1. Deleted Scene: The Noodle Supplier

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Hello, this is not a real story, but a compilation of different scenes, as they could have played in the first Kung Fu Panda movie. I didn't write the whole movie again, because I didn't change the story here, but I added scenes or changed some sequences. It's similar like you would watch "deleted scenes" on a DVD. In this case, I took up the original idea by DreamWorks, in which Shen should play the role of the mayor. According it says: "Shen was originally created as a devious mayor for the first film, but was written out before production." In this combination I changed some things more. Shen will have been a kung fu master, as well as Master Shifu and Master Oogway. But after fighting against Tai Lung to prevent him from destroying the whole village (after Oogway denied him the Dragon Scroll), he was restricted in his movement and could no longer practice kung fu. He later became the mayor of the Valley of Peace, but he still remained a good friend of Oogway and Shifu.


1. Deleted Scene: The Noodle Supplier
(after Oogway told Shifu about Tai Lung's imminent return)


Location: Mr. Ping's Restaunrant

"Oh, Po! Po! "
Immediately, the panda ran into the kitchen. "I'm already here, Dad!"
Po was a bit out of breath from carrying the bowls outside. The terrace of the restaurant was packed with guests.
"Here are the orders for tables five and three!"
Without resistance, Po let his dad place the four bowls on his arms. But when he was about to go back outside, he stopped dead on the doorstep. In front of him was a pika, a rabbit-looking mammal with short ears. It was wearing a dark coat and looked up at the fully laden panda with folded arms on its back and a serious face. Po recognized him immediately.
"Oh! Mr. Wugu!" Po shouted, completely taken aback. "Already here so early?"
Mr. Wugu briefly cleared his throat. "I've come to pick up the noodles for the mayor."
"Here! I've already prepared it!"
Immediately Mr. Ping came running and held out a small white box. Mr. Wugu took it gratefully, but without a smile.
At that moment, the rabbit at the next table found Po's throwing star in his bowl. After careful consideration and finding out that it was nothing to eat, the rabbit simply tossed it over his shoulder and continued eating. Unfortunately, it ended up where it should have landed least...
"OUCH!"
All eyes wandered to the source of the scream that belonged to Mr. Wugu. The pika sank down, and, with a pained face, he held his bottom where the throwing star stuck.
"Oh, good gracious!" Po shouted, completely frightened. He wanted to pull out the pointed metal part, but it turned out to be extremely difficult because the rodent kept twitching away.
"Po! What have you done?!" Mr. Ping exclaimed in horror.
Po looked crestfallen. "Uh, I did nothing..."
"I can't walk anymore!" Mr. Wugu wailed, sinking to his knees.
"I'll call the doctor," Mr. Ping assured him.
"But the mayor needs his meal!" Mr. Wugu insisted. "Why does he always have to get the meal here? Just because he doesn't like the chef's kitchen."
Mr. Ping sighed deeply. "Po, then you have to bring him the noodles."
"What?!" Po thought he had misheard. "I should go? To the mayor? Alone?"
"Now go on!" the garder urged and shoved the packet with the noodles into his paws. "And hurry up before the noodles get cold!"
The panda left the restaurant, completely taken by surprise.


