A Year of Being the Dragon

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Short form: I don't own anything except for maybe future OC character...

[A/N] First fanfic and it was written on my IPod ;9. Probably will become a multi-chapter if I have the time (school, studying, etc.)]

It has been one year after Po became the dragon warrior, Master Oogway passing on and after Tai Lung was defeated. After Tai lung's defeat, the valley started to rebuild itself from the battle between the dragon warrior and Tai lung. Everything seemed to start to go back to normal except for a few changes like Shifu becoming the new Grand Master of the Jade Palace, and Po living in the Jade Palace to continue and finish his training as the Dragon Warrior.

It was finally summer again in the Valley of Peace, while some of the inhabitants spent their summer playing with friends, others decided to relax.

But at the Jade Palace, it was a completely different since they were the protectors of China. The new Grand Master didn't like it when the Dragon Warrior and the Five decided to waste their time fooling around when they could be training their mind or their body.

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As the mid-day gong rang, and all the workers at the palace went to eat their lunch while in the training room Po and the Five just heard the gong.

"YESSSSS TIME TO EAT" yelled Po as he jumped up after resting from his training with the blow-up adversary

As the Mantis and Monkey snickered at Po's enthusiasm, Crane sighed, Tigress just rolling her eyes and Viper giggled. Shifu jumped in front of him.

"WAIT, Panda I need to talk to you before you eat"

"Awwww, can't it wait Shifu? like maybe ...after lunch?" suggested Po while giving Shifu puppy-dog eyes.

"No Po, it can't wait" Shifu said with a stern look on his face

Po just sighed and followed the small grand master toward the Hall of Heroes, while the five finished up their training and went to eat their mid-day meal.

~Kitchen~

"Who took my almond cookies?"said Monkey

"Who else would take your cookies?" sighed Tigress with a somewhat annoyed face which gave off the feel of "really? It's been a year and you still don't know who?"

"Speaking about Po, you know what would be a great idea?" asked Mantis

"What?" answered the rest of the Five

"We should go on a trip to celebrate the first year Po joined us in the jade palace."

"Why should we? I think we should continue training in case of a new evil" answered Tigress and finished what was left of the tofu on her plate.

"Well I think it's a good idea" said Crane with a smile

"It's a wonderful idea" answered Viper as she slurped up the rest of the soup.

~Hall of Heroes~

Meanwhile in the Hall of Heroes...

"Hiya! Hoy! Wacha!" Po said as he defended himself from Shifu's attacks.

*SPLASH*

The large panda was suddenly flipped into the moon pool with a big splash causing some of the scrolls on the walls to get wet. As Po started to get out of the small pool, Shifu's hand came to help him out of the pool but the moment their hands touched, he was jerked out of the pool and was thrown into one of the large pillars leaving a trail of water on the ground and a fairly wet panda on the ground making a puddle of water.

"Remember Po, in a fight, your opponent is not going to go easy just because you're the dragon warrior nor is he going to help you up when you fall" lectured Shifu as he got into his next form.

"So you want to go at it at full force?" said Po as he got up, growled at Shifu and charged at the small master with full force.

But in a swift motion, Po was suddenly flipped onto the ground on his front with his right arm locked onto his back.

"Owww I give! I give!" moaned Po as Shifu slowly let go of his arm and hopped off the Po. "Why do you always do attack me right after you lecture me?"

"because you have been here for a year and unlike the others who are trained to predict their opponent's move, you still cannot, so in order for you to get that skill as soon as possible..." lectured Shifu as his ears twitched as if he heard a conversation somewhere close by.

"Hmm you better get back to the kitchen; it seems we might be leaving the palace for a bit due to a special occasion. When you get there, tell the others that they should get back to training, I still see the sun up for a good three hours, instead of planning, they should improve on their forms or meditate." Shifu said as he walked towards the double doors of the Hall of Heroes to the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom to meditate and pray to the late Master Oogway.

~Kitchen~

Back in the kitchen, as Mantis finished the rest of the soup in his bowl, Po rushed into the kitchen

"I missed lunch?" whined Po

"Don't worry we left some in the pot" reassured Crane

"Oh thanks guys," Po smiled "also Shifu told me to tell you to go back to training since the sun is still up for at least another three hours.

They all sighed and put their plates in the sink and left the kitchen, but Crane stayed back for a bit.

"By the way Po, mantis and the others are planning a surprise trip to the Wu Dang Mountains." Crane said "so make sure you don't have anything planned for the next week"

"Hehehe ok Crane but I already knew about the surprise, I just didn't know when" grinned Po as he took some noodles and soup from the pot and put it into his bowl

"WHAT? How did you find out? We just started planning this during lunch..." said Crane with suspicious eyes

"Hmm... You can say I had a certain master with large ears who overhead you guys while taking with me at the same time." said Po as he ate his first chopstick full of noodles of lunch.

[A/N hmm maybe it took me a long time to do this because I did this on my iPod... oh wells Review please and give pointers Thank you :3

p.s. I give props to all writers because writing a fanfic is a lot hard then it seems and to all readers, be thankful that people write fanfics on time cuz I found it time consuming to think of ideas and connect them together]