The previous chapter...we left you with Tigress overhearing the conversation and let's see how it goes. Also..his name is revealed.

Chapter 10: Reconciling with Tigress

The Wolf Boss continued talking with Po for a while and he felt like opening up about his past helped him a little bit, but still feels like it's not enough to make up for his past yet. He suddenly stopped himself, looked at Po and asked, "Am I talking too much?"

"Nah. It's a good thing to let it all out. Admitting to your mistakes helps you clear your head and when you learn from it, you can try to reconcile with others you've hurt in the past."

"You're really selfless, are you, panda?"

"I'm very compassionate and always put others before myself."

The wolf sighed heavily and said, "I wish I was like you for a day."

Po paused for a sec and then the wolf couldn't believe what he just said and thought the same thing. Po cleared his throat for a minute while the wolf told him, "Although it might be a little weird for a wolf like me being fat."

"I couldn't imagine seeing you in my weight."

The wolf shuddered for a sec and said, "That'd be kinda...awkward."

"Yeah. It's not easy."

"I agree."

Po took a deep breath, stood up and said, "Well...I'm gonna start preparing dinner for everyone. You wanna come?"

"Nah, you go ahead. I'm gonna hang around here for a while and think some things over."

"All right. Just think about what I said, all right?"

"Okay."

"It'll be okay though. Things will get better...you'll see."

Po pats him on the shoulder and walks out of the Peach tree, leaving the wolf alone to think some of his thoughts over his past and he looked up at the sky. Some of Po's words went inside his head and he just never knew what compassion really is and he never had someone to heal those emotional scars he had most of his life and with that, he felt like he was stuck as a crossroads; deciding on letting the past eat him alive or move forward and find peace within himself.

He puts his paws on his head and whispered to himself, "Will peace find me at all? Where do I go from here?"

Suddenly, he hears footsteps coming from behind and he quickly got up to his feet to find out who it was and he sees Tigress coming in, looking a little concerned and he just sighed in exasperation and said, "Are you here to try to kick me out again?"

Tigress didn't say anything and she stood in front of him and she replied, "I just came to talk."

"Look, I've already caused you and your friends pain enough. When are you gonna get through your thick sull that I'm not like that anymore?"

"That's not it. I overheard everything about your past and I never really thought of you having to go through something so terrible."

The wolf felt surprised that someone has heard about his upbringing and he asked, "Which parts did you hear?"

"Being abused by your father, him killing your mother and leaving you, witnessing your family being killed themselves and losing your best friend...how much more someone like you could take?"

"What do you know? You've got great friends, a legendary master and respect for China. It's like your life is so perfect and everything while mine...it's nothing but feeling abandoned, left behind, used and betrayed. You don't really know what it feels like when someone doesn't want you."

Tigress fell silent for a minute, but she grew angry about what the wolf said about living a 'perfect' life because she didn't live in it. She then told him, "Well, the egg's on your face, all right? You think you're the only one with a rough past? Try being abandoned by your own family that doesn't even want you or being cooped up in an orphanage for several years and have everyone calling you a monster or maybe feeling not good enough by your own adopted father no matter how hard you try, it'll never be good enough! Try living that life!"

The wolf froze for a minute and he couldn't believe what Tigress just explained to him and it's like for the first time...both of them connected. He looked at her and all he could do is just stare at her and in a way, he felt sorry for her and he said, "And I thought my past was horrible."

"But sometimes, you can't let it make you who you are. You just have to let it be the past and leave it behind."

"I do...but sometimes it's hard for me, you know?"

She puts her hand on his shoulder and said, "Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just forgive the person who's ever hurt you so many times, but in order to make yourself feel better, you have to forgive yourself first. If you don't, then it'll haunt you for the rest of your life."

"I do want to forgive. I just need someone to show me how."

"You've got Po and Shifu to help."

"What about you and your friends?"

Tigress sighed heavily and knew that it might be the hardest thing to give the wolf boss a second chance, but after watching Po giving him mounds of compassion, she felt that it was time to put her pride aside and just reach out to him for once. She looked at him and said, "If you promise you'll stick to what we do and keep this promise, I'll be more than willing to help you out."

"So...all is forgiven?"

"For now."

They shook hands and made a clean slate with each other and Tigress gave him a hug, which seemed kinda awkward for the wolf, but he hugged her back and she told him, "I forgive you. And I am sorry for giving you a hard time when you came here."

"I'm sorry for everything I've done."

They let go for a while and then Tigress turned around and told him, "Tell Po I hugged you and I'll break you down in half."

"Yeah, that did feel awkward...but I think I needed that."

She chuckled and said, "Lucky we're friends now."

She then walked off and the wolf felt like things are starting to look up for him and he walks out of the Peach Tree feeling like he can stay true to his promise in order to get a second chance to be worthy to accept his forgiveness to the kung-fu masters.

Then, she came back and asked, "What's your name?"

The wolf sighed heavily and replied, "I forgot about my name since I worked with Shen. But my mom named me...Zhong."

How was that? Imagine if Wolf Boss and Tigress are a couple. Wouldn't that be weird? But anyhow...good thing that Tigress and the wolf..excuse me...Zhong are cool now. Big thanks to my awesome friend, son of wind for helping me come up with the name of the wolf. Appreciate it. Next chapter will come at ya!