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-The next day-
Shifu was walking through the Training Hall, he was enjoying his day off, since he knew that his students were in capable hands.
He suddenly heard snoring. He looked around himself thinking he would catch the Dragon Warrior napping while others were busy doing some roadwork with Baihu, it's true that Po could be very sneaky, when he really tried.
It was almost as if the sound was coming from nowhere in particular, but it could be heard everywhere.
After wandering the room for a few minutes Shifu almost gave up, but then he found the source.
He couldn't be more surprised.
Baihu was tied to one of the Seven Swinging Clubs deeply asleep.
Shifu just looked at him in pure disbelief, how in the world did he get up there?
-Two hours earlier-
Baihu slowly walked into the training hall without his cane, apparently the long sleep has healed his leg.
He was carrying a large bucket of water in his healthy hand while his broken one remained in the cast.
„Today, I will teach you a technique, which is very popular among the ninja in Japan, but first I will need a volunteer since it's very dangerous and I don't want to damage the training dummy too much."
All of his students looked at him terrified until they noticed his kind smile.
Po raised his hand.
"Great. Come here." The white tiger said beckoning.
"So what is it, some kind of disappearing trick or something with shooting stars or…" Po started excitedly guessing.
"It makes your opponent sleep."
"That sounds boring…" Po was about to start whining when Baihu pinched him behind his right ear and the panda fell to the ground with loud snoring.
"It's called "Surīputatchi", but since that's hard to pronounce I prefer to call it sleep touch…"
"Is he okay?" Monkey asked worried.
"Of course, the best thing about the sleep touch is, that it's absolutely harmless, painless and all you need to do to wake them up is to pour some water on their head, like so..." The older master answered, then pulled out a small wooden cup from his pocket, filled it with some water and splashed its content on Pos face.
"Where am I, why am I wet…" The panda jerked awake and was trying to figure out what happened.
"…as you can see the only side effect is mild disorientation."Baihu finished.
"What happened?" Po asked as he stood up.
"I just gently squeezed this little acupoint right here." White tiger said as he pointed to the spot he touched earlier.
"Can I try?" Monkey asked.
"Yes you can, Po volunteered after all." The tiger said with an innocent smile.
"Wait a second…" was all Po managed to say before getting pinched again.
"Very good." Baihu praised.
And just like that they all took turns practicing the sleep touch.
Po spent more time on the ground today than that one time when Shifu forced them to do thousand sit ups.
Once they finished their training Baihu finally revived Po for the last time. The panda immediately jumped into his fighting stance.
"No more pinching!"
"It's fine, Po, the training is almost over, you are the last one who needs to try this technique and I guess it's only fair for you to choose your opponent." Baihu said trying to calm him.
Once Po realized there was no one near him, he immediately relaxed.
"Can I really choose anyone?"
"Of course."
"Really?"
"Yes, Po and choose quickly, it's almost time for the running practice."
"Wait, what about lunch?!"
"We'll have lunch after the practice, I want to be sure that you won't vomit after twenty miles…"
"Twenty miles!?"
"Yes, for start, then another fifty."
Po was left gaping by Baihus answer. Seventy miles before lunch? Was he trying to kill them?
The panda was thinking hardly how to put a stop to the training, which awaited them and by the looks on the faces of the Furious Five, he was not alone.
Just when he felt the panic slowly fill his heart a plan formed in his head.
"Okay, then I choose you, Master Baihu."
"Me? Well then." White tiger agreed.
Baihu stepped closer to him.
"Can someone please show him which spot to pinch? I don't want to end up with a paralyzed…" Baihu didn't get enough time to finish his sentence, his face just suddenly hit the floor with a snore.
"So what should we do with him?" he asked, sure that others knew exactly what he meant.
"We could put him in that body cage Monkey made for you." Viper suggested.
"We still have that thing?! I thought you got rid of it!"
"Sorry Po, Shifu said, that we should keep it just to be safe." Monkey apologized.
"So, where is it, will he even fit in it?" Crane asked.
"We shouldn't do that, the only key to that thing is in Chorh-Gom Prison, once someone is locked in it, it can be unlocked only there and besides how would we explain that to Shifu."
"Monkey has got a point, why don't we just get him back into his room?" Tigress said.
"So you have a soft side." Po commented.
"What are you talking about?" She asked with a confused expression.
"Tigress and Baihu sitting on the tree…" The panda sang mockingly before getting punched in the stomach.
"I agree with Tigress, it would be the easiest choice." Viper said.
"It's a bit strange though, that you hadn't come up with anything better, when I remember what you did to Zan, it still gives me the chills." Monkey pointed out with an accusing look.
Po got back on his feet and looked at Monkey with a mischievous smile.
"Po, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"That's it, Monkey you are a genius!" Po exclaimed.
"Crane, go get some rope." He ordered before picking up Baihu with Tigress' help.
-Two hours and two minutes later-
Shifu managed to get the white tiger on the floor with a big thud by unhooking the chain which held the club with him in the air and Baihu kept peacefully snoring.
Red panda covered the older masters' nostrils with his hand until he jerked awake, coughing.
"Master Baihu, what happened to you?" Shifu asked.
That's a good question. Baihu thought.
Po and the rest of the students entered the hall.
"Master Baihu you are back, where did you disappear?...We were looking for you." Po asked nervously.
Oh. Now it makes sense. And to think I was only joking with the marathon.
"Of course. I sent you to do your running and was preparing to teach you the flying rope technique. I must have got tied up and hit my head." He explained.
Po couldn't believe his luck, until he saw the older master's eyes.
The white tiger managed to give the panda a clear message without the usage of a single syllable.
You made a fatal mistake.
Even though Po felt nervous, nothing happened that day, but he was sure that revenge was coming.
The panda was unable to fall asleep that night, paranoia heavy on his mind. The attack could come from any direction at any time.
It didn't. The morning came quickly and aside from a sleepless night he was fine.
That was until he opened the door of his room.
Firstly a bucket fell from the doorframe and covered him from head to toe with purple foam. And just when he managed to clean himself a second object dropped. A mirror which hanged just a few inches from his face on a rope tied to the ceiling and when he looked at his reflection he almost experienced a heart attack.
All of his black fur was colored in dark purple and all the white fur coated in bright neon yellow.
A message was written in the right corner of the mirror.
A simple warning.
DON'T MESS WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST!
Just in case You don't know this:
Zan was a young duckling that was rescued by Po and Tigress during the episode Kung Fu Day Care in the Legends of Awesomeness, I don't want to spoil anything, since it's one of the best episodes in the whole series.
The body cage is an object from the episode Owl Be Back, and it was made to contain Po just in case he ever turned evil.
