If you´re wondering were the ''Battle'' Is, then I'm gonna tell you that i had an epiphany. I changed my mind. Every five chapters, there will be a ''battle''.

So, I´ve been requested by one of the fellow reviewers to make a story about young Tigress. It took me a while to understand, because the review was in Spanish, but I managed to make a small fanfic about the past. Thank you for reading. And just gonna warn you, I didn´t really have time to read trough it all. Soooo... Guess its gonna have TUNZZ of mistakes.. Sorry!

BTW! A BIT OF SPOILERS TO SECRET OF THE SCROLLS AND SECRET OF THE FURIOUS FIVE! This fanfic is set in-between the second and third movie (and yes, Tigress has her new cloths on)

Bold = The past


''Why did you do that? Were you trying to get yourself killed?'' Po shouted at the tigress in his arms.

You see, there is a whole story to why he was shouting, and lets just gonna explain it in the quickest way possible. The day had started simple and quite good, but after them both being ambushed by some bandits near the musicians village, it went down hill. Literally. They had seriously just popped out of nowhere.

It would´ve been easier if they had fought them away, but Po thought it would be better to just ignore them. Dead wrong. The bandits had charged at them, catching Po of guard and making Tigress the only source of protection. And she had protected him by kicking away one of the swords that was flung against his direction. It only caused her to get a huge wound. But they still fought the bandits away.

The fact that Tigress was about to start limping back to the jade palace wasn´t quite amusing. Po suggested, and even demanded, for them to search for shelter to at least heal the wound. They made the deal, but of course, as I said, every thing went down hill. They were suddenly both fighting against a thunderstorm from out of nowhere. After helping Tigress up the mountain in the middle of a ragging storm he was dead tired, but that didn´t stop him from having an argument. After all, it was an important one.

''Right, and thats coming out of y— AGH!'' Tigress flinched, her eyes squinting in pain. Po groaned and tried to hold her still, but she just continued squirming out of his grasp.

''Don´t move! You´ll make it worse!'' He groaned, making his grip tighter.

''How could this get even worse? I´ve been stabbed by the leg, we´re both stuck here in the middle of a storm that just randomly popped out and the only one here to help me is a Panda'' That name came out as an insult, sounding harsher than anything she had said to him in his whole entire life.

Po sighed, looking at the ground. ''Its THE panda..'' He mumbled, but then quickly turned his attention back to the injured tiger in his hold. ''Tigress, please?'' He begged, his expression forming a pout.

Tigress groaned, her body resisting… BUT that pout…that adorable pout… ''Ughh, fine. But make it quick!''

Just as Tigress finished her sentence, the panda lifted up cloth at the end of her right leg, making her flinch again. He waisted no time to admire what he saw, instead started washing the wound that was shown right above her foot. Her orange fur was nearly drenched in her blood, making it have some sort of crimson-ish color. The only real problem was that whenever Po tried to clean the wound, more blood would start forming.

''Seems pretty deep…'' He said, quickly clogging the wound and wrapping it with bandaids. He noticed the tigers unusual silence when he was wrapping it around her leg, and looked up at her. Her paws were clenched into fists and were hiding her face. He could clearly see that she was in pain, and couldn´t help but feel a bit broken.

'If only i hadn´t been so oblivious about my surroundings, she wouldn´t have been stabbed by that bandit.. And there i go again, feeling totally helpless because of something I did' He scolded himself, then sighed. ''Im done, you can open your eyes now-'' 'and show me your beautiful face.'

Tigress nodded, but she didn´t move out of her spot. She was still in pain, but not as much as before. Her mind was aching, as was her body. She could feel the panda´s presence besides her shift in his place, making her ease down and drop her arms into her lap. Po was still sitting next to her, but this time his back was facing her. He was in deep thoughts, and she noticed him glaring at the storm outside the cave. She rubbed her eyes before turning herself, making her back face his. They stayed there, silently.

Tigress was about to drift away into sleep, but she abruptly awoke when she felt the panda shift again, this time closer to her.

''Tigress…?'' His voice asked out softly, looking down at her back. She twisted her body to look at him, but she cringed as she felt the pain wash over her again.

''What is it?'' She whispered/asked, raising an eyebrow. He only sighed.

''I know its kind of random to ask… But… What made you into… well…you?'' He questioned, his voice trembling.

Tigress hesitated for a moment, a bit confused. ''What do you mean…?''

''Well…'' He began, ''Viper told me that, before the furious five was created, you used to be… More…'' Po finished, and Tigress groaned.

''Po, you know I hate backstories. I was just a teen, it´s normal to mature during times… Well, for some it is..''

''But still! You know i hate the silence! And you know, it isn´t so fair.''

''What isn´t fair?''

''I´ve already told you everything about my past, and yet all I know about you is that you are an AWESOME kung fu master!'' Tigress groaned, knowing that she had, for once, lost an argument against the Panda. She looked at him once more, before turning her head to the side.

