A/N: Hello! New chapter! Yay! Here is the continuation of the story. I am sorry it is short. I also wanted to let you guys know that there will only be either 1 or 2 chapters left, I'm not sure. I'll see what happens.

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Disclaimer: I don't know Kung Fu Panda, ATA Taekwondo, or Master Croc's background story….Well, I guess I own part of it….

Chapter Twenty: Trouble Arises

I glared at the crocodile. He had a somewhat shocked expression on his face.

The creature wore a kilt of brown armor around his waist, two matching guards on both shoulders, and six more brown pieces of armor on his back. His kilt was held up by a black belt covered in tiny spikes, and his two wristbands were made out of a similar material. He also had some strips of fabric wrappings on both legs and a spiked metal ball attached to the end of his tail.

He had seemed to be carrying a large sack until I attacked him; the brown bag was slouching on the hard ground.

"Who are you?" I demanded fiercely.

He smiled strangely. "You should know who I am. I'm the leader of the Croc Band-" he stopped at the middle of his sentence, darted his yellow eyes and paused. "Of the Croc Bakers!" he finished.

I frowned and gave a scoff. I think I had seen this crocodile before. Master Mantis had been captured by a croc bandit like this not too long ago. I had to be careful; I was probably dealing with a villain.

"Nice try," I scoffed. "I know who you really are."

His eyes lit up with delight. "You do?" he blushed. "It's so nice to have admirer from such a pretty lady."

I immediately wanted to punch him in the face. I despised when people said things like that to me. The evil crocodile was starting to make me very uncomfortable and punching him in the face wouldn't get me anywhere. I decided that I needed to go along with the croc in order find out what he was up to. This was probably the trouble that Master Shifu had explained.

My soft growl turned into a delightful purr. "Oh, yes," I replied back to the croc that was still lying on the ground. "I'm very fond of your work." I said, "Why don't we go over to that tree over there and you can give me your autograph."

[Laugh all you want, I had to do something. Master Croc seemed to really like attention, so I went along with it and complimented him. I had to act like that! I was a teenager for goodness sake!]

He winked back at me. "The pleasure is mine, mademoiselle."

[What's so funny? Stop laughing! Okay then, can anyone perform a better accent than me? Huh?... Wow Po….. That's actually pretty good….]

We walked towards the large bamboo tree. I turned around and faced him so his back was facing the tree. That way he was cornered and could not escape.

The crocodile took a scroll out from his sack that he was carrying. "What do you want the autograph to say?"

This was the time to make my move. Any later and the plan would be ruined.

I smiled sweetly. "Anything you want." I said.

"Perfect…." He replied. He continued scribbling on the paper. "Ah... what is your name mademoiselle?" he questioned.

Hmm, it was peculiar that this bandit didn't seem to recognize me as a master in training.

"My name is Tigress," I started to growl. "Master Shifu's apprentice…."

He looked up suddenly with surprise. "Uh oh!" he gasped.

I threw a punch very quickly, but he knew it was coming and turned at the last second, causing my fist to collide with his spiny back. I grimaced as pain flowed through my paw (I had been punching the iron wood trees for quite some time, but I could still feel pain.).

The bandit tried to swipe my legs with his heavy tail, but I jumped over it with ease. Suddenly, he grabbed me and tried to put me in a choke hold and I yelled ferociously.

I stomped on his foot as a distraction, yanked my neck free of his spiky arm, backslapped his skull, and tried to get him down with a corkscrew twist.

But his weight was too much for me. He plopped down on the grass and did a kick-up back on his feet. He snapped his jaw back and me and began to run right for me. I dodged at the very last second. The crocodile kept running and somehow managed to trip over the rock with the lantern.

The flickering object flew into the air and fell on his head. He cried out in pain and attempted to get up, but I kicked him in the stomach and managed to keep him down there and drag him to the tree.

I tied the villain up against the old tree with the rope that I had in my supplies. I shook my head; I was surprised that someone so good at Kung Fu could be so clumsy.

[No Po, I am not referring to you.]

The crocodile glared at me and snarled meanly, there was anger in his eyes.

I just laughed back sarcastically. "So, tell me just what the Croc Bakers are up to…"

The bandit stared at me for a few intense seconds. "There is nothing to be told." The crocodile sneered.

I glared back at him and picked up the brown sack that he had been carrying. "Oh, then you won't mind me going through your bag?" I threatened.

He gasped. "No! I-"

The rest of his sentence couldn't be heard as I dumped the worn, dirty bag's objects on the ground.

The pile was full of weapons, food, and clothing...Imperial clothing.

[No Po, there weren't any of his "awesome" capes.]

I looked up and pointed to the blue Imperial clothing. "What is this?"

He hesitated, "Oh… that is my uniform for my new job."

"Sure it is..." I muttered.

I stood up and faced myself to Croc. "Tell me what you're up to right now or you'll be very sorry you ever messed with me." I demanded.

He started to protest, but (judging by the look I was giving him.) he looked away and sighed.

"Things never go right for me. I was desperate for a way to provide for myself, but the only hospitality I will ever get is cell bars…."

I stood back. "Maybe you should of thought of that before you organized a band of thieves!"

"Why do I always have bad luck?" he complained.

I paused for a second. "Well, as Master Oogway says 'Seek to do good and you will find that happiness will run after you.'" I quoted.

"Hmmm…." He replied. "That actually makes sense. It's better than what I have been taught….."

