That evening, following the fight between tigress and tiger, tigress walked to her room with a tear rolling down her cheek, she slams her door shut falls face down on her bed and puts her arms in front of her eyes and slightly started to sob.
"Why won't he listen to me ? All I'm doing is trying to help him, but he keeps ignoring me and I'm now I can't do anything to stop him anymore, I just want to explain this to him and tell him th, th, that, that I love him." tigress said as she cried a bit louder.
A little later, po, tiger and the others were talking about the fight and how stronger tiger was getting, as they made their way towards the kitchen, they stopped in their tracks when they slightly heard tigress crying in her room, they looked at her room feeling sorry for her.
"Man, she's taking this really hard." Mantis said, starting to feel really bad of how things went for tigress.
"Yeah, I think I should talk to her." Po said, he was about to open her door and walk in but viper stops him.
"Po wait, tigress needs to be alone for a bit, wait till she comes for dinner and try to talk to her by the night." Viper said, as much as she wanted her friend to be comforted ad happy, she thinks leaving her alone was the best thing for her.
"You're right viper, well, let's have some dinner." Po said as he and the 4 walked to the kitchen, tiger just stood where he stopped and looked at his sister's room as he heard her crying, he felt sorry for what his sister is feeling right now, he partly regrets what he has done to here in the past 2 or 3 days, he lets out a sigh of sadness, and he walks to the kitchen to have some dinner.
At night, dinner was over, as they ate they expected tigress to come in to eat, but unfortunately, she never came to the kitchen, po and tiger said goodnight to 4 of the five and they went to their rooms except po and tiger, they still felt tigress's pain, although she stopped crying out loud, they still know that she's crying silently to sleep, tiger stood against po's door, with po acting nervous in the center of the hall.
"Tiger, I don't know I mean, what if she's still upset about this whole thing, she could possibly yell at me." Po said feeling worried about what'll happen, tiger then places a paw on po's shoulder hoping to calm him.
"Po, buddy, I want to help you and apologize too, but I'll do that tomorrow before I depart, but right now, I need you to do what you can to make my sister at least a bit calm." Tiger said explaining why he can't apologize right now, po takes a deep breath and decides to give it a try.
"Okay I'll do it, but you do remember you have my back right ?" Po asked to be sure tiger will help him out through this a bit.
"No worries man." Tiger said with a smile, po walks to tigress's door and knocks on it.
"Tigress it's po, can I come in ?" po asked, he got no answer, at that moment, he knocked again.
"Tigress I just wanna talk." Po said hoping to get a response, but he got the same results, no response, he decided to carefully walk into her room, he slid the door open and slowly walked into her room, po had a sad look on his face looking at her, she was lying face down on her pillow and arms crying silently, po slowly made his way towards her and stopped at the edge of her bed, he puts his paw on her arm trying to gently wake her up so he can talk to her, but she swings her arm making it come off, it was a bad move by po, then it came to finally try using words, he took a deep breath and spoke.
"Ti, I know these past couple of days were very hard and unfair, and I also know what happened to you out there while sparing with tiger, but he's only trying to prove a thing to you and-" po said explaining the situation to begin with, but tigress cut him off when she sat up, and glared at him.
"Po, don't talk about that ever again, what's the point now ? I can't stop my brother, you lied to me, and I even tapped out, I don't know why I did that, but now, he's going to fight tai lung and he's possibly going to die out there and I'm not as strong as he is now, and lastly he is now in grave danger and so are we, I wish this never even happened and I also wish that you never trained him for this !… Just leave me alone po." Tigress complained, she hung her head low with a tear rolling down her face, po felt her pain. he had a sad expression as well, he wanted to say he is sorry, but he wanted to explain the problem to try and comfort her, but he is having no luck.
"(Sigh) Ti, listen to me-" Po tried to explain, but tigress cuts him off again.
"GET OUT." Tigress yelled, she then laid in bed crying herself silently to sleep, po hung his head low with sadness, he slowly walks out the door and shuts it, throughout the night, po had a hard time sleeping but by the morning, tiger should make things better before he departs so po and tigress's relation will go one.
The next morning, when the gong was heard, they took their time to get up because today was different for everyone, it was the day of tiger's departure, po and tiger were the first ones up and they walked out the door first, the five then got up and followed them to the hall of heroes.
At the hall of heroes, tiger walked towards, the sword of heroes, he looks at his reflection and the sword, he grabs the handle of it and lifts it out of its display holder, he takes a brief look at it before placing it in the sword holder on his wait that he got on his birthday from the furious five of master kai, he then turns to face shifu standing in front of po and the five who are lined up, he first walks to shifu and looks down at him.
