Shifu felt his whole life slipping through his body, never had he ever seen himself in this situation, he had so many things to get clear, and yet they were going to stay undone, he now was lying on the bed, the wounds that were now bandaged, blood was slipping throught them, a feline figure was beside him, gently grabbing his hand
"You will get through this…" letting a clear pause between the next words that the old master had been wished long to hear, yet he felt that it was his fault that he never listened that words from her mouth.
"Father…"
Gripping his hand a bit tighter as she said that, tears now almost slipping through her face, but she was trying hard not to, she was struggling now.
She must not repress herself
Not anymore
The master gently lifted his hand and brought it to her face, caressing it.
"You can cry, if you need to"
He was surrounded by six students, the ones that had been taught by him, each of them now looking at him, with faces full of pain.
A monkey, a mantis, a viper, a crane, a panda and a tiger at his side, supporting him in his last moments.
"I'm honored of have been your master once"
Tigress almost screamed in pain as she saw him, she realized
He was going to give up
He was accepting it
"Tigress, my daughter, if I even can call you by that name, I am sorry"
He lifted his face, to say the words she had been struggling to hear in her life
"I could have never been more proud, of having a daughter this amazing"
"I love you"
The master showed a gentle smile, as he gently bended over once again in bed, to close his eyes and never going to open them once again.
Tigress now was consuming in pain, grabbing the hand, now of the lifeless body, of her father, she now let the tears to stream down her face, in choked sobs on her throat.