A/N: Wow, this took me almost a month to finish up! And originally the chapter wasn't even supposed to end there! Haha- but ok here you go guys, sorry it took so long!
Was too busy finishing up my finals for school and was re-writing my other stories :P
Anyway, enjoy guys :D
Palace Arena – Noon sharp
As the palace workers hastily began setting up the props for the tournament's event for each of the fighters' performance. While Master Shifu is overseeing the preparations, Avatar Oogway appears coming down the steps
"It is an historic day – isn't it, Avatar Oogway?" he spoke with pride in his voice, with his hands behind his back respectfully waiting for his Master and teacher
"Yes," finally arriving with a small smile planted on his face and his eyes closed briefly with contentment
"and one I feared I would not live to see." he paused briefly to take in his surroundings
"Now, are your students ready?" he asked overlooking the filled arena, he guessed more than half of the Valley of Peace was packed in the small area as they waited patiently for the tournament to begin
"Yes, Master Oogway" he answered while he nodded his head in satisfaction
The Avatar then spoke sincerely, now facing Shifu
"Now notice old friend, whomever I choose will not only bring peace to China," gently pointing to Shifu,
"But also to you."
And with that Master Oogway then walked off slowly to the end of the stone balcony to make his presence known to the people as they waited anxiously
Leaving a very concerned and confused looking Air bending master behind, Shifu pondered what he meant but quickly catches up with him as the crowd roars with excitement.
On the Avatar's arrival the announcer held out a hand sized gong,
"Let the tournament begin!" he yelled
GONG
Thus by the gong's ring, the crowd roared, bursting with excitement and anticipation
Meanwhile outside the arena…
(huff) (grunt) (pant)
"Uuughh!"
Po finally reaches the top of the stairs; with much sweat and out of breath, but nonetheless pleased with himself as he successfully made it to the top of the stairs where the tournament was being held
"Yeah! Ha-ha! I finally- (huff) finally made it! Ha-ha!" he huffed catching his breath, smiling and laughed wearily, punching the air in triumph and wiping his sweaty brow with his sleeved arm
His joy was cut short when he sees the entrance doors beginning to close, the sound of its creaking caught Po's immediate attention. Meaning they are about to begin, without him!
He gasped and began to panic as he rushed to get his husky body off the ground and made a mad dash for the doors
"Oh no! No no no, wait! I'm coming! Wait-wai-!" as he was about to make it, the doors came in contact smashing with Po's face
"Owww…" Po collapsed, landing on his back, the tournament music starts up and Po quickly gets back up and bangs on the doors
"Hey, open the door!" he yelled out loud
But while he was doing that, the musicians rapping noise on the drums drowned out Po's plea
Noticing that, he stopped
"Let me in!" Po cried out, looking around frantically trying to find a way in
Suddenly Shifu's voice echoed inside the arena
"Citizens of the Valley of Peace,"
Now the earth bender was desperate to find a way to get in, Po's eyes then found a small circular window on the wall, but it was too high for a jump
"Ugh, great!" Po thought out loud as his thick eyebrows furrowed
Thinking fast, he then decided to bend up some ground to lift him to the window's height for a better view
However Po is, in fact, a very unskilled earth bender
Seeing how his father is a non- bender, Mr. Ping kept his son constantly busy with noodle business and such, hardly giving Po any time to experiment much with his bending. Po also kept his immense adoration of Kung Fu a secret, just to make his noodle-loving father happy
He then concentrated on the ground in front of him near the window, narrowing his eyes and grunting as he tried to concentrate, his arms stretched out in front of him, and yelled "Up!"
But nothing happened
"It is my great honor to present to you…Tigress! Viper! Monkey! Crane! Mantis! The Furious Five!" Master Shifu announced proudly
Po panicked and concentrated even harder, suddenly the patch of ground then lifted up spontaneously from below Po's feet, that it caught Po by surprised he let out a small girlish scream as he realized the ground only lifted two feet
Nevertheless it was good enough for Po
He made his half way effort to make a small jump as he grabbed onto the ledge of the window, struggles to pull himself up and finally had a perfect view above the citizens' heads witnessing his favorite Kung Fu group in action as the crowd cheered in union,
"Furious Five!"
