Insecurities

Jack of All Trades

The Furious Five, Tai-Lung, and Po packed their bags for their journey. Tai noticed a large amount of stuff in Po's backpack. "Po, do you really need that much food for your afternoon snack?" Tai-Lung asked, causing the others to laugh a bit.

"Huh? Oh!" Po remembered, putting the stuff down to show the rest of the team, "It's not food. It's actually some scrolls for the nights."

"What are they?" Tigress asked.

"Oh... um... just some scrolls from the Jade Palace. Nothing you guys haven't seen," Po explained, a bit nervous to show them as he packed up his stuff and started off ahead of them. The team was confused a bit but just dismissed it as Po's usual weirdness. Later that night, the gang camped and went to sleep. Just as Tigress was about to sleep, she noticed a small light inside of Po's tent. She walked over to it.

"Po?"

"AH! Oh, it's just you Tigress," sighed the panda as he opened the tent door.

"What are you doing?" she asked. Po thought about it for a moment before letting the tiger inside the tent.

"I'm reading some of the scrolls from the Jade Palace."

"What are the scrolls about?" Tigress asked.

"They're about using weapons and other stuff. Smoke bombs, explosives, swords, you name it!" Po said excitedly.

"Why are you reading this? Don't you trust your Kung Fu skills?" Tigress asked, concerned. Po shrugged.

"Yeeeeeeaaaah, but I have to be on my toes. Plus, I was reading this when," Po's mood changed to a more solemn mood. "When I was... acting up earlier."

"We need to talk about that," Tigress said, assertively taking the scroll out of his hand and facing him. She carefully moved the lantern. "What happened that caused you to act that way."

"Whaaat? What do you mean?" Po nervously smiled.

"Po," Tigress sternly grunted. "What happened? It's not like you to act like that."

"Then what is it like?" Po shot back, a little frustrated by what she said. Tigress's eyebrow rose. "I mean," Po sighed, "I guess I was just dealing with a... a story."

"Does it have anything to do with that book you have to write?" Tigress asked.

"Well, kind of... I guess," Po murmured, not really telling the whole truth. "It's hard to explain."

"Well, if it's just a story, you have to remember it's just that... a story."

"I guess..." Po suddenly had an epiphany. "That's it!" Po smiled widely at Tigress. "It is just a story. A stupid story that I've been telling myself had no good ending!" Po surprised Tigress with a huge bear hug. "Thanks, Tigress. I really needed to have this chat. Well! Goodnight!" Though confused, the tiger smiled and left the panda to sleep.

The village Zheng-Hau was visiting had a short mountain in the middle of the village. It was a dwarf compared to the Jade Palace mountain and the official's house was on this mountain. Zheng-Hau looked down into the village when a certain hare hopped up to him. "Our scouts have mentioned a group of peculiar animals heading this way. They've just entered the Southern edge of the region."

"What do they look like?" Zheng-Hau asked Lin.

"A monkey, crane, viper, mantis, and a tiger."

"Furious Five. So Master Shifu must not be with them," Zheng-Hau commented.

"They also mentioned something about a huge muscular snow leopard and a chubby panda," Lin replied. Zheng-Hau's eyebrow rose at the mention of a panda.