Author's note: Remember Jiangshi? Well, we get to see it once more as Nuba finally returns to the shack and her plan's second phase begins.

Enjoy.

A Sadistic Plot Fully Realised

A cemetery of withered plants and dried grass welcomes Nuba as she makes her way back to her place of resurrection. Eying the skeletal cabin before her, she thinks back to her previous destinations to make sure that she had not left any trace of her involvement. Not a single trace. She had assassinated 3 of the furious five's family members and no one had even realised. A slight twitch of her mouth forms the ghost of a smile upon her face. The 'mythical' Nuba has returned and practically no-one knows about it. Well, not yet anyway. Her somewhat smug thought is brushed away by a more irritating thought about the praying Mantis. The archives had detailed the passing of his mother several months back and as for his father… Well, his head was eaten of by his wife… Strange creatures indeed. She had no way of burrowing her way into that warrior's heart. Well, what comes next should be enough to shake him up. She thinks in a sadistic sense pleasure.

As she comes to the front door, the white tiger looks up to the darkened skies. It had taken her 2 whole days to return to this barely standing shack. Not because it was a long trip. No. She had decided to make a quick stop beforehand. Her mind whisks her back to her final destination before returning to Jiangshi. The panda village. Thanks to the emperor's secret archives she was able to find out the location of the dragon warrior's ancestral home. As for why his notes about the warrior's lives were so detailed, the first emperor who had set them up was a paranoid man. Knowing of the capabilities of Kung Fu warriors, he had formed these archives as a way to keep them from betraying him. A form of blackmail as it were. Granted now, under a more benevolent ruler, these archives are used as more of a way to document the history of these wonderful warriors. Such a shame they never anticipated the possibility of someone like Nuba breaking into the fortified walls of his palace.

Blankets of snow littered the ground as she looked up towards the panda's hidden village, suspended high off the ground by a spire. She couldn't help but be impressed. And here I thought pandas were lazy. This trail of thought was soon interrupted by the sight of an elevator before her. Of course, they would have that. She shook her head in disappointment. A purple chi cloak surrounded her, which rendered her invisible once more, as she climbed up the tremendous spire. She couldn't take any chances with being spotted. Within mere minutes she had made it to the top and quickly leapt up to one of the mountainous shacks to avoid the any possibility of getting caught. Oceans of green grass and beautiful plant life surrounded the snowy village, almost as if the chilling snow wanted to leaved the place untouched to preserve its beauty. A beauty that Nuba thoroughly ignored as she sifted through several ways of taking down village inhabitants efficiently. That was until she overheard gossip from some of the panda girls, one wearing an overabundance of make-up and holding a ribbon in her paw.

"I hope Po can visit again soon. It's getting lonely up here." One of the panda girls whimpered in an overly sweet voice, clearly enamoured by the one she mentioned. Safe to say, Nuba wanted to puke.

"Don't worry. He will, and hopefully he'll bring his dad with him. I'm getting tired of having to wait for my husband every day just because he has to take Li-Shan's chiefly duties." The one with the overbearingly girly getup replied in annoyance.

Nuba was tempted to laugh at the irony of the dragon warrior's heritage. The son of a proud chief. Of course. Her bitter thoughts were soon interrupted by a golden light that flickered at the edge of her vision. Amethyst orbs widened in shock at the sight of several panda farmers utilising chi to strengthen their crops. At the idea of wanting to mess with the dragon warrior's heart, she had entirely forgotten what the pandas had brought to the world. The power of chi. Her amethyst orbs continued to stare into the village in rumination until she decided to jump down from the spire, leaving the village untouched.

Though their unlimited levels of happiness stirred something in her cold heart, she couldn't help but respect the species that had taught her former master. It was with this respect in mind that she decided to leave the village alone. It was with a similar respect that she had never decided to go after Oogway, despite him abando- Don't! She prevents herself from going back to that thought, knowing that her anger would get the best of her.

