I figured that before I get to the main movie. I should cover when Tigress came to the Jade Palace, and when she grew up and found the members of the Furious Five. I meant for Xian to be like a father to Tigress.

10 years earlier

Tigress had grown up incredibly fast even for our own species standards, in her size, her strength, and her ability in Kung Fu. I was proud of her.

I was sitting on the steps of the Palace with Master Oogway enjoying some tea, it was Master Shifu's turn to train her today, so I decided to watch; he has improved some, but he still maintains the cold way of training.

"Straighten up!" Master Shifu says, as he releases a sigh.

"Yes, master Shifu." Tigress says, as Shifu adjusts her stance for her.

"Wider, lower, hold your ground." Shifu says, as he further adjusts her stance.

"Steady, strong, chin up." Master Shifu says as he further changes her stance, as he falls in line with her.

"This is the way of Kung Fu." Master Shifu says as he punches, as Tigress follows.

"I can't even tell them apart." Master Oogway says as the servant refills our cups, as Shifu tells Tigress to focus.

"That is true master, but sometimes I can't help but find that to be a bad thing." I say, as master Oogway nods.

"Yes, but that has been his type of training since the loss of Tai Lung." Master Oogway says, as I sadly nod.

"Yes, but I can't help but feel that type of training may lead her down a path of anger; similar to Tai Lung." I say, as we continue to watch them train.

"Control." Master Shifu says as I see Tigress twitch, as she practices her punches, as the wind blows some Peach Tree leaves as Tigress' tail twitches, then her ear, and I could tell she was having a hard time concentrating, as I hear her hiss as Shifu scolds her about control, as she growls and launches herself in the air as she destroys the leaves.

"Ah, there she is." Master Oogway says, as I can't help but agree.

"That's the Tigress I know." I say, as Tigress lands and returns to normal.

"What are you doing?! That's not proper form; this is not control and stand on your feet." Master Shifu yells as Tigress ears fold back, as she stands up and bows.

"I'm sorry Master, I don't know what got into me. I won't let it happen again." Tigress says, as she bows deeper.

"I wish I could believe that… 100 laps" Master Shifu says, as he folds his hands behind his back and walks towards us.

"Yes, master Shifu." Tigress says as she starts running, as Shifu looks back.

"Higher knees." Shifu yells.

"Yes, master Shifu." Tigress says as she takes off, as Shifu walks up the steps to join us.

"She wants to make you proud." Master Oogway says, as I nod in agreement.

"Well, maybe I could be proud if she was doing the correct form." Master Shifu says as the servant hands him a cup, as it breaks in his grip.

"Your form?" Master Oogway asks.

"Is there another kind." Master Shifu says, as he accidently knocks another cup out of the servant's wings.

"Shifu, an acorn can only become the mighty oak; not a cherry tree. You must let her grow into what she wants to be." Master Oogway says, as Tigress looks at us and keeps doing her laps.

"I agree Master, she is trying to impress us and make us proud. I'm not sure about master Oogway, but she impressed me and made me proud every time she tried something new to her form." I say before Shifu could say, as a wolf in robes rushes in as we drop our cups.

"Master Shifu, Master Xian." He says as he collapses, as master Shifu catches him and sets him down.

"Master Mongrel, what is it?" I ask.

"He's coming, a giant of a warrior. He calls himself Boar. He's unstoppable, he's invincible, he's defeating the Masters one by one, he's heading this way. Shifu only you, and Xian can stop him." The wolf says as he passes out, as I carefully pick him up.

"I'll get him to the infirmary, master." I say as I help him up the stairs and into the Palace, as master Oogway followed me in to meditate, after a while I noticed the sudden pick up in wind as flyers flew around the grounds, as one went inside the palace.

I stood outside of the Palace watching Tigress train by mimicking the punching stance of Shifu. I also looked at master Shifu by destroying stones, as I walked up next to tigress. I found myself smiling at her enthusiasm.

"That Boar will be here by morning, but I've dealt with his kind before. I hold my ground, steady, strong." Master Shifu says, as mater Oogway walks up behind us.

"He's been at this all day, hasn't he?" Master Oogway asks.

"Yes." Tigress and I respond in unison.

"He's amazing, I'll never be like him." Tigress says as master Oogway look at her twitching tail, as she steps on it.

"No, you won't." Master Oogway says as he walks towards Shifu, as I place my hand on her shoulder.

"Oogway doesn't mean it like that; he means that you are different than him, you are young with a decade of experience while Shifu has been here for years honing his skills. What Oogway means is that you should be yourself and not like Shifu. I know your trying to make us proud Tigress, but know this you have made me proud since the day I brought you to the Palace; with your determination, your skill, and your courage, and I am proud to call you my daughter." I say with a smile, as she returns it.

