My 28th chapter. No, this is not the end of this story. I think no one of you ever thought about a happy end in this story(lol). Need some more chapters (hey, not 100000 words this time. It is my sonic barrier to reach it). Next chapter, Whohoo! *Throwing arms in the air ... remember that you no longer have them to catch them now ... dammit!*

I was just not able to resist. Only one update this week. And I choose the highest hit-rate day of the week (for me).

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I own some of the OC, maybe some connection between other stories possible.


Happy end

The furious five were still busy with informing the inhabitants of the valley because of the threat.
Snake had a lot of time to talk with the Dragon Warrior. The kitchen was not the room to have
such a conversation. So, both of them decided to take a walk towards the Pool of Sacred Tears.

Snake had the chance, to tell Po everything, like the training methods he used and how he trained
the furious five. He also talked about Tigress, but every of his words was chosen carefully. Po got
a very nice new image of Tigress. He was surprised to hear about a lovely side in her. The
orphanage training method was perfect for her. Po watched how proudly her godfather Snake
spoke about her. He felt the care for Tigress that his new friend shared.

Snake seemed to be a very good teacher. Po listened to his words, and had the feeling like he was
talking with someone like Master Shifu. The formally known master Green was surely a master.
Po recognized a wisdom that only big grandmasters of kung fu had, like Oogway. The bear was
glad to know this guy as a friend.

Both were on their way to the pool of sacred tears, as Snake started to explain Master Shifu's and
his own plans to give up and to hide.

Po: "Are you serious?"

Snake: "Yeah, fleeing is the only option."

Po: "Never! We are masters of Kung Fu. Even half a million can't stop us!"

Snake: "But they will, I already told you that Master Shifu and the furious five agree with me. To
rescue this valley, is to leave it."

Po was confused about this.

Po: "To rescue it, it has to be destroyed?"

Snake wanted to explain: "What is this valley, Po? It is not what it seems to be. The barracks, the
orphanage, the noodle shop, even this glorious palace is nothing more than some stones formed into
a place to live." The master walked with his head up high, and pointed with his finger to the palace.

Snake: "But this is only a place. It is like a body, without a soul."

Po: "Without a soul? You mean, without life?"

Snake: "This could describe it, my friend. I just ask you, what gives this place a soul? Why do
people care for this °home°?", this was a new knowledge, Snake found a short while ago. He always
thought about everything. He had nothing else other than an opinion on subjects. But people called
it wisdom. But in reality, he just thought about everything, and tried like everyone else, to find an
answer. Wisdom is nothing else, than having the ability to seriously think about something, and to
compare this with your already found knowledge. So, you're able to find an answer, and maybe
this answer can always be the same. It just depends on the question.

Po: "Because ... erm ... I live here, I just can't give up such a place-"

Snake: "Because you know, here you'll find people, you once cared for, or still cares for.
Dragon Warrior, the soul of this place, are the people who live in this place. I mean, this palace is
only so glorious, because it keeps memories of people, we care for. For example, every former
Kung Fu master gave us a present. The present, that they once lived, and we know, that they did.
So with this building, we have a connection to this memory, and a connection to this former hero."

Po: "Like everything else? What is this place is telling us? Like this pool.", he reached out to the
Pool of sacred Tears. "It is nothing important, right? It is just a pool."

Snake: "Yes, but the fact, that once the old Grandmaster Oogway discovered Kung Fu in this place,
lets us think, that this place is important." Po was surprised. Snake was not a master of Kung
Fu. His fighting styles and his teachings are very old school, but he knows such details about
Kung Fu.

Po: "But you think differently?"

Snake: "This, is just a pool on a mountain. I know other places, of nearly the same beauty as this
place. Master Oogway could discover peace and Kung Fu in any other place, but it was here. So,
this place seemed to be important? Not it is not ..."

Po: "No? But this pool is..."

Snake: "Only a Pool. What is important, is not the place, but that something happened here.
What is important is the memory, we gain because of this place. The pool is nothing less, than a memory."

