Hey guys, just letting you know that I won't be posting as often as I did with my first story because I wrote most of that over winter break. This story I am writing after school, so it will take longer to post. Hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Here's chapter two!

Viper slithered back into the Jade Palace, shocked and upset.

The others were laughing and telling stories as they ate their dinner.

"Oh! Hey Vi! Wh—"

Crane cut himself off when he saw her pained expression.

"Vi," Crane said as he rushed over to her, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Everyone grew quiet as they looked at her with worry.

"Kiro…" Viper whispered, holding up his staffs with her tail. "He said… that he wasn't…good enough for the Jade Palace…he just…left…"

"What?" Tigress said, astonished at what she had just heard.

"Not coming back… train in the village from now on… can't leave the valley…due to the Emperor's orders…" Viper said quietly, on the verge of tears.

She had just seen one of the people that she had come to know as a brother abandon his home and his family.

"I'm going to talk to him." Tigress said sternly, with a hint of anger in her voice.

With that, Tigress stood up and walked out of the palace.

*In the village, at night*

Tigress walked down another dark alley, in hopes of finding her friend.

"You will find me if I want you too, but I don't. I just need to be alone right now." Tigress heard Kiro's voice echo off of the walls.

"Kiro, I just want to talk to you. Please come back to the palace. With more training, you won't need your staffs anymore. So if—"

Tigress was cut off by Kiro's rage infused voice.

"I AM PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF DEFENDING PEOPLE WITH MY STAFFS! IF PEOPLE WON'T RESPECT MY TALENTS AS A HERO, THEN MAYBE THE WILL FEAR THEM AS A CRIMINAL!"

"Kiro, don't say that! We're your family! You don—"

Tigress was cut off again.

"MY FAMILY? YOU DON'T DECIDE WHO MY FAMILY IS! MY FAMILY DIED IN A FIRE! YOU GUYS WERE NEVER MY FAMILY! I WAS NEVER WELCOMED THERE!"

Tigress stood in the middle of the alley, mortified at what Kiro had said.

This was not the Kiro that she knew.

This was something else.

Something dark.

Sinister.

Evil.

"Leave Tigress. Don't bother me again, or else you will regret it." Kiro said, calming down.

Tigress couldn't control herself anymore. Rage spilled into her veins and fury mixed inside of her.

"SHOW YOURSELF, YOU COWARD!" She yelled.

Silence.

"SHOW ME THAT YOU CAN FIGHT WITHOUT YOUR STAFFS!" She screamed.

Silence.

"I'M SORRY THAT I EVER CARED ABOUT YOU! I SHOULDNT'VE LOOKED THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF YOUR HOUSE TRYING TO FIND YOU! I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN UP AND LEFT YOU THERE WITH YOUR PARENTS!" Tigress shouted.

Silence.

Then, a dark figure appeared on a rooftop above Tigress.

"What…did…you…just…SAY?" Kiro roared.

Tigress turned to face him, ready to fight.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Kiro yelled as he lunged at Tigress from above.

The tigers were engaged in a fury induced battle.

Kiro moved with a new kind of strength and speed, blocking Tigress' every move.

Kiro sent slammed his fists into Tigress' chest and stomach fifteen times. He jumped into the air, grabbed Tigress' arms, slammed her into the two walls on either side of him and tossed her to the ground. She slowly stood up, pain rocketing through her body.

"RAH!" Kiro shouted as he slammed his fists into Tigress' chest and face.

Tigress stumbled back, her vision was blurring and she was swaying from side to side.

Kiro lunged at her, kicking her in the head four times, sending Tigress crumpling to the ground.

Kiro drew his emergency dagger from his leg and held back, preparing to deliver the final blow.

"Kiro…" Tigress whispered, about to pass out.

Kiro was about to end the master when he suddenly became aware of his surroundings. He looked at Tigress, who was passed out now, and he looked at the blade in his hand.

"I…no… I… wasn't… I…" Kiro stammered, dropping the blade and cradling his unconscious friend.

*Ten minutes later*

Kiro reached the top of the steps of the Jade Palace, carrying Tigress, who was still out cold.

He gently placed her in front of the door and dug into his pocket, pulling out the note that he had written.

He pulled out his emergency dagger and stabbed the letter at the top, pinning it to the Jade Palace door.

He knocked on the door and ran into some bushes to see their reaction.

I'm a monster…I can't be trusted…They'll hunt me down now… They'll throw me in jail…I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…What have I become?

*With the Five (minus Tigress) and Po*

Everyone heard a knock at the door.

"That must be Tigress. She's probably back with Kiro!" Monkey said, moving towards the door.

I hope… Viper thought.

Monkey opened the door and howled in anguish.

The others rushed over to see Tigress, battered, bruised, and unconscious, lying at their feet.

"Get her to the palace's clinic! Now!" Crane said to Viper and Monkey.

"Ti! Come on Ti! You're gonna be okay! It's gonna be fine! We're here to take care of you! Doctor Po is here to have you all fixed up!" Po laughed nervously as he jogged alongside Viper and Monkey, who were carrying their limp friend.

"Look, Mantis, a note on the door!" Crane said.

It read: My dearest friends, I am sorry for what I have done to our comrade. I have no place in the Jade Palace anymore. I have become something that I swore many years ago that I would never become. I cannot return here anymore. Please, I don't ask for your forgiveness, because I don't deserve it. I don't ask for your understanding, because even I don't understand what I have become. I just ask, that you keep me in your memories as I once was. Please don't let your last memory of me be this. Please tell Tigress that she was the closest thing to a sister that I had ever had, Po that he was like a brother to me, and Master Shifu that he was like my second father. I wish you all the best of luck. Your former friend, Kiro Takimuro

"He's…gone." Mantis said.

*With Grandmaster Feng*

"What is it, messenger?" Feng boomed.

"We have just received word that Kiro Takimuro, one of the warriors of the Valley of Peace, has just, well, snapped! He ran away from the palace and beat one of his friends, Tigress, unconscious!" The rodent stated.

"Interesting…Very interesting… Good work, messenger. Let's see if we can't arrange a little meeting with Kiro, hm?" Feng said.

"As you wish, sir." The rat said before he scurried off.

"This just keeps getting better and better." The grandmaster said to himself.