The Dragon Warrior Blues

I'm glad people liked the first chapter. Don't worry people Tigress will be introduced in the next chapter. I just want to use this to clear something up for people, because I'm basing these on episodes of 'Cowboy Bebop' I have to watch the episodes over and over again so I can get the finer details in, however this means I can get them out quicker because I don't have to come up with the majority of the ideas Finally to the three people on the entire planet that care about 'The Dragon Warriors' I've hit a dead end with that so I'll get back to it when I feel like.

Well that's enough out of me let's just get straight to what you've all come here to read.

Session #2 The Stray Crane Strut

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A mongoose was standing in a restroom cubicle relieving himself, he wore simple casual clothes and he had bandages around his wrists, they weren't to suggest any dark hidden past they were there for decoration only. He finished what he was doing and froze when he had a strange rattling, he looked down at the source and saw that it was only the case he had brought with him, it rattled about by itself like it had a mind of its own. It was an ordinary looking travel case, it's only distinguishing feature was its gold handle and its contents.

He sighed heavily and paid it no mind, when he had zipped up he picked the case up, he heard a group of people run into the bathroom and stand outside the cubicle that he was in, the mongoose prepared himself for a fight.

"Come on out you disgusting mongoose!" came a snide voice from outside, "You can't run anymore". The mongoose stayed where he was, he started to calmly and quickly try to put together a plan, the thugs outside were getting impatient, they surrounded the cubicle and covered it from all angles, "It's all over for you Abdul Hakim", there was still no answer from the mongoose.

The thug who had spoken gestured silently to one of the others to open the cubicle door up, the one he picked felt a twinge of fear go through his heart; he had heard so many stories about the Legendary Abdul Hakim and his brutal and vicious attacks. He pulled a knife and slowly walked towards the door, before he could open it the door was kicked off of its hinges, it flew into the thug and sent him flying into the wall behind him.

Abdul Hakim raised himself up to his full height and stood over the now scared thugs, their leader who had spoken earlier didn't look impressed however, "You're not so tough, I've heard all of the stories about you and I've gotta say I'm not impressed", he pulled out a similar looking knife to his comrade, "You want to fight Abdul?"

Abdul grinned evilly at the two that were still standing, the other thug flinched in terror, "You're….you're crazy" he murmured. The mongoose slowly got into a fighting stance, there was a short pause that filled with tension and then Abdul launched himself at the two of them, their guns fired but hopelessly hit the stall behind him. He punched one in the throat flooring him instantly, he rounded on the second one and punched him in the kidney, the wounded thug desperately tried to catch a breath that wasn't there.

All of the guys fell down defeated, Abdul admired his handiwork with an arrogant sneer. The mongoose waited for a second just in case they got back up, when he was confident that they definitely out cold he checked the entrance to see if there were any more on the outside. There was nobody outside so he decided to quickly make his escape, he went back into the cubicle and picked the still rattling case up. He looked once more onto the thugs before leaving out of the open door.

The thug that Hakim had hit with the door got up slowly and groaned at his injuries, "Oh man" he said to himself worriedly, "The boss is not going to be happy with this."

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Meanwhile

Po was sleeping heavily in the back of the 'Bebop', both him and Ping were both incredibly bored due to not having a single case since the 'Solenson' incident a few weeks ago. And the worst part of it all was that they were nearly out of supplies, they hadn't earned any money also because of the lack of work. Po's pleasant dreams about money and food were soon interrupted however.

"PO! PO! WAKE UP!" yelled Ping in excitement, the large panda stirred slowly and woke up. He sat up and yawned loudly while stretching to get the cramp out of his big arms, he then wiped some drool away from his mouth. Po got out of the wagon and found the Goose walking towards him with a sheet of paper in his hand, Po became excited and this could only mean one thing.

"I got the new issue of 'Big Shot' Po!" Ping shouted happily, Po whooped with delight and ran over to examine the document. 'Big Shot' was a paper that bounty hunter could buy to find out about the next big prize, Ping must of gone into the nearest town and found one, the only problem with 'Big Shot' was that because it was a public paper then any loser with a gun and a thought that they were tough could pick it up and find the bounty.

"Nice work partner, see you can useful for some things" Po said cheekily, Ping frowned at him. Po snatched 'Big Shot' off of the goose and frantically scanned it for a case. One stood out to him, "Abdul Hakim, huh" Po read aloud, Ping got into the 'Bebop' with Po closely following him.

