Okay...so I felt like I should've done more with the aftermath response to what happened after Max was almost killed by Tigress...so I decided to make an extended scene to make it up to Solarsystemx. Hope this is better.
Extended Scene
The Bushido-Akio's were sitting around around the hospital hallway close to Max's hospital bed all while listening to Shifu angrily berating Tigress from nearly killing Max during her rampage that literally set most of the other masters off, but mostly Shifu and as Tigress endures all of her master's outburst, she lowered her head down in remorse and shame over what she had done.
"WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU GO AND KILL AN INNOCENT CUB?! IN FRONT OF EVERYONE IN THE DAMN VALLEY OF PEACE?! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING, MASTER TIGRESS?! YOU COULD'VE KILLED HIM IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU SWORE TO PROTECT THE VALLEY!" Master Shifu shouted, in a fit of rage.
"I don't know what I was thinking, master. When I saw Max with that dragon, I thought that I would handle it myself and show Max the consequences of what happened if he brought it there." Tigress replied.
"But still...that doesn't excuse you for nearly claiming that cub's life! For all we know, he could've died because of you!" Shifu screamed, at the top of his lungs.
"I felt as if Max was personally attacking me by defying my commands! I had to stand up to him and he needs to learn the consequences of his actions!" Tigress shouted.
Arizona looked at Tigress in the eye almost as if she had just said to wrong thing to him and figured that nearly taking his life would actually teach him a lesson and he said, "But why would that require hunting him down like an animal?"
"Because I felt that's what he deserved for standing up to me like that! No one would dare speak to me like that! I do not like when people stand up to me and it made me feel like I'm being threatened!" Tigress answered.
Logan felt like he had heard enough of what Tigress said about Max and it was like she was putting the blame on him rather than herself and he stood up and said, "Quit talking smack about my brother. It's one thing to underestimate him, but it's another when you actually kill him and make it seem like you losing your temper on him is his fault. Don't blame it on Max...or Blaze. Blame yourself."
Tigress snarled at him after that remark, but realized that everything he said was right and that she should've handled the situation differently, but instead...her pride took full control of her and Shifu was still infuriated by taking her envy towards the cub to the next level of insanity and he said, "I have warned you many times over and over again to not cause any harm; whether physical or emotional to Maximus because I am far too old to handle all of this! You were acting like a child when you nearly killed him!"
"He damaged my pride! I thought it was only fair to gain it back!" Tigress shouted.
"And that's your excuse? To regain your backbone?! That's complete and utter nonsense!" Shifu shouted back.
"Mm-hmm." the younger kids replied.
Shifu turned to the younger ones with a stern, but very fair look on his face and said, "Do not interfere, please."
"Sorry."
Shifu was still seething with his face full of red fury and he walked towards Tigress and asked, "What possessed you to attack Max in front of the villagers?!"
"He stole my pride away from me! And everyone else took his side after he stood up to me! I felt like they were betraying me and turned against me for that cub!" Tigress shouted.
"The way you acted towards them...did it ever occur to you that YOU turned against them and accused them of being disloyal to you when you were the one that started this whole thing?!" Shifu shouted.
"Don't I know that's my responsibility?! I know I messed up now, but I wasn't thinking at the time! It felt like Max intentionally stripped everything away from me and left me with nothing and I wasn't gonna take that! And to add into it, bringing that dragon to our valley? What was in that cub's mind?! He could've killed all of us!" Tigress shouted.
"But still...did you have to take action by doing what you did?! Even though it did happen, you had absolutely no right to lay your paws on young Max! NO RIGHT AT ALL! I'm so mad right now that I can't even think of a punishment for you right now!" Shifu shouted.
Tigress knew that this was coming in soon and she lowered her head down in shame after Shifu's words, but it wasn't the first time she endured being yelled at by Shifu for the longest time and Viper said, "Just tell us what was the real reason you went after Max?! What were you thinking?"
