To solve this issue head on, Musaki takes it the only way he knows how...yoga.

Chapter 10: Up to You

Early in the morning and Musaki felt it was time to meditate and do some yoga to clear his head off of this nightmare he had about what would happen if he left the entire Valley behind and how it will affect everyone he cares so much and he silently crept out of the room and tiptoed across the hall, hoping no one would wake up.

"Up a little early this morning?"

Musaki turned around and sees Tigress just standing there and the last thing he needs is to have a drawn out argument between the two of them in this time of morning and he said, "Can we talk about this later? Do not get me started."

"I'm starting to believe that you're gonna leave us a little bit earlier." Tigress said, her arms folded.

"No...I'm doing my yoga. Remember?" Musaki replied, with a half whisper.

"Oh, of course...your daily yoga. Forgive me." Tigress replied, with a hint of realization.

"Duh..." Musaki stated, before walking away.

At the Sacred Peach Tree

Musaki did some yoga to help him ease all the tension and stress from his nightmare as he stretched his body around and did some major meditating to get to the bottom of this whole thing and he cleared his mind of any distraction and for only a few minutes, he got inside of his mind to get the answer out and what he came up with is a very hard answer...

His fear of losing the people he cares about in the Valley.

But at the same time, if he didn't take that opportunity to go back to the Shanghai Secluded Valley and live with Zeke, that would disappoint him the most. Never in his life that he would try to please one over the other and just expect everything to be better.

"Musaki?"

Musaki opened his eyes and he turns to find Monkey, Mantis, Viper and Arizona standing behind him and Viper asked, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't I?" asked Musaki.

"Because usually...you'd tell us right away." Mantis replied.

Musaki lets out a big sigh and wasn't sure how to tell them that he's still struggling to tell the others that his decision to either stay or leave the Jade Palace is still up there and Arizona didn't have to get that out of him and he asked, "Are you still deciding to stay or move out when you turn 18?"

Viper suddenly got that message right away and she could see it through Musaki's frustrated body language and she slithered up mto him and asked, "Is that what this was?"

"You wouldn't understand, Viper." Musaki said.

"Of course I would understand, sweetie. Just tell us." Viper said, softly.

Musaki faced all of them and he explained to them about this nightmare he had earlier about how the Valley of Peace would be like if he never came back and that everyone turned against him because he wasn't keeping his promise that he'll protect the ones he cares about and after they heard it, all of them were completely surprised to that nightmare.

"Man, that's rough. 10 years?" asked Monkey.

Mantis hopped up on Musaki's shoulder and asked him, "How did I look?"

Viper swiped Mantis in the head for making that question and with a serious look, she said, "Can you not think of yourself for 5 minutes?"

"What? I just wanted to know what I look like in 10 years." Mantis replied.

Musaki looked up at Mantis and he replied, "It's best you don't want to know."

Arizona came towards him and he felt amazingly concerned for Musaki and he said, "Look, we're all your family. Whatever you decide, it's fine with us. But know that we would never turn against you."

"Yeah, we know you would never leave us behind for 10 years. The Jade Palace will always be your home." Viper said, sweetly.

That definitely brought in some much needed comfort for Musaki and puts his mind at ease and he said, "I think it was telling me that I shouldn't leave the Valley of Peace. Not for a little while."

Arizona nods his head and understood him and told him, "We respect your decision."

Musaki stood up and gave everyone a much needed hug and he always felt like they're family and it really stays with him and will continue to stay with them. He looked at them and said, "I love you guys."

"We love you too." Viper said.

As they let go, Musaki feels a lot better now and is ready to focus on being 18 and they all walked out of the Sacred Peach Tree as they headed back to the barracks. Monkey then asked, "So Tigress was really vicious 10 years later?"

"Extra vicious." Musaki replied.

"Man, I couldn't predict how Viper looked like in a decade." Mantis said, chuckling.

Musaki clears his throat, hinting that Viper was still here and he said to him, "That part...I really would not mention."

Viper then swats her tail on Mantis' head again and said, "Why can't you be more respectful like Musaki?!"

Talking about it definitely eased Musaki up and he's almost getting his nervousness handled. Will he get through it? Stay tuned!