Sorry if this is painfully long...my imagination took charge and I kinda...yeah. The chapter title name...just wait. You'll see why.

Oh well. Lets see how it goes.

"Hah...alright guys, I'm ready now." Lian said, now having a black vest and purple pants on after changing. "Did you all do a bit more of the talking?"

"We caught up a bit more, yes." Tigress nodded. There had been a bit of extra discussion about what everyone was constantly doing, as well as why they were doing it. Remembering that both Peng and Lian were on the friend list, and that it was a rather lucky break that they found the both of them. And as an even luckier turn of luck, they we' than willing to come with them.

Peng nodded. "Apparently Oogway had planned very far ahead for the both of us. He knew we would meet regardless of whether or not we would know about them."

"Oogway's habit of being mysterious has transcended even over his passing...why am I not shocked by this?" Shifu said while rubbing his ears with a smile. "Anyway, just to be certain...are the two of you completely sure that you want to go through with this?"

"Are you kidding? This is the opportunity we've been waiting for!" Lian cheered. "Don't get us wrong, we love our dear pottery village and it's people. They're all really good people. But we've always thinking of just getting out of here and traveling. And we don't have unreasonable rules to follow!" Lian cheered again as she draped her arms around Peng. "Plus he really needed to get around more."

"Lian, come on..."

"I'm serious. It's about time we did a lot of moving around, what with all the stories from other villages and all. Cool stories from many faraway places, and others are not that far at all. Going from place to place, doing some good for many people...yeah. It sounds like quite a good time. And Peng could use some adventuring. He's a bit of a shy guy when I'm not around."

Peng folded his arms, pouting childishly. "I am not."

"Hm. Anyway, we're ready. What's our first major move?"

Shifu nodded. "We will be introducing you both for real to the rest of the party. Especially the strange man known as Po..."

(Moments Later)

"*Slurrrrrrrrrp* Ah! Their food is as good as their pottery! Awesomeness points added!" Po cheered joyously, sipping his bowl of noodles while sitting on a stool.

Somewhere along the way, the guys(Po, Fung, Monkey, Mantis, and Mr. Ping) we're currently eating their fill in one of the closer restaurants in he village, with plenty of money to spare. Mr. Ping thought that it would be a great experience. While these noodles weren't as great as his own, that doesn't mean that they're bad. Far from it, he's enjoying it as much as the others. Mr. Ping was able to give credit to over chefs besides himself. He was just that kind of guy.

"Oh yeah! Awesomeness points are definitely added because of the good grub." Fung grinned, gobbling up all the noodles he sees.

"Total awesomeness!" Monkey grinned.

"Supreme awesomeness!" Mantis chuckled with joy in his eyes.

Po, Fung, Monkey, and Mantis. They are usually the ones that eat the most, especially Po and Mantis. The latter was truly impressive, given how small he is. Small form, large appetite. Combine those two terms, and you get Mantis in a nutshell.

Mr. Ping was watching them all casually, sitting near the restaurant owner who was sitting next to him agape for two different reasons. One: Those guys could eat so much without stopping for a break. And Two: The Goose could actually afford to pay for it all. Mr. Ping was a very well-prepared father when it came to compensating for Po's appetite in the past. He had a mouth to free, of course that mouth belonged to a panda. He would have to learn how to manage his money to pay accurately for Po's eating habits. Honestly, a couple more people won't freak him out too much.

"I believe this will pay off the food, good man." Mr. Ping casually raised one of his bags of Yuan and placed it in the counter. "It's not at all difficult to gain all that money back considering my area of business."

"You in the restaurant business too?"

"You could say that. I'm traveling place to place with my trustworthy insurmountable noodle cart. "Ping's Noodle Cart: Special Edition!" It's pretty awesome, isn't it?"

"Eh? What makes it a special edition?"

"It's special edition because it's the very first one! It's also special because me and my son named it together!"

"It's mostly because WE think it's special. We think it's special, then it's special." Po finished. He then held up his bowl. "Any more for me?"

"Oh no you don't! That's your 25th bowl from this place! Save some for us!" Monkey shouted in protest.

Po raised his arms in surrender. "Alright. I'll take a break for a little bit." He said, stepping off of his seat and walking away.

Monkey huffed a bit as he sat back down. He then reached out for the bowl of dumplings...which was completely empty. "What the-?!"

Po wore a sneaky smirk on his face as he had the remaining dumplings in his arms, and was casually eating them one by one. "Hehehe. Sneaky Paw. Easiest Food-Swiping trick in the scrolls." He chuckled as he was down to the last dumpling. He pawed his cheek a bit, grinning. He then faked a gasp. "Oh my...it looks like you're all by your lonesome, Mrs. Dumpling. But not to worry, Po The Panda is at your service!" He said in a exaggerated brave voice. Then he brought the dumpling close and did a female(as best as he could) voice. "Oh my goodness, you're so brave and strong, Po! But the enemy has tried to capture me, where will I go? Where will I hide?" Switch. "Why, in my belly of course!" He patted his gut slyly. "That rotten golden monkey wouldn't think to look for you in there. I already have your husband relaxing in there." Switch. "Oh Po, I knew you'd keep me safe somehow! Thank you so much for your awesome hospitality!" Switch. "No problem!" He dropped it in his mouth and promptly eats it, rubbing his belly. "You're in good hands, Mrs. Dumpling. Yes. Very good hands..."

"Are you done?"

"Hm?" Po turned around to see Tigress Shifu, Lian, and Peng staring blankly at him, having seen his performance. It didn't seem like he noticed, though. "Hi Tigress, Master Shifu! Then there's Peng and...uh...er..."

"Lian. I just got here."

"Oh. Wait...you're on the friend list! Excellent stroke of luck!"

