Welcome to Kung Fu Panda World
Chapter 2: The Dragon Warrior's Apprentice
We're back, just so everyone knows, I'm gonna do this story till chapter 5, then I'm going back to my catscratch fic "It could happen", I only own Tan-Tan and Xiao Zi.
It's already been a day, but while I was in school, I just couldn't get over what happened to me; I had been selected to be the beta tester of kung fu panda world, I was so excited, they even let me make my own character. I was excited, but nothing could surprise me more than when I actually played it, because when I played it, I realized that I was actually in the world of kung fu panda! I actually became my character too, which was a Tanuki, and I actually got to fight bad guys along side Po himself. But that wasn't all, after what Po told me, and a little wikipiedia information on them, it turns out that tanuki's had the ability to transform their bodies into different things, I felt like I should tell this to dreamworks, but would they believe me? "Well, I guess I should enjoy this."
I put my headset back on and went back into the world, I had that same feeling in my bidy, and when I opened my eyes, I found myself back in that same alley. "I guess this is like a checkpoint for me, now let's see what's going on in the valley today."
I walked out of the alley like before, but this time was different than yesterday; all the animals seemed to be walking over to one place, there was something going on at the jade palace, but what? "Hey mister!"
I looked below to see a small bunny, it was the same bunny I saved with Po. "It's you again, doing okay?"
"Yes sir, are you going to the jade palace too?" The bunny asked
"That depends, what's going on?"
"No one knows, but it's been announced that Master Shifu has some great news," He answered
"Xiao Zi, stay close to me!" A female bunny called
"Coming mom, see you later." Xiao Zi said, walking with his mother.
When Xiao Zi was walking with his mom, he pointed back at me, it was hard to tell, but I think he was talking about how I saved him; it was only one day and I already got a fan, pretty cool in my book if you ask me. Everyone was already at the top before I got to the stairs, I was about to go up, but the thousand stairs had me in a stand still. "This is gonna be murder on my feet, here I go."
I wanted to get this over with as fast as possible, so I started running as fast as I could to the top, but that might have been a bad thing; I had no idea how long it was, but when I got up half of the staircase, I felt like I've been going for days. "So... tired... why... tall... so... palace?"
I took a break a five minute break and went back to walking up to what I now called "The stairs of death", I was nearly made it to the top when I heard the voice of an old man coming from above. "Citizens of the valley of peace, I have an important announcement to make!"
From the tone of voice I heard from the movie, the voice had to be from Shifu himself, but when I finally made it up the stairs, I saw that the doors were closing in front of me. "No wait, hey I'm coming...!?"
Too late, the doors closed right in my face. "Great, now if I remember there's supposed to be a... peeky hole!"
The same spot Po found in the movie was still there, so I jumped as high as I could, and tried to see Master Shifu; he was a red panda with big ears, he wore a red robe, and had a moustache/beard combo. "Citizens of the valley, I have gathered you all here for a reason, in a dream I had, I saw Master Oogway. He told me something that would put all of you in shock and amazement, he told me that on this very day... there would be another dragon warrior."
'Another dragon warrior!?' I thought
"But he never told me who it was, Oogway told me that by using his staff, I will find this chosen one," Shifu continued "Now, I am pleased to introduce the dragon warrior and the furious five, Po, Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Crane, and Viper!"
Just like that, arriving from the air, the furious five appeared showing off their insane kung fu moves, I think I almost saw Po, but the wind made by Crane's wings closed the door of the porthole in my face, causing me to fall down on my behind. "Okay, why am I reenacting Po's scene in the movie?"
It was annoying as hell, and now I wasn't able to see a thing, so I just waited. "This is annoying, what do I do till this is over?"
Then I remembered what I read about tanuki's, they could actually play their bellies like drums. 'Let's see, I think I have to inhale some more air and... wait, wait a minute!"
I think I inhaled too much air, because my whole body started to ascend in the air like a balloon. 'Oh god, someone please help me!'
"Did you hear something?" A pig asked
"Sounded like grunting... hey look, Crane's about to fight against the thousand tongues of fire!" A bunny said in excitement.
I could see this wooden machine shooting out fireworks from its mouth, and while Crane flew in the air, he reflected them with his wings and the flew in different directions, blowing up in pretty colors. Crane then looked straight at me in confusion, I couldn't at all, so I just smiled and waved, but he ignored it anyway and flew back down. 'Oh thanks, you could've helped me down!'