"Furious Five!"
"Furious Five!"
The palace grounds began pulsating
As the earth bending masters, Monkey and Mantis appeared landing skillfully in a union as they began earth bending within the small arena but enough distance to not harm the people, making an oval shape from the ground
Master Tigress then landed inside the stone circle
Lifting both of her arms in the air as she unleashed her controlled fire bending as it was blocked within the stone circle but just enough for the people to see it as they awed at its large blaze
Master Viper performed her water bending as she grasped the water from a pouch she carried, encircled the fire like a large water snake, discharging it automatically creating steam as droplets of water came splashing out, sprinkling the entertained citizens
Dropping down the stone circle
Master Crane finally then completed their performing entrance by clearing the mist of fog by sending a powerful gust of wind into the arena, as the Furious Five then posed in their respective Kung Fu styles
The crowd went wild
Po laughed in delight as his idols finished their scene in a stunning display of element bending and Kung Fu prowess
"It's the Furious Five! Yeah!" but was cut short when the wave of air blew off, dislodging a stick that was holding the window cover closed knocking Po off his ledge onto the ground
"Bending Warriors prepare! Ready for battle" Shifu announced dramatically
Po then quickly looked up groaning and quickly got on his feet as he made his way to the closed doors, and spots a crack in the entrance doors and peeks through
"Oh, ah! Peeky-hole!" As he leaned in and saw with one eye witnessing the first competitor, air bending Master Crane
Seeing the challenge as the skilled air bender readied his stance while facing a deadly looking machine in the design of a large dragon with more than a dozen lit rockets placed inside its open mouth
"Yeah! Woo! The thousand tongues of fire!" while laughing in anticipation but just then a tall, stout man then steps in front and blocks Po's view
"H-hey, get out of the way!"
Crane then lifted himself from the ground using his air ball technique
The rockets, on cue, were then fired in different directions and headed straight at the air bending master
Po hears the firing sound, then stepped back looking up in awe to see Master Crane surrounded by fireworks to perform his fantastic combination of both bending and Kung Fu mastery
But just as he was about to see the spectacle, Po backed up too much that he fell backwards, and tumbles own the stone steps yelping in surprise as Crane's firework performance took place, without Po watching
By the time Po gets back up, and saw the sky empty, disappointed at missing the air bending part of the event, he grumbled
But Po refused to give up, as his sadness dissolved into determination. It wasn't the last part of the show, so he decided to try different earth bending techniques to reach over the wall, even if it caused him pain!
First, he tried making a big hill to lift him high so that he could easily leap over the other side, but instead he just made a big hole beneath him as he dropped inside it and yelled in frustration
Second, he tried punching the stone wall hoping his earth bending would 'kick in' to effortlessly form a large hole through the wall, but while his fist made contact he felt his knuckles crack and pain began surging through his nerves, his emerald eyes began tearing up and let out a small audible "Oww"
Third, he decided to ditch the bending idea, and attempted to 'pole-vault' over the wall using a bamboo stick he found, but his body weight bended the pole breaking in half as Po fell, once again, landing on his back and groaned in agony and defeat.
Po then decided he should just wait it off instead and just listen to the exciting fights and countless cheering that he, as a total Kung Fu fan, was shamelessly missing out on
He then sat on the top of the stone steps with a disappointed look and his back to the arena
Just moments later, he then heard Master Shifu's voice again echoing through the walls,
"And finally…Master Tigress!"
Hearing the name Tigress, Po's head shot up, she was his absolute favorite bender out of the Furious Five! He knew he could not miss her performance!
