Chapter 5

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"Well that tea was very good. Thank you for your hospitality." Shifu said to Li.

"Well you're welcome." Li said, "Man, the last time we were all here, you were fighting jade zombies." 

"Did anyone know that zombie is a word that isn't invented for another couple thousand years?" Mantis asked.

"No, I did not." They all replied.

"It seems like the only time I get to see you, son, is when the world is in danger. I'm really worried." Li said.

"Oh don't worry dad, we'll be fine. These guys are coming with me." Po said.

"Oh really, then, never mind." Li said.

"Huh? Po recoiled.

"I'm joking, I'm joking!" Li laughed out loud.

"Oh. Ok." Po said, relieved, but a little sarcastically.

---

"Ok, we ready to get this started?" Po asked.

"As ready as we'll ever be." Shifu said.

All of them stood in a circle, about to commends with their mission. They each folded their own fingers, then flattened their palms together, and slid them off, waving their arms around in a circle. Their hands glowed brightly and it stayed that way. Then...

*Poof*

They all reappeared in the spirit realm. The gravity was still lighter than they were used to, but it was enough for them. 

"This is the spirit realm?" Shifu asked, a little disappointed.

"Yeah." Po replied, not getting the reaction he expected.

"I suppose to get where Kai is, we've got to do it again." Mantis said.

...

"Ah." Po remembered.

---

Chief Bogo was back at the scene with some investigators. They observed and couldn't come up with much. But Bogo had, somewhat, a plan. He called Clawhauser down for a skill of his.

"All they've told me is that this logo in the ground is a Chinese symbol. And there's some kind of aura around it that our scientists can't explain. All you're required to do is tell us if you recognize it."

Clawhauser wasn't expecting that to be his little assignment, but he was okay with it. "I am on it, Chief Bogo." He bent down and took a big sniff. "Yikes! It's not bad, but it kinda stings!" He took a smaller sniff, then reported, "It's not too familiar, but it's similar to something I've seen."

"Smelled?"

"Yeah. Um. It's um. Uh. It's getting stronger." Clawhauser then saw the symbol in the dirt start glowing and he stepped back.

"Everyone get back!" Chief Bogo shouted as a mysterious green substance formed a sphere, and expanded. It exploded, and they all covered their faces. Once it cleared, everyone got a load of the six new visitors.

"Excuse me?" Mantis exclaimed.

Sorry, seven new visitors.

"Thank you." Mantis said, satisfied.

Chief Bogo got a load of everyone there, staring in bewilderment. Shaking it off, he stepped up and introduced himself. "Hello, you six," He saw Mantis, "Seven. You seven. I am Chief Bogo of the ZPD. Identify yourselves."

Po, trying not to get distracted, answered, "I'm Po... Of, the China. I'm the Dragon Warrior."

"Dragon Warrior?!" Bogo exclaimed.

"This is my master, Shifu."

"An honor to have your acquaintance." Shifu said.

"Yes, one moment. Clawhauser!" Chief Bogo called him over.

"What is it Chief Bogo?" He asked, leaning in to hear his quiet calls.

"The panda called himself the Dragon Warrior."

"Aaaaaaaaaaand wwwwhat?" 

"I've heard stories about a dragon warrior as a child. He protected China from many tyrants. I'm saying these childhood stories might be true. They could help track down the evil yak."

"Excuse me?!" Po exclaimed, "Did I hear you say yak?"

"You know him?"

"I'm going after him."

"Well on that case, maybe we can help you find him. He attacked an airport recently; since then, we've been after him as well."

...

"Sounds okay. What do you guys think?" Po asked, turning to the other six.

"We'll need all the help we can get." Shifu simply replied.

"Alright!" Po somewhat quietly exclaimed, turning back to Chief Bogo. "I only have one question."

"What is it?" Chief Bogo asked.

...

"What's an airport?"

?

"Uh... How do-eh- *sigh*" Chief Bogo dropped his head at finding himself bewildered. These strangers don't know what an airport is; he was faltering in speech, wondering how they didn't know, and trying to explain what an airport was at the same time wasn't helping. He rose his head quickly and explained, "It's a place to attend when you want to fly somewhere"

"Fly? We can't fly." Po responded.

"If every other animal was meant to fly, they'd have been born with wings." Crane stated.

Chief Bogo and Clawhauser exchanged 100% bewildered looks, and Clawhauser said, "This might be harder than we might have thought."

"I got that. Keep them away from the guns." Bogo quietly replied.

"Guns? Since when did we have guns."

"It's explained clearly in Chapter 2." Bogo replied, driving Clawhauser more into confusion. "Anyway," Bogo turned to the seven, "We're going to need you to come with us for now; we need to ask some questions." 

"Okay." Po replied with a monotone. "Would you happens have noodles sold here?" 

"Several kinds"

Po loudly and exaggeratingly gasped, "Yes! I'm hungry."

"Don't worry, you'll be well fed. You're not going to help save the world on an empty stomach."

"What does that mean? Is the world in danger?"

"Prescience, my friend."

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Kai drudged himself through a swampy forest far off from Zootopia (but not too far). "Such wastes of chi. No one in that town has a strong enough source to power me up." Kai pulled up the chi orbs of the few Zootopia citizens he took including those of the ones who escorted him to the airport. He stared at them for a moment, growled, then started squeezing them. Using all the power he had, he crushed the orbs, and he saw their 'green' spirits ascend and disappear.

"Time for a more, reliable source for power." Kai threw his other orbs to the ground and the Jombies came up. "You all will be my guide. Find some trace of chi so I can power up. If Oogway's students are as smart as they seem, they will have followed me here; they will find me soon enough, and when they do," Kai quietly, and maniacally laughed an said, "It will be their, last, battle." 

(A/N: About time huh?)

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