Tigress folded her arms. "Was it so important for Mrs. Dumpling to hide in your stomach?" She asked playfully.

"Of course! My belly is a safe haven for many foods! The dumplings are very cooperative." Po grinned. He rubbed his belly and burped softly. "Though the noodles and I have been rivals for years. They don't give up as easily."

"I see. Hmhmhm~"

"So this is Po..." Lian said quietly. "I don't believe...that I'll ever get bored if I hang around him! He's awesome!"

"Already?" Shifu blinked in surprise. That was easier than her thought it would be.

Po smiled. "Well then. Peng and Lian. I think it goes without a doubt that-OW!" A thrown bowl had hit Po in the back of the head, causing slight pain to his skull. Not moments after that, Monkey caught up to Po, his eyes enraged. "Why'd you do that, Monkey?!"

"You ate the rest of the dumplings, Po! We didn't even GET any from that bowl!"

"That's no reason to hit me! I already claimed that bowl!" Po explained as if it were simple logic.

"Oh that's rich!" Monkey rolled his eyes. "I bet that's also your logical reason for chowing down on most of our prepaid food, you jerk!"

"...It was good prepaid food, though..."

"THAT BOWL OF DUMPLINGS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE!" Monkey summarized, eyes raging white and his teeth comically sharp.

"LIKE HECK IT WAS! I DIDN'T SEE YOUR NAME ON IT!" Po shouted back, his teeth also comically sharp.

Peng and Lian didn't know what to think, while Tigress just pinched the bridge of her nose. Po and Monkey were both in each other's faces, never retreating their furious gaze. "I can't believe that you two are fighting over food again."

"Food is sacred! I must defend my honor from this simpleton!" Po responded.

"HAH! I bet you don't even know what that word means!" Monkey shouted.

"...it means you are pretty simple to fool." Po stuck his tongue at him.

Monkey blinked. "Wow...that's actually pretty close. I didn't think you could get that."

Po smirked in victory...at least his version of a victory when it came to arguing about eating. "Ha! You underestimate how smart I really am! Nothing ever gets past me!"

He completely forgot our conversation... Shifu's ear twitched in irritation. "Po!"

"Huh, wha?" Po blinked. "Oh, hi guys! Did you need something?" Shifu facepalmed in exasperation.

"Peng and Lian, Po!"

"Oh yeah, that! I almost forgot!" Po walked up and wrapped an arm around Peng and Lian, getting them with a soft bear hug. "Initiation hug!"

"Initiation...Oh I see." Lian smiled as she wrapped her arms around the panda as much as she possibly could. "Come on Peng! He's so plushy!" Peng shrugged and also decided to give into Po's hug.

"That's right, new buddies. Embrace the fluffy panda." Po grinned happily, hugging them a bit closer. He then set them down with a smile. "Initiation complete! Now, for a snack!"

"YOU STILL DIDN'T APOLOGIZE FOR EATING THE DUMPLINGS!" Monkey shouted.

"APOLOGIZE FOR EATING?! YOU'RE CRAZY!" Po shouted back, and they returned to their glaring contest.

"Okay. Now we'll have to introduce you to the others." Tigress said casually to Peng and Lian.

"Um...what about them?" Peng asked, gesturing to Po and Monkey. Tigress waved carelessly.

"They'll work it out themselves."

"How do you know that?"

Po and Monkey have exhausted their breath shouting at one another, breathing a bit difficult because of it. Po fell back one more way, while Monkey fell on his face. "Wow...arguing about food sure makes me hungry."

"Me too." Monkey sighed. "Hey, ya wanna see what other good food they have here?"

"Ha...sure. Maybe they have super secret pottery techniques..." Po gasped as he quickly stood back up. "Or they can make pottery figures of all of us!"

"Woah...that would be AMAZING!"

"See. They're fine." Tigress gestured casually, once again. Peng and Lian we're surprised that they quickly forgot what they we're angry about. "Don't ask how that happened. Even they don't know how it happened."

"And that is what sometimes worries me..." Shifu sighed, stepping forward in his limp, leading the way for everyone. "We have two more recru...uh...friends added to our party. Now we just have to regroup."

"Hahaha! You're finally saying it right, Master Shifu! I knew you'd get it eventually, it just takes a bit of time to get used to, is all." Po grinned happily. The red panda groaned a bit while he did his best to keep walking and not facepalm again. His head was hurting enough as it is. "Alrighty then, it's time to get with the others and introduce you to them!"

(Meanwhile)

"You know what? I don't even care if I get called out on this. These are amazing." Crane said, gesturing to the many decorations placed on the assorted pottery. "Carefully crafted...beautifully designed...accurately detailed...isn't this great Mei Ling?" He blinked a bit before realizing she wasn't walking next to him anymore. "...Mei Ling?'

"Sorry Crane, I thought I heard something suspicious." Mei Ling said cautiously. "I just realized something...we really have to be delicate about the issue of Peng being Tai Lung's nephew. If that kind of information gets out of hand, we may be facing a pretty bad situation." Mei Ling was able to figure it out the second Tigress said that Tai Lung was her foster brother. It was the most sensible reason that she reacted as she did when she saw Peng for the first time.

Crane's eyes widened in concern and understanding. "Yeah, that makes sense. We'd better be careful. If Peng is put in danger just for being related to Tai Lung..." he gulped nervously. "Tigress won't take it too well."

"Exactly. So we should make sure that everything goes smoothly. For Peng's sake, and Tigress's." Mei Ling nodded. Her ears flicked a little to the right. "Wait a moment..."

...I'm totally going to get a promotion from this! Who would have thought that he had a nephew?!

"...Oh no..." Mei Ling mumbled. "Crane...I think our problems have started without our consent..."

