A/N: Okay, another one released within a day, what can I say? I was inspired. Anyways here it is!

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Chapter 4

Spiritual Advice

Po sat down at the edge of the Pool of sacred tears, he had come up here meditate and to ponder some of his thoughts. He was glad Shifu had allowed him to visit the orphanage with Tigress, not only because it would give him a way to get rid of some of his action figures, but also because he believed it would be good for Tigress. He knew that the orphanage wasn't the happiest part of Tigress' life, however he believed that by showing the children at the orphanage some happiness, it would be good for her heart. He also thought back to what Shifu had asked him earlier, and he wondered if it was possible for him to take Shifu to the spirit realm and back.

He then thought 'why don't I just try going there myself and ask Oogway about it'. So he got up from his spot and picked up his staff and prepared to perform the Wuxi finger hold on himself. He closed his eyes, then used his free hand to grab his other hand's index finger, then he lowered his pinky finger while saying "Skadoosh!" And within a second his entire body was encompassed in pink lotus blossoms and a massive golden wave of chi was sent in every direction. When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was floating above a large pool of golden liquid, the skies in the area were bright orange which had many floating peach blossoms freely flowing in the soft breeze. To his right was a peach tree which looked almost identical to the one near the Jade Palace. He was greeted by a slow and wise voice "Dragon Warrior."

Po looked at the old Galápagos Tortoise who was sitting on the first branch of the tree, he replied back in a respectful tone "Master Oogway." Master Oogway then joked while chuckling "you look good lately, been working out?" Po then laughed in his head, he knew that Master Oogway would sometimes avoid formalities, he liked this about the Tortoise as it was something they both had in common. He then responded "it's good to see you again Master." Oogway smiled and answered "Likewise my friend, now, what brings you back here?" In truth Po had come to the spirit realm to ask Oogway if it was possible for him to take people like Shifu from the mortal realm and into the spirit realm, but he also wanted to know if it was possible to bring people back from the spirit realm to the mortal realm. So he asked "I came here to ask you if you know if it's possible to take people from the mortal realm into the spirit world, and vise versa?" Oogway was still smiling as he said "well...do you believe that you can take people from the mortal realm here?" Po knew that Oogway never gave a straight answer for most of the questions he was asked, however he was easily able to understand what his master meant by this. So he thanked him "I understand Master, thank you for your advice."

While the two were conversing, a certain deranged individual was listening waiting for the perfect opportunity to make his move. For 3 years this individual had hated the Dragon Warrior as he had suffered one the most humiliating defeats to the Panda years ago, ever since then he had held a grudge against the Panda and desired revenge. It wasn't only the panda he wanted revenge against however, years before he had been defeated by Po, he had striven to be the Dragon Warrior himself. However he was denied the this right by Master Oogway after working nearly his entire life to achieve the title. He despised Oogway for this, and now he was going to have his opportunity at retribution. He was spying on the two what he would call 'self righteous heathens' from a nearby mountain top where he was almost completely hidden from view. Growing impatient however, he impulsively jumped from the mountain to catch the Dragon Warrior by surprise.

"Wait, did you hear something?" said Po as he turned around to see what was making the noise that sounded like someone angrily yelling, and it was getting closer very quickly. When he turned his head and only saw a blur of motion as he was swiftly kicked in the face extremely hard and was knocked to the ground. Po winced in pain, he hadn't been hit this hard since…

"Tai Lung...Still out for revenge I see." Po said while he was getting up, not once looking at the large Snow Leopard a few meters behind him who was breathing very hard (almost hyperventilating) probably out of anger. "I'm glad you returned here Dragon Warrior...I can finally redeem myself by defeating you..." Tai Lung said angrily while he slowly walked towards the Panda. Po was turned away from his opponent as he chuckled and said "it's almost obvious why Master Oogway didn't chose you to be the Dragon Warrior" Tai Lung angrily growled as he now ran towards the Panda to land another attack. Po then turned around and he blocked a barrage of attacks with his staff while moving back to avoid getting cornered. Once Tai Lung had lost his momentum, Po blocked the last attack with his staff and said in a mocking voice "those who would use their abilities to harm others should not be considered 'Heroes'." Tai Lung angrily roared and launched an extremely powerful double handed punch towards Po's face. However Po ducked just in time to avoid the attack and quickly rolled behind his opponent and hit Tai Lung's back with the back of his staff.

