And we see Summer coming in the mix!
Chapter 38: Reunion
By the next day, Musaki was asleep with his two sons as opens his eyes slowly to see himself all covered with acupuncture needles while still covered in shaolin wraps and realized that someone finally got him acupunctured and as he looked at one of those...one word sprung to mind.
"Mantis." Musaki whispered.
Just then, Oak Sung walked downstairs alongside Mantis to see how Musaki is doing and when they saw him awake, Oak said, "Good morning, Xing-Fu. Feeling any better?"
"I'll be much better if I get these needles off of me." Musaki answered.
Mantis chuckled softly at the sight of Musaki's body covered in acupuncture needles and he said, "Well...I finally got you acupunctured. I always knew you were gonna need it one day. That's why me and your grandfather placed those needles on you while you were asleep."
Musaki sighed in response to that and he looked at Mantis in the face with a certain 'really, dude?' look and said, "You know I can't stand needles."
"Well...hey. It helps." Mantis added.
Oak chuckled softly in response and he said, "Why don't you stand up, Xing-Fu?"
Musaki sighed at this and did his best to stand up, but he might require his crutch, but was told by his grandfather that he might not need it and when he did stand up and walk, he felt absolute no pain at all and as he walked closely towards them, his injuries were cured right by the spot and he was completely surprised by this outcome and he said, "Seriously?"
"Yes, grandson. All your injuries you've sustained from Akiro have gone away because of my healing power and Mantis' acupunctures." Oak replied.
Mantis nodded his head proudly and he hopped onto his shoulder and said, "I always figured that you could have some sort of acupuncture someday and now you got it."
"Yeah...you finally got it, Mantis." Musaki said, chuckling.
Soon enough, Oak looks at his adopted grandchildren sleeping and he could tell that they're very secure and he said to Musaki, "How's life as a father going?"
"Fine. I think I'll get the hang of it." Musaki added.
Just then, they heard a knock on the door and Oak walked over to answer it and as he opened the door, he sees Summer coming in the room and she just ran inside and saw Musaki standing there and throwing herself onto him, hugging him tightly and Musaki was surprised to see her come in Shanghai Secluded Valley and he said, "Summer? What you doing here?"
"What does it look like I'm doing here? I heard you were injured and I just had to come see if you're okay." Summer replied, in a worried tone.
As Summer lets go, she noticed that there were acupuncture needles all over his body and she was a little surprised to see that sight and Oak said, "Worry not, young lady. He's fine. Me and Mantis healed him up while he was asleep last night."
"But you were injured?" asked Summer, to make sure.
"Yeah. And it really sucks." Musaki added.
Summer sighed at this as she looked at Musaki and then comes around to hug him again and she said, "Either way, I'm glad you're okay. You don't know how worried I was."
"Summer...it's okay." Musaki said, soothing her for comfort.
Feeling Musaki's hands on her side made Summer feel comforted that he's okay and soon enough, she noticed there were two little cubs laying on the couch and she looked at them and said, "Who are they?"
"That's Luke and Noah...our adopted sons." Musaki replied.
"Adopted?" asked Summer, very surprised.
Musaki nodded his head at that and he explained to Summer the whole story about this fight with Akiro and then he was promised that he was gonna raise these boys as if they were his own and Summer's heart broke for these cubs and she knew that she loves kids more than anything and she got to their level and said, "Hi, boys."
She patted Noah and sure enough, the silver fox cub nuzzled her and she lets out a giggle and said, "I think he likes me."
Musaki nodded at this and he said, "They need two parents, you know. I promised their parents that I was gonna raise them as if they were my own and I'm willing to do that. You think you can be their mother figure?"
"If you're willing to do this, I can do it as well." Summer said, with a smile.
Musaki smiled at this and he said, "Who knows? It might be a stepping stone for us when we have our own kids someday."
Mantis hopped on his shoulder for a while and said, "Don't settle so quickly, Saki. She'll probably make you want it the first time."
"I heard that!" Summer exclaimed.
Now that Musaki's all better...he can finally go back home to the Jade Palace! Stick around!