"Oh...that's fantastic." Crane groaned while he shook his head. "What will it be this time?"

Mei Ling narrowed her eyes and jumped up on the rooftops, with Crane flying beside her. She jumped across them a couple times as she pointed to a lone goat with an excited look on his face. "I'm sure that goat was the one that said what I heard. And that sash..."

Crane looked at the sash with her. 'Kung Fu Express' "Hey...he's in the Kung Fu Express! This is great! He can lead us to the headquarters and then we'll finally be able to send our message throughout China!"

"That is a good thing. But I can be pretty certain he said something about Peng and Tai Lung, which is much less good."

Crane paused for a moment...then facewinged. "Aaaahhhh crapbaskets...what do we do, Mei Ling?" He turned to her...only to see she had jumped down and confronted the goat herself. "Of course..."

"Hey, you! We gotta talk for a little bit." Mei Ling placed a paw on her hip. "I couldn't help but notice that you said something about a nephew and an uncle?" The goat recognized the subject right away.

"Oh yeah! Get this...Tai Lung has a nephew, and his name is Peng! This is such shocking news, I couldn't just keep it to myself! I already submitted the message to my boss, he going to take it to Headquarters personally." Mei Ling visibly paled at this, which did not go unnoticed. "Huh? Miss, are you okay?"

She reminded herself that this goat didn't mean to cause the approaching crisis, so she took a breath to calm herself down. "Okay...you know how Tai Lung did quite a lot of bad stuff before, right?"

"Yes..."

"And that some authorities are still working their tails off to find and arrest him, like a criminal."

"Uhuh."

"Peng is a nice boy. There's a high chance that he accepted that he's blood-related to Tai Lung and moved on. However a large portion of China isn't ready to accept news like this because they don't know he exists."

"...Is there a point to this?"

She sighed. "The point is that if word gets out that Tai Lung has a nephew, they won't sit around and wait for logic and reason to kick in. They'll immediately hunt Peng down and try to kill him, like they most likely did his biological parents. They'll do anything to prevent a second Tai Lung from being born, but they'll fail to realize that Peng isn't like his uncle in that kind of way. They'll kill him over extreme paranoia based on their own judgement and not hearing the word others have to say! I'm telling you right now, they will NOT take any chances!"

The goat blinked. "Let me get this straight...Tai Lung has a bad history, Peng is a good boy. If the fact that they're blood related is suddenly revealed without proper preparation, the resulting panic would be equivalent to paining a large target on him?"

"Thats the summarized version, yes."

"Ooooohhhh..." The goat nodded in understanding. An awkward silence passed by them, accompanied by a small gust of wind blowing a couple leaves past him. It took a full two minutes for him to realize how much he screwed up. "GAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" He grabbed both sides of his head as his eyes comically bulged out a bit. "I ACCIDENTLY CONVICTED AN INNOCENT CHILD BY GIVING INFORMATION CHINA ISN'T READY FOR!"

"IT TOOK YOU TWO MINUTES TO REALIZE THAT?!" Crane shouted.

The goat fell forward, his hoofs holding him up. "I feel like total scum...this Peng friend of yours is doomed...I've already given the scroll to Master Kweng...he's already on his way."

Both Mei Ling and Crane looked at one another in concern. This Master Kweng...what was he like? They already knew who to ask.

(Regroup)

Mei Ling and Crane relayed the situation when everyone managed to get together in one place. Both their faces were in a state of slight panic. When they finished, Fenghuang waved her wing.

"Calm down, you two. I don't see what the big deal is. Just go stop the goat before he gets to headquarters."

Crane shook his head. "Did you miss that part, Fenghuang? They thought it was so important that the boss himself has to make sure that the message makes it there."

"...And?"

"Their boss is someone called Master Kweng."

Shifu and Fenghuang's eyes widened considerably at the name. Shifu's reaction to it was to grip his staff in concern. While Fenghuang's reaction was calmer, one could clearly tell that she was not happy.

"Well...shit."

"Why? What's the matter?" Viper asked worriedly.

"Okay. I blame myself for not paying attention when Oogway tells me about other legendary warriors." Shifu rolled his eyes. "But I just remembered the Leader of the Kung Fu Express. Kweng. Also known as Master Kweng. Also known as 'Kweng The Unstoppable'."

"...Did she just say...Unstoppable?" Mantis croaked helplessly.

"Of course he's not actually unstoppable, no one is. But in terms of his job, he's never missed a delivery. He's always taken delivering the message as the main priority over everything else, including lives. This is a particular reason why I'm distasteful towards his organization jn the first place." Fenghuang sighed. "If you get in his way, you're in for a world of hurt. It doesn't matter who you are. The message in his hands is his only priority, and he's never failed. Not once jn his life has he failed to deliver."

Crane shook nervously. "Ah jeez..."

"Obstacles won't stop him for long, either. It doesn't matter what he has to do to get through or around said obstacles, he'll get past it one way or another. He'll push boulders out the way, he'll slash trees in half, and he'll jump chasms with a single jump. He has never been late to deliver a message, his organization is close to flawless. They never fail at their job, and they don't slack off. Kweng has many employees, members, and students who are completely loyal to him, and they're actually pretty tough. He has an army of his very own, ready to send out mass messaging for the really important documents."

"In other words...they take their mail far too seriously." Bian Zao deadpanned. "I'm pretty sure she warned us about this already."

"You see that? Even the Lazy-Ass knows how this works!" Fenghuang said to Shifu, who only sighed at her childish victory smirk at her being somewhat right about the Kung Fu Express. She then sighed as she rethought the situation. "Hah...hate to admit it, but Midget and I may have to step in for this one. Even I gotta admit that Master Kweng is not someone to be trifled with."

