Alright, guys! It's the great moment we've all been waiting for! It's time for Toka, Koji, Alena, Suya, and Neyo to reunite and continue their adventures together!
The sun was shining brightly on this warm day in the Valley of Peace. Things didn't changed that much in the last few months during which Master Shifu managed to keep the village safe from bandits on his own during the absence of his students. Speaking of which, the old red panda was missing all of them, from the Dragon Warrior to the Furious Five, the New Legend, and the Elemental Five. Not that he hated Zeng's company, but the Jade Palace felt so empty and calm without them.
Luckily for him, things were about to change...
At the village's entrance, four familiar figures justly arrived and on of them felt specially excited. "Great! The Valley didn't changed at all!" The bug had a dark blue exoskeleton, an arrow-shaped horn, purple trousers that fitted well with his trademark purple Samoan facepaint. He had another one that was ice blue and shaped like a ray over his back. His yellow eyes filled with excitement, the beetle lifted a fist. "Watch out, everyone: Koji and his friends are back!"
"Do you really have to shout it off?" Crane asked with rolling his eyes. The avian member of the Furious Five didn't changed at all in term of appearance outside of an ice blue Samoan pendant hanging on his neck.
"Come on, Crane! We haven't been here for months! It's great to be back!" Yang, the snake kid happily responded. The young turquoise white-bellied snake didn't really changed in term of appearance since the last time we saw him. The same was for his best friend, Tongo Tonga, the big orange snake with yellow globes for eyes and green back scales.
"What do you guys we should do now?" He asked.
Koji tapped on his chin as he though about it. "Should we go see if the others have came back as well, or should we get a quick snack at Mr. Ping's noodle shop?" He then shook his head. "Who am I kidding! We check for the others of course!"
"And looks like we won't have to look too far." Yang said and pointed at the sky from where a familiar female snowy owl dressed in a black top and shorts landed on the ground.
"Suya!" Koji exclaimed as he rushed to greet his girlfriend with a hug which he gladly returned.
"Koji! I'm so happy to see you! How are you doing?" He asked after breaking up from the hug. Soon, two more people arrived: a grape green-coloured snake with tattoos all over her back and a penguin with ice blue and white feathers that was dressed only in white bandages.
"Viper! Tanchi!" Yang exclaimed as both he and Tongo Tonga went to hug the two girls.
"Hey, Yang!" Viper said and happily rubbed his head with her tail. "How you doing?"
Back to the two New Legend members, they looked at the difference in appearance of each other. "That's a new tattoo? And where are your training bracelets?" Suya asked.
"Yes, I got it during my time in the islands of Samoa." Koji responded. "As for my training bracelets, my body became strong enough, so I didn't really needed them anymore."
It was only then that he noticed that despite having her normal clothes and feathers, Suya was different in term of size for her...well, female assets.
"Hum, Suya? What happened to your, hum...?" The snowy owl quickly understood.
"Oh, you mean my chest, hips and rear? It's because of a fruit I ate in Egypt. You won't believe how it happened. I propose we go get a good meal to talk about it."
So, the seven friends headed to Mr" Ping's noodle shop, with this last one being super-happy to see the young ones again, and ate some noodles and tofu while chatting about their adventures and everything they learned. Koji shared everything that happened during his time on the Samoan islands (If you don't know what happened, go read "Koji's Story") and also said that Kaiba and the half-demon bugs decided to live in campaign for a while as they weren't sure about coming to a village yet.
Suya, on her side, told her friends how she, Viper and Tanchi teamed up with Medjays and some of their friends to save Egypt from the Pharaon as well as how she found herself with larger assets. "...And then, I used the Seal Evil technique to lock him away once and for all." the snowy finished and ate some of her noodles.
"That was awesome!" Koji said in excitation. "What happened next?"
"Yeah, I'd like to know more too." Said an intruder's voice.
Everybody turned to see a female black panther standing at the entrance accompanied by a female eagle and male mantis. The panther had a ruby vest top along with a hoodie which was currently on and pants, gloves and boots of the same color.
"Alena!" Suya happily beamed as she ran to wrap one wing around the panther's unprotected midsection and the other around her hooded head, pulling her into a hug. She was a bit surprised by the gesture, but returned it to her owl friend.
"Hey, Suya. Glad to see you again." She said before breaking the hug and looking at Koji. "Same for you too, Koji." This last one came and exchanged a fist-bump with her (the first they ever had).
Viper and Crane were also happy to see Mantis again as Yang, Tongo, and Tanchi gladly reunited with Kasaiori. Alena catched up with her two friends after ordering some bean buns, talking about her fight against Orochi's forces and the friends they met. She also didn't missed to remark Suya's largest assets and Koji's new tattoo.
Soon, the group's fun was interrupted by a loud noise followed by a crashing one. Quickly, everyone rushed outside and found a rather odd scene: a four-wheeled vehicle driven by Neyo, Monkey and Mizufusen had crashed between two houses and the trio looked like the impact affected them.
