Chapter 6: Repeating the Past
A new chapter! Yeepee!
At the barrack's kitchen...
The rest of the Five were waiting for Tigress and Po to come back.
"So when do you think they'll come back?" Monkey said breaking the silence.
"I'm not sure but they will come back." Viper replied.
"Of course Po would come back," Mantis inquired, "Where would you think he would stay when his memory has been wiped out?" he concluded.
Just then, Tigress and Po came in the barracks.
"Hey you're back!" Crane said diverting the attention to Tigress and Po. Po had a face that looked like he was going to burst since it was his first time for him to see the Furious Five, well what he thinks is the first time. Viper saw Po's face and asked Tigress what happened, but Po was the first to speak.
"OH MY GOSH!" Po said, the Five, excluding Tigress, looked at him confused. "ITS THE FURIOUS FIVE! I am a very big fan of you guys!" he added.
"Uh...Why is Po acting like how he acted the first time he came here?" Mantis said. Viper looked at Tigress raising an eyebrow.
"Well," Tigress stated, "I don't really know, we just went out to have some noodles at Mr. Ping's then he suddenly acted like this."
"Anything else?" Viper said.
"Po kinda froze after eating some noodles." Tigress added. Po was still looking very excited.
"You guys all look like my action figures well a bit bigger except you Mantis, you are exactly the same size." Po said with joy. Mantis looked back at him looking quite annoyed.
Monkey giggled upon hearing what Po said. "Po said that the first time we met him and still annoys Mantis."
"I don't like being called small or tiny or...".Mantis said looking angry but didn't get to finish.
"Anyways," Viper interrupted, "At least Po is feeling like himself again."
"Yeah, at least." Mantis said, "Hey Po, can you cook for us?" Po looked at Mantis then nodded. He went to cook after.
Tigress sat on her seat and waited. After a while, Po gave everyone his own version of his dad's noodle soup. Everyone ate in silence until Master Shifu came in.
"Has anyone seen Po?" he said while entering, "Ah, Po..." Shifu said again when he saw Po, "How are you feeling today?"
Po just looked at Master Shifu, the Five looked back at him and all had the same thought in there head, 'Po's going to get excited seeing Master Shifu'. Then Po bursted out with joy.
"OH! It's Master Shifu!" Po said while jumping on his seat. Master Shifu looked at him confused.
"What's wrong with Po?" he managed to say. Tigress eventually explained everything.
"So Po is now like how he was before he met us?" Shifu said as he focused his attention to Po, "Po, do you know any Kung Fu?" he asked.
"No I don't. I'm just a noodle boy." Po replied.
"Hmm... I see." Master Shifu said while stroking his beard. "Well, if you're still hungry, Monkey's secret jar of almond cookies are at the top shelf in the corner." The Five eyed Master Shifu suspiciously, especially Monkey who looked at Master Shifu with a small glare. "The rest of you come with me." Shifu said and went out, the Five followed him after, still looking suspiciously at their master. While the Five were following Shifu, Master Shifu told them to hide behind the wall near the kitchen. The Five looked confused but agreed to do so. Then they heard noise coming from the kitchen, Tigress was about to enter the kitchen when Master Shifu told her to wait. When the noise stopped, Master Shifu gestured for them to follow him in. What the Five saw in the kitchen made there mouths open up with shock. Po was in the corner, high above the floor, eating some cookies from Monkey's secret almond cookie jar while doing a perfect split (Just like in the first Kung Fu Panda). Po saw the masters looking at him and he panicked knowing that Monkey would get angry at him.
"I curd exprain." Po said with a mouth full of cookies.
"No need to Po," Master Shifu said while he looked back at the Five who still have their mouths open. "I am aware that you all have the same reaction that I have when I saw Po do this when you all went out to go fight Ti Lung." He said, Po looked at Shifu with a confused look.
"Po did a perfect split while we fought Ti Lung?" Tigress asked while she shook her head to snap herself from the trance.
"Yes he did," Shifu explained, "And that's how I knew how to train him in doing Kung Fu..." he added pointing towards a bowl of dumplings near the stove, "With food."
"Po learned Kung Fu with the help of food?!" Mantis asked in shock.
"That's what I just said." Master Shifu said. Po was still looking at them confused then he managed to speak up.
"What do you mean by I learned Kung Fu? I didnt even trained. And what do you mean the Five fought with Ti Lung? I thought he's at Chor Ghom?"
"Po, you lost your memory, that's why you don't remember the past." Viper replied to Po's question.
"What do you mean I lost my memory? I even remember everything that happened yesterday." Po inquired.
"What happened yesterday then?" Crane asked Po.
