A/N: Here's chapter 2! :D Enjoy! I don't own KFP.
Chapter 2 - More problems and run away
Po came up to the stairs of the Jade Palace, he saw the boxes of Christmas decorations by the door, he was still so ashamed of the training hall incident. He angered Shifu, and Tigress about it, and he felt so ashamed he just wanted to fix it up. As he picked up the three boxes he thought to himself, "Man, I just hope nothing else goes wrong." Then he began to make his way into the Jade Palace.
Inside the Jade Palace, Crane and Viper are talking with each other, for Viper has been showing her favorite expensive jade carvings of dragons and other stuff. Viper is smiling to Crane as she talked.
"As you can see," she said, "I found this largest Chinese dragon to be the most favorite in my collection."
Crane chuckled and said, "I can see why." The Dragon was about eight inches tall and it was made out of pure jade with gold wrapping around its body. Viper carefully put the dragon back inside with her other pieces and smiled as she looked at them. You would want to see such a collection back in those days.
"So, how long have you been collecting those?" Crane asked.
"I've been collecting them my entire life," Viper said with a smile, "I just have one more to go before my collection is complete."
Then Po came in with his boxes, he then saw them and said, "Oh, hello Viper, and Crane."
"Hello Po," they both said in unison with smiles on their faces.
Po smiled as he almost fell over with the boxes, he managed to recover and put the boxes to the side.
"Please be careful, Po!" Viper said with a bit of nervousness, "These jade figures are very expensive and are hard to get. They're also very fragile."
Po smiled and said, "Really? That sounds awesome! I would like to take a look."
"Just as long as you don't break anything," Viper said with caution, she didn't want anything to happen with the jade figures that she collected her entire life. Po looked at all of the medium, small, and large pieces, and the dragon, the eight-inch tall one, really caught his eye.
"This collection is totally awesome!" Po exclaimed with a smile and excitement.
"Thank you," Viper said with a sweet smile, "I've spent my entire life collecting these."
"Well, they certainly make an awesome collection, Viper," Po said still grinning. He wanted to keep quiet about the training hall incident, because he doesn't like to make his friends mad.
Po kept looking at the collection while Viper smiled as Po admired her collection. Po just loved it, he stood up straight and said with a smile, "Well, I'd love to look at it more, but I've got chores to do. I want this place looking great for Christmas.
"Okay, see you later Po," Crane said with a smile.
Then Po began walking, and then he noticed something on the floor that shouldn't be there, it was a piece of wood, and it was right up at the shelf displaying the historical armor.
"Oh, a piece of wood," he said with a smile, "No point of leaving it there in a clean hall of awesomeness."
He bent down to pick it up, while he bent down, Viper saw what he was doing and then she screamed, "Po! No!"
"What?" Po asked as he tugged on the piece of wood that seemed to be stuck, "I'm just gonna pick this up and...why won't this thing come off the floor?" He grew a bit annoyed and Crane shouted, "Po!"
Po pulled the piece of wood and then the shelf of armor began to shake! Po was on his back with the piece of wood, that was actually ATTACHED to the shelf! Viper screamed as Crane tried to stop it from falling over, but then a shield and a speak fell off! Crane had to avoid the spear, and then the shield bounced off Crane's head and landed on Viper's collection, crushing it! The shelf fell down and there was quite a bit of metal crashing against the floor as Po picked himself up and saw what had happened. He got another horrified look as he looked to his right and then his heart stopped when Viper gasped.
"My collection!" Viper said out of sadness.
Po's insides turned into ice when he heard that. He stood up and when he did, Viper was crying and her head was on the ground, just crying her eyes out. Po then saw what had happened, her entire collection has been shattered, including the eight inch dragon. Crane got up and he was shocked to see what had happened. His heart broke when he saw Viper crying, he put his wings around her and began to comfort her.
"I...I..." Po said with a sad look and a guilty tone.
Crane hugged Viper as she cried into the crook of his neck, Po began to tear up some more and then he choked out sadly, "It...it was an...accident..." Crane looked at Po with a glare and said, "You just had to pull part of the shelf and cause it to crash onto Viper's collection! She spent her life on that!"
"I thought it was a piece of wood that needed to be cleaned up," Po said sadly.
"You never pay attention, panda, you never do!" Viper said with sadness but with a glare, but not as bad as Tigress.
"Go away," Crane ordered, "I need to comfort Viper for collecting some expensive stuff for her entire life..."
Po's heart broke in two when he said that, Po did get the boxes in without harm, but he just HAD to mess up again! First the training hall, and now this! How can this get any worse? Is all that he is, just a flabby, clumsy panda that ruins everything? All he wanted was to make it a great Christmas and now look. He began to walk away again, and he just was so sad at the most wonderful time of the year.
A little while later, Po was on the thousand footsteps, just thinking about the two biggest mistakes he made so far, maybe he isn't destined to be with Tigress. Emeka is brave, strong, and always there for her, well, HE is the one who goes to her, she just does her regular routine every day. She was learning better from him, it all made since that Tigress might love Emeka instead of Po. He just felt so emotional at this moment. But then he remembered something that can't be a TOTAL loss, he still has his dad to look forward to. At least he knows this won't be a total lost. His face lit up some as he began to make his way to Mr. Ping's noodle shop.
