The trio was making their way down across the village. The villagers were looking at them strangely, especially Po. When he first passed by him, he was looking quite cheerful and easy going. Now he looked like he was just about ready to take something apart. And to tell the truth, he was honestly planning to. These villagers have been placed under a lot of crap over the years, especially heavy on Monkey. Now, it was time to change things.

"Monkey...you really do enjoy your pranking methods, right?" Fung asked, as Tigress and Po were not saying anything, Fenghuang and Shifu were silent as well, while Mr. Ping and Zeng stayed behind so that they don't get caught in anything disasterous. Po would be even more upset than he was at the moment. He was bored himself, so he decided to strike up a conversation with Monkey.

The primate nods while scratching his head. "Of course it's a great way to pass the time. It's also my way of getting the village to have a reason to liven up a bit. Eveyone here is always depressed or somehing, and it's sad to watch people have low spirits for so many years. So I had to play the role of village crown to give people a reason to get up with loads of energy to spare. Because it'll be dedicated to chasing me all over the place. It's a heck of a lot better than to just sit around and watch them be depressed all of the time. Getting them out of their funk every day...that was how I was operating here. Trust me, with my mom dead and my brother a wanted criminal by choice I really didn't have a lot to be happy about myself. So in a way, I was doing this for me too, but mostly for all of the others. Making them at least attempt to be happy was my way of trying to be happy. Needless to say, that's proving to be quite difficult. But I never gave up, because I knew somewhere, people are appreciating my attempts to cheer everyone up."

"I see. Make yourself the folly so that the villagers own pain would be drastically reduced. Even if it doesn't truly disappear, you do all that you can to erase as much of the misery floating around here as you possibly can." Tigress said.

Monkey sighed. "Yeah...that's it..."

"And you believe yourself to be responsible for it, simply because you made a mistake? Keep in mind that you and your brother were merely children who did not know any better. What this Jong Sung person did was nothing more than disproportionate retribution." Tigress folded her arms. "We are going to let him know that that kind of oppression will not stand."

"What does that mean?"

"Just as we told you, Monkey. We're going to completely trash the place, beat up all his guards there, and if he's there we'll beat him up too." Po said.

"W-What?! Doesn't that seem a little extreme?"

"It can't be worse than killing a mother who sounds pretty cool, for something her children did. You didn''t knkw better and yet he didn't care about that. He only cares about the fact that you crossed him. Apparently to him, ge is not justified." Po said in a low tone. It was then that Monkey fully acknowledged Po's sudden shift in emotion, and why it happened. The panda was okay with Monkey's story. Of course he was sad that Monkey's mother was no longer with him. But what upset him so heavily was the reason. Not only was it unnecessary and incredibly petty in his eyes, but it was also cruel. And it went by everyone, with no retribution being served to the one in the wrong. No one could do anything about it, because most people have accepted that they couldn't touch Jong Sung , and moved on. Po was not most people.

Po narrowed it down to the most important details. Monkey's mother was killed by a selfish rich man. And said man got away with it. That will not stand, not while he's here. It was that simple. Tigress and Fung share the same sentiment, to varying degrees, but the intent was still the same.

Monkey then asked another question. "You guys wouldn't be doing this for me just to get on my good side so I can join your group, would you?"

"No." Tigress's answer was quick, almost cutting them off. "You can come with us after this or not. But you decide that after we take down Jong's complex."

"Yeah man, we're not doing this to win you over. From your experience, this guy seems like a complete jerk who thinks he can buy his way out of trouble. Today we prove that we're the ones that turn away because of that. Trashing his little complex seems to be a pretty good start." Fung said, his eyes still facing forward like Po and Tigress. Monkey was put off by their focus, they really did mean what they said now that he heard it from all three of them.

Fenghuang and Shifu, paired with Mr. Ping and Zeng, followed them at a respectable distance. "This is too much of a forceful gesture, isn't it? Shouldn't we at least try to talk them into a more reasonable solution?" Zeng said as he walked behind the others.

