Now it's Musaki's turn to be the master for Kaleo...yoga training.

Chapter 10: Yoga Training

Not long after the training session, Kaleo walks around the Jade Palace and he couldn't stop thinking about that orb that came out of him, accidently aiming at Tigress and wanted to find out what it was. Even though he was half-successful on his training, he still needed to keep his anger issues under control and how to remove the feelings of bitter resentment towards his parents. What bothers him is that while he told Po and Musaki about it, he wasn't quite sure how he'll ever tell the others about his parent's job. He's got a lot of anxiety and fear coming into him and he tries to keep his head straight and try not to think about it too much.

"Kaleo?"

Kaleo was soon startled by that voice and when he turned around, he saw Shifu standing there and he puts his paw over his chest to prevent himself getting a heart attack and he shouted, "Don't do that!"

Shifu then took out his flute and whacked Kaleo in the head of it and he let out a huge roar of pain coming out of him and he shouted, "What the hell was that for?"

Then, Shifu whacked him in the head again, in which Kaleo shouted once again and then Shifu answered, "That's for raising your voice at the master and the second part...we don't allow cursing in this palace."

Kaleo rubbed his head as hard as he could to ease the feeling of Shifu's wooden flute in him and he lets out a sharp groan and said, "You could've told me that."

Shifu looks at him in the eye and not long after that, he could sense that something else might be bothering him and he asked, "Are you feeling all right? You seemed troubled."

Kaleo knew that Shifu was right; something is troubling him, but he was able to hide the fact that he didn't want him to know about it and he said, "I'm fine. I'm...just a little tired."

Shifu wasn't buying that for a quick second and he was feeling something else other than exhaustion and it's still early in the day and he asked, "Are you sure you're all right?"

"Yeah, I'm cool." Kaleo lied.

As Kaleo walked away, Shifu was still unconvinced that nothing was wrong with Kaleo and that it was something that he does not want to know about, but sooner or later, the grandmaster is gonna find out eventually.

Meanwhile, Kaleo made his way to the Sacred Peach Tree to just escape and avoid anyone diving into his personal issues that he might keep to himself because he's afraid of how he'll handle the reaction when he tells them that his parents are assassins.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

Kaleo then turns around and he sees Musaki coming from behind and he took a big exhale and said, "Sorry. I...I thought you were someone else."

Musaki rolled his eyes at that comment and then, he sits down next to him and said, "You must really like the Sacred Peach Tree. It's really a good spot to just get away from everything and just surround yourself in quietness."

Kaleo was lost in whatever Musaki just said and then he asked, "Translation?"

"Like you just want to get away from training and other things or make an excuse to come here." Musaki added.

"Oh, I see." Kaleo said.

Musaki smiled and also turned to Kaleo and said, "It's also known for a little yoga training."

Kaleo was still intrigued on how Musaki did yoga because he saw some parts of it early and he asked, "Can you show me a few things?"

Musaki was surprised to hear that Kaleo is taking interest in yoga and soon enough, he asked, "Are you sure about this? It's not something you do overnight because it takes years and years to master it."

"I've been through enough crap in my entire life and I hope that I can gain some peace inside of me. Can you teach me how?" Kaleo asked.

Musaki was reluctant to show Kaleo a few things about yoga because he knows that if he doesn't master it well, his anger problems might increase to the inth degree, but from the look in Kaleo's face, it seems as though he might need it bad. He then smiles at Kaleo and replied, "I'll show you everything I know."

A few seconds later...

Musaki sits down with his legs crossed and hands on his side and Kaleo does the same and he said, "Just close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. And above all...clear your head of all thoughts."

Kaleo did as he said as he closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, but he finds it a little hard to clear his head of all thoughts because most of those involve a little bit of anxiety inside of them, but tried to shake it off anyway. Just then, Musaki gets up and then Kaleo opens his eyes and finds Musaki standing up and Kaleo stands up too, wondering what happens next.

"Okay, stretch your arms wide."

Kaleo stretched his arms wider and he felt a little strain coming in and he sees Musaki put his foot in his other leg and that's a big challenge for the young lion to do so, but managed to do it anyway. He starts panting heavily and not a couple of seconds later, he slips and fell down to the ground.

Kaleo lets out a furious growl after falling down on the ground and Musaki comes in to calm him down a bit and Kaleo shouted, "How do you do this? This is too hard for me!"

"Don't beat yourself up, man. I was a little frustrated too when I did it the first time. It just takes practice and in yoga...it helps you clear the mind, calm yourself down and it relieves some anger or stress in you." Musaki explained.

Kaleo sighed heavily at this and he said, "Easy for you to say."

"It's okay. Let's just try it again."

Kaleo gets himself up and tries to re-do this again and it was still hard for him, but Musaki helps him out in case he gets mad that he misses it it or any other yoga tricks. The more he received help from Musaki, the more calm he becomes and more determined to get it right.

Musaki taught him the warrior pose, the tree pose, stretching his arms, legs, belly and butt...although Kaleo finds raising his butt to be a little weird. And both of them start to lean on the front and on the left and right side of their bodies to get all the stress out of their system and sooner or later, Kaleo got it down pat and he sees himself more relaxed after those yoga moves.

Musaki was definitely impressed with how Kaleo got it so quickly and how he managed to deal with his temper issues. He looks up at him and said, "You've got this down to a science."

Kaleo looks at what he's done and he couldn't believe that most of them started out as hard but becomes much more easier when Musaki helps him out or corrects it if he messes up a little instead of criticizing. He chuckled softly and said, "Wow. I did, didn't I?"

"And it only took us about an hour and a half to do so. And for the final touch...we breathe in and out again."

Kaleo stares at Musaki, confused-like as if they're doing it again and he asked, "Didn't we already do that?"

"In yoga, it begins with breathing and it ends with breathing after the yoga tricks. That shows that you can keep yourself at ease during the day." Musaki explains.

Kaleo nodded his head in understanding and they both sat down, crossed their legs and closed their eyes and breathed in and out to relieve every ounce of stress they have and for the first time, Kaleo definitely felt relaxed and thanks to Musaki, he's forgotten about what he was angry about, which was new for him because he kept some things that has been bottled up inside of him for years.

Kaleo opens his eyes and feels the wind blowing through his fur and he lets out a relaxed sigh and gets himself up and said, "That was a great session."

Musaki opens his eyes, lets out a smile as well and said, "Well, hey...you got me as a master of yoga for a short time."

"I guess I do."

How awesome is that? Kaleo and Musaki doing yoga? We got plenty more on the way!