This would be the most extreme fic about my character, Musaki. It's a little edge-y and what you didn't know is that he is orphaned, at the Bao Gu Orphange, as an outsider. This fic is dedicated to my friends: Wolf Mystic, klonoakazeno, Skyyler, SkytheHawk, Joe 'Po' Navark, STARFOXLOVER61900, corsett-rebellion-redflower, Kippis05, cplangel32, Open Season Fangirl 5000, The Geeky Brunette, nievelion, FalconMage (please no mean critiques), Telracs 1994, Artistwerewolf, Wolf's Flame, Chrissy Mullins, Dr. ET, Pricat, Haeztiger, Sage of Dorks, Red Panda Obsessor, Edge the Gravitic Hedgehog, Cartoonatic55, Cody the Maverick and everyone else here. This is for you guys! Hope you enjoy it.
Musaki's Wound
by: Terrell James
Chapter 1: Troubled Past and Unconsciousness
It's been a week since Po took a break from the Palace and Musaki has remained in his room for 2 days in isolation, because he felt lonely without the Dragon Warrior around. Because of his departure, he feels as if there's no one to talk to because Shifu and the Five were too busy. He laid on his bed and stayed in his room, depressed and alone. As he laid down on the floor, he imagined something drastic from his past in the Bao Gu Orphanage.
It happened 7 years ago when Musaki was 6 years old and he felt like an outcast there. There was no one to talk to because most of the kids don't want anything to do with him, simply because he was the only panda there. The other kids gave him a hard time and started taunting him and teasing him.
"Well, well, if it ain't the world's most wanted panda. What's happening, you gonna scare the parents with your wimpy attitude?" one goose taunted.
The other kids laughed at him, because he was different from the other kids. Musaki looked at them and said, "No. They're gonna adopt me. So, why don't you guys leave me alone?"
"Ooh, I'm scared now. Why don't you go eat us and it'll make that little stomach of yours grow bigger? Pandas are huge and their TOTALLY fat!" the rabbit exclaimed.
The kids started laughing again and Musaki couldn't take more of it. He looked a little misty-eyed and the kids cared less about his feelings. One kid said, "Aww, what's the matter. You gonna cry, baby?"
"Cry, baby, cry. Wipe your teensy eyes!" the kids sung together, teasingly and then started laughing again. Musaki's eyes were starting to well up and Mrs. Fay called out, "CHILDREN!"
They suddenly stopped when they saw her coming in. She looked at them sternly and said, "You shouldn't tease Musaki like that. He's got feelings."
"So what? He's ugly. That's all he's ever gonna be." said the rabbit.
"Toshi! That is not nice. Now say you're sorry."
Toshi came to him and said, "I'm sorry.... sorry that you came to this orphange. You don't ever belong here anyway."
Musaki became deeply hurt by the comment and he started to walk away from them and went back inside. Mrs. Fay looked at him walking away sadly and she turned her attention to her children and said, "You all should know better than to treat Musaki like that. If he was one of your friends, you wouldn't do things like that."
"Why not? It's fun." said the goose.
"Maybe for you, but kids have feelings too. Imagine if one of your friends talked to you like that."
"I would tease them back."
Mrs. Fay felt as if she's fighting a losing battle and let out a frustrated sigh and said, "One day, when you children grow up, you will regret the things you will said to one of the orphans, when one day, they will be adopted to a nice family, while you all remain here."
Musaki sat in a dark room by himself, sitting near the corner, curled up in a ball, and started crying. He still remembers fondly about the death of his parents caused by Tai Lung. He feels as if he's alone and he doesn't trust anyone in the orphange except for Mrs. Fay.
The door opens and Mrs. Fay entered in his room and he turned around and sees two tears streaming down his face, to realize that his feelings were hurt. She gave him a hug for comfort and he cried in her shoulders and patted his back. He whispered, "It's not true what they said. One family will adopt you."
"Are you sure?" asked Musaki, tearfully.
"Absoultely. I promise you, someone will take care of you. You will have love, shelter, comfort and also a place to be happy in."
Musaki sniffled and wiped his eyes, but felt a little happy inside. She decided it would be better to leave Musaki alone and go outside to check on the other kids. He sighed heavily and continued to sulk in the darkness on his room.
