The Princess And The Po
Shifu, The Dragon Warrior, Mantis, Tigress and Leo were walking through town.
"Princess Mei Li's mission is the utmost important." Shifu said. "We can't afford any mistakes, Po." He said, turning his head towards the panda.
Po felt offended. He passes a dumpling cart and was going to get one, but Shifu grab's Po's hand to prevent him from getting a dumpling.
"You must get Mei Li safely to the king of Qiadan." Shifu continues to explain their mission. "She may be a child but she is royalty."
"Hm." Leo said.
Po walks in front of them, making them stop. "If there's one thing I like about is kids." Po said with a smile. "But if there's one thing that loves me is me." Po said with a nervous smile.
"I assume there may be some protocols to follow, I assume." Leo said, crossing his arms over his chest. "She is a princess."
"That's right, Leo." Shifu agreed, nodding his head. "This protocol is strict. Never may eye contact, always address her with deference and avoid touching with absolutely necessary."
"What if she wants to hug my awesome body?" Po asked.
"Do not touch the royal silk!" a voice shouted angrily.
Po turns around and backs away, seeing a small pig with a royal olive robe with a black tiara that has a pink flower on her head. Two goats were standing in front of her ride.
"Now kiss my feet." Mei Li ordered.
One of the goats obeyed and kiss her foot.
"Now wash them." she ordered them again.
The two goats obeyed and washed her feet. She snaps her fingers and points to the ground, having the two goats to lay down on the ground. She steps on their backs and ran over to them.
"How dare you keep me waiting!" Mei Li shouted angrily at Po, Tigress, Mantis and Leo, walking past Shifu. "I am a princess!"
Tigress took a step back to avoid getting poke by the royal staff. Leo moved his right foot so the princess can move past him.
"If this happens again, I'll have you be headed!" Mei Li warns them.
"Ha ha!" Po laughed, walking up to her. "Yeah, behead everyone!"
The princess pokes the panda's belly. Doing that causes her staff to brake in half. "Insolent jiggling mess!" Mei Lii barked. "You broke my imperial staff!"
"And we're off to a great start." Leo said with sarcasm. "This is just embarrassing for her to do this in front of us."
"Your Imperial Highness." Shifu said, making her to turn around. "This is the Dragon Warrior."
"Nice to meet you, your highness." Po smiled, waving his hand. But the princess smacks his hand. "Ow!"
"Oh." Mei Li said. "I guess I do need you, butterball. So I won't have you executed... Yet!" She turns around and notice her two goat servants were sitting down.
Po backs away to Tigress, Mantis and Leo. "She's feisty, isn't she?" Po asks them.
"I thought you said that kids love you." Tigress said.
"It could happen." Po said. "She just needs a little encouragement."
Tigress and Mantis chuckled.
"Oh you think I can't do it?" Po asked. "There is no child that can resist the Dragon Warrior. I'm like a black and white sandbox in a playground covered in fur." He rubs his entire body. "I bet you both a foot massage by the time we get to Qiadan, she'll be eating out of my hand."
Tigress and Mantis liked the idea. It would make things interesting for them. "I'm in." Mantis said.
"Me too." Tigress added.
"What about you, Leo?" Po asks him. "Are you in?"
"I had something else to add to this little bet of yours, Po." Leo said. "I bet you twenty five yuan by the time we leave, she'll hit you and throw stuff at us along the way until she becomes friends with you."
"I accept." Po said, nodding his head.
Master Shifu snaps his fingers, having Tigress, Mantis and Leo walk besides him. "Please be sure to protect the princess on the way." Shifu said.
"Yes, Master Shifu." the three of them said.
Leo, Tigress and Mantis bowed before leaving the village with Po, the princess and her servants. They walking through the bamboo forest fast but slows down.
"Looks like she's taken a liking to the doll that Po gave her." Leo said, walking besides Tigress.
Something loud pops behind them.
"Huh?!" Leo shouted, quickly turning around.
Mei Li was holding fire poppers in her hand. "Ha ha!" Mei Li laughed, throwing the fire poppers at Po.
"And the best part is, that will never get annoying." Mantis said.
