Author's Note: What's up, everyone? I hope you all had a good Christmas and a Happy New Year with all of your families! Let's be comfortable because you're about to read another long chapter of this story. Now let's talk a bit about the first trailer of Kung Fu Panda 4.

Oh my god! The trailer for the fourth movie was awesome! Now I'm wondering where The Furious Five were in that trailer. It has been confirmed that each member of the Furious Five, Tigress, Viper, Mantis, Monkey and Crane will have their own missions to take on in the fourth movie. Looks like they'll have small roles to play in this film or we'll see a glimpse of them for a few seconds or minutes in one scene or two.

And I'm glad that we get to see Tai Lung in the first trailer! People are speculating that Tai Lung might redeem himself in this movie, but I wouldn't be too sure about it. And not only that, Lord Shen and General Kai are coming back too! We even got a glimpse of The Chameleon's power that she stole Tai Lung's kung fu and can shape shift into anyone, including mimicking their voices perfectly.

I've also seen some new scenes online from a couple trailers of the movie itself. Pretty interesting. One thing that surprised me in the first trailer was that The Chameleon shape shifted into Po with scales, even with Tai Lung! I think the villains would only worry about themselves instead of working as a team to defeat Po. Who knows what will happen when Kung Fu Panda 4 hits the theaters on March 4 this year.

The second thing is we'll be seeing more of the Staff Of Wisdom in the fourth film. Looks like the Chameleon needs Po's staff for her evil plans. I was disappointed that it didn't show up in Paws Of Destiny or The Dragon Knight. And since it's back in the fourth film, it's going to be great. I hope the Furious Five will accept Zhen as the Dragon Warrior at the end of the fourth film.

I think it was awesome to for DreamWorks to add Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes for the first trailer for Kung Fu Panda 4. I'm definitely going to buy the soundtrack on iTunes when it gets released this year.

Now, I think that's a long enough Author's Note for the beginning of this chapter. With that out of the way, everyone, time continue on with the story!

The Promise

The sun began to slowly rise from the horizon in Gongmen City. Many people were still sleeping. Several others have woken up early to get their day started by coming into work. Several patrols have their reports to the guards and went to their quarters to get some sleep. Today was another day for the people who woke up early. It's always quiet at this time. No one was out right now.

Panther slowly opens her eyes and lets out a low yawn. She was laying on her bed that Tigress brought in last night to Leo's room so she wouldn't have to sleep on the hard floor. The windows were closed right now, and the door was slightly ajar.

She turns her head to the right. Leo was still sleeping while going through those hellish nightmares yet again. They never left him, that she knows. Panther picks up her phone to see what time it is right now.

It's 7:30 am right now on her phone.

Panther puts her iPhone down on the floor silently to allow her childhood friend to sleep. She looks back at her childhood friend as Leo continues sleeping in his bed. There were a couple things that Panther is hoping for. To have Leo let go of those hellish nightmares that's been torturing him for the past five years. Have someone to talk about it to help him and to have good dreams instead so he can sleep better.

But Leo didn't need their help because it went away on its own. Panther, Ava and Crow didn't believe him. They knew Leo was lying about it. When Panther was with them to help rebuild the Jade Palace in those four months when the demon Ke-Pa attacked and destroyed the Jade Palace, she saw Monkey, Viper and Tigress asking Leo if he slept well. And Leo tells them he did slept well.

Panther knew it was a lie. She didn't say anything about it. Perhaps Leo will talk about his nightmares to her or Tigress one day. Leo doesn't need to keep suffering like this. There has to be something Panther can do to help her childhood friend.

Looking at him right now reminds Panther how much Leo has changed over the years. She went up to his bed and sits down next to Leo's bed very quietly as he continues to sleep. There was a gentle expression on his face. No hint of pain, suffering or moaning.

The door opens, causing Panther to look up and turn her head to see the orange feline warrior entering upon the room. Panther watches her coming inside the room silently. The feline approach to the other side of the bed and sits across from her.

"Good morning, Tigress." Panther spoke to her in a low voice.

"Good morning, Panther." Tigress said in a low voice as well so she wouldn't wake up her boyfriend. "He's still sleeping, hm?"

"Yes he is." Panther chuckled softly, looking at her childhood friend.

Tigress began to rub her paw on her boyfriend's hair softly and gently to not disturb him. Panther watched this went on for several minutes. She was happy that these two are in a loving relationship. Before she can continue to think, Viper entered the room with Jie and saw their two friends sitting across from each other in Leo's room. The forest snake and the wolf notices Panther's bed was in Leo's room as well and Leo's shirt was off.

Jie couldn't help but stare at Leo's shirtless body. The wolf shook her head and clears her throat softly for the two warriors to hear. They both saw Viper and Jie in the room with them. Jie gestured her paw, and the three women follows her out of Leo's room into the hallway.

"I have to say that was surprising to see first thing in the morning." Jie said as she was surprised what she saw.

"I was surprised to see them all sleeping together in the same room and in the same bed too when I went to check up on Leo last time we were here, Jie." Viper replied. "But it's only because Tigress and Panther cares deeply about Leo."

"I agree." Panther agreed as they began walking downstairs and enters the kitchen.

"But you know, Tigress, you are a lucky tiger." Jie approaches the counter.

"About how I'm dating the only male human in the world?"

Jie pours a glass of water into five cups when she heard Suki entering the kitchen. "Yes. It must be amazing and sweet dating a human who doesn't have any fur except on his head. And he's not from around here, literally!"

"I know those points are true. There's no denying that." Tigress replied.

"What are you talking about?" Suki sat beside Jie.

"We're talking about how Tigress is lucky to be in a relationship with Leo." Viper answer.

"You're really lucky, Tigress. The first time I heard that you and Leo are in a relationship, I was speechless."

"I was amazed and surprised that she and Leo should start dating after Leo killed Zhao. But she was worried it wouldn't work out between them since Tigress is a tiger and Leo is a human." Viper added.

"I wasn't sure back then."

"I told her it's a great idea and she'll go for it. They went out to Mr. Ping's restaurant for their first date."

"Leo and I went to the Peach Tree Hill to look at the stars."

"And is that where you and Leo first kissed?" Jie asked the feline. "That must've been romantic for you."

"I'm sure you'll find a nice guy, Jie." Panther assures the white wolf. "What about that guy you were telling me about the other day?"

"You mean that white wolf Kuo?"

"Yeah." Panther snaps her fingers. "I think you two should go out with each other because you've been hanging out with him for a while. He did save you from falling down the stairs with the scrolls you were carrying."

"Maybe. But would it be weird if I started going out with Kiba's best friend?"

"I don't think it would be weird, Jie. You should get to know him better before you ask Kuo out."

The white wolf thought about it for a moment before she spoke. "We'll see what happens, Panther."

"But back to your relationship with Leo, Tigress. The two of you must be happy to be in a relationship."

"We are happy that the two of us are in a relationship right now. But our relationship was almost ruined a couple times and there were some problems that had to test our relationship in the past several months." Tigress said, taking another drink.

"Panther told me Leo did challenge Chao for Shifu to remain as the Grand Master of the Jade Palace." Jie said.

"We were through with him and haven't seen or spoken to him in two weeks after what happened. But after Leo explained everything about Du, we all forgave Leo, and he accepted our apology." Viper said.

"Then there was the ghost of the late Grandmaster Oogway that returned along with Master Ben. Po started training with Oogway for a couple day and got the whole Furious Five to join him. Except for Leo. He was doing his own training and went with Shifu to check up on their "weapons training"." Panther explains.

"The rest of the Five stepped back and watched Shifu and Po argue while I was trying to get Leo to join the others, but he didn't say anything. After Shifu left, it was Leo's turn and yelled at him. We haven't seen him for the rest of the day." Viper said. "All of us were discussing when are we going to see Oogway. But it was all a trick and "Oogway" transformed into Junjie and tied all of us."

"Po came to save us and he was almost beaten until we saw another "Oogway" until it was Shifu in disguise. Then Leo and joined the fight. I saw Shifu was almost beaten by Junjie and thew the Tri Bo Yao towards Po, but the weapon landed in Leo's hands instead and he defeated Junjie and his leopards on his own." Tigress said.

"Then I heard there was going to be a war between two clans." Suki said.

"A war?" Panther looks at Tigress and Viper.

"Yes, Panther." Tigress nodded. "Cheen-Gwan and Can-Shoo declared war on one another. Shifu informed us a draft of the Peace Treaty was coming after Kweng, Founder Of The Kung Fu Express, came and got the peace treaty signed by Po after I sent him to the Dragon Warrior after Leo sent him to me. Po, Lam and myself went after Kweng to get the Peace Treaty back and Leo joined us a while later. Both clan leaders arrived and received the peace treaty. We were all confused to see both leaders happy to get autograph from the Dragon Warrior. Then they declared war again because one of them wanted signed autograph in one of their palaces. Leo stops them and tells them we'll work things out peacefully for them."

"So what happened after that?" Kiba asked as he walks into the kitchen. "Good morning."

"Oh, Kiba." Jie notices her brother. "Good morning. Did you just wake up now?"

"I woke up a couple minutes ago. I just heard how Leo almost started a war." Kiba walks up to the counter to get an apple from the fruit basket and sits down next to his sister. "So Tigress, what happened after that?"

"Leo had to make another peace treaty. He wrote up the second peace treaty with some adjustments on both treaties. Po and the two warlords signed it. Then Kweng revealed that Leo sent him to me. He didn't even bother to stop and asked who Kweng is and went straight to the library while the Dragon Warrior was signing autographs."

"Whoa." The three wolves were surprised to hear that.

"When we returned to explain everything to Shifu and the rest of The Furious Five, they were shocked while Shifu was disappointed in him. But he was glad that Leo made two peace treaties for them to signed. I watched Leo leave and heads to one of his usual spots, the Peach Tree Hill. I approached him and I told him that we needed to talk about how he almost created a war. We'd argue for a few minutes, and he didn't answer when I asked him what's so damn important in that library." Tigress said.

"Those two stopped talking to each other for a week. Mistress Mugan arrived at the Jade Palace looking for a replacement because her top warrior became broken. She gave us an offer to train with her at her palace."

"After I heard and thought about what she spoke of the Garnet Palace, I decided to go with Mistress Mugan. Then I went to Leo's room to him I was leaving the Jade Palace. Every time training is done, Leo would go to the library or meditate. I was thinking he didn't have any feelings for me. I told him that I didn't decide if we should break up."

"Leo didn't show up to watch his girlfriend leaving the Jade Palace with Mistress Mugan. So, for the whole week, we did our normal routines of what we do every day. It was different without Tigress around. The valley was attacked by bandits and by the time Po and myself got there, Leo already took care of the bandits by himself. Three days later, another group of bandits were attacking the valley again and Leo took care of them without us. But in those past days, we were sad Tigress wasn't here living with us at the Jade Palace. Leo told Po he's writing to her when he has free time." Viper added.

"What happened then?" Suki wondered.

"I was out in the courtyard sunbathing until Po and Leo approached me. They said they're going to bring Tigress back. I told them I'm coming too because I missed Tigress."

"After spending several days at the Garnet Palace, I realized I made a mistake coming to live and train at The Garnet Palace. Mistress Mugan didn't like it and had me locked in my room like a prison cell."

"That's when we infiltrated the Garnet Palace and found Tigress locked inside her room."

