Warning! This chapter is not as well written as the last few as my beta is gone or awhile also it's more of a filler chapter and isn't essential to the whole story. With that out of the way I'd like to thank all of you for your support for this story.

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Vish sat outside the training hall playing a lovely tune on his ocarina. Swaying from side to side he felt the sun's rays dance along his scales. There was a nice breeze blowing that balanced out the heat from the sun. In short everything was perfect. Then he heard a rustle of leaves and the perfectness of the moment was shattered. He continued to play normally, but now he focused more on his surroundings then the music.

At Viper's suggestion Master Shifu had put him in charge of ambush training as he had spent more time practicing it then any of them had. To gage their experience, he tasked them with ambushing him. However, it wasn't going well, he knew Crane was in the air above him, Mantis and Monkey he knew were on the other side of the courtyard's outer wall, Viper was behind a pillar off to his left, and now he knew that Po and Tigress were in the bushes to his right. He could see that the five had the basics of ambush training down, but Po. Well he was Po and to his displeasure Shifu had neglected to teach the panda any form of ambush tactics.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Monkey stick his head up and nod to the others. So, sloppy, he thought, let's get this over with. As Monkey lowered his head once more Vish did a quick sweep before jumping into the branches of the tree behind him.

Viper smirked as from behind the pillar as she prepared to jump out surprise attack Vish with the others. Any second now Monkey would give them the signal. Slightly peeking out from behind the pillar she saw the simian bring his head up from behind the wall and give a nod. That was the signal! Pulling her head back so she wouldn't be seen by Vish she prepared to attack. This is a lot easier than I thought it would be. Maybe he's not as good as he claims. She listened to Vish play the ocarina, then there was silence. What!? Peeking out again she saw he was gone. Then she heard Po yell, "Ow!" Looking over at his and Tigress's hiding spot she saw the tiger and panda on the ground. How did? Then she heard Monkey and Mantis let out yells of pain. Now she was really scared, it was only her and Crane left and they had no idea where he was. Then she saw doors to the courtyard open with Monkey in the middle of them. She moved to help him, but stopped herself knowing this was a trap. However, it seemed Crane didn't know this as he quickly flew down and landed next to his friend who was trying to say something, "It's a trap." The avian's eyes widened in realization before a tan tail shot out and grabbed him pulling him through the door way. If she wasn't scared before now she was downright terrified. How was he doing this and how had he managed to do all this without making a sound. Wait! If he knew where the others were he probably knew where she was too! She turned around and was about to go find a different spot to hide when she was met with a pair of forest green eyes, "Hi there." She felt her breath catch in her throat before he raised his tail up and bopped her on the nose. She sighed in relief, "Come on." She followed him into the courtyard where the others had now gathered.

Po was the first one to speak, "So um how did we do?" The panda smiled nervously as the mamba's gaze snapped to him.

"Permission to speak freely, Master Shifu?" Vish asked out loud.

"Granted." Shifu said jumping down from his perch atop the roof of the training hall. He had seen the whole thing and was also interested to hear Vish's opinion of his students.

"Thank you." Vish bowed before turning to the others, "Truthfully that was one of the worst ambushes I have ever seen in my entire life and I've seen hundreds of them!" All of them except Tigress winced at his words. Then he began to point out their mistakes similar to how Shifu had reacted in a similar occurrence, "Crane, you were to low and were too easy to see, Mantis and Monkey, you chose a terrible spot as it didn't give you clear line of sight and Monkey I could see your head every time you checked on my position, Tigress, you and ,Po, made too much noise, Viper, your position left to many put to many obstacles between you and me, also your green coloration clashed with the red pillar you hid behind. If this was real then all of you would be dead, especially you, Po." All their heads lowered in shame, "However you all show some promise. Crane, you need more height and it would help if you approached from with the sun behind you, Mantis, you would have been better hiding in the grass or in the tree I jumped into, Viper, next time try to blend into your surroundings the roof would have been perfect." The three he had spoken to nodded. Now he turned to the three mammals, "Tigress, I would normally give you the benefit of the doubt because of Po's mistake, but it was your decision to hide with him. Monkey as I said better positioning also you need a better signal that doesn't expose you. Po, I really have nothing to say to you. If I didn't have to help you I'd have written you off as a lost cause, your bulky which is good for fist fights but not for ambushes. Since you all failed to impress me you will only eat half of your breakfast." With that he left them to go put his ocarina away.

"Wow and I thought, Master Shifu, was harsh." Po commented once he was out of earshot. He grunted as Tigress elbowed him in the chest. Po was about to ask why when he saw Shifu's ears fall, "Oh, um sorry, master."

