Of course, what will Arizona give Musaki for christmas?


Chapter 7: Finding Musaki's Present

The next day, it was three days left until Christmas and the kung-fu masters felt like time was running out to help Arizona get into the holiday spirit. They all gathered around the Sacred hall of Warriors just as worried as they can get. Shifu kept pacing back and forth across the Moon Pool and the rest of them were definitely anxious about convincing Arizona to join them.

Tigress was the first one to say something and she asked, "So what do we do now?"

"It's like close to Christmas." Po agreed.

"Keep calm, students. I convinced Arizona to spend a day with me to get a gift for Musaki." Shifu explained.

"And then what?" asked Viper.

He wanted to say something else, but he didn't know what else and he told them, "I don't know."

All of them groaned in frustration and Tigress felt like she was gonna lose her patience at any moment and she said, "If we don't come up with something, I'm just gonna take him down myself."

"Since when is that considered a good idea?" asked Monkey.

"Besides, it's Christmas." Po added, to ease the tension.

Just then, Arizona walked into the Sacred hall of Warriors and already tensions ran a little higher and they stared at him very confused-like. He looked at them and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tigress immediately went to a fit of rage and asked, "Why don't you wanna celebrate it with us? It's coming closer and you just don't want to spend Christmas here? What is wrong with you?"

Arizona was completely scared that Tigress kept shouting incoherently for no reason and Po and Shifu held her back for the wolf's safety. Po stepped in and he said, "Well...what do you want to do for Christmas?"

"Like I said, I don't know." Arizona replied.

"Well, you better think of something fast or so help me I will-" Tigress said, but then got cut off by Shifu.

Shifu went in to Arizona and he asked, "We're gonna go around the Valley to see what Musaki would like for Christmas."

Arizona wasn't quite sure what Musaki would like, but whatever it is, he's hoping that it'll show that he does care about him. They left the temple, leaving the masters with some hope that he's gonna gain some spirit. Then, Po told her, "You know Tigress, for a strong warrior, I would suggest you need therapy for Christmas."

Tigress snarled at him for that remark and Po quickly turned away and said, "Shutting up."

Meanwhile, Shifu walked with Arizona to find a present for Musaki and when they went to this one store, they were looking around to see what fits Musaki's interest and he wasn't sure which one he can give him. It was frustrating for him at first, but suddenly he comes across a little clothing item-a yin and yang bandana.

His eyes widened when he looked at it and then, Shifu came in saw what Arizona was holding and he asked, "Think Musaki would like it?"

"I hope so." Arizona replied.

"Why do you want to give Musaki a present?"

Arizona sighed heavily and he told him, "He's done great things for me and the least I could do is just give him something that would mean a lot to our friendship."

Shifu was touched by what he said and told him, "Friendship lives on forever."

Later on, they bought the bandana and as they left the store, he sees three wolves coming from Kong Wolf City heading towards their way and they were surprised to see Arizona for the first time. Chao comes in and he said, "Happy holidays, Arizona."

Arizona chuckled softly and said, "You too."

All three of them bowed to Master Shifu as he bowed to them too. It was the very first time that they ever met the grandmaster who trained with the best of the best. Xiang told him, "It is a severe honor to be in your presence."

"The pleasure's all mine." Shifu added.

Xing came in and he said, "How's things going for ya, Arizona?"

"Doing fine, I guess." Arizona replied.

"We came from Kong Wolf City to see how you're doing and hoping that you'll have your first Christmas."

That caught Shifu's attention and he asked, "First christmas?"

Chao, Xing and Xiang were surprised that Arizona didn't tell him about it and Chao said, "He never told you that he never wanted to celebrate the holidays after his father got killed?"

"No. I mean, I thought he lost those memories." Shifu added.

"He did. After Dai Ling messed him up that Christmas day when he was five, he swore that he would never celebrate the holidays as long as he lived."

Shifu looked at Arizona and he asked, "Is that true?"

Arizona nodded his head in shame and he felt dumbfounded about this and he told Xing, "I'm just helping him get into the holiday spirit with us."

"That's sorta why we came. We're hoping that you gave him the holiday spirit here." Chao added.

After some explaining, Arizona still didn't feel like celebrating it and that made Shifu feel even more helpless. He sighed heavily and he said, "It won't be any trouble. I can assure you that his spirit will be found."

The three woloves bowed to him and went on their way and Shifu got behind him, he asked, "What else you want to do?"

He began thinking and he knew that he was a good enough cook back on his days on Kong Wolf City and he asked, "You ever had green cookies before?"

"Never." Shifu replied.

"I'll show you and Musaki how to make those."

Then, out of nowhere, comes Musaki with three bags full of gifts and he started panting heavily and told them, "Man, three stores-I advise you not to go anywhere near the toy department by yourself. Those kids would completely get bonkers over one toy."

Arizona went over to him and he asked, "Hey, Musaki. Wanna do something in the palace?"

"Like what?" Musaki asked.

"I'm gonna show you how to make green cookies."

Musaki became a little skeptical about the name and he asked, "Green cookies?"

"Yeah, I'll tell you on the way."


If you guys don't remember Chao, Xing and Xiang, they're from my previous fic, 'Dark Side of the Moon.' They're three wolves from Kong Wolf City and are considered the most respectful peacemakers and rulers of the town until Dai Ling took over. Don't be confused with Chao because you'll mistake him with that kung-fu lizard master from 'Legends of Awesomeness.' Green cookies? I'm sure you guys are looking forward to see that.