Po: "So, we should keep the memory."

Snake: "And not the place ... right. This is the reason, why we can flee and everyone in this place
should go, too. There are people out there, who are able to remember the memories of this place.
This valley has no soul. The people, who lived here, have one. They are the soul. Like the furious
five, master Shifu and you are the soul of the jade palace. And we need to rescue the soul of that
place, the memories of the valley. And the furious five are doing this right now with the
preparations for fleeing."

Po: "And with master Shifu's and master Moon's actions, they try to keep some parts of these memories,
unforgotten. I understand Snake, now. I know why is it necessary to give up this place."

Snake: "You are full of wisdom, my friend."

Po: "Not really, you have the wisdom. Like you said, we need to rescue the soul of this valley. We
need to rescue us all, although this means, to give up this beautiful place of memories."

Snake: "This is necessary."

They were at the Pool of sacred tears. Po was sad, so Snake became sad, too. Po looked at him.
Snake told him everything that happened when he was asleep. Po knew now about his training
methods, and about theirs plan to flee. But Po needed to get a final memory of this valley.

Snake did not know why, but it was in his heart. In his youth he saw real love. And
watching Tigress and the Dragon Warrior, he felt his youth come back. He wanted nothing
else, than a happy ending, for those two. Tigress was still on her mission, and would come
back in the evening. Snake needed to make his own plan. And one part, was to wait for the
night, and avoid any contact of the bear and the beautiful tiger, before that. Some kind of
special training for the Dragon Warrior would accomplish this part of his plan.

Green: "Dragon Warrior!"

Po: "huh? Why this change of yours?"

Green: "Don't forget, I am your new master."

Po: "Oh, yes, you're right Snake ... I mean, master Green ..." he looked into the face of Snake, "erm,
Nightmare?"

Snake, face-palm: "Okay, this could be hard work. Focus!" he shouted, as he rushed into the Dragon
Warrior. But this time, it was different than the "night of nightmare" where Po deflected Snakes
needles.

Snake suddenly punched Po right in the stomach. His big belly repelled most of Snakes
powerful punch. Po was surprised. He was not stunned and tried to move
and to deflect the flurry of punches Snake threw. But this time, the movements of the Dragon
Warrior were clumsy and slow. Snake easily grabbed one of Po's paws and to threw him against
a wall of the cave. Po felt very uncomfortable when he found himself backwards in a stone wall. With
his head on the ground and his feet in the air. Snake looked at him. He thought, that the Dragon
Warrior would deflect his small attack easily, but he was mistaken. Snake was surprised about the
weakness of his °strongest° opponent. Snake wondered why this was.

Snake: "I am you friend, yes ... But please fight serious, Dragon Warrior. I don't need any mercy from you."

Po: "Haha, I haven't started yet.", he suddenly used his feet and his round belly to roll backwards
and jump in the direction of Snake. Flexible bear. Snake thought, as he suddenly used his own feet
to jump over the Dragon Warrior and hit his back. Po was on the ground again, and Snake stood right
in front of him.

Snake looked in the eyes of Po. Something was wrong. Something he recognized in the night Po
deflected his attack.

Snake: "What is going on with you, Dragon Warrior?"

Po, still with pain in his back because of Snakes feet: "Ouch! I was not prepared ..."

The Dragon Warrior got up again and looked in Snakes eyes. Snake had something, like the spirit of
fighting in his eyes. But Po did not, and Snake recognized it.

Snake: "Is something bothering you, Po? I think you are not focused."

Po started a punch, easily deflected with the tail of Snake.

Po: "No, nothing ..."

Snake had an Idea. He needed to prove it.

Snake: "Tigress was able to deflect my attacks.", and suddenly Snake understood. He saw the
glance of Po's eyes when he said Tigress. The Dragon Warrior was not focused on him. He was
focused on something else.

Snake: "Everything will be alright, Po."

Po: "Huh?"

