Founders of the Wu Xing

: Sacred Scroll - Diqiu (Earth) :

Chapter 1: The Dream and the mysterious Cub

Quote: Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one. – Friedrich Halm

A/N: Hello readers, one and all. It's nice to get back into the rhythm of things and such. If you are wondering, Yes, I will continue my story: The Baby, I'm just figuring out how to go about it. On to other matters, After Kung Fu Panda 2, I've got four words you. I FREAKIN' LOVED IT! Oh my god, you have no idea how long I've waited to see it. And oh man, it was AWESOME, just like Po said it would be! I'm so looking forward to the 3rd movie when it comes out. It was definitely at its best when Po improved his skills, I was definitely in shock when Tigress HUGGED PO AND PO HUGGED TIGRESS BACK! OMG! Anyways, now that I got my fanaticism, Let us proceed to the story now, shall we? Anyways, I'll be doing this story a bit differently. In case you are wondering why it says: Scared Scroll – Diqiu, it's going to go about the elements in that order. No, I'm not stealing anything from Avatar: the Last Air bender or its creator, if that's what you are wondering. And yes, I will be adding quotes for the chapter, to give you something to think about, and try to understand the chapter a little better.

So without further ado, let's begin.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE BIG FLUFFY PANDA, ya evil copyright pending demons… OH!

© Kung Fu Panda is property of DreamWorks.

It was the very early hours of morning in the Valley of Peace and the setting was a sedated dark, cloudy and calm time period, and all of the Valley residents were far gone in the realm of sleep and dreams while resting in their warm houses. Children were slumbering peacefully, as were the adults, thanks to the efforts of the Dragon Warriors recently known deeds in Gongmen City. It had been a busy day for everyone there, for they had finished the week long celebration of the defeat of the maniacal, power-craving peacock; Shen. The past week was a non-stop party of happiness, merriment, and jubilant outbursts. The only downside to that was that everyone had a whole lot of cleaning up to do in the morning. Either way, it was worth it. Just as the pleasant silence was continuing, it was not meant to last.

Down the abandon main streets of the Valley, a disturbance was taking place. Not a disturbance of a scuffle, but rather one on panting, trudging, stomach growling, some kind of metal was parting the ground and… weak weeping. And by the pitch behind the weeping, it was definitely that of a young boy. As the young boy looked around the silent Valley, he couldn't help but feel left out. The gentle sound of families enjoying their peaceful sleep and light snores only pushed the boy further to tears, to the point where his weak weeping turned to light audible sobs that only echoed gently off the homes surrounding him and reverberated back to him, increasing his loneliness…

For the lonely child had no family of his own.

"No one wants me… no one will accept me… no one wants to help me… Why… why me? What did I do to deserve this…" he muttered to himself.

A while back, in a another village nearby, as he made his way to through the town, he was treated so cruelly by the residents of the valley, thanks to the way he had tears and shreds in his lose hanging shirt, his pants riddle with holes and being held up by a dark purple belt, dirt covering his unkempt fur, his thin body, nicked left ear, a sheathed sword in his boney paw and the dried streak of red over his face. It looked like he had been in a fight and severely lost, repeatedly. As he was the prime target of disgusted glares, all he did was look down in embarrassment, when he was denied little food and continued on his way.

The men scowled, scaring him away.

The women gave him the icy shoulder and proceeded to make horrid gossip behind his back while snickering venomously which made the boy shudder.

The children called him names and pelted him with small stones, making him shed tears.

And the Elderly just looked at him from the side with their eyes narrowed while uttering an audible phrase: "What a filthy child!" or "You dirty little beast!" which caused him to consider his life worthless, fragment by fragment.

As he recalled the bad memories, he felt water begin to flow to his eyes, only this time he didn't hold them back, instead he let them flow freely and faster than ever.

"Mama… mommy… why did you leave me… why did you leave me all alone…" the young boy sobs and he placed his dirty, boney paws to his face and began to sob more, slightly hunched over.

But no one heard his lament.

