So...what does Musaki do in this situation? Find a gift for Arizona for Christmas.
Chapter 2: Finding a Gift
The next day, he goes around the Valley to find something for Arizona to give him for Christmas after that short conversation he had with him back at the Sacred Peach Tree that he's never felt the holiday spirit before. He definitely felt his pain because he used to be in the same boat as he is about missing out on the holidays, but it all changed the second he was adopted in the Jade Palace and that he'll enjoy the holiday in whatever possible.
He stops into a little store where they sell a lot of antique items, hoping to find something that will symbolize their friendship. He looks all over the store to see if there's something that would pique his interest and only 5 minutes in and he doesn't know which one to give Arizona.
He sighed heavily and became a little troubled to find that perfect gift that would suit him. He began thinking to himself, 'What does he like? What would be the gift that would show our friendship?'
He just couldn't wrap around the fact that Arizona would miss out on Christmas because he never had a real Christmas before. That almost got to him and he wishes that he could do something to help him out.
Just then, he sees a section that has a lot of things involving 'friendship.' He looks over at the shelves and he sees a little necklace that had the chinese symbol for it. Then, he looks around and sees that there are several more little trinkets surrounding the place. The only dilemma-which one would fit his interest.
"Hey, Saki!"
Just then, Musaki looks over and he sees his cousin Phoenix coming in. After a quick hug and a secret handshake, he asked, "How ya doing, cuz?"
"Great! You?" Phoenix asked, joyfully.
"Awesome, man. What brings you here?"
Phoenix sighs happily and he replied, "Just doing some Christmas shopping. Just me, Cody and Tsunami buying gifts for our new brothers."
Hearing this, Musaki felt overjoyed that his cousin's doing something for his new cousins and that he's willing to do anything for them. He sighed happily and he said, "I'm doing the same thing for Arizona."
"Sweet. How is he?"
"Fine, I guess. Everyone else?"
"I wish I could say the same."
Musaki could see Phoenix's mood change and suspects that something's up. He then asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Well...Max has kinda told me that he doesn't want to celebrate the holidays with us this year because he told me he never felt the holiday spirit before and just lost it. I was really devastated to actually hear that coming from a person who's been through a lot."
Musaki was a little shocked to hear that Max wouldn't celebrate the holidays with his new family, but not surprised that it was a similar situation that he's dealing with. He then told him, "That's nothing compared to Arizona. He told he the exact same thing, but never gave me a reason why."
Phoenix was completely wide-eyed about this and he said, "Did he explain?"
"Not even close. He just stayed quiet." Musaki answered.
Phoenix sighed heavily and felt completely sorry for him and Musaki told him, "So I just decided to just give him a gift so that he'll know that I care that much for him."
"I'm doing the same thing for Max. The only problem is...what does he like?" asked Phoenix.
Both of them could see that this is gonna be a hard decision to make for themselves, but decides the best way is to just do whatever it took to find what is the greatest gift. And he sees that necklace with a chinese symbol for friendship and thought that it would be a great one, so he picks it up and thought that it'll be a great gift for Arizona. He then shows it to Phoenix and he could immediately see that it means something and he said, "It's one of those chinese symbol necklaces, right?"
Musaki looked at him with shock and asked, "How'd you know that?"
"My dad's friend makes these and then sells it here as a gift for a friend or family member. Usually, he lets me see it before it even hits the store and it's like...maybe I can get some of these one day." Phoenix explains.
Musaki immediately knew that this would be it and then, with Max in Phoenix's mind, he told him, "Maybe you should give him the same thing too."
It was like an idea popped out of his head and then, he said, "You're a genius, Saki."
Then, he turns around and sees another chinese symbol necklace that says 'brotherhood' and shows it to Musaki and looked completely happy with that choice and he said, "I think Max will like it."
"I hope so." Phoenix said, with a sigh.
They both paid for the necklaces-separately-and then went out of the store and talked about those. Minutes later, Phoenix tells him thanks and 'see you later' and goes off one way and Musaki walks another way and while he was heading back to the palace, they see Po, Tigress and Monkey take down the croc bandits stealing some presents from one of the houses.
Musaki rolled his eyes at this and just said, "All before Christmas? Really?"
He was determined to help them out, so he comes in and while they were running, they were stopped by Musaki by freezing them and tripped on their legs all while Tigress beat up two other croc bandits with her moves and Po's belly to push them down. It was Monkey and Musaki versus the lead bandit and Monkey kicked him in the head and when the croc leader tried to fight back, Musaki went in and just kicked him in the face.
The croc growls and tried to catch him, but he didn't see where he was going and then...
Musaki got under his legs and raised his head hard and it hit the lead croc in his sensitive parts. He lets out a squeaky groan and falls down to his knees, holding his crochood saying in a high squeaky voice, "Darn it..."
Then, Musaki got all the gifts and gives it to the others and retrieved it back to the villagers. Tigress then looked at the croc bandits and said, "How low can you bandits get?"
"It was all Fung's idea." one croc bandit said.
Fung groaned in pain, still holding his crochood and he said, "Gah-ri, you're such a big mouth! Besides, who cares about Christmas anyway?"
Hearing this provoked shock for them, including Musaki and he said, "Dude...lowlifes like you don't even know how Christmas works obviously. And you have to steal other people's gifts? That is just wrong."
Then, Musaki kicks him in the face and the rest of them tied the bandits up and Po said, "Hope you have a Christmas in Chor-Gom prison."
They all went back to the palace and Monkey definitely praised Musaki for kicking Fung in the lower parts with his head and he said, "Musaki...that is using your head, man!"
They both gave each other a high-five and laughed together and Po asked, "So...where ya been?"
"Found a gift for Arizona. I'm gonna give it to him until Christmas." Musaki replied.
"Ooooh...can I see it?"
Musaki chuckled softly and replied, "Nope."
Po whined loudly and all Tigress could do is just laugh and roll her eyes as they made their way back to the palace. Musaki thought to himself, 'I hope Arizona likes this.'
Decided to just have the croc bandits make an appearance in this fic. Who doesn't love 'Legends of Awesomeness?' BTW, Kung Fu Panda 2 comes out on DVD tomorrow! Also, if you missed the Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special last year, it re-airs this year; starting tomorrow at 6:30/5:30 pm central and Wednesday at 5/4 pm on ABC Family. Record it if you must! Third chapter...is coming up!
