A/N: Hi everyone! I'm FINALLY back! It's been awhile since I updated, huh? Sorry about that… the weekends get busy…. I had a wonderful time last weekend playing my harp at a very fancy theater… it was such a treat to get to go there and play for political people!
I also have awesome news to share! I have uploaded my very first Kung Fu Panda video up on youtube! Yay! It is awesome, I tell you AWESOME! I am playing the piano while an awesome slideshow movie is going on! So please, please, please check it out and comment on it, or favorite it, or like it! It's AWESOME! Here's the link!
watch?v=0c9sI2-TDS0
Please check it out! You can also find my youtube link on my profile or search this on youtube: starwars5444
Now, on with the story. Sorry to tell you this, but this probably will be one of my most boring and shortest chapters ever. I'm just trying to stretch out the chapters to make the story longer! Sorry! Well, this might not be so boring…you all want to find out if Po's going to tell or not! And short chapters are sometimes good….right?
Please read all of this and review it! Yes, you silent reader…I'm looking at you and I know who you are because you just told me today that you read this story. Review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kung Fu Panda…I think everyone writing Kung Fu Panda fanfiction did…. So sad….
Previously on The Mysterious Master Croc….
…..Breakfast was a blast….
….Po and Tigress trash talked to each other….
…Master Shifu has a surprise…
…..Tigress has realized something…..
…..She is the victim from Po's nightmare…..
…..She has realized…
…..That she is very special to the panda…..
…And he's very special to her…..
…..He truly is her best friend…..
…..On the other hand…
….Po is in trouble….
…..His friends want to know who the victim was…..
…..Tigress saw hesitance and tried to help her best friend….
…..But Po decided to reveal who the victim was anyway…...
…..Even if it meant revealing that he and Tigress had a special bond…..
..…."The victim was…"…..
Chapter Ten: Trials, Talks, and Training
"The victim was…." Po lingered there for a second. Was he really going to tell everyone that Tigress was the person Lord Shen and Master Croc had captured and tortured in his dream?
Uh….well no. Of course he didn't want to tell them. Maybe he would tell Tigress one day, but not all the guys and Viper! He'd probably get teased forever and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever!
But he had to now; everyone was leaning in intently to hear who 'her' was!
"Po?" Monkey asked.
Po jolted and stopped arguing with himself. He put a cool look on his face to look like none was this 'victim' confronting had happened. "Yeah Monkey? What's up?"
Monkey frowned and motioned his hand. "Go on….. The victim was…."
Po's stomach and twisted into knots. The panda put on a smile. "Oh yeah, that…."
"Yeah, that." Crane replied. "Tell us who it was."
Po sighed. Well, now there was no going back either way. He felt nervous all of a sudden with everyone looking at him. His stomach was twisted up into knots, his heart was pounding slightly, and he felt like his underarms were sweating.
"Po," Tigress interrupted his thoughts. "You don't have to tell us if you're uncomfortable." She said softly.
The rest of the Furious Five frowned at Tigress. They wanted to know who the victim was! Tigress simply gave the crane, monkey, insect, and snake a warning look.
Po's eyebrows were up in surprise. Tigress thought he looked uncomfortable? Well, he wasn't going to back down now! He wasn't supposed to get nervous over a dream! He was going to tell everyone and that was that!
"Oh Tigress, I'm fine." The others turned their attention back to the nervous panda. "I just was thinking of something. But yeah, hehe," Po laughed. "Back to the point…. The victim was-"
But at the very second before Po told what the others were anticipating someone walked into the room and interrupted the Dragon Warrior from his dream telling. The person was none other than Grand Master Shifu.
"Students, it is time to train for the day." The red panda said.
Everyone in turn just stared at their Master. Po was just about to tell them who 'her' was!
Master Shifu squinted at the six of them curiously. After a few seconds, he nodded and motioned the students to rise. "Come." He said. "We have important things to discuss."
Reluctantly, everyone sitting at the breakfast table stopped what they were doing (which was staring at Master Shifu and Po), bowed, and followed Shifu to the training hall.
Po stood up from the table with a relieved smile on his face. That was getting intense. He decided he didn't want to tell anyone who the victim really was. At least, not Monkey, Mantis, Master Shifu, Crane, or Viper….
The giant panda admitted to himself that he was very grateful for Master Shifu's intrusion, for he couldn't bear to describe Tigress' horror-stricken face in his dark nightmare.
"So Tigress…." Mantis asked. "Are you still going to spar Po?"
The seven warriors were walking up the pathway to the Training Hall. The air was a bit cool and breezy for a summer day. But after all, it was only nine o'clock in the morning. Usually, they would be walking up the Training Hall path around seven, but because of the strange wakeup earlier this morning, they were a bit behind schedule.