No longer seeing a reason to stay still, the boy continued to walk, even though he had no particular destination. As he continued to walk the empty streets, his attention was drawn skywards, directed at the Jade Palace. He stopped walking and stood still as he continued to look at the icon in all its pride and glory through his teary eyes, a bit of hope coming to them, but it wasn't enough to stop his watering eyes. He had heard valiant rumors about Master Shifu, The Furious Five and The Dragon Warrior who lived there. How they took down an entire army, won the battle at The Weeping river of Woe and how the Dragon Warrior took down the most notorious villain: Shen, single-handedly. For once, things were slightly looking up for the little boy.

"M-maybe… someone in the Jade Palace can help me… Just… just maybe. If not… then… I can always disappear…" He muttered lowly to himself as he continued to walk towards his destination, as fast as his thin legs could carry him. As it would seem, this young boy was not the only one without his share of problems.

Meanwhile, in the Jade Palace Student barracks…

The Furious five were soundly asleep, clearly worn from another day of training and regular Jade Palace duties, along with a bit of partying on the side for the their own recreational enjoyment, thanks to their and Po triumph for defeating Shen no more than a week ago. It was a pretty fun extravaganza for them all. Viper preformed along with the Valley girls in a ribbon dancing show, Monkey displayed an exhibition of difficult yet awe inspiring acrobats for the viewers, Crane gave free flights to the children, Mantis preformed a bit of standup routines along with the comedians of the Valley of Peace and Tigress just alongside Shifu and enjoyed the others enjoyment while sharing a cup of tea. But one of the Valley residents wasn't having a good time. The only one who wasn't celebrating that entire week with everyone, was Po; Defender of cities and denizens, and Hero of China. Ever since Po learned about his mother's fate, discovered his Inner Peace and defeated Shen, he's been plagued with nightmares. Horrible, recurring nightmares of the same thing over and over again.

The fall of his friends, the gruesome death of his Master, and the destruction of not only all of China, but the entire world itself by some black, misty, shapeless… thing.

But sometimes after bouts with his nightmares, he would have other dreams, though they weren't exactly peaceful, they weren't nightmarish either; they had more of a mystery behind. Especially the one where he's in a black spacious area with nothing but him and six balls of different colored light. One red, one gold, one black, one blue, one green, one brown. And sometimes, one where a young cub was standing before him with his back turned, clearly black and white and nothing more, for that's all he had to go on before waking up at the morning gong.

In his bed, he was tossing and turning and making light grunts, while gripping at the sheets and knitting his brows while saying out gently "Who are you?"

*Po's dreamscape*

Po was standing… or floating in that black space once more, while looking around, trying to figure out where he was.

"Again…" he muttered to himself "here I am again… just where exactly?"

As he continued to look around, a familiar white shape caught his attention, but once again, the glowing figure, from his previous dreams, had his back to Po once more. The Panda tried to hover to where the glowing figure was, but as soon as he did, it began to move away from him, faster than last time, but he wasn't about to give up, he was going to chase the figure down and just figure out where the hell he was, and who that person was, he's been dreaming about.

As Po continued to chase down the moving target, it suddenly stopped, but his back was still towards him. Even though Po was hovering, he was still out of breath; he hadn't been this exhausted since his 10 hour straight training regimen with Tigress.

"F-finally! I finally caught up with you…" Po panted as he looked at the person before him, who still had his back turned. "S-so, you g-gonna tell me who you are?" Po asked.

The figure didn't reply, only place both paws on his hips, and twitched his tail.

"W-well, arent'cha?" Po asked once more.

But the person before the Panda still said nothing.

"Aw c'mon buddy, why the silent treatment?" Po asked as he looked up at the figure.

But again, nothing, just a solid silence.

"Dude, you alright?" Po asked

Silence.

"Hello, anyone there?" Po badgered.

Still, the awkward silence remained.

"Hey, white glowy dude?" Po asked once more

Silence, still remained

"Well, say something…!" Po gritted out while folding his arms.

Still, nothing came from the figure, not even an exasperated breath for air.

