And the celebration commences. A mixture of hilarious and heart coming in this chapter.
Chapter 25: The Celebration
Days later, everyone was getting ready for the celebration and Musaki suddenly felt a little nervous about being guest of honor because he's never had anything like that before. He brought in a straw hat and a silver grey cape along with matching wristbands. He didn't really know what to wear for the attire or how would they dress like.
Shifu came in the room and when he saw Musaki's outfit, he could see that it might be a little too much. Musaki then asked, "How do I look?"
"Quite dapper, but the emperor said go with what suits you." Shifu replied.
"What's wrong with this?"
"The wristbands...are a little too much."
Musaki quickly removed the wristbands and Shifu could sense that he's really nervous about this. He came towards him and said, "To be a guest of honor, you have to make an impression."
"How so?"
"For one thing-it's important to be polite and be very well-dressed. You can lose the cape, but keep the straw hat."
Musaki removes the cape from behind and only had the straw hat on and Shifu chuckled and said, "Now that's well-dressed."
He tips his straw hat, looks at himself and realized that he looks really good with the straw hat on and said, "Yeah, I guess it could work."
"Brilliant." Shifu said, with a smile.
Later on, everyone else got ready for the occasion as they met up in the hallway and Musaki was surprised to see Arizona and Ruiz wearing some clean shorts for the first time. He gasped and chuckled and said, "Looks like some girls might be all over you."
"I wouldn't count on it." Arizona said, chuckling.
"Where'd you guys get these?"
"Viper and Po brought those for us. We only had the same raggedy shorts most of our lives back at Kong Wolf City and they thought that it'd be cool if we got some new shorts and stuff." Ruiz answered.
"I gotta say...you look amazing."
"So are you."
"Oh, thanks. Dress to impress. Although...this hat makes me feel a little...silly."
Then, Po comes out of the room with some new shorts, but he noticed the rips on the front and a medium-sized hole in the back and Musaki tried to hold his laughter, not wanting Po to know that half of his butt cheeks were visible and said, "Well...at least in silliness, I'm in second place."
Arizona and Ruiz saw the unknown fashion mishap that Po had and they stifled their laughter to hold it in, hoping that Po won't notice. He then turns around and said, "You guys feel a draft?"
"No." Musaki said, snickering.
"Not at all." Arizona added.
"We're good." Ruiz said.
Then, Ichi comes in the hallway with a black t-shirt with dark blue jeans and told him, "I think I have a little bit of a weird fashion mishap."
Then, he sees the back of Po's shorts with a medium-sized hole in it and he snickered softly and said, "Weird fashion mishap until I saw that."
"You...wanna tell him?" asked Musaki.
"I think he'll figure it out on his own."
"Yeah, good point."
Suddenly, Shifu comes in the hallway, seeing Arizona, Ruiz, Ichi and Musaki in perfect condition and said, "Excellent attires. You look like you're ready for the evening."
"Thanks, Shifu." Ichi said.
Then, to his surprise, he sees the back of Po's shorts and noticed that half of his butt cheeks were showing. At that moment, Musaki and the others held their laughter at the hallway as they excused themselves and made their way out.
Shifu exhaled deeply both in shock and in annoyance and he said, "Master Po."
Po turns around and said, "Yes, master?"
"I see you have a little...rip on your new shorts."
"What...what rip?"
"Look behind, panda."
Po quickly turns around and barely noticed a rip on the back of the shorts and said, "I don't see it."
He sighed annoyed-like and said sternly, "Look again."
Then, he looked again and then, he finally sees that half of his butt was showing. He gasped in shock and then, felt super-embarassed for not noticing it and said, "I just bought these. I didn't know there was a hole on the back of my new shorts."
"We did." Musaki said.
"Why didn't you tell me this?"
"We thought it'd be better if you found out for youself. It's funnier that way."
"Panda...can you put on your old shorts?"
"Yes, master."
Po went back to the room to change very embarassed unaware that Shifu stifled his laughter as he went out of the hallway.
Later on, everyone was set to head out to Huang di's kingdom to attend Huang di's event and when they got there, they were greeted by a few locals there and they saw massive decorations coming all over the city.
"This is different last time we came here." Mantis said.
"That's because they decorated." Viper added.
"I knew that."
Soon enough, they were all greeted by Master Croc and Master Storming Ox and bowed to them. They also bowed to Musaki as well and he bowed to them back. Croc asked,"How ya been, kid?"
"Pretty good. You?"
"The same. It's amazing that you came here."
"Thanks."
"So, Huang di is waiting for you at the palace. We're gonna have a dinner and Kuro's got this dance thing happening on the other side of the tower." Storming Ox explained.
"I guess we're gonna party tonight, huh?" asked Zeke.
"You could say that."
As they went in the building, Huang di was standing at the front of the building where he sees Musaki and the others coming in. They greeted him and Kuro and a few minutes later, they all sat down on his huge table for dinner and Musaki became totally blown away by everything. He chuckled and said, "Wow. That is awesome."
"I'll say." Po added.
To his surprise, some of the kung-fu masters and students are in the table as well and most of the wolves from Kong Wolf City were also there as well. Huang di gathered their attention and said, "Good evening, everyone. We have gathered here today to congratulate our guest of honor-Xing-Fu Musaki Ko-Kanji Akio-Meng Cheng Xi Wang-for the defeat of Dai Ling and bringing a young wolf out of the tower and for bringing peace to Kong Wolf City. As a thank-you for it, we are honored to give you a feast of gratitude."
