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"Should we ask him?" Said Monkey, while watching Baihu nervously pacing from one side of the deck to the other.

It has been nearly an hour since they arrived to Hong Kong. At first it seemed as if the white tiger was preparing the ship for landing, but then he shouted something in a language none of them knew and began steering the ship away from the city below them back into the safe embrace of the clouds and since then he seemed incredibly nervous. He developed a strange patern. He would look out the window, rub his chin in thought and then begin pacing.

After the tenth cycle Shifu finally lost his patience and walked up to the walking tiger.

"Master Baihu, is there a problem? It looks as if you are trying to scrape the paint from the floor."

Baihu stopped and gave Shifu a strange look.

"Paint, paint paint paint paint...SHIFU, YOU ARE A GENIUS!" He exclaimed before grabing a nearby bucket and running into the locked room.

They of course tried to follow but once Baihu got inside the room he closed and locked the door again, all they could hear sounds of rummaging and then after a few moments of silence there was a loud splash and then after a few more moments of silence the door opened and everyone took a step back when Baihu emerged covered head to toe in black paint, but his clothes were surprisingly still clean.

"Are you going to explain, what just happened?" Tigress asked.

"You will see soon, prepare for landing and one more thing, call me Bon, Jam Bon, from now on." He said with a smile and got back behind the ship's wheel.

In a couple of minutes the flying ship was floating 300 feet above the city and a giant metal anchor hit the ground with incredible force.

It wouldn't take them long to reach the ground using the rope ladder, but Baihu was reluctant to tell them why he left the ship so high in the air or why he was carrying eight relatively large and heavy bags of something which made jingling noises and refused any offer of help.

Everything was going fine until they noticed the number of animals which had gathered around the ladder and started cheering.

"Is it really him? I can't see!"

"Yes I can see him, he is that big one."

"I can't believe it!"

"Wow, how did he get so fat?"

Came voices from the onlookers.

"Did you tell them, that I was coming?" Asked Po while looking at Baihu confused.

"Baihu!Baihu!Baihu!" Came some more cheering from the below.

Everyone at the ladder stopped and looked at the masked tiger with the same amount of confusion as the panda.

"Okay, so I'm a bit of a local celebrity and let's just leave it at that." Baihu said as he jumped to the ground.

And once the rest joined him, the cheering stopped immediately.

"Wait! That's not him."

"That's just some fat panda!"

"Hey, that wasn't very..." Po tried to retort but was quickly interrupted.

"Where is Baihu?"

"We want Baihu!"

Others didn't know how to react, but the painted tiger quickly took a deep breath and started shouting.

"MASTER BAIHU IS NOT HERE. HE STAYED AT HOME DUE TO SICKNESS! I AM SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT NEITHER HIM OR HIS STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN YOUR TOURNAMENT!"

There were a few angry swears aimed at the sky and a few other sounds of dissappointment, but the crowd around them began to disappear.

"Master Baihu, would you tell us, what just happened?" Shifu asked dumbfounded.

"Where to start...where to start...About two hundred years ago people here held a turnament for every martial school in this region to participate in, but they also encouraged traveling masters to attend it. And since I was at that time visiting a friend here I decided to try entering it. I won on my first try which was apparently unheard of. So the next year I tried and won again and again and again, until I had ten wins in a row. They even built me a statue next to the arena against my will and since then everytime I come to this city, they keep bothering me to enter."

"Why do you keep returning, then?" Mantis asked.

"To make money, of course." He replied with a slight shrug.

"How?" Asked Crane.

Sparkles could be seen in the masked tiger's eyes as he struck a confident pose with a smirk.

"Baihus sale of the highest quality unbreakable furniture, magical self cleaning kitchen utensils and pottery, alchemy and medical supplies, wine, jewelry, decorations, fabrics, clothes, toys and fireworks. The largest sale available only once a year in the great city of Hong Kong. So come and get the beautiful things, that you won't find anywhere else in the whole wide world for a reasonable price!"

The white tiger concluded his cheesy performance with a small bow.

"If you ever need to make some money, you can work for me as an advertiser." Offered and began forcing his business card to Baihus black hand.

The white tiger looked like he remembered something.

"Oh, I almost forgot to give you this." He said as he handed one of the heavy bags to each of them.

"What even is that?" Asked Viper with a look of surprise on her face, when she felt how heavy her bag was.

"Your allowance, I thought it would be only fair to give you a bit of spending money, when you are already going on a field trip. It should be around eight hundred yuan so have some fun, but be sure to not spend it all in one place."

"We are honored, Master Baihu, but I don't think we can accept your generous gift..."

Speak for yourself Shifu. Thought , but before he could say anything Baihu made a dismissive gesture with his hands.

