Splinter and Zuko meets his ancestors, but he's not the only one!
Chapter 29: Ancestor Spirits
They marveled around the temple and Shifu whispered, "We found it. We actually found it."
Ichi took a look at it and saw the most biggest temple he's ever seen. He gasped and said, "This is cool."
"Well, let's go in." Zuko said.
Everyone walked through the steps of the temple and as they made it all the way, they saw the entire ancestory figures all around the walls. Musaki marveled that this is where the ancestors from different species come together. He chuckled and said, "This is awesome."
"Isn't it, though?" asked Zuko.
Splinter came from behind and said, "This is amazing."
"It is. Where your ancestors are-walk through the next room next to this one."
Splinter knew that this was time to see his actual Chinese ancestors. When he walked through the room, he opened the door and to his surprise, all of his ancestors were surrounded. He gasped silently and said, "Incredible."
He has never seen anything like it before that his entire heritage were from both China and Japan. He chuckled softly and looks around that there were rats from both counries all related to Splinter. He took may breaths and covered his mouth, because it was overwhelming for him. He closed his eyes and when he opened them, they were misty-eyed. Zuko walked behind him and asked, "Are you okay?"
Splinter sighed and said, "I don't know what to say, but this is...this is completely way beyond my wildest dreams."
"You wanna actually see them?"
"Yes, I do."
Zuko closed his eyes and said, "Ancestors, come forth and rise."
He puts out his gong and ringed it across the room and in a few seconds, all of Splinter's ancestor rise from the air and come out alive in their spirits. SPlinter looks around and they were surrounded in the air. Zuko chuckled and said, "Hello, great spirits."
"Hello, Zuko." everyone said.
"This is one of your living ancestors from Japan, Splinter."
One of them went forward and saw his brown eyes and said, "He looks just like his grandfather."
"Well, what do you expect?" asked another one.
"Splinter, these are your great-great-great-great-great grandparents from Beijing and your cousins from Shanghai. Most of them are warriors, ninja masters and also protectors representing both China and Japan. They all fought for our famiy's freedom, bringing peace and honor into our home." Zuko said.
"I knew it. I knew that Splinter would be passing down the ninja training to his sons."
"This is Mei Ong. She's your great-great grandmother."
"Nice to meet you." she said.
Splinter didn't know what to say except, "It is an honor to finally meet you at last."
"These are your cousins, Chien Hong, Zengoi, Mok Chi, Sith Ng, Rei Fa, Za Hu, Yao Li, Wang Yong, Miyagi Chong, Rishi, Simo and Komi. And your great-great-great-great grandparents. As well as your grandparents as well."
Splinter chuckled and said, "I have always dreamed about meeting my ancestors."
"Well, the dream has come alive." Rishi said.
"5 of our cousins were warriors, 10 of them were ninja warriors, and the rest were protectors fighting for China and Japan and died of honor." Zuko explained.
"And I guess you're a ninja student/master."
"Yes, I am."
"Sensei!"
All of a sudden, everyone turned around and saw the turtles coming in to find Splinter. To their surprise, they saw Splinter's ancestors. They froze for a second and Leo asked, "Master, are those...?"
"Yes, my son. They are my ancestors."
Leo walked towards them and said, "Hello."
"Hello, Leonardo."
Leo was surprised that they knew his name and asked, "How'd you know me?"
"We've been watching you over and we knew you're destined for greatness. As well as your brothers, they should keep up with you."
Mok Chi looked at Raph and said, "You know, you were kinda like me, always ready for a huge fight. I can recognize you and your anger, cause I used to have those."
"How'd you figure?" asked Raph.
"I can tell from your emotions."
Two of Splinter's cousins came to Donatello and recognize that he's the intelligent one. One said, "You seem to know everything about those newfound gadgets."
"Yeah, I do. It's pretty amazing that I can do technical stuff." Donny said.
Three of them were looking at Mikey and one said, "So, you must be the one who's kinda...fun-loving, right?"
"Yeah, I am."
"How do you do those tricks with those sticks on wheels?"
"Skateboarding? They're really awesome. I practice somewhat all the time." Mikey said.
"Yeah, we were kinda like you when we were young."
"You were? Awesome."
