Well, it just came to me yesterday and in every trip, you always complain about what's happening, but in this case, nothing could come what happens to our Dragon Warrior. When tensions are high, something unexpected happens. So, I'm hoping that this will be a good thing.

Chapter 9: Uphill Struggle

Nearly several hours had passed and Po, Shifu and the Five still managed to get to Wudang Mountains to the Kumango Valley to confront Po's bio parent's killer, Pyro. As morning turns to afternoon, they're already feeling kinda tired and sweaty. Tigress could see sweat coming down her fur and completely didn't accept the fact that she's kinda fierce over stuff like this.

She looked at the sweat off her head and said, "My face is sweating. I'm, like, freaking out."

"We're all sweaty, Tigress. So, get used to it." Monkey scowled.

"Okay, what is your deal?"

"No, the better question is what is your deal? We've only been walking around these crazy mountains since this morning and we're tired and all you can do is complain about your sweat?"

"I'm okay with sweat when we're doing training, but never on hikes like this. It loses it sense of charm and grace."

"I'm pretty sure you have no graceful skills at all."

"Okay, both of you, please shut up. Your arguing's giving me a headache, and I'm a little guy, so don't think I can't hear things." Mantis said.

"No, but at least you don't have a big mouth, like always." Tigress said.

"Oh, no, you did-'nt. You did not just go there with my sense of hearing. Just because I'm a bug, doesn't mean I can't see and hear at the same time. And about that big mouth thing, you just completely caused mental dishonor on my personality."

The others could hear them arguing and it started to get on everybody's nerves, including Crane and Viper. They both rolled their eyes and groaned frustratedly at this. Viper asked, "When will these three learn?"

"I'm thinking this is gonna be a long walk to the valley. If they keep this up, they won't have enough strength to defeat Pyro." Crane answered.

"No surprise that Tigress' mouth goes faster than her moves."

"I heard that!" Tigress exclaimed.

"Who's talking to you?"

"I have to side with her on this one."

"So, you're taking her side, too?"

"Ohhh, no. You do not want me to be involved in this one."

"Walk away from conflicts, that's what you always do. That's your problem, Crane. Everytime you see an arguement, all you do is stay away from it. When is it going to stop?"

"Don't take it out on Crane, Tigress." Viper explained.

"You're taking his side, too?"

"He's not taking anyone's side."

"I think I can speak for myself." Crane said.

"Just helping you out."

"As much as I appreciaite that, I got this."

"Nothing's ever too good for you, isn't it?"

"Okay, this is going nowhere. Besides, you're just complaining about your sweat while we're walking here. Just get used to it, will ya?"

"I will NEVER get used to it!"

"Don't yell at him!" Mantis exclaimed.

"I AM NOT YELLING!" she screamed.

"I think you just did." Monkey muttered.

"SHUT UP!!!"

"Who are you telling me to 'shut up'? You're the one who's complaining first about this. Did you forget we're doing this for Po? We have to find this Pyro guy who killed his parents."

"I bet his parents died to get away from him, like the last one on earth."

Everyone gasped in shock and dropped their jaws after hearing that. Mantis said, "Po's bio parents did not leave him. Besides, we're all helping because we're his friends."

"I would care less. Is Po all you all think about?!"

Everybody started arguing with each other and Crane and Viper were trying to stop the arguing, but that only adds fuel to the fire. Soon enough, Shifu heard it on the background and felt slightly enraged about it. He stopped, dropped everything on the ground, went towards and screamed, "ENOUGH!!!!!!"

Quickly they stopped and turned their attention to Shifu, who looked mad as heck and completely livid, like his face is turning red. Crane shuddered silently and said, "Okay, master. You don't have to yell, though."

"Silence!"

"Why don't I just... shut up and stand over here, if that's cool with you?" Crane said softly, as he stood next to Viper.

"Now that I have your attention, who started it?"

"Tigress." Monkey said.

He turned to Tigress and gave him a stern look as he stared at her and Tigress said, "Master, I'm sweating, it's hot and we haven't stopped since we left this morning."

"That's still no excuse. You all should know better than that."

"She complained about me having a big mouth. We both know that's not really true, isn't it?" Mantis asked.

"I strongly agree with you, but that doesn't give you the right to escalate to a full-blown fight."

"We we're fighting, physically, though.... yet." Monkey said.

"Oh, you want a real fight, you got one. Put up your paws, Monkey."

"Okay, that is not helping any. You can't turn against each other because of that mistake. We're only going on this quest because of Po. We have to find this Pyro and defeat him for all he's worth."

"Why must you make every assumption about Po? It's always about Po, Po, Po. What about us, master?"

"You mean what about you?" Mantis asked.

"Shut up or so help me I will smush you like a bug."

Mantis frowned and his eyebrows grew lower and chipring twice and said, "I'll pretend you didn't really say that."

"The point is, why are we going that this involves us?"

