Leo Doesn't Fan Out
It was one was busy week for Po. He was surprised that the Furious Five did the Chinese Finger Trap. They have action figures, trading cards and even fan clubs as Po have none of that. Mantis mentioned that Po has a fan club and Monkey seen them by the noodle shop. The Dragon Warrior visited his fan club for the whole week and his fans wanted Po to fight someone.
Po released the Mongolian Fist Demon and the demon began causing trouble in the village. Leo and the Furious Five beats the demon up to save the fan club. He and Po worked together to stop the demon by dodging its attacks. Leo was the first to notice in order to defeat the demon, they can't a land hit which will make it smaller. Po and Leo dodge the demon's attacks as it shrinks back down to its small size and when it got small, Leo releases the demon to run back into the demon jar.
"I'm glad that's over." Mantis said as Leo and Shifu walks up to the Furious Five.
"I just hope Po learns his lesson." Leo said, helping Tigress to her feet. "When Po gets back, he better be prepared for his punishment."
"I agree." Shifu said.
"We should check and make sure that the villagers are okay." Leo suggested.
Viper and Monkey went with Leo as Shifu went with Crane, Mantis and Tigress. The three of them walks around for half an hour to see if the villagers were okay. When Leo asked a few villagers, they quickly ran inside with their children after telling Leo that they're okay. He didn't say anything else when they ran back inside the house. Leo knew that some of the villagers doesn't trust him and it's still taking time for them to have a human living in the Valley of Peace.
Leo met up with Viper and Monkey at the apple cart.
"No one got hurt?" Leo asks Viper.
"No." Viper answers him. "They all got out of harm's way with no injuries."
"That's good to hear." Leo said.
"How about you?" Monkey asks him.
"Same thing I ask them after we save the village." Leo replied. "I ask, they answer and run away from me back inside their home."
"Don't worry Leo." Viper smiles at him. "It'll take time for them."
"Come on." Monkey said to his two friends. "Let's head back to the palace and have some dinner."
As nighttime came, everyone was having dinner in the dining room. Leo sat with Viper and Mantis across from Tigress, Crane and Monkey as Po sits across from Shifu. They were having some rice balls and buns for dinner.
"Hey Leo, I was wondering about something." Po said, looking at him. "Have you done the Chinese Finger Trap before?"
All eyes were turned on Leo. He drank some of his tea and set the cup down. "Yes I have, Po." Leo answered.
"How old were you when you did it?"
"Four years old."
"What?!" Po gasps as everyone looks at Leo surprised.
"It wasn't that hard." Leo said to Po.
"I bet you must've done everything." Po said. "You might just have your own action figures, trading cards and a fan club soon and you came out of nowhere."
"I wouldn't be too sure about that, Po." Shifu said. "The Five have been mastering their styles for ten years and gained fame from across China." Shifu looks at Leo. "But Po is right about one thing, Leo. Your sudden appearance in China has caught everyone's attention and how you defeated Zhao and maybe already famous."
"Hm." Leo said, taking another drink from his tea. "I wouldn't count on it." Leo thought.
When dinner was done, Shifu went to his room to meditate while Po, Monkey and Mantis played mahjong in the kitchen. But for Leo, he was in the Training Hall looking at the artifacts and weapons. He took his time looking at them before heading to the library. Leo takes out a few scrolls and began reading one of them. While he was reading, Po came into the library.
"Hey, Leo." Po said.
"What is it, Po?" Leo asks, looking up from the scroll.
"I was thinking it will be awesome when you have your own fan club." Po said.
"No, it wouldn't be awesome, Po." Leo replied. "I'm fine without any of that stuff."
"Come on, Leo." Po said. "It's not bad having that stuff like the Furious Five and other kung fu masters, even me since I found out I have a fan club."
"Not to mention you do anything for your fans to unleash a demon that was causing trouble in town." Leo glares at him. "And what are you hiding behind your back?"
