The Christmas Spirit
Summary:It's five days till christmas but Ichi doesn't have the christmas spirit anymore, can Po and the others help him find it before it's to late?
I got the idea for a christmas carol fic, but then I thought of this. I don't own the movie or it's characters, just my characters.
Chapter 1: The Lost Spirit
It was winter in the valley of peace, and everyone was getting ready for christmas; it was only five days till it came, and Master Shifu made sure everything was perfect. Along with supervising his students training, he made sure to get everything ready for christmas. He lit several colored christmas lights around the jade palace, asked Po to cook, and also got the five to set up the decorations. Now all he had to do was find presents for everyone, he wanted everything perfect for the children. Having both Ichi, Fu, and Ren around made him feel even more like a father, when he found them in the battle grounds he said, "What are you three doing?"
"Making giant ice sculptures," Fu answered. "I made a flower, it's a cherry blossom."
"Mine's is a crystal rose, I think it shows beauty while reflecting the sunlight." Ren said, smiling
"What about you, Ichi?" Shifu asked
"Um, it doesn't matter." Ichi muttered
"Why not?"
"Because, it's not really the same as the others." Ichi answered
"It doesn't matter what it looks like, the only thing that matters is that you... what is that?" Shifu asked
Shifu was nervous as he saw Ichi's ice sculpture, it was a giant robot; it had large body armor, and it had a horn on its head. Ichi then said, "Oh this, this is Jyaki-GUN-Oh. He's a battle robot with a whole bunch of guns, missles, and grenades that'll destroy anything that gets in the way! Everytime I thought of something to make I always got the same name popping in my head: super robot. So, what do you think?"
"... It's actually not bad, we could use it for training." Shifu said, smiling
"That's true, I could use Kage Bunraku to control it," Ichi agreed. "So what's up, it looks like you want to ask me something?"
"Yes, you do know that christmas is in five days right?"
"... Yeah?"
"Well, I'd like to know... what you would like for a present?"
"Why don't you ask Fu and Ren?" Ichi asked
"I am, but you are the first person I adopted," Shifu explained. "You've given me so much since you were here, because of that I wanted to ask you first."
Shifu waited for an answer, but Ichi was hesitant and quiet; Shifu looked worried when he saw his face and asked, "What's wrong?"
"You know... I don't think I'll celebrate christmas." Ichi answered
"What!?" Shifu exclaimed
"Don't worry about it, you guys can still celebrate it," Ichi said, smiling. "I don't want to be a scrooge anyway, so have fun. Who knows, I might come in to see what's going on, but I'm not drinking any of that eggnog just so you know."
"But why, this is supposed to be time to celebrate," Shifu explained. "Why don't you want to be a part of it?"
"I don't know, I guess it's because I don't have the christmas spirit anymore," Ichi answered. "I don't even remember my first christmas with my parents, all the memories of my past our gone. And even though they come back bit by bit, it's just not enough. If it's alright, I think I'm gonna buy a book and call it a day."
Shifu just watched as Ichi went down the thousand steps, he felt regret that his son wouldn't celebrate the most joyous day with everyone; he knew he had to do something, so Shifu called the others and told them everything. Tigress was the first to react and said, "Don't worry master, I'll make sure that he celebrates with us."
"Tigress we're trying to bring back his spirit, not threaten him." Monkey argued
"I feel sorry for nii-san, he can't even remember his first christmas." Fu sighed
Everyone looked troubled, but Po stepped forward and said, "Well I won't give up, I'm gonna help Ichi find his christmas spirit!"
"Do you think you can, Po?" Crane asked
"I'm not really sure, but Ichi's my little brother so I'll help him no matter what." Po said, smiling
"That's our dragon warrior, a panda with a heart of gold." Mantis said, smiling
"Thank you panda, I'm forever in your debt." Shifu bowed
"Oh come on, now your making me blush," Po said, blushing. "I'll do my best to give Ichi his new christmas spirit."
To be continued
Can Po give Ichi his christmas spirit? Chapter 2 coming soon.