Here it is! And in a few short days as well! I hope everyone is enjoying it, I have huge plans for what to do in the future. I was thinking of an SYOC section for after the third film, so all of you can be apart of my adventure. Now for review responses

Tigergirl173: Thank you so much for your kind words! Indeed, I have thought about having a romance between Hu and Tigress, but I'm putting it off for two reasons. One, I have no idea about what's going to happen in the next film. I happen to be a TiPo shipper (weird for a guy to ship thing, but I'm one of the many that do), so I don't know if anything will happen. Besides, I want to leave it up to the readers in the future, so I might make a poll about shipping. Two, is because I want to get to the SYOC before I begin to do things. Everyone wants their character to be different, so I'll just need to wait and play things by ear. I'm glad you enjoy the story though!

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So, without further ado, here is the next chapter of Master of the Wu Xing!

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with DreamWorks, and therefore, I do not own Kung Fu Panda.


As Po was serving the noodles to his customers, his ear twitched and a gong rang out through the valley. He looked up and saw the huge palace on the hilltop, the Jade Palace. Where he wanted to be. Po stared wistfully at the palace, so peaceful up there. I wonder what's going on up there right now, Po thought, before returning to his job.


Up in the Jade Palace, a red panda sat in the courtyard, playing a flute. The red panda was relatively small, compared to Po and he was more white than red, except for the inside of the ears. The flute was producing a relatively calm and tranquil sound and the eyes of the red panda were closed. All around him were five creatures, hidden in the shadows and the cover of the objects around them. A note was held out on the flute, and then suddenly, the five figures burst from their respective cover, charging at the red panda. The panda's eyes shot open at the sound of attackers and he immediately sprung into action. He grabbed one end of his flute and started to block all of the attacks around him. The flute was the equivalent of a bo staff and all the attacks were fluently deflected away from him. The five figures landed in a crouch position, awaiting the next move, which never came.

The red panda stood up and tucked the bo flute under his arm while the five figures bowed in respect. Yes, these were the Furious Five, big shock right?

"Well done students…" the red panda began, "If you were trying to disappoint me."

Yeah, this tiny thing is definitely a grouch. Speaking of grouchiness, he began to individually critique the Five.

"Tigress," he began, pointing at the female tiger who bowed even lower, "You need more ferocity. Monkey," cue point and lower bow from the primate, "Greater speed. Viper," cue more pointing and bowing, "Subtlety. Crane," Point, bow, "Height. Mantis," Cue-

"Master Shifu." Wait, what?

Shifu quickly changed his point to a timid goose, the head messenger Zeng. "What?" an irritated Shifu said. The goose jumped up, delivering the news to the master.

"It's Master Oogway. He wants to see you."

Shifu suddenly looked up and he looked genuinely concerned for the well-being of his mentor. Dismissing the Five, he ran off to where his master waited.

"What's got his ears in a knot?" Mantis asked. The only response he got was a withering glare from Viper and Tigress.


Shifu rushed down the hallway full of geese. Something must be wrong. Master Oogway has never called me in this unexpectedly, Shifu thought. He quickly pushed the door open and the first scent he got was burning. In the room, there were hundreds of candles, each burning down slowly. Striding into the room, Shifu spoke up, "Master Oogway," before bowing in respect to the great master. He continued, "You summoned me, is there something wrong?"

Sitting on top of a large staff, was a tortoise shell. It was in fact, occupied by a tortoise who was very old. If someone walked into the room, they would instantly know that this tortoise was the wisest in the room.

"Why must something be wrong for me to want to see my old friend?" Oogway responded. This tortoise was laid back. He descended down his staff and began to use the staff as his walking cane.

"So… Nothing's wrong?" Shifu asked back, surprised at the response. Now, this old tortoise speaks in riddles. Everyone, and I mean everyone gets confused by what he actually means. So, Shifu shouldn't have be surprised when Oogway responded, "Well, I didn't say that."

Shifu looked like he was a mix of confused, concerned and slightly irritated at the old master. His irritation and impatience would only grow from there. Oogway made his way to the center of the candles, took a breath and blew out one candle. And another. And another.

