A/N: Hey guys, MCN here bringing you chapter 11 of my story. Ok, now I'm going to say right now that you have to remember I'm creating a harem for Darvel, so this is pretty much putting it further then it already has been, so yeah. Also the new characters that appear in this chapter where given to me by my good friend King of 2211, they're his designs and concepts, I'm just using them. Well, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kung Fu Panda or Alchemax, just my own OCs.
The Honorable Jackal Family
It was around noon and the young Kung Fu masters were training as usual. The Five were doing a four on one sparing session, Tigria v.s. everyone else, while Darvel was hard at work perfecting the new kata Master Chen taught him. Just then Master Chen entered the hall, gaining everyone's attention.
"Students, gather around, I have announcement." Master Chen said prompting his students to line up in front of him.
"What is it master, bandits?" Tigria questioned.
"Ninjas?" Eagle asked.
"Aliens from the planet Manick?" Baboon said.
"Ok, first of all Manick is a moon." Darvel corrected."And second, the inhabitants of Manick are highly primitive and don't have the resources to travel to…" Darvel was cut off by Tigria.
"What's the announcement master?" Tigria said.
"An old friend of mine is coming over for dinner tonight, along with his wife and children; I would like you all to go into town and pick up some groceries for the meal." Master Chen said, he then reached into his pocket and pulled out a scroll. "Here's a list of all the things we need, they're going to be here soon, so I suggest you work quickly." He said as he handed the scroll to Tigria.
"We will master, you can count on us." Tigria said as she and the rest of the group bowed to him and exited the hall, heading down to the village. Darvel and the Five jumped off the platform, and after freefalling through the clouds, landed on a couple of rooftops and jumped down to the ground. The six warriors walked into the shopping district of the village and divided up the responsibilities. "Ok let's see here." Tigria said as she unrolled the scroll and read it over. "Spider and I will get the vegetables; Baboon and Cobra you guys get the meat, and Eagle you get the tofu. Fox you get the tea, Chamomile to be exact, think you can handle it?" Tigria asked sarcastically.
"Just point me in the right direction." Darvel replied. Tigria then pointed to a tea shop behind him, causing Darvel to mentally face palm.
"Alright, we'll meet outside the library to make sure we have everything, got it." Tigria said, gaining a nod from everyone. "Alright, let's go." The group then went their separate ways to collect the ingredients for the special dinner. Darvel walked into the tea shop and began browsing the shelves for the brand of tea he was instructed to get.
"Ok, Chamomile, Chamomile, where are you Chamomile." Darvel said to himself. "Ah ha, here you are, and the last pack to, awesome." He stated as he grabbed the pack off the shelf.
"Aww is that the last pack of Chamomile." A feminine voice said from his right. He then looked over to see a golden jackal girl around his age with light brown fur, wearing what seemed to be traditional Hui Muslim clothing that covered most of her body from her neck down. She had triangular pointed ears on her head, and her face, though with a disappointed look on it, was downright beautiful, causing Darvel to blush a bit at the sight of it.
"Uh, yeah I think so." Darvel replied as he looked back to make sure.
"Oh no, they have to have more, if I don't show up with an offering of some sort it'll bring us great dishonor." She said with a worried tone as she frantically searched the shelves for another pack. Darvel could tell that this girl was legitimately troubled by this, though he didn't know what the big deal was, he himself didn't really like tea. None the less, Darvel sighed.
"Here, you take it." Darvel offered as he handed the pack to the girl. The girl then stopped her search and looked up at Darvel with surprise.
"A-are you sure?" She asked in a bit of a nervous tone.
"Yeah sure, take it; I'm sure the others will be fine with…" He grabbed a random pack from the shelf. "Jasmine." He read the label out loud. 'Great, Tigria's never gonna let me here the end of this, I just know It. Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter.' Darvel thought to himself.
"W-well, ok." The jackal girl said as she shyly took the pack from the fox. "Thank you so much, you have no idea how much this means to me." She thanked with a bow. "But are you sure this is ok?"
"Sure I'm sure, tea is tea after all, right?" Darvel said as he flashed a kind smile to the girl. She immediately blushed at this, she didn't think that Darvel would be this nice to her, considering that they just met, and she was also starting to notice that he wasn't that bad looking either. "Well, good luck with what you need that tea for." Darvel said, breaking the girl out of her trance.
