After Lazarus confesses to Musaki about his limbs, I thought it'd be much cooler to show how much trust Lazarus has for Musaki when he shows him that he can do kung-fu with only one arm.

Chapter 8: How to Do Kung-Fu with One Arm

The next day comes and Musaki teaches several other students, including Lazarus and Kenji and he teaches them how to do a mini-flip and high kicks in the air. Musaki demonstrates them how to use it by jumping up and twirling around and lands on the ground and ending it with a mid-air kick, which left them completely awestruck.

"Let's see you guys try it." Musaki said.

Lazarus looks at the other kids, plus Kenji demonstrate this move and he found it really hard to keep up with it, but with gaining much respect and trust from Musaki, he was willing to try it out and see what happens from there. So he did the move and excels it really good.

Musaki looks up at Lazarus with a surprised and amazed look like he was really speechless and couldn't believe what he was seeing and Kenji cheered for his one-arm friend and he said, "Lazzy, my dude!"

Lazarus couldn't believe it either that he completely made it awesome and Musaki looks at him and senses that he sees himself doing some moves that no one has ever done before, only with two arms. He chuckled softly and then he turns his attention to everyone else and said, "Very good, guys. I can tell you've been studying these moves before."

"Yes, Master Musaki." the kids replied.

"Awesome. Well, that about wraps it up for this one. We'll be back same time tomorrow and I'll show you guys how you can combine elements of kung-fu and dance." Musaki added.

The kids were cheered and that got Kenji amped up to hear that Musaki's gonna show them how to combine dance and kung-fu together, like he was looking forward to something like this and said, "Pumped up for this lesson! I'm ready to show it all off!"

The young fox looked at Kenji like he was crazy and told him, "Settle down, Kenji. It's not even tomorrow yet."

"I just can't wait for it! Let tomorrow be now!" Kenji shouted, giggling excitedly.

"I think you need to tone down on the candy."

Meanwhile, Lazarus waited for Musaki on the steps of the training hall to begin the one-on-one training session and he takes a short glance at his glove and slowly removes it and only sees his prostetic arm and everytime he looks at it, he thinks of the day that it got amputated and wondered what his life would've been like if he had died from that moment the rock fell on him.

But it shows that he's lucky to be alive and also scared of being judged harshly because of his one arm that he couldn't do anything. He then puts his glove back on and continues waiting for Musaki. Just then, he sees Po walking past Lazarus and when Po saw him, he said, "Hey, Lazarus."

"Oh, hey Po." Lazarus said.

Po could tell that something was up with Lazarus and he came over to him and asked, "Something wrong, buddy?"

Lazarus found himself face-to-face with the Dragon Warrior and he looks at him in the eyes and he said, "No. I'm just...waiting for Musaki."

"Oh, okay. You sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I guess." Lazarus replied, with a sigh.

Despite Po being unconvinced that Lazarus is okay, he thought it was just best to move on and go for training with the other kids. And then...Lazarus had a question in mind.

"Hey, Po...how did you meet Musaki?"

Po comes back and sits on the steps with Lazarus and he replied, "He was an orphan. This guy lost his parents when he was three, which I can't imagine seeing someone killing them if I was in his position. He was only 13 when I first met him and it was the first time I saw a panda that looks like me, only you know...less fat. At first, he was kinda shy and timid around most of us but as he got older, he became more outgoing and has adapted here pretty well. Since he lives with us, we've became pretty good friends and he would do awesome moves that none of us could do or even thought of doing years ago."

Lazarus was surprised that he never knew that much about Musaki much and always wanted to find out where Musaki got some original moves from. He then said, "That's impressive."

"Yeah, and at 17...that kind of awesomeness takes years to master. The first day...he took down the training hall and owned it. He even took us masters down, even Tigress. That's when I knew...he's gonna be a great kung-fu master in his future. But he has a very good heart and he told me that if he wants to do kung-fu that he was gonna do some good for it; share his heart with others and encourage others to be themselves no matter who they are." Po added.

"What's Musaki's strength?" asked Lazarus.

"His heart is his strength. It keeps him going. Most of us focus on our feet and fury, but he's the complete opposite. He gives it his all, 100-200 percent and it all comes from the heart. It made us respect him that much more." Po continued.

"Very true, Po."

Po looks up and he sees Musaki standing there and he went over to Lazarus and said, "Hey, Laz. Glad Po has kept you company."

"Yeah, he's told me some things about you...things I never thought I knew about." Lazarus said, in wonderment.

"Did he now? It's pretty cool that he would inform you a few things." Musaki said, smiling.

With that, Po gets himself up and walks out of there, saying, "Well, I gotta go work with the kids and also check to see how Tigress is doing with handling a few teenagers."

Musaki turned to Po and it tickled him to see that Tigress is working with a bunch of teenagers and he said, "Teenagers?"

"Yep. Tigress is gonna be in the courtyard in a few, so while I'm working with the kids, I get to keep an eye on her to see how she is and if possible, I can help because I know how teenagers work." Po added.

"Because you have the mind of a teenager in a grown panda's body." Musaki added.

"Yeah...hey!"

Musaki chuckled softly and brings Lazarus in the training hall, leaving Po completely confused by what just happened and he said, "Well played, Lil' Saki. Well played."

