A/N:Ta-Da! New story. You have no idea how good it feels to be writing something I do not hate. So this centers mostly around Crane's thoughts, the idea came to me while reading a review about how little screen-time the Five have. This is completely different from my other ideas which were planned from the

beginning, trust me this is a very new creation, almost an afterthought and I am so glad I thought of it. And yes I do know this chapter was short, I just really wanted to upload it soon cause l really like it, don't worry the next chapters

will be longer. Enjoy !

Kung Fu, some call it an art, others a way of fighting. To be honest I consider it a dream come true. My name is Crane, unoriginal I understand but a name's a name. I was never really a rich person, maybe I could be described as poor. Life was hard, then again life is always gonna be hard. But when I say hard I mean REALLY hard. Work's not easy to find (and the imperial army wonder why there's so many assasins) people get desperate, and do really stupid things, I know that. But I wasn't about to resort to doing something stupid.

I should have been grateful when I got a job, but who would be grateful when they end up getting: low payment, a dislikeable job and bruises all on a dailly basis. Nobody could ever be grateful if they become a Kung fu school janitor. Not even the most grateful person in China. Strike that, Asia. Still I got lucky, from the year I was a janitor I learned more about Kung fu than any one at Lee Da, I didn't learn the techniques, but I saw demonstrations of them and more often than not some of them got tested out on me. So I learned.

And it was by simply watching and proccessing that I somewhat subconsciously learned Kung fu, l used to use them to help me clean the place, but after I got the confidence to try out I did. And look at me now, member of the Furious Five, Master of the Fujian White Crane Style (though to be honest I never heard of any other Crane styles), learned almost everything he knew about Kung fu just by watching. Maybe I didn't fully appreciate it at the time but getting a job as the janitor was one of the best things that ever happened to me.I'm droning, I know.

What follows are the inside look at Kung fu from the perspective of someone who neither cared about nor appreciated it.

Let's start with the basics:

Kung fu is divided into many different styles, most of which are based on the different bodily capabilities of different species. After that it can be divided into two smaller segments, armed and unarmed. Most students are trained unarmed combat at first and end up just including weapons they are good at using, for example you learn the fundamentals of Tiger style before you are allowed by your master to use weapons as well. This is more thoroughly explained later on.

To master Kung fu also includes mastering a few other things, primarily Courage, Compassion, Confidence, Patience and Discipline. Kung fu literally means 'merit master' and is usually proclaimed as the perfection of oneself. Most students ask to the purpose of mastering these predispositions if you will, so in order:

Courage-If you are scared yourself how do you expect to be able to learn anything new, let alone a martial art like Kung fu.

Compassion-More or less because noone wants to be the one who trained a serial killer.

Confidence-If you don't believe in yourself, how can you ever expect to be believed in. Additionally I was never really confident, and therefore it took me a year to work up the confidence to try out (even then Mei Ling holds full responsibility).

Patience-Sometimes you will have to wait, to ambush someone, to get full instructions from your master. The list can go on forever really.

Discipline-You will have to control your hunger, your pain and your lack of sleep. Self-control, the mind should be master of the body (and the intelligence should be the master of ).

A warning must be proclaimed, l will not take responsibility if anyone injures themselves doing anything they read on this sheet of paper.

This small creation of mine includes:

Punishments

Techniques and Styles

Addmission

And some extracts from what my fellow masters think of this.

To stop droning I will conclude: What follows are the thoughts of Kung fu of a teenage Crane who became a janitor at a Kung fu school, as he learned only by watching, reading and being 'tested' on.

My name is Crane and this is my take on Kung fu, as a janitor.

I should really learn to stop droning.