Location: the edge of the village - Mayor's house

It wasn't far to the mayor's house. It was on the edge of the village. It was a beautiful white house with a red roof and a big door at the entrance. The panda knocked cautiously.
"Hello? I... I'm just bringing you the noodles." It was quiet inside the house. The panda carefully pushed the door open.
"Uh, hello?" he whispered, poking his head through the crack in the door. "Anyone here?"
He stood in a small vestibule. The floor was covered with dark, shiny marble. The panda looked around and searched for a person. When he saw no one there, he went on until he came into a larger room.
"Hello?" Po repeated. "I'm bringing the noodles... wow!"
A large hall opened up in front of him. The walls were adorned with a whole arsenal of weapons, such as swords and lances. Pictures of Chinese landscape art hung on the walls, and one of them caught Po's attention immediately. It was a large picture showing a turtle, a red panda and a white peacock.
"Wow," Po breathed again. "The three masters from the Valley of Peace! Awesome! How could life be going through missions with them, receiving news about criminals and fighting them together... Wohai!"
Po stepped aside with his foot. Unfortunately, there was a vase on a pedestal. The vase flew to the side, and...
Suddenly, something rushed in and caught the vase with smooth, elegant movements.
The panda took a few steps back. "OH! Master Shen!"
A white peacock rose in front of him. He wasn't completely white. On his peacock crest and his long tail feathers there were red and black spots, as well as red eyes decorated with black pupils, which examined the panda closely. His robe emphasized the colors of his plumage. It was silver-white and had a light gray border. Without a word, the peacock's gaze wandered to the empty pedestal, which luckily had withstood the attack. So, the master was able to put the vase back in its place undamaged, almost noiselessly.
"Very fragile," the peacock warned.
In contrition, Po pressed his index fingers together. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
"Where is my servant?" Master Shen asked, folding his wings together under his robe.
Po rubbed his paws together nervously. "Uh... he had an... accident. - I brought you the noodles!" Quickly, the panda held out the paper box to him. The peacock kept his wings under his robe and did not seem to be sure whether or not he should accept the delivery. After a period of staring and silence, Po attempted another dialogue. "Uh, my name is..."
"... Po," the peacock finished the sentence, much to Po's amazement. He took the white box from him. "Mr. Ping's son in the noodle restaurant."
He strode along a line of weapons. The panda noticed how the peacock dragged his leg a little. Then, the master picked up a lance sword that hung on a holder. Po noticed a glass box with throwing stars of various shapes.
"You have more throwing stars than I have. I only have seven or eight, or maybe ten?"
"My family has a great tradition of other convulsive techniques," the white master added to the panda's flow of speech, who immediately took up the topic.
"Oh yes, you were the only one who mastered all the disciplines in Cai Li Fu, including karate and judo. But in the end, you stayed with kung fu."
The white peacock did not respond. Instead, he briefly twirled the lance sword in his wing, then he pressed the sharp tip to the ground and swung himself up at the other end, throwing the bag of noodles into the air. Then, the peacock balanced on one leg on the lance sword and remained standing on the staff while he caught the falling bag again. Then, he took two chopsticks, opened the white box, and ate the noodles.
Po watched him with big eyes, which just sprayed over with fascination.
"Wow," he breathed. He laid himself down on his stomach, just to see if the tip of the sword was tilting on the marble floor.
"Have you finished your viewing?" The peacock on the top asked.
The panda got up with a jerk. "Uh, yes... okay then, I'll go then."
Still staring at the peacock, the panda stepped backwards out of the room through the vestibule. He then slammed his back against the door, which he opened quickly and disappeared outside. On the street, the panda breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh man, that was pretty embarrassing."
Thoughtfully, he walked away from the house and went back to the restaurant, where he was eagerly awaited.
"Oh, Po, come on, the next orders!" Mr. Ping's voice called out to him. "Where have you been for so long?"
"Oh, nothing much. The mayor and I just had a little-"
"Yes, yes, hurry up, the plates for table four and three."
With a deep sigh, the panda went back to work where he had left off. Carefully, he carried the bowls in his arms and walked through the rows of tables, taking great pains not to bump his big belly anywhere.
"Hey! Watch it, Po!", a pig complained, annoyed when Po accidentally bumped into his table.
"Sorry," Po quickly apologized. "Suck it up."
He held his breath to squeeze between two tables unscathed, but instead, he ended up with his bum in a bowl of a family of rabbits. The rabbits began to cry in disgust.
"Oh, sorry," Po had to apologize again. "A thousand pardons."
Suddenly a loud gong sounded.
"WHAT?!" As if electrified, Po turned to the entrance of the restaurant, where two geese had just hung a large poster on the wall. Po quickly ran towards it. No sooner had he read the content could he be stopped from enthusiasm. "Oh, Master Oogway's choosing the Dragon Warrior! Today!" Po looked back out over the terrace and shouted, "Everyone! Get to the Jade Palace! One of the Five is gonna get the Dragon Scroll! We've waited one thousand years for this!..."


I don't own the movie, I just changed Shen's character. But Mr. Wugu is by me.


This chapter was translated from German into English by me and corrected by fanfiction.net user Starless echoes.

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