A Funny Day

Today was interesting and funny compared to yesterday. The very first moment I woke up, I had a person on my belly and looking at me. I jumped on my bed, making the child go into the air and land back on my belly. "Miracle, what are you doing here," I asked, impatiently. You would be upset too if something like this happened.

"I was wonderin' when you would wake up. Mama told me you're sleeping so I couldn't dis'... wake you up. So I-"

"Never mind, you little troublemaker," I chuckled. "Where is your mother?" So I followed the little tyke to the kitchen where Krystal was talking to the snow leopard. This was Sarah, Tai-gee's killer wife. I mean killer because she used to be a princess assassin. "Ah, hello Sarah."

"Hello Lion," She said completely unphased. I guessed that Krystal already explained to her I was the Lion Warrior. "I hope Miracle didn't bite your tail again." Just as she finished saying that, I grabbed my tail out of reach of the little squirt.

"HA! Ya missed," I exclaimed to the pouting child. I picked her up and handed her to her mother. "So what brings you here?"

"Well, I was just going up with Tai-gee when he mentioned things about you and your wife. So I decided to come by and-"

"And bring little bites-a-lot," I interrupted. Miracle became fussy as she sat in her mother's lap.

"Visit the house. You have a lovely home," She said. She was right. It was modest and simple. The front door was parallel to the sliding silk door of the master bedroom. The kitchen was on the right, nearest to the front door, and my room was on the right as well furthest from the front door. Krystal's bedroom door was adjacent to mine but her room was a lot bigger than mine simply because... she wanted it that way. The walls and panels had beautiful decorations and patterns. Then Tai-gee and Tigress came inside.

"Hello, sorry to dump my family on you. I had to do something for Master Shifu," Tai-gee said.

"No problem, what did Shifu want you to do," I asked.

"He said he wanted to send me on a mission to get a prince, but I don't have the time. My family and I are going on a little trip," Tai-gee explained. Miracle began to bounce excitedly in her mother's lap.

"Well, I hope you have a safe way there," Krystal said as they exited the room and went out the house. "I'll be busy at Ru's house. See you," She mentioned as she kissed me on the forehead. Then she went out the door, leaving Tigress with me.

"What are you doing here," I asked.

"Krystal told me about the journal one time and how you had to write in it to get out of this world. I want you to write what happened yesterday in there," She told me.

"Are you sure," I asked.

"Yes, I want others to know that it isn't their fault. There are many like me and they think it was their fault. The truth is it could have been a lot worse. Tell them, that it isn't their fault by my story," she said. So I did and so I have. I wrote these things down later.

"Okay, I will. Is there anything else you want to talk to me about," I inquired.

"Actually, it's about Crane," She said. This took me for a loop. "Well, I know now that Lu and Crane use to date but I didn't think he would act so nervously."

"Where is Lu staying at," I asked.

"She's staying in the room you two use to share," She answered.

"How do you know he's acting so nervous," I asked.

"Because when we were sparring, he was doing a flying exercise and flew into the beam when Lu came in," she explained. I laughed. I could see this happening before my eyes. "And Lu is nervous too."

"How can you tell," I asked, knowing something funny was going to happen.

"Because when she was cooking with Po, she accidentally put something in the pot that made it explode when Crane passed by." I laughed.

"Where was I when this happened," I questioned.

"You were down at Mr. Ru's. Anyways, I don't know why they're so nervous. It's starting to affect our jobs."

"How?"

"Crane, when we had to deal with some bandits later yesterday, was daydreaming when a bandit smacked him in the face and he landed in a lady's spa." I blurted out laughing.

"That's why he smelled so good," I snickered. "So why are you concerned about it?"

"I'm not really concerned but I do want him to stop being this way. It's starting to affect the teamwork," Tigress said.

"I know that. Where is he? Maybe I can help him," I offered.

"He's in his room," Tigress said getting up from the table.

"That reminds me. Where is Po?"

"He's on a mission for Shifu. Something about a prince." I shrugged it off as unimportant news. I then teleported, because I was lazy, into Crane's room where his eyes were settled out the window, where Lu was actually practicing her staff wielding skills with Monkey. He sighed with a lovesick heart. I snuck up to him and shouted,

"HEY LOVEBIRD!" He jumped to the ceiling, knocking his head on it, and came crashing back down. Before Lu could look, Crane quickly closed the window. He glared at me as I laughed.

"Why did you do that? You almost made me look like a dunce in front of the others."

"Namely Lu, right," I smirked. Crane looked away from me.

"I'm a lost cause, aren't I? I have no shot with her," Crane said pessimistically.

"Of course, you do. You just don't see it. Listen, why don't you just go talk to her. I'm sure she would want to hear how things have changed with you."

"I can't. Every time I try to even say hello, I screw up."

