The Gong-Go Warrior

Po woke up the next day not having any problems or weird dreams, and this time, he didn't have to do extra laps. Now Po was enjoying breakfast in the kitchen alone until Master Tigress came in. "Oh, good morning Tigress," Po said cheerfully.

"Good morning, Po," Tigress replied as she sat down. "Listen, Po, there's something I have to ask you."

"Oh no! Please tell me that Monkey hasn't told you about the bathroom incident," Po panicked.

"The bathroom incident?"

"Oh, you're talking about something else. My bad," Po nervously smiled. Tigress eyed himself suspiciously but decided to continue.

"I was going to ask you about the dream you had yesterday. I was worried that it could...affect you."

"How?"

"Well, with last time-"

"Tigress," Po interrupted, "I already told you guys. It won't be like last time."

"Then there's no harm in telling me right?" Tigress reasoned. Po was silent for a while thinking about it. He finally sighed and said,

"Okay. It starts in-" But before he could finish, Crane came in the room with intriguing news.

"Hey guys, hear this!"

"I'll tell you later," Po sighed to Tigress. "What's up Crane?"

"She's finally coming," Crane triumphantly said.

"Who's coming?" Po asked.

"The Gong-Go Warrior who defeated the tyrannical emperor of Bei-Lang is coming to the Jade Palace to talk to the Master's Council about an important matter."

"Do you know what is the matter they're talking about," Tigress asked.

"No, but that's not the point. Do you know how difficult it is to get the Gong-Go Warrior to come here," Crane said, "It's nearly impossible!"

"Why?" Po asked.

"It is said that the Gong-Go Warrior doesn't take lightly to other people. She's very...solitary," Crane explained.

"How did they get her to come then?" Tigress questioned.

"She also works as an assassin, so money is most likely involved," Crane said.

"They're paying her? For what?" Crane only shrugged at Tigress's question. Just then, Monkey came in.

"There are some bandits at the textile village," He frantically said. Tigress and Crane went to the door, but Po stayed put.

"Po, aren't you coming?" Tigress said. Po slowly got up. "What's wrong?"

"I...I don't know. I just have a bad feeling about this," Po ominously said. Po and the Furious Five made it to the textile village where they found a group of tough rhino bandits. "Hey! Big, bad, and ugly!" Po shouted as the panda kicked the lead rhino down. The other rhinos charged towards the group. The Furious Five went to work beating the rhinos, but these rhinos were tougher than usual. Po punched one rhino right in his horn. "OW!" Po retracted as he nursed his bruised hand. Before he could move, the rhino hit Po back to the Furious Five, who found themselves cornered.

"Well, this doesn't look good," Mantis muttered. Suddenly, a ball of white dashed behind the rhinos and the rhinos fell down. The team looked at who made the bandits fall and saw a tall female lamb holding daggers in both of her hands. Tigress was quick on her feet.

"Come on, let's help her," Tigress said, lunging at the rhino behind the lamb. They finally forced back the rhinos. One last bandit remained and it was charging towards the lamb."Look out!" Shouted Tigress. The lamb turned around to see the rhino. She ducked underneath it, climbed up its back and knocked him into the back of the head. The rhino stumbled. The lamb jumped off and Tigress came from the air and kicked the bandit into the dirt. As the villagers cheered, Tigress offered a hand to the fallen lamb, but she didn't take it and stood up herself. "You're a very good warrior," Tigress commented, crossing her arms.

"You're not too shabby yourself," the lamb replied, showing a smirk. Tigress smirked back. "But next time, don't let your opponent back you into a corner."

"I'll keep that in mind," Tigress said. Then Crane walked up to her and bowed.

"You're the Gong-Go Warrior!" Crane said excitedly. "I'm a huge admirer of your fighting style. It's a combination of Tigress, crane, and Mantis style. I've never seen anything like it."

"Thanks," the lamb simply stated. "But I don't have time for admiration. I'm looking for the Jade Palace. Could you lead me there?"

"Yes, of course, we come from the Jade Palace," Viper smiled. Then the lamb noticed something odd about the Furious Five. They kept looking from side to side.

"Is there something wrong?" The Gong-Go Warrior asked. They all looked back at Po, who seemed paralyzed with...something that the others couldn't really figure out. "Is he with you?"

"Yes," Tigress said.

"So why is he just standing there looking at me?" The Gong-Go Warrior asked.

"Well, Po is usually the first one to greet someone, so...we're a little...confused that he hasn't done that yet," Viper confessed. Suddenly, Po woke up from his daze and bowed.

"It is great to meet you Lillia," He said. The Gong-Go Warrior was surprised, but her eyes narrowed at the panda.

"How do you know my name?"

"Yeah, how do you know her name," Crane asked, "I've been trying to figure it out for years."

