And now, our heroes talk to one another and we see Po's teaching methods. Enjoy!
Soon, everyone was sitting around multiple tables enjoying their meals. While Po and the Five enjoyed their meals, Sora and his friends enjoyed Mr. Ping's secret noodle soup.
"Wow, this is delicious!" said Minnie.
"You're right, I see why you guys like it!" Daisy said in agreement.
"Gotta say Mr. Ping, you're a good cook." said Lea.
Mr. Ping chuckled. "Why thank you Ax-I mean Lea." he replied.
"So how have things been going since Gongmen City?" asked Sora.
"Going very well actually." said Viper. "We're still learning new lessons from Master Shifu."
"And they really come in handy whenever the valley or anywhere else are under attack." added Crane.
"That's good." nodded Aqua.
"How is Shifu anyway?" asked Naminé.
"He's a lot happier nowadays." said Monkey. "Though he is still the same. Strict, but fair."
"Whaddya mean by that?" Myde asked curiously.
"Before Po came into Shifu's life, he wasn't always the happiest red panda kung fu master." said Sora.
"Why's that?" Terra asked curiously.
Sora looked at Po and the Furious Five, who nodded.
"You can tell them." said Tigress.
Sora nodded as he looked at those who didn't know the story.
"Long before these six ended up at the Jade Palace, Shifu found a baby snow leopard on the doorstep." said Sora. "He named him Tai Lung and raised him as his son."
"He taught Tai Lung the arts of kung fu." said Donald. "And Shifu was very proud of him."
"He was sure that Tai Lung would be the Dragon Warrior." said Goofy.
"What's the Dragon Warrior exactly?" asked Oswald.
"The Dragon Warrior is a legendary prodigy described as one who would know the secret behind a mysterious object called the Dragon Scroll. By reading the scroll, the Dragon Warrior would be granted 'limitless power' after achieving the highest level of kung fu." explained Tigress.
Those who didn't know were amazed.
"Wow…" Myde breathed in awe.
"And Po is the legendary warrior?" asked Ortensia.
"Yep. Master Oogway selected me when I came to the tournament… by accident." said Pow with an embarrassed look.
"I can imagine you five not taking that well." commented Daisy.
Tigress, Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey exchanged guilty looks.
"Well yeah we didn't." admitted Viper. "But overtime, we warmed up to Po." she added with a smile.
"So Tai Lung was supposed to be the Dragon Warrior?" asked Max.
"He was, yes." said Tigress as she frowned. "But Oogway saw darkness in his heart, and refused."
Mickey sighed. "I remember that day. I was there with Master Yen Sid, Master Eraqus, Master Xehanort, and Ansem the Wise when we came to see for ourselves." he told them. "I felt bad for Shifu, especially since Yen Sid, Eraqus, and even Ansem the Wise supported Oogway's decision."
"And then, Tai Lung attacked the valley in outrage." said Po. "He tried to take the Dragon Scroll. Shifu tried to stop him, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. And as a result, he got injured."
Those who never knew the story gasped.
"Oh no…" gasped Aqua.
"Luckily, Oogway stopped him and Tai Lung was put in Chorn-Gom prison." said Tigress with a sad expression. "But as a result, Shifu became bitter. It was a hard thing to deal with after he took me in from the orphanage."
"That's so sad." Minnie said softly.
"Sorry you had to go through that Tigress." said Daisy.
Tigress smiled appreciatively. "Thank you." she said.
"20 years later, Oogway had a vision of Tai Lung returning." said Viper. "He broke out of jail."
"That's when Oogway decided to choose the Dragon Warrior." said Crane. "He ended up choosing Po. And that was when we met Sora, Donald, and Goofy."
"At first we didn't like them." said Mantis. "But as Viper said, we warmed up to them."
"That's good to hear." said Minnie.
"But it wasn't just Tai Lung who was a threat." said Riku.
"Oh yeah, you mentioned the organization's plans." said Terra. "You did end up rescuing them, right?"
"We did." said Sora. "With Lea's help. Though, at the time, he was Axel."
Lea nodded. "When I found out what Xemnas was planning, I told Riku right away." said the pyro.
"He was here too?" asked Aqua.
"Watching over my best friend and his friends." said Riku with a smile. "When Tai Lung defeated the Five and the Organization captured them, I managed to rescue Monkey and he told them what was going on."
"And then I took them to the Castle That never Was." said Lea. "There, we had to deal with Xigbar, Luxord, and Saïx."
Isa winced. "Yeah… sorry about that." he said apologetically.
"It's fine." said Po. "You're sorry for what you did. And you're redeeming yourself."
Isa gave a small smile.
"We escaped." said Mantis. "Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Po dealt with Tai Lung, we all evacuated the town."
Viper looked at Po. "How did you four defeat Tai Lung?" she asked curiously.
"It's a lot to explain." Po admitted.
"I can show it." said Naminé, standing up. "I have the ability to play memories by touching one person with one hand and playing them on a piece of technology with the other."
Po, Mr. Ping, and the Five were surprised.
"She can play memories?!" Po asked, amazed.
"It's true." said Roxas. "Go ahead, Naminé."
Naminé took out her phone and made her way to Po. She activated the projection mode and touched Po's shoulder. The memory then played.
Tai Lung had just defeated Shifu. He was about to finish him when…
"Hold it right there!"
Tai Lung stopped, still holding Shifu as he turned around to see Sora, Donald, and Goofy standing in front of the doorway, Kingdom Key, staff, and shield in hands, with determined looks on their faces. It had been Sora who spoke.
"Would have been here sooner, but some Heartless coming down the stairs occupied our time." said Sora before his tone went firm. "Let the master go!"
"Who are you?" asked Tai Lung.
"The one's who are gonna help the Dragon Warrior kick your tail!" answered Donald.
"We're the travelers the Organization told you about!" added Goofy.
Tai Lung looked at them in disbelief. "You?!"
"Yeah, we're kung fu masters too!" said Sora. "Master Sora!"
