The sun was setting as Po sat with his back against a tree holding a sleeping Tigress who had her head resting on his shoulder whilst straddling him. He was deep in thought thinking about what she said to him earlier and the things they did in the past few hours.

"That was totally worth it" Po thought, he kept fantasizing about what else they could've done, coming out of his daydreaming state when he heard a faint bang. The fireworks for the festival had started and began to illuminate the now dark night sky. Po watched from the distance as colors began to swirl in the air, mixing and blending with each other. He was mesmerized by the fact that something so beautiful could cause such destruction. Po moved his head down towards Tigress's neck and began to gently suck earning him a mewl from the feline and waking her in the process.

"Po, stop it." Tigress giggled playfully as he continued his service to her encouraging him to go on.

After a few minutes Tigress reluctantly moved Po's face away from her neck and licked his cheek, she knew they would be there forever if he kept going. The two opted to sit there for a while longer, watching the colors dance in the sky as Po nibbled on her ears. He eventually broke the silence between them when something clicked in his head.

"We should be getting back to the Palace, what are the Five gonna say when we come back? What is Shifu going to do if he finds out about us? What if... "

Po babbled on about what might happen when they return to the Palace

"Po!" Tigress was annoyed, she loved this panda but sometimes he could be so irritating.

That seemed to take him out of his trance because he stopped talking

"I'm sure the Five already have an idea of what we did Po and I'm not ashamed of it, but you're right we should be getting back I'm a little tired. If Shifu knows I'll take care of him.

"Okaayy but you better keep your word about Shifu" He shuddered thinking about what his master would do to him.

Tigress got off Po and they both stood up making their way back to the Jade Palace.

With Crane and Viper

Crane and Viper had just gotten back from the Festival and were now residing in Viper's room.

"Thanks for taking me out to the festival, Crane I had fun."

Viper slithered up to Crane and eyed him seductively

"You wanna know what else is fun?"

Crane was getting nervous, he'd never had any other girl talk to him like this, the only person that even came close was Mei Ling.

Viper had now wrapped herself around Crane.

"Uhmmm...are you sure about this Viper" she could tell Crane was new to this, he was pretty shy after all.

"Yeeesssssssss I'm very sure" She started to lick him

Back with Po and Tigress

"So that's what inner peace is like?"

They had just reached the barracks and Tigress was curious about what happened to Po at Gongmen Harbor.

"Yeah its so cool, your basically in harmony with the universe. Hey do you hear that?"

Tigress's ears twitched as she heard it, moaning was coming from Viper's room.

"You know what? I'm not sleepy anymore. Lets go to the Dragon Grotto maybe you can show me your Inner Peace move personally."

Po grinned in excitement, he finally knew something Tigress didn't.

As they walked to Dragon Grotto he got curious.

"So what do you think Crane and Viper were doing."

"You just had to ask didn't you Po?"

One explanation later...

They finally reached the small cavern, relieved when they saw Shifu wasn't there probably down in the Valley enjoying the festival's amenities. Po took Tigress's hand and brought her to the spot where Shifu had first showed Po the technique. He got into his inner peace stance and when a waterdrop fell down from the cave he caught it in his palm moving it from his left hand to his right and back and forth. Tigress watched in awe as the droplet wafted through his fur. He then took her right hand with his left and placed the small drop of water on her hand, letting it soak into her pelt. By that point her eyes were as wide as dinnerplates.

"Wow, that was-"

"Awesome?"

"Yes Po. That was awesome."

Po took Tigress's hand again moving her infront of him and getting right behind her. Tigress blushed, aware of the position they were in. He was now holding both of her wrists ready to guide her through the movements. When the next droplet fell, he moved her arm up to catch it. When the water drop hit her palm she felt it drift across it, Po gracefully alternated between her left and right hand while moving the droplet just as he did himself. Tigress sensed Po move her left hand towards the floor guiding the droplet onto her index finger, letting it flow off her hands and into the cave water. For once in her life Tigress felt alive. She turned around to face him.

"Thanks Po"

"For what? Showing you the move? Ahhhh it was nothing."

"No, not that. Thank you for showing me how to feel."

Po smiled not knowing what he just did meant so much to her. They both walked back to the barracks hoping the two lovers in there were done.

Morning of the Next Day

Master Shifu had told everyone they had to train for the whole day since he had given them a break for the festival. The Five were all in the training hall once again practicing on their part of the course while Po was heading with Master Shifu to start the next phase in his training.

After a bit of walking the they reached a clearing in the bamboo forest they had been hiking through, Po looked up from the ground when it suddenly got dark. Infront of him was a massive cliff that overshadowed the two kung fu masters. To the left was a lake that part of the cliff ran into and on his right were stone statues of bandits and criminals. It reminded him of terracotta warriors.

