Before Musaki leaves, he shows Liu Shang and Taji his old home he lived with his parents before they died.

Chapter 21: Coming Back Home

Before Musaki sets off for home, he wanted to show Taji and Liu Shang something that's been special to him all these years until his parents died and when they headed to Musaki's former home, both of them were blown away by how it looks by the waterfalls and the cavern beneath it as if it was a spacious and breathtaking place to call home.

"That's amazing." Taji said, breathlessly.

Musaki chuckled softly and asked, "Pretty cool, huh?"

Liu Shang chuckled at this and wondered how did Musaki get to live in this place with his parents in his early life and he said, "How come you haven't stayed there this long?"

All Musaki could do is let out a heavy exhale and said, "I wish I could've been...then it'd be just me and my parents. But sadly...after they died, I was put in an orphanage and most memories of this place have been erased...until just last year when I was still in the process of self-discovery of who I was and if my family history still exists. Luckily, they do."

Liu takes a look at the waterfall and some of the stones surrounding them and imagined this as if it was his home and he said, "Man, it must suck to miss out on something like this for years."

Taji walked up to Musaki and said, "So each time you visit, you still go there?"

Musaki looked at Taji and said, "Yep. Brings back memories and it's where my roots were born for the first three years."

"You're a lucky person." Taji added.

Musaki smiled at that remark taji made about him being lucky and maybe he was right...maybe Musaki is lucky to have such a fulfilling life despite the tragic death of his parents, but after living in the Jade Palace for 4 years, he's not only lucky but also blessed to have something good out of this ordeal. Even more, he's glad to be in his element. He then said, "Thanks, Taj."

Soon enough, Arizona found all three of them in the old home and he sees Musaki there and said, "Hey, Saki. You coming?"

Musaki knew that this time would come to head back to the Jade Palace and he was happy to come back to the place he's been content with in the past 4 years and he said, "Yeah, I'm coming."

Soon enough, Taji, Liu, Arizona and Musaki headed out of there, but not before Musaki takes one last glance of it before he departs and all he could do is smile and whisper to himself, "I'll see ya later."

Later on, three sets of traveling dragons came towards the center of the valley, all waiting for Musaki, Mako and others to head back to the Valley of Peace and when Oak Sung got there, he looks at Musaki and he said, "I cannot tell you how proud I am of you."

Musaki smiled and said, "I know. That I entered the competition and ended up finishing second place."

Oak Sung chuckled and said, "Well that...and for being the panda you're becoming...just like your parents hoped you'd be."

That warmed him up to the fullest extent for his grandfather to realize how proud he is of seeing his grandson grow up in front of his eyes and he gives his grandfather a big hug and whispered, "Thanks, grandpa."

"I know you will make a great kung-fu master. But always remember...you can't be a warrior on the outside..."

"...if you're not one on the inside." they both finished out.

Musaki was gonna grasp onto those words and use it as his own personal phrase and mantra and said, "I'll remember that...always."

Soon enough, Shin Hai comes in and gives Musaki a deep hug and he said, "I consider you one of my boys...even though you're a panda. You'd be a great brother to Shao."

Musaki chuckled softly at that comment and then Shao comes over and he said, "Don't forget to write me sometime, all right? I want to know how you're doing, how's life at the Jade Palace treating ya and also...say hi to Tigress for me."

"It depends if she doesn't claw you." Musaki added.

Both of them started laughing with each other and then they hugged each other deeply and Shao told him, "I'm very happy for you that you made it this far. You're still a winner to all of us."

Suddenly, Kiba, Hige, Toboe and Tsume leaped into Musaki for a little dog-pile and Musaki could see that this is a sign that he'll be missed...in an unexpected way. Kiba looked at him and said, "Always stay true to who you are on the outside and in the inside."

"Uh...what he said." Hige added.

Musaki gets himself off and suddenly, Liu Shang comes over to him and asked, "Guess this is goodbye, huh?"

Musaki smiled at this and he said, "Sometimes I come back to Shanghai Secluded Valley every now and then. It's only about like 5 or 6 miles from the Valley of Peace."

Taji looked over at him and asked, "Will we ever see you again?"

"Of course you will. It's been an honor competing with you guys." Musaki said, with a smile.

Liu smiled at this and bowed to him and said, "We feel the same."

Just then, Cody, Samurai, Phoenix and Tsunami got on one dragon, Mako on the second and Musaki, Arizona and Max on the other dragon and as Musaki took one last look at the people of Shanghai Secluded Valley, he could see that he'll miss them very much and all of these people will be in his heart.

"Thank you guys so much for your support, even though I did land in second place. But hey...I can take what I can get. I'll tell the kung-fu master 'hello' for you. See yinz later!" Musaki said, happily.

As the dragons flew off, everyone cheered and waved 'goodbye' to Musaki, showing how much love he's gotten in this entire valley and they started chanting, 'Xing-Fu's our #1!'

Liu Shang looks up at the sky, feeling happy for the first time that he's found a place he belongs...and made a new friend along the way. That is a prize within itself and he said, "Hope to see you again...my friend."

And now...the flying journey home!