My 6th chapter. Sry for the cliffhanger^^ I don't start directly after the end of my former chapter, because then It would be difficult to understand it. Yes, this chapter is a very long one. I needed to make this a double chapter. Seriously I could write much more about this, but I don't want one chapter longer then the rest of my story. I think i made a good one ;-)

Tomoyo's Tenshi: I wanna thank you. You are very fuzzy when proposing. This really helps me.

Give me some replies and comments if you like or dislike parts. Criticize me! I love critique. But be honest. I am German, my English isn't the best. Sry ^^

I do not own Kung fu Panda. © Dreamworks

I own some of the OC, maybe some connection between other stories possible.

Take care

Po raised his arms. With surprise, he watched the crowd as they celebrated it. Because of the cheering,
he wasn't able to hear anything. He even didn't heard himself shouting. An awesome feeling to stand in
the midst of a big crowd, to be the center of this celebrations.

The little rabbit was very proud to offer his rooms to this hero's. He had, of cause, offered them for free.
A hotel with direct view to the main square was his own. The furious five, more Viper, who has found this
location, were very grateful to have a place to rest. More or less quiet with the noises echoed across the
square. Right after the people had let her down, Viper was searching for this place. She remembered this
hotel because of the first walk through this town, in °stealth mode°. She had not even use her charm to
get the rooms. So she rounded up her friends to rest, at least, some time.

Crane and Mantis were easy to reach. Because Crane just hung in the air and Mantis on him. Tigress of course,
was not very enthusiastic to be carried into the middle, so after half way she just jumped down and walked to Viper,
who already had used her tail to wave at her. But Monkey was near the Dragon Warrior, not able to hear anything.
After the furious five, without Monkey, had reached a group-room, they decided to stay. Crane managed to inform
Monkey to get to this place, but he had difficulties to get away from all the hands which grabbed him. Through the
large window they could overlook the entire space.

Mantis: "I didn't know that so many people live here. I think most of them have been hiding in a few holes. Or some, like a pair of Kung Fu masters, were locked in a cell by themselves."

He said after he jumped onto the head of Viper to look over this Scene.

Viper giggled as his tiny feet tickled hear forehead.

Tigress: "Be careful!" and she ducked just as in this moment a crane crashed through the window.

Crane landed directly on one of these beds. The room was well lit by candles, but in order to show his tiredness,
he blew everything out, which was on this side of the room, with his wings. That there was only the slight shimmer
of two candles at the other end. It shone only 2 lights, so the entire room appeared into a cozy darkness.
Crane was surprised to see that this action was almost cool. So he just spit out a little: "yeah!".

Viper: "Poser!"

Mantis, Viper and Tigress where watching into the celebrations. Po could not be stopped. The fluffy Bear started
to use his hands like a director. First, he pointed with his finger on his mouth, to get the audience to be quiet.
For the surprise of the Furious three...Monkey was somewhere, and Crane made himself comfortable...the crowed really got quiet.

Then, the Dragon Warrior shook his arms stretched out before him, as all started to imitate him. He then pointed into
one direction and raised his hands in jubilation. Then he took his finger. Somehow the crowd understood the celebrating
and what the bear wanted. First he pointed right from his position, and the people in this direction began to scream,
and when he turned and aimed his finger at others, the previous screamer stopped and the new direction started a new cheer.
He managed to create a wave of cheering around him, not able to stop the celebrating making circles.

Tigress was impressed how this guy was able to control such a big crowed. She smiled at him, knowing that he would not notice it.

Po felt it. There was happiness everywhere. He looked at the faces of many people. Everyone was happy.
He didn't know why he stopped to influence the crowd, but he mentioned something. He lifts his head, looking at the little thing,
what got his attention. Two eyes were focused on him. He knew this eyes. He wanted to be near this eyes. He had the intention to go there.

Tigress was focused on the Dragon Warrior. She only smiled, and in less than a second he looked her straight into the eyes.

Mantis: "Oh, our big friend is moving."

He was right. Po was about to go into their direction, but was slowed down by his fans.

Crane said, sitting on a bed, his eyes under his hat: "It was time, this big Panda to get here. Without him, these people finally get silent."

Monkey: "Yes, you're right."

Viper: "Oh my god, since when are you here?"