"There's nothing behind my back." Po smiles nervously.
Leo grabs the panda's arm and pulls it forward. In the panda's paw was a Leo action figure. "Then why you do have this behind your back?" he asks him.
"I was going to show you later on, but you already saw it when Bian Zao was here." Po said. "Isn't it awesome?"
"No." Leo answered, shaking his head. He picks up the scrolls and puts them back on the shelf and walks by Po. "It's not awesome, Po." he said coldly. "I don't give a fucking shit about it."
Po was shocked as he watches Leo left the library. "What's up with him?" Po wondered.
As morning came, everyone was eating breakfast, but Leo wasn't there with them. He left to check some of the villagers he missed to see if they were harmed from yesterday. Tigress noticed that Po just sat there not talking after eating breakfast. She decided to ask him what's wrong.
"Po, what's wrong?" Tigress asks Po.
"It's Leo." Po answered.
"Did something happen?"
"I went to see Leo in the library last night and showed him his own action figure." Po answered.
"I bet he was happy about it." Monkey said.
"Uh, no." Po said, shaking his head.
"What did Leo say last night, Po?" Tigress asks him.
"He told me it's not awesome and he doesn't give a fucking shit about it." Po answered. "And Leo said that coldly last night."
The Furious Five looks at each other before looking back at the Dragon Warrior.
"Maybe Leo has a good reason for it." Mantis wondered.
"Hm." Po said. "I don't know. It's awesome to have an action figure of Leo after all he's done."
"But what about all the stuff he done back at his world?" Viper wondered. "Everyone doesn't know what Leo done in his world and people knows what he done here."
"You know it's going to take time for people to trust Leo." Monkey said.
"Anyway, I'm heading down to the village to see my fan club." Po said to his friends. "I'll see you later this afternoon."
"Tigress and I will come with you to the village, Po." Viper said. "The two of us will have to buy some groceries."
Tigress and Viper made it to the village and notice Leo. He just finished asking Mrs. Yoon if she was okay from yesterday. The two girls heard his stomach growled and Leo started walking to Mr. Ping's restaurant when he almost bumps into Po's fan club.
"Oh." Leo said. "It's you three." Standing in front of him was a small goat, pig and rabbit named Chen, Lam, and Yang.
"Master Leo." The kids bowed to him.
"You don't have to call me "Master"." Leo said to them. "Just call me Leo."
"Ok Leo." Lam smiled.
"We wanted to thank you, the Furious Five and Po for defeating that demon." Chen said.
"You're welcome." Leo nodded, crossing his arms.
"The three of us were surprised that you stopped hitting him when Po arrived." Yang said.
"Hitting can solve some problems and can't solve problems." Leo explains. "When the demon gets a hit, it grows, and the attacks become more powerful. But if we didn't attack back and dodge, the demon will shrink easily. Hopefully Po doesn't break it again."
The children's glances at one another.
"He did it again, didn't he?" Leo facepalmed.
"By accident." Chen answered. "The Dragon Warrior picked up the pieces and put the demon back in the jar."
"That reminds me." Lam said. "Do you have a fan club like the other kung fu masters?"
As they were talking, Tigress and Viper were listening to the conversation several feet behind them.
"No, I don't." Leo answered. "I'm fine without having a fan club. Not every kung fu master have a fan club."
"Ok then." Lam nodded her head. "Bye."
Leo watches the children walk away. He was unaware that Tigress and Viper were listening to the conversation as heads over to the apple cart. Leo bought a couple of apples and walks over to the small bridge and began to eat his breakfast. While Leo was eating breakfast, he heard some commotion and turns his head to the left to see a knife in the air and was about to stab a rabbit. Leo ran and jumped over the rabbit's head and caught the knife.
"Thank you for saving me." the rabbit thanks him.
"Don't worry about it." Leo said.
"I don't know what'd I do if my knife landed on him." a goose.