''It isn´t such an happy story, yanno..'' She softly stated, making the panda raise both eyebrows in surprise.

''Well, mine wasn´t that much of an happy one…''

''… Fine, but swear you won´t interrupt me every five seconds.'' The panda furiously nodded, scooting closer and wrapping his arms around his legs, waiting for the story to begin. She slowly began, from the beginning to the end.

''Well, it all started when i was left alone outside the Bao Gu Orphanage. I´m not so sure how or why I got there, and the only thing I knew by then was to cry for help…''

A small Tiger cub was laying there, abandoned by her parents in front of the Bao Gu Orphanege´s gates. She was silently crying, her hands raised in the air, as if waiting for someone to come help her.

A caretaker opened the door, and looked down at the toddler. It seemed that she was left there on purpose, but it didn´t surprise the caretaker. This was an orphanage after all.

3 years passed by, and nothing had gotten any better. The small child was ''bullied'' by the bigger and less fearsome orphans, making the cub frustrated about herself. She couldn´t control her anger, the anger that was building up in side of her. Her power was great, which made it hard for her to control it.

The caretakers searched for help, fearing that the small cub would damage everything. And thankfully, they managed to find someone.

''Oh! Oh! Was it when Shifu came and adopted you?'' The panda impatiently asked, his hands on his cheeks as his eyes where big. Tigress sighed.

''Po''

''Right, sorry! You can continue now…''

They had found someone from the palace to help the poor cub, and they knew that he wouldn´t disappoint them.

''Tigress, Im Shifu and Im—'' The figure started as he entered the room, only to be cut short.

''Afraid?'' The small tiger harshly stated, her eyes gleaming with furiousity. The master sighed while he closed the door after him.

''No—'' He started again but, as much as it annoyed the master, was yet again cut off.

''well, you should be! Im Tigress! Tigress the monster!'' She Yelled at him, then she frowned and looked at the wall in the corner of the room. ''A monster that no one loves…''

''Wait what? You're not a monster!''

''Well, considering over how i grew up so different from everyone else… I was a monster to them.'' She said softly, her eyes glimmering a bit. She tried to push away all her emotions about the past, but there was just far to much. ''Anyways, on to the story''

The master sighed and looked at the small cub.

''No, you´re not a monster. You´re just a small child…'' That made the cub look up and face him, her expression filled with surprise. Suddenly the small master brought up a domino piece, with sides that shined like different shades of gold.

''Perhaps a game?''

Master Shift taught the small cub for days, which turned into weeks, and finally months. Just after the second month, her skill was far more improved than before. She showed everyone at the orphanage what she could do, which amazed them all. She had managed to keep her anger, controlling the yang in her body and balancing it with the yin. She was then loved by all at the orphanage, but one task was still not succeeded.

She never found a family.

The care keepers comforted her, telling her that there always was a next time. But after a while, her hopes had stopped believing.

''No one would adopt me, not even the ones who had full pity on me…'' Tigress sadly said, cringing as those moments rushed back to her memories.

Po watched her in silence, not sure of how to comfort her. To be honest, his story was far more better than hers, and it made him shiver whenever he thought of being an orphan. Mostly when the others thought you were a monster.

Then one day, as the small Tiger was sitting by the tree playing with a domino Shift had left for her, she felt the sudden presence by someone she knew. Ands beamed with joy when she saw him playe down a domino next to hers.

''Master Shifu!''

''Come, child. Let us go home'' That word send shivers down her spine, as it was her first time experiencing what it meant. And it sure made her happy, knowing that she was finally out of that place. The place she used to call Home.

-A few months passed-

''Master Shifu! Master Shifu!'' The small Tiger cub shouted, running over to a small red panda next to an old tortoise.

The red panda, known as Shift, sighed ''What is it, Tigress?'' He asked her, clear annoyance in his voice. This didn´t go unnoticed from The grandmaster besides them but the small child couldn´t tell.

''Look! I caught a butterfly!'' She giggled happily, showing the master what she was holding in her paws. And there, in fact, was a small green butterfly. It amazed Ogway, as he noticed that she didn´t suffocate the small bug, but Shifu saw this in another way.

''Tigress! What have i told you about catching innocent bugs!? One day you might kill one! Or more!'' The red panda scolded her, his anger clearly showing in both voice and expression.

The small Tiger cub pouted. '' But I won´t! I swear!'' Her poor reply for the argument made it so that Ogway stepped in between them.

''Tigress. It is nice to know that you have mastered the skill of controlling your strength.'' He begun, his face softly smiling at her. ''Why don´t you go and release it?''

The cub gleamed with happiness, then she gladly ran away to release the butterfly back to its freedom. The tortoise sighed, then turned to see his student leaving.

''Shifu, why don´t you just let it go? She´s just a child.''

''Thats the problem'' The younger master said, his mind filled with what had happened in the past. ''If I make the same mistake twice, god knows what will happen!''

''Thats in the past. You should only care about the now'' The wise master stated softly, but the younger master ignored the statement. He couldn´t make the same mistake.

