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Chapter 11

Mamma's Boy

In the Jade Palace Student Barracks

A young Tiger Cub opened his eyes, he saw a paper wall with wooden frame. The rooms wall was allowing a small amount of light into the room. All Hao could remember was that he had been climbing the 1000 steps with the Furious Five when he got really tired halfway up, he also remembered that Tigress had helped him up. But where was he now? He then raised his head from the pillow underneath and looked at a table with multiple shelves on it, the shelves had some realistic looking figurines of certain animals. One was an elderly tortoise holding a wooden staff, one was a white peacock with a robe, there was one of a large snow leopard with purple training shorts, there was one of a large bull with a large headdress along with several green knives, and lastly there was one of a small red panda balancing itself on top of a similar staff as the one that tortoise held. Hao had never seen such people before and so he wondered if these were important people in the world, or if they were just pieces of art. He then got himself out of the bed that he had been sleeping on, and the little cub stretched his arms and yawned, then he went over to the table with the shelves that stored the figurines. 'Master Oogway' The cub read the engraved name on the plate that the figurine stood on. 'Lord Shen...He sure looks evil.' the cub thought to himself as he read the second figurine's name. 'Tai Lung...He looks really strong!' The Cub thought to himself once again. 'Kai the spirit warrior' The cub then felt his fur perk up as he got goosebumps from looking at the figure. 'He looks even more evil!' The cub thought to himself with a bit of a shiver. He then looked at the last figurine of the red panda 'Master Shifu...I think Po said something about a Shifu when he trained me the other day.' The cub then remembered what had happened the day before to Po. "I'm so sorry Po..." The cub quietly said to himself, feeling guilty about what happened. But then he remembered what Po had told him before he was taken away 'Hao, I don't want you to ever blame yourself for any of this, this is no ones fault. Do you hear me?' He recounted the Panda's statement in his mind. "Okay Po, if you say so-" "Good morning young one."

The Cub's self talk was interrupted by a wise and kind voice which slightly startled the Tiger. "Oh I'm sorry mister! I didn't mean to wake you up...I didn't realize I was making so much noise..." The cub ranted apologetically to the old Red Panda. The Red Panda then chuckled slightly and responded "It's okay young one, I have been awake for an hour now. But where are my manners? My name is Shifu, and I am the Grandmaster of the Jade Palace." Hao then gasped "You're Shifu!? So you taught Po and the other Furious Five the ways of Kung Fu!?" Master Shifu chuckled once again and said "Indeed I am." "Wow that is so cool! So you must be the same person as the figurine over on that shelf there!" Hao excitedly said and he pointed to the action figure on the shelf. "Ah yes, the Dragon Warrior always did have a hobby for carving those 'dolls'." Master Shifu said. "Wait, Dragon Warrior...Do you mean to tell me that Po made these?" Hao said surprised at what Shifu was saying. "Everyone of them was hand crafted by him, this is his room after all." Shifu said with a smile on his face. "This is Po's room!? That is totally awesome!" Hao responded with excitement in his voice which just made Shifu chuckle. 'Tigress and Po made a great decision in training this Cub, his heart is as pure as the Dragon Warrior's.' Shifu thought to himself. "Forgive me for all the surprise this morning, you see when Tigress carried you up the rest of the 1000 steps you were fast asleep, and so she decided to allow you to rest here." Shifu recounted what had happened the night before. "Oh yeah! Where is Master Tigress by the way?" The Cub asked. "She is meditating at the moment, for now you must eat, your body needs its strength." Shifu responded assertively. "Okay! That sounds great! I'm starving!" The Cub said only noticing now that he was quite hungry. Shifu then chuckled again as he thought 'he also has the same appetite as the Dragon Warrior...' Then he replied to the hungry cub "Common, the dinning room is right this way."