"Um," Po stuttered. How could he say that he knew her in a dream? "Lucky guess?" He nervously shrugged. Lillia's face stood straight for a while then curved into a smirk.

"Well, anyways, you said that you could lead me to the Jade Palace?" Lillia mentioned. Tigress nodded. "Good, let's go. I have a lot of things to do." With that, they went to the Jade Palace. Crane, unlike Po, was more calm and cool when asking about Lillia, not that it helped, though. Lillia was stern, almost like Tigress. Her height was about to the middle of Tigress's chest, quite tall for a lamb. She mentioned something about her family being on the tall side of the gene pool when walking to the Jade Palace. She had two black arm shields strapped to her arms. They weren't bulky, which allowed her for nimble movement. Her whole outfit was designed that way. Lillia had two swords strapped to her back, a plain navy blue vest, dark pants that had several pockets. If she were a tiger instead of a lamb, people would probably mistake her for Master Tigress. It was also at this time that the group learned she was one year younger than Tigress.

All the while, Po had kept unusually quiet, which usually unnerves the team. They finally got to the Jade Palace where Master Shifu greeted the warrior.

"It is an honor to meet you, Gong-Go Warrior," Shifu bowed. Lillia bowed back.

"So where are the Masters?" She asked.

"They will be here in a couple of days. You're actually very early," Shifu commented. Lillia groaned. "You can stay here if you like."

"No," both Lillia and Po said. The lamb looked at the nervous panda and decided to change her mind.

"Actually, I think I will stay after all," She said. Po could already see that she was suspicious of him. Tigress was too.

"Good, I will show you to your room," Shifu said. As the lamb followed the red panda, the others turned to Po who was gone. They all shrugged at each other and decided it was just Po being nervous, but Tigress didn't let the issue alone. She tracked Po to the Sacred Peach Tree, where he was nervously pacing around.

"This is so so weird," Po panted. "How in the world does something like this happens? Why now?!"

"What are you talking about?" Tigress asked. Po jumped and felt to the ground.

"Tigress! Don't scare me like that," Po calmed down. Tigress sat next to the fallen panda.

"Po, what's wrong with you?" Tigress asked. Po sighed. He might as well come out with it.

"I dreamt of Lillia," Po said. Tigress was confused.

"You...dreamt of her?"

"When I had that nightmare, I dreamt of Lillia's past. I saw her village burn down and her parents killed by lions, the Bei-Lang lions," Po explained. Tigress's eyes widened a bit, but she didn't show any other signs of surprise.

"How did she survive it?" Tigress asked.

"She was taken in by a general lion, General Gong-Go. I'm guessing that's where they got the title for her. Anyway, he said something about wanting her to take revenge on the person who ordered the massacre," Po replied.

"The tyrant emperor of Bei-Lang. That's why she killed him. I thought it was just because she didn't like how he started treating the lions," Tigress said. Po looked at Tigress.

"Tigress, you seem to know more about Lillia than I do. What happened to her and the lions?" Po asked.

"The emperor of Bei-Lang had become corrupt with power. He had sent his people on numerous missions to destroy millions of people years ago. He had convinced the people that these people needed to be done away with, but then he turned on his people and started torturing his own subjects. For a long time, nothing was done to help them until the Gong-Go Warrior came and defeated him. The people were free and they were saved. The Masters' Council then ran the city. This was all way before you defeated Shen. After that, she has been an assassin ever since." Tigress explained.

"She doesn't like people bigger than her," Po chuckled, "I can tell you that. And she especially doesn't like cats. So if she gives you a hard time, bear with her, please?" Tigress nodded. "Whatever happened to General Gong-Go?"

"He died," said a voice behind them.

"AHHH!" Po jumped again, landing on his back. Tigress, however, knew she was there a while ago, but she didn't think it would bother Lillia. "Would you guys stop scaring me!"

"He died in the war against the emperor," Lillia repeated. She looked at Po. "So, you've had a vision about my past." Po nervously nodded. "So you'll understand why I'm not as...friendly?" Po nodded. "Good."

"I'm sorry for what happened to you, Lillia," Po said compassionately. Lillia stood there silent.

"I'm passed the time of grief. Now, I just worry about my work," Lillia replied.

"Which is?" Po asked.

"Killing people," She said calmly. Po struggled to say something, but Tigress spoke first.

"Do you know what you're going to be doing here?"

"I have absolutely no idea," Lillia replied.

"Until then, we have to keep you limber," Tigress mentioned. Lillia laughed a bit mockingly.

"I don't need to exercise to be limber."

"Really? You would pass up the chance of potentially defeating a tiger like me?" Tigress smirked. Lillia looked at Tigress for a while then smirked back.

"You know how to get me interested, kitty," Lillia said. "Alright, I'll spar with you." As the two went away, Po was now trying to figure out what just happened between these two.

Continued...

I'm trying update this as fast as I can because I won't be able to update for a while