Chapter One: The Mission
"Hi-yah!" The panda yelled as he chopped the log in half.
"Good, well done panda. You have proven yourself useful to the community," said Master Shifu, his long, thin, beard glistening off the sky's sun.
He bowed in indulgence to his Grandmaster.
Po built a log cabin for the camp out next week for the Boyscouts of China.
They headed back to the palace for dinner.
When they got back, Zeng flapped through them and fell half way through the Hall of Heroes.
He got up and dusted himself off.
"Sorry to bother you, Dragon Warrior, but I have a message from Master Sensu from East Chor-gom, he says that someone is going to steal his priceless gem," explained Zeng in a breathless manner.
"What is so special about this gem?" Asked Po.
"He didn't say," said the bird.
"He just said it was urgent," continued Zeng.
"Hmm..." The red panda thought trying to puzzle this together.
"Very well,-" He was not interrupted but he was stopped by a feline walking out of the training hall about to eat dinner.
"Ahem! Yes. Very well. Tigress will be escorting you through the forest,-" The panda and the tiger simultaneously exclaimed, "What!"
They were mad.
Well, mostly Tigress.
Po was mad because he thinks that Master Shifu does not believe he could make it there and back by himself.
Tigress just doesn't want to babysit him.
"Yes. Tigress will be going with you, for safety precautions, like, if Po falls into a pit, Tigress can lift him up out of there," said Master Shifu.
They packed their bags filled with a weeks supply of food, water and shelter.
Now they were on their way to east Chor-gom.
Po sang and did everything he could think of to keep himself occupied. Which EXTREMELY annoyed Tigress.
"Can you not be quiet for one second while I think?" Asked Tigress.
"What are you thinking about?" Asked Po.
"Why would Master Sensu ask for our protection. He is the fastest cheetah on this planet. Two-hundred times stronger than me, and could take on whoever tried to challenge him. He could've snapped Tai Lung and Lord Shen in half with just one swipe of his claws," Tigress thought out loud.
"Maybe he's lonely..." Guessed Po.
The week went by fast.
Seven total business days came by quick.
In east Chor-gom...Tigress and Po walked to the prison gates and introduced herself and Po introduced himself in an untimely manner.
They both had entered the gates and Master Sensu was nowhere to be found.
"Where is this so-called gem or whatever...?" Asked Po, impatiently.
"Right over there," the panther pointed to a blooming, yellow and golden, rich-flower? "You know this is a flower, right?" Asked Po, concerned.
"Yes. But its not just an ordinary flower, it has special powers that would render you both in-"
Po cut him off. "Yeah, yeah. Powers that would render us in love," Tigress was shocked. "What-?"
"Don't worry. I don't believe in this mumbo-jumbo," stated the panda.
"So where is Master Sensu?" Asked Tigress.
"Oh, he hasn't been in this tower for twenty years," he chuckled at the Tiger's tomfoolery. Po and Tigress' eyes shot wide open.
Then smoke begun to drop from the ceiling and a horn cracked a hole through the misty gray.
It was a rhinoceros.
He stood as the smoke deserted the ground and into clear air.
The rhino was about 20 feet at height.
A little heavy set, but his mass could destroy the very touch of the ground.
"I am Kil-yen!" The rhino exaggerated.
"Okay, on three, ready?" Asked Tigress.
"Yeah," said Po.
"One-,"
"Three!"
"Whoa!" They both sprinted far from Kil-yen. They ran nonstop.
Until they got at least two-hundred miles away from the base camp.
They set up camp, oil lamp was lighting the area up.
Tigress haven't talked to Po for hours.
Po thinks she is disappointed.
"Are you okay, Tigress?" Asked Po.
"No, I am not okay, we lost the flower," exclaimed Tigress.
"Oh, did we?" He held up a bright gold drifting petaled stem.
It glowed as Tigress' eyes shot open.
"How did you get it through all that confusion?"
"I was a part time thief in the Valley of Peace."
Tigress' eyes were fire red.
"I'm just kidding, I grabbed it when we ran out," Po said.
"Wow! We were that fast?" Asked Tigress.
"Yeah," laughed Po as he sat down on the log.
"So he is gonna be after us, huh?" Said Tigress a little paranoid.
"mhm...wanna touch it?" He pointed towards the flower.
"Together?" Asked Tigress.
"Its not going to do anything Tigress. I promise you," promised Po. She hesitated for a minute then…she touched it.