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-Words From The Wise-

-Tigress' POV-

Fools. They were all just fools. Thinking they would take the place whole, all by themselves. The fire was started by the gang, and most likely they came from the ones who we were trying to find. But why would they break off in such a small group? The leader was messing with our brains.

We roped a few, sent them to jail. Some, we couldn't let get away with time. The killed only few of the people, but they injured many. Yida, Millay, Viper, and Pernei helped the wounded villagers. Nay Wan, Blain, Nulen, Monkey, Mantis, Crane and I scoped the place for anymore attackers.

I came across one, luckily. Dai Lin, Nay Wan, Blain, Crane and Monkey were close behind.

After punching him in the jaw and knocking him back, I stood over him, casting a shadow. It was causing an intense rush in me, and the attacker cowered in fear.

"State your name." I said strictly, surprising myself with the sourness in my voice.

"I-I-I don't even know my name m-miss, I only have a n-number. 7261 miss." He shook.

"What business do you have here?"

"O-our leader sent us here, he said he was looking for s-something but he never told us what. He said, 'So close… so powerful. I miss the chosen ones.' when he w-was having a conversation with one of his favorites. Please, I'll answer anything y-you want just don't kill me." I was surprised of him actually speaking of his leader's words. I still kept my intimidating tone.

"Oh I know you'll behave." I growled low and deep. The guys jumped back a bit in surprise of my tone.

"Woah, woah, woah, slow down Tigress, you're scaring our new friend." Blain said with a dark laugh in his voice. "And me a little." He whispered defensively. I smiled darkly. Blain chained up soldier 7261 and threw him in the cart heading towards the prison. I started heading back to check on the people. Crane had a proud look for his ex-fellow student. Dai Lin and Nay Wan both smiled sorts of smiles that threw me off guard. I guess they liked the strict Tigress. It only kicked it because of my anger. I rolled my eyes but smiled.

We kind of broke off one by one helping different civilians. Pernei joined the search for anymore injured. I heard Dai Lin's voice behind a few houses. I peeked around the wall. He kneeled on the ground in front of a young cub. He held her small arm gently.

"Now, repeat after me. All boo-boos love pressure. Got it?" He smiled kindly at her.

"Awl boo-boos love prehjerr." She said, tears ran down her small face. He smiled and wiped the tears away from her face. "Hey, I said no crying." He said gently. "Say pre-ssure. Preh?"

"Preh?" She repeated.

"Sure."

"Sure." She said, slowly forming a smile.

"Preh. Sure. Pressure." He said.

"Pressure. Pressure!" She said giggling.

"Good job! Now what does that mean? It means all you need to do is rub the boo-boo. You have quite a few bruises on your arm, don't you?" He said quietly. She nodded and sniffled.

"Just take your other paw and press gently on the sore spot." She did so, and flinched in pain.

"No, no, no, do it gently. Just press gently and rub your arm. It worked every time when I was your age. Now be careful." She rubbed the sore spot on her arm softly and she looked up to him and smiled.

"It's starting to feel bedder!" She giggled. The Dai Lin laughed.

He laughed. A warming, bold laugh. It hit me. It almost made me fall back. His expression, happy, lovely. It filled the air and I could tell it was genuine. It was… amazing.

I snapped out of it when he was coming my way with her. I quickly walked from behind the houses and to the team.

"Is there anymore attackers left?" Shifu asked dully.

"No, we're all clear." Yida says. Shifu nods. All of the town's people thanked us, the ones who lost family members or friends thanked us dully and we apologized for their losses. I felt dizzy. I didn't really know what to say, so many things ran through my mind.

If I opened my mouth now, I might say something I might regret.

We traveled all day and night, pretty quiet about things. Shifu had a sour face pretty much the whole trip. Expected.

The dark sky only had one light; the moon. And the night was calm and breezy. One thing I keep thinking back to, is that small girl.

