The Straw Hats watch the Kung Fu Panda Trilogy

by Inverted Descension

The Straw Hats need a break. Thankfully, they dock at Showreel Island, where they watch the story of how a noodle boy turned into the Dragon Warrior, found inner peace and became a Legend

10. KFP 3 Act One: Something Found

The Straw Hats React to Kung Fu Panda 3

I do not own any of the properties discussed in this piece of non-profit fan-based material. Any trademarked materials are strictly the sole property of their respective owners. With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy this reaction.

Act One: Something Found

A peach blossom is unique thing. Often renowned for it's beauty, it is also a symbol of impermanence; how all things must eventually end.

However, in the Spirit Realm there was no such end. Ruins of the impossible palaces and forgotten armies littered a beautiful, all-encompassing skyline that would never end. A warm orange glow bathed the broken terrain, promising an everlasting life that would persist even after death.

"Woah! Look at all this!" Chopper exclaimed gleefully, taking a moment to bask in the majesty of the environment.

"It's beautiful!" Nami glistened.

"Indeed. Though the gates aren't nearly as pearly as they make them out to be." Brook commented with a light sit of his teacup."

"Wait… this is the underworld?!" Usopp yelped, his face quickly paling.

"Why'd you have to ruin it, Bonehead!" Nami growled, eliciting a brief 'Yohohoho' from the skeleton.

Oogway sat under the floating peach tree as he often did these days. He did not know how long he was there meditating and, frankly, he didn't care. He inhaled deeply through his wrinkled nostrils, the blossom petals circling around him in the form on a ying-yang symbol.

"Inner peace… Inner Peace." The tortoise repeated like a mantra. A petal landed on his nose. "Itchy nose." He gently blew away the petal, only to inhale it back in, resulting in an ugly sneeze that finally sent to nasal intruder careening away.

"Finally… Inner Peace."

"If only it were that simple." Tashigi huffed, pinching the bridge of her nose. A sign of stress accumulated over the years by a combination of hot-headed superiors and… 'overzealous' subordinates.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Smoker grumbled, slightly offended.

Whatever peace Oogway was searching for, however, evaporated when he registered a sharp whistle pierce the air.

"Now what?" The Kung Fu Master clapped his hands together, catching a jade blade attached to a chain between them. He finally opened his eyes to see a twin blade flying towards him in an arc. Oogway grabbed his jade, ying-yang themed staff, before twirling it around and striking the blade. The jade weapon circled upwards thanks the lax functions of gravity and met it's twin, completely negating any momentum it may have had.

"Wow, even in death the old man can't seem to catch a break." Law murmured with a ghost of a defeated smirk on his face.

"You can take the old man out of the fight, but you can't take the fight out of the old man." Franky chuckled.

"Here, here." Brook agreed.

"Kai, old friend." The tortoise wore clear disappointment on his face.

The aforementioned warrior stood on a rocky outcrop, bathed in a malignant, turquoise glow, his eyes glowing a sickly green. Even for a bull he was stocky; bristling with muscle and adorned in nothing buy a leathered loincloth and a studded cap. Calling him an intimidating figure would have been an understatement.

He tugged at the chains and the blades flew into his opened hooves. "Master Oogway." Kai drawled with a voice like gravel.

"That's a little too much leather for anyone to pull off." Robin commented offhandedly.

"This coming from you?" Zoro snarked back.

"Touche." She smirked.

"Don't listen to him, Robin dear! I think you look spectacular!" Sanji glimmered from his seat so brightly many needed to shield their eyes.

"Our battle ended five hundred years ago." Oogway said.

"Well, now I'm ready for a rematch."

"Took you long enough." The tortoise giggled, earning a sharp growl from the bull.

"I missed this old turtle mores than I realised." Jimbei chuckled.

"I know right?!" Luffy giggled with boundless energy. "Way better than that grumpy ferret and the tiger!"

"HOW DARE YOU!" Sanji seethed at the latter's mention.

Kai leapt through the orange void; the spectrum of the air being polluted with a toxic iridescence as he flew. A chunk of rubble the size of a small town floated in front of his path, before being swiftly bisected by a mighty swing of his chain blades. Twisting his sizable frame, Kai punted the blades with his lower hoof, sending them careening towards Oogway.

The Master flipped backwards, suspended in the air.

"You've grown stronger." Oogway traced his staff through the air leaving a glowing trail that eventually formed the letter for Chi. He tapped it with the edge of his staff and the glowing letter shot forward, slamming Kai in the chest, and driving him to his knees. He merely chuckled.

"He just attacked him with superpowered calligraphy?!" Bepo yelped.

"Can Kung Fu really do all…" Luffy started, before…

"No." Jimbei and Sanji responded flatly.

"Five hundred years in the Spirit Realm; you pick up a thing or two." Kai moved his hand to his belt, running them across many stylised jade pendants in the shapes of many differing Kung Fu Masters. "I have taken the chi of every single Master in here."

Oogway gasped sharply. "No."

"Yes, and soon, I will have your power too."

"Huh?" Luffy grunted in confusion.

"He must've used some mystical mumbo jumbo to trap them in the pendants." Zoro tried to explain, confused himself.

"That's dumb. Why would think that Zoro?" The captain of the crew noted flatly.

"THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT HE'S DONE!" The second in command hollered louder than anyone though possible.

Kai whipped his blades around him in a miniature maelstrom.

"When will you realize? The more you take, the less you have?"

Kai launched his blades forward into tow floating pieces of rock, before pulling back to prepare for a launch forward. Oogway readied his staff and began to draw a golden ying yang symbol that ballooned in size the longer he moved his weapon.

Kai soared through the air directly at the symbol shield, before tugging harshly at the chains of his blades, still lodged firmly into the two massive rocky outcrops. With herculean effort, he swung the two impromptu weapons at the shield, resulting in a shockwave of chi that seemed to resonate throughout the environment.

"Woah! This guy's really no joke!" Usopp's eyes bulged out his skull.

"He's making Shen look like a lightweight." Law acquiesced.

Oogway staggered but didn't have time to react as the chains of his enemy snaked around his body and lassoed him towards the bull.

"With your chi, I will finally be able to return to the mortal world…" Kai arced his hand in a circular motion, causing a thin strip of golden energy to siphon out of Oogway's body towards him; the golden glow slowly transitioning towards the bull's putrid green. "… And this time, you won't be there to stop me."

Despite the severity of the situation, Oogway's placid expression never faltered. "It was never my destiny to stop you, I have set another on that path." As soon as the words left the tortoise's mouth, the green aura creeping around his body crystallised into a jade skin. An unseen force moved the newly created statue towards Kai, who clasped his hands, compressing Oogway into a new jade pendant.

"What just happened?!" Chopper began to scream.

"More mystical mumbo jumbo?" Zoro huffed.

"Don't listen to him, Chopper. He doesn't know what he's talking about." Luffy quietly screamed at his small friend.

"WHAT IS YOUR DEAL, MAN?" The second-in-command angrily huffed.

"Then I will find him and take his chi too." The bull huffed at the responseless pendant. He smashed it into the ground, forming a sphere that encompassed him completely. Then then sphere popped, leaving the Spirit Realm empty once more, a singular peach blossom floating in the hollow wind.

"That… can't possibly be good." Jimbei gulped.

"When is it ever good?" Nami sighed.

…

The morning gong once again resonated throughout the Jade Palace's halls, as it had always done. The chime demanded immediate attention and, despite a long adjustment period for the most recent member, each Master in the barracks immediately sprang to attention in response.

All six residents of the barracks prepared themselves and made a mad dash through the paper-lined halls.

Po burst through the doors and exclaimed to the heavens. "Justice… is about to be served!" He leapt downwards, letting out a thunderous battle cry; The Furious Five swiftly in tow behind him. The panda hopped over a few rocks in the approaching terrain before swinging of the staff of Master Oogway's statue with the finesse of a trained acrobat, propelling him into the air.

"Look at these six." Smoker smirked with a hint of pride. "If only my troops were as inspired to action as they were. There'd be not a single pirate left in these seas."

"Wait." Law said.

"What, Trafalgar?" The Vice-Admiral seethed.

"Just, wait." Was all he responded with.

As the Five continued to gain, Po leapt through a series of trees, briefly losing his balance, before steadying and leaping down off the courtyard to the Valley below.

One burning sprint later, and Po jumped onto the stem of a tree, the trunk bending from his weight, before snapping back into place and sending him flying into the orange sky, to the amusement of the watching Five.

Po met the apex of his ascent to moment he spotted a puffy, rhino bandit shaped cloud. He shifted his weight and decapitated his vaporous foe with a kick, before rocketing back to earth with a dumb grin spread across his face.

"Very unique…" Brook commented slowly.

"Very improbable." Tashigi added."

"Very stupid." Nami sighed.

Po landed, the Five beside and all of them struck an impressive pose. Now all there was left to do was…

…Order.

"We'll have two justice platters, please." Po asked his father, Mr Ping, owner of the most renowned noodle shop in the Valley of Peace.

"Wait… what?" Smoker nearly dead-faulted.

"I tried to tell you." Law adopted a soft smirk.

"You really shouldn't have expected more from these guys." Sanji snarked.

"I can't even muster the energy to pretend to be surprised anymore." Nami huffed.

"Three." Monkey corrected.

"And two tofu buns." Crane added.

"Oh and a spicy noodle soup for Tigress." He turned to his friend. "Do you want extra sauce with that?"

"She want it on the side." Monkey spoke for her.

"On the side." She repeated.

"On the side." Po confirmed.

"Oh, so they're just idiots?" Tashigi commented.

"For what? Wanting sauce on the side?" Zoro responded.

