Disclaimer: I don't own Kung Fu Panda or the characters. I only own My 2 OCs.

Back up at the Jade Palace Grandmaster Shifu had been meditating on his staff near the golden dragon statue. He was extremely concentrated so nothing could knock him out of it. Except a giant explosion and the feeling that something was extremely wrong, this was exactly what happened next. Shifu literally fell off his staff and smashed into the ground head first. He could still see the smoke as he went down to the village as fast as his legs would carry him. As he reached Po and the five (or four in this case) he noticed that tigress wasn't there and he saw the smoke wasn't that far away, he immediately had been suspecting the worst.

"What happened?" Shifu asked. Po had a hard time explaining so mantis had to finish the story for him. Shifu was literally in tears when mantis had finished the story. "It struck all of us. I always thought that tigress was the strongest of us." Crane stated not even looking at Shifu. "We surveyed the area and all we could find was this" Crane said holding out what appeared to be a domino. "So there's no denying it" Shifu said as he started walking back to the Jade Palace with his ears down so he looked more depressed than usual. As they all walked up to the palace they weren't talking or anything. This day had been too much for them.

"Ugh…" The first thing tigress felt as she woke up was the pain. It felt like white-hot knives had been shoved into every square inch of her body. As she looked around she noticed that she had been put in a tent of some kind. She had also been bandaged and she was lying on a tent. Tigress also seemed to notice a fire cracking in the distance.

"Oh, you're finally awake!" A nearby voice said. She turned her head and noticed what appeared to be a human standing near the fire. He appeared to be about her age, he wore a black jacket and jeans. Not typical Chinese clothes which made her wonder if he wasn't from around here. "These should be ready in a few minutes if you're hungry. You've been out for about a day and a half!" He said. Tigress was actually very hungry after being out that long. "Oh, I'm Bryan by the way." Tigress managed to stand up and putting a fist in her palm and bowing she said "I'm Master Tigress of the Jade palace. Was it you who saved my life?"

"Yes, I did. I noticed you floating down the river and you seemed pretty beat up so I decided to help you out." Bryan said. "You're name is Bryan huh? I guess your parents weren't from around here were they?" Tigress asked. "I don't know, I didn't know them. Actually I can't remember anything about my past." Bryan said, obviously he didn't like talking about it. "That's me too; I didn't know my parents either. What's with the swords on your back?" Tigress questioned. "These were with me after I forgot about my past. I'm a swordsman if you haven't noticed. You should lay down for about an hour more. " Bryan said. Tigress nodded and laid down to rest again, catching a glimpse of his swords, they were in identical sheaths, Black with some gold near the edges where the blade would be. Thinking about them she drifted off to sleep.

About three hours later Tigress woke up out of her sleep. She noticed an exact replica of her training vest had been made and she quickly changed into the new one (The old one was pretty beat up). She then decided to take a walk to stretch her legs since they were sore after lying down for so long. She decided to walk through the woods when she came into a clearing. Tigress looked around when she saw a figure standing in the center of the clearing.

"Bryan?" she asked. The figure quickly turned around, Tigress saw the figure was wearing a cloak that covered most of him. It also seemed to have 2 swords that seemed similar to Bryans. However, that figure had 2 red eyes that seemed to cut through the night; they seemed to glow with rage and hatred. Something told her that this wasn't Bryan. The figure then pulled out one of the swords, the blade was pure black and it seemed to emit darkness, and the blade also had a red stripe going up the middle of it, a truly terrifying sight.

Something had happened, the Furious Five and Po woke up out of their sleep and Shifu was snapped out of his concentration. This was unlike anything that had happened before; it had sent a wave of terror over all of them. What could emit this kind of power?

"Guys we should head back to bed, I sense it too. Whatever and wherever it is it's not around here" Shifu assured. "Looks like were gonna have a real fight on our hands this time huh?" Po asked the others. "I'd have to agree with you Po, but what if we can't stand up to this thing? You could sense that power just as good as I could." Crane said. Little did they know, Tigress had gotten the same feelings.

Tigress was just staring at this thing when it jumped at her with surprising speed; Tigress didn't even see it until it was 2 feet from her. She ducked under the swing of the blade and gave it a punch to the face. However, to her surprise, it didn't even flinch, but gave her a knee to the jaw. Tigress managed to land on her feet before she felt the urge to duck and she did. Right where her neck was ½ of a second ago the blade appeared again.

'How did it do that?' Tigress thought as she had to back flip to avoid 2 more swings. "Just so you know, I'm taking it easy on you right now. Time to get serious." a rasped voice came from the things mouth. Tigress was shocked, "You can speak?" she asked. The figure charged so fast this time that she didn't even see it until it stopped to swing. She managed to dodge most of this swing but the blade cut open her left arm. Tigress screamed in pain. She had been cut by a sword before but this hurt worse than any pain that she'd ever felt. She looked up to see the figure descending on her with the sword pointed down, aiming right for her heart. She didn't even have time to react. She closed her eyes and waited for swords to pierce through heart.

'I'm sorry master' she thought.

Cliffhanger! The next chapter will take some time though. I've got some stuff going on this week but I'll do anything I can to get it done. Note that this creature's identity will be revealed in the next few chapters. Please read and review.