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Chapter 4
Fire Fighter
Master Shifu ran as fast as he could to Zeng, the head palace servant. The goose was usually up at this time preparing the daily chores and ensuring that the palace was clean and ready for the masters. Zeng yelped in surprise when Master Shifu ran up to him in a cloud of dust. "Zeng! Sound the emergency gong. Theirs a forest fire near the valley and we must evacuate." With that the grandmaster ran off to the students barracks. Zeng stood there in shock as he tried to contemplate what had just happened before he hurried off and sounded the emergency gong, two quick chims of the gong followed by a rapid beating of a large bass for a few seconds. As Master Shifu entered the students barracks the emergency gong went off. As quick as lightning five figures were standing out of their doors. A loud thump interrupted the silence as a sixth figure haphazardly made its way out of its room. "Po, a master must be ready for anything. You must be able to wake up on time." Shifu said with a sigh as the large panda got to his feet and dusted himself off.
"Sorry Master, late night." Po said glancing quickly at Tigress who smiled and lightly blushed. Shifu got this and his face turned red with anger. "Po! After this mission you will tell me what you did last night that apparently involved my daughter! God so help me if this story has to be changed to rated M I WILL skin you alive Po." Mantis and Monkey quietly chuckled as they watched Po turn a deathly white and eyes widened before his face turned a deep red. "No, no, no! Its nothing like that master! I would never think about doing anything like that with Tigress!" Po stuttered out as he held up his hands in defense towards his master. "And why wouldn't you do anything like that with me?!" Tigress asked, her words laced with venom. "Ouch, dude. Double whammy." Mantis commented as he watched Tigress glare angrily at Po. Po quickly turned to face Tigress as he took a step back from the raging tiger. "Tha-that's not what I meant! I meant that I would love to bu-but..." Po's voice stopped as his brain tried its best to conjure up what to say next. Any wrong word and he could be single again and be on the receiving end of a beating from a VERY, VERY angry ex girlfriend. He knew what he wanted to say, that he wouldn't think about...you know...until they were happily married and had their future planned out and had a blessing from master Shifu to do so. Without that blessing he WOULD be skinned alive. No doubt about it. Only thing to do now was to simply say that before she- "But what Po! That I'm not good enough to be your mate!? That you would prefer someone more feminine than me to make love too!? Is that it? Well?!"
"And strike three. Think Po's going to join the singles team again?" Mantis asked Monkey as the two continued watching the show unfold in front of them. "Nah, Po has a heart of gold. If anyone can escape a situation like this, it's Po." Monkey looked to Mantis as he spoke and once he finished he returned his gaze back onto the giant panda. By now Po has collected himself mentally and began to speak. "What i meant Tigress, is that i would prefer to be married and have Shifus blessing before we take our relationship to that level...I would love for you to be my mate Tigress. You are my than worthy any female any man could even imagine getting. I love you so much and couldn't possibly imagine being with anyone else." Po stated quietly as he looked down at his feet and twiddled his thumbs. Tigress eyes widen as she absorbed everything Po had just said. A large smile appeared on her face as, clearly showing that he was forgiven. She quickly kissed him on the cheek to prove that she had forgiven him before turning to face master Shifu. "What's the emergency Master?" Tigress said remembering why they were all up earlier than usual. All the males in the hallway had their mouths hanging slightly open in shock. Po had successful gone from being three strikes out heading to the dog house to hitting a home run. "Dudes really my hero." Mantis said wishing he could have done something like that several times in the past.
Master Shifu quickly snapped out of his shock and returned to his normal appearance. "The jungle to the north of the valley has been set on fire. With how dry the trees are there's the fire is picking up speed and fast. We are going to evacuate the valley and do our best to slow down the fire as much as we can. Tigress, Viper, and Mantis began evacuating the Valley. Monkey, Crane and Po, follow me. Where heading into the forest to slow down and hopefully stop this disaster before it happens." They all bowed "yes master" they said in unison. With that they all quickly left, except for Po and Tigress. "Be safe alright?" Tigress said giving him a hug. "Hey. You know me." Po said smiling his signature grin. "Thats' exactly what I'm worried about." Pos smile falter slightly before he gave her a reassuring kiss. "Everything will be fine. I'll see you soon." And with that the duo parted to complete their separate tasks.