Oogway took a breath and looked at Shifu. Shifu expected him to say something and looked at Oogway hopefully.

Oogway blew out another candle. Shifu began to get even more impatient by the second and took matters into his own hands. Using a double palm strike to his front, an air blast was sent around the room, extinguishing all of the candles in a matter of seconds.

"You were saying?" Shifu asked Oogway, who was in mid breath. The news he was about to bestow was certainly not good.

"I had a vision… Tai Lung will return."

Shifu gasped and was thrown immediately into a vision. He saw a shadowy clouded figure, clearly a predatory cat, engaging him in a one on one fight. Claws slashed and Shifu was torn away from the vision.

"That is impossible," Shifu began, clearly disturbed. "He is in prison."

Oogway looked at him sadly. "Nothing is impossible," he said.

Shifu was shocked. He knew that Oogway was in tune with the universe, but he didn't know it was this strong. Shifu made a split second decision. "ZENG!" he called out.

The goose ran up to him as fast as a goose can waddle. Before he could even ask, Shifu got very close to him and gave him his orders. "Fly to Chogun Prison and tell them to double the guards, double the weapons… Double everything! Tai Lung does not leave that prison!" he exclaimed. Zeng nodded and said "Yes, Master Shifu!" In his haste to leave, he flew straight into one of the poles. Poor bird. Shaking it off, he flew out of the building, it was a long road to Chogun.

Oogway looks back before turning away sadly. "One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." Yep, the riddles are extreme.

"We have to do something!" Shifu said exasperated, "We can't just let him march on the valley and take his revenge! He'll, He'll-" Oogway cut him off.

"Your mind is like this water, my friend. When agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear." To make his point, Shifu dipped his staff into the water, sending it rippling. As soon, it became still and as they stared into it, a statue of a dragon appeared in the water. This was one phrase that Shifu understood.

As they looked up, the golden dragon stared back at them. In it's mouth was a sealed scroll. "The Dragon Scroll," Shifu said. Oogway stared up at it, and without looking at Shifu, he said three words. "It is time."

Shifu, still in shock asked, "But who? Who is worthy to be trusted with the secret to limitless power? Who will become… The Dragon Warrior?" He looked at Oogway, searching for an answer.

"I don't know."

The look he got from Shifu was crazy. Oogway only smiled coyly.


As Shifu ran out to tell his students the news, Oogway smiled at the sight. He is much similar to myself when I was young, he thought. Shifu, Oogway noted, was basically all of his five students compressed into one person. He had Tigress' anger, but at times, Viper's caring heart. He had Mantis' impatience, speed and strength, Crane's sarcastic nature and sometimes, Monkey's relaxed nature, but it's often never shown. This made Oogway sigh, because Monkey was the closest one to Oogway, being relaxed and calm most of the time.

Oogway suddenly felt it. The universe was calling to him. It was claiming to know a piece of the Tai Lung puzzle. Oogway, curious about it, followed where it would lead him. He walked over to a wall in the Great Hall. This was no ordinary wall though. As he pushed it in, it opened up, like a door, leading to a stone pathway. As Oogway followed it, he began to have his doubts. Can it really be? he thought. As he reached the end, he found a room, with five bowls. The bowls from left to right, contained a small sapling, a few burning embers, a mound of dirt, a slab of metal and a bowl of water. Above it all, was a symbol of the Yin and Yang. Surveying the room, Oogway sighed, before turning back around to leave, but as he turned halfway, all hell broke loose in the room. The sapling started to grow larger, almost becoming a tree. The embers blazed into a fire, roaring high. The dirt began to sprout flowers of all kinds. The metal, well, shook in it's bowl (A/N: What can metal really do?). The water churned into a whirlpool. Even the air in the room began to form in the middle, becoming a very small tornado. What shocked Oogway most of all, was that the Yin and Yang began to spin, propelled by nothing in the room but itself spinning into oblivion.

Oogway stared in shock at what he was witnessing in the room. It's happening, he thought, the Master of it all, the Master of the Wu Xing, finally walks among us.


