I LIVE! Okay, maybe not... I know, I know, ya'll want an explanation, right? Well, it's, I've been sick, busy, very, VERY stuck on what to write, and LOTS of other things. But, I hope you guys aren't to mad, heh heh. I'm really, REALLY sorry about taking so long, and without further ado, or adon't, hehe, onto the chapter!

Chapter thirty six: Passing the Time

The moment that poor Bran'ika found out about the attack on Rose, he was at her side and refused to leave for a second. Shawna had allowed Chris to get up, after she checked his side again.

"Seems to be healing well. You're a lucky cat, Chris. Just, try to stay out of trouble next time." the red fox teased, as she walked over to check on the unconscious white tigress.

Bran'ika looked up at her, and watched her closely as she checked Rose over. He was very worried and mad at himself for leaving her. He knew he should have stayed. But the two kept telling him, had he been there, he'd been hurt as well.

There was nothing he could have done for her. But Bran'ika didn't really believe either Chris or Shawna. He still felt he should have at least been there for here.

Shawna stepped back after a minute and gently patted his shoulder.

"Trust me young one. She'll be alright, she just needs some rest right now is all." Shawna reassured him.

Bran'ika let out a quiet sigh, and nodded. Shawna left him be and told Chris to try and get some more rest, which he replied with a simple roll of his eyes.

After a bit, Hutch and Tony walked into the Med Center to check on their friends.

"How's she doin'?" Hutch asked, when he and Tony got over by Bran'ika and Rose.

"She's alright. Shawna said she just needed some good rest, and that she'd be alright soon enough." he replied quietly.

The two nodded, with smiles of relief on their faces. They were both very glad that she would be alright, with some rest.

"What about you Bran? Are you doing okay?" Tony asked, knowing how worried he was.

Bran'ika nodded. "I'll be fine. As long as she's alright, I'll be fine."

They both nodded. They felt the same way, Rose was a good friend of theirs. And they hated seeing her hurt like that.

*Student Barracks*

Shadow quietly walked along, trying to find Kasaru and Aveline. She wanted to talk to them a little, try to get to know Aveline some more.

She walked past Jet and Wave's room and saw them playing a game together, which Wave was winning at. Jet grumbled, as she won again.

Shadow smiled and continued on. She soon made it to their room, and knocked quietly. To her surprise, Silver opened the door.

"Hi mama!" he said cheerfully.

Shadow looked in and saw Blaze sitting by Aveline, staring at her, like any cub might, very curious.

Blaze smiled sweetly and said, "You have such pretty eyes, miss Aveline!"

Shadow could see a surprised look on Aveline's face, but she smiled in Blaze's direction. "Well, thank you young one, that is very kind of you." she said to her.

Silver let Shadow in and then he retreated to his place next to Kasaru. He looked up at her curiously, and she returned his look.

"You look a lot like your mother did, when she was little." Kasaru said.

Silver grinned wide. "Thanks auntie Kasaru!" he said excitedly.

Shadow smiled at her friend, who returned a nervous smile, that Shadow wasn't exactly sure of. After a bit, the two cubs left the adults to talk and ran off to play outside.

"You have very sweet children Shadow. Very polite too." Aveline commented, after they had left.

Shadow smiled at the compliment and replied, "Thank you. They've been through a lot for being so young, it surprises me at times how kind they still can be."

Kasaru looked at her, and smiled softly. "That doesn't surprise me." she said.

Shadow turned and looked at her, very confused. She tilted her head to the side, and Kasaru smirked.

"They take after you Shadow, you went through a lot too, and look at how you are still. You're just as kind as they are, and you went through more then they have. It doesn't surprise me at all." she said.

Shadow slowly smiled. "Thank you Kasaru." she said.

For the next few hours, the three cats all talked and got to know each other. But still some questions were left unanswered, and most likely wouldn't be answered for a long while.

*The bamboo forest, not far from the Valley of Peace*
Unknown's POV:

I walked along the forest, keeping my eyes open for any signs of danger. I had wanted to return to the Jade Palace, and visit my friends there, like the Furious Five, and the Cairo family. Leon, Shadow and their two cubs were very kind to me, when I first met them, so I wanted to visit.

And they had said, 'visit any time!'. So, might as well take them up on their offer, right?

I soon made it into the edge of town and headed towards the palace. As I walked along, I got many strange stares. But, I was used to it. Being a liger and all.

I stared down at my rather large paws, and sighed. I normally was teased because of my strange look, but the people who lived at the palace treated me like one of their own, and truthfully, I was in very much need of that.

I soon began climbing the never ending steps, that led up to the beautiful jade colored building. I walked up to the Hall of Heroes and knocked on the door. After a minute, the doors slowly creaked open and I smiled up at, none other then the Dragon Warrior.

He looked down, and smiled wide. "Hey guys!" he called, "Latine is back!"

I smiled at him, and walked inside, and saw the Furious Five walk up to me, with smiles on their faces, even Master Tigress had a slight smile on her face.

"Welcome back to the palace, Latine!" Monkey said.

I smiled. "Thank you, it's wonderful to be back!" I said.

"Come, we'd best explain a few things. A lot has happened since you've been traveling around, and a lot of people are staying here at the Jade Palace now." Tigress said.

I nodded, and followed them with a smile on my face, happy to be back at the palace, with my friends.

If only I knew how much adventure and, quite frankly, trouble I had just walked into...

Alright! A long while ago, I had promised a friend of mine that I would add Latine into the story! She's on the Nick, Kung Fu Panda, Legends of Awesomeness board, and her name is Sunsets. I sadly have not seen her in a long time and for those of you who are on the boards, if you happen to see her on there, will you PLEASE tell her that Latine has come into the story and I'm sorry for taking so long? Or just ask her to come back on the boards more, so I can talk to her, heh heh. But really, I hope that you all liked this chapter. I know it's not much, but I'm hurting really, REALLY bad at the moment, so that's why I'm writing, I have nothing better to do. So, please don't forget to review, and please come back soon for more! Later all!