6 am

Jasmine instantly woke up. She got up and sneaked to Tigress' room. She threw a pillow at Tigress.

"What the what?" Tigress woke up with a startle. "Jasmine, it's 6 in the morning. Go back to sleep."

"Sorry, but Shifu said that we have to train all day. I always wake up at 6 so that way I can eat and do some chores. Now come on, we're gonna live half way through a diamond palace day." Jasmine leaned on the door.

Tigress sighs and gets up. "Okay, you win."

They headed for the supply closet and got out the cleaning supplies. A few minutes later, the Jade Palace was shiny like a jewel. They hurried to the kitchen, cooked some Sweet & sour punch tofu, Jasmine left a scroll on the counter and then they went to training. They headed for the train hall. Tigress and Jasmine began to spar. Tigress came in hard but Jasmine dodged it quickly.

"Whoop. Can't touch this!" Tigress tried her best to get her, but Jasmine was too fast. "Whoop no still can't!"

"How long have you've been hanging with Po?"

Jasmine flips over Tigress and pins her. "Not for long. Speaking of Po, he's been talking about you most of the time while I was with him."

Tigress pauses for a second. "He has?" then she got back to sparring.

"Yep. He thinks that there is something going on with you about him."

"What? There is nothing going on between me and him." Tigress shook her head in denial. Then back to sparring.

"Tigress, remember that I can read minds." Jasmine threw a few punches and then jumped back. "I know every little detail of everyone in the Jade Palace."

"Can you teach me some of your powers?"

Jasmine stops and thinks. "Sure, you're skills of focus and strength is perfectly balanced enough. We can start with Blind shot. But in order for that to work, you have to brush the fur on your arms." Jasmine gets out a brush.

"You are always prepared, aren't you?"

"I'll teach you that trick too." Jasmine and Tigress head back to the dorms.

The others just entered the training hall and saw the two tigers weren't there.

"What a mess? Everything else was clean except this." Shifu shook his head.

Po picks up an orange hair. "Something tells me that the girls have been here before."

"So they've been morning training. That was in the note that was in the kitchen. Where are those two girls at now?"

"Probably doing some bodaciously awesome!"

Jasmine was combing Tigress fur in the student barracks. "In order to gain power in your arms, you must get solar power and the shine from your fur will catch it. There, all done. Come with me." Jasmine pulls Tigress from her paw. They head up to the training hall. "The sun is just right so all we need to do is open a window from the ceiling to let in some light. Then we will do practice here." Jasmine uncovers her arms and lets the sun beam touch her arms. She whirled her arms then aims her arms at a practice dummy and light shot out of her palm and the practice dummy began to glow. "The glow will blind the enemies for fifteen seconds. That will be enough to tackle them down. It won't damage their eyes. The only side-affect is door blindness for 24 hours."

"What's door blindness?"

"I have no idea, but we'll soon find out." Jasmine grabs Tigress and takes her to the kitchen. She then grabs two rice pans and she gave one to Tigress.

"What are these for?"

"Come with me." Jasmine and Tigress head for open space. Once they were outside, Jasmine holds out the pan. "Watch my every move." Jasmine closes her eyes then waves her arms and spins the rice pan. The rice pan began to glow blue and began to become flat as a disc. Jasmine looks at the disc and jumps right in the center. She then began to fly. Tigress widened her eyes when she saw this. "This takes concentration and discipline. Just think like they're the orbs that you used back in Ding's prison Castle when you saved Po."

"Okay and stop reading my mind." Jasmine rolls her eyes. Tigress got into position and closed her eyes. She did the same moves and the rice pan began to spin. Then it began to glow then it became flat. Tigress opened her eyes to see that what she thought would happen did happen.

"Very good. Now, you see that little spot on the disc? Put your foot on it and then once you got one foot on it, you can get the other foot on it then you'll be able to control it." Jasmine began to glide in the air.

Tigress then landed on the disc and then put her other foot on the disc. Then she felt control and looks at Jasmine. She just gave her a 'thumbs up'. Tigress takes a deep breath and sighs. "Forward." Then she flew forward right into the wall. Jasmine tries to hold in her laugh but lets it out big time. "Yeah this is funny. Ha! Ha! Ha!" she pushes herself away from the wall.

"Sorry sis. I had the same reaction when I was trying to fly for the first time."

"Please don't give me that nickname. If you that in public, everyone will know our secret."

Jasmine flies around her. "I don't see what the big deal is. We have to tell somebody about this."

"No! No one must know! If they find out about it, you and I will be misjudged by everyone."

"I can see why Po defeats you in sparring matches. You're always in stress when you pick a fight. He does it for fun while you are letting anger get through your mind."