"Whoa, Master Shifu where did you find this place?"

"I didn't find it Po, Master Oogway showed me this when I was his student.

"Cooool." Po's eyes were a blur as he tried to take in everything "That turtle sure knew a lot of stuff."

"Focus Po, you're here to learn not sight see"

Shifu walked over to the cliff wall and gestured for Po to come.

"Watch closely, by the end of the day if you pay attention you should be able to do this."

Po was captivated, if this was the next phase of his training it had to be at least twice as cool as inner peace.

Master Shifu started by moving his arms upwards then bringing them down the center of his body, palms open. He concentrated on the energy flowing inside him and started to channel it to his right hand bringing his arm back. His entire right hand was now glowing a white hot. Fist closed and inhaling, he drove it into the rock cliff not even flinching, punching through it like it was air. The old master exhaled as his arm exited the foot long hole he made leaving a noticeable white glow on the stone.

"Ooohohoohohoh awweesome!"

"That Po, was chi." a small smile formed on Shifu's lips, the look on his student's face was priceless.

"Come, you must meditate so you can figure out how to control your internal power." He began walking towards the lake with a dumbstruck panda in tow, sitting down next to the water's edge.

"The first step in learning how to control your chi is learning how to feel it." Shifu patted the ground next to him. "Sit." Po obeyed and sat down in a lotus position. "Now close your eyes and ignore everything else, only listen to my voice. He shut his eye, taking deep breaths to calm down and ease into a tranquil state. "Concentrate Po, make an effort to feel the energy inside you" Po had zoned everything out by now, he was deep in meditation when he felt it. Initially it was a gentle feeling, he felt it moving around in his veins. Po began to center his mind on this energy causing the feeling to grow in intensity like a burning fire. He was now juggling his own chi guiding it throughout his body.

Shifu studied him carefully, taking note of the large amount of energy radiating from him when something caught his eye, it was his fingers. They were covered in dry blood, it looked like someone had taken a knife and just cut away all the fur. He reached out taking his hand and examined it spotting numerous little splinters in both hands. Out of concern for his student Shifu moved his left hand to Po's right to hold it up and placed all five of his right hand fingers on top of Po's exposed flesh making him snap out of his meditation trance.

"Ow! Master what are you doing? I was in the zone ya know so thanks for interrupting."

Shifu ignored him and channeled his chi towards his fingers , letting it enter into the panda's hand.

Po watched with an open mouth as the flesh from his right hand was being mended back together, forming brand new skin and fur.

"Chi can not just destroy Po, it can also heal."

"Wow, there's more to this energy stuff than I thought."

"Judging by the aura you were emitting, I presume you can feel your chi now" Po nodded and Shifu pointed at the panda's left hand "Try it on yourself Po but focus so you don't waste any energy, the body is a complex thing, expect to feel tired afterwards." Po closed his eyes and concentrated again, he had gotten the hang of moving his chi around and now could easily guide it wherever he needed it to be. Redirecting a portion of the energy into his left hand, which now had a jade green radiance, he felt the tissue and skin assemble but at a faster rate than when Shifu did it because Po didn't have to transfer any energy, it was all inside of him. Po opened his eyes when he thought the process was finished eyeballing both his hands, closing and opening them.

"Tired yet?"

"Not even a little bit" Po was exploding with energy as the whole experience was exhilarating.

"You will be once we're finished" Shifu chuckled "I believe you're ready to move on to the next stage." Po followed him as he sauntered over to one of the terracotta-esque warriors.

"Punch it"

"Wait you mean now?"

"Yes Po"

"But I'll break my hand"

"Use your chi Dragon Warrior. Learning how to apply it combat is an important step in mastering this skill."

Po gulped, the ironwoods were bad enough but punching this would probably shatter his bones if he didn't do it right. He looked at the stone warrior and slid into his signature stance, using his hips to give more power to his punch he thrust his closed hand at the statue shooting all his chi into his fist right before the hit connected. A loud crack was produced and the stone warrior had practically blown up.

"It seems you are getting the hang of this panda!" Shifu eyeballed him with the same jealous look back at Gongmen Harbor after Po had defeated Shen.

"Whoooo!"

Po quickly set his sights on the other terracotta warriors, delivering an explosive kick into the abdomen of the statue next to him and before he knew it all that remained were scattered bits of stone.

"Well Dragon Warrior, it seems you have destroyed all of the training equipment. Now what are we supposed to do for the rest of the day?"

Po stroked his imaginary beard and though for a minute.

"Hey, you wanna get something to eat?"

Shifu sighed, how did he not see this coming. He trailed behind his student who had already begun walking to the Palace.