Errr... Hi! *Bow downs so low that bashes head against the pavement.* A thousand apologies for the VERY late update! I blame writers block, pure laziness, and finals! I'm just surprised that none of you kidnapped me and held me at the dungeons while I try to finish the last chapter! Once again, a thousand apologies for making you wait! I just hope that this chapter will let you forgive me!

Shout out's!

For every fanfiction person that stayed with me until the very end of this story!

When Tigress opened her eyes, the fires were gone, Shen was gone, and she was back in the ruined village. She took in shaky gasp as she continued to see the images of skeletons and blood. She swallowed hard and stared at the ground.

"Of all of the things I have seen in my life, that was the most horrible and cruelest thing ever." Tigress thought as wrapped her arms around herself so she could find any sort of comfort.

She couldn't take it anymore.

She feels her sanity sliping away at each passing minute. She feels weak and vulnerable and she doesn't like it. She slowly stood up as her body was slumped. Her body was slightly shaking from the shock of what she saw, or what she think she just saw.

Nothing was right, he was still gone, her other Master's were not here, and nothing was helping her go any further on her search for... for...

Tigress gasp in disbelief as she forgot the name of the person she was searching for. She raked her brain to find the name but the harder she tried to remember, the more she forgot.

"No! No, no, no, NO!" Tigress yelled as she dropped to all fours and started to pound the ground with her fist in fear. She drew in a blank as she felt her body go weak whenever she focused more and more on whatever she was last thinking of.

Other images flashed into her mind instead. Master Shifu fighting her, the fight at at the Thread of Hope with the rest of the five, Tai-Lung's screams, and Shen nearly destroying her.

"Your going after a lucid dream and it's only making you look insane! How am I supposed to take you seriously?"

"Your making yourself look insane!"

"You'll never find him Tigress! He will forever be gone and there's nothing you can do since you will forget!"

"You will never find the truth before you die."

Tigress lost it as the voices continued to echo in her head. She roared into the heavens as the wind blew ferociously at her.

Her breathing grew ragged as she fell into the floor in exhaustion. The last thing she swore she saw before she passed out was a taunting pair of jade green eyes before they were swallowed into the darkness.

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Tigress heard quiet whispers around her as she gained conscious, but she refused to open her eyes, to afraid to still see that she was nowhere close to find Po.

"How long 'till she wakes up?" A voice said.

"She should be waking up any time now." Another voice said. Tigress noted that the voices sounded familiar.

"Quiet! I think she's moving!"

Then the voices quieted down. Tigress drew out a long sighed. She might as well get up and keep searching, but for what? She should at least open her eyes to see where she was.

Tigress opened her eyes and for a second, she was startled to see a pair of jade green eyes over her. She yelled and punched the thing over her.

"Ow!" The thing yelled as Tigress froze.

"Jeez Tigress! The first thing you do when you wake up is punch me in the face?" Tigress looked over to the thing and her breath was caught in her throat as she saw who it was sitting on the floor who was also clutching his nose in pain while saying that his nose might be broken.

It was Po.

"Po, you overreact way to much." Mantis said as he hopped onto his shoulder to check his nose. Monkey added, "Well, then again it was a Tigress punch." As they continued to talk amongst themselves Tigress sat there shock as she realized that she was in her room, and also noted that the rest of the five were here also with Shifu and Po.

She was utterly confused and Shifu must of noted on her facial expression.

"It's great to have you back Tigress. We were starting to wonder when you would wake up."

"Wha- how- What do you mean wake up?" Tigress said stupidly as the rest glanced uncertainly amongst themselves.

"You don't remember the fight at all?" Viper said as Tigress shook her head, "It was one of the worst fight we ever fought. We were fighting a gang thieves and we were winning until one of them sent off a load of explosives. It sent many rocks from and overhead cliff tumbling down on us. The thieves got killed by the rocks that crushed them when we escaped, but one of the last thieves set of another explosives, causing several overhead rocks to land on your head and knocking you out cold," Viper said as she indicated Tigress head, she felt her head and for the first time she felt bandages wrapped around her head where the rocks must of hit her, "You could of have been killed by the other incoming rocks, until Po went back to get you. We were lucky that the wounds weren't that fatal, but you have been asleep for nearly three days."

"So... I have been asleep for three days?" Tigress said the rest nodded. Mantis got on her shoulder as he said, "Yep. And Po here was at your side for day and night. He wouldn't leave your side for less than a minute!" Tigress noted that Po blushed a bit when Mantis said that as he added a sly smirk. Tigress then felt a flutter of butterflies go on in her stomach as Viper rolled her eyes and smacked Mantis behind the head.

