Shifu's Cold
(A Kung Fu Panda Fan-fiction)
Chapter One
The Sun had set on the early spring day and the chill night air descended upon the Valley of Peace, a chilling breeze passed by un-noticed
by the six Kung Fu warriors that sat around a small square table in the Jade Palace's warm kitchen.
The Six warriors were of course Masters Crane, Viper, Monkey, Mantis, Tigress and the Dragon Warrior Po. The six young warriors chatted
and joked with each other, their dishes from their evening meal cleaned and stacked neatly on a shelf. "So when was Master Shifu supposed
to be back?" Po asked before yawning.
"Well it's been three weeks since he left for the Imperial city, sooo if he's not back later this evening he should be back by tomorrow
morning." Tigress answered after a few moments thought.
"Well there's no use waiting up for him, we'd best get some rest and welcome him back tomorrow." Viper stated before slithering off
her chair and pushing it in, the others followed her lead as they all slowly made their way to the bunk-house.
The clear star filled sky began to cloud over as the six warriors neared the bunk-house, once inside they bid goodnight to each other
before entering their respective rooms. It wasn't long before the dim golden lights in each of the rooms were extinguished as the occupants
fell into slumber, the gentle tap of the light rain helping to relax and lull them into a dreamless sleep.
A small lone figure walked slowly across the Thread of Hope towards the Valley of Peace, a cloud moved away from the moon briefly
revealing the figure's identity. Master Shifu tiredly stepped off the Thread of Hope and onto solid ground once more, he paused in thought
while trying to decide whether or not to continue or stop for the night and rest. His decision was made for him as the now dark clouded sky released a fine drizzly rain onto the valley below. "Well I can't stay out in this rain." Shifu mused to himself with a sigh; he then set off once
more at a quicker pace hoping to make it back before midnight.
A few uneventful hours passed before a soaking wet Shifu reached the village gates. "Who ever you are the village is closed! The gates
will be open after dawn!" A guard grouched irritably after Shifu had knocked on one of the huge double gates.
"I am Master Shifu and I thought it polite to knock on the gates rather than knocking them down!" Shifu retorted irritably his patience wearing thin, the guard shone a light in Shifu's face to get a better look at who was there. "Oh! Master Shifu, I I'm sorry sir. I'll let you in right away." Came the hastened reply as the guard struggled to open one of the heavy gates partially to allow Shifu access, he nodded gratefully at the
guard who bowed in respect before closing and locking the gate once more.
Shifu slowly walked through the village and up the mountain steps to the Jade Palace's gates; once again he knocked but this time an
attendant immediately opened the gate to see who was there. "Master Shifu!" The goose attendant exclaimed upon seeing the soaking
wet Master, Shifu nodded at the gooses in gratitude for the speedy response before he began to make his way to the bunk-house.
A cool breeze that gently blew past made him shiver as he reached the bunk-house entrance, he silently mad e his way to his quarters
as not to disturb his students. Once in his room he removed his wet clothing leaving it in a pile on the floor too tiered to do anything
about it, he then crawled under the blankets of his bed and quickly gave into his exhaustion falling into a deep sleep.
A/N
Well there you have it the first chapter of my first Kung Fu Panda Fanfic, if you think the chapters are short let me tell you something, they are all about three pages on lined refill, so the reason they are short on here is because I write big on paper. Why do I write on paper? Because my computer keeps dying so I need to have a hard/paper copy of all of my fanfics.
This has been all written up so I only need to type it, so hopefully I'll be updating it at least once a week.
Okay Bye.