Here are some guests coming in the room!


Chapter 11: Big Plans

As the day goes on, Shifu began assembling everyone in the Palace to plan this elaborate birthday celebration for Musaki and also for Zeke and they're all working round the clock to make this a moment neither of them will forget. Just the thought of it made him definitely anxious becuase he wants things to run absoultely smooth and is very adamant about making everything looking perfect.

Shifu went to one of the workers and he asked, "Did you sent out the invitations?"

The pig worker replied, "Negative, Shifu. Musaki did that himself a few days ago."

Shifu nodded his head in understanding that Musaki already covered the invitations and with that, he went forward to the other side to see if the table's been set properly with mounds of chairs, chopsticks, bowls, spoons and other decorations galore with a Japanese theme.

With some help from the Furious Five and the Dragon Warrior with some last-minute decorations and setting up the atmosphere for a normal 17-year old's birthday, decked out and made it all Japanese themy with samurais, kimonos, dragons, japanese lanterns and everything related to Japanese culture and the entire hall of heroes has been decked out into a teenage birthday Japanese paradise. Shifu takes a look at it and he could not believe what had been accomplished and he couldn't quite put it into words, but he was astonished and also amazed at how it became.

He looks at his students for a while and he bowed to them and they bowed back and he said, "Well done, students. As of this point, this will be the most spectacular birthday that Musaki and Zeke will never forget. Po...excellent work on the setup. How did you even manage to make it look like something outside of the traditional birthday party?"

Po chuckled softly at that question and answered, "I have the mind of a teenager. I know what teenagers like and what they would want for their birthday to look like."

Mantis hopped on his shoulder and said, "Considering you have the imagination of one. But besides all that, very impressive."

Seconds later, they wore traditional Japanese apparell; for the guys, samurai costumes and for the girls, geisha outfits and Shifu sets in some costumes for the guests who are coming in. Not long after, the door opens and when nthey turned around, they seek Shin Hai, Shao and some of Shin Hai's other kids coming inside the palace with mounds of bags and gifts and Shin Hai said, "Is this where Xing-Fu's birthday is?"

Shifu was pleasantly surprised to see Shin Hai come in the Jade Palace for Musaki, knowing that he traveled from Shanghai Secluded Valley to there definitely felt like it was meant for Musaki and he said, "Welcome, Shin Hai."

He bowed to him and all of them bowed back and then Shin Hai said, "I'd like to introduce you to some of my kids; this is my oldest Shao, my other sons; Anakoni, Shaka, Bakari, Takumi and my daughters Sofia, Amerie and Lilo."

All of them said hi to Shifu and bowed to him as well as the Five and the Dragon Warrior and they graciously bowed back and Shifu said, "Nice to have you all here."

Shao looks up at the palace for the first time and just takes it all in and said, "Man, when Xing-Fu said that he was living here, he wasn't kidding. I thought it might be huge, but not this huge."

Shifu chuckled lightly and said, "You'd be surprised."

Suddenly, all of the pups surround the Five and most notably, Tigress, in which she was a little uncomfortable about all those pups surrounding her and she didn't really know what to do at that point, but Anakoni told her, "You're very awesome in person."

"Thank you...?" Tigress asked, a little creeped out.

Suddenly, Takumi went to her and took a good look at her and then tells Shaka, "You were right. She is a major babe!"

All of the pups started laughing at that, which left Takumi a little embarassed and Tigress irritated to hear that and then Shao comes in and said, "Come on guys, let's give her a little space."

All of them dispersed from her but not before Shaka tigged on her leg and said, "Shao said you have beautiful boobs."

Shao dropped his mouth in shock and it was his turn to be embarassed by this and chuckled nervously when he turned to her while Tigress became completely disturbed by this comment coming from a 13 year old and he told her, "I don't know where he heard that one from."

Tigress just glared at Shao for a while, but then calms herself down and said, "They're just kids, I can tell."

Shao scratched the back of his head and said, "Yeah, they're full of surprises...sometimes surprising more than others. That thought...I was just 14 years old and...you know how some of us are."

Tigress looked at him confusedly and asked, "What?"

Shao didn't really know the answer for that and it's a good reason because she might've killed him in the process if he opened his mouth anyway and said, "Moving on...so how you treating Xing-Fu here?"

"Musaki? He's okay..." Tigress replied.

