Over the next few days, Kiki stuck to one of her parents, or her grandfather, like glue. Every time Kiki saw Jingfei, more memories came back to her. One day, Kiki saw Jingfei so much, she almost passed out from fear. Her father carried her back to her room and stayed with her.

When Kiki would train, it was often with Shifu or Tai Lung, since Mei trained at a different time of day.

Towards the end of the month, Jingfei's friends showed up in the dead of the night. Kiki saw them and ran to her parents' room. She told them to look outside.

"What now? If they see me, they'll-"

"They won't do anything to you because we won't let them. You can stay with us in our room until we get rid of them. We'll tell Shifu tomorrow," Tai Lung said as he knelt down to hug his daughter.

As Mei and Kiki slept, Tai Lung watched them. He wondered how he could be so blessed to have them in his life, to have a second chance. His eyes went to his daughter. He remembered when she was little, when he and Mei first adopted her. She had grown a lot.

He wondered how horrible it was to live with that Jingfei woman. As a toddler, Kiki was brutally abused by her.

At the thought he growled, waking Kiki up.

"Daddy? What are you still doing up?"

"Nothing."

Kiki knew better. "Daddy, don't worry. I know I'm safe with you, Mama, and Yeh-Yeh here with me." She hugged him tightly.

He chuckled, "You're right, baby girl."

The next day, Kiki was wherever Shifu was. Her parents had to run an errand for the day, and wouldn't be back until that evening.

Shifu didn't mind at all that Kiki stuck to him like overcooked rice at the bottom of a hot pot. In fact, he preferred it, what with that Jingfei person around.

He couldn't just kick her out, that would be considered rude, and the people in the Valley might misunderstand his reasons. But, oh, how he wanted to.

Did she deserve it? Yes. Did he and everyone else in the Palace want him to do it? Yes. Was he going to do it? Not yet.

Every time they passed Jingfei and she smiled at them that oh so fakely sweet smile, he flattened his ears and glared at her. He'd go around his granddaughter if she was on the side that was near the woman, and kept right on walking with Kiki by his side.

That night, Kiki had a nightmare/memory of when she was younger and with Jingfei.

Jingfei had the toddler tied to a chair. She was burning all of the girl's last bit of her possessions. When she was finished, she took out a long metal handle. Slowly, so slowly, she walked over to the girl in the chair and stuck the hot metal handle onto-

Kiki woke with a gasp. She looked around, breathing heavily. She curled into a ball up against the wall and started whimpering. It woke her father. He looked over to her and became worried. He climbed out of bed and went to kneal in front of her.

"What's wrong?"

"I-I had a nightmare. It was a memory of when Jingfei burnt me in the chair I was tied up in." She started crying.

Her father held her, and started rocking back and forth.

"Shh, shh, it's going to be alright. Don't worry. We won't let anything happen to you, baby girl."

He switched their positions so that he was leaning up against the wall, holding his daughter. He covered her up with the blanket.

Soon, they both fell asleep.