"Are you doing this to deliberately get a rise out of me?"

"Depends."

The captain huffed and pouted.

…

After a hearty breakfast came Po's favourite time of day: The morning greetings. The citizens of the Valley lined up outside their houses to receive the most bodacious high-fives in all of China. This way, the citizens would know that the Dragon Warrior and the Furious Five would always be around to protect them… and what was the point in being a nationally renowned hero if you couldn't indulge in the benefits every once in a while?

Po held out his paws to allow an uninterrupted stream of hand against hand slapping on both sides of the street, to the chorus of thunderous applause.

"Go Dragon Warrior!"

"Defend the Valley!"

"Seems like he's developed an ego to match the size of his gut." Sanji chortled.

"Hey, being a big time hero has its benefits." Usopp countered. "At least, that's what I learned after I single-handedly saved an entire city from an onslaught of giants." He blustered with false machismo.

"Woah! Really?!" Luffy and Chopper responded in unison.

"Ugh." Was the only response the cook could muster.

The bystanders yelled, one of them blowing at their hand when it caught fire from the impact.

Now having made their way back to the Training Hall, Po and the Five landed dramatically at its doorsteps once again, however, only Po was posing dramatically.

"You guys aren't doing the dramatic pose, are you?" Po asked without even needing to turn around.

"Do we really need strike a pose, every time we land?" Mantis asked.

"Some people have no respect for the sanctity of the pose." Zoro shook his head with apparent shame.

"Truly a shame." Brook agreed with his fellow swordsman.

"Oh brother." Nami sighed.

Po gave a slight 'pshh' before turning on his ankle to face them. "Guys, never underestimate the power of a dramatic entrance. I've heard about some Masters who could win a fight just by throwing open a door." Po hopped over to the Main Door of the Training Hall, striking miniature poses with every step. He motioned to kick the door open, before having to hastily stop himself from kicking a stoic Master Shifu, who waited at the entrance.

"Yikes. You were this close to a broken jaw." Law emphasised his point by pinching his fingers closely together.

"I've never seen someone who has both good and bad luck in such large spades." Jimbei chortled.

"Dramatic entrance?" He asked with some sass.

"Master Shifu." Po acknowledged meekly, working to recover some dignity.

"The Dragon Warrior is correct." The red panda said, leading the six Masters to the Training Hall entrance.

"I beg your pardon?" Tashigi sputtered at the implication that the plus-sized buffoon in front of her could have been anywhere near a correct idea.

"I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day." Smoker conceded.

"Really? I was just making… Yeah! I mean, yeah, I am!" Po scrambled over his words. From the faces of his friends, he could tell they did not believe him.

"Before the battle of the fist comes the battle of the mind." Shifu continued. "Hence, the dramatic entrance."

Shifu kicked the door to the hall open, flipped forward and thrust his staff forward. From the rafters, a small platoon of geese archers let loose dozens of flaming arrows, which lit up separate rows of lanterns along the length of the hall, filling it with orange light.

Bepo let out a shrill whistle at the display. Luffy gave a small round of applause. Nami told them both the be quiet under the usual threats of physical violence, causing the both of them to swiftly fall into silence.

"Whoa! Nice dramatic entrance!" Po gasped. "What's the occasion?"

"Today will be my final class."

Po and the Five's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Your final?... Wait, I didn't know you were sick." Po stared into Shifu's eyes with noticeable worry. "Though, you have been looking a little-"

"Oh no. His withered old body has fallen to the throes of time." The tears in Chopper's eyes glinted in the projected light.

"I suppose it was inevitable. We all need to learn to accept out limitations sooner or later." Usopp said, fighting back crocodile tears.

"Good to see you to be so supportive of your elders." Brook grumbled.

"I'm not sick." Shifu pushed his student away with his staff.

"Healthy. A little healthy. A lot actually." Po once again caught himself before saying anything that would result in his teeth being splayed across the ground.

"Smooth as sandpaper, Po." Sanji chuckled.

Shifu facepalmed but continued. "My final class because from now on, your training will be in the hands of the Dragon Warrior."

The Five looked at each other in confusion. Po smiled and nodded, clearly not having registered what had just happened. Until his face contorted in horrified realization.

"WHAT?!" The panda screamed, the force of his voice physically pushing Shifu backwards. He then moved closer towards his teacher's ear. "Me? Teach? I mean, why not Tigress? She's always telling everyone what to do."

"Be quiet, Po." Tigress grumbled.

"See what I mean?"

"Someone has to be the one to take charge." Nami reasoned.

"Really? Let me know when you find them." Zoro huffed. His comment earning him a swift clobbering on the apex of his skull and a half dozen lumps sprouting from his head.

"I would follow you to the depths of hell itself, Nami-dear." Sanji prostrated himself before the object of his affection.

"That's nice." The navigator said with the barest minimum amount of interest.

"Tigress is not the Dragon Warrior. You are." Shifu gently prodded him with his staff again.

"Come on! They're the Five! What can I teach them?"

"There is always something more to learn." Shifu suddenly reappeared behind the panda. "Even for a Master. For instance let me show you another move…" He twirled his staff. "… the dramatic exit."

He pointed his staff at the roof. "What's that?" When Po turned to look, he swiftly left.

"Oh, come on!" Usopp grumbled. "That's just cheap! Who'd fall for that?"

Po turned back. "Whoa! Are you kidding me? That… What? Where'd he go?"

A palpable silence fell across the theatre. Franky inhaled in order to begin a sentence, before being swiftly just off by a "Don't" from the sniper.

The Five appeared astonished at Po's stupidity, but nevertheless bowed in unison. "Master."

Po chuckled. "He's gone guys. It's cool." It was clear, he expected them to join in on the joke that would have been anything taught by him. Yet they remained steeled, and it dawned on him just what was happening.

"We await you instruction, Master." Monkey said.

"All you have to lose… is out respect." Tigress added without a hint of humour.

"Oh believe me…" Tashigi started. "If you rely on training from someone with no experience, you can lose a lot more than respect."

"Indeed. Like: teeth, blood, maybe some organs." Robin postulated.

"Why would your mind immediately go there?!" Chopper yelped.

"Seriously, how bad could it be?" Mantis chuckled crawling up to Po's shoulder.

…

If there was a definitive metric for how bad something could be, Po was sure he had reached it about 30 minutes ago.

"Very bad!" Mantis yelled as he was squished between two wooden clubs. "Ver, very bad!"

"I definitely didn't see this coming. I've never been more shocked in my life." Law noted, flatly.

"Really? You don't seem it, captain." Bepo observed.

"No, I was being facetious." The former Warlord explained."

Oh, I'm sorry." The mink lowered his head.

"Why?!"

Po panicked. "Okay, okay! Let's switch it up! Monkey, Immovable Mountain Stance!"

"Yes Master!" Monkey immediately assumed the stance, which turned out to be a terrible plan considering he was training on the serpent logs, causing him to get grinded between them in a painful display.

Po cringed. "I mean… Tigress, tornado backflip!"

"Yes, Master!" The big cat did as was instructed and was rewarded by a flaming club smacking into her in mid-air. The impact setting her tail alight.

"Yikes." Nami winced. "I've seen Luffy slurp a bowl of noodles with more grace than this."

"The sauce… it went everywhere." Usopp shivered in recollection.

"Oh no! Fire!" Po yelled.

"Fire!" The geese archers in the rafters fired randomly across the Training Hall, one of the bolts getting lodged in Tigress, who winced.

"NO! Not that kind of 'fire'! Morons!" Nami raged.

"Shishishi!" Luffy chuckled. "That's so dumb!"

"Sorry! My fault!" Po attempted to salvage. "Crane, go high! I mean, low!"

Crane obliged the orders, which caused him to get tangled in Viper's coils as she worked through the Talon Rings, causing them both to fall on Mantis, who quickly halted his laughing fit after he became the butt of the joke.

"Ow, my claw thingy!"

"It's called a fore pincer." Robin. "Why do I know this, and you, the mantis, don't?"

"Uh, Viper and Tigress, to… uh, like a totem pole!" The pair balanced on top of one of the spin bars, Viper turning herself into a lovely hat for the big cat to wear. "Poison… technique! Do a swarming insect bite with a yellow tail, yellow jacket, uh spicy… tuna."

Po was now verbally vomiting as a domino chain of carnage unfolded before him. He turned away from shame, as miniature explosions peppered the surrounding area. When he turned back, he was greeted with the pitiful sight of the Five slowly dragging themselves towards him, all of them singed and bruised, whilst Viper was somehow tangled in one of the broken spin bars.

"Good… job… Po." She managed, weakly.

"Wow, I think you actually have to be trying to screw up that badly." Nami chortled.

"They are bending in places they shouldn't be bending!" Chopper's stress caused him to froth at the mouth.

"Give the poor boy some space." Jimbei reasoned. "Leadership is a heavy burden, and one I wouldn't wish on any uninitiated soul."

Po reached out to extinguish a small flame on Tigress' ear, only for her to swat him away.

"Did you at least… learn a little something today?" He asked.

"Yes. That you can't teach." Tigress extinguished the flame on her ear.

"And that Tigress is flammable. Turns out." Crane managed to squeak out, as a few tons of wood from the rafters crumbled downwards, causing them to yell in fear.

"That is SUPER not good." Franky winced. "Those looked load bearing."

"Also, most things are flammable if you try hard enough." Brook added. "I should know, being nothing but bones! Yohohoho!"

…

Later that night, Po sulked around the courtyard hoping that something, *anything*, would give him a sign as to his next possible move. Should he continue when he was met with spectacular failure? He had to. Shifu had retired, and he, as the Dragon Warrior, was the only logical choice.

