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Intro

Dai went to sleep after a busy day of training his students and found himself standing on a hill overlooking a grassy plane. It was dark and cloudy, like it might start raining any second.

In the distance, two massive armies clashed. He could hear the faint yells and screams of the soldiers.

Dai turned on the spot and saw his friends and family in front of him.

"What are you all doing here?" He asked, folding his arms and looking around. "Where am I? What's going on?"

No one answered him. He walked up to Tigress.

"Ti, what's going on?" He asked, putting a hand on her shoulder which went right through like she was a ghost.

As Dai watched they all slowly started fading out, he turned back to Tigress who now had a sad look on her face.

"Ti, what's wrong?"

He looked down at himself and saw himself fading out quickly, just like the others.

Dai saw Lupa fade out completely, only to be replaced with a gravestone with the word "traitor" written above it in what looked like blood.

He saw Dega fading out to be replaced with the word "murderer."

Dai was genuinely freaked out now.

Why would "murderer" be written on Dega's gravestone and "traitor" on Lupa's?

He saw Kai fading out as well, and Max and Mei-Ling joined her before Dai awoke with a gasp, in a cold sweat.

Trying to push thoughts of the dream out of his head, Dai got up and sat on the edge of the bed. He knew he'd just had a vision of some kind. Getting up he splashed some cold water on his face and returned to the bedroom and get ready for the day; he paused before grabbing the cane resting nearby. The elegant cane had been a gift from Tigress years ago, it was black and had a gold dragon wrapped around it and held a concealed blade. He left it and went to get breakfast.

It was clear what the vision was trying to tell him: his friends and family were in danger, but from what? China was at peace. There hadn't been any large scale conflict in almost ten years.

-Down the hall in Kai's room-

Kai stood on a battlefield bloodied and beaten. Around him laid his various friends and family. Kai looked down at the bloodied sword he held in one hand, and the blood covered staff he held in the other.

"NO!"

Kai awoke with a shout grabbing for the dagger he kept under his pillow, scanning around his room for any threats.

"Just a nightmare," He thought and laid back down again.

He could just see the sun peaking in through his window and got up. After an exhausting day of training yesterday, he'd fallen asleep in his clothes…again.

"It would be easy. Like swatting away a fly," Kai said to himself as he spun his dagger in his hand.

Kai's encounter with the rebels a few years ago had changed him; he was starting to question the actions of the Masters.

Kai shook the thought from his head once more and left his room to go downstairs for breakfast. Like the other students, Kai didn't have to live at his father's academy. He could spend the night at home if he so wished.

"Good morning Kai," His father greeted him.

"Morning dad," Kai replied back, sitting down at the table.

"Slept in your clothes again, huh?" Dai said seeing his son's rumpled clothing.

"Yeah," Kai sighed. "I had kind of a late night."

"Well I'm gonna head to the Academy," Dai stated, leaving. "I'll see you there."

Dai left the house and headed to his new Kung Fu Academy. Outside, the sun was just starting to peak over mountains. There was a slight chill in the air and shop owners were starting to open their stalls.

Over the last ten years or so, the sleepy village had turned into a large town with housing for the Masters.

The Jade Palace sat empty on the mountain after being shut down by Dai eight years ago. The students all lived and trained at Dai's Academy, or stayed at home if they so wished.

Dai arrived at the academy and pushed to doors open, entering the large courtyard that served as the training grounds

Scattered around were various pieces of training equipment, in the right corner was a massive boulder that was used for climbing. It was a mess.

Looking around, he found the source of the mess sleeping on one of the balance beams. An arm was hanging over the side.

"Dega," Dai thought, shaking his head and walking up to the tiger lion.

Dega was the son of Kiro Takimuro, one of Dai's friends. Reckless and impulsive to a fault, like his father at that age, his unpredictability made him dangerous in battle. One of Kiro's dead friends, Los, inhabited Dega's mind and constantly gave the Tiger-Lion advice. Bad advice, usually. He also was constantly demanding the student for food.

"DEGA TAKIMURO!" Dai yelled loudly, scaring the tiger lion awake.

"I surrender!" Dega yelled after waking up, falling off the balance beam and looking up at his teacher. "Oh! Hey, Master Nakamura."

Dai pointed at the mess.

"What?" Dega asked, looking over at the area, which looked like a war had blown through. "That?"

"Clean this mess up before training starts," Dai ordered and held out his hand. "Ah, without your swords."

"Aw man, I'm never gonna get this done!" Dega whined, handing over his powered weapons.

"You best get started then," Dai scoffed before walking into the student barracks.

Dega looked at the mess once more before slapping his forehead and trudging over to start on his work. "We should get a janitor…"

Dai entered the barracks and the students all greeted him.

"Good morning Master!"

"Good morning everyone," Dai hummed, walking back down the hall. "I have no training for you today; you may have the day off. Spend it how you wish, but no one is to help Dega clean up outside."

"WHAT!?" Dega's voice was heard from the end of the hallway.

Dai whipped out Dega's swords and shot the young hero back out the door.

"That's not fair!" Dega yelled as he sailed through the door. "I want a lawyer…!"

Dai chuckled to himself and turned back to his students.

Protecting the Valley fell to two teams: Dai's which consisted of him, Tigress, Max, Kai, and Kiera and on Kiro's team were Kiro, Dega, Lupa, Mei Ling and Po.

Both Po and Max were gone at the moment, though. Po was filling in for his dad at the noodle shop and Max was off on a scouting mission for Dai in the north and wouldn't be back for a few more days.

"I would like to continue training, Master." Lupa, Dega's sister said. "I've got nothing better to do."

"NEVER DO!" Her brother shouted from outside.

"That's fine," Dai sighed, rolling his eyes.

She spent most of her time studying or training like Kiera, and had a fascination with weapons, like Dega. Another one of Kiro's dead friends, Sashi, inhabited Lupa's mind. The siblings' father, Kiro, had his old dead girlfriend, Song, stuck inside his head as well. Must run in the family. Dai was glad he didn't have to deal with that. It'd probably drive him up the wall.

"I'm gonna go train too," Kiera, Dai's daughter stated and left the barracks.

Kiera Nakamura was the spitting image of her mother, except for her blue eyes and was often teased by Dega about it.

"Welp, I'm gonna go have breakfast. See ya later!" Kai said, walking off towards the kitchen.

Kai was the adopted son of Dai and Tigress, one of the strongest members of the team and the oldest at twenty. His skill with a blade was only rivaled by his father's.

Dai left as well, intending to meditate on his vision, but ran into Tigress in the courtyard.

"Hey Ti," Dai said giving her a quick kiss.

"You left this behind," She said holding out the cane. "Are you okay?"

"No, I…had a vision last night," Dai admitted. "I think something is gonna happen and soon."

"Do we need to worry?" Tigress asked concerned.

"I don't know, maybe,"

-Meanwhile-

"No way Dega! You're not leeching off me," Kai said moving his bowl away from the Tiger Lion. "Not this time. Tell your ghost friend he can cook his own food."

Dega looked at Kai aghast. "Me? Cook? You know I can't! I burned noodles once! I'll starve! You're sentencing me to death here!"

"Tough," Kai said turning his back on Dega.

"I'll do anything, please!" Dega begged. "Just to shut Los up."

"Nope," Kai snorted, taking another loud sip of his soup.

"That's mean. I'm removing you from my last will and testament. You're evil," Dega huffed, folding his arms.

"Yep," Kai responded, chuckling evilly.

Dega grumbled and left the kitchen.

Not much of a chapter, I know, it's just an intro, the next one will be much longer and have more action, I promise. I hope I did okay with Dega and Lupa.