A/N: Just a heads up for this chapter guys, I know this story is rated T, but this chapter is going to be extremely graphic for some readers who are good at imagining scenes based on words. Viewer discretion is advised for younger readers. That's all I'm going to say before I accidentally spoil the whole chapter. Anyway,

On with the Chapter!

Chapter 5

Days Gone By

13 Years Later

The Valley of Peace was especially quiet on this particular morning, the silent sounds of the winds blowing through the leaves of grass and trees whistled through the mountains towards the Jade Palace. However, within the training hall of the Jade Palace, a loud ruckus could be heard even from outside of the closed doors of the building.

"Yield!" Shouted a near adult female voice. Another voice was heard shortly after, though it was more of an angry and hateful growl than anything else. The voice was quite low, and definitely a male from the tone. Reluctantly, the owner of the voice tapped on the foot of the female three times in a row quickly to signify that they did indeed yield.

With that, the female released the male out of the hold which had pinned the male to the ground and exclaimed in victory, "Yes! Count another one for this girl!" It was Mariko, the daughter of the Dragon Warrior and the famous Master Tigress. She was now 18 years old, and had grown much over the years, height wise and also maturity wise. She stood victoriously over top of her twin brother Genji who she had just beaten fair and square in a sparing match. This wasn't the first time she had beaten him, in fact, in all the years, she had rarely ever lost a sparing match against her brother. This much she could brag about, but Mariko appreciated being more modest about her accomplishments, and decided not to boast any further. She offered a helping paw up to her brother who still lay on the floor and looking away from her in a look of disgust. He swatted her paw away and got up by himself in a very irritated way. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but before she could, her brother stormed out of the training hall, stomping hard with each step he took. His strides were so hard that he was nearly snapping the floorboards underneath in half. He reached the door and then punched the door open so hard that it broke the hinges right off and sent it flying forward. And with that he walked out and away, leaving his sister behind.

Mariko felt nervous at the moment, her brother's violent outburst left her speechless and also quite worried. She wondered what it was that had made him so angry and upset, was it because she had beaten him again? Whatever the reason, she knew that it most likely had something to do with her, and it would be wise not to confront him about it herself as that probably wouldn't help the situation. So instead she decided she would talk to someone about it.

She headed over towards the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom where she knew her father would be meditating. She noticed her father sitting in a lotus position directly underneath of the canopy which the tree provided, he seemed at peace, so she decided to go speak with him.

"Good morning Daddy, can I speak with you for a minute?" She asked politely from behind him. Of course, Mariko had matured much over the years, but something she still did from when she was a child was calling her father 'Daddy'. Of course, her father didn't mind this, in fact he liked it because it helped to remind him of his daughter's youth.

"Good morning sweetheart, what would you like to speak to me about?" He asked while opening his eyes but remaining in the same meditative position. She frowned, "It's about Genji he…" She trailed off before pausing for a second. "Yes?" Her father asked in a slightly worried tone. She continued, "Him and I were sparring this morning and I ended up winning the match, I offered him a helping hand up but he refused and then stormed out of the building. I'm worried about him Daddy."

Po sighed, "Okay, I understand, I will go talk to him alone. Do you know where he might be?" He asked while getting up from the ground slowly. "I think he might have headed over towards the hall of heroes." She answered. "Okay, thanks sweetheart, now head back to finish your morning training exercises will you?" He asked as he picked up his Jade staff and set it on his back. "Okay Daddy, sorry that I bothered you." He chuckled, "It's no problem sweetheart." And with that he kissed his daughter on the top of her head and went off to find his youngest son.

Meanwhile in the Hall of Heroes

Genji looked at his own reflection through the deep clear water of the moon pool bellow the statue of the Dragon Scroll. He like his sister had grown much over the last few years, for he now stood nearly a foot taller than his sister and his mother. He was about the same size as his father, (About 7 feet tall). Though even with the physical changes to his body, he still seemed recognizable to the cub he once was. His fur was still messy and rough unlike his sister, and his black patches on his eyes still remained. However, he had also become considerably stronger, stronger than even his mother.

As he looked at himself, he could see the clear amount of rage and fury that his face held within it. He had once again lost to his sister, this was something he could not stand more than anything, but losing to her wasn't the only thing that got under his skin. It was her confident and cheerful personality which drove him insane, her boastful and smug attitude which she always used when she would beat him.

