Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Wolf and Tiger. Enjoy the 5500-word chapter. I don't own Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks does.

Pain was good, pain was something Kiba understood, it was something that told him he was alive, it kept him alert.

Kiba pulled himself out of the water but failed as he hissed in pain, he wasn't dead but he felt pain in every part of his body, his fur was singed and he felt groggy.

"Ow… Po… Ti…"

Kiba muttered as he felt something tap him on his head, he lifted his head from the piece of driftwood he was sitting on to see a goat above him.

"You are a lost soul, aren't you? So young and yet so angry and confused… Unlike your friend who's just confused."

Kiba heard the Goat stated as Kiba grunted before moving his arm to climb off the piece of driftwood that he was floating on as he dragged himself to shore through the water.

"Your… That Soothsayer from the tower… The one that was looking at Po…"

Kiba wheezed out, he was still glad to be alive and the pain would fade, he could handle the pain.

It was the Furious Five, whom had probably been defeated and captured… Or worse, that bothered Kiba.

He remembered that Po had been shot by a cannon as well as he reset his arm, he looked around for where his friend had gone.

Soothsayer watched Po walk past him as he willed his limbs to move.

"Where's Po… I saw him get shot by one of Shen's cannons."

Kiba asked as the Soothsayer led him to a grotto, Kiba finally stood across from his friend as the two friends regarded each other. Kiba sniffed the air, he smelled a strange broth, burn marks and gunpowder.

"Kiba…."

Po said as Kiba looked at him, he looked just as damaged as Kiba did, he didn't have the energy to be upset at the Panda and he simply smiled.

"I'm fine, Po… Just a bit charred…"

Kiba stated as the Soothsayer finally returned to the clearing to regard the two warriors.

"You have been angry at your friend for dishonoring your past with guesses… And you have been scared by your past… If you try and stop Shen like this, you will fall and then all of China will follow… Both of you must find balance."

The Soothsayer said as Kiba looked around the clearing, he spotted a Panda toy in the dirt as he looked at Po with sympathy.

They were standing in the middle of what used to be a village: A Panda Village to be exact if Kiba was right.

Kiba nodded, regarded the Soothsayer's words as Kiba turned and walked out of the clearing.

"I understand… Give me ten minutes."

Kiba muttered as Po turned to Soothsayer and cleared his throat.

"Where's he going?"

Po asked as the Soothsayer simply smiled at Po's question as she watched the wolf walk off.

"To find his own path to balance."

Soothsayer stated as Po watched his friend walk off. He had so many questions to ask the Soothsayer but nodded and allowed her to lead him away.

(With Kiba.)

Kiba sat and meditated, he had done it so rarely, he had never mastered the technique as Kiba breathed in then out.

"You couldn't stop me, you couldn't even stop my Lieutenant!"

The Voice of Shen bellowed in his ear as Kiba grit his teeth and tuned out this voice.

"What are you? You aren't a hero, you're not a warrior, you're a monster, nothing but a pathetic brat of a Wolf!"

That was the voice of his father, the man that had never shown him any kindness, that made him happy that he had met Master Heiwa, the man that had shaped him into the warrior he was.

"Pathetic, just pathetic."

The Wolf Boss, Kiba snarled at having been bested by a cannon, another voice tuned him out.

"Kiba, I'm so happy vie met you, your awesome, so, so, awesome! You're the coolest friend ever."

Po, the one whom had looked past his fangs and claws and the one who he had been so, so angry at, it disgusted him, Po hadn't known of his past and Kiba had snapped at him.

"You won't stop Shen, you couldn't even stop me!"

Tai Lung, the one who had bested him and the Furious Five at the Thread of Destiny, the one that had given him the worst one-sided fight he had fought in his life.

"Get up. You're my sparring partner, you can't fall to something so soulless… Your one of the only people to look at me like a friend… And I need you… So, get up, because I know you're not done yet."