"Zeng, they're young adults now. They have made a major choice in their eyes, and they're going to see it through." Mr. Ping smiles.

"Indeed. Besides, we're not supposed to interefere too much remember? Whatever they do, is their choice, and they steeled themselves to face whatever consequences may result from it." Shifu added.

"Yeah. Besides, it's not like we're new to vandalism. We were young people too." Fenghuang added.

"Ah, youth. Such a wonderful experience, where we were at our prime and we were on top of the world." Mr. Ping said in a smooth, sagely manner.

"Indeed..." Shifu said quietly. Then while he's walking he took on a blank look and hung his head. His feelings were signified by a small aura of depression emitting off of him. "Youth...why is it wasted on the young and reckless...?"

"...Did I say something wrong?" Mr. Ping asked in confusion. Zeng softly patted his shoulder and shook his head, telling him to just leave it be.

Fung finally stopped Po, Tigress and Monkey by slowly whipping his tail in front of them. "Um...that wouldn't happen to be the complex, would it?" He pointed upwards to the big walls in front of them, and a large palace right in the center of those walls. "It looks too big to actually brought down...should we go in and wreck the inside?"

"No problem. We'll be able to bring down this complex...and wreck the inside. We should at least check if he's there, first." Po said. He looked forward again and walked to the front gate. He walked up to two guards that were guarding the front entrance, and folded his arms. "Hey guys. Do you mind letting us in? We want to wreck it."

POW!

"GAGH!"

"You moron!" Fung yelled, having tail whipped Po in the head for being totally honest. While that is not a bad thing in general, it something they wanted those guards to know RIGHT at the entrance.

"You lot have tresspassed on Jong's territory, something he does not tolerate in any sense, shape, or form. You will be punished! Your heads will be boiled with cabbage and their ear lobes stretched around their heads! I mean really! Didn't you idiots read the sign?"

"Sign? What sign?" Monkey said, while he held one of the smaller signs entangled in his tail. All the others were destroyed. "I didn't see any signs."

"It's that stupid juvenile prankster! Get-!" Both guards were too distracted to realize that Tigress sneaked behind both of them and knocked their heads together hard, rendering them unconscious. Po and Fung looked at her in surprise.

She tilted her head. "What? They were annoying me." She turned towards the gates next. "Now let's get to work. You wanted to wreck the place, right? Well, let's get started. I think we should begin with those fancy looking gates he must be so proud of."

"But how do we do that?" Fung asked.

"It's simple. We knock."

"How do we kno-" He was interrupted by a loud smash of doors, and he looked to see that Tigress has completely punched out said doors that were in her way. She was not messing around at the moment. "Never mind, then...just busting them down. Well...might as well go inside. Let's see what this guy has in this place...probably filled with a lotta rich related stuff. Crap like that."

"We won't know unless we just go inside." Po said as he was the first one to go inside. They followed after him, as well as Shifu and Fenghuang, who told Mr. Ping and Zeng to stay close. There may still be guards inside.

When they got far enough into the room, they did not expect to see what was inside. It was enough to make Fenghuang blink so she would make sure she wasn't imagining things. There were numerous types or torture devices, all over the place in this room. There were ropes, blades, pulleys, and many other things that were all for the sake of causing pain. Unbearable torture. The one who was most disturbed by this was Po. The first most important question, was how could anyone have this stuff. The second most important question, was WHY anyone would have this stuff?

Fenghuang had raised an eyebrow at this. "Wow...this guy is sadistic, don't you think?" She sighed. "I know I like to dish out pain on those that annoy me...but that definitely doesn't mean that I like this kind of stuff. I'm more into physical hand to hand stuff like that. Though he uses torture devices...for amusement? Or just for stepping on his property? This guy is sadistic and he's incredibly petty."

"I'm becoming more and more supportive of taking this place apart..." Shifu whispered.

"This Jong guys is sick...and how Monkey described him...how dare he act like a nice guy!" Fung growled.

"I agree." Tigress said, as she was also feeling angry about this.

He better hope this wasn't how he killed Mom...I'll be really pissed if he did! Monkey thought angrily.