"I was surprised to see Leo and Viper there." Tigress admitted. "They all missed me back at the Jade Palace. We all tried to escape the Garnet Palace, but Mugan stops us, and we all fought. Some of us landed some attacks on her and Leo was doing well on his own against Mugan. In the end, we trapped her in a giant bowl and left the Garnet Palace to head back to the Valley Of Peace. I wanted to talk to Leo on the way back, but he ignored me on the way back to the Valley Of Peace."

Tigress took another drink before she continued.

"Shifu and the guys were happy that I came back. But Leo still hasn't talked to Tigress once she got back in the past few days because there were some stuff needed his attention after Fenghuang attacked. All of us were worried about him."

"He doesn't spar with me that much. We still haven't spoken to each other in two weeks. After watching Po and Leo spar, his kung has improved when he arrived here. When Zhao was defeated, Shifu did plan to give Leo the title to be called "Master" like the rest of us. We've been under stress in those past two weeks and all of us were getting on our nerves except Leo."

"Shifu took us all on a vacation to the Secret Museum Of Kung Fu. We even got attacked by the Lin Kuei and we were not kicking their butts, except Leo. Po convinced all of us we couldn't turn back since we're close. We all agreed and continue on our way. But Tigress snapped and all of us were getting on each other's nerves again. Then Leo got separated from us when he tried to stop the rickshaw. After the rickshaw was destroyed, we all left to be alone until the Lin Kuei caught us one by one except for Leo." Viper said.

"They locked us inside the museum after their leader got the Phantom Crystal. Po broke free of his chains and then freed all of us. All of us caught up to the Lin Kuei and freed Shifu. Leo joined in on the fight later on. I was going to ask him where he has been, but Leo lets out a threatening growl to cut me off before he fought the Lin Kuei single handily on his own without our help. Monkey tried asking him where Leo went, but he cut him off and demanded to know where Po is. I told him the Dragon Warrior went after Heilang to get the Phantom Crystal back."

"Leo quickly went after them before we can explain what the crystal does. We saw Leo kicked Po out of the way and got stabbed by Heilang. All of us stopped running and couldn't believe it. Then Leo swept Heilang off his feet and kills Heilang with his own sword. He grabbed the crystal before Heilang stabbed him. After returning the Phantom Crystal, all of us returned back at the Jade Palace."

"Then did you and Leo talked when you got back to the Valley Of Peace, Tigress?" Jie wondered.

"Unfortunately, no." Tigress shakes her head.

"Then Shifu sent Tigress and Mantis the next day to deliver some supplies. Leo was going to talk to Tigress about what happened, and Crane tells him she's not here with Mantis. All of us were glad that he was going to talk to Tigress about what happened last month. I went down to the Palace Arena and saw Leo sparring alone. When he was finished, Leo and I discussed of how he was going to apologize about what happed last month. Leo guessed Tigress was still angry at him and I told him that Tigress got over it two weeks ago. She was still hoping that they can get together and patch things up. I see that Leo and Tigress care for each other every day. Monkey, Po, Crane and I helped Leo out in for the next couple of days to work on his apology. He did wanted to have more time to think about it and I told him he had a whole month to think about it if Leo wants to patch things up with Tigress. "

"Then the next day we all heard Po was getting married to a girl he barely met." Tigress replied.

"Who?" Suki asked.

"Lu-Shi. Her and the Dragon Warrior met when they were babies because Po was breaking dishes. Mr. Ping and Lu-Shi's father arranged the whole thing years ago. I didn't trust her and so did Leo. Po and I went to find Lu-Shi and saw her on knees looking up at Leo. He tells me she has a picture of her "boyfriend" in the locket and he wasn't coming to the wedding because he has his reasons, but Po convinced him to come to the wedding. The Dragon Warrior was having second thoughts until Junjie appeared after pretending to be Lu-Shi's father."

"And since Po didn't get married, he went after Junjie." Jie said.

"Yes and no. We were trapped inside the lattice. Po was about to go after Junjie, but Leo tells him to stay and help the Five while he goes after Junjie alone." Viper replied.

"I got myself freed and helped Po out to free Master Shifu and the rest of The Five. Po and I caught up to Leo after he defeat Junjie and his leopards. Lu-Shi thanked us for saving her brother from Junjie. We all head back to the Jade Palace. Since the others were asleep, I went to Leo's room and saw him looking at a picture of him and Panther at Sheng Ling's Manor. I called his name, and he invited me to come in his room. Leo apologized for almost starting a war and it was his fault. He had to trained hard not let his emotions get in the way because he accepted my decision to go with Mistress Mugan and gave me space when I got back to the Jade Palace. Even at the auction for the new children's hospital. When Fenghuang pushed me off the cliff, Leo dove after me and took the hit instead of me. Leo was still not ready to talk to me in those two weeks, especially the vacation. He was glad that none of us read his scroll. That's why he fought against the Lin Kuei alone. Not to mention he cut me off or ignored me every time I talked to him. But we only talked to each other on missions. He even stayed behind to train a bit longer when we train. I was shocked and surprised."

"So that's why Leo ignored you." Jie said. "Almost creating a war affected Leo that made him to ignored you and train. He would've been the first human in Chinese History to create a war."

"That's right. After he apologized, I accepted his apology, and our relationship was patched up." Tigress finished.

The feline could see their expressions were surprised and shock.

"Whoa..." Suki looks down.

"Damn. Last month was a little crazy." Kiba said, folding his arms over his chest.

"I agree, Kiba. That is a little crazy. Having to almost started a war would affect someone like that, especially if you're in a strange new place." Jie said.

"I'm glad Leo made those peace treaties. If he didn't make those peace treaties in the first place, then there would be a war for a long time. I don't think Leo would be ok if that happened." Suki looks up at the ceiling above her.

"I know some people need some space to think what they did in a relationship, but I think that's too much." Kiba said. "Just give it a couple weeks and make up, not a whole month."

"But wait a minute. I have a question for you, Tigress. Why would Leo be mad at any of you for reading his scroll?" Kiba wondered.

"To tell you the truth, we don't know. I remember he was writing a scroll about "Secrets To Life Itself" several months ago." Tigress replied.

"I remember that too." Viper nodded. "I think he's working on that one."

"So, what does Leo do in his free time?" Suki wondered.

"Train, meditate and spending his time in the library every day."

"I've been wondering why Leo is spending his time like that instead of relaxing. I know a lot of Kung Fu Masters need to be at their peak, but it doesn't hurt to relax every once in a while." Jie said.

"True." Viper said. "He should relax. Even you, Tigress."

"Maybe." Tigress smirks at her.

"You know, the one thing Leo never tried is a massage." Panther said.

"But I'm glad that Leo patches up the relationship with you, Tigress." Kiba smiled.

"You know, speaking of Leo, he's still sleeping upstairs right now. It's 8:10 right now." Panther looks at her iPhone.

"I'll go see if Leo is up right now." Tigress said, leaving the table.

"I'm right behind you." Panther left the table and follows after Tigress.

The two girls went upstairs, and they both approached Leo's room. He was still sound asleep on his bed. Tigress and Panther entered the room and kneels down besides his bed. Leo slowly opens his eyes and yawned. He sat up and turns his head to the left to see Panther's bed right next to his bed.

"Panther's bed...? When did she put her bed in my room?" Leo wondered.

Tigress leans forward and wraps her arms around his waist. "Panther put her bed in here last night when you were sleeping last night when you were sleeping in here, Leo." Tigress said.

Leo looks over his shoulder to see Tigress hugging him from behind and Panther smiling. "Oh, Tigress, Panther. Good morning."

"Good morning to you too as well, Leo." Panther said as she Tigress kiss her boyfriend on the cheek.

"Did you two sleep well last night?" Leo asks them.

"Yes, I did." Tigress replied.

"Same here with me as well, Leo." Panther added.

"That's good to hear you two slept well last night." Leo smiled at his girlfriend and childhood friend.

"And how about you, Leo? Did you sleep well last night just like the two of us?" Panther asks him. She knew what her childhood friend's answer was going to be every morning when someone asks him if Leo slept well.

"Yes, I have, Panther. Thank you for asking me if I slept well last night."

Panther said nothing and nodded her head towards her childhood friend.

"That doesn't surprise me at all, damn it." Panther thought. It was no surprise at all to hear that from Leo. Panther knew that Leo isn't sleeping well every night because of the damn nightmares that kept coming every night. He may have distanced himself from his friends over the past five years, but Panther noticed Leo slowly closing the gap between him and everyone else. That was one good thing to know about because of Crow.

Panther and Ava were surprised to hear that Crow knew about Leo's nightmares before they did. The two of them would spend meditating together in her room or his room in the morning and evening before and after during training. Leo had continued to lie that he was sleeping well. There were rare occasions that Crow had to use her power to calm him down during the night. Panther really hopes Leo would talk about these nightmares in the future one day.

And seeing him moan like that made Panther worried about him.

"Uh, Panther? Are you in there?" Leo waves his hand in front of her face. Tigress already let him go if the hug to allow her boyfriend to full turn around and looks at his childhood friend. The feline's head was tilted a little to the side.

"Panther?" Tigress taps her shoulder. That was enough to snap Panther out of her thoughts.

"Hm... huh? What?" Panther looks at her two friends.

"You've been staring at me for a few minutes right now." Leo said.

"I was? Sorry." Panther said, looking a bit embarrassed.

"I think she is too busy looking into your eyes, Leo." Viper said from the doorway.

Leo, Panther and Tigress turns their head to the doorway to Viper, Suki, Jie and Kiba standing there.

"And I don't think she's the only one looking at you, Leo." Kiba said, looking at his sister staring at Leo's shirtless body.

"Oh. Good morning, everyone. Did you all just get up right now?" Leo asks them.

"Panther and I were up at 7:30 with Viper and Jie, then Suki and Kiba woke up a little later. You're the last one to wake up right now, Leo." Tigress looks back at her boyfriend.

"That's good." Leo said and noticed Jie was staring at him just like his childhood friend Panther. "Jie?"

Kiba lightly elbowed his sister.

"Sorry Leo, I was just a little distracted." Jie apologized. "I'll start making breakfast for all of you."

"I'll help you, Jie." Suki said.

Kiba watch the two wolves leave and looks at Leo. "I'll see you downstairs." He said before leaving the hallway.

"That's the second time Jie stared at you this morning, Leo." Tigress says to him, causing the young man to look at her.

"When did she stared at me the first time?" Leo wondered.

"Right after her and I saw Tigress and Panther sitting across from each other when you were still sleeping this morning." Viper responded.

"Oh, I see. As much as I appreciate seeing you three in my room this morning, can I at least have some privacy to change into my regular clothes right now for today?" Leo asked them.

"Sure, Leo. We'll all let you have some privacy so you can change into your clothes." Viper said and slithered out of the room and into the hallway.

"We'll see you in a few minutes, Leo." Tigress said, kissing him on the cheek before leaving the room with Panther to follow Viper out of the room and closed the door.

"Hmph." Leo chuckled softly. He stands up and removes his pants to change into his regular clothes for today. After changing into his clothes, Leo takes out his scroll and read a few notes he wrote down from last night.

- Sharp pain caused by a mysterious warrior called the Memory Warrior

- Memory Warrior's name is called Jian. Sent to bring me back and prevented me to remember my past. Somehow found me when I was meditating. Must be working for someone or an organization.