"Here's your knife back." Leo said to the goose, handing him the knife.
Shifu was walking towards the Hall of Heroes till he heard some sounds coming from the palace arena. He turns around and sees Leo training in the arena. The small red panda walks down to the palace arena and watches Leo train. Shifu can hear him growling as Leo spars alone. Leo walks to the center and got into his hoarse stance. He sets two bowls of water on his thighs, head and shoulders.
"Hm." Shifu said. "I see that you've finished asking the villagers if they're ok from yesterday."
Leo opens his eyes when he heard his master. "Master Shifu." Leo said. "How long were you standing there?"
"Not long, I only just arrived after I heard you down here in the arena." Shifu answered.
"I see." Leo said, keeping his balance. "Anyway, the villagers are okay and there were no damages. I just hope Po doesn't do something like that again to impress his fans."
"Well he did learn his lesson, Leo." Shifu said.
"And some of them ran back inside their homes before I even asked them." Leo said.
"Don't worry, Leo." Shifu said. "It'll take-"
"I know how they feel." Leo interrupted. He got out of his horse stance and places the bowls on the ground before turning to face his master. "I've seen it before, and I still see it every day. People sees a new person they've never met and when things go wrong, they're afraid of that person and they don't want anything do with that person. Who can blame them."
"No one can." Shifu said. "But there are always others who thanked that person for saving them. Even if they're normal or have special skills. You, for example, use your special skills to keep the valley safe. And the people who you did saved thanked you, even some who are still afraid of you."
"I see." Leo said, nodding his head.
"And all of us kung fu masters only keep the peace." Shifu added. "Not to impress fans by releasing a demon."
"A mistake I will not do like Po did." Leo smiled. "I don't need a fan club. I'm good without one."
"You might have a fan club someday, Leo." Shifu said. "All kung fu masters have a fan club."
Nighttime came and Leo was at the Peach Tree sitting on the ledge. He heard some footsteps coming from behind him. "Who's coming up here?" Leo thought. "Is it Po? Looks he's here an early lesson." He quickly turns around and was about to do a palm strike, but he notices it was not Po as he stops halfway. Tigress stood in front of Leo.
"Expecting someone else, Leo?" Tigress asks him.
"I thought Po was coming up here." Leo answered. "If he did, I would give him a small preview of his punishment. But I didn't expect to see you here."
"Remember what Master Shifu said." Tigress said. "Expect the unexpected."
"So, what are you doing up here anyway?" Leo asks her.
"I wanted to talk to you about what you and Shifu talked about today." Tigress answered.
"Oh." Leo said.
"Shifu mentioned you how know people feel." Tigress said.
"Yeah, I do." Leo nodded. "I don't blame some of the villagers. They all look up to the Furious Five, the Dragon Warrior and Shifu."
"But people look up to you too, Leo." Tigress said. "They may start calling you a hero."
"That would be interesting." Leo said, walking by her and lean against the tree.
"And Master." Tigress smiled slyly, walking up to him and placing her paws on his shoulders.
"They don't have to call me Master, Tigress." Leo replied. "Just Leo will do." He couldn't move away as he was trapped, staring in her amber eyes.
"And should I call you Master Leo or just Leo?" Tigress asks him. She leans in slowly. As soon as Leo's face was closed, she kisses him lightly on the lips and massages his shoulders a bit. Leo's face turned red when she was done.
"Just..." Leo was trying to say. "Just Leo will do Tigress."
"I know." Tigress said, twirling a bit of his hair with her paw. "I was only teasing."
"You're good." Leo complimented her.
"Thanks." Tigress nodded her head.
"I love you." Leo said, kissing her on the cheek.
Leo and Tigress heads back to the student barracks to get some rest for tomorrow. Both of them are hoping that one of them gets to spar with Po for the Dragon Warrior's punishment.
This chapter is all set. The next chapter is going to be really interesting. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to leave a review!