Everyone applauded for him and Musaki felt really surprised by all this. Kuro stood up and said, "You got any words, Musaki?"
Musaki stood up and everyone stood up as well and he said, "Well...I gotta say, this was a surprise for me. My mission was to just bring Arizona and bring him back to the Valley of Peace. I never expected that anyone would know I would be coming there and bring peace to their home. I gotta be honest, rescue missions are not easy. Me and Arizona developed a close bond with each other and we both defeated Dai Ling together and some of the army guards...kinda fleed or got killed or whatever. But the one thing that kept me going was my family. With everything that I do, I am deeply appreciated for how my life would be for the past 3 years and I'm really happy to be here. So thank you guys very much."
Everyone cheered and applauded his name, which made Musaki feel accomplished and then he looks at Arizona and gave him a thumbs-up. Shifu then said, "Let us enjoy this feast before the Dragon Warrior leaves us with only crumbs."
And they had a ginormous feast that they savored and Musaki definitely felt like this was the most amazing part. Hours later, Musaki, Ichi, Arizona, Ruiz, Kazuo, Zeke and Shing went to another section of the tower where the dance was taking place.
The music starts playing and everyone was dancing. Kuro danced with Ichi while the others danced with everyone else. It was a lot of fun for them. Then, Kuro heads to the stage to set up a singing contest and everyone participated in the event and the next one Kuro called was Arizona and Ichi.
They both came to the stage and Arizona said, "This is a song that Ichi wrote a few years ago and I guess we're gonna perform it together."
"This song comes from a very special place in my life where someone I know has been my friend through everything I've been through and my life has turned from negative to positive and shined a light from my darkness." Ichi added.
"Mine too. And I hope you like it."
Ichi brought out his guitar, starts strumming it and Arizona starts singing to the crowd.
Everyone knows
that I'm 10 feet under
till you come along and brighten my day
Everyone knows
that you kill the thunder
the roaring in my brain is giving me the strength
To see right through the haze...
Both: Shine, come on and let it shine
Light me up make me feel alive
You've got what it takes
Ichi: Shine on me today...
Both: Shine and only you know how
to lift my spirit off the ground
and chase those clouds away...
Shine on me today...
Ichi: When everything's wrong
I just pick myself up
the sound of your voice
Well, it fills my eyes
Arizona: With tears of joy
Cuz I know you'll be there
when I'm hanging by a thread
Both: You're my heaven-sent
Shine, come on and let it shine
Light me up, make me feel alive
You've got what it takes
Arizona: Shine on me today...
Both: Shine and only you know how
to lift my spirit off the ground
and chase those clouds away...
Ichi: Oh, I have this way
of making me feel like I can fly
You're underneath my wings
so I won't free-fall out of the sky
Arizona: You're always there to save me
You know ya save me...
Both: Shine!
Come on and let it shine
Light me up, make me feel alive
You've got what it takes
Ichi: You've got what it takes!
Both: Shine on me today
Shine and only you know how
to lift my spirit off the ground
and chase those clouds away...
Come on and shine!
Shine...
Shine on me
Shine on me, shine on me tonight...
Yeah!
Shine on me today...
Ichi: Everyone knows
that I'm 10 feet under
Arizona: Till you come along
Both: And brighten my world...
All of them cheered and applauded and Musaki immediately knew who they were singing about...him. He can tell that they were staring at him throughout the song because he does shine on them. Ichi left the stage and Musaki said, "Thanks, dude."
"You're my best friend." Ichi added.
Arizona remained on the stage and felt really emotional about letting go like this before. He also said, "I have another song that I wrote myself. I was in a dark state in my life back in Kong Wolf City and Dai ling told me that I would never amount to anything or that the world doesn't accept me because of the way I am. Well, this one proves that no matter what, yeah I'm different, but I'm stronger than anything. You can break me, but I can still rise up."
A few tears were coming out of his face and said, tearfully, "And I just want to share that with you guys tonight."
The piano starts playing and his voice became tearful as he sang it in front of everyone.
Skies are crying
I am watching
Catching teardrops in my hands
Only silence has its ending
Like we never had a chance
Do you have to make me feel like
there's nothing left of me?
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
like a skyscraper...
As the smoke clears
I awaken and untangle you from me
Would it make you feel better
to watch me while I bleed?
All my windows still are broken
But I'm standing on my feet
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
like a skyscraper
like a skyscraper!
Go run, run run
I'm gonna stay right here
Watch you disappear, yeah...
Go run, run, run
Yeah, it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper, ohh...
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
like a skyscraper
like a skyscraper...!
like a skyscraper
like a skyscraper...!
like a skyscraper...
A massive cheer and applause came and a standing ovation brought in from the audience made Arizona feel invincible that it was his story that spreads through the song. Musaki, Zeke, Ruiz, Shing and Kazuo were amazed by his voice, Ichi, Po, Shifu and the Five were shedding tears in happiness that it was very brave of him to come forward with that statement knowing that he'll be stronger no matter what.
Humorous, awesome and emotional...those are my specialties when making fics like this, but mostly the heartfelt stuff that touches everyone's heartstrings. The two songs were 'Shine' from Hilary Duff and 'Skyscraper' from Demi Lovato. On the next chapter, I'm gonna close it out with an awesome heartfelt story. Stick around!