The rest of the day was fairly quiet as it should be, considering all the action that happened in the Jade Palace Coliseum Arena in only a few hours. The tournament staff wanted the two remaining participants to rest as much as they could so that they could be at their top game for the big finale. Daito spent all this time at the buffet reserved for the participants, eating all the food he could eat and drinking all the alcohol his system could take without affecting his capacities. Kira, meanwhile, simply sat in his room and meditated.

By the time eve night came, everyone was at the peak of excitation. Despite knowing they were no longer in the tournament, every Kung Fu school such as the Frog Dojo, Jade Palace, and the Magic Kung Fu School were feeling pretty excited to see this final match which promised to be epic. Po was already jumping around in the audience, boasting about the awesomeness of the upcoming match, much to the annoyance of his friends. Yukan, on the other end, was completely silent. While his friends around him were talking about their predictions for the match, he did nothing but look at the fighting zone, reading to see what it truly meant to be strong.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Nunzio called loudly, almost instantly silencing the crowd. The referee elephant proudly stood in the middle of the fighting zone, looking at the large, excited audience. "I hope you all have used the last six hours to rest well because it is time for the great final match of the Legendary Tournament!"

This announcement caused him to receive a loud wave of cheers from the audience. The anticipation rose higher than before. "The winner of this match will be crowned Legendary Tournament Champion and receive a reward of a million yuan! Allow me now to introduce the two participants! First, to my left, he comes from Japan and is known as the Aura Master, KIRA LEE!"

The crowd cheered wildly for the young black and blue dog. Despite feeling honored by such reception, the young canine replied with a simple bow to everyone with a fist in the palm of his paw.

"And to my right, coming to us from the Tien Shan mountain range in Northwestern China, he is known as the Ghostly Assassin and the Mercenary of the Dead, DAITO SHUN!"

Ignoring the cheers he received from the audience, the tiger kept his amber eyes firmly locked onto his opponent. When the time came for the two opponents to get face to face, he talked to him in a low, deadly tone: "Now listen to me, puppy. I participated in this tournament, not for the prize or to impress anybody; I wanted to face strong fighters and get pushed to my limits. So far, Master Crane did not pose that much of a challenge, Sunbird gave up before we could have a decisive winner, and Kivuli did not satisfy my thirst in the slightest. This puts me in a TERRIBLE mood. So you better give me your best or I do not guarantee you will leave this arena in one piece. Got it?"

Kira gulped nervously at such threats before glaring back and cracked his neck. He wouldn't waste his energy trading insults with this crazy feline; he made a promise to his master and friends. And he would fulfil it at any cost.

Nunzio looked back and forth between them, feeling the tension rising in the air. He could tell this would be a violent encounter. After waiting a few seconds to let the tension in the air drop a bit, he cleared his throat. "Now, without any further due, let the final match of the Legendary tournament... BEGIN!

If there was any doubt about Daito's seriousness in his threats before the match, they all faded away when the tiger immediately charged at Kira, thrusting his paw forward. "IMPACT!" The little dog managed to pull his head out of the way in time to avoid the explosion that would have undoubtedly caused a lot of damage.

Not stopping there, the tiger pressed on his attack by going for a storm of strikes which Kira managed to either block or dodge. This all came to an end when Daito landed a knee strike into his stomach, making him spit saliva, and immediately jumped in the air, going for an axe kick. After recovering from the knee strike, Kira saw him coming and rolled out of the way, letting his opponent creating a little crater in the floor.

"Geez! Daito's not holding back at all!" Kodok remarked with a frown.

"You think it's my fault?" Yukan innocently asked, rubbing the back of his head.

Growling, Daito pulled himself out of the crater he created and charged at Kira for a knee strike which the little canine managed to block with both of his paws, then ducked a right to jump and deliver a knee strike to the tiger's jaw followed by another one and then a palm strike that knocked him back a few feet away.

Spitting saliva, Daito walked back in front of Kira and focused his energy, making it glow in light blue around his body. Not allowing himself to be intimidated, Kira did the same, his aura also glowing light blue. This caused the atmosphere to feel heavy around them, their eyes locked and not wanting to focus on anything else.

After what felt like an eternity, but was actually a few seconds, the two warriors clashed once again, throwing strikes and kicks which they both blocked or dodged. Eventually, they both went for a punch which touched each other's cheek at the same time, knocking them back from each other.

