Think I'd end it without showing my new family some amazing kung-fu moves? Thanks for the massive support of my backstory, my creator decided to end it with a little deleted scene that he should've done earlier.
Animation Universe 2005: I heard that.
Well, it's true. Besides, in order to be a new member, you have to show them your skills and spar with someone to see if you have it or not. Not to be cocky or anything, but I think I do have it.
Animation Universe 2005: So you say.
Enjoy the final chapter.
Bonus Chapter: My First Day
As soon as we got back in the training Hall after our talk and re-introducing each other again, Shifu told me that if I'm gonna be a new member here, I gotta show them if I have some training skills. My heart immediately stopped when I heard him say that and I became super-nervous because of the fact that I'm standing to a couple of experienced, awesome kung-fu masters who have done this for years and Po has done it for like weeks.
I stared at Shifu and asked, "What do I have to do now?"
"You can start on hitting this dummy." Shifu answered.
I looked at it and the dummy looks just like Po and I just kinda felt a big sense of nervousness inside of me and a voice in the back of my head told me, 'Dude, don't screw this up.' I sighed heavily and let out a small jab on the stomach, which barely moved. I bit my lip just thinking that I need to put aside my nerves and just go for it, so I did it again, this time a little harder.
Suddenly, it kinda hit me a little that I really hit the dummy hard and most of them were impressed, so I did it again only a lot harder and then, I attempted to jump and kick it hard as it hit the wall and then bounced back. It left most of them surprised and amazed that I actually did that and I was pretty shocked myself.
"Musaki..." Shifu whispered.
I turned around and asked, "Was that my fault?"
"No. That was...incredible."
"How did you even manage to do something like that?" asked Tigress.
"Training most of my life. Started when I was 2 by my dad then gave up on it after my parents died and then got back on it when I was 4 or 5 and kept doing it and also when I got to see you guys in a show in the orphanage, it made me feel re-inspired to re-do kung fu and I guess that for me, I've been on and off until I got back on when I got older. Sometimes through tragedy, it seems as though kung fu almost helped me get through it. Almost. It's like a continue with it or give it up and there were a few attempts to because of my grieving, but it was the only way to get me through my difficult time in my life. Well that and playing the flute, so..."
I stopped because I felt like I could bore them on purpose and I chuckled softly and said, "Sorry. Was I rambling?"
"A little, but you kinda made sense. A lot of times, overcoming tragedy is hard, but kung-fu pretty much helps you escape the sadness that you were in." Crane said.
"Crane's correct. Sometimes there are two choices when facing tragedy-either move forward or let it haunt you for the rest of your life." Shifu added.
It's like he already opened my mind about it and it was like a 'Where were you when I needed that 10 years ago?' thing. I have been guilty of letting it get to me for so long and I'll be honest, Shifu was right. I breathed slowly and asked, "So...what now?"
"Well, you get to spar with most of the members." Shifu answered.
"Cool..."
"Who do you want to spar with first? Being that it's your first day of living here, you get to pick who gets to go first."
I was very confident in choosing who do I spar with first and it seemed like an easy choice for me or at least I thought it might be. I looked over at the Five and literally within a quick second, I looked at Crane and I figured that he'd be the one to start off with, just because he's really cool with what he does. So, I looked at Shifu and said, "I'll let Crane spar with me."
Crane nodded his head and stepped in front of me and I was geeking out about it. The fact that I have to spar with one of my idols from the Five really made me think like is this reality? I put on my game face and Crane puts on his and as soon as Shifu told us to go, we were sparring like crazy. His crane style mixed in with my amazing moves went together gradually. He started swinging and I saw showing off my moves, like a mixture a dance and kung-fu. When he came to charge at me, I did a backflip in the air and landed back on the ground.
I starting swinging at him and he managed to dodge it and I did the same when he swung at me and then, Shifu stops us and he said, "Excellent, both of you."
We were breathing heavily and bowed to Shifu as well. I looked at Shifu and said, "Could've done better, huh?"
"That's an understatement. It looks like you have it." Shifu said.
"I do?"
"Yes. I have never seen moves like that since...well...I've never seen anything like that before."
"Congrats. You just wowed Shifu." Crane said, smiling.
"Thanks."
"Okay, who's next?" asked Shifu.
"Viper."
She comes in next and I knew from that moment that she was ready for me. I chuckled softly and started using my kung-fu combative stance to spar with her. She flew up from behind and struck me down with her tail and I went in and tried to get her by swinging at her, but she went in and struck me in the back. I grabbed her by the tail and threw her across the room, but she came back and I tripped down on the ground. We both sparred with each other with every move both of us made and after that, we looked at each other and it's completely clear that both of us appear to be much stronger and faster than both of us thought.
