And the assistance grows...

Chapter 13: Help Expansion

As soon as the Bushido-Akio's came in, four of the Furious Five were well above amazed that they're back to help out once again and Viper looked at everyone and she was completely blown away that Oak Sung came back in the palace and she said, "Master Oak Sung...what a surprise."

Oak chuckled in response and said, "Master Viper...just call me Oak."

Musaki could tell that Viper was still a little starstruck that his grandfather is back at the palace and he came towards her and said, "They came over to stay with us for a little while and we thought...maybe we can have a few extra hands from Shanghai Secluded Valley."

"That'd be an excellent idea." Shifu said.

Oak smiled at that and he said, "Glad to hear you say that, Shifu."

Almost immediately, in comes Shin Hai, Shao, Liu Shang, Sapphire, Taji and some of Okinawa's friends coming in for a helping hand and all they could do is just gape their mouths in awe at the size of the community coming in to help them and Monkey said, "Whoa..."

"So...?" asked Okinawa.

Shifu became completely amazed by how much they're willing to help and he said, "Very well then."

It didn't take long until Po and Tigress walked inside the palace and they could hear them debate about the help they received yesterday, not knowing they're actually there and Oak blinked his eyes a few times after hearing them argue about it.

"I'm saying that it takes the load off of our backs so we wouldn't have to do too much. You should thank them instead of saying they shouldn't have to help us." Po stated.

"But I still feel like I could've done more and we could've done it on the actual event today, Po! It feels like we're being lazy!" Tigress argued.

"Tigress..." Crane stated.

Both of them turned to the other masters and also...the rest of the Bushido-Akio family as well as residents from Shanghai Secluded Valley standing in front of them and they could not believe the numbers of them coming by and Po said, "Whoa...with any luck, those duties should be done today."

Oak Sung greeted both of them and said, "I see you're all in a need of assistance to get your events together."

"No, we're fine. We can handle it ourselves." Tigress added.

"Actually...that won't be necessary. Master Shifu allowed them to let them help us." Viper stated.

Tigress twitched her eye in annoyance that Shifu allowed them to help them, but Po immediately said..."It's no problem."

"What?!" Tigress shouted.

Shifu then came back and he said to both Po and Tigress, "Let's let the Bushido-Akio's help you all with the tasks. Both of you will assist each of them in anyway possible. And Tigress...I heard about your unsatisfactory yesterday. Just let them assist you in any way further."

"But Master Shifu..." Tigress started, then got cut off by Shifu.

"End of discussion. Someday, you will appreciate what they did for you and Po. And of course...it is the holidays after all." Shifu finished.

Then, he turns to the others and he said, "I'll put you in groups. The first half will assist Po, second half with Tigress, third half with the Five."

And with that, the first half of the group assisted with prepping up meals with Po and with Samurai, Okinawa, Logan, Max, Musaki, Arizona, Taji, Shao and Tae Kwan Do assistance, they got most of it done in less than 2 hours and during that time, Po was geeked out to do any work with Oak Sung because he had looked up to him...amongst other kung-fu masters and Oak had no problem with being admired, but remains humble as possible.

The second half of the group assisted Tigress with everything done with decorations and the ambiance of the festival and although she was completely bitter about the assistance she unexpectedly required, she could handle putting Sage, Yow-Ni, Banzai, K.C. and Panko in charge of what they do while Shin Hai, Liu Shang, Cody, Tsunami, Mako and Phoenix brought everything else in and set it down on the ground and commenced with the task of putting it all together.

As Tigress was set to make sure it goes into tip-top shape, most of them handled it that quick and could take a second to make sure if it's in the right direction or not and some of them fixed it up and as soon as Tigress looked on, she could tell that they're giving up their time to help Po and Tigress set it up together. But she still had a hard time accepting that help and would rather deal with Po than letting Musaki's clan help out.

And to her surprise, the entire place was decorated in under an hour and she stood there stunned by how it came out to be and how elegant and perfect it looked. Liu Shang looked at Tigress and asked, "So...whatcha think?"

"It looks...perfect." Tigress said, still shocked.

And the third half of the group assisted in setting the china plates, chopsticks and setting up everything on the table with the Furious Five and placed them together in less than an hour and soon afterwards, Master Shifu looked at everything and they seem to fit perfectly well and he was always surprised by what the Bushido-Akio's do for volunteer work and it shows really well.

Soon afterwards, Po and Tigress looked at the list of everything that was tasked and half of the first ones were completed and as for the rest of them...it's all done. Tigress was still shocked while Po was blown away and it took time for Tigress to let it all sink in to realize that it's all been done and taken care of.

"They actually did it." Tigress whispered.

Shifu looked at everyone else and he said, "Very done to all of you and my students. This event will surely be one to remember and we deeply appreciate you taking the time to help us out."

"Consider it our way of helping out on the holidays." Mako added.

"And because of that, you're our honorary guests for this event." Shifu stated.

Mako was deeply amazed by this and he said, "Why, thank you Shifu."

Soon afterwards, the masters expressed a huge 'thank you' for all their help and after they left, it was a huge relief for Po and Tigress to see that their tasks have already been done by someone's help and Tigress can finally admit when she's wrong and Po totally said, "I called it."

Not bad, huh? Sometimes you have to have a little extra help for the holidays. Stay tuned for more!