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My name is Xian Takeo. As a Tiger cub I was left at the doorstep of the Jade Palace 30 years ago. I was taken in by Shifu who I would come to see as my Master and Master Oogway who I saw as a father to me, through the years as I had grown and was trained by both Master Shifu, and Master Oogway.

Eventually I had come a long way I was there to see the rise and fall of Tai Lung, and Master Oogway had me oversee the construction of Chor-Gom Prison and once again the Valley had returned to peace.

I was doing morning training when I heard Master Shifu talking to a distressed Sheep, I only heard one word from the sheep 'Monster', and after the sheep had left I approached Master Shifu.

"Master, what was that about?" I ask trying to understand what I heard.

"That was Yuki, the caretaker of Bao Gu Orphanage. She said the Orphanage is being plagued by a monster." Shifu says as we walk the Hall of Warriors.

"A monster, master?" I ask as I look down to my master.

"Yes, and I'm sending you to take care of it." Shifu says.

"Me master? Do you think I'm ready?" I ask.

"Yes. Now get ready." Shifu says as we bow to each other.

I go to my room and change into my orange and black long sleeve robes and my black pants. I felt the need to grab my dominoes as I packed them in my bag, as I also grabbed my staff. I walked out of my room and through the Hall of Warriors, and out the doors as I made my way to the Orphanage.

When I arrived at the orphanage I could see scared children and destroyed walls, as I survey the damage I'm approached by the caregiver she seemed scared.

"Master Xian, thank you for coming. I was expecting Master Shifu." She says.

"My master sent me in his stead, he told me you had a Monster?" I ask.

"Well she's just a child, but she can't control herself. Nobody would come here to adopt a child because they're afraid of her. She's a Monster. A Monster!" Yuki yells.

"I will be the judge of that. Open the door." I say, as I look at the caretaker.

"What is her name?" I ask, as the caretaker hesitates to answer.

"Tigress." She says as she opens the door to a dark room. I saw smashed furniture and a clawed bed, and a small Tiger cub crying in the corner she had a red shirt, yellow belt, and black pants. I walked in.

"Tigress," I say, as she turns a little to look at me.

"I am Xian. I am…" I say, as she cuts me off.

"Afraid?" She asks with a snarl and an angry look, as I walk in and slam the door.

"No." I say.

"Well, you should be. I am Tigress- Tigress the monster… a monster no one wants." Tigress starts off angry and goes to feeling sad, as she puts her chin on her knees.

"You are not a monster. You are just a little girl who feels alone, I should know I once too was an orphan." I say, as she looks up at me.

"Really?" She asks.

"Yes, and I found a family, and I know you will too. How about a game?" I ask as she looks at me questioningly, as I pull a domino out of my sleeve as she gasps, as I throw it and it lands right in line with the others, as I pick up a random piece.

"Let us play?" I ask, as I extend it out to her as she slowly reaches for it as soon, as she grabbed the domino it broke, as I grabbed the piece that flew across my face.

'She's a strong one.'

"You must learn to control your strength." I say as I hand her the half, as she looks at the piece and up at me.

"Now your training begins." I say, as we moved to a large open room.

"This game requires discipline, precision, a still hand, and a steady heart." I say as I demonstrate fluid motions, as she tries to follow my moves, but she ends up punching a hole through the door, as the others ran away, as she looked down as I smiled lightly.

"It's alright it took me a while to get the hang of it as well. Come, focus. Again" I instruct as we continue as she places a domino next to another one, as they fell I demonstrated further as I moved to the circular window and placed the dominoes, as I ran up the circle and grabbed them, as she looked as I revealed them each side facing opposite. I toss them up as she jumps and grabs them as she landed she opened her fist showing the shattered pieces, as she threw them to the ground in anger she looked up to me in sadness.

"Again." I instruct as I help her get comfortable with the fluid movements, as I looked over I see her eyes were closed. I kept going back week after week, month after month, as we stood outside.

"Again." I instruct as I tossed the pieces in the air, as she jumped and grabbed the pieces as she landed the pieces were whole.

Finally, the day had come for another Adoption day, as she carefully placed piece after piece of dominos on the ground, as the others and I watched as she was using the fluid motions she had learned, and finally she was ready.

she stood in the center as I stood just outside the dominos path as she looked at me, as I nodded she knocked a piece over the dominos completing the symbol of Yin and Yang, as I had nodded in satisfaction as the others cheered. She had completed her training at least what I was able to do to help her control her strength, as the other children began hugging her.

I had been talking to Master Shifu and Master Oogway about the young girl. I asked if I could bring her here to learn the ways of Kung Fu; Master Oogway seemed pleased that I helped the young girl control her strength, as he gave me his approval, however Master Shifu was hesitant. I knew he was thinking of his former student Tai Lung, but he none the less gave approval, as I left the Palace and made my way to the Orphanage.

I had got there just as the adoption day had started, and I saw kids getting adopted left and right. I saw Tigress with other kids as they played; eventually the adoptions slowed down and eventually stopped, as the adoption day had ended. I saw Tigress standing alone with the caretaker, the parents must still be afraid of her. I felt bad for her, but my mood quickly picked up as I remembered my task to adopt Tigress as she sat at the table I had talked with Yuki and had completed adopting Tigress. I wanted to adopt her because I knew she was destined for greatness, as I had walked behind Tigress I saw the sad look on her face as she was holding the domino piece, as she set it down as I placed my piece next to hers, as she looked up in happiness.

"Xian!" Tigress yells showing her happiness.

"Come. Let us go home." I say as I start walking out of the orphanage as she jumps over the table, and runs to match my pace as I let a smile slip onto my face, as we walked to the Jade Palace to meet Master Oogway and Master Shifu.