"We'll leave you alone for now Tigress. No doubt you'll have to deal with this tomorrow." Shifu said as he ordered the rest of the students to leave Tigress's room. Behind him, Tigress called out, "Wait, Master Shifu. May I have a few words with Po?" Everyone was surprised to hear that, especially Po, but Shifu allowed it and left Po with Tigress.

Po stood there with a bit uncertainty as the rest of The Five send them a 'Good luck' look. He was brought back as Tigress spoke.

"Hey Po."

"Hey, um Tigress. What do you want to talk to me about?" Po said as twiddled his thumbs. Tigress held her breath a bit.

"Did... Did you really stay by my bedside all the time I was asleep?" Tigress said as Po hastily replied, "Uhh, yeah, Yeah I did but all I did was either eat or sleep or watch you sleep, but I did it at a distance and other times the rest were with me. And also please don't kill me but I just thought that I should pay you back after you helped me out in the fight since I-" Po was cut of from his rambling as he was surprised when Tigress got of the bed and hugged him.

His eyes were as wide as dinner plates when she spoke, "Thanks Po. For being there." Of course Po thought she was talking about him being at her bedside so he gave his usual goofy grin and hugged her back, "No problem, Tigress. It's the least I could do." Tigress chuckled a bit, realizing that Po didn't understand what she really meant as she let him go.

"So Po, ready for training tomorrow? I have to warn you, after three days of sleeping I'm gonna go to my fullest." Tigress said as Po blanched out a bit, but then he chuckled with his usual goofy grin and replied, "That's the Tigress I know. Her usual awesome self." Po said as he punched her shoulder, reeling back in pain from the punch.

Tigress smiled and did something unexpected, she leaned forward and gave Po a kiss on his cheek as Po froze.

"Thanks Po. I think it's almost time to eat dinner isn't it?" Po nodded dumbly as he go up and managed to slip out a few words.

"Uhu, yeah, I'll go and make um dinner, hehe, so I guess I should go." Po said as he fumbled around with the door. Tigress smiled at that and said, "I'll see you at dinner." Po smile and nodded as he closed the door to Tigress room.

He stood in the hallway for a minute as he gently placed his paw to his cheek where Tigress kissed him and said quietly, "Skadoosh," and left the barracks.

That Night.

As peace settled in the barracks, Tigress laid in her bed as she dreamt.

Tigress's dream.

In a dark room, a pair of golden eyes lit up as the young tiger looked around the room. Tigress hooped off her bed as she came to realise she was once again a seven-year-old cub in the Bao Gu Orphanage. She looked around and once again felt small and weak underneath the high arching ceiling. She noticed that her bedroom door was open and curiously opened it wider. She peeked into the hallways and saw that no one was in the hallways. She went into the hallways and walked into the courtyard, kinda spooked from no sounds from the usually loud Bao Gu Orphanage. And that's when she saw it.

The door's to the front entrance was open.

The door's would never be open, except for the adopting once a month or another child that gets sent here.

Tigress would always be afraid of the high arching doors, knowing that she would never leave through the doors. But the doors were wide open, as though they were a sign for Tigress to leave this nightmare place.

Tigress took tentative steps towards the doors, as though she was afraid for the doors to suddenly close and lock her in forever.

They didn't close.

As she passed through the archway, she felt a surge of freedom go through her as she ran from the orphanage and into the Valley. When she got to the valley, no sound was heard from anywhere in the valley. The only sound was her tail and feet sweeping across the ground as she walked through the empty streets. Then she saw something that made her stop in her tracks.

She gazed up at the Jade Palace that stood out from the sky and touched the heavens. She looked at the Thousand Steps and each step seemed to tower over her, each step getting higher and higher than the rest. She felt a bit frighten from the over towering steps but was determined to get to the Jade Palace. She took in a deep breath as she began her climb.

Every step she took was tiring and she felt her body scream with exhaustion, but with every step she took she got stronger and older. By the time she got to the last step, she was her usual older confident self. She walked to the Jade Palace garden and met with a wonderful sight.

Master Shifu sat on his staff as he played his flute, Viper and Crane were of at the corner talking and laughing amongst themselves, and Mantis, Monkey, and Po were sitting at the middle of the field, making impressions of each other. Po saw her and waved her over. Tigress smiled as Po got up and went to talked to her.

The rest of the day went out perfectly. Everyone was enjoying themselves as they laughed and talked to each other, glad of each others presence. Everyone saw that Tigress and Po were certainly enjoying each others presence, seeing the way that Po made Tigress laughed and how they can keep up in a conversation.

As Tigress finished laughing from another Po joke, she looked around at everyone else, drinking in the scenery around her, everyone was enjoying themselves. Finally, she looked at Po who was looking at the sunset that was now beginning to hide behind the mountains, and she smiled.

All was well.