Chapter 5 Destiny
"Yeah, so I'm like, "Fine, you may be a wolf, you may be the scariest bandit in Haijin Province, but you're a lousy tipper"." Po said, cutting up a vegetable in the soup.
Po, The Furious Five and Leo were all in the kitchen. Leo was sitting next to Tigress since Mantis is on the table. The panda was just putting the soup in seven bowls and brought them to the table. He watches Mantis, Viper and Crane takes a bite from the soup.
"This is really good." Mantis smiled, taking another bite.
"You should try my dad's secret ingredient soup." Po said. "He actually knows the secret ingredient."
"What are you talking about?" Viper asked. "This is a amazing!"
Monkey, Crane and Mantis all agree with her.
"Tigress, Leo." Monkey said to them. "You have to try this."
"It is said that the Dragon Warrior can survive for months at a time on nothing but the dew of a single ginkgo leaf and the energy of the universe." Tigress said, eating a small square tofu as she was staring at Po.
Leo brought the spoon to his mouth and swallows the soup. The soup is good, he'll admit.
"The soup's good, Po." Leo said.
"Thank you Leo." Po said. He picks up his bowl and drank the soup. When Po sets the bowl on the table, some of them chuckled. "What?" he asks them.
"Nothing, Master Shifu." Mantis chuckled, bowing to the panda.
Po notices the noodle hanging on his upper lip and got on his feet. "You'll never be the Dragon Warrior unless you lose 500 pounds and brush your teeth!"
Everyone started laughing except for Tigress and Leo.
"What is that noise you're making?" Po asked. "Laughter? I never heard of it! Work hard, panda." He grabs two bowls and puts them over his ears. "And maybe someday you will have ears like mine."
"That's good." Mantis said.
They all stop laughing as they see Shifu behind Po.
"It's not working for you?" Po asks. "I thought they were pretty good."
"It's Shifu." Monkey whispered.
"Of course it's Shifu." Po said. "What do you think I'm doing?" The panda turns around and notices Shifu. He turns around at the five as he brought the two bowls to his chest. The panda swallowed his noodle as the others chuckled.
"You think this is funny?" Shifu asked angrily, entering the kitchen. "Tai Lung has escaped from prison and you're acting like children!"
The panda looked scared when he heard those words.
"They are coming for the Dragon Scroll and the crystal and the two of you are the only ones who can stop them!" Shifu explains, looking up at Po.
The two bowls drops on the floor. Po thought it was a joke. "And here I am saying you have no sense of humor…" Po said. "I'm gonna stop Tai Lung…."
Leo can see the look on Shifu's face. "You're serious?" Po asked confused. "Master Oogway can stop him like last time."
"Oogway cannot!" Shifu exclaims, slamming Oogway's staff on the floor. "Not anymore."
The Furious Five gasps as Leo said nothing. He was about to take another sip when Shifu said "Our only hope is the Dragon Warrior and him." He pointed a finger at Leo as the teen stops to look at him.
"The panda?" Tigress asked.
"Yes the panda!" Shifu snapped.
"Master, please!" Tigress shouted, standing up. "Let us stop Tai Lung! This is what you trained us for!"
"No!" Shifu yelled. "It is not your destiny to defeat Tai Lung and Zhao! It is theirs!" He notices the panda is not in the room. "Where'd he go?" Before he can leave the room, Shifu can hear the sound of another chair and turns around to look at Leo, standing up.
"There's no way Zhao is here." Leo said, his body shaking.
"But you're here." Shifu pointed out. "Anything is possible."
Shifu is right. Leo did ended up with them and it may be possible for Zhao to be here as well. But he shook his head. "It's too late." he said. "The crystal has been destroyed a long time ago."
Shifu sighed and left the room to catch up with Po as Leo watches him. He can feel a claw on his shoulder and his body stop shaking. Leo looks over his shoulder to see Tigress and the others staring at him. He walks away from them and stops in the doorway. "I know you're going to leave." Leo said, without looking at them. "So I won't stop you." Then Leo left.
As Leo was walking, he can see a small ball of light floating at the end of the path. Leo started running towards it and the small ball of light went inside the dorms. He ran down the hall and opens the door to Tigress and his room. Inside the room was a man. The man was wearing a white Bruce Lee Wing Chun Tai martial arts clothing, a black jacket and black pants. He had long brown hair, a brown mustache, a dark brown beard and brown eyes. Leo can see that the man is a ghost.
"Leo." the man said. "Have you been doing well?"
"Master Ben?" Leo gasps with shocked. He quickly grabs his diamond sword from the right corner of the room and pointed it at the ghost. "How are you here?"
"I am here because you are here." Ben said, walking to the left.
Leo kept his weapon pointed. "You can't be here." Leo said. "Zhao killed you."
"Hmm." the ghost said. "Zhao had killed me physically, but didn't destroy my spirit."
"I don't know what to believe." Leo said.
"It's better to accept things." Ben said, turning around and looking at Leo. "But it is time for you to let go of the past."
Leo lowered his weapon a bit. "How?" Leo asked. "I still remember the fear and pain I felt in my heart."
"Because you are allowing it to haunt and torture you." Ben said. "A lot of people have been through this before while dealing their fear."
"That's because it's easy for them, not me." Leo said. "If I don't let go of my past and let it haunt me forever, so be it."
"Hmm." Ben sighed. "You'll find a way one day. Trust your instincts and you will have the strength and courage to get over your fear. Love arrives in many different different forms with its powerful energy of healing. You may find that Tigress will help you for the times ahead."
Leo lowered his sword and places it on the floor. As he turns around, Ben wasn't there. Leo looked around the room. "Did I really speak to the ghost of Master Ben?" Leo thought, laying down on the floor. "There is no way for anyone to speak to the dead. I'll think about it later. I need be ready for tomorrow."
What do you all think of Leo speaking to the ghost of Ben? Pretty amazing, right? Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to leave a review!