After taking a deep, calming breath, Nuba lightly knocks on the door. Large thuds and the groans of steel greet her ears as Jiangshi opens the door. "Hi honey, I'm home." A mocking tone paints her voice. The beast's glazed amber eyes just stare back at her. Her ears twitch, picking up the sound of muffled screams within the cabin. "Ooh. A present? For me? You shouldn't have." She continues her playful, unrequited banter as she enters the cabin with Jiangshi making way for her.

The white tiger strolls in to see two male ducks, a goat and a female antelope all shifting in their tied-up chairs. Amethyst orbs hold a steely countenance as Nuba quickly states, "I am not here to help you. This place is also way too far from your village, so don't waste your breathe screaming." Her eyes dart around the cabin, noticing several empty vials that have recently been filled with water and some scraps of mouldy food. She looks to Jiangshi in mild surprise. He took the initiative to feed them. Well, I did say I wanted them alive. Guess he is just that loyal. Her somewhat appreciative thought is drowned out by something she needs to make clear, "Were you followed?" She asks Jiangshi in a hushed voice. It shakes its head. "No-one saw you?" It shakes its head. "Are you certain?" It nods. Raising her paw, she pats his cheek with a slight smirk on her face, "Good boy." The beast does not react.

"Mmph!"

After hearing that muffled scream, Nuba turns around to look at the source. It is one of the male ducks. A grey one wearing wrinkled and dirty blue robes. Raising her eyes in a questioning manner, she crouches down and takes the rope tied around his mouth and tears it down, asking in too polite of a voice, "I'm sorry, what was that? I couldn't quite hear you."

"What do you want from us!?" He screams out in terror, "I didn't do anything! Please just don't hurt me!"

The white tiger rolls her cold eyes at the victim's plea, "I told you before that shouting would do nothing, so why shout again?" She irritatingly mutters as she looks to the black, starless sky in contemplation. Every part of her plan was in place. Time for the next phase. Her thought remains uncaring to the victim's fear as she looks back to him, amethyst orbs containing a deadly seriousness that forces him to gulp. "Have you ever fallen in love?"

His fearful expression creases slightly in befuddlement, "W-what?" He stutters out.

"Just answer my question. Have you ever fallen in love?" A sharp, yet cold voice pours out of the white tiger as a dim purple light emanates from her right paw which was placed flat on the floor.

Shivering in fear, the duck takes a moment to answer. "Y… Yes."

"It felt good. Didn't it?" Steel continues to coat her voice as her eyes continue to glare at the poor bird. He shakingly nods his head. The white tiger uncaringly nods her head, taking his answer in to consideration. "And what happened?"

The duck momentarily freezes at the question until he notices her amethyst orbs narrow slightly. He quickly blurts out, "I was with her for 5 years until she broke up with me." The bird trembles in terror once more.

She keeps eye contact with the terrified duck, searching for something within his eyes. "And that hurt." Nuba tersely replies in more of a statement than a question. The duck's trepidation takes hold as he shakingly nods anyway. With her amethyst orbs still excavating his eyes, she asks in a more a quiet voice, "Was it worth it?" Unbeknownst to the duck, the purple light that was held in her paw darkens into a sickly shade of indigo. The poor duck still quakes in an uncontrollable panic, unsure of how to answer. There is a pregnant silence. The white tiger, understanding the victim's inability to reply to her, simply mutters one sentence in a sinister yet quiet voice.

"That's what I thought."

Nuba raises her paw, now flowing with indigo coloured chi. Tendrils burst out from her paw and pierce into the duck's body, the victim only being able to reply in a hushed gasp. The other tied up victims momentarily scream through their muffled restraints in reaction to the horrid sight. As Nuba's amethyst eyes glow, her muscles begin to tighten as the duck's heart beats begin to increase in speed. His breathing increases rapidly, trying in vain to squirm his way our of his restraints. Gasp. One final breath escapes his beak before he slumps onto the floor, the white tiger's indigo serpents slink out of his body and return to their emotionless host. Amethyst orbs stare at the duck's corpse, uncaring and hollow. She looks towards the rest of the hostages, who wriggle like worms at her glance. With a huff, she simply states "I'm not going to kill you… Yet." Making sure her final word was audible to the terrified victims that sit before her.