At this point, Po was starting to get irritated at the lack of communication skills and decided if he wasn't going to talk himself or itself, he would force words come out, even though this went completely against his nature and personality.

"Alright buddy, I don't know who you are or where the hell I am, but you better start giving me some answers!" Po growled as he reached for the figures' shoulder, but as soon as he was within range, say about two inches of grabbing him, a mildly powerful jolt shot from the figure's shoulder and shocked Po's paw, forcing him to pull back while holding on to it making him winch back from the pain.

"Ouch! That hurt damn it! What in the world was that all abou-" Po started

"Soon…" said the voice from the figure before Po, making the Panda, stop what he was saying to listen.

"Soon? Soon what?" Po asked, still wanting to know what vague concept this person had to say.

"Soon… The End will come…" the figure stated cryptically, not even bothering to turn around. That last part unnerved Po quite a bit, but he had to get more detail on what he was talking about.

"The End? The end of what?" Po asked, feeling a little shaken, but not showing it.

"The End of everything… and everyone." Said the figure, making Po eyes go wide. "Wishing won't make it go away, nor will denying it either." The white figure added. At the point, Po began to freak out a bit, while eyeing the person in front of him.

"Y-you lying. You've gotta be lying. While would you saying something like that? The End of everything and everyone… That's Bullshit, Pure Bullshit!" Po swore, clenching his fist and gritting his teeth harder while taking a step forward. The figure just ignored his outburst and continued his forewarning, much to Po's dismay.

"No one can escape this fate, for it will deliver us all to the exact same destination if nothing is done to stop it. You can't plug your ears or cover your eyes from this, Dragon Warrior, for this is part of your destiny now." Said the figure.

"What, my destiny? Aw c'mon I just defeated Shen, not too long ago, why am I suddenly pinned with this now?" Po asked back groaning inwardly.

"The Gods hold you in high regards Dragon Warrior, for only you and your companions can accomplish this feat." He said.

"Only I can and my friends? Why me? Why can't the Gods themselves do it?" The Panda asked in a slightly irritated groan.

"Dragon Warrior, surely you know of the Universal Rule. The Gods themselves are Forbidden for engaging in the mortal realm or with mortals themselves." The figure stated.

"They can't?" he asked.

"That is correct Dragon Warrior." Stated the figure.

"Well… how come?" Po asked.

"If the Gods come down from the Heavenly Realm and try to stop it themselves, There would be negative repercussions on the land, the elements, even the people themselves." The figured added on, causing Po to make a face of annoyance.

"Well that sucks." Po pouted.

"This is why you are an exception, for what they bestowed upon you with ever since you were born in this world." The figured added.

"If that's the case, what was I given?" he asked back.

"You'll find out soon enough, you and the Five for that matter. In fact you should already know. But moving on, in the coming months, you and The Five will visit the Omniscient Six and they shall grant you and your friends what will be needed." The white figure said.

"I see. So… what do we do?" Po asked, glad to see that there was hope for them after all.

"In time Dragon Warrior, you will be given signs. And with that, I can elaborate no more." Said the white figure.

"But wait, when will the signs show themselves to me?" Po asked again.

"The signs will begin to show in a mannerly order when you wak-"Figure started, but was interrupted.

"Po!" came a familiar voice, but from nowhere around him. Only Po knew that heavenly tone of voice from anywhere.

"Tigress?" Po called back, looking about for the feline for his dream.

"And so it begins…" said the figure before disappearing.

Soon as that last sentence was uttered, the white figure's body dispersed into a million clear glowing spheres before scattering off into the deepest recesses of his dreamscape, lighting it up as well and making the whole area change from black to white in an instant. No having the time to watch it happen, Po felt his subconscious begin to fade and slip back to his active conscious an ending his dream and return back to world of awareness.

*End of Po's dreamscape*

Upon the end of the dream, Po gently opened his eyes to the darkened room he was in and wasn't panting or sweating like the past nights. This time, it was a calm awakening. As he continued to look ahead of him, Tigress' voice called out to him in a much clearer, worried voice. Turning his head to the source of where her voice was coming from, Po turned his head to the left and was greeted by a pair of red and yellow gentle eyes. He already knew who those eyes belonged to and only smile when his face made contact with the stripped feline worried face.

