Wow quite the response since the last chapter! The reviews are amazing, thanks to everyone for the votes of confidence. A lot of you are taking guesses as to who the mysterious SHE is.Well that will be revealed once Oogway makes his way to the mountains to get to Po. and some want to know the deal behind the Mysterious Melody in Po's Dreams. All in good time my friends. Chapter 5 is up so Enjoy the Read.

Chapter 5

Return of the Dragon Warrior

Po was running on the rooftops as he made his way around the Village. And for the first time since the Festival he was actually enjoying himself. The moon was full tonight providing plenty of light for the unfamiliar territory. As he ran, he remembered the night before the Kung Fu tournament and how he and Tigress had done this, both never saying a word as they ran the rooftops in total silence. Again his paw went to his amulet, which he now had tucked inside his tunic as he thought of the Tiger. "I wonder what she's doing right now…" Po asked himself, thinking she might be finishing up a patrol, as he vaulted over a ledge and flipped onto a lower roof landing into a low crouch. "Wow…Never did that before…" Po said to himself as he stayed there for a moment. Thanks to his training with Brycen, Po was a bit more nimble than before, and he was liking it to say the least. "Seriously, why did I wait so long to do this again?" Po asked himself, as he climbed up the nearest roof and began to run again.

About halfway around the Village a loud scream caught his attention, as he skidded to a stop. "Please…Just…Go away!" Po crouched low and peered over the ledge as he saw an antelope being harassed by a group of Boar Bandits. Po took a head count and noticed there were four in total. "Kind of a bit much for just one person…" Po thought to himself as he listened closely. The Boar in front stepped forward. "Look buddy, it's really simple…just give us your money and we walk away like nothing happened." The Antelope then pleaded "But I'm telling you! I don't have any money on me, please just let me go! Somebody help me! GYACK!?" as the Antelope was silenced by the Boar grabbing him by the neck. "Now now…we don't want to go waking up the entire village now do we?" as the Boar brought forth a dagger to the Antelopes face. Po watched as the Antelope's eyes widened in fear. "Perhaps we should cut out his tongue just to be safe?" One of the boars said as the other two boars laughed maniacally. Po's fists clenched as he thought to himself "These guys are just begging for a beating…" But before Po could make a move there was a new voice coming from the roof top across the street.

"Release him you cowards!" Po looked up to see Master Ming Leaping off the rooftop and landing behind the bandits on all fours, with her back to Po in the Middle of the street. She wore a pair of black pants with a purple vest with the Chinese Character for Honor sewn onto her back. Po also caught a glimpse of a pair of silver armbands strapped to her wrists. As the female snow leopard stood to her full height she came to about the same height as Tigress, as she said once again her voice full of authority, "I said, release him! Before I lose my patients!" as Ming then entered her fighting stance. The Boars all adjusted their faces from ones of surprise, to evil grins, as the Boar holding the antelope released its neck and the poor citizen fled into the nearest alley. The Boar then spoke to Ming. "Well, well, well, Master Ming of the Iron Temple, I must say, it's an honor to finally meet you…however there will not be enough time to get to know you I'm afraid." As the remaining three boars all withdrew their swords. Ming just shouted at the Bandits. "You Bandits have been terrorizing my village for long enough! Now…I'll give you one chance to get your sorry hides out of town before I do it for you!" as she brought out her claws.

Po was on the roof still crouching low thinking to himself, "Sheesh…she's just as bad as Tigress." as he continued to watch. The Boars just laughed. "Oh dear sweet kitten, did you seriously think we were all alone?" As he gave a short whistle, four more Bandits emerged from around the building Po was standing on as he counted now eight Boar Bandits surrounding Ming on both sides all carrying weapons. "This isn't good…" Po thought to himself, as Ming just snarled at the boars "Cowards! I'll still take you all down!" as she continued to dart her eyes around trying to keep her eyes on each bandit. "Maybe I should step in…but will she think I'm a friend…or a foe? Guess there's only one way to find out for sure…" as Po finished the thought he stood up and approached the ledge. "Here goes nothing…" The Boars just all laughed as the one with the dagger called out "And what makes you think you can take us ALL on, Master Ming!?" when a deep voice was heard over head across the street. "Because, she's got ME to back her up!"

