What's up, it's me, LjDamz but now LjDerp back with a new chapter! Plus, I managed to close the portal so that means I'm not gonna have company now.

SoPo Lj: Yup, you managed to close it by covering it up with a closet.

TiPo Lj: So? At least there's no more portal.

SoPo Lj: Technically, there still is.

TiPo Lj: Just shut up... and who owns that red umbrella you're holding?

SoPo Lj: Uh... mine...

TiPo Lj: That's Song's isn't it?

SoPo Lj: Whaaaat? No it ain't ...

TiPo Lj: *sigh* I'm probably taking too much time on this, so all of you guys just enjoy the chapter.


"I can't believe we lost him!" Tigress said as she and Po climbed up the steps.

"Hey at least we did our best." Po said trying to lighten Tigress' spirit, but instead he was given a 'Are-you-kidding-me' look. "Okay maybe not our best but at least we tried." Po said as he gave a sheepish smile. Tigress just rolled her eyes.

"Let's just go see Monkey and Viper and ask to see what the thief stole from the palace." Tigress said as both of them reached the top of the steps. They headed straight into the Hall of Heroes to go see Monkey and Viper or find out what were the things taken.

When they got in, Monkey and Viper went near them to inform them about the stuff that was stolen plus ask them if they caught the thief.

"Guys, did you catch him?" Monkey asked as he and Viper went near the two.

"Sadly, no. He managed to evade us when he ran in an alleyway." Po replied as he looked down to the ground in defeat. "So, did you two find out what did he take?" He asked as he looked at the two.

"Yes, he took a bag of sleeping powder, a Shift-Stone if I remember it correctly, and I think the last one was some dumplings... I'm guessing he got hungry when he came here." Viper replied as she smirked at the last statement.

"Hmm... I wonder what he wanted to use those for." Tigress said as she pondered about the thief's plan.

"Well, he must've used the dumplings for dinner." Po replied earning him a glare from Tigress and a snicker from Monkey. "I'm gonna shut up now." Po said as he fell completely silent.

"What ever he's planning, I'm sure it wouldn't really do much." Monkey started, "I mean, a Shift-Stone and a bag of sleeping powder? That thief must've been dumb to take something more valuable." He added.

With Li...

Li sprinted back to his old broken down shack and panted when he got there. He placed his hood on a coat hanger screwed on the door and reached into his pocket to pull out a small bag and a red stone.

"I couldn't believe I actually got it." Li said to himself as he reached into his other pocket and pulled out a dumpling. He then tossed it in his mouth as he placed the small bag and red stone on the counter. "Man, I forgot how terrible that panda's cooking is." Li said as he spat the dumpling into the fireplace which still had a fire burning. I'm surprised it didn't burn down the shack yet.

As Li turned his attention back to the two items on the counter, he looked at the red stone, which was the Shift-Stone, and saw a small reflection of his face. Then as he stared at his reflection, he then remembered the snow leopard he bumped into in the alleyway as he escaped from the two warriors.

"Hmm... the leopard could be of use in my plan." Li said as he grabbed the Shift-Stone and sat down on his seat. "If I remember correctly, I heard the panda call her Song. He must've known her for some quite time since he can remember her that quickly." The panther said as he tossed the stone up in the air and caught it.

Flashback...

Li got up, grabbed the Shift-Stone, and ran off past the snow leopard. He then turned another corner and jumped in a cart full of hay... which was like two feet away from the alleyway.

As he hid there, he heard the panda's voice spoke up.

"Song?" He heard, "Have you seen a cloaked figure pass by here by any chance?"

Li froze a bit knowing that the leopard might tell them where he went and soon find out where he's hiding in. He waited for what Song's answer was and held his breath a bit.

"No Po," Just those two words made Li sigh in relief, "I didn't see a cloaked figure pass by here."

"Great! We lost him!" Tigress' sudden outburst almost made him jump. He then heard a loud crack of stones.

'She probably punched a wall.' Li thought as he listened attentively to the conversation.

"Come on Po, let's get back to the palace. At least we could figure out what he stole and if it's important or not." He heard Tigress say making him sigh in relief again for he knew that the chase ends here.

"Thanks for the help anyways Song, see ya!" He heard Po say as well as heavy footsteps fading away. Li decided to take a risk and peep out a bit to see if the two was really gone. When he did, he only saw the snow leopard sigh and walk away.

End of Flashback...

"I could get more information about that panda if I see her again." Li said as he tossed the stone in the air again while smirking. He then caught the stone and headed out, with out his hood this time.

Now with Song... (SoPo Lj must be happy right now -_-)

Song was heading back to her camp while carrying her trusty old umbrella... actually, she wasn't bringing her umbrella right now for she LEFT it somewhere. She was bringing some supplies for her camp.

While she walked, she remembered about the panther she bumped into. Especially the part when Po and Tigress was looking for a cloaked figure which happened to be the panther she bumped. She is still feeling a bit weird after he saw the panther and was even pondering on why didn't she tell Po where the panther went. It was like she didn't control herself from saying no.

