After the war which left almost the whole city of Gongmen destroyed, our heroes all took a trip to the Valley of Peace, but not before healing Surudoi Kaze who survived Zhan Ju's betrayal and allowing her to leave into the unknown while all those who survived the war were sent to prison. Once arrived at the Valley, everyone were welcome as heroes because they saved the world once again. Festivities were held during the next week with the Gongmen's king and queen, Po's family from the Panda Village, as well as Koji's tribe.
A lot of things happened over this whole week of celebrations. First, a ceremony was held for the New Legend members as they were officially going to be named masters by Master Shifu. Everybody gathered at the arena where the Dragon Warrior Tournament took place with our five heroes standing side by side in the middle of it as the red panda walked in front of them.
"New Legend, as the Valley calls you!" He started. "It has been almost two years since you left Master Yoshi's dojo to come live and train with me, the Dragon Warrior and the Furious Five. In such a short amount of time, you accomplished more than most warriors would in their whole life. And two days ago, you once again proved your worth by greatly contributing in saving our Realm. This is why it is an honour for me to award you the official title of masters."
He walked to Zeng who was holding five golden medals and picked them up before giving them to all New Legend members.
"Neyo, I name you Master Hedgehog." He said with giving him his medal which Neyo looked at with proudness. "Suya, I name you Master Snowy Owl." She looked at her medal and smiled while blushing a bit as everyone were looking. "Koji, I name you Master Beetle." The young Samoan guy was so proud that he literally had to fight to keep his tears inside. "Alena, I name you Master Panther." She smiled. Even though it was great to be the demigoddess of sun and moon, becoming a master was still great. "And finally, Toka, I name you Master Phoenix Warrior." He too his medal in his paw and looked at his reflection smiling in the gold.
As the ceremony was done, everybody around - Valley residents, masters, outsiders, royal family - cheered loudly as confetti were shot in the air and fell back down. The five New Legend members smiled at each other as they were now official masters.
The very next day, still in the tournament arena, Koji held a singing show for everyone as he came up with a new song to celebrate their victory. He was currently standing on the stage with the whole crowd before him, his wooden guitar in hands, ready to play. He saw all his friends on the front row, smiling at him which boosted his already strong confidence. He simply gave a nod to everyone before starting his song.
( "This Is War" by Thirty Second To Mars)
Koji waited for the crowd to push a loud scream before playing the first notes and starting to sing
A warning to the people
The good and evil
This is war
We see Hatak
To the soldier
Mr. Ping
The civilian
Cris Zhu, the disciple number 5
The martyr
Zhan Ju looking angrily
The victim
This is war
Koji then step the rhythm up
It's the moment to live and the moment to lie
And the moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight
The moment to fight, to fight, to fight
TO FIGHT!
He starts playing at full strength which makes the crowd go wild
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
We see scenes of the ultimate battle between Kung Fu heroes and the Spirit Realm Army
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, it's a BRAVE NEW WORLD!
Koji then plays softer with a calmer look
A warning to the prophet
We see Master Oogway
The liar
Zise Jiao
To honest
Po
This is war
Ooooh!
To the leader
We see Toka in his Phoenix Warrior Level 2, pushing a scream of determination
The prier
Suya crying
The victim
Neyo as he gets his shoulder cut down by Zhan Ju
The messiah
Koji in his half-demon form and Alena in her Eclipse form
This is war
It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
And the moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight
The moment to fight, to fight, to fight
TO FIGHT!
We see more scenes of the battle between our heroes and the SRA
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, it's a brave new world, it's a BRAVE NEW WORLD!
He then plays softly as we see scenes of the heroes getting taken down one-by-one by Zhan Ju
I do believe in the light
Raise your hands into the sky
Fight is done, war is won
Lift your hands toward the sun...
Toward the sun...
Toward the sun...
Toward the sun...
The beat is slowly returning as the crowd is chanting "Fight!" and we see the scene where everyone gave their power to Toka
The war is won...
