A little conversation between Zeke and Musaki.


Chapter 3: Talking to Zeke

Zeke sat in the Sacred Peach Tree of Wisdom to sort of have his space and he's wrapped his mind to the fact that he had a twin brother and didn't even know it. He sighed heavily as he looked at the peaches in the trees and felt a sense of trouble thinking about fitting in with everyone else, because he knows that some of them can't be trusted. He stands up, looks at the tree and just pounded his fist on the tree hardly.

Then, he laid his back on the tree and some of the peaches fell down on the ground, unexpectedly. He sighed heavily and closed his brown eyes to gather his thoughts clearly about Musaki.

All of a sudden, Musaki walks in towards the Peach Tree and sees the peaches on the ground. He chuckled softly and said, "I guess it was kind of a shock to you that I'm your twin brother, huh?'

Zeke opened his eyes and saw Musaki standing there. He sighed heavily and asked, "What do you want?'

"I just wanted to talk to you."

"Dude, there's nothing to talk about, so just go away."

Musaki sighed heavily and scratched his neck, because he didn't know what he was gonna say, so he walked past him and sat on the edge of the Peach Tree for a little while. Zeke looked at Musaki and asked, "How could it be possible that you're my twin?"

"I was asking the same thing."

"I mean, I always thought I was an only child, and now it turns out I had a twin brother and I didn't know that my whole life."

"Life is full of surprises."

"Yeah, well, why couldn't it just leave me alone?"

Musaki sighed heavily and wanted to talk to Zeke about everything that happened in his life, but was kinda nervous about it, because he didn't know how he was gonna react to it. He looked at him and said, "What if it came up totally unexpected and none of us even knew it?"

Zeke looked at him confused like and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Well, I mean...what if someone like you came in and told me, 'I'm your brother' and I would just hug him tightly and say how happy I am to see you, even though I've only seen you for a few minutes."

"Like am I really your brother?"

"Yeah, kinda like that."

"Oh, okay."

"I actually just came to see if you were okay."

Zeke sighed and said, "I am. It's just....the minute that those rhino guards left me with you guys, I'm not sure how I would deal with them."

"Well, from here, we always count on each other and we have each other's back. So we're like one big family, even though we're in different species."

"So you guys trust each other?"

"That's how Shifu instilled in us."

"The truth is.....I don't trust anyone."

Musaki's eyes widened and asked, "What's not to trust?"

"Anyone that says they're my friends."

"You don't mean that."

"Yeah, I do. I mean, it's bad enough that my parents gave me away and then they gave me to another family that totally hurts me. It's just not fair to me."

It was a brief pause for a minute and Musaki sees Zeke venting a little bit and was frozen when he heard 'parents hurting him' part and he asked, "Your foster parents....abused you?"

Zeke breathed heavily and looked at Musaki in those blue eyes and said, "Yeah, they did."

"Why?"

"I don't know. They just beat me up, threaten to kill me, say mean things to me and even tear me down. It's like I got no one to care for or trust."

"I'm sorry that happened to you."

"Yeah, me too."

Hearing Zeke talk about what happened was a wake-up call for Musaki and he never realized how serious it was and he wanted to know more about it, but he didn't want to pressure him, so he briefly asked, "What happened to them anyway?"

"I don't wanna talk about it, okay?"

He can kinda tell that it was worse from there and nodded his head and told him, "I understand."

"It's just that....what if the others don't like me or even trust me?"

"Come on, everyone will like you. Besides, Po is super-friendly and he can be friends with anyone."

"Why is he here anyway?"

"You're gonna find this hard to believe, but he's actually the Dragon Warrior."

Zeke didn't believe that for a second and said, "No way."

"Who else defeated Tai Lung?"

"Some fat panda who used the Wuxi-finger hold on him."

"That's Po."

All of a sudden, Zeke sees Po doing some kung-fu tricks and sparred with Tigress and showing off his kung-fu moves near the palace. Musaki looked at him and said, "You believe me now?"

"I guess I do."

"Even though he may be a Dragon Warrior, he's still cool to talk to or even hang out."

"What about the other's that you know?"

"Oh, you mean Shanghai and Miko? They're cool. I promise you, they won't bite."

"I hope you're right."

"Duh! Don't I always?"

Zeke was willing to give Musaki a chance and then, he looked at him and said, "I just can't believe I actually found you. I guyess I was nervous when I heard I have a twin brother."

Musaki smiled at him and said, "What do you we start off by just being friends?"

"I guess I can always use a friend."

"Hey, guys."

"Hey, Po."

Po walked in and saw Musaki and Zeke coming in along with Tigress. Tigress looked at Zeke and he looked kinda intimidated towards her. She asked, "Who are you?"

"M-my name's Zeke." he said, fearfully.

"He's Musaki's long-lost twin brother." Po explained.

Tigress was dumbfounded and confused. She looked at Musaki and Zeke and said, "Impossible! How can they be brothers?"

"We just found that out, which is why they call it 'long-lost'." Musaki said.

Zeke was a little scared towards her and backed away, slow-like and sat down on the tree. Musaki sighed heavily and said, "I think we should give him some space."

"I want to know more about this Zeke." she demanded.

"Later on!"

"Okay, let's head back inside." Po said.

"You read my mind."

Musaki, Tigress and Po all walked back to the palace, leaving Zeke in the tree and then, he turned around and they were gone. He sighed heavily and remained in the tree throughout the day. He started to feel a little worried about how the others will accept him and how he'll fit in the palace.


There's a lot of angst with Zeke, right? Like he knows something secretive, but can't tell Musaki about it except a few things. Hopefully, he'll have a trust between him and the others? Question is, will it happen? Find out on the next chapter!