"That's right. Kweng is not someone you cross without knowing the possible consequences. We should be able to handle this." Shifu said, rubbing his beard.

"...No." Everyone turned towards the one who said that. Tigress. "No way. We'll have to go after him and destroy that scroll ourselves."

"What?! Tigress, don't you think we're being a bit hasty here?" Song asked, her paws lowered.

"Hasty is the exact thing we need to be right now."

"But Tigress, you're talking about resisting the will of the most determined messenger in all of China. Is that really a proper move to make?" Zeng asked nervously.

"His determinatiom will be no match for mine."

"As said by Fenghuang, Master Kweng can be merciless when it comes to those who stand in his way." Shifu said. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah Tigress, think about this for a second." Monkey told her. "There's plenty of reasons why his nickname has 'Unstoppable' in it. This guy has an untarnished record for being the best messenger there is, no matter what he goes through."

"That 'untarnished record' of his is about to be ruined." Tigress snarled. "I don't care who he is or what he does, or how he does it. His messenger status is about to put my neohew in danger. This is not something I will allow if I can help it."

"She has a bit of a point, guys." Po nodded. "WE know that Peng is a good person despite being related to Tai Lung...but the rest of China doesn't. They won't sit around and wait for him to orove himself. If that message gets out, he's done for." Peng's eyes widened when he heard this, while Lian's eyes were filled with rage.

"Like hell he is! No one is going to hurt him on my watch! Not for a stupid reason like that! I'll burn that place to the ground before I let them wrongfully dub him a public menace for someone else's actions!" Tigress smirked for half a second at Lian's reaction being slightly similar to her own. Seems that Peng was truly in very good hands even before she got here.

"So...what do we do?" Crane asked after a small period of silence had passed by. The question made Po fold his arms and smirk. The avian grew nervous at that smirk, it could only mean trouble when it's combined with his hat hiding his eyes.

"Welp, change of plans, guys. Instesd of just visiting the Kung Fu Express Headquarters...we'll be breaking into it."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" He knew he wouldn't like what he would say. "That's a bit much, don't you think?!"

"Doesn't sound much to me. I say we do it." Monkey shrugged.

Mantis sighed. "You know what...why not."

"Our friend is in trouble, we should help him out." Viper smiled.

Crane was the most reluctant of all, but he ultimately relented. "I suppose we can't just let this happen. I guess I'm in."

"That's the spirit, Crane!" Mei Ling wrapped and arm around him while laughing.

"We gotta get that scroll and destroy it. Peng is screwed if we don't." Fung agreed. One after another, the rest of them agreed to the bold actions they were about to take. "Alright. We're all in agreement about this. We'll be going immediately."

Mrs. Yoon smiled. "Well, they seem to have this under control. I think we'll be staying behind." Mrs. Yoon, Mr. Ping, Taotie, and Bian Zao won't be accompanying them to the headquarters, for their own safety.

Fenghuang smirked a bit madly. "You all are going to cause such a ruckus...it's gonna be GLORIOUS."

"For some reason I fear what your view on glorious is..." Shifu mumbled.

"Enough talk! I'll be leading you lot over to Kung Fu Express Headquarters, watch you do some damage to it, while the Midget and I will have a great view of it."

"What? We won't be assisting them? This seems like a large dangerous task for them..." Shifu stated. He was understandably worried. The organization they were about to defy were very strong. And with Tigress being the one to suggest it in the first place...it's within his right to worry about his daughter.

Fenghuang sighed. "I'll admit. This one might actually prove to be difficult. But that's fine by me."

"How so?"

"If they keep being a part of easy battles, they're not gonna get any stronger. Best let them take this one and see if they can do it. If it looks like it's too much, we'll step in." Fenghuang reasoned.

Shifu thought about what she said, and sighed in defeat. "You're right...this road we're on is not an easy one. And in order for them to handle it, they'll have to face challenges that will ready them for the path we chose...though that doesn't mean I don't worry..."

Mr. Ping smiled. Shifu was definitely warming up to them. He went from worrying about Tigress to worrying about everyone as a whole.

"Alright guys! We know what we gotta do, and we're gonna go do it! This is an objective for all of us!" Po punched his fist into his palm. "And it's codename: Shoot The Messenger!"

Peng was still a bit nervous but for a different reason than Crane. They were all willing to defy an entire organization head-on for someone they just met, without much hesitation. He wondered, was it because of the combined influences of Tigress and Po? It was very likely. There wasn't much he can guess right now because he literally just met them, and one of them was his aunt. It still felt strange even after its been confirmed by the both of them. And that was not the only thing he was worried about. What if something bad happens to them for his sake? It would take a while to get over that type of guilt.

He lifted his head when he felt Lian take his paw. He turned to look at her, seeing her smile. "Peng. We're gonna be fine. They're serious about defending you. And so am I." She clasped her other paw over his. "You know you're a good guy. It's just gonna take a while for everyone else to realize it too. But for now, they can't know who your uncle is. Is that fair?"

Peng smiled. "Yeah...it's just something we have to endure for the time being."

"There's the cute smile!" She grinned, lightly punching his arm.

Po snickered, then turn around and ran. "To Kung Fu Express Headquarters! THIS WAY!"

Fung sighed, pointing in the opposite direction. "He went that way, Po."

"OTHER WAY!" Po shouts again, changing directions. This earned a facewing from Crane.

"Ah jeez..."

(Hours Later...)

The elder goat was moving at a leisurely pace than usual. If leisurely meant the strong, silent, and focused steps of a experienced hardened soldier...then yes. He was walking very leisurely. His hands were behind his back, eyes we're intensely focused, and he had the scroll that was meant to be delivered, in his hands.