"Master Donald!" added Donald.
"And Master Goofy!" concluded Goofy.
Tai Lung still looked incredulous at the three. "You three are the world travelers Xigbar, Saïx, and Luxord told me about?" he then chuckled darkly. "Pathetic. You're just a teen, duck, and dog in cosplay!" he scoffed.
"Hey!" shouted Donald, offended.
"We're more than that!" added Goofy.
"But enough about us. Let us introduce the one who's destiny is to defeat you!" said Sora.
With that, Sora and Co. moved to the side and extended their weapons towards the doorway.
"May I present to you, Po Ping! The Dragon Warrior!" announced Sora.
As if on cue, panting noises could be heard as Po struggled up the stairs. He then entered through the doorway.
"Huff... huff... huff... Stairs... huff..." panted Po.
Everyone couldn't help but snicker and Po blushed in embarrassment.
Sora and Donald face-palmed in embarrassment as Goofy looked on, surprised.
"Who are you?" asked Tai Lung in disbelief.
"Buddy... I... am the Dragon Warrior! (exhales hard) Huhhh..." answered and panted Po.
"Told ya." smirked Sora.
Tai Lung was in amused disbelief.
"You?! Him?!" he asked Shifu in disbelief before he casted the red panda aside."He's a panda." He turned back to Po and the travelers. "You're a panda. What are you gonna do, big guy? Sit on me?" he asked.
"Don't tempt me. Haha." said Po. "No. I'm gonna use this!" he answered as he held out the scroll. "You want it? Come and get it." he taunted.
Then from out of nowhere, Tai Lung punched Po across the room, grabbing the scroll knocked from Po's paws.
"PO!" Sora, Donald, and Goofy shouted in unison.
"Finally... AH!" exclaimed Tai Lung before Po suddenly bounced off a nearby pillar and slammed back into the snow leopard, sending him flying into a column.
Tai Lung recovered, astonished.
Surprised that he had actually landed a blow, Po put on a brave face and struck a pose.
"Whoo! Nice job Po!" congratulated Sora as he, Donald, and Goofy applauded.
Tai Lung charged at Po on all fours.
Po turned to run. "Oh... WOW!" exclaimed Po in slow-mo.
Tai Lung quickly caught up and they both sailed off the palace steps.
"Let's go guys!" shouted Sora as he leaped after them.
Nodding, Donald and Goofy joined in.
Po clung to the scroll as Tai Lung delivered a punch and sent him crashing onto the arena rooftops below and bouncing off into a tree.
Tai Lung roared and pounced; Po rolled down off a tree and used the recoil to whip back and smash Tai Lung. He briefly skidded across the rooftop and came right back at Po. He knocked Po down the long flight of stairs, and chased after him.
"That scroll is mine!" shouted Tai Lung.
"No it isn't!" shouted Sora as he, Donald, and Goofy slammed into Tai Lung.
Down the stairs, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Po, and Tai Lung grappled for the scroll. The four friends were oblivious to the effects of crashing down stairs and in slow motion, Po's voluminous butt pressed down on Tai Lung's head.
Everyone laughed.
"You really did sit on him!" Lea chortled.
"Never tempt fate." Terra said and everyone laughed.
As they crashed through the gateway to the village, the scroll was knocked loose. The four friends were separated from Tai Lung as Po crashed into a noodle cart.
Tai Lung went for the scroll but Sora tried slashing him with his keyblade. Tai Lung was able to block some attacks, but that didn't stop Sora from kicking the snow leopard in the stomach.
Donald leaped into the air, and caught the scroll.
"Po! Catch!" he shouted as he threw the scroll towards the Dragon Warrior.
"No!" shouted Tai Lung ash he shoved Sora to the side. Tai Lung tried to leap up to catch the scroll, but Po snatched it away using a noodle lasso.
"Now that is clever." said Monkey, impressed and everyone nodded.
The scroll flew towards Po and bounced off his head. Tai Lung leaped for it, but Po grabbed his tail and pulled him back down onto a cart which see-sawed Po into the air. In mid-air, Po slurped the noodle.
The scroll landed inside a lantern, tumbled out and rolled to a stop in the street.
Up and over the rooftops, Po landed in a grove of bamboo trees and into a nearby wok shop and came out on two tall ones as if he was on stilts. Sora, Donald, and Goofy ran up next to him. As Tai Lung made his move on the scroll, Goofy sent his shield into Tai Lung's face, knocking him to the side. Quickly, Sora and Donald tossed several overturned woks over to where the scroll was, one covering it.
Just as Tai Lung regained his focus, Po leaped into the center of all the woks, and turned the scene into a shell game, sliding the woks around at top speed to hide the scroll.
"Where did you learn that?!" Crane asked, amazed.
"Shifu." Po replied.
"It was his own method of teaching." said Sora.
"A unique one at that." added Lea.
"Lightning! Whoo!" cheered Po.
Tai Lung growled as he knocked the woks away and exposed the scroll.
"Ahhh!" shrieked Po.
Po used his bamboo stilts to block Tai Lung as he tried to grab the scroll. The leopard swiped out the stilts and grabbed the scroll... bringing Po down on top of him as the scroll knocked out his paws and Sora quickly caught it as he, Donald, and Goofy ran down the street.
Infuriated, Tai Lung thew Po into a fireworks stand, leaped forward, and kicked Sora to the side, making the scroll fall out of his hands, and roll down the street.
Quickly, Goofy picked up Sora over his shoulder and the two joined up with Donald and went over to Po, who seemed to have an idea.
Tai Lung was chasing after the scroll when…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!"
Po came speeding up on the cart, propelled by a motherlode of fireworks. Sora, Donald, and Goofy rode on top, holding on for dear life as they screamed in excitement, Donald and Goofy holding onto both the cart and their hats.
"Ride 'em, cowboy!" screamed Sora, excitedly.
"Now that looks fun!" said Max.
"It was!" said Donald.
