Tai Lung and Mei were disappointed that they couldn't have children of their own, but they weren't too disappointed. They could adopt a child. A few days after visiting the doctor, they went to a near by orphanage. An old goose came out to greet them.
"Hello, I'm Mrs. Da. How can I help you?" she said. Tai Lung answered,"We just want to walk around and get to know the children before we decide we want to adopt one." "Very well, sir." said the goose.
The couple walked around looking at the children. As Tai Lung looked around, he saw a little cheetah girl. She was dressed like how Mei used to be dressed when he and she first met: a simple brown dress. The girl must have been a servant because she was scrubbing the floor. Tai Lung walked over to her and knelt beside her. She jumped, startled at the new company.
"Hello, little one. I'm Tai Lung, and that lioness over there is my wife, Mei. What's your name?" The little girl hesitated, but finally said,"My name is Kiki, sir." She seemed to be looking at him with scared, worried eyes. He wondered why, but didn't ask. He already knew the most likely answer:she had no friends, and since she was a servant, she was treated rather badly. He felt sorry for the girl. Suddenly, the girl was pushed over.
"You're supposed to be working! Get back to it!" said a little male goat. Tai Lung grew angry. He scolded the boy before walking over to the where his wife and the goose were talking.
"Mrs. Da, why is that little cheetah girl treated so harshly?" "Well, sir, she came here a very poor child at the age of three. The children started to order her around, and when I told them to stop, they wouldn't. So I just let them do whatever to her." Tai Lung, AND Mei, were furious at the woman's words. The couple looked back at the child, and immediately knew they wanted to adopt her. Not because they felt sorry for her, but because she seemed like the most well-behaved child who could do so much more than be ordered around her whole life.
After one month passed, Kiki got to go home with her new mother and father. She instantly became like a sister to Daiyu, became a daddy's girl, and she loved her mother endlessly.
When Kiki was outside watching her father practice his Kung Fu, she surprised Tai Lung to no end. She started copying him. Some of the moves she could do perfectly, others she needed practice on, and others she just couldn't do quite yet. He smiled and started helping her. When Mei found out, she had to see for herself. She was just as stunned. What surprised the couple even further was that the girl was exceptionally good at archery.
About three weeks after Kiki was adopted, Mei took her shopping for new clothes. She wanted to look like a mix of both her parents, so she picked purple pants like her father's. and a brown top like her and Mei's old servants dresses. She didn't only dress like them, she acted like them. She could be kind and caring and beautiful like her mother, but she could be cold and merciless and strong like her father.
A year and a half later, Kiki had turned five years old. She, her mother, her father, and Daiyu were writing a letter to Master Shifu. Kiki had heard much about him from mostly Tai Lung. She couldn't wait until the day she met him. They sent the letter and spent the rest of the day either practicing their Kung Fu, or cleaning the house.
Kiki had never been so happy before. She loved her new family, and she would never let herself be separated from them, and she knew that they would never allow that to happen.