"I was at my dad's noodle shop helping him cook some noodles." Po replied confidently.
The Five and Master Shifu just sighed and shook there heads. Then Master Shifu spoke up.
"Alright, all of you go do what you want to do, and Tigress..." Master Shifu paused and looked at Tigress, "It is still you're duty to take care of Po until he has his memory back. Report to me in a few days, I will be at the Pool of Sacred Tears meditating if you need me."
Tigress sighed while Po looked like he might explode again. Then the Five, except Tigress, went to do what they want to do. Crane went to the village to buy some things for his painting set, Viper went with him to shop for some stuff, while Monkey and Mantis went to their rooms to get some rest. Po just looked at Tigress who was just deep in thought then blurted out what he wanted to say.
"I'M GONNA SPEND SOME TIME WITH MASTER TIGRESS! THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE!" Po screamed. Tigress snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Po, which made Po silent. After a few seconds, Po began to speak again.
"So what are we going to do?" Po asked Tigress.
"I don't know, I'm not used to have breaks." Tigress replied with a sigh.
"Oh, so that's why you guys aren't training. How long is your day-off?" Po said giving a smile.
"Well we were given a 5 day-off yesterday, so we only have like 4 days left." Tigress answered while she was thinking.
"Oh okay, I'm gonna start cleaning up here." Po said as he started picking up the plates.
"Do you need any help?" Tigress asked as she went near the table. Po just nodded back while he was still picking up the plates. Tigress also picked some plates and tried to reach the plate in the middle while Po was doing the same thing. Tigress and Po's paws touched when they picked up the plate and then both of them felt a weird feeling in their paws, like a electric current went surging through their veins but not painful, it's like tickling them. Po blushed a little as he instantly took his paw away from the plate, Tigress also did the same.
"Um... I ..." Po said not knowing what else to say.
"You can pick up the plate, Po." Tigress said still blushing but her fur covered it up.
Po picked up the plate and went to wash the plates at the sink. Tigress was thinking about what happened a moment ago.
"Po, I'm going to meditate at the Peach tree if you need me." Tigress told Po as she went out to the tree. Po didn't say anything and continued cleaning up.
At the Peach Tree...
Tigress was in a lotus position trying to meditate but she still can't stop thinking about what happened at the kitchen. Then she remembered what Po said before cleaning up...
'I'M GONNA SPEND TIME WITH MASTER TIGRESS! THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE!' She remembered what Po said.
"A dream come true?" Tigress said to herself, "Wonder what's that supposed to mean." Then she tried to concentrate on meditating again, but still failed. She was thinking of Po again, this time it wasn't about what happened a while ago, it was about the questions he asked her before she knocked him out cold.
"Why didn't I just answer his questions other than knocking him out?" Tigress said to herself regretting hat she did before.
"What answer his questions before?" A voice from behind her said. Tigress turned to see Po standing there.
"Nothing Po." Tigress tried to make an excuse. "What do you want?"
"I was just checking on you." Po said with concern in his eyes. "You know after what happened I was a little worried for you."
"I'm fine Po." Tigress said, "Do you want to sit down with me?" she added.
"Um... sure Master Tigress." Po said while blushing a little. Then he went near the tree, grabbed some peaches, and went to sit next to her.
"Master Tigress?" Po said breaking the silence.
"Just call me Tigress, Po" Tigress stated then looked at Po.
"Yeah alright," Po said, "Do you want some peaches?" he added.
"It's fine Po." Tigress said as she went back to meditate. Then she asked Po something,
"Po, what do you mean by that hanging out with me is a dream come true?" Tigress said as she turned to look at Po again.
Po, upon hearing this, froze and dropped a peach from his mouth. "W-w-what d-do y-y-you mean?" Po stuttered.
"You know exactly what I mean." Tigress said looking annoyed and curious.
"Um...well..." Po tried looking for an excuse. Then the gong rang. Their were bandits in the village again.
Tigress sighed, "Save it for later Po." she said as she stood up and went to find the others. Po was still sitting down and looked relieved that Tigress went away yet he was still looking very confused, one was that he wanted to tell Tigress why he meant by what he said and the other was that he doesn't want Tigress to know how he feels because he thinks that it might ruin their new friendship. Eventually, Po got depressed and went to his room.
DERP. I'm still thinking about chapter 7, in fact, I'm already working on it. The problem? Well, i need my GrandPa's phone (My chapters are written there). Anyways, stay tuned for the next chapter, I'm going to publish it sooner or later together with chapters 8,9, and 10. So expect it to be somwhere between 5-15 days from now (I make up stories really fast, got used to making up imaginary ideas and Minecraft Mini games and stuff)