- Consider a strong warrior to attack my body while meditating

- Black panther's name is Fumi. Helped me to unlock my memories. Strength as an actual panther. Somehow came into my memories and helped battle the Memory Warrior

- Fumi resides in a cave on the mysterious mountain after being founded by two wild(?) tigers. All three have good intentions.

- Fumi's powers is unknown as well as to speak like a regular person

Leo folded his arms over his chest. Those were four things to add his list of notes and a couple of them were only solved while the rest of them are still a mystery. He was a little glad to know about Fumi's name, but Leo doesn't know that much about her yet except what he knows so far about Fumi. Leo still wonders if that mysterious mountain he was on is the human world or this world when Shen and Sying were still alive as they took Gongmen City and tried to conquer China with their weapons. There wasn't that much info. He grew tired when they made the trip back to Gongmen City.

Leo will have to ask Fumi some questions if their paths do cross again sometime in the future. She may or may not know some answers. It's a long shot. After staring at the notes Leo wrote down last night, he closes the scroll and puts it in his bag. Leo picks up his bag and places it in the center of the bed. He looks at his phone.

It was 8:25 am right now.

Leo began looking at his photos that contains pictures of himself along with friends and kung fu masters. Panther is right about one thing; there will be loads to talk about when that time comes.

After Tigress closes Leo's door so he can in private, the orange feline looks at Panther.

"Let's head outside so the two of us can talk in private." Panther said.

Tigress nods her head in agreement and the two girls walk to the staircase and heads downstairs to the kitchen. Viper was watching the three wolves making breakfast until she saw Panther and Tigress entering the kitchen.

"We'll be outside for a few minutes, Viper." Panther tells the snake and goes outside.

"I'll join you as well." Viper said.

"Actually-"

"That'll be fine for you to join us, Viper." The orange feline cut Panther off. She saw Panther giving her a puzzling look and Tigress nodded it was okay.

The three warriors' steps outside into the backyard. They went over to the small hill from last night.

"What is it that you wanted to talk about this morning, Tigress? Is there something on your mind I can help you with?" Panther asked Tigress.

"What were you doing in my boyfriend's room last night? Is there a reason for that, Panther?" Tigress asked her calmly.

"There is a reason for that." Panther answered as she began to explain her reason. "Leo had a terrible nightmare last night when I was getting a drink last night. I had hoped he would finally talk about the nightmare this time, but Leo didn't talk about his hellish nightmare to which I'm not surprised."

"A nightmare that's been torturing him that he didn't want you to worry about?" Tigress looks at Panther and notices the girl's surprised expression on her face. "Is that why Leo was looking a little afraid last night?"

"A little afraid?" Viper tilts her head to the side.

Panther remains silent for a moment before she spoke again. "Tigress, how much did you hear of our conversation last night?"

"I heard half of the conversation last night when Leo lets you decide to sleep with him last night. I know because I saw you were hugging him from behind on his bed with his arm on your arm in his room last night." Tigress replied. "And you are a leader when he left the Tao Palace."

"Hm." Panther lowers her head bit. "Perhaps I'll tell you half what I know, you two."

"Go on, Panther."

"Well, I'm the leader of Crimson Dawn. Leo was the one who suggested the name to us five years ago to form a group."

"Okay, but what about the hellish nightmare?" Tigress asks her.

"Leo has been having these hellish nightmares for five years now. And they're getting worse."

"What?" Viper gasps softly.

"Does it have something to do with his parents?"

"No, it doesn't have something to do with Leo's parents. If it did have something to do with his parents, Leo would've said something by now. " Panther answered.

"Then what is it?" Tigress asked Panther.

"It's because of an incident that happened five years ago." Panther answered.

"An incident?" Viper repeated.

"That's why he came to a decision to leave the Tao Palace after he made me the leader of Crimson Dawn. He doesn't talk about it to me or anyone else back from our world." Panther replied.

"Leo never mentioned he was having hellish nightmares about an incident when he first arrived at the Jade Palace." Tigress said.

"Why did Leo didn't mention anything about his nightmares to any of us?" Viper asked.

"He didn't want to worry any of you, especially me."

"So that's why he looked a little afraid last night." Tigress lowered her head bit.

"Then what about the visions and nightmares Leo had about his parents when we were all on our way to Gongmen City the first time?" Viper asked.

"Leo had to share what he knows from the visions and his past experience with Sying that helped him to kill the exiled prince in order to find his inner strength." Panther said.

"Is that when Leo met Crow and Crimson Dusks five years ago, Panther?" Tigress lifts her head.

"Yes. Ava and I told were the first two people to know Leo was having those nightmares before telling the masters. We all offered to help and give advice to Leo, but he didn't want our help or advice. But Crow was the first person before me and Ava to discover Leo was having nightmares about the incident. Leo tells me that the nightmares did went away, and he slept well, but I knew he was lying about it when I asked him this morning several minutes ago in his room before we left him to get changed. That's why I slept in his room last night in case Leo starts turning or moaning in his sleep at night. It's why I don't want to see him being tortured or suffer through this alone." Panther replied.

"Panther, what exactly happened five years ago that caused the incident to have Leo leave the Tao Palace and start having these nightmares?" Viper asked her.

"I can't tell you what caused the incident five years ago to have my childhood friend receive those nightmares, Viper. Leo should be the one to explain it. If he does explain about the incident, then his hellish nightmares will finally end, and he'll sleep better as the rest of us."

Tigress and Viper's eyes went wide in shock.

"Isn't there anything we can do?" Tigress asked as her voice was growing with concern.

"All we can do is wait for Leo to talk about it. We can't force him to talk about it."

"So that's why you slept with Leo last night. I think we understand some of the stuff that you told us, Panther." The orange feline said to Panther.

"I'm glad you understand. But I want you to promise me that you won't say a word about this conversation to Leo. You can only tell Shifu, Monkey, Mantis and Crane about this when you have time."

"What about Po?" Viper wondered.

"You could tell him too as long he doesn't bother mentioning it." Panther said.

"We promise not to say a word, Panther." Tigress and Viper promised together to her.

"Thank you, Tigress and Viper." Panther bows her head in respect to them.

"I hope really Leo could talk about it soon." Viper said as she looks back at the house with a worried look on her face.

Panther lets out a sigh. "I hope so too, Viper. I hope so too."

"We should head back the house now." Tigress said.

"You're right. I think Jie, Suki and Kiba are almost done making breakfast for all of us right now." Panther said as she starts walking back to the house with Tigress and Viper.

As Panther opens the door, the scent of food has entered her nostrils. On the table were several plates of pancakes and apple slices on the side with several cups of water. She took a seat near the end of the table and Viper sits down next to Suki in the middle while sitting across from Tigress. Panther turns her head to see Leo entering the kitchen. He took a seat down in between Panther and Tigress while Jie and brother sat at the end of the table from across one another.

"Dig in, everyone." Jie told everyone.

Everyone began eating their breakfast. The pancakes were nice and fluffy. After everyone was eating breakfast and brushed their teeth, they were all in the living room to make plans for today before Leo and the Furious Five head back to the Valley of Peace tonight because it'll a long trip to get back.

"We can visit the Firework Factory to see how they're doing destroying the helicopters." Jie suggested.

"That sounds good to me." Leo nodded his head.

"Before going to the factory, Jie, the beach should be first to check up on before we do anything else."

"That's right. I haven't visited the beach. I wonder how the hell are the destroyed helicopters are being transported from the beach to the factory." Leo replied.

"Same here." Viper agreed.

"After that, we can visit the police station. I have to let them know we have last-minute company with us right now." Jie said.

"I'm sure father would've said something, but it doesn't hurt to know." Kiba nodded.

"Good."

"The market square was interesting." Suki pointed out. "They did have a pretty good sale on a couple scrolls."

"Not to mention some weapon stands too. There were a few weapons that was interesting." Leo said.

"Maybe you and I could check out it together, Leo." Kiba suggested. "My friend can give you a good discount."

"Then maybe we'll split up and meet up at a certain location since Leo saw some of Gongmen City." Tigress suggested.

"That sounds like a good idea. We can all meet up at the restaurant at noon that we were at yesterday." Suki replied.

"We're a pretty big group so I think we'll be sitting at a VIP table. I did hear one of my friends saying that the owner of a fancy restaurant hoped to see Leo, The Dragon Warrior and The Furious Five one day since you all left Gongmen City." Kiba said.

"That's fine by me." Viper smiled.

"Then we could check out the library and several other places too." Suki said.

"We'll have to meet up with Monkey and the others first." Tigress said.

They heard a knock coming front the front door. Kiba gets up from his seat and walks over to the front door. He opens the door to see Liling, Monkey, Mantis and Crane. "Good morning, everyone. Please, come inside."

"Thank you, Kiba." Liling said as the wolf steps aside to let them all in.

"Did you have breakfast?" Kiba asks them.

"We did. Where's Leo and the girls right now?" Mantis wondered.

"They're in the living room right now." Kiba pointed. He led them to the living room.

"Good morning, girls and Leo." Monkey greeted them. He notices the bandage on Leo's arm and the few cuts. "Why do you have a bandage on your arm with a few cuts?"

"I'll tell you guys later on tonight before we head back to the Valley of Peace." Leo said.

"So where are we heading first today then?" Mantis asked.

"The beach is where we're heading first." Panther replied.

"Then let's get going." Crane said.

Everyone left the house leaving room and heads outside. Panther, Jie and Kiba lead their friends to the beach. Once they arrived at the beach, there were several destroyed helicopters in their own pile. They saw a few more piles that consisted of the blades and the remains of a tail. Other piles had destroyed chairs, the engines, wires, control sticks and more. There were many carts of different sizes that were lined up.

Leo saw the wolves, gorillas, crocodiles and even Master Croc himself working. He could see fifty or sixty crocs lifting the helicopter out of the water while fifteen gorillas and twenty-five wolves were pulling on the ropes to drag the helicopter out of the water.

"Good morning, Master Croc." Panther greeted the crocodile as they walk up to him.

"Good morning, Panther." Croc turns to them with a smile.

"Hello, Master Croc. We're stopping by to check up on you to see how the progress is going and this is the warriors first time coming to the beach since yesterday." Jie informs him.

"I see. Let me show you around here." Croc said as he led the way. "We're making several piles here along the beach from small to large. The carts over there are used to transport the smaller parts over to the factory."

"And what about the big metal here like this?" Leo approached a destroyed helicopter. "How are you able to transport this through the city to factory?"

"For those, we transport about two to three a day." Croc answered.

"The police had to close off a few sections of the city to transport them in wide areas. There are checkpoints where the wolves and gorillas could use to rest up until moving again." Jie said, taking out a map. She hands the map over to Leo.

On the map there were several areas that were circled in red and blue lines in between the circles.

"Interesting." Tigress said as she looks at map.

"And have you made sure that the blades are not working, permanently?" Leo looks at Croc.

"Yes." Croc answered. "We were surprised that water can stop these helicopters."

"Electricity and water don't mix, Master Croc. Just consider you and everyone else that these machines are not waterproof. The way that I displayed my strength shows you can destroy these helicopters."

"I remember how you did it, Leo. It'll help us remember next time in the future."

"And what about the dead pilots inside the helicopters?" Leo pointed out.

"Some were lucky to escape, and the others were not lucky." Croc said as they stopped in front of the destroyed helicopter.

Inside the cockpit was a dead wolf pilot.

"We had to remove them out first before taking these machines apart." Croc said.

