Tell me How I Did on this Chapter. All Criticism Welcome!
Master Shifu had decided that this morning we should get Attack training in, and I couldn't help but agree with him. After all it was important to, so I had an idea I had the Furious Five meet me outside by the tree next to the courtyard.
"Master, what are we doing?" Tigress asked, as I looked at her.
"Today we will be working on attack training. I will be playing my flute, and you will attack from random places around the courtyard, to see if you can beat me." I say, as they bow before rushing off to find places to hide, as I closed my eyes and began to play, as I did I listened to my surroundings.
Tigress and Monkey had already made a mistake; when Monkey disturbed the bushes, the others were harder to find, Viper attacked from one of the posts, Monkey and Tigress attacked from the roof, and Crane and Mantis attacked from the air as well.
My eyes shot open, as I blocked each and everyone of their attacks, as Master Shifu walked down the steps.
"Well done Students, if you were trying to disappoint me. Tigress more ferocity; Monkey more speed; Crane height; Viper subtlety; Mantis- "Master Shifu said, as he went down the list.
"We will work on it, after all mistakes can be fixed." I say, as they give me a smile.
"Master Shifu, Master Xian." Zheng says, as Shifu points at him.
"What?" Master Shifu says pointing at Zheng.
"It's Master Oogway, he wants to see you two." Zheng says as we rush off to the Temple, as two servants push the doors open as we run through. We stop a few feet from Master Oogway, as Shifu took a minute to collect himself as we bowed.
"Master Oogway you summoned us, is something wrong?" Master Shifu asked, as Master Oogway slowly moved down his staff.
"Why must something be wrong for me to want to see my old friends?" Master Oogway asked.
"So, nothing is wrong?" I ask.
"Well Xian, I didn't say that." Master Oogway said, as he began to blow out the candles one by one, and apparently Master Shifu had had enough. In a single move he extinguished all of the candles.
"You were saying." Master Shifu said.
"I have had a vision; Tai Lung will return." Master Oogway says, as I see Master Shifu have a flash back, as I turn to Oogway.
"But Master Oogway; we barely defeated him the last time. What are we going to do?" I ask, as Shifu snaps out of his flashback.
"That is impossible, he is in prison." Master Shifu said, as I nod.
"He's right Master; you had me over see the construction of Chorh Gom, and its defenses for him." I say.
"Nothing is impossible." Master Oogway says, as I see a look of sheer terror on Shifu's face.
"ZHENG!" Shifu yells, as Zheng flies in.
"Fly to Chorh gom prison, and tell them to double the guards, double their weapons; double everything. Tai Lung does not leave that Prison!" Shifu yells.
"Yes, Master Shifu." Zheng says, as he accidently flies into the column, before flying off.
"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." Oogway says, as I follow him to the Moon Pool with Shifu following.
"We have to do something, we can't just let him march on the Valley, and take his revenge. He'll, he'll." Shifu stalls.
"Your mind is like this water my friend; when it is agitated it becomes difficult to see, but if you allow it to settle the answer becomes clear." Master Oogway says, as we look up to the Dragon scroll, as Shifu seemed to voice my thoughts.
"The Dragon scroll." Shifu says.
"It is time." Oogway says, as I step up next to them.
"But who is worthy of the Dragon scroll?" I ask.
"I don't know." Master Oogway says, as Shifu and I look at him in disbelief.
We spent the next few hours preparing the Festival, and the events for the Five to face. we went to no lengths for someone to be chosen as the Dragon Warrior. I made my way to the Training hall.
As I entered I watched them train.
"Students." I say, as they stop and line up in front of me.
"Master" They say as they bow, as I bow in return.
"What is happening Master Xian?" Monkey asks.
"Master Oogway is going to choose the Dragon Warrior today, so you all should get prepared." I say as they bow again, as I made my way out of the Training hall. I gave a series of fliers to the servants to post around the Valley, as I made my way back to Shifu and Oogway as they look at me.
