Chapter 1- Memories Of Nobody.
Master Tigress tossed and turned in her sleep. She keeps on having these dreams and can't get rid of them. And strangely enough, there was this one thing that kept bugging her...
Tigress listened to the squeaking of the floorboards outside, whoever was outside she was mad at. Finally she opened her door to see a dark figure standing there, for some reason she can't see the figures face. "You don't belong here." She said icily. The dark figure said something but she couldn't figure out what the figure was saying. "No. I mean you don't belong here in the Jade Palace. Your a disgrace to Kung Fu, and if you have any respect for us you will be gone by morning." She closed the door and suddenly the scene changed.
She was standing in the middle of Valley of Peace and everywhere around her was a mess. She and the rest of the valley people and masters watch as a dark figure emerge from the dust. When the figure came out of the dust but she still couldn't see the figures face. But that didn't stop her from stepping forward and bowing down to the figure calling it "Master".
The scene changed again and she was on a boat. A dark figure punched her in her paw and she was slightly amused when the figure fell to its knee and clutch its paw in pain. "My apologies. I used to punch the ironwood tree's by the Jade Palace. Now I feel nothing." For a second she look at her paw to remember all her pain and training but she glanced up to the dark figure.
The scene suddenly changed and she was running towards the same dark figure that keeps popping up everywhere. She was desperately trying to reach it, for a reason she KNOWS that the figure was in danger and she needed to rescue him. She broke away from a gorilla's grip and ran forward to the figure. But she was to late. A cannon ball hit the figure and he was blaster through the factory walls to the river below, all that she could of done was yell "NOOOO!" before the figure went out of the building and her world turn dark.
Suddenly the scene changed and she was badly hurt and in the middle of what look like, a ocean. She was hurt everywhere and she was too weak to even lift her head. But suddenly she felt a warm presence nearby and she felt someone grab her paw. She raised her head as she heard someone say her name. But she couldn't see the mystery figure. The dark figure then pushed the piece of driftwood she was laying on and she struggled to say something, ANYTHING, to the figure but soon she succumb to the darkness.
The scene changed again and she was looking down in the water to a figure. This time she focused more and more and the figure seem to get a bit clearer. Suddenly the blurry figure embraced her in his arms and she look at him. She gazed up to him and for a second she saw jade green eyes...
Tigress woke with a start. She look around her trying to get her surroundings in focus and she remembers that in a few minutes the gong will sound. She shook her head and stepped out of the hallway as the gong rang.
"Good morning master." All five master's said. Tigress look at the empty room in front of her, and for some reason she was expecting somebody to be there. But nobody came out.
"Tigress are you OK?" Viper's voice rang out, breaking Tigress out of her thoughts.
"Mhhh? Oh sorry I was just... never mind."
"Guys is it me, or is something missing today?" Monkey said as they headed towards the Training hall.
"Yeah, it's like, there should be well, something should be here." Mantis said while everyone nodded. Soon they came to the Training hall and all master's began training. But the Training hall seemed empty. The only sounds were the Master's training and the creaks of the tools. Several times Tigress eyes slid over the the adversary, but as usual it only stood against the wall collecting dust over the years. Because she was distracted her usual perfect training was sloppy. The other's noticed this but they too was distracted. Soon the master's called for lunch time all of them walk in silence to the kitchen. The masters sat down and well, just sat there.
"Sooo... Who was supposed to make lunch?" Monkey said as the rest looked around uncertainly.
"Wasn't there supposed to be somebody to make our meals?" Crane said with a confused look on his face. All masters looked at each other with confusion etched on their faces. Finally Mantis spoke.
"Well all I know is that if I don't get any food soon, I'm gonna start eating my feet." His stomach grumbled in agreement as the rest of the masters nodded. Tigress rolled her eye's as Mantis began to whine and moan.
"I'll go to the village and get something." She stood up and walked out of the kitchen, half glad that she got away from Mantis's overreacting dying threats. She quickly ran down the step's and made it into the village in record time. Soon she standing at the bottom of the Jade Palace step's and she was uncertain where to go. She decided to look around and fine anything that look good. She smiled a bit as the villager's bowed down to her and the children crowded around her, gawking and talking excitedly at her. Soon their parents rushed forward and took their children away. Tigress walked around for a bit taking in the scenery around her. Suddenly she realized she stood in front of a noodle shop so she decided to just get noodles for everybody. She entered the shop but was surprised to see that the place was deserted. Nobody was in the shop and Tigress heard soft moaning and whimpering inside the kitchen. Curiously, she walk into the kitchen to find a goose sitting on the floor of a messy kitchen clutching a picture near his chest. Tigress noted that he was crying and not wanting to scare him, she cleared her throat.