"Huh, oh yes, good bye." She said with a hint of disappointment in her voice. Darvel then turned around to walk away but then noticed that the girl was going in the same direction. "Uh, do you need anything else?" He asked as he stopped and turned back at the girl.
"Huh, uh no, I was just…" She mumbled nervously before pointing to the counter.
"Oh yeah, you need to pay for your tea to, ha ha, sorry." Darvel apologized; a bit embarrassed that he didn't realize that earlier. The jackal girl just shook her head, indicating that it was ok. The two then stepped in line waiting for their turn to pay 'Ok, now all I have to do is pay for the tea and meet up with the others at the library.' Darvel thought to himself. He then realized something at that very moment; he had no idea where the library was. 'Ah shock, why the shock didn't I ask where the library was, I definitely know Tigria will never let me here the end of this." Darvel thought as he face palmed while grunting.
"Um, are you ok?" The girl asked with concern, noticing Darvel's display.
"Uh, yeah I'm fine, I just…" Darvel began then trailed off, feeling that she didn't really want to hear his problems.
"What?" She urged him to continue.
"Well, I'm supposed to meet some guys at the library, but I'm relatively new to this town, so I have no idea where it is." Darvel explained.
"Uh, well, I-I could show you where it is." The girl mumbled just loud enough for Darvel to hear.
"You can, you know where it is." Darvel exclaimed with relief, surprising her a bit.
"Uh… yes, I'm supposed to meet my sisters at a café that's right across from the library, so if you want I can take you there." She offered while blushing a bit.
"Really, that would be great, thank you so much." Darvel thanked, as he spontaneously grabbed her hand and shook. Her blush deepened at this, but she then smiled.
"No problem, it's the least I can do to repay you." She said with a bow.
"Well I appreciate it, the name's Darvel by the way." Darvel introduced himself. "What's your name?"
"Me, I'm Janika, nice to meet you Darvel." She said as her smile widened and some of her shyness melting away. The two canines then paid for their tea and walked out of the shop. "Now if I remember correctly, the library should be this way." Janika said as she pointed to the left.
"Cool, let's go." Darvel said as he began walking in said direction, with Janika fallowing.
"So, you said you weren't from around here right?" She asked him.
"Yep, I'm from the City of Prosperity, just on the other side of the mountain." Darvel replied pointing to the mountain range.
"You're from the city, well then what brings you to the Valley of Peace?" She questioned further.
"I'd really rather not talk about it." Darvel said, not really wanting to be reminded of the life he left behind.
"Oh ok, then I won't ask." She said, feeling as though she had offended him.
"You kind of already did." Darvel joked, causing Janika to giggle a bit. "So what about you; are you from around here?" He asked.
"No actually, I'm from another village like this one, I've only ever been here once before when I was little." Janika replied.
"Really, and you still remember where the library is; now that's what I call memory." Darvel said in amazement, which amused Janika a bit.
"Ha Ha, It's not that I remember from back then, I only remember it from this visit." She explained.
"Oh, now that makes more sense." Darvel said with a smile. There was then a comfortable silence between the two as they walked through the town. Janika found herself stealing glances at the young fox, luckily he didn't notice. After a few more minutes of walking, the two rounded the corner and were met with a peculiar sight. Not far from where they were, there was a group of people, all of them boys from what they could tell, gathered around a single outdoor table. "What's going on over there?" Darvel said curiously, as he observed the scene.
"I think I have a pretty good idea what." Janika said, as if she really did know what was going on. The two then tried to push through the crowd, which turned out to be harder than either of them thought, but once they did they saw what the cause of the commotion was. There, sitting at a table, were two more jackal girls, one older, and the other younger. The older one seemed like an older version of Janika, but only by a little, who wore a tight fitting tank top, traveling shorts, and hiking boots. The other seemed like a much younger version of Janika, no older than ten, who wore a white sun dress, white sandals, and carried what seemed to be a raggedy old teddy bear in her arms. Darvel examined the looks on the mens' faces and then looked back at the older jackal girl and… well let's just say it doesn't take genius to connect the dots. The girl sat at the table nonchalantly, as if she didn't even notice large amount of men crowding around her, but the younger girl definatly did. She sighed with annoyance.