"Good morning to you too Tigress." Po greeted while placing his arms beside him and pushing himself up off the mat into the sitting position, where he rested both his arms on his clothed thighs and turning half of his body around to face her. Tigress let out a groan and casted him a mildly irritated look and sitting back on her knees.

"Good morning my left foot. You were tossing and turning in your sleep again. You had another nightmare?" she asked while moving a little closer to him.

"Nah, not this time. Just the same dream, where this white figure is just giving me the silent treatment again." Po admitted while leaving out the part about the forthcoming doom to all of China.

"I see. Well, at least you weren't dreaming of something horrible, like your stomach having a face on it and demanding you to go on a diet." Tigress joked.

Po shuddered at thought of him going on a strict diet. "Geez Tigress, don't scare me like that. That's something I DIFENTLY don't want to dream about…" Po replied while shaking a little. Tigress couldn't help but chuckle at his expression, even in the lighting of her room currently. She placed her warm paw on Po's shoulder and lightly patted him in reassurance.

"Don't worry Po. I'm sure that even I would be freaked out if that happened." She said while smiling at him.

"thanks Tigress." Po replied while smiling at her.

"you're welcome. Now, we have a couple of hours left before daybreak. We can… you know." Tigress hinted, as Po rolled his eyes in that friendly manner.

"Tigress, we already did that, hours ago after the sun had set I might add and Four times already if I recall, even though you wanted go for a fifth shot." Po replied while looking forward with a smug smile. Tigress blushed deeply and slapped him on the back of his head, making him pitch over, but his large stomach prevented him from falling over, instead, he just bobbed at little, and placed one paw over the back of his head and rub the spot where she had hit him, even though it was hard.

"Po, need I remind you that neither Shifu or the others know nothing of our nightly communion? I'd advise you to refrain for saying it out loud." Tigress said, blushing a little at the sudden memory of the past event.

"Sorry Tigress. But you were just so good!" Po said quietly, making her blush even deeper.

"What did I just say?" she asked, while showing off her sharp teeth to him, and looking upset, for she was being cautious, cause one of the Five was a light sleeper.

"Okay, okay. I'll keep it under the table… too bad you don't wear a skirt for it though." Po quipped, making her eyes go wide at the comment.

"You're lucky that I like you Panda, otherwise you'd be used as my personal training equipment right now." Tigress grinned. "But that wasn't what I was going to say. What I was trying to say, is, do you want to go for a walk in the garden? It's a cool morning, considering it'll be hot when the sun rises." Tigress got out without any lewd hints this time to interrupt her.

"that sound like a good idea. A nice walk, in the garden, in the early hours, with the girl of my dreams, is just what I need to relax before training." Po agreed as he got and reached for his pants that lay a bit away from him, combined with Tigress' trademark vest and black training pants. The feline looked away from him and had to force herself not to look, for if she did, her friends, and CERTAINLY her Master would wonder what's with all the noise. Especially at this hour. After Po put his pants back on, her handed Tigress her clothing before turning to face the wall. He didn't the 'uncomfortable feeling' right now. Later maybe, but not now. Once she was done, they both headed to her bedroom door. Being the gentleman that he is, Po opened the door and allowed Tigress to leave first and them himself. Once on the other side, he looked as his tarnished room door. There was a gapping hold in the center and the inside, there was splinted wood on the floor, a torn mat and claw marks in the paper walls. The reason why it was the way it was, was that a few nights ago: Po had one of his nightmare bouts. Tigress, being the strongest had tried to subdue him and wake up the bear, but in the frenzy of his unconscious, she was thrown from his room, through the door and back out into the hall and he continued to rampage, until he snapped back to reality. After the heated lecture from Shifu. He had to be relocated until his room was fixed up, possibly with stronger materials this time, and of course, feeling bad, Po contributed to the rebuild. As for where he would stay, he was given a number of choices.

Choice one: Crane. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but no. For he took up too much of Crane's room, it was small room after all.

