A/N: I hope you enjoy chapter 21, sorry if it's a bit rushed, but I tried my best like always! I don't own KFP or the Kaftar from Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011.

Chapter 21 - A promise and heading home

Down at the streets, Lao Hu laid there wounds as Vanessa sobbed, she figured that he wasn't going to make it. They were holding hands and Lao Hu said to her softly, "I've been proud of you all."

"Don't talk, Master. You need to save your energy," Vanessa said sadly, holding his hand even tighter.

"Father?!" a feminine voice shouted.

Vanessa turned to see Tigress and Tai Lung rushing over, Tigress knelt down to her father and Tai Lung stood behind her with his robotic hand on her shoulder.

"Father…it's okay, Tokuta's dead and I destroyed the weapon with Tai Lung's help," she told him.

Lao Hu pulled out a smile and said, "You…you killed him? Great job…my daughter."

"We need to get you out of here," said Tigress.

Tigress tried to pick him up, but he gave a small shout of pain and she couldn't move him because he was too injured. Tigress looked at the sad Vanessa who shook her head in doubt.

"I haven't been able to move him…both of his lungs have been punctured and his heart's seeping…" she said in a sad tone.

Tigress' face turned into a horrid and sad look. She looked at her weak father's eyes and said, "Look at me, Father, you need to stay with me."

"I was wrong about your friends…and your foster father…you need them, and they need you…" Lao Hu said as his tone got weaker.

"Don't talk, Father," Tigress said, wanting him to make it, "Help's on the way. You can make it."

Lao Hu cringed at the pain, formed a bit of a sad look, and said, "Not this time…Tigress…"

Tigress was surprised when he said that, she thought he could not doubt himself. Tai Lung was sad himself as well, he put a comforting hand on Vanessa too, and she held it with her hand while keeping an eye on Lao Hu.

"Guys! Guys, come in!" Shifu said from over the radio.

Vanessa answered her radio and said in a sad tone, "Yes…we're here…"

"We've freed the others! And we managed to free all of the FBI agents and police officers!"

"That's great…" Vanessa said as she choked back a sob, "Tigress and Tai Lung destroyed the weapon…and Tokuta's dead…"

"That's great! But…why do you sound so sad?" Shifu asked.

"My father saved me from being killed…but he's been fatally wounded…" Tigress said sadly into the radio.

"What?!" Shifu said, shocked.

"What happened?" Po asked.

"Tigress, stay where you are!" Shifu ordered, "We'll be right there! Phil's got something to help the wounds!"

"Not this time…the wounds are right through him…" Vanessa said in a sad tone.

"What?! We'll see what we can do! Over!" Shifu said.

Shifu hung up as Tigress continued to look into her father's eyes.

"Your friends are like family…Tigress, despite this right here and now…remember what you have back at home…" Lao Hu said in a weak tone.

"But…I want you…to see me get married…" Tigress said, about to cry.

Lao Hu smiled, "I will…I'll never leave your side. The people you love will never fade away, they'll always be with you…"

"What about Mom? She was happy to know you're alive…what am I gonna…tell her…"

"Tell her…that I am…always by her side as I am with you…my daughter…"

He looked at Tigress' wedding ring given to her by Po, he smiled a little wider and said, "That panda…that panda's not like other pandas…he's a kung fu warrior…he's a great guy…Tigress…"

"I know…" Tigress said as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"I want you to promise me something, okay?" Lao Hu said as he held his daughter's hand.

"Sure thing, tell me anything…"

"Keep growing…stronger…and more beautiful…tell your kids…that their grandfather is always looking down upon them…promise me that, okay?"

Tigress nodded and said, "I won't let you die on me, Father! I can't lose you after I just met you!"

"I'll always be with you, Jai-Li. Or, Tigress…as your friends call you…" Lao Hu said, his tone was now unrecognizable.

"We're here!" Shifu shouted.

But they were too late, the elderly tiger shut his eyes and he quit breathing…

"No…" Tigress said sadly.

She took in a deep breath as tears came down her eyes, she breathed out as she clichéd up her hands into fists. Po and his friends looked at her in sorrow as she gave out a long and loud yell of anger, sadness, and hurt. Her dead father had the smile on his face he kept, the North American Furious Five were crying and the others showed sadness with tears slipping down their eyes. Po went over to Tigress who began to stand up, he hugged her from behind and she returned the hug. Tai Lung hugged her and she hugged him as well. She looked down at her dead father, and looked up at the Empire State Building, when she did, the building's top floodlights went out as if it's representing the death of Lao Hu. Then, Tigress noticed something, a bright star next to the Empire State Building, one that wasn't there before, it was bright too.

"I'm always with you, Jai-Li. Don't ever forget it," Lao Hu said to her from the heavens.

Tigress slowly smiled as tears slipped out of her eyes, she pointed to the star and the others looked up to see it as well.

"What's that…" Vanessa asked sadly.

"It's my father…he's alive…" Tigress said with a small smile.

"That's right. Like Oogway, I'm never truly gone. I'll be watching all of you," Lao Hu said from the heavens.

Their sadness lifted up a bit realizing that. They silently celebrated their victory as a full regular colored moon shone in the western sky.