A little while later, he arrived at the noodle shop to see quite a bit of customers there, for they were ready for a hot meal in the Christmas season. Po saw Monkey and Mantis eating, and he hoped he wouldn't mess up again. When he entered the shop, the crowd all got excited and exclaimed, "It's the Dragon Warrior!" Po managed to pull out a smile to all of them, even though he was sad on the inside.
"Po!" Mr. Ping cried out of happiness, "It's such a holly jolly time to see you again!"
Po smiled and hugged his goose dad before saying, "Same to you, Dad. Merry Christmas." Mr. Ping smiled and said, "Merry Christmas to you, son." Then they broke loose from the hug while some kids came to the Dragon Warrior and crowded around him. They all received rubs and pats on their backs from the Dragon Warrior as he smiled.
"In honor of my son," Mr. Ping said with a smile, "Free dessert for everyone!" Everyone cheered and then Mr. Ping said, "With purchases." Then everyone groaned. Does Mr. Ping always do that?
Then Mr. Ping and Po entered the kitchen, and they're ready to start cooking for the Winter Feast coming up, and for those who want a warm meal on Christmas time. As they began chopping the vegetables and began to get the noodle soup ready. Po wasn't his usual cheerful self as he worked. His dad didn't notice at first, but when Po dropped a knife and almost hurt his toe, Mr. Ping looked over to see Po in a sad state.
"Son," Mr. Ping said with concern, "Are you okay?"
Po stood up straight to try and keep the emotions in and then he lied, "Okay? I'm awesome, Dad!" Mr. Ping looked into Po's eyes and saw that something was wrong.
"Po," Mr. Ping said softly, "If there's something wrong, just talk to me about it. I'm here to help you."
Po sighed and began to cry lightly, he just couldn't help but softly cry about the situations. Mr. Ping walked up to Po and put a comforting wing on his paws and said, "Son, if you're sad, please let me know. It's not healthy to hold it all in." Po sat down, while looking at the ground, and not noticing there was something in the stove.
"Well," Po said with sadness, "All I wanted was to make this the greatest Christmas ever for everyone at the Jade Palace..."
"Oh, and what happened?" Mr. Ping asked softly.
Po's throat tightened a bit before he swallowed it and then he said, "I started with cleaning the training hall, and then...I screwed up and a dang sponge got caught in the gears and the entire training hall was destroyed..."
Mr. Ping was horrified to hear that, and then Po continued, "And I didn't know, but I accidentally destroyed Viper's expensive collection by bringing down the shelf with armor. I thought it was just a piece of wood to pick up..."
With that, Po began lightly crying again, he wanted to make it a great Christmas, but he's not doing so hot right now. Mr. Ping put wing on Po and said, "Oh, come on, son. Everyone makes mistakes and eventually people will get over it, once time passes by.
"I don't know, Dad," said Po, "Tigress and Shifu were totally ticked at me for wrecking the training hall."
"They might be," Mr. Ping said, "But they can be harsh some times, but eventually they'll cool off. It's happened before, hasn't it?"
"I know," Po said, "I just hate being so clumsy and gullible, if only I can stop being like that."
Mr. Ping smiled and said, "You make mistakes, I make mistakes, we all do. But when we make those mistakes, we should always learn from them and take them as a lesson." Po smiled at his dad and said, "Thanks Dad." For once, today, Po felt relaxed as his dad hugged him. But it didn't last long because a person yelled, "Fire!" Mr. Ping and Po froze and they saw that the stove was on fire!
"PUT IT OUT!" Mr. Ping cried, "Put it out now!"
Monkey came rushing in with a bucket of water and so did Mantis, and they tried to put out the fire. As this is going on, Po's emotional thoughts come back. If he hadn't told his dad about his problems, none of this would happen! He's taking this as his fault! He wished it hadn't happened. He then felt so ashamed that he began running out of the kitchen and out of the shop.
"Po!" Mr. Ping called out, "This is not your fault!"
The last words of Mr. Ping echoed through his mind as he ran out of the noodle shop, so ashamed. He just overreacted to the situation, for the fire could be put out easily and everything will be okay. But due to the events today, Po feels like everything is his fault. He's just in an emotional turmoil. He began running back to the Palace to get into his room and stay there. Leaving all of his plans behind. He just kept running, he even ran past Zan and his mother, wondering why he was in such a hurry.
Later, Po had climbed up the thousand stairs, and he continued to run towards his room. He saw the barracks and began running towards them. When he got inside, he was so anxious to get inside his room.
Inside the barracks, Emeka and Tigress have finished most of the work, Tigress was smiling as she said, "Wow, Emeka, I'm impressed on how fast you can build things so fast."
"It's my thing," Emeka said with a smile.
He then got a little closer and asked, "So, what's it like been with me?"