"It is done. The Five know about the events and are preparing, and the fliers are being spread throughout the Valley." I say, as they nod.
"Good." Master Shifu says, as we make our way out of the Hall of Warriors, and we walk down the steps where everyone is prepared, as Villagers walk in as they start to enjoy the Festivities as the servants move the opponents for the Five.
I walked down the steps with Oogway and Shifu, as Shifu and I reach the steps first with Oogway a few steps behind us.
"this is a historic day, isn't it Master Oogway?" Shifu asks, as I nod in agreement.
"Yes, and one I feared that I would not live to see." Master Oogway says, as he turns to me.
"Are your students ready?" He asks, as I nod.
"Yes, Master Oogway." Shifu and I say, as he turns to us.
"Now notice my old friends, whomever I choose will not only bring peace to the Valley, but also to the two of you." Oogway said as he walked forward, as Shifu looked at me in confusion.
"What do you think he meant?" He asked.
"Knowing Master Oogway, we'll most likely find out sooner or later." I say as we follow master Oogway, as a servant runs out.
"Let the tournament begin!" He says as he rang the gong, as we reached the edge of the platform. The servants close the doors as I start the ceremony.
"Citizens of the Valley of Peace. it is my great honor to present to you Tigress, Viper, Crane, Monkey, Mantis; the Furious Five." I say as the people cheer, as the Five jump or fly in, as they do a series of various moves, as Crane unleashes a torrent of wind as they looked at me.
"Warriors Prepare." I say as Crane is first, as he faces off against the Thousand Tongues of Fire, as a servant lights them. Crane starts to fly high in the air as the tongues were launched, as he dodged and blocked as they exploded, the people cheered as each of the Five went through their opponents.
"And finally, Master Tigress; believe me citizens you haven't seen anything yet, as Master Tigress faces off against Iron Ox, and his Blades of Death." I say as Tigress shifts into her fighting stance, before she started Master Oogway raised his hand, as we all look at him.
"I sense the Dragon Warrior is among us." Master Oogway says as I nod to the Five, as they line up.
"Citizens of the Valley of Peace; Master Oogway will now choose the Dragon Warrior." I say as the crowd erupts into cheers, as the Pigs play the drums as master Oogway fluidly makes his way down the stairs, as he approaches the Five I look upon him in anticipation. I was hoping, no praying Tigress would be chosen.
I hear a big boom, as I look up I see fireworks going off; apparently someone left them unattended, as the crowd loved them. I see what looked like a Panda fall, as he collided with the courtyard. I jumped off the platform and I made my way to the Five and Oogway, as I looked I saw him pointing at the Panda.
As he slowly opened his eyes he looked around about four of the five looked either concerned or confused, but Tigress looked ready to fight him, not that I could blame her. Eventually he turned to master Oogways' claw pointing at him, as he came to a realization.
"Oh sorry, I just wanted to see who the Dragon Warrior was." The Panda says.
"How interesting." Master Oogway says, as Tigress steps forward.
"Master, are you pointing at me?" Tigress asks, as the Panda nods.
"Him." Master Oogway says, as Tigresses and my eyes widen.
'Could he mean… no!" I think.
"Me?" I hear the Panda ask as he moves left and right; Oogways' claw following him each time.
"You." Master Oogway says.
"Me?" The Panda says, as Oogway raises his arm with his cane.
"The Universe has brought us the Dragon Warrior." Master Oogway says, as my eyes widen.
"What?" The Panda said in a confused voice.
"What?" Master Shifu, and I say.
"What?" The Five say.
"What?" I hear someone say as the Pig rang the gong, as Shifu took the stick away as the people cheered and released confetti, as the servants brought down the cart.
"Stop, wait, who told you to…" Master Shifu said as the servants stop in front of the Panda, as they push him in as Master Shifu raced down the steps to join us, as the goose servants struggled to lift the Panda.
