AN: Yay, another chapter here :D. FYI, Grand Master Cheng Long is not Jackie Chan (whose name is also Cheng Long). His name came from Lapras's Chinese name, which means "to ride a dragon" (乘龍).

Let's continue with the new Chapter…

Three

"A..are…are we there…yet?" panted Po, trailing behind the group. Master Shifu glanced at him and sighed. "Po, we aren't even halfway there yet."

"What?" whined Po. "but I'm soo tired! I wanna take a break!" to prove this, he collapsed on the ground, his pack sliding off his back with a thud. Tigress looked at her foster father. "What are we going to do, Master? We can't just leave him here, right?"

"Yes, but we've only got five days left, before 'the Singing of Meloetta' is triggered," he said, turning to leave. "get up, Dragon Warrior. We're going."

But Po didn't move. He laid there, eyes wide as saucers. The Five could make out his mental message, "Please just stop, I've gotta take a break. Please, please, please just for a while, Master Shifu!"

There was an awkward silence as Shifu stared at the giant panda, who stared back. They kept staring for a couple of minutes before Shifu gave in. "Alright, we'll rest awhile."

Shifu's expected "short break" turned out to be two hours long, as Po decided to take a nap. After forcefully waking the panda up (with the help of Crane and Mantis), the group continued their journey, again with Po at the tail, occasionally complaining and whining.

When Po finally decided to stop annoying the group, they had just crossed a dense and slightly creepy forest, and were blocked by an enormous waterfall cascading down from a remarkable height. The current was fast and strong as well; it looked like it's impossible to proceed.

"All right!" cried Po. "Since this waterfall is blocking the way, might as well call it a day! Whaddaya think, guys?"

The reply was almost immediate; Shifu pinned him down and grabbed him by the nose (just like in the first movie). "We've just rested for two hours. We are still in good condition," he said in a harsh tone. Po shuddered at this. "Oow! I get it, Master, I get it!" he squawked (well, his voice sounded like squawking). The Five laughed at the scene, clearly amused…

..before they heard a shrill cry. They looked up, and saw a silhouette flying into the waterfall…and disappearing into it. Silence crept between them as they stared at the waterfall in surprise and confusion.

Suddenly it hit Shifu. He remembered that occasionally caves can be formed behind waterfalls, the result from erosion (got that from PMD2, hee hee). He looked up, and try to find a way to get through the waterfall. Then he saw a tree looming by. It had vines hanging down.

"Students! The waterfall! Make your way to the waterfall!" he shouted. They looked at him as though as he was mad.

"The waterfall!" he repeated. "we need to get through it to proceed!" seeing that no one was about to make a move, he decided to show them an example. He climbed up the tree, grabbed a vine and swung towards the waterfall. Then he leapt towards it, and disappeared.

The Furious Five and Po gawked. "W-what just happened?" Monkey stated.

"Master Shifu just went into that waterfall," said Viper.

"Quick, someone get there and see whether he's down," urged Mantis.

Tigress looked at the waterfall again. "No. if he'd just saw that thing flew straight towards the waterfall, he won't repeat it without thinking," she said. Then she turned to the rest of the group. "C'mon, let's do it."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a sec, Tigress! You want us to jump into that waterfall? That's suicide!" yelped Po. Mantis and Monkey nodded, agreeing with him.

Viper thought for a while. "Well, but it's worth a try," she mused out loud, and slithered towards the tree.

"Viper, stop!" cried Crane. But the reptile was already grasping a vine. She looked down at her friends.

"But then training won't be fun without Master Shifu!" she called, and with a hard shove, swung-then leapt towards the waterfall. And then she was out of their sight.

"..and training won't be fun without her, either," whispered Crane.

"I guess we have no choice," said Monkey. "C'mon, let's do it. We live and advance or we die and join them in the afterlife."

"Yeah, you're right!" exclaimed Crane all of a sudden. He spread out his wings and flew towards the waterfall as fast as he could. Monkey and Mantis looked each other, and followed suit.

That left Tigress and Po standing there. Both said nothing, as Monkey and Mantis disappeared into the waterfall. After a while, Tigress spoke up. "Well, let's go."

The twosome climbed up the tree, and Po realized something.

"Tigress, I think I'm too heavy. The vines might fall off if I cling onto them."

Tigress glanced at him and sighed. He could make out the Master of Tiger style mumbling something about "Panda" and "weight", and "Gong Men" twice, before her head shot up. She looked at Po. "I've got it!" she exclaimed.

"Got what?" asked the panda innocently. His question was answered by being faced towards the waterfall. Tigress took a stance behind him, and then it dawned on him.

"Tigress, don't tell me you're gonna-" he was interrupted when Tigress suddenly hugged him…yes, again.

"Trust me, Po, this will work," she said, giving him a reassuring smile. Po felt himself slightly calmed when she did. Tigress got back to her stance, concentrated, and…

WHAAAAM!

Po soared towards the waterfall, flew past the water and collided with the wall with a thud. But he wasn't dead, he was sure of that. He was in a cave, with his friends scattered around him, soaked. Tigress soon went past the wall of water as well, slightly gasping.

Po scanned his surroundings. Monkey and Mantis were drying themselves, Viper and Crane were huddled in a corner, doing the same thing as former two did. He went to Master Shifu who was sitting on a rock, slightly shivering.

"You were right, Master Shifu..." he said softly. The red panda looked up and smiled.

"Guess we'll have to call it a day this time."

AN: Oh, I just love this chapter; there were small specks of TiPo and Viper/Crane XD. Yea, I was thinking, how do I get the big, fat panda to the other side? At first I thought of Crane, before the scene in which Tigress pushed Po forward while they were chasing the Wolf Boss. And Crane's in the property of Viper :D

Anyways, like always, feel free to put the thing that will make my day!

-E.L.