Snake: "Just believe me, things will happen, like they suppose to happen. It is called fate. You are
free, right. But there are some things in this world, that can't be changed. This is the fate. Things,
like your birth at the beginning, or your death in the end. Or the fact, that you are the Dragon
Warrior. And the fact, that some times, two souls just belong together, to be complete. Remember
this, when you'll confront your biggest enemy." As he suddenly rushed in Po again.

Snake managed fight against the bear the rest of the day. Snake was able to analyze every
move of the Dragon Warrior. The fighting style of Po was very ridiculous. But Snake was surprised
about the bear, besides the fact, that he was not as strong, as Snake thought he is. Po was not
focused, but he was ambitious. An ambition, he only saw when he trained little children. Such an
enthusiasm although the bear was exhausted, hurt and felt pain. Someone, who was not able to give
up if he started something.

It was evening when they stopped sparing. Po was really exhausted, and hungry. But Snake gave him the perfect order.

Snake: "You are not focused enough, Po."

Po: "I know."

Snake: "And do you know a place, where someone could get back his focus. A place of good
memories, for example."

Po: "We are already near the pool of sacred tears."

Snake: "Stupid bear. I mean a place, were you're able to think, and to meditate and to eat some
peaches while finding inner peace."

Po: "Oh, the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom!"

Snake: "Yes, my student. My last order today: meditate under the tree, and think about everything in
your life. I don't want to see you anywhere else, before you find, what you lost."

Po: "Before I find, what I lost?"

Snake was proud of himself, to give Po such an order. Watching was part of his life. And he
watched Po long enough to recognize it. Slowly it started to rain.

Snake: "You will see tonight."

Po: "What? It is raining!"

Snake: "I don't think you'll be in the barracks soon. First you have to find, what you lost, even in
the rain. The tree will prevent you from being wet.", Snake grinned at Po, as he started to walk to
the barracks. Tigress had to accomplish her mission by now and maybe would be found in the kitchen.
It was time for an evening meal. Mission one, accomplished. Mission two, next. Snake thought.


Tigress's day was not very exciting, but it was very interesting for her. She was
able to get to know many different people in the valley. It was evening, as she reached
the palace to see what Master Shifu already did. A dozen of canines currently entered
the palace. They all looked exhausted. If Tigress did not know, that these guys were
helpers of master Moon's pack, she would of attacked them. They looked a little bit
suspicious and all wolves in this part of China were raiders or bandits. She was surprised
about the discipline of this pack. Everyone welcomed master Tigress, she was still in the
rank of an master, saluting in front of her. This was the first time she saw pleasant
canines. It started to rain, as she entered the °Hall of Warriors°.

It was a shock, as she reached the Moon Pool. Everything on the sides of this giant palace
were gone. Not a single weapon or armor which told the stories of former Kung Fu Masters were found
anymore. Only mountains of scrolls were found on the end of the big hall of Warriors. Master Shifu
was sorting most of them, because he wanted to find everything again, when the scrolls found a new
library.

The tales in one pile, the fighting styles on another, the poetry on another, and so on... It was
important, that most of the scrolls were treated very carefully. Most of them were nearly five
hundred years old. Some even older, because of Oogway's finding of this art nine
hundred years ago. Most of this scrolls, were written by the old Grandmaster Oogway himself.
He would of reached his age of one thousand, if he would not passed recently.

Tigress was near the pool, as she looked to him. He was buried in thoughts.

Tigress: "So, your plan is really to give up, Master Shifu?"

Shifu recognized the voice of Tigress.

Shifu: "Yes, Tigress ... we have no other option."

Tigress: "I think the same ... Master Green was very persuasive."

Shifu: "Yes, he is ... Tigress?"

Shifu looked at her. He recognized earlier and because of the explanation of master Green, that
something important happened to her. He looked at her, as he jumped near the bunch of the
scrolls with the tales.

Tigress: "Is it possible, to talk with you, master?"

Shifu: "Why not? I am your master, I will try to answer every question of yours. And I already done
everything possible to prepare. Now we have just to wait and to talk and train a little bit."

Tigress: "It is about Master Green."

