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The next morning, the people of Gongmen City was getting up to do their usual thing. The Master's Council was already up two hours ago. Panther was standing on the beach that located on the outskirts of Gongmen City. She receives Leo's text message and a few pictures an hour ago. The young woman pulls out her phone to read the text again.

Panther, I'll be coming to Gongmen City so we can discuss this in person. Furthermore, I had a run in with Abra. She's targeting me and the clone for some reason. I'll be in Gongmen City tomorrow morning with someone.

That's what the text said. It was a four-day journey from the Valley Of Peace to Gongmen City. As she was wondering about why Abra is targeting Leo and the clone, Panther notices a black portal appeared before her. Leo and Azel steps out of the black portal.

"Leo." Panther greets her childhood friend with a smile. "It's wonderful to see you again." She notices Azel standing next to Leo. "And you must be Azel."

"That's right."

"It's good to meet you. Leo told me about you and the Twilight Titans a few weeks ago."

Leo watched the two girls shake hands.

"Thank you for helping James to bring down The Sparta Organization." Panther thanked her.

"It was a pleasure to help James." Azel smiles at her. "I should get going and meet up with Risa at the hospital. We're both going to explain everything to him and your friends. And we'll explain to you two later on when we meet again."

"I look forward to meeting you again."

"Thanks. Take care of yourselves." Azel said to them. She turns around and enters the black portal. Then the black portal disappeared.

Panther turns to face Leo's eyes with her brown eyes. "So what happened?" Leo spent the next thirty minutes explaining to his childhood friend what happened. After he finished, Panther stood there shocked. "I can't believe that Saber saved you twice from Abra and Aken, you saved Saber and kill the sorcerer."

"I know."

"But you did bring up a good point on how what the clone has been eating since it arrived here, and I've been wondering about for a while now." Panther brought her hand to her chin. "Someone must be feeding her in those caves she hides in."

Leo nodded his head. "Whoever they are, we can't trust them."

"I agree."

"How did things go with The Emperor?"

"I explained the Emperor we almost had him until Saber nearly crushed all three of us and that allowed Blake to escape. He's giving us all the time in the world to track down Blake. Furthermore, we're allowed to speak about the mission freely."

"You really think we should trust those two?"

"Yes. You've seen how they can fight."

"I know. But Fenghuang is a villain and can't be trusted."

"And what about Mei Ling? Have you come to a decision about her?"

"Not yet. I still haven't come to a decision about her yet. And what about you?"

"I think we should let them help us stop Blake." Panther said. "And besides, The Emperor is allowing us to have a couple people to help both of us."

"I know. But let's see how well we do this first. You know we took on Blake several times."

"I won't argue on that logic. But it wouldn't hurt to have some extra people to help. Mei Ling is going straight."

"I know. She does love Shifu and I only helped her for Shifu. Perhaps I should let her help us, but not yet." Leo lifts his head up to her. "Have you found any new information about Blake?"

"As of right now, not much. He's still under the control of the dark magic that's controlling him coming from that blood red shard on his forehead."

"Where was he last seen after he escaped?"

"Blake disappeared in the Eastern Province somewhere."

"Damn."

"Come on. I'll take you over to the palace. The tower is nearly complete." Panther said.

The two childhood friends started walking through the city. They can see the citizens doing their usual things everyday. Both of them arrived in the freshly new training courtyard. Leo saw the tower was nearly complete. Panther led her inside one of the buildings to their left. The inside of the building has several rooms.

"This is the barracks. Master Ox and Croc sleeps in their own barracks behind us and Soothsayer has hers across from where we are right now." Panther said. "Master Ox and Croc are at the Fireworks Factory right now and Soothsayer is doing her own thing right now."

"I see." Leo took a nice look around the room they're standing in.

"Since you're here, you and I will have to go shopping for a bit because you'll need some new clothes."

"I think that's fine." Leo nodded.

The two childhood friends left the palace and walks into the city. Leo notices several gorillas and wolves dragging a destroyed helicopter on the street. There was also a small pack of wolves walking freely without a police officer or a guard escorting them.

"When did Shen and Sying's wolves started walking freely on their own?" Leo asked.

"A couple weeks after you and the Furious Five left. They have been working hard since they saw a giant paw print that was left by Saber."

"Figures. And what the helicopters? Are they all destroyed and melted down with the blades and wires?"

"Almost. They might finish it in a month or two." Panther answered.

"Good. The sooner they're all destroyed, the better we don't have to worry about it. Is Jie at the factory with her brother and father?"

"All three of them are down at the office right now, doing some paperwork."

"Good to know." Leo said as they passed by a gorilla.