"And so does she from what I can gather," I smiled. "You can't live in nervous fear. Plus, your fighting and Kung Fu training has been buggy and it's affecting everyone around you."

"I know. I should just focus on my training," Crane said, beating his head. I stopped him.

"You could do that as while as talk to her. Your problem isn't going to go away if you run from it," I said.

"I know."

"SO DO!" I exclaimed, instructing him to go to her. I followed him to the Training Hall where Lu was. She moved her training inside. We were just in time for her training to stop. She turned to Crane, who froze. I laid a hand on his shoulder. "Don't be nervous. Just talk to her. I'll help you even." Then I spoke to her. "Master Lu, I don't think we've had the 'proper' introduction. You already know I'm Lion, but I think you don't know Crane." I said as I pushed her closer to Crane. She had frozen too. When they were right in front of each other. "Crane, Lu, Lu, Crane. Now everyone knows each other," I said excitedly. This lightened the nervous air around them. "So Crane tells me that you use to know him way back," I started as we headed to the barracks' kitchen.

"Yeah, before he went to the training academy to work, we um... we use to date each other. But we both decided to break it off because I wanted to become a master. We lost contact after that," She replied almost timidly. Crane held one arm with the other.

"So how long are you staying here," I asked.

"Actually," She said quite reluctantly. "Demi told me to stay here." Thank you, Demi. Never thought I would think that. I thought to myself.

"So are you liking your stay," I asked.

"Well, I like the village so far. The people are very friendly," She replied.

"Are you far from family," I questioned.

"Not really. My family's just a few cubits from here, actually. I just needed to be somewhere else because of my job," She answered.

"So Crane," I said, trying to get him to say something to her, "do you have anything to say to Lu?" He was quiet for a while.

"Hi," was all he said. I facepalmed myself. This had to stop.

"Okay listen," I started. "I know, Crane knows, Lu knows, and everyone in the whole Jade Palace knows that you two are nervous. You guys have dated before so it's like meeting a new old friend. It's awkward. But you're not dating." Yet "Right now, you're just friends. So stop being so uptight and nervous." Crane and Lu looked at each other and chuckled a bit. Then they full-on laughed. I guess laughter is the best remedy.

"Oh man, I've been such an idiot," Crane sighed.

"It's fine. I was nervous, too. Let's start from square one," Lu suggested.

"Okay, Hi, I'm Crane and you're very pretty," Crane said quite honestly. I was about to facepalm myself again, but Lu laughed.

"Hello, I'm Lu and you're very handsome as well," She replied. So that nervous spell was over as they chatted in the kitchen. I decided to leave them alone, so I teleported back to the house, again, lazy. Tigress was still there.

"Why are you still here," I asked.

"I didn't think you would take long. Plus, it get's a little boring without Po around," She replied. I shook my head with a smile.

"You like the panda, don't you?" I asked.

"Yes, I do like having him around," she said evasively.

"That actually makes me ask another question. What kind of relationship do you have with Po?" I questioned. She thought for a moment.

"I... I don't know. I've never actually thought about it. Mmm," She thought about it. Just then, we heard the door open. I saw Krystal try to sneak into the house, but when she noticed us she knew she was caught. Krystal was covered completely in what looked like black soot.

"Don't. Even. Smile," She threatened. I tried to hold it in. I really did, but it was too funny. I laughed out loud while Krystal punched me repeatedly to shut me up. "Stop laughing! I know I look a mess."

"What happened," Tigress asked.

"Mr. Ru has a friend that works as a blacksmith, Mr. Kia. So he asked me to go over there and help him. IF you see smoke when I got there," She said dramatically. "I could hardly tell the person in front of me was a pig. So I helped him, but what I didn't know was the soot was collecting on me. It wasn't until I started climbing the mountain that a child said, 'Look, mama, there's a black panther in the Jade Palace.'" I was rolling. "Stop laughing!"

"I'm sorry black panther. I MEAN KRYSTAL!" I snickered as she punched me again. Tigress smiled.

"Well, I'll leave you two to clean up Krystal," She said as she left. Krystal cutely pouted as I still laughed.

"You have to admit you look very... interesting," I said.

"Just stay here until I get clean," she grumbled. So I did, but I started to think. She said someone named Kia. I remember Kia from one of my stories. He was someone who took Monkey and Crane in his house in A Month. That got me thinking. When Krystal came in, I rushed up to her and hugged her, taking her off her feet and swung her around before putting her back down. Krystal was a little dizzy. "Okay, what was that for?"

"You just helped me to figure out what to do in this situation. I know how to get Po and Tigress together. This is the plan." I explained my plan to Krystal. She lit up with excitement.

"That's perfect!"

"I know," I said smugly.

"Why didn't you come up with it in the first place," She exclaimed slapping my arm.

"I... I was... grrr! Just stick with the plan," I sighed. Krystal smiled.

to be continued.