AT: Artificial Twin
Chapter 10: Thank you part 1
Happy arbor day if only it was longer, anyway this is the last chapter but it'll be in parts hope you like it, I do not own kung fu panda only Ichi, Fu and Ichi's shadow otherwise known as Kage.
"Are you ok?"
As he opened his eyes Ichi found Fu standing before him, he yawned and said "How long have I been asleep?"
"Well if your talking about the time of day it's Sunday." Fu explained "You've been asleep since yesterday."
"A whole day, man I must've really been out of it." Ichi said laughing "Where's everyone else?"
"The five went out for patrol while Shifu is training Po." Fu answered "Why do you ask?
Ichi took a deep breath and said "Well I thought maybe we could do something for them, they all risked their lives to help us and to save you, it would be nice to give our appreciation to them right?"
"Your right, what did you have in mind?" Fu asked
Meanwhile in the training hall, Po and Shifu had just finished their training; suddenly Po smelled something and said "Hey what smells so good?"
"It's coming from the kitchen?" Shifu answered
When they reached the kitchen they heard voices saying "Is this enough green onion?"
"Yeah, but where's the pickled ginger?"
"It's right next to the tempura scraps."
As they opened the door they saw Ichi and Fu cooking something; Po rushed towards his brother and said "You're ok, I'm so happy I could kiss you!"
"Try it and you'll get a kick to the crotch!" Kage exclaimed
"I'm glad to see you too." Po said squeezing him
"Po, please let go of him before you do something you'll regret." Shifu exclaimed "Now what are you two doing in here?"
"It's a secret, we can't tell you." Fu answered
"It looks like your making fried squid, or is it baked?" Po asked
"A little of both, so much for a surprise." Kage said switching to Ichi "We wanted to thank everyone for helping us yesterday so I thought we could make dinner."
"Well it smells delicious!" Po said licking his lips "Can I have a taste?"
But Fu pointed a knife towards him and said "No, there not ready and even if they were you won't be able to eat them till tonight!"
"Ok, just don't kill me with that knife."
"Shifu, you can't have any either!"
"I understand, I look forward to what you have in store." Shifu said smiling
"Thanks, now the both of you get out." The twins said in unison
"What, can't we watch?" Po asked
Fu summoned her revolvers and said "Sure, if you wanna get pumped with lead."
"U-Um I think I left something in my room see you guys later!" Po said running
As her guns disappeared Ichi said "Fu, that was a little to much."
"You know more than I do that when it comes to Po he doesn't eat... he inhales." Fu explained "You're actually just like him when it comes to food."
"Not my fault that I have a panda's appetite." Ichi said with a goofy smile "Who knows, maybe I have a little panda blood in me."
As the twins started laughing they were unaware that Shifu was still in the room; he took a deep breath and asked "Fu, would you mind if I take Ichi for a while?"
"Huh, well I guess it's ok I can finish the rest." Fu answered
"Wait, you were threatening Po a minute ago yet when it comes to Shifu you act nice." Ichi explained "Do you have a another part of you like me, or have you been reading the higurashi manga?"
"You could say both, now get going!" Fu exclaimed
The two walked away and started traveling out of the valley; when they reached pagoda island Ichi asked "Ok, where are we going?"
"There's something that I wanted to show you." Shifu answered "It's something that you might want to see for yourself."
Ichi was confused at first but when they reached a cemetary he was even more confused; but when they stopped near two tombstones he was shocked and said "Litchi "Faye Ling" Kagi and Reishin Kagi, no way these are..."
"Turns out somebody found your parents and gave them a proper burial here." Shifu explained "I found them a week ago and I wanted you to see this for yourself."
"But, why?" Ichi asked
"I could tell that you were holding something in, which is why were here." Shifu answered "I want you to let out right now."
"But I don't feel like letting anything out."
"Is that so, why don't you try."
Ichi stared at his parents graves and started to remember when they were killed; he could see their corpses burning along with the house in his eyes, Shifu could see his son getting angry and also saw dark energy flowing around him and heard him shout "GOT DAMMIT!"
Ichi started cursing to everything he could think of; he cursed to heaven, to hell, and to people who made him an outcast, he even said things that would be considered illegal in some places, in the end he fell on his back tired and embarassed, Shifu stood above his head and said "Do you feel better?"
"I guess so." Ichi answered
As he sat next to him Shifu said "I have to say that was very interesting, and you sure have a colorful vocabulary as well."
"I'm sorry you had to see that." Ichi replied "I just got so mad that I..."
Ichi was so depressed that he didn't even notice that Shifu hugging him; as he held his son he said "It's ok, you were just expressing yourself in only a way you could, to see your parents like this would hurt any child."
Ichi could tell that Shifu was right but then a thought accored in his head; as he brought out his evoker Shifu said "What are you doing?"
Ichi placed the gun upon his head and said "Thanatos, I summon thee!"
As he shot himself Thanatos appeared in front of them; he wore the black outfit with with a skull belt buckle and held a sword in his hands, Shifu was shocked and said "You can summon your persona in front of you?"
"It's not a big deal, that's actually how you do it in persona 3." Ichi explained "Now then, Thanatos do you mind if I ask a question?"
"What would that be?" Thantos asked
"As the god of death, you take care of the souls of deceased people." Ichi answered "Would you... well, could you have seen the souls of my parents?"
Shifu was shocked to hear Ichi ask that question; but Thanatos finally answered and said "Yes, and in my years as god of death, I have never seen two parents have so much love for their child."
When Thanatos disappeared Shifu could see a tear come form Ichi's eye; he smiled and said "Now I really fell better, we should hurry home... right dad?"
"Yes, let's go home son." Shifu said smiling
To be continued
Ichi has found redemption and now feels better about himself and his parents, part 2 coming soon.