Up on the Summit of the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom

Tigress sat calmly in the lotus position beside the legendary peach tree. This was arguably her favorite spot to be, it was at this spot where she had learned to be herself rather than trying to become just like her master. 'No matter how much you try, you will never be Shifu' Oogway had told her 13 years ago on this exact spot. It was also here where Po's life force had been restored after his near death fight with the demon Ke-Pa. While she sat peacefully on the mountain, her mind was anything but peaceful, at the moment she was thinking about how her boyfriend had been taken away from her. Bear it in mind it wasn't the first time she had nearly lost him, there were the times like his fight with Ke-Pa or his fight with Lord Shen where she truly thought she had lost the Panda, however this time definitely felt the worst of all of them. She had just one of the happiest days of her life with the Panda and wanted it never to end, and then some crazy lizard had to completely ruin it and take her Panda from her. She then began to shed tears from her eyes that were closed, and slowly began to cry as she remembered how much she loved Po. She may not have been too fond of him when he had first arrived, but soon through interaction with him, she realized that he was the most important thing that had come into her life.

"It is not like you to dwell on things like these while you still have a responsability to someone 'my daughter'." Tigress turned around to see Shifu watching her with a sad expression. She then responded in an irritated way "it's been a long time since you've called me that..." Shifu still held a sad expression on his face and he looked down at the ground, probably out of shame. It was true, he hadn't called Tigress his daughter in a long time, most likely for 20 years, if you'd ask him why he'd probably say that he was too busy trying to teach her the principles of Kung Fu and raise her to be an incredible warrior. But he now realized how much he was deceiving himself, the real reason for his abnormal parenting was because of what had happened with his son Tai Lung. He feared that if he raised her the same way that she would follow in Tai Lung's footsteps, and he regretted ever thinking that. Because in raising her this way, he had deprived her of many things that most children would have thought normal, such as joy, friends and most importantly, love. However, he had surprisingly been overjoyed when she had taken a liking to the Panda. He felt that their relationship would help to give her what he had deprived her for so long, and it did, but now seeing as how Po had been captured and taken away he knew that this would take a great toll on her. "I know that the loss of Po has taken a toll emotionally on you, but you must be strong and fulfill your promise to him." Shifu said almost apologetically to his heartbroken daughter. "You don't understand! He was everything to me! And just after I have the happiest day of my life, everything was taken away!" Tigress said emotionally at her adoptive father. "I do understand. There was a time when I raised my son, he was my pride and joy, he meant everything to me. And in just a day, all that I had loved and treasured was destroyed." Shifu replied looking down at the ground sadly. "I...I...Sorry father, I'm just..." Tigress said apologetically "It's okay Tigress, just make sure that you fulfill your promise to Po and look after the Cub." Shifu said as he began to walk back to the Palace.

"Speaking of Hao, where is he? And how is he doing?" Tigress said in a slightly concerned voice. "He is merely eating breakfast in the dinning room with the others, I suggest you join them." Shifu said with a small smile on his face. "Well I'd better get there before he gets into any trouble..." She said as she stood up and began to make her way back to the Palace as well. "You know, you would make an excellent mother for the Cub...After all look at how concerned over him you are..." Shifu joked. Tigress just smiled at this and didn't even try to deny this. Ever since she had met Hao, she had felt differently towards him than she had towards other children, she felt more protective and also had more trust towards the Cub than any other child. This was a new for her, never before had she felt this way about a young child, however she didn't dislike it. Instead she felt stronger and felt more determined to give the Cub a parent figure which he didn't have at the present time. "You know, he really resembles the Dragon Warrior, at least his appetite does..." Shifu once again joked. "That he does..." Tigress said as she smiled and went on her way to the Palace with Shifu following her.

