The Other Mission

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Lily, now ten years old, sat in her chair, filling her head with wonder. She had been meaning to ask her parents, Po and Tigress, a question that had been on her mind. So she decided to leave her room and go to the Training hall where her mother, aunts and uncles, and her father were outside watching Tigress practice. This is her family. About a month ago, her family's best friends, Lion, Krystal, Zan, Nelon, Mei-Ling, Saber, and all the others came over to have a family reunion where they talked about how they all first met.

Lily opened the door and saw Tigress practicing with the rat, Lion. Lily always thought his name was ironic, but she couldn't be bothered with that. Tigress was standing opposite from Lion as he started to talk. "Lightning," he said in his cheerful voice, "is very tricky to master. It's like fire but a whole lot different." Lion looked into Tigress's face as she looked on in confusion. Lion shook his head. Of course she didn't understand. "Let's put it this way. It's kind of like a fighting style that is quick and...quick." Her ears perked up as he said fighting style. "Now do it again." With that Tigress breathed deeply and quickly extended her hands. Lightning shot out of them as Lion, Monkey, and Mantis dodged it.

"Whoa," Mantis marveled.

"Good, but next time Don't Try To Kill Me! I already have Sarah doing that," Lion said. Sarah was the wife of the person who was sneaking up behind Lily. He suddenly grabbed her, causing Lily to scream. Tigress and Lion's heads shot to where Lily was but they were relieved after Lily's scream turned into laughter.

"STOP IT, UNCLE TAI-GEE! THAT TICKLES!" Lily giggled uncontrollably as the snow leopard continued to tickle her. Tai-gee was Tigress's brother and also the formerly notorious Tai-Lung. Tai-gee continued to tickle her until he felt she had enough.

"And what are you doing here little one?" the snow leopard asked, "Are you looking for Miracle? If you are, she's helping her mother in Grandpa's shop." By Grandpa he meant Po's dad, Mr. Ping, but Lily always seemed to call him Grandpa. Lily shook her head.

"No, I wanted to ask my mom a question. Just a little curious," she said. Tai-gee smiled. "Mom, are you done with your training?" Tigress looked over to Lion with a smirk.

"Well, teach?" she asked. Lion mauled it over.

"Alright. Considering the chances of me dying are increased if we further our exercise in lightning, you can rest." Lion said starting to stretch. Lily rushed over to her mother and hugged her.

"So what is it that you wanted to know, dear?" Tigress asked.

"You know how you guys have told me the story about how you guys met and how the Lion Warriors all met?" Lily reminded. Her mother nodded. "Well, I was wondering if you've ever been on another mission with them." Lion laughed wholeheartedly.

"You mean the first and last mission we did?" Lion chuckled. Tigress glared at Lion but he continued to laugh.

"Why is it funny?" Lily asked curiously.

"Your mother didn't really like her mission all that much because she was still mastering her powers," Monkey explained also chuckling.

"You've got to admit that it was funny how we disguised ourselves as the court jesters, and how you crashed during your flight," Lion said through his laughter. Tigress growled a little at him.

"And what about you? With you, Krystal, and the wine bearing girl?" she shot back. Tai-gee, Monkey, and Mantis all broke out laughing while Lion was silent. Just then Shifu came in.

"What's with all the noise?" a voice beside Shifu said. The group looked and saw it was Shifu, Krista, and Alex with Po. Po's long black and white tail swung lowly on the ground. His black pants were baggy and loose, and his chest was bare and well-defined by his muscles. In his hands he had a white rag with which he used to wipe his hands. This white tiger, formerly disguised as a panda, was Po, Lily's father.

"Dad!" Po's reflection said running up to him. Po picked her up and cuddled her close.

"Now what was the problem?" Alex asked. Alex the lion, the son of Nelon, was the same height as Po, but still skinnier. His plain tan vest with his dark jade pants covered his tan fur. His brown mane only came out to about three inches from his scalp. He was married to Krista, a sliver furred wolf and the sister of Tigress.

"I was just asking mom about the other mission you guys were on," Lily asked. Po suppressed his laugh, Shifu smiled, and Krista and Alex chuckled. "What's so funny about it?" Lily asked impatient to know.

"Nothing, sweetie. It's just that it was a very interesting adventure that we had," Po explained.

"Tell Me!" Lily said jumping in excitement. Po looked at Master Shifu. He simply nodded.

"Well, okay," he said letting everyone sit down. "It all started a while back, about 2 years before you were born. Now by this time, it was known throughout China that the Lion Warriors had risen again. As a result, people flocked to the valley of Peace for safety, that's why it's such a big city now," Po said pointing out to the view of the valley. There were certainly a lot more houses and apartments that the people lived in. It had grown so much that there was only a hundred yards from the Jade Palace to the nearest house on the mountain. That's why most of the family, like Crane, Viper, Sarah, Miracle, Zan, and Nelon who were there now, helped Mr. Ping with the noodle shop. There were a lot of people, and business had certainly boomed for Mr. Ping.

"With that migration came a lot of new bandits and foes, I might add," Lion interrupted. Ever since that migration, there were a lot more villains and bad guys. Luckily, some of the Kung Fu Masters had also moved into the valley, like Master Croc and Ox.

"That's true," Po replied, "Anyways, some of those people were emperors seeking refuge." Just then, the gate opened to a young Snow leopard man. Lily rushed up to hug the man.

"Cousin Peng," Lily exclaimed. The young snow leopard was about 27 years and by his side was a young lioness about a head shorter than him. Peng had grown up to the height of Po and Uncle Tai-gee but he wasn't as big as them, though.

"Hey everyone," Peng greeted everybody as he and the lioness quietly sat down. "What are you talking about?"

"The last mission we had as a group," Po explained. "Actually, now that I remember, this is the mission that you came in to our family. And when you first met your uncle." Peng nodded. The time that Tai-gee and Peng met was kinda interesting.

"So what happened?" Lily asked pleading her dad to continue the story.

Po continued,"Well, one day, during a large trading commute, Zeng came to us with a message."

This is a HUGE family. I'm having trouble remembering everything. Remind me not to put some many people in the next story! Sorry if my years and math doesn't add up.