"This happens every time we go to a new town, you'd think they'd have something better to do then to be staring at someone they don't even know, that's really rude." She whined to her sister who just smirked with amusement.
"You'll understand when your older, but I do have to admit, it is getting kind of troublesome." The older one said as she gazed over at the group. "But it can be pretty fun to." She added as she winked at no one in particular, and watched as the men began to argue over who she winked to.
"You're a real tease, you know that?" the younger said with a little smirk.
"Why thank you." She said jokingly as she bowed her head to the younger girl.
"Order number 3's up." A goose from inside the café said.
"Oh, that's us, wait here, I'll be right back." She told the younger as she was about to get out of her seat.
"Wait, I'll get if for you." One of the men said from the crowd.
"No, I'll get it." Another interjected.
"In your dreams." A third stated as he rushed in only to be followed by the entire group, who then fought for the order.
"Sister, we didn't order anything." The younger said to the older.
"I know, but we had to get rid of them somehow." She said with a playful wink, causing the younger to giggle.
"Sisters." Janika said gaining the others attention.
"Ah Janika, there you are." The older said.
"Where have you been, we've been waiting for hours." The younger added, gaining a giggle from Janika.
"I've only been gone for ten minutes." She said as she kneeled down to the little girl's level.
"Yeah… but it felt longer." She said as she pouted a bit.
"Well the point is she's here now, and it seems she brought a new friend to." The older said as she finally noticed Darvel, who was quietly, and albeit awkwardly, watching the scene.
"Oh yeah, ehem, sisters this is Darvel," She introduced the fox, who casually waved at the two girls. "Darvel, these are my sisters, the eldest, Jana, and the youngest, Janya."
"Pleasure to meet you." Jana and Janya both said with a bow.
"Likewise." Darvel replied.
"Darvel actually helped me get the tea we need, again Darvel I am very grateful." Janika thanked once again.
"Like I said, it's no prob…" Darvel began but was suddenly jumped by Janya.
"Thank you very much for helping my sister!" She said in a cheery voice as she hugged Darvel on the waist.
"Uh, you're welcome, but really it was no big deal." Darvel said a bit awkwardly.
"J-Janya, it's very rude to hug people out of the blue like that, especially when you just met them." Janika said a little nervously, with a light shade of red on her cheeks.
"Don't worry about it, its fine. Kid's will be kids right?" Darvel said with a smile as he patted Janya on the head, much too here delight.
"Well… I suppose so." Janika mumbled, in a voice that almost seemed saddened.
"You know I really have to hand it to you Janika, it kind of amazes me how easily you can make friends." Jana said as she walked over to her sister. "And this one's pretty cute to." She whispered the last part to her with a smirk.
"R-really, I haven't noticed." Janika lied as she turned away to hide her blush from her sister. Jana then walked over to Janya and gently pulled her off of Darvel.
"Please excuse her, she's a hugger." Jana apologized. "Though, I can't say I really blame her." She continued in a flirtatious tone as she set Janya to the side and approached Darvel.
"Uh, thanks I guess." Darvel said a bit nervously as he noticed Jana examining him. Janya pouted at this and Janika looked down right depressed. Just then Jana finally noticed Darvel's 'deformity'.
"Hey, what happened to your tail?" She asked, causing the others to finally notice as well.
"Ahhhh, his tail's been stolen!" Janya exclaimed, pointing at where his tail would be.
"No, no, it hasn't been stolen; I was just born without one." Darvel explained, trying to calm the young jackal down.
"Born… without one, why?" She questioned.
"That's just the way my species is, I'm a rare subspecies of red fox, we don't have tails." Darvel explained further.
"Really, that's fascinating." Janika said with a bit of amazement.
"I know evolution right." Darvel replied, gaining giggles from the others. Just then Darvel remembered something and turned around as if looking for something. "Oh hey, there's the library, just like you said Janika." He said, reminding Janika of why he was even with her right then. "Well, it was nice meeting you girls, see ya." Darvel said as he was about to walk across the street to the library.
"W-wait." Janika muttered in a barely audible tone.
"No, don't go yet." Janya pleaded as she leaped onto Darvel's back, causing him to stagger.
"I think what she means is that since its right over there and your friends aren't even there yet, then you might as well stay with us for a while until they come." Jana said, saving her sisters from some embarrassment.
