Chapter 2 Life At The Jade Palace

Leo was sitting down at the table between Crane and Mantis as Viper and Tigress was sitting across from them. Monkey was sitting at the far end of the table as Po was sitting across from Monkey. Crane, Mantis, Viper and Po was surprised to see a human. Po begins asking him questions like non stop.

"Are you a human?" Po asked excitedly.

"Yes." Leo answered.

"That is totally awesome." Po smiled.

"I know." Leo said.

"So Leo." Mantis said, looking up at him. "Monkey was telling us you are going to sleep with Tigress. Is that true?"

Leo can hear Tigress growling when she heard those words. "Yeah." Leo smiled nervously.

"Ha ha ha!" Mantis laughed. "Good luck! She might have you for a midnight snack!"

Leo choked on a dumpling when he head that. Seeing Leo scared, Viper smacks Mantis with her tail.

"SSsss." Viper hissed. "Mantis, stop teasing him." She stares at Leo. "Don't listen to him, Leo." Viper said. "You'll be alright."

"I feel so much better." Leo swallows hard.

After dinner, Leo stayed behind to do the dishes. The Furious Five was walking up the path that led back to the building where the rooms are. They were all talking about Po being the Dragon Warrior and Leo.

"There's no words." Crane said.

"No denying that." Mantis added.

"I don't understand what Master Oogway was thinking." Viper said, slithering on the path. "The poor guy is going to get himself killed."

"He is so mighty." Crane said with sarcasm. "The Dragon Warrior fell out of the sky on a ball of fire!"

Mantis hops onto a boulder as they all stop walking. "When he walks, the very ground shakes!" Mantis said.

Monkey, Crane and Viper laugh as Tigress walks past them. "One would think that Master Oogway would choose someone who knew kung fu." Tigress said angrily.

"Yeah." Crane agreed. "Or at least touch his toes."

"Or even see his toes." Monkey added, catching up to them. The other three laugh except for Tigress.

"What do you all think of Leo?" Mantis asked.

"He's okay, I guess." Crane answered.

"Leo has some interesting fighting styles from what Tigress and I have seen." Monkey said.

"Were they kung fu fighting styles?" Viper asked Tigress.

"They weren't." Tigress growled.

The Furious Five didn't notice Po were several feet behind them. He could look and reach his toes. Po tries to do it but he falls over on the ground.

"Were you trying to reach your toes?" Leo asked, walking up to Po.

"Yeah." Po answered sadly.

"Let's go back to the rooms." Leo suggested.

It took the two of them five minutes to get back inside the rooms as they were standing in the long hall.

"Okay." Po whispered. He took a step but the floor squeaks a little.

Leo follows Po quietly. He can sees Tigress's room just a couple rooms down. Before he can take another step, Leo can hear the snapping of a floorboard broke in two by the panda. Po started moving a little more quickly until he stumbles into Crane's room, leaving Leo alone in the hallway. Leo can hear the sound of his breathing. He began to move quietly through the hall slowly, hoping not to make a sound. Po exits out of Crane's room and moves with Leo.

Leo outstretch his hand to the door, but Tigress opens the door, startling Leo. He hid behind Po. Does Leo really have to sleep with Tigress in her room?

"Master Tigress!" Po gasps. "I didn't mean to wake you."

"You don't belong here." Tigress said coldly.

"Yeah, of course." Po said. "This is your room."

"I mean you don't belong here in the Jade Palace." Tigress said coldly. "You are a disgrace to kung fu, and if you have any respect of who we are, and what we do, you will be gone by morning."

Po took a step backward, bumping into Leo, causing him to fall backwards on the door. Tigress steps out of her room to see Leo on the floor behind Po.

"Get in my room." Tigress said, staring at Leo.

Leo nodded slowly as he moved passed Po. Tigress follows Leo back into her room and slams the door in Po's face. There's only one bed for one of them.

"Where do I sleep?" Leo wondered.

Tigress moves past him. "You'll be sleeping on the floor." Tigress said angrily, sitting down on her bed.

"Sounds to me you don't like the idea of me sleeping in your room." Leo said, sitting on the floor.

"I don't." She growled, looking at Leo. Leo can see that Tigress is really mad. "Leave here to be with your weak parents, freak, or stay to be strong."

The words of Tigress felt like a arrow, piercing his heart. Hearing those words has trigger a memory in Leo's head. He heard those words "weak parents" a long time ago. Leo felt so much anger building up inside him, he stood up and walks up in her face. Their noses barely touch each other.

"My parents are not weak." Leo snarled. He left the room before looking back at Tigress. Then Leo ran through the hallway, waking up Monkey and Viper.

"What's with the noise?" Monkey muttered, poking his head out in the hall.

Viper slithers up to Tigress. "Were you and Leo arguing?" Viper asked, looking up at Tigress in the doorway.

Leo continues running, pasting Po and was standing on the edge of the cliff. He didn't notice the Peach Tree when he passed it. Tigress is wrong. His parents are not weak. But Leo wasn't sure. He looks up at the stars in starry night sky.

"You have come to the Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom, just like Po." Oogway said, walking up behind Leo.

Leo turns around to look at Oogway. "Oh." Leo said. "I didn't know..."

"Do not worry." Oogway said, walking up to Leo slowly.

"I just..." Leo tried to say, but he sighed. "It hurts me when people tell me I have weak parents." Leo stares at a peach lying on the ground. "I wonder if faith or destiny has something to with this."

"Faith, Destiny." Oogway said staring at Leo. "Faith and Destiny are the same, but opposites of the same coin like the Yin Yang symbol. As one walks down the silver path between the two, a new life is born, containing the spirit of Yin and Yang. That is why our spirits are connected." Oogway turns around and walks away.

Leo walks back into the room where Tigress was sleeping on her bed. Something caught his eye in the right corner of the room. His diamond sword was leaning against the wall with a black-white stripe orange uniform laying underneath. He was surprised that his sword is here and the uniform was just his size by looking at the tag. Leo lays down, using the uniform as a pillow. Hopefully, things will be different tomorrow as Leo falls asleep, dreaming.

The next chapter is going to be exciting. Hope you all enjoyed the second chapter and don't forget to leave a review!