We reached this story! Where Musaki's journey to the Valley of Peace comes to an end as he leaves the Valley to go to Shanghai Secluded Valley to be closer to his family as well as starting a new life for his family. This takes place months after the events of KFP 3 and everyone in the Jade Palace has endeared so much to Musaki and all the memories that come with it! Hope you guys enjoy it!

Bittersweet Goodbye

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Prepping for Musaki's 21st Birthday

It was a warm, summer day at the Valley of Peace and everyone at the Bushido-Akio house couldn't believe that the time is coming for two events; Musaki's 21st birthday and moving to Shanghai Secluded Valley so that Musaki can be closer to his relatives. Although most of the family were excited for this new life, they were also a little nervous about the move because they've been well adjusted to the Valley of Peace like it's their home. Made even more so that the Masters of the Jade Palace are considered extended members of the Bushido-Akio family and it would be hard to part with them within a short period of time.

At the same time, most of the elder panda brothers plus Arizona sat down to prep for Musaki's 21st birthday and from the planning side, it's literally crucial, but they're determined to make the best of it so that it'll be something to celebrate the final day of living in the Valley of Peace and even they were surprised to know that Musaki's getting older now. Samurai chuckled at this and said, "Man, it's been a long time since we've met our cousin for the first time."

"How long ago was that?" asked Arizona.

"7 years now. We were pretty surprised when dad told us we have a cousin for the first time." Samurai answered.

"Yeah, I can remember it like it was just yesterday. We were in this little cave at the time and that was our temporary home until we found a home for the entire family." Cody agreed.

"I can still remember that cave because it's like a grand home for us, even though some of us didn't fit." Tsunami added.

"So...what do you guys think we should serve him for the party?" asked Samurai.

"Noodles, dumplings, sweet and sour chicken, bamboo dumplings and kiwi cakes. You know how Saki loves kiwis." Tsunami added.

"I don't know any other panda that loves kiwis that much." Cody said, laughing.

Just then, Summer, Luna and Zoey walk downstairs and saw the boys prepping for Musaki's birthday and they walked in towards them as Summer said, "Are you guys planning something for my Saki-boo?"

Samurai, Tsunami and Phoenix snickered at the name as if it's like a cute baby name, but then Summer gave them some of her panda glares directed at them for making fun of that name and they stopped laughing as they saw the look on her face and Phoenix said, "Yeah, we are."

Then, she went from serious glare to excited in a quick second and she asked, "What have you got?"

"Food, decorations, invites and mango juices. Dad is very, very strict when it comes to drinking. He doesn't encourage sake in the house whatsoever." Samurai replied.

"Yeah, everytime someone has a 21st birthday, the number one rule is no sake before, during and after the birthday party. I hear it makes you do some crazy things." Phoenix replied, nodding his head.

"You're nowhere near 21, Phoenix. But don't start drinking." Cody said, glaring at him seriously.

Phoenix puts his paws up and asked, "I'm not interested in that stuff. I don't want to start now."

"Mind if we girls join in?" asked Zoey, sitting in between Samurai and Cody.

Soon enough, Sierra walks into the house with a bag full of baby stuff while accompanying little Jacob as she sees everyone sitting there and she looks at Arizona and walks to her boyfriend with a kiss on the cheek, making Arizona turn around and smile at her and say, "Morning, sweetie. I was wondering where you were."

"Well, I went out to pick up a few things for the baby and I took Jacob with me while you were asleep. I just figured that you looked so cute while you're sleeping." Sierra said, with a giggle.

Arizona blushed in response to that and had no idea what to say about that, other than just smile on the most bashful way possible and said, "I'm not that cute."

"You are as far as I'm concerned." Sierra stated, stroking Arizona's chin.

Samurai clears his throat and looks at the two love wolves together and said, "Can you guys do this later? We're trying to plan for Musaki's 21st birthday. Plus, we have to get started on packing our stuff so we can move to Shanghai Secluded Valley."

That slipped her mind, knowing that they're gonna move out of the Valley of Peace pretty soon and she said, "I can help with the party and the moving...right after I do my feeding with Jacob."

"Jacob's 1. Shouldn't he be finished breastfeeding right now?" asked Zoey.