Tigress… The one who had come to mean so much to him in so little time, the one who everyone teased for him caring about in a romantic sense, Kiba couldn't ignore that he cared for the Tiger. He worried about her the most now that Po was ok.

"Kiba?"

Kiba asked as he finally opened his eyes, his deep blue eyes were filled with determination and blazed with fury.

"Let's save China."

Kiba muttered as Po laughed and nodded as he turned to look at Kiba, the two friends regarded each other and smiled.

"Yeah, let's go save your girlfriend… Uh, sorry."

Po stated as the duo set off, Po's straw hat blew in the breeze as the duo rushed through Gongmen's city's forest.

Po noted that Kiba hadn't said anything about the Girlfriend joke as they rushed through the city.

(Gongmen City Cannel.)

Tigress grieved, her friend was dead, her sparring partner was dead. The two people she cared about was gone as Shen laughed.

"Such sad, sad faces… But know that those fools are slain, now is a time for joy, you're going to witness something beautiful…"

Shen laughed as he stood face to face with Tigress, she wanted to bite him, to make the Peacock roar in pain, to make him suffer like he had made her and the Five.

But all she could manage was gritting her teeth and growling as Shen walked past her, unmoved.

"When we reach the harbor, all of China will bow before me… Then maybe the world will follow… Kung Fu will die…"

Shen stated before making a motion with his wing, the chain that housed the Furious Five was lifted into the air as Mantis spoke up.

"Even though I'm a Kung Fu Warrior, I always figured my death would be a result of… I've told you guys about my dad, right?"

Mantis asked as Viper and Crane rolled their eyes and nodded.

"Yes."

Viper stated as Monkey turned to look at Tigress and spoke.

"We cannot give up hope. Kiba and Po would want us to remain strong. Hard Core right, Tigress?"

Monkey asked as Tigress started to cry, broken by the days events and unable to answer.

The fleet reached the bridge as Shen regarded it with distain.

"NOTHING STANDS IN OUR WAY!"

Shen bellowed as one of the canons obligated the bridge, sending the innocent bystanders scurrying like insects to refuge.

"YOU COWARD!"

Tigress roared as Shen was about to answer when a howl split the air, it froze every Wolf, and Gorilla soldier on the fleet as Shen and the Five gazed up where the noise was coming from.

Standing in front of them on the rooftops was Kiba and Po as Kiba finished howling and cracked his arms and neck, ready for a fight as Shen glowered at the duo.

"WHY CAN'T THEY JUST DIE FOR PETE'S SAKE!?"

Shen asked as Kiba gazed as Tigress, both warriors looked at each other as Tigress was speechless, unable to process what she and the others were seeing.

"Shen! A Panda stands between you and your destiny!"

Po yelled as Shen blinked in confusion. While Kiba's howl had split the air, it had been loud enough for them to hear, Po was still far way and thus they weren't able to hear the words that Po was saying.

"What!?"

Shen asked as Kiba shook his head while Po continued speaking.

"PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A HOT SERVING OF JUSTICE! And now, free the Five! The Disk of Destruction!"

Po said before tossing his hat which fluttered and dropped into the river as Kiba grunted in embarrassment for his friend's plan as Shen chuckled.

"Ok, I've had enough…. TAKE AIM!"

Shen ordered as every cannon in the fleet started to turn at them as Po and Kiba scattered, while Kiba was easily able to keep out of the cannon range, Po's girth was slowing him down as both warriors flipped, tucked and rolled before both dove onto the fleet as the gunners tried to lock onto them, only managing to target each other.

"Don't shoot!"

One of the gunners yelled as Kiba and Po stood back to back as the Wolf Boss waved his hands as the two gunners fumbled at the controls.

"Don't shoot, crossfire!"

The Wolf called out as Shen growled and tossed a knife at Kiba which he broke with his claws as he turned to his army.

"Attack!"