"Master Oogway wait, the Panda can't possibly be the answer to our problem. You were about to point at Tigress when that thing fell in front of her. That was just an accident." Master Shifu says.
"There are no accidents." Master Oogway says, as the Panda fell through the seat as Shifu gestured at the Panda, as four more servants help out the first four in lifting the Panda.
I'll admit it was funny to see master Shifu's eye twitch in a stunned expression, as the Five walked towards us.
"Forgive us Masters, we have failed you." Tigress says, as they all bow.
"No, if the Panda has not quit by morning; then I will have failed you." Master Shifu says, as he leaves to visit the 'Dragon Warrior'
"I am sorry Father. I have failed you." Tigress says, as I placed my hand on her shoulder.
"No, you have not failed me, true I am disappointed, but it is not aimed towards you; any of you… however master Oogway's decision stands. Now I don't agree with Shifu's plan to get rid of the Panda, but only time will tell if the Panda will step up to the role, or master Oogway will have to choose someone else." I say, as they give me a smile.
"Master, what do we do now?" Viper asks.
"Return to the Training hall and continue to train, in case the Panda doesn't make it." I say, as they bow before heading off.
"I suppose it is time I join Shifu in welcoming the Dragon Warrior." I say, as I too make my way up the stairs.
Meanwhile in the snowy mountains
Zheng was flying out Chorh Gom, he was very tired so tired he fell and slid right into the Rhino Guards, as they aimed their weapons at him.
"Wait, Wait. I bring a message from master Shifu." Zheng says, as the Rhinos eyes widen as the doors open, and Zheng hands Commander Vachir the message.
"What?! Double the guard, extra precautions, your Prison may not be adequate!" Commander vachir yells, as he glares at Zheng.
"You doubt my Prisons security." He sneers.
"Absolutely not, Shifu does. I'm just the messenger." Zheng says, as he gulps.
"I'll give you a message for your master Shifu." He says, as they walk in.
"Escape from Chorh Gom prison is impossible." He says, as Zheng looks down.
"Oh…" He says, as Vachir surprises him, and laughs.
"Impressive isn't it. Master Xian made all the modifications, when he oversaw the construction." Commander Vachir said.
"Yes, its very impressive." Zheng says shaking in fear.
"One way in, one way out, one thousand guards, one prisoner." Commander Vachir says.
"Yes, except that prisoner is Tai Lung." Zheng says, as he gulps as they enter an elevator.
"Take us down." Commander Vachir says, as they head down as they step out and head in, as the doors open.
"Oh, my." Zheng says.
"Behold, Tai Lung." Commander Vachir says.
"I'm just going to wait here." Zheng says, as Commander Vichir laughs.
"There's nothing to worry about, its perfectly safe." Commander Vachir says, as he bats Zheng into the cell.
"Cross bows at the ready." He calls out, as the giant cross bows aim at Tai Lung.
"Hey tough guy, did you hear Oogway's finally gonna give someone the Dragon scroll, and its not going to be you." He says.
"What are you doing? Don't make him mad." Zheng says.
"Don't worry about it, I've got him completely immobilized." The Commander says, as he steps on Tai Lungs tail to prove it, as Zheng jumps back.
"Aw, did I step on the wittle kitty's tail? Aw" He says.
"I'm good. I've seen enough. I'm going to tell Shifu he's got nothing to worry about." Zheng says, as they walk out.
"No, he doesn't." Commander Vachir says.
"Okay, can we please go now?" Zheng begs, as they leave as the doors close a feather drifts down, as Tai Lung's eyes open, as his tail moves to grab the feather.
Back at the Jade Palace
The citizens followed the Dragon Warrior, as the servants carried him inside, as they dumped him out, and quickly left as they closed the doors.
"Uh, I think there's been a slight mistake, everyone seems to think that I'm the uh … the Sacred Hall of Warriors. No way, look at this place." The Panda says, as he looks around.
"Master Flying Rhino's Armor with authentic battle damage." He says as he moves on towards the Sword of Heroes.
