Little info about Hachiko here...
Chapter 5: About Hachiko
After Max left the room, he saw Mrs. Fay and Mako standing in front of him and he said to them, "Hey, guys."
"Maximus...I never thought anyone would come into Hachi's room." Ms. Fay stated.
Max figured out that she was talking about the lynx cat orphan and he lets out a big sigh and replied, "I guess that makes me the first one. I don't know...there was something inside of me that wanted to help him out because I know that feeling."
"Like...there was no hope of having a family?" asked Mako.
Max froze for a second and he nodded his head in response to that and Mako got down to his level and said, "I think I can see where you're going with this. You were the same way when I first met you except you didn't push me away or anything like that. You just allowed me in."
"I wish there's something I can do to help him." Max added.
Mako could see Max's desire to help him out and he pats Max's back and he said, "Why don't you go find your brothers?"
Max nods his head and he walks another way to catch up with Samurai, Tae Kwan Do and Po while Mako and Ms. Fay watched him go and Ms. Fay said, "Hachiko has been here for 6 years now and he was originally from Japan until he came to China on a crate floating by the river. Since then, he's been picked on and tormented by the kids here...particularly with the older ones because he's a lynx cat. It's been especially hard for him to have a family because since he never comes out, no family has really come to adopt him. It just worries me a lot...including this time of year."
Mako felt deeply sorry for the kid and as he looked at the door and sees Hachiko curled up in a wall, his heart broke hard for him and he blinked his eyes a few times and he looks at Ms. Faye and said, "I wish there's something I can do to help."
Ms. Faye takes a deep sigh and he said, "No one could help him because he always shuts people out."
Mako walks this way and he said, "Maybe I can be of help. I think he needs a family, but doesn't know how he can adapt to a new family."
"If anyone is capable of helping a child, I know it is you, Mako." Ms. Faye added.
"And maybe Max can help too." Mako stated.
Ms. Faye smiled at this and she's hoping for the best for Hachiko and she said, "Think you and the others can come tomorrow?"
"No problem. We're all here to help out in any way for this holiday season." Mako answered.
Meanwhile
Soon enough on the front of the orphanage, Samurai, Tae Kwan Do, Logan, Max, Bakari, Isaiah, Duke and Po got together to do some dancing to entertain the orphans and make their day a lot better and Max and Po were the leaders of their dancing skills and as the kids took it all in, Mako couldn't help but see them having fun and he lets out a smile and said, "Leave it up to Max and the Dragon Warrior to have fun with the kids."
After they were done, all the kids were cheering for both Po and Max and as they took their bows, Po said, "Thank you guys at the orphanage! You guys rock!"
Minutes later, everyone was leaving the orphanage and soon after that, Samurai looks at Po and he said, "Hey, Po. I know you have that fancy dinner thing at the Jade Palace that you and Tigress are hosting, but do you think you can have dinner with us? Just for the holidays."
When it comes to Po and his love of food, it's difficult to resist and he said, "Oh, I don't know, Sam."
"Aw, come on. You don't have to think about it." Samurai said.
"Darn right, I won't. When is it?" Po asked.
Samurai chuckled softly and replied, "Whenever you get that hosting duty out of the way, you'll be the first to know."
"I'll be there." Po added.
Just then, in comes Tigress, Monkey and Viper coming by the front of the orphanage and Mako said, "Hey, guys."
"Hello, Mako." Viper said, smiling.
"So...what brings you guys over here?" asked Tae Kwan Do.
"Master Shifu wanted to let Po know that he has to start prepping for the feast coming in a few days and he needs a list for all the food he'll make." Monkey answered.
"What kind of list?" asked Po.
"Things to prepare for all the foods." Tigress answered.
Tigress hands Po the list and as he scrolled down, he can see that there's a lot and he replied, "No problem."
"And I'm going with you to buy all of these ingredients." Tigress answered.
"Do you even have the holiday spirit?" asked Max.
Tigress turned to Max and lets out a warning snarl to let him know that she's not in the mood for that and Mako said, "Be nice."
"Yes, baba." Max replied.
"So...why are you at the orphanage to start off?" asked Tigress.
Samurai clears his throat and replied, "It's our new Bushido-Akio tradition at the Valley of Peace. My dad likes to brighten the orphans' day since it is the holiday season. In addition to his volunteer work at the Bao Gu Orphanage, he loves to mentor kids and encourage kids to be anything they want to be and he's helped adopt many kids."
Tigress was a little curious about why Mako would give his time away to help out those kids and she said, "Did he really?"
"You don't believe it? I dare you to come to the orphanage and see what he does." Logan stated.
Po clears his throat before something spills out that could spell doom for the holidays and he said, "Okay, guys...not in front of the kids please."
"I'll come." Tigress added.
"And Po's gonna spend the majority of the week helping and volunteering with us...if that's all right with you." Mako added.
Po smiled and said, "Maybe when I take a little break from the hosting duties."
"Fair enough." Samurai added.
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