Everyone looked up to see a large silhouette against the moon as a red flash hurled towards the center of the street right next to Master Ming, twisting in the air. Po landed with a loud thud as he remained crouched for a moment. all eyes trained on him as he slowly bean to stand up to his full height, his Jade Dragon now completely visible to the half of the thugs Ming originally encountered, as Po half turned his head giving the Boar with the Dagger a serious glare. Ming stood her ground, as she eyed this newcomer immediately recognizing him from the Tournament, when one of the Boars to her left said. "Red hood…tall as a mountain…the Jade Dragon…It can't be…" When another one said, "It is though…It's the Dragon Warrior!" While a third boar said "But what's he doing here!? This ain't his turf; He's supposed to be in that Valley of Peace!"

Po then turned to Master Ming saying "Seems I've developed a bit of a reputation. I hope you don't mind me crashing your little party here Ming." Ming continued to eye the stranger as she said. "We'll just see how I feel about it after we get these bandits out of my Village…You want to help? Then you take those four while I'll take the others…and stranger…stay out of my way and we won't have any problems…" Po just nodded his head "Okay…not quite exactly like Tigress…at least she seems willing to trust me for now…" as the Dragon Warrior said, "Your town, your rules…Though if I may make a suggestion." as Po pointed towards the boar with the dagger with his thumb. "Could you shut him up first? It's like his voice makes my ears want to bleed." Ming smirked at that "Funny guy huh? I like that. Now let's go already!" The Dragon Warrior nodded his head, as the two warriors charged the bandits, each going in the opposite direction, the bandit with the dagger shouting, "Tear them apart!"

Po reached his bandits as he sidestepped a downward slash from the first bandit, while he set himself up for a punch to his face which he followed up with a powerful kick to the gut making the boar double over as Po grabbed the boar by the tunic and threw him over his shoulder right into another boar, the two falling to the ground with a low thud. Po then turned to face the other two boars as he entered his fighting stance for the Bear style, something Brycen drilled into him his first day in the mountains, with his right arm curved at his side his fist clenched while his left arm was brought up bent at the elbow, both his knees bent ready to move as the two boars charged him.

Po once again evaded the sword swings as he caught the arm of the Boar to his left and flipped him over his shoulder, forcing the Bandit to drop his sword, allowing Po to catch it in his free hand while he blocked the other Boars sword with it, as he kicked the Boar at his feet in the head, while he continued to parry the attacks of the remaining Boar in front of him. He was doing well until he heard Ming shout out to him "Look out!" Po noticed just in time that the Boar who he threw the first one on top of, had now gotten out from underneath his companion and was now bringing his sword down upon him. Immediately Po crouched with his own sword over his back, catching both boars' blades in a parry as he looked up and nodded his head to Ming who went back to her own bandits. "Nice try fellas, but you missed." As Po brought his sword up delivering a powerful spin kick to the boar on his left as he sent the bandit flying into a barrel falling unconscious.

The Dragon Warrior then turned to the remaining bandit as he said in his low voice "And then there was one." As Po tossed the sword away, and reentered his fighting stance. The Boar then raised his sword over his head and charged Po, as the Dragon Warrior waited for him to approach. At the last minute Po stepped to the left as he brought his right foot out and tripped the boar resulting in the bandit falling flat on his face, his sword sliding a few feet away. As Po approached the bandit, the boar turned over and his eyes widened in fear, as the massive figure before him lifted him up by the scruff of his tunic and forced him up against a nearby wall, his feet no longer touching the ground as the Dragon Warrior delivered a low growl bringing his fist up ready to knock the daylights out of the guy, forcing the bandit's eyes to roll into the back of his head as he fainted in complete fear, his head slumped forward. "Heh heh," Po chuckled as he threw the Bandit over to the others. He had finished his group of Bandits and turned to see Ming finishing up her last one. His eyes narrowed however when he saw the Boar with the Dagger rise up and bring his dagger forward as he made his way over to Ming who was still fighting her bandit.