Now, the only one who didn't respond to the sight yet was Po. As a result, everyone looked towards him, patiently awaiting his reaction. The one who was most anxious to see it, was Fenghuang. Mr. Ping...only hoped that he won't go overboard. With a sigh, Po let his straw hat slide off his head as it hanged against his neck, due to it having a string strap. He then took a deep breath, then raised his right paw. Fenghuang again raised an eyebrow. "Aaah...so you choose to react like this? I don't blame you, really."

"Wait...react how?" Fung asked her. She gave him a look that tolf him to wait and see for himself.

Po pushed his paw outward, and he did what he did next, without a shred of hesitation. "Wind Hammer." A green ball of chi shot out of his paw, and destroyed a large portion of the wall in front of him. And as the name would suggest, a gust of wind followed soon after the attack was made. Fenghuang was nodding with approval, Shifu was in disbeliefTigress and Fung were in awe, Zeng was blown away by the shockwave, and Mr. Ping held onto Tigress's leg.

"The Thundering Wind Hammer...Fenghuang. Did you really teach him this?" Shifu asked. "He didn't even spin in order to use it. How can that be?"

The owl huffed. "Honestly, Shifu. You've never thought that I would eventually find a way around that? Have you forgotten how fast I adapt?" She said with a smug tone. "Of course I had to make sure Po got thw hang of it first. After all, if he does not develop, there's little use in me doing the same, as his teacher. However...it turns out that I had nothing to worry about the entire time we trained."

"What do you mean by that?"

She smirked. "Turns out he's a fast learner. It took him a lot of time to get it right." She held a wing up to her beak as she stifled a laugh. "The way he always fell on his ass from the resulting shockwave...that was always so funny! Hahahaha!"

"She never helped him up, either." Mr. Ping glared at her, while she shrugged innocently. "Anyway, notice how he just said 'Wind Hammer'? Well it's just what it means. There was more wind and more hammer, at the cost of less of the'Thundering' part."

Shifu nodded in understanding. "Sacrifice a bit of its overall power in exchange for quicker and more successive uses. It makes sense."

"I can still faintly smell blood in this place...he has been using his room more than we think he has." Tigress said. "Po. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

Po looked around for a bit, as he began walking onward. "How do we bring it down quickly? It's so big." That answered her question, at least. He just didn't know how to go on with it.

Fung was thinking about the overall structure from the outside, and placed a claw on his jaws. "Come to think of it, this place is mostly held up by those four columns on four different corners of the entire palace. If we destroy those, it should go down a whole lot faster. We'll get nowhere just smashing in sight. Take out the four main things holding this place together, it won't be able to stand the pressure of the weight."

Fenghuang turned towards Fung in interest. What's this...? It looks like this one is smarter than he likes to act...

"Okay then, we'll split up in four directions and take out those columns!" Monkey said seriously. "I'll go on and take one way, while you guys take the other routes. We'll do this together."

"Let's go then!" Po responded, as he rushed off in one direction, while Tigress, Fung and Monkey ran in other ways. Fenghuang, Shifu, Mr. Ping, and Zeng were about to follow, though the guards have eventually caught up with them.

"Hold it, intruders! What are you doing in Jong's Palace?!"

Fenghuang sighed. "Ugh...Alright. Mr. Ping and Zeng, you two geese find the money stash before the students bring this place down."

"Righto! Come, fellow goose!" Mr. Ping said, as he grabbed Zeng and ran with him towards the safe.

Fenghuang nods, and turned towards the guards who were foolish enough to try and challenge her. "Wait! I thought you said that we were evaluating the young ones!" Shifu asked hastily.

"We are. But...if they turn their hostility towards us, and they're not here to deal with it, we have no choice but to defend ourselves. I said I preferred not to fight because I want to see Po's development in action. I never said that I wouldn't do so."