"Umm... excuse me but are you alright?" Tigress spoke in a sincere voice. The goose jump at the sound of her voice but quickly wiped his eye's.
"Oh um were closed for *sniff* today. And you shoul- Oh My! Please forgive me Master Tigress!" The goose said as he realized he was talking to one of the Furious Five and bowed down to her. Tigress took no note at that.
"Forgive me for asking but why were you crying?" The goose started to get red rimmed in his eye's and he look down to the picture clutched to his chest, with a sad expression.
"It's my son. He's gone missing!" That made Tigress concerned.
"Can you please explain to me what happened? I'll help you look for him as a the protector of this valley." The goose managed to make a weak smile.
"Thank you Master Tigress! Well to be true... I don't remember that much. I well, remembered that me and my son were in the kitchen making noodles and talking then we went to bed. When I woke up this morning I called him up but for some reason he wouldn't come down so I went up to check on him and he wasn't in his bed, I waited all day for him to come home... but he never came. All day I walked around I asked everybody about it, but nobody remembered anything. It's weird... I remember everything from his life, like when he learned to walk and to talk and make his first bowl of soup but... I can't remember any recent memories. I'm so confused and lost." The goose finally said as he sat down on a crate. Tigress took a moment to think.
"So you don't remember anything that happened recently Mr.-?"
The goose looked up in surprise. "Oh forgive me I never told you my name, it's Jia Ping (Jia meaning family). But you can just call me Mr. Ping and no I can't remember anything." Tigress nodded at this information.
"Have you found any clues that might tell where your son is? Have you check his room or the kitchen." shook his head. "Ive been busy looking for my son in the street's to even think about that. I guess I can start checking now." stood up from the crate and wiped his eyes clean from tears.
"Would you like me to help?" Tigress asked. Mr. Ping replied, "I would be very grateful if you would Master Tigress, hehe, if my son knew that you were here helping me look for him he would freak out." chuckled at the thought as Tigress gave him a confused look.
"Why would you say that?"
"Oh it's just that my son is into Kung Fu and everything about it. If you can check his room please I'll be most grateful, it's the one on the third floor last stairs to the left." Mr. Ping said as he started to look for any clues on the whereabouts to his son. Tigress left the kitchen and climbed up the stairs. She saw that the second floor mostly was a storage room for the food and utensils so she kept on going. The third floor was half storage room and the rest a living space. She passed what look like Mr. Ping's room and finally came to a small step of stairs. She climbed and entered the top floor of the room. The room had a few supplies of food and bowls right there but other than that it could of been a Kung Fu fan room's. The wall's were covered with poster's of the Furious Five and Master's from the past. On one part of the wall was a drawing of what look like a rhino bandit with dagger's stuck to his face and on the window sill was, to Tigress amusement, action figures of all the member's to the Furious Five. She grabbed her own action figure and chuckled a bit when she realized that the person hand carved it. She put the action figure back onto the window sill and began to look for anything out of order. She was looking for anything like a note, letter, any travel packs, anything but the only thing she found was scroll's of kung fu and several dagger's (she really didn't want to know what this person did for his hobbies). Tigress sighed in exasperation as she was about to give up, but she notice a drawer she hasn't check yet. She held her breath as she opened the drawer but was disappointed to see only winter clothes. Tigress picked up a scarf that laid there and let her shoulder's sag. Tigress dealt with more bigger issues than this but she couldn't let this villager down. After a while Tigress realized that she was stroking the scarf a bit. She was about to put it back but she stopped, she stood stock still with the scarf still in her hands. She slowly brought the scarf close to her face and smelled deeply, it smelled like noodles and peaches. Tigress scrunched her eyebrows in concentration, she smelled this smell before but she was trying to remember from where. The hardcore can't understand. Tigress eyes snapped open when she heard that in her head when she kept smelling the yellow scarf. That voice, she knows it but she can't remember where it came from. Your so hardcore you don't feel anything. Tigress stood up with the scarf still clutched tightly in her hand, she knows that she heard this from somewhere, but where?
"Who are you?" Tigress said out loud to no one in particular. I am Po. The voice said as Tigress eyes widened as she remembered.
Hola, fanfic readers! How did you like this chapter so far? It didnt turned out quite exactly how I wanted it, but I'm proud on how it turned out! I will be updating randomly since school is getting more tougher (I swear, I'm gonna have a nervous breakdown before winter break!) Please read and review because that's why the amazing creators of fanfiction put that button there! Peace! =D
