Now we're focusing on Musaki and his adopted boys as they enter the Jade Palace...and it seems as though the masters got more than they bargained for when they see them again.

Chapter 11: Dropping in the Jade Palace

Musaki was carrying his two adopted boys, Luke and Noah as they went out on a walk across the village for a while and as he was walking, he thought that it would be a good idea to step into the Jade Palace for a little visit and see how they're doing. He walks up the steps and it felt like a lifetime since he last stepped foot in the Jade Palace since he was stepping down from training to handle his priorities and he hoped that things will remain in good terms.

As soon as they finally made it to the top, Musaki looks up at Noah and noticed the silver fox cub's eyes widen in wonder and he said, "Yeah, very big, isn't it? That's where your foster dad used to live."

He walks a few steps closer and he knocked on the door, anxiously waiting for an answer to come and after a few seconds, the door opens and he sees Monkey standing there and Musaki said, "Hey, Monkey."

"Musaki! How are you, buddy?" asked Monkey, very joyfully.

Musaki chuckled softly and replied, "Pretty good. You?"

"Doing fine. Things have changed a little since you stopped training. But...other than that, we're pretty good." Monkey replied.

Monkey did notice the little silver fox cub poking his head out behind Musaki and he smiled at him and said, "Hey, little buddy. It's your uncle Monkey."

Noah was a little shy and hid behind Musaki and Monkey was a little surprised to see that and he asked, "Was it something I said?"

"No. Noah's just shy. Ever since Danzig passed, he's been a little shy around new people and new surroundings. Luke, on the other hand...adapted to it really well. But both of them are doing well right now." Musaki answered.

Monkey nodded his head in understanding at that and he said, "How's fatherhood treating you?"

"It's going okay. It gets kinda hard though because I have to work and do apprenticeship training at the same time just to provide for Luke and Noah. And these two...they exhaust me a little easily when I play with them, but all in all, it's a real pleasure and a joy to wake up every morning with these two sleeping on my belly." Musaki answered.

Monkey chuckled at that comment and Musaki continued on saying, "I think they see my stomach as their pillow."

A few seconds later, they came in the Hall of Heroes and Musaki showed Luke and Noah where their adopted father spent most of his time when he used to live there and train there and not long after, Musaki asked, "Where's everyone else?"

"Training Hall and most of them are at the barracks." Monkey answered.

"How are they, by the way?" asked Musaki.

"Pretty good. Some of the Hazards have asked about you though." Monkey added.

Minutes later, Musaki followed Musaki over towards the Training Hall and as they came in, they saw most of the masters and the Hazards sparring and training as fast and hard as they've ever been before and he was deeply amazed by how they do and it felt like old times once again.

"Look, boys." Musaki whispered.

Noah and Luke were looking at this and they were amazed and captivated by what they do and almost immediately, Luke got on the ground and attempted to join them, much to Musaki's shock and he said, "Luke, come back here!"

Luke was running towards the training hall and hops onto one of those equipment, totally unaware that Tigress, Takami, Ryo and Faith were on it as well and Faith was the first one to spot the red fox a mile away and she chased him around the training hall and Musaki set Noah to Monkey as he went after Luke and as soon as he got there, he stopped and saw Luke pouncing on Tigress' head, much to the tiger master's annoyance.

"Luke!" Musaki shouted.

"Get this thing off of me!" Tigress exclaimed, trying to remove the red fox cub from her face.

Luke was still grabbing Tigress' head and continued to pounce on her until he dug his paws on Tigress' back and clawed her straight to the butt, making Tigress scream in pain and Musaki immediately came over and yank him from her, but Luke refused to let go and suddenly, he bit her by the tail, making Tigress roar.

That roar was enough to look at Tigress and saw the angriest look she made and Musaki came over to him and said in a stern voice, "Luke...come here."

Luke opened his mouth and quickly came towards Musaki and got in his arms and Musaki lets out a deep sigh, then turned to Tigress and said, "I'm really sorry, Tigress. You're not hurt or anything, are you?"

"Why is this little runt here?" asked Tigress, growled.

"Excuse me...do not call Luke a runt. He just gets easily excited, that's all." Musaki replied.

Most of the Hazards looked over and Faith asked, "Who are these kids?"

"Guys, this is Luke and Noah...my sons." Musaki answered.

All of the Hazards were completely surprised that Musaki has two kids already, but they knew that they were foxes so they were already adopted and Musaki said, "It's a long story."

"They're so cute." Layla said, looking at both of them.

Tigress saw it very differently and just sneered at them and said, "When they're not biting your tail off."

Musaki cleared his throat and looked at her in a semi-stern look and said, "I said I was sorry that happened. Don't put it on Luke. He's just a cub. He didn't know any better."

"If only you would've said no to having them as your own children..." Tigress growled.

Musaki didn't want to make a big scene in front of the kids and thought it was best to just ignore it and pretend like she didn't say anything at all, but Takami interfered quickly and said, "Tigress...can you at least try to be nice? These are Musaki's adopted kids after all."

"You better keep in track of who's side you're on." Tigress growled.

"I'm on my own side." Takami answered.

Musaki took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I know we got off to a bad start, so let's start over again. Hazards, these are my cubs. This is Luke and this is Noah."

"Hello." they all replied.

At least Tigress has her mind off Max in this scene...but not in the story. Stay tuned for more!

Voice of Musaki: Samuel Vincent

Voice of Faith: Lacey Chabert

Voice of Takami: Nolan North