"I see. Thank you for showing us around at the beach, Master Croc." Tigress thanked him.

"You're welcome." Master Croc said. "When will you all be leaving?"

"Tonight, at eight." Leo answered.

"We can meet up back at our house around five." Jie says to the crocodile master.

"Sounds good to me. I'll see you all tonight." Crocodile smiled.

They left the beach and heads into the city. The citizens were all awake and doing their usual thing, opening everything up or relaxing. While walking in the city, Leo saw some rope tied from one building to another. There was a yellow sign that says, "Area Closed Until Further Notice".

Leo turned left to get a closer look. Upon walking to the closed area, he saw several long white lines that were embedded in the stone.

"They would have to drag the destroyed machines sometimes since those damn things are heavy as fuck." Kiba said, approaching behind the human.

"I see." Leo replied.

"Come on. We're almost to the police station."

The human and the wolf caught up to the others who were standing in front of a big building made of stone. Suki, Leo and The Furious Five followed the siblings inside. There were many wolves with different fur color. They were all wearing police uniforms. Most of them notices Leo and The Furious Five entering the building. They dropped their conversations and approached them to say hello or hi.

Several of them thanked Monkey and Mantis for moving the debris out of the way. The officers shift their attention on Leo. Next thing Leo knew, he was surrounded by them and was getting thanks for saving the city from Shen and Sying from their weapons of creation and apologized for not trying to stop them. They didn't get the chance to thanked Leo properly since he left.

"It's not your fault." Leo replies to the officers.

"Thank you. After you left, Panther has been showing us to be careful of the blades and electric wires." A male wolf said.

"As long as Panther and I are here and if everyone sees something strange and new that's not from around here in China, we'll take care of it." Leo folded his arms.

"That's good." The wolf smiled.

"But it's not a bad idea to show them too, Leo." Panther suggested.

"All of us was hoping to meet you after the battle, Leo." A female wolf said.

"My apologies. I had to rest up after the battle to regain my strength." Leo apologized.

"Don't worry about it. We understand. She assures the human. "We're glad that we get meet in you person finally after several months."

"Hell yeah."

"I agree."

"Alright everyone, get back to work." Jie said to them.

"Are you and Kiba going to be working today, Lieutenant Jie?"

"No." the lieutenant simply answered.

"You two are lucky today."

Jie and Kiba led their friends down the hall and up the stairs to the fourth floor where their father's office is.

The white wolf was sitting down at a wooden brown desk. His desk was covered in several scrolls and there was a picture of himself and his two children. The sun's rays were shining through the window.

"Good morning, Father." Jie greeted her father.

He looks up to see his daughter and son with the others. "Good morning, everyone. What brings you all here?"

"Kiba and I won't be able to come in today, Chief. We're showing Leo and the Furious Five around Gongmen City until they leave tonight." Jie informs the chief.

"Don't you worry about it. I had a feeling they were going to stay yesterday. So, you and your brother can have today off and tomorrow as well." Kwan smiled.

"Thank you, Father. Will you be coming over for dinner tonight?"

"I'd love too. See you tonight."

After they left the chief's office, Jie and her brother led them back downstairs to the first floor. "Since we're here, there's a map here of the police station. It can show you where to go."

"Interesting." Leo took a closer look of the map. There were four basement levels and six floors. "Interrogation Rooms?"

"We have a few of them B2 and the prison cells are located on B3 and B4." Kiba answered.

"Interesting."

"We also have the Evidence Room located on the first and second floor as well."

"So what's on the third floor?" Mantis asked.

"Many offices, the lunchroom, lockers and bathrooms."

"That's nice." Mantis nodded.

"We have some of the machine parts from those flying machines out there in the evidence room. I'm still trying to figure out how the hell did the prince ended up here with his creations." Panther added.

"You've been working with the police, Panther?" Leo looks at her.

"From time to time, yes. Panther has given us plenty of information on these machines with the dangers that come with it. But she is still a kung fu warrior, Leo. Just like the rest of us, she's wondering how Sying ended up here." Jie explains to him.

"Not only The Exiled Prince, but Zhao as well." Leo added.

"Perhaps we should discuss this later at a different time, Leo. All of you are leaving tonight so we shouldn't waste time." Jie pointed out.

"Very well." Leo nodded.

They head outside of the building and heads to the market square. There were many citizens walking around. Viper, Monkey, Mantis and Crane went with Suki and Liling to check out the scrolls. Leo, Tigress, Panther, Jie and Kiba went over to the weapon stands. There were many weapons at the stands. Some were interesting, some were impressive while a few weapons were not impressive or interesting.

Leo saw a weapon that caught his eye from yesterday when he was here with Jie and Panther. The sword is medium-sized. Its silver blade resting in the case with a silver hilt. Leo stayed on the other side of the weapon's rack right outside the tent for a few minutes. He picks up a small dagger and drew it.

"It doesn't look bad." Leo thought. "But it's not worth buying a weapon that catches my eye. The only weapon I have is that custom diamond sword."

Leo shook the thought out of his head. He turns his head around to see a tower, which was the library. Leo saw Tigress and Panther talking to each other about the sword that was in front them. He took a glance back at the library.

"I see that you're interested in the library." Kiba walks up to him.

"Yes, I am."

"Then let's go." Kiba said.

Leo follows Kiba to the library. The library was huge. There are five floors that goes to the top and two floors that go to the bottom, making it seven in total. Leo traveled to the third floor and takes out two scrolls. There was some pretty good information about making tea from rare flowers from the first scroll. The second scroll explains how the first Emperor Of China came to be. There were many more emperors than just one emperor.

Leo met Han a while back and treated the Emperor with the respect he deserves. He remembers that he was sent to take care of a problem with a village that was being attacked by a person or a monster. But it wasn't because it was a Ning named Zhi Weichi. There were several emperors and empresses throughout China in this world. If there's one thing Leo hates, it will be politics and the politicians back in his world. He doesn't agree with any of them.

Leo closed up the two scrolls and took out another scroll. He opens the scroll but quickly closes and shove it back on the shelf. His face was red.

"Hey Leo. Why's your face red?" Kiba walks up to him. He saw a scroll was sticking out of place and picks it up to read. His eyes widen a bit and looks up to see the human's face was red. In the scroll says Techniques To Please Someone You love.

"Why is that thing here?" Leo hissed softly.

"I have no idea. We'll just leave it where we found it." Kiba suggested.

The two of them went over to the other side of the case in the far-left corner of the library. Leo was reading a scroll how Gongmen City was created while Kiba was looking through several scrolls. After he was done, Kiba went behind the last shelf to see Leo reading the scroll.

"So what do you think of the library?" Kiba approaches him.

"It's not bad, but it looks nice here." Leo lifts his head up to him.

"Come on, we should meet up with Tigress, Panther and Jie. They must be wondering where we are."

Leo closed up the scroll and places it back on the shelf before following Kiba all the way down to the first floor and exit the library. The police officer notice his sister, Panther and Tigress was leaving the weapons tent.

"Where'd you two go?" Panther wondered. "We were wondering where you were for fifteen minutes."

"Kiba and I went to check out the library. Not bad." Leo approached them.

"So that's where you went. Find anything interesting?"

"I saw a scroll that explains how Gongmen City was created." Leo replied.

"That's nice. So we're going to split up because Panther is taking us to the tower to see what it looks like." Tigress said.

"That means I'll be going with Jie, Kiba, Suki and Liling to the factory then. Where will we meet up?" Leo asked.

"The fancy restaurant. It's down the road that is several blocks away from the factory." Jie answered.

"Good, we'll meet you there at the fancy restaurant later." Leo said.

"Bye, Leo." Tigress kisses him on the cheek as Liling walks over to them with rest of the Five.

After Panther and the Furious Five left to head over the tower, Jie, Kiba and Liling led Leo and Suki the way to factory. Leo saw the wolves from yesterday being escorted down the road. He didn't say a word when the same wolf from yesterday approached and said hi to them. It took them nearly an hour to get to the Fireworks Factory. Upon arriving at the courtyard, there were many destroyed helicopters in different piles that was outside of the factory. Leo saw two groups of wolves pushing a cart of a broken tail and wires inside the building. Several police officers were watching the wolves and gorillas from a good distance.

"Lieutenant Jie and Kiba, Leo, Liling and Suki, have you come up to check on the progress?" Ox approached them.

"Yes." Leo replied.

"Well, as you can see, we have many piles of these destroyed machines around us. Panther warned us about the electric wires that was sticking out and the blades might still work." Ox explains.

"Master Croc mentioned they transport the destroyed helicopters from two to three a day, correct?"

"Sometimes four to five on rare occasions. I come down here a few times to check up and help them out. We made sure that the wolves and gorillas are not stealing anything from the machines since they have no idea how to use them. Panther did send a list to me of what to do with certain machines that might still work."

"Is it alright if I look around?" Leo asked.

"Of course."

Leo walks away from Master Ox and approaches a destroyed helicopter. It was utterly destroyed. Half of the roof was still on and the other half with the blades was laying right next to it. He carefully scanned the interior before stepping inside. Two of the seats were ripped from the place and there were burnt scorched marks all over the place inside the helicopter. But the control stick was still in its place.

He toyed the stick for a bit. It was definitely loose. Leo yanked it and it came out with several nut and bolts that soon followed by yanking the control stick. He tosses it behind him.

Leo exits the helicopter and saw something that caught his eye. A destroyed helicopter that was missing a tail and it was burnt all over. He approached the helicopter and began staring at it for several minutes. This was the same helicopter that he and Panther jumped in to pursue Po and the general several months ago. He carefully walks inside and notice the passenger seat upfront was missing. Leo remembers taking the seat to the chest to protect Panther.

He hops out of the machine and took one last look at it before inspecting the other piles out front. Leo spent half an hour looking at the destroyed machines. He heads inside the Fireworks Factory. It was hot inside right now. Leo watches the wolves walking by him as they were bringing in broken metal pieces.

The young man figured he will get a better view from the upper levels. It took him nearly fifteen minutes to reach to his destination. Leo watched the wolves and gorillas worked. He saw a lot of piles inside the factory. They were being dumped on a conveyor belt and falling into a big pot of magma.

"How do they melt the destroyed helicopters and rotors?" Leo wondered.

"By dumping them all in the big pool of lava behind the pot."

Leo turns around to see a young white wolf with blue eyes.

"Over there." The white wolf pointed.

Leo followed the direction he was pointing to and saw a pool of magma behind the pot that was a couple feet away. "Interesting." Leo said.

"Are you Leo, by the way?" the white wolf asked him.

"Yes." Leo answered, looking back at him. "What's your name?"

"I'm Sergeant Kuo." Kuo introduced himself. "It's an honor to meet you in person, Leo."

"Thank you. Jie mentioned about you this morning." Leo replied.

"She did?"

"Yes. So tell me, when did they put that pool inside the Fireworks Factory?" Leo asks him.

"A few months ago. It helps melt the bigger piles a lot faster to get the job done."

"Good. But how do they transport the big piles if the stuff down there is in the way?"

"We use the elevators to transport them to their destinations. All the fireworks have been removed out of the factory along with black powder."

"And how are they able to put them in the lava without getting burned?"

"The gorilla pushes them down on a ramp to go into the pool. We have to extend the building to put the pool inside."

"I see." Leo said as he turns to look down at the soldiers.

"Do you like what you, uh, see, Leo?" Kuo asked him.

"It's fine." Leo answered. "How long will it take all of them to be destroyed? Two months?"

