Tigress's Dream, Chapter 1
"Kick, punch, power punch, front sweep, knee kick, left punch, right kick and ending knock out punch!" Tigress muttered, under her breath as she hit the iron-wood trees.
She had she had trained for twenty years punching at the iron-wood trees until due to severe injuries in her arms, wrists, and paws she could feel no pain now in her arms, wrists, and paws. Now she was trying to do the same to her legs, ankles, and feet.
As she punched powerfully at the trees she felt no pain in her paws but when she kicked a fierce pain surged up her legs. Suddenly she felt tired. Tired why am I tired? I've never been tired before in the middle of training! She thought. "It must be that stupid injury." She angrily growled.
She had taken a cannonball for Po when Shen tried to take over Gongmen City and the rest of China. She had almost died from it but she never regretted it. Now she got tired easily and had coughing fits on and off. The healer had said to rest for three weeks, not do Kung Fu for one month, and take it easy for two months. That had horrified Tigress, but the healer had said if she didn't rest she would never do Kung Fu again. Tigress replied to the healer that Kung Fu was her life so she would follow orders. Now those two months were over. She had started training hard to make up for lost training time.
"Tigress, Tigress where are you?" Viper called from the top of the stairs of the Jade Palace. "I'm by the Iron-wood trees." Tigress replied. "Well Master Shifu wants to talk to you right now." Viper said. "I Coming as quickly as I can." replied Tigress.
Five minutes later. Tigress was standing in front of Master Shifu waiting to know what he wanted. "Tigress, I know you've been resting and all but I have a mission for you anyway." the Red Panda said. "What is it Master Shifu?" the Tiger eagerly asked. "Well we've been having trouble from the remaining soldiers of Shen's army in the Valley Of Secrets Untold area and I want you to... Tigress interrupted him and said, "You want me to find the troublemakers kill or imprison them and make sure they won't cause anymore trouble." "Yes and no, I want you and the Furious Five and Po to stop the troublemakers and then stay and learn from the Masters who live in the Valley of Secrets Untold and the surrounding area. I will then join you and the Furious Five and Po when Master Croc and Ox come back." said Shifu. "What? Stay with in the valley? With the furious f..." she trailed off, when Master Shifu gave her a "you know better" stare.
"I mean, okay I'll tell the rest of the guys." Tigress said stiffly. Soon the Furious Five were packed and ready to go. Po on the other hand was trying to decide whether to pack thirty sticky dumplings or thirty bean buns. "Po were not going to need all that food. Viper already packed us plenty of food." Crane told Po. "Well she only packed us forty vegetable dumplings and twelve pounds of rice and five pounds of meat for tigress and fifteen sticky dumplings and twenty bean buns and and ingredients enough for eighteen bowls of soup." Po replied in one breath. "That's plenty more than we can eat on a one week journey." Crane replied angrily. "Well she forgot about snacks and desserts!" Po said getting angry. "We don't need snacks or desserts that will only slow us down and that's that. Tigress said firmly, getting tired of the arguing.