"That...is actually good reasoning, in a way." Shifu conceded. "But...they cannot actually be foolish enough to try and blindly attack us, right? They should know who we are." He was proven wrong αs one kf the rhinos tried to strike him with an axe. He merely caught it between two of his fingers, much to their shock. Even more shocking was that he kept it in place even as said rhino was trying to pull it away from him. The red panda just sighed in disappointment. "Ha...I thought not."

"Hmph. Their pain is their own fault." The owl shrugged. She stepped forward. "Now boys...let's play a game. It's called 'Dodge or Die'."

"No killing."

"Fiiiiine! Dodge or get hurt really bad."

"Better."

She rolled her eyes as she raised her wings and swiftly dashed past the guards before her. Seconds after, a burst of wind blew them away from one another. Shifu moved in with his small form and struck each of them in the chest in rapid succession, further forcing them back and embedding them into the walls, as he lands into the center, as everyone of them were unconscious. He dusted himself off. One more tried to reach for him from behind, but Fenghuang stomped on his head, slightly cutting into it with her talons, as well as knocking him unconscious.

He rolled his eyes. "I heard him coming, I would have handled it."

"Yeah right, Midget. You just won't admit that you've gotten rusty along with being old."

"What did you say?!" He glared up towards her. She merely laughed at him feeling insulted for his skill AND his age.

Meanwhile, with the four younger warriors, they were free to attack the four columns without interruption, due to the Masters taking care of the guards. They each reah a separate column, and nodded towards it. They then pulled their fists back, while thinking:

HERE!

The effect was immediate. With the main support now gone, the entire palace began to crumble. This was a sure warning for them to get moving before it completely collapsed. It was easy to bust a hole through the wall in order to get out an easier way.

They each reunited in one spot, as the Masters caught up with them, and Mr. Ping and Zeng caught up with them...with a lot of money. "We...weren't fast enough to get all of it...so we only grabbed whag we could..."

"That's okay, Dad. You did what you could." Po said, as he looked towards the collapsing complex. "I'm guessing this is going to make Jong angry...because he wasn't in there. Tigress checked."

"Yeah, this might piss him off a little...that's awesome." Monkey grinned, as he looked towards the others. "All of that money will surely help out the village. I'm really glad that we'll be able to donate it all to them. Though he'll likely do something about us later...right now, I'm pretty content. Thanks you guys..." He looked at Po, rubbing the back of his neck. "Is...that spot for the team still open?"

Po smiled widely and picked up the primate in a bear hug. "Heck yeah you are! Welcome aboard, buddy!".

Fung folded his arms. "He didn't even talk with us about it. He just did it without us..."

"Are you going to say no to it?" Tigress asked. He shook his head. She smiled as she adjusted her scarf. "Then I don't see the issue here." She picked out the scroll, and nods. "The ones named 'Crane and Mei Ling' should be next...

Fenghuang folded her wings. "They just started the journey and they already trashed a messed up rich guy's house AND save a village from money problems, as well as recruit their first recruit...I'd say that's a pretty good start."

"We caused a LOT of destruction already, and you call this a good start?" Shifu asked in disbelief.

"Yes."

He stared at her...before he turned to Mr. Ping to see his reaction. "Who's hungry? We should head back to the village and plan our next move!" Shifu...did not expect him to accept this so easily. He honestly believes he should take SOME things into more consideration. Because it seems to rub off on his son, just a bit. Po just decided that it was a good idea to destroy one of Jong's homes without as much as a simple plan. He literally just rushed into this without much thought in it. And Tigress and Fung just went along with it...along with Monkey...and Mr. Ping and Fenghuang supported these actions...or at the very least, didn't reject it. Zeng was the only one who seemed to not support it...

Oh dear...I hope this doesn't become a thing...I REALLY hope this doesn't become a thing...

Unknown Location...

"Hm...this is rather troublesome..." Jong said, whike sitting in his chair, in one of his other homes somewhere in China. He recently gotten word that one of his homes were utterly destroyed. And it seems that it was the village of the monkeys he crossed. Now why would he choose now to act...? He'll need more information. More info on whatever just happened there, and why it had to happen now.

