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Chapter 6: The Real Training Begins

The revelation of meeting your future self and discovering your choices will decide whether people live or die is hard to cope with. For Po, it was nearly impossible. He spent a few hours just pacing back and forth, pondering how he was going to inevitably solve all of this. It was to no avail, of course. The base line was that ten evil men were coming to ruin lives, and take some as well. How he would do it, again, he did not know.

His thoughts were interrupted when a certain Master walked into his room; it was Shifu.

"Good morning, Po. How was your night?" Shifu put his staff behind his back.

Po stopped pacing, and looked at Master Shifu with a troubled expression. "I have not slept at all, and I think it's turning me crazy! What do you think? I mean, I'm pacing, talking to myself, and thinking WAY too much about the future. I don't know, what do you think Master?"

Master Shifu just put a "not bad" expression on his face, and said: "Maybe. Oh, by the way, Hunter's called the group together to begin rigorous training. Better prepare yourself, Po."

Po gave a nod, and went to the training hall to meet the rest of the Five and Hunter. When he reached the doors, he mentally prepared himself for what was to come. When he barged through the doors, he met Hunter with an array of weapons behind him, on a rack. He stopped, and met Hunter with an "Are-we-going-to-do-what-I-think-we're-going-to-do" expression on his face.

"Yes, Po. You're going to choose a weapon today. Well, actually, a weapon is going to choose you."

Po then went to sit down with the rest of the Five, next to Tigress. She whispered in his ear. "You missed most of what Hunter introduced to us. He said that we must present ourselves to each of the weapons, and one of them will choose us. There are 20 weapons in total, so we have a variety of weapons to choose from."

Hunter then walked over to the weapons. "Remember, guys: Just hold them for ten seconds. If you feel something kind of pulsating through the weapon, it's your weapon. Come on and head up now. Who wants to go first?"

Monkey stood up. "I'll go. I'm eager to meet my weapon… or something like that."

He walked over to the weapons. About five weapons in, he saw a staff that was a royal blue, with gold patterns all over the staff. There was a detachable blade at the end, and it was black and shaped like a spear end. He felt it pulsate and vibrate in his hands, and a blue energy all of a sudden came out of where he was holding it. He dropped it suddenly, and backed away.

"Do not be afraid," Hunter said. "That means it is your soul weapon, or as I call it, your Zanpakuto. You are inclined to use it, because your skill will significantly increase. Now, the rest of you go and find your Zanpakuto."

When the rest of them went up, one by one, they met with their weapons. Crane's weapon was a short spear, with a two blades at the top, each curved inward toward each other. There was a blue gem in the middle, and it glowed whenever Crane held it in his wings. The handle was green, with red patterns going down the hilt. Viper's weapon was a whip-sword that attached to her tail, giving her a deadly extension. Mantis's weapon was a shuriken with seven points that retuned to him when it was thrown. It was jet black, with a gold kanji on the top. Tigress's weapons were steel claws, with dragon designs on each claw. Po's weapon was the Sword of Heroes, naturally, since it was the weapon that the Dragon Warrior was destined to use.

"Now," Hunter said, "Try and feel the energy that comes from your weapon. After all, it does emit the energy. Once you feel that energy, imagine yourself grabbing it, and holding it. Mold it to your will. When you have this vision clear in your head… Open your eyes, and look at your weapon."

Whatever he taught them was accurate, because all of their weapons had energy that looked like fog, flowing and forming around them. Tigress's was red, Monkey's was brown, Crane's was green, Viper's was orange, Mantis's was dark blue, and Po's was a dark jade green. All of their faces were a little dumbfounded, but controlled.

"Now," Hunter said, "Close your eyes. Imagine yourself, throwing the energy into an enemy."

Hunter put up big, steel targets for them to hit.

"Raise the energy…"

The Five and Po raised their weapons, energy still flowing but at a more quickened pace.

"And let it fly!"

They slashed with their weapons, energy shooting out of them. They all hit their targets, even though some were off target… But more or less, they were at a good starting point. They opened their eyes, drained of all energy all of a sudden. Po collapsed, and Tigress had to lean on him for support. The others sat down, surprised and irritated.

"You never told us… It would be… This… TIRING!" Mantis yelled in agony. The others just panted for breath.

"Don't worry," Hunter said, "You'll get used to it in few days. But for now, you guys need to rest."

And somewhere far off, someone was far from resting…

Yeah, I know. Boring filler chapter. Filler is needed, tough. See you next time!