Shen roared as Po and Kiba leapt into battle, Kiba roundhouse kicked two wolves, turned to uppercut another and then headbutted forth wolf before turning and drawing one of his katanas as a dozen wolves swarmed him.

"TIGRESS, CATCH!"

Kiba yelled as Po punched the wolves off Kiba as Monkey managed to grab the axe with his tail and shattered the chains as the Five tossed the wolves away.

"You seriously got captured after we got shot?"

Kiba asked, punching a wolf away from Tigress as she scowled at him, angry that the Wolf had scared her as he smirked.

"Never do that again… What's the plan?"

Tigress asked, backhanding a Gorilla soldier off the boat without looking as Kiba and Po looked at each other.

Their plan had been to board the fleet and then go from there, neither had planned to make it this far.

"Uh… This was as far as we thought we'd make it so…."

Kiba muttered before spin kicking a squad of wolves into the water as Tigress looked at Po who awkwardly smiled before coming up with a plan.

"Stop Shen from getting to the harbor!"

Po yelled as Tigress looked at Kiba who shrugged before he sheathed

Po yelled as Kiba and the Five agreed, Kiba sheathed his blades and shrugged before spin kicking off a cannon to knock a group of wolves into the water as Tigress followed, leaving Po and the Five to handle the rest of the army around them.

Kiba turned to look over his shoulder at Po before slide kicking a Gorilla which tumbled into the rest of the Wolves in front of him, knocking them all int the water as Tigress dispatched another group by tossing a wolf into them.

"You seriously didn't think of a plan this entire time?"

Tigress asked as Kiba punched a Gorilla and then turned and slammed him into the wolves behind Tigress as the duo stood back to back.

"Well, we didn't know how far we would get considering we had about 200 canons and 5000 wolves and gorillas attacking us…"

Kiba muttered as he looked back, Shifu and Masters Croc and Ox had joined the battle, much to his surprise, the army had been forced backwards from them.

"Stop the fleet, Ill handle this."

Kiba stated before the Wolf Boss and two Gorillas jumped onto the ship, answering Kiba's question for Tigress as more Wolf soldiers set in as Tigress kicked the cannon on the boat, flipping the ship and ending the battle.

"Or you could do that, that works as well, Ti…"

Kiba stated as he leapt to the bow of the bow and back to another ship as Po grabbed the strap of two boats as the Wolf Boss climbed back onto the boat.

Crane flapped his wings, tossing the boats into the canal as Shen grew more and more furious, Po and the others began to clear through the rest of Shen's army, tossing Wolf Soldiers and Gorilla soldiers to the side as they got through the rest of the army in front of them.

"I love you guys!"

Po stated as Kiba chuckled and cleared another group of wolves with a palm strike as Shen watched Viper and Tigress take out a quarter of his army with a sword carrying wolf.

"Why aren't we firing at them!?"

Shen asked as the Wolf Boss looked at them before speaking.

"Their getting close, sir, taking out our gunners!"

The Wolf Boss stated as Shen had glowered in anger, he had had enough of the plan.

"FIRE, SLAUGHTER THEM ALL!"

Shen ordered as the Wolf Boss looked at the fleet in dismay and shook his head.

"But sir, we're kill our own!"

The Wolf Boss stated but Shen had lost his patience and turned back to the battle with anger.

"Fire… NOW!"

The Peacock warlord bellowed as the Wolf Boss shook his head in annoyance and defiance.

"No."

The Wolf Boss said before he looked down to see a knife in his chest as he tumbled off the boat, dead as he hit the water.

Kiba turned at the sound of metal scrapping metal as he looked at his friends.

"PO, TIGRESS!"

Kiba yelled before leaping in front of them and pushing them out of the way as Shen fired his main cannon, ripping through the fleet, killing dozens of his soldiers and injuring Kiba and the others as he and the others crashed into the water.

The last thing Po spotted before losing consciousness was Kiba slammed into a piece of wood and laying on it, defeated.

(3 minutes later.)