'She doesn't deserve to beat me! I work more than twice as hard as her! Train for twice as long! I'm stronger! Faster! She has no right to defeat me!' He thought within his less than peaceful mind. He clenched his fists and began to shake with anger from the thoughts. 'I will show her! I will defeat her every time from now on! And then Mother and Father will finally be proud of me!' Genji looked up towards the Dragon Scroll statue which hung above him and his negative thoughts continued, 'She has taken everything from me! My dignity! My honor! I…I…I HATE her!' He then punched the air behind him as a means of releasing his anger, it created a small draft of wind which blew through the long hallway and out the open doors.

Just then Genji's ears perked up as he heard something coming from the room, "Who's there!?" He shouted without hesitation while now standing up and looking around the large hall. A faint voice could be heard in the room, but he couldn't distinguish what it was saying. He began to walk closer towards some of the ancient Kung Fu artifacts, many of which were just weapons which had been used in battles of long past. But when Genji approached a certain casing for one of these weapons the voice began to get a bit louder. He approached the source of the voice, it seemed to be emanating from an encased throwing knife of sorts. By the look of it, the knife looked like a Japanese Kunai throwing knife. The faint noise still emanated from it, but now that he was close, Genji could hear exactly what it was saying

~"Genji Ping, your anger and frustration radiates like a fire's heat burns. You are distraught, and you know whom it is to blame. You have tried many times to prove yourself, but to no avail."~

It was at this time that Genji started to wonder how in the world he was being communicated to by a simple throwing knife. So he picked it up out of its casing and examined it more closely but there didn't seem to be anything physically irregular about it. But then it spoke again,

~"I understand your struggle and your lust for redemption and craving for dominance Genji Ping. You have spent your life training to be better than your sister, yet she always stays a step ahead of you."~

Genji began to get even more frustrated upon hearing the voice's remarks and he replied to it, "Who are you, and how the hell do you know so much about me!"

~"I can offer you a chance at redemption, Genji. I can give you the power to defeat your sister. To make your parents proud. To make everyone finally respect you!"~

Genji's ears suddenly perked up as he took a likeing to what the voice had just offered. He asked it, "How do I get this so called 'Power'?" And then he began to feel the tip of the blade of the knife with his thumb. He could feel some sort of fluid-like substance which inexplicably was got dripping from the blade as he tipped it downward. 'What is this sorcery? How is this liquid not falling from the blade?' He thought as he examined it. So he began to try to manually wipe the liquid off the blade with his thumb.

"Ow!" He yelped as he accidentally cut his thumb in the process. He hadn't anticipated that the knife was still very sharp. He clutched the area on his thumb where he was now bleeding out. Genji had quite a good resilience to pain, something he'd adopted over the years from the devastating training he did.

But instead of pain, Genji began to feel something strange, it wasn't something he had ever felt before, it was a strange tingly feeling in his neck. At first it didn't hurt at all, however, moments later Genji began to feel excruciating pain in his neck.

"AHHH! WHAT IS THIS!?" He yelled as he began to roar and rage at the pain which had just engulfed him. Before he knew it though, the pain ended and he opened his eyes which he had closed during the outburst. But to his surprise, when he opened his eyes, his vision was tinted in some sort of dark red hue. 'What the hell!? What is going on!?' He thought as he began to look around seeing everything as if it were the color of dark crimson.

~"My name is Akuma, and I will grant you the power you need to defeat your sister, to defeat any of your enemies! But this power will come at a cost…"~

Genji looked around, not knowing where the voice was that spoke to him, it wasn't coming from the throwing knife anymore…It was almost as if the voice was talking to him from inside his own head.

"What cost!? Whatever it is I will pay it! Anything to defeat Mariko!" He asked in a tone that sounded commanding and anger filled.

The voice began to chuckle evilly and it replied,

~"You will forever pledge your soul to me."~

Genji hesitated upon hearing the response, but after a second of thought, he quickly responded, "Okay, I will forever pledge my soul to you, Akuma…"

The voice chuckled again,

~"Very well…I shall grant you the power you so desire…"~

Back in the Training Hall

Mariko was in the middle of running the obstacle course of the training hall, something she did quite a bit as of late. Normally Mariko preferred to partake in her artistic hobbies including painting and sketching, however, lately she wanted to spend more time training to keep up her figure. If you asked her why she kept up this regiment she'd claim, 'you never know when some evil warlord might invade the country…' But you'd be hearing her telling a lie, for in fact, she was training for a completely different reason.

