Time for reviews! To:
Joe5:
Chapter 1: I'm glad that you think of this story as a gem! And that's one of the reason's I put Fung into the story. I was wondering if anyone would find Tigress's reaction funny, and I was hoping I got their personalities right. That's ok; I don't really have a life either. Lol.
Chapter 2: Good! He's supposed to make you laugh! Yeah, beware the head-eating panda! LOL! And I try to keep it close to the show. And don't be suspicious of Song; she's a good guy this time! And I'm glad that you like the story!
The pizza man: Yeah, probably a glitch or something. Thanks! And yes, at the end there will be a TiPo ending.
Iceshadow911247: Darn, Fanfiction indeed. Who doesn't love comic relief? And yes… Maxi tuán will be like Shoo.
ShadowTeenGirl: Thanks!
Lou: Thanks!
This chapter is a filler chapter, but it will still be good! And it will introduce the story's villain! If you want to try and guess who he is before this chapter ends, here's a hint: He's already made an appearance in the FRANCHISE, but only ONCE.
Sān yuè èrshí…
The five were just sitting around, finishing up there dinner, and talking about the day's events. The one that seemed to be the hot topic, Song.
Though they agreed not to tell anyone they trailed Po and Song, Tigress and Monkey had to keep silently threatening Mantis to keep his mouth shut.
"So, when do you think Po's going to get back?" Viper asked.
"He should be coming back pretty soon." Mantis said. While Viper and Crane gave him a confused look, Monkey and Tigress shot him a death glare.
But before anyone could speak up, a certain Panda walked in, a stupid-looking grin on his face. Viper and Crane smiled at their friend.
"Hey Po, how was your day?" Crane asked.
"Perfect," Po sighed happily taking a seat. The five raised their brows at this. Oh sure, he had acted strange on countless occasions, but never this strange.
"You must be hungry." Viper said as she grabbed a bean bun from the bowl and set it on a plate. "Here, have a bean bun."
"Uh, no thanks, Viper. I'm not really that hungry." Po said.
The five looked at the panda in a strange way. Then they, minus Tigress who just chuckled, burst out laughing.
"Good one, buddy!" Mantis said in between laughs.
While the other continued to laugh as though they just heard a hilarious joke, Tigress caught a glance at Po. He was just staring at them all with a puzzled look on his face.
Po… are you… serious?" Tigress asked her friend. This brought the rest of the five back to reality.
"Yeah. What's the big deal?" Po asked.
The five exchanged surprised glances. Po… not hungry?! This was a first even for them. Especially since Po was usually the first one to the table.
"Po are you feeling ok?" Viper asked in a concerned tone.
"Of course! Never better! Though my palms are kinda sweaty and my mouth is sorta dry." Po stated. "But other than that, I'm on top of the world!"
While the five were left to gape at Po, Master Shifu walked in. "Ah, Panda, good to see you." He turned to the rest of his students. "Close your mouths. You will catch flies."
While Po surpassed a chuckle, the five closed their mouths in embarrassment. Shifu turned to Po. "I understand you had a good afternoon?"
"Oh you have no idea…" Po smiled.
"I see. Now, I want you all to head to bed. We are going to have to get an early start tomorrow. We still have many preparations to do before the festival begins." Shifu told his students.
"Yes Master." The five and Po said in unison as they bowed. Shifu nodded and left to go meditate. Once he left, Tigress led the way back to the Student Barracks, with Monkey and Mantis following close behind her. Po started to leave, but Viper and Crane stopped him.
"Po, are you sure you're feeling alright?" Crane asked him.
"Of course I am! You guys don't have to worry about me." Po said in a reassuring way.
"Are you sure? Do you feel any other symptoms, any at all?" Viper asked.
"Well, now that you mention it, I feel pretty dizzy. And I'm a bit cold. And it kinda hurts to breath but I don't care!" Po said smiling.
"Were you with Song today, by any chance?" Viper asked.