Nothing but grunting came from my mouth, if I opened it, I'd fall to the ground like a cartoon. It looked like the things the five were doing was over, but I was so high up that everyone looked like ants to me. "Now that the presentation is now done, using Oogway's staff, I will now reveal the new dragon warrior to you all."
'Oh man, I gotta get down there, I gotta see who the new dragon warrior is.' I thought
Then I felt it, a twitch in my nose, but then it turned into a large irritation in my body; I could tell what it was, I had to sneeze, I don't think I can hold it anymore. "Achoo!"
I deflated just like a balloon, flying everywhere until I fell straight to the ground. Everything went black at first, but when I started to wake up, I saw something wooden in front of me; that's when I realized it was Shifu, pointing Oogway's staff at me. "I'm sorry, I must be getting in the five's way."
"No, you're not in the way, you are the one." Shifu said.
Everyone was staring at me now, I couldn't have been the chosen one, but when I tried to move out of the way, the staff went in the same direction; it didn't even look like Shifu was moving it, the staff was moving on its own. "N-No way, that means I'm... I'm..."
"Citizens of the valley of peace, we've found our new dragon warrior!" Shifu announced
"What!?" Everyone exclaimed
"What!?" The five exclaimed
"No way!" Po exclaimed, smiling.
"I know a dragon warrior, awesome!" Xiao Zi said, smiling
Cheering was made just like the movie, and I was held up in one of those carrier things, with four geese holding me up; they went up the stairs heading for the jade palace, and frankly... I was happy for that. 'At least I don't have to walk, but I still can't believe I'm a dragon warrior.'
"Master, are you sure this isn't an accident?" Tigress asked
"There are no accidents, we should know that by now." Shifu answered
"But Master..."
"No buts, now back to the palace, I have to talk to this newcomer." He ordered
When they finally made it to the top, the geese dropped me off and instantly went back out, but when I got up I saw exactly where I was; the room was filled with weapons and antiques, in the middle was a small pool, and above it was a golden dragon. "The hall of warriors, so sacred, so filled with wisdom, so... awesome!"
"I see you heard of this place."
That voice made me jump out of my fur, when I turned to see who it was, I saw Shifu standing in front of me. "M-Master Shifu, you scared the daylights out of me."
"So you're a tanuki." Shifu replied
"You could tell?" I asked
"No one can change their appearance like that." He answered
When I got a look at myself, I realized that my outfit had changed to that of a samurai, but it then turned back into the brown Gi; I guess tanuki's could also change their clothes along with their bodies, I guess I should remember that. "You look like this is your first time changing."
Oh man, we just met and he figured me out, I hope my excuse works again. "You see, I just started transforming yesterday, so I'm still new at it."
I tried my best to be serious, I almost thought it failed when he turned his back on me. "I see, as I remember, transforming is used with large amounts of chi and concentration, you've only learned part of it."
That's when I saw something I never saw coming, Shifu smiling. "But don't worry, you'll learn all about that here."
"T-Thank you." I said, smiling.
"Now, what is your name?" Shifu asked
My name, right... wait, I could just make the name shorter. "Oh right, well my name is...!?"
The front door opened behind me, and there lied Po, ruffling my head with his paw. "Hey Tan-Tan, I can't believe your a dragon warrior too!"
"Your name... is Tan-Tan?" Shifu asked
"Aw man, yes my name is Tan-Tan, but please just call me Tan for short." I pleaded.
"As you wish, you've met Po already?"
"Remember Master, Tan-Tan helped me fight the hoof boar clan yesterday." Po explained.
"Just... Tan." I repeated
"I see, I'm glad you two already get along, you're going to be seeing a lot of each other." Shifu explained.
"Um, why's that?" I asked
"Because as of now, you'll be under Po's teachings," Shifu said, walking off. "To the training hall you two."
What could I say, what could I think, this was totally unreal, but it was really happening; I was going to be Po's apprentice, his student, I wanted to be happy, but how did Po feel about this? "Look Po, I understand if you don't want to teach me, I'm not that much of a student...!?"
That's when I felt Po's arm on my shoulder, and I saw his happy go lucky smile. "So, how about we head over to meet the five at the training hall... my young student."
You know, this is now my number one game. "Yes sir, Master Po."
To be continued
I'm Po's apprentice, so awesome! Chapter 3 coming soon.
