Wonder Panda Tan-Tan suggested that I'd do a chapter where Ichi meets Musaki's old friends...so hope ya likey!

Chapter 10: Visiting Reunion

Sometime later this week, I heard that some of the orphans who were adopted are coming back for a reunion to see how their lives were going and I was hoping to meet some of those kids, but I was also a little worried that Ichi wouldn't let himself come out of the room and meet them face to face after what had happened the other day.

I quickly went over to Ichi as I went back to our room and he said, "Hey, Ich. You wanna...like maybe hang out with me today?"

"Why should I?" asked Ichi.

"Because they're having this reunion at the orphanage where the kids that used to come here come by to see their old friends and talk about how the adopted life is going for them." I replied, enthusiastically.

"I think I'll pass."

I could tell that he's still guilty about him almost killing me and it's been a few days and I said, "Ich...what happened that day wasn't your fault. It's not gonna happen again."

"How would you know?" Ichi scowled.

"Just trust me."

Ichi wasn't sure if he can actually take my trust to know that nothing bad will happen, but after a few minutes, he reluctantly walked his way and faced me with a slight nervous look on his face and I smiled at him and said, "Hey, everything's gonna be cool."

We both walked out of the room and made our way outside and almost immediately, some of the kids that used to be in the orphanage returned with their new parents and new family and I could tell that this was gonna be a great occasion. I needed something to try to have a little bit of fun instead of wasting my days being miserable over my parents' death and I was hoping Ichi could do the same.

Just then, I looked over and I could not believe my eyes...my old friends showed up with their family and I was amazed at how big it became. I looked at Ichi and I told him, "I know these guys."

"From where?" Ichi asked.

"Remember the ones that I was depressed about because they got adopted?" I asked.

"Yeah, what about them?"

"They're here!"

Suddenly, I saw Miko coming in and when I got closer to him, I called out, "Miko!"

Miko turns around and he gasped in surprise that I was still here and he quickly ran over to me and said, "Musaki!"

We both hugged each other and started laughing a little bit and I asked, "How ya been?"

"I'm great. You?" Miko asked.

"Still hanging in there." I replied.

Miko blinked his eyes a few times and he looked really happy to see me and when he saw Ichi, he was surprised that he's neevr seen anyone like him before and he smiled and said, "Hey, I'm Miko. What's your name?"

Ichi was a little worried about introducing himself to Miko, but I looked at him and assured him everything's okay and he went in and said, "I'm Ichi."

They shook hands and not long after, the rest of them caught up with Miko and ourselves and they were all surprised to see me after so long.

"Hey, Musaki!"

"What's up, guys?"

Shanghai, Sudoku, Sonic, Ty, Brian, Joey, Seth and Mookie...all of us went in and gave each other a huge group hug and we've really missed each other for the time we've been apart and I felt completely happy that we're all here.

"You still cooped up in that room of yours?" asked Brian.

I let out a huge sigh and replied, "Yeah...but I've got a roomate."

All of them were surprised that I'm actually sharing my room and when I introduced them to Ichi, most of them didn't expect to meet him. Ichi could tell that they didn't like him and is afraid that he might lose control of his powers again, but then Shanghai went in and said, "I've never seen anyone like you before."

Then, Ichi looked Shanghai in the eye and asked, "You haven't?"

"No. We've never seen a dog before."

Seth was surprised that he saw both of our fur colors and he said, "Hey, you're black and white like Musaki!"

Ichi looked down at his fur and then on me and we could tell that Seth was surprised that we're a little bit alike...in a different interspecies way. Ichi chuckled softly and said, "Yeah, I...I guess you could say I'm a...a panda dog."

Joey then comes out and to Ichi's surprise...he was amazed to see what another panda looks like, only Joey is a lot bigger. Ichi's only reaction was, "Whoa..."

"Me and Musaki are pandas too...well not giant, but...he's skinny and I'm like not so much." Joey chuckled.

Ichi cracked a smile on that and started laughing a little bit and he said, "You're funny like Musaki."

Joey smiled and said, "Only 2 minutes and I like you already."

Throughout most of the day, we sat around the picnic table and they started talking about how their lives with their adopted family was like and I was completely amazed to see what their family is like; they're into music and kung-fu.

"Whoa...seriously?" I asked.

Shanghai nodded his head and he said, "Yeah, my dad loves to meditate while playing the flute. He says it keeps him relaxed or somehing."

"And our mom does feng shui. Something about covering any negative energy and replace it with a positive one." Sonic added.

"I wish I have feng shui." Ichi said.

Sudoku looks at Ichi and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Ichi lets out a huge sigh and replied, "I don't wanna talk about it."

I turned to him and I let out a comforting hand and said, "You don't have to tell us if you don't want to."

Ichi was pretty glad that we didn't want to talk about something that's personal and painful to him and Ty asked, "That bad, huh?"

"You haven't seen bad." Ichi replied.

Ty immediately understood what he meant by that and decided it's best to move on and Miko asked me, "How'd you guys meet?"

"I didn't realize it but he was actually next door to my room and when some of the kids began making rumors that there was a ghost, I actually started my own investigation and when I met Ichi, I knew from there that there wasn't a ghost. And that's how we became friends because we have a lot in common; we both lost our parents and we're both outcasts and we ended up sharing a room together." I answered.

"And he's been there for me ever since." Ichi said.

"That's awesome, Saki-man." Sonic said, patting my back.

Just then, their adopted parents came by and told them that it's time to go and I could tell that they wanted to stay and chat a little longer, but eventually they were gonna go, so we all hugged each other and wished us luck that we'll get adopted soon. Miko went to Ichi and said, "It's nice to meet you, Ichi."

"You too." Ichi said.

The rest all agreed and most of them shook hands and hugged them and as they left the orphanage, I felt really happy that I got to see my old friends for a visit and Ichi looked at me and said, "I never thought I would actually meet some friends of yours."

"Yeah...but I'm glad you got to meet them." I said, smiling.

If it wasn't for them, I don't think I would never have met Ichi and we both went back to our room and I thought to myself, 'I hope we meet again.'

Wasn't that awesome? Got more coming up!