The Peacemaker
Summary: There's always been things that Ichi kept to himself, but this one secret is going to surprise everyone.
You'll so love this, I only own my characters.
Chapter 1: Secret's Out
It was a Sunday morning in the valley of peace, the villagers were all living happily; while in the jade palace, Shifu was meditating in the hall of warriors. He was at inner peace, but he felt a little distraught. Ichi had always lived a solitary life, he always wondered if there was something he was hiding from him and the others. The thought of it distracted Shifu from his meditation, he sighed and said, "Maybe I should just ask him, I won't be at peace until I do."
Shifu walked up to the training hall to find Po, the five, and the twins training; the stood to watch Ichi try to perfect his new technique, "Come on little bro, you can do it this time."
"I hope." Ichi sighed
"Don't worry about it, stress only makes mistakes," Tigress explained. "you have to focus, and let all your stress melt away."
"Wow Tigress, when have you ever given advice?" Monkey asked "Its actually kind of funny."
"Thanks sis, here goes nothing," Ichi said, ready to fire. "Kuroi Kagi!"
Ichi unleashed black flames from his mouth, the flames targeted a group of wooden dummies and turned them to ashes; when he stopped he felt like his throat was on fire, but only a little. Fu hugged him and said,
"You did it, not bad!"
"Yeah thanks... I need some water though." Ichi said, coughing up smoke "A little help Po?"
"Oh sure, here you go." Po answered, handing him so water
Shifu chuckled at how everyone was helping his son, he walked towards him and asked, "Ichi, do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"Sure Shifu, what would you like to know?" Ichi asked
"I wanted to know, how did you live in solitary as a boy?"
"Well like I said before, I did regular odd jobs," Ichi answered "they were hard, but I did my best and earned some good money."
"You know, you could be a little specific." Crane suggested
"I guess you're right, I did drafting, carpentry, a little masonry and some other stuff," He explained "I did those jobs after my first one."
"Then what was your first job?" Viper asked
Ichi hesitated, he answered, "I can't really answer that one."
"Why not?" They asked
"Well... I think you guys will change your opinion of me."
Ichi sighed at the thought, but Po gave him a pat on the back and said, "You know we'd never change our opinions of you, you're part of the family and that'll never change."
Ichi smiled from that, he was about to reply but a voice said, "So this is the jade palace, I guess the shorty is master Shifu?"
Everyone turned to see a rat in front of him; he wore a purple gi with black pants; his right ear had an earring on it, when he caught a glimpse of Ichi he smiled and said, "Good to see you again twitchy."
"Who's twitchy?" Crane asked
"Um... good to see you again," Ichi replied. "but what are you doing here Mac?"
"Well there's been some trouble, and it's something we can't get out of." Mac answered "Which is why the boss asked me to come here, to bring back our peacemaker."
"Wait what's going on?" Shifu asked "Ichi, who is this person, and what is he talking about?"
The tension started to rise, Ichi sighed and said, "You guys wanted to know about my first job, so I guess this would be the right time. You see when I was starting off, I worked... as part of the triad."
"WHAT!?" Everyone exclaimed
"It looks like they need to relax before you say anymore." Mac explained
"I figured as much, how about I explain in the kitchen." Ichi agreed
Five minutes passed since then, and everyone watched as Mac started eating the food Po made; Shifu ignored him for a minute and asked, "Now Ichi, how is what you told us true?"
"When I was four, a man came and took me in," Ichi explained. "his name was Tian di, and turns out he was the leader of the white lotus group. So when he brought me in, he wanted me to do some work."
"Wait a minute, he made you kill for money?" Tigress asked
"Of course not, we maybe triad but we're still normal people," Mac answered, eating more noodles. "Oh man this is great, can I have some more?"
"Sure, eat as much as you want." Po answered
"He's right you know, they'd never make a little kid do jobs like that." Ichi assured "The only thing they made me do was make drinks, excuse my language when I say this... but I can make a damn good bloody mary."
"Twitchy here was the best when it came to drinks, from bloody mary's to martini's," Mac explained "this kid was the best, that's when he did something no one belived would happen."
