Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) is from Fox Kids as well as Eastman & Laird

Kung Fu Panda is from Dreamworks

Chapter 8

Turtle Tryouts

Shifu led the four warriors to the training area of the Jade Palace, and no sooner than the doors opened that the turtles were awestruck over what they saw. Tigress was doing a balance test on spiral pieces of moving wood with dodging swaying spiked clubs. Crane was practicing balance on a empty bowel while deflecting arrows with his wings. Mantis was sparing with wooden dummies that moved after the slightest tap. Monkey was practicing acrobatics, and Snake was doing some moves at a fire geyser pit. "This seems a little low tech, don't you think." Donatello whispered to the others.

"Heh, low tech is exactly how I like to train." Raphael said back while thinking which one to go with first. His older brother was doing the same until the swords-turtle spotted a chuck of wood, which was shattered by tigress, heading straight at him.

'Guess she's still mad at us.' He thought while effortlessly dodging the piece of wood, and letting it hit his youngest brother in the face. Being the dramatic one the orange turtle began to shout in pain as he held his head.

"Let's begin." The long tailed sensei stated, not really caring for the turtle's injury. As soon as he said that three of them were anxitious, but the fourth was stunned.

"Wait, wait, wait." Mikey said in confusion before adding, "Now?" Questioning to this sensei if he wanted them to do what the five were doing.

"Yes, now. Unless you think the great Oogway was wrong and the four of you are not the Dragon Warrior." Shifu stated to the four; believing that goading them like that would make them leave.

"Shut it, rat-face, and watch." Raphael said before taking his sais from his waist and leapt into the training pit. It was not long until blue and purple followed his lead. The swords-turtle tried his luck with the balancing act that Tigress was doing, Donatello decided to test his timing with the fire pit, and Raphael tried his luck with the wooden dummies since he still had some anger toward the Mokusei-no-Bushis.

'Those three show potential, but…' The gray furred man then looked up at the lone turtle who seemed to be biting on the chains of his nunchucks out of nervousness. He thought of something to say, and after seeing one lone item on the side of the training room he knew what to say.

"I don't know if I can do all those moves." The orange one said and was about to add another thing but was interrupted by his latest teacher.

"Well, if we don't try, we'll never know, will we?" The red panda questioned while walking away. The youngest bro followed him since he didn't like this arena.

"Yeah, it's just, maybe we can find something more suited to my level." The slacker suggested while thinking, 'Like the hidden level on Metroid M.' He still followed and listened to what his sensie had to say.

"And what level is that?" The small mammal questioned since he believed that this turtle showed little to no level as a warrior.

"Well, I'm not a master, or a battle crazy maniac, but…" He stalled for a bit before adding, "…let's just start at zero. Level Zero." The game expert knew that there was no such thing, but he was hopeing that such a thing excited for combat training.

"No. There is no such thing as Level Zero." The experienced fighter said, shooting down the party turtle of any chances of being treated with kid gloves.

'This is going to be just like the Ninja Tribunal training all over again." Michelangelo thought before using the item he saw when they first came in. "Maybe I can start with that?" He suggested while running over to what he saw.

"That?" Shifu questioned out of confusion before walking over to him. The item that they were speaking of was an old puch`em punching bag. "We use that for training children and propping the door open when it's hot." The panda said, explaining the near uselessness of the item in question. "But if you insist…" He was about to speak, but was interrupted by the creature in question.

"Whoa! The Furious Five!" The orange masked teen shouted with joy as the five stopped training and approached the only turtle NOT sparing with the rest of them. "You're bigger than your action figures. Except, you, Mantis. You're the same." He added, but did not notice the angered tick from the insect.

"Let's see what's going on over there." The blue turtle said to the other two before leaping to the ledge where the others stood.

"Go ahead, turtle. Show us what you can do." The sensai said to the fourth as the other three landed next to the five. This caused the comic book expert to become nervous because not only were his bros watching him, but also the five, and he did not want to look like a fool esspessily in front of Viper.

"Are they gonna watch, or should I wait till they get back to work?" The orange one questioned to their leader.

"Hit it." Shifu ordered to the youngster.

"OK, yeah. I mean, I just ate. So, I'm still digesting." Michelangelo said to them, and his fellow ninjas knew that he was only stalling. Not wanting to let the five think they were all like that.

"Move it, Mikey." The angered one said as he stormed over to him, and after pushing him away the red masked hero began boxing the punching bag. They were amazed that this turtle had such speed and power to his moves as the others were looking at him with accptance there was one that was not so impressed.

'I can do that: easy.' Tigress thought as he continued to go to town. The fourth saw them looking at the short fused one, and that got on his own nerves.

'Got to look good in front of Viper.' He thought and that was when an idea hit him. "That's it, Raph. You keep using the same butt-kicking moves that I taut you." He said, and no sooner then he said that the second oldest son punched it till it was laying on its back, flipped, and held it with his toe.

"Then why don't you try that special finishing punch you taught be, bro." The angered one said with a sly smile. Not wanting to seem like a coward in front of his crush the fourth walked over, and no sooner then he got there the second turtle released the punching bag causing him to fly right into the training area.

"Raph, that was so…" Donatello said to the second oldest in defense to their brother until he saw Michelangelo being hit by swinging clubs, almost puking in the hollowed out turtle bowl. "Totally called for." The purple one comment as he laughed at the fourth one's pain.

'How can they dare be called brothers if they take pleasure in his pain.' The snake wondered while covering her eyes with her tail. In the field the warrior in question had made it out of the bowl.

'That wasn't so bad.' He thought before triggering the spinning dummies, and at first he was doing fine until one hit below the belt. "Ooh, my turtle eggs." He groaned and they all saw that the wooden test stopped only to be restarted as he tapped one of the limbs.

'Freshly roasted turtle. Not a bad smell.' The carnivore thought as they watched the fourth walk right onto the fire geyser pit, and they all went off at once. The group watched as he dragged himself over to them with a completely charred body, and the tip of his bandanna has caught on fire.

"How'd I do?" He questioned to Sifu and the others; praying that he got in good graces with the Furious Five for his effort.

"There is now a Level Zero." Sifu stated to the beaten brother before putting the spark out, and let the warrior collapse from exhaustion. With that done the blue and purple took one of his arms and dragged him out when the Furious Five and their master left the training room.