It was rather strange. His latest disciple came to him and said that this message was pretty urgent, and ground-breaking. Saying that it might even change everything. But it didn't really matter to him, not at all.

A message sent must be delivered. No exceptions.

After a while of traveling, he stopped when he heard something trailing him. After a while he stopped, and noticed that he was indeed being followed. When he turned a bit, he could see three people come from the bushes.

"Um...hey bro. Master Kweng, I presume?" Fung asked nervously, Mantis on his shoulder and Monkey right beside him. They we're the first to confront him, because Tigress ordered them to. Defying Tigress when she's under stress wasn't a good idea.

"That is me." The goat responded, his expression completely blank.

"Dude...he's a master of the deadpan, just like Bian Zao. His danger levels has just increased." Mantis whispered.

"Shut up." Fung mumbled. "So...anyway...Master Kweng." The goat still stared blankly at them. "We kinda...um...er...that scroll of yours...we...kinda...need it...for stuff."

"Oh for crying out loud!" Monkey groaned. "Look here older guy, we need to take that scroll, it's not meant to be delivered."

"A message sent, must be delivered." Kweng stated seriously. It unnevered all three of them.

Mantis felt the conflict coming, slowly feeling that it may or may not be avoidable. "Look man, one of our friends will be in serious trouble if you deliver that message!"

"Your friend...is not my concern."

"Wow. What an asshole..." Monkey mumbled. "Well...there's nothing we can do to convince you to give up that scroll, huh?"

"That is right. I sense a fit of trouble from the three of you...how old are you three? Around your twenties?"

"Yeah." Monkey rubbed his neck.

"Well then...I guess we have no choice but to just give up and lea-MANTIS!" In a swift blur at Fung's call, Mantis zipped past Fung and Monkey and kicked the scroll out of Kweng's hand, cuaght jt with his forelegs, and zipped back onto Fung's head.

"HA! Got it!" He cheered at his seemingly easy victory.

Then reality ensued faster than they could process.

Kweng rushed forward, jumped up, and kicked Mantis off of Fung's head. He landed behind Fung and stomped on his tail while making him yelp in pain. He then grabbed said tail and spun around in an at a fast pace, until he let go and let him slam into Monkey with all of the momentum. When Mantis attempted to get up, he grabbed Fung by the tail again, and pounded Mantis to the ground with the already injured croc. He swung him around again, making him crash again to the already downed Monkey.

He then dusted himself off and picked the scroll up. Walking over to Fung's groaning form, he narrowed his eyes. "No. Unauthorized. HANDLING!" He nodded. "Good day." With this, he jumped up to the trees, moving through the forest at a much faster pace now.

The three guys lied on the ground. In pain, and in shock. Monkey recovered first, rubbing his aching head. "Ugh...what just happened...?"

"I think he just kicked our butts...but I don't really know. That blow to my head really made me dizzy..." Fung moaned, dizzily picking up his helmet and placing it on his head. The others caught up to them and saw their condition. And they knew why this happened...

"Yep. That's Master Kweng for you." Fenghuang shrugged.

"You used us as an experiment?! What a jerk!" Mantis snarled.

She just shrugged carelessly. "Who said I was nice?"

"You're nice to Po and Mr. Ping!"

"They're special exceptions."

"So what do we do, guys?" Po asked, rubbing his neck. "I wanna keep Peng safe...but I don't wanna beat up an elderly dude to do so. Usually help them because it's a nice thing to do. I might feel bad later..."

"Po. Kweng is a experienced messenger-type ruthless super-soldier! You can't hold back against him!" Fenghuang reminded him.

"Right right, sorry. Anyway, we gotta catch up with him, he couldn't have gotten far!" Po got up and ran forward, followed by the others on his tail. Their rush was real and not exaggerated, because they had very limited time to stop Kweng from delivering the message. Peng and Lian were very worried about how many ways this could work out.

To their surprise, when they finally caught him, he was already off...in a blimp that he powers himself. Po jaw dropped. "He has a personal blimp...? That...is too cool!" He jumped giddily. "Fenghuang, can I have my own blimp?"

"No."

"Aw man! Why not?"

"Because you'd crash it, and then cry about it later. Dummy."

"I am NOT a dummy!" Po folded his arms, pouting adorably. "Well this is just great. How are we gonna catch up to him now?"

"Its easy." Fenghuang pointed blankly at Crane. "He's gonna carry you and Stripes up there."

"WHAT?!"

"Consider it an exercise. Focus on catching up to the blimp, not on how to fly there. Carry them both."

"Ugh...I guess I can't complain. We're low on time." Crane flapped his wings a bit and allowed Tigress to grip onto his left leg, and Po onto his right. The latter really made him gasp a little bit. "Gah! Po, how much to you weigh?! 300 pounds?!"

"NO!" Po denied. "...290, tops."

"And Tigress, what about-"

"I'd stop right there if I were you." Tigress growled. Crane fully realized the threat behind her words, and was wise enough to stop before he did more damage. While breathing heavily, Crane began to ascend up towards the skies to catch up with the blimp. "We have to catch up and down that blimp!"

Crane flew through the skies at a relatively slow pace, due to having to carry two people. He had a hard time seeing due to clouds slightly interfering with his vision. But he managed to stay on target for as long as he could. Clouds finally cleared out to his relief, and he could see the blimp up ahead of him.

"There it is!" Tigress shouted aloud. "Get us closer, Crane!" The avian nodded and strained to bring them closer to the blimp, as Po jumped up to grab onto the edge of the blimp, and was supported by Tigress when she jumped straight across and landed perfectly. They could see Kweng was the one choosing the directions, while one of his employees were driving the blimp. "Master Kweng!"