Panting in exhaustion from such an intense encounter, Daito looked up at Kira with a grin. "I've gotta admit that, for a shrimp, you're not half bad."

"And for a wild beast with no brain, you're pretty good too," Kira replied with a smirk.

The little dog found himself performing a backbend just in time, dodging Daito's incredibly fast horizontal strike. Before the feline could do anything else afterwards, Kira wrapped one arm around his neck, delivering a firm headbutt to his nose.

"Ouch! That's gotta hurt!" Mantis remarked with a wince.

Daito staggered a bit, pulling a paw over his hurting nose, and Kira got on him again before he could even blink, slamming his foot into Daito's nose once again. But Daito was smart. He used the momentum of Kira's strike to roll onto his back, planting his feet into the black and blue dog's chest, and monkey flipping him onto his back. This put a fair amount of distance between them, giving Daito time to recover.

The feline then touched a paw to his nose, his fingers coming out all red. This made him clutch his paw into a fist and glare with even more rage. "You're gonna regret that, dog boy!"

Kira rose to his feet and was nearly snapped in half as Daito's fist came down in a lethal overhead swing. He barely got his paws up in time to catch the other fist in a parry. The hateful expression on the feline's face was... terrifying. Kira took advantage of his stumble, stomping down hard on his foot, and sent his palm forward to hit Daito in the guts, knocking the air out of it.

He then performed a moonsault to put some distance between them and created a glowing light blue ball of energy between his paws. "Aura Sphere!" The ball flew quickly toward Daito, the feline looking up in time to see it coming.

"SHARD TELEPORTATION!" As the tiger faded away into smoke, leaving many energy spikes flying everywhere, the Aura Sphere narrowly missed him, hitting the arena's wall instead. He reappeared behind him and, this time, Kira wasn't able to move out of the way in time to avoid the paw touching his torso. "IMPACT!" The explosion sent the little canine flying through the whole fighting zone and into the arena's wall once again.

"My gosh! This looked like it hurt for poor Kira," Shining Eagle remarked with a look of pity.

"Yup, it does hurt," Yukan and Kivuli confirmed at the same time.

Pulling a paw over the burning mark on his torso, Kira groaned in pain, keeping one of his red eyes closed. Things did not look good. No matter how many times he hit him, Daito seemed to always come back stronger than before. He looked up to see the feline looking at him with an air of superiority. "Are you ready to give up yet?"

"Forget that! I'm barely getting warmed up!" the dog replied with a look of defiance, taking his fighting stance once again.

Growling, Daito started running and Kira did the same, deciding to go meet him on the offensive. As he launched an aura-charged fist forward, Daito went for his Impact once again. When the two attacks collided, it created a small explosion, sending both fighters flying backward. Kira would be hitting the wall once again since he was closer to it.

However, the little dog was ready this time, using his feet to prevent himself from slamming into the wall once again, and landed safely on the floor. Looking up to see a stunned Daito, he smirked and created another ball of aura with his paws which he launched, making them turn into straps midair once again to pin his opponent against the arena's wall just like he did with Master Tigress and Master Viper.

"Not again!" Viper mumbled with a frown. Tigress silently winced as well.

Kira charged forward and reached his opponent to deliver a storm of strikes in his face and guts, ending with a knee strike directly into his crotch. This caused all the men in the audience to let out painful noises and hold their own parts while wincing in pity for poor Daito. He spat quite some blood, choking from having the red liquid in his nose AND mouth.

However, his eyes narrowed into slits and he pushed a loud roar, breaking the aura straps and forcing a hole into the wall behind him with his aura. Before the surprised dog could react, he found his head trapped into the feline's paws. Not even having the chance to break free, Daito used his Impact technique with both paws at full power, creating a violent explosion that launched Kira high into the air.

The poor dog's scream echoed throughout the whole arena before he came back down and crashed hard on the arena floor. Having landed on his head, Kira got knocked out by the impact, his body now lying in the middle of the arena, bruised, bloody, and burnt, especially on his torso and head. Daito collapsed to one knee due to the energy he had to give into this attack, looking at his opponent while panting.

Nunzio approached little Kira to check on him. After many seconds, he turned to give his decision. "Kira Lee is no longer able to continue. Therefore, I have no choice but to declare the winner of this match and of the Legendary Tournament, DAITO SHUN!"

