The group then enter the next room to find Snake seated on a bench with April massaging his shoulders and Deanna massaging his knees. "Are you okay, Snake?" inquires a very concerned Rebecca.
"Pleassssse don't worry, Becca, I'm finesssss," he replies. "The training wassss harder than it looked thoughsssss."
A determined look then crosses Mojo's face. "Fear not, friends. Becca and I have ben training together and have created, concocted, and devised a method of making the training easier."
Upon hearing this, the group's eyes light up. "Really?" replies an intrigued Arturo as he removes his now much less sore hand from his mouth.
With that, Mojo had everyone assembled as he, Rebecca, Fa-Ying, Jin-Lo, and Ping stood out in the center. Mojo said, "We all need to work hard and train hard to beat our enemies. I'm not so sure if there's a lot, but we can prove to them that we can be stronger than a hundred or even a thousand men. We all must unite and stick together to put our mystery fiends down."
"YEAHH!" the group cheers.
"We need to focus and use our energy and agility to the best of our abilities." Rebecca adds.
"YEAHH!" the friends cheer again.
Billy turns to the four with concern. "Duh, but how do we do dat?"
Rebecca said, "We'll start off easy and then get into the hard stuff. The most important lesson is you must first learn to be gentle. At the same time, we have to be tough."
Arturo asks, "But how can you be tough and gentle at the same time?"
Fa-Ying said, "I know it sounds funny, but the world is full of opposites and so is everything around you. Even yourselves. To be a good warrior, you must put it all into balance." The group exchange curious looks. "Hmm," Fa-Ying muses. "Perhaps I can put it into perspective." She crouches to her knees and motions to the ground, then the sky. "Earth, sky, day, night, sound and silence, dark and light." She traipses up to Bubbles and covers the blue Powerpuff's eyes with her hands, causing her to giggle.
Fa-Ying then steps back and begins to sing:
"One alone is not enough,
You need both together,"
Upon hearing this, Ace and Deanna and April and Snake quickly take each other's hands.
"Winter, summer, moon, and suuuuuun..."
She then quickly kicks a bo staff into the air, catches it, and brandishes it with a flourish.
"...Lesson Number One!"
The group look on in awe as Fa-Ying quickly hands each of them a staff.
"Like a rock, Huh! Huh! You must be hard, Hah! Hah!
Like an oak, Mmuh! You must stand firm,
Hah! Hah! Cut quick, like my blade,
Think fast, Hah! Hah! Unafraid."
As they exchange understanding looks, the group then begin to train.
Blossom: "Like a rock, Huh! Huh! We must be hard, Hah! Hah!"
Bubbles: "Like an oak, Mmuh! We must stand firm,"
Buttercup: "Hah! Hah! Cut quick, like my blade,"
Ace: "Think fast, Hah! Hah! Unafraid."
Arturo swings his staff and strikes a fighting pose, bravely sticking his chest out. "All right, Fa-Ying, I es ready!" The girl traipses up to him. "Uh huh, but you're still out of balance." She nudges his shoulder, causing him to tip over on his side. "You're only halfway there."
She then drops to the ground with her legs folded and clasps her hands above her head as she continues her song:
"Like a cloud you are soft,
Like bamboo, you bend in the wind,
Creeping slow, you're at peace because you know
It's okay to be afraid,"
"Yeah," Bubbles notes blissfully. "I remember the professor once telling us that being brave doesn't mean you're not scared, being brave means doing what you're afraid to do."
"Ooh, very wise advice." an impressed Billy notes, rubbing his chin.
The group then crouch to the floor, following Fa-Ying's example:
April: "Like a cloud, I am soft,"
Snake: "Like bamboo, I bendsss in the windsss,"
Deanna: "Creeping slow, I'm at peace because I know"
Billy: "It's okay ta be afraid."
Fa-Ying smiles, "Very good, you've really got the hang of it!" She, Rebecca, Mojo, and Ping then dance along, practicing their moves, with the group following closely behind:
Fa-Ying: "One alone is not enough,"
All: "One alone is not enough,"
Fa-Ying: "You need both together,"
All: "You need both together,"
Fa-Ying: "Winter, summer, moon, and suuuuuun..."
All: "Winter, summer, moon, and suuuuuun,
This is Lesson Number One."
As they're prancing along a series of rocks in the river, Bubbles trips and falls in. As Rebecca helps her out, the puppies lick Bubbles' face, causing her to giggle.
The group then practice the moves they've learned in song:
All: "Like a rock, Huh! Huh! we must be hard, Hah! Hah!
Like an oak, Mmuh! we must stand firm,
Hah! Hah! Cut quick, like our blades,
Think fast, Hah! Hah! Unafraid.
Like a cloud, we are soft,
Like bamboo, we bend in the wind,
Moving slow, we're at peace because you know
It's okay to be afraid,"
Fa-Ying: "You have beguuuuuuuun!"
All: "Lesson Number,
Lesson Number,
Lesson Number,
Lesson Number,
Lesson Number Oooooone!"
As the song finishes, the group hop into the air and strike fighting poses as they drop to their feet. "Very good!" Fa-Ying cheers. "You've all passed the test!"
Mojo said, "Alright, we should head out into the city and find where our creeps have gone off to!" Rebecca said, "Before we go, we'd like to thank everyone for helping us out." The monk bowed in respect as all the others do, then he said, "Fa-Ying, you shall go with them for extra protection and for leading them to the Dragon Empress's palace."
Fa-Ying hugs her grandfather close and says, "I will, Grandfather. I won't let you or the monks down."
The monk beams happily as he bids his granddaughter a kind goodbye. "Good-bye, my dear, I love you! Please take care." Fa-Ying waves politely as she leaves, "Goodbye, Grandfather, I love you too!"