"I couldn't agree more, Mantis." Leo agreed. He heard the Dragon Warrior screaming in the back and walks past them.
"Are you and the princess buddies yet?" Mantis asked.
The Dragon Warrior was covered in a black soot. "It's a process." Po muttered.
It has been a few hours since they left the Valley Of Peace. Everyone stops and sits down eating their food. The princess, however, was eating alone. Leo sits down, drinking his tea. Po lands in front besides Tigress and Mantis, flat on his stomach.
"I think why kids love you is because you land on stomach." Leo said.
"Ha ha ha!" Mantis laughed.
After having their meal, they resume their walk. Leo sighs in annoyance that the Imperial Princess threw another fire popper at them again. When Leo turns around to walk, he took a step back. Po was wearing makeup, a red nose and a goofy looking hat.
"Do you think the princess loves clowns?" Po asks with a smile on his face.
"You look like an idiot, Po." Leo said. Then he heard a snap. "Ha!" He shouted, drawing his diamond sword.
"What is it?" Po asked, looking around.
"Bandits!" one of the goats shouted in fear.
The bandits surrounded them all. Their leader, Fung, growls at them. "Looks we'll do this the hard way." Before he can say another word, Leo threw his diamond sword at Gahri, making the croc duck out of the way.
"Hmp!" Leo jumps over the crocs head and grabs his diamond sword and engages Gahri.
Gahri was doing his best to block Leo's attacks. He tried to sweep Leo off his feet, but Leo grabs his tail and swung him into one of his comrades. Two more bandits rushes at Leo with axes in their claws. Leo cuts the axes in half, growling at the two bandits.
"Hah!" Leo yelled, tackling into Fung.
The tackle sent Fung into a boulder. The croc snarls at him. Fun swung his axe to hurt Leo. Leo parries the attack before doing a hook kick and a side kick to Fung's jaw. Fung yelled in pain as Leo dove forward to another bandit.
Leo withdrew his sword and threw in some punches at the croc in the chest before jumping over him, delivering an axe kick to the head. Leo joins up with the Dragon Warrior along with Mantis and Tigress.
"That was close." Mantis said.
"Later losers!" Fung shouted in glee. His bandits has stolen everything and tied up the servants. Fung and his bandits began to escape by climbing up a stone wall.
All four warriors began to chase after the bandits, but they stop when they Mei Li's voice. Leo turns his head around to see the princess hanging in a tree.
"Get me down from here!" Mei Li commanded. "Now!"
At that moment, the branch brakes and Mei Li began to fall down. Leo didn't have time to turn around and jumps backwards with his hands outstretch. Mantis lands at the base of the tree, followed by Leo. Leo lands on Mantis, followed by Tigress and Po. Po had his hands up above his head and the princess lands on his hands.
"Get your hands off me." she ordered.
The panda sets her down as Mantis crawls out from underneath Po. Po got up from Tigress and Leo.
"Are you alright, Tigress?" Leo asks her.
"I'm fine." Tigress said, lifting her head to look at him. She helps him up.
Leo notice everything was gone. He didn't say anything as he pulls Po up on his feet and walks over to the princess.
"You stink as a warrior!" Mei Li shouted, pointing a finger at Tigress. "You're supposed to be protecting me!"
"Yes, princess." Tigress said, bowing her head.
"And you!" Mei yelled, pointing a finger at Mantis. "I wouldn't even use you as bait!"
"Yes, princess." Mantis said.
Mei Li turns her attention to Leo. "You were also to protect me as well, human! Some warrior you are!"
Leo said nothing and bowed his head. He tighten his fist, but it didn't went unnoticed by Po.
Po couldn't take it anymore and bends over. "Leave them alone." Po snarls at her. The princess turns around and smack him in the mouth, destroying the puppet that Po gave her.
"My stuff is gone and it's all your fault!" Mei Li yells at him angrily.
"It's my fault?!" Po shouted. "You wouldn't stay in the tree. You let the bandits get away. You've dump the last of the water and you picked on my friends!"
"How dare you!" Mei Li snarled.
