The Furious Five is known all throughout China for being heros with amazing skills and teamwork. The people of the Valley of Peace are the only ones who know about the Furious Five when they were first announced, but that all changed after the Battle of Weeping River where the emerged victorious. They were outnumbered 1000 to one, but never gave up, thus earning them fame throughout China and the title of the best Kung Fu Warriors throughout China.

Very few actually know about the Furious Five before they became famous, and even fewer knew of them before they became warriors. People always wonder when and how the Furios Five came together. It in itself is a mystery to all but those who were there. That being Master Oogway, Master Shifu, and the five themselves. Not even the Dragon Warrior, Po, knows the exact story of the five. Their past before they met each other and how they met each other was a mystery until now. Well it will still be a mystery to everyone except Po because he begged to hear the story. The five caved and decided to tell him, plus they all agreed it's nice to look upon the past every now and then to remember fond memories.

Of course everyone knows where the five warriors came from and their story on why they started Kung Fu. Monkey was a prankster who after being saved by Master Oogway used his pranking skills to help people. Mantis was an impatient bug who liked helping people, but never to the time to head warning tus being captured and had to learn the virtue of patience. Viper was born without any venom to take after her father as protector of the valley, so she took up ribbon dancing to make her father smile. The dancing in the end helped her defeat a bandit to save her father. Crane started as a janitor at the Lee Da Kung Fu academy wishing he could actually be a student, but did not have the confidence to do so until his friend Mei Ling, a student herself, encouraged him. He was able to finish the obstacle course and prove his worthiness in the art of Kung Fu. Tigress came from the Bao Gu orphanage where everyone feared her strength and temper. The caretakers called upon Master Shifu to help with the problem, so he taught her to control her strength and temper after which he adopted her seeing a lot of potential as a Kung Fu student.

What everyone wanted to know is how these five random strangers became the greatest heroes in China and what it was like before they became masters of the art. How did these five random people become a team and what is it that makes them work so well as a team?