Remember when both Musaki and Zeke are turning 15? Well, here it is.

Chapter 37: 15th Birthday

2 weeks later....

Morning comes up and Musaki woke up from his sleep. He was sluggishly tired and feels like he has insomnia. He sighed silently, yawns softly and walked out of the room, looking tired and sleepy. He walks through the hallway of the bunkhouse, and then he realized something. Some of the rooms at the bunkhouse were empty. He looked through all of them and they were all empty.

All of a sudden, comes a small creak from behind. He turned around to see who it was and it was only Zeke. He came towards Musaki and asked, "What's up?"

"Something's weird here."

"Like how weird?"

"Well, Crane, Mantis, Tigress, Monkey and Viper aren't here."

"What do you mean? They're always here."

"You think something happened to them?"

Both of them didn't know what to think of, so they walked through the hallways and they even checked the kitchen, but caught a little glimpse that Po was the only one there, just washing the dishes. Musaki walked in first and said, "Morning, Po."

Po turned around and sees Musaki coming in alongside Zeke. He smiled at them and said, "Morning, guys."

"Hey, Po. Want to hear something weird?" asked Zeke.

"I'm afraid to know."

"No, seriously. Where's the Five?"

"The Five? Well, they went in some mission in the Black Mountains to defeat some evil boars torturing innocent people. Kinda serious."

"Where's Shifu?"

"He's with them, as always."

"Okay, that's a little weird."

"Why didn't they tell us?" asked Musaki.

"They didn't want you to know about it, so they won't be back for more than a couple of hours."

Both of them were starting to feel a little disappointed about hearing that and Musaki said, "Well, that's okay."

Po could hear the sadness coming out of Musaki's voice and he turns around and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Well, I mean, today is kinda important to me and Zeke."

Po didn't know what they were talking about, but then, a little glimpse of the calendar behind them starts to make sense. He walked closely towards it and realized today was June 16th--Musaki and Zeke's birthday. He covered his eye in embarassment and said, "Today's you guys' birthday? I so forgot about it."

"You forgot too?" asked Zeke.

"I didn't know it was you guys' birthday. I'm sorry."

"It's okay."

"I'm really sorry, guys. It really slipped out of my mind."

"Po, you don't have to apologize. We're cool with you not knowing it was our birthday." Musaki said.

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Well...okay then."

"Why aren't you in the mission with the others?"

"Shifu told me that I should stay and watch you guys. Said that the mission was way too risky for me."

"Sorta...dangerous?"

"Yeah."

"Well, we're gonna do some yoga."

"You do yoga?" asked Zeke.

"Yep. Always a cool thing to start off my day."

Zeke and Musaki left the kitchen and walked towards the hallway, and Po took a glance at the hallway and exhaled deeply. He whispered, "Boy, that was close. Now I gotta focus on baking the cake for the birthday twins."

Seems as though Po do remembers Musaki and Zeke's birthday after all. He just wanted to keep it a surprise from them.

Meanwhile, Musaki and Zeke were near the Valley of Peace about to show Zeke his yoga positions. Zeke asked, "How long have you been doing yoga?"

"I've been doing it when I was probably around seven or eight. This is an easy way to sort of stretch and also to flex your strength a little bit." Musaki answered.

"How do you do that?"

"Just watch what I do."

Both of them stretched out one leg while the other leg goes the same direction as well and they repeated the process with the other leg and then, they raised their hands together in the air and opened up separately going one way and the other way. Then, they stretched their legs and their arms. Soon, they were doing tree positions--putting one fott near the ankle and their hands going wide apart.

Zeke was almost starting to get this and he struggled this process a little bit. Musaki asked, "You okay?"

"Just...fine."

"If you mess up a little, it's okay."

"I guess so."

After doing some yoga positions for a while, Musaki told Zeke to repeat what he does--putting his hands and feet on the ground and raise up their stomachs, took a few deep breaths and let them all out slowly and lower their heads and raise them up as they face each other. Musaki asked, "How you doing?"

"Okay. You?"

"Never been better?"

"How often do you do this?"

"Mostly every few days or just whenever I feel like getting through another day."

"Must be saving a lot of time."

"Naturally. I do it sometimes before and after training. Just to keep my blood, spirit, mind and brain flowing. Gets me through difficult times in my life."

"Amazing."

Then, they went upside down, putting their heads on the ground and their feet in the air. Musaki seems impressed with Zeke's movement. He said, "Flexible, huh?"

"Kinda."

"It's cool if you don't wanna brag about out it."

All of a sudden, Shanghai, Mako, Luna and Ichi looked at Musaki and Zeke and Luna asked, "Musaki? Zeke?"

They saw Luna and the others upside-down and said, "Hey, guys."

"What are you guys doing?" asked Mako.

"Doing yoga."

"Wow. I didn't know you were so good at it."

"Neither did I." Shanghai said.

"Isn't it obvious, though?"

"So, what brings you here?" asked Musaki.

What they don't know is that they're bringing gifts to Musaki and Zeke's birthday, so Luna told them, "We're all heading to the market to get some...food."