Nuba turns to Jiangshi, "Alright. Now that I've got my first bait, you… Stay… Here…" She trails off on her order, noticing something within the beast that she hadn't before. Its empty amber eyes suddenly bring a spark of familiarity to the white tiger, one that she simply couldn't place. Until an image flashes through her mind. A healthy and muscular male tiger with amber eyes standing before her with a fierce glare in his eyes. She steps back slightly and stares at the beast curiously as an old memory plays itself back to her.

Orange and red leaves were scattered around the floor of the forest. A shining moon mourned the souls lost to the tragedy that had occurred the previous day, providing a spotlight to the culprit that walked through the empty woods. Nuba made her way through the orange trees dressed in her ripped black Kung Fu Gi with purple trimmings, her gait hollow and exhausted. The aftermath of her brutal attack weighed heavily on her body, not because of any form of guilt. She had simply used too much strength. Her energy felt sapped even though she had gained back some of her chi since yesterday. Amethyst orbs still held an immeasurable amount of anger, despite her unleashing it on the village she despised so much. Her 'home'. A 'home' now gone. Erased. And it will stay that way.

Crunch!

Her thoughts were rudely interrupted by the sound of a crushed leaf coming from right behind her. She leaped out of the way, seeing her attacker skid until he stopped at one of the trees. An orange male tiger stood before her, shirtless with black Kung fu pants. Amber orbs stared at her in an unbridled rage, his muscles clenched in an unquenchable fury. Within one look she could tell that he was not worth her time. She smirked slightly.

That didn't mean she couldn't have some fun.

"And you are?" Nuba asked mockingly.

No response. None except for the narrowing of his amber eyes.

"Alright then." The white tiger beckoned him forth, speaking with a slightly flirtatious tone, "Come and get me."

A deep growl bellowed from the orange tiger as he sped towards her. Nuba simply stood there. Not even bothering to get into a stance. His fists flew, each one aimed at one of the white tiger's vital parts. Each one effortlessly dodged by his target. Blinded by his rage, he continued his onslaught as he unsheathed his claws and began to kick too. Nuba raised her eyebrow mockingly as his snarls grew louder and louder. How pathetic. She parried one of his kicks and then caught his left fist with her right paw. I think its time I end this pitiful display. Boom! Her left fist was planted into his gut, a punch so devastating that it caused the orange tiger to cough out blood. With his left paw held in a vice grip, she pulled him forwards and smashed her left elbow straight into his chest, forcing a wheeze out of him. He dropped to his knees as she kicked his shin with her left foot. The orange tiger attempted to recover from her powerful blows, until…

Boom!

A deafening explosion echoed throughout the wood as the orange tiger's head was caught between Nuba's right knee and right elbow. He fell back. Once his body finally registered the unspeakable pain that pulsated through his head, he gritted his teeth and grabbed at his head in a useless effort to alleviate his torment. She looked upon his body writhing in agony with a sadistic grin. Amethyst eyes widened slightly at the sight of him slowly getting up. As the orange tiger stumbled towards her, she chuckled in mild amusement. He threw a weak punch, which resulted in her catching his left arm, throwing him to the ground face down. She lifted her foot up and…

Snap!

A sickening snap filled the air as Nuba stomped on his arm. He gritted his teeth once more, unable to move from his blinding pain. She then sauntered over to his back.

Crackle!

Snap!

Crunch!