Except that wasn't strictly true. Tigress was a far more suitable candidate. All of the Five were. Heck, even Mantis was more suitable, and he was the size of Po's foot. The panda kicked a pebble in frustration, before hearing a pair of voices approaching from his rear.

"That was a complete disaster." One of them said.

"I'm glad we're not Po right now." The other sighed.

"Grrr. Hey! Quit badmouthing the guy!" Luffy burst out. "At least he's actually trying instead of moaning about everything, you dumb birds."

"I can't believe I'm about the agree with rubber-brain here, but he's right." Law huffed. "Don't talk about things you know nothing about."

Upon hearing this, Luffy's eye lit up, as if he were a child being praised by their parent for the first time. The very act made Law roll his eyes in displeasure.

Po rushed to the cover of rock, trying to slip into the stone out of shame.

"What a loser."

"What was Shifu thinking?"

"What was Oogway thinking?"

The voices gradually shifted away, affording Po a despondent sigh. He turned to leave, before noticing that the two geese that had been badmouthing him were standing there silently, like they had been caught in the act.

"I think he heard us…" The first goose whispered to his comrade.

"I didn't hear anything." Po shifted awkwardly in his feet.

"Uh, he said you were a loser." The second goose said bluntly, before the pair waddled away.

"Dude!" Usopp gestured at the screen with a big 'Come on' gesture.

"That was completely uncalled for!" Bepo joined in. "Is it because he's a bear?" He asked, partially incensed.

"I don't think that's what they have issue with, buddy." Sanji attempted to cool him down.

Po was again left alone with his thoughts. He sighed dejectedly before looking upwards at the statue of Master Oogway located in the topiary gardens. Po didn't know the tortoise as well as he believed he should have when he was alive, but he liked to think that Master would have appreciated this tribute. Nothing to grandiose, whilst still holding presence in the minds of those who would pass by.

"I'm sorry Oogway." The panda muttered to the statue. It was only when he tilted downwards did he notice Shifu standing next to him. "AAAH! Would you stop doing that?!"

"We need to get him a bell or soemthin'." Franky mused.

"You'd be welcome to try, but I don't see it ending well if you'd like to keep everything in place." Robin smirked.

"Heh, look at me! I've hardly got anything left to be removed. Just how I like it." The cyborg flexed in demonstration, provoking a chorus of grumbles and facepalms.

Shifu smiled cheekily. "How was your first day teaching?

"Humiliating."

"I heard."

"Who told you? Did Tigress tell you?"

Shifu's smirk only widened. "I heard from Monkey, and Crane, and Mantis, and your dad, and Mrs. Chow from the gift shop, those geese you just passed, and… Tigress told me."

"WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LEAD WITH THAT!" Zoro seethed. "Stop wasting our time!"

"I thought it was established that he responds better to positive reinforcement." Jimbei shook his head, not understanding why a teacher would be so willing to drag their student through the mud like this.

Po's eye twitched in frustration. "Yeah, well, did she tell you that it'll never happen again? 'Cause I'm done."

"Teaching or being humiliated?"

"Both! I don't know why you ever thought I could teach that class."

"Oh, I knew you couldn't."

"Oh give me a break!" Usopp fumed.

"Why do you have to be so mean?!" Chopper whimpered.

"Oh, it's not one of 'those' training sessions is it?" Sanji grumbled.

Po was taken aback, shock and fury suddenly fuelling him. "What?! You set me up to fail? Why?!"

Shifu slowly walked up to Oogway's statue. "If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now.

"I knew it! Zeff used to pull this with me at least twice a week." The cook continued.

"No one asked for an unwanted airing of your daddy issues, Swirls." Zoro responded dismissively.

"And no one asked for your take on a topic you know nothing about, yet here you are!" The Sanji growled back.

"Get back in the kitchen, daddy's boy!" Zoro seethed at him, before an inevitable fight broke out.

Po, however, was in no mood for any pseudo-philosophical malarky. "I don't wanna be more! I like who I am."

"You don't even know who you are." Shifu rebutted.

"What do you…? Of course I do. I'm the Dragon Warrior."

"And what exactly does that mean, Dragon Warrior?" Shifu turned and asked, leaving Po at a loss for words.

"Ooooo, he got you stumped!" Usopp sang cheekily.

"I thought it meant he could turn into a dragon." Luffy said, whilst picking his nose.

"THAT'S STUPID!" The sniper yelled back. "There's no way martial arts can do that."

"The bull turned the other Masters into fashion accessories. I think we're a little beyond the point of realism." Smoker huffed.

"It means… you know… just going around and punching! And kicking! Defending the Valley!" The panda punctuated each point with a small, corresponding action.

Shifu groaned quietly. "Punching and kicking? You think this is what the great Master Oogway saw for you? A five hundred year prophecy fulfilled, so you could spend your days kicking butt and high-fiving bunnies?"

Po was silent for a beat. Then: "Yes…?"

"That honestly does sound like a pretty sweet deal." Zoro grinned.

"Of course you'd think that you hedonistic meathead." Tashigi grumbled.

"No!" Shifu yelled before facepalming. "Oogway saw greatness in you, Po. Against my better judgement… more than you can see in yourself. Incredible power awaits you. Power beyond anything you can imagine."

Shifu closed in hands and formed a stance. As he moved through a few katas, his paws began to glow a dim yellow, before he directed them towards a dying flower. A faint yellow trail traversed its way into the plant, and it slowly raised back to life, with a brand new bloom.

"Woah!" Bepo gasped with sparkling eyes.

"Oh, we are far past the realm of realism with these martial arts." Jimbei voiced.

"And you hear it here first, from the man whose punches can turn water into spears." Chopper added.

Po rushed to the plant, in utter amazement, before studying it with rapt attention. "Whoa! What was that?"

"That… was chi." Shifu answered.

"Whoa… what's chi?"

"The energy that flows through all living things."

"Like Haki?" Luffy wondered.

"No, more like passive energy relating to the soul." Law sighed.

"So… like Haki?" He repeated.

"… Sure." The Surgeon of Death conceded.

Po crawled to Shifu, pressing his snout to his Master's face. "So you're saying if I… so you're saying if I teach, I'll be able to do cool stuff like that?"

Shifu gently put some space between them. "No, I'm saying if you teach, I'll be able to do cool stuff like that."

"You indolent old man!" Tashigi groaned. "Stop trying to pawn off the responsibility!"

"This is how the world works. Old eventually has to give way to the new. Po really should step up here." Brook imparted a nugget of wisdom to the captain, which she pondered over in her mind.

"I suppose you're right." She relented, whilst nibbling on her finger.

"I'm glad I could be of assistance. As payment, could I perhaps see your pan-"

Before the skeleton could continue, a large brick found its way flying into his skull, knocking him to the ground.

Po deflated. "Oh…" He then moved his hands towards another wilting flower, attempting to replicate his Master's movements.

Shifu turned back to the statue, before continuing. "Mastery of chi requires mastery of self. Oogway sat alone in a cave for thirty years asking one question: Who am I? Who am I? I'm lucky if I get five seconds before you interr-"

Po groaned, cutting the red panda off. "So now I have to sit alone in a cave for thirty years?"

"Wow. That's a little too relata-" Nami started, before…

"Who'd want to sit in a cave for thirty years?" Luffy loudly grumbled. "Kung Fu sucks!"

Nami had to summon every inch of her admittedly short tolerance for annoyance to not fly into a blind rage.

Shifu massaged the bridge between his eyes. "Eventually. After you master teaching."

"Teaching? There's no way I'm ever gonna be like you."

"I'm not trying to turn you into me. I'm trying to turn you… into you." He handed Po the revived plant before walking away.

Po confusion was as significant as his appetite, as he let the words roll around in his mouth. "Turn me… into me? Wait a second, that makes no…" The panda turned to the direction in which Shifu left, cupping his paws around his mouth. "Almost there, Shifu, just a little more confusing and you'll be the next Oogway!

"Well… that made no sense." Usopp sighed. "Guess I should expect that by now."

"Exactly." Nami sighed.

"That's actually… remarkably sound advice." Jimbei was taken aback by Shifu's introspection.

Po turned around to the tortoise's statue, cringing at his own words. "Ah, sorry. No offense Master Oogway. I just… I'll let you get back to your eternal peace.

Po made he way back to the barrack. As he left, the sky lit with a toxic green. It would have appeared that Oogway's eternal peace would have to wait.

…..

Far from the safety offered by the Jade Palace, two farmers tended to their crops. Despite a harsh spring and even harsher summer, the yield was far better than either of them anticipated. The rabbit made to retrieve a particularly large pumpkin, before one of the fields erupted into an implosion of green light. Both his partner and he braced themselves against the force of the blast before they moved to the epicentre of the explosion. There they found Kai, kneeling at the crater's centre. They both breathed in fear and the bull's emerald eyes shot open, making them both flee in fear.

Before they could escape the crater, a jade blade whirled past them, carving a through their path, and preventing them from moving.

Kai stomped towards them, his gear clanging rhythmically with every step he took. When he finally stopped, he had to crane his neck to see the two hapless civilians that he towered over. The duck laid an egg out of fear.

"… Congratulations?" Tashigi muttered awkwardly at the goose's sudden new arrival.

"I could go for an omelette right now." Luffy muttered, clutching his stomach.

"Ew, there's a time and a place." Chopper cringed.

"What is this place?" Kai growled.

"Aah… my brother's… farm?" The rabbit replied.

"Ah." Kai scratched his neck, as if he were testing to see if it was still there. "If I were to step on you… would you die?"