"Let's just get Hakim" Ping suggested, "We're short on cash and we're already near Shandong, I skim read that one on the way back to the 'Bebop' so read the whole article aloud while we're on our way there". Po nodded, Ping started the journey to Shandong while Po cleared his throat and began to read the article. "Hey there Amigos" Po raised an eyebrow, "Seriously who writes these things?" he thought bemusedly, "How're all you 300,000 bounty hunters in China doing? It's time for BIG SHOT, the paper that brings you all the useful information about fugitives Shucks howdy!" Po smirked again, "Just as a rule Ping, next time we get one of these you're reading it, I can't be seen dead reading this thing out loud", Ping shrugged, "Fine whatever just carry on", Po found his place on the page again and continued on.

"Well, well, first up for today is this guy; Abdul Hakim", a massive arrow next to the sentence was pointing towards a picture of a mongoose that was printed next to it. It had some information about him over the top of the picture. Race: Mongoose. Height: 6 Feet 2 Inches. Age: Unknown.

Po frowned, "This guy sounds pretty big", Ping waved his hand as if waving away the concern, "Don't be a baby Po, if you're scared then you stay in the 'Bebop'. Po rolled his eyes and continued reading, "He's known as a serial thief who specializes in the trafficking of People and Information, in his latest crime Hakim stole some property belonging to a renowned bunch of alchemists, unfortunately his last known location was in the not-so-fair city of Shandong. The good news is however is that he's worth a whopping 8 million yen! The conditions are as always."

Po paused for a second to turn the page, "You MUST bring him in alive on order for you to claim your reward, if you kill him, then we will allow you to come and kiss your reward goodbye before we keep it for ourselves. Abdul Hakim is the biggest reward we've had in a long time, probably the biggest we'll have this season! Do your best to get this guy and remember, if you see other bounty hunters after him then don't be afraid to walk up behind them and stab them in the back. Adios amigos and until next time!"

Po put the paper down, "That was a lot more upbeat then they usually are" he remarked dryly, he turned to Ping "So what do you think?"

"This guy sounds like an easy catch honestly" Ping replied, "Also the thing he took we could also keep for ourselves and sell it on the black market!" Po could almost see the money signs in the goose's eyes, honestly the thought of more cash did entice the panda. Po nodded "Okay then Ping, let's go and catch this Abdul Hakim!"

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Hakim walked into a nearby bar and had to crouch down slightly in order to actually get inside, a bell above the door went off to tell the owners someone had entered. Hakim automatically went to the counter, he had been instructed by his contact to meet him in a few hours at a place not too far from here and hand the case over to him. For someone as experienced as Hakim the job seemed almost too easy.

All of the patrons eyed up both Hakim and the case he was carrying but the mongoose ignored them all, the bartender greeted him enthusiastically, "Hey there stranger! If you feel lethargic, have some ginseng hei-sui!" Abdul just looked at him blankly. The bartender could feel that he was losing a potential chance to sell Abdul the more expensive beverages.

"If you're tired" he continued, he tried not to notice Abdul's increasing boredom. "You should try some sugarcane hei-sui! It'll keep you up for a week. Have you eaten too much? Then try some pineapple hei-sui". Abdul slammed his hand onto the counter to shut him up, the entire bar went silent.

Abdul just glared at the barkeep "Give me some lao-chu" he demanded. The barkeeper nodded quickly and quickly made him the drink, it was a dark brown color with the consistency of clotted blood but it did look quite appetizing. Abdul nodded his thanks to the barkeeper who quickly went to find something to do.

Abdul went to pick the glass up but a shove from behind jerked him and knocked the glass over, it rolled off the bar and smashed onto the floor the contents spilling over Hakim's shoes, the mongoose just kept looking ahead his face showing no anger or rage.

A drunk goat from behind put his arm over Hakim, "Sorry my apologies there, bro." He slurred, Abdul just ignored him and wiped his wet hands onto his clothing, the goat's breath flew into his face and made him cringe internally. "Hey, I said I'm sorry" the goat said now getting increasingly flustered. "What, can't say anything? You think you're better than me? Is that it?" he asked Hakim.

"Excuse me sir" Hakim muttered politely, the goat raised an eyebrow, "Yeah, what do you want bud?" Hakim gently pulled his arm off of him and turned to face the goat, "Would you mind picking up the glass that you just knocked on the floor? I was trying to drink lao-chu from it".

