And so the unoriginal story continues!
Please review! It takes much of my time and effort to make sense of this story – Original script of Kung Fu Panda is NOT mine! It's all DreamWorks' and their amazingly creative staff!
I'm just a simpleton ;-;
Oh and a big shout out to the anonymous Alpha tiger, you rock my friend :D and thank you for being so encouraging! You bring a smile on this gals' face! Hehe
On with the story!
Master Shifu then leads Po into the training hall, where the amateur earth bender is awe struck and speechless on what he saw
The famous Furious Five, combating various deadly stages of their training course, hearing each of their grunts and yells as they all trained hard
Master Crane is seen deflecting arrows with his gloved palms combined with his air bending, while balancing on half of the jade-colored turtle shell.
Master Mantis aggressively kicks, dodges and punch his way through a crowd of wooden metal spiked dummies.
Master Viper, training outside of her element, evades the Field of Fiery Death, her feet and body move with grace and speed. Both her hands are occupied with blobs of water to protect herself, just in case if the fire spurts reach her face.
Master Monkey is then seen jumping and performing various flips midair on the Seven-Talon Rings (larger version) with his muscular arms, practicing his focus and flexibility on aiming his jumps as to not touch the talons while he grabs each one.
Finally, Master Tigress is seen training and dogging the swinging spiked clubs on spinning serpent logs, her moves are both elegant and swif,t and with a mighty punch she smashes one with her fire filled (literally) bare fists as a incinerated piece of the club strikes Po in the head
"OW! Ohh! Hot! Hot! Hot!" Po yelled as he rubbed his forehead trying to ease the section where he got hit
"Let's begin" Shifu says
"Wait-wait-wait! What!" staring inclusively at the fearsome course in front of him, "You mean…now? As in right now-right now?" the earth bender nervously asked
"Yes, now. Unless you think the great Oogway was wrong, and you are not the next Avatar Warrior?" he said with his head tilted, being sarcastic of course.
"Oh um, Well I don't know if I can do all those moves-"
Shifu just chuckles
"Well now, if we don't try, we'll never know, will we?" he says as he begins walking along side of the course with Po following timidly
"Well sure but um…y'know I'm not a very skilled bender or fighter. So um, maybe we can find something more suited to my level?"
"And what level would that be?" he asked
Po then looked around the training hall surely something had to benefit him in a small way right? So far all he spotted were awesome sharp weapons and machines that had deadly spikes made of iron wood…Po was getting ahead of himself as he spotted a friendly-looking contraption,
"Oh hey, maybe I can start with that!" Po pointed joyfully jogging towards a dummy
"What, that?" Shifu said while eyeing the bandit dummy, "We use that for training small children. And for propping the door open when it's hot. But if you insist…" Shifu said
At the same time the Furious Five coolly gathered to meet their new so called 'Avatar' after finishing their daily dose of training
Po's emerald eyes went wide, finally seeing the Furious Five, in person and all their glory:
Master Crane was the tallest of the Five, he was lanky but his height made up for it. He wore a straw hat that hid his naturally big brown eyes, his dark hair tied in a slim ponytail, wearing a traditional white Chinese robe and blue pants, and his face was long, pale and pointed.
Next to him was Master Tigress, she was a mean looking one. She came close to Crane's height but her physique was astounding! Her hair was a fiery auburn with faint snowy white tips fashioned in a high straight tress. Her eyes were striking and ember colored, her face was round giving her a youthful look, her attire was casual for training red vest with golden thread vines tracing along her toned body, black training pants, her arms were nicely toned wearing long black wrist supports.
Master Mantis was quite the looker, and rather short, he stood about 5'2 feet at the most, wearing a green vest with a lighter green training shirt underneath. His dark messy hair styled up, with two bangs hanging from his narrow face.
Master Monkey appeared to be the oldest, judging from his trimmed golden-brown facial hair that ringed all around his chin, side burns and head leaving a small bald spot right at the top. And for an earth bending master his tanned muscles showed it! He wore an off-yellow colored vest showing his bare chest, brown stretch pants with a long sash hanging from his side supporting it, traditional footwear and thick-worn wrist supports.