The duck spewed eggs from below like a machine gun. "Y-yes…"

"Why'd he need to know that?" Luffy questioned. "Is he an idiot?"

"No, moron." Sanji huffed. "He just came back from the Sprit Realm, where you go when you die. You can't die if you're already dead."

"Oh… why?" The captain tilted his head.

"THE HELL DO YOU MEAN, 'WHY?'" The cook roared.

"Ignore him. It's just gonna frustrate you." Law sighed impatiently.

"The Mortal Realm." The Spirit Warrior sighed, as he clutched Oogway's jade pendent. "You hear that, Oogway? I'm back. Kai has RETURNED!"

Any previous visages of fear evaporated from the farmer's faces "Who?" They asked in unison.

"Kai. General Kai. Supreme warlord of all of China!"

"I don't know you." The duck shrugged.

"The jade slayer. Master of Pain. You may know as the Beast of Vengeance. Uh, Maker of Widows." The bull listed of epithets as if he were reading off a grocery list.

"Eh." The rabbit responded.

"Yikes. Brother came back after five hundred years only to find out he hasn't got a shred of clout left." Franky winced with as little sympathy as possible for the bull.

"Well, let's ruminate on the FIVE HUNDRED YEARS passing and maybe we'll figure out why no-one knows who he is." Nami hissed.

Kai sighed. "Okay, I used to work for Oogway."

The farmers faces lit up. "Oh, Master Oogway! He was a great warrior!"

"We've heard of Master Oogway…"

"Okay, okay, enough!" Kai started to raise his voice.

"Ooh. It must really suck to try your very best, only to be upstaged at every turn, in every conceivable manner by someone clearly better." Zoro smirked, levelling the smuggest grin he could muster at Sanji.

"You piece of walking fungus!" The cook snarled at his contemporary. "Did you really just compare yourself to a tortoise?"

"Yes… no. Shut up!" The swordsman bit back, his face flushing red with rage.

"Wise and…"

"SILENCE!" Kai boomed, causing the farmers to huddle together and another round of eggs to jettison from below. He then yanked half a dozen pendants from his belt and tossed them to the ground. Moments later the trinkets expanded outwards to resemble Kung Fu Masters coated in a jade skin. "Find Oogway's students and bring them to me."

"WHAT?!" Usopp practically jumped out of his skin.

Brook, who has already done so years prior, looked at the scene with horrified attention. "He not only adds the power of those he has defeated to his own, but he can also summon them to fight for him. An ability as dangerous as it is abhorrent."

"Po really has his work cut out for him this time." Bepo groaned.

Upon his command, the jade Masters split off and began to sprint in multiple directions, leaving thick clouds of dust in their wake.

Kai lifted the tortoise pendant around his neck to eye level once more. "When I am done with them, Oogway, there will be no one left who will even remember you." A chuckle brewing in his gut hatched into a maniacal cackle. "KAI IS COMING!"

The Farmers ran once more, before a blinding green light overtook their vision.

…

"I am ready…" Po breathed… before slapping two of his action figures together in the bathtub. "… To teach you a lesson!" He picked up a toy of himself and waved it triumphantly.

"Teach me? Oh no, it's the Dragon Teacher." He whined in a caricature tone, as he waved around a figure of Tai Lung, before crashing the two together.

"Pfft." Usopp forced back a giggle at the sight.

"Honestly not the weirdest thing I've seen in a bathtub." Franky admitted.

"Yeah, but certainly not the best either." Sanji drooled dreamily, which resulted in swift clobber to the noggin from a certain ginger navigator.

"Yeah! He's so handsome!" Toy Tigress shouted from the sidelines.

"Thank you for the compliment." Toy Po acknowledged, before continuing his brutal assault.

"Ah! No! Please don't teach me to death!" Toy Tai Lung begged pathetically as the pummelling continued.

"Hah, it's true. They do teach you to death!" Luffy bawled in joyous laughter. His teaching experiences had been very 'hands on' with his Grandfather. If by 'hands on' you meant fists on his skull. His compatriots shared a mutual look of concern at his comment.

"Po?" Ping asked through the partially opened door to store's back entrance.

Po hid his action figures with hitherto unseen speed. "Oh, hey, Dad, what's up? I was just, uh, stopping by for a little soak." He popped a bubble for emphasis.

Ping looked at him with deep concern. "Okay, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing I come home to find you taking a bath with your dolls."

"How dare you belittle the craftsmanship in those collectible figurines as likening them to mere 'dolls'." Usopp huffed angrily. Being a connoisseur of finer crafts, he found it distasteful to reduce such artistry to such a low perceived standard.

"Ain't nothing wrong with a man enjoying his hobbies." Franky nodded in agreement.

"You are all so lame." Robin sighed.

"Action figures." The panda groaned.

"And instead of adding bath-salt to the water, you just added Szechuan peppercorns."

"Szechuan what?" Po's eyes widened, before he zoomed in on the container he was holding. His father was indeed correct. His lower body burning and itching fiercely. "Oh my tenders."

All the male audience-goers cringed in discomfort, causing an eyebrow raise from Nami, Robin and Tashigi.

"Is it honestly that bad?" The swordswoman captain questioned.

"You don't even know the half of it, greenhorn." Smoker gasped, whilst quickly trying to compose himself to preserve his dignity

Po rinsed downwards, before sighing in conceit. "Okay, yes, something's wrong."

"There, there, son. Tell your daddy all about it." Ping picked up a brush and began to scrub his son's fur.

"Shifu says I don't know what it means to be the Dragon Warrior, and now I have to be a teacher? I thought I finally knew who I was. If I'm not the Dragon Warrior, then who am I?" Po vented all his frustrations.

Unfortunately for him, Ping seemed to hone in on one particular section of his son's complaint.

"A teacher? Teaching Kung Fu? That's a promotion!" The goose beamed with oblivious pride. "Take the job, son, and someday, when you're in charge of the whole Jade Palace, I can sell noodles in the lobby!" He chuckled before pausing. "Why are you still here taking a bath like a baby? Get out. Get out. Go, go, go! Franchise expansion awaits us!"

"I'm getting the feeling that you missed the most crucial part of all that." Law murmured.

"I mean… valid points were definitely raised." Nami weighed on one hand. "Buuuuut, franchise expansion is always a positive, what are you waiting for?"

"And here I thought that we were about to be genuine for a second here." Zoro grunted with a swig of sake. "Shows what I know."

Po scrambled for his pants as his father began to ineffectively push him out of the suds-filled basket. "But what about the Dragon Warrior look-alike contest?"

"Oh, Mrs Chow always wins that."

Drat. His father had a point. Mrs. Chow always did put in the most effort for that contest. To an almost disturbing degree, one may have argued.

"And the Dragon Warrior dumpling-eating contest? I have to defend my title!"

Ping gave a dismissive 'pah'. "No one's going to beat your dumpling eating record."

Without warning, a pig villager burst through the back door to the store. "Someone's about to beat your dumpling eating record!"

Sanji gasped in mock shock. "Impossible!"

"It'll be no issue for me!" Luffy flexed his arms. "I can scarf down any record at all!"

"Somehow, I don't doubt the validity of that claim." Brook coughed into his skeletal hand.

Po and Ping shared a look of disbelief before both hurried over to the eating space at the front of the shop. They noticed all the patrons huddled around on table, covering a vaguely obscured figured adorned in a green vest and a wide-brimmed hat.

"GO! GO! GO!" The crowd yelled collectively.

"Who's eating all my dumplings?" Po asked fearfully.

"And who's paying for them?" Ping asked, even more fearfully.

"Someone outate Po?!" Chopper's eyes bulged outwards. "Now this I gotta see!"

"What kind of animal, nay beast, would even have to constitution to attempt something so daring?" Brook said. "He'd have to have a stomach of steel. Kind of like the one I wish I had."

If anyone heard them over the ruckus, then they didn't make it apparent as the crowd continued it's chanting. "100! 101! 102!"

The figure launched a bowl onto an ever growing stack by slamming his fist onto the table. He stood up in triumph, turning to the crowd. Po gasped in shock. He was a panda…

"A PANDA?!" The audience near screamed in unison.

"Oh course. That village in the mountains." Robin correctly surmised.

"How could that happen?" Law said. "Our guy can hardly take five steps up a staircase without losing his cool."

"Exactly, so how did this one get so far?" Smoker mused. "I sense a trap."

"You Marine guys are no fun." Luffy pouted.

"103! Dat's a new Wecord, Wight?" The panda asked through an absurd mouthful of dumplings.

"Who… are you?" Po asked shakily.

"Ah'm Le Han." The panda mumbled.

"What?"

The panda swallowed, before trying again. "I'm Li Shan. I'm looking for my son." His tone was warm, like sunshine, and promised friendship and protection.

"Oh my God!" Nami cupped her hands over her mouth in delight.

"I didn't think we'd actually get this reunion so soon!" Chopper chirped in delight.

"It's nice that he's finally getting some time to connect with the family he didn't even know he had." Law added, with a ghost of a smirk across his face.

The crowd and Ping gasped, all seeing the clear relation.

"You lost you son?" Po asked with genuine concern.

"Wait, what…" Smoker couldn't help but facefault.

"Oh, you can't be serious." Tashigi grumbled.

Li's face lowered. "Yes, many years ago."

"I lost my father."

"I'm very sorry."

"Thank you."

"HOW? He looks identical to you! Figure it out!" Nami fumed.

The crowd looked between them in utter disbelief.

"Well, good luck to you."

"You too. I hope you find your son."

"And I hope you find your father."

"ARGH!" Usopp looked like a balloon that was about to burst. "These idiots! Are you blind?!"