Much later, in the headquarters, it's morning, and our warriors had a funeral for Lao Hu, they miss him a lot, but they're a bit at peace knowing he's still alive like Oogway is. Po, Tigress, Shifu, Tai Lung and the other members of the Furious Five are heading home today.

"Well…it was fun hanging out with you Vanessa…thanks for your support…" Tigress said.

"I was happy to help," Vanessa said with a smile.

"And when you get back to China, be sure to tell everyone about us," Aaron said with a smile.

"You can count on that, Aaron," Po said with a grin.

"We'll be in touch," Phil said with a smile, "We have small vehicles to travel across the globe. And, I made the arrangements to get you all back home."

"Thanks Phil. It's been fun," Crane said.

"As it was with you, Crane."

They said their goodbyes to one another, and Vanessa noticed Tai Lung was down.

"Tai Lung?" she said.

Tai Lung looked up at her and said, "Vanessa…please come with me…I would love it if you came…I don't know how I'd live without you…"

"I appreciate the offer but…I can't…" Vanessa said in a disappointed tone.

"What?"

Vanessa looked into his eyes and said, "I'm looking for someone too…but they say long distant ones never work out. And I have to find us a new Master." Tai Lung was disappointed, and then he just left with the others. Vanessa felt sad too, she loved him, but she thought she couldn't go with him.

"Well…time to find a new Master…" she said to herself.

Before she could do so, Trisha stopped her and asked, "What do you think you're doing?"

"I was just gonna see if I can find a new Master…" Vanessa replied.

"Go with him…" Trisha said in a soft tone.

"What? But I…"

"You love him, don't you?"

"Yes, I do love him, but I…don't know if I can…"

"Go, Vanessa," Trisha said while smiling.

Vanessa looked into her eyes and asked, "What about you guys? I'm your leader…"

"The North American Furious Five has been through these kinds of things before…you can go with him," Trisha said with another warm smile.

Vanessa began thinking, she did love Tai Lung, but she had a team.

"We'll be in touch, and we'll visit you often," Phil assured her.

Vanessa smiled and teared up a little before she pulled them all into a group hug.

"I love you guys," she said as a tear ran down her face.

"We all love you too, Vanessa," Trisha said, smiling.

"Keep them all in shape, will you?" Aaron teased.

"You know I will!" Vanessa said proudly.

They said how much they loved her and that they were going to miss her. Then after that, Vanessa took off to catch Tai Lung before he left.

Meanwhile, out in the New York streets, it's nice and quiet, though the city will soon be active with cars and everything else soon. Po and his fellow warriors and Master are walking to their taxi, Tai Lung stopped and looked up at the Empire State Building under golden sun light shining on it, but it had no TV antenna, repairmen were gonna take care of that though.

"How long do you think it'll take to repair that?" Viper asked Po about the Empire State Building.

"Probably months, and years to rebuild the Trump Building. Months for the Woolworth Building I think," Po answered.

They noticed Tai Lung was silently sobbing and looking at the Empire State Building, Shifu went up to him and said softly, "Come on, son. There're plenty of…"

"Tai Lung! Wait up!" a feminine voice shouted.

They looked to see Vanessa running towards them on all fours. She stopped and kissed Tai Lung on the lips, shocking him. When she pulled away, she said, "I'm coming with you."

"What?!" Tai Lung and Shifu said in unison, completely shocked.

"What about your team? Don't you need to be with them?" Po asked, amazed as well.

"They're fine. They said we'll be in touch. As for me, I have a loved one I need to be with," Vanessa said with a smile.

Tai Lung smiled widely and then he kissed Vanessa back, everyone else was happy for the two. Tigress was, but she was keeping quiet, still sad of the events.

Later that day on the flight from Los Angeles to China our warriors, including Vanessa are en-route to China, they've already gone from New York to Los Angeles, and Tigress has been quiet the entire time. Po was sitting next to her, comforting her, he had told her that he called his dad and told him they were on their way home. But that just reminded Tigress of her dad, and she sobbed more.

"We were called to New York City to defeat the new evil…" Po narrated to us, "We did and it was great, but a price came for the victory. Tigress' father, Lao Hu, was killed by the werewolf Tokuta, his hated enemy on March 13th in the year 2014. Tigress is okay, but she's been scarred for life…I sat with her the entire two plane rides, comforting her in complete silence. We have one heck of a story to tell to our friends back home, but they'll feel the sadness Tigress does now with her loss. The wedding will be in three weeks, and I'm excited, Tigress is as well, but she doesn't look like it at the moment. I can hope that she'll pull out of this sadness…"

After that, he went to sleep with a sad Tigress by his side as the plane continued on in the sky. Vanessa took notice of two shooting star like objects, she looked closer and could tell they're NOT shooting stars, it looked as it they were facing each other and firing some things at them…

"And the Solar System War continues…" Vanessa mumbled to herself.

A/N: Oh no, please don't dislike me for making a sad chapter! There's a reason for that... I hope you enjoyed, and this is NOT the end yet. There's still one chapter left, and what is the Solar System War that Vanessa mentioned? We'll see! :D Oh, sorry again if it was rushed.