Meanwhile back in the Dinning Room

"Take that!" Hao said as he held several of the action figures that he had found inside Po's room. He was playing with the action figures at the moment, namely the figures of Tai Lung and Kai the spirit Warrior. To him, these two figures looked like the coolest and strongest of all the figures so he decided to play with them imaginably. He had just finished his breakfast which to be honest, wasn't a bad meal, certainly nowhere near as good as the noodle soup that he had eaten the previous night. The breakfast at the Jade Palace would usually consist of Po's cooking, but since he had been taken away, Shifu had ordered several Palace servants to prepare a meal for the Masters and Hao. They had prepared dumplings, bean buns and several types of tea (One of them being Jasmine Tea for Tigress) Hao had thanked the cooks and helped himself to many of the bean buns and dumplings for he was very hungry this morning. In fact, Hao was very often hungry, the food at the Orphanage hadn't been the best in the world and the caretaker was not always able to feed all the children all the time so he would skip meals from time to time. "Oh no! You've defeated me!" Hao said to himself as he spoke from the perspective of Tai Lung. "Aha! My skill was too much for you oh mighty Tai Lung!" The Cub continued to play. "Stop right there Kai! You're going to pay for all your evil schemes!" Hao said to himself as he took out the action figure of Master Tigress that Po had given him. "You'll have to beat me first oh powerful Master Tigress!" Hao kept on playing. He really enjoyed playing with the action figures as he had not had the privilege of toys at the Orphanage.

"Having fun aren't we?" Hao heard a voice call from at the entrance to the dinning room which startled him. "Ah! Oh...Good morning Master Viper!" He said realizing who had called to him. Viper smiled at this, the second she met the Cub, she realized how similar he was to Po, it was almost uncanny. "Good morning Hao, did you sleep well last night?" Viper kindly said to the Cub. "I slept great! That bed is very comfortable!" He said happily. Viper just giggled at the cub's excited demeanor. Then the two heard new voices "Good morning Viper. Oh! Good morning Hao!" Said Crane as he Monkey and Mantis all entered the room to have their breakfast. "Good Morning Master Crane!" Hao respectfully replied. Once the masters sat down at the table they began to converse about numerous topics. "Too bad Po isn't here to cook, I really miss his soup!" Mantis said as he chewed on a bean bun. Hao then responded "Wait, Po's a cook too?" Monkey replied to the Cub's question "Yeah! Hes an excellent one too! He can prepare amazing meals in just minutes and he makes the most delicious noodle soup in China!" "Wow! That's awesome! I bet he learned how to cook from his dad! His dad is also an awesome cook!" Hao remembered to the night before and how tasty the noodle soup was that he had tried. All the others laughed at this, they loved the Cub's innocence and excited demeanor. Then they all heard another voice at the entrance to the dinning room "Good morning everyone." They all looked at the entrance and saw Tigress wearing her blue training vest and also wore Po's golden cloak, she had been wearing the cloak ever since Po had given it to her before he left, but they didn't notice until now how good it looked on her. "Good morning Tigress!" The others including Hao replied to the Tiger Master. "Good Morning Hao, did you sleep well?" Tigress kindly said to the Cub. "Great! That bed was really comfortable!" Hao said happily. "That's good, because today is going to be a long day." Tigress replied to the Cub. She then continued "If you're finished your meal could you follow me?" "Okay Master Tigress." he said as he hopped off his seat and ran up to the female Tiger. "Oh, and Shifu wanted you all to continue your normal exercises." Tigress spoke to the other four members of the Furious Five. "Don't worry Tigress, he already told us." Viper kindly replied for the rest of the four. "Very well, now Hao, follow me." Tigress said as her and the little Cub exited the room and left down the hallway. Once the two were out of earshot Mantis blurted out "so is Tigress now that kid's mother?" The others just laughed at this.

Tigress led Hao down the hallway and heard him ask "Master Tigress, can I ask what you meant when you said today was going to be a long day?" Tigress smiled as she said "well Hao, I intend to give you your first lesson into learning Kung Fu." Hao's eyes lit up in excitement and he said "really!? That's gonna be so awesome!" Tigress slightly giggled at how adorable the Cub was when he got excited "Yes Hao it is, but first we're going to find you some clothing that you can train in." She said. The cub followed Tigress to her room and she said "Stay here for a second." She entered her room and left Hao in the hallway. She came back a couple of seconds later with what looked to be a red training vest as well as a pair of black training pants. Tigress offered them to the Cub and said "These were mine when I was just a Cub about your age, they should fit you." Hao responded as he took the pieces of clothing "thank you master Tigress! They look great!" She nodded in approval and the Cub took the new clothing into his room, or rather Po's room to change into. When he exited the room, Hao said "they fit great! How do I look?" Tigress smiled as she said "like a true warrior." She was looking at the white Tiger Cub in who now wore her old clothes, and she thought 'he really reminds me of myself...' Hao smiled as well and asked "so what do I do now?" "Well, now follow me to the training hall and I will teach you your first lesson." Tigress responded as she began to lead the Cub to the training hall.

