And now the new baby meet his new relatives for the first time!
Chapter 25: Family Reunion
100 days later
Musaki, Summer and the entire family are taking a dragon ride to the Secret Panda Village to celebrate their son's 100th day of birth because they're finally gonna name their second-born son and this is an essential personal day for the entire family because the Bushido-Akio clan and the Meng family are joining together to celebrate this once in a lifetime moment because the panda relatives from the village get together and they'll meet their relatives for the first time.
Of course, no one's more excited than Musaki who's completely happy to celebrate this occasion and couldn't contain his excitement and Summer felt the same exact way, only she gets to keep it on a low key level and she said, "This is gonna be a very special day for us."
"I know. It's like having a birthday, but in just 100 days after birth." Musaki agreed.
"I'm always curious as to why pandas always wait 100 days until the birth of their cub." Max added.
"It's tradition for pandas. Most parents name their baby after birth immediately, but pandas wait 100 days until they name their cub. It may sound odd to some, but it's how it works." Musaki answered.
"I wouldn't wait 100 days. I'd wait like 5 minutes." Bakari added.
"5 minutes?" asked Max.
"Yep. If I had a son, I'd name him after he's born and his name would be Roscoe." Bakari answered.
Musaki and Summer looked at Bakari after hearing Bakari's name suggestion for his own son and were bewildered by it and Summer asked, "Why Roscoe?"
"It just suits me well." Bakari replied.
"Well, what if your future wife might ask for a different name?" asked Musaki.
Bakari thought about it for a while and turned to the pandas and said, "I'm sticking with Roscoe."
The newborn baby just fell asleep on Musaki's arms and he looked down at his cub with a soft chuckle and loves the sight of him sleeping and said, "Our first dragon ride with our son and he's not crying."
"Yes, that's the best thing. He's been so well behaved on our trips lately." Summer agreed.
"How's life with the baby treating you two?" asked Mako.
Summer sighed in response to that and replied, "Rewarding, joyful, tiring...almost chaotic. Daily life since our baby was born, but we go through with it well."
"Yep. This little guy always keeps us up at night sometimes." Musaki added.
"Who you kidding, with the baby screaming in the middle of the night while we're asleep?" asked Sage, scowling.
Hearing Sage's remarks definitely hits a point as to why they couldn't trust him to babysit the little cub and Summer said, "That's why we don't give you any babysitting jobs because you're not responsible enough."
"I don't do babies." Sage added.
In spite of Sage's attitude, it did very little to dampen this happy occasion that they're looking forward to and before long, they're already on the top of the Panda Village completely visible where those pandas were walking around and they lowered the dragons down to the ground and hit to the bottom where it became snowy underneath. Just then, Musaki, Summer, Roshi, Mako and Reiko walked across the entrance and Musaki yanked on the rope as the little basket took them all the way up to the entrance.
As soon as they got there, Mako and Reiko could see a little bit of fog around and followed Musaki and Summer to the entrance and slowly but surely, the fog faded into a clear view and what met their eyes was a lushful green paradise for pandas. Mako and Reiko have never seen anything like this before and they couldn't even say a word...all they could do is just take in all the scenery of the village.
"Wow...this is amazing." Mako said, amazed.
"I could see ourselves retiring here one day." Reiko added.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves." Mako responded, with a little reassurance.
Before long, they saw Li Shan coming in and immediately Summer and Musaki rushed right over to say hello to him and Li couldn't resist coming in for a hug and he said, "Good to see you again!"
"You as well. And this is our latest addition to the family." Musaki said, showing Li Shan the new baby.
As soon as Li Shan looked at the baby for the first time, he fell in love with the cub almost immediately and said, "He's so adorable. He reminds me of Lotus when he was first born."
"That we know already. He's getting a little bit older, but he's still a newborn." Musaki replied.
Soon enough, Li Shan saw Mako and Reiko coming in for the first time alongside the rest of the Bushido-Akio family and the Meng family and that was a huge sight to see all pandas plus a couple of other species coming in as one big family and that literally struck him the most and asked, "Are those...?"
"Yep. Those are all my relatives; one from my dad's side of the family and another from my mom's side too." Musaki said, showing Li Shan the family.
Li Shan couldn't believe his eyes as they all came to the Panda Village one by one and he walked towards them and he said, "Welcome."
"You must be Li Shan. I'm Mako and this is my wife, Reiko. These are all our kids, some born and some adopted; as well as my parents and my brother's wife's family as well." Mako said, introducing them all.
Bao-Yi's parents and family members walked towards Li Shan and one of the relatives recognized Li and he said, "Li Shan...you look so much different without your straw hat."
Li Shan chuckled softly and said, "Yeah, I've decided to be more fully clothed."
"It's been a long time, cousin." another one of Musaki's mom's relatives replied.
"A very long time." Li Shan answered.
Just then, Max yanked at Li's coat and that shifted Li's attention and Max asked, "Are you really Po's actual dad?"
Li Shan was surprised to hear that Max asked him that if he was Po's actual dad and giving the fact that he's the birth father of the Dragon Warrior, he lets out a modest chuckle and said, "Yes, I am."
"Wow..." Max said, in amazement.
"That is so awesome!" Tsnuami exclaimed.
Samurai went over to Li Shan and he was just genuinely happy to hear this and said, "I'm so happy to meet you, man!"
"Easy, Sammy." Luna said, chuckling.
Just then, all the other pandas walked around and saw what's going on around here and got to meet the family for the first time ever and they were surprised by the multitude of people coming by and Li Shan asked, "So...what's the occasion?"
"Mainly because we wanted to meet our new baby to you guys and also celebrate his 100th day of birth where we get to name him. What better way to do it than here where he meets our new family?" asked Musaki.
Li Shan chuckled at this and he said, "What the heck? That's a good idea!"
Minutes went by and everyone gathered around for this amazing event and for Li Shan and family to be involved and be a part of it made it all the more special, but what really hits the high mark is an unexpected visit from the Dragon Warrior himself right as Musaki walks forward to name his new baby and he was unaware that Po's there and he holds his son right beside Summer and Oak Sung and he said, "We've waited 100 days for this and this is an amazingly joyous occasion for all of us. Summer and I have decided on a name that would suit him well. The name we've given is..."
Musaki paused for a second as he looks at the entire crowd as well as a surprise appearance from Po, which made it all the more meaningful for him and he turned back to his son and said, "His name is Kageichi Po Bushido-Akio Meng."
Po was awestruck to hear that he's naming his son after not only his friend/brother, but attach it to him as well and everyone was blown away by that name and Po was filled with so much humility and honor to be a part of this moment.
Everyone just bowed to him in all full glory and Musaki knew that this baby's future is definitely set for life and to be able to celebrate it with his new added family just put him in perspective and it was the best moment in his life and he'll keep it forever.
Soon afterwards, Musaki alongside Po, Li Shan, Mako, Reiko, Oak Sung, Summer, Roshi, Bao-Yi's parents and the rest of the family all gathered around together to take another family portrait where the entire family fits perfectly by drawing and once the drawing's completed, Musaki looked at his new son and said, "Welcome to the family, son."
"You're gonna fit in this family just fine." Mako said, laughing with Li Shan.
"I bet we will. More family reunions too." Li Shan responded.
The entire Bushido-Akio clan is growing! Thanks for reading and reviewing this story! Stay tuned for the deleted scene!
