Qing Wa, Dongwa, Fung, Tofu and Sushi are ready to face Ping Yo and his students. Wong and Yun Wi are getting anxious to get out of the detention room. Ping Yo has given his students permission to fight dirty. Will Dongwa and the others be able to put a stop to Ping Yo's rebellion?
Ping Yo appeared to have been expecting them when they came over the wall. His face had the expression of anxiety, as if he had been waiting for this for years.
"So, Qing Wa, you decided to pull a Fung on me huh? Return after your banished? That's fine, I have been waiting to finish you off for a long time. Are you ready?" said Ping Yo.
"Less talk, more action" yelled Fung, before Qing Wa could respond.
"Ok, washed up Master Fung! Let's see what you've got!" replied Ping Yo to Fung.
"Dongwa, Tofu, Sushi, remember what I taught you and you will win! Just don't give…" said Qing Wa as is cheap shotted by Ping Yo before he can finish.
"You weren't looking!" said Ping Yo.
"That's alright, we know what he was trying to tell us!" said Dongwa, who's nervousness had gone away due to his sudden feeling of anger after seeing his master cheap shotted into the wall.
Right back, bounced Qing Wa as he lunged toward Ping Yo ready to fight him. But it would take Fung's help to take on Ping Yo, due to his trickery moves that made him seem unstoppable. Right away Ping Yo's students joined in as well. Tao immediately targets Dongwa and they engage in battle.
Tao immediately starts throwing punches at Dongwa. It didn't seem so bad fighting with Tao, because he was used to sparring with other cats. But this was no ordinary sparring match, this was a fight! Dongwa couldn't continue to block the whole time, defense would have to turn into offense eventually.
"Come on Dongwa, I know you are better than this, I've seen you train! Fight like a real Kung Fu student!" said Tao!
Dongwa is then convinced to throw his first punch, but it doesn't go well. He misses and gets kicked in the face and falls down for a couple of seconds. However when Tao tries to get him while he is lying on the ground, he sees an opening and jumps over him and strikes him in the back. While Tao gets up, Dongwa gets back into a defense stance!
"That was much better, Dongwa! Much better!" said Tao. He wasn't going to make it easy on Dongwa by any means! Tao wasn't much bigger than Dongwa. Tofu was the same color as Tao, but Tofu was bigger than both Dongwa and Tao.
Speaking of Tofu, he had engaged battle with Mo, the lemur! Mo was the tallest of Ping Yo's students, but also the weakest. He found it hard to keep up with Tofu and was getting beat to a pulp. It didn't help him any that Tofu was the biggest of Qing Wa's students. After a few minutes, Mo is down and unconscious. Ping Yo was too busy fighting Qing Wa and Fung to notice that his second student was a disappointment. Tofu studied the fights of Dongwa and Tao, Qing Wa and Fung vs Ping Yo, and Wing vs Sushi. Of the three fights, the one who appeared to need the most help was Sushi. His leg hadn't completely recovered his injury just days before this, and Wing was taking every opportunity to get him in the leg that he had injured, resulting in a first class beating on Sushi's ego. Tofu jumped in to help his brother, while he tried to recover from the cheap shots. The parrot was far harder for Tofu to fight than Mo the Lemur; however Tofu was able to keep up with him.
Dongwa was continuing to dodge kicks and punches by Tao. As he continued to block he was learning from Tao. Tao was fighting surprisingly clean for a guy who claimed he would fight dirty, but Dongwa knew it was an illusion and he would soon do something cheap to catch him off guard; the least Dongwa could do was learn his moves and figure out how to take advantage of them.
"Come on Dongwa, you're killing me!" said Tao. "I am going to get really rough if you don't start fighting back. This fight is getting boring. No sooner does he say that, Dongwa returns with a powerful kick to the face, only to have it blocked by Tao.
"Nice shot! Now quit being a coward and fight!" said Tao.
"I'm not being a coward! Prepare to eat your words" said Dongwa as he throws punches at Tao, catching him off guard. Tao falls once again, and finding it a little bit harder to get back up. Dongwa had tired him.
"Darn!" said Tao. "You are one smart cat, Dongwa. But it's going to take more than that to beat me, I won't give up until I am deemed unconscious!"
"Nor will I give up!" said Dongwa as he blocks another of Tao's kicks.