The goat smiled at having one the mongoose over, "Sure bud, I'd be happy to", he bent down to get it, when his face was near enough the remains of the glass Hakim put his boot on the back of the goat's head and forced his face into the broken glass. The goat screamed in agony and clawed at Abdul's shoe to try and get him off.

Hakim heard the doorbell ring and saw a kid running away with a familiar looking suitcase, Hakim looked at where he had placed his and saw that it was missing the mongoose snarled and darted after him. He booted the door down and ran down the street after the kid, with every step he thought of more horrifying things that he was going to do to him for entertaining the thought of stealing that case from him.

The kid rounded a corner and Abdul followed him, when the mongoose ran round the corner however the teenager had disappeared. Hakim growled dangerously and hit a nearby wall leaving a crack in it.

On the roof above Hakim trying as hard as he could to not let out a breath was the teenager, he had seen a flash of gold on the case and thought it might be worth quite a bit of money so he had risked death for stealing property but if his hunch was correct it would mean quite a bit of money. He waited until the mongoose left to try and pick up his trail again before leaping off of the roof and landing in an alley way.

He crouched behind a wall and took a look at his prize, it was a normal looking case but it had gold handles which is what he had seen in the bar. "Ok time to collect my loot" he said out loud, he went to pick the lock of the case then it shook and fell out of his hands.

He looked at it oddly for a few seconds before picking it back up again and picking the lock, he took a deep breath to calm his nerves, whatever was inside of the case might not be overly friendly. He opened it slowly and a wing poked out of it, the kid lost his nerve and stuffed the wing back in and slammed the case shut.

It wiggled about again, whatever was inside had tasted fresh air and freedom for a few seconds and now it wanted more of it. The teenager out his body over it to contain the creature and pondered what he was to do with it, he deliberated for a minute before coming to the obvious conclusion that he would sell it to a pawn shop, after all if they were desperate enough a pawn shop could take literally anything off of your hands and give you a fair amount for it.

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"Even if we overhaul this old thing we'll still have a lot to split between us, what are you gonna get with your half?" asked Po excitedly, Ping rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "I don't know Po" Ping put on a serious face, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket yet Po we haven't even reached Shandong".

Po folded his arms and pouted, "Thanks for ruining that partner", he dropped the fake irritability to show a cocky smirk, "No, I've got this one nailed shut" he claimed arrogantly.

Ping shook his head in disbelief, "Just give it your best shot Po", Shandong came into view in the horizon, "Hey I can see it Po!" Po climbed on top of the 'Bebop', when he got a full glimpse of the place he frowned to himself, "Wow 'Big Shot' was right it doesn't look too great".

The town looked like a black spot on an otherwise beautiful countryside, you could almost see the graffiti and broken dreams of the people from here. "Make sure you don't bring your wallet Po! This looks like it's gonna be a rough one!" Ping yelled up to him, Po couldn't disagree.

The panda climbed back down, got into the wagon and started to make preparations for when they arrived, mainly in the weapon department.

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A Ox and a Buffalo were sat around a table in a restaurant, they were talking business but 'hiding in plain sight' worked a lot more than people ever gave it credit for. "So all three of them went down?" asked the Ox, he was referring to the three agents that they had sent after Abdul Hakim in order to get back the property that he had stolen from them,

The buffalo nodded, "Seems that way". "And Hakim is still around hiding in this town somewhere" The Ox asked, the buffalo nodded again, "Seems that way".

The Ox growled, "Damn that fool, he has no idea how much that thing is really worth".

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Po and Ping hid the 'Bebop' a ways back in a hidden clearing so it wouldn't get stolen. The panda and the goose walked the rest of the way into Shandong, when they reached the entrance it actually looked worse than 'Big Shot' described. It had a massive steel gate barring anyone from entering it, there was little slot in the center of it for the guard to presumably peek their head out and identify the visitor.

"Wow, this place looks charming" remarked Po. The panda had a thought, "Hey Ping", "Yes what is it Po?" Po smirked, "Why don't I handle this one", the goose frowned "Why?"

"I can get this guy by myself, we'll just get in each other's way trying to get him" Po explained, Ping couldn't disagree, Po did work better solo and the Bebop did need someone to guard it. "Okay then Po, I'll wait with the Bebop back where we left it, if you need back up then-" Ping pulled out a small firework, "Light this and let it fly into the sky, I'll see it from we parked the Bebop."