"Not for another few months. He'll grow out of it when he reaches after he turns one. I think he just clings onto my breastmilk a lot." Sierra responded.

"Hey, Jake...when you get older, there's gonna be mounds of breastmilk everywhere you see." Tsunami said, laughing.

Sierra responded with a very annoyed snarl with that remark Tsnaumi just made and she said, "Excuse me?"

"Hey, Tsunami...cool it, all right?" asked Arizona, keeping things calm, despite having the same annoyed reaction that came out Tsunami's mouth about their son seeing more breastmilk as he gets older and they know that Jacob won't know what it is until he gets older.

Sierra walks out with nothing to say as Jacob coos and Samurai slaps Tsunami's elbow after that statement and asked, "Really, dude?"

"Well, the little guy has to be adapted to what's happening when he grows up liking girls." Tsunami added.

"And that's why you stay single." Luna added, with a smirk.

Tsunami stuck his tongue out in protest and Samurai held his tongue for him to shut him up and he said, "And that ends the dumb argument that has no purpose to argue about. Let's just focus on what we're actually here for."

"We have to keep this under tight lips from Musaki so that he won't know about what we're doing." Samurai added.

"Not to worry, boys...and girls. I always keep my boyfriend preoccupied with other things so that he won't find out what it is. Right now, his main priority is prepping up for moving to Shanghai Secluded Valley. I have to be honest, he's actually grown closer to the Valley of Peace because he's called it home for 18 years, but he's just happy to go back to his roots for good and we're more stoked about starting a new life for our little family." Summer stated.

"That's cool. I think the Jade Palace masters are gonna miss him a lot when he leaves." Tsunami added.

"And I think they're also more attached to Max too. I think Tigress is taking the departure harder because she had grown used to him being there almost like she's his little brother, though she'll never admit it." Zoey stated.

"She never admits to what's bothering her." Summer agreed.

Few seconds later, Musaki walks in the door with his adopted fox sons; Noah and Luke after taking a walk together and almost immediately, everyone puts up the plans under the table so that Musaki won't suspect a thing and once it's clear, they just carried on like it's normal and Musaki looks up and said, "Morning, guys."

"Hey, Musaki." they said, in unison.

The first person Musaki looked at was his mate Summer and he reaches in for a kiss and said, "Hey, Summer. How you doing?"

"Pretty good, sweetie. We were just talking." Summer answered.

"Oh, really? What about?" asked Musaki.

"Shanghai Secluded Valley and how much we're gonna miss the Valley of Peace a lot." Samurai added.

"We all will...me, especially. But hey, we get to be close to our relatives all the time. Wouldn't that be cool?" asked Musaki.

"Most definitely." Samurai said, smiling.

"So...Saki, what do you think about leaving the Valley of Peace after 18 years of living there?" asked Phoenix.

Musaki blinked his eyes for a few minutes and reminisces his 18 years being at the Valley of Peace with all the experiences he had been through, both good and bad and all of it made him the person he is now and he answered, "It's gonna be so different when I leave here because I've got so many memories here. I lived in the Jade Palace, met my twin brother, you guys and I have my first girlfriend and little family. It's crazy to think that 18 years have gone by so fast. It still feels like it's yesterday, you know?"

"Yeah, I agree. Look at how far you came though. Still managed to keep your strength, humility and integrity." Zoey stated.

"It's the Bushido-Akio mentality." Musaki stated.

All of them started laughing with each other as they kept talking and knowing that his 21st birthday is coming, Musaki wanted to make one little request. He looked at everyone and said, "For my birthday, I don't want you guys to make a big fuss over it. I just want a very simple birthday with my close friends and all of my family. Just don't go extravaganza on everything."

Most of them are still in that pre-planning phase, but they know Musaki so well and Samurai said, "No worries, dude. We won't go overboard."

"Thanks. And I mean it...no extravaganza. I'm gonna go check on my baby son and see how he's doing." Musaki said, getting up and heading upstairs.

As soon as Musaki's gone, Samurai immediately said, "Back to the party!"

The gang is planning Musaki's party without him knowing it, also hiding the fact that it's gonna be a surprise party rather than a simple party. Stay tuned to see how it all plays out!