Thank you TheAlienHeart (Chido) for being my first ever reviewer and follower. I'll try to improve in any way I can and the story will be kicked up a notch later on. Thanks for your review! My story is kinda romance based if you don't mind.

It's early due to inspiration here's Chapter 2 guys :)

Chapter 2

The next day Po woke up an hour before dawn, his eagerness to learn kung fu overpowering his will to sleep. He made his way to the edge of the village where streams of breathtakingly clear turquoise water flowed gently with the soft breeze. He could see the crack of dawn and the orange rays of light which now refracts itself against the water's surface. The old turtle was waiting for him, whilst meditating on the same curved wooden cane he used to annihilate the bandits yesterday.

"Good morning young Po," he stated as he slowly and gracefully moved out of his meditating position. It wasn't until Po saw his face did he realized that Master Oogway was meditating upside down the entire time.

"Whoaa...that's so...that's so cool! How did you do that?" Po asked as he squealed in delight. "Does meditating somehow help with fighting?"

"Yes, to do kung fu you must find focus and harmony, and to find focus and harmony, you must meditate," Oogway explained.

" Ooooh….Why upside down though? Does meditating upside down make it twice as effective?" young Po asked eagerly.

"No. But it looks cool" Oogway answered with a smile. Young Po laughed and expressed a smile of his own but before he said anything, Oogway kept going, "Come, Po," Oogway gestured beside him for him to sit and meditate. Po followed without question.

"You must control your breathing so that you take in good energy and give out the bad" Master Oogway stated as he inhaled and exhaled deeply. Po watched for a moment and quickly followed suit.

Oogway continued " Good, Now you must feel what is around you and what is inside of you. Be self-aware whilst being aware of your surroundings. You may let your thought roam but let it flow, allow it to pass without a need to follow it."

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They meditated for 3 hours in the morning and Oogway was surprised that the little panda has enough patience to meditate peacefully without asking questions. Oogway turned his head to see the young panda and was surprised again at how deep into his meditation he is. He was a prodigy, to say the least. He was in deep meditation with a small smile plastered to his face, so deep in fact that it was as if he had done this for years and Oogway remembered it took him an entire year to get to this stage of harmony and focus, yet this panda did it in a single morning.

"Are we done, master?" Po asked as he opened his eyes.

How very aware he has gotten in such a short time. Oogway thought "Yes that shall be today's lesson.

The week flew by as Po learned the basics of kung fu and mastered most of them by seeing them once. Until the fated weekend came by.

~0~o~o~0~

Tigress had adjusted her lifestyle after she was adopted from Bai Gu orphanage just two months ago as the newest and currently the only Kung Fu disciple in the Jade Palace. Although she was extremely grateful to her Kung Fu master and now father, Master Shifu, she couldn't help but feel lonely in the vast emptiness of the Jade Palace. She thought that there would be more disciples and she would be able to make friends...something she wasn't able to do in Bai Gu orphanage. Moreover the harsh expectations Master Shifu placed on her had hardened her resolve; she will never be the next Tai Lung. Her brother was a disgrace to Kung Fu and everything it stands for, yet Master Shifu only blamed it on himself and what tigress only saw as his righteous heart. The heart that broke when he was betrayed, when he thinks that he was actually the betrayer, the one who fed lies to his son, yet a heart still kind enough to take her in and help her when she was retained in that cold, dark cell. She sighed as her thoughts wander while she sweeps the palace of fallen autumn leaves before her morning training.

She had noticed that the days prior she had encountered Master Oogway making his way out of the palace before dawn every morning where she would always smile and gave a bow to the legendary Kung Fu master. She respected him greatly for his incredible deeds and for the fact that he was now her grandfather, the only person who showed affection and talked to her outside of training. He would go before dawn and come back before noon then spend time with her after her training in the evening. Today was a Saturday, not that it mattered to her as training has always blended the days together. Yet, she wondered what it would be like down in the valley of peace. Was it filled with famous restaurants and food stalls has she heard? What would it be like if she went there in the evening? Would people still work in that hour? ...Would they accept her? For who she is instead of just a scary tiger?

She sighed again as she resumed brushing the palace floor until she heard the familiar rhythmic tap of the wooden cane Master Oogway makes when he walks. He came back earlier than usual today, and she excitedly runs to greet him.

"Good morning Master Oogway," She said with a bow. Then raised her face with a smile.

Oogway smiled in response. "Good morning Tigress" He looked at her lovingly as any grandfather would but he did not continue his path towards the palace but instead he waited. After a while Tigress was wondering what he was waiting for until he looked back and she heard audible gasps and wheezing.

