And here's where it gets dramatic and we see Tigress' reason for being so mean and spiteful towards Max.

Chapter 14: Huge Outrage and Explanation

"MASTER TIGRESS, HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR DAMN MIND?! YOU COULD'VE CAUSED HARM TO THAT CUB!" Shifu shouted at the top of his lungs.

Po has never seen Shifu this upset before like he has multiple times over mistakes and little stuff than usual, but never has he ever seen him hotheaded 20 times more so than Tigress and the look on the red panda's face says it. But for Tigress...it was all too familiar to her because she had to endure it her whole life and this time was no different...except for the fact that the subject was about Max. Most of the Five have experienced Shifu at his angriest before, but never in this position where he was totally enraged to the maximum.

"In my defense, I wanted no part in that. All I did was try to stop her from doing something that can cause harm to Max." Po stated.

"I know that, Po. I know you were not the cause of all of this because it's all Tigress' responsibility!" Shifu seethed.

Tigress knew that look all too well and she hung her head down in shame as Shifu continued yelling at her for participating in stuff like that towards Max and she rose up her head and said, "It's just that you chose Po to train with Max instead of me. I just don't know what came over me."

"But still...even if you wanted to train him, that doesn't excuse you from participating in something ridiculous and juvenile!" Shifu exclaimed.

Arizona couldn't blame Shifu for being so ticked off at the extent they saw Max getting pulled by Tigress and Po and there was absolutely no excuse for it and he wanted answers as well and he looked at both of them and said, "You guys know how sensitive Max is when he sees two people arguing and fighting each other if he has something to do with it. You've completely forgotten about that rule, did you?"

Po looked up at Arizona in the eye and said, "I didn't forget about that rule."

"Then, why didn't you just walk away from this?" asked Arizona.

"Believe me, Zona. I tried. And I said to her I would never get involved in something like this at all. Besides, he's just a boy." Po answered.

Tigress felt like she was completely responsible for this and she knows that she's in much trouble as Po is and she said, "Master Shifu, it wasn't all Po's fault. All he did was try to stop me from doing something I may regret later on. I was responsible for starting all of this because I was blinded by jealousy and anger...and hatred."

That didn't come as a surprise for Shifu because he knew of the tiger's fury, but also surprised at the fact that she showed hatred for the little cub and was shocked to find out that Tigress was holding an enormous amount of bitter hate for Max than any other bandit or villain she's ever come across and Viper asked, "Hatred?"

And that stunned Po the most and didn't realize that Tigress held a lot of hatred for Max and he turned to her and asked, "You...hated Max all this time?"

"Yes. Ever since Max came around, everyone here in the palace was paying lots of attention towards him and I just felt like I was being shut out again. I've been through that at the orphanage before and I don't want to ever have that feeling of being abandoned and forgotten ever again. So I held a hatred towards the cub and I wanted him to feel the same pain that I felt." Tigress answered.

And that puzzled Po to an extent that there was a deeper reasoning for Tigress' jealousy towards Max and said, "So...let me get this straight. You wanted to gain revenge on Max and wanted to do the same thing the orphans did to you when you were a kid and make Max suffer for it...just so you wanted to feel more wanted?"

"Yes, Po. The fact that he's the 'golden child' here really drove me insane and I've hated him so much for the last two and a half years that he has something I craved more than anything. He had it so easy and it made it harder for me and that was the only way I know how to get attention; just be this horrible person and maybe even a monster." Tigress admitted.

Arizona felt completely disturbed to hear this from Tigress, but also concerned for how it came to light and he said, "So you did all of this...so you wouldn't be ignored?"

"Yes, Arizona. I just don't wanna lose them to that...cub." Tigress replied, growling at the last comment.

"There's one question for all of this. Don't take it the wrong way...but why the freaking hell would you make Max suffer again?! He hasn't done anything to harm you, disrespect you, hurt you or even made you feel worthless. Instead of berating him, you should learn from him." Arizona exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's not really worth all of that." Crane agreed.

Tigress sighed deeply and said, "This is what I was afraid of. You'll turn against me in favor of Max and I just let my blinded pride take over me to make sure that could never happen."

Shifu blinked his eyes for a moment after hearing everything Tigress has said and for the most part, he felt completely responsible for making Tigress feel that way because he had traded in that cold and distant attitude and instilled it on her because of Tai Lung and wished he could've done something to prevent her from making the same mistake. Fortunately for Shifu, she didn't end up like him...but still he made new mistakes by letting her be this heartless person with a warrior pride and ego the size of Po's butt.

But he didn't want to admit that in front of his students because he fears that he'll lose all of the Five's respect and he said to Tigress, "No one can ever replace you. You should know that."

"I know...but sometimes I fear that I might lose everyone I care about." Tigress answered.

"You could never lose us, Tigress." Viper stated.

"Yeah, even if you are a pain in the butt sometimes." Mantis commented.

Viper swiped her tail towards Mantis' head and hissed, "Watch it, Mantis."

"No, it's true." Tigress stated, in a shameful voice.

Po totally disagrees with that particular statement and said, "You're not a pain in the butt, Tigress. Not usually...but it's not true. If anything, you always keep us in line."

"But I let my pride take over me, Po. And I caused it...and it nearly hurt the cub. How can you not see that? And I blamed you for stealing him away from me." Tigress stated.

"Look...it was an unfortunate thing for putting Max in it. We're both responsible for it and the last thing we want to do is just place blame on one person." Po stated.

Though Po did have a point, it still wasn't enough for Tigress to be forgiven and she said, "I don't deserve Max's forgiveness."

"I wouldn't say that." Monkey said, in disagreement.

"Yeah, we know Max is not the kind of person that can hold grudges longer. He's very quick to forgive and it would be wrong of him not to." Arizona added.

Shifu nodded at this and he looked at Po and Tigress and said, "We'll discuss punishment for Tigress later. What will be the first thing you two can do?"

"Just apologize to each other." Po replied.

"That's a good start...but I think you owe Max an apology, Tigress." Shifu stated.

That was the biggest step both of them could ever take and it made Tigress a little guilty to know that she's gonna face him again and she just wished that Max can yell at her or get treated horribly like she was used to because she's not worthy of any forgiveness from him.

"Yes, master." Po replied.

Before long, Samurai and Max walked back inside the courtyard and saw all of the masters standing there and Shifu said to Max, "How are you, Max?"

"I'm fine, Shifu." Max replied.

Shifu nodded at that and he turned to both Po and Tigress and said, "Master Tigress have something she wants to say to you."

The big apology is coming up soon!