The news of finding out Musaki has an older brother is starting to sink in deeply and the reality of it also comes in.


Chapter 7: Growing Dilemma

Later that morning, Musaki took a walk around the village to clear his head over some stuff and with the realization that he has an older brother and that he would have the opportunity to meet up in person at Shanghai Secluded Valley, but the major issue for him is how he will explain this to his Jade Palace family...and even worse; Tigress' reaction to this because he knows that she might snap like a freaking firecracker if he tells her and that he will never hear the end of it.

Musaki thought it was best to clear his thoughts and just have a moment to himself by sitting at Mr. Ping's Noodle Shop to get some breakfast and a few moments to himself. He was unaware that Kendall was sitting at that seat and when he heard his name be called a few times, Musaki looks up and there he is sitting on the other side and he said, "Hey, Kendall. Didn't see you there, man."

Kendall nodded his head in response and he has never seen Musaki in this state before and said, "You okay, Saki?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just...just a little tired, that's all." Musaki answered.

Kendall can tell that there was more to the truth than that and he said, "All right, what's wrong? Any family issues?"

"No. None...well, except for the fact that I got some news." Musaki replied.

Musaki wasn't quite sure if he was gonna tell Kendall about this, but when they see James, Spencer and Naomi come in to sit between the two, Musaki was more than willing to tell them what's bothering him and he explains to them that his spirit guides, which are his parents, told him the news that they had a firstborn panda born before Musaki was born and that he has an older brother he never even knew he had before and the reaction he received from Naomi, James, Kendall and Spencer were one of surprise and obvious shock that it happened so suddenly.

"So...let me see if I got this right. Your parents said to you that they have got a cub before you and he may be your big brother?" asked James, getting all of this sorted out.

"That's what they said last night." Musaki answered.

"And you had no idea that you even had an older brother?" asked Spencer.

"No idea." Musaki replied.

"And that you want to meet him in person even after you found out?" asked Naomi.

Musaki nodded his head to that last question and all four tigers completely still felt a little surprised, but knows that it's what Musaki wants to do to find out for himself and Kendall said, "Where did your parents say that he lives now?"

"In Shanghai Secluded Valley. You guys have been there before, right?" asked Musaki.

James snaps his fingers and recalled that particular place and he said, "Yeah, that's where we performed last time at this charity event...right, Kendall?"

"Yeah, we raised a whole lot of money for those who were affected by the Mongolian war several years ago." Kendall answered.

"And I think Mason, Carlos, Drake, Josh and Michael went in too. Last I recall, Carlos has tried to hook up with many panda girls and tigresses to ask him out." Spencer added.

Musaki chuckled at that and said to himself, "Carlos and his girls..."

Naomi looked up at Musaki and she said to him, "I think you should do what's best for yourself. If you wanna find out for yourself, we have your back like we always do."

"Thanks, guys. This may sound a little bit crazy, but can you guys come with me and my family on this trip? You can bring Mason and the others too." Musaki answered.

That was something new for them, being asked to join in Musaki's family quest and Kendall immediately answered, "Absolutely. We'd love to join you."

The others agreed as well and it really helped Musaki a ton and he also asked, "Can you also kinda keep it from the Jade Palace masters? I don't want them to know yet...especially Tigress. I would hate to hear every single wacky assumption she would make like she knows everything, but she really doesn't know the full story."

"Why wouldn't you want to tell them?" asked Naomi.

"For four reasons; they wouldn't understand, they'd think I'm lying, Tigress would make all kinds of crazy assumptions that I could never hear the complete end of it because she thinks she knows everything and also...I don't know how they would take it. I don't always tell them everything about my personal life, but most of them would be very quick and too smart to know what's going on with me." Musaki answered.

"So...you don't trust them?" asked James, confusedly.

"I do trust them. Just...not sure how I'll explain it to them once I leave for Shanghai Secluded Valley." Musaki replied.

As the gang continues to talk about the whole thing, they were unaware that Po was looking over at the kitchen, almost listening to everything they were saying and it had something to do with Musaki...but what?

'What's going on with Lil' Saki?' Po thought.


On the next chapter, Musaki's dilemma keeps growing bigger...especially when he's trying so hard to hide it out at the Jade Palace. Wonder how all of this will go down? You'll have to see for yourself!