"Nonsense, it's like a drop in a lake for me. Anyway, I need to unload the cargo, so enjoy your shore leave." He said as he started climbing back to the ship, before anyone else could protest.

Monkey was the first one to open his bag only to stare at it in disbelief.

"Guys... I think he didn't mean what you think he meant."

"What are you talking about?" Asked Po.

"You remember when he said that it should be around eight hundred yuan? Well, I think he meant per person and not all money combined."

There was a brief pause during which each of them inspected the content of their bags.

"I-I've never held so much money in my hands." Said Tigress as her arms started shaking.

"It takes me six months to make this kind of money!" Added Mr. Ping to the conversation.

Next few moments were spend over the debate about the question of what to do with this amount of money, until the group decided that it was imposible to make any collective decision, so they parted ways to pursue their individual goals.

Tigress had the biggest problem.

She never found any enjoyment in spending money, it was also the reason why her room was always so plain and empty, almost every time Shifu gave her some spending money, she returned it while insisting that she didn't need it.

And now she found herself walking through the streets of Hong Kong with a large bag of golden coins.

She was just walking through the marketplace when she saw a very strange animal.

It wore a green dress, which hinted Tigress that it was a she. She had a slender frame, gold fur with black spots, but the most interesting were her eyes. They were covered by a piece of white fabric and there were black lines running from them across her cheeks and ending at her mouth. By Tigress' estimation she was taller then leopard, but also smaller then herself.

The mysterious animal was buying something, that looked like small red berries with seeds in them from some pig.

Tigress got a bit closer out of curiosity.

"So that's four pounds of strawberries. Will you take anything else?"

"How are your carrots today?" The mysterious animal asked with a smile.

"Fresh as always, are you worried about your sight?" He asked with a slight smirk.

The spotted animal chuckled.

"Then give me ten pounds of those."

"Of course, ma'am." The pig replied and started quickly putting carrots into an empty basket.

Tigress saw her opportunity to do her good deed for the day.

"Can I help you with your groceries?" Tigress asked as she walked up to the blind animal.

"You see that Lu? And they say that chivalry is dead. Thank you miss...?"

"Tigress." She introduced herself as she picket up the baskets with her free hand.

"And you can call me Zhi Ruo." The spotted animal said and began walking away from the tent.

"What brings you to Hong Kong?" Zhi suddenly asked after they left the market.

"How can you tell, that I don't live here?"

"If you lived here, you wouldn't offer your help to someone you don't even know."

"Is it really that bad around here?"

"People around here just can't tell right from wrong, even I sometimes have problems with that."

"I hope that you don't mind me asking, but what animal are you?"

The blind animal chuckled.

"I am a cheetah, you won't find many of us around here."

"I never heard about your kind."

"That's understandable, most of us back home probably haven't heard a lot about tigers before."

"Oh really? Where are you from?"

"Africa, my dear. It's beautiful there, much more sun."

"How did you end up in here?"

"That's a long story and not a very pleasant one to tell either. Oh I believe we are almost at my destination."

It took Tigress a moment to realize that they were walking through a quiet dark alley.

"Are you sure we are going the right way?" Asked Tigress.

"Of course, dear it's just a little shortcut, I know this city like the back of my hand."

Out of nowhere came three tall figures, all of them looked like bears.

"What are two lovely ladies like you doing here all by youself?" One of them said.

"I think they are looking for trouble." Said the second.

"But if they are looking for trouble, don't they need protection?" Said the third.

"Do you have that pre-trained or did you come up with it on the spot?" Asked Zhi.

"Oh look everyone, this little furball still has her claws. I will tell you what if the striped one gives us that bag of coins, we can guarantee you a safe passage through this alley." The largest bear offered with a smirk and came a bit closer to the cheetah.

"I will give you the count of three to apologize and get out of here." Said Zhi as calmly as possible.

"I don't think you understand who you are talking to." The bear said as he picked her up by her collar.

"Hey, let her go!" ordered Tigress as she dropped the baskets and the bag of coins.

"One."

The bear lifted her even higher.

"Two."

Tigress got ready to attack.

"Three."

Tigress was just about to punch the bear that was holding the blind cheetah, but before she could do anything the three mountains of pure muscle collapsed to the ground.

Zhu was standing right next to one of them and it looked like she was whispering something into his ear.

Tigress got a bit closer to check if the smaller feline was hurt in any way, but out of nowhere two figures appeared in front of her. They were all completely covered in black clothes and taller then her.

She felt a slight pinch on her back as she lost consciousness.


So I passed my maturita with flying colors, was accepted into two universities and now I have time to write again. (yaaaay)