Fung and Qing Wa continue to battle it out with Ping Yo. Ping Yo is not finding it easy to keep up. His fancy moves were lowering his stamina. Fung, however is knocked out as he gets whacked in the head by Ping Yo's tail, temporarily taking him out of the fight.
"Qing Wa, I haven't seen you fight like this in years!" said Ping Yo.
"I am reclaiming my honor, with or without your apporoval!" said Qing Wa. "Your betrayal will not go unpunished!"
Suddenly both Ping Yo and Master Qing Wa find themselves stopping and gasping for air. They had fought so hard that they were losing energy. Ping Yo was taking this opportunity to see how his students were fairing. He was pleased to see Wing and Tao still fighting, but his good mood went bad again when he saw Mo lying down, trying to regain his stamina. To Ping Yo, he might as well have lost. However he did notice that Sushi, one of Qing Wa's students was down as well, that made him feel a little bit better, but he also remembered that Sushi was also the hurt one.
Tofu and Wing continued to fight. Wing's wings were so fast it was almost like fighting a sword. Every blow that Wing was able to get on Tofu stung. Tofu was able to keep it even between them, he had the advantage, because it took less effort for him to defeat Mo, than it took for Wing to defeat Sushi. The tables turned though when Sushi was able to get back in it and fight alongside with Tofu against Wing the parrot. Wing starts to panic as his fight appears to be all but over. In an attempt to keep his hopes alive, he grabs Sushi and flies up with him. He then tries to drop him, but Sushi isn't about to have that happen. He reached out and grabbed Wings leg and pulled him down with him, causing Wing to hit the ground irregularly, knocking him unconscious, thus basically ending his fight.
Tao noticed both of his comrades had fallen and that he was now almost by himself. Tao, needed to do something so he jumped back and told Dongwa to stop.
"Hold on Dongwa!" said Tao. "Why are you doing this? Why is it so important to you that you win here today?"
"To give my master his rightful spot back, and to prove to myself that I can do anything I put my mind to; a self discipline, self confidence kind of motive, I guess you could say!" said Dongwa.
"All Ping Yo ever taught us was to use our skills for violence! Sure he taught us the ways of Qing Wa too, but very little. After I finally got to use what he taught me, I have not been very successful. To be honest, I am losing badly!" said Tao.
"What are you saying?" said Dongwa.
"I think I'm done with Ping Yo" said Tao. "He is the real loser! Look, Qing Wa is beating him!"
Dongwa and Tao were both watching Qing Wa and Ping Yo fight. They noticed that Fung too, had been temporarily sidelined.
"Are you serious Tao?" said Dongwa. "Are you really serious about quitting Ping Yo?"
"Yes!" said Tao. "I don't want to be like him!"
Ping Yo watched in horror as his star student had turned against him. Qing Wa was about ready to go at it again. Ping Yo realized that he had been beat, but he wasn't ready to admit it just yet, he had one last trick in his head. Ping Yo lunged at Dongwa and wrapped his body around him.
"Alright Qing Wa, give up now or the kid gets juiced!" said Ping Yo as he started to use his snake body to constrict Dongwa a little at a time.
"Don't give in, Master! Remember what you told me!" said Dongwa right before he was silenced by Ping Yo.
"Quiet, cat!" said Ping Yo.
"Ping Yo, stop! This is madness! You need help. You have taken the wrong path and it has already brought you to your defeat!" said Qing Wa. "Please Ping Yo, I have always loved you like a son, please quit causing me pain!"
Ping Yo realized that Qing Wa was right. He secretly hated what he had become, and it had become more than obvious to him now. He released Dongwa, and headed toward the detention room. His star student turned on him because he realized how wrong he had been taught, his other two students were defeated and recovering. It was obvious to him, that he had been wrong. He released Masters, Wong and Yun Wi from the detention room, then headed toward the gate.
"Ping Yo, wait!" said Qing Wa. "You don't have to leave!"
"Yes, I do!" said Ping Yo. "I must take some time off to think about some things. I need my peace back. When I do get it all together, I will return if you would have me, but part of the deal was banishment for the loser, so…"
"Forget about it" said Qing Wa. "You are welcome to come back to be a master once you get everything straightened out! Banishment is not going to happen here again!"