And the lovely, Master Viper was no second best. The water bending master's most stunning appearance might have been her feminine figure, or her thin- long jet black hair that covered all her back, hair was fashioned in two elegant buns with small jewels holding them up. Her sapphire eyes and flushed lips complemented her porcelain skin tone, wearing a traditional sea green green Chinese style dress robe, creamy colored girdle with black floral print and uniform shoes.
His favorite all time heroes! Standing before him! Po would've fainted or gone into fanatic mode on them to sign his belly or some ridiculous nonsense he wouldn't be aware of
"Whoa. The Furious Five." Was about all he could say compared to the millions of things buzzing around his head,
"Go ahead, boy. Show us all what you can do." Po looks over at Master Shifu and hesitates, knowing the Five were watching him
"Um, are they going to watch? Or should I just wait until they leave or something?"
"Hit it."
Po began to feel nervous, and when he gets nervous he tends to stall hoping the attention would ware off on him, and the Five would leave not to see him embarass himself in front of them. But that wasn't the case,
"Okay, I uh, I just ate, so I'm still digesting a few dumplings I just had uh, a few minutes ago. So my Kung Fu might not be as good as later on today…"
"Just hit it." Shifu repeated
Po paused and turned toward the dummy bandit "Uh, Alright then."
He awkwardly coughed and focused on the dummy
"Okay…here I go then" but all Po did was danced on the spot, taunting the lifeless dummy, "What you got? you got nothing thats what. You want a peice of me? Get ready to feel the thunder with my crazy feet! I'm a blur! Fast as lightning! You can't touch this!"
"Would you hit it!" Shifu yelled losing his patience while the Five simply stare at Po with indifference
Po stopped what he was doing, "Alright, alright." He complied
Hesitantly, he very lightly hits the dummy with his fist, as it rocks back into place, Po then looks at everyone with an unsure expression
Master Shifu sighed at this, "Why don't you try again? This time, a little harder."
Po then punches the dummy with more force, pushing it figure all the way backwards
Po chuckles "Ha! How's tha-" [WHACK!] "aahh!"
The dummy righted itself and slammed Po sending him backwards with even more force he loses his footing, finding himself in the training course
The Five, on impulse, tried to step forward to help the poor fellow but Master Shifu holds up his hand to stop them, as the teammates looked at each other in confusion and slight concern but just stood back and watched their 'Avatar' in action,
Po was yelping as he struggled to keep his balance on the serpent logs, eventually ends up doing a painful split,
"Oww! Oh, that hurts!" which Monkey, Mantis and Crane winced at knowing how that must've hurt
Po looks up and sees the spiked chained wooden ball hit his face, sending Po yet again backwards another set of the training course's brutal segment, tripping over the jade turtle exercise where the Five hear a loud clang causing the Five to wince while Master Shifu looks on with a smug smile,
"This'll be easier than I thought"
Po then stumbles into the army of wooden warriors, proceeding to whack him mercilessly at every part of his body – and by that even his-
"Oooohoohooo! …my tenders..." Po groaned in immense pain, struggling to get on his feet and by taking only one step reaching out he immediately activated the wooden figure's arm as it sends the rest into an uncontrollable frenzy getting Po pummeled all over again.
Battered and bruised, Po finds that he accidently walked over to the last part of the course, standing right on top of the fire filled pipes,
"Uh oh…That's not good"
Po's yells are then heard within in the hall as he gets singed a few times
Then after a while, Po comes crawling in, dazed and charred, with a little tufts of fire on his now burnt clothes
Gasping for breath Po speaks, "How (pant) how did I do?"
"You have successfully completed the training course, at a level zero standard." Shifu said, brushing off the bit of ashes on Po's hair as his head collapsed on the wooden floor from exhaustion
Shifu then turned toward his former students,
"Very well. Training is done for today, you may all return to your rooms and turn in for the night. I expect to see you all ready in the morning at the gong's ring" then he looked back at Po,
"With any luck" and left the training hall.
Later that same night
The Five are walking up the steps that lead to their bunkhouse which sits high on a hill surrounded by trees with a great view of the mountaint top. Led by palace workers holding a lantern guiding the Five back to their rooms, as the team of benders discussed what had just happened in today's events,
"I gotta say guys, after today, there are no words" replied Manits
"No denying that, my friend" said Crane
"I just don't understand it," Viper said with concern in her tone, "What was Avatar Oogway even thinking. The poor guy is just going to get himself killed! You all saw him he can't even throw a good punch! I can't imagine how his bending skills are."