"No I don't!" Jasmine folds her arms and shook her head. "Okay I do. How do I remain focus?"

"Easy, you have to lighten up and then half of heart will become gold."

"Gold?"

"You've always been dedicated to Kung Fu that is ruining your balance. Like you told Mistress Mugan, there's more to life than Kung Fu. But it's not armpit farts." Jasmine giggled at that. Tigress backed up a bit. "It doesn't matter girl, I read everything. Even when you first broke the rules to save Shirong from the crocks. By the way, I would have done the same thing."

Tigress looks down. "Shifu is the closest thing to a father I ever had."

"Same with Mingyu only I'm not sure if the father is supposed to keep you locked up for the rest of my life."

"Speaking of Mingyu, do you know why he let you out to try civilization in the first place?"

Jasmine flew in front of her and then looks around. "You promised to tell anyone." Tigress nodded. Jasmine got out a scroll and then shows to Tigress. She points to a specific section. "I used this rare move that I found. The paralyzed control point." She closes the scroll. "Once you use it, you can make the paralyzed person do anything. I used it on him when he sleeping. I told him 'once you wakes up, you will let me try out civilization for one month. Once I get used to it, you will forget me and continue your life. If I return you will forget I even left.' I can't believe it actually worked. I'm finally free to protect China and to see what life is like outside the palace walls. And it is even better once I found you."

"What you did was wrong? What if Mingyu was protecting you?"

"No offence but I'm stronger than you. I don't know why Mingyu is trapping me in the palace. I'm not a warrior. I'm a prisoner. You already know what it's like to be locked up." Tigress thinks back when she was at the orphanage inside the torn up room. Then she blinks from that memory. "Exactly. Well enough about me. You know… I have something for you. First, close eyes." Tigress crossed her arms. "No worries, it's not a sneak attack."

"Okay. I trust you." Tigress closes her eyes. Jasmine ducks and her palms started to glow. "Hmm. That feels nice. What are you doing?"

Jasmine backs up a bit. "Okay, now you can look." Tigress looks down at her feet to see a pair of black boots. "I call them Kung Boots. I call them that because they can help you with your Kung Fu. If your feet are cold, the boots will keep you warm and when it's hot, the boots will instantly keep your toes cool. The right temperature in your toes will help you keep balance. Go ahead try it."

Tigress did a few moves in the air, destroyed some of the pottery and then landed on all fours. Once she was done she looks at Jasmine then back at the boots. She then began to breathe hardly then… "AAAHHHHHH!" Jasmine backed up a bit. "I LOVE THEM! These boots are fantastic! Thank you so much!" She hugs her and spins her around.

"Whoa! Tigress! I never knew you can get this excited."

Tigress let's go. "Well I never had a reason till now."

A few minutes ago

Po, Shifu and the rest of the five were in the hall of warriors.

"I've noticed that the two tigers seemed to get a long so quickly. I've heard that tigers don't really get along so good."

Viper agreed with Shifu. "It's like those two have a big connection. But the question is what is it?"

Then big thumps were at the front door. Everyone look at who is making them. Then the doors burst open to reveal two of their most dangerous enemies.

"Temutai! Fenghuang!"

Fenghuang did her evil smile. "Shifu, you're not happy to see me?"

"We are here to take over!"

"You're here to take over, I'm here because I overheard that a student that was taught by Mingyu is here and I want to use her for a rematch."

Po walks up. "Don't you need a match for a rematch?"

"She meant for Mingyu." Shifu got in his stance. "She's not ready to defeat powerful villains like you yet."

Fenghuang got into her stance. "Then this is gonna be fun, where is she?"

"Even if we knew where she was, we would never tell you." With that, the others got into stance.

Before anyone could say anything… "AAAHHHHH!"

Po was now concerned. "That was Jasmine!" Everyone then hurried outside. They saw Tigress spinning Jasmine with glee. "Is that Tigress?"

Tigress let's go. "Well I never had a reason till now." The two tigers began to laugh. Then they saw that they had an audience and quickly shut up.

Shifu raised an eyebrow. "Are we interrupting anything?"

Jasmine shook her head. "Not at the moment."

"Jasmine, we heard you screaming."

"Believe it or not, Shifu, it was Tigress who had screamed not me."

"Tigress?" Tigress looks away shameful. "Why would you scream like?"

"Jasmine gave me new shoes." She shows them out. "They're called Kung Boots and they help me by balancing the temperature of my feet."

"Cool." Po looks at the boots. "Well anyways, we have villains here."

Tigress and Jasmine look behind him to see Temutai and Fenghuang.