They slammed through Tai Lung, Po grabbed the scroll... and they crashed into a rock wall.
"Oooooh!" nearly everyone cringed.
The scroll flew out of Po's paw and landed in the mouth of an ornamental rooftop dragon. The four gathered in front of the wall, and noticed Tai Lung, who saw where the scroll has landed and restarted his pursuit. Po imagined the scroll as a cookie, and then effortlessly scaled the building.
Sora Donald and Goof did the same thing, but envisioned Riku, Kairi, and Mickey on top of the ornamental roof top Dragon, before they too effortlessly scaled the building like Po.
"That was your motivation?" Mickey asked in amazement.
"You guys are our friends." said Sora. "We were hoping we would save you."
Tai Lung was shocked.
"The scroll has given him power! NOOOOOOOO!" he shrieked as he gave chase.
"Someone's overreacting." mused Isa, remembering witnessing it as a Nobody.
Tai Lung took a giant leap and kicked the wall of the building, causing it to crumble. Po, Sora, Donald, and Goofy struggled to reach the scroll as they were chased by Tai Lung, though managed to keep the leopard at bay by kicking dozens of roof tiles into his face. Sora grabbed Donald's arm and tossed him into the air. The mage caught the scroll. Goofy leaped into the air as Donald tossed the scroll to him. As they flew through the air, Goofy threw the scroll to Sora, who uppercutted it back to Po with his foot, who caught it in his paws... just as Tai Lung leaped up behind him and unleashed a punishing blow that sent Po smashing into the ground outside Mr. Ping's noodle shop.
Shocked at what happened to their friend, Sora, Donald, and Goofy were distracted as Tai Lung punched and kicked them into several buildings before diving down towards Po. As he descended, he delivered a final devastating punch, sending up a huge mushroom cloud.
"OH NO!" gasped Minnie as everyone else gasped.
"Son of a…" trailed off Terra.
"How the hell did you survive that?!" exclaimed Max.
"A lot of intense training, son." Goofy replied.
After coming out of the debris they landed in, Sora, Donald, and Goofy, staggered back to where the crater was, panting heavily, clothes scratched, and their hair, feathers, & fur messed up.
As the dust settled, Tai Lung was looming over a stunned Po in the impact crater. He picked up the scroll. He relished at having the secret to limitless power in his grasp at last.
"Finally... oh yes... the power of the Dragon Scroll... is... MINE!" Tai Lung exclaimed, happily.
He opened the scroll... and his triumph turns to horror as he stares at the blank surface. "It's NOTHING!" he exclaimed in disbelief.
"Wait, nothing was on it?" asked Myde.
"There was a message if you looked deeper." said Po. "The secret is just you."
"You are better at being you." said Mickey. "That's what makes you great."
"Looks like he learned the hard way..." Sora panted quietly to his friends, who nodded as they tried to help Po up.
"It's okay. I didn't get it the first time either." said Po.
"What?" asked Tai Lung in disbelief.
"There is no secret ingredient." explained Po.
Tai Lung tossed down the scroll in anger. Sora, Po, Donald, and Goofy looked down at the scroll and gazed at their reflections.
"It's just you." explained Sora, getting his breath back. "That's the secret of the Dragon Scroll."
Tai Lung looks at the scroll... then snarled and lunged at Po.
"RRRAAAH!" he roared.
"AAAAGGGHH!" cried Po.
"Po look out!" shouted Sora.
Too late. Tai Lung struck Sora, Donald, and Goofy to the side of the crater before he struck Po's nerve points in a last effort borne out of frustration.
"PO!" everyone exclaimed in horror.
"How bad did it hurt?!" Tigress asked, worried.
"Not at all." Po shrugged.
"How?!" asked Mr. Ping, concerned.
"Just watch." said Sora.
Po collapsed to the ground... and began laughing. Tai Lung looked down at his paw in confusion and struck Po again. And again... and again... Even Sora, Donald, and Goofy were confused as they laid against the crater, getting their energy back.
"He's striking Po's nerve points, how is he not getting paralyzed?" asked Donald.
"Gawrsh, maybe it's because Po's big belly is acting like some sort of force field." guessed Goofy.
"Oh I get it! His body fat is preventing any nerve points from being struck into paralyzation. Like a cushion of some kind." said Sora.
"Oh i get it!" said Aqua.
"It is pretty useful." mused Kairi.
As they got back up, they could still hear Po laughing from the experience shouting, "...Don't! Don't!" Frustrated, Tai lung delivered a double-fisted punch to Po's belly. The shockwave rippled through Po's entire body and his arms came back and stuck Tai Lung, sending the snow leopard crashing back into the noodle shop.
Po looked at his paws, amazed at what he just did.
"Wow!" gasped Donald in amazement. "Nice job Po!" congratulated Goofy.
"Thanks! I didn't know I had it in me!" thanked Po, still amazed.
Just then, the four friends looked to see Tai Lung walk back towards then, a dark aura flowing around him. And he did not look happy.
"Uh... why's Tai Lung like that?" asked Po, nervous.
"I think he's been turned into some sort of Heartless!" exclaimed Goofy.
"He's basically his own Heartless!" added Donald.
"Just like Maleficent, Clayton, Hades, Shan-Yu, Scar, and Xehanort!" exclaimed Sora.
"This can't be good." muttered Myde.
"Nothing we couldn't handle." smirked Donald.
Po then had a determined look on his face as he got into a fighting stance.
"Let's finish this!" said a determined Po.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy nodded as they got into fighting stances with their weapons ready.
(Xemnas Boss Battle from Kingdom Hearts II plays)
The fight began. Tai Lung roared and jumped forward, but Sora managed to strike him with his keyblade. Donald then casted a thunder spell, which hit Tai Lung. Furious, the snow leopard got up again, but Po managed to punch and kick him from behind. Tai Lung was about to punch back, but Goofy bashed him with his shield.
"Nice shot dad!" cheered Max as everyone cheered.