I nodded back. "I think so too… Now stop getting me off subject!" I pointed back to the clothing lying on the dirt. "Tell me what you have done!"

"No." he snapped back.

I gave him a threatening look back. "Fine," I huffed. "I'll find out myself."

I crouched down and took a final look at the blue uniform. I rummaged through the pockets and pulled out a delicate, gray feather.

I narrowed my eyes at the bandit; this uniform had definitely been stolen.

I looked to the sky and saw that the sun was rising with bright yellow rays of sunlight. I made sure the rope was tight against the crocodile, picked up the uniform, and started to head back home. I had to tell me master about this.

"Where are you going?" the crocodile asked hastily. "What about me?"

"Don't worry," I smirked. "Someone will be back to escort you to jail."

I walked a few yards until I stumbled on something. I stood up to see what I tripped on, and to my horror, lying on the ground was a messenger from the Imperial Palace.

I bent down and inspected the wounded goose. He was fine, but badly injured. It suddenly came to me that this was the owner of the haunting screams. The crocodile had probably beaten this poor messenger.

Under the messenger's wing was a scroll. Even though that I had been warned never to read messages from the Imperial Emperor, I figured that in this situation that it was alright.

To The Valley of Peace Tailors,

Dear Sirs:

I would like to request seventeen more large Imperial Uniforms to be made. The others have seemed to be stolen. Please ship them as fast as you can.

Sincerely,

The Emperor of Gongmen City

I gasped. This is what the Croc bandits were up to! They had stolen uniforms from the Palace to dress like guards to steal something!

This was probably what Master Oogway thought was stirring up! I had to warn them. The bandits were probably going to attack at any time! I carefully picked the goose up and ran and fast as I could to the Jade Palace to tell Master Shifu what I had found out.

"Come Tigress, we do not have any time to lose." Master Shifu said.

We had rushed over to Gongmen City in record time. The seven of us, Master Oogway, Master Shifu, Crane, Viper, Mantis, Monkey, and myself reached the Imperial Palace of Gongmen City and ordered to see Master Flying Rhino (Thundering Rhino's father).

[Yes Crane, it was the Gongmen Uniform Incident. I just didn't report how I found out...]

"Are you sure they are going to attack?" the middle aged rhino asked.

I nodded. "Yes they are, but not without their leader, and actually, I have already captured him."

"Good work," Flying Rhino praised. "But we should make sure he doesn't go wander off. Oogway, Shifu, and the rest of you get all the hidden Croc bandit guards out of here. My son, Master Thundering Rhino will help you." The elder rhino gestured to a young adult rhino that was ready to take action. "Tigress and I will go and find this Crocodile leader."

We rushed to the harbor called the Wa Su Li River, but before we could get on a boat, the evil Croc bandit leader suddenly jumped out of the water. He swished his tail back and forth.

"Your knot tying is very bad, mademoiselle." He smirked.

[Hey, it's not my fault he got free! We all make mistakes and learn from them! Trying to remember that a crocodile has sharp teeth and can chew rope is out of my hand!]

I started to lunge at him, but Master Rhino stopped me.

"No. I'll handle this." He said intensely, there were puffs of determined air coming out of the rhino's nose.

I watched in my attack stance as the two battled fiercely. I was amazed at the techniques used in the fight. Somehow, Master Flying Rhino managed to get the bandit leader into a deadly hand lock. The bandit wailed in pain and waited for the final blow….. But it never came.

"Mr. Crocodile." The rhino spoke. "You have a marvelous technique in the art of Kung Fu. Why do you use it for evil and not good?"

The other fighter was silent; his head was down in guilt.

Rhino let go of the joint lock. "I am going to spare you."

Croc looked up in surprise. "What?" he asked.

"Use your skills for good and I will spare you." The master repeated.

The crocodile's eyes softened. "That is the nicest thing anyone has done for me." He bowed. "Thank you sir, I will do that…."

Flying Rhino nodded. "Good." He put a hand on the bandit's shoulder. Let's go get your other friends. I'm sure they are wondering where you are…."

"The rest of the story has been somewhat forgotten from my memory." Tigress finished. "All that I do remember is that we stopped all the bandits from stealing from the Gongmen Palace and Master Flying Rhino inspired Croc to change his ways."

The Dragon Warrior suddenly interrupted. "Then he became a casual fighter until Oogway made him, Master Rhino, and Master Ox become heroes by stopping the Wu Sisters." Po added.

"Exactly!" Tigress answered. "Are everyone's facts correct now?"

"You bet!" The panda replied. He looked at his friend and smiled widely.

"Hey, we're here!" Monkey suddenly exclaimed.

The six warriors scrambled to the deck of the boat and witnessed the beautiful city. Its water was flowing with elegance and crystal clear like reflections looked back at the six animals.

"And look, there isn't any wreckage to clean up!" Mantis cheered.

Tigress crossed her arms and gave a signature smirk. "It seems like you guys got lucky!" she paused and pointed a finger at them "Now, remember what I said about telling anyone about-"

"Yeah," Po interrupted. "Nobody tells no one nothing!"

Everyone laughed at Po's choice of words, got off the boat, and headed for Certification Headquarters to check in.

A/N: How was that!? I feel like it was really bad…. *cries* I tried my best!

Actually, part of this story is real! Look it up on wiki! Master Croc really did use to be a bandit!

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