Choice two: Monkey. Another good idea, but once again, it too was shot down. Mainly, he wasn't a big fan of having his tail stepped on when awake. Imagine if he sleeping. Plus, the whole sausage fest thing didn't sit well with him.

Choice three: Viper. A somewhat awkward, but good idea. She could use the company during their down time to show off her ribbon dance form and have an audience to perform with. But like all the others, it was stoned. Because frankly, Male counterpart + Female counterpart + Sharing a room for the night = [{( CENSORED )}] which Shifu believed, so no.

Choice four: Mantis. It was a flat out 'Hell No', because if he and Po shared a room, he'd die within the hour of sleeping, guaranteed.

Choice five: Shifu. Another instant 'No'. mainly it would be too weird and too disturbing. Plus he needed the rest after dealing with Po's daily shenanigans.

So, Tigress was automatically the best choice for Po to room with until his was restored. At first, she was complaining and arguing with the decision and how she had no say in it, now, a week later, she was secretly thanking them for deciding it, and was personally 'thanking' Po for destroying his room so he could bunk with her. After leaving her room, they both tipped toed out through the hallway. For Tigress, she was lighter and the floor boards didn't creak. But for Po, it was another story. The floor boards would creak and groan as footfalls fell on them, even though he was trying his hardest not to make a sound.

Fat chance of that happening.

As Po continued to try, he felt the wood beneath his foot begin to crack, being one step ahead, and fully alert, he quickly moved from that spot with a light jump. 'Ha! Not this time creaky floorboard!' he uttered quietly, but it was short lived. As soon as he came down, his other foot landed on the floor, only this time, there was no warning. With a loud 'Crunch!' sound, his left foot went through the floorboard, causing him to sink, all the way down to his large left buttock, leaving his right one sticking out. "Dammit!" he complained out, before cupping his mouth with his paws and listened to hear if any of the others had woken up… They didn't. Po let out a breath of relief and tried to pull himself out. As he struggled, Tigress only looked at him, and couldn't help but chuckle at his expense, clearly enjoying this.

'Looks like the 'Floor of Light Treading' as you call it, has got you once again, hasn't it Dragon Warrior.' Tigress whispered, grinning smugly.

'Yeah, yeah, yeah Tigress' Po quietly said as he managed to pull himself out and walk over to her while dusting off his pants. 'Laugh it up, for one day, I will beat this floor with my Fantastic Feet of Heavy Lightness.' He declared while shaking his clenched fist at the floor. The black and orange feline saw this, and laughed a little harder .

'I'm sure you will Dragon Warrior, I'm sure you will.' Tigress replied while turning around and proceeding toward the exit of the student dormitories. No longer trying, Po just walked normally and proceeded to follow Tigress.

Just as they exited the student barracks and made it to garden, and were about to enjoy their stroll, Po's caught a distant banging sound coming from him, directly from the Jade Palace arena gate, leading down into the Valley. Turning his full body around towards the sound, he closed his eyes, planted his feet firmly on the ground, arms resting by his sides, shoulders relaxed and began to listen intently at the noise, turning down his other four senses and raising the hearing sense dramatically. But as he did this, it felt weird than the other times he did this, because as soon as he did, he began to feel vibration travel through the ground and to his feet! This entire experience was new to him. He didn't know wither to be amazed, of freaked out. Either way, this new thing going on around him was AWESOME! As he continued to hear the distant pounding and feeling the vibration of the banging, he was picking up heartbeats. One was from Tigress, who was near him, the others, his sleeping comrades, for their heartbeats has slowed down as they slept, and last one was small but strong and it was coming from the direction he was facing, so he continued to lock on to the tremors, trying to gather more info.

Tigress noticed how Po was intensely focusing on his position and not moving a single muscle, like he was in a trance, only standing.

"Po, are you alright?" she asked as she tapped him on the shoulder. Po's eyes snapped open and he let out a breath of relief, but not without turning to face her. Just as she was about to say something, Po beat her to it.