Po nodded and took the firework off of Ping, "Do you have an idea of where you want to start?" asked Ping, the panda nodded and put the firework away, "I'll try and find a weapons dealer in town, Hakim would've needed to gather some to protect himself if he's carrying precious cargo".

"That seems fine" agreed Ping, the goose walked off and left Po to enter Shandong alone. The panda walked up to the large gate and pounded on the door, the sound was incredible and made Po cover his ears. The slot opened and a pair of grey eyes looked out of it, "Who's there? What business do you have in Shandong?" he demanded.

Po scratched his head, he and Ping hadn't thought of an excuse to go inside. "Hi friend, I'm a travelling salesmen and I wanted to try and sell my wares to this fine village", Po thought it was best to not mention his true occupation, some places weren't as tolerant as others when it comes to others.

There was silence for a few seconds until the figure behind the door roared with laughter, Po raised an eyebrow, he pointed a finger accusingly, "Sir, I'll have you know we travelling salesmen take our professions very seriously" Po said dramatically, the panda continued to hear laughter.

"You've got spirit kid I'll give you that, I know you're a bounty hunter here looking for a guy, you're not the first so I'd hurry up if I were you otherwise you'll of lost your catch", the gate opened and Po quickly ran in but not before saying a quick "Thank you" to the guard who turned out unsurprisingly to be a rhino, Po wondered if that particular species could actually get any other job.

He snapped out of it when he remembered that the rhino had told him that he wasn't the first today to come into Shandong looking for Hakim, he increased his pace and looked everywhere for a weapon shop.

Po thanked Shandong's reputation as it didn't take him long to find what he was looking for, on a corner was a smallish shop with a massive sign outside, on the sign was a massive picture of a blade which showed everyone what kind of tools it stocked.

Po stopped outside of it and went in, Po gasped at the sight of the shop, the walls were covered with swords, blades, knives, bo staffs, nun chucks and maces, all of the stuff looked deadly and Po looked in awe of it, he heard a cough and saw a youth standing at the counter looking disgruntled, he was an antelope who had multiple piercings through his ears and one through his lip.

Po walked up to the counter and leaned on it, "Can I help you?" The youth asked irritably, Po nodded and put on a true cheesy grin, "I think you can my fine gentlemen, I'm looking for a guy carrying a case". The antelope looked at Po like he was an idiot, "A guy carrying a case? Well I'm glad you could create a real picture of this guy. I don't know anyone like that".

Po sighed and got off of the counter, "Well at least I tried, thank you for the help anyway", Po went to leave but decided to try one last attempt, "Say I was wondering about those" Po pointed towards a pair of nun chucks on the wall, he walked over to them and started to swing them, with the same nonchalant attitude the antelope replied, "What about them?".

Po held them aloft, "There's a long chain on this one, is this the 'Way of the Dragon' model?" The antelope started to look a bit more interested, "Hey, pretty good eye! It's a rare one from about 30 years ago". Po swung it around a bit more, "Yeah it's an antique for sure".

The antelope stopped slouching and stood up straight to show his interest in Po, "You can buy anything in Shandong from weapons to lives, everyone is after Abdul Hakim but I'll tell you where you should look because it's always nice to meet someone who finds a beauty and an appreciation in weapons, there's a pawn shop called 'Antique Treasures' off of Caiphon Road, you should try there, if I was Hakim I would definitely try and sell whatever I stole there".

Po absorbed the information and put the nun chuck back on the rack, "Thank you for the tip", the antelope nodded and Po left the store, he started to look around for Caiphon road.

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'Antique Treasure' was as it sounded, the shop was very dark due to the owner putting sheets over the windows, the only major light source in the room was from the entrance, there was also a thick layer of dust in the shop and a lot of cobwebs.

"I'll look but that's all" said the owner of the store, she was an irritable old lady who was only interested in a profit. She was currently serving the teenager who had stolen Abdul Hakim's case, after escaping the area the youth had immediately come to the shop to get some cash for it.

"I'm not promising I'll but it even after I've seen it" explained the owner, the kid nodded quickly and lifted the heavy case onto the counter, "Right fine!" he huffed. Suddenly a hand grabbed him from behind and threw him to the ground, it was a smirking panda.

"So, got tired of running did you Hakim?" asked Po cockily. The kid put his arms in front of his face to avoid getting hit, "Y-you've got it all wrong I'm not Hakim I-", "Don't move" ordered Po. "Now both of you stop this fighting" the old lady said without looking up from the case, "Any damage you do you will pay for".