"Yeeeessss?"

"We're here to tell you...that this is a very cool blimp!" Po stated as if it were that serious.

"Po! Enough about the blimp!" Tigress shouted.

"Sorry, couldn't help it." Po turned towards Kweng, lightly tapping his cheek to regain focus. "Alright old goat guy! Since now I know that talking won't do much good, I'm just gonna get to the part where we start stopping you! It's a bit confusing since you're not actually a bad guy...but I still can't let you deliver that message!"

Kweng stared carelessly. "There's not much you can do about that. A message sent is a message delivered, Panda. Nothing less!"

"Fine. Have it your way. I'm gonna bring this blimp down. Cant get to your headquarters fast enough without this blimp. Tigress!"

"Right." Tigress didn't show much hesitation for the crazy idea. She jumped up and unsheathed her claws to tear through the balloon all at once.

Crane didn't know what he was seeing. Right when they got on the blimp, they immediately brought it down. Tigress tore at the balloon with her claws and brings the blimp down to earth in a very fast pace...matter of fact he's pretty sure he heard them crash into something. Not only was that extremely dangerous and reckless, it could get them seriously injured in the landing. They could have at least warned him!

"Those two are insane..." Crane sighed to himself, as he dive-bombed to catch up with the fallen blimp, and catch up to his friends.

After passing through multiple layers of clouds, he stopped airborne as he sees the crashed blimp placed next to a set of pillers, along with a hole in the center. He took his best guess and thinks that this was the Kung Fu Express Headquarters. With this in mind, he dive-bombed into the hole and into the base...

(Kung Fu Headquarters)

Crane landed talons first onto the hard ground, and tucked in his wings. He looked around to see that he was surrounded by a plethora of scrolls stacked neatly in multiple shelves and baskets. Some of them had something written in them, and some were completely blank. There was no question, these were the headquarters they were looking for.

Now if only he could find his two reckless friends...

"Agh...okay...I'll admit it...I didn't think that through." Po groaned as he rubbed his head and coughed at the amount of dust picked up from the fall. "Tigress...are you alright?"

"I'm fine..." Tigress sighed, dusting herself off. "But we landed into the center of their operations...we'll be in more danger than before..."

"I have to say, you two are quite the reckless ones." They turned to see Kweng unharmed, unlike them. "Crashing my blimp in order to try and stop me? I will admit, that's definitely a new one."

"And it was CRAZY!" Crane took the chance to shout at Po and Tigress, but they weren't paying attention to him for the moment. He took an extra couple of seconds to realize that they were surrounded. There were goats. Goats everywhere. And they all dressed nesr identical to Kweng, and they all also had a scroll in their paws.

And they didn't look nice.

"...of course. Because why not?" Crane muttered.

All the goats took unexpected action. All of them jumped up high and right onto the three unsuspecting warriors, resulting in a mountain of goats in a strange dogpile. This may have been an attempt to pin them down.

It didn't last too long. In a furious roar, Tigress punched directly upwards, and the the goats went scattering everywhere, while some were still able to keep conscious. Po and Crane gasped when they were abke to breathe again.

"Those goats were suffocating us with all of their bodies...didn't like that at all..." Po sighed. "Don't wanna go through that-" WAM! Thoughts interrupted by one of the goats kicking him upisde the head, which made him roll and hit a pillar. He grasped his head with a pained groan. "Aaaowww...that was a cheap shot!"

Tigress wasn't focused on either of them, though. She was more focused on Master Kweng, who had placed the scroll between his sash, and looked like he was waiting on her to attack. With a frustrated growl, she pounced at him, which was easily avoided when he jumped up and hung from the ceiling with one sword. She realized he must have grabbed them when she, Po and Crane were distracted.

"You seem more determined than all the others when it comes to stopping me. I wonder why?" He asked a bit carelessly. Tigress didn't respond to him with words. She just got back up and unsheathed her claws, glaring at the scroll he now possessed. "You'll stop at nothing to destroy this scroll. Why?" The feline continued to glare, before she finally charged forth and tried to slash at the scroll with her claws, this he redirected him with his sword. He barely moved. "You're more focused on the scroll than you are on me? Youths today are so rude to your elders." He shot a swift kick at her, which she blocked by raising an arm and sliding back a bit. He sighed and adjusted his glasses. "I mean, who would try to pick on a weak frail old man like me?"

"AFTER WHAT WE SAW, YOU CALL YOURSELF WEAK AND FRAIL?! Po shouted irritably, while pushing goats off of Crane.

"Hm...I suppose you're right." Kweng shrugged as he kept his distance from Tigress. Her claw strikes were growing more and more fierce, and he couldn't block them forever. She seemed hell-bent on destroying the scroll he had within his possession. He was determined to send this message out, but now he was getting curious. He has had plenty of people try to keep him from delivering messages that could spell bad news for them. Of course, eventually they gave up, seeing that he was a very loyal man to his job, and that he couldn't be stopped.

However...this woman. He can see it in her fierce, fiery, crimson eyes. She'd choose death over letting whatever was in that scroll get out. And it got him thinking about why she would possibly want that. He grunted a bit as he was pushed back by one of her harder punches, which he slightly repelled with the blunt of his blade. Then widened his eyes when she jump up and came down with a powerful axe kick he barely dodged. He saw that the kick was powerful enough to completely destroy the floor, almost making her fall through it. But she recovered by grabbing onto the pllar and swing back to safety on yet another platform.

She should have guessed. Many enemies she faced at this point were only decently threatening or not a threat at all. Fu-Xi was tough, but not enough to be considered an untenable threat. Kweng however, was a legit Kung Fu Master who defied anybody and anything just to get a message to the receiver. It wasn't even surprising to her that she was getting exhausted while he barely broke a sweat.