"Master tiger, you went through all of this trouble to become a warrior of who you are, and thanks to po, you are improving and learning at the same time, and, are you sure this what you have to do ?" shifu asked, tiger cleared his throat preparing for his speech to shifu.
"If this is worth taking any risks to save china rather if I survive or die… I have no choice, so this is what I gotta do man." Tiger said accepting of what is coming to him, shifu took in a breath and let it out.
"All I can say is, either way if you die or live, I was proud to know you and become, your part time master, and, good luck." Shifu said with a smile, tiger nodded as if to say thank you or you too, they bow to each other, afterwards, tiger walked towards the five, he first started at mantis, knowing about his size, he bends down on one knee with his left arm and elbow on his left knee.
"Mantis, you are a great dude, you are mischievous, and can be sensitive and mean but, you're a great guy and no matter what you are and how small you are, honestly, you're a great master, if I die, I wish you the best man." Tiger said, hoping that he was being honest to mantis, and hoping he wasn't mad that he called him small, but mantis was touched by his other words he couldn't be mad at him.
"Thanks tiger and I wish you the best to bro."Mantis said smiling, and they bow to each other too, tiger then moved over and next was viper.
"Viper, you're lovable, sweet, and a very great warrior as well, you're one of the people who gives me strength, and I earned it, I wish you the best, and please prey for me." tiger said giving out a good speech as he could give out to viper, she actually loved it, she too brings out a loveable smile.
"Thanks tiger, I will and I wish you the best too sweetie." Viper said giving him a hug, tiger stood up and the next one up was crane.
"Crane, you're funny, you have great skills, you're a great warrior, and I wish you the best in your future as a kung fu fighter and whatever your dream is." Tiger said to crane, he couldn't think of a proper sentence or whatever he could think of to say, he's just thinking whatever he can say to them.
"Thanks tiger, and I wish you the best too, and good luck." Crane said as he bowed to tiger, tiger nodded back as a response and bowed back, he then moved over and next up was monkey.
"Monkey, buddy, honestly, you may be annoying in some ways, but never the less, you're funny, fun, you tell great jokes, you pull pretty good pranks, but as fun as you usually are like out of those stuff, you're a great warrior, you have great acrobatics, and please keep up the good work, I wish you the best, incase if I don't return." Tiger said, he has known monkey for a while he knew what being with him was like, monkey smiled and bowed to him.
"Thanks for the words tiger, I wish you the best as well, and good luck." Monkey said, tiger nodded and bowed back to him, after that, the next one tiger walked to him, was none other than his best friend, po, he's known him for a long time and he's the one who turned tiger into what he is, tiger did have a lot of things to say about him before he could leave.
"Po, you're a great friend, you mean a lot to me, you given me strength, you gave me courage, you've been giving me opportunities, you helped me earned things, and thanks to you I am achieving my dream, thanks for everything man, and you and the others helped me learn things, I'm glad you're the dragon warrior, please keep china safe and I wish you and tigress a bright future and the best, rather if I die or live, don't ever forget me." Tiger said shedding about two tears as he was finishing his sentence, po smiled at his words and was happy to hear tiger call him a great friend since they were since they met the first time.
"Thanks for the words tiger, you're welcome and I wish you the best too, and remember that I'll always believe in you." Po said, they then do a hand shake and a bro hug, after being released from it, tiger walked over to his sister, she was hanging her head low, she looked up at her brother and back down, he realized that his sister is mad about how both of them were arguing over this battle, but tigress can do nothing now but to helplessly watch her brother depart.
"Sis, I know things between and you and me lately have been on and off and not going so well lately, I apologize for that, and I know that I made you tap out during that session, I think I understand what you're feeling, you're probably thinking that you're hardcore career is over and never had to tap out to anyone and you're not really too great anymore, you're a great and strong warrior no matter what you are, just work harder and train better and you should become a bit like me, but the point is now, I'm sorry I let you down like this and I'm sorry I chose to do this, I'm sorry for everything so even if I live or die, I'll always love you as a brother, and it's my destiny and decision to make as a warrior, as I fight to the finish, I'll think about you and the other because you know that all of you will believe me, I think what I did to you was unforgivable and I apologize for that… (Sigh) I believe I should go now, but sis I have get this off my chest and say this so you'll believe in me, prey for me and try to forgive me for everything .. I love you sis." Tiger said, as he was finishing his speech, he slightly started crying, after he stopped a few more tears rolled down his face, after calming himself down enough, he kissed tigress on the cheek and started walking away,.