"I should have though about where to park the Tacos in the Valley..." Neyo said with rubbing his head.
"NEYO!" He turned his head as Koji rushed toward him.
"KOJI!" He said and came down to receive an hug from his beetle friend. "How are you? Been a while!"
"Yes! I'm so glad to see you again!" The beetle said before looking at his hedgehog friend's completely new look. He was now wearing Grey pants with red pockets on the sides with a brown belt on which were tied his Chi sticks. He had a brown protection tied on his shoulder which he damaged many times by the past as he didn't wanted to expose it to any more risks. His still had his silver glove which could give him his Chi bow on his left hand and a brown one on his right hand with a boomerang tied through his belt which also held an handle. Finally, a yellow plaster was applied on his nose and he still had his yellow bandana tied on his arm.
Through all this, Koji noticed another detail. "Say, didn't you muscles became almost as big as mine?"
Neyo rose an eye brow and showed his bicep muscled which he compared to Koji's. "Hey, you're right! I did work a lot during my time with the Hedgehog Clan."
Koji invited Neyo, Mizu and Monkey to come eat with them and tell their story. The hedgehog told all the work he went through for months, how Xie Zhen killed his friend, Tiankong, and how he challenged and defeated the leader in a death duel. "I'm sorry for your friend, Neyo." Suya said in sympathy with putting a wing on his shoulder.
"It's okay. She died for what she believed and I'll never forget her." the young hedgehog whipped his tear away.
After they were done eating, the group of warriors left the restaurant and waited for the remaining ones to arrive. they waited for around twenty minute or so before a trio came walking toward them in the distance. The Dragon and Phoenix Warrior as well as Master Tigress all arrived back at the Valley at last. However, they were all different in appearances.
Toka was now wearing a small jade green jacket that had no sleeves which he left open along with pants of the same color and some bandages on his forearms to replace his gloves. Po had pants similar to his usual ones but in red and with more exposing sandals and a red headband that had golden dragon patterns on it. Tigress, however, was wearing something a bit unexpected. It was a triangular red top that left her shoulders exposed along with red pants and sleeves. The only unchanged aspect was that she had the same sandals.
As soon as they came into view, they gave huge smiles. "TOKA!" Koji shouted as he rushed to be greeted by the wide arms of his best friend for a hug which the three others soon joined. The Furious and Elemental Five, New Legend as well as Po all shared a big group hug, happy to all be back together. Mr. Ping even joined in, glad to see that his son was alright.
"What's with this dress though?" He asked, looking at Po's new outfit.
"Well, Tigress, Toka and I lost our clothes while going to the island with Master Yoshi and we needed new ones." Po explained with rubbing the back of his head.
"Speaking of which, how's Master Yoshi doing, Toka?" Neyo asked his snow leopard friend.
"Oh, he's still in form. He taught us many new tricks."
"Like what?" Koji asked his best friend.
"I'll show them to you soon, if you want." He then looked up at the mountain. "Now, what do you say we go to the Jade Palace and announce our return to Master Shifu?"
Everybody agreed with this idea and all made their way toward the palace. As always, the thousand steps drained most, if not ALL of Po's energy. Decidedly, he will never get used to those steps. However, the group was surprised to see their old master waiting for them at the entrance with a smile.
"Master Shifu!" They all said.
"How did you knew we were coming?" Toka asked. "You sensed it with your master powers?"
"No: Zeng flew up and warned me upon seeing you." He responded, pointing at the goose beside him who gave an innocent smile. "It is good to see you all again, dear students."
They all bowed to him in respect. Sure, technically, Po was charged to train now, but that didn't made Shifu less of a master and a Kung Fu veteran.
He invited everyone to get in and they all spent the day around the dining table to share their adventures with each other and having fun. By the time night fell upon the valley, they all left to their chamber to get some well-deserved rest.
The next morning, after the cong rang across the whole valley and our heroes awoke, they got ready and gathered in the training courtyard where Master Shifu and Po were about to give everyone their training for the day.
"Excuse-me, masters." Toka said and lifted one paw. "If you don't mind, I'd like to make a suggestion. You remember the first training we had upon coming here?"
"Yes: you faced the Furious Five in a match." Po said.
"Which we won." Mantis whispered, making Monkey chuckle.
"Well, how about we get a rematch to see the progresses we made?" Toka suggested which surprised everyone.
Po and Shifu exchanged looks and though about it. "Actually, I think it could be a good idea to see everything new you've learned." The red panda nodded.
"Yeah, it would really cool-Er, I mean wise for you ti have a rematch. You're on!" Po said.
The New Legend is back together and ready to take on new challenges starting with a rematch against the Furious Five!
Also, the reason the other side characters from the other stories didn't came to the Valley is because I don't want the place to feel overcrowded.