"Thanks Max." Goofy smiled.
Tai Lung lunged forwards, but Sora grabbed his arm, and tossed him over his shoulder. While the snow leopard was on the ground, Donald casted a lightning spell. Tai Lung got up again and was about to swing kick, but Po grabbed him mid-air, and swung him to the side, where the feline was hit by Goofy's shield.
Sora then casted a perla spell towards Tai Lung, but the cat managed to avoid it, only to get side-kicked by Po. As Tai Lung got up again, Goofy sweep-kicked him to the ground. Once again as Tai Lung got up, he was struck three more times by Sora's keyblade.
"You guys are pummeling him!" said Aqua, amazed.
"He did put up a good fight." said Sora.
"Tell me about it." muttered Tigress.
Donald then lunged forward and punched Tai Lung in the face twice before kicking him in the stomach. Goofy then fist-punched the snow leopard in the side, before kicking him to the side. Sora then uppercutted Tai Lung with his foot into the air for a moment. Po then used this chance to grab Tai Lung's tail win mid-air and began using it to spin the snow leopard around. Tai Lung tried to lung back for Po, but ended up missing each time and got hit himself by Sora, Donald, and Goofy's kung fu moves. At one point, Po moved the cat's tail in between their faces, making Tai Lung accidentally bite it, making him roar in pain.
"Ouch!" Mickey, Minnie, Ortensia, Tigress, Monkey, and Viper exclaimed, having long tails themselves.
"Serves him right." said Donald.
"Big time." Ven said in agreement.
Po then swung Tai Lung to the ground.
Tai Lung then began to get consumed in darkness even more as Sora, Po, Donald, and Goofy regrouped. Tai Lung then got up, and looked like he was ready to strike again. Sora then closed his eyes before appearing in his white Final Form, Oathkeeper and Oblivion floating behind him.
Quickly, Sora charged towards Tai Lung, keyblades ready. He started using Final Strike first against the snow leopard. Then as Tai Lung leaped towards him, Sora quickly used Crime and Punishment to defend himself. Finally, before Tai Lung could do anything else, Sora unleashed Auto Final to finish him off.
(Xemnas Boss Battle from Kingdom Hearts II ends)
Everyone applauded.
"Nice job Sora!" said Kairi.
Sora chuckled. "Thanks Kairi."
Tai Lung fell to the ground, flat on his back, defeated. Sora landed softly on the ground with his friends. His keyblades were dismissed, but he was still in Final Form.
"Now that was totally awesome!" exclaimed Po like a fanboy.
Sora chuckled. "Thanks."
Just then, the four heard moaning as Tai Lung suddenly stood up, and staggered towards the four. battered, but still defiant.
"You... can't defeat me..." he panted as the four friends looked at him, unafraid. "You three... are just... pathetic wastes... and you... you're just a big... fat... panda!"
Tai Lung lunged one last time towards Po, but not before he, Sora, Donald, and Goofy each grabbed one of the paw's fingers. Tai Lung's eyes went wide.
"What's so scary about that?" asked Minnie, confused.
"You'll see." smirked Po as The Furious Five's eyes widened.
"First of all, we're not pathetic wastes." said Sora, firmly.
"Yeah, we're heroes! And kung fu masters! We protect lives from villains like you!" added Donald.
"We do what's right!" nodded Goofy.
"And second, I'm not a big, fat panda... I'm THE big, fat panda!" said Po, with a dangerous smirk.
Smug looks went on Sora, Donald, and Goofy's faces as well as they and Po each raised their pinky fingers at the same time.
Tai Lung gasped. "The Wuxi-Finger Hold!" he exclaimed, terrified.
"What's that?" asked Aqua.
"The Wuxi Finger Hold was developed by Master Wuxi in the 3rd Dynasty." said Tigress. "It is said to be the most feared and secretive technique in the entire Valley of Peace, capable of creating the maximum amount of damage with just the minimal amount of effort." said Tigress.
"It sends mortals to the Spirit Realm." added Viper.
"Oh you know this hold?" asked Po, smugly.
"Imagine what would happen if it was done by four instead of one." teased Donald, smugly.
"Guess we'll just have to test it out. A-hyuck!" chuckled Goofy.
"Honestly, I can't even imagine." said Crane.
"Me neither." nodded Monkey.
"You're bluffing... you're bluffing! Shifu didn't teach you that!" pleaded Tai Lung.
"Nope..." began Sora.
Tai Lung looked hopeful until…
"...we figured it out." finished the keyblade wielder with a smug smile.
Tai Lung's eyes widened.
"Skadoosh!" exclaimed Po as he, Sora, Donald, and Goofy flexed their pinkies.
An explosion of gold energy rippled through the valley.
"Did it work?" asked Daisy as the memoery finished.
"It sure did!" said Sora.
"We sent Tai Lung to the Spirit Realm and the valley was saved!' said Po.
Everyone cheered and applauded.
"That was amazing!" said Kairi.
"You guys were badasses!" said Myde.
"Now that was a legendary fight Tai Lung envisioned." smirked Tigress, making Riku, Isa, Monkey, Crane, Viper, and Mantis chuckle.
"That was pretty impressive." said mickey. "Nice work you four."
"Thanks mick." smiled Goofy.
"I've been meaning to ask." said Oswald. "What happened in Gongmen City?"
Those who were there traded glances.
"It all started in that city with a peacock named Shen, the son of the rulers." said Tigress. "He was fascinated by gunpowder, using it to create weapons. A soothsayer said she saw that in Shen's future, if he kept going down that path, he would be stopped by a panda and a human with a Keyblade."
"Sora and Po?" asked Terra, receiving nods.
"Shen wasn't gonna let fate stop him." said Sora. "Until he met Xehanort, he dismissed the idea of humans.
Grim looks crossed the faces of those who went to Gongmen City, as did Terra, Isa, and Myde's expressions, who head heard of the story when they were vessels, and Mr. Ping as well when he learned about what had happened..