"It's ok, Po, I know I was hard on you all in the past and I'm sorry for that." The others were about to protest when he held his hand up silencing them. His ears rose as he began to speak again, "Get some breakfast I'm sure you will need it with what, Vish, probably has planned." They all bowed to him before heading towards the barracks.

Once they entered the kitchen they saw bowls had already been set out for them with each of them only getting a single bean bun. "Only one bean bun!?" Po wined as they sat down, "How am I going to survive!?"

"If you don't want it I'll take it." Monkey said reaching over to grab it.

"No!" Po yelled slapping his hand away and stuffing the bean bun into his mouth.

Monkey chuckled at this but fell silent as Vish entered the kitchen and sat down next to Viper. Looking at his bowl they saw he only had one bean bun as well, "Vish, why are you only eating one as well?"

He glanced at Viper, "In a pack or in this case a team all of the members suffer the same punishment. So, for every punishment you receive I will also suffer the consequences." With that he took his bean bun and swallowed it.

The others felt a newfound respect for Vish after hearing his reasons. Not many teachers would implement this type of rule and if they did they usually had some loopholes. Once he was finished he began to slither out of the kitchen before looking back at them, "We will be meeting in the training hall in fifteen minutes." He slithered away and a few seconds later they heard the door to the barracks open then close.

"Well that was different." Mantis commented before taking a bite out of his bean bun. The others nodded and went back to eating their food.

A few minutes later they headed back to the training hall. Tigress who was behind the others was silently fuming. She and the five had failed to impress Vish with their skills, no scratch that they he had basically told them they were an embarrassment which made her blood boil. What right did he have to say those things? True Master Shifu had put him in charge and had given him permission to speak his opinion, but it still didn't sit right with her. But why? He was just a snake from another world while she and her friends were accomplished Kung-Fu masters. So, why did opinion matter to her so much? Ever since they had that staring contest she had seen him as some sort of rival which meant she had to show him as much respect as he showed her. Letting out a growl she decided that she would just have to try her best and impress him.

They soon reached the training halls doors, opening them and walking in they saw Vish talking Master Shifu while a pile of scrolls sat off to their right along with a stand to display them on. Walking over to them they sat down and waited for them to finish their conversation. After a few minutes, they turned and faced them. Vish nodded in satisfaction at seeing them arrive on time, "Master Shifu has informed me of the extent of your training in this field and after seeing your performance this morning I believe I know the best way to train you all.". He took a deep breath before speaking again. "Now it is very difficult to know when an ambush will happen, but it is possible to anticipate an ambush based off the given terrain or an individual's behavior." Picking up a small bamboo stick he pointed at the warriors, "Now this morning you were the ambushers, but guess what you are now?"

Po raise his hand and Vish sighed putting the stick to his head, "Yes, Po?"

"Kung-Fu masters?" The panda said timidly.

"First that was a rhetorical question and second... wrong!" Vish replied, "As of this moment you are not Kung-Fu masters you are prey. You are weak, helpless, harmless, pathetic and most importantly stupid." The others look offended at this, but Vish didn't care, "Don't worry you'll used to it. Any way let's move on." He grabbed one of the scrolls next to him before tossing it to the six warriors. "This is what your training will consist of." He told them as they opened the scroll which turned out to be a map with an "X" on it. A closer look at it revealed that it was a map of one of the areas around the valley of peace. "Your mission is to get to the X safely."

"Is that it?" Po asked confidently thinking this would be easy.

"Yes. You have ten minutes before you need to leave." With that Vish and Shifu picked up the rest of the scrolls before leaving.

Once the door closed the warriors began to converse with each other, "It can't be that easy." Tigress stated, "He must be up to something."

"We got that but what could it be? Are they gonna ambush us on the way there and if so when?" Crane asked looking over the map with Viper.

"Hmm, well based off this map here and here would be the best places to ambush us." Viper said pointing at the map.

"Can't we just go around them?" Monkey asked scratching his head.

"We could but what if they're expecting that?" Crane asked looking skeptical.

"Even so it's probably better than taking the obvious way." Tigress told them.

"Urgh but one of those ways goes up a mountain." Po wined.

"Oh, man up Po. Besides you owe me for getting us caught this morning." She told him with a glarr.

"Great let's just get this over with." He said going to get his stuff ready.

A few hours later the six warriors were knee deep in mud as they took another detour. Everyone but Tigress groaned as they were caked with mud. This was the fourth detour they had taken as Tigress who was trying to think like Vish pointed out another potential ambush point. They finally got out of the mud before getting back on the trail. They were now over halfway to the point on the map but if felt like they should have reached it by now. Then they heard a snapping sound causing all of them to get into stances facing in the direction of it, only to see that Po who was smiling sheepishly had been doing air punches and snapped a tree in half. Tigress facepalmed, "Po what are you doing?"