Monkey: "I've just used my stealth mode.", and he put a huge grin on.

Viper: "Haha. (sarcasm) "

Then Monkey sat on one of the empty beds in the light. Mantis was sat near his largest betting rival.

Viper turned around. She wanted to talk a little bit, or better, she wanted to listen to these two °evil° guys.

Mantis: "If I am right, Po has now mastered the inner peace, and in less than 20 years ... I think you owe me 25 cookies."

Monkey: "Hey, I never said he would manage it in 20 years...I said 20 days!"

Mantis: "But he still managed it in less the 20 days."

Viper just could roll her eyes.

Viper: "Should you not discuss something more serious?"

Crane: "Like the fact that Tigress can not seen Po been killed, but I may still die in battle without being mentioned?"

Tigress was still standing before the window, but she turned and rolled her eyes: "Come over it."

Monkey was holding his mouth, all wanted to laugh, but they where scared because of this strong Tiger with the gleam in the eyes. Gleam in the eyes?

Viper: "Erm, Tigress? Are you okay?"

Suddenly she realized, how this would look like. She was not angry because of that she showed weakness.
She was angry to shown it in front of this guys. Not in front of one °special° guy. She jumped into the darkness,
so that she could not be seen. She snarled, to show them, that she still was Master Tigress, the hardcore.

Tigress: "Why? Should I not be okay?"

Viper: "No, no. Everything is alright."

"What was that? Did I really saw a tear? I'm totally shocked", the serpent thought,
as she looked to the others. Even Crane, who just started this joke, had taken his hat off to scratch his head.
Everyone had thought the same, but if this was Tigress, it was not possible. Perhaps a mirage.

Mantis: "Okay, erm, Monkey? What do you think how Po managed to find inner peace?"

It was obvious that he only wanted to change the subject quickly.
Monkey: "Erm, Oh yeah, good question. And, erm, how could I know?"

Viper: "Why don't we ask him?" the snake asked, because with her nerves, she could identify a known vibration of the soil.
Right after she said it, the door opened slowly.

"Ask whom?" Po asked, when he entered the room, full of Kung Fu Masters. Tigress turned around to see him, but managed
to look into the direction of the window again. She knew, if she would saw him in the eyes, she could not be able to resist
the temptation, and would fall into his arms. So she avoided any contact, just because of the image, she formed of herself.
"I can't show any weak points of me...not to all of them..." she thought.

Po slowly went to the Snake. He wanted to sit on one of these bed near the light.

Monkey: "And, Po, did you celebrated well?"

Po just sat on the empty space between Monkey and Mantis, as he answered: "Yes...but now I am just exhausted.(sigh)I need some rest."

Monkey: "Not only you."

Viper: "Mantis, you made me curious."

Monkey with a grin: "Yes Mantis. Now we wanna know. Ask him!"

Mantis, who jumped on the table near the burning light (maybe it was cold), glanced to Po, as he asked the question,
everyone wanted to know: "Po...How did you survive this cannon? ... How did you found inner peace?"

The, survive this cannon part, was in his own mind, but he, and all the others where really curious about this.

Po: "ahhh. That is, indeed, a good question."

Tigress: "It is...Po...please be serious." Tigress said in the dark side of this room. Po noticed her, when he was on
his way to this room. He did not change his view of Tigress in this window. He was happy to see her, not seriously
injured. And he was happy that she saw him. It was, if he just said her. I'm alive. Please do not worry.

Po: "I'll try my best to explain, Tigress."

Tigress didn't wanted to look at him. Just hearing his voice was enough. She showed her back to the furious five. Listening to the Dragon Warrior.

Po: "Okay, first at all, I have to say sorry Tigress."

Her Heart stopped beating for a moment. Tigress thought
"What? Why? Please don't make me cry in front of this audience, you stupid bear!... Don't start being emotional."

Po: "Sorry Tigress that I didn't hear at you in the jail. You really don't wanted to see me been killed. But now I know, this was exactly what I had to do."

The furious five made big eyes.

Viper: "What? You wanted to get shot by Shen?"

Po: "Not really wanted. You know. But if he had not catapulted me out of this factory, I would have never found the place, I found."

Monkey: "Confusing!"