"Because we're family to him. We have to treat him like one of our own. We have to be there for him."

Soon, Viper avoided the arguing and then headed to ne of the hills and she looked at Po and heard him breathing heavily, got down on his knees, then coughed really violently and leaned over and started vomiting. Viper was too frightened to see that coming and then, she asked, "Po, are you okay?"

Before she could even finish, he got down to the floor and laid there unconsciousness. She quickly went over to him and gasped in complete disbelief that he was really in a low point. She leaned her head to his chest and there was no heartbeat. She panted furiously and turned back to the others, who are still arguing and then, Crane turned around and saw Viper looking worried and asked, "What's wrong, Viper?"

Soon, everyone stopped and stared at Viper, looking really upset and said, "It's Po."

"Is there something wrong with him?" asked Monkey.

She turned around and went over to check on him, then soon enough, they could realize something's wrong, so they went over to where she is and saw an unconscious Po lying down in the mountains. They all gasped in shock and horror that this really happened. Mantis asked, worriedly, "Is he okay?"

Shifu laid his ears on Po's chest and didn't hear anything there. He turned to them and said, "No heartbeat. Someone help me carry him off to this cave."

Monkey and Crane lifted Po's 300-something pound body to the cave and while they were there, their thoughts turned over to Po, because they were so focused on taking their anger with each other, they forgot about him, because their egos got in the way.

Soon, they put him down and looked at him, looking like he's dead and soon it was on everyone's mind that he could be dying, but knowing him, it could never happen. At least they hope it doesn't happen.

"Why did you guys argue about this anyway?" asked Viper.

"It wasn't our fault. It's Tigress' fault." Mantis said.

"Don't make this my fault. I wasn't paying attention to him first." Tigress said.

"And you said some pretty harsh words about him, too." Crane said.

"All I can say it was my fault I didn't pay attention to him."

"Neither did we."

"I should be the one taking responisiblity about this."

"Says who? I'm the one that takes the blame for it." said Monkey.

Everyone was arguing again about who's fault it is and Shifu have had enough of this bickering and puts an end to it, but Tigress pushed him aside in the ground, and in a second, everyone stopped and saw Shifu on the ground. They turned to her and Monkey asked, "Why did you put Master Shifu on the ground?"

Tigress felt very embarassed about it and when Shifu got up, he wasd livid again. She quivered her lip as he walked towards and said, "I'm so sorry, master."

"You do realize that you're all to blame, because you haven't focused on Po." Shifu said.

They looked at each other and realized that Shifu was right. The way they've been acting has affected Shifu and Po in a negative way. They apologized to each other and received some forgiveness and hugged each other. Shifu smiled at them and he tried to get everyone's mind focused on Po. Pretty soon, they came towards him, hoping that he'll be alive.

Monkey came to his face and patted his shoulders and said, "Poor guy."

"I hope he's okay." Mantis said.

Then, something amazing happened. Po moaned softly and saw him breathing again and opened his eyes and sees everyone in front of him, like they wanted him to live again. He blinked his emerald eyes and sees them standing there. He got up and asked, "What happened?"

"It doesn't matter what happened. The only thing that matters is that you're okay." Tigress said, as she squeezed Po's neck, tightly.

Po was choking and said, "You're crushing my neck."

She quickly let go and said, "Sorry."

"How long was I out?"

"20 minutes." Mantis said.

"But, still. What happened?"

"I saw you breathing crazily, puking, and then you fainted, like something was wrong." Viper said.

"Oh, that. That was for three things; you guys arguing, walking on these mountains and the thought about seeing Pyro again. I was so disorientating and tired at the same time."

"You gave us a scare, panda. Don't scare us like that, understand?" Shifu exclaimed.

"Yes, master."

"But I'm so glad you're okay." Shifu said, as he hugged him.

"Why?"

"Because when I saw you unconscious, I thought I was gonna lose you."

"Master, you know you could never lose me. I'm always here."

Shifu nodded his head and realized that it's really true. Everyone smiled and the argument was a thing of the past and that they were moving on. Po sighed and said, "I think we should keep moving."

"I agree. Let's keep moving."

Everyone got up and went outside of the cave, only to realize that it's raining outside. Viper groaned and asked, "How are we gonna get through this?"

"I have my ponchos just in case. They're all my size, and me being a big guy and all, you could never be too careful when you're getting wet." Po said.

"You always know to be prepared, don't ya?" asked Crane.

"Yes, I do."

Everyone put on their ponchos as they braved the heavy rainfall. Little did they know, a young panda with a pair of blue eyes and smaller than Po, was following them also.

Awesome chapter, isn't it? And, do you know who's gonna appear in the next chpater? I'll give you a hint: smaller than Po, blue eyes, really shy and have great moves. I'll let you guys figure it out. Anyways, I hope ya'll like it and I'll post up the next chapter soon. Laterz!!