The Boar brought his dagger up over his head and was about to stab the Leopard in the back when a strong paw grabbed his wrist forcing him to stop. Both the boar and Ming turned to see the Dragon Warrior had stopped the bandit in mid strike as the Dragon Warrior said. "Now, now, don't you know you're supposed to ask the pretty lady to dance first before you take her hand?" As The Dragon warrior twisted the boars wrist forcing him to drop the Dagger, as Ming delivered a powerful punch to her own Bandit knocking him out instantly. When she was done she walked over to the Dragon Warrior who still had a grip on the bandit who had the dagger, as she towered over the now terrified bandit. "So do you have something to ask me Pig?" Ming snarled at the boar. The Bandit then shook his head vigorously as he answered "N-n-n-no mam…" as Ming gave the bandit an evil smile "Good." Right then, Po released the bandit stepping back, as Ming jumped and delivered a powerful spin kick to the boars head sending him rolling into the wall where he landed upside down with a low thud. "Oooh…"

Po and Ming looked around as the bandits were now all sprawled out, some moaning in pain while others were silent. Po then said to Ming with his back to her "Well that was fun. You're not bad Ming." as the Dragon Warrior turned to her. Ming however wore a rather serious expression on her face as she began to gather up the bandits while the Dragon Warrior tied them together. Once they were done, Ming then turned to the red figure and said "Listen stranger…I am grateful for the help this night…But I must know, why are you here?" Po wasn't surprised Ming didn't trust him, after all it took him a week to get Tigress to trust the Dragon Warrior, so he figured Ming probably never would. "Oh you know, just wandering around, checking out the sights, getting some fresh air, that kind of thing." Ming raised an eyebrow not buying it at all. "I mean, why are you not in the Valley of Peace? Did Master Tigress kick you out after you defeated her at the tournament?" The Dragon Warrior just chuckled "What, Whiskers? No, things are alright between us at the moment. No…Like I said, I was just passing through when I saw you had quite the bandit issue tonight." as Po looked over at the group of Bandits. "Is it me, or were there just simply too many of them tonight for a random mugging?"

Ming gave a heavy sigh "No it certainly isn't just you…But that is none of your concern. This is my village and I will protect it myself!" As Ming turned to leave, the Dragon Warrior then asked "What about your Master? Shouldn't he be able to help you with this kind of thing?" as Ming turned her eyes narrowed, she spat "Of course he can you fool! In fact He is in another part of the village as we speak! So if I were you Dragon Warrior, I'd get lost before you run into the great Master Kai!" And with that Ming grabbed the rope tied to the bandits and began dragging them to the village jail cells. But not before she turned one last time to look at the Dragon Warrior and said "Thank you for your assistance Dragon Warrior…But you need to make yourself scarce, If I see a red hood in my village again…I can't promise it will end as well as it did tonight." And with that, Master Ming turned and continued on her way, leaving the Dragon Warrior alone in the street.

Po took a deep breath and released it. "Well, at least she's going to wait before she decides to throw me behind bars. Still I can't help but feel that something was off when I mentioned her Master…Oh well, I guess it really isn't my problem…she's right, this is her turf, and I shouldn't be out here anyway. I better get back to the house before Coach notices that I'm gone…Man…I feel like I've done this before." As Po remembered all the mornings he spent training in the Bamboo forest by the river, as he would try to rush home before his dad would wake up that morning so he wouldn't discover Po was missing. And with that, Po climbed back up to the nearest roof and looked around. "Now…which way did I come from?" as Po looked up at the Mountain top he could just make out the house on the cliff side as he said "There we go!" And so Po headed off into the night, making his way back to his bedroll, praying he could get at least a couple of hours of peaceful sleep before sunrise…

There you have it Chapter 5! Make sure to review! And thanks for reading.