Strength In Unity

Chapter 2: A Challenging Introduction

As the bell was struck, Po and the furious five appeared in their normal formation to meet their master. After heading down for some breakfast, their mentor Master Shifu went over the plan for that day. Training would take place as usual, then the prisoners would have to be fed and prepped for the valley announcement. The red panda believed the crowd had a better chance seeing who would be joining their village for the time being.

"Po, once you've finished you're morning training, bring the wolves nourishment and then have the house servants clean them up for the meeting today."

"Yes Master." Po said as he gobbled down the last of his meal. Once the plates were cleared and the chairs pushed in , the group set off for their daily exercises.

Watching each of his students in the training hall, the small master found himself having difficulty keeping track of each individual performance. The pressure on how things went today seemed to keep his mind from the task at hand until finally Monkey had to stop and dropped down from the hooked hoops from the ceiling and landed in front of his master.

"How was that Master?" Monkey asked with a bow, the red panda's focus quickly returned to his student. "Good effort Monkey but you must also keep your mind on not allowing you're back to be revealed, a blind spot is only the enemy's friend." Monkey nodded and took his place near Mantis and Viper as Tigress went up to the spinning dragons. Shifu looked over to Po and motioned for him to attend to the prisoners, Po nodded quietly and as the agent of stealth he was, went out the two large doors, blinding everyone for a moment with the sunlight.

Going into the medical ward, Po watched as several geese left in a hurry, once inside he could see why. The white robed wolf say upright with a few feathers ni his teeth.

"What is going on here!" the panda exclaimed in a shocked voice, the wolf looked up at him and rolled his eye as a part of the medical staff came up to Po. "We were just trying to give him an examination, you wanted them in the best of heath yes?" The duck asked frustratedly, Po brought a paw to his face,

"What did you do?"Po asked the wolf, after spitting out the last of the feathers, the canine grinned, "Just having some fun with yer servants, wanted to check my teeth, I reckon they got a good enough view, heh heh." He said with a chuckle, one of the geese frowned and looked back up at Po,

"He chomped down on my head, didn't let go for a minute, Have You ANY idea how foul your breath is?" This only caused the wolf to laugh, "Haha I don't think you were much help either!"

Po groaned and rubbed his forehead. "Enough!" The panda walked up to the wolf and spoke in a no nonsense voice, "You are only here because I allowed you to be, if you aren't going to take this serious then I have no problem taking you to prison" The wolf gulped and sighed, "Fine tubby, what do I need to do first?" Po glared and continued, "Well for starters you can't eat any of our staff, that's mandatory, next I have to get you all fed and ready for the village today, and that means you all have to be on you're best behavior or the deal's off, got it?" He asked, daring to see if the wolf was naive enough to throw away such an opportunity. Nodding in agreement, the wolf felt his restraints unlock, the straps removed, Po gave him some room in case he felt queezy again.

The wolf headed into the room and broke the news to his pack. There were several howls of approval along with a few that clapped at the agreement. Hearing this brought the panda's hopes up slightly, though he knew right away he had more then he expected to get on his plate.

The dragon warrior and several antelope guards escorted the wolves into the main arena of the palace. Each of the wild dogs looked around in curiosity and interest, the boss wolf maintaining his focus on the panda, though he kept a personal note on the possible escape routes that appeared available to him.