No, not the crazy antelope Kuo, the adorable OC baby Kuo from KFP: the Hangover.

In this one-shot, Crane's visit to old friend Mei Ling's kung fu academy goes awry when they accidentally lose baby Kuo within the enormous building.


"Once again, I'm so glad that you were able to visit." Mei Ling said happily as she and Crane wandered down one of the many corridors of the Lee Da Kung Fu Academy. "I understand that it's hard for you to get time off training."

"One of the many reasons that I'm glad I came." Said Crane. As he said this, he gently tickled little Kuo's belly, making the infant mountain cat giggle in his mother's arms.

"Really? What other reasons were there?"

"Well, obviously one of them was that I got to see you again." Crane grinned. "And also because I got to visit the place where I began my training."

"Yeah…" Mei Ling smiled as the memory of a younger Crane retrieving the little red flag from the obstacle course washed over her. "That was over twenty years ago, wasn't it?"

"It was." Crane glanced down at Kuo. "You weren't very interested in having kids back then."

"Hey, a lot of things can change in two decades." Mei Ling replied.

"Speaking of Kuo, do you remember that time when me and the guys woke up in the palace with no memory of our party the night before?"

"How could I ever forget?" Mei Ling smirked.

"Well, when we first found Kuo, do you know what Mantis decided to call him?"

"Ping?"

"Taiwan."

"Taiwan?" Mei Ling blinked.

"Yep."

"But that's not even a Chinese name!"

As Mei Ling said this, they approached the newly built elevator that led to the top of the main tower of the academy. It was roughly the same design as the elevator within Chorh-Gom Prison, with the exception of wooden benches lining two sides of the square platform.

As they stopped in front of the elevator, Kuo started to squirm.

"I'll just put him down for a few minutes." Mei Ling lowered her son onto one of the benches.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Quite sure. Believe it or not, but Kuo's pretty good at staying still."

She was right- once Kuo was set down on the bench, he never moved from his sitting position.

"By the way…" Mei Ling smirked as she turned back to Crane. "How long did it take for your feathers to grow back?"

"Two months." Crane scowled. "Three for the AAAAAAAAGH!"

Crane yelled as the elevator suddenly started rapidly ascending… with Kuo still on it.

"HOLY CRAP!" Mei Ling shrieked, and leapt upwards in a futile attempt to grab the edge of the elevator.

"What's happening?" Crane yelled.

"Someone's activated the elevator from the top of the tower, DUH?" Mei Ling yelled back. "Crane, fly up there and get him!"

"Are you kidding? I can't fly in this small space!"

"Then grab that switch over there and bring it back down!"

Crane rushed over to the elevator switch and pulled the lever. Nothing happened.

He pulled the lever again.

And again.

And again.

"It's not working!"

"Then I'm taking the stairs!" Mei Ling ran for the grand staircase.

"Don't worry, Kuo! We're coming to save you!" Crane yelled up at the shrinking elevator above his head as he rushed after her.


As the mountain cat and the black crested crane rushed up the stairs, little Kuo giggled as the elevator ascended up the tower. Roughly halfway up, the elevator reached a large window, which the little mountain cat swiftly crawled through, landing safely on his bottom on the bed that stood right beneath it.

The bed was very comfortable, and Kuo immediately decided to take a nap in it. He was asleep in seconds, his tail wrapped round his legs and his thumb in his mouth.


"Hurry! Seal off the building!" Crane yelled as he and Mei Ling reached the top of the tower and ran straight for the hole in the floor where the elevator would emerge.

"What's going on?" asked the boar who had activated the elevator.

"My son is on that elevator, you idiot!" Mei Ling yelled.

"Hey, here it comes!" Crane pointed at the elevator which at that moment made its appearance.

Crane and Mei Ling both screamed at the sight of the empty bench.

"Oh my god where is he?" Mei Ling yelled. "Please say he hasn't fallen over the railing! Please!"

"We'll go back down and check!" Crane dragged his friend back down the stairs.

They were stopped half way down by a very surprised ox.

"Instructor Sai!" Crane gasped.

"Excuse me, Mei Ling, but is this yours?" Sai held out a sleeping baby mountain cat.

"KUO!" Mei Ling shrieked and snatched her son from the ox's arms. She hugged him tightly, sobbing with relief.

"Where did you find him?" Crane asked.

"I found him sleeping on my bed." Sai said, chuckling slightly.

"He must have crawled through one of the windows." Crane thought out loud.

"Oh, thank you so much!" Mei Ling breathed.

"Don't mention it." Said Sai. "I used to lose my kid all the time."

Mei Ling blushed as she and Crane descended the stairs.


"Like mother like son." Crane smirked as they entered the main courtyard.

"I beg your pardon?" Mei Ling stared at the avian.

"Do you remember the one time you slipped up on the obstacle course and fell through the trapdoor?" Crane said. "It took us two hours to disable the traps so we could get to you, and by the time we did, it turned out that you had somehow got into the kitchen."

Mei Ling scowled.

"How did you manage that, by the way?"

"Even twenty years later, I still have no idea."

"Hey, there's the course!"

The obstacle course, still deadly-looking even after twenty years, stood at the far side of the courtyard.
"Uh… where's Kuo?" Crane asked suddenly.

"Huh?"

Then they saw the baby mountain cat crawling through the dozen wooden warriors within the course.

"KUUUOOOOOOOO!"