"Yeah, why?" Po answered
Viper nodded at every word Po said and once he finished, she smiled slightly. She had an idea of what was happening, but she wasn't absolutely positive yet. "Ok Po, if you say you're fine, then you're fine. Just try not to act so happy. It's kind of creepy." Viper smiled as she slithered off.
"Right, will do." Po smiled and followed his friend. Leaving Crane the only one left in the dining hall.
"Uh, what just happened?" Crane asked aloud.
The next morning…
GONG!
"Good morning, Master." The five said in unison. Being directly across from his room, Tigress was the first one to notice that Po didn't get up. Usually he was only a second or two behind the five.
"Panda get up!" Shifu shouted to Po.
Tigress, taking matters into her own hands, walked over to the door to Po's room and threw it open.
"He's not here." Tigress told her master and friends, her eyes slightly wide in surprise.
"What?" Shifu asked joining his student at the door.
"That's not possible." Mantis said.
"Po, up before the gong?" Monkey asked.
"We'll go see if we can find him." Viper said as she and Crane left the Barracks in search of their friend.
"We'll help." Mantis said, speaking for Tigress, Monkey, and himself.
A few minutes later…
"Crane, are you sure he's in here?" Shifu asked as Crane lead him, Tigress, Monkey, and Mantis toward the Hall of Heroes.
"Yeah, are you sure he's not in the kitchen or the peach tree or anywhere there is food." Mantis asked.
"Viper and I found him in here. And he was doing…" Crane shuddered at the memory.
"Doing what?" Monkey asked.
In response, Crane opened the door to the Hall of Heroes. To the four masters surprise, Po, the panda they all knew and love (most of the time) was doing his chores. Viper, with a look of disbelief plastered on her face, looked on at Po.
"Po… what are you doing?" Monkey chocked out.
"Finishing up on the cleaning. Why?" Po answered, as if he always woke up early to do this.
"It's just… you… well… How do I put this?" Mantis stammered.
Viper, finally snapping out of her daze, smiled knowingly. She made her way over to Crane and thankfully went unnoticed by her master and friend.
"I think I finally know what's wrong with Po!" Viper whispered excitedly to Crane.
"What?" Crane asked.
"He's in love." Viper smiled.
"In love?" Crane whispered in shock. Then he thought about it; Po wasn't hungry, he woke up early, he was dizzy, and when he came back the previous night he had a stupid looking grin on his face. "Ok, I'll bite, he's in love. But who could it possibly be with?" Crane asked.
Viper rolled her eyes at her friend. "Song!"
"What? Are you sure?" Crane asked.
Viper just stared at him with a deadpanned expression and slithered away. "You know what, forget I said anything."
Later that day…
Training had gone well, surprisingly. Po had surprisingly gotten stronger and nearly took out a wall. Now; Shifu, Po, and the Five were helping set up for the festival's opening ceremony that was to take place the next day.
Shifu was once again talking to the officials, Tigress and Mantis and Monkey were once again over seeing building projects, and Po was helping Viper and Crane with decorations. In fact, they were pretty much done. Viper decided to use this time to confront Po about a certain leopardess.
"So, uh, Po… you never told us how your afternoon went yesterday. What did you do?" Viper asked.
"Oh, nothin' much. I just hung out with Song." Po said, throughout the day, he never lost that happy grin.
"Oh, so like a date?" Crane asked.
Po blushed. "Pfft. No, well it's sorta complicated."
"Po, I will totally support you in this decision, but I just need to know… Are you in love with Song?" Viper asked.
Po turned beet-red. "What? In love? Viper your crazy!" Po said as he hopped down from the stage with Viper and Crane in tow. "Me in love? Not this Pan-daaa…" Po sighed like a love-struck idiot.
Crane and Viper followed his gaze and chuckled. He was staring directly at Song who was dancing a few yards away. Viper smirked. "Oh yeah, you're totally not in love with Song."
"Did my head just explode? I can't feel my face. Oh wait, there it is… on my face." Po said stupidly.