Tigress looked up with tears in her eyes, something was telling her to apologize and to forgive her brother, she didn't want her brother to think that she is still mad about this, It got so strong she did what it was telling her, she then reached out her arm at him.
"Tiger wait !" Tigress called to him, tiger stopped and turned to his sister, at that moment, she walked over to tiger and she hugs him tightly, she was crying and letting tears roll down her eyes onto her brother's shoulder, tiger was in shock, after about a few seconds, he hugs her back pressing his head above her head, tigress then looks at her brother in the eyes still crying.
"I'm sorry too for everything and for the way I acted, I do believe in you and I'll prey for you, I'll remember your advice, and I'm glad that you're becoming stronger, but please come back alive… I love you too brother." Tigress cried out and embraced tiger again, she feels like this could be the last time she will be hugging her brother. Tiger started to cry a little bit, he understood what saying a final goodbye is like, realizing that he has to go, he gently makes tigress release from the embrace, before tigress could let go, she then gives a kiss on tiger's cheek thinking it was the first or last time she'll ever do to him, then tiger walks to the front door of the hall and turns his head back to his sister and friends, he then looks at po who had tears and was smiling.
"Go get him buddy." Po said, tiger took his right arms and made his paw into a fist, places it on his hart and punches it forwards towards po showing him pride, po did the same thing as he did, after that he then walks out of sight walking down the stairs, tigress closed her eyes and covered them with her left paw, po feels her pain and feels the same way, he walks up to tigress and places a paw on her shoulder.
"Ti, it's gonna be okay, tiger will take him down and he'll be back for sure, I promise." Po said, he had a sad face feeling her pain, tigress had more tears coming down her face, then she turns to po and tightly embraces her panda's neck while tears were dripping onto his chest.
"What if he dies po ? He's my baby brother." Tigress cried out, po then embraces his kitten while stroking the back of her head.
"He'll do it ti, he'll make it through" Po said trying to cheer her up but she's still crying.
"He needs help." Tigress cried out again, po stared into the distance and replied to tigress.
"We'll help him… Eventually" po said promising tigress that they'll keep tiger safe.
With Tiger, he traveled throughout long ways to find the canyon where the battle will take, he traveled about 15 miles until he found the canyon and spotted a dark figure at the top, he knew it was tai lung, he growled at him, he feels determined and stronger than before, he is focus, and he is ready, for what is about to come and walked to the canon.
At the top, tai lung was looking down, waiting for his opponent a.k.a his brother to arrive, tiger eventually arrives from behind him, he felt his eyes glaring at him and he felt his presence even though he didn't notice him.
"It took you long enough." Tai lung said as he turned to tiger looking at him with an evil smirk.
"Tai lung." Tiger said still showing his intense look.
"I hope you're ready to face me, because I'm ready to send you to hell." Tai lung said in anger showing his razor sharp claws.
"I am ready man, but tai lung, you shouldn't have let it come to this, I kind of thought of you as a brother since about first hearing about you and when you were with shifu, you were once a hero and a good son to shifu, you worked your way to the top, and you couldn't get the scroll because oogway saw evil inside you and because of that you turned into what you are, we wanted to give you a chance to redeem on what you were, but the rage was so on you betrayed everyone, and shifu had a hard time on my sister when she was a cub, and today you're still evil, shifu even apologized for not helping you after oogway refused on the scroll, you and shifu went through everything, why did you had to embrace what you are and not try to change back, why risk your life like this?" tiger said to tai lung remembering all the moments tai lung went through throughout his life before his dark life. This was getting to tai lung but he just growled and clenched his fists.
"This is what I am and what I do, what I was born to do, no words or anything will change me, plus vengeance is what I want on you, po, shifu and the five and the secrets and everything else will be mine. HEH HEH HEH HEH." Tai lung laughed and got into his stance while still showing his claws, tiger glared at him, pulled out the sword of heroes out of his wait sword holder, he snaps off the holder and throws it out, he then points out the swords towards tai lung and growls.
"You just made a huge fate of your life brother." Tai lung said evilly with an evil smile.
"Let's end this." Tiger said with seriousness, he first places his hand on his forehead, then the one side of the chest to the heart, he was praying to the gods that this was a fight for not only china, but for his life, and with that they roared and lunged at each other for what seemed was to be a great battle between these brothers.
A/N: BOOM, this chapter is finally done, this was a long chapter I had to go through, I'm sorry if it sucked, but up to you if it did, as of now, I'm gonna be taking a break since the battle is a big thing for me, but my goal will be to get the first of it out before I go back to school, anyway, be sure to review, favorite and follow this story, until next time, Be Cool.