"Whoa… the Sword of Heroes; said to be so sharp you can cut yourself just by looking at...OW!" The Panda says, as he sucks his finger as he moves to another artifact.
"Wow, the Invisible Trident of Destiny." He says, as he moves to another place.
"I've only seen paintings of that painting." He says as he runs around like an excited child, as he stops and makes his way to the Urn.
"No! the Legendary Urn of Whispering Warriors, said to contain the souls of the entire Tenshu Army." The Panda says as he steps closer, as Shifu and I walk out and stand by the Moon Pool.
"Hello?" The Panda whispers.
"Have you finished sight-seeing?" Master Shifu asks, as I smile.
"Sorry, I should have come to see you first." The Panda says.
"My patience is wearing thin." Master Shifu says.
"Oh, well I mean its not like you were going anywhere." The Panda says.
"Do turn around." Master Shifu says.
"Sure." The Panda says, as he turns and faces us.
"Hey, how's it going." He says before returning to the Urn.
"Now, how do you get 500… Master Shifu and Master Xian… oh." The Panda says as he accidently knocks over the Urn, as I place my head in my hand as I sigh.
"Somebody broke that, but I'm gonna fix it. Do you have some glue?" The Panda asks, as he makes it worse, as he knocks the pedestal over saying something about getting a splinter.
"So, you're the legendary Dragon Warrior. Hm." Shifu says as I notice the fake smile he had on, as the Panda returned his attention to us.
"Uh, I guess so." The Panda says.
"Wrong!" Shifu yelled, as the Panda jumped to his feet.
"You are not the Dragon Warrior, you will never be the Dragon Warrior until you have learned the secret of the Dragon scroll." Shifu says, as he points up with his flute.
"Whoa, so um how do I get it down? do you have a ladder or a trampoline?" The Panda asked.
"You have to earn it…" I say not knowing his name.
"Po." Po says.
"you have to earn it Po, we won't just give it to you." I say, as Shifu looks at me.
"Master Xian is right, it won't be that easy, we aren't just going to hand you the secret to limitless power." Shifu says, as the Panda flinches back.
"Uh, no." Po says.
"One must first master the highest level of Kung Fu, and that is clearly impossible with you. If that someone is like you." Master Shifu said, as he walked around Po.
"Someone like me?" Po askes.
"Yes, look at you; this fat butt, these flabby arms, and this ridiculous belly." Master Shifu said, as he hit Po each time.
"And utter disregard for personal hygiene." Shifu said, as he turned his nose away.
"Hey, now wait a minute. That's a little uncalled for." Po says.
"Don't stand that close to me. I can smell your breath." Shifu said, as he backed up a little.
"Look Ooway said that i…" Po was cut off as Master Shifu grabbed his finger in the Wushi finger hold. My blood turned cold, I was afraid of that hold when I was younger and training under master Shifu he would always manage to use that hold on me, and threaten to use it, but he never did. Yet the fear is still there when I saw Shifu grab the Panda in that hold. I know that Shifu wants to get rid of the Panda, but this is too far.
"The Wushi Finger Hold, No, No, No, not the Wushi Finger Hold!" Po says.
"Oh, you know this hold?" Master Shifu says, as I see a smile appear on his face.
"Developed by Master Wushi in the third dynasty, yes." Po says.
"Then you know what happens when I flex my pinky." Shifu says, as Po starts to beg.
"Oh no, no, no." Po says.
"You know the hardest part of this; the hardest part is cleaning up afterwards." Master Shifu says, as he laughs.
"Okay, Okay, take it easy." Po says, as he goes to his knees.
"Now listen closely Panda, Oogway may have picked you, but when I'm through with you your going to wish he hadn't, are we clear?" Master Shifu asks.
"Oh yeah, were clear, we are so clear." po says, as Shifu chuckles.
"I can't wait to get started." Shifu said, as we walk out of the Hall of Warriors, and to the Training hall.