Back at the restaurant, Po was in the middle of two rows of tables, with two bowls of soup in his hands. He was making his way down the aisle, the tables too close together for his liking. Stopping between two tables, he accidentally bumped into one, knocking it over a little.

"Hey! Watch it Po!" an angry pig said to him.

"Sorry," Po said. He lifted his large belly over the tables, "Suck it up."

As he said that, his tail ended up going into a bunny's noodle bowl, causing her to react in disgust.

"Ugh," she said, while her three children cried.

"Oops," Po said. Turning to her he apologized profusely. "Sorry. A thousand pardons."

Suddenly, a gong rang out in the shop, causing Po to look over and see several geese put up a poster.

"What?!" Po exclaimed, running over to the sign. "Master Oogway is choosing the Dragon Warrior! Today!"

Turning back around, he screamed it out to the restaurant. "Everyone! Everyone! Go, get to the Jade Palace! One of the Five is going to receive the Dragon Scroll!" Everyone began to run out.

Po may have also told customers to take their bowls and gave an old woman her pay back. Such a gentleman.

Po was about to run out, when his father called out to him. "Po! Where are you going?"

Po stopped and turned back to his father. "To the Jade Palace…?" he told his father, well more like asked.

"But you're forgetting your noodle cart!" the duck excitedly replied. "The whole valley will be there, and you'll sell noodles to all of them!"

Po couldn't look more uncomfortable. "Selling noodles?" he asked dejectedly.

A crash echoed in the restaurant, but nobody paid any attention.

"But dad, you know, I was kinda thinking maybe I…" Po began.

"Yeah?" His dad responded quickly.

Po stood there for a few seconds. Should I tell him? I know it would break his heart, but…

Po spouted out the first thing that popped into his mind, "Could also sell the bean buns. They're about to go bad."

Po's father couldn't have been happier. "That's my boy! I told you that dream was a sign!"

Po sighed. "Yeah, ha ha, glad I had it"

As the father walked back to the restaurant, Hu emerged, staring at the floor as if he was in shock. The duck was the first to notice. "Hey Hu, are you alright?" Hu stared at the floor for a minute before looking up at his concerned father.

"Uh, yeah. I'm gonna… Go with Po, help him out." Hu shakily responded.

"Perfect! My boys, working together! Even out of the shop!"

Hu walked quickly over to Po. "Hey bro, are you sure that you're alright?" Po asked, deeply concerned for his brother's health.

Hu smiled, but there was something in his eye. Fear.

"I'm fine. Let's get going now, shall we?"

Po didn't press on the matter, he simply walked along.

I wonder what happened with him just then.


As Hu began to walk along with Po, his mind was racing. What the fuck just happened? Hu cursed at himself. He would never say it out loud. Being raised by a fun but strict father had it's ups and downs.

What was the meaning of that? he said to himself.

Flashback:

As Hu stirred the noodles, he saw his brother outside, rushing people out. "One of the Five is going to receive the Dragon Scroll!" Hu heard Po exclaim. As his father walked outside to Po, Hu suddenly shot up as straight as a board. He saw images in his eyes, his brother, smashed on the ground near a red and gold scroll case, a peacock destroying a building with huge firework like metal balls, an ox with glowing swords on chains, slowly advancing and finally, a white tiger, strangling a panda below him. It was followed by a sign of the Yin and Yang. A voice called out to him is a whisper, Everything is going to change. Hu stumbled back and knocked over some pots, making a large crash. Hu stood up, afraid of what he had just saw. Walking out of the kitchen, he stared at the floor for a few seconds, to regain his bearings.

"Hey Hu, are you alright?"

End Flashback

Hu didn't understand what any of these images meant, but he knew that Po and himself were apart of it. Something was going to happen, something bad. As him and Po began to reach the Thousand Steps, he looked at his brother before a realization came to him.

Po must never enter that palace.


I think that I just realized that not even two chapters in, and I'm only at the nine minute mark of the film. With so much detail, and some non-canon scenes that I'm going to be including, this is sure going to be a long fic! So, I still want to know what all of you think! Leave a review please, your feedback means a lot to me! On behalf of myself, have a beautiful day/evening!

Yours Truly,

TheAdaptableWriter