And they finally made it to the Valley and a reunion commences!

Chapter 2: Made it to the Valley

A couple of minutes later, they are still flying their way to the Valley of Peace and soon enough, Sakamoto sees the huge palace above the air and he can tell that it is the Jade Palace from there and the dragon lowers down to the sky and onto the starting track towards the Valley and it gently lands to this boulder near the front of the village itself and they got off the dragon and into the ground.

"That was the best ride I've ever taken." Bao-Yi said, excitedly.

Sakamoto thanked the dragon in japanese and after that, it flies away and now they have to make this walk over to the the valley and as they entered, Bao-Yi looked really amazed by how it all is and how it's much different from their homevillage. Mounds of citizens, families and everyone all around going from place to place and Bao-Yi focused on the huge temple in the sky and she was blown away by the sight of it.

"Saka...have you ever seen this huge temple before?" asked Bao-Yi.

Sakamoto turned around and saw the palace upfront and he chuckled softly at this and he said, "Yeah, that's the Jade Palace."

"I wanna see what it looks like." Bao-Yi added.

With that, the engaged pandas made thier way over to the palace and Bao-Yi was stunned when she saw all of those stairs that takes it all the way up to the palace and she asked, "We have to go through all these stairs?"

"I know. It lasts almost an hour or less, but it feels like forever when you walk up there." Sakamoto stated.

Sakamoto held Bao-Yi's hand and they walked towards the palace stairs and each step they take feels like it's an eternity and it was no more than 30 minutes later that they have actually made it up there and they both started panting heavily and Bao-Yi said, "We made it."

"Yes, we've made it. I can see those stairs haven't changed." Sakamoto added, trying to catch his breath.

Bao-Yi looked down at those stairs and she asked, "Why would someone want to put all those stairs here?"

"Master Oogway wanted a view of the entire Valley of Peace and that it would be a good idea to have it set up here. If you ask me, it makes it for us travelers hard to take a rest." Sakamoto added.

Bao-Yi clears her throat and said, "I bet it's harder to get down on the stairs."

Sakamoto felt the need to keep his mouth shut about it and he quickly said, "Let's not talk about that."

As they both reached the door, they saw that the door was already opened up and out pops his war friend and exclaimed, "Sakamoto!"

Sakamoto was amazingly thrilled to see Akimitsu standing there and they started hugging each other and he said, "Glad to see you!"

"Same here! I'm so glad you actually made it here." Akimitsu said, excitedly.

Bao-Yi comes over to both of them and Sakamoto immediately felt embarassed and he said, "Akimitsu, this is my fiancee, Bao-Yi Meng. Bao-Yi, this is my friend, Akimitsu. We were war partners during the second great war."

"A pleasure to meet you, Akimitsu." Bao-Yi said.

Akimitsu was staring deeply into Bao-Yi and was surprised that Sakamoto is engaged to her and he said to his panda friend, "I had no idea you guys are engaged."

"Just recently." Sakamoto replied.

Akimitsu brought both Sakamoto and Bao-Yi inside the palace to chat more and Sakamoto could tell that things were the same, but a lot of things have changed and he can tell that this is gonna be the best trip ever.

This is only the first part of the reunion! Stay tuned if you wanna see more!