Po and Li turned around and parted ways. The crowd's eyes darted from one panda to the other, before collectively facepalming. Upon the sound of the clap. The two stopped, before turning back to each other in realisation.

"Son? Oh my god, it is you!" Li exclaimed, whilst Po wheezed in joy. "Well? Don't just stand there! Give your old man a hug!"

The audience collectively sighed in relief, feeling as though they had all barely managed to dodge a train.

"I thought they were never gonna figure it out!" Luffy huffed.

"No wonder pandas are nearly extinct. That was SUPER not fun!" Frank wiped some sweat off his brow.

Po wheezed in disbelief, before engulfing Li in a titanic hug. "I can't believe you're alive!"

The crowd cheered in relief, in stark contrast to Ping, who froze in disbelief.

"I thought I lost you forever, Little Lotus."

Po's eyes widened, as he took a step back. "Uh, okay, this is very embarrassing, but I think you have me confused with another panda named Lotus. My name is Po."

"Ah. Honest mistake." Luffy, Usopp and Chopper scratched the back of their heads and waved apologetically.

"No, you dummies! That IS his Dad!" Nami fumed.

"Nah, his name's different and everything." Luffy dismissed tiredly.

"Who names their kid after a flower anyway?" Zoro wondered.

Li chuckled, albeit with a small amount of dismay. "Oh, right, you wouldn't… Okay, see, the Little Lotus was the name you were given at birth."

"Really?" Po asked.

"Really!" Li laughed.

"I can't believe it. After all these years and you're really here? This is amazing!" Po looked to Ping and ushered him over. "Dad! Come and say hi to… I don't even know what I'm supposed to call you."

"Umm… Dad Two? No, One!" Bepo wondered. "Ugh, this is a really delicate situation."

"Po just got really unlucky." Sanji chortled. "Most people only have one Dad to disappoint."

"You are the last person who should be saying something like that, Sanji." Brook somehow grinned with no facial muscles.

"Alright, this isn't fun anymore." The cook immediately lost his zest and stopped engaging in the conversation.

"I'm pretty sure he said his name was Li." Ping said, flatly.

"You… come here." Li scooped up the goose and carried him into a tight hug, which Ping fought against slightly. "Thank you, thank you for taking such good care of my son."

"Your son?" Ping responded, silently fuming. "Now hold on just a minute. How do we know this… stranger is even related to you?"

"I mean…" Robin began.

"Personally, I don't see the resemblance." Franky bit back a laugh.

"Yeah. Completely separate." Usopp sniggered.

"Are you guys stupid? Of course he's his son. Look at him." Luffy bluntly stated, ruining any sense of levity previously held by the group.

Completely ignoring the question of the goose, Li looked downwards. "Look at that. Our bellies could be brothers! Hey, son, let me teach you how to belly gong!" He knocked his belly against Po's and vice-versa. "Belly gong! It's like looking in a fat mirror!"

Ping's eye twitched in irritation, as a painter in the crowd began to draw a snapshot of the two pandas in a silly pose.

"I can't believe we're taking a picture together!" Po grinned through gritted teeth, trying to stay as still as possible for the picture.

The painter nodded and handed them the picture. It was a perfect recreation, save for Ping's scowling beak in the middle of the picture. They looked back, seeing he was indeed there.

"I guess these guys still haven't found a way to modify transponder snails yet." Smoker observed.

"It's unlikely they ever will." Robin said. "If all animals are anthropomorphised, then there's no way they could create a communications link without them breaching some serious ethical quandaries."

"Yeah, could you imagine?" Nami shuddered as the idea of a 'Master Snail' type figure being prodded with a manner of wires and other horrifically sharp pieces of telecommunications equipment.

"Still… Not a bad picture at all." Usopp admitted.

"But I still don't understand." The goose noted crossly. "I thought Po was the only panda left."

Li shook his head. "No, there's a whole bunch of us."

"Where?!" Po asked, nearly bursting with joy.

The elder panda leaned in and whispered. "A secret panda village in the mountains."

"So that's what we saw at the end of the last film." Robin hummed.

"I wonder if we'll actually see how they managed to get away from Shen and up a mountain." Chopper clapped his hooves together. "I bet it'd be quite a story.

"A SECRET PANDA…" Li shushed him, forcing him to come in close. "But how did you know where I was?"

"I received a message that led me here."

"How could you receive a message if no one could fine you? Sounds suspicious to me." Ping asked.

The crowd moved to the Goose's side, letting out a sceptical hum in agreement.

"No." Li waved his hands. "It, it, it was a message from the universe."

The crowd and Po instantaneously swayed back to the stranger's side, causing Ping to let out a small 'Rats' in response.

"Yes… because that's far less suspicious." Sanji grunted.

"If you're gonna lie like that, then you should at the very least make it convincing. You have to think through the consequences of your excuses and account for them. Not blame it on the universe."

"Yeah, Usopp knows what he's talking about." Luffy cackled. "All he can do is lie."

"SHUT UP! I HAVE A VERY DIVERSE SKILL SET!"

"Now, what's all this I hear about a Dragon Warrior?" Li raised an eyebrow.

"How'd you know I was the Dragon Warrior?" Po gasped. "Did the universe tell you that too?"

"No, the poster did." Li pointed at the aforementioned wall dressing hanging by the counter. "And the gift shop. I bought a tiny cup." He held up said cup for his son to inspect.

"That is tiny." Jimbei admitted.

"What would you even need a cup that small for?" Law added.

"Is this an important topic of discussion right now?" Tashigi asked, puzzled.

"Oh, right, of course! The…" Po needed to pause to prevent himself from being overcome with excitement. "You gotta… you have no idea, there's so much to show you. You're gonna be so awesomely proud. Come on, come on."

Po grabbed Li by the hand and hurried him out of the noodle shop up towards the Jade Palace. The crowd followed, leaving Ping alone in his, now, hauntingly silent shop.

"I'm already awesomely proud." He sighed.

"Aww." Chopper sniffed slightly, knowing the special place his own adopted father held in his heart.

"Did… he just get replaced by a newer model?" Zoro questioned.

"How rude!" Brook proclaimed, before letting out a curt burp, causing a multitude of disgusted eyes to fall on him.

…

Approximately an hour later, the pair of pandas had finally managed to reach the summit to the entrance of the Jade Palace, albeit not without great physical effort.

"Couple more steps…" Po panted.

"Oh." Li heaved.

"Feeling the burn." Po teased, as both his father and he collapsed to the ground. "Do you have panda asthma too? Does that run in the family?" After the two had managed to catch their breaths, Po pushed the elder panda towards the front door of the Hall of Heroes.

"Oh, its genetic." Law sighed.

"It's understandable. Pandas aren't meant to move around that much and need to burn upwards of 1,100 kilocalories per day, so expending that energy on activities like this simply shouldn't be possible." Chopper postulated.

"I don't think we should look that deeply into this. It's just a joke." Franky winced.

"Hey, just because you want to be funny, that doesn't mean you shouldn't also be accurate." The doctor huffed.

"Dad, you're gonna love this. It's like the coolest thing ever." Li found himself being pushed through the doors, letting him take in the splendour of the palace for a few seconds. "This is the Hall of Heroes. Home of the most priceless Kung Fu artifacts in all of China!"

"Woah, this is…" Li breathed.

"Awesome? Were you gonna say – you were gonna say awesome, right? 'Cause it totally is!"

"Totally!"

"I will never get tired of seeing all these beautiful, ornate, expensive looking artefacts. Surely they wouldn't notice if a few of the small ones just happened to get lost?" Nami wondered with a greedy sparkle in her eye.

"Why, where'd they go?" Luffy asked.

"Ugh, never mind." All of the navigator's previous enthusiasm instantly deflated.

As the two walked down the walkway, Po jumped between his father and the one particular relic.

"But be super careful. Everything is very fragile here. Like the Urn of Whispering Warriors. Someone broke that… once."

"Who?"

"Some idiot…" Po looked at his toes sheepishly, before returning his attention to his father.

The entire audience adopted a flat, disappointed expression.

"Indeed. Some idiot…" Sanji drawled.

"I mean… At least he didn't lie?" Usopp reasoned."

"Yes, he destroyed a priceless artifact of significant historical importance, but at least he didn't lie." Smoker huffed. "Baby steps."

Li, meanwhile, had stopped before one of the more visually impressive relics. "Whoa…"

"This is Master Flying Rhino's battle armour." Po smirked.

"I wonder if I could fit in that?" Li pondered, carefully studying the armour's dimensions.

"Get out of my head, Dad! I've wondered the same thing!" The Dragon Warrior chuckled excitedly, with all of the zest of a kid in a candy shop.

"I don't know, brother. It doesn't look like it's built to accommodate someone of your…" Franky began, before faltering.

"Size?" Nami began.

"Bulk?" Usopp added.

"Circumference?" Law finished.

"NO! I was going to say 'generosity'." The shipwright gasped. "What is wrong with you all?"

"No respect for those of a larger disposition." Brook tutted. "I'd be sick to my stomach if I had one."

"If I could fit in it?" Li asked.

"If you could? No, if I could fit in it."

"Oh."

Li didn't have enough time to dwell on his disappointment, however, as Po directed him to another display, this time showcasing the unholy union between a battering ram and crossbow. "Dad, check this out! Master Ram's crossbow. The Infinite Gate Smasher." Li was shuffled once again. "Dad, look at this! The battle helmets of Master Rat's army. They're so tiny! Master Dolphin's waterproof armour. This is my favourite. Check it out, it's the legendary battle rickshaw of Emperor Hawk!"

Luffy practically drooled in excitement. "It' all SO COOL!"