"Several more months actually." Kiba approached them with Jie.

"That's good to hear. I noticed the same helicopter that Panther and I were in, Jie, that has its own pile separated from the other piles out there that I've seen."

"That one, Leo, will be melted down last after we destroy all of them. I had it separated from the piles to see if there was anything out of the ordinary." Jie answered.

"At least you're not planning to save these." Leo turns around to them. "Were there any nearby villages that was close to being destroyed?"

"I'll show you the former command room." Kuo said.

Leo followed him to the far side of the building and went down one floor. There was a desk of scrolls and a map.

"This is where we're set up." Kuo explains. "As you see on the map, there are a couple villages that is close to the river. We're glad that the Dragon Warrior and you stopped Shen and Sying for good before they can do anymore damage. We don't know what would happen if you didn't stop them."

"There's no way in fucking hell I was going to allow that piece of fucking shit to escape his punishment. He had it coming for a long time." Leo lets out an angry growl. "I'm glad he's dead now."

"Not only that, Leo, I told them about the basement underneath the factory as well where they can to dismantle the big broken pieces of metal to make them smaller." Jie said.

"That's good to hear. Which reminds me, Jie? How often does Panther, Ox and Croc comes to help out?"

"Several times in the week." Jie answered.

"That's good." Leo replied.

After spending an hour, Leo and his friends left the factory. Kiba led them all to the fancy restaurant where Panther and the Furious Five were waiting for them. It was made out of polished stone for the wall, floor and ceiling. Every table has a clean white blanket to cover them.

They were all led to a large table in a large room for all of them away from the customers. Panther notices a brown grizzly bear walking towards their table. He was wearing a orange robe and green shoes. His brown eyes went wide when he saw Leo and The Furious Five.

"Welcome to my restaurant, Master Leo and The Furious Five. My name is Chen Chang." Chen smiles at them. "It's a pleasure meeting all of you, especially you, Master Leo. I've heard about you." He shakes Leo's hand.

"Thank you, but you do not need to call me Master, Chen. You can just call me Leo." Leo said.

Tigress looks at her boyfriend lets out a quiet sigh that he couldn't hear.

"Oh, I see. My apologizes then, Leo." Chen apologized. "But where is the Dragon Warrior?"

"He's watching over the Valley until we return." Monkey answered. "I'm sure Po would love to visit your restaurant the next time we visit Gongmen City."

"That's good to hear because you made my day visiting my restaurant. Even though the Dragon Warrior isn't here today, I'm happy to have met the heroes who saved this city!"

"We were only doing our jobs. May we place our orders now alongside with our drinks, please?" Leo asked him.

"Absolutely. What would you all like to order today?" He asked. After everyone gave their orders, Cheng heads to the kitchen.

While everyone was having a conversation, several white sheep with black robes came out with their food and gently set the food on the table. Leo's plate has fried rice, sweet potatoes and tofu like everyone else. It smelled and looked delicious. They began eating their lunch. Leo took his time eating his lunch. After they done eating their food, Kiba was going to pay for the meal, but Chen tells them it's on the house. They all thanked the grizzly bear for the meal.

Everyone left the restaurant and heads deeper into the city. Their first stop was the museum. The Furious Five were impressed with their golden statues. Anyone who enters the museum can see the statues in the main lobby. Standing next to the left was Leo's own golden statue next to Panther's statue. The others went to see the other exhibits of museum together or alone. But for Leo, he didn't join them. He just stood there with his arms folded while looking at his statue.

"I don't deserve a golden statue like everyone else. The people wasted their time and money just to build a statue of me. What I did to Sying is a motherfucking constant reminder of what I did to her in the past five years ago. I have no good intention to protect a statue of me in the future." Leo thought with a serious expression, but his expression softens a little worried. "It would've been better if I've known they were going to build a damn statue of me."

While Leo was staring at the golden statue of himself, he didn't notice Panther and Tigress who came from around the corner to see if he moved to another part of the museum. Leo walks up to his golden statue and places his hand on the stomach. He shook his head in disapproval and left the museum as he lets out an angry soft growl.

"Leo." Panther muttered under her breath. She knew that Leo didn't want any action figures of himself being made because he saved China a couple of times. He doesn't even give a fucking shit about it. Leo doesn't need it.

To the people here in China, Leo had become a hero. There are things in the past Leo has dealt with and they always come back, having Leo to do it on his own or tell them. But Leo made an exception to keep certain problems to leave out like Enya and Kaira right now. Panther, Nala, Bu, Zhi and Qiao are the only ones who know about Kaira.

Leo sat down and leaned against the stone wall. He'd figure to stay outside and wait for them to leave the museum and keep an eye on the former soldiers that walked by him while being led by a police officer. But something did catch his attention when he was meditating before he left for Gongmen City. Kaira growling. Perhaps she might know something about the Memory Warrior.

Leo closed his eyes and opens them up to see the gate standing before him with Kaira behind the gate. Her face was lowered and closed to the gate. He could feel her breath coming through from the gate.

"What do you want, human?"

"I want to see if you're doing alright. I heard you cursed a couple days ago."

"Because of that damn bastard who was inside your memories for a long time." Kaira said.

"Do you know that man, Kaira? The Memory Warrior?"

"No, I don't. Why the hell would I know him?"

"You have a point there, considering you won't tell me how the hell you ended up inside me in the first place."

"And I still won't tell you, you fucking bastard."

"Why am I not surprised?" Leo rolls his eyes sarcastically. "You know I'll find out one of these days of how you ended up inside me in the first place."

"And one of these days your girlfriend and her friends will know about me, human." She snarls at Leo.

"That will never happen as long you're inside me, you overgrown feline!" Leo growls back at her. "I don't know what's the damn reason why you're inside me in the first place!"

"Tch!" Kaira sneered, backing away from the gate.

Leo closed his eyes and found himself back on the steps outside of the museum. "Damn son of a bitch." He cursed in a low voice. Leo walks down to the last step and folded his arms.

He began watching several wolves heading to the beach, heading to the tower or the factory. Citizens were walking by the museum as they went on with their normal lives. Leo looks back at the museum. "They might be in there for a while. Hmph. I'd rather stay here if I see one more statue of myself." Leo thought.

An hour and a half later, everyone was coming out of the museum right now. Leo looks over his shoulder to Tigress and their friends walking towards him to the last step he was on.

"I take it you all had a good time at the museum?" Leo asks him while his arms were still folded.

"Yeah, it was good." Viper smiled.

"How come you're out here instead of looking at the museum with the rest of us?" Monkey asked him.

"The golden statue of myself is just a reminder, Monkey." Leo replied.

"Ok."

"Half of us should head to the market to buy food and supplies when you all leave tonight." Panther said.

"Not bad idea. And while half of you go and do that, the other half of you could swing by at my bar with me to see if my order arrived yet." Liling suggested.

Leo went with Panther, Tigress, Viper, Suki, Jie and Kiba go to the market to buy food and supplies for the trip back to the Valley Of Peace while Monkey, Mantis and Crane went with Liling back at her bar. Joe told them they'll meet up back at her place after getting their food and supplies. They arrived at the market square. Tigress gave Leo and Viper a list of what to buy for.

The two of them approached a market stand and noticed Kuo picking up small bag of soybeans and potatoes.

"Good afternoon, Kuo."

Kuo turns around to Leo and Viper. "Good afternoon to you, Leo. Master Viper, it's an honor to meet you. I heard The Furious Five was in Gongmen City."

"Thank you, Kuo. We arrived here last night while Leo had to stay behind to talk to Panther."

"Did you just get off work or are you on a break right now?"

"My shift ended an hour ago. So I'm here buying some groceries to make dinner for tonight. What about you two?"

"We're here picking up food and supplies when we leave for the Valley Of Peace tonight." Leo answered.

"I see. I wanted to ask you where the Dragon Warrior is right now."

"The Dragon Warrior is looking over the Valley Of Peace until we return, Kuo."

"That's good to hear. It would've been nice to meet him in person."

Kuo's ears went up, hearing a single coin fell onto the ground behind him. He turns around to see Jie and Panther right him. "Jie."

"Oh, hello Kuo." Jie greeted the wolf.

"Here, you dropped this." He kneels down to pick up the coin and places it in her paw.

"Thanks. What brings you here at the market?"

"My shift ended an hour ago, so I figured I stopped by at the market and buy groceries. And what about you?"

"I'm here with my brother, Suki, Leo, Viper and Tigress to buy some groceries for tonight."

"Leo was just telling me about that." Kuo steps to the side.

"If you want to come over to my house and watch them leave the city tonight, you're more than welcome to come over." Jie offered.

"I would like to come over. Thank you, Jie." Kuo thanked her.

"I need to make sure everything is packed when we get to your house, Jie. I don't want to leave anything behind." Leo replied.

After getting the groceries and supplies, Jie, Kiba and their friends made it back to their house. Leo went straight upstairs to his room. Leo enters his room and pulls out the scroll he discussed with his childhood friend last night. This is new information he'll have to discuss with Shifu when they return to the Valley Of Peace.

He wasn't going to hide this information from his master because Leo told them how he survived Shen and Sying's attack when he was blasted out of the fireworks factory and landed in the ocean. When Leo explained how he killed Sying by tearing a hole in his throat, there were mixed feelings of hatred, anger, fear and regret of what happened deep within him, but it also brought back painful memories from five years ago before the incident and he remained calm while he was explaining. Leo hated the man who took away from his parents. He was angry to hear the townspeople didn't survive Sying's attack and his parents died during the escape. That was when Leo became blinded by his rage and anger to escape and went after Sying.

He failed to stop the exiled prince from escaping into his personal helicopter and escaped into the dark cold night before the base exploded which caused an avalanche. Miraculously, Leo survived and swore he'll have his revenge against the exiled prince and avenge his parents and the townspeople. Leo saw the people were afraid. Fear could be seen as well. He fears that the warriors of the Jade Palace might find out about Kaira or see what he did five years ago to her in that fiery ring.

Leo shuddered a little. He still remembers what he saw laying down on the ground in a pool of blood before him. The tase of blood running down his throat. The sounds of bones being crushed into the ground. Flesh being torn apart.

It was truly terrifying that night. Leo could never forget of what he did that night to her. The one thing that Leo will never do is to tell the warriors of the Jade Palace about these nightmares or Kaira. Even to the others back on his world. And he doesn't regret it, not one bit. Not now or ever.

Leo began looking over the scroll. As soon as he started, there was a shrieking sound coming from downstairs and outside. He rushed over to the window to see what the shrieking was about. He saw Panther, Viper, Suki and Kiba chasing each other around in the back playing tag. Leo thought something bad was happening right now. He was relieved it was only that. Then Leo saw Tigress chuckling softly and enters back in the house with Jie and Kuo.

Leo retreats back to his bed and began resuming to read the scroll again.

Two hours later, Liling, Crane, Mantis, Monkey, Ox, Croc and surprisingly Soothsayer arrived at Jie's house. Ox, Croc and Liling helped out Jie and Kuo to make dinner for everyone while Tigress was finishing up the supplies. Soothsayer went outside and watched Crane, Monkey and Mantis joined their friend's game of tag. They wondered where Leo is right now, and Viper pointed out Leo was in his room.

Leo exits his room and goes down the hallway to his girlfriend's room. He enters the room to see Tigress finishing up packing some supplies in her bag. "You're just finishing packing up, Tigress?" Leo asked behind the orange feline master.