"Uh… I guess that would be ok." Darvel said as he gently removed Janya from his back and set her on the ground.
"Great, come and sit." She said as she gestured to an empty seat. Darvel then did so and all three of the sisters sat around him. They were all staring at him, as if waiting for something. There was a bit of an awkward silence and then Darvel spoke.
"So, do any of you girls know anything about physics?" Darvel questioned, and was answered with head shakes.
"Well, I think that's all of it." Tigria said as she checked the last item off her list. "Man that took a long time."
"It wouldn't have taken so long if we would've bought everything at one shop." Spider pointed out as she carried four onions on her back, holding them up with her front legs.
"Well it's not my fault that I need the best quality ingredients for my Secret Ingredient Soup, besides we're having guests, it has to be better than usual today." Tigria defended, as she always took pride her soup, it was the second thing she was most proud of, besides her Kung Fu. The two female warriors continued on their path to the library and once they approached their destination they noticed that the others were already there. "Hey guys, so did you get everything?" Tigria asked gaining the other three's attention.
"Yep, we got the meat." Baboon stated, carrying a multitude of different types of meat.
"I got the tofu." Eagle added holding up the grey spongy substance. "You guys got the vegetables?"
"Oh, we got vegetables." Spider replied.
"Great, so now all we're waiting on is the tea, and of course, the fox is taking the longest." Tigria said, slightly annoyed, thinking that Darvel would've actually been the first to be done. "Eagle, could you fly up and find him to see what's taking so long." Tigria asked.
"Sure thing." Eagle replied, handing the tofu to cobra to hold, making him gag a little. Eagle then did what he was told, but he didn't have to fly very high, as once he was high enough to see above the villagers' heads he saw Darvel sitting at a table across the street, looking as if he was rambling about something to three girls. "Guys, he's right across the street." He said to the others as he flew back down to them.
"What?" Tigria said in disbelief.
"Yeah, he's over at that café talking to… some people." Eagle said, thinking that he probably shouldn't mention that they were girls.
"Why that lazy little…" She growled as she handed the vegetables to Eagle and began to stomp across the street.
"Hey, where are you going?" Baboon asked.
"To give the 'Dragon Warrior' a piece of my mind." She replied. The Five knew that that wouldn't turn out well, so they decided to go with her. Tigria eventually made it passed the multitude of people walking in the street and she then saw Darvel, sitting at a table talking to three jackal girls, just as Eagle said. She was now close enough to hear what he was saying and rolled her eyes as he was giving a lecture about gravity. Suddenly, she became more annoyed then angry.
"So when Newton saw the apple fall, he figured that the same force that was pulling it to the ground was the same as the force that was holding the planets in their orbits." Darvel explained, while the girls listened intently. "He called this force gravity, and after working very hard, and creating various formulas for this concept, he made it the first law of physics to be relatively understood." He concluded.
"Wow all that from just seeing an apple fall from a tree?" Janika said in awe.
"Yep just goes to show you, inspiration can come from anyyyyyy…" Darvel replied, but was cut short by Tigria pulling him to the side by his ear.
"Fox, what, exactly, do you think you're doing." Tigria said in a fake calm tone as the others then arrived on the scene.
"T-Tigria, it's not what you think." He said frantically, hoping she will believe him.
"Then enlighten me." She ordered in a stern voice.
"Ok, so I was getting the tea, right, and then I met this…"
"So you got the tea." Tigria stated, causing Darvel to stiffen a bit.
"Well, I got some tea." Darvel said as he pulled out the tea pack he bought. Tigria snatched it out of his hand and read the label.
"Jasmine, I said Chamomile you idiot!" Tigria scolded as she shoved the pack back to him.
"I know it's just that… the store was all out." Darvel said, he decided to leave the part about Janika out, after all, the last thing he wanted to do was get Tigria mad at her to.
"Well then you should've gone to another tea shop." Tigria suggested.
"Oh, yeah, right." Darvel said, feeling totally stupid for not thinking of that.
"Honestly, all I asked you was to get a simple bag of tea, and you can't even do that ri…"
"It's not his fault." Janika interjected as she got up from her seat, surprising everyone, especially her sisters. Everyone's eyes were on her, which caused Janika to return to her nervous temperament. "Well, you see I needed Chamomile tea as well, and I checked all of the other tea shops but they were all out too. So when Darvel found the tea at the last tea shop he was nice enough to give it to me." She continued, blushing at the memory, this of course didn't go unnoticed by Jana. "But if it's that important to you all, then please take it." She insisted as she held out the pack to them with her head bowed down.