"Whoa! It's Temutai and Fenghuang! I'm gonna be battling them?"

"No you're not!"

Fenghuang got into her stance. "Yes, she is. This battle is between you and me, Jasmine."

Jasmine smiles and got into her stance. "This is gonna be great." She grabs a rice pan and turns it into that glowing disc. "Tigress, I'll whistle for you if I need help. You help with the others with Temutai." Jasmine hops on the disc and she flew off with Fenghuang chasing after her.

Tigress then looks at Temutai. "Get him!" The others then attacked him. Tigress keeps making glances on Jasmine and Fenghuang's fight in the sky. Jasmine kept dodging and kicking. Then Tigress got hit in the head.

Jasmine looks down and ducks at the same time. "Tigress! Use the technique I taught you!"

Tigress gets up and pets her fur down letting the sun hit her fur. Then her arms began to glow. Everyone that was fighting Temutai stopped and so did he. Tigress whirled her arms then aimed them at Temutai. Light shot out of her arms and hit Temutai's eyes.

"AAAHHHHH! I CAN'T SEE!"

"Now!" Tigress ran at him and so did the others. They were able to bring him down and tie him up.

Temutai was able to see after that. "What just happened?"

Tigress was about to answer when she heard the whistle in the air. "Gotta go." She uses the rice pan and turned into that glowing disc. "Crane. I need your help. Let's go." They headed for the two fighters in the sky. Fenghuang was taken down to the sky and everyone puts her in that owl-shaped cage.

"What was that technique that you used on Temutai?" Po really wanted to know.

"It's called the blind shot. The only side effect was door blindness."

"Door blindness? What's door blindness?"

Then Temutai broke free and ran for the door. "So long su…" Then he ran into the door. "...ckers."

Tigress, Jasmine and Po then realized… "Oh that's door blindness." They laughed at that.

Tigress and Jasmine were now at the pool of sacred working on the boots to see what they can do. Tigress ran on all fours to see if they work while she is running like that.

Jasmine was confused while she was running around. "Tigress, how can you run like that?"

"Don't you ever run like this?"

"Never in my whole life. It would feel like I'm a wild animal."

"That and your robe is too long. A long robe will trip you or worse. It might rip." Tigress lands in front of her. "You know how you said that I have a lot to learn from you and you have some stuff to learn from me? Well starting tomorrow, we'll teach each other our ways. You'll teach me how to be a balanced warrior and I'll teach you how to be a tiger."

"I'm pretty sure I am a tiger."

"You look like one but you don't have the instincts of one. In order to survive, you got to show everyone that you can handle it outside the walls. You've be captive all your life and now you're finally free. But the question is can you handle it out here? What exactly do you plan on doing if you pass the test?"

"I either plan on leading an army or be an adventurer all around China, maybe even the world."

"But in order to do those things, you have to have the instincts. That's what got to me to be the most powerful of the five."

"That's what has me worried. You know how every powerful one of the five becomes…"

"Yeah I know and that's why I need you to teach me how to be balanced. If I can be balanced, not only I will be powerful but I'll never become evil the way Fenghuang or the past powerful warriors of the five have."

"I'm willing to help you become balanced if you are willing to help me survive the world. In other words…" Jasmine sticks out her right paw pinky, uses the other one to grabs Tigress' pinky and she wraps her pinky around Tigress'. "…tigers stick together." Tigress smiles and tighten her grip on Jasmine's pinky not enough to hurt her but to gain her sisterhood.

Tigress and Jasmine spent the whole day together learning something new every moment. Once the day was done, the tiger sisters head for the peach tree of heavenly wisdom. They look up to the full moon.

"I've never seen the moon like this. Back at the Diamond Palace, the moon was just like any star. I noticed it wasn't a star when I was a teenager. I saw that it was round while others were just bright."

"Wow, you really were cooped up in a palace all your life. What was it like being lock up from civilization?"

"Horrible. Every year or two, I ask 'Mingyu, can I go outside?' Then he tapped 'we should get some outdoor training.' Then I said 'I meant outside the palace walls.' Then he looks at me with disappointment. He tapped me 'of all the horrible things outside the walls. I keep telling you that you're not ready to meet anyone outside.' Last month, I asked and he was furious. He tapped 'don't ever ask to leave the palace again because I would never leave that palace! Ever!' I never came out of my room for 3 weeks without the slightest taste of food and water. The night I came out of my room was when I used the paralyzed control point. The day I left the palace was the greatest day of my life. I finally got to see civilization."

"What about the prince?"