"But what Shen did next, not even the soothsayer could've predicted." Kairi said solemnly.
Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, Ortensia, Lea, and Aqua traded worried glances.
"What did he do?" asked Minnie.
"It's… it's hard to explain." said Po nervously. "Unless… Naminé?"
Naminé was surprised. "Po, are you sure?" she asked.
Po nodded. "They at least get to see." he explained.
"See what?" asked Aqua.
"Just watch." said Po as Naminé touched his head.
Instantly, another memory played. All 27 stood up to watch, tense.
It was night, and an entire village was in flames. The villages were pandas, running for their lives as Shen and his wolves began their assault.
Everyone except Po gasped in horror.
"What's he doing?!" cried Lea.
"He's… killing all the pandas…" Tigress said in horror, making everyone horrified.
"That monster!" cried Minnie.
"But why?!" cried Daisy.
"So the prophecy wouldn't come true." said Kairi, increasing everyone's horror.
In the midst of the massacre, baby Po sat outside his hut whimpering in fear, while clutching his doll.
"Dear gods, it's you!" gasped Viper.
Po nodded.
In the flames, he spotted Shen and two wolves a short distance away. Shen noticed the child.
"Get them all!" shouted Shen.
"NO!" everyone shouted in horror.
"That bastard!" snapped Lea.
"What the hell were we thinking having him on the Organization's side?!" Isa breathed in horror.
The two wolves leaped at baby Po, jaws open wide. The child's eyes widened with terror... a male panda leaped in front of Baby Po, armed with a rake. It was his dad.
"Your birth father…" Mr. Ping said in surprise.
With a powerful swing, he struck a directly in the eye and sent him and his comrade flying backward. They fell past Shen, who stared in astonishment at the panda.
"Take our son... and run away! Go!" he told his wife.
"That was impressive." said Xion, still tense.
Po's mother grabbed her son and fled. Baby Po lost his grip on the doll, and it bounced on the ground before being buried in flaming debris.
"This is nuts!" exclaimed Myde.
"I knew it was bad… but this is insane!" said Monkey, shocked.
Po's mother frantically ran into a forest quite like the one from Po's nightmare, all the other pandas either fleeing elsewhere or dead. In her arms, baby Po gazed ahead as Wolf Boss, his left eye now damaged, pursued them on all fours. Po's mother dodged Wolf Boss as he lunged and fell into the snow. She quickly turned and ran deeper into the forests as more wolves gave chase. Po's mother rushed down a deep snow embankment, eluding the wolves for now. She stopped in front of a cart full of vegetable crates... and she placed baby Po inside a crate full of radishes.
"The radish cart I found you in…" Mr. Ping gasped.
"What is she doing?" asked Myde.
No one replied, still tense.
Po's mother began to leave when baby Po began to cry, she seemed to change her mind, taking her son's little paws into her own, comforting him. Baby Po smiled happily as his mother kissed him on the forehead and clutched his paws tightly. His mother gazed lovingly at her child as he giggled... and then with tears in her eyes, she moved away, rushing back up the snowy hill.
As her son watched, crying, she reached the top of the hill, waved at someone off-screen, and ran out of sight. Several wolves and Shen himself took off after her, not noticing baby Po as he was left alone in the radish basket.
"GET HER!" Shen shouted in anger.
There was not anyone with no tears streaming down their eyes as the memory ended. Po was stricken while everyone else was horrified.
"My god…" gasped Aqua.
"Oh Po…" Minnie said sadly.
"I had no idea it was that bad." Tigress said sadly.
"I-I don't have words to describe this madness…" said Isa, shocked.
"Po, we're so sorry." said Kairi.
"Thanks guys…" Po said with a thankful smile, which managed weak smiles among everyone else.
Ven decided to continue the story.
"After that, Shen's parents were horrified by what he had done." the blonde said to those who didn't know the story. "So they banished him."
"It was the hardest decision of their lives." said Xion. "That made Shen bent on revenge."
"Years later, he took over Gongmen City." said Isa. "With the True Organization's help."
"When word reached the Valley of Peace, Shifu sent the six of us to stop him." said Crane.
"Me, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy went too." said Sora.
"We eventually found Shen, but I began to have flashbacks." said Po. "It distracted me so much that it caused a lot of trouble."
"Shen tried to use Po's past to his advantage and nearly all of us were killed." said Riku. "But the soothsayer helped Po and us achieve inner peace, learn from our pasts, an make our futures better."
"That was nice of her." said Minnie.
"Eventually, we all took down Shen's forces, with the help of Master Shifu, and the city's famous kung fu masters, Croc and Storming Ox." said Monkey.
"I offered Shen a second chance, but he attacked us as a Heartless." said Po.
"So we had no choice but to defeat him." said Sora. "It ended up costing Shen's life, even though he accepted it."
"There are those kinds of villains willing to accept defeat when it's inevitable." said Terra.
"Quite true." said Goofy.
"Well at least you survived." said Aqua with a smile.
"So what brings you all back?" asked Tigress. "Is our world being threatened by the darkness again?"
"There is always the possibility." said Mickey.
"But a few weeks after we left this world, me and Roxas became Keyblade masters." said Sora.
"Whoa really?!" Po asked in shock. "Congratulations!"
"We knew you could do it." smield Viper.
"And just today, everyone else here, along with 3 more became Masters like me, Sora, Mickey, Riku, Aqua, and Oswald." said Roxas, gesturing to everyone else, much to the seven animals' shock.
"I know Kairi and Lea have Keyblades, as well as Terra and Ven… but all of you?!" Po asked in shock.
"It's true." said Minnie, summoning Starlight.
The others followed suit. Xion summoned Lost Memory, Naminé summoned Shooting Star, Isa summoned Blue Moon, Myde summoned Mystic Water, Donald summoned Unbound, Daisy summoned Spellbinder, Goofy summoned Royal Radiance, Max summoned Fenrir, and Ortensia summoned Zero/One.