"Urgh. Oops. Ow. I know this place is super cool and Kung Fu-ey and all but why are there so many stairs" The strange voice wheezed as it gradually became louder and louder. After another while of waiting she saw a chubby black and white creature flop itself on the floor at the end of the steps. She realized that it was a Panda. A panda, a race she thought was extinct after the massacre of Gongmen City.

After another moment of wheezing and catching his breath, the panda stood up and gave a small bow. "Hey. I'm Po"

"Tigress" she replied.

"Po is going to start coming here every weekend to train with you," said Oogway as he walked off. "Bring him to Shifu"

~0~o~o~0~

"Master, this is preposterous" exclaimed Shifu " We can't just bring in some random panda and start teaching him Kungfu. How would that be fair on all the Kungfu prodigies in China who dreams of training here?!"

"Shifu, you are still reluctant in taking in more students after Tai Lung" stated the old turtle as he talked back to the sacred peach tree of heavenly wisdom. "You must learn to accept the past as the past as it is. Only then, can you move forward-"

"But master, he is not Tai Lung!" interrupted Shifu " it's just a panda"

"Shifu, he may be just a panda but perhaps he can be more, if you are willing to nurture him, guide him and let him grow to who he was meant to be"

Shifu wanted to retort, to say something to his master and tell him that he doesn't need any more disciples. But he couldn't. It would show his weakness, not after what he's been through. "...yes master" he reluctantly replied.

~0~o~o~0~

"So...what are you doing here," Tigress asked with curiosity as she was showing him around. "You don't look like you came here to learn Kungfu"

"No, actually, that's exactly what I came here for. Master Oogway said that I can train here on weekends," Po answered with a smile while taking in the entire jade palace as a whole. The place is amazing. He only dreamt of being able to come up here one day. Not like that was ever gonna happen for some noodle boy who worked at a restaurant. But here he was, and it was breathtakingly awesome.

Tigress evaluated Po the panda from top to bottom. "No offense but you don't look like a Kungfu prodigy," She said. He was just a chubby panda, she thought as she glared down at him, being about a head taller, he was just a chubby...cuddly panda….kinda cute in fact.

"Oh don't worry, I get that a lot. I just started! The other day master Oogway saved the town from a bunch of crocodile bandits and I was just like: 'AAAWESOME'" he said as he demonstrated the experience with a series of punches and kicks.

Tigress smiled at his cheerfulness, something she never saw in Bai Gu orphanage. He had a personality that could make anyone feel better...perhaps even master Shifu. Right as she thought that, master Shifu came around the corner of the jade palace, towards them and glared at the panda.

"G-Good morning Master Shifu" Po instantly greeted.

Shifu stared onwards for a lingering moment as if to contemplate whether he should take him in or not, but after a while longer, he sighed and flatly said " Come, let's get to work"

Tigress gave a breath of relief and Po smiled as they gave a quick glance to each other.

~0~o~o~0~

Their training sessions went surprisingly smoothly, and Shifu could not say that he wasn't impressed. Oogway said that he has only started Kung Fu for a week yet he mastered the basics and is on par with Tigress in terms of technique. Shifu had noticed that the little feral tiger smiled a lot more in the training session, and instantly Shifu felt a pang of guilt. He knew it was his fault that she was unhappy but he could not help but see another Tai Lung in her. Perhaps, Po was what she needed to help her. Perhaps Po was what he needed to help himself.

"Po!" Tigress shouted and ripped Shifu back into attention, only to notice that the panda was on the floor rubbing his cheek. He was apparently hurt after the light sparring session with Tigress. "I'm sorry I didn't mean it - I - I'm sorry"

Shifu looked on the situation with curiosity to see how the panda would react, trying to see whether he would react like a regular 5-year-old kid would. Like Tai Lung would: Get angry.

"Wa-Hooow. Wow. You have a great punch! Show me how you did that move, that was so cool!" Po said excitedly as he got back up.

A sigh of relief along with a tint of surprise filled Shifu as the panda started talking excitedly and Tigress started giggling at his over energetic nature again. " Sorry, Po. I got a little over excited" Tigress confessed looking a bit guilty and disappointed for not being able to control her strength again.

"No no it's okay, it's my fault for getting a little….distracted" Po said with a weird expression. Tigress giggled again and Shifu scolded them to resume training.

Po stayed the night in the Jade Palace taking the room in front of tigress' and the day after went smoothly as well until it was time for Po to go home late in the evening. Tigress was rather sad that he had to go.

"Bye, Po." She said with her ears down and droopy eyes.

"I'll be back next week," Po said cheerfully.

Tigress' ears perked up from that "Really?... Then I'll see you next week"

"Bye," Po said, also now with a hint of sadness in his face before he started going back down the steps.

"Bye," Tigress said quietly as the sound of his steps grew quieter and quieter.

As you can see this is heading towards a romance story with Tigress. I'll incorporate other characters in as well but it's mainly those two.