Kung Fu Panda and Hedgehog

Po and Sonic's training

[As the sun began to rise over the horizon, Shifu stood at the Peach of Heavenly Wisdom with Oogway's staff. By now, all the blossoms had fallen off the tree. Shifu was in deep vigil over Oogway's passing and filled with doubt. With Oogway gone and Tai Lung approaching the valley, how can Po and Sonic defeat him? But as Shifu thought to himself, something distant caught his attention.]

Voice: [Faintly in the distance.] Yah! Hai!

Second Voice: [Grunting faintly in the distance]

[Shifu stirs, his ears prick as he hears kung fu noises in the distance. He goes to investigate, going to the place you would usually expect to see kung fu: the Training Hall. Shifu looks inside... it's empty. The noises continue from somewhere else... one of the noises is the bunkhouse. Inside the bunkhouse, as Shifu turns the corner, he sees Po's shadow as he performs some amazing kung fu.]

Po: Hai...yah! Wai-ya!

[Entering the kitchen, Shifu finds Po punching through a cupboard door with his bare fist, coming out with food, and proceeding to stuff his face. Seeing Shifu, he stops mid-munch. In silence, they eye each other. Shifu looked around the area, astonished at what he was seeing. There was broken glass, smashed doors, unhinged cabinets, and stuff all over the floor. This place looked like it had been through a battle. The supposedly useless panda has completely trashed the kitchen. Po belches, bringing Shifu's attention back to him.]

Po: [Annoyed and with his mouth full] What? I eat when I'm upset, okay?

[Shifu gets a glimmer in his eye. He has an idea.]

Shifu: Oh, no need to explain. I just thought you might be Monkey. He hides his almond cookies on the top shelf.

[Shifu calmly exits and hides just outside the doorway, waiting to see if his hunch is correct. Po looks to the shelf, smiles, and sneaks out of sight. KLUMP! KLONK! THUNK! As he waited, he heard some crashing sounds coming from inside the kitchen again. With that, Shifu proceeded back into the kitchen, and here, he saw Po perched atop the high shelves in a corner with his legs in a split resting on the shelves, his left hand grabbing hold of the shelf above his legs for support while his right hand is grabbing a number of cookies from a jar into his mouth. Shifu was amazed to see Po positioned like this. He had never seen him like this before. But how did he do that? According to him, it takes years to develop one's flexibility and do a split, but Po was able to do it in seconds. Shifu's disbelief turns into a wise smile. Po spots him and stops eating.]

Po: [Mouth full] Don't tell Monkey.

Shifu: Look at you...

Po: Yeah, I know. I disgust you.

Shifu: No, no, I mean... how did you get up there?

Po: I don't know. I guess I— I don't know. I was getting a cookie... [Looks at the cookie and then can't help but eat it.]

Shifu: And yet you are ten feet off the ground... and have done a perfect split.

Po: No, this... [Looks to see what Shifu meant]... this is just an... [Po's eyes widen as he begins to slip]... accident.

[WHOOMP! Po slips and crashes to the kitchen floor. He groans in pain as the cookie rolls over to Shifu and he picks it up. He comes up with an idea.]

Shifu: There are no accidents.

Second Voice: [Grunting faintly in the distance]

[Just then Shifu's ears prick as he hears the second kung fu noise in the distance. Not only that, but so did Po as picks himself up from the pile of pans.]