"WHOA!" Po, Monkey, Crane, and Mantis exclaimed together.
"You all have Keyblades?!" Viper asked in shock.
"We sure do." said Minnie as they all dismissed them.
"Our friends from Twilight Town, Hanyer, Pence, and Olette have them too." said Lea.
"How did that happen?" asked Tigress.
"Me and Myde got ours because we were vessels for Xehanort, chosen and reserve." said Isa. "Which means other enemies you all met like Ansem, Xemnas, Xigbar, Luxord, Marluxia, and Larxene have them too."
"I was a replica of Sora's memories of Kairi when he was asleep for a year." said Xion. "I was sued as a fail safe for the Organization to collect hearts."
"I'm Kairi's Nobody." said Naminé. "Since I came from her heart like Roxas from Sora, I got one too."
"Some of us became successors by accident." said Minnie. "I'm Mickey's successor."
"I'm the successor of Vanitas." said Donald, and Po and the Five remebered Mickey mentioning Vanitas in his story back at Gongmen Jail.
"I'm Young Xehanort's successor." said Goofy.
"I'm Naminé's successor." said Daisy.
"I'm Oswald's successor." said Ortensia.
"And I'm Riku Replica's successor." finished Max.
"That's so cool!" Po fanboyed.
"And you're all masters now?" asked Viper.
"We sure are!" said Mickey.
"But we needed a new form of training since we couldn't rely on our weapons all the time, especially since Xehanort's threat increased." said Minnie. "So I suggested we come here and learn kung fu like Sora and the others did."
"Shifu did mention that at one point." Po remembered.
"How did Xehanrot's threat increase?" asked Mantis.
"Let's just say something happened that allowed him to travel the worlds to gain allies." said Riku. "We'll tell you about it later."
"So we were hoping to get some extra training in, like Minnie suggested." said Terra.
Po and the Five smiled.
"We'd be happy to teach you." said Po.
"But we'll have to run it by Master Shifu first." said Crane.
"Shall we take you to the palace?" asked Viper.
"We'd like that." said Aqua with a smile.
"Alright. Let's go." said Tigress.
Saying goodbye to Mr. Ping, the group of 26 left the noodle shop.
Soon, the group was walking up the stairs to the Jade Palace.
"Why… so many… stairs…?!" Myde panted.
"I don't remember the Jade Palace being so high up…" muttered Minnie.
"It has been over 20 years Min." said Daisy.
"Believe us, we weren't used to it either." said Sora.
"Still aren't." grumbled Donald.
"And I thought the hill to McDuck Manor was high." muttered Max.
"So where would Master Shifu be?" asked Goofy.
"Most likely the Training Hall." said Viper.
Soon, they reached the top.
"Ok, you 20 go on ahead while me and the Five jump over." said Po.
"Really Po?" Tigress deadpanned.
"C'mon Tigress, it'll be nice." said Kairi.
Tigress sighed, but nodded.
The doors soon opened, revealing Zeng, Shifu's messenger.
"Oh you're all back!" said Zeng. "And you brought a lot of friends too!"
"Nice to see ya Zeng!" greeted Sora.
"You as well Masters Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Axel." Zeng greeted.
"It's Lea now." said Lea. "Got it memorized?"
"Sure thing!" nodded Zeng as he walked away.
"Who was that?" asked Aqua.
"That was Zeng." said Goofy.
"Shifu's messenger." added Donald.
Sora and Co. walked inside. Once they were all near the Training Hall, Po and the Five leaped over the gates and landed in front of the Keyblade Wielders. Po struck a pose, but the Five casually stood by.
"Nice job guys." said Mickey as the others clapped, impressed.
"Thanks." said Po before realizing something. "You guys aren't doing the dramatic pose, are you?"
"Do we have to strike the pose every time we land?" asked Mantis.
"You guys… Never underestimate the power of a dramatic entrance." said Po.
"It's true, sometimes they can be intimidating." said Donald, thinking back to his past adventures with his family.
"Especially to villains." Goofy said in agreement.
""I've heard about some masters who could win a fight just by throwing open a door." said Po.
"That I would like to see." mused Myde.
Po walked up to the entrance of the Training Hall, striking a pose at every step of the way. Before he could kick open the door, he stopped his leg in front of a stoic Shifu's face.
"Dramatic entrance?" Shifu asked with a knowing smirk.
"Master Shifu…" Po greeted meekly.
"Hey Master Shifu!" greeted Sora as he and his fellow kung fu masters walked up to the red panda.
"Sora. Riku. Kairi. Mickey. Donald. Goofy. Axel. This is a surprise." said Shifu in surprise.
"Actually, it's Lea now." said Lea.
"Right, right, they mentioned you were restored." said Shifu.
"It's great to see you again old pal." smiled Mickey.
Shifu smiled. "It is nice to see you too Mickey." he greeted. "And I see you brought Queen Minnie as well."
Minnie smiled. "It is really nice to see you again Master Shifu." she greeted. "It has been a long time."
"It really has." nodded Shifu. Then, he noticed two familiar faces. "Roxas. Naminé. You look different today."
Roxas chuckled. "Me and Naminé got our own hearts and bodies." he replied.
"And now we get to be our own people." said Naminé.
Shifu nodded. "Ah, I see." he said as he gazed at everyone else. "And the rest of you?"
"My name is Aqua." said Aqua.
"I'm Terra." said Terra.
"Ventus. Ven for short." said Ven.
"I'm Xion." said Xion.
"Daisy Duck. Donald's fiancé." said Daisy.
"Congratulations." smiled Shifu.
"I'm Max. Goofy's my dad." said Max.
"Ah yes. The king's captain mentioned he had a son." said Shifu.
"Isa." said Isa.
"I'm Myde." said Myde, gesturing a thumb at himself.
"I'm Oswald. Mickey's older half-brother." said Oswald.
"And I'm Ortensia. Oswald's my husband." said Ortensia.
"A pleasure to meet you all." said Shifu. "What brings you back to the Valley of Peace?" he asked.