Master Shifu was leading everyone up in the in front of the line. Behind him was Tigress. Following her was Po, Viper, Monkey, and then Crane. Mantis was riding on Po's shoulder, giving the panda a nudge as he asked Tigress about Po's death sentence.
Po gave Mantis a shocked look. "Hey!" he whispered into Mantis' antenna. "What are trying to do to me buddy? Kill me?"
The insect, panda, and others awaited Tigress' answer.
"No," the feline replied. "We were all making puns and jokes. I guess that means I can spar any of you if I wanted." She turned around and stopped making the others stop in their place as well. She winked at Mantis and glared at the insect. "Any of you…"
Mantis gulped. He didn't see that coming. "Let's hope we don't spar then…." He stifled out. Making everyone chuckle in the process.
Viper sighed. "I wonder what the surprise is…"
"Well," Crane said. "I hope that it's something to help us with our certification this weekend."
Tigress nodded. "I hope so too Crane. The two of us will need as many tips and tricks as we can to help us for our Level Three."
"I hope it's a supply of new weapons." Monkey chirped in. Oh, how that Monkey loved his weapons.
"I don't know about you guys." Mantis joined in. "But I kind of want a new obstacle course for the Training Hall. It would be great to have a new kind of course to run through."
"Or," Viper replied. "Some new approach to the obstacle course. Like a game or something."
"You'll just have to wait and see students." Master Shifu chuckled at his students eagerness.
"I think I might have an idea of what it is…." Po said in a sing-song voice.
Shifu's eyes widened. "Panda…" the red panda scowled.
"What?! I can't take a guess or think about what I want it to be?" the Dragon Warrior complained.
"No Po," Shifu retorted. "I'm afraid you can't."
"Seriously?!" Po groaned. "I can't guess?!"
"NO!" everyone shouted.
"Aww…." Po pouted. "It would have been something cool!
"Like what?!" Monkey questioned.
"Monkey!" Crane gasped. "Why did you say that?!"
"Huh?" the primate scratched his shaved head.
"Well," Po started. He had distracted everyone from paying attention to him. But now, the spotlight was on him."
"Po…" Tigress growled loudly. "Don't you dare…."
The panda smiled at his friends and laughed evilly. "The surprise could be a-"
"Shut up!"
The six proud warriors and comrades walked up the steps to the world famous Training Hall and waited for Master Shifu to unlock the building.
The red panda unlocked the carved doors and strolled into the outworn corridor.
The panda wave master stood in the corner, waiting to be kicked by a youngster.
The worn out weapons from the years stood perfectly in place.
The Field of Fiery Death was silent, waiting to burst into flames from its first attacker.
The hall was beginning to give out; they needed tune-ups more often than usual. It had been there for decades though, and each master had a favorite obstacle built to his or her strengths and weakness'.
The scratches on the wooden clubs, the squeaking of the turntable arms, the rolling of the jade turtle shell, these we're all memories of each master's journey.
Shifu sighed as remembrance of his student's past and present flowed into his mind.
A snow leopard and his Gauntlet of Wooden Warriors trying to show his Master that he was the one. The one to achieve greatness.
A young female tiger and her Seven Swinging Clubs of Instant Obviation trying to show her Master that she was trying her best….trying to find love and approval…
A crane and his Jade Tortoise of Wisdom trying to show his Master he was confident in himself.
A golden monkey and his Seven-Talon Rings doing his best not to laugh at his own mistakes.
A serpent with her Field of Fiery Death trying to be brave and not gasp when the flames hit her.
A praying mantis and his Gauntlet of Wooden Warriors trying not to get mad when he messed up.
And a giant panda and his wave-master trying to show his Master and The Furious Five that he wasn't a clumsy, stupid panda that did nothing that ate.
Shifu chuckled at the last memory. These were all of his past and present students. Looking at the training hall made him bring back memories of his pupils. Sometimes the past would make him feel bitter, miserable, and sad. But other memories such as Po's first few days here at the palace made his heart smile, laugh, and burst into joy. So scratch that, this wasn't just the students journey, it was his too.
The red panda smiled, this was his family…..this was his home.
A/N: So yeah! That's about it! What did you think? I know… it was kind of boring…. But like I said in the last chapter… I'm trying to stretch everything out so that the story is longer. Trust me… the next chapter will be WAY more interesting!
What did you think of Po's trial? Should he have told everyone? What's going to happen at training?! Will there be a spar? And what in the world is the surprise?! We will find out within the next two chapters!
So please check out my KFP video on youtube! I'm telling you, it's the awesomeness thing in the universe!
Please review! All of you have been SO kind with all of your reviews. I would have NEVER gotten this far in reviews without you readers! I thank you for that… So yeah…who's going to be the first reviewer? And who's going to be the 150th reviewer? It all starts…..NOW!
Thanks!
Catch you later!