A Year of Being the Dragon Chapter 2: The Trip Part 1, a kung fu panda fanfic

A Year of Being the Dragon

The Trip (Part 1)

Short form: I don't own anything except for maybe future OC character...

[A/N Been a slow 2 days at school so this chapter came out pretty quickly =D This chapter will somewhat explain how Po and Tigress will become a couple ;3 hopefully it isn't as dry as I think it is...]

The next day...

*GONG* *GONG* *GONG*

~Resting Barracks~

The moment the morning gong rang, the Five and Po opened their own doors to greet Shifu who was there waiting for them.

"Good morning Master" recited the Five and Po

"Good morning students, I hope you have all prepared for the trip today because we leave right after breakfast. Also, good job on waking up on time today Po" Shifu said as he turned around and went up the stairs to get to his room to gather his things for the trip.

As the Five slowly moved towards the door, Monkey noticed that Po wasn't coming with them.

"Hey Po, you do know that the kitchen is this way." Said Monkey

"Yeah, I know, it's just that I didn't finish packing last night because I kind of fell asleep after my midnight snack." Po said with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Ok but finish packing quickly" Viper said while Crane, Monkey and Mantis laughed as the five left the barracks and headed to the kitchen for breakfast.

Po slipped back into his room and opened his bed side drawer. Inside his drawer he found the Dragon Scroll that he got from Shifu, his painted portrait of the five, Shifu, his dad and himself during the winter festival, the stack of papers Shifu gave him to write things on, and his hidden snack stash that was cleverly concealed inside a 3 inch thick book. Po quickly took the whole drawer out and carefully emptied the contents out onto his bed; deep inside the drawer he found a red velvet box. He slowly took out the box and opened it to see a necklace with a sapphire crystal in its center.

"I will finally confess my feelings to Tigress" Po thought as he imagined Tigress wearing the necklace he got with the money he saved from doing all the missions with the Five and Shifu.

Po quickly closed the box and placed it inside his knapsack hidden underneath his extra shorts. He then grabbed the knapsack and ran out of his room to meet up with the Five in the kitchen.

~Kitchen~

As Po walked into the kitchen, he saw that the Five were already eating their breakfast so he quickly grabbed his bowl and filled it with congee then join the Five for breakfast. Po quickly slipped himself in between Monkey and Crane and ate while listening to the Five as they planned out their trip.

"Hmm we should first plan out where we would stay during out trip." Crane said as he started to think.

"We can stay and the Wu Dang Mountains, Master Oogway had a summer villa there built so that we could train there if we felt that we needed a change of scenery." Shifu said as he walked into the kitchen "It is fairly secluded so not many people know about, from my knowledge, the only people who should know would be Master Oogway, the Emperor and myself."

"Master, I understand why Master Oogway and the Emperor would know where it is but how would you know about it?" Po asked while lifting his bowl up to finish the rest of the congee in it.

"Well Po, to make a long story short, it was where Master Oogway trained me before I became a master." Replied Shifu "I think I gave you all enough time for breakfast, so let's go everyone I want to be there before its noon."

"But Master, Po just got here and just finished the first bowl of congee, I don't think he is full yet." Viper said shooting a concerned look at Po who looked somewhat upset that he didn't get to finish breakfast.

"It doesn't matter Viper" said Tigress as she put her bowl into the sink for the workers to wash later. "Po is just going to get hungry again in hour, so there isn't really much of a point of a meal for him"

"Master, please just let Po finish his breakfast that way we won't have to listen to his stomach growl on the way up the mountain." Said Crane knowing that Po's stomach was a lot louder than the average growl since he was usually woken up in the middle of the night because Po was hungry.

"Fine, but make it quick panda, as for the rest of you, get your things and meet me at the village gate in 10 minutes." Shifu said as he turned around

"Yes Master." Recited the Five

"Mess Mapher" said Po with a mouthful of congee

"Po, please eat with your mouth closed" Tigress said as she and the rest of the Five left the kitchen.

Po blushed when Tigress talked to him, "*sigh* she's always so pretty" Po thought as he swallowed the mouthful of congee. "Now that I know where we are going, I wonder how I should ask her out... maybe if I'm lucky I can find a chance where it is just me and her, then there is a chance for me."

~Resting Barracks – Tigress's room~

"*sigh* stupid panda, I think some of his congee got onto my fur" Tigress said as she got the handkerchief she got from Shifu when she was younger wet and cleaned herself off.

"Tigress, it's ok, it's just congee and can easily be cleaned off" Viper said "also why do you care so much? You always get your fur dirty when you train and when you spar with the rest of us. Is it that you li..."

"NO I DONT!" yelled Tigress "I mean...what do you mean, I don't mind if it's just dirt or rocks, it's just that I..."

"It's just that what, Tigress? I was just kidding about it but seeing as how you reacted to that." explained Viper "It's ok you can tell me Tigress I promise I won't tell anyone."

"Viper, as long as you don't breathe a word of what I'm about to say..." warned Tigress

"Like I said before Tigress, I won't tell anyone and also we are best friends ever since I came to the Jade Palace 5 years ago" reassured Viper

"Well, to make a long story short, it all started the half a year since Po came to the Jade Palace. It was an average day of spar training, I'm pretty sure you remember that day when I had to spar against Po." Tigress said while reminiscing the memory

"Yeah, I remember that day, you almost lost to Po that day after he used his belly to bounce you into the air and when he was about to catch you, you accidently kissed him" Viper said "... wait don't tell me that kiss was.."

"well it kind of was because that month, I was kind of in heat" Tigress said as she blushed "anyways when I kissed Po, I felt as if it was the summer festival with all the fireworks. I'm pretty sure he already forgot about that day but I was pretty sure he was kissing back..."

"Well, there's only one way to solve this, you have to go on a date with Po to confirm that he has feelings for you and that you are sure that you love him back." Suggested Viper

"Viper I don't really think that is going to happen, I mean, all of us are going to be there to celebrate Po's first year with us, I don't really think there is going to be a moment where it is just going to be me and him" said Tigress as she looked down at her feet.

"Don't worry about that Tigress, I can help distract the others while you and Po have your "special moment"" grinned Viper.

[A/N Hmm that's enough for one chapter, only going to write about 1000 words per chapter cause I dislike really long chapters and because I'm tired right now (wrote this at 1:30 AM), I will try to update soon Review and give tips please :3 (Also if you want the story to go in a certain direction, I can try to accommodate your idea into the story)]