulder and said softly, "They will be given a proper burial but you have to come with me it is not safe here." The boy nodded and picked up the sword and its sheath before walking back with Mr. Ping.
End flashback
"After we got back to the village he told us his name and what happened. His name was Gin and he was 7 years old, apparently his parents were warriors from Thailand, and they were going to the Jade Palace to talk with Master Oogway. But they were ambushed." Po said
"By a bunch of bandits?" Tigress asked surprised.
"That was my reaction to, but when I said that he took it as an insult." Po said remembering what the boy said. "It was not the bandits that killed them; it was the man in the dark cloak!" the boy yelled before he broke down crying.
"Wow that must've been very traumatic for him." Monkey said
"What happened to him after that?" Viper asked
"After his parents funeral dad offered to let him stay till someone came for him. He agreed and sent a letter to a friend of his dad's. A few weeks later a wolf came, he talked to Gin and told him how his father wanted him to live a peaceful life before being trained as a warrior so that he would know what it was that was worth fighting for. Then he talked to dad and he agreed to let Gin live with us. The wolf said he would come back for Gin in a few years so that he could train him. On Gin's fifteenth birthday he came back saying that in eight or so years of hard training he might be able to come back." Po said
"What about him being your brother? I mean he has your family name instead of his own." Mantis said
"One day, a few years after he started staying with us, he came down stairs and said that there was something he wanted to talk about. He said that his dad had told him that family were people who loved and cared for you, and that he had come to see us as family. He would never forget his parents but he thought they would be happy if he found a new one and asked if he could join ours. Dad just walked over to him and gave him a hug, telling him that he was already a part of our family." Po said.
The trip took six days over which Po told the Five everything about his brother. When they arrived at the camp they were greeted by Mei Ling.
"Crane it's good to see you." She said giving her old friend a hug.
"It's good to see you as well; I just wish it was under better circumstances." He said as they broke the hug.
"Come to my tent and I will tell all of you the situation." She said turning around and walking to her tent with the others.
Alright next chapter the jail break. This will be exciting! Till next time review.