She halted her training momentarily and took off her earring which she had worn the whole morning, a single opal earring which she had worn nearly every single day since the day it had been given to her. It was very special to her, the reason being not only because it was quite beautiful and expensive, but because it helped to remind her of the person who had given it as a git. This person who had given it to her had been on her mind for a long time, for 13 years in fact.

'I promise someday I will return to see you, Haokan.' She thought to herself while looking at the shinning earring and developing a warm feeling in her cheeks.

Just then, she heard the doors to the training hall open from behind her and she saw a large shadow from the door. She looked back and saw her brother Genji standing at the doorway. She hadn't at all expected to see her twin brother show up at this moment. Looking at him, she noticed that for some reason his eyes were shut and the black patches surrounding his eyes were full. But it wasn't like he was blinking, it was more like he was keeping them shut on purpose.

"I-Is everything alright? Brother?" She asked him with a hint of fear finding it's way into her speech.

Genji did not answer, he faced her direction but remained completely motionless. It was really beginning to creep Mariko out. She also noticed that Genji's left thumb was openly bleeding out and freely dropping to the ground, creating small red stains on the floor.

"Genji! You're bleeding! You need to get that patched up!" She told him as she rushed up to him and grabbed his paw to inspect the wound. There was indeed a deep cut on his thumb which looked to have been caused from a cutting tool. But upon grabbing her brother's paw, Mariko noticed that Genji's arm began to tense up, as did the rest of his body. She began to step back from him in slight fear, not knowing what would happen next.

"Brother?" She asked one last time.

Genji then opened his eyes and his sister gasped in horror. A menacing dark red aura emitted from Genji's eyes and his expression went to that of murderous intent. His sharp canine teeth were exposed as Genji began to growl like a feral beast. Saliva dripped from his mouth and to top it off, he unsheathed his sharp claws.

Mariko took a step back again trying to back up from her brother who right now resembled a creature from the worst of nightmares. She hardly had any time to even think before Genji took off after her with a loud roar.

Mariko instinctively began to block and dodge claw strikes which her brother sent towards her, each of which would have resulted in a severe injury. Her inherent talent for martial arts and her great reaction time helped her to stand her ground, it was usually enough to allow her to beat her brother. But this time it was different, she wasn't winning this fight, and though she was managing to stay unscathed, she could tell that Genji was much more powerful than he was before.

But then out of seemingly nowhere, Genji's attacks became more powerful, hitting harder and faster. Mariko was unprepared for this change and every time she attempted to block an attack it actually hurt. The momentum had completely changed and now was in Genji's favor. Mariko struggled to repel her brother's attacks and now many of Genji's strikes were meeting their mark. She, like him had a good tolerance to pain thanks to her Mother's passed on traits, but Genji's attacks were backed with so much power that she couldn't hold on much longer.

The struggle lasted for another several minutes, but ultimately Mariko was hit with a powerful roundhouse kick right to her waist which sent her to the ground in pain and shock. Nothing had ever hit her that hard before, her brother had always been stronger than her, but this strength he was displaying now was definitely supernatural. She had no time to get up before her brother picked her up off the ground and held her with one arm by the collar of her Qipao. He then began to brutally pummel his sister in her face causing her to scream in agonizing pain. She was now drained of almost all her energy and stamina, she couldn't fight back.

Near the Hall of Heroes

Po was on his way towards the Hall of Heroes where his daughter had informed him he might find his youngest son. He wasn't looking forward to confronting Genji, he knew exactly what the issue was when Mariko described the incident to him. Genji was jealous of Mariko again, this had been a constant issue throughout the lives of Po's children. In Po's eyes Genji was responsible for this problem, ever since they were Cubs Po had noticed how overly competitive Genji was. And this problem had only grown over the years. As he walked up the stairs towards the Hall of Heroes, he thought of how he could address the issue. That was until he heard the sounds of screaming coming from back at the training hall.

His eyes went wide as he recognized who it was that sounded like they were in trouble…

"MARIKO!" He shouted as he instantly rushed towards the training hall.

Back at the Training Hall

Mariko's face was badly bruised and had multiple broken bones after having been beaten and battered by her brother's fist. But Genji wasn't done with her yet, he took her and began to throw her around the room violently, throwing her into walls and pillars, weakening the structure in the process. She was now all but unable to scream due to her broken mandible which her brother was responsible for. But every time she hit a wall it hurt, a lot.

