~At the courtyard of the palace.~
Shifu and Po walk through the palace courtyard.
"You have done well, Panda" Shifu said to Po
"Done well? Done well?! I've done awesome!
He swings his belly around and knocks Shifu off balance.
Shifu staggers back, regaining his dignity.
"The mark of a true hero is humility!" Shifu said.
After a moment's thought, though, he leans toward Po –
"But yes...you have done awesome."
And he punches him playfully on the arm. Po smiles at him.
But then the rest of the five run to them.
"Master!..." Crane said and he stood before him and the masters all bows.
"What is wrong and where is Tigress?" Shifu said and Po looked confused.
"She is gone, this morning she was gone" Shifu's face turned worried.
"But where did she went to?" Po said and Shifu turned to Po, the five already knew where she went.
"She is to Tai Lung of course, trying to defeat him!" Po then finely understand that he needs to fight and defeat Tai Lung.
"But master, why isn't she back yet?" Mantis asked and Shifu looked very scared now.
"I just hope that it's not what I thought it is..." then he turned to Po.
"Panda… when he comes here it's your turn to defeat him"
Then Po gets scared.
"W-what me? But.. if Tigress couldn't defeat him… Why should I can?"
"Cause you will have the one thing that no one else does."
~Tigress POV~
I opened my eyes, where was I?
Then I saw Tai Lung standing and looking out a window.
"Do you remember the times we had in the past…For me is that time going to be the future " When he said that it made me think back to the moment I first met him.
/Past/
Tai Lung was now 14 years old, I was 8 years old..
A little girl who just came from Bao Gu Orphanage, and finely had a daddy.
Or at least a master who cares about me.
"Tai Lung, I want you to meet someone" Shifu said to a young Tai Lung.
"Who is it dad?" he said walking to Shifu.
"You know you need to call me master Shifu" he said to him.
"Im sorry master, now show me who it is"
Shifu looked at me, I was standing behind him.
"Come on Tigress, don't be shy" then I walked forward and saw him.
"This here is Tigress, she is going to train with us and you will tread her with respect"
Tai Lung looked at the little girl, then he nodded and bow to his master.
"Well then, you too stay here and meet each other" They both bow and Shifu walked away.
"Welcome to the Jade Palace.. uh what was your name again?" Tai Lung said looking at the little girl.
"Tigress… Thanks, it's nice to finely have a family" She smiled to the young Tia Lung and he smiled back.
"Follow me, Im going to show you how good my Kung Fu is!" He said and Tigress nodded and followed him.
/Back/
"I remember the time I've met you…" Tigress said and Tai Lung turned around.
"You didn't supposed to wake up! I blocked your chi!"
"I am stronger now!" I said and I tried to get up, but it looks like I was not fully healed.
"Then why aren't you standing up?" He laughed and then looked out the window again.
"Why didn't you kill me? " I said try to concentrate so I could get healed.
"Cause I know you aren't the dragon warrior… sad you said so but don't worry where almost going to the palace " He said with a grin on his face.
Then I felt my arms and legs again, time to show the real power of me.
I kicked him through the window.
"This is how I end it…"
/Past/
I was now 14 years old, tomorrow is the big day for my brother.
He is going to be the next Dragon Warrior.
Im going to help him with his training now.
I walked in the training hall and already saw him training.
"Hey there Tigress" he said kicking the dummy.
"Hi Tai, so tomorrow is your big day bro! Are you nervous?" I walked to him and he smiled.
"A little bit, but master Shifu told me years ago I was going to be the dragon warrior sis"
I smiled, he was going to be an great dragon warrior.
"You still need to work on your anger though.. " then he looked at me and laughed.
"Aw come on sis, you have anger issues too so it doesn't care " then he brakes another dummy.
"Yeah I know but I don't brake stuff all the time.. and you do!" I heard him snarl.
"So what, just because I didn't learn how to play domino with him!"
"You're always so stupid!, You know you are going to be the Dragon Warrior but still you're so dark inside that fur" Then he turns around to face me.
"What do you mean by that?" He said looking angry.
"You know what I mean, you need to stop acting like a crazy person and just be normal for once in your life!" I shouldn't have said that, he become angry and he kicked me out the door and I fell on the ground.
