Remember, Spoilers for Kung fu panda 2. I don't own Kung Fu Panda or it's characters.

Shadow Bryan will now be abbreviated to S.B. sometimes when he speaks from now on. Please note that I am unaware of what the items in the training room are called in this chapter.

Dong! The gong sounded throughout the village.

"Good Morning Master!" Everyone said on time, even Bryan was on time for his first time getting up for training.

"Time for some training" Shifu said as he walked them to the training room for practice. He started Bryan out on the Bowl with crane.

"Let's see what you got." Bryan said.

"That's my line!" Crane complained.

Crane and Bryan then began exchanging blows to each other almost instantly. Shifu had taught Bryan some kung fu previously and he had gotten the hang of it. Bryan managed to make crane lose his balance and he knocked him off the bowl.

"Impressive."Shifu said. "You've improved faster than I imagined you would. Anyway, continue."

After a few more training sessions it was lunch time, and Bryan watched impressed as Po managed to stuff 40 Bean buns in his mouth, then Po spat them out due to Crane slapping him on the back.

Then Po was called to Master Shifu for some reason that he wasn't sure of. Meanwhile, Bryan and the others got back to training for a few more minutes before Tigress heard about bandits in the musicians' village. Tigress went to get Po while Bryan waited with the others.

"Bryan, Shifu wants to see you too." Po said.

"Really? Well ok." Bryan said before heading to the statue with the golden dragon.

After Bryan had arrived at the dragon statue Shifu had told him about him wanting Bryan to earn Inner Peace. Shortly after, Bryan went to head to where the bandits were.

"Inner Peace huh? Looks like I'd better get started soon." Bryan said to himself as he arrived at the musicians' village just in time to see Po get hit with a giant hammer in the face.

"Chew on that tubby!" The wolf shouted running off and grabbing a rope.

"Po! What happened?" Tigress said as Bryan jumped down to the village.

"I think I saw… I gotta go." Po said before running off.

Meanwhile in Gongmen city…

The sound of metal echoed throughout the street as a shadow made its way up the streets heading for the arena where Master Thundering Rhino and Masters Croc and Ox were. The doors were flung open as Shen walked into the arena.

"Shen?" Master Thundering Rhino asked as Shen stepped into the ring.

"Yes, who else would it be?" Shen asked.

"You shouldn't be here Peacock!" Croc stated.

"Mind your own business you overgrown lizard!" Shadow Bryan said as he stepped out from behind the crate brought into the arena.

"Friend of yours?" Ox said as Shadow Bryan stepped forward.

"More like an accomplice" S.B. replied.

"You shouldn't be here, Shen." Thundering Rhino said.

"Well then, let us give you a parting gift." S.B. said.

"Yes, part of you there part of you over there and part of you wayyyyyyyyyyy over there." Shen said stepping towards Masters Croc and Ox.

At that point Ox charged towards Shen who sent him to the ground with a rope. Soon after, Croc was sent down to. Croc was then forced to block Shen's throwing knives with his sword. Then a sword was revealed from Shen's sleeve. Shen was able to easily take down Masters Croc and Ox before throwing knives at Master Thundering Rhino who deflected them easily and sent Shen backwards a few feet with his hammer.

"Show-off." Shen mumbled under his breath.

"That is a warning! You are no match for our kung fu." Master T. Rhino said to Shen.

"I agree… but this is." Shen said while a smirk appeared on his face. He then jumped backwards and released a cannon from the crate aimed at the rhino as he entered a defensive position right before the cannon fired.

A few days later at the Jade palace.

"Bryan you need to use more power in sparring!" Shifu shouted as Bryan blocked Tigress' punches.

"You've had us sparring for 6 hours straight! It's a miracle that we're still on our feet right now!" Bryan shouted back. He was right in saying that. Everyone was beaten up and exhausted.

Then Bryan landed a punch knocking Tigress out of the ring and off her feet. "Is that good enough for you?" Bryan asked looking at Shifu.

Shifu was about to reply when a letter arrived for him. "Everyone take five!" he shouted.

At that exact moment everyone fell on their back. Shifu had been pushing them harder than usual so they were glad to be able to lie down for a minute.

"Everyone come over here now!"Shifu shouted.

"can it wait a minu…"

"NO!" Shifu interrupted while Po was speaking.

"What's up?" Monkey asked.

"Are you familiar with the Master of Gongmen City?" Shifu asked.

"Master Thundering Rhino?" Po asked.

"yes" Shifu said.

"Son of Legendary Flying Rhino?" Po continued.

"yes" Shifu said seeming more annoyed.

"and slayer of the 10,000 serpents in the valley of woe?" Po said again.

"He's dead" Shifu finished.

"t-t-That's Impossible!" Crane said.

"Rhino's horn defense is impervious to any technique." Tigress said.

"It was no technique, Lord Shen has invented a weapon that breathes fire and spits metal. Prepare yourselves! You 6 must go and pack for you must go destroy this weapon!"

"Wait, there's 7 of us, who's staying behind?" Mantis asked.

"Bryan." Shifu said pointing at him.

"Say what?" Bryan said.

"you need more time to work on your kung fu. You will go tomorrow." Shifu replied.

"Ok, it's not that bad then I guess." Bryan replied as the five left to pack.

'I was really looking forward to my first mission' Bryan thought as he went to his room watching the five go out to the village.

Please know that I will get the next chapter up as fast as I can. I'm going to be away all next week. I've got a huge Final Battle planned out for later. Expect this fanfic to get good in the next few chapters!

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