Po glared at her, "Open the case" he growled, "This is a misunderstanding" panicked the youth. Po kicked him in the face, "I said quiet! Do you like your teeth in your head!?" Po yelled, the kid wailed and clutched his face.

The panda looked at the owner again, "Do it!" The old lady grumbled and started to unlock the case, as soon as it had been unlocked something burst out of it in a bunch of feathers, Po covered his face, "Oh great, please don't be an avian" he thought grumpily.

The form stopped flapping about and stood up to its full height, it was nearly as tall as Po. The panda raised an eyebrow and pointed at it, "How much is that thing worth?" he asked the owner, the crane glared at him. The old lady shrugged, "I don't know, I'm not really an expert on the trafficking of lives, as you can probably tell by the sign on the building I'm an antiques dealer!"

Po sighed and gripped the bridge of his nose, "Ok lady calm down!" He walked up to the avian slowly, "Can you talk?" he asked; the crane looked at him oddly but didn't say anything. Po threw him arms up in the air dramatically, "Oh great, he's a mute!" Po complained, "So now I can't give him back to his owners because he doesn't know where he came from".

Po huffed and slumped his shoulders, "Well this was a waste" he looked down at the crying teenager, "Sorry about the whole beating thing, I thought you were someone else" the panda left the shop in an irritated mood, he had managed to get a grand total of 0 yen, that meant more rationing which Po hated more than anything.

The panda then stood in a muddy puddle, he groaned and tried to shake off any filth he had gotten on his footwear, he was so focused on that that he didn't notice a very tall mongoose walk past him.

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"At least give me some money for it!" Begged the teenager, the old lady refused to buy the bird off of him no matter how little money he asked for, the crane simply stood around and took in the first taste of freedom it had had in a very long time.

"How about ten? Or five? O-"The teenager felt a knife get pressed into his back, "How about you give me my property back and I only give you a mildly life threatening injury?" Offered Hakim. The crane recognized the creature that had originally taken him, he backed away into a corner.

Hakim walked over to it and tried to lure it back into the case, he put his hand close to it and the Crane bit him. The mongoose let out a large yelp that could be heard for several hundred blocks of Shandong.

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Po heard the yell, his mood told him to ignore it and go and find some food but his instincts told him that this could be something valuable, "Damn it" Po grumbled, he ran towards the source of the sound. He turned the corner and saw the antiques store, the crane burst out of the store and flew away and in close pursuit was Hakim.

Suddenly a bunch of Ox pushed past Po and chased after Hakim, Po scratched his head until a light bulb went off inside of it, "Wait a minute that was Hakim! Who were those big guys chasing him? What the hell is going on in this town?" Po ran off after the group.

Because of his height Hakim easily managed to get a fair distance ahead of everyone else, Po quickly climbed up onto the rooftops to easily plot out where Hakim would go, he saw the bird fly into an alleyway so the panda made his way over to it and jumped down into it. He landed in front of the ox who swung an axe at his head, Po gasped, quickly ducked then pushed off of them which made the ox tumble into each other.

Po saw a flash of a tattoo on the Ox's arm before he sprinted away, it was a picture of a circle with a line through it. "These guys are alchemists", though Po worriedly, alchemists were no joke, they were well known to be ruthless and skillful. "I wonder how valuable the object in the case was to them if they are willing to reveal themselves like this." Suddenly Po saw the perfect person he could ask.

Po saw Hakim running at the other end of the alley so he increased his pace to catch up, Hakim got out of the alleyway and jumped over the railing that was covering it, Po managed it as well but just barely, suddenly two wagons appeared out of nowhere which Po dived between. When the panda hit the ground he huffed and cursed at the bird. He quickly got up and resumed his pursuit.

Up ahead the bird flew into a market place and underneath some fruit stands, Hakim slid under them and got back upright when he reached the end, the move looked very stylish to everyone at the market and they applauded him not realizing what he was doing or who he actually was. The market place lead Hakim to a bridge over a river, he jumped for the crane but a large black and white foot caught him in the face, Hakim hit the ground hard.

The mongoose recovered quickly though and jumped back to give himself more room to battle the panda, "What are you some bounty hunter or some pathetic animal rights activist" Hakim asked, Po adopted a boxing stance and started to move about on the balls of his feet, "You really do make me laugh Hakim, risking your life for this pathetic bunch of feathers that's probably only worth a fistful of yen", the crane rolled his eyes at Po's comment.