His head began planning and eyed the tree nearby (and found some thick rope nearby) tied it, and decided to catapult himself over the wall…again
He pulled and heaved the large tree,
"Believe me citizens, you have not seen anything yet!" Shifu's voiced boomed
"I KNOW!" he yelled wearily as he continued to pull the tree trunk with all his might
While inside the arena, Master Tigress then walked confidently in the middle of the showground, preparing to face her daunting opponent, prepared in her fighting pose waiting for her master to announce the battle,
"Master Tigress! Face Iron Ox and his Blades of Death!"
Po then released his grip on the tight rope around the tree trunk, suddenly springs up above the arena – but sideways
Although the amateur earth bender got a good glimpse of his favorite fire bender, but then bumped into one of the rooftops and crashed into a cart filled with a variety of many fireworks
Just when this happened, inside the arena Avatar Oogway suddenly closed his eyes and raised his palm, catching the crowd's attention as they hushed and looked up at him, Tigress took notice to the crowd's reaction and looked up as well,
"I sense the next Avatar is among us"
Master Shifu then gave a nod to the other Five as the bending masters joined Tigress in the middle of the arena, and quickly positioned themselves into a line facing their older head masters,
"Citizens of the Valley of Peace!" Shifu announced, "Master Oogway will now choose…the next Avatar Warrior!"
The crowed began cheering again, but as Po hears this he's now alarmed at the news as he lay near the cart on the ground,
"Huh? Oh no! No, wait!" but before he could think, he suddenly feels his hand as he was holding a firecracker, and thousand others behind him in the cart and gets an idea
"Yeah…"
While the musicians began drumming, Oogway begins to slowly approach the Five with his palm swaying in the air, preparing to make his final decision on who will take his place as the next Avatar
Outside, Po ties many small fireworks and various red firecrackers and colorful poppers to a chair, he sits on it as he lit the fuse preparing to launch until,
"PO!" Mr. Ping appears at the top of the stairs, holding Po's uniform and seeing his son sitting on a chair tied full of ready to lit fireworks
"What are you doing!" he yelled hysterically
"What does it look like I'm doing!" as his dad rushed forward attempting to blow out the fuse
"No, stop-stop! I'm going to see the Avatar Warrior!"
Mr. Ping was now confused at this,
"But I don't understand. You finally had the noodle dream!" he stated while staring at his son in dismay
Being so close to finally witnessing the next Avatar, Po was unable to maintain the façade of loving noodles any longer, he LOVED Kung Fu and his dad just had to know,
"I lied. I don't dream about noodles, dad because-" as Po looks down and sees the fuse is almost out, he braces himself and yells with all his might to the heavens above,
"I LOVE KUNG FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!..." but stopped yelling indirectly as Po opens his eyes, finding himself still seated, the fuse happened to be a dud
Po was fully disappointed now, as his face dropped down staring at the dirt ground and he begins to sniffle, defeated at last
Mr. Ping looks at his son sympathetically, he still didn't understand the situation fully but he never enjoyed seeing his son with such a sour face
"Oh, come on, son. Let's get back to work." Holding out Po's apron
The sad earth bender looked up at his dad, and submitted to his destined fate as a future noodle shop owner
"Okay..." Po whispered and sighed, when all of a sudden the fireworks on the chair went off, propelling poor Po as he screamed at the sparkling fireworks on the chair he was tied to
Seeing his son launch into the air he called out to him to come back, but it was too late…
Po was midair into the sky directly above the arena in a display of fireworks, while below the crowd looks up at the mysterious light show
Still screaming, Po eventually stopped when the fireworks died down, and the chair disintegrates from under him by the wind
"Uh oh, that's not good...!" Po muttered he was up so high and abruptly plummeted down and fast
Coincidently, he was heading towards the middle of the arena, but before he could make the deadly fall one of the Furious Five, Master Crane, saw this and thought fast!