"Ah, here we are." Panther smiled as she can see the red building they're going to enter.

They step inside the building and there were many variety of different clothes.

"Hello, Master Panther." A brown rabbit, who was wearing a green robe, greeted them with a friendly smile at the counter.

"Hello, Baxter." Panther greeted him.

"And you must be Leo. I heard great things about you. It's an honor to be in your presence, sir."

Leo simply said nothing and nodded his head.

"Just looking to see for today?"

"We're just going to buy some new clothes for today." Panther answered.

"For you?"

"Not for me."

"If you need anything, let me know."

"We will." Panther said to him.

The two warriors walk over to the Men's Section and started looking through a few clothes. They spent the next several minutes going through the clothes for Leo. There was a crate of a couple clothes and pants on the chair. As Leo was looking through a few pants, he came across a traditional Chinese black vest. It was nice and smooth. The back robe was longer than the front that reaches the ankles. There was another vest next to it without the sleeves and robe. Leo puts it down and picks up the sleeveless black vest and inspects it. He saw that these two were a little expensive since they're separate and will be a little more expensive if he bought it with his other clothes.

While he was inspecting it, Panther and Baxter were watching him.

"I see he likes both of them, Panther." Baxter said.

"Yeah." Panther smiled. Once she sets the new pair of underwear, pants and vests, Leo walks over to them.

"These clothes should be fine." Leo said to her, picking up the crate. "Is there anything you're going to get while we're here?"

"I'm all set."

"Shall we?"

"Hang on, Leo." Baxter said. Leo watches him walks by him to the vests he was inspecting. The brown rabbit comes back with the two vests. "The clothes you're buying today is on the house."

"Are you sure?"

"Oh yes." He nodded. "You saved our city from Shen and Sying."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. Now, let me get those in a bag for you."

Leo and Panther left store with a bag of clothes for Leo. They headed back to the barracks and Panther showed Leo his room. Leo sets the bag down and opens the window.

"You think we can free Blake from the dark magic of the sword?" Panther asks Leo.

"If we knock the crystal off his forehead, it should free him. He has grown strong since the last time we met in our world. But if we can't free Blake..."

"You really think it'll come down to that? To kill Blake?"

Leo turns around to her. "We'll cross that bridge when we get there."

"We've known him since we were eleven. But after the three of us discovered that red shard and sword last year, he started to change and nearly killed us."

"If it wasn't for Crimson Dusks and Crimson Dawn saving our ass." Leo added.

"Yeah." Panther agreed. "You were doing well to hold him off for a while until he broke through your defenses."

"Hmph. I know. And after help arrived, we managed to beat him, but he got away."

"If we do free Blake, I think we should patch things up between all three of us, don't you think?"

Leo said nothing and looks away from her for a moment. "We'll see."

Panther nodded her head. "Have you come to a decision about the two promises or are you still thinking about it the last time you were here?"

"I'm still thinking about it." Leo said, folding his arms.

"That's good." Panther approached close to him. "I don't want to see you alone and suffer through all of this. There's no need for you to keep this all a secret from those who cares and loves you deeply." She wraps her arms around him. Leo stood there without saying a word. Panther removes her arms and walks out of the room.

"Do you honestly think you can keep all this a secret about me from the warriors of the Jade Palace?" Karia's voice spoke in his mind.

"They haven't suspected anything, so far." Leo turns and dumps his clothes on the bed. "The only ones who knows about you is me, Panther, Ben and a few others. Not to mention I've been using these powers to help me in certain situations is connect to you."

"That is true. You've been training well to handle these powers of mine with no problem except for the lightning."

"They have been helpful. But there's one thing I don't understand about you."

"And what's that?"

"Do you hate humans? And why do you want to kill me?"

"That's none of your damn business, Leo. I still plan to kill you when I get out of here." She snarls at him.

"Too bad. You're stuck inside me and we have to deal with each other." Leo said as he began folding his new clothes.

Kaira lays down on the floor. There wasn't much to do inside Leo's mind since she's trapped in here. She has remained quiet for a while and watched the events that unfolded the past few months. Especially when Leo and Saber helped each other to kill Aken. The White-Tailed Beast was still planning to kill Leo when she breaks free. "It's been twenty years since Saber and I fought with those humans." The white feline thought before resting her eyes.

Author's Note: What do you all think about this chapter? Not to mention this was a quick chapter to work on. I think it was about time that Panther meet a member of the Twilight Titans, don't you think? I hope you all enjoyed this great chapter, everyone! Don't forget to Follow, Favorite, PM and leave a review! See you all in the next chapter of this story, everyone!