I created Kenji to be this wisecracking husky that always seems to says things that are somewhat...unusual. But that's his persona...whereas Lazarus is more reserved or shy, in which both personalities plays out through the story. Kenji's wisecracking sense of humor really shows.

Chapter 3: Wisecracking Husky

After lunch, most of the pre-teens were teaching with Crane and Monkey and Crane was one to learn about deflection and they were getting ready to begin training and suddenly, the training hall doors open and in comes Kenji, rushing in and finally gaining a seat on the ground while Crnae looks at him and said, "Kenji, you're late."

Kenji took a deep breath and he replied, "Sorry I'm late. Would've been here earlier, but those four bowls of noodles and dumplings I had for lunch really caught up with me."

Crane didn't want to know what the cause for that is and made a disgusted look on his face almost as if Kenji was puking over it and he said, "It's out of your system now?"

"Mm-hmm. After that massive dump I took, I think I'm good." Kenji answered.

Crane suddenly went from disgusted to disturbed after hearing that Kenji took a number two and all the kids reacted disgustedly with it and the avian bird shook his head at this and wnated to move on from this and he said, "Moving on before my head is filled with...bad images. Does anyone know what deflection is?"

Most of the kids had no idea what it meant and Kenji stared at him confusedly and asked, "Defection?"

Crane stared at Kenji for asking that kind of question and he groans at that and said, "Not defection. Deflection. It's a certain move where you gracefully miss the target that swings directly at you. Watch me."

Monkey follows Crane towards the training equipment and as Crane gets himself ready for his demonstration, he stretches his legs to build himself up and get himself pumped up for it. As soon as Monkey pulled the switch, Crane flies over to the roof and arrows began flying over him and he jumped up from the air, avoiding them and he dodges every single one of them, which impressed the kids a lot.

Crane then jumps up, does a twirl around the Jade Tortoise and keeps his balance up a notch and then he got back to the front of the kids, with their mouths dropped and Kenji standing there, frozen but excited.

"Wow!" they all exclaimed.

"All you need is just the right balance." Crane added.

One young lizard raised his hand and he said, "So...we have to do all that?"

Crane looks up at him and he responded, "Well, that was an example of what I always do. What I'm gonna teach you right now is keep yourselves balanced."

"Balance?" asked Kenji.

Crane stares at Kenji for a second and he said, "Yep. I'm hoping your posture is very still."

Kenji looked a little surprised and somewhat clueless about the term 'posture', mistaking it for like something in etiquite school and he said, "Is this kung-fu or an etiquite class? Because the last time someone wanted me to do a posture was when I was like 10. Had to stay still for like an hour, but it didn't last long on account of a serious butt itch."

The kids burst out laughing after hearing 'butt itch' and that seemed to get on Crane's nerves with Kenji's wisecrackingness and he groaned at this and said, "If you are finished..."

"True story." Kenji said.

Monkey couldn't help but let out a certain snicker after hearing Kenji's comment and Crane stared at him with an annoyed glare and Monkey said, "What? This kid cracks me up."

"Need I remind you that this is a kung-fu camp, Monkey?" Crane said, annoyed.

Monkey nodded his head in understanding, but quietly mutters, "Killjoy."

"As I was saying...let me see how you keep yourselves in a delicate balance." Crane added, showing them how he keeps his balance.

Most of the kids try to duplicate Crane's posture and Kenji was the only one that falls down and lands on his butt every time and he definitely has trouble staying still throughout, which frustrates Crane to the extent. He looks at all of them and most of them were keeping their balance in check, but he could see that Kenji lacks balance.

He walks over to Kenji and he said, "Your balance level is a five."

"A five? Such as..."

Crane clears his throat and replied, "As in...not quite fully balanced."

Kenji chuckled softly at this and he said, "Well...balance isn't my thing, dude."

"Well...we're gonna change that. And don't call me 'dude'." Crane said.

Kenji nodded his head and then replied, "Sorry, dude."

Monkey winks at the young Siberian Husky and he seems to take a liking to him, even though he's assisting with Crane and wishes Kenji would be his student to not only teach kung-fu, but add in a little bit of fun. As the minutes dragged on, Kenji tried to walk straightforward with mounds of books on his head to keep himself balanced, which at times, a few books would fall on the ground.

Crane blinked a couple of times and figured that it's gonna take more than 4 weeks to teach him about balance and he said to Monkey, "Remind me to give him a one-on-one lesson on balance."

"I don't know, Crane. I kinda like him." Monkey said.

Later that day, it was Monkey's turn on showing a few of the kids' moves and he goes around to the training equipment to show the kids what he does best. He does a handstand with only one arm and most of the kids were looking forward to trying it out and as Monkey got down, he said to them, "Let's see you try that."

Not long after, most of the kids did stand on their hand and some of them fell down, which Monkey was understanding to see how it's their first time doing it and when Kenji did a handstand, he was totally unaware that his prostetic legs were exposed while attempting a handstand. After holding on for a good few minutes, he got back on the ground and hoped that no one actually saw that.

"Okay, that was excellent. If this is your first time doing it, it's okay. You guys will get the hang of it later in this camp." Monkey said.

Kenji looks up at Monkey and he could see that he seems like a cool person to train with if they have a one-on-one master training session and he sees Monkey staring at Kenji for a second as if he might've saw something in him, but quickly nods it off.

'I think I'm starting to like this place. Wonder how Laz is doing." Kenji thought.

Chapter 4...we see Lazarus.