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3 MONTHS LATER

Today marked the 90th day since Master Yoshi's students left his dojo to train at the Jade Palace. Three months since they left their master...

Speaking of which, their training under Po, the Five, and Shifu's watch haven't been of any rest. Yoshi was not know to be too kind with his students about training, but THAT was for the real warriors. On their first day, the five of them got to try the training chamber. Saying that it has been a really mess was an understandment. Toka almost broke his arm while trying to run on the spinning bars; Suya got many of her feathers burned in the fire section; Neyo accidentally fell into the jade shell and it took him three entire minutes to manage to get out; Koji got many cuts from fighting spiky training mannequins, and Alena got injured by two or three arrows shot by the gooses in the room to help in the training.

But that didn't discouraged them at all. In fact, they worked a lot more than at the dojo and made a lot of progress. Out of all the students, Po and Tigress were paying more attention to Toka (for reasons you already know). While Tigress was always reminding him to work hard and never use Kung Fu for his personal needs, Po was always telling him to take it easy and take time to have fun between trainings. Easy to guess who he preferred to hang out with. As for Koji, he developed a good relationship with Monkey because of the fun-loving side they shared. It wasn't rare for them to go to the village after their training of during their free time to organise a few pranks to the villagers (nothing too mean).

Suya formed a sister bond with Viper. The two girls would spend most of their free time together going to the spa or simply talking together around a cop of tea. In a sense, Viper was a the sister Suya never had. Crane and Mantis quickly befriended Neyo due to their mutual love for a variety of knowledges. While the bird and the avian had it more for medicine, Neyo was passionated by China's history, the Kung Fu in all of its forms, and the mysteries of the world that have yet to be solved. Unfortunately, it wasn't the same for Alena who was pretty quiet around everyone except her friends. Yet, after their 12 years together, she have learned to be more social with the others. Maybe it was because of her accident with Mantis...

Back to the present moment, the time of summer was perfect for playing outside with friends and family, admiring the landscape around the valley, or simply relax. Not for the Jade Palace's heroes and masters. The Dragon Warrior Po, the Furious Five, Master Tigress, Viper, Mantis, Monkey, and Crane, and the 'New Legend', as they were referred to by the villagers, consisting of Toka, Koji, Alena, Suya, and Neyo. There was practically no rest days for them: everyday was made to train in any case - from a group of bandits trying to stealing from the village to a psycho trying to conquer the world.

Master Shifu was really proud of all his students. They were the best thing that ever happened to him and never regretted taking them into the palace to train them, even if he wasn't convinced at first. However, even though he wanted them to keep getting stronger and avoid letting themselves go, he couldn't help but want to reward them for their hard work - specially the New Legend. So, he decided to give them a day-off.

Po fallen on his butt after working really hard by fighting against Tigress. Summer was unleashing its fury as the hall was screaming with fire. Po's whole body was releasing a lot of sweat which would wet the hot ground before drying again in a matter of seconds.

"It's...too...hot..." Po weakly complained.

He wasn't the only one. The Furious Five were also not liking this blazing heat very much which forced them to take more breaks than usual. Even Tigress who has been training for many years was getting her energy dried pretty quickly. Needless to say that it was also affecting Toka and his friends. even Koji, who was usually filled with energy no matter the situation, was feeling pretty slow today.

"That couldn't be more true." Mantis nodded before screaming: "Damn you, sun!" at the sky.

"You know, Master Shifu would be very nice to give us a day-off." Viper said as she used her tail to whip some sweat from her forehead.

"I couldn't agree more on this point." Crane said as he tried to fan himself with his hat.

"Seriously, I think I'm gonna be sick..." Monkey said while resting against the tree, looking rather pale.

Neyo was trying to train at shooting his needles at targets, but the sun was distracting him so much that he didn't touched any target at all. "Okay, the heat is lowering my shooting ability by 90%"

"It's not good for my feathers." Suya complained as she looked at her wet wings.

Toka just finished hitting a training mannequin and collapsed on one knee, tired and covered of sweat. He couldn't feel anything in his arms so much they were tired. "I never though summer could be this pissing." He mumbled as he took his water gourd and poured some of its content on top of his head.

"Can I have some?" Koji asked. His best friend threw the gourd at him and he caught it with his hand to pour some water of his face too. It was so hot that his face paint have melted off and he had to whip it off before it could flow in his eyes. He wasn't used to be without it, but the heat didn't really gave him the choice.

Unlike the others, Alena wasn't complaining at all and simply followed her training, taking breaks when she had to. The only time she did was when she noticed her shirt was wet from her sweat.

"Darn it! My shirt is completely wet!" She said.

"Why don't you take it off?" Monkey asked jokingly.

"You're a pervert, dude." Koji told him with rolling his eyes.

"What? Is it a crime for a young boy like me to want to admire a beautiful girl?" Monkey defended himself with his arms crossed.

Everything stopped when the doors opened and a little red panda came out. They all quickly faced the master with respect. "Master!"

"At ease, my students. I have some news for all of you." He announced in an unusual happy tone.

"Please, tell me the merchant is giving water for free!" Koji begged, earning chuckles from his master and friends.

"It's not that, Koji." The red panda said. "I just saw how much training with this heat is hard for you and decided that you should take some time off."

These last words echoed into the warriors' mind. Some time off.

"A-Are you serious, master?!" Po asked in surprise.

"I'm dead serious, Po. Unless you want me to change my mind?" The little red panda joked.

"No! No! No! I-It's alright!" The panda quickly said with shaking his hands, earning laughs from his friends.

"I saw how hard you've been working so far - especially you five (point at Toka's group) who have made a lot of progress for the past three months. And since the only problems to have occurred in the valley recently were a few bandits attacks, I've decided to give you all some time to rest. Why don't you use it to go visit the Panda Village and your father, Po?" He suggested.

"That's an awesome idea, Master! (turns to Toka's group) I can show you the place I was born and present you to my father and family!" He excitedly exclaimed.

"The place you were born? Really?" Toka asked in surprise.

"Yes, and also where I defeated Kai, like I talked to you about!"

"...around a thousand times..." Mantis mumbled.

"But that's awesome!" Koji said in excitation. "Let's go get ready!"