"Thanks dad." Tigress says, as I pat her on the shoulder, as master Oogway waved us over.

"We should see what they need." I say as Tigress nods, as we walk a little towards Shifu and Oogway.

"Shifu, there is a matter of the utmost importance." Master Oogway says, as he clears the dust.

"What could be more important than preparing for battle?" Master Shifu questions.

"Food. Let's order in." Master Oogway says as he holds up one of the fliers, as Tigress and I look at each other and shrug, as Oogway sends a servant down to get it.

After bringing it back master Oogway takes his food, as I hand Tigress hers, as we begin to eat. After a while master Shifu began to look green.

"Master, are you alright?" I ask, as he shakes his head.

"What was in that food?" Master Shifu asks, as Oogway tells the servant to get a doctor.

"He's in no condition to fight that Boar." Tigress says.

"I can hear you." Shifu says.

"Tigress is right, you need reinforcements." Master Oogway says as he looks at Tigress and me, as Tigress and I step forward and we bow.

"Master it would be our honor to fight." We say, as Shifu denies us.

"No, you are not ready." Master Shifu says, as I step forward.

"But with the help of another master; the master who raised her, she does stand a chance." I say, as master Shifu's head fur frizzes as he groans.

"Get me a scroll." Master Shifu says, as the servant grabs a scroll and Shifu writes on it.

"This is a list of four warriors, find them in the Wangfu Village, and hurry." Master Shifu says, as he hands the scroll to the servant.

"No, send Tigress and Xian. Xian will you come here." Master Oogway says as I walk over to him, as Tigress approached master Shifu and kneeled.

"Master, we won't disappoint you." Tigress says, as I talk to Oogway.

"Xian, when you and Tigress find the last warrior, I want you to come back here. The fight must be won with Tigress and the warriors." Master Oogway says, as I bow.

"Yes, master." I say, as I see Shifu hand Tigress the scroll.

"Be back before dawn." Shifu says, as a smile appears on Tigresses face.

"Do not fail me." Shifu says as he places the scroll in Tigress' hands, as she looks at him with determination.

"We will make you proud." Tigress says as we run out of the Palace, as we left the gates Tigress collapsed and twitched dropping the scroll, as we look we see a Mantis picking up his acupuncture needles, and it looks like it stopped her lungs.

"Pardon me, I'm here to see Shifu. I'm the… uh Doctor." He says, as he sees one needle in Tigress' foot.

"Oh, uh sorry." The Doctor says, as Tigress jumps up and gasps.

"You'll find Shifu in the Palace." I say.

"The list." Tigress says, as we run down the steps to grab it.

"Okay, nice meeting you." The Doctor says.

The scroll bounces from roof to roof eventually landing in a drain pipe, as we enter the alley. We see the scroll as Tigress picks it up.

"Looks like were still in the game." I say as Tigress nods as we head to our first destination, the Lee Da Kung Fu Academy, as Tigress opens the scroll.

"Who are we looking for first." I ask.

"The Cleaner." Tigress says, as she looks at me.

"Could it be a codename?" Tigress askes, as I shrug my shoulders.

"Only one way to find out." I say as we push open the doors, as we walk in to the Academy to see students training, as we approach the four masters.

"Master's the Valley is in great peril, Master Shifu sent us here to fetch four warriors." Tigress says, as the masters halt the training as she opens the scroll.

"I'm looking for the…" She says, as the door on the far end opens revealing a Crane mopping the floor.

"The Cleaner?" Tigress says, as we look at each other in confusion, as the Crane looks at us.

"Uh, yes." He says, as Tigress walks over and bows.

"Master Cleaner it is an honor to meet, you master Shifu asked that you return with us to the Jade Palace; you are needed there." Tigress says as the others look at us in surprise, as the Cleaner gasped.

"The Jade Palace." The Crane says as he starts day dreaming, as I look at tigress as she looks at me.

"He's day dreaming about his life at the Jade Palace." I say.

"How do you know?" Tigress asked.

"Believe it or not when I was younger I daydreamed a lot, and it often got me in trouble." I say, as the Crane snaps out of it.

"Yes! I mean yes, of course I'll go." The Crane says, as he drops the mop.

"Excellent, let's go were running out of time." I say as Tigress and I run, as Crane flies as we leave the Academy.

"Whose next Tigress?" I ask, as she opens the scroll.

"The Comedian?" Tigress asks, as she looks at me in confusion.

"Do you know a place where we could find the Comedian dad?" Tigress asked, as I think for a moment.

"I believe I do, though I don't normally go there." I say as we head to a Bar we stood outside the door, and we listened to his jokes; they were bad, and apparently so bad the audience left.