Shifu chuckled and said, "Impressive."
"Thank you, master." Viper said.
"I guess I was okay." I said.
"Not just okay. You were brilliant."
I wasn't used to compliments like that unless Shakur and Brutus were giving me amazing praise for my moves. Then, it leaves to three members and already I was anxious to choose which one to spar with next. I looked over at them and then I immediately decided who to spar with next.
"I pick Mantis."
Mantis immediately hopped on top of my left shoulder and said, "You have yet to see what I can do."
"You're gonna use your moves on me, right?"
I looked over at my shoulder and found that he wasn't there and when I tried to look for him, I was being picked up, spun around and then bounced around the room. I ended up on the floor and he hopped over to my chest and said, "I'm so quick you can barely find me."
He hops out and I was pretty much ready for combat, but I had to be very careful not to squish him. So when he went up high, I went in and took him down a little bit with my finger. And then, he went back up in the air and suddenly, I leaned over to the other side which made him miss his aim.
All of the other masters gasped in awe and I was surprised to even see it for myself and I asked, "How did I do that?"
"You took the words right out of my mouth, dude." Mantis said, surprised.
I was shocked to see that I leaned across the floor without even falling and then I leaned back and stood standing. I chuckled softly and said to myself, "I don't know what I did, but I think this is cool."
"I'll say." Po said.
"That was amazing." Shifu said.
"You know, I think I'm warming up to this kid already." Mantis said.
"Who's next to take on?"
"I vote...Monkey."
Monkey whoops a little and then brought out his bamboo stick and he gave me one as well and I asked, "What up with the sticks?"
He lets out a mischevious chuckle and only said, "You'll see."
I could already see that he's ready for me and he twirls around the staff and I had small experiences with it and I started sparring with him with it and both sticks clack together and I attempted to go up above him and come from behind and he could tell that I have big tricks up my sleeve. As soon as we did the sticks, we sparred without them and he swiped me with his tail and when it came time to do it again, I suddenly dodged a few of his blows and then went invisible. He couldn't see where I was and then, I went in and sparred with him thinking that he did it to himself and when I became visible, I went behind him and literally went on the floor and did a break-dance moves with my feet on the air and struck him down and got back on the ground.
Both Monkey and Crane's jaw dropped to the ground when they saw me do those moves. It also surprised Po as well and Shifu closed his jaw for him to avoid drool on the floor.
"I think I'm giving myself an 8." I said.
"An 8? More like an 18!" Monkey exclaimed.
"That was incredible.." Viper whispered.
"Thanks."
Eventually, Tigress came in last and when she came in front of me, she wasn't quite cool with me sparring with her last. She snarled at me and said, "I've been doing this longer than you."
"Was that before or after I was born?" I asked.
Immediately, she lunged at me, but I managed to dodge her moves before she got to me. Then, she turned around and saw me behind her and she felt definitely ticked that I avoided it and she went in and managed to swing at my face, but I managed to curl into a ball and rolled down between her legs and went in behind her and then when she ran towards me, I used my gravity lean again to dodge her blows again.
She became frustrated and I became cocky in a sense that she couldn't handle the fact that there was more experience I have than what she had. I knew how strong she was and I guess in a way, I kinda used it against her. So when she managed to make me fall down, I jumped up in the air and crouched-down combat style to dodge her moves and then I kicked and swung at her.
Shifu's jaw dropped down after I managed to take her down and he suddenly felt like my skills blew him away. He said, "It's impossible to beat out Tigress."
"Guess I made it possible."
"You most certainly did."
Tigress stood up and she felt angry knowing that I became more fierce and quick than her and she let out a glaring, angry look at me like 'You cannot be better than me' kind of look. Then, it was me and Po's turn to spar with each other and I immediately felt very focused on how I might take him down.
"Ready, Saki?" asked Po.
"I've been waiting for this for 8 weeks."
Then, we started sparring and he began to use his butt to take me down and then used his stomach to aim it at my face, but I managed to get on top of him by jumping on his stomach, went behind him and took him down with one punch. He runs over and then I jumped up with my legs apart and went the other side and he ended up landing on the wall hard.
Then, I did a backflip and a frontflip when he came at me and then, I managed to literally kick his butt with my face. Po fell down to the ground after that and Mantis was amazed and said, "The Dragon Warrior has finally been beaten by a 13-year old."
Shifu looked at me with a smirk and said, "I've always wanted to do that."
"Yeah, don't know how it happened."
Po gets himself up and said, "That was awesome. I haven't been beaten like that since one of the little bunnies tried to spar with me. Hey, now that you sparred with me and the Five, you get to spar with Shifu."
