The five friends go out for some manga scooping. Wonder what fun they'll have?


Chapter 12: Manga Crazy

Later that day, Musaki, Arizona, Taji, Liu Shang and Shao took a walk around the entire village and Shao was definitely in need of a manga fix and Shao asked, "Man, it's great to be abck in the Valley of Peace."

"Well, you only came for my 17th birthday." Musaki reminded him.

Shao chuckled softly and he replied, "Very true. Pretty soon, you'll catch up to my age...even though I'm gonna turn 19 pretty soon."

Arizona looks over at Shao and he said, "I've turned 18 a few months ago, just so you know."

Shao gave Arizona a noogie that almost messed up his spiky hair and he said, "Congrats, man. You're officially in adulthood."

"It's gonna take me time to get used to this, but I have grown wise since then." Arizona added.

Musaki chuckled at that and he asked, "Meant to ask you...how's your dad?"

"He's doing great. When I told him that I was heading to the Valley of Peace for a few days, he told me to tell you hey for him. Other than that, everything's going great there." Shao answered.

"Have you thought about finding your own place yet?" asked Liu.

Shao clears his throat and he replied, "Sorta...but it has to be close to my dad's. I didn't want to find a place of my own that's further away from his house."

Musaki couldn't help but overhear that part and he said, "How much further are we saying here?"

"At least like...5 or 6 miles from where my dad is. I'd rather it be near than far away." Shao explained.

Musaki nodded his head in understanding while Arizona, Liu and Taji got the message immediately and Taji said, "That's pretty cool of you, though. Independent but still want to live in a house that's a little close to your dad."

Shao nodded his head in agreement and he replied, "Yeah, pretty much."

Just then, all five of them walked into the manga store and from the looks in Taji, Liu Shang and Shao's eyes...they were as widened as they could go as they took a glance at the entire bookstore with everything they would love to get. Without a second thought, they all hit the entire manga section and took a little look-see on every single comic book they could see.

"You know how long I've wanted to read these kinds of books? Like while I was imprisoned at Dai Ling's tower." Arizona stated.

Musaki was definitely surprised that Arizona had a thing for manga comics and he asked, "Did you really?"

"On times whever Dai Ling sent me some out to get some books involving war and how to take over what's good in our lives, I would often see some manga comics and read them for a good few hours." Arizona answered.

"How old were you when you got into them?" asked Taji.

"I was probably around 12 or 13 when I first got into it." Arizona replied.

Shao reads a couple of mangas and he asked them, "You guys think this girl has the sickest body you've ever seen in your life? If mating season started right now, I would most definitely..."

Shao looks up at all three of them and each of them were a little disturbed over what Shao was gonna say and he immediately said, "...not finish that sentence I was gonna say."

Musaki rolled his eyes at that and he asked, "Does your dad know you've read stuff like this?"

"Hey, I'm almost 19. I can pretty much do whatever without my dad knowing." Shao replied.

"I'm still sticking to like action-packed comic books. Especially another one about the Dragon Warrior." Musaki stated.

Within a few minutes, all five of them grabbed some manga comics that took a big interest on them as as soon as they came out with bags full of comics as well as other miscellaneous stuff from that store and Musaki told Shao, "Please tell me you haven't bought the comic that contains that girl you described."

"Nah, of course not. Would I bring in something to offend Master Shifu?" asked Shao.

Musaki glared at him with a stern look and replied, "Yeah, you'd better not. Because if you did and Shifu caught you with it, he'd totally confiscate it."

Within no time, they returned to the Jade Palace and as soon as they got back, Shifu was standing in front of them and he had his eyes focused on Shao and he asked, "Young Shao...it is Shao, right?"

"Yes, master." Shao replied.

"Are you good at kung-fu?" asked Shifu.

Shao thought about it for a minute and he replied, "I'm not like a pro or anything, but I'm decent at it."

"Fight with me." Shifu stated.

Shao froze for a second and he replied, "What?"


Cliffhanger! The sparring scene between Shifu and Shao begins in the next chapter!