Even though this attack wasn't very hard, it still sent Tai Lung to the ground face first. This only served to anger the Snow Leopard even more, he got up quickly and growled in anger as he stared at Po who seemed to be calm and composed. He then remembered one of his former Master Shifu's to him when he was younger. "Once an opponent is stressed via anger or fear, they tend to make more mistakes, use this to your advantage" This was one of Shifu's earlier lessons towards the Snow Leopard, he remembered when his 'father' supposedly cared for him. He then took several deep breathes and composed himself so that he could focus. "Always playing dirty aren't you 'Dragon Warrior'?" He said with a smirk that said 'fight like a true warrior'. Po then laughed and said "i guess we should keep it even then." He put his staff behind his back and said "now, where were we?" Tai lung then let out an evil grin and looked like he was about to say something when he was interrupted by the Panda. "Wait, that isn't fair...Here." Po said while he put his left arm behind his back. Tai Lung then growled and thought to himself 'does that confident bastard really intend to fight me with one arm?!' Po then let out a confident smile and signaled for his opponent to 'come at him'. Tai Lung then said "you'll regret that 'Dragon Warrior'."

As he lunged at Po to attack, he let out a barrage of strikes any of which would have seriously hurt his opponent. However Po easily blocked each attack, he seemed very calm while doing so, almost as if he was disappointed in the Snow Leopards skills. Tai Lung while attacking the confident Panda was also looking for a weakness he could exploit, but the only thing he could really see in the blur of his attacks was the Panda's cloak dangling from his opponent's shoulders, but how could he use that against him? After a second, Tai Lung had an idea, so he stopped the barrage of attacks and dodged a punch from the Panda's right hand. He quickly grabbed the cloak by the end and put it over the Panda's head to restrict the Dragon Warrior's vision. His action gave him enough time to get the Panda in a headlock. "when I'm finished with you 'Dragon Warrior' I will defeat Oogway and escape this hell!" Tai Lung said provokingly towards Po who was held in a deadly headlock by his old rival. Po growled and then used much of his strength to headbutt Tai Lung in the chin. This made the Snow Leopard let go of Po clutching his chin in pain, giving Po the opportunity to elbow Tai Lung in the gut which looked to have really hurt the Snow Leopard sending him to the ground.

Po felt he had allowed this to go on long enough, so he grabbed his staff from his pack and hit the snow Leopard's pressure points with his staff, paralyzing him from the shoulders down. In his fixed position Tai Lung muttered in defeat "go on, finish me 'Dragon Warrior'." Po then held his staff up above his defeated opponent's neck and said " 'Tai Lung' you were a worthy opponent, however I cannot allow you to continue on this destructive path." Po then continued "so I'm afraid you leave me no choice." Tai Lung closed his eyes and waited to accept his fate, but it never came. Po thrust his staff into the ground next to Tai Lung's neck. Tai Lung looked beside him and saw that the Panda's staff had slightly dug into the ground next to him. He just wondered why the Dragon Warrior had not finished him off, he was completely speechless.