'Man, I feel a bit weird.' Song thought while she carried the supplies for her camp she approached the Ladies of the Shade camp. When she entered, some of the members greeted her as she headed to the storage area to place the supplies. She then started to walk to her tent. But as she walked, Ming, a jaguar member of the group and the second in-command, walked up to her.

"Hey Song, good to see you back. How was your little trip?" Ming greeted as she stopped in front of the leopard.

"It was fine Ming." Song replied as she stopped.

"Good. So, did you get to see your panda 'friend' again?" Ming asked while adding in emphasis on the word 'friend's as she got curious.

"Yeah I did, but not really how I expected him to be..." Song replied as she trailed off.

"Why? What's wrong?" Ming asked when she noticed this.

"Well, it turns out he already found a girlfriend." Song replied looking down.

"Oh. Sorry for asking." Ming said as she watched the leopard.

"Nah, it's okay. Besides, like what Po told me, there's a big world out there with different people to meet." Song said as she tried to lighten up her mood, "Well, he only said part of it."

"Oh okay. But I'm still curious, who's the panda's girlfriend?" Ming pressed on.

"Well, he said that he's dating Master Tigress." Song replied as she sighed. "He's probably going to propose to her soon, I mean, they are dating for like... I don't know, probably like 4 months or something by now." She added.

"Well, that's just bad luck for you." Ming said as she placed a paw on Song's shoulder to comfort her. "Anyways, I better get back to what I was supposed to be doing." Ming said as she walked away and left.

As Song watched the jaguar leave, she then remembered about the panther she bumped into in the alleyway again. She remembered how he looked at her for a while then grabbed a small red stone on the ground next to them and ran off.

'Why am I even thinking about him?' Song thought as she shook it off and began to continue walking to her tent.

With Li...

Li wandered the bamboo forest searching for what he remembers was the Ladies if the Shade camp. He asked a nearby village if they have seen a female snow leopard who goes by the name Song and the mostly close thing he could get was that he should look for the Ladies of the Shade camp.

He looked for the camp in the forest and was about give up but then saw a wall made out of wooden logs. He went near it and saw a big entrance nearby.

'Hmm... I could ask this place if they know where the camp is.' Li said as he neared the entrance and saw a ox standing guard.

"Halt!" The ox said, "What are you doing here?"

"Um... well, I was looking for this place called the Ladies of the Shade. Do you know where it is?" Li replied as he stopped in front of the guard.

"This is the place you're looking for now mind telling me as to why are you here and what's your business?" The guard asked as he tightened his grip on the spear he was holding.

"I just wanted to see someone who goes by the name Song, do you know her by any chance?" Li replied, sounding friendly as possible.

"Well, she's the current leader of this place. Why do you need to talk to her?" The guard replied as he relaxed just a tiny bit.

"I have something to tell her. Now can you let me in?" Li said getting his hopes up.

"Hmm... I'll have to check on that first." The ox guard said as he went near the gate. "Wait here." The ox said although it sounded like a threat. Li stood exactly where he was and looked around a bit while waiting.

A couple of minutes later, the ox came back out. "Just wait a few more minutes, I'll get the news later." He said as he closed the door shut.

"What do you mean?" Li asked not quite getting what he said.

"I talked to someone and she's going to tell Song about you being here." The ox replied.

"Wait, so you don't personally call her?" Li asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not a messenger, I'm a guard." The ox replied sounding a bit annoyed.

With Song...

Song laid down on her bed and was still thinking about the panther she bumped into. She never thought that the panther could make her think about him so much.

'Why was that panther running away from Po and Master Tigress?' Was all Song can think about.

As she was busy thinking, another female snow leopard entered her tent.

"Miss Song, sorry if I disturbed you or anything but there's someone looking for you at the camp gate." The snow leopard said breaking Song's train of thought.

"Huh?" Song said as she looked over to the other leopard, "Someone's looking for me?"

"Yeah, the guard told me that there's a panther looking for you." The leopard replied.

'A panther?' Song thought for it was coincidental that a panther was looking for her as she was thinking about a panther as well. "Alright, I'll go see this panther." Song said as she got up from her bed and headed out of the tent.

She walked over to the gate and opened it up to see a familiar panther standing on the other side. But she then gasped a little when she realized it was the panther she bumped into in the alley.

"You? What are you doing here?" Song asked sounding quite surprised.

"Well, I needed to talk to you." Li replied.

"How did you know you could find me here?" Song asked getting suspicious as well.

"I asked around for you, plus I overheard that panda say your name." Li replied as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Panda? Po? What do you mean you overheard him say my name?" Song asked as she stepped out.

"Well, when I bumped into you in the alleyway, I quickly ran and hid in a haystack nearby." Li replied as he looked at the leopard.

"Alright, then what is it do you want to talk about?" Song said as she crossed her arms and gave a serious look.

"Well, it's about the panda, you know, the Dragon Warrior." Li replied as he also turned serious.

"About Po? Then what is it?" Song asked, curiosity getting the best of her.

"First of all, my name's Li and I-" Li started but stopped short when he noticed the ox guard was standing nearby, listening to their conversation. "Um..." Li said as he looked at the ox making Song look at the ox and understand why he stopped.