He left the room he was in and walked towards a cage in the corner. For some reason, the space around the cave were covered in ice, and the rest of the room was not. And someone was inside. "Don't bother. As long as you have that collar on you, you're powers are useless in doing nothing but creating a small breeze." He was looking inside the cage, but the person was shrouded in darkness, so one couldn't see who the person looked like. The only feature one could identify were the icy blue eyes, which were slitted with hatred. And the feminine voice that followed afterwards:

"One of these days...I'll be free from your grasp...and I'll kill you."

"Very doubtful, my friend. Very doubtful." He said blankly as he left the room and closed the door, leaving the pair of eyes in complete darkness...

He won't break you, Xuě...you can't let him break you... She said in her thoughts. Whoever is out there that was brave enough to smash one of his palaces...I applaud you. Now I'll allow myself to hope that you find me, eventually...

Lee Da Academy

"Alright class, excellent work!" The instructor said, as all of the students thanked him, and went on their separate ways. "Janitor! Clean up needed here!"

"I'm coming I'm coming..." Said janitor rolled his eyes as he adjusted his own straw hat and stepped into the room as the other students left. One of the younger rhinos knocked his hat over, and a bull pushed him down.

"Ha! What a clumsy bird! Why do even stick around here, loser?" They laughed, as they left the room.

He sighed. "Very mature, guys. No really, you act like true grown-ups." He got up and dusted himself off. He looked up to see that someone had picked up his hat, and was handing it to him. He smiled as he takes his hat, placed it on his head, and began mopping. "They could do me a favor and not bleed so much...this is gross..."

"Crane, how long are you going to let them keep stepping all over you?" The Asian Golden Cat named Mei Ling asked him with a pout on her face. She was the Star Student of the Lee Da Academy. She was smart, very powerful, and she was the most beatiful female in the Academy, without a doubt. She was also Crane's childhood friend...as well as his only friend at all. Tread back to being the most beautiful, that was also why guys tended to pick on Crane. She hung out with him, and him only. There was a good reason for this. She was 22, and he was 23. "You only need to say the word, and I'll plant my foot into their smug faces."

"I keep telling you Mei Ling. I don't want to use you like that. It'll only get you in trouble. Besides, they can't hurt me with small stuff like that. You of all people should know this. Besides my Mom, of course."

"Of course I do. That's why I want it to stop. Don't you think you've been ridiculed for too long?"

"I'm not ready yet, Mei Ling. I...need more time. I just...can't bring myself to leave. Not yet.".

She sighed. "Alright, Crane. I can't force you to make your decision. But eventually...you'll find a reason to leave. And I'll be by your side." She walked up to him with a warm smile and gently hugged his right wing. "Whenever you're ready to fly. Just be sure to take me with you."

"Thanks, Mei Ling." He smiled. Then he feels the softness on his wing, and realized that it wasn't the fur on her arms...blushed heavily, and quickly yanked his wing away. His entire face was red. "W-W-W-W-Why aren't you wearing your wrap?!"

"I don't wanna wear it today! It's itchy." She pouted again. "What, is that why you yanked your wing away?"

"YES!"

She blinked, then laughed at his blushing face. "You're too funny!" She giggled, patted his wing, and left the room. The conversation now ending, he sighed with exhuastion and returned to mopping. She could at least try minding her appearance. There was indeed a reason why many girls were jealous of her. She simply didn't care much for it, as it didn't deter her skills at all. This only seemed to make their jealousy increase, as she treats them as not a big deal. Even when the 'big' part of the sentence was no exaggeration...

Putting it simply, she wasn't extremely sensitive like Tigress was, in that aspect.

Though Crane was happy to have her as a first friend. He tipped his hat as he finished cleaning up. "Mei Ling can really be a handful, sometimes..." He chuckled softly, as he took his straw hat off and looked at it, with a sense of sadness.

You'd certainly agree with me...Dad...

And I'll leave things off, here. Monkey is on board, and the next recruits are Crane and Mei Ling, you saw. The one above them...won't be confronted until much later. The first recruit was easy to make. The rest...will not be that easy. The difficulty will vary.

Well, see you later!