"That Master Ram must've been massive to shoot battering rams like crossbow bolts." Usopp gushed.

"There must have been some serious metalwork behind those tiny helmets." Franky beamed. "I'd love to shake the hand of the guy who made them. Or claw. Or flipper. Or tendril."

Po allowed himself to get caught in the flow of his of his obsessions, which was rather refreshing considering, by this point Ping would have either collapsed out of boredom or chastised him for leaving the noodle cart alone with the local greedy piglet triplets for too long.

"Sweet ride." Li noted with a noticeable muffle to his voice. Po turned and gasped at seeing his father fully entombed in the Flying Rhino Armour.

"Dad, what are you doing? We aren't supposed to touch anything!"

"Never stopped you before." Nami muttered.

"You of all people do not get to criticise other people for touching what ain't theirs." Zoro grunted.

"Did you hear that?" Nami cupped her ear. "It's the sound of me asking for your opinion."

"You tell him, Nami dear!" Sanji cheered from the sidelines.

"I didn't ask for yours either!" The ginger girl bit back, only resulting in the cook somehow becoming even more lovestruck.

Li lifted the faceplate, before adopting a worried expression. "Oh, sorry. Should I put it back?"

"Yeah, you probably should." Po twiddled his thumbs, before devolving into pure joy once more. "You look so cool, though. How does it feel? Do the hinges hinge? Does it smell like rhino? Does it fell like you're impenetrable? Does it fell like you could take on a thousand warriors? And-and emerge unscathed?" The former noodle boy had to sharply inhale, otherwise his explosion of questions would have asphyxiated him.

Li smirked at his son's tirade of questions. "Heh. Yes, it's pretty cool." The panda's ceaseless fiddling caused his hands to run across a leather strap with a metal ring. "Oh, I wonder what this does. I should pull it."

"Take it from me. Messing with the tempting-looking, pullable strap will always end poorly. Kaya wouldn't shut up about it for weeks." Usopp winced.

Sanji only huffed in response. "We get it. You have a lady friend waiting for you back home. You don't need to brag."

"I don't!" The sniper hastily corrected himself, before quickly switching tactics and adopting a world-class smug grin. "But hey, if the so called 'ladies-man' says so, who am I to argue?"

"Why you little!"

Li yanked the strap and immediately a previously unknown internal mechanism began to clank inside the armour. Seconds later, a spiked neck brace and metal wings emerged and affixed themselves onto the armour. It was a majestic sight, and, for the sugar on the cream, a small flag emerged from the horn, flapping slowly in the wind tunnel of the hall. Sunlight glinted off the polished metal of the wings, making Po's fragile mind buckle under the weight of such a magnificent sight.

"What were you talking about Usopp?" Luffy exclaimed in joy. "Playing with random stuff is awesome!"

"Great. Now look what you've done!" Law groaned.

"He's become untethered you idiot." Nami hissed, barely containing her rage.

"I think I just peed a little." The younger panda wheezed excitedly.

Li lifted the helmet and smiled mischievously. "Anything else we should try in here, son?"

The two slowly turned to view the artifacts behind them. Minutes later Po was waving a pair of twin swords around whilst riding Master Hawk's rickshaw down the main hall, whilst Li pushed frantically. "Charge! Faster, faster, faster!"

As soon as that had run its course, the father and son duo began to thumb wrestle using the helmets of Master Rat's as thimbles. "Thumb war!"

"NO! THE CRAFTSMANSHIP!" Franky bellowed.

"THE VALUE DEPRECIATION!" Nami sobbed seeing the priceless artefacts gain multitudes of scratches.

"This is an absolute travesty." Whilst Robin's reaction was nowhere near as exaggerated, it almost seemed as though a dark cloud manifested above her head.

After that, a couple of shields and a massive run-up later resulted in a pair of shields being used as impromptu sleds. The two laughed in exhilaration… at least until Po crashed headfirst into one of the support columns.

"This is so much fun!" Li laughed before crashing into a pillar himself. As soon as he recovered, he began to immediately spin Po around on his shield, much to his delight.

"Awesome! Whooooaaaa!"

Despite the younger panda' enthusiasm, there was really only one way this could end.

"Bluuuuurgh!" Po vomited into a corner.

"Ugh!" Chopper retched before quickly turning his head away from the screen.

"Why would that be necessary? Its not funny." Brook complained, noting how there were some bodily functions he definitely did not miss.

"There, there." Li awkwardly patted him on the shoulder.

"I'm fine. I'm fine." Po insisted, moments before he began vomiting again.

"There you go." His father calmed him down.

Minutes later, however, it was like that incident had never occurred, with Po quickly donning Master Dolphin's armour. He charged at Li, before:

"Dolphin style attack!" Po bent forward, and a small arrow shot forth from the blowhole.

The projectile 'tinked' harmlessly off Li armour, yet nevertheless he fell backwards in a mock display "You got me!"

"Dolphin style retreat!" Po chirped and flopped backwards towards a pillar. He emerged a second later to see Li hauling Master Ram's crossbow.

Despite the sacred desecration and many instances vandalism, there was no contesting the wholesome scene unfolding before the crew. Many members of the audience would never be able to see their fathers again, and those that could rather wished that they never would again. It was a harmless little piece of vicarious fun for them all to be had.

"Go long son!" The massive bolt hit Po's stomach, sending him flying into a pillar and knocking all the wind out of him. "I wasn't ready! Coming back at ya!" Po gasped, before laughing and tossing the bolt back to his father.

"I got it." Li bent his armoured body awkwardly around the projectile, before throwing it again. "Going high!"

"Let's go! Yeah, come on!" Po cheered, before getting floored yet again.

After what felt like hours, the two began a game of catch, with the elder panda having fully donned his horned armour.

"I'm coming for ya!" Li giggled as he chased.

"Bring it on, Master Rhino!" Po goaded, waving a red cloth.

"Here I come!"

Po pulled the red cloth away as his father charged, only to be met with the horrifying sight of Shifu and the Five standing in the open, completely beleaguered.

"Action. Meet consequences." Zoro chuckled.

"Oooo. He's in troooouble." Chopper sang like a cheeky toddler.

"Is a phantom bruise even possible?" Bepo mewled, pawing at his face searching for an invisible mark of harm.

"Oh." Po quickly shed every article of ancient artifact he was currently wearing and did his best at trying to look even remotely innocent.

An act that began far more difficult when Li, still completely donning the Master Rhino armour, finished his charge and began bumping into his son repeatedly.

"Wow, like father like son." Tashigi sighed.

Never mind." Law grunted. "All this, is definitely genetic." He said as he gestured to all of Li and his set of dumbfounded expressions.

"I got you. I'm gonna get you! Who's got you? Who's gonna get you? Yeah, who's gonna get you?"

Po gently shoved the armoured figure to the side, his eyes never leaving his peers. "Shhh. Master Rhino." He gently attempted to calm his father.

"Why? What's wrong?" Li paused and turned, finally seeing the others. In a fit of panic he hurled Master Ram's bolt over his shoulder, breaking the Urn of Whispering Warriors, which groaned once more. "Hello…"

"I'm going to have an aneurysm at this rate." Robin groaned softly, burying her head in her hands.

"I don't know what I'm going to do, but it'll be violent and destructive." Nami ground her teeth together with enough force to generate sparks.

Shifu and the Five glared at the intruder in their hall, obvious anger flashing across their faces.

Acting hastily, Po stepped in between. "Guys guys, you're never gonna guess who just showed up. Not in a million years. You can't… you just try-"

Li lifted his helmet allowing everyone to get a good look at his face.

"Your father?!" They exclaimed in unison, their anger completely evaporating.

"Whoa, how did you just guess that?" Po asked. "Oh wait a second. Yeah, of course. We look exactly the same. Say hi to my friends. Mantis, Tigress, Monkey, Crane, and Viper."

"Yeah, that little 'guess who' game is probably not gonna work when you two look like literal peas in a pod." Tashigi mumbled.

"There's also the fact that pandas are seemingly a near-extinct species, so seeing another one is close proximity to one of the few left is bound to result in connections being drawn." Jimbei hypothesised.

"That's racist." Bepo said.

"IT IS?" Jimbei was understandably shocked. "Truly sorry about that."

Li beamed and shook Monkey's paw. "Oh. Viper, was it?"

"Monkey, sir." He politely smiled.

"Ugh." Nami, Chopper and Usopp sighed and facepalmed.

"Its not that hard, man." Sanji shook his head.

"They're kind of my best friends. And this…" Po gestured to Shifu. "This is Master Shifu. Legend."

Shifu was clearly taken aback but tried his best not to show it. "Uh, it is an honour to meet you, Master Panda. Perhaps your father would care to join us in the training hall? Your son will be teaching the class.

The Five cringed. Po's heart sank.

"That is exactly the last thing we need." Brook began to sweat profusely.

"Agreed." Zoro said far too quickly.

"Whilst I'm partially inclined to agree, there is the old adage that practice makes perfect." Jimbei added sagely.

"Exactly. How are you meant to improve if you keep on doing what makes you comfortable forever?" Smoker noted.

"Oh ho!" Li smiled.

Po flipped the visor of his father's helmet down and started to drag him away by the arm. "I'm sure he's tired. I'm sure you're tired. He's tired. I'm gonna show him the Chrysanthemum suite.

Shifu's face fell, whilst Li resisted the pull.

"What? Tired? No, I'm fine. I would love to watch you teach." He countered.

"ARE YOU REALLY SURE ABOUT THAT?" Usopp blurted frantically.

"Yeah, he's not very good at it." Luffy stated, with his usual level of bluntness.