Mantis: "Shhhhhhh!", and used his arm things to show the °silent° move.

Po: "So, first, my chosen weapon was a wok. A very nice Wok, I think. I will learn to cock with it, when we are home." he said scratching his head, getting an angry look of Viper.

Po: "Sorry. I mean, a wok is not only a good weapon. It can be used as a shield, too. So, I used it as a shield.
Maybe I survived because of this Wok. But right after the shoot of the cannon, I passed out. And ended in a
burned house, with this man, woman, something, beardy thing. This soothsayer, I guess."

Tigress thought about the fact that a wok was able to rescue him. And she wasn't. Disappointing.

"This explained how he survived this, but there is another important question." Mantis thought.
Mantis: "And when did you found inner peace?"

Po: "Yeah, this °inner peace° thing. It was the place, where I was. I get memories there, like these ones, when I saw this sign
on the shoulder of the wolf who knocked me out, Or when I was in front of this peacock. But this time, because of this Man,
Woman, Sooth-thingy, I just let the memories flow."

Tigress knew immediately what was coming next.

Tigress: "Was it about...your parents?"

Po: "Erm...yes. I've had memories of my former life...before I was found by my dad...erm...Mister Penq."

Suddenly everyone felt a little oppressive. This was a hard theme. No one knew about what would be explained next.'
But the soft cores, like Viper and the apparently °hardcore° one, knew, it would be emotional.

Po: "The village, the place where I woke up. Was the village, I was born in. The soothsayer told me about the goal of Shen.
He always wanted more. But he, she, told him, that someone would stay in his way. A panda...(sigh), and Shen did something horridly."

The others began to breath heavily. They could imagine why this Panda had bad memories about Shen.
Crane sitting upright suddenly. Tigress still stood with her back to them. Her heart filling with emotions.

Po: "I remember the fire...I remember the scream of this Peacock. The wolfs were everywhere. I was a baby...a little baby...
I wasn't able to do something. My father fought against them. I heard him shouting to my mom: Take our son, and run away!
My mom carried me, and I lost my plushy. It was the last time I saw my dad."

He felt a paw on his shoulder, and a snake wrapped around him. Tigress had eyes, full of tears.
"Why? I am the hardcore, I can't...argh" And she snarled..

The furious five heard it. It was the Tigress they knew. An angry woman.
Only Po heard the pain in her snarl. He knew her...better than a friend.

Then he reached into his pocket and took out a small doll, in the form of a panda. It looked burned.
But all knew, what this was. Even Tigress turned to him, after Po said: "I've found my lost plushy."

Tigress was overwhelmed by the sight, she had continued to go backwards into the darkness, but their bright red eyes showed anger.
Viper started to cry. Even Mantis was speechless, not able to make a joke. Crane pulled his hat on again, probably to hide his tears.
Po put the doll on the bedside table.

Po: "Then I stopped blocking my mind, let my memories flow."

Tigress looked to Po...thinking:"Stop...Stop it...I don't want to hear...PLEASE...SOMEONE HAD TO STOP HIM!"

Then, a grandmaster of Kung Fu appeared right in the middle of the room.
Old Master Shifu looked exhausted. As he would wanted to say something.

Tigress was thankfully for her master. He succeeds only by his presents, that she can suppress her emotions ... all was well again, besides the fact that Po was telling something what reached her heart.

Shifu: "What is happening here?"

Po: "Oh...I just told my °new° family something important of my life."

The furious five heard the word family. They were confused why Po called them like that.
But they were also confused, suddenly Master Shifu was not the type to go to a room this way.

Shifu: "hm...okay...Dragon Warrior, go on. Tell me what you just told your comrades."

Shifu just fall onto the ground into his favorite meditation position.

Shifu: "I hope I do not bother you ... I listen only."

Po: "Erm...okay Master... I have just told, that I woke up in the village where I was born and I got there some flashbacks."

Shifu: "The place were you was born?"

Po: "Yes, because of Shen. I've had memories of this region and this peacock. And after he shot me into the river, I woke up in an burned house."

The audience already heard that, but they were still curious to why Po has found inner peace.
And how it ends with baby Po. Because of Master Shifu, the calm part with which this conversation started was gone.
They felt sorry for Po, but weren't able to show it. Even if they wanted to.