Shifu: "What about master Green? I know he is a little bit strange, but he has wisdom. And he
learned to fight without Kung Fu: he is master of the old school and a very good warrior. Are his
methods bothering you?"

Tigress: "Nothing like that, master. He is the best thing that could happened to us, besides ..."

Shifu knew, she wanted to say Po. Shifu was surprised that Tigress already cared for their new
master. He expected something like that from Viper or Po, if he would be awake. Tigress rarely
liked other people.

Shifu: "Oh, I see you already accepted him. Is he a good trainer?"

Tigress was serious: "Not only a good trainer, master Shifu. I would compare him with master
Oogway. I rarely saw a person with such a wisdom, besides you, master Shifu, of course."

Tigress was proud, to compare Snake with Oogway and Shifu. Shifu was still her adoptive father.
But Snake become something very similar with becoming her godfather. If she had to choose,
between them both, she would not be able to make it. She loved her old master, as a father. But she
also learned to care for a stranger like Snake more, than she expected. A difficult situation.

Shifu: "That is nice. I thought he will be a good teacher."

Tigress: "He is, but this is not the problem I have."

Shifu: "You've a problem with master Green?"

Tigress: "Not with master Green, more with you."

That was harsh. Master Shifu was really confused.

Shifu: "With me?"

Tigress wanted to be confident. And because of her inner peace, it was easy for her to speak
normally.

Tigress: "I know who master Green really is and you didn't tell me, although I needed to know."

Shifu: "What?"

Tigress: "I don't want to be dishonorable, but in the small time he appeared in our family, he cared
more for me like you for the whole twenty years."

Shifu understood the feline. He knew, what was bothering her. It was very simple: Shifu never
showed Tigress that he really cared for her and now someone appeared, who was able to show her compassion.

Tigress was disappointed because of his actions.

Shifu: "Girl, focus!"

Tigress: "What?", she was not angry. She was sad.

Shifu: "Look ... you are only confused, because of this stranger. He seems to be someone special
and maybe he reached you. But that doesn't mean, that I never cared for you."

Tigress: "I never said that. I just said that master Green was able to show, in a discreet way." With
every time he called me little girl or his child. With showing me the bright sides of life. With being
like a father would.
She thought.

Shifu: "I am sorry, that I am not able to do something like that, but mostly, there are more important
things in life."

Tigress knew, she was not able to reach her old master. She might have been stubborn, but it did not
compare to the stubbornness of Shifu. If Tigress was hardcore, then this guy was a diamond-core.

Tigress: "I know, sorry to interrupt you ... erm ... what is with my question? You didn't answer."

Shifu: "I've listened to you ... I am sorry not to tell you about master Green ... but first I have to
know, what you know."

Tigress: "First at all, he is not a detective or some kind of master."

Shifu: "Hm ... and what is he?" Suddenly a wind blows through the hall. The bunch of the tales
moved a little bit, and a scroll was falling right in front of two feet. Both looked at this phenomena.
The stranger, they talked about, grabbed the scroll, and looked at it.

Snake: "°Love is blind° ... very nice tale."

Tigress: "Green!"

Snake: "You don't need to be so formal. The pack is already gone and we are the only ones in here."
He was right. The Hall of Warriors was empty besides this three creatures.

Snake: "You already wanted to tell master Shifu about me. Don't stop ... Or should I?"

Shifu was confused: "What is going on here?". He looked in both faces, and recognized what
Tigress meant with, °showing° that he cares for her. A glance in the eyes. Something very
extraordinary he recognized several times in the past. But this time he saw, how master
Green looked at Tigress. It was very strange. It was some kind of, love.

Snake: "Okay, I'll do it. Master Shifu, I am not the one, who I'm supposed to be. I am not
master Green, like you already know. And I am not a detective."

Shifu got angry. He already trusted him. Was he a betrayer?

Snake: "My real name is very dangerous to know, but because I really like you, master Shifu, I want
to tell you: I am Snake, but officially, I am still Green."

Shifu: "Okay, so you're Snake ... and your motives?"