"Trust me. It would be more fun to watch me-"

Po's frightened rant was cut off by a resounding gong emanating from the Valley below. It's distinctive ending chime signalled one thing: the people were in danger.

"- Fight!" The Dragon Warrior exclaimed excitedly.

"What is that?" Li questioned.

"The valley is under attack!" Tigress informed before she leapt out of the Hall, with her comrades and Shifu closely in tow. Po motioned to follow them, before his father grabbed him by the arm.

"Finally! Some action!" Luffy cheered, having been previously on the edge of anticipation, waiting for something exciting to happen.

"A normal person wouldn't be excited about something such as this." Tashigi huffed.

"Yeah, lesson one, Glasses: Normal and Luffy don't really go well together." Zoro chortled.

"Son? Un-under attack?" The elder panda looked distraught, in stark contrast to his son's clear exhilaration.

"This is perfect! Now you can finally see what being the Dragon Warrior is all about. Follow me." Po bounded off after his team, leaving his father confused and very frightened.

"Oh, he doesn't like this." Sanji caught on immediately.

"I mean, it's a perfectly rational response for a father to have when his son is in danger." Franky reasoned.

"It is?" The cook titled his head slightly.

"Wow, you've got issues, man.

…

By the time Po had arrived, the Five and Shifu were already deep into the throes of combat. Po springboarded off a stray cart into the air and prepared himself for to strike.

"Enemies of justice! Prepare for-" Po's train of thought halted one he finally registered that his peers were trading blows with combatants that had jade skin and lifeless, glowing green eyes. "Wha… are you kidding me?" Unfortunately, Po was so taken aback by the appearance of these interlopers that he collided face first into the side of the roof and crashed to the ground below.

"Element of surprise: Completely lost." Smoker groaned.

"Sense of pride: In tatters." Nami joined in.

"Concussion: Most likely." Chopper added.

"Difference made: Minimal." Law finished.

Shifu, the Five and the Jade Warriors froze in position at the display, collectively baffled.

"Ow." Upon the signalling of Po's final collision, the fight resumed in earnest.

Po quickly rebounded back onto the roof and steeled himself. "What's the deal with the green guys?"

Viper thrust her coils into the centre mass of one of the assailants and wrapped herself around them like a length of rope, whilst Tigress moved to deliver a heavy strike. To her surprised she winced upon contact and rubbed her hand.

"Some kind of Jade Zombies."

"Jade Zombies?" Po parroted.

"Jombies?" Both he and Monkey proclaimed as one. "Jinx!"

"Is this seriously the best use of your time right now?" Tashigi near-seethed.

"Absolutely! How are they gonna know what to call them?" Luffy responded, leaving the poor Marine Captain speechless.

The moment didn't last, however, as the simian was struck dead on the head by one of the figure's staffs.

"Lotus! Be careful!" Po looked downwards whilst dodging an attack to see Li shouting at him from the street.

"It's okay, Dad, I do this every dayyyy." Po's attempts to comfort his father were cut short as one of the jade assailants viciously slammed him into the roof, cratering him. The blow was just enough to shake him out of his stupor.

"What does he mean by that? He gets his behind handed to him every day?" Sanji chortled.

"Honestly, knowing his Master's teaching methods? Probably." Jimbei sighed.

"Whoa. I recognise these guys!" The Dragon Warrior stared intently at two identical jade warriors who spun perpendicularly on their staffs, kicking Crane between them like a game of ping pong. Despite the rigidity of their jade bodies, they managed to be incredibly lithe. "The Master Badger twins… with their crushing double gong technique!"

Po was cut short one more, as the twins hopped off their perches and simultaneously struck him with their staffs, knocking him deeper into the roof.

"Wait… t-they actually are… ZOMBIES!" Brook's meticulous afro stood on end in fright, as he began to, somehow, hyperventilate.

"Have you looked in a mirror recently?" Nami held up her compact to the skeleton's skull.

"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!" Brook further recoiled in fear.

"Yeah! That's the one!" Po's overenthusiasm for the martial arts began to overtake his rational mind, as he focused on another emerald figure fighting Shifu. "And that guy is… No! Master Porcupine!"

The reanimated Master in question, wielded a bow in conjunction with his razor-sharp quills, that doubled as arrows. Throwing off Shifu with a level of ease that only someone with decades of experience could muster, he took aim at the enamoured panda and let loose one of his quills.

Monkey jumped in front of Po at the last second, intercepted the quill with a kick and sent it flying back the verdant villain. It clanged harmlessly off the jade skin "I thought he died a hundred years ago!" The simian flipped Po back to his feet, still not having lost the expression of pure joy carved onto his face.

"These guys must be really tough if they're still known after 100 years!" Luffy gasped in awe.

"If that Spirit Realm preserve them in time like Oogway, then it's possible that they've had all that time to hone theirs skills. Add that jade skin on top of it, and they're nothing to snort at." Zoro agreed.

"These guys are legends!" The Dragon Warrior flitted away from the fight, reappearing a second later with the impressionist painter he had met earlier in the day. "Get a quick sketch of us.

Po leapt into a fight with the spined Master, desperately flip-flopping between trying weave his way through the barrage of attacks and facing the painter for a decent picture. To the artist's credit, despite his evident fear, he still managed to, shakily, continue his work. The panda enveloped the corrupted Master into a side hug and raised a peace sign. A moment later he was treated to a kick to the face as thanks.

Po stumbled back to the painter. "Did you get it? Did you get it?". The artist raised a picture detailing the moment the kick landed in his face. "Aw I blinked. Can we… get another one?

"You moron! People are in danger! Do your job!" Tashigi yelled to such a degree that her glasses began to fog up.

"I agree… nice picture though." Usopp relented, before he felt a fist crash into the back of his skull.

Before the artist could respond, Po was tackled off his feet by Porcupine and sent crashing through a set of buildings, eventually landing in his room above Ping's noodle shop. The jade assailant trapped the panda against the floor, pressing his bow to his neck.

"I'm being choked by Master Porcupine! This is so cool!" The panda fumbled around his shelf for a second, producing a Porcupine action figure and pressing it against the face of the jade warrior. "Look, it's you!"

"There is a time and place." Robin said sharply.

"Honestly, I'd prefer it if there never was another 'time and place' ever again. This is getting ridiculous." Zoro huffed.

A moment later and Shifu had flitted into view and pushed the Jombie off his student. "Po. Focus!" He ordered sharply, before launching himself back into the fray.

Downstairs, Ping seemed to pay no heed the commotion upstairs, instead getting lost in the rhythmic tapping of his knife as he cut a radish into fifteen perfectly equal piece in less than a second.

"Message from the universe? I'll give you a message from the universe! Stay away from my son!" He vented angrily to the air.

A split second later, Po and Porcupine crashed through the roof above, landing in the eating area of the restaurant, before continuing their battle.

"No! Protect the noodles!" Luffy yelled in shock.

"We have other priorities, rubber brains!" Nami roared.

"Exactly!" Usopp breathed.

"All of that merch and profit is gonna get wrecked in the fight!" The navigator shrieked.

"Oh come on!" The long nosed teen screamed in rage.

"I'm sorry, Dad, I'll clean up later." Po retreated to the counter and picked up a pan to defend himself.

"Whoa, whoa, not my good pan. Take this one." Whilst Po defended himself from a flurry of staff strikes, Ping replaced the sturdy pan with diminutive ladle, causing his son to nearly spit take.

"It seems like everyone has their priorities in order." Law said, sardonically.

"Hey. Proper utensil maintenance is a pain. Don't talk about things you know nothing about." Sanji replied, causing everyone to stare at him with concern.

Nevertheless, Po pressed the assault, dinging his meagre cooking implement against the sturdy skin of his opponent. Whilst he desperately searched for a way to gain some traction in the fight, the scuffle on the rooftop had managed to spill into the restaurant, causing the eating area to devolve into a hub of chaos.

"Lotus! Watch out!" Li yelped, as he heaved himself through the entrance arch of the noodle shop, having finally caught the battle at its peak.

Po struck with the ladle once more, freezing when it snapped. One of the Badgers took advantage of his stupor, swinging their staff in a wide arc, and forcing the panda to lean back to avoid the deadly blow. Whilst Po managed to evade the attack, Li still gasped in fear when the strike cut a poster of his likeness in two.

The cowardly trio took a moment to caress their necks, as if to check they were still attached.

"I think now we know why 'Bring your Dad to work day' should have been bumped a week." Franky said. "This whole 'check me out fighting these deadly Jombies' thing was a SUPER bad idea."

"Understatement of the year." Bepo sighed, visibly deflating.

Po darted away form the strikes, before seeing two heaped bowls of dumplings on the side of the table and formulating a unique strategy

"Dad, check out my Dumpling of Doom." The panda slammed his heel onto the table, sending the balls of dough skywards. Using the bowls to capture the descending treats and stuffing them into his mouth, Po gave a signal. Viper coiled herself around his stomach, whilst Tigress yanked her two free sides. The result was the dumplings being spewed from the Dragon Warrior's mouth with the force of a gatling gun.

"I'm getting real sick of these guys wasting these perfectly good dumplings at every opportunity." Sanji's hair started to pick up into a miniature crown of flame.

"Ah! Fire! Someone get a towel and get a doctor on standby!" Chopper yelled.

"You are a doctor." Usopp sighed.

"Oh, right…"

The jade warriors found themselves being slammed into the ground from the force of the assault, finally giving the Masters the opportunity to pin them down.

"Gotcha." Po sighed.

Despite the victory, tension remained palpable in the air as the living statue's eyes erupted into green light and a coarse voice burst from their unmoving mouths in unison.

"I see you. Your chi will soon be mine."

Po turned to his allies. "Is he talking to me?"