At the training hall

Lazarus felt a little comfortable knowing that there's actually no one around in the training hall except for Musaki that it was easier for him to remove his glove and actually show off his prostectic arm and be able to train with him. Musaki looks at him for a second and he said, "You ready?"

"As ready as I'll be." Lazarus replied.

Musaki kicked it off with a basic stance and lands air punches and Lazarus did the same as well, which impressed each other and he began showing some moves he's been working with such as combining elements of ninja moves and kung-fu-ize it by doing flips, kicks and punches.

Lazarus observed what he's doing and figured that this would be something he can learn from Musaki and when it became his turn, he was a little nervous to see if he was gonna actually try it with his prostectic arm, but when he looks at Musaki's eyes, something inside of him screams 'Go for it' and not to worry about what happens. The young Husky took a deep breath and did a backflip and side twirls and stuck the landing.

Musaki looks at Lazarus and he was incredibly amazed and stunned that he did it and he said, "Nice work, Laz!"

Lazarus chuckled to himself thinking that it actually happened and it was like he can try anything. Throughout the day, all Musaki and Lazarus did is train on some pretty epic moves that have been exclusive to show the other kung-fu masters that he has yet to show or display it. Each time Musaki shows Lazarus some of the moves, the young Husky emulates it and turned it into his own.

Then, both of them sparred with each other to see if Lazarus can do a spar with one good arm and as it began, Lazarus took a deep breath and began using some of his moves that he taught to instill it on his skills and then, Lazarus jumped airborne towards Musaki and landed behind him and took him down. Musaki got himself up and continued sparring with him, landing every punch, throw, kick and various moves he used while Lazarus kept up more faster than him.

They paused already and Musaki took a deep breath and he looked at Lazarus and he was greatly impressed that Lazarus got it down pat and he said, "Looks like there's a warrior in yourself after all."

Next, they go to the weapons as Musaki brought in his sai as Lazarus found a wooden staff to use and when they started, it was clear that Lazarus had a hidden experience with sword fighting as he twirls around the staff and blocks Musaki's sai and he looks into his eyes and sees the smirk he's making as if it's an actual battle.

Both of them proceeded to go on and fought like they never fought before and Lazarus has gotten it down to a science and he drive-kicked Musaki in the chest. After a minute, they stopped for a second and they stared at each other and Musaki said, "Excellent."

Lazarus exhaled for a second and he said, "I haven't had this much energy since...ever. Like way before I lost my arm, I was drawn to kung-fu and sword-fighting."

"I could tell." Musaki said.

"Yeah, I was gonna quit on it after my arm was amputated, but my grandfather didn't want to see me stop and he was gonna teach me how to still do kung-fu with one arm." Lazarus explains.

"Whoa...that's sounds like an awesome grandfather. Well, it shows. Like I said, you can do anything regardless of you having one arm." Musaki said, with a smile.

Lazarus looks at his prostectic arm and realizes that everything his grandfather taught him has paid off and he chuckled softly and said, "I guess I was stronger than I thought I was."

"You are. You just gotta keep showing it."

Then, they started hearing some noises coming outside of the training hall and while Lazarus goes to put his glove back on, Musaki decided to come out and see what the fuss is all about and to his surprise, he sees Tigress getting pummeled by 18 teenagers and she tries her best to scare them off, but it shows no merit as some of the teenagers were wolves, leopards and lions tackling her and on top of her.

As Lazarus came out with his glove, he could not believe what they were seeing...Tigress getting beaten up by some of her students, which are teenagers.

"Get off!" Tigress shouted.

One lion garbbed ahold of her neck while two leopards brought in a hammer to bash her in the tenders and other parts and one wolf barked at her in the face to scare her off.

"Think we give a crap if you're hardcore? This is our style!" one teenage leopard exclaimed.

Then Musaki and Lazarus witnessed all of them showing off the display of craziness increasing there and Lazarus turns to Musaki and asked, "Think we should help her?"

Even though Musaki would love to watch Tigress get beaten up by a couple of teenagers all day, he knew that it wouldn't last forever so stuck out his flute and made a high-pitched sound, which caught all of their attention and as they turned to him, Musaki immediately said, "Okay, everyone get off of Master Tigress. Let her get some air."

And to Tigress' surprise, everyone got off of her and it got her to stand up and see that the teens did what Musaki said and she turns to him with a shocked, yet angry expression that she could've done that and he also said, "Okay, for those of you that aren't in Tigress' class, please exit the premises before I report this to Master Shifu."

And only 11 of them left the courtyard, fearing that Shifu will kick them out hard if he did tell and soon enough, Musaki said, "I think my work here's done. Come on, Laz."

Both boys left the courtyard and as they walked off, Tigress still stood there, squinting her eye at how Musaki handled it very well and she said to herself, "How did Musaki do that? I thought I was supposed to handle it."

One teenage lion scoffed and said, "Man, are you weak."

Tigress roared at his face and in result, the teen lion roared back, more louder and fiercer than hers and then snorted and said, "Never mess with Nate because I will claw your ass."

'Looks like I met my match.' Tigress thought.

If your OC characters had Nate as your student, what would you do? There's more coming up!