It took the audience a moment to proceed what just happened... before they all burst into a storm of cheers and applause. Even the masters of the Jade Palace and the Frog Dojo - including Yukan - applauded the feline champion. Not wanting to be a jerk, he took time to wave one paw at the audience. He turned to see Kira Lee getting taken away by the medical team. "He did put on a good fight, I won't deny it..."

Just then, the tournament staff allowed the other competitors to come down and congratulate the new champion. Covered with all this attention, the feline responded rather friendly before turning his attention to Yukan who also came to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, Daito. That was an impressive fight," the sun parrot praised with a smile.

"Thank you... But do not go think that I've forgotten about you, Sunbird. You owe me a rematch." Daito poked a finger into Yukan's chest. "You and I are gonna clash again in the future, and you better bring up your A-game or I will not respond of my actions."

Yukan chuckled a bit in response. "I'll be looking forward to that." While Daito returned the friendly smile, Yukan didn't notice that Shining Eagle was giving him a worried look from the side.


And just like this, the Legendary Tournament was over. The staff and all the visitors who came from far away to assist the event left the very next morning, the calm left in the city feeling very strange after such excitation. It would feel weird to wake up the next morning and going back to the way things used to be before the legendary event.

Yukan got to see Po one last time before leaving the arena after Daito's victory, the two friends wishing each other good luck, hoping to meet again in the future, and shook paws and wings. They left back to their respective Dojo after this.

That same night, Master Shujinko held a celebration party at the Frog Dojo for the occasion. The students were having a lot of fun, singing songs in unison, eating food and drinking delicious drinks, dancing, and just having fun in general. The ambiance was very joyful despite the fact that the Frog Dojo did not win the Legendary Tournament.

"Why are we celebrating, Master?" Yukan asked Shujinko when the party started. "It wasn't one of us who won the tournament. Our participation was a failure."

Shining Eagle, Kivuli, and Kodok were present as well before their little master who finished taking a sip from a tea cup before answering. "A failure?" He chuckled a bit. "Yukan, there was no failure for you in this tournament. I knew that you would not win this tournament."

"You did?" Kodok asked with a surprised look.

"Yes, Kodok. Don't get me wrong; you are all strong and very talented. However, you still have a lot to learn before reaching your full potential. There are many animals in China and beyond who are stronger than you." He took another sip of his tea and smiled. "However, you did one thing that most other participants did not: you fought bravely and you honored my Dojo. In other words, you made me proud. You pushed yourselves to your limits because you wanted to prove yourselves in front of the world. Continue like this, and soon, even the Kung Fu Council will want to take you as members. And besides... with the performances you did in front of so many important people, we can expect to receive more mission demands in the following days, so we might as well have some fun before!"

The students couldn't have been more touched by what Shujinko said. Being told by your master that he is proud of you brings a joy that could not be matched by anything else. The celebrations continued all night long. Kodok sang one of the songs from the swamp he grew into, many other students joining him. Kivuli held a drinking contest which she easily won. Shining Eagle danced to the songs with joy.

As for Yukan, he sat in his corner, drinking a cup of sake and eating a plate of exotic fruits. He watched his friends having fun with a smile. It has been such a long time since he shared a moment of celebration with animals he could qualify friends. He then turned his head to look at the star-filled sky through the window.

"I didn't have so much fun in so long. It's so good to feel... like you belong. I will do everything I can to make it work this time..."

The sun parrot was brought out of his thoughts by Shining Eagle who grabbed him by the wing. "Come on, Yukan! Let's dance together!"

"W-What?! No, I don't dance!" the sun parrot stuttered and protested as he found himself getting dragged to the 'dance floor'.

Author's note: First of all, a big thanks to all of you who followed my story up to that point. Even if I receive little to no reviews, favorite, or follow at all, I still have fun writing this.

I also wanna thank SkyBornTickler and The Grey Coincidence, who allowed me to use their OCs, Daito Shun and Hong Zhe respectively. They were fun to use and I hope maybe I'll have the chance to make them appear again in the future.

Now, the Legendary Tournament arc is over - it was the longest arc I ever wrote. However, this story is far from being over. Our friends from the Frog Dojo still have many adventures ahead, many challenges to overcome, and many bad guys to beat. They are gonna learn to become stronger and make their bonds grow hard.

Also, yes, don't worry, you will learn about Yukan's backstory in the mean time.

Except that, a huge thanks once more, constructive reviews are welcome, and may the gods watch over you all.