"Yes, I have, Leo." Tigress looks over her shoulder and smiled at her boyfriend. "We have everything we need to make it back to the Valley Of Peace."

"That's good to hear, Tigress." Leo nodded his head.

"And have you finished your packing as well, Leo?"

"Yes. I finished up packing an hour ago. I've been rereading the information that I wrote down on the scroll from what we heard from Fumi last night. I plan to tell Master Shifu about it once we arrived back at the Jade Palace."

"That's good to hear, Leo." The orange feline said, looking back at her bag and finishing up packing it. She stands up and turns around to him. "It'll be good to be back in the Jade Palace."

"I'm looking forward to spar with you when we do get back."

"Heh. That makes two of us."

"How come you didn't join the others before you started packing up, Tigress?"

"I was helping Jie and the other masters to prepare dinner for tonight until I realized I hadn't started packing up yet. And I just finished when you and I both started talking to one another right now, Leo."

"Alright. That's good. I just came in to check up on you because I'm heading downstairs to the kitchen to talk to Jie, Kiba and Kuo about the Saber Clone. I want to know if the police received a report about Saber from last night."

"I'll come with you. I want to see if the others are still playing out there." Tigress said.

Leo nodded his head, and the two warriors left the room. They made it downstairs to see Liling, Ox and Croc still making dinner for everyone with Jie and Kuo.

"Excuse me, Jie and Kuo. May I talk to you two for a moment outside?" Leo asked politely as Tigress went outside to see her teammates.

"Sure Leo." Jie nodded. "Liling, you don't mind if Kuo and I went outside with Leo?"

"Don't you worry about it." Liling smiled at her.

The human and the two wolves steps outside and sit down at a brown table and Leo notices a few more tables.

"So, what is it that you want to talk about, Leo?" Jie asks him.

"About the patrols you mentioned yesterday." Leo replied.

"I see. After Panther told us what happened after the ceremony, we were shocked and surprised to hear about that and your past encounters with the clone. Master Ox and Master Croc had decided to have the rest of the gorillas and wolves army to help patrol the city with the police officers and guards at night when everyone is asleep."

"And what about mandatory curfews? Has that been placed into effect after Panther explained about Saber?"

Kuo shook his head in response. "The Kung Fu Counsel didn't place the mandatory curfew in effect, Leo. No one has seen the clone for a while since you blocked up the cave since then. But we have patrols every night in case the clone does show up."

"Hmph. I trust you're not letting the former army of Shen and Sying to patrol alone in groups on their own." Leo folds his arms.

"No. We have one hundred groups to patrol the city at night. Each group has five wolves or gorillas mixed in. They are led by a police officer and a guard to keep an eye on them."

"I see. It's good to hear you got some officers and guards to keep an eye on all of them."

"They should be enough to spot a giant white tiger roaming on the outskirts of Gongmen City."

"If they spot do see the clone, do not engage until we arrive, and I want you to send us a message at the Jade Palace. Panther and I have known how to fight against the clone since the two of us has experienced fighting the clone for several years now."

"I agree. We can come up with plans in the meantime in case Saber does show up."

"That sounds good."

"Was there anything else that you wanted to know, Leo?" Kuo asked him.

"Yeah. Have your police officers found the dead corpse of Sying and burned it?"

"No. It disappeared after you all left for the Valley Of Peace."

"I see."

"Is there anything else?"

"No. I think that's all I need to know right now. Thank you, Jie and Kuo."

"You're welcome, Leo." Jie smiled.

The human watched the two wolves head back inside the house and shifts his attention to his girlfriend and friends. He watched Tigress joining them all in their game of tag. The rest of the Five were laughing as Tigress lets out a playful smirk as she chases after Viper and Kiba.

Leo continues to watch them play their game of tag in silence. He wanted to head back inside and meditate, but Leo decided against the idea of going back upstairs and meditate so he could spend some time with Tigress and the rest of the Five. Leo has been thinking of to cut back on the long hours of his training and spend the time with Po and the Furious Five without going to the library when training is over.

It wouldn't be wrong, right? To cut back on your training and spend time with your friends while in a relationship with the person you love? Leo spent his time training and meditating back on his world. But it's not a bad thing to keep training for anything that comes their way. Especially the Saber Clone, Kaira and Enya. Those are dangerous beings to keep training every day. They already know about the Saber Clone but not Kaira and Enya.

Leo lets out a low irritated sigh as he looks down, trying to come up with a solution. How the hell did Enya survived and how was Kaira inside of him in the first place? Perhaps he'll lighten up his training and meditation for a bit to spend the time with his girlfriend and his friends. It was the only answer Leo can come up with.

As Leo was lost in his own thoughts, he didn't hear Viper yelling as he looks up and saw Panther was spinning backwards to him.

Smack!

Crash!

Suki and Monkey ran over to check on their two human friends. The table was knocked over along with the chair. Leo was lying flat down on his stomach. He felt Panther was sitting on his upper back. Leo looks over his shoulder to see she was close to the back of his neck.

"Sorry, Leo." Panther apologizes to him, rubbing the back of her head.

"Don't worry about it." Leo said as she got off of him. Monkey pulls him up to his feet. "It's my fault I looked up too late to see you coming towards me."

"The reason for that is because I nearly got tagged by Mantis, heh."

"True." Monkey said.

Leo fixed the table and Panther places the chair back in its place.

"Dinner should be ready soon. We could eat out here since the weather is good today." Suki suggested.

"Not a bad idea, Suki." Monkey giving her a thumbs up. "It is nice out here. And the sea is calm."

"Alright, everyone, food is ready! So, help yourselves!" Kuo called out to them as he steps outside.

Everyone went inside to grab their plates to get some food. Leo had a plate of rice, a baked sweet potato, tofu, beans and with a couple of dumplings. He found a table with Tigress, Panther, Suki and Mantis. Monkey, Crane and Viper were sitting at a table with Kuno while Jie and Kiba had their own table with Liling. The Soothsayer, Ox and Croc had their own table.

"So, Suki, I almost forgot to ask you. What brings you here at Gongmen City?" Leo swallowed his riced.

"I came here after hearing a rumor that a black wolf has been seen here in Gongmen City. Her fur is black as night with blue eyes that you can see the ocean." Suki replied. "But I didn't find a clue when I arrived here in the city. It's why I was talking to Jie before you arrived here."

"I see. You mentioned you wanted to see the others how they were doing. Do you have friends here in Gongmen City, Jie?"

"Yes. I have a few friends who live here in the city, so I met up with them already when we were separated yesterday and today."

"When will you be going back to your village, Suki?"

"In a few days if I don't find something about my mother, Leo."

"Hopefully you'll find your mother and ask her why she left you and your father."

"I'm sure you'll find your mother someday, Suki." Panther said.

"Thank you, Panther." Suki smiled.

Everyone continued eating their dinner for a few minutes. After a few minutes has passed by, everyone was satisfied after having their dinner. They brought their dirty dishes over to the counter. Jie and her brother were about to wash the dishes and put away the food until Leo and Panther approached behind Jie.

"It's okay, Jie. Leo and I will take care of washing the dishes and putting way the food. You and Kiba should outside and join the others to relax." Panther said to her.

"Are you sure?" The white wolf asked.

"Yes. It's the least I can do after you've shown me the city and letting me stay here for the night, Suki." Leo replied.

"Ok then. Thank you, Leo! Come on, Kiba! Leo and Panther will take care of this for us!"

Leo and Panther watched the siblings leave the room and heads outside to rejoin the others.

"So, Leo, do you want do dishes or put away the food?" Panther asks him.

"I'll do the dishes, Panther. You can put away the food and help dry out the dishes while I'm washing them."

"Sure. And while we're doing, we can listen to some music as well. I'll pull up some good songs from my playlist. Is that alright with you, Leo?"

Leo glares at his childhood friend. "As long as you don't play those two specific songs, then we'll be good."

"I know." Panther said as she looks straight into his eyes. "I know." In her eyes there was no lie. She knows how much Leo deeply hate those two songs. The first song reminded her childhood friend about their dead friend, Fang Hua, who passed away on a mission in the Philippines when Leo was ten years old during Christmas. The second song reminded Leo of what he did five years ago. She wasn't surprised to hear Leo recall a few words from those lyrics.

Panther looks down at her iPhone and pulled up a song. Once she found the song she was looking for, Panther taps her finger on her phone and the song and started to play Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran.

Leo playfully rolled eyes and it didn't go unnoticed by Panther. She lets out a gasp and threw a towel in his face and chuckled. Panther walks over to remove the towel from his face and began working on putting away the food as Leo begun his work on the dishes.

The two childhood friends spent the time on their work for a good fifteen minutes to twenty minutes. They listened to songs like Scream by Usher, Courtesy Call by Thousand Foot Krutch and a few other good songs. Even My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) by the Fall Out Boys were played as well. As Panther dries out the last dish and puts it away, the last song they were listening to has just ended.

"I got to say it's good to have your own iPhone here just like me, Panther." Leo said, leaning back against the counter.

"Oh yeah." Panther nodded as she took a seat at the table. "I always wonder if we can call each other on our phones. The battery never died."

"Hmph. I've been wondering about for a while now." Leo takes out his iPhone. "I don't know how it never died when we arrived here. Even the bars are strong to get a signal here."

"Have you ever tried to call me, Leo?" Panther asks him.

"No. I don't think it's possible to do that without any cell service around here in Ancient China." Leo looks at his phone. "If I did call you, I would hear that beeping tone."

"You might be right." Panther sets her phone on the table. "But we can give it a try to see if it works, Leo." She picks up the phone and walks out the door to where the others are. "Excuse me, Tigress, is it alright if you go back inside the house with Leo for a moment?"

"How come?"

"There's something I want to test with my phone." Panther simply answered.

"Uh, sure." Tigress sounded confused. She stands up and walks back inside the house to see Leo leaning back against the counter and looking at his iPhone. "What kind of test is Panther going to do with her device?"

Before Leo can give her a response of what Panther is going to do with her iPhone, his iPhone started ringing. Tigress was startled when the phone started ringing. She watched Leo slide his finger on the phone and place the phone to his ear.

"You can't be serious." Leo said to the phone.

Tigress tilts her head in confusion. "Huh?"

"Hang on, let me put you on speaker." Leo taps the Speaker Icon. "And again, you can't be serious right now."

"Come on, Leo. At least we can call each other now on the phone." A voice said from the phone.

That voice sounded familiar to Tigress. Sounded like Panther's voice in the iPhone.

"Is that... Panther's voice?" Tigress asked her boyfriend.

"Tigress, is that you?"

"How interesting."

"Viper and Soothsayer?!" Tigress widen her eyes in shock.

"Don't worry, Tigress. Everyone is fine." Leo assures his orange feline girlfriend.

"They're fine?"

"Yes they are. Do you remember that I mentioned humans can call send messages on the iPhone?"

"You mention something about that a few months ago, Leo."

"Heh." Leo chuckled.

Tigress watches him walk up to the door and gestured her to follow him. After Tigress approached him, Leo opens the door to see Panther with her phone out and the rest of everyone watching her.

"When you call someone on the phone and they pick up, you can hear their voice on the phone." Leo explains to her.

"And you can put it on speaker and do a FaceTime Video." Panther added.