Tigress pulled out another smile and said, "I think you're a great friend. I like to hang out with you." Emeka got a little closer and said, "Or do you think there's something more waiting to be revealed?" Tigress began to feel a bit uncomfortable as he was a bit close to her, confused, she asked, "What do you mean?"
"My dear," Emeka said with a smile, "You just want me to do the honors, don't you?"
"What?" said a confused Tigress.
Emeka put his hands on her waist, making her feel even more uncomfortable, she didn't know that Emeka felt something else than friendship. She's known him for only a month!
"Emeka," Tigress said, with an uncomfortable tone, "I-I don't know what you're doing but..."
"Allow me to let your emotions flow, and mine," Emeka said with a smile.
Before Tigress could respond, Emeka pulled her into a kiss, shocking her. But she didn't find it pleasant. She was trying to pry his head away from her. But, unaware to her, Po saw what was going on! He thought that they really do love each other, and now he can't tell Tigress how he feels! He turned around and began running away, crying, but they couldn't hear him! Tigress began fighting the leopard off and then she kicked him away, breaking them apart!
"Why did you just do that?!" Tigress asked with a scream.
"Tigress, I thought you loved me," Emeka said with a sad look.
"I only considered you a friend," Tigress said with a glare, "I hardly know you!"
"Please Tigress," Emeka begged, "Would you accept my love and come to me as my girl?"
"I'm not sure that I love you," Tigress said in a serious tone, "I don't have anyone in mind. And I'm not gonna help with the training hall anymore."
Emeka was disappointed, he thought Tigress was in love with him! But why wasn't she? He just doesn't see that he's known her for a month, and she barely knows him.
"Goodbye, Emeka," Tigress said, "I'm going on a hike. You're supposed to finish the training hall."
Then Tigress left, she was angry, but she held it all in, Emeka sat down in a chair at the kitchen table with a disappointed look. He grew angry and then he slammed his fist on the table, angry, thinking Tigress loved him, when she really didn't.
In Po's room, he's packing up, that was the final straw for him, he believes that Tigress loves Emeka, but he's unaware what REALLY happened in the kitchen. Po put his pants, toothpaste, some food, and a comb. He left his action figures because he was too upset. He was crying as he strapped his scarf around him, he was running away! He wrote out a quick note and left it on his bed before leaving his room. Wanting no part of the Furious Five, Shifu, Emeka, or Tigress, for they were right. He was a big, fat, obnoxious panda. Tears rolled down his eyes as he headed out the door.
Po made his way down the thousand footsteps, after a minute, he trotted through the Valley, wanting to get out of there.
"Oh, Po!" called a voice.
Po looked to see it was Mr. Ping, and the goose was desperate. Po couldn't take it and then he shouted, "I can't take it Dad! The emotions are just too much! I'm leaving! Goodbye Dad!" Then Po began running away, while Mr. Ping called out to him. The panda didn't hear him, and then Mr. Ping formed a sad look. He knew Christmas was near, and now Po's ran away. He began crying and he also felt anger come to him against Shifu and the Five for making his son run away, as he believes.
We follow Po, he is now outside the Valley, he is just sad. He felt it like it was such a short time ago since they met. They all looked at him with friendly smiles. He knew that he needed them back then, but not anymore. He's just so sad, he felt so sad that it felt like rain was falling around him. He hung his head low as he kept a picture of his father. If he hadn't been so clumsy and stupid, this wouldn't have happened. He's so caught up in his thoughts as he continues to walk. He's walking towards the mountains in the distance. He felt tears roll down his face as he walked.
"Farewell friends," Po said sadly as if he's talking to the Five, Shifu, and his dad, "We had...great times...but now there's not a place in the Valley for me...I hope you all understand..."
Po's just not thinking clearly, he's so caught up in the thoughts, he just can't take it anymore, so he just decided to leave. He recalled the good memories they had, and just felt even sadder as he goes up to the mountains.
Later on the mountaintops, Po is caught in a blizzard, he had to keep himself warm by hugging himself, he's never felt so cold. The snow was blowing so fast in the wind, it turned into a whiteout! Po's feet sunk with every step he took. He just can barely walk anymore. He had a flashback of his love, Tigress come to his mind, and it sent a jolt of pain to his head. The memories of Shifu and Tigress yelling at him, swirled through his mind like the wind in the whiteout. He heard Tigress' voice screaming and then he heard Viper's crying, which broke his heart. Why must this happen close to Christmas? Why Po? Why? Then, he saw a soft red light, he squinted his eyes to see what it was, the panda was so caught up in the light that he began to tumble down the side of the mountain! He screamed as he fell, hoping someone was near, but he figured no one was. As he fell, he held his head to keep from getting a serious injury. And then he hit a solid ground with a BOOM.
When he opened his eyes, he was relieved he was still alive, but he doesn't know if he'll make it off the mountain and out of the whiteout. He was so woozy and so exhausted that he couldn't get up. As he laid there, unable to move because of exhaustion, he heard as if a voice was calling out to him. Then, he saw the red light again, and he could've sworn he saw a figure. But he couldn't make it out as his world went black.
A/N: I know, it's a sad Christmas tale. But don't worry, it'll get better. :) Leave a review please! :D