Jasmine looks at the stars. "I said that I never left the palace but I never said that anyone broke in. When I was 8, a tiger broke into the palace. He was about my age and he was lost. Luckily, Mingyu just went out shopping. The tiger told me his name was Dong. Dong told me that he found a secret tunnel where he lived. It led him right to here. We had fun that day. We played for hours and hours. Mingyu would be coming in any second and I told Dong that he could come and visit me every week when Mingyu goes shopping. Every week, I wait and every week, he came. I taught him Kung Fu while he taught me how do dance. We've been doing this for ten years. The last time he came to me, he…" Jasmine wipes her tear.

"He proposed to me. He told me that he has been falling in love with me for months. He told me that he was prince Donghai and he wanted me to be his princess. I wanted to leave the Diamond palace more than anything. I wanted to be free from the prison of Kung Fu and to be with my love for the rest of my life. But if Mingyu ever found out that I left the palace to get married, I would be dishonored. I told him that I loved him too, but I couldn't leave. He told me that if I didn't come to the royal palace, this would be the last time I would ever see him again. He was going to be training to become emperor for now on and soon he would have to search for a wife. Either he chooses his wife or the emperor will choose for him. He's hoping that his brother would be able to take place as emperor so he would be able to stay with me. But until then, he had to leave and never see me again unless I'd go with him. I hugged him and cried for about 30 minutes. I told him that I want to leave this place with honor. It would be wrong if I ran away. Dong nodded and leaned to kiss. The kiss lasted for about an hour. When it ended, he got out a ring and puts it on a ribbon through the whole. He tries it a knot on the two tips and puts it around my neck. He told me that he turned the engagement ring into a promise ring. He told me to look at the moon every night because he would be staring at the same moon. He lightly kissed my hand and went through the tunnel. I never saw him again." Jasmine wipes a tear and looks at the moon. "Every night, I look up to the moon and hoping that someday that prince would be able to see me again and…" She looks at Tigress. "Oh I'm sorry, am I boring you?"

"No, no. This is a sad memory. I'm sorry for you lost."

"Yeah. I hope that he was able to get the message." Then they saw Zeng heading toward the Jade Palace.

"Zeng? He's back! Come quickly!" They headed for the hall of warriors.

Once the girls were gone, Shifu came from behind the tree. "I can't believe of what Mingyu has done to Jasmine and that Tigress and Jasmine are sisters. I'll do whatever it takes for Jasmine to be free."

Once the two tigers made it to the Hall of warriors, Zeng came in. "Master Jasmine. A message from Prince Donghai."

Jasmine hurried to Zeng and grabbed the message. "Thank you very much Zeng. We did all your chores for today and yesterday. You are free to go and rest for tonight."

"Thank you Master Jasmine." He flew off to go to bed. Jasmine began to read the message.

Dear Jasmine,

I very happy that you finally get to see outside the Diamond Palace. I know you'll be able to make through the whole month because you always had courage in your heart. I forgive you for our last little moment. It wasn't your fault, you wanted to keep your honor and now it was rewarded with freedom. I wish that I was rewarded with the same thing. I'm neither happy nor married but soon I would be married. I still want to be with you and not Princess Mu of that Tiger village. She only cares of herself only and nothing else. I want you to know that I will extend the wedding date to next month than in a few days. I wish you the best of luck of getting freedom and if you get out, please get me out of this wedding.

Love Prince Donghai, Dong to you

p.s. tell Master Tigress I said hi

Jasmine looks at Tigress. "Dong says hi." Jasmine giggled at that. "He also said that he's getting married and it's the day after I get tested my social skills. Once I get out of here, I have a wedding to crash."

"Wow, that's tough."

"Well, he is very important to me. I'll do whatever it takes to be with him again."

"I would do the same thing for…" She covered her mouth before she could say anything else.

Jasmine made a sly face. "Were you gonna say the P word?"

"What? No of course not."

Jasmine got closer to her every word she said. "Could it be paprika? … Please? … Paparazzi? … Po…tental?"

"Okay it's Po. Stop it, you're torturing me."

"Hey we're sibs. We always torture each other."

Tigress smiles and punches Jasmine's arm. "Ow! I meant emotional torture not physical torture. That's for training."

"Well sis, we gotta long month. Are you ready to become a tiger?"

"Yes I am. I'm gonna be the best tiger ever."

"Don't you mean the second most best?"

Jasmine laughs and pounces on her. "Nope I really mean it. Race you to the student barracks!" Jasmine ran out the door.

"Hey!" she then ran on all fours to race her sister.

That's it for chapter four guys! Me and my anonymous friend hope you enjoyed and if you could please leave a review telling us what you thought, thanks.