Hey guys, sorry for the time taken to publish the next chapter. I had already had it written, but I saw there was a ridiculous amount of mistakes on the chapter, plus I felt I could've written it better. So I made the decision to essentially re-write this chapter from scratch, in hope of it turning out better. I'll let you guys be the judge of how good this chapter is. So please do leave a review! I'd like to hear what you guys think, constructive criticism is very much appreciated! ^_^

Now without further ado, I give you Chapter 3 of 'A Grand Master's Legacy!'

The lightening lit the sky around them, as the figure's words rung in all of the Master's ears. They couldn't believe what this mad man was saying. The fact that he knocked out three of the Furious Five in a matter of moments, was what he considered going easy! There was simply no way that could've been true. None of the Master could take this man's words seriously. Tigress chose not to take them seriously...

"I don't think you were going easy on us, if you were then prove it!" she said trying to call out his bluff.

The figure laughed maniacally before replying with a smirk "Very well then.". As soon as those words left his mouth, he began to run towards Tigress.

Tigress readied herself by getting into a defensive stance whilst, Viper who was a considerable distance away from the two started chasing the figure, in hope of supporting her fellow Master in battle. As the intruder got within range of Tigress, he began to spin on the balls of his foot as he was preparing to launch a round kick to her head. However, as Tigress readied herself to block the incoming kick, the intruder stopped his kick halfway. Swiftly, he followed by continuing to spin on the balls of his foot to face away from Tigress and towards Viper. Viper who was moving very fast to catch up with Tigress's assailant couldn't stop herself as she ran head first into the deceptive round house kick.

The figure then proceeded to rain Viper in a flurry of punches and kicks whilst, she was disorientated from his round kick to the head. Tigress a little late to react due the sudden change of events began to chase after him, in an attempt in stopping the beating that Viper was taking.

Realizing Tigress was coming up behind him. he quickly finished his onslaught of attacks with a final uppercut to Viper's jaw, before rolling away from where he stood. Literally, a second after Tigress fist came crashing down into the ground in which he had only a moment ago stood. The tile beneath her fist has completely shattered under the intense force that she put behind her punch.

"That's four, now one more to go" as he stared intently at Tigress. However, his attention then became diverted when he saw the damage she had caused from one, single punch.

'Damn! I'm going to have to be a lot more careful with this one. Her anger towards me defeating her comrades, is intensifying her attacks. If I even get hit by one of those attacks, I don't know if I'll be able to take it...'

As he finished that thought, he began to run towards Tigress again. Tigress again sank back into her defensive stance as she readied herself for any attack that would come at her. As her opponent descended upon her ready to strike, another flash of lightning lit the sky blinding her for only a moment. But, when she had regained her ability to see again, he was completely out of sight.

Suddenly, she was hit from behind, but, when she turned around to face her attacker she found no one there. Then she got struck on her left side and again when she turned her opponent was no where to be seen. She then continued to be struck from all angles with no chance of seeing where her opponent actually was, or even predicting where he would strike next. He was just too fast.

Meanwhile, back at the shelter, Po had just made an astounding revelation.

"Master! That man! He's using the techniques of the Five against them! I recognize that move being used on Tigress as one of Mantis's."

Once those words registered in Shifu's mind to say he was shocked would've been an understatement. It all made sense; the brute strength and speed of Tigress's Tiger Style Kung Fu against Mantis, the near-flawless defence of Crane's Crane Style Kung Fu against Monkey, Viper's body trapping and manipulation techniques on Crane, the deceptive tactics of Monkey on Viper and now Mantis's speed against Tigress. But, what had most shocked him was the fact that Po had figured out such an important discovery just by observing the battle! Maybe his student had become wiser after all...

"That's brilliant Po! Knowing our opponent's style and tactics will help me to come up with a way of beating him. Good work!" said Shifu as he stepped out out of the shelter and into the rain.

"Wait Master I can't let you face him alone! Let me help!" protested Po.

