And here the three orphans meet Master Tigress...to which Bakari accidently hit her in the head with a hammer. How will the first meeting go down?


Chapter 11: First Intro's

Later on, Tigress slowly opened her eyes and she saw herself in a different room and she found that she was in her room and was a little curious as to how she got back there and felt a little pain in her head and when she rubbed it, she thought that something had struck her straight in the head really hard. She then seeks a furry brown lion cub under the side of her mat and when Bakari looks up, he slowly backs away from her.

"Hi." Bakari said, in a frightful voice.

Tigress then glared at him in a menacing look and Bakari backed away from her and into the wall and she asked, "Who are you?"

"M-m-m-my name's Bakari." Bakari answered.

"And how did you come to our palace?" asked Tigress, with a growl.

Bakari was definitely scared of what she might do to him and he said, "We wanted to see what it would look like in person, then we were in the training hall and I saw this big hammer and it was really, really heavy and then...then I..."

"You what?"

"I accidently hit you in the head with it." Bakari finished.

Once Tigress got his answer, she thought it was him and it explained how she got that big concussion she had received and Bakari looked in constant fear and he said, "Please don't kill me. It was an accident."

Tigress winced at the pain for the first time that she had felt none at all and she turned to him and got a little closer to him, driving him to a fearful frenzy and he said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it!"

The closer she got to him, the more intimidated and fearful Bakari had gotten and suddenly, Bakari lets out a very loud and frightful scream that the whole region of China could hear from a mile away. After that, Isaiah burst open the door and he shouted, "Listen, lady! I won't let you kill my best friend! Kill me instead!"

"Forget that! I'm the one you want! Kill me instead of these two kittens!" Duke shouted.

Tigress stared at them in a state of confusion and she asked them, "What are you all talking about?"

"I accidently hit your head with this big hammer at the Training Hall! I didn't mean for it to happen!" Bakari shouted.

"Don't kill us! We just wanna live until Christmas!" Duke pleaded.

Then, Isaiah unsheathed his claws and he said, "I'm warning you! I've got two claws and I'm not afraid to use them!"

Tigress then stopped this whole ordeal and she told them, "Who said I was gonna kill you?"

All three cubs froze for a second and then they turned to her in a confused look in their faces and Duke asked, "Weren't you gonna? We heard that you hate kids."

That comment seemed to give Tigress a little bit of confusion and also some anger in her and she asked, "Who said?"

"I don't know. We heard it from other kids at the orphanage." Bakari answered.

Tigress then figured that out quickly and she assumed that there was some new kids saying those kinds of assumptions and making it seem like it's believable and she looked at all thee of them and noticed that they are orphans and she went down to their level and said, "I'm not gonna kill any single one of you."

"You aren't?" asked Duke.

"No. I never said I hated kids. Just don't know how to handle them." Tigress stated.

"Oh..." they all said, in unison.

She then looks at Bakari and she told him, "I know you didn't mean to do it. I honestly thought someone did it on purpose, but now that you said it was an accident, I believe you."

"Thanks."

"I'm Isaiah and these are my friends, Bakari and Duke." Isaiah said.

Both Duke and Bakari waved their hands at her and she stood up and bowed to them in response and then pulls out her paw to show that she's okay. Bakari was a little reluctant in doing so, but slowly reached out and shook her paw and the same went with Isaiah and Duke and Bakari said, "You know, I thought all tigers were supposed to be mean and evil."

"Some are, but some aren't. It's our reputation to be tough." Tigress added.

Just then, Max comes in the room to see what's going on and he was surprised that neither of them were getting scared of her and he asked, "You guys okay?"

"We're fine, Max." Bakari added.

Max then looked up at Tigress and he thought that she might've gotten mad at them and said, "I am so sorry. Bakari didn't mean to hit your head with that hammer. He just wanted to see if it was heavy and...then we...it just...we didn't mean for it to...Oh, I'm sorry. I'm really really sorry."

Tigress could see that Max is panicking and she got to his level and said, "Max, calm down. Calm down. I'm not that mad."

Max froze for a second and realized that she wasn't really furious or anything but rather calm about this and he asked, "Why aren't you?"

"Listen, Bakari didn't mean any harm whatsoever. So, I'm not mad at him." Tigress replied.

"Ooooookay..." Max said, chuckling nervously.

Just then, Musaki and Arizona arrived to see how things are going and Musaki said to her, "First of all, let me just say that Bakari made a mistake on slamming your head and second of all..."

"Musaki...it's fine. He didn't mean to make a mistake. Accidents happen." Tigress added.

Arizona and Musaki looked at each other and sees that she's not in one of those rage-ish moments that she's usually in and Arizona asked, "So, you're okay?"

"Yes." she answered.

Later that day, Musaki, Arizona, Max, Bakari, Duke and Isaiah were heading towards the Hall of Heroes because Master Shifu had called for them and all three orphans were a little nervous about what's going on. When they did face the grandmaster, Duke looks up at Max and whispered, "Now I believe you."

Shifu looks over at them and he asked, "Which one of you hit Tigress in the head?"

Bakari slowly stepped in and he said, in a scared tone, "I did. It was a total accident, sir."

Shifu walked over to the brown lion cub and he asked, "How old are you, son?"

"5."

"Where did you come from?" asked Shifu.

"From the Bao Gu Orphanage." Bakari answered.

That was enough for Shifu to hear and he looked at Isaiah and Duke and told them, "Well...did you apologize to Tigress?"

"Yes, I did." Bakari replied.

Shifu clears his throat and he told Bakari, "All right. What are all your names?"

"Isaiah Xiu."

"Tau Bakari."

"What's up, dude? The name's Duke Kao. I'm with them." Duke added.

Shifu clears his throat and looks at Duke for a second and said, "I go by Master Shifu. And my name is not dude."

Max chuckled softly at this and he said, "They're sticking around at my house for Christmas."

"Really? That's...interesting." Shifu added.

Musaki nodded his head for a second and he said, "Anyways, we just thought we'd show them around the Jade Palace because Duke said that he doesn't believe that Max actually knew you guys."

"Well, of course I know Max. The Five knows him. Even the Dragon Warrior knows him." Shifu added.

Duke looked at Max and realized that it is indeed the real thing and he said, "Now I definitely believe you."

Isaiah then walked in front of Shifu and he said, "It's an honor and a privilege to actually meet you."

"The same as well." Shifu replied.


Glad it worked out. Next chapter...they meet the other masters!