"I dare when something is wrong, it's wrong." Po stated angrily. "I don't care how royalty you are. You are a mean spoiled brat with no friends and nobody likes you!"
Mei Li's anger faded away after what Po said. The Imperial Princess bursts into tears and ran away from him.
"Perhaps we should camp here for the night." Leo suggested.
"Well, this trip has been fun." Tigress said, walking past Po.
Leo used his sword to cut the ropes, freeing the servants. After the servants was free, they gathered some firewood for the night. Po and the princess made up and the two of them were playing mahjong. While the two were playing mahjong, they can somebody grunting not too far. Tigress watches Po and Mei Li walks past her. Several feet in front of them was Leo.
"Ha!" Leo shouted, throwing in some punches and a swing from the sword.
"Hey, Leo." Po said, walking up to him with the princess.
"What do you want, Po?" Leo asks him, not turning his head around.
"We wondering who was grunting over here." Mei Li said.
Leo took a deep breath before he answers her. "I am only sharpening my skills, your majesty." Leo said.
Mei Li looks at Po. "Is it alright if I have a moment alone, Po?" Mei Li asks him.
Leo stops his training to turn around to look at the princess.
"Are you alright?" Mei Li asks Leo. "From earlier this afternoon?"
"I am fine, princess." Leo said.
"Are you sure?" the princess asks him. "Po said you've tighten your grip on your sword. I shouldn't have yelled at you, the bug or the man with the stripes."
"Do not worry, your majesty." Leo assured her. "You have every right to be angry at me and my friends. Sometimes, warriors are not great all the time, especially when they don't have any friends."
Tigress got up from her rock and silently walks over to them but stop several feet.
"If you don't have any friends, you'll be alone like you used to until you made friends with Po." Leo explains. "The only way to make friends is to be nice to them. That way you don't have to be alone."
Mei Lii nodded her head and walks back to Po to continue their game. Leo notices Tigress walking up to him. "I thought you were asleep, Tigress." he said.
"I was until I heard Po screaming." she replied. "But I've heard your conservation with the princess, Leo. What you said was helpful to her."
Leo grins at his girlfriend. "Thanks."
"You're welcome, Leo." Tigress said. "Come on, Leo. We need to have a full nights rest for tomorrow." Tigress gently grabs his hand.
"Alright, Tigress." Leo said. Leo gave her a kiss and Tigress leads him to the rock she was resting on. Leo and Tigress sits down next to each other while they were holding hands.
Morning came and they were all walking on the road. Everyone watch as the Imperial Princess was riding on top of the Dragon Warrior's head, steering him. Po crashes into a tree and fell down, laughing with the princess.
"Is the princess laughing or am I just crazy?" Tigress asks Mantis who was sitting on her shoulder.
"I'd say both."
Tigress notices they reached their destination. "The Qiadan!" she alerted everyone. "We're there." Tigress and Leo ran up to a couple of boulders. Standing before them was the home of the Qidan.
"It looks..." Po was saying to find the right word.
"Smelly." Mei Li said.
"I was going to stanky, but I think we're on the right page here."
Everyone walks up to the front door. "Go ahead and knock." Po said to Mei Li, putting her down.
"Do you think they have fried rice balls stuffed with bean paste?"
"That would be awesome." Po smiled.
Po, Tigress, Leo and Mantis watches the princess walks up to the door to knock. One of her goat servants walks up besides Po.
"It is so nice of you to give her a little bit of happiness before she becomes a servant of the Qidan forever." he said.
Leo slowly turns his head to the goat. "What the hell did you just say?"
"It's why we came here." the goat said.
"I thought this was a peace mission." Leo said.
"It is." the goat said. "We're giving Mei Li to the Qidan King in exchange for peace. "A terrible war has waged on between us and the Qidan. It was only by the offer of a princess, one who show our people in torturous labor that the war had ended. A difficult but an unavoidable arrangement. Every few years, the king is given a new princess for none of them last that long."
Po couldn't believe it. Mei Li was going to be a servant for the rest of her life? He needs to get the princess away from here. "We have to get her out of here." Po muttered, trying to get the princess.
But the doors opened and a voice shouted.