"You just need to learn to shut up Tigress, because you will never are going to be an great master!" He said when he walked out the door.
Then we started a fight!, Shifu came just in time to stop it.
"You too stop! Tai Lung go train for tomorrow and Tigress stay in your room till Oogway is ready!" He said and we quit fighting and bow for him
"Yes master." We looked at each other and walked our own way.
It was the last time I saw him till 20 years later.
/Back/
I looked out the window and on my surprise he jumped through it and kicked me in my stomach and let me fell on the floor.
"Time to go to the palace little sister…" He kicked me again and everything went black.
~Normal POV- In the Scroll Room~
"You really believe I'm ready?" Po asked.
"You are, Po." Shifu said
They look at each other. This is a big moment.
Oogway's staff hangs in a rack surrounded by candles. As Po
and The Five stand by, Shifu carries the staff over to the
reflecting pool. Shifu bows his head, then, eyes still
closed, he raises the staff up above his head. Po and the
others watch, expectantly. The peach blossom petals rise in a
flickering, spinning cloud up from the pool. The gentle
tornado rises up around the ceiling carving that holds the
Dragon Scroll. The petals loosen the scroll from the dragon's
mouth and it falls. At the last second, Shifu reaches out
with the staff to catch the scroll on the end of it. He turns
to Po, holding it out.
"Behold. The Dragon Scroll... It is yours." Shifu says
"Wait, what happens when I read it?" Po said looking at it.
"No one knows, but legend says you will be able to hear a butterfly's wing-beat"
"Whoa! Really? That's cool."
"Yes. And see light in the deepest cave.
You will feel the universe in motion around you."
"Wow! Can I punch through walls? Can I do a quadruple back flip?
Will I have invisibility—"
"Focus. Focus." Shifu said.
"Huh? Oh, yeah... yeah." Po looked at Shifu
"Read it, Po, and fulfill your destiny. Read it and become... the Dragon Warrior!"
"Whooaa!"
Po takes a deep breath. Then he grasps the tube and tries to pull the top off it. It doesn't budge. He strains at it.
"It's impossible to open." He strains again. He tries to bite it off.
"Come on baby. Come on now..."
Shifu sighs and holds out his hand. Po passes him the tube.
Shifu pops the end off effortlessly and passes it back to Po.
"Thank you. I probably loosened it up for you though... Okay, here goes."
He glances at the four other masters. They look on in awe. Monkey gives him
the `thumbs up.' Po starts to unroll the scroll, the golden
light bathing his face. Across the scroll we see Shifu,
excited that he is witness to history...
On Po's face as he finishes opening the scroll.
Then -
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Yelled Po
Shifu looks concerned. The four look concerned. Po looks
utterly terrified.
"It's blank!"
"What?" Shifu says
"Here! Look!" Po tries to show Shifu the scroll. Shifu covers his eyes and
turns his head away.
"No! I am forbidden to look upon—"
But he can't help himself. He takes a peek. Then he grabs if
off Po. He turns it around, then upside down. He closes it
and opens it again, astonished.
"Blank? I don't...I don't understand."
Shifu turns away, contemplative. What can this mean?
"Okay. So like, Oogway was just a crazy old turtle after all?" Po said
"No. Oogway was wiser than us all." Shifu said back
Po sits heavily on the floor, dejected.
"Oh, come on! Face it. He picked me by accident. Of course I'm not the Dragon Warrior. Who am I kidding?"
The four don't argue.
"But who will stop Tai Lung?" Mantis said.
"He'll destroy everything...and everyone." Crane said.
Shifu puts the scroll back in its container and seals it. He looks oddly calm as he turns around.
"No, evacuate the Valley. You must protect the villagers from Tai Lung's rage."
"What about you master?" Viper asked.
"I will fight him." He said.
"What?" Po said.
"I can hold him off long enough for
everyone to escape."
"But Shifu, he'll kill you." Po walked to him.
"Then I will finally have paid for my mistake."
The four and Po look devastated.
"Listen to me, all of you. It is time for you to continue your journey without me. I am very proud to have been your master."
Shifu salutes them and turns away. Po is heartbroken. Crane
steps forward and kindly puts a wing around Po, pulling away.
Po resists for a moment, then lets the four lead him off.