The crowd chanted "Fight!" over and over again until one last time as we see the moment Toka turned Phoenix Warrior Level 2. Then, Koji resumed the song at full power
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
We see scenes of the final fight between Toka and Zhan Ju
It's a brave new world from the last to the first
To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, it's a brave new world, it's a BRAVE NEW WORLD!
Right after he said that, we see Toka hitting Zhan Ju with the Final Phoenix Fist of Hope and winning the fight
Brave new world
As the crowd sings with Koji, we see happy moments of when they won and Toka hugging everyone
The war is won
We see everyone celebrating and Toka kissing Alena
The war is won
We see the New Legend members becoming masters and smiling at each other
Brave new world...
Koji plays the last note and sings the last part with tears of joy flowing out of his eyes and looking at the sky.
Everyone cheered loudly, Toka more than the others, as Koji whipped his tears away and received an hug from his girlfriend as well as compliments from everyone else.
"He really is a great musician." Toka though.
The last day of the week of celebrations, the New Legend joined Po and the Furious Five as they taught everyone to master Kung Fu and their own inner strength (like at the end of the third movie). It was actually fun to do as they were all learning very quickly.
Toka was teaching Master Yoshi along with all the other students from his dojo who joined during the celebrations. Koji was teaching his father alongside his whole tribe which was surprising as, for the first time in the history of their tribe, one of them became a Kung Fu master. Alena was teaching her friends from Japan, smiling as Reiya was too busy receiving kisses from Kuhsinada. Suya was teaching her friends from Egypt who mixed it with dancing moves, making a perfect combination. Finally, Neyo was teaching Kung Fu to the Hedgehog Clan members, officially adding Kung Fu to their arsenal of weapons.
After a while, they all stopped and watched the learners practicing. Toka looked toward Master Yoshi who gave him a smile. The snow leopard looked down at his fist which was still covered of bandages after his battle with Zhan Ju and curled it into a fist before lifting it toward his old master, holding his promise of doing this gesture the day he would become a great master. The old bear nodded with tears of joy in his eyes.
Suddenly, a black paw was putted over Toka's and he turned to see his girlfriend, Alena, smiling at him. Then, his best friend, Koji, did the same, putting his hand over Alena's paw. Suya and Neyo joined afterward, completing their trademark gesture and marking their still unbroken bond since that day they met each other and stood together until today.
Toka remembered his whole life: how he started as a monster in the Kora Village, how he met his friends and saved it from the gorilla bandit, how they met Master Yoshi and started a twelve year long training, how they met Po and the Five on their first mission, how they faced the Five and lost for their first training at the Jade Palace, how they met the elemental Five and saved their village from Plokho, how they learned to master their Chi, how they participated in the first Power Struggle Tournament, how they trained with the Tao Gao in the other world and earned their powers, how Koji won the second Power Struggle Tournament, and how they defeated the Spirit Realm Army together.
Tears of joy came out of his eyes, but he whipped them away with his arm before walking pass his friends and in front of Po. They nodded at each other and together, the Dragon and Phoenix Warrior focused their Chi and created a golden dragon and jade phoenix who flew into the sky and exploded together, creating a wave of Chi that brought life to all vegetal lives around (like at the end of the third movie).
Everything ended with the Chinese symbol for END appeared.
First of all, I'm crying again. Don't worry, it's in joy.
Second, it's crazy to think that a few weeks back, I fell into depression and though about stopping this story for a while. Yet, here I am, with this story arc finished. I know it wasn't perfect: it had its highs and lows, but I sure hope you enjoyed it.
Special thanks to The Grey Coincidence, TheDragonSaver, and JessieIR. You guys are cool to have giving me your support until this chapter. I'll never forget it :)
With that being said, it's not the very end of The New Legend Reboot, but I'm not gonna update very often because of other things in my life. And when I'll do, it will be generally one-shots or small story arcs as I don't have any idea remaining for long story arcs. Though I already know what chapter I'm gonna write next.
Once again, thanks to all those who supported me and remember, KUNG FU PANDA FOR LIFE!