"Bring me the princess!"
Two water buffalos with spears escorted everyone inside except the imperial servants. Po carries the princess as the four warriors walks over to the king who was waiting on his throne. The king was much bigger than the guards. He was wearing a red tunic, a brown belt and golden brown pants.
"I've waited weeks to have a royal servant to scrub my armor." the king said. "Bring me the princess! My new servant."
"What?" the Imperial Princess gasps in shock.
His guards surrounded them.
"Once more for clarity." The king said. "Give me the princess!"
"Okay." Po said. "Here you go." He pushes Tigress in front of him, causing Mantis to jump off her shoulder.
"What?" Tigress asked, looking at Po. She looks back at the king. "Uh, yes, I am the princess."
Leo growled under his breath.
"My, my, princess." the king smiled. "Please, won't you do the Ceremonial Princess Dancing Song?"
"Ceremonial Dancing Song?" Tigress asked confused. She doesn't know anything about that.
"Do the princess dancing song!"
Tigress looks back at Po and the Dragon Warrior nodded his head before looking back the king. "Uh... Princess." Tigress began to sing off key. She took a couple steps to the right, waving her arms in a circle. Mantis, however, was enjoying the song.
"Stop!" the king ordered, making Tigress stop singing. "Do you really think I'm stupid?"
"A little." Po said.
"Well, I'm not. And I'm also not patient! Hand her over now!" the king ordered him. He threw an axe in front of the Dragon Warrior.
"I can't." Po said, protecting the princess in his arms. "No way, can't do it."
"So be it." the king growled.
Leo drew his diamond sword as the king's guards attack them. He engages two guards, blocking a swing from their axes. Leo jumps over the two guards to avoid a spike ball. "Hmph." Leo said as he watches the two soldiers get hit.
"Stop!" Mei Li yelled, stopping the fight. She got off from Po's arms and ran. "I won't let you risk your lives for me!" She stops in front of the king. "King of the Qidan. I, Princess Mei Li, surrender myself to you."
The king smiled evilly since he heard it from the princess herself. Two guards blocked Po from reaching the princess.
"I have to, Po." Mei Li said sadly.
"I accept this offer." the king said. "In exchange I promise peace! Right, let's start with get out! Put her in chains!"
Mei Li looks at Po one last time with a sad face. She hung her head down sadly and walks over to the a stone pillar where there are chains hanging down. Leo sheathes his sword.
"Wait!" Po shouted. The guards grabs his arms.
"What is it?" The king asked, staring at the panda.
"Let's make a deal." Po said, freeing himself from the guards. "I'll fight any warrior that you choose." Before he could say anything else, Leo taps him on the shoulder and the panda turns around. "What?"
"I will fight the warrior that he chooses." Leo said.
Tigress looks at him with a surprised look on her face.
"Leo, I can handle them." Po said.
"I don't think so, Po." Leo replied. "You've seen how the king's guards are when Mantis tried to use his nerve attack. They're tough. I'll take this one." He turns around to face the king. "So here's the deal. I challenge you! One warrior to another. If I win, the Imperial Princess Mei Li returns with us. But if you win, you have her and me."
"Why would I...?" the king was asking, but he stops and takes a closer look at Leo. "Wait a minute. You are this "human" I keep hearing about?"
"The very same." Leo answered, crossing his arms. "And the panda behind me is the Dragon Warrior."
"And he's the Dragon Warrior?" the king asked excitedly. "No way!"
"It is, really." Mantis said.
"I had a hard time of believing it too." Tigress said.
"I have defeated Kung Fu masters across the land." the king said with an evil smile. "But to have a human to be my personal servant? I accept your challenge! Prepare to fight!" The giant king slowly stands up from his throne.
Mantis fell backward off of Tigress's shoulder.
The giant king stood fully. "Temutai, Warrior King Of The Qidan!" he yelled, raising his head to the sky. Temutai's warriors bellowed for their king.
"I thought Temutai was just a myth." Mantis said, looking at Tigress.
"They say that his Kung Fu is so strong that he can an opponent in half without even touching them." Tigress said, looking at the Dragon Warrior.
