Speaking of Po...we didn't forget about the kung-fu masters!

Chapter 2: What the Warriors Are Up To

At the Jade Palace Training Hall

All of the Furious Five were training their hardest as ever as Po just watches by to see their progress and is starting to get into being a grandmaster while Shifu's retiring from his previous duty and just observes them with a watchful eye, but not even his new role as grandmaster could stop him from geeking out over their awesome moves. From Tigress doing her signature Tiger Style by punching out the gauntlets to Viper slithering and dodging those heavy mallets coming in every which way and sliding through the fiery pits and Monkey jumps up, down and around the iron rings with the best of his ability to Mantis going in full throttle with going through spiky sticks without missing a beat and Crane deflecting the arrows in a perfect form while just flying all around.

After their practice run, all Po could do was just let his fandomness soak in before he can critique their training skills, which is the last thing he would want to do is just tell them what they should work on and what doesn't work. Once he got back to earth, he looked at one of them one by one and said, "Viper, you did awesome, as always. Just try not to let the fire come at you. Monkey, awesome job! You did everything amazing! Mantis, put a little more oomph when you do your jumps and high kick. Crane, amazing deflection! And Tigress..."

The stopping point was juding Tigress' moves because one wrong comment or even a simple compliment could make or break this opinion and Tigress folded her arms, waiting for Po's response and Po takes a deep breath as he says, "You never cease to amaze me. How can I find something to critique you with when you do everything awesome?"

That came in unexpected for Tigress as she was used to be criticized by Shifu over one little technique that she would do in terms of training or fighting skills and to hear that from Po, she didn't expect him to say one compliment about her moves. Despite that, it didn't deter her from being her own harsh critic and she just said, "I thought that you'd say something like 'you could use some work' or 'that wasn't even close to good enough'. Why didn't you just say something like that?"

"Because if I did, you'd beat me up anyways. I can only say you did awesome, like you always do. I would never, ever in a million years criticize how awesome you do." Po answered.

Tigress just stood there, frozen and stunned by those words Po said and never once said a very negative comment about her skills, but he always says kind words about her skills and that's something she's struggling to get used to and she just walks out of the training hall to get some space, leaving Po completely confused about this. He blinked his eyes, then turns to the others and asked, "Was it something I said?"

"No, not at all. You got the right idea. Sometimes...even when you do compliment her, she's her own tough critic. She can only improve her own way until she feels as if it's perfect." Viper answered.

"We've just grown to get used to it." Monkey added.

"They're right, Po." Shifu said, walking in from behind, checking to see how Po's role as grandmaster is coming.

"Hey, Shifu. What you doing here?" asked Po, a little nervous.

Shifu could tell that Po was still new to the grandmaster thing and he could genuinely understand what had transpired here and he said, "I happened to see everything you did today from a short distance. You have to keep your students honest about everything they learned and sometimes, you have to tell them what they should work on. As for what you said about Tigress' skills, I have to commend you for being straightforward and very compliment towards her."

"All I said was that she did awesome and she just walked out. I know I see how awesome she is, but how can she not see it?" asked Po.

"One thing you have to understand is that she can be her own harsh critic. Mostly that's my fault for forcing her to achieve perfection and never think that she's good enough. I know that it's not easy being a grandmaster, but I hope that you'll do a much better job than I did." Shifu stated.

Po nods his head at that and asked, "How am I doing so far?"

Shifu chuckled at this and replied, "I'll let you know when you get there."

All Po could do is just nod his head and scratch the back of his head a little bit and asked, "When will I get there, by any chance?"

"Soon, Po." Shifu answered.

Po's stomach started growling and he knows what time it is and he said, "While I'm waiting, I'm gonna have some lunch."

Shifu sighed at this notion and knowing Po's appetite takes center stage, he could tell that Po's got a long way to go before he achieves as a grandmaster and said, "Some things just never change."

"By the way, master...have you heard from Musaki?" asked Viper.

"Not yet. The last time we had heard from him was last week and he seems to be doing just well in Shanghai Secluded Valley with his new family and new surroundings." Shifu answered.

Just hearing that Musaki's doing quite well sets most of the masters at ease and they just couldn't believe how much they missed him a lot and they know that no one misses Musaki more than Po because these two have a special bond in the time Musaki has spent in the palace and Mantis said, "I miss that guy."

"Maybe we'll hear from him pretty soon...hopefully." Shifu added.

Next chapter...Po might get his wish!