Decided to make this new KFP fic and wonder what would happen if Musaki faces a family tragedy for one relative he never got a chance to meet? This fic will definitely show how Musaki copes with his family tragedy. Hope ya'll like!

Loss Gained

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Tragic News

It was a typical day in the Jade Palace where Musaki is doing his kung-fu training where he sparred with Arizona. Both of them stared at each other in the eye, looking like they're ready for battle. Musaki could see the glare in Arizona's eye like he's ready to take him down in a heartbeat. Arizona stared at Musaki and from that look, it's like he's about to be the predator for once.

"Are you ready, Saki?" asked Arizona.

Musaki chuckled in a confident smirk on his face as he brought his sai out and replied, "You're going down, wolf-boy!"

Both of them charged at each other by leaping towards each other, slamming themselves down and then they started sparring with each other. Musaki took a jab at Arizona's chest while Arizona punched him in the jaw, but Musaki dodged his efforts. Arizona leaped up from behind and slammed him down on his back and grabbed him by the leg to swing it at him, but Musaki's leg had other plans. He lifted his leg and kicked him in the chin.

Arizona almost lost balance, but he got right back up and then he growled at Musaki and he ran towards him and leaped up in front of him and swung him in the face. Musaki gets himself up and he did a massive backflip that brought him to Arizona as he swift kicks him in the nose. Arizona falls down, but gets right back up again and when he attempted to finish him off, Musaki did his anti-gravity lean trick backwards thus making Arizona miss his catch.

Then, Musaki grabbed Arizona by the tail and flipped him head first and then, he did a sideflip and waited until Arizona fell to the ground, which surprisingly he held on to the railings on the ceiling. The young wolf swung his entire body around until he leaps down and knock Musaki out, but he was unlucky because Musaki dodged his efforts and ends up on the floor.

Both of them continued to spar with each other by kicking, punching, shoving and throwing jabs at each other and then Shifu stops the fight and both boys were staring at each other again, panting heavily. Arizona made a serious face while staring at Musaki and so did he as well and then both of them turned to Shifu and asked, at the same time, "How'd we do?"

Shifu analyzed both of them for their movements and when he went towards Musaki, he looks at him in the eye and said, "Musaki, great form of speed you have here and I give kudos to your agility. Arizona, your form was a little bit out of balance. Next time, try not to think too much."

Arizona took some of his comments as he bowed to Shifu in a respectful manner and then he turned to Musaki and said, "That was pretty cool, actually. I guess I'm starting to get used to being kicked in the butt several times."

"Hey, practice more and you'll get better. Just try not to kick your own butt, all right?" asked Musaki.

Arizona lets out a small chuckle and he said, "That's okay. I've kicked my own butt so many times before in the past."

"You'll get better. That's just the learnings of kung-fu. When you mess up, just remember...be the best you can be and don't let any roadblocks get in the way of that. No self-doubts, no second guessing yourself...kinda like Tigress; although that's a half opinion. But once you get a lot better, I think you'll find yourself somewhere where you're meant to be." Musaki added.

Arizona seemed a little bit surprised and widened his eyes at what Musaki just said. A thought struck to mind that he seemed to be getting much wiser, whihc would be something Master Shifu would normally say at that point in time. But to hear it from Musaki made it all the more surprising and a little bewildered for him to take it all in.

Musaki could see Arizona staring at him weird-like over what he said and he said, "What? Even I take time to read some of Oogway's scrolls without anyone noticing."

Musaki left the training hall for a second and Arizona just stood there, thinking over what Musaki said to him and thought to himself, 'Where do I go from here?'

Later on, Musaki sat down in the Sacred Peach Tree, just taking it easy and having some quiet time for himself, just looking up at the sky for a couple of minutes. After a rigorous sparring match with Arizona, it seemed as though he needed a little break from it all...at least for a few more hours.

He felt the wind blowing through his fur and he thought about how lucky he is that it has almost been 4 years since he was adopted by the masters of kung-fu and he never takes anything like that for granted. Each day is like a great experience and a new adventure just waiting around the bend. And it's definitely something his parents wished him all the best for.

Just then, he heard wings flapping out of nowhere and then, he sees Zeng flying towards him with a scroll on his talons and as he landed, he started panting heavily and Musaki looks up at the messenger and asked, "What's up, Zeng? Is it a message from Shifu?"

Zeng took a minute to catch his breath and then he said, "Actually, it's a message from you."

Musaki looked surprised to see that someone sent him a message and he asked, "From who?"

"Your grandfather. He kinda said it's very urgent." Zeng replied.

One look at that scroll and already he could tell from Zeng's voice that it's definitely something serious. He took some time to slowly open up the scroll and he read his grandfather's message.

Xing-Fu, you must come to Shanghai Secluded Valley at once. We have had a severe family tragedy that occured just a few hours ago. Your Uncle Xiao-Li and Aunt Kumiko have died due to a fatal illness that had been diagnosed only a few years ago. It's a horrifying and traumatizing news from everyone, even their own son. I know you haven't met them all yet, but it would be nice if you were to spend a week with us because we're starting off the funeral anyway. Plus, you get to meet your half-cousin. You two have neevr met before, but I'm sure that with your experience with witnessing two parents die, you can help him how to cope. It's a very important thing in our lives and it's a more devastating news since the tragic murder of your parents nearly 14 years ago. Hope to see you soon, Oak Sung.

One look at the letter and Musaki felt a twinge of emotions coming in through him; sadness, anxiety, sympathy and sudden sorrow all rolled into one. He lets out a heavy sigh over this and he turned to Zeng and he asked, "When did you receive this message?"

"I flew past Shanghai Secluded Valley and there was something tragic coming around the bend and I saw two pandas just laying there lifeless. When I found out that they were from your dad's side, I was a ltitle saddened for you to see what would happen if you were there and then, your grandfather came to me and he sent me a scroll of this letter and from the look on his face, I could tell that it was urgent and serious right away." Zeng explained.

Musaki suddenly got a little misty-eyed to know that he's never met them before and that it might've been too late to have actually met them for the first time. He lets out a heavy sigh and looked at the scroll for another glance before one tear fell down from his face. Zeng could see that Musaki needs some time to be alone for a second and he excused himself to go back to his duty.

Musaki blinked twice and softly broke down crying over this tragedy. Even if they had met before, he would've grown closer to them.

He could see that he should go to his family and be there for them and that it would be important to them and also for himself to attend this family funeral.

He lets out another heavy sigh and asked, "How am I gonna tell the others about this?"

Tragic way to start, huh? Well, it's only the beginning. Hope you guys like it and yes there will be more!