Thought I would add in some anxiety levels for Lazarus. I decided to make his fist day more nerve-wracking when he's around Tigress...but it's not her he's worried about. It's his prostetic limbs. You'll see what I mean.

Chapter 4: Signs of Anxiety

At the courtyard

Lazarus was doing some meditating with some of the other kids along with Master Tigress and he felt a huge sense of anxiety rising in because he's in the same position with the fearless leader of the Furious Five, but he didn't want Tigress to actually figure that out yet and decided it's best to keep it to himself.

"Just clear your head of all thoughts and focus on your chi." Tigress added.

That was easier said than done for Lazarus and even when he was trying to clear his head of all thoughts, he couldn't shake off the memory he had when he lost his arm nearly 5 years ago and that was a memory he couldn't ever block out while doing meditating.

Lazarus lets out a small shudder just thinking about it and lets out a sharp exhale, just trying to refocus again, but finds it hard to do so on account of anxiety.

Tigress could sense something troubling one of the students and she opened her eye directly towards the young red furred Husky and could sense his body language that he might be nervous about something and she closed her eye as the meditationg process resumes.

After that, Tigress started off teaching the kids some basic stances and she showed them one move and hopes that they get it this time and five of them almost got it, but Tigress sees it as not good enough or not trying hard enough and Lazarus was a little uneasy about how she is towards the students and hopes that he'll get it right without being risked by getting yelled at.

"No, no, no, no, no, no! Why can't you do the simplest move I asked you to do?" asked Tigress, in a frustrating tone.

"We're sorry, Master Tigress." the five children said.

She lets out a heavy groan, feeling like she might've lost her limits in teaching them her moves, but she was gonna do her best to keep herself calm and not let anything bother her and said, "Let's just try it again."

She shows them the move again and they eventually got it right, although one slipped and fell down on the ground and she groans at him for falling down and she got down to his level and tried to help him up and when she did, she told him, "Just look where you're going, please."

"Do I hear someone losing her patience?"

Tigress turned around and sees Musaki standing there with Po and Arizona in front of the courtyard with their students in tow and she stares at them as they showed up and she replied, "This is getting difficult."

Musaki comes up to her and he said, "It's their first day. You have to understand that this is all new to them and sure, it may be slow, but they'll pick up the pace. All you have to do is...don't lose your cool when they mess up or make a mistake. It's all about patience and that's sort of your weak area."

Tigress wanted to punch him for making that last statement, but it wouldn't look right to do so in front of the kids and she said to him, "I'm trying to, but I don't know what to do when they don't get it right."

Po steps in and said, "They're just kids. It's not like they're gonna be kung-fu masters overnight."

"Po's right. It'll take some time for them to do it well and some might learn a little faster. But the only thing you have to do is just don't lash out at them. If you do that, then you'll automatically have lost the respect and trust of the young ones." Arizona explained.

Tigress silently agreed with most of their points and of course the kids aren't gonna be masters overnight and she said, "All right. I'll try to be more...patient."

"That's good to hear. If you still need help, you know where to find one of us." Po added.

After that, all three of them went inside the training hall and Tigress turned to the others that were anxiously waiting to see what she got next and she said, "All right. We're gonna work on the sidekick next."

All of them did the sidekick move, which surprised Tigress the most because she thought that they might be slow, but it seems as though they got this part down and she smiled at all of them and said, "Pretty impressive."

Lazarus lets out a nervous sigh and tried to do it again and when he almost lost balance, he was a little unsure if he would get it down pat again and bit his lower lip, hoping that he won't fall down. As he got back on his feet, he tries it one more time before he fully got it. The young Husky slowly looked up and saw Tigress standing in front of him as if she knows something and she asked, "Everything okay, Lazarus?"

Lazarus laughs nervously and he replied, "Sorta..."

She tilted her head a little and she could study his nervousness very quickly and asked, "Are you having troubles with something?"

"What do you mean by that?" asked Lazarus.

"Nothing. You seem kinda nervous." Tigress responded.

Lazarus felt like she might know about his secret, but he swallowed hard and he quickly replied, "I just...wanted to make sure I got the stance right."

"Okay. You sure nothing's bothering you?"

"What do you mean by that?" Lazarus exclaimed.

Tigress glared at him for a second and she replied, "I was asking you a question. Don't be too defensive."

Lazarus took a deep breath and calmed himself down and said, "I'm sorry, Master Tigress. I'm just...anxious. Like really unsure of myself right now."

Tigress quickly got the idea and went on by her way, staring at Lazarus for a second and turns her attention to the rest of the students and continued on with the stance.

A few hours had passed and after the training was over for the day, Kenji met up with Lazarus in the Sacred Hall of Warriors and he went up to him and said, "Hey, Lazzie boy! How goes it, man?"

Lazarus groans heavily and said, "Nerve-wracking. Some first day, huh?"

"Mine was pretty cool. I think I'm starting to like this camp." Kenji replied.

"How nice for you."

Pretty soon, the rest of the kids were there too and they stood in front of Shifu, the Five, Musaki, Po and Arizona and Shifu went to all of them and said, "I trust you had a good first day."

Most of the kids gave out random responses, but all have said, "Yes, Master Shifu."

"Very good. Now, tomorrow...you're gonna do one-by-one training with some of the masters and also throughout the rest of the endurance here."

Kenji seemed very excited about what's coming next, but Lazarus on the other hand...has very mixed feelings about it because he wasn't sure if he was gonna let anyone know about his one arm, but also waiting to see what's coming his way.

'This will be the longest 4 weeks of my life.' Lazarus thought.

"Now, I hope you've all enjoyed your first day here and have a good night's sleep...because you're gonna need it." Shifu said, before dismissing them.

Kenji looks up at Lazarus and he said, "Hey, Laz...what did Shifu mean by 'we're gonna need it'?"

"I don't even want to think about it." Lazarus replied.

How do you think the next day will bring? Find out next!