She lay on the ground completely helpless, beaten and was beginning to loose blood in many new wounds which bled out freely. Anyone with any sense of morality and a heart would have immediately gone to help her, but Genji did no such thing. Instead, he stared down at her with the dark red aura still emanating from his eyes with no remorse. He then began to growl angrily again and picked his sister up with both his arms and held her high above his head so that she was in a position where she looked like she was lying down but with her limbs hanging down in weakness.

Po had just arrived at the training hall as quickly as he could and he looked inside and saw his son holding his daughter above his head with his back turned towards Po. She looked like she as in really rough shape, she was still breathing but was not moving. But then Po noticed that Genji was preparing to do something absolutely horrible.

"GENJI! NOOOO!" He yelled as he tried to run up and stop his son.

But it was too late, for Genji let out a loud and menacing roar as he quickly dropped Mariko quickly and brought his knee up swiftly which hit her back bone incredibly hard. (Imagine this like how Bane breaks Batman's back in the comics)

"KRACK!"

Mariko lay motionless on Genji's knee as her back had just been broken in two, he then proceeded to push her off and roar loudly in a display of dominance.

Po immediately ran up to Mariko, not caring at all about his youngest son who was standing tall before them. He grasped his fingers in each other and went through the motion to heal his daughter using his Hero Chi energy. He started by attempting to reconnect the vertebral columns which had been shattered from the impact of Genji's powerful knee strike. All the while, changes began to overtake Genji as he backed up into the wall behind him while grasping his now throbbing head. Po had just finished healing Mariko's near fatal injuries when Genji finally came to his senses, losing the red aura in his eyes and he asking in confusion, "W-What happened?"

It was then that Tigress, who had also heard the commotion arrived at the doors of the training hall. She observed the scene and saw her daughter lying on the floor with her husband at her side attending to the young female's wounds. She gasped and immediately ran up to her husband's side.

Genji looked around and saw that he was now inside the Training Hall, he didn't remember how he had gotten here. Last he remembered, he had been inside the Hall of Heroes looking at his reflection in the moon pool. He then looked down and saw the body of his sister with her fur looking rough and disheveled, along with blood stains on her pink and silver training vest. "What the hell?" He said to himself as he looked down at her motionless body, beside her was his father who was on his knees and tending to Mariko's apparent wounds. His father didn't reply to him, and seemed to solely focus on his sister who was barely breathing at the moment.

He then felt a strange sensation on his paws, he looked down at them and saw that his claws were unsheathed and had blood covering them. "…What…Have I done?" He said to himself again as he looked at the hands which looked like he had just been caught during the act of murder.

"You did it. You finally did it. Tell me, Son, how did it feel?"

Genji heard his father say to him in a stone cold tone to him without the Panda turning his back to his son. Genji didn't know what his father meant by this, "Did what? What did I do!?" He asked as he now began to back from his father who he could sense was very tense in the moment.

"You beat your sister to within an inch of her life, isn't that everything you've ever wanted? Tell me, how does it feel?"

Po answered again coldly while now standing up without turning to face his son. Genji was now backing up into a nearby wall of the training hall which had suffered some structural damage as its pillars were slightly bent. It was then that his father turned to face him, a face as emotionless and cold as was possible.

"I swear I didn't do anything Father! I have no memory of how I even got here! I-"

Genji tried to argue until his father cut him off in an assertive and loud voice,

"You are no longer my Son. You are to leave this valley, to leave this country. You are not welcome here."

Genji was stunned by his father's words. He was banishing his own son from the county where he had been raised his whole life. "For how long?" He asked as he reached the wall that he had backed into.

"Forever, You are never to set a foot in this country again, from this day forth, I am disowning you."

Po's words towards his son stung like lethal venom, and they sent a clear message to Genji. His father wasn't lying.

Genji now turned to his mother with an expression that read, 'Please Mother, not you to…' But unfortunately for him, his mother's expression was similar to his father's, she felt the same way. Genji had no one to turn to, he knew he was no match for his father, and having his mother agree for his banishment practically made it final, they were truly disowning him as their son.

And so he left. Never to return again.

A/N: Well there's chapter 5 people, hope you all enjoyed it! The next chapter will hopefully be just as long with as much content, expect it to come out soon!

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