Looking back, he felt as if the Five kinda ignored him a little and so did Shifu, so he went out of his room and decided to go outside and get some peace and quiet. He walked out of the palace and went to the Pool of Sacred Tears in hopes for some peace and comfort. He looked up at the sky and realizes that if it wasn't for their parents, he wouldn't be here, but he was still holding on to the tauntings that they gave Musaki back at the orphanage and that was one of the things that he was afraid of: that the Five couldn't trust them and he wouldn't trust them either.
Musaki sighed and sung a little song that he had written since his time in Bao Gu Orphange and that it looked back on the teasing that the other kids did.
([A/N:] This song is "Sticks and Stones" from Aly & AJ. This is pretty much a song that resembles on being teased and bullied and it really hurts people's feelings, especially animals and since this song represents itself, I thought it should be for Musaki.)
Sitting in my room
Feeling sorry for myself
I can't feel worse
Well what else?
I wonder what I could say
To stop the voices, taunting and laughing
The way they're acting I wish they'd just disappear
The joke is always on me
It's always on me
Why don't they understand
That we are all the same
We all feel lost at time
Why don't they understand
That someone else's pain
Is not for gain
Sticks and stones won't break my soul
Get out of the way, I'm invincible
Throw them down
'Cause the one you want's not around
Not around
It's not your place
Honestly
In the end
You'll be the victim
You're the one who has to live with yourself
And when you're reaching for help
There'll be no one
There's no one
Why don't you understand
That we are all the same
And we all feel lost at times
Why don't you understand
That someone else's pain
Is not for gain
Sticks and stones won't break my seoul
Get out of the way; I'm invincible
Throw them down
'Cause the one you want's not around (not around)
Not around (not around)
It's not your place
Honestly
I won't live in chains
I've got something to give
I won't play these games
Yeah, I'd rather live
You know I've come too far
To be like you are
Why don't you understand
That we are all the same
Sticks and stones won't break my soul
Get out of the way, I'm invincible
Throw them down...
la la la la
la la la la
la la la la la la la
Throw them down 'cause the one you want's not around (not around)
Not around (not around)
Not around anymore
It's not your place
Honestly
He felt as if every pain he felt between his parents' death, being teased by orphans and being ignored by after adoption, made him feel inadequate. He fell down on his knees and started crying. It's been hard on him, especially since Po wasn't around. He feels as if he's been abandoned, again. He sighed mournfully as he was getting up and started to walk back to the palace, but as he got back to the room, he started panting heavily and fell down on his knees again and then his whole body fell and collapsed on the floor and couldn't move. He became unconscious all night long.
The next morning, the Five got to the kitchen, and they saw Shifu there, waiting for his students to come in. He looked at them and said, "Good morning, students."
"Good morning, master." they all said.
Shifu noticed that someone was missing, and it wasn't Po. There was five, but somebody wasn't present there. He asked the students, "Have you seen Musaki?"
"No, master." the Five said.
"We haven't seen him since Po left." said Crane.
Monkey started to be a little anxious and somewhat worried and he asked, "Where did we see him last?"
"I saw him a few days ago after Po took a week off and I haven't seen him since then." said Mantis.
"Did he run away again?" asked Tigress.
"Don't be silly. If he did without telling us, we'd know about it by now. It's obvious that he didn't show up for almost a week." said Viper.
Crane had a worried look on his face, thinking that they all ignored him and asked the others, "Do you think something happened to him?"
Shifu and the Five all looked at each other and became so focused on themselves that they didn't pay attention to him like they should have. Without question, they frantically got up and ran across the palace to find him. Crane went up and flew across China to find him, but he didn't see him up there. Monkey and Mantis checked outside to see where he is while Tigress, Viper and Shifu checked the training hall. Unfortunately, he was nowhere to be found.
They met back in the kitchen and Shifu asked, "Did you find him?"
"No, master" they all said.
Shifu rubbed his temples and became more anxious and scared, thinking about what would happen to Musaki. He asked, "Is there any place we haven't checked?"
"MASTER SHIFU!!!"
They were startled by the scream and it was only Zeng behind them, scaring the mess out of them. Shifu went up to him and exclaimed, "Don't do that! What is it, Zeng?"