"But, didn't you need it for something?" Darvel questioned, as he remembered how desperate she seemed at the shop.
"Yes, but it seems you need it more." Janika replied as she turned away to hide her blush.
"As a matter of fact we do." Tigria said as she grabbed the pack from Janika, surprising her a bit.
"Well, here, at least take the Jasmine, then at least you won't be empty handed." Darvel said as he handed the pack of Jasmine to Janika, who gladly took it.
"You see that, if you would've done that from the beginning, we wouldn't have had to…" Tigria began but stopped when she felt a sharp pain run through her leg, for Janya kicked her in the shin. "OOOOOOWWW!"
"Stop being mean you ugly witch!" The young jackal said to the tiger master, causing Darvel to gasp in shock, knowing Tigria wouldn't take that well.
"U-ugly witch, why you…" She growled as she brought back her hand, making it look like she was about to hit her, but Spider held her back by her tail.
"Tigria let it go; she's just a little kid." Spider said, trying to calm her down. "Guys, a little help here." She said to the rest of the Five, but they didn't answer. She looked over at them to find that they were staring at Jana, all with love struck grins on their faces. 'Oh, brother.' Spider thought to herself. Jana didn't pay any mind to it, because she was too preoccupied with trying to hold back from killing Tigria for threatening her sister, but she made a note of it for later.
"I'm not a little kid, I'm a young lady, now back off or Kummy will eat you." Janya said as she held up her teddy bear and made growling noises.
"Is that Kummy?" Darvel asked as he kneeled down to Janya's level.
"Yep, he's my best friend, who protects me from evil witches like her." Janya replied a she pointed to Tigria, though this time she just shrugged it off, knowing it wouldn't be right to harm a defenseless child.
"Really, well then I'm sure she'll think twice about messing with you." Darvel said as he patted her on the head, causing Janya's smile to widen.
"Please, I'm a Kung Fu Master and the leader of the Furious Five, like I'm going to be scared of a stuffed bear." Tigria mocked.
"Oh I'm sorry; I didn't know you liked crushing children's dreams." Darvel said sarcastically as he stood back up and glared at her. Just then, Jana realized what Tigria just said.
"Wait, Furious Five?"
"Yep, you guys are looking at the current Furious Five." Darvel said.
"But wait, then that means…" Janika started but trailed off, but Darvel know where she was going with that.
"Oh, did I forget to mention that I'm the… Dragon Warrior." Darvel said as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. The three sisters responded by nodding simultaneously. "Yeah, I kind of am." The girls seemed to be frozen in awe at this, and just then they began to reflect on all of the inappropriate things they did. The girls immediately jumped to their feet and bowed respectfully at Darvel.
"Forgive us for our inappropriateness Dragon Warrior!" They all said in unison.
"Uh, its fine, really, you don't have to do that." Darvel said a bit awkwardly, for he didn't feel really comfortable with the sudden change in behavior.
"But, our actions were completely disrespectful." Jana said.
"Please, accept our apologies." Janika added.
"Pretty, please." Janya pleaded. Darvel then sighed in defeat.
"Ok fine, I accept your apologies." Darvel said causing the girls to relax their postures.
"Yeah sure, now they're respectful." Tigria said as she rolled her eyes.
"But really, you don't have to be so formal with me; we're all friends here, right?" Darvel said, surprising the girls.
"Are you sure, we wouldn't want to insult you." Janika questioned for the group.
"Sure I'm sure, just call me Darvel, ok." Darvel insisted with a smile.
"I must say, that's very modest of you." An unknown voice said from behind them, grabbing everyone's attention. They all turned around to see a middle aged golden jackal with a sort of satchel around his shoulder, and next to him was what seemed to be a middle aged, female, black Jackal, both wearing similar clothes that Janika was wearing. Darvel had no idea who these two were, but the girls and the Five immediately recognized them.
"Master Jackal." The Five said as they bowed in respect.
"Mother, Father." The Jackal girls greeted, surprising the others.
"Wait, these guys are your parents?" Darvel asked, receiving a nod from them all.
