Becoming The Dragon Warrior

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At dawn. Shifu sits under the peach tree with Oogway's staff, deep in thoughy. He has probably been siting there all night

Voice: *faintly in the distance* Yah! Hai!

Shifu stirs, his ears prick as he hears kung fu noises in the distance. He goes to investigate, going to the place you would usually expect to see kung fu the Training Hall. Shifu looks inside... it's empty. The noises continue from somewhere else... the bunkhouse. Inside the bunkhouse, as Shifu turns the corner, he sees Po's shadow as he performs some amazing kung fu

Po: Hai...yah! Wai-ya!

Entering the kitchen, Shifu finds Po punching through a cupboard door with his bare fist, coming out with food and proceeding to stuff his face. Seeing Shifu, he stops mid-munch In silence they eye each other. Shifu surveys the room... broken lock, smashed doors, unhinged cabinets... the supposedly useless panda has completely trashed the kitchen. Po belches, bringing Shifu's attention back to him

Po: *Annoyed and with his mouth full* What? I eat when I'm upset, okay?

Shifu gets a glimmer in his eye. He has an idea

Shifu: Oh, no need to explain. I just thought you might be Monkey. He hides his almond cookies on the top shelf.

Shifu calmly exits and hides just outside the doorway, waiting to see if his hunch is correct. Po look to the shelf, smile, and sneak out of sight. KLUMP! KLONK! THUNK! Shifu rushes back inside and is amazed find Po perched atop the high shelves, jamming cookies from a jar into his mouth, his legs in a split. Shifu's disbelief turns into a wise smile. Po spots him and stops eating

Po: *Mouth full* Don't tell Monkey.

Shifu steps forward

Shifu: Look at you...

Po: Yeah, I know. I disgust you.

Shifu: Look at you...

Po: Yeah, I know. I disgust you.

Shifu: No no, I mean... how did you get up there?

Po: I don't know. I guess I- I don't know. I was getting a cookie...

He looks at the cookie and then can't help but eat it

Shifu: And yet you are ten feet off the ground... and have done a perfect split.

Po: No, this... this is just an...* his eyes widen as he begins to slip* accident

Po slips and crashes to the kitchen floor. A cookie rolls over to Shifu. He picks it up

Shifu: There are no accidents. Come with me. And bring your brother.

Po picks himself up from the pile of pans and stares as Shifu walks off

High up in the Wudang Mountains, Shifu leads Po, and Y/n who is weighed down with a large backpack and breathing hard, up a rocky path

Po: *Panting* I know you're trying to be all mystical and kung fu-ey, but could you at least tell us where we're going?

Shifu just continues walking. Later, Shifu is sitting on a rock in front of a still pool, morning mist partially obscuring the immeditate area. Winded and wheezing, Po staggers his way next to Shifu, collapses to the ground and discards the backpack. Shifu breathes in the morning mist, his eyes closed, as Po crawls towards the pool in disbelief and Y/n looks around curious

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