Hakim growled, "What's it to you bounty hunter scum?" Po chuckled, "Nothing but a giggle, but you're worth a barrel's worth of yen my friend!" Po ran at Hakim and threw a punch and it connected, the mongoose barely flinched and countered.

The crane watched the intense fight with little interest, he started out on the river and admired the water's flow. Po wiped his mouth of the blood he had got there from biting his lip, "Not bad Hakim" he said.

The crane suddenly ran in-between them and tried to jump over the bridge into the river, Hakim immediately bolted towards the bird to catch it, the mongoose jumped off the bridge to try and catch the bird in mid-air. The crane started flapping his wings and Hakim cursed at being tricked by him, Po cursed "Damn it" his bounty was getting away!

The panda jumped in after him but the crane grabbed by Po by the foot and flew off with him, "Hey let go of me!" Po yelled, he could see Hakim getting further and further away as he went down the river, Po sighed.

They flew for a bit before Crane dumped Po outside of the metal gate where he had started, the panda picked himself off of the ground and glared at the bird who smirked smugly at him, "Thanks for that! I saved you and you made me lose my bounty!" The crane rolled his eyes, Po face palmed and started to walk back to the 'Bebop' to tell Ping about his failure.

The crane followed him, Po heard him and waved his hand to get him away, "Go away, you're not coming back with me, I don't want a pet!" The crane ignored him and continued to follow, Po just decided to deal with it back at the 'Bebop', he was tired and in a foul mood.

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"So let me get this straight Po" Ping said in amusement, "You chased Hakim for a couple of blocks before this bird helped you?" Po folded his arms, "Yes" he huffed. Ping burst out laughing, "That's hilarious" he said while wiping a tear away.

"I can't believe I went through all that just for this stupid crane!" Po yelled while jabbing a finger in the avian's face, Crane looked at him for a second then he bit Po's finger, the panda quickly withdrew it and yelled in agony. Ping started to laugh again, "You may have lost our money Po, but it was totally worth it for this, this is too funny".

"I hate three things in this world Ping! Kids. Women with attitudes and avians!" Po yelled, Ping smirked, "I came up with a plan for getting Hakim while you were gone just on the off chance that you failed…it's lucky I did too" Ping bragged.

Po sat down, "I'm all ears".

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Two young sheep were fishing by a river just outside of Shandong when one of the rods started to bend from something on the other end latching onto it. "Whoa it's big!" Yelled one of them in excitement, the other sheep helped him pull their catch.

Suddenly Hakim walked out of the river with the hook from the fishing rod stuck in his arm, he ripped it out and threw it onto the floor, the sheep gasped and backed away from him thinking that he was some kind of monster.

Hakim looked at them, "What time is it?" He asked calmly, one of the sheep looked at a fob watch he had on him, "It-it's four o clock right on the money!"

Hakim frowned, "Just two more hours" he said to himself, yes, only two more hours until he had to meet his contact and deliver the crane to him. He didn't want to waste any time so Hakim walked past the sheep and made his way back to Shandong to find the panda who he presumed had stolen his property.

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The ox and the buffalo were once again sitting at the same table as they had been a few hours ago. Their agents had chased after the mongoose and the panda earlier today and had failed to catch either of them. "Who was that running with Hakim, was it one of his boys?" Asked the Ox. "Seems that way" agreed the buffalo.

The ox slammed his fist into the table, "We've got no clues! We've got to find it! If it falls into the hands of activists or law enforcement then we're in trouble." The buffalo nodded again, "Seem that way."

The Ox glared at him, "Don't you ever say anything else?"

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Po walked through the streets of Shandong once again, however this time he was walking around with his least favourite person in the world. It had been Ping's idea for the panda to walk around with the crane just in case he happened to bump into Hakim again, using the bird as bait didn't go over well with the bird but Po didn't give him much of a choice.

Po sighed, "Really great plan here Ping" he said sarcastically, "Well here's another great moment in the legend of Po. Famous bounty hunter and escorter of uppity birds" The crane ignored him but suddenly just stopped in the middle of the street. Po walked into him, "Hey! Why'd you stop?"

He saw his answer in front of him. A very wet and angry looking mongoose was glaring at the two of them at the end of the street, Po pushed past the bird and pointed at Hakim, "Hey I've been looking for you Hakim, now just give so I can get my money!"