"Dammit all..." Tigress growled. "I have to destroy that scroll...no matter what it takes!"

There was a small silence, aside from Po and Crane doing battle with the goat minions beside them. After a long while, Kweng broke the silence. "I can see it in your eyes. You'd risk everything in order to make sure that this scroll doesn't get out of this place, would you?" Tigress didn't return his gaze, only focusing on the scroll. "I haven't looked inside it, but it seems that you know it's content. Mind telling me why it bothers you so much? I'll even call a ceasefire."

Tigress sighed a bit, as everything stopped moving. Even Po and Crane gazed in confusion when the goats stopped attacking them and we're instead focused on Kweng and Tigress. The feline then found her voice.

"...I was wrong...to think that one scroll couldn't drastically change someone's life. And it wasn't for the better..."

(Flashback)

"Hey squirt! Come on over here!" Tai Lung called for young Tigress in the Hall Of Warriors inside the Jade Palace.

"I'm not a squirt! Stop being so mean!" Tigress pouted, as she ran towards her elder brother's side. It has been quite a couple months since Shifu took the tiger cub in. And it would be safe to say that Tai Lung has definitely formed a close connection with her. Their banter from time to time was mere sibling love...in a way. "What do you want, Tai Lung?"

He kneeled down to her, smiling softly. "You wanted to know what my goal is a couple months ago, and I didn't want to tell you because we weren't that close yet, right?"

"Yeah. You we're being a jerk like that." Tigress pouted adorably. He chuckled a bit and picked her up by the sides. "W-Woah!"

"Hold still...hah, there we go." He lifted her up and placed her on his shoulder, as she held on by gently wrapped her paws around his head. "There, now you can see it better."

"What do you mean? See what?" Tai Lung pointed up towards the ceiling, and her eyes followed his fingers. There she saw a sculpture of a dragon holding a scroll in it's maw. "Hmmm...what is that?"

Tai Lung smirked. "That, my little sister...is the Dragon's Scroll. There's gonna be a day where I claim that scroll as my own."

Tigress tilted her head, her tail swishing around gently. "What's so special about that scroll?"

"See Tigress...earning that scroll will complete my preparations of becoming the Dragon Warrior. I have done the most of everything else at this point. That's the only thing I'm missing. The key to my ultimate destiny." He grinned toothily. "Your bro is gonna become the coolest Kung Fu Master in all of China!"

"But...I thought that was Grandpa Oogway."

Tai Lung paused a bit. "...you KNOW that's not fair. He's had the title of coolest Kung Fu Master for more than a thousand years!"

"You're just upset that you can't be cooler than Grandpa. Blegh!" Tigress playfully mocked, sticking her tongue out from atop his head.

Tai Lung growled playfully. "Why you little snot!"

"I'm not a snot! I'm a tiger!" She said cheerfully as she climbed down his face and used it as a spring, hopping off and running away from him.

"Thats it! You're getting the most ruthless tickle assault of all the tickle...assaults. Damn I lost my train of thought! I'm gonna get you!" Tai Lung growled playfully as he chased after the currently laughing tiger.

(Flashback End)

"At the time, I didn't truly understand how important that scroll was to Tai Lung until he rampaged out of control and left the Jade Palace..." Tigress sighed. "And how much pain he and Shifu felt that day. Tai Lung was too angry to see reason and ruthlessly attacked everyone, including father but not me. He saw what he's dine and knew that he couldn't undo it...so he ran away." Tigress closed her eyes. "I also know how much pain my father went through when Tai Lung beat him nearly to death, and I don't mean physical pain. I didn't know what was going on when I arrived on that scene, but now I do. Shifu lost to Tai Lung...because he couldn't bring himself to fight him with lethal intentions. Why would any father went to willingly harm their son seriously? Shifu was so caught in-between the loyalty to Master Oogway and to Tai Lung...that his mind shut down for a couple moments. And that short time was enough to provoke my brother into a rampage because he couldn't even answer him."

Kweng stood by with his arms crossed behind his back. He was listening closely at this point.

"Then imagine my surprise...when I find out that he has a nephew, Peng. As Tai Lung's foster sister, that would make him my nephew as well. And...he's very happy. A caring home, skills in Kung Fu and pottery, he's a great person in general. He even has a girlfriend! And then I think back. If anyone finds out that those two are related...they would completely freak out...and all of that could disappear. All of Peng's happiness could disappear...because of that scroll in your hand." She pointed. "It's a callback to what happened to my brother. With just one scroll...my brother's reputation has been turned upside down and into the shadows of a criminal. I...I just can't allow that same fate to befall Peng. That's why...I have to destroy that scroll!"

Kweng's eyes widened a couple times as the story went on, then lowered when it ended. Admittedly, he admired her fierce determination. He then made a decision. He adjusted his glasses, and glared. "I am sorry. A messsge sent, must be delivered." Tigress's eyes widened as she was ready to attack again. "But just to be sure I have it securely-whoopsie!" He took the scroll out, and dropped it. It rolled a bit and fell off the ledge. When it swung a little bit and it caught on fire. It burned up completely within seconds. Kweng pouted. "Oh my. Curse these old hands, they shake far too much. I'm always dropping things. Now I burned up the scroll no one will ever know what was written on it."

Tigress's eyes widened again. She wasn't fooled like the other goats clearly were, judging by their despairing faces at the Legendary Master Kweng failing to deliver a message, because it's been destroyed by fire. "But...but why...?"

"I am very dedicated to my duty, young one. But you shouldn't mistake that for heartlessness." He smiled. "You are very strong and actually pretty insightful. Still, you and your friends have much to learn. Had I been really into my job, you wouldn't even be an issue. You're not at my level yet." Tigress blinked in complete disbelief.

