My OC character, Musaki has a little depressing moment about father's day ever since his parents died. I borrowed klonoakazeno's character, Ichi, in order to have the same feeling he felt. Inspiration? Klonoakazeno's fic, "Thanatos: The Grim Reaper" and "Music Extravaganza!", simply because Ichi and Musaki are getting along so well, so I hope you like it!

You Are Not Alone

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Worried About Musaki

One morning in the dormitories in the Jade Palace, Musaki was sitting in his room, alone and moody, and laid down on his bed, thinking of the one day that he wishes that didn't appear: father's day. It's his so-called lonesome routine he has every year when father's day arrives, goes to isolation after the rampaging death of his parents, killed by Tai Lung, when he was younger. The thoughts of the holiday made him feel a little afraid that when he gets older, the memories will fade away. The one thing that kept him going was reminiscing the good times he had with them. He looked at a picture of his parents when they're his age and he got a little misty-eyed behind his baby blue eyes.

Back at the kitchen, Po, Shifu, the Five and Ichi were a little worried about Musaki cooped up in his room for 3 days, but Po and Ichi were the ones who were the most concerned about him. They looked at each other and thought if he didn't feel like talking to everyone.

Crane sighed heavily and had Musaki on his mind and told Shifu, "I don't know what made him stay in his room for a long time."

"To tell you the truth, I don't know either." said Shifu.

Mantis chirped his attennas and thought maybe Musaki was thinking about running away from home again, but didn't want to tell anyone about it, because they would think he's talking complete nonsense. Viper was worried about something drastic and so mortified. She turned to everyone and asked, "Do you think he's thinking about commiting suicide?"

Everyone turned to Viper and Crane answered, "If he did, don't you think we already knew he killed himself?"

"Good point." she said.

Po had a nervous feeling to himself that something was wrong with him and asked, "You think he hates us?"

"I hope not." said Mantis.

"What would make you think that idea?" asked Tigress.

"I'm just wondering, though." he replied.

"If he did hate us, he would confront us, get all in our faces and scream, 'I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!!' and we wouldn't know it." said Crane.

"He does not hate us." said Ichi.

"All this wondering is gonna drive us all crazy. We have to find out what's up with him." said Monkey.

They all agree to that idea and went out of the kitchen to the dorms to talk to Musaki, unaware that he's already not there, as he saw them walking out unnoticed and snuck outside to find some peace. When they got to Musaki's dorm, they were surprised to find that it was empty.

They all gasped in horror and anguish as they find that he was already gone. Somehow, they knew he was running away, but Po saw his items still there, so they knew he didn't pack up and leave. They went from worried to extremely frantic to find him.

However, Ichi already knew what was wrong with him because he knew the feeling of being alone, just by one day--father's day. He wanted to tell them, but he kept silent until they can figure it out themselves. While everyone was looking for him inside, Ichi went outside to find him by himself without everyone knowing. As he went outside, he went to one place where he's feeling that way; the Sacred Peach Tree of Wisdom.