"You're Master Jackal's children?" The Five questioned.
"Yep, and guess what else, we're also the guests that you're going to be having for dinner at the Jade Palace." Jana informed with a playful smirk on her face.
"Really?" The Five said as they looked back at Master Jackal, who nodded in response.
"Uh, can somebody please explain to me what's going on?" Darvel said to which Master Jackal chuckled.
"Of course Dragon Warrior, allow me to introduce ourselves." He replied. "I am Master Jackal, current Grandmaster of the Topaz Palace in the south, and this lovely lady is my wife, Janeira. Our daughters and we will be your guests for dinner this evening." Master Jackal introduced.
"It is an honor of a thousand lifetimes to be in the presence of the new Dragon Warrior." Janeira said as she and her husband bowed.
"Dude, that's like ninety thousand years, I mean I'm flattered and all, but I think you might be overestimating me a little bit." Darvel responded, gaining a hit in the back of the head from Tigria.
"Idiot, show some respect." She scolded, but was once again kicked in the shin by Janya.
"Ugly witch, be nice." Janya said.
"Janya, that is very impolite." Janeira said in a stern tone. Janya's face then immediately put on a look of remorse.
"Sorry mother." She said in a small voice as she bowed to her apologetically.
"Don't apologize to me, apologize to her." Janeira stated, referring to Tigria. Janya absolutely didn't want to do it, but she knew if she didn't then her mother would be angry at her.
"Sorry." She said reluctantly.
"It's ok." Tigria said just as reluctantly.
"Good girl Janya; now come here." Janeira said in a kind and motherly tone as she reached her arms out to her daughter. Janya happily ran up to her and jumped into her arms as her mother pulled her up, holding her so that their heads were even.
"Janika, did you get the tea yet?" Master Jackal asked looking over at his two other daughters.
"Uh, well sort of." Janika said in a bit of an ashamed tone.
"What do you mean?" Master Jackal said a bit confused.
"It's a long story, just know that we ended up with the Chamomile and they ended up with Jasmine, which is kind of my fault." Darvel admitted with a nervous smile, hoping he would understand.
"Oh, well it doesn't matter, tea is tea right?" Master Jackal said with a smirk on his face, surprising Darvel and the sisters.
"That's exactly what I said." Darvel said with a smile. "By the way, if you guys are coming over to us for dinner, then why did you need tea, did you think we wouldn't have any or something?" Darvel questioned, as he didn't understand why they would need tea so badly.
"Well you see we believe that it is rude to show up at a gathering empty handed, so I went to fetch some tea while my parents took care of some business." Janika answered.
"Oh ok, I guess that makes sense." Darvel said. Master Jackal grinned at this, and then turned his attention to Tigria.
"And you must be Tigria." He said to the white tiger. "I must say you sure have grown, but then again I haven't seen you since you were a baby so I guess that's expected."
"Thank you Master Jackal, and may I say it is an honor to meet you." Tigria replied with a bow.
"Likewise, I am honored to meet the current Furious Five." Master Jackal said.
"Thank you Master Jackal." The rest of the Five said in unison.
"Well, now that we have the introductions out of the way, how about we go up to the Jade Palace and get started on dinner, shall we?" Janeira suggested.
"Yeah, let's go!" Janya said enthusiastically, as this was her first trip to the Jade Palace, and she was excited.
"Alright then." Master Jackal said with a laugh, as he led the way to the floating palace.
"Right this way, ladies." The guys of the Five said to the Jackal girls, but mainly Jana.
"Ha, ha, why thank you." Jana said sweetly as she walked by, brushing her tail on their faces, sending them into a bit of a daze before they followed. Spider sighed exasperatingly.
"This is going to be a long day I just know it." She said as he and the others followed the group. Master Jackal noticed that he was receiving some glances from the some of the villagers and gripped his satchel protectively.
'The sooner we get to the palace the better; it's the only place that's truly safe.' He thought to himself as he began to pick up the pace slightly, worried for the safety of the contents of his satchel, and more importantly, his family.
A/N: And there you have it, Ch. 11. As I said I'm creating a harem for Darvel, and I'll tell you right now that these new girls are just the tip of the iceberg. Once again, I would like to thank King of 2211 for giving me the idea for the Jackal family and letting me use it, you rock dude! Well, R&R please.