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"What's he doing here?" Kiro asked, turning to face the others. "He bad! You bad!"

"I didn't want to join Overlord and his gang, but he threatened to kill Kai if I didn't. I became his banker; his money launderer, and when he killed Kai, I was already in too deep. He'd trapped me," Sin explained. "I really didn't want to."

"Alright, so where's Kai? We got along alright, so I wanna say hi to him!" The white tiger exclaimed.

"I haven't seen Kai. He might be lost somewhere in this realm. It is never ending, after all," Sin replied.

Kiro turned, wide eyed, to face his friends. "It is?"

The group nodded, and Kiro proceeded to swim through the clouds for a while, not caring where he was going. He performed various styles and began to laugh wildly.

"AWESOME!" The tiger master shouted. "BEING DEAD ROCKS! JOIN ME, LOS! JOIN ME, SATO!"

The brother of Kiro and the bobcat laughed and began to swim after their comrade, fading into the white light and clouds.

"Boys," Sashi groaned.

"Tell me about it," Song added.

*With Tang, Takami, and Max, in the real world, the next day*

With the funeral arrangements for Kiro made in a couple of days, the three leaders of their small, separate teams met up in the kitchen to discuss their strategy.

"So, what's our plan?" Max asked. "I mean, we found out from Po a while back that Overlord is the stepson of Sage, so what can we do with that? Also, they probably moved locations again since Dega, Zona, and I intruded to save Catherine's family, so looking there would be fruitless."

"Overlord is no fool. He knows what our next move will be even before we think of it. We need to figure out a way to reach back into their past somehow," Takami added.

Tang sat in silence for a minute, thinking of their next move.

"We need to go to the Royal City," The panda finally concluded. "We need to find out more information on Sage, and who he was related to. I'm sure they have files on him there."

"Sounds like a plan. I'm sure we'll be able to get there in about three days. I'll take Musaki and Summer with me," Max said.

"Right, and I'll bring Faith, Skyler, Hope, Kiba, and Kidd. It'd be good to get him out of the palace for a while," Takami stated. "What about the others? It's not like they'll just sit this out."

"Well, the masters are planning funeral arrangements, so they'll be preoccupied for a while. Time to bend some rules," The young panda grinned. "We'll need someone to investigate the scenes where people we knew were killed for any hints or clues we missed, so the others can do that. Kaizer will have to, uh, rough up some known criminals for any leads on Overlord. With such secrecy, he has to have assets, right?"

"You know that the masters would never agree to Kaizer doing that. They're too old school," Max pointed out.

"Which is why Tang is suggesting that we keep these acts quiet. Did I get that right?" Takami asked.

"Spot on," Tang replied, tapping his nose.

Max looked at the two students, then nodded. "We don't know who could be next. I don't wanna take the risk of losing Arizona or Saki. I'm in."

"Alright. Let's round up the others and let them in on this," The fire wielder stated, walking out of the kitchen.

*With Tang, Max, Takami, Skyler, Kiba, Kidd, Faith, Hope, Musaki, Summer, and Dega, three days later, in the Royal City*

After explaining to their masters that they were "still in a lot of grieving" and need to "meditate in the mountains for a little while," the group of heroes set off for the Royal City in some rocket carts that Dega summoned up. Stopping only for food, sleep, water, and bathroom breaks, the heroes made it to the city in about two and a half days.

Dega began to bring the carts down in for landing, but overshot his target and the group smashed into the roof of the Royal Palace. The heroes started to roll down the sides, making tiles chip and fall off the roof. Eventually, after hitting some lower roofs on their way down, the heroes landed in the main courtyard with a thud. Royal guards immediately surrounded them, but were ordered to stand down when a laughing rhino came out from behind the crowd of soldiers.

"I thought I'd never see something like that again!" The general laughed. "The last time that happened was over thirty-five years ago when a white tiger did the same thing! Kino? Kani? Something like that!"

Dega smiled a little. "That was my dad."

The rhino roared with laughter again. "Makes sense! Hahahaha! Yes, I remember you all! Come in!"

*Ten minutes later*

"So, what can I help you all with?" The general asked, sitting down before the students. "I'm used to seeing at least one master with you all, but I guess they have their own worries. How would I know? I'm not a Kung-Fu legend!"

"We're actually here to look up some information on an old villain," Tang stated. "My dad, the Dragon Warrior, killed him. Sage, was his name."

