Matt(Guest): Perfectly fine
Bloodyninja88: I love all three Kung Fu Panda villains, but I couldn't come up with a believable way for Dawn to interact with Tai Lung
Anyways, time to have Dawn actually do something.
"Where am I?" Dawn asked as she looked around. She was in some kind of dream, but nothing like she was used to seeing during her aura meditations.
"Do not be alarmed, young one," An elderly goat women greeted her. "I am nothing more then a humble soothsayer. My work is nothing compared to your powers of aura,"
"Why do you wish to speak with me?" Dawn asked.
"I understand your concerns about the panda," The soothsayer replied.
"Po?" Dawn asked.
"Indeed," The soothsayer replied. "He will need to be at peace with himself for the coming fight,"
"Are you sure we are talking about the same panda?" Dawn asked. "Because as far as I know, Po is very much at peace with himself,"
"He was, but something reminded him of something he had previously blocked out," The Soothsayer explained. "It appears our time is up," Before Dawn could ask anything else, she woke up. She took a few deep breaths. That whole experience shook her. She, for once in her life, had no idea what anything she had just been told meant.
"You're awake as well?" Tigress asked. It took all of Dawn's self-control not to look startled.
"Yes," Dawn said as she looked around. They had been traveling for quite a while. Gongmen City was quite a ways from the Valley and they had just managed to get a boat to travel a bit faster. Looking around, Dawn saw that everyone else was still asleep. Everyone other then…
"Where's Po?" Dawn asked. Then she heard what sounded like Po screaming in rage.
"Punching the mast," Tigress replied.
"Should we go stop him?" Dawn asked as she stood up before helping her sister up.
"Probably," Tigress said. Outside, sure enough, Po was pounding away at the mast.
"Ahem," Both girls said to get Po's attention.
"Oh, er... I'm, er... training," Po said, embarrassed he had been caught.
"The mast is not a worthy opponent," Tigress said as she leapt over Po, landing beside him before holding out her paw. Dawn jumped down and landed behind her.
"Tigress is ready," Dawn replied for her sister.
"Okay. So serious.." Po said before punching Tigress' palm. With a grunt, he collapsed in pain.
"Ha-ha-ha-OW! I think I prefer the mast," Po said as he clenched his fist in pain.
"Apologies. I used to punch the ironwood trees by the palace to train. Now, I feel nothing," Tigress admitted.
"You should have seen how she proud she was of herself when she broke her first branch," Dawn joked, earning her an elbow from Tigress.
"That's... severely cool," Po admitted. Tigress smiled a little, before holding out her palm again.
"Again," Dawn said for her sister. Po took a few swings at the fist, getting very worn out.
"So, er... this punching ironwood trees... how long did you have to do that?" Po asked, visibly strained.
"Twenty years," Tigress admitted.
"Give or take," Dawn added in.
" Oh, twen-twenty or so years? Is there any, uh, you know, faster way? You know... until you... you know... don't feel anything?" Po asked as he returned to punching Tigress' palm.
"No. Besides…" Tigress began as she caught Po's hand and spun him in the air, causing him to land with a hard thud on the deck. "I don't think hard style is... your thing,"
"You have more of a… softer style," Dawn added in with a smile.
"Oh…" Po said as he sat down. You didn't need aura powers to see that something was wrong. Tigress knelt down towards Po while Dawn sat beside him.
"Po... why are you really out here?" Tigress asked in a harsh yet caring tone of voice.
"You may feel better if you open up to us," Dawn added in a similar tone.
"I just found out that my dad... isn't really my dad," Po admitted. Tigress and Dawn exchanged looks of disbelief before turning back to Po.
"Your dad... the goose?" Tigress asked. When Po nodded, she continued. "That must have been quite a shock,"
"Yeah," Po admitted.
"Does this, by any chance, bother you?" Dawn asked.
"Heh... are you kidding me? We're warriors, right? Nerves of steel! Souls of platinum! ...Like Tigress! So hardcore she don't feel anything!" Po repiled. Dawn inwardly flinched. Tigress had worked to hide her emotions because of something that happened in her past, namely at the orphanage she was from. Dawn knew what it was, but didn't like to dwell on it.
"...I was…" Tigress said under her breath. Dawn looked up. What caused Tigress to change? Was it Po?
"So what are you guys talking about?" A voice from behind them asked. It was Mantis. Him and the other members of the five surrounded Po.
"Nothing. Nothing," Po lied.
"Po's having daddy issues," Dawn said in a surprisingly blunt tone.
"Man, I'm so lucky. I don't have any problems with my dad! Maybe it's because Mom ate his head before I was born. I don't know!.." Mantis bragged.
"Mantis, this isn't about you! Po is the one freaking out," Viper chastised him.
"I'm not freaking out," Po lied again.
"Po…" Tigress said. Dawn turned to see what she was looking at and gasped.
"I'm freaking... in," Po insisted.
"Po!" Dawn and Tigress yelled.
"What?" Po asked, still thinking it had something to do with his fake(not) daddy issues.
"We're here…" Tigress said. Everyone else turned to see the city on the horizon. "Gongmen City," The city was beautiful, but Dawn had a strange feeling of dread building up in her stomach.
A little shorter then normal, but this chapter was meant to have more words. But Dawn and Tigress found out that something is bothering Po and Dawn gets a warning from the soothsayer. Also I'm a bit of a Tigress/Po shipper so if I put some hints of that into my stories, not sorry!