"No, Po. I need you to gather the Five and bring them back into the shelter to recover." Shifu said before running into the rain and out into the battle with Po following shortly after.

Tigress continued to take a merciless beating with no method of being able to defend herself. Soon, she was on her knees, barely able to stand due to her injuries, let alone fight! At last, the figure stopped in front of her with a raised fist ready to deal the final blow.

However, he was stopped by a flying kick from Shifu which sent him rolling across the courtyard, before stopping a few meters away. Shifu then quickly followed up with a series of fast strikes and kicks which completely threw the figure off balance as the rhythm of his previous battle had been completely changed.

As Shifu went on the attack, Po ran to Mantis who was starting to regain consciousness.

When Po picked him up Mantis moaned out "Man I feel like I've been hit with a sack of bricks."

Po then proceeded to pick up Monkey and Crane before bringing them back to the shelter. As he laid them down he said "Mantis I know your still injured but see if you can patch them up with some acupuncture" To which Mantis gave a single nod in reply, before, limping into the Palace to get his charts and needles.

Meanwhile, back to the fight in hand, Shifu had the upper hand as he continued his relentless attack getting in the occasional hit on his opponent. He knew that he had to keep his opponent on the defensive, so that he couldn't use any techniques of his own. Plus, his opponent had already used up a bit of stamina facing the Five so he had a distinct advantage, which he would make sure to capitalise on.

His opponent on the other hand was thinking carefully, about his next plan of action:

'This one is not going to be as easy as the others to take out. Whilst, the others had specific kung fu style; each with their own weaknesses which I was able to capitalise on. He's using a combination of style, meaning there are no weaknesses in his style I can exploit. So I'm going to have to focus on his attributes for any weakness-'

The figure quickly was snapped out of his thought as he felt pain hit his fore arm, as he moved it to block a very hard strike from Shifu.

'Damn! I need to be more careful! I'm definitely too out of shape!'

The figure began to put some distance between him and Shifu by jumping on top of one of the surrounding walls of the courtyard, in order to think more clearly of a strategic battle plan. However, Shifu would not let him move away that easily. So he to also jumped, but when it came to landing his sandals had very little grip on the smooth wet surface on the wall-tops and so he slid a little when he landed before, going to attack the figure once more.

That little slide. That smallest of actions was enough for a plan to spring to the figure's mind:

'His sandals! They don't have a lot of grip on this surface! If I can just wait for the right moment, I can catch him off balance, and turn the tables on this fight!'

With his new plan thought out he began to wait for the right moment to strike. Patiently enduring Shift's attacks as he wait for that all important moment. Just one slip, one mistake, one gap in which he would seize his opportunity.

That moment took a full ten minutes to arrive. The opportunity presenting itself when Shifu overstretched into a running punch which the figure had managed to dodge by jumping over him. Shifu had to recover his balance as he slid forward, rather than protect his exposed back. Whilst, it only took Shifu a few seconds to regain his balance, those few seconds were enough for the figure to make his move.

First, a short jab in the back, followed by a punch to the chest after Shifu had turned around to face him. The force of the punch sent Shifu back a few feet. But, the figure ran at him to continue his string of attacks, before Shifu could get a chance to attack him again. The tables had turned, with Shifu now defending himself against his opponent's unusual style of fighting.

The figure attacked unpredictably pulling many feints and changing moves at the last second, consistently throwing Shifu off guard. Add this to the fact that the figure was always changing the speed of his attacks; Shifu was unable to develop a sense of rhythm in the battle. Over the course of the battle it became clearly evident to Shifu that he was going to be in trouble if he didn't do something soon...

Meanwhile, Po had now gathered everyone to the shelter and Mantis had come back from gathering his acupuncture equipment and started to treat the other members of The Five. Crane was in the worst shape out of all the Five having suffered a major head injury from his great fall despite, the impact having been slowed down. In fact, if his fall hadn't slowed down he'd probably be dead. Tigress was next to follow, having taken more hits than all the other Masters combined. Her body was covered in several bruises, which was shocking in itself considering the number of times she had been hit by a very powerful attack, and walked away with not so much as a scratch on her. The fact that this intruder had left bruises on her spoke many words about his strength.