Sora and Co. explained to Shifu why they had returned.
"I see." mused Shifu. "Well, right now I can see if Ven, Roxas, Naminé, and Xion are worthy of being masters of kung fu if they really have seen what they were taught within Sora and Kairi's heart. And then we'll see what we can do to teach Aqua, Terra, Isa, Myde, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, and Ortensia kung fu."
"Thank you master!" said Ven.
"It would be an honor." added Roxas.
"We appreciate it very much." said Terra.
Shifu nodded as he turned to the Furious Five. "Anyways, the Dragon Warrior is correct." he told them.
"Really?" Po asked, taken aback. "I was just making... Yeah! I mean, yeah I am." he added nonchalantly.
"Before the battle of the fist comes the battle of the mind. Hence, the dramatic entrance." explained Shifu.
Shifu kicks the door open, leaped forward, and thrusted his staff in the air. From above, Jade Palace archers received Shifu's signal and proceeded to shoot flaming arrows at large pots. The room lights up immediately.
"WOW!" Sora and the world-travelers said at once, amazed.
"That was cool." said Max, impressed.
"You can say that again." nodded Terra.
"What's the occasion?" asked Po.
"After I witness what Roxas, Naminé, Xion, and Ven can do, today… will be my final class." said Shifu.
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Roxas, Lea, Naminé, Xion, Isa, Myde, Terra, Ven, Aqua, Oswald, Ortensia, Po, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey were shocked.
"Final class?!" Sora exclaimed.
"You're retiring?" asked Kairi.
"Yes I am." Shifu nodded.
"Your final...? Wait. I didn't even know you were sick." Po said in a worried tone as he studied one of Shifu's eyes. "Although you have been looking a little…"
Shifu pushed Po away. "I'm not sick." he told him.
"Healthy. A little healthy. A lot actually." nodded Po.
"Of course he is." deadpanned Lea.
Shifu facepalmed. "My final class because from now on... your training will be in the hands of the Dragon Warrior." he told them, gesturing to Po with his staff.
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Terra, Ven, Aqua, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Roxas, Lea, Xion, Naminé, Isa, Myde, Oswald, Ortensia, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey gasped in shock.
Po nodded and smiled as he looked behind at the group. Then, his face turned frightful in realization.
"WHAT?!" Po screamed, making everyone jump in shock as his voice also pushed Shifu away. He went over to Shifu and whispered in his ear. "Me? Teach? I mean why not Tigress? She's always telling everyone what to do."
"Be quiet, Po." said Tigress.
"See what I mean?" said Po.
Shifu smiled. "Tigress is not the Dragon Warrior. You are." he told the panda.
"Come on, they're the Five! And those 20 are all Keybalde Masters. What can I teach them?" Po asked as he looked over at them. But as he looked back, Shifu wasn't in front of them. He then saw the red panda behind him.
"There is always something more to learn. Even for a master." said Shifu.
"He's right." said Aqua. "Even though all 20 of us are Keyblade Masters, we still learn new things as we go along."
"Aqua is correct." said Shifu. "For instance, let me show you another move."
He twirled staff.
"The dramatic exit." he said ominously before pointing his staff at the roof. "What's that?!" he exclaimed.
Po looked up as Shifu quickly scurried out of the room and closed the door. Po turned to see him gone.
"Whoa! Are you kidding me? That... What? Where'd he go?" Po asked, amazed.
The Five appeared stunned from Po's stupidity. Then, they bowed down in unison. "Master." they said together.
"He's gone guys. It's cool." chuckled Po.
"We await your instruction, master." said Monkey.
"All you have to lose… is our respect." Tigress said with a smile.
Mantis walked up to Po's shoulder. "Seriously, how bad could it be?" he asked.
"Ok…" said Po. He turned to Sora and the world-travelers. "You guys can go find Shifu and have him to the test for Roxas, Ven, Naminé, and Xion." he told them.
"Of course Master." smiled Sora.
With that, the 20 headed out the door.
Later, Shifu watched from the balcony in front of the front doors to the palace as Roxas, Naminé, Ven, and Xion performed the kung fu moves they learned from within Sora and Kairi's hearts. Said individuals, along with Riku, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Lea, Isa, Myde, Terra, Aqua, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Oswald, and Ortensia stood to the side.
The four Keyblade wielders performed a scissor kick before doing a spin kick. They jumped into the air, back-flipped, did a wheel kick, and landed in fighting stances. They then front flipped before double punching, pretended to block a punch, back kicked, and then backflipped into fighting stances.
Shifu watched with interest. "I've seen enough." he said.
Everyone watched in anticipation as Shifu approached the four.
"You really have learned the same lessons Sora and Kairi learned from us." Shifu said with a proud smile. "So, even though it is my last day, as master of the Jade Palace, I pronounce Roxas, Naminé, Xion, and Ventus, full Kung Fu Masters."
Everyone clapped and cheered as they ran up to the four.
"Way to go you guys!" said Sora.
"Nice job!" said Donald.
"You four were impressive! A-hyuck!" said Goofy.
"Welcome to the Kung Fu master ranks." smirked Lea.
"Thanks guys." smiled Xion. "And thank you as well Master Shifu."
Shifu smiled. "You are most welcome. Now then, I'm off to do some meditation. Why don't you go see how Po is doing?" he suggested.
"I don't see why we can't." said Mickey.
Shifu walked back into the palace as Sora and Co. walked to the Training Hall.
"There is no way we could pull that off." said Myde. "Or.. at least I don't think I can."
"It does seem pretty hard." said Daisy in agreement.
"Oh don't worry." said Minnie with a smile. "I'm sure we'll be able to learn kung fu in no time."
"We can't give up now, especially since we haven't even started yet." Aqua said in agreement.
The group entered the Training Hall, only for their jaws to drop and their eyes widened when they saw the scene in front of them.
"Very bad! Very very bad!" Mantis screamed as he got squished by two wooden clubs.