Zeng was shaking nervously and fearfully, wondering what the fuss is all about. He looked at them in the eye and said, "I think I found what you're looking for."
They turned to each other and realized something was on their mind; Musaki. With that thought in their heads, Tigress asked, "Do you know where he is?"
"Yes, I do. In the dormitiories."
They all ran back to the dorms to find Musaki's room and then went they got to the door, they saw his unconscious body on the floor. Everyone gasped in shock and horror as they saw him with no pulse. Zeng said, "He's been unconscious last night. I saw him walking back home from the Pool of Sacred Tears, looking so troubled and I heard a thud when I came in the dorms. When I opened the door, he collapsed and hasn't been moved then."
Shifu was shocked to hear about what Zeng said, and Viper started to cry, silently and Crane comforted her with tears coming from his eyes also. Monkey became a little misty-eyed and Mantis let out a few tears coming from his eyes and Tigress started to cry also. They knew that it was time for them to go back to their dorms and cry in silence. Shifu quivered his lip, got down to his knees and asked, "How could this happen?"
"I don't know, master. I'm just the messenger." Zeng answered.
Shifu tried to fight back tears, but they were already starting to come out from his eyes. He sighed heavily and wiped his eyes to prevent Zeng from seeing it. He realized it was time to leave but Shifu stopped him.
"Zeng, can you go down to Mr. Ping's shop and.... t-tell Po the bad news?" asked Shifu, tearfully.
"Yes, master."
Zeng left the room, while Shifu held his unconscious hand and let some tears fall in there. He left the room and became absoultely devastated and in disbelief. He went back to his room and laid down on the ground, crying, thinking, "Why didn't we pay attention to him?"
At the noodle shop, Po was making more noodles for the customers, along with his dad. He liked taking a week off from being the Dragon Warrior, which means to spend time working with dad.
"Isn't this amazing?" asked Mr. Ping.
"Yeah, just and you me, working together. Just like old times." answered Po.
"You know, I'm kinda glad that Shifu let you take a break from being the Dragon Warrior. These last 4 days with you, has been pretty good and I enjoyed working with you."
"I know. Now that I think about it, I kinda miss them a little, and it's great to be able to wake up every morning without hearing, 'Panda, get your flabby butt down in this training hall immediately!' or something like that. It's kinda nice to take a little break from it all." said Po.
Just then, Mr. Ping saw Zeng coming in and wants to find out what's going on. He came to him and asked, "What is going on? Is everything okay?"
Meanwhile, Po served up 19 orders or noodles to the customers and brought them to the table. Po sighed heavily as he was looking at Zeng talking to his dad, wondering what is going on at the palace. He thought he shouldn't interfere with their conversation and kept working.
Mr. Ping was in a state of shock after Zeng delivered the bad news. He whispered, "Oh, no. How did this happen?"
"I don't know. I'm just the messenger."
He started to be a little shaken and exhaled sharply, and he was worried about what's gonna happen when he spills the beans to Po. He whispered, "I don't know how Po's gonna react to this."
"If only I knew."
Mr. Ping sighed devastatedly and said, "Listen, I appreciate you coming over here to tell me. I'm really sorry that it happened so quickly."
"Maybe you don't have to tell him."
"Yes, I can. I'm his father. I have to be there for him."
"I can understand that."
Zeng flew away and Mr. Ping walked back inside, looking serious and somewhat in disbelief like something tragic has happened. Po saw his father coming back in, and he asked, "Is something wrong?"
"Everything's fine, son. Everything's okay, but..."
"But what, dad?"
Mr. Ping sighed heavily and stared at Po and he realized that something's really wrong. He said, "Must be serious."
"It is. There's something you need to know."
"About what?"
"It's about.... Musaki."
To be continued...
I have to stop at this chapter, and I know it's a little mysterious about it, but that's how it fits to my imagination for Musaki. I would do more, but I have to go to Camp SMILE this week, so I'll be gone until Saturday. I'm thinking that there's gonna some surprising reviews wanting me to do more. I would like it a lot, so hopefully, I'll do more. But enjoy this chapter and there will be much more of this dramatic story. It'll be worth the wait.
If I have any errors, feel free to let me know, so I can try to re-do them or add something new and maybe I'll use them. Enjoy!!
This is also from my friend Arceus. Hope you like it!