She repeatedly stomped on his back, his bones snapping at each impact. The orange tiger couldn't hold it anymore as he screamed from Nuba's sadistic torture. With a satisfied grin on her face, and the pent-up anger leaving her eyes, the white tiger rolled him onto his back which resulted in him gasping at the pain. The orange tiger's breathes were laboured and tears had rolled down his face. As his amber eyes looked upon his torturer, he snarled once more despite the horrible pain that coursed through his body. Amethyst orbs looked upon the loathing gaze of amber, somewhat impressed by the man's resolute spirit.

"You… Are pathetic." Her cold voice echoed across the forest as she stood over the crippled tiger, his face remaining tensed in anger. "However, I can respect your effort. Your anger. So…" She kneeled down, straddling him. Amber eyes widened in shock as her Amethyst orbs shined within the darkened orange forest. "How about I give you a death you'll enjoy?" Her whispers flowed into his ears as the white tiger pressed her lips onto his. Whilst the purple marks had already appeared on his veins, the poor man's muffled whimpers reached her ears, resulting in her closing her eyes. For once she would enjoy thi-

Shink!

Amethyst eyes shot open as a crippling pain emanated from her throat. She looked down to see a knife plunged into her neck and triumphant amber eyes staring back at her. She released her hold on his lips as she could see him firmly gripping the knife with his right paw. They both trembled as they struggled to breath, the orange tiger's arm falling to his side. She rolled off him, attempting to stand up. As she tried with all the energy in her body to get up, she heard the orange tiger mutter with his dying breath.

"You're… Safe… My… Daughter…" His head limped to the side, the life leaving his amber orbs.

Nuba stumbled about the forest, attempting to get her chi to work on her fatal wound. But she had used up the remains of her chi when she had kissed that orange tiger. How? How could he… Her thoughts halted for a split second as she realised that she ignored the knife holster he had on his lower back, too preoccupied with her sadistic pleasure. Within this realisation, she tripped on her feet and rolled down a declining path within the forest until she slumped against a flowing river. As her breaths became heavier and heavier, the understanding that these were her last few moments infected her mind. You idiot… How could you be so careless? She mentally berated herself as she felt the life leave her body. "Damn you, Father." Fading amethyst orbs looked towards the sky as she cursed all of those who had ever wronged her, "Damn you, Mother." Nuba gritted her teeth and snarled as she remembered 'the love of her life'. "Damn you, Tanlan*." She coughed out droplets of blood, momentarily staining the river beside her before being washed away. Her amethyst orbs looked to the sky once more, as tears poured down from them.

With her final breath, Jingxi whispered, "Damn… You… Oogway." All the light had left her sight as a blanket of darkness covered her world.

Nuba shakes her head from that horrific memory, her breathing now more ragged. As she begins to calm down, the white tiger notices the deformed paw of Jiangshi reaching over to her in robotic concern. She holds her paw up, signalling to it that she is fine. Its paw slumps to its side. Amethyst orbs widen in realisation of why that memory had flashed in her mind as Nuba shoots her head to Jiangxi to see. Amber eyes. Granted its metal jaw and deformed muscles make it hard to recognise any of its features, so she steps forward slightly, analysing it further. It doesn't flinch. Upon a closer look at its facial features her suspicions were confirmed. It is him. You are one lucky guy, aren't you? She huffs lightly, somewhat disbelieving of how intertwined their fates are until what the orange tiger said replays in her mind.

You're… Safe… My… Daughter…

Her eyes widen as she looks upon Jiangshi. Specifically, his amber eyes. As a certain epiphany dawns upon her, a sickening grin creeps along her face. Nuba gives an insidious laugh as she walks up to the beast, holding its deformed face. "This is too perfect." Another laugh escapes her maw, this time somewhat manic. The white tiger composes herself before she goes overboard and picks up the deceased duck that laid on the ground. "Stay here." She commands to Jiangshi. It nods. Still retaining a sinister smile on her face as she walks out of the cabin, her sordid plan fully comes together in her head.

Let the fun, begin.

1* Tanlan = Greedy/Greed

Yeah... Nuba is a horrible person. Po and the five are certainly gonna have their hands full.