Before Hakim could answer the crane flew past Po and ran away, it clearly didn't want to be put inside that case again, "Hey wait!" Yelled Po, "Ah screw it! I'll get him back later, Hakim is the real prize here" the panda reminded himself.

While the panda was thinking to himself Hakim had already started running after the bird, "Dammit! Not this again!" Complained Po, he chased Hakim down the street through market stalls, Hakim knocked over apples and over fruits to try and trip Po up and lose him but the panda dodged all of it effortlessly.

The crane flew to the top of a building, Hakim quickly parkoured his way up to the roof and tackled him, the bird struggled desperately but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get out of Hakim's steel grip. Po saw them go to the roof and managed to get up there…..albeit a lot less gracefully then Hakim.

Hakim held the bird by the neck, when Po got up there panting heavily Hakim used the crane as a hostage, "Don't come any closer panda or I'll break your friend's neck!" Po shrugged, "He's not my friend and I'm after you for your bounty, you can do what you like with him" he replied gesturing to the bird.

Hakim growled, while he wasn't looking the crane pecked Hakim harshly in the eye blinding him, Hakim yelled and dropped the bird, Po saw his chance and ran over to catch the mongoose, Hakim stumbled in a panic and fell off of the building, Po heard a sickening crunch the he looked over the side of the building, the bird went to look at what he had caused but Po moved away from the edge and pulled him away from it, "You really don't want to see that" he said. They walked off of the building and left Shandong.

A large group of ox had been watching the scene, however they had only gotten there when Hakim had hit the ground, they had no idea what had actually happened, to them it looked like Po had pushed Hakim off of the roof and killed him "We'd best get out of here, that pandas a monster. Let's just say to the boss that the bird was killed", they all nodded and murmured their agreement.

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"So let me get this straight, I've nearly been killed about ten times today each by and of course in no particular order; Abdul Hakim a very large and angry mongoose who knows how to throw a very painful punch, a group of ninja alchemist guys who attacked me because I happened to be there and finally the thing that made everything worthwhile…we got him!" Ranted Po sarcastically while pointing at the crane they had picked up.

The crane in reply just scowled at Po and he still hadn't said a word since they had got back to the 'Bebop', this only seemed to infuriate Po more and remind him of the reward they had missed out on.

Ping looked at the crane questioningly, "Well we're stuck with him now Po, what should we call him?" Ping had a small smile on his face which Po saw, "You can't honestly be happy about this?" Po asked, "I lost 8 million yen because of that bird!"

Ping rolled his eyes, "Calm down Po, there's always next time", Po sat back down and sighed, "Fine, he's your 'pet' you call him what you want". The crane frowned at being called a pet.

Ping thought for a second, "How about Crane?" Po face palmed and groaned, "Seriously? Crane!?" A scowl from both Crane and Ping shut him up, he folded his arms, climbed on top of the 'Bebop' and laid down looking at the sky.

Ping smirked, "Sorry about that Crane, he's a bit gruff but you get used to him after a while". Crane sat down and Ping went to get the 'Bebop' moving again, he knew that even if he was offered the chance Po most likely wouldn't give Crane to those alchemists…..at least the goose hoped so anyway.

Po looked at the sky, "At least if we get hungry we can eat that stupid bird!" he thought angrily, his stomach rumbled as if to taunt him. Po growled and tried to ignore it.

See You Dragon Warrior

So Crane has joined the crew of the 'Bebop', I hope that people like the change I've made to his character.

I've decided to make a major decision in regards to this story, I will be adapting every single session of the show that much is obvious. However what I've decided to do is make an adaption of the movie 'Knocking on Heaven's Door' as well, this will be a long one as it's an hour and a half movie so expect it to be a marathon read. I have also decided to make my own stories to add to this canon, what I mean is there are 26 episodes of Cowboy Bebop, there will be about 30 chapters of this stories because I will be making my own sessions in conjunction with the ones in the show, the movie will also be a part of this story and will take place between 23 and 24. If I enjoy making my own stuff in this canon I may add more sessions as I go along so take the 30 chapter's thing with a grain of salt.

I hope you enjoyed this and I implore you to review it even if you didn't.

Teaser

"Nothing is permanent. It's a fact of life"

"The bell tolls for the great ones who will someday fall."

"I wandered through all of the reaches of China…..and then I met a cowboy. A session to the tune of an off-key melody".

"Next time on Dragon Warrior Blues".

Honky Tonk Tigress