"So, let me get this straight… You guys train to become the Celestial Phoenix?" Dai Lin's voice filled our ears.

"That's right. And some day, any random day, Master Xylin will choose one of us based on our skills. He's as wise as time itself." Nulen said. "Since the needle test has been surpassed entirely, (He looks at Po.) we will rely on Master himself."

"That's right," I choose to join in. I look at Dai Lin and he looked at me with patient eyes. I shake it off. "One random day will be the time for us. Master Xylin teaches us things no other teacher could possibly know." Shifu's ears pressed against his head, he does not face us.

"He is an amazing Master, truly," Nay Wan pitches. "Without him, so many opportunities would have surpassed us entirely. We've learned so much, and have so much to learn." He looks at me with his charming eyes. One can so easily get lost in them. Like I do.

I smile at him. Blain looks at me and winks. I blush. Some others look at us with confused looks. I dodge those as well.
We continue to walk to our destination. The soldier's words echo in my head. 'I miss the chosen ones.'

The chosen ones. I close my eyes tightly and try to shoot the memory away. Nothing can throw off my focus. Nothing should.

Chosen ones.

The leader's plans should wreak havoc soon enough. When hell breaks loose. The battle, it will be one many will rant on about for centuries. I just see him as a coward. Whoever the leader is, hides behind a mask. He's shadowed black and it won't stay that way forever. He's one with killing intentions. Such a huge army is the rumor. Not rumor, but it's all the talk. Has he made promises to random ones everywhere? Training each group individually to throw us off?

"I think it's bull." Dai Lin says. Not really aiming the conversation to anyone.

"What?" Po says anxiously.

"I don't believe it's the master who chooses the Celestial Phoenix."

"What makes you say that?" Mantis says, who's been interested in Dai Lin's stories since the minute they met.

"Well… I've been in prison for quite a long time. And when you've done that, you hear things. So I've heard… the one who chooses one of you to be THE Celestial Phoenix, is not even alive."

What? What is he talking about?

"They said long ago, a master was locked away in a cage, one who was the most powerful among us all. A dominating being did not want him to over-power him. So he captured the master and stuffed him somewhere. The master did what he could in the cage to keep healthy and alive, yet the evil being made him suffer. Not by stuffing a suffocating gas into the cage, but by leaving the master alone with him and his madness. That master was the first to conquer being by himself with his silence for sixty years. He was the one who learned with himself and not think at all." I did not notice how intently I was listening until he paused.

"Then one day, when the master was his weakest, a phoenix descended from a glowing light in the sky. He shot a flaming ball at the closed cage and it exploded. The master landed on the ground and began to hyperventilate. He was becoming very ill. When the Phoenix got close to his face, he stared into his eyes. The Phoenix casted a spell that drew up a light green tinted paper. The paper flew over to a patch of flowers, one flower for each color of the rainbow. The paper flew around the patch three times and shot itself into the ground between the flowers. Whenever the time comes, whoever is the chosen one, their name will be on the piece of paper and that same paper will dig itself from out of the ground and lay across the flowers. The master however died. Not from illness, but of somehow simply disintegrating." He pauses, looks up and smiles. "And there's only one being that knows where that patch of flowers is." Nay Wan glared at him curiously.

Talons slammed into the ground behind us, making us jump. The cracks in the ground beneath the shadowed beings feet were defined and deep. His outstretched wings finally relaxed. The crouched one stood up and turned towards us.

"My students!"

Nay Wan, Millay, Yida, Nulen, Blain, Pernei and I all stared with wide eyes and bowed to our returning Master. Shifu's eyes grew twice their original size and he began to shake.

"Master Xylin!" we all said with smiles.

Yaaay! Okay so some have asked me what the title of my next story, 'BullHeart' meant. Well, it's pretty much a term for something my magical mind created. It means something that my story is based on. In another summary, right now, it's what you make of it. What do YOU think it means? Thank you for being amazing! Till next time!