Kiba couldn't move his limbs, he rolled pathetically into the water and looked at the remains of the blockade, his friends scattered, too injured to stand.

He spotted Po but could do nothing to help him, his body was broken and his fire was gone.

"Tigress?"

Po said as Kiba rolled into the water, she didn't answer, too hurt to speak as Po padded towards his friend and let the piece of driftwood float towards the wolf as he swam slowly towards a rock in the middle of the river.

Tigress floated towards Kiba as the Wolf was barely able to lift his head to look at her.

She weakly reached out her paw at him as Kiba weakly took it, he wouldn't abandon her now, she was all he had left at the moment.

"Sorry… Wasn't strong…"

Kiba wheezed out as Tigress looked at the injured wolf as she willed her lips to move.

"Your… Strong enough… Did… Enough…"

Tigress whimpered out as both looked up to see Po knock a cannon ball to the side like it was a speck.

"He… Found inner peace."

Kiba muttered as Po hissed and dipped his burning hand into mouth as Kiba started to fade out of consciousness.

"Love… You…"

Kiba muttered as Tigress watched the battle, she was about so say something when Kiba went limp.

"Kiba? Kiba!"

Tigress yelled weakly before she looked at their paws, Kiba didn't lose his grip on her paw, he was still alive.

Tigress turned and watched Po deflect the cannon balls, destroying Shen's fleet, he caught one last cannonball and jumped into the air, turning into a Ying/Yang cannonball as he tossed it at the flagship, destroying it.

The explosion was enough to wake up Kiba as both Warriors started to paddle towards the shore, Kiba was able to pull Mantis and Viper from the wreckage in the process.

"I'm still too weak to… Ow…"

Kiba muttered as he took a seat on the docks, Mantis and Viper watched Crane, Monkey, Croc, Ox, and Shifu climbed out of the water.

Kiba watched Po board the remains of the flagship, all of the masters were too far away to hear what was being said but they could clearly see what was happening.

Kiba watched Po push Shen back, shattering his feather blades, Shen tried to toss a trio of knives at Po who kicked up a board and blocked them.

Shen grabbed his sword and started swinging it, Po dodged the strikes, unaware that Shen was cutting the cannon he was holding as it fell and crashed down on the remains of the flagship, destroying it as Po leapt into the water and drift to the dock.

Tigress and Kiba pulled him out of the water as Tigress smiled.

"That… Was pretty hardcore."

Tigress said as Po hugged both Kiba and Tigress, crushing the duo together and making them speechless as he did so.

"Seems you mastered Inner Peace… And at such a young age…"

Shifu said as Po smiled he looked at the group as he and the others started walking away.

"Yeah… Well, I had a good teacher…"

Po said as the group began their walk back to the Valley of Peace.

"Wait…. Shifu, how did you get here in a few hours if it took us a few weeks to…. Master, I hate you."

Kiba muttered as Tigress smirked at the Wolf and walked closer to him.

"So… I love you?"

Tigress asked as Kiba looked to the side, he grunted in annoyance.

"I have no idea what you are talking about…"

Kiba said as Tigress kissed him on the cheek as she leaned against the Wolf as he rolled his eyes.

"You know they're going to tease us forever about this, right?"

Kiba said as he grabbed her paw and intertwined their fingers, Tigress shrugged as the duo started walking home.

"Don't think this means ill be going easy on you in training…"

Tigress purred as Kiba rolled his eyes and walked with his girlfriend towards home, smiling at how things had gone.

"I'm having trouble walking the right way."

Kiba muttered as Tigress rolled her eyes and started helping Kiba walk as he grunted at being helped.

"I'm fine, Ti…"

Kiba grunted as Tigress rolled her eyes and smiled.

"Whatever you say, Ki…"

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I've come back to this story! As for why it was so long a chapter and yet a little rushed? I wanted to get the end of the second movie out of the way. Tigress and Kiba are now together! Next chapter will take place during KP3 and will feature a timeskip. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!