This takes place a few months after the events of 'Warrior on the Inside'. You could say it's a sequel. Musaki reunites with his former competitors and good friends Taji and Liu Shang to have some fun in the Jade Palace. It's gonna be a lot of fun! Hope you enjoy! Dedictaed to SpiritualLoneWolf XIII, Joe 'Po' Navark, Moody Shadow and more friends of mine!

Friendship Reunion

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: The Letter

It was a clear sunny afternoon in the Valley of Peace and at the Jade Palace courtyards, Musaki was sparring with Monkey and when Monkey first attacked Musaki with his moves, Musaki was wise enough to dodge his moves thanks to his force fields as ever single hit was dodged. Musaki smirks at Monkey and that was enough for him to keep going.

"You're going down, Lil' Saki!" Monkey exclaimed.

Musaki chuckled softly and said, "Oh, we'll see about that!"

Monkey quickly charges on Musaki and he flips him up, down and around with his moves and when he was about to strike him down, Musaki gets himself up and kicks Monkey straight to the face and jaw. Musaki makes a little move that resembles that of both Tiger style and Panda style combined when he punches Monkey hard and bounces his belly towards his face, causing Monkey to fall back down and land on the ground again.

They continue sparring for a couple of more minutes and Monkey swiped Musaki in the face with his tail, chuckling mischieviously. Musaki fell down on the ground and Shifu then stops the fight immediately. He walks over to see both of them as Musaki was getting up he then said, "Excellent sparring match, students. Musaki, you've won many sparring rounds with each of my students, but you've lost this one to Monkey."

Musaki sighed heavily and he responded, "It was meant to happen anyway. I've got no complaints, master."

"I'm very glad to hear that. Although, I am very intrigued at how you combined Tiger style and Panda style like you made it even more amazing." Shifu said, in awe.

"I learned it from these two closeted lovebirds." Musaki said, looking at Po and Tigress.

Tigress didn't sit very well with that comment and Po told her, "Let it go, Tigress. He learned the moves from our styles...so it's a good thing."

"I didn't like the way he said 'closeted lovebirds.' Why would he throw that out there?" asked Tigress, growling.

Po then responded, "Because you've got a crush on me, haven't you?"

Tigress froze in thought for a minute only to find out that there was a blush of red on her cheeks and Musaki's reaction to her blush was like she was close to admitting it. She then replied, "We're just masters. Nothing more."

"I'm unconvinced." Musaki added.

"How about I make you convinced?" Tigress asked, standing up.

Shifu got in the middle of this and he said to both of them, "Enough, you two. Tigress, you need to control your temper and if someone says somnething to you that you do not like, do not take it as personal. It's just an opinion. And Musaki, you should not interefere with Tigress' love life. Plus, I already know Tigress has this crush on Po."

Tigress froze again and she was shocked to know that Shifu knew about this and she asked, "How did you know?"

"Heard you talk in your sleep a couple of weeks ago." Shifu replied.

Both Monkey and Musaki were speechless about that and they said, "Someone's in love."

Tigress turned away in embarassment over this and Po looks at her and replied, "Hey, don't worry about that. You and I both know that we're sparring partners and that's it."

In a way, she agreed with Po on this one...although her feelings for Po were showcased already without him or anyone else knowing it.

As Shifu complimented on Monkey's moves, they seek a goose flying through the palace roof and the goose looks down and said, "Hello to all from Shanghai Secluded Valley. I have come for the grandson of Oak Sung!"

Musaki looks up and he said to him, "And is this Macao, the coolest message carrier in Shanghai?"

Macao flies down heads towards Musaki and he said, "The very same."

Musaki chuckled and said, "Sup, Mac?"

"Pretty good. Yourself?" asked Mac.

"Eh, I just lost out to Monkey, but it's all good." Musaki replied.

Mac clears his throat and he said, "Got a message for you. I think you'll be surprised on who wrote this."

Once Mac gave Musaki the scroll, he figured that it might be from his grandfather or something, but as soon as he opens it, he was very surprised to know who it might be as he read the scroll.

Hey, Musaki! What's up, man?! This is Liu Shang here, your former competitor from the kung-fu tournament. How's it going for you, my friend? Me and Taji are doing great, if you want to know. It's been a while since you last visited Shanghai, man. Anyways, I'm writing you this letter to let you know that me and Taji are gonna travel to see the Valley of Peace...and see the Jade Palace as well, like what it really looks like. The best part of that; we get to see you for a week! How awesome is that?! Maybe you can show me and Taji around the palace, the whole valley and also...add in a little sparring with the most awesome kung-fu masters you're living with. You visited us post -tournament and we get to visit you. Isn't it cool how things go in reverse? Well...me and Taj will be seeing you tomorrow and this will the the most fun week ever. Oh, and Taji says hi. We'll see ya then! Liu Shang. And P.S.: Taji wants to know if Viper is as cute in person as he imagined. Maybe even cooler than Master Tigress...but don't tell her I said that.

Musaki chuckled softly at that last part that Liu had written and he said, "These guys are funny."

Viper blushed at that part and seemed kinda flattered about it and Tigress tilted her head in confusion with that remark and just didn't say anything. Meanwhile, Musaki grew a lot excited to hear that Liu Shang and Taji are coming to the Valley of Peace and he turns to Mac and said, "This is the best news ever!"

"They'll be here in about 12 hours, so..." Mac added.

"Oh, sweet. Thanks for the message, Mac." Musaki said.

Mac nods his head and he said, "My pleasure. I'll say hi for your grandfather for you."

"Thanks."

Mac turns to the other masters and bowed to them and said, "Masters."

The masters bowed back to him also as Mac flies away and Shifu turns to Musaki and said, "Well...your friends from the competition are coming by tomorrow. Bet you're excited."

"So excited I could actually burst. But I'm keeping it all on the inside." Musaki answered.

Shifu nods his head and he said, "Indeed. That is enough training for today. You're dismissed."

Everyone bows and heads out of the courtyard and Musaki became super-excited about this news that he wanted to share this someone and as soon as he went to the training hall, he was surprised to find that Arizona was training inside the whole time. Soon enough, Arizona stops and sees Musaki standing there and he didn't know what to make of it and Musaki asked, "Have you been in the training hall the whole time?"

"Uh...yeah. I was meditating though...just trying to learn some of your yoga moves." Arizona explained, scratching his neck.

As soon as Musaki heard 'yoga', he figured that Arizona was trying to do yoga and he asked, "How many times did you fall on your butt?"

Arizona was pretty much embarassed to explain that number and immediately admits, "20."

"Ouch."

Arizona nods his head and said, "Good thing no one was watching though, because that would've been embarassing."

"I see. Anyways, remember Liu Shang and Taji...the ones from the kung-fu competition?" asked Musaki.

Arizona then remembers that particular competition pretty well and Musaki's competitors and replied, "Yeah, I remember them."

Musaki then gives Arizona the scroll of that message and when he opens it and read it, he became extremely amazed that they're coming over to the Jade Palace to visit Musaki and he said, "This is awesome news!"

"I know, right?!" Musaki exclaimed.

"Man, it's been like a long time since we've seen them." Arizona added.

"Yep. They're staying for a week, so we can pretty much like hang out and train with them. I know Liu's gonna be very good at his skills." Musaki said.

"Liu's skills...I remember very perfectly. Man, I wonder what would happen if he sparred with the Five?" asked Arizona.

"I would love to see that." Musaki added.

This is gonna be the beginning and you'll see Liu and Taji coming up soon!