"With all due respect Master Qing Wa, when I return, I wish to be trained as a student again. I believe I have failed to grasp the real idea of Kung Fu! I will see you to resume my lessons….Master!" said Ping Yo as he slithered out the gate.
The final week and a half came and went, and it was now time for Dongwa and the brothers to make a decision. Whether, to stay and continue to train for couple of years or to go home and return when they were ready.
"Alright Dongwa, Tofu and Sushi, these descisions are very important. If you wish to stay or leave, tell me now. I'll start with Sushi, stay or leave?" said Qing Wa.
"I feel like I need to train more" said Sushi. "Being sidelined really made me want to train even more! I wish to stay here! I feel like I am ready!" said Sushi.
"A very wise decision, Sushi, but because you feel that it's the right thing to do!" said Qing Wa. "Now Tofu, what will it be?"
"Master, I feel like I am ready to train here as well!" said Tofu. "Plus, I have grown quite fond of this place and the great friends I have gained! And the faces here (he looked at Li when he said that). I feel it's in my best interest to stay!"
"Thank you, Tofu! I look forward to continuing with you as well!" said Qing Wa. "Now Dongwa, what is to happen with you?"
"Well… if you want the honest truth, I don't feel like I am ready to stay here yet. I have come to miss my family, very much!" said Dongwa. "When I am older, I will definitely look to come back here! I hope you aren't too disappointed, Master."
"Don't be silly, Dongwa! You have been honest!" said Qing Wa. "I don't want you to stay if you aren't ready to! If this is really what you want, I can arrange for you to go back home!" Qing Wa smiled at his student to reassure him that he was alright with his decision. In addition to Tofu and Sushi staying, all three of Ping Yo's students also wanted to learn from Qing Wa.
As Dongwa got on the wagon that would take him back to the palace, he looked back at all his friends that he had made at the dojo. He noticed that Tofu had finally gotten up the nerve to ask out Li, they were both sitting by each other when Dongwa left. Sushi's leg had finally healed so he took every opportunity he could find to practice. Tao, Mo and Wing had a lot to learn so they wasted no time preparing for training. Fung soon reconciled with Wong and Yun Wi and began to prepare which students each would train. Ubi found him a good place too. He would work with Yo Fu and deliver any message that they had to deliver to any other dojo.
"Good bye, Dongwa!" said Qing Wa. "I look forward to training with you again someday!"
Dongwa reached his home the next morning. It hadn't changed at bit. The first person he went to see was Han Han. He found her laying down by a pond outside of the palace. She was apparently waiting for him to come back.
"Hey Han Han!" said Dongwa, as he approached her. "How have you been?"
"Dongwa!" she said as she excitedly hugged him. "I am good now that you are back! I've missed you!"
"I have missed you too!" said Dongwa. He would spend about ten more minutes talking to her before finally going to reunite with his family. Dongwa walked into the kitchen while, Mama, Baba, Sagwa and Sheegwa were eating. Sagwa had been obviously been relieved of her punishment.
"Hey, does anyone know where I can find a good bowl of shrimp?" said Dongwa as he walked in.
All four of the other cats' ears perked up when they heard him speak. Fufu had just flown in when they discovered Dongwa had come home.
"Dongwa!" they all said with excitement.
"Are you alright, son? We heard rumors of a fight and everything going on at the dojo!" said Baba.
"I'm fine Baba!" said Dongwa. "I didn't get hurt at all! Everything is fine!"
"So I guess you really did decide to come back home after all" said Sagwa.
"Yep! I just wasn't ready to leave yet. I still have some growing up to do!" said Dongwa. "Kung Fu is still a dream of mine, but it is also hard work. I need to grow up some more before I decide to go back!"
"We are so proud of you Dongwa!" said Mama Miao.
"Yay! Dongwa's back!" shouted Sheegwa.
"Welcome back, Dongwa!" said Fufu.
"Thanks guys!" said Dongwa as he yawned. "If you don't mind, I think I will go take a nap. I didn't really get much sleep on the way here!"
"Ok, son. See you later!" said Baba.
Dongwa went up to his bed and curled up for a well deserved nap.
"It's good to be home" he said as he fell asleep.
What did you think? Did you like how it ended?
Personally I believe that Ping Yo will be back to learn the right way again and become an even better master! Nice recovery to Fung's position as well. And not to forget ol Qing Wa bringing things back to order.
Feel free to review and give me your opinion!