Leo's phone rang once more and tapped again on the screen. He held the phone up so his feline girlfriend can see there was a small window on the bottom right corner of the screen. Then Panther's face showed up on the screen with Mantis on her shoulder. Tigress looks at the screen surprised.

"We can see you two." Panther smiled.

The orange feline watched Panther waving at them and looks at her waving in front of the phone.

"And we see you as well." Leo nodded.

"Wow." Tigress said amazed. "So, you can call people anywhere on this phone?"

"That's right. As long as a person like me or Panther, for example, have a phone on us."

"Now FaceTime lets you talk to a person through a video. From there, you can see the person in a different location." Panther explains.

"Like Gongmen City or the Valley Of Peace?" Viper asked.

"Yes. FaceTime is like where you're recording a video. Do you remember I showed you how to record a video?"

"Yes" Tigress answered.

"In here, you can talk to anyone as long as you like. The conversation won't be recorded on FaceTime." Leo explains.

"But if someone doesn't pick up the phone, the person on the other end can leave a message." Panther added.

"Interesting." Tigress said. "Can you even switch the camera in this call?"

"Yeah." Panther said.

Tigress watched the screen flip and could see herself and Leo on the screen. The orange feline watched the screen moved and she could see everyone else on the screen.

"Say hello, Crane."

"Hello you two."

"Wow. That's really amazing." Tigress looks at her boyfriend.

Leo ended the call and they both walked up to the masters.

"What do you all think?" Panther asked them.

"Pretty helpful." Monkey said.

"And cool." Mantis added.

"I agree." Viper smiled. "We could use something like to make a call or send a message."

"Maybe, but something has been bothering me about our two phones." Leo said, placing his phone on the table. "After Tigress gave me iPhone back when I first arrived at the Jade Palace, I noticed that the phone's battery has a full charge."

"And I was surprised to hear that you answered the phone, despite the battery still has a full charge." Panther said.

"What do you mean?" Crane asked.

"The battery should've been depleted after we arrived here. Humans used charges to recharge the battery for a few hours."

"But that's not all. If Panther or I are in a desert or inside a cave, we won't be able to make any calls or messages because there's no signal. And there's no technology around here to recharge the battery." Leo replied.

"It is true that kind of technology doesn't exist here except in your world." Viper said.

"So how were you able to call Leo just now if there's no signal here, Panther?" Ox asked her.

"I believe it has something to do with the portals Leo and I came through, including the voice."

"Do you know whose voice it is?" Croc asks them.

"No." Panther shakes her head. "Whoever it was Leo and I heard inside the portal, they made sure that our iPhones are working normally around here."

"They have our thanks for doing that." Leo said. "I think we shouldn't bring the iPhone out in public yet. We should use these in private for bigger missions in the future."

"I agree. We don't want to cause a panic." Panther said.

"I'm pretty sure most people here would freak out about it." Crane replied.

"True." Jie nodded her head.

After talking about the iPhone, Kuo suggested they should play a one game of Elimination Tag before Leo and The Furious Five travel back to the Valley Of Peace. The Furious Five, Jie, Kiba, Kuo and Suki liked the idea while Ox and Croc were playing checkers with the Soothsayer watching closely.

Leo chose not to participate in their game and went to the hill and sat down to look across the ocean.

"I have to say these past two days has been fun and interesting." Panther said as she sits down next to her childhood friend. "And also unexpected too."

"Yeah. Me showing up here at Gongmen City. You give a tour of the city. Helicopters are being destroyed. Meeting Fumi and a Memory Warrior. A lot did happen these past two days Panther." Leo said. "But not just these past two days, the other days were interesting as always. Especially when Enya came into my room the other night and was choking me while Tigress was sleeping." Leo folded his arms over his chest.

"Leo, Enya is dead. You must've swallowed something that went down the wrong pipe." Panther turns her head to him.

"Panther, Enya was inside the room close to Tigress when she was choking me in my room the other night."

"She's dead. We would've found out if she survived that fall. Do you think you might have imagined her choking you?"

"No." Leo answered. "The others would've found out by then."

"What's done is done, Leo. Please drop it."

"Fine." Leo lets out a defeated soft growl.

Panther turns her head forward to the ocean. "You know, the ocean reminds me of our ocean back home."

"It sure does." Leo nodded. "I remember I went with you guys to the beach that one day as one of Sheila's "Mandatory Days Of Fun"."

"It was only to get the team to know you better after you guys got attacked at the mall that night." Panther said.

"And I could've kept the sword with me if they didn't stop me from bringing in the diamond sword." Leo replied.

"You know they don't allow weapons inside the mall, Leo. But back to that day of the beach. I remember seeing you wearing a black bathing suit and an open black jacket. You and Crow just watched the volleyball game between John, Zack, Rick, Misty, Serena and Ava. Boys vs Girls."

"But the boys were doing good until they lost at the end." Leo replied.

"While that was happening, the rest of us were sitting on the blankets underneath the umbrellas we brought with Jack."

"Zack should've brought the blankets instead of Serena carrying the heavy cooler he packed and challenging her to a match of volleyball."

"I also remembered that you went for a walk by yourself."

"I wasn't planning to sit on my butt all day at the beach. I needed to stretch my legs out so I can stay in shape. But I wasn't expecting a few of their friends would be coming at the beach that day."

"You mean Serena and John's friends? Yeah, me too."

"Well, after meeting them, I continued walking all the way down to the beach and found a nice spot to meditate."

"You were gone for a hour and half that we were about to call you until you showed up that we were getting lunch."

"I wasn't planning to starve myself for a whole day without food, Panther. That spot I found wasn't a bad place to meditate."

"I know. I saw the picture you took on your phone when we were eating lunch. It looks nice when John showed me that spot before we went to the beach three weeks ago. But it was nice to see you play volleyball with Brock against John and his sister."

"Because Tori reminded me that I promised John to make it up to him after that sparring match at the Tao Palace."

"Sheila did have to stop the sparring match between you and John because you were getting a little too aggressive with him."

"And? I wasn't going to hold back, even if it's a sparring match or not." Leo said.

"But I know the reason why you had to be too aggressive with him. You should spend your time hanging with your friends like you did when we were repairing the Jade Palace. It looks like you changed."

"I'm still the same as I am now, Panther. I was thinking about it because I almost screwed up my relationship with Tigress. But I'd rather not because I still need to search these answers. Kaira, Enya and those two men that Suki and I met a while ago." Leo said. "Things are finally back to normal and I intend to keep it that way."

"And what would happen if they do find out about this?" Panther asked him.

"They won't." Leo sneers at her as he stands up and walks a couple feet away from her. "It's better for them not to know."

"But Leo, wouldn't it be better to tell Shifu and the others about this? The reason why you keep spending so much time in that damn library?" Panther walks by and looks him in the eye.

"Not until I found the answers, Panther." he replied with a serious look on his face.

"Fine. But I want you to promise me two things Leo." Panther said.

"What are these two things I need to promise?"

"The first thing I need you to promise is that you'll tell the others about Kaira and the reason why you've been spending so much time in the library."

"And what's the second thing?" Leo tilts his head a bit.

"You're nightmares. I want you to talk about these nightmares with me and the others."

Leo's breathing started to slow. "Why would I promise those two things?"

Panther took a deep breath and began to explain. "The first thing that I mentioned is because you keep pushing them away from you ever since you found out about Kaira inside your mind. I know you want to keep searching for these answers, but it's better to have them help you instead of doing this by yourself. Which brings me to your nightmares you keep having for the past five years. It's not healthy to not talk about your nightmares with anyone, especially to those who cares about you very much. You don't need to keep suffering every night, Leo." She sees that Leo didn't say a word when she brought up the nightmares he's having.

"If you don't talk about these nightmares, it's only going to get a lot worse. I know you look fine on the outside to everyone else, but on the inside, you're not."

"You really think talking about these nightmares will fucking go away, Panther?" Leo questions her.

"Yes."

Leo closed his eyes and thought about the promise.

"You don't need to promise right now, Leo. I'll give you time so you can think this over when you get back to the Valley Of Peace. You can promise me on that one before you make a decision on the two things I mentioned to promise." Panther assures him.

"Fine." Leo opens his eyes. "I promise I'll think about it, Panther."

"Thank you, Leo." Panther said, giving him a hug.

Leo stood there as Panther hugs him. After Panther release him, Leo takes out his phone to check the time. "It's almost time, Panther. We should head to the docks now."

"Yeah." Panther nodded.

The two of them went back up the hill and saw Tigress tagging Viper. Telling the Furious Five it's almost time to go, Leo went back upstairs to his room and to grab his bag. He scanned the entire room to see nothing was out of place. Everything was fine as it was when Jie first showed him his room. His iPhone was in his pocket and the scrolls were safe in his bag. The first thing he'll do when they get to the Jade Palace is to tell Shifu about Fumi and the Memory Warrior. He still wasn't planning to tell Shifu, Po and the Furious Five about his nightmares or Kaira. He doesn't expect them to understand.

Before Leo went to Tigress's room earlier before dinner, he looks at the map and recalled they made it back to the Valley Of Peace in two days by boat when Viper pointed it out while they were in Gongmen City. Leo will need time to himself to think alone on the way back. Leo left the room and heads downstairs into the living room where Jie and Kuo were talking to Ox and Croc.

Several minutes later, everyone left Jie and Kiba's house and walks toward the harbor in the evening night. They made it to the harbor and Panther watched her friends board the boat.

"I'll give you a call to let you know that the tower will be finished." Panther said to them.

"That would be great." Viper smiled.

"And maybe we should visit again with Po." Mantis suggested.

"That would be nice to see the Dragon Warrior again, heh." Panther chuckled. "Oh, and Leo?"

"What is it, Panther?"

"Please look after yourself." Panther said to him.

"I will." Leo nodded.

The boat started to move away from the docks. Leo watched The Furious Five enters the cabin to get some sleep. Leo had stayed outside and prefer to be alone to let the Furious Five to get some sleep. He used his bag as a pillow for his head while his diamond sword lays beside him near the wall. It was a nice relaxing ride for them.

Leo opens his eyes slowly, letting a soft angry growl. He looks at his iPhone and it was midnight. Leo sits up and yawned. He cleared his throat and stands up. It was still nighttime, and the stars are still out.

"Damn nightmares." Leo thought as he washed his face up from the water. "I could never be rid of these nightmares."

His stomach growled a bit. Leo grabs a few grapes and starts to eat. He felt satisfied to have a little midnight snack. Leo looks at the cabin. "I don't think they'll understand me what I did five years ago that night. I can still hear the screams, the sound of bones cracking with the flesh being torn to release all that blood."

"And yet it was a very satisfying kill to enjoy. Even when drinking the blood."

Leo turned around to see if someone was there. There was no one out here on the water. Then he turned around to see another person standing on the roof of the cabin. He recognized the person without a second thought. It was that shadow version of himself. The Shadow was wearing the exact same clothes as Leo. It had a crooked smile and sharp teeth.

"Heh." It chuckled darkly as it hops down to the floor.

"How are you here?"

"You honestly think I'm going to tell you?"

"Yes."

"You know the answer to that already." It spoke. "And who the hell were you expecting to show up this evening?"

"I wasn't expecting anyone, if you include Enya. I keep seeing her "visiting" me on some nights." Leo said calmly. He watched the figure growled angrily and softly as it can.

"If she does come back for another night, then I wouldn't hesitate to kill her in an instant. To feel her flesh being torn to shreds so my hunger can be satisfied with her blood running down my throat." Then it started to smile evilly.