Two hours went by as Tigress assessed Hao's abilities as well as taught him many basic techniques such as basic defensive stances. Right now she was teaching him how to calm his mind and body through meditation. "Breathe, just breathe." She said calmly to the Cub who was sitting down on the floor in the lotus position which she had just taught him. "Let your mind and body relax, and just breathe." Hao seemed to look relaxed but his mind was anything but relaxed, right now he was feeling impatient and wanted the training to be over. He had been training for several hours and he really just wanted to something else. However, he stuck with it and listened to his teacher guiding him through the steps. "Just let the universe flow around you." Tigress said in a calming manner, she was trying to make the Cub as relaxed as possible to allow him to meditate peacefully, however she could sense that the Cub wasn't exactly feeling calm. Even though his eyes were closed she could easily tell that he was uneasy due to the impatient look he had on his face. "Is everything alright Hao?" She asked feeling slightly concerned. "I'm sorry Master Tigress, I'm just bored right now. I know that meditation helps a lot, but I just..." Hao explained as he opened his eyes. Tigress wasn't surprised by the Cub's response, meditation wasn't exactly the most entertaining thing to do, especially for a young and enthusiastic Cub such as Hao. But then she thought of what Hao had just said, 'Master Tigress.' She then responded "Hao, you know, you don't have to call me that...I mean you don't have to call me your master." Hao seemed puzzled by what his teacher had just said "Then what do you want me to call you?" Tigress smiled as she replied "Mother? Although it's fine if you don't see me like that..." Just then she felt her right leg being clutched, it was Hao giving her a big hug. So she got down to the Cub's level and hugged him back. As he was hugging Tigress he said "I've always wanted a mom..." Tigress was touched by the Cub's affection, she just hugged him tightly. She remembered when she was his age that she had wanted to have parents, and though Shifu had adopted her and given her a home, he had never really showed her much affection and truly acknowledged her as his daughter. Right now she felt that it was more important to give the Cub wanted instead of what she wanted, so she just kept hugging him.

After a couple of moments of a tight loving embrace, Tigress let Hao go and said "so is there anything else you want to do?" Hao was very content right now, for as long as he could remember, what he had wanted more than anything were parents, the Caretaker of the Orphanage had always been kind towards him, but even she had been afraid of his strength. Now he felt that he had what he had wanted for so long, a loving and caring mother. Then he responded to his new mother's question "Actually, all the training today has made me really hungry! Is there anything for lunch?" Tigress couldn't help but laugh at her new son's response 'he really does have an appetite like Po's.' She thought happily as she remembered how similar Hao was to her boyfriend once again. "I have an idea Hao, how about we go down to the village to eat? I seem to recall that you really loved that noodle soup from Mr Ping's shop?" She replied to the Cub. Hao then remembered how much he had loved the noodle soup from the day before "You mean from Po's Dad's shop? Yeah! That noodle soup was the tastiest meal I've ever had!" The Cub said getting exited once again. "Then it's settled, down to the village we go!" Tigress said happily. "Thanks Mom!" Hao said happily as well. Tigress then smiled as she picked up the happy Cub in her arms and let him ride on her shoulders as they left the training hall and went on their way to the village.

Just outside the training hall watching the spectacle was Shifu. He had been watching for about five minutes, and was honestly surprised that neither Tigress nor Hao had even noticed him, he wasn't even trying to conceal himself. However right now he felt an enormous amount of pride, his daughter had just accepted the young Tiger Cub as her own son and had given him the one thing he needed the most, a mother. Shifu nearly began crying as he was so proud of his daughter, she easily could have kept teaching the Cub the ways of Kung Fu, but instead she decided to give her attention to him instead. 'I'm glad she didn't make the same mistake as I did...' Shifu thought to himself as a tear left his right eye in joy.

A/N: Well, there it is! So Tigress is now a mother! But how is Po doing? Stay tuned for the next chapter!

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