And we have another sequence where Max's words about forgiveness and happiness makes Tigress reach her boiling point.

Chapter 23: Suffering from Scars

Back at the Jade Palace, Tigress has kept herself in a deeper distance from everyone else because of the fact that she cannot come to grips with the fact that she has a problem when it comes to dealing with Max and her jealousy towards him and it's a huge loss of control and doesn't know how to handle it well and she would never wish anything like this to any other cub at all and she certainly would never wish it on Max, but her pride and jealousy kept her from listening to her heart.

As she sat there on her own room, she began looking at certain flashbacks on times when her jealousy got the best of her with regards to Max and how everyone else has been giving him so much attention and she fears that she might get ignored or forgotten, in which has spun out of control and lets those thoughts devour her very being and the only way to prevent those is to show aggression to everyone and everything.

Many of those flashbacks she saw were people being happy around Max, rooting for Max and Max accomplishing things that only adults can do and when she looks at those accomplishments that Max has done, she could only imagine what would've happened had she had witnessed it on her own and that she saw herself, looking veyr bitter and spiteful towards the cub and sees the green glow around her and that confirms that there's a very deeper jealousy spewing around the surface.

And when she saw herself with that jealousy feeling, she could really see what's going in her head...she wanted to end it all. She wanted to end Max's short life out of her petty jealousy and for gaining selfish purposes, just to have everything she had grown used to back to normal.

Next thing, she went forward with what would've happened if she had continued on hurting Max out of spiteful jealousy and looked at all the times at the training hall where she contstantly beaten, punched, kicked, clawed and injured Max during the training sessions they have had together and it's where she realized that she was more focused on taking her rageful jealousy out on a little cub instead of training for kung-fu. Tigress could see that doesn't like being underestimated by someone...especially a young cub like Max and that in her mind, he was gonna pay for that.

Soon enough, she was transported to a world on what would've happened if she actually caused a mass hysteria of pain if she had killed Max and imagined how would any of her comrades would say and of course...she knew that they would turn against her if she did that.

Just then, the sound of Max's voices kept ringing in her ears and it really got her under her skin the most with his positive attitude, easy forgiveness and many amounts of wisdom and it's like she can never feel any more guiltier about everything she had done to Max all this time.

"Tigress, I don't blame you for being mad at me."

"It's okay, Tigress. I forgive you anyway."

"Everything's all forgiven."

"Why wouldn't I forgive you?"

"Because it's the right thing to do."

"What's good at being angry about something we have no control over?"

"I don't believe in revenge."

"It's not a matter of if I should or shouldn't. I just do."

"I believe in myself because I can."

"I don't hold grudges against anyone or anything. That wouldn't be fun."

"I've been through a lot, but it doesn't really mean that I'm affected by it. If I let it define me, I would be angry and miserable for the rest of my life and I don't want that."

"I'm stronger now because of what I've been through."

"I surround myself with my family and friends and they lift me up and I wanna do the same to others."

A mish-mash of Max's voices circled around Tigress' head and it was like torture for her because he hates hearing the truth coming out of Max and his personality completely wore her down and all she wanted to do was just end it with a single blow, but with the events that had happened between the two of them in recent months, she realized that the more she thought of him, the more crazy insane she's gotten and that she will never recover causing the problem she made and could never forgive herself.

It all became too much and she can't take it anymore and as the voices grew louder and louder, it was also added by being called a 'monster' at the orphanage and it sent her off in a humongous tailspin and she covered her head and ears so she couldn't hear it, but it grew very louder than that and that was where she reached her emotional limit.

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Tigress screamed, at the top of her lungs.

She reactedsimply by just roaring louder and screaming louder than ever and it was so blood-curling, it could even scare the crap out of everyone at the Jade Palace and that scream lastly a lot louder and longer than ever and then she stopped. She panted heavily and it was like her heart was beating at a million miles per second and she found herself in her room, still in the same position she was in.

Suddenly, a knock on the door came by and when she stood up and opened the door, she saw a very worried and concerned Po coming by and he asked, "You okay, Ti?"

"I've been better, Po. Why?" asked Tigress, half stone-faced.

Po could tell that Tigress was still terrified and he replied, "I heard you scream and I just wanted to see if you're all right."

"I'm fine now, Po." Tigress added.

Po looked at her very unconvined-like and he asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure." Tigress replied, getting annoyed.

"Then, why'd you say 'get out of my head'?" asked Po.

Tigress could tell that Po won't stop asking her until she gets an answer from her and she blurted out, "You wouldn't understand."

"Try me, Ti." Po replied.

Next chapter...Mako is ready to talk with Tigress. Stay tuned!