''— They say that every once in a awhile, you have to let your anger flow out in words. Its the best way to relief yourself from stress and frustration. —''

Another day at the panda village. It had been a sunny and cloudless day, making all the panda´s enjoy the evening breeze as they hosted another festival for the return of Li Shan´s lost son. This one was going to be a bit more special though, as it had been less than a week since he had defeated Kai in the spirit realm.

The furious five had partaken to help out, as did Po and Master Shifu. Viper had successfully managed to teach Mei Mei a new ribbon move, Crane and Monkey were helping Mr. Ping in the kitchen and mantis was helping Li Shan set up a few decorations around the houses. Tigress and Master Shift were assigned to keep Po away, and that was the hardest Task.

The trio had walked to the waterfall near the village, along with a few other pandas , which were mostly children and toddlers. Lei Lei had been one of them, and she was happily resting on Tigress´s shoulders as she was pointing at all the amazing things they had seen on their way there.

Master Shift had also grown soft for the Panda´s, but was far from reaching where Tigress was. At this point, he couldn´t help but smile as he saw the baby panda´s happily sprinting along and rolling down hills.

Po was quietly following a long, but he was un usually silent. He shot out some glares at the others with him, but he was mostly focused on his feet. It made it hard for him to walk, as he stumbled nearly half the way.

This was however taken noticed by his tiger friend, as she had noticed his voice´s absence. She looked over at him with worried glances. She tried to focus on his chi, to see what he was feeling, but it didn´t work.

They had made it to the waterfall, and all the pandas flew happily into the pool of some sort. Po had hesitated before jumping in himself, yelling out ''canon-ball'' as his round body crashed into the surface of the pool. Just then, images of Gongnem flew into his mind, reminding himself of all the pain that had happened over at the forsaken city.

He could clearly remember as he saw the fireball hit him into the old panda village, he could remember all he pain that was shot straight through his body. he saw images of his mother as he was left at the radish crates. He remembered the suffocating feeling he felt that day. . .

Suffocating…

His eyes shot open as his arms started flapping. His body was quickly out of the water and he breathed heavily. His mind had nearly betrayed him. He had nearly drowned.

Another flash of his mother came into his mind, as he saw her kiss his small paws and whisper to him that everything would be alright. That everything is fine and that she would com back in just a second.

His body unsteadily rose up from the ground and he sat down on a rock a few feet away from the water. He couldn´t do this anymore. These memories kept coming back. Every single time.

''Po?'' He heard a concerned voice come from behind him, and when he twisted his head to look he saw his feline friend. She was giving him a questioning look, and he saw that her eyes were filled with concern, and a bit of sadness. He knew what she was asking him, and he answered her the best he could. By lying. . .

He quickly planted on of his fake smiles, and waved on of his hands to brush off her question. ''Fine as ever, Ti. Just wondering about stuff.'' His thumb was nervously rubbing the top of his palm, and his smile was twitching in place.

The tigress could have easily just left with a nod, but she noticed his nervousness when she had approached him. She also heard the falseness in his voice. She sighed and sat down across the panda, her gaze still locked on him. ''Po, you know you´re the worst liar i have ever heard, theres no need to keep it away. Whatever that is bothering you must mean a lot to you, and I´m here if you need someone to talk too.'' She firmly stated, but she kept her tone soft and concerned.

This time it was Po who sighed in defeat, bowing his head in shame. He gave out a soft whine before pulling him self together. '' I dunno, Ti… Im still not used to all the panda´s around me, or the fact that there are still hundreds of pandas left… And I—'' He stopped himself before continuing. ''I still can´t get over the fact that my mother sacrificed her life just to save me…i just wish she was here, so that I could live with a full family…'' He knew he sounded extremely selfish, but who wouldn´t. Family is always one of the most important things in life, it was even far more important than all the gold in the world. Your family is the worlds gold.

''Sometimes I know you can sound selfish for a reason, but right now I just can´t believe it.'' Tigress stated, her eyes had lost full focus on her surroundings. She could feel the sudden anger in her chest. ''Complaining about it just makes it worse…''

''Oh right. If someone lost their mother I´m pretty sure they would be complaining far more than me!'' Po snapped, crossing his arms in and angry pose. But for hi, it felt like he was forgetting something.

''Have you ever seen me complain?'' Oh, right… She was adopted. Tigress let herself tense up as the subject she feared to talk about showed up. She had hated to admit the fact that she was truly sad about having no parents.

''Well, thats because you´re… Tigress..'' He sounded so unsure of his answer, but he made sure that there still was some anger left. He couldn´t understand why he had said that to her, and neither could she.

''What is that supposed to mean?'' There was a low growl in her voice, and her paws were clenched into fists. Was he really going to have an argument with her?

''It means that you´re hardcore!'' He pointed a finger at her as he stood up. ''You can control your feelings. Emotions never get in your way. Nerves of steel! Fist of metal!'' Tigress stood up as well, but she was a bit unbalanced. So he still saw that in her. After 8 years, he still thought that she was the iron lady sh played as. Tigress had thought that he knew better, but that proves her point being made wrong.

''And you think thats who I really am? A fearless killing machine?'' Her voice rose a bit higher, and by now there were a few Pandas who had noticed that the two best friends were arguing.

''Well, yes! Thats who you´ve showed yourself! After all these years, you´ve only showed me no emotions! Maybe hardcore isn´t even a fitting name for you! Maybe thats why no one have had the guts to love you! Heck! I meant to even like you!'' He yelled back, and there were many gasps made. One of them was from Master Shifu, as he had never heard anyone saying something so harsh.

Po hadn´t noticed what he had said until he saw Tigress gaze. It was a mixture between Shocked, sad and astonished. She trembled to say anything, and her gaze was focused on the ground. God, that hurt.
''…Maybe y-you´re right. You should at l-least be happy that you h-had a mother that loved you— Instead of one that a-abandoned you when you were just a few w-weeks old…'' And with that, she had turned from her spot and started to walk away back to the village.

There was a pregnant silence, and the guilt immediately started to form in his mind. His body tensed up, and he felt like tearing something apart. Her voice echoed trough his head. It was broken, filled with hurt and sadness.

He had truly messed up.