A Hero's Sacrifice

Me: "Yes, indeed. Chapter 4 is now out and it's ready for you guys to-"

Po: "Get on with it."

Me: "Fine."

Chapter 4: The Invasion Begins

As the ships stopped, Po and the Furious Five were curious to see who would come out. They had worried looks, thinking that possibly Tikal has sailed over here so he can rule the Valley of Peace. Shifu didn't flinch, or budge. He knew what was going on.

Fortunately, the people who revealed themselves were the good guys, if you want to put it that way. Oh yeah, and it looked like a LOT of good guys came. Po had a large gasp, as he began to speak in such a fast tone that only his closest friends could understand him.

"OH MAI GAWD! MASTER CROC, MASTER STORMING, MASTER SHEEP, MASTER YAO, SHENGQI, MASTER BOAR, MASTER DOG, MASTER FROG, MASTER PIG, MASTER WOLF, MASTER MASTER MASTER MASTER MAAAAAAAASSTTEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR!"

After saying all of those names, Po was clearly out of breath. Tigress looked at him with an impressed look, folding her arms. "Did you just name all of the Kung Fu Masters?" While Tigress asked this question, Po was still out of breath, but he did give an answer. "I...I think I did." He sounded tired, but proud at the same time.

Mantis felt the need to comment on this moment. "You looked like you were eating forty beanbuns again." Mantis' joke made the rest of the four warriors laugh, while Po just gave a sigh and a slightly annoyed look. Crane saw the look on Po's face, and wanted to cheer him up a bit.

"Naming all of the masters isn't an easy task. Well done, Po!" Crane then hit Po on the back, making him get a slight pain in his back. "OW! You know, for a bird, you sure are heavy feathered."

"SILENCE!" Shifu screamed, growing tired of his students cracking jokes in this serious mission. He found it more embarrasing than usual, because this time it was in front of the best Kung Fu Masters in existence. The Furious Five and Po immediately caught Shifu's vibe, and decided to listen.

"Quiet now? Good." Shifu stood in the middle, beginning to give a speech. "As you all know, chaos is currently happening in Mystic City! We shall not let this continue, and we will end it today! ARE YOU ALL WITH ME?!"

"YEAH!" Everybody said in unison, but Shifu wanted to make sure they got the message. "I SAID ARE YOU ALL WITH ME!?"

"YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

"THEN LET'S GO AND END THIS MADNESS! ONTO THE SHIPS!" Shifu's speech got everybody hyped up, and they felt like nothing could stop them. The Kung Fu Masters went back into their ships. Po, Shifu, and the Furious Five were about to join them, but there was a slight disturbance...

"POOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Po could recognize that voice anywhere. It was nobody other than his dad.

"Son, where are you going?"

Po wanted to get this conversation over as soon as possible, so he gave simple answers. "Mystic City."

"MM-MMM-MYSTIC CITY?! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!" Mr. Ping looked at his son with a crazy look.

"Dad, I have to go."

"But why are you going without your noodles?! I even packed your action figures for you again!" Mr. Ping showed Po's action figures, and Monkey couldn't help but laugh at seeing the Tigress action figure for the second time.

Po showed an embarrased look, sighing and blushing at the same time. "Dad! That's the second time you've done that!"

"Sorry, Po, but I know how much you like..." Po knew what his father was going to say, and wanted to interrupt him quickly before he could finish.

"SHUT UP, DAD. NOT...THE...RIGHT...TIME...AT ALL." he was clearly frustrated, and just wanted this to end already.

"My bad." Mr. Ping didn't want to let his son off the hook just yet, though. "Can I come?"

"Dad, you know you sound like a nut right now." Po basically said his idea of coming on this trip was a horrible idea, and Mr. Ping just sighed. "Can I at least sneak in?" With another question asked by his Dad, Po just fell on his back in a classical anime style.

"Mr. Ping, we should really get going, if you don't mind. This is important stuff we're dealing with here." Shifu wanted Mr. Ping to go away as soon as possible, so he came into this conversation to end it. Mr. Ping knew what this meant, and just gave a small smile combined with a smirk. "Okay, I understand. Have a good time, Po!" said Mr. Ping, as it looked like he finally left.

"Thank goodness." Po said under his breath, but then someone caught his attention.

"Po, this should be yours." Shifu revealed the Legendary Sword of Heroes, and all Po could do was have his mouth agape. "T-this is mine?" Po asked, as Shifu just said one simple word.

"Yes."

"AWESOOOOMMMEEEEE!" Po snatched the Sword of Heroes out of Shifu's hand. He couldn't believe that the sword was actually his.

"Students, let's get going."

"Right!" Without wasting any more time, Po and the gang finally set sail with the rest of the Kung Fu Masters.

End of Chapter 4

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