"Oh, yeah. Big food, big family to feed." Mako said.

"But you guys said we were gonna--"

Luna puts her hand on his mouth, so he wouldn't brag about the surprise party. She chuckled nervously and said, "Well, we wouldn't be late for shopping at the market. You never know who's gonna....get the food first."

"Ooh, yeah. Wouldn't want it to be vicious." Shanghai said.

"Better get going."

They all walked out, and already Musaki suspected something. He asked Zeke, "You think they're planning something?"

"Not that I know of."

Luna stared at Ichi and said, "You almost blew the surprise!"

"Sorry." Ichi said.

"Do you have the comics?" asked Shanghai.

"Got them in my bag. Musaki has been dying to get this and Zeke has never read manga before, so I thought that it would be cool to get him to see what it's like."

"You're a genius. Almost a bigmouth, but a genius."

Ichi sighed humorously and said, "Someday, I will laugh about this when I get older. I mean, really really older."

Several minutes later, they were almost complete with yoga and the last thing they did is the cross their legs together, close their eyes and think peaceful thoughts. Both of them are thinking that it's been a great and extraordinary journey it has been the past two weeks. Just finding each other and reuniting again and now sharing it on their 15th birthday together. It seems seamless for both of them.

They opened their eyes and looked at each other and smiled at each other. Zeke said, "Thanks for showing me how to do yoga."

"Hey, what are brothers for?" Musaki asked.

Not too long, Musaki has been hanging around his room, drawing a picture of him and Zeke together, being kung-fu warriors. He looked at it for a little while and chuckled softly. Looked kinda silly, but could happen nonetheless. Meanwhile, Zeke was sitting on the edge of the bed in silent in his room, thinking about writing another poem he's thinking of.

He took out a sheet of paper and a pencil and just let the words come loose.

A/N: Made a poem for this. Hope ya like it!

Changes

One day seems like a year

and all eternity

Nothing is as quite as it seems

with every possibility

From sunrise to sunset

From day to night

So many things are different

with a simple slight

You think everything

always stays the same

But it doesn't last long

like you're playing a game

So many things about you

transform in a single bound

Nothing unusual or strange

without a sound

I guess I may never know

with a passing glance

So much things in my life

that's keeping in balance

My new life has begun

With so much more to give

One that will always stick with me

are changes to overcome and I can finally live

Ezekiel "Zeke" Meng

He puts down his notebook and pencil back to the ground and just enjoyed the silence a little. All of a sudden, Po comes in and tells him, "Hey, Lil' Z. You and Musaki need to come over to my dad's shop."

"Why?" asked Zeke.

"Just come with me."

"Well, okay."

Zeke gets up and walks out of his room while Po knocked on Musaki's door and walked off the room. Musaki opened the door and looked at Zeke and asked, "Was that Po?"

"Yeah, pretty much."

"What did he want?"

"He wants us to come to his dad's noodle shop."

"Wonder what they want us there for?"

"I don't know."

Both of them walked through the hallway and out of the bunkhouse and walked all the way down the stairs and into town. It seems almost empty there and Zeke asked, "You know the way to his dad's noodle shop?"

"Yeah, of course."

Not long when they got there, everythign looked kinda empty for a second, but as soon as they came in the kitchen...

"SURPRISE!!!!" everyone exclaimed.

Both Zeke and Musaki were totally shocked and speechless to know that everyone was around for this. Musaki dropped his jaw and said, "What is this?"

"It's your guys' birthday." Mantis said.

"Wait. I thought you guys were--"

"On a mission? How can we do that on someone's special day?"

"You guys remembered?" asked Zeke.

"Of course we remember." Po said.

"You said you forgot."

"How could I forget you guys' birthday?"

Musaki figured that Po remembered both Zeke and his birthday and just ended up giving each other a hug and Zeke joined in too. He saw everyone there--Mantis, Tigress, Shifu, Viper, Crane, Mr. Ping, Shanghai, Sudoku, Miko, Ty, Sonic, Mookie, Brian, Joey, Seth, Mako, Cody, Tsunami, Phoenix, Luna, Zoey, Samurai, Madison, Jared, Dakota, Diego, Travis Li, Tai Moon, Maverick Ling, Ryan, Mikey, Cyrus Ming, Genki, Megan, Cheyenne, Miles, Austin, Spike Li, Zak, Chloe, Chad, Crash, Bang, Logan, Tae Kwan Do, Ichi, Fu, Kaguya, Ren and Jo there as well.

He looked at everyone and said, "Thanks a million."

"You're welcome." Shifu said.

"So, who came with the idea of having it here?" asked Zeke.

"It was me and my dad's idea." Po said.

"Your dad?"

"Yep. Zeke, this is my father, Mr. Ping."

He looked at Mr. Ping and he said, "Pleasure to meet you, Zeke."

"You too."

He was surprised to the fact that his dad is a duck, but he didn't mind it at all. Suddenly, Phoenix said, "What are we all doing standing around? Let's get ready to party!"

That was surprising! Stay tuned for more!