Mockingly, Crane alleged, "Yeah it's like, he is so mighty! The next Avatar Warrior, falls from the sky on a ball of fire!"
"When he walks, the very ground trembles at his presence!" Mantis continued, everyone chuckles at the joke except Tigress, who was too busy being upset at Oogway's choice,
"One would think that Avatar Oogway would choose someone who actually knew how to bend his own element" while she walks ahead of the team,
"Heh yeah, or could at least touch his own toes" Crane said
"Or even see his own toes" Monkey said, continuing making fun of Po's weight
With the Five walking off laughing, unaware that Po was walking behind them the whole time, listening to their conversation saddened him, and sighed, for all he knew they were right. As he briefly attempted to look at his toes, but his round stomach was in the way, leaning forward he falls over and grunts in frustration.
Inside the barracks, each of them blew out the candles in their rooms as Po peeks around the corner to make sure the coast was clear so he wouldn't have to make awkward contact with them
"Okay. Here we go…" Po tip-toes into the hall [CREAK] but the wooden floorboards strain beneath him [SQUEAK]
'Perfect.' Po thought to himself, Po then gently took a small step and [CHUNK!] Po's foot goes through the floor breaking it, he tries to fix it back into place effortlessly and quickly walks down the hall making even louder squeaks trying as hard as he can not to make too much noise but ends up moving his feet too fast he stumbles through a bedroom door,
Po turned slowly and finds he landed in Master Crane's room, as he sat up from his makeshift bed looking at him…
"Uh, oh hey…hi, uh you're up!" Po stating the obvious
"Well I am now…" said Crane now fully sitting on his bed with his eyebrows up in confusion
"I was just, uh…what a day right? That Kung Fu training is hard work isn't it? Your biceps sore?"
Crane eyes his arm and looks back up awkwardly at Po,
"Uh, yeah um…I've had a long a-and rather disappointing day, so uh…I should probably get back to sleep now." Uncomfortable at Po's surprise visit
"Oh yeah-yea, of course!" Po then turns to leave
Relieved by this, until Po then turns back to Crane,
"But it's just, ah I'm such a big fan." Po says with a big goofy smile on his pudgy face
"Oh..?" Crane now alarmed at the suddenness and possibly even more irritated
"You guys were totally amazing at the Battle of Weeping River. Outnumbered a thousand to one, but you didn't stop, WA-YA-HA-HA HI-YAH!" Po does a spastic series of Kung Fu moves and accidentally kicks his foot through the paper wall
"Ah…oh oops, sorry about that." Looking through the punctured hole only to find Master Monkey with an angry face glaring at him
Crane just had about enough of this,
"Look," he says, "You don't belong here…"
Po looks stung to be hearing that from one of his heroes,
"I know…you're right." Po says looking down, "It's just that, my life I've dreamed of-" Crane stopped him there before Po got ahead of himself in a heartfelt lecture, wanting him to leave now,
"No, that's not what I meant. I mean you don't belong here in this room, see this is my room, heh, property of Crane."
Realizing his embarrassing moment, Po then understood his time there has been limited and awkwardly excuses himself beginning to back out of the room inching further to the door,
"Oh, right okay. Yeah, you want to get to sleep and I'm keeping you up. Heh, Alright, we got big things tomorrow. But last thing, you're awesome that's all I'm going to say okay? Bye-bye."
Po shuts the door, his large silhouette can be seen standing outside, not moving. Crane sighs as the door suddenly opens with Po head poking in with an eager smile,
"Sorry, what was that?"
Crane looks at Po uncomfortably, "Uh, I didn't say anything."
"Alright…goodnight. Uh, sleep well." Po says backing out and closing the door shut, Crane face palms finally ridding of the nuisance and laid back down, going back to bed.
