The fourth installment is here! You get to see Sakamoto grow up...fall in love and other stuff while staying true to himself. After being taught by Oogway in a year, he's picked up his father's mannerisms.

Sakamoto's Life Story: The Teenage Years

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Welcome Home

While on the skies, Sakamoto explained to his dad about everything that had happened to him throughout the entire experience and from everything he explained, Oak can tell that he has grown a lot for one full year and he was deeply impressed with following through his process and Oak said, "You must've worked twice as hard."

"Gave it 200 percent. It gets kinda sore after awhile, but you just gotta keep going." Sakamoto replied.

Oak nodded and agreed with that philosophy and he said, "I am deeply proud of you, Saka. You know you can be anything you wanna be. If you want to be like me, great. But if not...that's fine too. Whatever you choose to do, I will always be right by your side."

Sakamoto smiled at this and he knew that whatever comes his way, his dad's got his back and he nods his head and asked, "So...how was everyone in Shanghai?"

"Everyone's doing fine. Shin Hai has always asked me when you're coming back. He's missed you like crazy." Oak explained.

"Imagine that. How's Mako?" asked Sakamoto.

"Mako will be very happy that you're back. He is worried that you might change, but I know that you'll remain the same person that he's used to." Oak added.

Sakamoto chuckled softly at this and he said, "All the more reasons I can come back home."

Almost immediately, they had made it back to Shanghai Secluded Valley and to Sakamoto's surprise, he sees a huge crowd all around waiting for his arrival and also a lot of banners that reads both 'Happy birthday' and 'Welcome home Sakamoto' all over. He can tell that he's gonna have a whole lot to celebrate and when the dragon landed, Oak Sung and Sakamoto got off of it and the whole entire valley cheered and applauded and they couldn't help but give Sakamoto loads of welcome homes.

"It's great to have you back home, Sakamoto!"

"We missed you, Saka!"

"Did they treat you right at that there Jade Palace?"

"Welcome back home, Sakamoto!"

Oak told most of the crowd to give Sakamoto some room to move around so he can head back to his home and luckily, his mom was standing there, just thrilled to have her son back home and she just came up and gave him a huge hug and said, "I am so glad to have you back home, Sakamoto! We missed you so much!"

"I missed you too, mom." Sakamoto said, smiling.

She took a good look at her son and she noticed a small change in him...he's growing a little bit and he said, "You turned into a young man. My son's no longer a cub anymore. You look more and more like your father each day."

Sakamoto chuckled softly and he said, "Well, thanks for that."

"SAKAMOTO!"

Just then, he hears Mako coming down the steps and Sakamoto got down to his level as Mako runs up to hug him and Sakamoto hugs him tightly, then messes his fur up a little bit and he said, "How are ya, little bro?"

Mako was so happy to see his big brother and he said, "Happy now that you're back."

"I'm glad to be back, Mako." Sakamoto said.

"Please don't ever leave us again." Mako added.

Sakamoto chuckled softly and he said to Mako, "I promise...I won't go anywhere for a while."

Suddenly, Shin Hai and some of Sakamoto's friends ran towards the house and sees Sakamoto standing there and they dogpiled him quickly and Sakamoto was laughing, really glad to see them after a whole year and Shin was the most happy to see his panda friend and he said, "Saka! Man, you've been gone a long time. I thought you'd have forgotten about us."

"Why would I forget about you guys? You're my friends." Sakamoto added.

"Your girlfriend missed you a lot." Shin Hai said, chuckling sly-like.

It then hit him...Bao-Yi. He hadn't seen her in so long and he thought it would be a good idea to see her and lo and behold...as Sakamoto stood up, there she was and he could not believe the sheer overwhelm of beauty standing right in front of him as he looked at her. She was so happy to see him and she said, "Happy birthday, Sakamoto."

"Thank you, Bao-Yi." Sakamoto replied, overwhelmed.

She was so happy to see him again and they hugged each other and Sakamoto couldn't shake this feeling anymore and soon after, the entire valley celebrated Sakamoto's homecoming/15th birthday party and for Sakamoto, there really is no place like home.

And that is the beginning of the fourth installment! Stick around for more!