"Oh yes, I remember Sage. Almost took over this palace until the Dragon Warrior, the Furious Five, and the Ladies of the Shade fought him off along with every remaining student in China. Beat the Wu sisters too. Sage actually took over the Kung-Fu headquarters briefly, until the students and all took it back," The rhino recalled. "Beat all of the masters is what I was told. My, I've seen some crazy battles in my day. That one was one of them. Another was when we had to fend off all of these Japanese tigers in the Valley of Peace. They wanted to destroy China. Crazy Emperor Jow; he's dead though."

"Hm, do you know if Sage had any relatives? A father or a brother?" Faith asked.

"Oh, I don't know that! If you wanted details on battles, then I'm your guy, but any other info, I'm useless," The general said, smiling. "You'd have to go to the archives for that stuff. I'll have someone escort you all over there. CHAO! REPORT!"

After a minute, a very handsome and muscular tiger jogged up to the general. "You wanted to see me, sir?"

"Yes, escort these folks to the archives. They need to do a little research," The rhino explained. "Kids, Chao is the leader of team 59 of the Emperor's bodyguards. He reports directly to the Emperor himself. You're in safe hands with him."

Even though the students could handle themselves, they nodded and smiled, accepting the generals offer.

As the team of heroes walked down the hall, Faith and Skyler remained very close to Chao, asking him all sorts of questions.

"A team leader? Wow. So who's on your team?" Skyler asked in a small voice.

Behind them, the boys looked at each other, either with confused faces or trying not to laugh.

"I'm in a team of three. There's myself, then Drift, a hyena, and then there's Specter, a white monkey. We've been on some pretty hectic missions in the past," The tiger guard explained. "But recently, our team has had a falling out. There's a traitor in our group; someone who wants to kill the Emperor. No one trusts each other in our team anymore. I just hope it's not Drift. He's my best friend."

"A traitor?" Kidd asked, perking up slightly. "Do you know if they work for anyone?"

Chao darted his eyes behind him, then turned back and kept walking. "Not that I'm aware of. You'd have to ask the Emperor on that one. He's handling the whole investigation. We're nearing the archives."

*With Kaizer, ten minutes later, in the slums of the Valley of Peace*

The Avenger of Peace walked through the streets of the darkened village area, keeping his black katana close to him. Kaizer's first stop was at the black market. If anyone sold Overlord anything, it'd more than likely be there. Not many small time criminals in China didn't want to make a profit out of material they made.

As he walked through the black market area, whispers began to fill the air as the merchants recognized him as a Jade Palace student. Students of these sorts could go for a lot when it came to slave labor, but people recognized who he was, and no one was stupid enough to attempt to capture him.

As Kaizer made his way through the market, he caught a glimpse of a seller quickly stuffing vials into his bag. One vial had a symbol of two intertwined snakes on it. It was the same symbol of Overlord.

Bingo, The white tiger thought, walking up to the stand.

"Sorry, b-but we're closed," The shopkeeper stammered, continuing to show items into his bag.

"Uh huh. What do ya sell here?" Kaizer asked, leaning against the stand.

"J-j-just t-tattoos. That's all. I pour a couple of drops on ya from one of the vials, and the tattoo on the container is now on you," The merchant explained.

"I see. And, uh, what was that snake one you had there?"

"One of my most popular. People buy whole boxes of these vials. They ship it all across China!" The shopkeeper said proudly. "Would you, uh, like one?"

"No thanks. However, I would like some names of your buyers."

"I don't take names. I can give you a description of my most popular buyer, though."

Kaizer studied the merchant closely. He could tell that he was not a direct member of Overlord's gang, but actually unknowingly affiliated. Anyone who bore that tattoo was a member; it was some sort of inauguration.

"Give it to me," The white tiger finally said.

"He's, uh, tall and blackish blue. He has some markings on his face and looks to be a jaguar, though I've never been quite sure due to the hood over his face. He's a big spender and is a bit odd. Once he buys the boxes, he places them on the ground and then a portal opens up and swallows the crates! I don't ask too many questions, but he wouldn't tell me how he did that when I asked."

Sounds like this Jaguar X guy is the errand boy for these shipments, Kaizer thought.

"I'm not going to arrest you, so keep your shop open. Tell no one I was here. You may play a role in helping me take down a villain," The student stated abruptly, walking off.

All across China? This is even bigger than we thought. This isn't just in the Valley of Peace; this is throughout the country, Kaizer thought.

After Kaizer was gone, Jaguar X stepped out of the shadows and looked at the shopkeeper.

"Pack up your things. Move to Ban Shi city. You should be safe from further investigation there. We will continue to buy from you, but if you're arrested, there is nothing we can do for you," X said gravely. "I suggest you move."

"Absolutely! I wouldn't want your boss on my back for messing up! I'll be gone by tomorrow," The merchant replied, continuing to pack up.

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