KFP 3

A/N: Hey guys, Bee here! This is my first fanfic so yea…I'll shut up now and let you read…

Disclaimer: I do not own Kung Fu Panda unfortunately...

Chapter 1

It was 40 degrees out, and The Dragon Warrior and The Furious Five were training once again in the training hall. They had been training for several hours and they were all feeling pretty tired.

Monkey was swinging across the monkey bars, Crane and Viper were sparring in the Swinging Clubs and Mantis was darting in and out of the Wooden Warrior like a little green hurricane.

Tigress and Po were also sparring on the edges of the jade tortoise, but it was lame sparring, as if both of them just couldn't be bothered. But Po tried to see this as an advantage. He could NEVER beat Tigress when she had maximum energy, so why not try and muster all his remaining energy and give it a shot?

He tried. He really did. But Tigress still punched him and thwacked him even with her half energy. She aimed her last kick to his stomach; it was a lame, half-hearted kick, but it still caused Po to lose his balance. With a little shriek, he toppled over the side and straight into the tortoise. He landed with a painful thud. "Oww," he moaned, rubbing the side of head. "Tigress, a little help down here please?"

"Come on, Dragon Warrior, you can do this by yourself," she said grinning at him.

He tried to stand, but fell down almost immediately. The whole tortoise shook, causing Tigress to lose her balance, and she too toppled inside the tortoise. The panda and the tiger master flung about inside the tortoise for a few seconds and then it came to a stop. Unfortunately, this 'stop' happened to end with Tigress lying right on top of Po.

They both turned a brilliant shade of red, and Tigress awkwardly tried to 'climb' off Po. Well, she kind of slid off him, and they both sat up, both of them still with a red flush on their cheeks. Well, that was mega awkward, thought Po, as he slowly looked at Tigress. She looked at him at the same time; Jade green met ruby red, and they both turned away quickly, slightly embarrassed.

After their little awkward moment in the tortoise, Tigress attempted to climb out. She managed to get to the top, but then fell to the outside ground. Then Po climbed out, a little more successful than Tigress; he landed on his feet, for a start (A/N: GASP!). Once he was out, he rushed over to Tigress's side and helped her to her feet. "Thank you, Dragon Warrior," She mumbled as she stood up.

"No problem," said Po, grinning a little bit. Suddenly Tigress swayed a little and she almost fell, grabbing onto the nearest thing before she could hit the ground, which happened to Po. Po caught her, and gently helped her back up. "Hey Tigress, what's up?" asked Po, sounding anxious. Tigress looked into his green eyes and then quickly averted her gaze. "Oh, nothing Po," she replied. "I'm fine. Just a bit dizzy, that's all."

"Yea, this heat isn't really helping anyone here," said Po frowning. "It would be good if Shifu could give us a few minutes of rest."

And right on cue, Mater Shifu walked into the training hall. All of the warriors stopped their training and ran over to Shifu. "Master," they chorused in unison. Shifu held up his paw. "No need for the formal greeting, Students," he said, getting puzzled looks from everyone. "I have come here to tell you no longer have to complete your training this evening, as this heat is not going to improve your fighting skills."

Po just stood there, and gawped at Shifu, his jaw hanging. SHIFU was letting them have the evening OFF? He glanced around at the others and noticed that they pretty much the same expressions on their faces, but not as comical as Po's.

"….But there is something else I need you to do."

Po's big, warm heart sank about a foot, and so did Tigress's. There was always a catch with Master Shifu.

"I have received a message from the children's hospital in Valley- their wards have become over crowded with sick children, who have the River Disease." Shifu heard the Warriors take in sharp breaths. He chuckled and said, "Do not worry yourselves; this disease is not contagious or fatal." He then then heard them all release a few breaths of relief.

Shifu continued: "They have asked me if all six of you would like to go the hospital and tell these children stories of how you got to be at the Jade Palace and so on an so forth, to entertain these sick children."

He looked up at the Warriors expectantly.

"Well.." Started Crane. "We don't have anything better to do on this hot day so I don't mind going. Will you come too, Viper?" He looked down at the apple-green snake. She smiled back at him. "Of course, I would love to join you!"

Viper looked at Mantis, Monkey, Po and Tigress. "Will you guys come too?"

Mantis and Monkey looked at each other. "Well, why not?" said Mantis. "It'll be fun to tell the story of when Monkey tried to eat 5 dumplings at the same time!"

The others laughed and Monkey scowled. "What about the time you tried to carry 5 dumplings on your back?" he replied, looking at the green bug.

Mantis groaned. "Ok fine, you can tell that story and how it fail miserably…" He looked at Master Shifu. "We're in."

"Wonderful!" said Shifu. "What about you two?" he glanced at Po and Tigress.

Po grinned back at Shifu. "Hell yea, I'm soo coming! I can tell them all about my awesome Dragon Warriorness!"

Tigress groaned inwardly. She could tell the Po was going to enjoy boasting to all the children.

Po suddenly looked back at her. "What about you Tigress? You comin'?"

She looked at the others. She sighed. "Well, it's not going to be much fun staying here on my own.. So I'll come."

"That is excellent news!" Said Shifu. "The hospital are expecting you in thirty minutes or so."

"Whoohoo!" Cheered Po. He ran to the edge of the stairs and promptly fell down a few of the steps.

Tigress faced-pawed. Sometimes, you just couldn't help but love the Panda's cheerful nature. And with that, she and the rest of the Furious Five and Po headed off down to the Valley to the hospital.

Ok, this turned out longer and better than I planned it to! hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter :) Read and review!

~Bee~ XD