"Ichi did something?" Fu asked
"You got it toots, the kid actually stopped the boss and the gang from entering a shootout." He answered "How'd you put it 'Please don't do it, there's no reason for bloodshed'! Man that cracked me up when you did that, but I swear that I almost died when you made that idea to settle the fight."
Everyone turned to Ichi for an answer, he blushed as he said,"Um... rock, paper, scissors."
"You gotta be kidding me, that was all you thought of!?" Monkey said laughing
"I was four, give me a freaking break!" Ichi exclaimed "I wasn't exactly a genious at the time, but I was surprised when Tian di accepted it. I took the job of making truths in the undergorund, I made sure that no one try to cheat and that everything was fair."
"The boss really liked how the kid was fixing the arguements between the groups, because of that they dubbed him the peacemaker." Mac said, eating "A person who brings peace without violence."
"But then after one argument I lost control of my powers again, once people saw what I could do they thought of me as a weapon," Ichi explained "but not Tian di, he didn't want that for me. 'This kid isn't some weapon for killing, he's a peacemaker'. I really admired him, he was someone I could count on. But if I lost control again I could never forgive myself, so when I was five I told him I was leaving."
(Flashback)
"So kid, your really gonna leave?" Tian di asked
"Yes, I think people are gonna come after me since they know about my power." Ichi explained "I could never forgive myself if the white lotus group got hurt because of me, you guys have been family to me and I want you guys to be happy."
"You really are a peacemaker, always trying to help... even though you have such a bad time yourself." Tian said, smiling "Don't forget about us alright, the white lotus will always be there to help you out."
"Thank you."
(End Flashback)
"I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me, that's why I left." Ichi explained "I could always feel someone watching me, after a while people started to stop following me. I hope you guys could forgive me for not telling you this, I never wanted to remember it."
"Are you kidding, that story was just beautiful!" Po said, teary eyed
"Yeah nii-san, no one would hate you for doing something like that." Fu agreed "You brought peace to others, even though you had to suffer through it all."
"Wow kid, you sure got a great family." Mac said, smiling "I guess you've been living a good life, eh twitchy?"
"Will you stop calling me that!"
"Now that I think about it, why does he keep calling you that?" Shifu asked
Ichi sighed from the question, the thought of it made him annoyed as she said, "Fine, when I was younger my ears twitched alot... hence the name twitchy. I never liked that name, but it looks like it stuck with me till the end."
"What do you say, can you help us?" Mac asked
"With what exactly?"
"Lot's of trouble came a while ago, and it's not something rock, paper, scissors can fix," Mac explained. "we all heard about how you fought monsters, well... this is something that only you can do."
'Something that only you can do'. The thought kept ringing in Ichi's head like a bell, he didn't think that his only reason would be for fighting monsters; that's all he thought about, was killing monsters going to be his only reason for living? "Don't tell him that!"
He left his thoughts as heard Shifu's voice say, "Ichi's not some weapon to kill monsters, he's just a boy who wants to live a happy life. Which is why I'll be there for him, to give him the life he wants."
"Thank you Shifu, but I'm going to do this." Ichi replied
"Are you sure?"
"Like you said I'm not a weapon to kill monsters, but I am a person who brings peace." Ichi answered, smiling "I'm the peacemaker after all."
"You're right little bro, and I'll be with you all the way." Po said, smiling
"Me too!" Fu agreed
"So will we." The five agreed
"Shifu, will you help?" Ichi asked
"Of course, as your father I have to make sure you don't get into trouble." Shifu said, smiling
"Thanks, you guys go downstairs I need to change into something."
While the others went down to the valley, Ichi went to change into a new outfit; when he came down, everyone was surprised to see him. He wore grey pants and a black sleeveless shirt, a camoflague belt, a black cowboy hat and a set of black goggles with red X's marked on the lenses. On the sides of his waist was his two evokers, and behind it was his sword Kageichi. With a smirk he said, "Let's get going, I wanted to see Tian di for a while anyway."
To be continued
God this is long, I hope you like this fic. Chapter 2 coming soon.