"Can you please leave us?" Song said to the ox who understood that Song and the panther are going to have a private conversation. He then went through the gates and in the camp. As soon as the ox left, Li continued speaking.

"Continuing on, I used to stay at the Jade Palace until I got kicked out for making the panda run away from the palace." Li said but as he was about to continue, Song spoke up.

"Wait, what do you mean you made Po run away from the palace?" Song asked, still curious.

"The panda..." Li started but was again cut off short.

"It's Po." Song said in a serious tone.

"Alright, whatever... So Po, wasn't getting that much attention by the residence of the Jade Palace when I newly came so he decided to run away." Li replied.

"Then how could that kick you out of the palace?" Song asked.

"Well, when he left, he left a goodbye note behind that I threw out." Li replied again.

"And how would THAT get you kicked out?" Song asked again.

"Alright, first of all, I hated that panda ever since I first met him. Second of all, I never told anyone of him running away and when they found out about the note I threw out and knew it was me who threw it without telling them, they kicked me out." Li replied getting a bit annoyed since he still didn't finish telling why he wanted to see Song.

"Okay, then why do you needed to see me?" Song asked, getting back to the main topic.

"Do you have some sort of feelings toward the panda?" Li asked out of the blue.

Song froze a bit after hearing that since it came out of nowhere which surprised her.

"What does that have to do with why you need to see me?" Song asked seriously as she regained her composure.

"I'm just getting to that, now answer my question first." Li said getting impatient a bit.

"Um... yes." Song replied even if she didn't want to.

"Good because I need you for a plan for me to get my revenge on the panda." Li said raising Song's curiosity.

"What plan?" Song asked. Without saying anything, Li reached into his pocket and pulled out a small red stone from it. Song looked at the red stone and realized it was the stone he grabbed when they bumped into each other.

"What's that?" Song asked pointing at the stone.

"This is a ShiftStone I stole from the Jade Palace." Li replied as he held out the stone.

"So that's why you were running away." Song said, still looking at the stone. "What does it do by the way?" She asked.

"Well, this can turn the holder into anyone he desires." Li replied.

"Do you know how to use it?" Song asked as she looked at the panther.

"Well... sorta, I read a scroll about this." Li replied as he rubbed the back of his head earning him a 'rlly' look from Song. "Look, watch this, I'll turn myself into that panda you like." He added as he held the stone and concentrated hard. He began to glow a golden light which faded as soon as it appeared.

"There, see." Li said as he opened his eyes to look at himself but noticed he still looked the same. "Wait, does this thing even work?" Li said as he looked at the ShiftStone but the saw Song with her eyes wide open.

"Y-You look just like P-Po." Song stuttered out.

Li looked at her for a while then headed to a nearby puddle of water to gaze in his reflection. When he did, he noticed the reflection made him look just like the panda.

"Whoa, so it did work." Li said as he examined his reflection. He then looked back to Song who was still looking at him with her eyes wide open. He then concentrated to change back to his normal self which changed him back.

"Alright, now that you've shown me how that stone works, what does that have to do with 'your plan'?" Song asked as she got her composure back again.

"Well, my plan was to kidnap master Tigress and let the panda come save her to fall into my trap. So I stole some sleeping dust and this ShiftStone from the Jade Palace." Li explained, "Supposed to be, I would turn into Master Monkey to get near them but my plan wasn't well thought out until I bumped into you and got another plan."

"What makes you think I'll help you?" Song asked as she crossed her arms.

"Well, my plan involves you to get near the panda." Li replied making Song think about it.

"What IS your plan?" Song asked.

"My plan is, when I manage to knock Master Tigress out using the sleeping powder, I want you to transform into her that way no one would get suspicious." Li replied as he held out the ShiftStone again. "So, are you in?" He asked.

"No way, I'm not helping you with your evil plans mister, I'm done doing bad things." Song replied as she turned to leave but what Li said next stopped her.

"Come on, if you do this, you get to spend time with the panda and even go on dates with him." Li said making Song think about.

'Alright Song, what do you do? Deny since it might get you into trouble or accept and get to hang out, go on dates, or spend time with my cute chubby panda...' Song thought and the more she thought of it, the more her dark side is consuming her. After a couple of minutes, Song turned around since she finally made a decision.

"Alright Li, I'm in." Song said with an evil smirk.

"Great, so tonight, come meet near the Thousand Steps." Li said as he tossed the ShiftStone at Song making her catch it. "And be sure to look like Tigress when you go there." He added as he walked away from the area.

Song watched him leave and looked at the stone in her paw. She then concentrated hard making a dim golden light shine around her then fade away. Song looked at herself noticing that she looked the same then went over to nearby puddle to see that she now looked like Tigress.

"I think I'm gonna like this." She said as she grinned evilly.


That's gonna be it for this chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed it ^-^

SoPo Lj: Why did you make Song a bad guy...girl?!

TiPo Lj: Why is it you have her umbrella?

SoPo Lj: I... But... She... You... Argh! I'm heading out to clear my mind.

*leaves and slams door*

TiPo Lj; Well, at least he's gone. Hope you guys enjoyed the story so far because I'll be back with more chapters! See ya!