Heyy! I hope you like that plot twist! Well, obviously it was shocking and I know you're confused so read on for the flashback. I know, this defies the whole concept of KFP. Thanks AndrewGuy!

Chapter 8

The look on Tigress's face was indescribable. It wasn't just shock. It was pain, hurt, vulnerability. Above it all, she felt used. The adrenaline rushed through Po, upon seeing Tigress's reaction. His throat tightened, afraid that he would run out of oxygen on the spot. That lovable, fluffy, warm-hearted panda was just a masked figure. An assassin. Everything she had ever felt towards him had melted away. Whatever friendship, love, connection they had was washed away by the waves of the truth.

"Tigress, I-"

"Y-y-you?" she stuttered.

Po nodded gently, attempting to approach her. The feline's pupils dilated into something miniscule, filled with fear. Fear. The stoic Master Tigress, displaying fear. Not only did this break Po even more, it made him realise that he had broken Tigress too.

Her amber orbs formed into slits. Tigress, don't. She raised her claws to his face, making him wrinkle his face up, not even bothering to defend himself. Tigress don't! She dropped her paw and let it helplessly dangle to the side of her waist. Po looked up again, confused at her restraint. She looked deep inside his eyes for some sort of explanation, some closure but nothing would glimmer except from his tears.

"Po…"

And that was the last thing that she said before she took off and ran. Far, far away. Back to the Jade Palace.

Tigress's Return

"Master Shifu! Master!"

Shifu shot up from his meditation posture, his ears twitching to the sound of alarm in someone's voice.

"Tigress?"

He analysed her surroundings before the rest of the five assembled next to him. Viper and Crane saw the breathless Tigress and immediately prevented her from falling.

"What's happened? Where's Po?"

The remaining warriors soon rushed to Tigress's side allowing her to catch her breath. Before she could even speak, tears pooled in her eyes as she looked at her master. Shifu interpreted what he could, coming to the worst conclusion. His ears drooped and he almost collapsed.

"Po has left us, hasn't he?"
"No Master. But he might as well have."

Back In Xiamen

A tender frown tingled upon Po's lips as they trembled and his body shook. He had been sobbing for about an hour now. Nothing was going as planned. Everything he had ever accomplished was a lie. He was a lie. Suddenly, he heard a voice.

"Po?"

A sweet but stern tone came from beside him.

"Tigress?"

He turned his head in surprise to see her. She placed a paw on his shoulder, furrowing her eyebrows in pain but smiling slightly. Po stroked her face with the back of his paw and edged in closer to her.

"I'm so sor-"

"Shhhh. It's okay…"

The angelic voice faded away and so did Tigress. Another hallucination. Is she even real?

What were you thinking? She hates you now. Everything you did for her, made her feel, became her friend, it's all fake. She will never love you and neither should you. Remember who you are, Po. You are not the Dragon Warrior anymore. Do you think Shifu's gonna let you back in the Jade Palace, like nothing ever happened? No. Be who you're supposed to be. Embrace your dark side. Who is your next victim? You could start off with Master Tigress, since she never liked you. Or there are many capable candidates. How about Shifu?

The malicious voice in his head wouldn't stop. His neck stung like hell, causing him to cry in pain.

"T-t-the poison."

During Po's unconsciousness, Xiaoqing had soaked the bandages with a rare poison that can only be found in the suburbs of Xiamen. This poison came from a special plant called the Zhiming plant. It possessed so much venom that simply mixing into your bloodstream can dilute it into concentrated poison. It wouldn't kill Po but it would alter his thoughts about his loved ones, turning them into deadly murder plans. Now, Po was too weak to fight the poison, so he gave in, letting the pain wash over, changing him once again.

"Kill Tigress."

TO BE CONTINUED…

I'm really sorry that this is a short chapter but I have plans for the next one and I did't want to give too much away.

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