The Five [COMPLETED]

Epilogue

Over the years, we fought many battles.

None as life-changing or intense as our battle with Dragon Eye all those years ago, but they were still battles. My scars remind me of them every day. I don't fight now - I'm the grandmaster of the Jade Palace, and Kai is my deputy. It took a long time for me to get to this position, though - I had to wait many years before I was approved.

So much happened before this time.

After we got home from the Journey, we resumed our training, and eventually became grandmasters of our art, training five apprentices of our own to become the next generation of the Furious Five. Steven is a fine warrior, just as good a leader as I have tried to be my whole life.

Sifu died many years ago, and Violet, Mark and Lawrence followed afterwards, each in their own time: Violet from illness, Mark and Lawrence from battle. The only person left from the comradeship is Kai.

Together, we've led the Jade Palace, and sent the apprentices on battle missions. But none too dangerous; we've seen enough trauma and death in our lifetimes.

Kai wanted children so desperately, and we have two now: Daniel and Lily. They're both fully-grown now, and they're also warriors we can be proud of.

One thing I learned from that expedition all those years ago is that no matter what you do, you will be scarred. The only thing you can do is keep going and pray that it will get better. And for me, it has. Kai has brought me more joy than I could ever express. And I am eternally grateful to him for that. 

More than he will ever know. 

A part of me wonders what would have happened had Matthew survived: would he be my deputy and help me lead? Would we have had children of our own? Of course, I keep these thoughts to myself. But I know he's still watching over me with the others, awaiting our reunion in the spirit realm. That day will be a good day, because finally, we will be the Furious Five once more, together forever; our names written in the stars.

One question still remains for me: can we be forgiven for all we've done? 

Perhaps one day, the answer to that question will come to me. But until then, I will continue to fulfill my vows and pray there will be peace for us all.

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A/N: It's done.

This story has finally come to an end.

These characters have been bouncing around in my head for years, and it was amazing to be able to finally tell their story after so long. I want to thank anyone who has ever read even a sentence of my story, whether you were there in the beginning back in August 2015, or long after I began writing. I was originally going to try and make this a trilogy, but I decided against it, because I thought 30 chapters about these characters would be enough. If you guys have any suggestions on what I should write about next, please tell me and I'll try and figure out a plot :)

I really hope you enjoyed reading this, and again, thank you all!