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Chapter 2: Old and New Friends
Po was surprised to see his old friend, Cody Maverick, in China and both of them were absoultely ecstatic to see each other again. Cody was joyfully shocked that he got to see his old friend again and that he came to China with his friends.
Po asked, "How are you, buddy?"
"Doing great, man. How are you?" asked Cody.
"The same. Yeah, this Dragon Warrior has been doing some serious kung-fu training skills." he answered.
"You remember my friends, Chicken Joe, Big Z and Lani, right?" Cody asked, pointing at them.
Po looked at them and they greeted him, then turned to Cody and asked, "How could I forget? How are you guys?"
"We're all doing fine, man." said Z.
Po and Z looked at each other and noticed that they look alive with their body weight, but completely different from each other, in different species between a panda and a penguin. Cody looked at them and said, "You know, you guys might be twins."
Z turned to Cody slowly and said, "And you could almost get a noogie for that."
"Please, man. No noogies. I've already been noogied enough." Cody pleaded.
Cody and Joe looked around this place and it became a lot more mystical and unfamiliar to them, but it was peaceful and amazing to see. Joe asked, "WHat is this place?"
"This is the Pool of Sacred Tears. I heard you guys saying that you don't know much of this place, but Master Shifu can figure out for you."
"Master Shifu.... name sounds familiar." Cody muttered.
"That's because it is me." a voice came from behind.
Cody froze for a sec and asked, "He's standing right behind me, isn't he?"
Po nodded slowly to know that it really is Shifu's voice and Cody turned around slowly and saw a familar red panda from behind. He started looking a little nervous and asked, "How've you been?"
"Doing good, Maverick. Yourself?" asked Shifu.
"I'm doing--- good, man." he answered.
"Good. Well, then, this should be interesting. Zeng, thanks for bringing them here."
"You're welcome, Master Shifu." Zeng said, as he flew away.
Joe turned to Shifu and asked, "Who was that guy?"
"That's my assistant and my messenger. He's responsible for giving me some news and something in particular." Shifu said.
"Great..."
"Well, anyways, we should head back to the Jade Palace. I'm pretty sure you guys are in for a little culture shock." Po said.
Cody, Lani and Z were a little anxious to see what's gonna happen, and Joe, on the other hand, really became excited about what's coming. They all followed Po and Shifu over to the town until they saw a duck coming in behind them. They turned around to see Mr. Ping in front of the street, waving at them.
"Hey, dad." Po said.
"Hello, my son."
"Whoa, wait a minute. This guy is your--" Cody said.
"Yeah, he is. These are my old friends, Cody, Z, Lani and Joe. He's the owner of this noodle shop."
"Oh, wait. Po told us about you. We tried these noodles while they were with us in Pen Gu Island. It was phenomenal." Lani said.
"Thank you. It's a real pleasure to meet you all." Mr. Ping said.
"The same here." said Z.
"I'll see you all around. Welcome to China!"
As soon as they left the noodle shop, Cody grew a little confused about Mr. Ping being Po's dad and he asked, "You do realize that your dad's a duck, right?"
"Yeah, I know it's weird, but he pretty much took me in when I was a cub and he took care of me for 20 plus years. And whenever he needs help with the noodle shop, I'm willing to do so." Po answered.
"Aw, that's nice." Lani said.
As soon as they got to the palace, they were surprised to see all the stairs that leads to the palace. Cody dropped his beak, as soon as he saw them for the first time and asked, "Dude.... do we really have to climb all these steps?"
"For Shifu, it's a lot easier, but for us, it gets a little tricky, but you get used to it. It takes about 20 to 30 minutes to walk up the stairs and by the time you get to the top, you're pretty much tired." said Po.
Shifu quickly ran across the stairs and went to the top, which left Cody a little imtimidating, but 21 percent confident about it. He said, "Well, if it gives us some upper-body strength..."
Cody, Z, Lani, Joe and Po all walked up to the steps and Shifu was awaiting them to come up the stairs and 35 minutes later, as soon as they get there, most of them were already out of breath, but overcame it. Cody and Joe panted hardly and they were sweating already. Cody asked, "You okay, man?"
"That.... was.... totally.... radical, dude." Joe panted.
"Okay, this time, I'm hoping you make these a little shorter." said Lani.
"That's just the way these stairs has been for centuries." explained Shifu.
"You mean to tell us, that these stairs have been here since before we were born?" asked Z.
"That's right." Po panted.
"All right, you ready to see what it looks like?"
"We're heavily anticipating." said Cody.
Shifu opened the door and they were surprised to see everything from the inside of the palace. Cody dropped his jaw and saw every Chinese antique that they could possibly see. He whispered, "Dude...."
"Did you just see--" Z began.
"I know."
"Well, most of these are pretty cool to see and they're pretty much, like an amazing array of items that no one has ever seen before." said Po.
"This is exciting."
"You guys sure live high on the hog." Joe said.
"Well, we wouldn't say that. It's just stuff that's been here a long time ago." explained Shifu.
"This place is awesome!" Cody exclaimed.
"So, you want to see the Furious Five?" asked Po.
Everyone nodded their heads and felt like they're really amazing to meet. They walked them in the bunkhouse and saw them all in the kitchen, just socializing with each other. As soon as they saw Master Shifu and Po with some guests, they turned their attention to them and Tigress asked, "Master, who are they?"
"Well, you remember when me and Po said we're going to Pen Gu Island?" asked Shifu.
"Yeah, we remember. Why?" asked Crane.
"Well, they came from Pen Gu to see us." answered Po.
"Students, introduce yourselves."
Everyone got up in front of them and introduced them one-by-one.
"I'm Tigress."
"Crane's the name."
"Hello, I'm Viper."
"Monkey here."
"And I am Mantis."
"Nice to meet you guys. I'm Cody Maverick and this is Chicken Joe, Big Z and Lani."
"Nice to meet you too."
"So, how long you're staying?" asked Crane.
"About a week."
"That's cool. By tomorrow, you'll get to see how kung-fu works." said Mantis.
"I'll be looking forward to that." Cody said, nervously.
"All right, time for some rest."
Po showed them to where they're gonna be sleeping and they saw two empty dorms. Z and Lani went to the dorm on the right, and Cody and Joe went on the room to the left. For Cody and Joe, it felt like they're roomates and they're really looking forward to hang out with each other.
"So, this is really cool, man. I've always wanted to experience kung-fu moves. How awesome is that?" asked Joe.
Cody sighed nervously and said, "I think it's kinda.... okay."
"Dude, come on. This has gotta be the coolest part of kung-fu. Maybe you should experience it and see if you could use those moves in your surfing skills."
"Good point, man."
"I wonder what tomorrow will bring."
"Who knows?"
Well, now that they got to meet each other, the Surf's Up animals meeting the Kung Fu Panda animals and wonder what's coming their way? Who knows, next chapter in the bag!!
