Lotus Blade
Ch 10
Shifu was worried.
He had a feeling it was nearly his time.
"What do you mean?" Tigress asked him.
"I don't have time. Go get Po and tell him to meet me outside the bunk house." Shifu replied walking out of his room in the bunk house.
"I can't believe that after all this time I'm ascending.
I hope they understand especially Po." He thought sadly.
Po was woken in the middle of the night by a loud banging on the door.
He opened it to find Tigress standing there.
She looked afraid.
"What's up?
Why are you here in the middle of the night?" he asked her.
"It's Master Shifu.
He wants you to meet him now outside the bunk house now." She told him.
He saw tears in her eyes being held back.
"No he couldn't be leaving!" he thought as he made it to the bunk house.
Shifu was sitting under the Heaenly Peach Tree of Wisdom.
He looked worse.
"Po…. It's time.
I'm leaving after a thousand years of helping protect and train the Furious Five.
I never thought it would happen but remember to believe in yourself and still be yourself even though I'm gone.
The Furious Five and Lotus are going to need you to be strong for them once they realise." He replied as peach leaves began to swirl around.
"Wait! Don't go!" Po said worriedly.
"Don't worry.
Just believe and you'll be fine.
Trust me Dragon Warrior." He said as he faded.
The only thing left was his staff.
Po then sank to his knees in defeat as he picked up the staff.
"No! T-This isn't fair!
We still had to train.
Why?
Why now?" he yelled through tears.
Monkey, Crane and Viper had heard him and were upset too but trying to be strong.
Tigress then arrived at Po's house in the early dawn but he wasn't there.
Lotus came into the kitchen.
"Where's Dad?
He… didn't come home last night." She told her.
"Don't worry I'll bring him back." Tigress told her heading off.
As she arrived at the bunk house, she saw Po sitting under the Heavenly Peach Tree of Wisdom but looked sad.
"Oh no!
Master Shifu ascended.
I hope Po's okay about this.
But I feel he's not okay.
Shifu taught him what he knows about being the Dragon Warrior.
It'll hurt us but Master Shifu's passing to the other side will hurt him more.
I should… be there for him." She thought as Po held Shifu's staff.
She sat beside him under the tree.
"Did he say anything before leaving?
It's okay if you don't want to tell me.
Master Shifu was important to us but more so to you.
You... miss him." she said softly to him.
Po nodded.
"Y-Yeah I do.
He... was the only one." he answered.
Tigress didn't understand what he meant.
"The only one who believed in me when everybody thought I was a loser, a joke of a Dragon Warrior even though he did some razzing himself.
He taught me how to be a Dragon Warrior.
I don't know what to do without him.
He was my only friend." he continued sadly.
He felt a lump in his throat he couldn't get rid of .
The other members of the Furious Five watched as he ran off.
"I hope he'll be okay." Mantis said.
"Yeah me too.
I'd better make sure he's okay." Tigress thought as she went off after Po.
He had locked himself in his room with mass quantities of food.
Lotus saw worry in Tigress's eyes as she entered the house.
"Where's your father?" SHE ASKED HER.
"He locked himself in his room.
Did something happen to Master Shifu?" she asked her.
"Yeah he ascended to the next stage of life.
I knew this would affect him badly.
Master Shifu was your father's master too.
He showed him the way to unlocking his destiny." she told her.
Lotus nodded.
Tigress then knocked on the door of Po's room.
There was no answer.
She then kicked down the door.
Po was lying on the bed with food surrounding him.
She knew he ate when he was upset.
"Po?
You okay?
I know you miss Shifu.
I just... want to help." Tigress told him.
"I'm fine.
Just upset." he replied depressed.
She then left his room.
Po's POV
I can't remember feeling like this. Shifu was the only one who believed in me.
He was my only friend in the Village. But things have changed since I was chosen to be the Dragon Warrior.
Everything changed since that day.
I don't know if I'll feel like myself again.
End POV
In the spirit world Master Shifu could see his students.
They were hurting, mourning his loss especially Po.
"I never meant for you all to feel pain.
I know you are like a family.
Please look after Po.
He needs help." Shifu thought as he meditated...
Things were not going well...