And here it is...the first chapter of the third installment of Panda Brothers. Believe me when I say there's more to Okinawa and Musaki as you think!

Panda Brothers III

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Skills Test

At the backyard of Azuko's house, Okinawa takes Musaki, Arizona and Po to his backyard gym, in which both Po and Arizona were mesmerized by the looks of it and they said, "Whoa..."

"Two and a half months of working on this backyard gym was definitely worth it, so that I can bring my MMA work at home if need to. But I also have to work at my own pace, so it's used for one-on-one sessions for the kids." Okinawa said.

"Whoa...you're a busy guy, aren't ya?" Po asked.

"Mm-hmm. At work, volunteering at the MMA gym, training, helping out with my dad...things like that." Okinawa replied.

All three stepped into the backyard gym and Okinawa was standing there on the center and he said to them, "Are you guys ready for a little test run? You don't have to worry about anyone watching by because it's a very private forest."

They were eager to give it a shot and Okinawa asked who would go first and Arizona was the first one to step in and say that he's up for the challenge and steps foot into the mat and looks at Okinawa in the eye like he's ready. They both glared at each other and Okinawa immediately runs towards him and slams the wolf down and elbows him in the neck, but Arizona grabs him by the hand and flipped him down to the ground.

Musaki made a very speechless gasp while Po winced at the impact it hit and it blew both of their minds away and that's when Musaki knew that Okinawa means serious business, yet he was pulling for Arizona. Arizona grunts as he got up and looked at Okinawa in the eye with a serious look on his face and he said, "Impressive."

Arizona then runs towards Okinawa, grabs him by the hand and flips him down hard, punches and kicks him directly and trips his foot, but Okinawa knew when to keep going as he went forward and knocked him down on his leg and kicks him straight in the stomach. As Arizona felt the growing pain on his stomach, he held it back and just kept on fighting him and slams him down and keeps punching, kicking and thrashing him down as much as he can go.

Both Okinawa and Arizona became unmatched with their fighting skills that it's undeniable and Po started to get really nervous for either one of them while Musaki is just holding his breath as to who will emerge as victorious through the entire battle and so far, the backyard gym is the best way to start off.

After only 7 minutes of sparring, Okinawa and Arizona panted heavily and they looked at each other in the eye and Okinawa exhaled deeply and said, "You got some awesome skills, man."

"Yeah, you too." Arizona agreed.

After that, Musaki went up next to spar with his big brother and he couldn't be any more stoked up about this and as they started, Musaki kicked it off with a strong beginning with his kung-fu moves on Okinawa and went ahead with every single move he could muster up and went in full throttle mode as his fast moves and elemental beings exploded in and Okinawa dodged these moves rapidly and Musaki was surprised that he can actually do that.

Okinawa chuckled softly and went after Musaki very quickly and kicked him upside the stomach and threw him down, but Musaki landed on his feet and kept on standing and he continued sparring Okinawa down and both fighting styles were really amazing and unstoppable like yin and yang.

Soon after the sparring session, Musaki chuckled softly and he said, "Good fighting, bro."

"Yours too." Okinawa agreed, panting.

After Musaki's turn, all that's left is Po and Okinawa coaxed him by coming to the mat to spar with him and Po was a little reluctant to do so, but he knows that he couldn't let down a big fan so he got in the mat and he asked, "So...what happens?"

Okinawa quickly went in and flipped Po up, down and all around and slammed him down to the ground wih Po groaning in pain and that amused Arizona and Musaki the most to watch Po fall and Okinawa replied, "This happens."

"Ooh...I think you hit my panda pee pee." Po said, in a squeaky voice.

Po gets himself up and starts sparring with Okinawa and he dodged every kick, punch and slamming move he could do and Po ducked down multiple times and attacked Okinawa harder and just as Okinawa was about to knock him down, Po used his big belly to slam him down to the floor and that was really surprising to know that in the same species, they'd take down each other with the usage of their combined body weight.

Po quickly comes after Okinawa and attempts to knock him down, but Okinawa beat him to it and he slams him down and kicks him in the shin and twirls himself around and knocks him down hard. Po couldn't let this happen and he went forward and slammed, kicked, and threw down Okinawa on the ground harder and he said, "Yeah! Who's your panda now?"

Okinaw grunts heavily and he was really amazed with Po's fighting skills and he was impressed at the same time and he said, "I think it's pretty clear why Oogway chose him as the Dragon Warrior."

That sounded like a big compliment to Po as to what Okinawa meant by that and he said, "Thanks, man."

"Well...all in all, I give this battle a 10." Musaki said.

"I give it a 10.5." Arizona added.

"Sweet." both Okinawa and Po said, in unison.

Coming up...it's someone's birthday! And it's not Okinawa and Musaki!