"Hello master Comedian, we've been sent here by master Shifu" Tigress says, as the Monkey hangs down as we jump back in surprise.

"Is everything alright?" I ask as he grabs the open scroll from Tigress, as he looks at it, and a second later pulls it away.

"I can not read this, its upside down." Monkey says, as he hands the scroll back.

"Master Shifu asks that you return with us to the Jade Palace." Tigress says, as the Monkey falls.

"the Jade Palace." He whispers, as he daydreams.

"I'm sensing a pattern here." I say as Tigress nods. It takes a couple of tries to snap him out of his day dream.

"Master Comedian, will you come?" Tigress asks as we run along the path away from the Bar, the Monkey telling jokes the whole way, as we reach another village.

"So, whose next." Crane asks.

"The Dancer." Tigress says, as we look at a poster, as we talk to her she daydreams as we wait to get her attention.

"The Jade Palace. I shall make you proud Father." Viper says.

"I've always been proud of you." Vipers father says, as I place my hand on Tigress' shoulder as she looks at me with a smile; which I return as we walk out of the house.

"So, who's next?" Monkey asks, as Tigress opens the scroll.

"The Doctor." Tigress says as she remembers we already met the Doctor, before Tigress could move I got her attention.

"Tigress before you go I have to leave, master Oogway told me when you discover the last warrior. I was to return to the Palace" I say as she nodded sadly, as I lift her chin up.

"Tigress you are ready for this, just remember your training. Remember all that master Oogway, Shifu and I taught you." I say as Tigress nods as I run back to the Palace, as I see Tigress following on a different path.

I arrived an hour ahead of Tigress. I saw how master Shifu looked and I was about to ask what happened, but Oogway shook his head as master Shifu looked in shock at the warriors Tigress brought back.

"And with the Doctor you have the four you requested." Tigress said, as she bowed.

"Tigress, what is this?" Master Shifu says through a cough.

"The warriors on your list." Tigress says, as she pulls out the scroll.

"Warriors?" The others look around in confusion, as master Shifu grabs the scroll and reads it.

"This is not my list. Where are the warriors I sent for?" Master Shifu asks as he throws the scroll on the ground, as he stops himself from throwing up. I pick it up the scroll.

"Forgive me master, when we left the gates I tripped and dropped the scroll. Tigress and I chased it down and we found it. I must have picked up a scroll written by a villager, I am sorry master." I say, as Shifu looks at me.

"Xian, you failed me. I trusted you with this, and you failed." Shifu said, as I nod.

"I know, but with all due respect master we are out of time to gather the warriors from your list, Boar is nearly here so these four, no these five will have to do, but they need your faith master. Just as you put your faith in Tigress and I to gather warriors, just as I'm putting my faith in them, my faith that they can beat Boar." I say as master Oogway nods his approval, as Tigress looks disappointed.

"I don't understand, it must have been an accident." She says, as she kneels.

"Ah, but there are no- "Master Oogway starts before Shifu cut him off. I never seen that before.

"Master forgive me." Tigress begs.

"You disappoint me, who will defend the Valley now?" Master Shifu says as Tigress starts hyperventilating, as I kneel, and I pull her close as I gently rub the fur on Tigress' head to get her to calm down, as Crane speaks up.

"Wait, we can help Tigress." Crane says as I let go of Tigress, as she stands up.

"What?" Tigress asks.

"We can fight a little." Crane says as Viper, and Monkey give their support, and Mantis saying he isn't really a Doctor joins them.

"You can all help by leaving." Master Shifu says, as Monkey says ok as Tigress stops them. I know I'm going to pay for this, but I'm tired of Shifu's coldness.

"No." I say, as Shifu looks at me.

"What did you say?" Master Shifu asks, as I look him in the eyes.

"I said no, master we have no time left until Boar arrives, and with out them everyone will die, and I don't know if you can live with that, but I can't. As you taught me I would rather fall as a warrior, than a coward." I say, as Shifu glares at me, as Tigress steps up.

"They do have skill that I have seen. Given a chance they would be great warriors." Tigress says, as Shifu gets in her face.

"But they are not the warriors I sent for!" Shifu yells at Tigress and me, as Tigress turns to the others and bows.

"It's been an honor to know you all." Tigress says as she starts to walk down the steps, as an Antelope runs up.

"Master Shifu, master Xian! Boar has been spotted by the Great Forest." The Antelope says.

"We must evacuate the city to higher ground." Shifu says, as the Antelope runs to evacuate.

"You should leave now." Shifu says as Tigress and the five walk down the steps, as Oogway looks at him in disappointment as Shifu passes.

"I'll do what I can." Master Shifu says with a cough, as Oogway looks at me.