Leo felt its hand around his throat and was lifted off from the floor. He started to choke as the figure's grip grew tightly on his throat.

"Just imagine how it would feel when these people see the true side of you. Oh, how I would love to tear them apart and break them down. That would be very interesting to watch!" The figure shouted as it caught on fire.

Leo was able to break free from its grasps and landed several feet away from it. He saw they were trapped inside a ring of fire.

"You can never escape from what you did!" The figure roars angrily at Leo as it lunges quickly at Leo to the ground and bites down on his neck.

Leo quickly sat up and drew his sword halfway, realizing he's still on the boat. Looking at his iPhone, it was midnight, and the stars were still out. He looks up to the roof of the cabin where the figure once stood. "A nightmare on top of a damn nightmare." Leo thought. "Hm." He lets out a soft growl and laid back down on the floor and sets the diamond sword down beside him. Talking one last look at the cabin, Leo turned his back to the cabin before drifting back to sleep.

Crow was meditating inside Leo's room. She heard a knock on the door and a voice.

"Crow? It's Rose. I want to let you know that we're gathering in the central room tonight for the gaming tournament."

Crow opens her eyes and stands up to walk over to the door and opens it to see Rose and Serena. The three girls' heads over to the central room to see the team was there waiting for Crow.

"There you are. We didn't want to start without you." Sheila smiled at the three of them.

Crow nodded and took a seat on the black recliner right next to Jack's sister, Tori, and Allie, John's sister. Allie was wearing a gray shirt and blue shorts. Her dark red hair was tied up in a ponytail and have brown eyes.

"Where's Rick?" Tori looked around the room. "I thought I saw him a few minutes ago."

"Rick told me ahead of time he won't be joining us for tonight. He, Rex and Ava are going to meet up with Zoey tonight right now. But he'll join us next us next time." Sheila answered.

"I was looking forward to have another rematch with Rick in this gaming tournament." John grumbled. He was wearing a green tank top and red shorts. He has blonde hair and hazel eyes.

"I'd say that last match was fair and I'm good with the results that came into the end of the match." Jack leans back and folded his arms. "I did tell you to watch out for that bomb that spawned right above you five seconds before you did a reckless move."

"I thought I would I make it and wouldn't hit the bomb!"

"And you screwed up your chances of winning at the end." Tori gives him a light smirk. "Like the time when we played volleyball together at the beach four years ago."

"Don't remind me." John groaned. "It would be good if..." He glances over at the pictures hanging on the wall.

"Leo and Panther were here." Zack finished for him as he sat across from with Sheila.

Misty and Serena look at each other before looking back them.

"I'm sure those two are fine." Serena said. "They can take care of themselves wherever they are right now."

"We all miss Leo and Panther." Misty replied.

Jill was wearing a black shirt and purple pants. Her long black ruffian hair fell to her upper back as her violet eyes scanned the room. "And I'm sure they miss us every day."

A screen appeared at the end of the room. On the screen was Rick, a man and a woman. The man was bald and has brown eyes. He was wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans and black shoes. The woman standing behind Rick was wearing a gray shirt and blue jeans. Her hair is white as snow while the color of her eyes are blue.

"Hello, everyone." Zoey greeted them.

"Hi, Zoey. Where's Ava and Cody?" Tori smiled at Zoey.

"I see you're asking about us, Tori." A new voice said.

Another man and woman walks up behind the three of them. The man has short black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a gray tank top and dark gray pants while wearing white shoes.

The woman behind Zoey was wearing a green shirt underneath a gray open jacket shirt and blue jeans with blue shoes on. Her red hair was short as her blue eyes met Zoey's eyes before looking at the screen.

"How are you all doing tonight?" Ava asks them.

"We're doing good." Tori answered.

"That's good to hear. I wish we could visit you all tonight, but something came up because Zoey found something." Ava said.

"What did you find?" Zack asked.

"These." Zoey replied. She pulled up several pictures on the screen. In the pictures, there were pawprints.

"Paw prints?" John tilted his head confused.

"Yes. Pawprints, but not regular pawprints. These are giant paw prints. My friend ran this through the computer, and nothing came up with zero results." Zoey explains. "And I don't think the camera was zoomed on the giant paw print."

"How?"

"I'm not sure. These pictures look like they were taken a long time ago." Rick said. "What do you think, Rex?"

"I'm guessing it could be more than twenty years ago." Rex guessed. "But if these pictures were taken recently, it would've been brand new."

"I agree."

"Where did you find these pictures, Zoey?" Jack asks her.

"I found them in an old, abandoned library underground. I think this might have something to do with the curse."

"You mean with the destroyed villages and towns?" Sheila asked.

"Correct."

"Not to mention about the presence and gate inside Leo's mind." Crow pointed out. "There could be a connection with the White-Tailed Tigress."

"I'm still wondering how Leo ended up in that field." Jill said.

"But hang on. There was no evidence that those people survived that fifty years ago. Even the White-Tailed Tigress disappeared." Serena said.

"Maybe someone saved these pictures fifty years ago." Rex suggested.

"And if these pictures were saved, there might be more evidence out there somewhere." Ava replied, looking at Rex and Cody.

"Let's not have our hopes up yet, Ava. We don't know how much evidence is out there. I suggest we should save these photos away before we do anything."

"Rick can bring the photos here. We'll keep them safe." Sheila suggested.

"Thank you, Sheila. I'll try to visit you guys' again sometime next week."

"Anytime, Zoey. And it'll be good to see you again next week." Sheila smiled.

"Alright. Enjoy your night, everyone!" Zoey smiled.

"Hold on, Zoey. Rex, Cody, did you two find your lead in Japan?" Crow interrupted to stop Zoey before she can end the call.

"We did find something in Japan." Rex answered. He takes out an old ancient brown book.

"Rex and I found this in a shrine. We'll visit you all next week so we can discuss about it. Sounds good to you?" Cody asked them.

"Yes." Crow answered as Zoey ended the call.

Everyone in the room started talking to one another.

"I'm glad that Zoey found those pictures. I wonder what made those giant paw prints in the first place." Serena wondered.

"I think it could be the White-Tailed Tigress." Crow said.

"There is that possibility." Sheila nodded.

"But where was those pictures taken at?" Zack wondered. "That could be anywhere in the world."

"That's also true. If we do find any more evidence, it'll shed some light where we'll understand about all of this along with our two friend's disappearance." Sheila replied.

They spent an hour playing their matches on the video game and they watched a movie for three hours. Sheila was good to see both teams were enjoying themselves. Crow remained silent during the whole movie. The movie was finished, and Serena thanked Sheila for inviting them to hang out with Crimson Dusk on their fun night.

Sheila watches Crimson Dawn leave with Crow and Rose standing behind her.

"I have to say tonight was fun and very interesting." Sheila said as the three of them walks back inside.

"I agree. And it was also funny that I kicked John's ass in that match." Rose chuckled.

"The bomb went off the moment he was about to throw it towards you and his character went flying off the stage." Sheila said.

The three women made it to the floor and steps off the elevator as they walk down the hallway to their rooms.

"Well, I'll see you two in the morning. Goodnight." Sheila said to Crow and Rose as the leader enters her room and closed the door.

Rose looked at Crow. "See you in the morning, Crow. Goodnight."

"Goodnight." Crow replied as she watched the daughter of Enya retire to her room. Instead of going to her room, she heads to kitchen to make a cup of tea to drink. Crow sets her tea down to let it cool off. She looks at the living room and remembered the times Leo had with them when he started to live here with them. He spent his time training and sparring with them or trains alone outside of the tower or training with the simulated enemies in the training room.

When it comes to missions, Leo would either go by himself or go with a member of Crimson Dusk. And when that mission is done, Leo would take the time to relax for half an hour only and resume his training. Leo does take a break a little bit from time to time. Sheila makes sure that they do have a fun night without training so Leo can get to know the team after Rick suggested the idea to Sheila. And it was mandatory, even for the team.

Crow picks up her tea and drinks it until her cup is completely empty. She washes it and dries it before heading back to her room. Crow took one last glance at Leo's door before she entered her room and closed the door. They all know Leo doesn't remember his family when he was a baby. He avoids that topic all the time and doesn't talk about it.

She remembers one day when Leo took a break from his usual training routine and saw him heading to the beach. He was skipping rocks amongst the surface of the water and lay down in the beach. Leo left the beach and walks back to the tower. Crow has found him taking a nap against his bed. Leo wakes up from his nap and stands up to look out the window. She entered his room and the two started talking to one another. The rest of the team had plans of their own to spend the day and it was just Leo and Crow at the tower. She was curious to know why Leo wasn't training for today. Leo lost a bet to Jill.

The bet was if Jill could make a half-court shot, Leo will not have to train for a whole day. But if she couldn't make the shot, he'll have a sparring match the next time with her when they train again. Leo was going to clean the diamond sword and asked her what she was going to do today.

Crow was going to read a book before she noticed him not training today. But she suggested that they could meditate instead. Leo agreed to her suggestion.

Crow looks out her window to see night starry sky before going to her bed and lies down. She thought about Leo and Panther. Her two friends can take of each other and look out for one another wherever those two are right now. It'll be great to see Leo and Panther again in the future one day when they come back from wherever they are right now.

Author's Note: Wow, like seriously, wow. It looks like I had more ideas than I thought I had in the last chapter. This entire chapter had gotten up to at least 20k words. Looks like Leo and Panther can call each other on their phones in Ancient China. Not to mention this leads to more questions and answers. But at least I like where I'm going with this chapter. It was about time I added some members of Task Force 493 along with Crimson Dusk and Crimson Dawn.

I won't add all the teams yet because I felt it'll be too soon to add other people like Lee or Jodi for example. I'll probably make a list for the teams on my profile to keep track of. It'll be easier that way for me. That's why I chose some members of both teams from Crimson Dusk and Crimson Dawn.

I wanted to have these new characters to show up in this chapter since I didn't introduce a few characters that were mentioned in this story. I believe it was time to reveal Panther as the leader of Crimson Dawn when she and the girls were up, and Leo was the one who suggested the name. It makes sense to do that for her because there was so little information about her, and this chapter did give me the opportunity to shed some light on Panther. And because of Tigress hearing half of the conversation last night, she heard between her boyfriend and his childhood friend, Panther told Tigress and Viper that Leo is having hellish nightmares every night.

Since Leo and the Furious Five won't be leaving Gongmen City until night arrives, The Furious Five gets to have a tour of the city of how it's recovering since the last time they were all there while Panther takes Leo and Suki to the Fireworks Factory. He really wasn't expecting the people to build a gold statue of himself, and Leo doesn't care about it not one bit. And they were most certainly surprised that Leo and Panther's iPhone can work regularly without Wi-Fi to make phone call.

It was good to see Leo and Panther talked about hanging out at the beach a few years ago. But now Leo will have to think about the two things that Panther wants him to promise. That's something he'll have to think about when he gets back at the Valley Of Peace. Back with Crimson Dawn and Crimson Dusk, Zoey, Rex and Cody have found a couple clues.

So, what do you all think about this chapter so far? I'll be very surprised if I write up 25k or 30k in a single chapter. That'll be a new record for me. I hope all of you enjoyed this very long chapter of mine that I worked hard on. Don't forget to Follow, Favorite and leave a review for this chapter, everyone! I do plan to finish this story! I'll see you all in the next chapter and let's start 2024 right, everyone!