That rose Shao's eyebrow a little to hear that Musaki's a little okay and asked, "Scale of one to ten?"

That question seemed to annoy Tigress a little and she replied, "A six or a seven."

Shao lets out a heavy sigh on that and he could tell that she's getting a little bored with this conversation and said, "Okay then. Well, he's really cool to be around and his kung-fu...I think I want to see what he got because I heard from random sources here that he's considered the best student in the Jade Palace."

"He is quite a learner in his own way. Although...it irks me to say that his training has improved so far over the last couple of years and it surprised all of us...me, even." Tigress added.

Shao had no idea that Musaki was that good, but he was also surprised that what she said about Musaki's impressive training skills irks her a lot and asked, "I don't wanna come off as like crazy or anything, but are you actually jealous of him?"

That question was random for her and she just stood there with a confused expression and replied, "Jealous of his skills, no. How he does them so well, maybe. But maybe I am a little jealous that he's got a lot of praise from Shifu and most of the Five."

Shao lets out a small smile and said, "I haven't seen his moves yet, but if I do...I'm sure it's all because you guys have taught him well."

That's the part she dreaded most...that it was because of her and the others that his training skills have gotten better and she tried to hide it and only said, "Yes, that is quite the reason."

Just then, another round of guests came in the palace doors and in comes Ichi, Fu, Kaguya, Ren, Shiisaa, Xiamou and Jubei heading in the palace and Ichi said, "We're ready to celebrate!"

Po turns around and sees Ichi and the others come in and he couldn't be more happier to see him and he quickly runs over to him and gives him a big hug and exclaimed, "ICHI! I'm so glad to see you!"

Po held onto Ichi so hard, he was almost on the verge of passing out and he said, "Thanks, Po. Now would you mind letting me go? You're almost choking me!"

Po lets go of him while Ichi was coughing and Po said, "Sorry, buddy."

Then, he looks at the others and he sees that they've got some gifts for him and he clears his throat and said, "Glad that all you guys came for Lil' Saki's big day today."

Fu started laughing and she said, "We wouldn't miss it for anything!"

Suddenly, in comes Jo coming in the door and Po was deeply excited to see Jo come in the room and he said, "How's my little badger brother doing?"

Jo smiled at Po and replied, "Just fine. I came to celebrate my awesome friend's 17th birthday."

"Well, I'm very glad you came, Jo. It'll definitely mean a lot to Musaki." Po said, with a smile.

Next on the guest list came Kendall, Naomi, James, Spencer along with Musaki's orphanage friends; Miko, Shanghai, Sudoku, Joey, Brian, Ty, Sonic, Mookie and Seth entered the palace and also some of Musaki's cousins and Uncle Mako showed up to take in the festivities.

Max walks through the Hall of Warriors to find Arizona and fortunately for him, he didn't have to look that far because he walked inside the palace with Kazuo, Shing and Ruiz and he immediately ran up to him and Arizona looks up and sees Max coming in and landed on him to hug him.

"Hey, Max! Glad you came, little bro." Arizona said, happily.

Max chuckled softly and replied, "Me too. It's the best thing for Musaki's birthday."

Arizona noticed that Max has grown a few inches and he was definitely surprised to see that he's actually growing and said, "Have you gotten taller?"

Max chuckled nervously as he scratched the back of his head and replied, "Somewhat."

Arizona nodded his head in understanding and said, "Growing up...but still a kid."

As the guests socialized and tried on their Japanese costumes, the Five and Po brought in their gifts and all of them had their games faces to see which present Musaki might like the best and neither of them would not know what to expect other than the fact that they're gonna outdo each other.

When they did face each other, all of them looked at each other very seriously and Po said, "May the best present win...which will be mine."

"No freakin' way!" the rest protested.

Viper looked over and rolled her eyes to see that they're still competing to see which birthday present is the best for Musaki and she slithered away from the situation and when he slithered past Shifu, he could tell something must be bothering her and he asked, "Is something wrong, Viper?"

Viper quickly turns around and she replied, "Nothing, master. Nothing's wrong."

Shifu could tell that he was hiding something...and on a special day like this. The last thing he would expect is Viper hiding something from him and figures that now might not be the best time.


The next chapter, the moment you've all been writing for! The full-on birthday party! Who's gonna win the gift war? And how would Musaki see this happening? All coming up next!