"Xian, follow me." Oogway says as I follow him to the Sacred Peach tree, as I sat down next to Tigress. She didn't look at me.

"The Cleaner, the Comedian, the Dancer, and even the little Doctor. Tt was no accident that you found them." Master Oogway says.

"I failed Shifu, and I failed you dad." Tigress says, as I look at her.

"Worse your failing yourself, no matter how much you try you will not be like Shifu or Xian. The question is can you be Tigress?" Master Oogway asks, as in nod as he walks back down the steps.

"What about you dad? what do you have to say?" Tigress asked, as I look at her.

"Two things master Oogway taught me was that Faith and Hope, are two powerful weapons against Fear, and because of what he taught me I haven't felt Fear in a long time.

it wasn't until this threat of Boar that my Fear started to resurface, my fear of losing the people of the Valley, of losing the warriors we gathered, and worst of all losing you Tigress, but one thing has stuck with me for the entire time. My Faith.

I put my faith in you long ago when we first met back at the Orphanage. Each time you succeeded in your training, and your everyday life I could feel my faith swelling at each feat you accomplished.

And back there at the steps of the Palace what I said about you and the warriors we gathered, that I had faith in you all that you could beat Boar. I meant every word of it, and for me that will never change." I say as I stand up, and I extend my hand to her.

"The question is, do you have faith and hope in yourself? like the Tigress I know and love, the Tigress back at the Orphanage I came to love as my daughter, the Tigress who earns every single bit of my hope and my faith every day." I say as she takes my hand, as I pull her to her feet she gives me a hug, as I hug back.

"Make me proud, my little Lotus Blossom." I say as she runs down the stairs of the Peach tree, as I made my way back to the steps of the Jade Palace. I watch as she arrives in the field as I stand next to master Oogway.

As Boar blasts through the forest Tigress backs up a little, as she takes her stance as Boar looks in our direction. She punches him in the stomach only to find herself sliding back, as Boar moves towards her as he attacks. Tigress does her best to block his attacks, as his punch sends her flying back as I look at the fight with wide eyes.

"Come on Tigress, get up." I whisper, as Shifu walks out of the Palace.

"Good morning Shifu." Qogay says, as Shifu walks down the stairs.

"I must do something." Shifu says.

"No." Oogway says, as he blocks his path with his staff.

"Her destiny is not yours to control." Master Oogway says as for the first time I see sadness in his eyes, as Boar picks up a battered and beaten Tigress while laughing, as he tosses her in the air as she is caught by Crane. I felt a smile grace my lips as Crane delivers Tigress to Viper as Crane goes back at Boar, as Viper and Monkey rush in Monkey Wraps Boars hands with his tail, as he starts beating Boar. I see Tigress move as they each attack Boar, before regrouping.

As I see Tigress launch herself in the air.

"Remember your training Tigress, remember who you are, you are not Shifu, you are not me, you are you, and you with your strength, and skill; you are unstoppable." I whisper as I see Tigress launch a full-on assault on Boar, as he tries to fight back Tigress blocks and counters each of his strikes with fury and strength, as Tigress lands a palm strike they all rush forward, as they all deliver simultaneous side kicks knocking Boar out as they walk back, as I look at master Oogway.

"Master, I can help but feel that you knew that was going to happen." I say, as Oogway gives me a smile.

"Remember Xian, there is no such things as accidents; for the universe writes destiny." Master Oogway says, as I nod.

"You know they would make an exceptional team master." I say, as Oogway nods in agreement.

"Yes, they would be, and I would like you to bestow upon them that honor." Oogway says, as I bow.

"Thank you, master Oogway." I say.

"Xian, you know you and Shifu are to complete their training first." Master Oogway says, as I nod.

"Yes, and I will, but I also need to finish Tigresses training as well." I say, as Oogway nods.

"And you will. Here they come now." Master Oogway says as I see them walking up the stairs, as I meet them. I place my hands behind my back as they stop in front of me as I smile at them.

"Welcome back, all of you." I say as I bow to them, as they bow in return.

"What I said about me having faith in you all, you proved you can do anything with faith and hope." I say as I look at Oogway, as he nods.

"Kneel." I say as they look at me in confusion, as they slowly kneel.

"Mantis, Viper, Crane, Monkey, and Tigress. You defended this valley from a threat that most called unstoppable; therefore, you will now be the official protectors of this Valley from any threat big or small.

You serve the people with honor, and dignity, and always do your best to defend the people.

From this day forward, you five will be known as the Furious Five, defenders of the Valley of Peace. Rise." I say, as they rise.

"We will have rooms set up for you by the end of the day, and master Shifu and I will complete your training. Welcome to the Jade Palace. Students." I say, as I bow.

"Master." They say, as they bow back.