And the day finally comes! Musaki and Ichi get adopted! By whom you may ask?

Chapter 17: Finally Adopted

Sometime within the next few months, I see a lot of kids pretend to be Dragon Warrior, running around the orphanage due to the fact that a new Dragon Warrior has been known in the Valley of Peace and I was actually surprised to hear that he's the same species as I am. I never did tell Ichi about some recent harassment I had to face when a lot of those stupid bullies call me 'Dragon Warrior Wannabe', but he has to know sometime.

I knew I was a fan of the Furious Five and of course the Dragon Warrior, but I couldn't tell Ichi that just yet. I made my way abck to our room and suddenly...here comes Eli. I didn't even want to pay any attention to him because I know what he wants from me...a fight. So I kept on walking, but Eli just shoved me down towards the ground and yelled out, "Dragon Warrior Wannabe!"

Why does everyone keep calling me that name? I may have the same species as the Dragon Warrior, but I don't have his weight due to a little weight defect at birth. I ignored whatever crappy thing he would say to my face and he ends up punching my face.

"The Dragon Warrior hates wannabes. You don't even look a lot like Po." Eli said, in a disgusted tone.

"So what?" I asked.

Justin and Ian were called in for backup and as soon as they came out, I knew there was gonna be trouble and all of a sudden; there's Cash, Dash and Flash coming by and they were about to join in on this thrashing session and I said to the boars, "Why are you three joining in?"

"We wanted to get that freak first, but we decided to put you in first after we saw these three guys ready to give you the smackdown." Flash answered.

"Yeah, it's you first, Ichi later." Dash sneered.

But the thrashing never took place because Ichi made his way back to the room and when he saw my bullies and his bullies ready to beat me up, he went over to all of them and said, "Put him down now!"

"Oh, look guys, it's the puny panda dog! Are you a Dragon Warrior wannabe too?" asked Ian, in a mocking tone.

Ichi growls at them and he said, "Dragon Warrior wannabe? Really?"

Cash looks up at Ichi and then at me and he started laughing hysterically and said, "I'm seeing freakish panda twins! They're both Dragon Warrior posers!"

"Shut up! You don't know anything!" Ichi screamed.

"Hey, guys..why don't we grab both of them and tape them up to a wall?" Justin asked, in a devious tone.

Ichi lets out a ferocious growl as he revealed his flames coming out of his hands and that immediately freaked out Justin, who remembered these flames from before and he lets go of me and just bails out and Eli and Ian followed suit as well, but the Three Stooges are staying where they are.

"We ain't scared of you!" Dash screamed.

Somehow, Ichi engulfed his entire self on fire and was ready to throw flames at them, but the boars dropped me and just ran off and just then, he was back to normal and I was amazingly shocked at how he actually did that and Ichi looked up at me and asked, "Are you okay?"

I got myself up and stood there and replied, "Yeah. These guys aren't very smart at all."

"I could've told you that." Ichi smirked.

I chuckled and said, "No kidding."

When we went inside, Ichi asked me, "Why'd they call you 'Dragon Warrior Wannabe' anyway?"

I let out a huge sigh and I added, "Since the Dragon Warrior has become an overnight kung-fu sensation here, most people look at me and see me as some sort of wannabe because I'm like skinny."

That sorta crushed me when I hear that and Ichi told me, "You're cool just the way you are. I don't like it when someone calls you that because it hits too close for me."

"Thanks, Ich."

Sooner or later, I walked around the orphanage and as I sat down on the picnic table, I see this elderly red panda walking in and as I looked at him, I thought to myself, 'That couldn't be...because he wouldn't come to the Bao Gu Orphanage.'

It was only that I took a second glance at him and I recognized his huge ears and only then, did I realize...that's Master Shifu.

I got up from the picnic table and just sorta ran towards the hallways to find him there and as I searched high and low, I suddenly stopped when I saw him standing there in like one side of the hallway while I stood on the other, both of us facing each other in different ends. I got completely nervous and somewhat speechless that it's really him.

Shifu looked up at me and immediately thought that I was a Dragon Warrior look alike, but I slowly walked up to him and said, "I come in peace."

"Hmm...and who might you be, young man?"

"I...I'm-I'm...I'm Musaki."

Shifu clears his throat and he said, "I see. And what exactly are you doing here?"

"I was...gonna ask you the same thing." I replied, very shy-like.

Shifu noticed that I didn't quite exactly gave him eye contact and he said, "There is no need for shyness. I just came by to see a certain young person to take home."

Suddenly, he walked over towards our room and he saw Ichi there, still sitting on the corner and I could hear Shifu persuading Ichi to come out and show himself and I knew for a fact that Ichi didn't want to come out because he was still afraid of himself and is worried that he might hurt people in the end and then, Shifu told him these words:

"You are not a monster. You're just a young boy that needs to learn how to control his powers." Shifu added.

I always figured anyone would help Ichi and to know that it's Master Shifu...I was really hoping someone would come up and take him in. Shifu looked up at me and he asked, "Do you know this person?"

"Yeah, I do. We...we share this room." I said, hesitantly.

I walked inside the room slowly, just to show Shifu that we really do share a room and he was quickly convinced and he said, "Ms. Faye, I'll take these two in as my own."

I always thought this day would come and after only 3 years, we're finally being adopted. As Shifu stepped out for a bit, I looked over at Ichi and said, "It finally came, Ich. We're being adopted."

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Just like I said."

Minutes later, we both came out of the orphanage along with Master Shifu and as we finally left Bao Gu, life as we both know it will change immensely.

Shifu looked up at Ichi and he asked, "What is your name, young man?"

"Ichi."

"Ichi, Musaki...you two will be home before you know it." Shifu replied.

I couldn't see it, but Ichi actually let out a little smile as he looked at me as if to say 'thank you' and I smiled too and I'm really glad I fulfilled that promise and that our friendship will become more stronger than anything.

'Wherever I go, you go, right?' Ichi asked, in thought.

'Always, Ich.' I thought too.

One more chapter and it takes us to where Musaki and Ichi are much older now.