"Really?'
"Sure. Every student knows that after you spar with us, you get to spar with the master." Viper said.
I was definitely amped up for this moment and I get to spar with the Grand Master. The only thing was...how do I spar with someone his size? But I know if I made one comment, he was gonna knock me down hard. Shifu chuckled softly and said, "You up for it?"
"You know I am."
So, we stared at each other and he came at me quickly and when I tried to land a few blows, he managed to dodge them very quickly. So, I had a huge challenge to face up with, but I was willing to finish it off. He flipped me across the room and then I flipped him back while he was on his feet. As soon as he went up, I grabbed his feet and landed him down and then, we ended up using the stick to take each other down and he flips and goes faster while holding it and for me it was like there's no stopping him. But soon I found out that there was one way to do so...when he flies up to get me, I got out of the way by standing on my head and then dodging his blows.
Shifu landed on the ground and then, I used my skills to confuse him by getting behind him and in front of him and then struck him down. I panted heavily and said, "Guess big things do come in small packages."
He gets up and then, he said, "Very impressive. You are now officially one of us."
Most of the Five and Po suddenly cheered for me after hearing that I am one of them now. For the first time in my life, I have found two things...being accepted and finally got myself some stability. I laughed softly and said, "This is the coolest day of my life."
Later on, we went into the kitchen and it was the first time I have ever been to one and I ask, "What do you guys do here?"
"Mostly eat and socialize." Viper answered.
"Play some games if necessary." Monkey added.
"I cook here." Po said.
"No way. You cook?" I asked.
"You'd be surprised."
As soon as Po starts cooking, I felt like this might be good. I mean, whatever he's making, it's gotta be good, right? As soon as he puts in the noodles on the bowl and passed it around to everyone including me, I wasn't sure how it might taste. Everyone totally made a compliment on Po's cooking and Po noticed that I was definitely nervous to see what it's like. He looked at me with a smile to try it out. With that, I picked up my spoon and tried it out and the flavor of it really blew me away.
"Dude...this is the best soup I ever tasted."
"Glad you like it."
"This is the best thing I ever put in my mouth in 9 years."
"9 years?"
"Why 9 years?" asked Tigress.
"Well, I've never had anything like this back at the orphanage. All we had were just bean buns and other stuff. In fact, I remember the one time I ate noodles was when someone came in with a cart passing out noodles to every orphan and I was pretty much the only one sitting alone in a table because I was too depressed. When I tried it, it was so good, I had to ask someone to give me seconds because I was too shy to go get some myself."
"To be honest, me and my dad always did charity work for passing out every bowl of noodles to the orphanage for those that needed food."
"See, I didn't know that until you explained it just now." Crane said.
"Well hey. We couldn't let these orphans go hungry. It always feels good to serve those that have less hunger."
"You couldn't even go anywhere with an empty stomach nor less hunger." Mantis added.
I started laughing because I thought it was too funny and he said, "You know, this is my first time actually sitting down with a real family or with anyone for that matter because I was used to being alone everyday."
"We always come around at the end of the day to not only admire Po's cooking, but just to talk about everything." Viper said.
"That's cool."
"This might be a good experience for you." Shifu said.
"I hope you're right."
"Hey, wait a minute. Weren't you one of those kids that excused himself and went back to his room?" asked Po.
"Guilty."
"Wow, I only talked to you for a few minutes and you were always so sad. Now it seems like...you're happy now."
"I am, thanks to you."
Later, Shifu and the rest of the gang took me to an empty room and he told me that it was mine. I chuckled softly and said, "I could get used to this."
"You should."
THE END
Musaki: Well, that is it. This ends 'Walking Through My Dark Scars and Wounds'. My creator and I absolutely appreciate you guys sending out some reviews and to read my backstory on how I got to live in the Jade palace with my awesome adopted family.
Animation Universe 2005: Shout-out to my awesome friend, vampire1031 for coming up with the title name as well as leaving some reviews as well. To Tan-Tan Tanuki, you stuck by me and got to read Musaki's adventure. Musaki deeply appreciates it the most and so do I. So, thanks for your support. To Jo 'Po' Navark, our awesome friend, thanks a million for liking this fic. And Musaki knows what it feels like to be bullied and always remember, it always gets better. Thanks for reading and reviewing as well. And with my new friends here that like this story, thank you so much for your awesome support.
Musaki: Thank you guys so much for liking this fic.
Animation Universe 2005: I'll be back with a new story, so until then Animation Universe 2005 is out of here!
Musaki: Me too!
Both: SKADOOSH!