Snake: "My motives are still the same, Master Shifu. I am here, because of Tigress."

Shifu: "Tigress!", he looked at her, "you know about him?"

Tigress: "Yes ... and I am glad to know."

Snake: "I am glad as well... I am here to protect her and all her friends."

Shifu: "So, you are still an ally ... but why did you need to be incognito?"

Snake: "Like I said, to know me is dangerous. There are people out there, who would surely try to
kill you, only by mentioning a cat named Snake."

Shifu: "Are you serious?"

Snake: "Very serious, Master Shifu."

Tigress: "But that doesn't matter, because the reason who he is."

Shifu: "I thought, he is on ordered by your family, Tigress?"

Snake: "Not really. I work on myself."

Shifu: "So, the family was a lie?"

Tigress: "No, he °is° my family!"

Shifu was shocked. How could this small Siamese cat be her family.

Snake: "Yes ... Someone could describe me as her godfather."

This would explain everything. Snake was her godfather and Tigress felt the presence of something
like a father the first time in her life. Shifu was disappointed to know, that he was not her father
anymore. But he was happy, to give this duty to this trustful stranger. Snake was a good guy, in
Shifu's eyes. It was okay. Shifu felt, that this was okay.

Shifu: "Then ... congratulations", sarcasm was in his voice, "this is very nice"

Tigress: "I ... erm ... master Shifu?", Shifu turned, to show them his back. He was seriously sad to
know that he maybe lost his °daughter° to Snake. He already was afraid to lose her to Po, and tried
to avoid it. He tried everything to stop her feelings for Po, to not lose her this way. But he was not
prepared, that someone else was able, to take °his° girl. Snake was full of wisdom, a worthy
opponent for master Shifu. And Shifu needed to accept that his little girl has to go other ways, with
other people. At least he recognized, that he lost.

Shifu: "Sorry, but I need some time to meditate ... please leave and don't disturb me anymore. I need
to focus."

Tigress was confused about such a reaction. But she did not expected anything else from master
Shifu. Shifu was wise, but he had no idea of the really important things in life. He didn't know
anything about love.

Snake got his chance, to get Tigress separated.

Snake: "Like our grandmaster said, Tigress ...", he raised his paw, "we need to go."

Shifu started to get into a meditating position to think about his new knowledge. He didn't
recognized that Snake was still carrying one of the scrolls. Shifu would wonder if he didn't
find the tale °Blind is Love° in the new hideout of the scrolls.


Snake and Tigress were on the way to the barracks. Snake had the scroll, because he had the feeling
to discover what was written in. It was still raining and Snake needed to convince Tigress, to
go to the Peach Tree of Heavenly wisdom. But he did not expect what happened next. Like he
thought, sometimes people just belong together.

A small leaf right over Po's head started a very small journey. It caught some fur of the
meditating bear in the rain, and started to fly. The direction was clear, and the target was very
simple. It flew straight in front of a tiger.

Tigress recognized a very nice smell, as she recognized a small leaf right in front of her. She
didn't understand why, but she said: "Sorry, Snake ... I have to go."

She started to run. It was a feeling. It was important. Very important. Thousands thoughts
reached her mind. She just ran to the direction, the leaf was from. Snake was so surprised,
that it was hard to follow her secretly. But Tigress heart was saying something. It started to beat. It
started to beat fast. It was incredibly loud, as she saw the tree.

Po just felt incredible feelings. His heart started to get louder. Although the rain was cold, he started
to sweat. Something was near him. Something beautiful. The brightest light he ever saw.

Very loudly.
Beat
The beats were synchronous. Their hearts were the same.
Beat.
It was only a few feet to reach the tree.
Beat

Their hearts both skipped a beat.

And suddenly, two minds, two souls were the same. Po opened his eyes. Tigress saw the wet
creature under the tree. He was it.

Both hearts skipped several beats,

They were the same. They looked into each others eyes.
Jade-Green into Golden eyes. They were still like statues.
BEAT
One big and loud beat was heard by both.
They came to life. Finally!