"Which one? They're all talking." Tigress asked.

"Whoa, you're right. That's so scary. We should try that too. Maybe it'd be scary back at them."

"Okay, but we gotta plan what we're going to say first. Otherwise it won't be scary, it'll just be stupid." Mantis added.

"NO! I'll be stupid no matter what you do!" Nami roared.

"Maybe not. Remember what Shifu said: 'Before the battle of the fist, come the battle of the mind'." Jimbei said, whilst rubbing his beard.

"They'd be OUT of their minds to actually try something like that." The ginger navigator rebutted.

The voice growled in irritation. "It's not them talking, you idiots! It's me talking through them, Kai!"

A second passed. "Who?" The Masters asked in union.

"Okay, okay, okay. Enough!" The voice snapped, before the glow dissipated and the jade warriors contracted into pendants and soared into the sky.

The Masters stood in complete befuddlement.

"Did you see that? Did you see-?" Po sputtered.

"What just happened?" Mantis demanded.

"The green smoke just poof… and then poof! Shifu, what was that" The Dragon Warrior continued his ranting.

The red panda cupped his chin, before a spark of recognition flared in his eyes. "Kai. Kai. Kaiiii… Nope never heard of him." As quickly as it had appeared however, it fizzled out.

"I'm getting the impression that Shifu isn't anywhere near as put together as he seems." Smoker huffed.

"Are any of us? Is anyone?" Law replied.

"Oh, cutting right down to the bone there. Yohohoho!" Brook laughed.

…..

Later, at the Jade Palace's archives, The Masters, along with Li and Ping, had spent hours scouring through the texts of knowledge that would've otherwise been lost to time and age. The floor was littered with scrolls to the point one could scarcely make it out, whilst the readers had begun to get increasingly restless.

"Kai. Kai." Shifu muttered. "Where is it? There's so much wisdom in here, I can't find anything." Before the red panda could break out into a full rant, however, he noticed and emerald scroll hidden near the back of one of the highest shelves and before jumping back down to show the others. "Yes. Behold. All the answers will be found within."

"Please. No more scrolls. I've had enough for a lifetime." Usopp huffed.

"Yeah, but what are the odds that's going to happen again?" Luffy voiced cheerily.

Shifu unfurled the scroll, before his face blanked in shock. "What? It's blank? Are you kidding me? Not again." Whilst the old Master desperately began to scour the scroll, the Masters shared a collective groan and facepalm.

"Oh, come on!" Usopp gestured towards the screen.

"I never usually have this much trouble with ancient texts." Robin noted calmly. "Must be a Kung Fu exclusive problem.

"Wait, wait. Hold on. Sorry. Oh, ok, here we go." Shifu blabbed quickly after finding an extended length hidden in the scroll canister. As he began to read the others huddled in close.

"It is written in Oogway's hand. Long ago I had a brother." He started.

"Oogway had a brother?!" Monkey shrieked.

Shifu unfolded more of the scroll. "In arms. In arms. Sorry. He says brother in arms."

Mantis attempted to tug at the scroll. "Can you just unroll it all at once." Shifu tugged it back, vehemently refusing to unroll it all out of spite.

"Yes! Thank you! Someone with a modicum of sense!" Law groaned.

"Don't jinx us." Nami said, whilst massaging the bridge of her nose.

"I was an ambitious young warrior…" The Master continued. "Leading a great army. And fighting by my side was Kai, My closest friend. One day, we were ambushed. I was badly wounded. My friend carried me for days… looking for help. Until we came to a secret village, high in the mountains. An ancient place of healing. A village of pandas."

The collective gasped.

"Pandas?" Po questioned.

"Yes, pandas." Shifu continued. "Pandas who used the power of chi to heal me. They taught me how to give chi. But Kai wanted the power all to himself. He saw that what could be given could also be taken. I had to stop him. Our battle shook the Earth. Until, finally, I banished Kai to the spirit realm. Should he ever return to the mortal realm, he can only be stopped… by a true master of chi."

"Well… they're doomed." Luffy said flatly.

"You are not helping!" The cowardly trio erupted at their captain.

"No, he has a point." Law started.

"HE DOES?!"

"Shifu did say that chi was incredibly difficult to master." Jimbei noted. "I believe he said they'd need upwards of 30 years."

"Wow… they are doomed."

Po furrowed his brow. "True master of chi…" He suddenly pointed at Shifu. "Like you!"

Shifu raised his arm defensively. "Me? I can barely make a flower bloom. I'd need thirty more years, and a cave!"

"We need a chi master." Viper surmised.

"Yes… because we just have one of those lying around." Tashigi sighed.

"We do?" Luffy perked up.

"Would you stop listening into a conversation whenever you feel like it?" Usopp growled.

"Nope!" The captain smirked cheekily.

"Argh!"

Shifu nodded. "He will continue stealing the chi of Masters until he has consumed all."

Whilst the Masters continued their discussion, Po split off from the group and studied the scroll, specifically the illustration detailing a stream of chi emanating from a panda's glowing palm.

"We have to find a way to stop him." Viper said.

"Or he'll get more and more powerful with every Master he defeats!" Crane agreed.

"A terrifying proposition." Jimbei admitted.

"What's stopping him from simply taking a chi master's power?" Tashigi wondered.

"Nothing." Smoker correctly guessed.

"Oh, that's wonderful." Usopp groaned.

"There is no choice. We fight." Tigress declared.

"I can teach you, son." Li suddenly voiced.

Everyone turned to the elder panda, Ping audibly gasping.

"You can do this?" Po asked.

Li chuckled softly. "Well, of course. I'm a panda."

"Hmm… sound logic." Zoro admitted, cupping his chin.

"I'm following…" Luffy copied the action.

"Would you two knock it off!" Sanji growled. "This is way too convenient. This guy shows up on their doorstep with the exact thing they need to defeat the big bad? Something's up."

"I'll have to agree." Robin nodded. "This is all lining up a little too well."

"Robin agreed with me! I'm so happy!"

Po started to shake with barely contained enthusiasm. "That must be why the universe sent you here! Okay, so what do I have to do?"

"You have to come home with me."

"What?" Ping voiced from the sidelines.

"To the secret village?" Po asked, completely enraptured.

"Yes son." Li confirmed. "You must rediscover what it means to be a panda. You have to learn to live like a panda. Sleep like a panda. Eat like a panda. Those 103 dumplings? Hmph… I was just warming up."

"…Impossible." Luffy paled.

"I didn't know such power even existed." Brook gasped.

Po eyes were filled with stars. "I always felt like I wasn't eating up to my full potential."

Ping sprang between the two of them, flapping his wings to such as degree that he nearly took flight. "You can't take Po away from me. No, no, I want a second opinion. Shifu open another scroll or something."

Shifu merely gestured gently towards Li. "I think he should go."

"Fine, a third opinion." Ping continued, barely fazed. "Monkey? Viper? Tigress?"

"Dad, you heard what Shifu said Oogway said." Po knelt in front of his father. "This guy can only be stopped by a Master of chi, and I can only master chi by knowing who I really am. Well… I'm a panda."

Ping's pout didn't lessen, but he didn't relent. "I'll pack your lunch for the road."

"Dad vs. Dad. Who will win?" Usopp boomed in a mock spectator voice.

"Personally; I think Dad seems like a good option." Franky smirked.

"…Although Dad has put on an impressive show in the last few months." Robin smiled, playing along.

"Overall, I'd have to give it to Dad as the only real option." Chopper giggled.

"God, how have we not caught you yet?" Smoker groaned.

…..

All the arrangements had been made, and both Po and Li had already started their arduous journey to the village. As Shifu, from his perch atop the summit of the Thousand Steps, saw them become little more than specs against the horizon line, he sighed deeply.

"Do you really think that Po can master chi in time." Viper asked with apparent anxiety.

"It doesn't matter what I think. It only matters what the universe think." The red panda responded sagely.

"So… that's a no?" Mantis asked flatly, causing Shifu to visibly deflate.

"I'll admit. I'm on the fence about their chances." Nami sighed.

"Yeah, but you're on the fence about everything." Zoro said.

"SAY THAT TO MY FACE!" The orangette roared.

"Yeah! Say it to her face!" Sanji added.

"Why are you getting involved?!" The swordsman shot back.

"Master, what are we going to do?" Crane asked.

Shifu pointed out towards the horizon with his staff. "You are going to find out where Kai is. Follow the trail of those jade creatures, but do not engage. For with every foe he faces, Kai becomes stronger."

"Why me? Is it because I asked?"

"No, it is because he can fly."

Mantis flitted to the top of Crane's hat. "Ha! Should've kept your beak shut!"

"And take Mantis." Shifu demanded.

"What? Oh man, is it because I -?"

"Yes." The red panda smirked evilly.

"Hey, you reap what you sow, man." Franky chuckled.

"A lesson some of us need to learn more than others." Nami directed a razor-sharp glare towards Luffy, who sat blissfully unaware.

"What?"

With a final groan from the insect, Crane took of into the sky, unaware of the danger that was still to come.

"And here we go again…" Smoker drawled.

"Don't worry Po's got this." Chopper smirked, only to for his smile to falter when his comment was met with an unsure silence. "… Right?"

…

Hi guys. Act One is done. So sorry it took this long to be released, but I've been trying to find my flow again. Everything is really touch and go in the horrible theatre stage of 'real life', so just be patient with me.

The third film is my least favourite of the trilogy, but I will do my best to ensure that the quality you've come to expect remains somewhat consistent.

I will also admit to the fact that Hazbin has recently taken over my life, so I have been listening to the OST to help me through this. Until next time I hope you enjoy what I've done.