Temutai walks in front of Leo.
Mei Li rushes in between them. "I won't allow this!" Mei Li yelled at the Warrior King.
"You don't have a choice." Temutai said. "Sit down!"
One of his guards grabs Mei Li and puts her down on a small flat stone near the stone pillar. Everyone made room for Leo and Temutai. Leo gave his diamond sword to Po before everyone gave them room.
Leo got into his tiger stance, circling around the Warrior King.
"I never expected I would fight you, human warrior." Temutai said.
"It's a first time for everyone that I come across here." Leo said. "Ha!" He jumps towards the Warrior King and delivers a hard punch to the gut. "Hm?" Leo notice that his opponent didn't flinch or made a sound after he threw a punch.
"My turn." Temtuai smiles evilly. He grabs Leo by the arm and threw him hard in the ground.
"Rgh!" Leo grunted, getting up from the ground. Temutai runs towards him and jumps into the air, delivering two punches. "Shit!" Leo hissed as he dove under the Warrior King. But the Temutai quickly turns around and brought both of arms down quickly. Leo brought his arms up to block the two chops. The Warrior King kicks Leo in the chest and Leo was sent flying into a destroyed wall.
"Damnit!" Leo thought. "He's a tough opponent."
Temtutai charges in with his head and threw Leo in front of his friends.
"Ha." Leo grunted, sitting up.
"Leo, you can't fight him." Mantis said. "He's too tough, even for you."
"It's true what they say." Leo said. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." He quickly got up.
"Is this all you have, human?" Temutai bloated.
"No." Leo snarled with fire in his eyes. Leo quickly ran towards the Warrior King and the Temutai was about to kick him again. Leo saw it coming as he dodges to the right and delivers a chop along with an axe kick.
"Gah!" Temtutai grunted.
"Hmph." Leo smirks.
"Ha!" Temutai yelled, charging at him again.
Leo jumps and lands on the Water Buffalo's head and delivered some powerful punches before he grabs the Warrior King's ear and slams him into the wall.
"Bah!" the Warrior King grunted.
Leo lands behind him, quickly getting into tiger stance. Temtuai charges at him and Leo jumps over and kick the Temutai in the back, making the Warrior King hit into another wall. Leo looks over and notice he was near the stone pillar. The Warrior King charges one more time. This allows Leo to dodge out of the way and delivers a flying side kick to the back.
This sent the Warrior King smashing into the stone pillar, destroying it. Temutai landed flat on his stomach and big pieces of the pillar lands on his head. A big stone landed on him, making the battle to end.
Po sighs in relief as he picks up Mei Li. "So, we leave with princess and you promise to keep peace?"
"Yes."
Mei Li whispers something into Po's ear.
"We need one more thing." Po said.
Everyone left and was walking down the road, eating fried rice balls with bean paste. Po handed back Leo's diamond sword once they left.
"Are you alright?" Tigress asks him as she was walking besides him.
"I'm fine." Leo answers her.
"I can't believe you beat Temutai." Mantis said.
Leo couldn't help but smile a bit.
Tigress walks in front of him, making him stop. "What do you did back there was good." Tigress said. "You've saved Mei Li's life."
Leo grins as he leans in and kissed her. Tigress gave into the kiss and kisses back with passion. The two broke their kiss and resumes to walk with everyone else. But everyone stops to see Fung and two croc bandits, going over the stuff that they stole.
"That fabric?" the second croc bandit asked, pointing it at in the cart. "Really hard to find."
"Unlike you idiots." Tigress said, getting their attention and turning around.
Leo unsheathes his diamond sword with an evil smile on his face.
"Damn it." Fung cursed. He turns head to the right to his two bandits running around until they ran into each other. "Seriously, you guys?" Fung groans, throwing his spike helmet on the ground before turning his head at them. "This is just embarrassing."
"Just when we're about to kick your fucking ass!" Leo shouted, charging at the bandits with Po, Tigress, Mantis and Mei Li.
So what do you guys think? I know it was similar to the episode, but I've decided to change things up in the end and have Leo fight Temtutai instead of Po fighting him. Don't forget to leave a review!