Tigress, Monkey, and Mantis walked up to their friends. Well, Mantis just rode on Monkey's shoulder, but you get the idea. Tigress glanced at Po. "What's wrong with him?" She asked thumbing toward the panda.
Viper and Crane looked at Po and then at each other. They motioned for their friends to follow them. They didn't want him to hear what they were about to say. Once a good five yards away, Viper turned to make sure Po wasn't listening. He wasn't, so Viper turned to her friends.
"You can't tell Po we told you this, but we know why he's acting so strange." Viper smiled.
"You do?" Mantis asked
"Well then what is it?" Tigress asked.
"Po is in love!" Viper and Crane smirked.
"In love!?" Mantis and Monkey exclaimed in unison..
"With who exactly?" Tigress asked more harshly than she wanted to.
Crane pointed to Song. "Remember her?"
"You've got to be kidding me!" Mantis said.
"Oh leave him alone! Po loves Song, and I'm fairly certain that Song loves him to! What's the problem with that?" Viper asked in defense for her friend.
"Wanna go tease him about it?" Crane asked Monkey and Mantis.
"Heck yeah!" Mantis smiled
"Of course!" Monkey smiled.
As the boys made their way over to the panda, Viper rolled her eye. "Boys," Viper turned to Tigress, who had remained quiet for awhile, and saw that she had a snarl on her face and was growling as quietly as possible.
"Tigress? Tigress? Tigress!" Viper shouted and this seemed to bring the feline back to reality. "Are you ok? What were you looking at?"
"Nothing." Tigress huffed. Viper, who just happened to glance at Po, saw that Song had made her way over to Po. She had a flirtatious smile plastered on her pretty face and was dancing around Po in a flirtatious way. Crane, Monkey, and Mantis were standing to the side, snickering at the Panda. Viper noticed that Tigress started growling again and noticed that the reason why was that Song had used her tail to bring Po's face closer to hers. Song then kissed Po once again. But this it it was just a peck on the lips.
It then dawned on the tree snake and she turned to her friend. "Tigress are you… are you jealous?"
Tigress turned to her friend. "What?! Why and who would I possibly be jealous of?!"
Viper could not hide her smirk. "Could it be…Song?"
"Why would I be jealous of a thief?" Tigress asked angrily.
"Song is a former thief." Viper pointed out. "And maybe the reason you're jealous-"
"I'm. Not. Jealous. Of. Song!" Tigress said angrily.
"Ok… I'm just saying that if you were jealous, it would probably be because Po likes her."
"What are you implying, Viper?" Tigress asked threateningly.
"That you don't want Song or any other girl near Po. Care to explain why?" Viper smirked.
"Listen to me; I am not jealous of Song! Nor do I care that she is hanging around Po! So I suggest you just forget that idea and get over it!" Tigress told her friend sternly as she walked away.
Viper glanced back to see Song still dancing around Po in a flirtatious way. Po was blushing and smiling like a complete idiot. Then she glanced in the direction Tigress went in. Then she smiled. "She's totally jealous."
Meanwhile, outside the Valley…
An all too familiar wolf was looking through a telescope and saw the pretty leopardess dancing around the panda.
"Sir, when should we prepare to attack the Valley of Peace?" A wolf asked.
The wolf lowered the telescope to reveal himself as Boss Wolf. Oh sure, you may be thinking "But Shen killed him!" But what happened was that he and a few other wolves were able to escape. And once he was all healed, he began to plot his vengeance on Po. Why? Well, no one really knows. Boss Wolf just has a grudge against him or something.
"Start preparing now! We attack the Valley tomorrow!" Boss Wolf ordered.
"Yes sir!" The wolf bowed and then left to tell the others.
"Finally I can get my revenge on that plush, cuddly, super soft Panda!" Boss Wolf exclaimed evilly. He then went back and glanced through the telescope. He spotted the leopardess once again. "And I know exactly how to do it!" Boss Wolf said and then began to laugh evil.