"Tigress, someone is at the Arena door, banging on the door, but if I'm right, he or whoever it is, doesn't have much time left. We need to get to him, Now." The Panda said as he took off for the location. She was about to question this, but when he said that someone wouldn't make it, the though vanished from her mind. She immediately followed. The questions could wait till afterwards.

On the other side of the gate, the young boy, who had traveled up all those steps, while on an empty stomach and lacking energy, was still pounding on the door with all his might, trying to get an answer from anyone to help him. But no one answered.

Hope was dwindling for him, drop by drop. Either way, he continued to pound on the door with his paw.

"Please… someone…anyone… help me… please…" he pleaded out while hitting the large wooden door, his breathing was slightly hard, and his hand was starting to hurt, but if her stopped, it would surely mean his death. He was because see this as pointless, but something inside of him was telling him to keep going, what it was, he didn't have a clue, all he knew was that he needed help. After the continued banging, he was starting to slow down, he fell on to the door, and was breathing heavily from the constant hitting. His paw now stung and was bruised, bits of black and blue with present on it, his sword loosely hanging in his belt, and fresh tears were now falling down his face.

"is this it… Am I… going to die here…?" he asked himself while pushing off the door and looking up at it. "I guess I am…" he said, resigning himself. He closed his eyes and waited for his end.

…

…

…

But it never came.

Confused, he opened his eyes to see just in time, that large door was opening before him, the sudden blessing of being allowed to live was too much for him to just stand up. He plopped down on to his knees and continued to look as two figures from the other side appeared before him.

For he was now bearing witness to Tigress; Leader of the Furious Five and Po; the famous Dragon Warrior.

Once Po, opened the door to see who was here at this hour of the morning, only to be in for a huge surprised. Just as Tigress caught up with him, she was stunned and wide-eyed at what she saw.

At the door, there was a young boy, a white tiger cub to be exact. 'what's a child of his age doing here so early?' she asked herself. Just as she was about to say something, she took a closer looked at his appearance, she was horrified with what she saw, and it went without saying on the Dragon Warrior's reaction. The young cub, had bruises, his clothes were ripped and tattered, his fur smudged, dirtied, and unkempt, ears nicked, his blue eyes glossy with lack of will, dried trails of tears running down his cheeks, tail bent, a streak of dried blood splattered diagonally in-between his eyes and his physique, was boney… too boney for his age! This child was sick and in grave need of help right away.

"Po, this child, he's…" she started, clearly saddened by the way this child was.

"Malnourished, I know." Po stated, while looking at the shivering child with calm, and caring eyes.

As the child was watching them, he felt this particular warmth coming from the Panda in front of him. Like he could be trusted, even though they just met. "Please…" he said to the two. "Please help me…" the child begged, tears, now beginning to fall once more. The amount of urgency that was behind his weak voice tugged at Tigress heart, more so than usual, like she was being compelled to let go a tear.

"You poor child, of course we'll help. Come on in, we'll help you. Promise." Po said while placing a warm paw on the child shoulder and gently ushering him in.

"T-thank you…" the child said while looking at the Panda.

"It's no trouble, I assure you. You look like your starving. C'mon, I'll get you a nice hot bowl of my famous noodles. Tigress, can you close the door?" Po asked to the feline as he escorted the young feline cub in.

"Of course Po." Tigress answered while closing the door behind her. Once done, Tigress jogged over to the two boys and set her pace to match there's. The boy flinched slightly as Tigress suddenly came up on them but relaxed just as fast. "T-thank you, for taking me in…" the child said while looking towards Tigress then to Po.

"It's no trouble at all. What I want to know is, do you have a name?" Tigress asked while looking at the boy.

"Yes. My name is Xiwang…

Founders of the Wu Xing

Chapter 1: The Dream and Mysterious Cub – Chapter End.

A/N: All right readers. I hoped you enjoyed my new story. It took me a whole day to type it up. Stay tuned for Scared Scroll: Diqiu, Chapter 2: Introductions and Impressions.

Okay Readers, R&R :)

P.S: If given enough feedback, I'll throw in a picture of who Hope looks like.