"That's the problem, Viper. I wasn't thinking clearly. I was so hurt by Max standing up to me and that some of the others were following him that all I could think about was gaining my pride back, showing that he had no right to strip everything down on me and that he was gonna pay for deliberately humiliating me and shaming me in front of some of you guys!" Tigress shouted.
"He's 10 years old. How could he humiliate you?" asked Po, confusedly.
"Yeah, it doesn't make any sense that Max would humiliate you." Samurai added.
Tigress knew that this was gonna be talked about and she was tensed up, but still very shameful of her actions and said, "He has everything! He's got everything that I never had! A loving family, patience, compassion, wisdom, well-trained, calmness, smart, easily forgiven, positive attitude, friends ahd happiness! Ever since he showed up, I've had nothing but hatred for him! Most of you guys focused your attention on him and I felt like I was gonna lose all of you guys so I got very angry, upset, hurt, bitter, resentful and jealous! I was jealous of him that I was gonna hurt him so bad and that I would snap at him for no damn reason! I wanted him to suffer the same pain I felt when I was in that orphanage and that he would feel the same way I feel right now! He should be bitter because of his horrible past, but he's not! Who does that?! WHO DOES THAT?!"
Mako could tell that she was gonna blow her top any second and prepared himself for what's gonna happen next and he asked, "Wouldn't it have been easier to just leave it alone and walk away instead of causing more pain?"
"I WOULD'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE, MAKO! DO YOU NOT GET IT?! MY PRIDE WON'T LET ME AND IT GOT HIM ALMOST KILLED! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I AM A MONSTER?! THAT'S ALL I AM AND ALL I EVER WILL BE! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS, DAMN IT!" Tigress shouted, very loudly.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Shifu shouted back.
But Tigress was in an emotional turmoil that everything she did to Max came back to bite her and Shifu said, "Either way, it should not have happened and you know better than that!"
"I WILL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF, SHIFU! DO YOU HEAR ME?! I...WILL...NEVER...FORGIVE...MYSELF!" Tigress roared, before punching the wall of the hospital harder.
Everyone didn't want to see her like that and what happened next was unthinkable that she took her fierce anger out on the big window and just slammed it down, causing it to shatter all over the place and many horrified patrons, patients, doctors, nurses and visitors looked at the damage caused by Tigress and once she witnessed the fear she's putting on them, she realized that it was the same exact instinct she used on Max and she panted heavily and Shifu said, "That is the exact attitude I was most afraid of."
"I can't control my jealousy towards Max. He's just so accomplished at everything he does and that's my position! I just liked being the smart and accomplished one and seeing Max succeed more makes me feel less of a warrior and I'm always intimidated by his persistence and angered because he's well beyond his years. That's why I always showed nothing but resentment and bitterness towards him!" Tigress exclaimed.
"Tigress...do you think that the Five would turn against you because of Max? He's only 10 years old. You can't hold it against him and you can't hold it against your comrades too. They would never turn against you for any reason." Shifu added.
"Yeah, we're always by your side, Tigress. You're still our leader. Nothing can change that." Mantis added.
"But I'm a danger. You've seen me try to kill Max earlier. How can you look past that?" asked Tigress.
"Because like Max says...we can't always hold a grudge against anyone. And you could many things to hurt us, but we'll never hurt you." Monkey added.
Tigress still felt responsible for causing so much pain and heartache over what she had almost done to Max and she knew that she would never forgive herself for all of it...ever. She said to them, "I appreciate all of your comments to me and I believe you all, but the truth of the matter is I almost took a young cub's life because of my anger. I'll never let it go...no matter how much I try. I deserve to be punished."
"Tigress...your punishment is 5 weeks of chores and walking up and down the steps of the Jade Palace with heavy lifts. And since you cannot keep your jealousy hidden from Max, you'll have to keep a further distance from the cub. Not complete avoidance or restraining, but to keep yourself away from those envious feelings in front of him." Shifu added.
Tigress could tell that she has to keep her distance from Max in case a part of her jealousy resurfaces once again and she said, "Yes, master."
And that's the end result. Hope ya like! And once again...thanks for reading 'Friendship Between a Tiger and a Dragon'!