"Not to long ago, I came face to face with a person who had caused me great pain, in fact they had destroyed my village and killed my mother when I was just a Cub." Po said while looking at the ground where he had thrust his staff into. He continued "I had defeated this person in combat and had the chance to finish him off, but instead I let my past go and gave him a second chance." After saying this Po took his staff out of the ground and used the top of it to deactivate the paralysis that he had placed Tai Lung into. He then said "he refused the second chance and ended up paying for his mistake" Tai Lung was in utter shock at what was happening which was ironic as he had just been unparalyzed, he was free now, however he made no attempt to fight back or escape. Po still continued speaking "now im giving you a second chance, please don't waste it like he did"

The moment was then broken as both of their heads were turned toward Master Oogway who was now chuckling as he had left the tree branch where he had watched the entire fight ensue. He then spoke "Well done Dragon Warrior, you have once again proven that 'It is who you chose to be that defines you'." Po smiled and nodded. Oogway then looked down at Tai Lung who was still on the ground looking away from the Tortoise in disgust. Oogway then spoke to Tai Lung "Master Tai Lung, I hope you will accept the Dragon Warrior's request." Tai Lung spoke back in a purposely rude manner "or what? You'll lock me up in a prison for 20 more years?" Po then spoke to the humiliated Leopard "you know it broke Shifu's heart to send you to Chorh Gom, he still regrets it to this day." Tai Lung then angrily snapped and said "If Shifu really cared for me then he wouldn't have sided with HIM when I was supposed to become the Dragon Warrior!" Oogway just sighed at the Leopard's behavior, he was disappointed in how Tai Lung had turned out. What had been Shifu's pride and joy had become a menace to the world and he knew he was partly at fault for this. Oogway then replied "Master Tai Lung, do you know why I did not choose you to be the Dragon Warrior?"

Tai Lung didn't even want to know the answer to this question, all he could feel right now was hate towards the Tortoise for 'ruining his life'. After waiting a few seconds Oogway continued "I saw great darkness in you at the time, but I also saw light, there was balance. However I made a huge mistake and allowed the darkness to consume you." He paused for a second, straightening his jaw and then continued "I am deeply sorry I failed you 'Master Tai Lung'." Tai lung was still looking away from Oogway trying to hide his emotions, most of his anger had faded away. He then noticed Po reaching out his hand as if to help him up from the ground. After thinking about it for a second he decided to take the Panda's advice and accept his second chance, so he took po's hand and got up from the ground. Po smiled and said "I'm glad you took the chance, I was beginning to think you wouldn't for a second." Tai Lung smiled and said "you know I'll want a rematch soon right?" Po then laughed and said "You wouldn't be the first person who wants a rematch with me." Tai Lung responded "oh? And who else wants a rematch against 'the mighty Dragon Warrior'." Po smiled at the thought of the person who constantly asked for a rematch against him, he answered "trust me, you don't want to know." Tai Lung simply looked away and said "so what do I do now? If I can't become the Dragon Warrior now, what can I do?" Oogway then responded "Your destiny is your own to control, you must choose which path to follow." He then continued with a smirk on his face "However if you'd like, I can teach you some new techniques so you can give the Dragon Warrior a better fight during your inevitable rematch." Tai Lung thought about it for a second, 'should I really learn from the person who denied me my life's work?', 'then again, this could help me defeat the dragon warrior when we have our rematch eventually'. "I would like that 'Master' Oogway" he said in a respectful way.

Po was happy to see that Tai Lung was beginning to change for the better, he had been so engrossed in rehabilitating his former rival that he hardly even notice that the sky had turned from a light orange to a dark red which probably meant that much time had passed since he arrived in the spirit realm. He then also remembered that he wanted to meet Tigress at the Dragon Grotto at 5:00. So he said to the others "well I'm glad everything is cleared up here, but I gotta go now, otherwise I'll be in big trouble with an angry Tiger." Both Oogway and Tai Lung nodded at the Panda and the Snow lepard said "don't forget about our rematch." Po then nodded and used his staff in the golden river and drew a Yin-Yang pattern in the golden liquid which transported him back to the mortal realm back at the Pool of Sacred Tears. He then said to himself while grinning "I'm glad he took the second chance."

A/N: Finally done...Goodness that one was long. Just wanted to make the fight as detailed as possible. I might make the next one shorter, no promises though. Anyways, if you enjoyed this chapter be sure to favorite or follow, and also Review. I could use feedback on your thoughts and opinions!