p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Thank you all for your kind reviews! Its been wonderful to get feedback. /span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Sad to say, this fanfic is almost finished-only 2 chapters left!/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"hope you all are enjoying!/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"*I do not own kfp*/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"—/span/strong/p
p id="docs-internal-guid-45be3e53-7fff-08a1-86f2-65de4865dcd6" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu shivered with the cold, but rather, he was used to being like this for long periods of time, considering that his room in the solitary confinement in the orphanage wasn't necessarily warm all the time, especially in the winter. /span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Today was…..interesting, to say the least./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu was quite shocked and surprised that all of this-from the rescue from the orphanage to being in the Jade Palace-happened in just one day. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Already, Shifu felt like even though he really didn't know Oogway, his soft temperament was something easy that Shifu could trust. Oogway thought it was good to see he somewhat still had his childlike innocence, despite his background./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Of course, the students were different and less accepting. It seemed that the majority was with Oogway and his sneering comments, especially the most skilled students like Mei or Elephant. Yue Xi and a few others, (VERY few), would at least not look at him blindly. The *few others* were not as aggressive like Rooster, and would not be so critical, but they would still shoot that wary glance over at him once in a while. Yue Xi was nothing but kind, however, and Oogway was glad that at least ONE of his students had the young child's back. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"At least, he hoped./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu shivered in the cold again, closing his eyes and trying everything he could to NOT think about his horrible previous experiences. It was almost like he was back in the orphanage, and there was nothing he could do../span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"At least, for now./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu didn't want to be in the room-not anymore. He wanted to be outside for once, and he wanted to feel the fresh air brush against him. He had been locked in a room for who knows how long every day, and Shifu was quite scared of that same thing happening again./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu knelt beside the grass below on the ground near the student's chambers and brushed his hand against it. He sighed, and with a flick of his ear, Shifu caught a peculiar sound coming from the left side of him. With a rush, he tried his best to stand up, glancing at Oogway's figure gently walking towards him./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Of course, Shifu's balance wasn't the best for the amount of pain he had taken, and as he tried to stand up, his hold slipped and he fell to the ground with a wince of pain./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway gently smiled as he grasped his student's arm gently and helped bring him up to his full stature. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;""Are you all right, child?" /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu blinked at Oogway, and let out a gentle nod./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway placed a gentle hand on Shifu's head and brushed against him, placing his hand behind him and motioning him to walk beside him. As Oogway touched Shifu's fur slightly, he could tell that he was extremely cold, and for that, he wondered why./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Perhaps he must really hate closed rooms./spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" Oogway figured, seeing him outside was a clear clue for him, at least….possibly./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;""Shifu," Oogway noticed Shifu's ear flicked as he caught his master saying his name. "Have you been reading the scroll I gave you?" /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"br /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Although Shifu didn't respond in words, he gently shook his head and lowered his gaze in sadness. Oogway didn't know if Shifu would or not, but perhaps Shifu was not good at reading and didn't understand it all, if he even tried to read it./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"I'll help him later. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway made a mental note to himself. Usually, Oogway wouldn't usually do those late special lessons with any of his students, save for a few, but this time Oogway felt rather excited to train Shifu in the beginning art of something he had created./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"In a way, Oogway felt like he was a father to him, anyways./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"I should have just adopted him, /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway sighed, realizing his mistake for not taking him in as his parent. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Now he won't have any parents, will he?/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway watched as Shifu tried his best to lift his gaze towards his master. Shifu's gaze met Oogway's as together they felt the soft wind brush past them in silence, in solitude, in calmness./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"…it truly was peaceful for the time./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway kept his hand on his new student's shoulder as his gaze drifted up towards one of his most peaceful and serene places in the palace: /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"The Peach Tree of Wisdom./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway didn't know why he called it such a stupid title, but somehow the name found itself to be rather serene, and as a matter-of-fact, Oogway named many Shaolin routines, moves, or combinations after things he had seen in his many trips and excursions./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"The Peach Tree however, was something different. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"It was almost like a getaway for him, regardless of if it was just a little ways away from the main building in the palace. Oogway suddenly felt a nagging feeling in his brain as he beckoned Shifu towards him and led him up to the Peach Tree./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"The Peach Tree of /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Wisdom./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"I suppose you get a wisdom-vibe when you go there./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu followed Oogway close to his side as he walked beside him, careful to watch where he was going and listening to any sounds he could hear in the peacefulness of the Jade Palace's grounds. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"With a soft inward laugh to himself, Oogway thought of the Pool of Sacred Tears and how /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"calming /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"that is./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Someday I'll show him. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway's brain floated to the prospect of the numerous things he could show him in the palace that may make him feel like more of Oogway's own student rather than some orphaned child off the street./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"As Oogway and Shifu together walked cautiously and slowfully up the stairs to the Peach Tree, he felt Shifu's gaze look around him as he felt the soft climb begin to raise them both up higher above the ground./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway could agree that the Peach Tree's ledge was high, but it was worth the view once you got up there-if you weren't scared enough to look. Oogway comfortingly led his student up towards the tree, and once they got to the top, Oogway realized that Shifu had relaxed a bit and wasn't as afraid of it anymore./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"It wasn't like the ledge was huge, but it was big enough to the point where others could fit on it, comfortingly./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway watched as Shifu slightly walked over softly to the Peach Tree and gently ran his hand down the trunk of it. Even if it was dark and the night stars shone high in the sky, there was a sense of calm here in the evening light. Oogway smiled as Shifu turned to him and flicked an ear./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;""This," Oogway came to Shifu's side and beckoned him forward towards the further edge of the ledge, "Is the Peach Tree of Wisdom."/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu shot him a questionable glance, and Oogway took it upon himself to continue. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;""I like to say if you ever need time to stop and think, here is the place to do it." /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu gave a weak nod as he stared out into the beautiful mountain landscape and the peaceful village below. It was almost like you were in a dream./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"A dream that could last forever./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway kept silent for a while as Shifu just stared out into the landscape and looked around this new-found place that was his home. It was almost unreal to Shifu, and he wondered if he was just dreaming or if this was actually real./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Just this morning Shifu had been placed in a world of terror, fear, and chaos, and now he was transported to a place of serene calm and gentleness from someone who had simply shown him kindness./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Words and actions can make or break an individual. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway blinked as he turned his attention from Shifu towards the mountains in the background and he felt the soft wind brush past him as he did so yet again. Even though this scenery change and this break from the action was a nice relief for the grandmaster, he knew that despite that-it still was the Shadow Era, and there was still things to do, a palace and province to run, students to train, and many other things that wore on the old master's mind./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"It's good to be here,/spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" Oogway pondered, /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"but there is still much work to be done./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Glancing at Shifu once again as the young student looked around at the scenery, occasionally glancing back in his newfound master's direction, Oogway smiled, hoping that his Shaolin legacy would continue through the next generations…./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"—/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Please leave a review or PM me, I'd love to know what you guys think!/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Sad to say, this fanfic is almost finished-only 2 chapters left!/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"hope you all are enjoying!/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"*I do not own kfp*/span/strong/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"—/span/strong/p
p id="docs-internal-guid-45be3e53-7fff-08a1-86f2-65de4865dcd6" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu shivered with the cold, but rather, he was used to being like this for long periods of time, considering that his room in the solitary confinement in the orphanage wasn't necessarily warm all the time, especially in the winter. /span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Today was…..interesting, to say the least./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu was quite shocked and surprised that all of this-from the rescue from the orphanage to being in the Jade Palace-happened in just one day. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Already, Shifu felt like even though he really didn't know Oogway, his soft temperament was something easy that Shifu could trust. Oogway thought it was good to see he somewhat still had his childlike innocence, despite his background./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Of course, the students were different and less accepting. It seemed that the majority was with Oogway and his sneering comments, especially the most skilled students like Mei or Elephant. Yue Xi and a few others, (VERY few), would at least not look at him blindly. The *few others* were not as aggressive like Rooster, and would not be so critical, but they would still shoot that wary glance over at him once in a while. Yue Xi was nothing but kind, however, and Oogway was glad that at least ONE of his students had the young child's back. /span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"At least, he hoped./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu shivered in the cold again, closing his eyes and trying everything he could to NOT think about his horrible previous experiences. It was almost like he was back in the orphanage, and there was nothing he could do../span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"At least, for now./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu didn't want to be in the room-not anymore. He wanted to be outside for once, and he wanted to feel the fresh air brush against him. He had been locked in a room for who knows how long every day, and Shifu was quite scared of that same thing happening again./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu knelt beside the grass below on the ground near the student's chambers and brushed his hand against it. He sighed, and with a flick of his ear, Shifu caught a peculiar sound coming from the left side of him. With a rush, he tried his best to stand up, glancing at Oogway's figure gently walking towards him./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Of course, Shifu's balance wasn't the best for the amount of pain he had taken, and as he tried to stand up, his hold slipped and he fell to the ground with a wince of pain./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway gently smiled as he grasped his student's arm gently and helped bring him up to his full stature. /span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;""Are you all right, child?" /span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu blinked at Oogway, and let out a gentle nod./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway placed a gentle hand on Shifu's head and brushed against him, placing his hand behind him and motioning him to walk beside him. As Oogway touched Shifu's fur slightly, he could tell that he was extremely cold, and for that, he wondered why./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Perhaps he must really hate closed rooms./spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" Oogway figured, seeing him outside was a clear clue for him, at least….possibly./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;""Shifu," Oogway noticed Shifu's ear flicked as he caught his master saying his name. "Have you been reading the scroll I gave you?" /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"br /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Although Shifu didn't respond in words, he gently shook his head and lowered his gaze in sadness. Oogway didn't know if Shifu would or not, but perhaps Shifu was not good at reading and didn't understand it all, if he even tried to read it./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"I'll help him later. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway made a mental note to himself. Usually, Oogway wouldn't usually do those late special lessons with any of his students, save for a few, but this time Oogway felt rather excited to train Shifu in the beginning art of something he had created./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"In a way, Oogway felt like he was a father to him, anyways./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"I should have just adopted him, /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway sighed, realizing his mistake for not taking him in as his parent. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Now he won't have any parents, will he?/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway watched as Shifu tried his best to lift his gaze towards his master. Shifu's gaze met Oogway's as together they felt the soft wind brush past them in silence, in solitude, in calmness./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"…it truly was peaceful for the time./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway kept his hand on his new student's shoulder as his gaze drifted up towards one of his most peaceful and serene places in the palace: /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"The Peach Tree of Wisdom./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway didn't know why he called it such a stupid title, but somehow the name found itself to be rather serene, and as a matter-of-fact, Oogway named many Shaolin routines, moves, or combinations after things he had seen in his many trips and excursions./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"The Peach Tree however, was something different. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"It was almost like a getaway for him, regardless of if it was just a little ways away from the main building in the palace. Oogway suddenly felt a nagging feeling in his brain as he beckoned Shifu towards him and led him up to the Peach Tree./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"The Peach Tree of /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Wisdom./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"I suppose you get a wisdom-vibe when you go there./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;" /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu followed Oogway close to his side as he walked beside him, careful to watch where he was going and listening to any sounds he could hear in the peacefulness of the Jade Palace's grounds. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"With a soft inward laugh to himself, Oogway thought of the Pool of Sacred Tears and how /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"calming /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"that is./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Someday I'll show him. /spanspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway's brain floated to the prospect of the numerous things he could show him in the palace that may make him feel like more of Oogway's own student rather than some orphaned child off the street./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"As Oogway and Shifu together walked cautiously and slowfully up the stairs to the Peach Tree, he felt Shifu's gaze look around him as he felt the soft climb begin to raise them both up higher above the ground./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway could agree that the Peach Tree's ledge was high, but it was worth the view once you got up there-if you weren't scared enough to look. Oogway comfortingly led his student up towards the tree, and once they got to the top, Oogway realized that Shifu had relaxed a bit and wasn't as afraid of it anymore./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"It wasn't like the ledge was huge, but it was big enough to the point where others could fit on it, comfortingly./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway watched as Shifu slightly walked over softly to the Peach Tree and gently ran his hand down the trunk of it. Even if it was dark and the night stars shone high in the sky, there was a sense of calm here in the evening light. Oogway smiled as Shifu turned to him and flicked an ear./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;""This," Oogway came to Shifu's side and beckoned him forward towards the further edge of the ledge, "Is the Peach Tree of Wisdom."/span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu shot him a questionable glance, and Oogway took it upon himself to continue. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;""I like to say if you ever need time to stop and think, here is the place to do it." /span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Shifu gave a weak nod as he stared out into the beautiful mountain landscape and the peaceful village below. It was almost like you were in a dream./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"A dream that could last forever./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway kept silent for a while as Shifu just stared out into the landscape and looked around this new-found place that was his home. It was almost unreal to Shifu, and he wondered if he was just dreaming or if this was actually real./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Just this morning Shifu had been placed in a world of terror, fear, and chaos, and now he was transported to a place of serene calm and gentleness from someone who had simply shown him kindness./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Words and actions can make or break an individual. /span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Oogway blinked as he turned his attention from Shifu towards the mountains in the background and he felt the soft wind brush past him as he did so yet again. Even though this scenery change and this break from the action was a nice relief for the grandmaster, he knew that despite that-it still was the Shadow Era, and there was still things to do, a palace and province to run, students to train, and many other things that wore on the old master's mind./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Glancing at Shifu once again as the young student looked around at the scenery, occasionally glancing back in his newfound master's direction, Oogway smiled, hoping that his Shaolin legacy would continue through the next generations…./span/p
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p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"Please leave a review or PM me, I'd love to know what you guys think!/span/strong/p