"Um I was just trying to get myself ready for an ambush." He told them.

Tigress sighed, "Po please try to wait until someone actually attacks you to start punching. You could have just given away our position."

"Sorry. Um but isn't us talking doing that too?" He asked.

She tried to come back with something but couldn't really come up with anything, "Just keep quiet ok? We're almost done." He nodded before raising his hand.

"Yes, Po?"

"Could we take a break at least?" He asked.

She was about to say no when she looked around and saw that the others wanted a break too. "Fine." She raised her hand showing her five fingers, "Five minutes." She sat down and began to take a breather.

The others lay or sat down as well before whispering to each other, "I wonder why they haven't done anything yet." Mantis said.

"Maybe they're impressed that we've skipped all the ambush spots?" Monkey said encouragingly.

Viper shook her head, "I wouldn't count on it. From what we've seen of Vish his standards are pretty high."

"I have to agree with Viper. Plus, I don't think he likes me." Crane agreed.

"Yeah what did you do to him besides laughing at him?" Po asked walking over to them.

"I didn't do anything!" Tigress glared at him making him lower his voice, "I just think he doesn't like me because I'm a bird."

"Why would he dislike you for that?" Mantis asked.

"I don't know but sometimes I catch him glaring at me for no reason." He told them.

"Maybe it's just because you stand on two feet, he did say he didn't like people who did that." Viper offered.

"Nah he seems to get along with, Tigress, enough and she walks on two legs too." The avian said. "I wouldn't exactly say they get along. You remember their last conversation?" Viper told him. "How could I forget? We we're almost cooked live shortly after it."

"Well did it look like they were getting along then?" She asked.

Crane winced at the memory, "I see your point, but that was more due to, Tigress's, personality then them not getting along." He pointed out.

"Maybe, but they haven't spoken much since, at least not to my knowledge." Viper replied.

Crane was about to say more but he was interrupted by Tigress, "Times up we need to get moving."

"Urgh but, Tigress." Po whined as everyone else started to get up.

"No buts panda." She said trying to lift him up.

"Well isn't this a nice surprise." A voice said making her drop Po. Spinning around they all saw Vish hanging on a bamboo tree, "It's also a bit disappointing."

"Um is this the ambush?" Po asked pushing himself up.

Vish stared incredulously at him before speaking, "Yes, Po, this is the ambush." Then he turned to the rest of them, "You were all doing very well too, even if it took twice as long as we anticipated."

"So now what? Do we have to do everything over again?" Monkey asked confused while Tigress was seething that they had failed despite everything she did.

"Did you learn anything?" Vish asked simply.

"I guess so. We certainly are more knowledgeable of ambushes then before." The simian shrugged while the others nodded.

"Then we are done." All but Tigress sighed in relief, "In actuality this was a near impossible task."

"What!?" Tigress shouted, "Then why are we out here in the first place?"

Vish fixed her with a glare, "Do you think the fisherman catches a fish every time he throws his line?"

"What?" She asked confused by the change of subject. She thought about it for a second before answering, "No, but what has that got to do with anything?"

Vish wanted to berate her for her narrowmindedness but decided against it. He did respect her, despite their disagreement the other day, so he would show her it. "It was a lesson. You came all this way, went through all this", He gestured to their mud caked legs and tired expressions, "Yet at the end you still failed. It was a lesson that you all obviously needed given your immediate acceptance of victory before being ambushed the other day." All of them even Tigress looked down at this, "Even when the fisherman has fought the fish and has it out of the water he still has not won. The fish can still get away and he will be left hungry. You had to learn not only about ambushes but how to accept failure once more as it is an everyday occurrence. You must also learn to keep going despite these failures."

At first the other seemed not to understand before the realization came over them. They had been winning a lot without either much trouble and some of Po's boasts made them feel a little invincible despite their defeats in the past. Even Tigress had to admit that it was one of the reasons she had ordered all of them after the fleeing wolf in the first place.

Vish seeing that they had gotten the message gave a quick smile before he remembered something and it morphed into a wide smirk, "Oh I just remembered. You failed at one other thing when it came to ambushes."

"And what was that?" Po asked a little scared by Vish's grin.

"Why don't you tell them, Shifu." Vish said loudly.

The others widened their eyes in shock as they remembered that their master was with Vish when he left and was helping to ambush them. Then they heard a yell before they all found themselves knocked to the ground. Looking up they saw Shifu standing over them with a smirk, "You forgot about diversions my, students."

"Yes, master." They groaned.

Well that wasn't too bad, was it? I took the beginning from the first movie since I couldn't think of anything else to do. Anyways next chapter we get back to the action and the plot. Please R&R