Kung Fu Panda Story (ORIGINAL)

The Peace Kick

The gong rang and all the students were up. "Good morning, Master Shifu." they all said in unison as their master greeted them at the entrance of the barracks. 

"Good morning." Shifu replied. "Have breakfast quickly for I want to show you a new move." 

"Yes master." the students said in unison again.

While Po was making breakfast and the others were taking a seat, Po was about to ask her what Shi Fu wanted to talk to her about. 

He didn't have to because Tigress already said, "Master Shifu told me about what happened. When we fought, Boulder. And about how that Tiger Power movement is linked to my...past. You guys don't need to hide anything from me now."

 "Well that's good to hear." said Viper sitting next to her. 

"Happy to know the truth now?" Tigress nodded, slightly. "So, what are you gonna do about it?" Crane asked.

 "Nothing." Tigress lied.

When the masters food was served, Monkey piped up, "Whoever can make Tigress smile gets a week off chores." 

"What?!" Tigress said. "That was... very sudden. When in the world did you have that idea?" 

Mantis laughed. "Monkey and I have a long list of 'If you make this person do that, you win'. Like making Po battle Master Shifu or Crane to only walk for a whole day. No flying." 

Monkey complained, "Mantis! You're not supposed to tell them any of our ideas or they'll be ready!" 

"Oops." said Mantis flatly.

"OK anyway. Who's gonna make Tigress smile?" 

"Ha! Good luck with THAT." said Crane. Po was just thinking, 'It's hard but not impossible' recalling what happened the other night when Tigress smiled at him. 'Better not bring that up, though.' He thought. 'I don't want to be tiger bait.' Tigress noticed that Po was keeping quiet and felt grateful. 

She then said, "Enough chit chat. Master Shifu wanted us to have breakfast quickly." Monkey and Mantis grumbled, but followed everybody else into the training hall.

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"Students, today I will be showing you a new move. It is called, The Peace Kick." Master Shifu said when all his students were in the training hall.

 Po looked confused. "Wait. Kicking with peace?"

 "Not quite." said Shifu. "This kick acquires perfect aim and accuracy. Let me do a demonstration." Master Shifu held his arms sideways with his fingertips pointed upwards. He had lifted his right leg up to his knee and jumped while spinning round. Before he landed, he adjusted his aim to Po and extended his leg, which landed right in the middle of his chest. All of a sudden, Po dropped to the ground asleep.

The Furious Five had their eyes wide because they thought that Po had passed out. "Do not worry students." said Master Shifu, assuring them that Po was not injured. "He is just asleep. This type of kick is made to land in the exact middle of ones chest to make that person feel peace and fall asleep. Peace makes them go into a deep slumber. The way to wake them up quicker is to click your fingers in front of their face. Like this." Master Shifu approached Po who was now snoring and snapped his middle finger and thumb together. 

Po's eyes suddenly shot open and quickly stood up. "Sorry, Master Shifu! I fell asleep didn't I?" 

"Yes you did, but on my accord. You are not in trouble this time." 

"Oh, phew!" said Po relieved. 

Master Shifu then said, "Now, I want you all to partner up and try this special kick individually. Let's start with Mantis and Monkey." 

"Yes, Master." they replied. "Mantis, you have seen how I did the kick and I want you to do the same with Monkey. Seeing of your...small size, the Peace Kick wouldn't really affect you." Mantis nodded, trying not to take too much offense at his master's comment.

Mantis did the exact moves as Master Shifu's, with his arms opposite from each other and one of his legs lifted up to one of his knees. Then he jumped and aimed for Monkey's chest. Unfortunately, his foot landed too far to the right that resulted to Monkey not falling asleep, but having a pain in his chest. "Oops, sorry, Monkey." Mantis apologized. 

"Nah, it's OK bro." said Monkey while rubbing his chest. 

Shifu commented on Mantis' first try. "Good attempt, Mantis. But you have to work on your aim a bit more. Maybe you could practice on one of the archery targets." 

"Yes, Master." Mantis replied. The groups spent the rest of the day practicing the new kick. Neither of them succeeded fully, though Viper managed to knock out Crane for a few seconds before he woke up again. 

"That was a good attempt, Viper." Master Shifu stated. "OK, that's enough training. Tomorrow we will try again. For now, rest up for the night."

 "Yes, Master." the student bowed to their teacher before leaving to have dinner.

"So, what's for dinner, Po?" Mantis asked Po as all of them were entering the kitchen. 

Po said gleefully, "Well, I know how you guys LOVE my stir-fried noodles, so let's eat that today." 

"Yesss!" Monkey cheered. The others, excluding Tigress, chuckled. Everyone gathered around the table and waited for Po to finish cooking. 

This time, Tigress decided to chip in and eat some of the noodles as well for a change. "Yeah, woohoo!" Monkey said clapping when Tigress took a serving of noodles. "Tigress is finally lightening up!" The others giggled and Tigress just rolled her eyes at him and continued eating. The noodles actually tasted really good. She had no idea why she didn't try them in the first place.

After everyone had finished their dinner, they all went to bed. Tigress was the last one out of the kitchen and was heading to her room, when she remembered she had to close the kitchen door and lock it up for the night. She was turning around to do so before realizing that Po was right in front of her, heading to his own room. Their noses touched for the third time that week. They pulled away embarrassed and Po quietly apologized and slipped into his room. 

After Tigress locked up the kitchen door, she headed back to her room. Each kung fu master said goodnight to each other and blew out their candles and went to sleep. Though one mysterious, feline kung fu master stayed wide awake. She packed a bag with a few of her belongings and put some food in it as well. She slipped on the bag and crept out of her bedroom door. She looked at all of her friends room doors and sighed.