He caught the falling figure he shot up a gust of wind and encircled the figure and safely set him on the ground
Po was knocked out briefly from the scare of the fall
Everyone in the arena was silent, muttering each other at what just happend
The Furious Five eyed the fallen figure and moved around him to make sure he was okay but before anybody could do anything Po responded
As he groggily wakes up, his vision is blurred, even as he talked it sounded a bit off to him,
"Ugh…what's going on…?" he asked, the first thing he sees are the Furious Five members, Master's Mantis and Viper were the first squatted down next to him to make sure he was alright, Po then turns his head up and sees the rest of the bending masters staring down at him in confusion
"Where, uh...?" Po next sees a quivering finger pointing straight at his face,
"Wha-what are you pointing at?" he asked totally confused, he shook his head to clear his vision better only to find himself lying right in front of the place he was so eager to be
In front of Avatar Oogway, what an honor!
But Po realized with a jolt that he was sprawled in the middle of the arena in front of more than half the people of the Valley and the Furious Five,
"Oh! Uh whoa, okay, um I'm sorry!" Po apologized feeling totally embarrassed for making a scene and interrupting the ceremony, "I-I just wanted to see who the next Avatar warrior was."
Master Oogway heard this and was intrigued by this unexpected occurrence,
"How interesting" He uttered, still pointing ahead at Po
Standing right behind Po, Master Tigress' eyes widen at the Avatar's gesture
"Is he pointing at…" she thought in her mind, but before she got a head of herself she came forward confused asking,
"M-Master, are you pointing at…me?" she held a hand on her chest and dropped her head in respect
While asking this Po stood next to her in awe, he was standing right next to Tigress! In her full and strong glory, but before he had a chance to take in her appearance, her question made attention turn toward Avatar Oogway
Sadly to her dismay, the Avatar shook his head, and kept his finger on the earth bender,
"Him"
Now it was Po's turn to be totally confused
"Wait. Wha-who?" he asked, attempting to move out of the way, hoping he was joking, but the Avatar's choice was clear
Tigress' eyes widen in shock, her eyes narrowed, looking at the supposed "chosen one" with mixed emotions of displeasure and doubt
"You, my boy." he stated, as he lifts up Po's hand with his staff for all to see
"Me!" Po asked, but before he could get a direct answer, the current Avatar spoke aloud,
"The universe, has brought us the next Avatar Warrior!" he announced to the Valley of Peace, making the news and his choice official
Causing the everyone in the center of the arena to be more than suprised,
Po wasn't amused, "What?"
The Furious Five were in total shock,"What?"
Master Shifu was distraught, "What!"
"WHAT!" yelled Mr. Ping, entering though the doors (with ease)
The announcer strikes the gong on cue as Shifu snatches away the mallet but it was too late as the crowd cheered wildly and colorful confetti rains down on the entire arena. All Po was able to do is stare, wordless to what was even going on
A group of palace workers rapidly descended the palace stairs carrying a traditional palanquin,
"Stop! Wait! Who told you to-!" Shifu was now distraught as the workers, regardless, moved straight past him, and stopped right in front of the new "Avatar"
Shifu raced down after them as the earth bender is hoisted up on the palanquin, Po was then taken back towards the Jade Palace
While all this was going on the Five hadn't spoken a word and remained in their respective bowed positions behind them, as Shifu finally reaches Master Oogway
"Master Oogway, wait! That portly boy can't possibly be the answer to... our problem! You were about to point at Tigress and this thing fell in front of her! That was just an accident!" he yelled while looking at his master with immense concern
"Ah, but there are no accidents" who simply smiles, smugly, to Shifu who just stares after the new "Avatar" in disbelief, as the Five slowly approach him, with Tigress coming fourth,
"Forgive us, Master Shifu," kneeling forward and bows as the team follows suit, "We have failed you."
"No," their master said holding up a hand to stop her, "If the boy has no quite by morning, then I will have failed you."
Phew!
But glad i got the chapter up and running :3
So for those of you who are kinda new to the story or just a friendly reminder - EVERYONE in this fanfiction is humanized and kung fu fighters are all element benders (like in Avatar) :)
hehe until the next update!
Edit: finished the last of it :p
-Gabzgirl