Finally, came Monkey and Viper who despite it all only suffered with minor bruises and aches all over their bodies. But, they were the least hurt of all the other Five and it showed as they were the first two to regain consciousness and immediately assisted Mantis in patching up both Crane and Tigress.

Po looked out into the courtyard to see the battle between their Master and his mysterious opponent. Seeing his Master defending himself from the man's seemingly endless attacks, infuriated Po greatly that he was still under the shelter doing nothing. With that thought passing through his head; Po said out loud, "I'm going out there to help him."

Monkey, Viper and Mantis started to voice their protests at this thinking the panda was mad; until Po cut them off by saying, "Look at Master Shifu!"

As they looked to him they could see their Master struggling to fend off the constant attack getting hit by an attack every so often. It was clearly visible that he was tiring.

At this the Masters fell silent until a voice spoke "Let him go."

Everyone turned to where the source of the voice was. It came from the barely consious form of Master Tigress.

"He's the only one that is in any shape to fight him besides..." Tigress looked at Po and smirking before continuing "... if anyone can kick that guy's ass it's you."

For the leader of the Furious Five to have hope in him was something that made Po swell up with pride...or something else perhaps.

"I won't let you guys down!", Po said as he ran out into the rain to join the fray.

As the other Masters looked out to see Po run off to assist Master Shifu, Tigress muttered under her breath so none of the other Masters could hear her, "Please be careful, Po..."

The began to feel the strength in his strike start to get weaker signalling to him that he was beginning to tire. He needed to end this soon, before anything else could happen.

"That's enough!" bellowed the figure as he struck Shifu with a punch so hard that even with Shifu holding a guard up he was still sent flying back several feet away. Shifu tried to roll into his fall to use the momentum to land on his feet. However, the continuing downpour and, the lack of grip of his sandals on the smooth wet surface caused the momentum of his roll to carry him further forward causing him to fall. With his head smashing into the tiled surface he held his hands to his head unable to notice the figure standing over him.

As the figure grabbed Shifu by the scruff of his neck he said "I'm sorry I have to do this! But I warned you that I would let nothing stop me from seeing Master Oogway!" The figure raised his fist ready to deal the final blow to Shifu who was still in pain and so unable to protect himself.

However, luck was not on on the figure's side.

"Hiiiiiyaaaaahh!" cried Po as he back-fisted the figure in a Bruce Lee like manner whilst catching his injured mentor. The figure was sent several feet away from the two, landing face down in one of the massive puddles that had formed on the courtyard. Picking himself out of the puddle he looked to see Po dropping Shifu off at the shelter to get healed before heading back to face him.

As he observed him, he could tell he wasn't like the others. He didn't have that look of arrogance and, over-confidence that the Five had. He didn't underestimate him like Shifu had. What he saw in him was a true warrior. One with eyes full of burning determination. One in which every movement he made was with purpose. This panda's presence sent a tingle down his spine.

'God! I know I shouldn't be fighting any more. But, this panda...I need to fight him! I hope you can wait a bit longer for me Master Oogway...'

As he finished that thought the figure smiled to himself as both he and Po got down into their respective fighting stance. The storm came with re-newed vigour as lightning fell from the heavens. The dark clouds pouring rain down even harder than before!

The last thing the figure thought with a smirk before he ran at Po was: "This should be interesting."

Po then began to run at the figure whilst, yelling out, "Get ready to feel the thunder!".

Well how did you like that ending! using a direct quote from the first film...I know incredibly cheesy! But hey, I like cheese! Moving on, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter of my fic, please if you read this do leave a review to tell me: what you thought of the story, possibly ways of improving the writing etc. I'd also like to mention that I won't be able to update for the next week and a bit as I will be going to Zell am See, Austria on a Skiing Trip with my school! :D

So until I get back, the only thing that is left to say is: BlackSpire out!