"Well that could've gone better…" Po whispers aloud, and walks down the hall to find a vacant room next door to Cranes bedroom
Just when Tigress' door bursts open, Po winces at the unexpectedness and turns to see Tigress' expression looking considerably bothered,
"(Gasp) Master Tigress! Didn't mean to wake you, I was just, uh-" as Po was about to explain but Tigress interrupted
"You don't belong here" she said
"Oh yeah, I know. Of course, this is your room…" Tigress approaches Po, only inches away from his face and glares at him with her golden claret eyes that glowed in the moonlit room, entrancing Po briefly until Tigress spoke firmly,
"I mean…you don't belong in the Jade Palace. By what you have shown us today, you're a disgrace to the name of Kung Fu, and if you have any ounce of respect for who we are as benders, and what we do in the name of honor, you will be gone before dawn breaks."
With that said, she instantly closes the door on Po, who stares in disbelieve, stunned and saddened by her words. He knew the Furious Five had unwelcomed him, he just never knew one of them, especially his favorite member, would be so blunt to say it to his face.
"Big fan by the way…" he wearily said, but it was useless he knew he wasn't wanted
Po then decided he wasn't tired anymore and with squeaky footsteps exited the barracks and headed outside to the night's fresh air to clear his head and ease his distraught…
While walking he found a lovely peach tree perched on a hill, dejected, Po went to snack on its juicy fruits in the silence of the night by himself to think his life more thoroughly.
This went on for about a good fifteen minutes until,
"I see you have the Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom" a smooth voice was heard
Po spins around his arms full of peaches and most of them were equally stuffed in his mouth, It was the current Avatar Oogway, approaching with a glowing lantern in his hand. Noticing what a mess Po must've looked he drops his bundle of peaches in shock,
"Is that what this is? I am so sorry. I thought It was just a regular peach tree…" Po apologizes respectfully as best he can with his mouth full, as he does a single peach falls out of his saliva filled mouth
Avatar Oogway analyzes the scene and nodded his head,
"I understand. You eat when you are upset."
Po tried his best to lie as not to seem weak or emotionally unstable in front of the wise Avatar. Spitting out the a peach pit and slurs his words together,
"Me upset? I'm not upset. Wha-what makes you think I'm upset? I'm totally not." He says deniably
But Oogway can see right through his hurt expression and tries to understand his story more as he comes forward and lays a comforting and shaky hand on his broad shoulder,
"So tell me, why are you upset my boy?"
Po was a bit taken back at how accurate he was but then realized he is the Avatar, there was no use trying to lie to someone as experienced and wise as he, then sighs out
"I probably sucked more today than anyone in the history of Kung Fu, in the history of bending, in the history of sucking!" Po shouted upset at himself for being such a big oaf
"Probably" Oogway said
"And the Five…ugh, you should have seen the look on their faces, they totally hate me!" Po said in distraught
"Totally" Oogway said agreeing to every hurt sentence Po uttered
Po was then feeling braver than usual and asked a very bold question to the wise old Avatar,
"Master Oogway…why did you choose me to become the next Avatar Warrior?" he asks this while rubbing his belly as it growls loudly and sighs, "I mean, look at me. I'm not like the Five. I've never even learned how to earth bend the right way, and I can't imagine how I'll be able to handle air, water and fire at the same time. I don't see how Master Shifu will ever turn me into someone as great you." Po sits down halfheartedly, tired from his emotional outburst and awaited the wise Avatar's words of wisdom
"Maybe they're right. I don't belong here." Po's back to Oogway as the Avatar looks at his heir for a moment
"My boy, you are too concerned with what was and what will be. I have chosen you to become next Avatar after me for a reason, and the true reason will be realized to you, as soon as you take over my place. True it will not be an easy task learning each element and their unique weaknesses, but that is the beauty of life – in order live, you must first learn. You will make mistakes, no doubt, but from them you will gain priceless wisdom. There is a saying: 'Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.'" Oogway then hits the tree's trunk with his staff as he walks away
A peach falls right into Po's open hand, with the current Avatar's wise words Po smiles and watches him leave
With that statement in mind Avatar Oogway had given him a better insight on what it means to be the next Avatar. To put his faith in someone as insignificant as him to take on his major role to control all four elements, Po then took a big mouthful of the juicy peach and gazes up at the night sky with rekindled hope in his heart.
"Hmm" Po says out loud to himself as he swallowed, "Maybe this Avatar stuff won't be so bad after all."