'Shifu. What made you change into what you were so glad when you came and adopted me 20 years ago… When I was a scared 4 year old… Was it all just because of Tai Lung…?' She quietly thought, the gasped as she suddenly felt another wave of pain wash trough her body.

''Tigress! Are yo—'' He started, quickly by her side to help her, but was cur off with her raising her paw, signaling him to be quiet.

''Im fine, I was just overreacting to it…'' She weakly stated, without meaning to. She had always hated to be a burden, or the one who was the weakest.

''Overreacting? OVERREACTING?! HOW IS THAT OVERREACTING!? YOU´RE OBVIOUSLY IN PAIN!'' Po exclaimed, frustrated. Tigress felt as if she was not going to get much sleep this night.

''Aren´t you overreacting right now?'' She raised an eyebrow, her signature blank poker face in place.

''Yes, but for a good reason.'' He shrugged, then looked back at the Tiger.

''Continuing on—'' Tigress sighed, before telling the continuance of the story.


Master Shifu continued to teach Tigress, but not in the same way. He was stricter. He was frustrated. He wasn´t him.

''Higher knees! Straight back! And for the last time, concentrate!'' He yelled, and saw as Tiigress followed his orders. He didn´t mean to be so mean, but he couldn´t help it. He couldn´t make the same mistake!

At every small mistake she made, he would make a wuss about it. Perhaps this was too much for a 16-year old…

His ears twitched when he heard her suddenly lash out in the air, her eyes gleaming with joy as she playfully catched a light pink petal from the peach tree.

She was in for many minutes of scolding now.

''Wait, wait, wait… So are you telling me Shifu punished you because you were yourself?'' Po exclaimed, his eyes in shock. He saw her nod. He couldn´t believe this. ''Now thats just wrong! You can´t just stop being yourself! That makes no sense!''

''Nothing really made sense back then..'' She simply said.

The young master started training harder, just to make her master prouder. Nearly a year later, she had her moment to show him who she really was. On a mission, off to an academy to search for four masters. Four powerful masters.

''As much as I hate to say this, but shifu most have lost his mind..'' She said to herself, noticing what the scroll said. '' 'The cleaner, The dancer, The comedian and the Doctor.' That makes no sense!''

''WAIT! YOU GOT THAT SCROLL?'' Po´s eyes widen, remembering that when he was a teen he had written a scroll much like that one, and later he had lost it.

''Well, yeah.. Why?'' She asked in confusion. And Po just waved his hands.

''Oh, nothing! Nada'' He stated quickly. She shrugged it off.

The first master, The cleaner had been a Crane. His powerful wings made Tigress assume that his wings were his weapons, and would probably make a lot of damage in combats.

Traveling on to the next master, The comedian, the people of the town would always have negative responses about him. Saying that he was bad, that they shouldn´t dare to face him. That made Tigress excited, wondering if the next master was some sort of martial arts maniac. Finding out the master was an golden furred monkey, her hopes still didn´t leave.

The third master, the dancer, was much easier to find. hearing that the master was daughter to one of the most powerful vipers in the world made Tigress wonder. She had always wanted a friend to be by her side, and help her out. As mentioned, the third master was a green tree viper, living with her parents. It made Tigress feel left out, but she didn´t dare for that emotion to show.

''So, who's next?'' The avian asked, looking over at the other masters. They were all wondering the same question, and Tigress looked down at her list. The doctor.

''The doctor,'' A fast flash back came into her head, remembering that a doctor was already waiting over at the Jade palace ''But he´s already at the palace.'' She exclaimed happily, knowing that she had succeeded to find all the masters before her time ran out.

''So thats how you formed the furious five?'' Po asked, cutting her off when she was about to start speaking again.

''Not yet, theres far more to speak about.'' She simply stated.

After finding the needed masters, she started heading home. And she had at that moment realized what her life truly was. She was having fun. Much more fun than what she had ever had.

The masters were traveling together as a team, helping each other trough out the different creators and climates. They were all enjoying their time.

Slowly warming up to the masters, she realized that the scroll must have been correct about them. They were simply amazing!

Returning to the jade palace, she expected her master to be proud of her. Only to find out something that made her freeze in place. It was the wrong scroll.

''But master! I´ve seen them! They have skills!'' She argued with her master, but he was having none of it. He shot her a sharp glare, then threw the scroll away from his grasp. There was a silent, and Tigress understood she had failed him. Once again. How expected.

''And that´s the moment I realized that I would never be who I wanted to be.'' Tigress softly stated, looking over at the cave entrance. She could see that the storm was loosing up. ''We should rest. theres still a whole much more traveling we need to do.'' She said to the panda besides her, before simply lying down on the floor with her arms tucked under her head.

Po simply nodded, his mind still thinking about what Tigress had just told him.

She might´ve not had such an happy beginning, but he would make sure that her future would be much better.

(I kind of gave up near the end, sooo sorry) ^-_v_-^