Shifu: "Shot you?"

Po: "Yeah, i nearly was dead, but then i woke up in an house, like I said. The important part was, that I managed to
form my memories about this. You know, I remembered when I was a baby panda, the village were I was born was attacked by Shen."

Shifu mentioned his new knowledge about Shen. The question was, did this had something to do with the order of the Empress? So he asked.

Shifu: "What did he wanted?"

Po, and the others were surprised about such a question.

Po: "erm, I don't really know what he wanted, but I think he wanted to destroy every village with Pandas and kill every Panda in China.
So he vanished my birthplace and killed my father, my mother and every Panda within thousands of miles"

It cost strength to say that. It was like he just made an end: how it was, and never can be changed.
Sad faces were seen around this place again. Now they knew, that everyone of Po's family was dead,
and that this Panda could never have the chance to find someone of his species. That he is alone.
But this was exactly what Shifu had expected. He just said with an carelessness: "Interesting"

That was enough! Tigress never thought badly about Master Shifu, but now her own adoptive father showed
once again that he was the most hardcore known. She was focused on him. Any anger which she had built for
Shen, projected now on her master ... or was it sadness that her only family member showed an even colder
side than she ever thought possible ... Yes, it was sadness.

Tigress: "Sorry master, but shut up ... We want to know about Po ... And not about your thinkings!"

No one expected that Tigress would manage to speak against her Master. The furious five were shocked.
Only Po saw into the darkness, as he saw some golden eyes. They were sad. It hurt her to speak in such a way to her Master, to her father.
Po recognized it. And Tigress recognized that Po recognized it. He understand, Tigress thought.

Shifu: "Sorry"
now everyone was confused.
"I know this is bothering you all. Especially you, Tigress"
he stood up and slowly moved to the door,
"...I am sorry. I destroyed this get-together. Sorry"
then he opened the door,
"...continue Po, I know enough...
I will go sleeping...
you all need some sleep,too...
We will be going very early tomorrow...
We need to go home...
fast...
maybe we will talk about what happened...
I have to collect my thoughts first...
good night..."
as he shut the door behind him. Shifu thought about this:
"This is a sad day ...
I think it is to early to tell them ...
My pupils are hurt ...
they need time to heal ...
before I tear a bigger sore ...
sh***..."

The shocked furious five looked each other into the eyes. Only Po was focused on Tigress.

Po: "Tigress? I know you're not ... but, are you okay?"

Tigress was crushed. She stood next to herself...looking at this scene. Being silent.

Viper: "erm...I think you tell us the rest of your inner peace tomorrow...okay?

But Po didn't want to wait. He saw into the sad faces. He saw the tears of Viper and the hidden ones of Crane and Monkey.
And he knew about Tigress. He can't sent them to bed without telling them.

Po: "Guys...what happened in the past, just doesn't matter."

Crane lift his face to look at this panda. Viper gets tears again. Monkey tried to hug Po, but he avoided it. He stood up. Went a step.

Po: "I could have lost everything. But it doesn't matter."

He takes another step, Viper knew, he was on an important way.

Po: "I have found inner peace because of one thing!"

Another step, the direction of him became clearer.

Po: "The only thing that matters, is who you chose to be know."

He stopped walking. Viper caught for breath.

Po: "And I choose. To be ... Po ... a Panda ...
I've found inner Peace, with finding myself.
With finding a place in this family."

He stood there, right in front of Tigress. She still was on shock about her own reaction. She heard his voice.

Po: "The best memories I can imagine, gave me strength. But one fact, gave me peace."

The Dragon warrior slowly raised his arms, the furious five looked at this scene.

Po: "It is the fact, that I know there are people out there..."

A tiger in the darkness looked at a panda ...
The panda looked at her ...
sometimes it's just not possible to be the one, who everyone would expect ...
but now everyone knew about this ...
It just doesn't matter who you were ...
It just matters who you choose to be ...
right in this moment ...
a Tiger choose to be in the arms of an Panda ...
Po closed his arms ...
Tigress between them ...
they were hugging each other ...
finally ...

Po: "who care about me."

Viper cried out loudly, Monkey and Mantis were joining her...
Crane uses his hat to hide it, but everyone heard it

...

even a small red panda behind a door lost a tear...