"Ooooooh!" Sora, Riku, Lea, Roxas, and Ven exclaimed, wincing.
It was chaos. The Five were dodging the training course in a panic as Po watched from a safe distance, holding a staff.
"What the hell is going on?!" cried Donald.
"I'd say Po's teaching got out of hand." said Lea, shocked.
"Ok ok! Let's switch it up. Monkey, immovable mountain stance!" said Po, worried.
"Yes, master!" said Monkey. He postured himself and then fell through the moving Dragon Planks.
"Ouch!" muttered Aqua.
"You can say that again, sister." said Daisy with a wince.
Po cringed. "I mean... Tigress, tornado back flip!" he called.
"Yes, master!" said Tigress. She flipped back before getting knocked down by a wooden club.
"Oof!" grunted Sora.
"She'll feel that in the morning." muttered Max.
To make matters worse for Tigress, one of the flames from the course landed on Tigress' tail.
"Oh no. Fire!" Po exclaimed as he pointed at it.
Unforutenly, the archers mistook what Po said and fired randomly across the Training Hall's interior. One of the arrows got stuck on Tigress, making her wince in pain.
"Oh my!" gasped Minnie.
"Sorry! My fault!" said Po. He pointed at Crane. "Crane, go high."
Crane did so, but ended up flying toward Viper.
"I mean low!" Po exclaimed.
But it was too late as Crane crashed into Viper and fell on Mantis, who was laughing at all the chaos.
"Ah, my claw thingy!" Mantis shouted.
"Uh, Viper and Tigress, to... uh, like a totem pole… poison… technique...!" Po called while faltering.
Tigress balanced herself on a wooden warrior as Viper sat on her head, only for them to get knocked off.
"Uh, you two… do... a swarming insect bite with a yellow tail, yellow jacket, uh, spicy... tuna…" Po faltered as a small explosion occurred.
The Five ended up falling altogether. Shortly after, they slowly walked up – tired and beaten - to Po, Sora, and Co. who all winced at their conditions.
Viper was wrapped around a spiked club, Tigress was clutching her arm, Crane looked singed with his head stuck through his hat, Monkey was singed as he dragged himself across the floor, and Mantis laid injured on Monkey's tail.
"Good job, Po." Viper said weakly.
"Will you guys be ok?" asked Aqua.
"We'll live." panted Monkey.
Po tried to touch Tigress' flaming ear, but Tigress knocked his hand away.
"Did you at least learn a little something?" Po asked, meekly.
"Yes. That you can't teach." Tigress said bluntly as she put the flame out.
"And Tigress is flammable. Turns out." added Crane.
"Ouch." Oswald said with a wince.
"Perfect teachers weren't created in a day." shrugged Mickey.
"Yeah… there is no way I am going through that course." Myde said with his hands raised.
Suddenly, a beam fell down, making everyone, except the Five jump in surprise. Myde stumbled backwards in surprise… and landed in the training course on the serpent logs. The mullet-haired former Nobody struggled to keep his balance.
"Myde!" cried Kairi.
"Oh dear." Minnie said with worry.
"Oh no, here we go again." said Sroa as deja-vu hit him, Donald, Goofy, Roxas, Ven, Xion, Po, and the Furious Five.
"Get me out of here!" shouted Myde in fright as he narrowly ducked from some spiked tethered balls.
"My first day all over again…" Po mumbled.
"I remember." said Tigress.
One of the spikes suddenly lifted Myde's hood over his head.
"What the?" Myde said in confusion as he removed his hood.
Goofy gasped.
"Myde, look out!"
As Myde pulled his hood down, his eyes widened when the back of the spiked tetherball smashed into him, sending Myde flying and screaming.
Myde landed in the turtle bowl, and began to shout in pain as he violently rolled around in it.
"Oh that's gotta be painful." said Aqua.
"You can say that again." nodded Riku.
"I think I'm gonna get sick!" Myde shouted as he rolled out of the bowl onto his feet.
Unfortunately, like Po, Myde stumbled into the spinning wooden clubs, which basically clobbered him, hitting him in various places as he shouted and yelped in pain.
"Oh my!" gasped Minnie as everyone winced.
"That looks so painful!" said Kairi.
"Ow, those are so hard!" Myde cried as he was hit in the face and then back.
And then, two of the spikes hit Myde in the groin hard.
"YEOOOWWWW-OOO-OOO-OHH!" Myde howled in pain as he sank to his knees. "YOU MOTHERF(bleep)ER!" (1)
"OOOOOOHHHH!" everyone shouted as they winced at the pain Myde received, which was even worse than what Po suffered his first day.
"Oh my god!" cried Daisy.
"OUCH!" shrieked Mickey.
"That HAD to hurt!" said Lea.
Sora, Riku, Roxas, Ven, Terra, Lea, Isa, Mickey, Doanld, Goofy, Max, Oswald, Po, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey covered their own private areas too, feeling their groins hurt as well.
Myde grasped his groin in immense pain… only to get hit by the clubs again. Myde then stumbled out... onto the Field of Fiery Death... which was powering up…
"Uh oh…" Myde squeaked.
Flames emerged twice as Sora and Co. shielded their eyes while Myde yelped in pain. Then, another brighter flame erupted as Myde screamed in pain as they all shielded their eyes.
When the flames died down, everyone stared in shock as Myde weakly crawled up to them. His hair and especially his cloak were burnt, a small flame was on his mullet hair, and he looked really singed.
"Are you ok Myde?" asked Sora.
"I think…" Myde panted weakly.
Mickey walked up to him.
"Well… at least you survived." Mickey said with a nervous chuckle before putting out the flame in Myde's hair with his fingers.
Myde just landed on the floor in pain.
To be continued…
So much for learning kung fu quickly. Po's struggling to be a teacher, and Myde and the Furious Five just got level zeroed. On the plus side, Roxas, Naminé, Xion, and Ven are kung fu masters now after learning from within Sora and Kairi's hearts!
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