He...he was going easy on us?! He put's Zeng's messaging skills to SHAME.

"Remember that the key word is yet. Because I can definitely see the potential." Kweng nodded upwards. "You get that, right Shifu?"

Tigress's eyes widened as shshe saw that Shifu and the others we're standing over the entrance, and it was likely that they heard Tigress's rant. Especially Peng. Being touched by Tigress's fierce protectiveness over him, despitr only knowing him for a short time, he forgot that he was supposed to jump in and help her. He felt a bit guilty because of that fact, but Lian patted his back to help him get over it. No one would blame him.

Though Fung was most obviously upset. "You mean to tell me that we missed out on the action...AGAIN?!" He grabbed his helmet and threw it to the ground. "Darn it all!"

Still...I gotten give Stripes credit for this one. Master Kweng is not an easy man to persuade when it came to his profession. And yet she... Fenghuang smirked. Her potential is on equal grounds with Po's...

Shifu was both relieved and proud that Tigress managed to stop Kweng from sending that message throughout China. However, now guilt weighed heavily on his heart when he heart her speaking. It was clear that even without meaning to do so, he had hurt her. But it never occurred to her just how much he hurt her through Tai Lung, and vice versa.

My pride...my anger...my lack of forgiveness...and my closed off mind... Shifu clenched his staff. When I tried to uphold my honor as a Kung Fu Master, it had caused much more suffering than I could have ever imagined. All of those things contributed to how I turned out afterwards. Tai Lung...Fenghuang...Taotie...Mei Ling...Tigress...and the entire Valley. My need to hold onto my honorable reputation has done much more harm than good. The way I upheld honor, it made sure I could never be fully happy again...well that might just change...Shifu opened his eyes. He has made a very extreme decision.

"Master Kweng...I have made a decision. And it goes out to everyone in China." Shifu spoke up, getting everyone's attention.

"Hm? Sure, why not? My students will get right on it." All of his disciples had ink and scrolls at the ready. "What would you like the denizens of China to know...?"

Fenghuang shot a suspicious eye at Shifu. "What are you up to, Midget?"

"You'll see."

(Unknown)

Mei Ling the fox sighed as she hauled up a bag over her shoulder. "Ah...that was just a bit more tedious than I thought it wouod be...but who cares?! I got a good amount this time!" She says as she hugged her bag of jewels she swiped from the village she just left. "It's an easy day for Mei Ling the...hm?" She raised an eyebrow as she picked up a scroll from the bag. "Hm...it's the latest information on important events in China...meh. Might as well take a look." She shrugged and opened it up.

This is a message for all of China to hear.

Many events have taken part over a short period of time, and it's only now beginning to fully sink in. Recently, Master Oogway has passed away. And when I was away from the Valley, it was ransacked and burned to the ground, as well as the Jade Palace, by the dangerous organization known as the Lin Kuei. Unfortunately there were no survivors, which is very tragic indeed. I have been left homeless, and reduced to a mere wanderer. I have disgraced my reputation as Kung Fu Master by allowing such a travesty to happen when I was supposed to be responsible for the Valley when Oogway passed on. I have shamed my fellow Kung Fu Masters, and I apologize for that. I can guess that I won't have much forgiveness, though.

Which is why this very second you finish reading this, it is official. I have dropped my title as a Kung Fu Master. This is a difficult decision I have thought over many times. There's no turning back from this. I chose this path and I will not sway from it, no matter how difficult it may become afterwards. Maybe it would be easier to keep this status, maybe it's the only way I can survive. Well, I won't accept that. Easy, as much as I enjoy it sometimes, it won't make me stronger. Does this mean that I consider Kung Fu intolerable to me now? Of course not, I still have my respect for it, as well as all of the Kung Fu Masters out there. Regardless, if you see me, don't refer to me as 'Master' Shifu anymore. From now on, I am just Shifu. My desire to uphold my reputation has been an absolute burden on my life despite the good I may have done with it. So now I'm releasing it. Because there's something far more important that I must protect than my honor as a Master. From now on I'm living my life...on MY terms. Because there's nothing I can do, as my home is gone, due to my foolishness.

I have now fully embraced my new life...as a rogue. What type of rogue I am...that's for you to find out.

Shifu.

Mei Ling had forgotten how to breathe for a couple moments. She clutched her chest and fell to her knees as her ears flattened against her head. Tears were threatening to leak out.

Shifu has lost almost everything, and now he's throwing the rest of his old life away so that he may start a relatively new one. His home is destroyed and his mentor is gone. He has nothing left but his honor as a Kung Fu Master, which he chooses to throw away so that it doesn't slow him down anymore. He's releasing all restraints...this will undoubtedly cause a major uproar all throughout China..it may even rile up some thugs more. The Lin Kuei will be very angry that they've been identified as the culprits. But more than anything, this must have been painful for him to write because his honor kept him in the Valley, his home. Now that the Valley is gone, he has no reason to hang onto it. And with Oogway gone and his son a walking danger because of said honor, he has even less reasons to hang into it. Because if he still persists on keeping his honorable reputation even after all of this...he'll end up all alone...

Mei Ling lets a few tears escape from her eyes, as a small yet guilty smile crept up on her face. "He's choosing to follow his own rules instead of the rules honor placed on him. I should be sad that he's giving up something he worked his entire life for. And here I am...I have the audacity to be happy. Why am I happy about this...?"

Because his honor and my thievery tore the two of us apart. Now that he's given that up, I have a chance to win him back. Of course I'm happy about that. I'm smiling because of that. Though it took him losing nearly everything to have him try to accept a lifestyle alike my own. That...is why I'm crying for him...

"Shifu..."