The Christmas Spirit
Chapter 2: Helping a Brother
Ichi woke up to a new day in the valley of peace, there were only four days left to christmas and he still felt uncertain about celebrating it; as he woke up Ichi realized that he was alone in his room, but he could hear someone standing at the door. When he opened the door he was pulled into a bear hug by Po, he smiled as he said, "Good morning Ichi, how's my little brother today!"
"Good morning Po, could you..."
"Hey here's an idea, why don't we do something together?"
"Sure Po, but you're kinda..."
"Anything you want to do we'll do it, just say the word and I'll..."
"Po, let go of me... or I'm going to die!" Ichi exclaimed
Po looked embarassed as he let go of his brother, while Ichi gasped for air he said, "Sorry little bro, I was just happy for today."
"I can see that, so what are you talking about?" Ichi asked
"I'm talking about us doing some bonding as brothers," Po answered. "We hang out and have some fun, just us brothers!"
"Sounds nice, but don't we have training to do?"
"Shifu gave us the last four days off, it's almost chirstmas after all," Po explained. "So what do you say?"
"Why not, but what about the decorations?" Ichi asked
"I need to buy one thing, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun," Po said, smiling. "Now, let's get going."
Ichi felt confused, he knew it was almost christmas but there was no way Shifu would cancel training for that; but he felt happy to be with Po, so he decided to go with him. Po was also happy to be with his brother, even though he was trying to help him get his christmas spirit back. While they started walking, Ichi asked, "What're we gonna do?"
"Well... I'm not sure." Po said, embarrased
That only gave him a punch to the head by Kage who said, "Are you kidding me, you don't even know?!"
"I never had a brother, you're my first," Po explained. "I never knew what to do, but if you can think of something I'll support it all the way!"
"You're such an idiot, but fine," Kage sighed. "How about we... get an ice cream?"
"Then?"
"Then we can make ice sculptures or something, do you have any ideas?"
"Not a clue, but let's start from the ice cream," Po said, grabbing his hand. "'hey buddy, can we get some ice cream?"
Both of the brothers got their own different ice cream, Po getting chocolate while Kage got vanilla; Po just watched as he ate the ice cream, he looked as if he was in deep thought about something important. Po took the opprotunity and said, "Want some chocolate?"
"Y-You know I can't eat that." Kage scoffed
"Not even a little?"
"I'm fine with my own ice cream thanks," Kage answered. "Now tell me, why did you want to hang out with us?"
"Well, because I thought it be fun, you know since..."
"Shifu asked you to do this, didn't he?" Kage asked
Po was stuck in a wall, he didn't know what to do, "Ok you got me, I just wanted to get your christmas spirit back. We all want you to celebrate christmas with us, we didn't want you to be alone."
"... Thank you, but I don't think I we can celebrate it," Kage replied, he switched with Ichi who said. "I don't think I'd feel right celebrating it, I could never be able to feel the joy of this holiday because I can't feel it at all."
"But you can, if you have fun with us you can feel it," Po said, smiling. "Chirstmas is a day that lets families get together and be happy, they can feel the love from each other and everything."
"I know, but I don't think I can feel that anymore," Ichi explained. "My memories of my past faded away with my parents, so I can't even remember what my first christmas was like with my parents. I can't even remember my first present."
Ichi felt like he was pulling his heart out to Po, when he turned around he saw him teary eyed; he started crying and said, "You don't remember... your first christmas present? That's so sad!"
"It's ok Po, I don't mind it at all," Ichi said, smiling
"But it's so sad, I feel horrible knowing that I can't help!" Po exclaimed
"You couldn't do anything, but I'm actually happy that you tried," Ichi replied. "How about we finish our ice cream and do something else?"
"Sure, but what?" Po asked
"Didn't you have to buy something for the decorations, how about we get it?"
"Right, let's go."
Po still felt sad, but he felt like Ichi's reason was just so he had to let it go; when they finally got what he was looking for Ichi asked, "What is that?"
"You never saw a mistletoe before?" Po asked
"No, maybe but I can't remember." Ichi sighed
"D-Don't worry about it so much, you don't have to think about it." Po said, smiling
"Thanks Po... oh great it's them."
Ichi groaned as he saw the three stooges, Dash, Cash, and Flash walk towards them; when they caught a glimpse of the two brothers Flash said, "The fat panda and the freak, why am I not surprised."
"Is that a mistletoe, so the two of you are gonna kiss?" Cash teased
"Kiss?" Ichi muttered
"Back off, leave Ichi alone."Po protested
"Why should we?" Dash asked
Ichi felt like using his new ice powers on them, but Po stepped in and said, "You have no idea how Ichi feels, sure he's different but that doesn't mean you bully him for it! He's been through so much pain in life, and I won't let you make fun of him for it. Now I'm only gonna say this once, leave my little brother alone or else!"
The three were nervous as they saw Po's eyes turn from happy to serious, they quickly walked away in fear; Po turned his attitude back to normal and said, "You ok Ichi?"
"Yeah, thanks big bro." Ichi said, teary eyed
"Come on, let's hang this up in the palace."
The two then walked back to the jade palace, and as Po placed the mistletoe on top of the door Ichi asked, "So, the mistletoe make people kiss?"
"Oh yeah, one of the easiest ways to get kissed," Po said, smiling. "In a way, it shows how much you love a person. But it only works when two people are under it."
"So, if two people are under the mistletoe they have to kiss?" Ichi asked
"Yeah, that's about it."
"Kind of like how we are now?"
Po was shocked when he realized that they were both under the mistletoe, he looked a little scared by the thought; to kiss his own brother made him nervous and unable to figure out what to do, but Ichi said, "Well, I can't really kiss you to show it but I think I can say it instead."
"Huh?"
"I love you... big brother." Ichi said, smiling
Po started to cry and hugged Ichi as he said, "I love you too, you're my little brother after all."
To be continued
The mistletoe, can't have christmas without it right? Chapter 3 coming soon.