All of them were amazed to see Splinter and the turtles for the first time and Splinter was completely amazed to see his ancestors for the first time ever. Then, they all went back to the walls and all that was left were darkness and light. Splinter chuckled and said, "This is incredible."
"How does it feel?" asked Zuko.
"Like it is the best moment of my life."
"Ours too."
Meanwhile, Musaki, Ichi and Zeke were walking around to see their ancestors for the first time. To Musaki's surprise, he was a picture of his parents from Japan. He looked down and recognized that both of them were kung-fu warriors. He was surprised that they were kung-fu warriors before both of them were born. Zeke looked at Musaki and asked, "What are you loking at?"
"Our parents...were kung-fu warriors."
"They were?"
"Yeah, they were."
As they looked around, they saw the entire family tree from the walls and noticed some of them were kung-fu warriors, ninja warriors and guard warriors. Their spirits came alive and Musaki and Zeke saw them for the very first time ever. One standing in front of them and said, "Hello, boys."
"Are you...?"
"I am your great-great-great-great grandfather, Zai Mu."
"Are you from our mom's or dad's side?" asked Zeke.
"Your father's side."
"We're all from your mother's side and father's side. We've been looking down on both of you."
"You were?"
"Yes."
"We still cannot believe that Tai Lung killed your parents."
"It seems like yesterday."
"Are you okay now?"
Musaki chuckled and said, "Yeah, I'm cool now."
"Have you got a family already?"
"I am adopted by the Furious Five."
"You are?"
"So am I." Zeke said.
"You boys must be lucky to find each other."
"Your parents would've been so proud."
"Yeah, I know."
All of a sudden, they all went back to the walls with an echoing voice, 'We'll be looking out for you. You are destined for greatness.'
Silence fell across the room and Musaki and Zeke looked happy about this. Zeke chuckled and said, "Those are our ancestors?"
"Yeah, they were and I'll remember this day for the rest of my life." Musaki said.
"Me too."
Ichi found himself alone, when he realizes that he sees his family heritage as well. The spirits come out alive and they were all staring at him and one of them said, "Ichi?"
Ichi froze and looked behind and asked, "Yeah?"
"I am your great-great-great-great grandfather."
"And I am your great-great-great-great grandmother."
Ichi gasped and asked, "You are?"
"Yes. We have been looking out for you."
"Do you guys think that...I'm a monster?"
"No, we do not think you're a monster. We saw what happened between your parents. I'm sure you did not mean to intentionally ."
"I don't know what happened. I lost control of my powers and a shadow version of me engulfed them in flames. It was like a blur."
"You know they love you, right?"
"Yes."
"And they always will."
"We will watch out for you and you're a good person, inside and out."
All the spirits vanished and went back to the walls and silence were surrounded around Ichi. Ichi's eyes welled up with tears and starts crying a little, but this time in happiness. He walks back to find Musaki and Zeke and that one experience is what he'll keep for the rest of his life.
Later on, they found each other and everyone else found each other and Zuko asked, "How was it?"
"It was amazing."
"I just saw my spirits and they saw that I am destined for greatness and I have been." Viper said,
"Mine said the same thing, only they told me to give compassion." Tigress said.
"That shouldn't take long." Musaki said.
"Well, mine were amazing and they were an Indian heritage and that I'll always be in their heritage." Mantis said.
Crane came in and said, "My family hertiage resembles that us cranes are the most amazing ones in China."
"Mine are strong and flexible and can come at attack and I have that gift." Monkey said.
"I saw mine and we were filled with awesomeness in our ancestors." Po said.
"You were?"
"Yes."
"My ancestors were warriors and they fought for peace in our family. And I saw my father's spirit and he told me that I was always his good son." Shifu said.
"That's sweet."
"It was a moment I'll never forget." Splinter said.
"Neither will we."
With that, Shifu smiled at them and said, "Let's go home."
They all went out of the temple and headed straight for home. Seeing their family ancestors made them realize how grateful they really are for doing great things in their past and can turn out exactly like them. For Splinter, seeing his ancestors is the best thing that ever happened to him and even better, he brought his sons and Zuko to experience it with him.
Is that super-cool or what? So whimsical! I'll post some more next!