Right after Kung fu panda 2, leads into Kung Fu Panda 3
Po, Shifu and the Furious Five were on their way back to the Jade Palace. They had did it, they had stopped Lord Shen from conquering China with his super weapon of destruction. Not only that, but Po had achieved inner peace and came to peace with his troubled past. As Po walked down the dirt road, a pair of familiar eyes were watching him. The eyes belonged to non other than Master Tigress herself and over the past few days her viewpoint of Po had changed. From hating his guts to when he first joined as the dragon warrior, to becoming friends when he stopped Tai-Lung. Tigress had grown to "tolerate" the panda. It was only over the past 48 hours that her friendship with Po had changed. Tigress, who would never admit it, secretly enjoyed the hug that po gave her when she pulled him out of the water. Tigress was someone that didn't like being touched, but she was glad that Po had given such a nice gesture towards her, even tho she had been cruel to him in the past.
The Thing was, Tigress had never been hugged like that before, by anyone. Not by Monkey, Crane, Viper, Mantis or Shifu. Since this was new territory for her, Tigress felt, for the first time in her life, that she had a true friend. Sure, the Five were friends, and Shifu was the closest thing to a father she had ever had, but Tigress felt she had something with Po, something she didn't have with the five. She didn't know why she was feeling this way, let alone thinking about it. She just couldn't get the image of Po hugging her out of her head.
About two hours later, the five, Shifu and Po made it back to the Jade Po had gone to reunite with his dad, the others gladly returned to the Jade Palace. Shifu decided that the five had earned the week off. Of course the only one disappointed was Tigress. She was eager to train but decided that a small break couldn't hurt.
"Has anyone seen Po?" Tigress asked the five as she walked into the Barracks
"No we haven't, I think he is still at his dad's" Viper replied, while grabbing some bean buns.
Tigress was worried, she was worried that it had been two days since they had returned and Po hadn't returned to the Jade Palace yet. Tigress knew that Po had gone through a lot and had come to accept his past. She could understand if he wanted some time to himself. Tigress shrugged it off and had decided to have some bean buns. Monkey, Mantis, and Crane finished their meals and left the room, leaving Tigress and Viper alone in the kitchen.
Viper looked over at Tigress and saw that something looked to be on her mind. Viper, out of all the furious five knew Tigress best and she knew that something was bothering Tigress.
"Is everything okay?" Viper asked, Tigress was able to pick up a little concern in Vipers voice.
"Of course, I'm just worried about Po is all, I hope he comes back soon" Tigress replied, she then realized what she said
"So we can have some of his famous secret noodle soup, we all could use some of his soup."
Viper could tell Tigress' response held a double meaning, but she knew that Tigress was a very hard person to figure out and decided to let it go, but Viper was able to feel that things between Po and Tigress were different than they were before they left to fight Shen.
"Well don't worry about it Tigress, Po is just spending time with his dad, something that Po just needs to do. Besides when he does get back, we'll celebrate."
Viper replied while giving Tigress a Wink and then leaving Tigress to her thoughts. Tigress finished her bean buns and went to her room. Before she knew it, she was feeling quite tired and her bed felt very comfortable. Not five minutes later, Tigress was fast asleep.
Po had just finished with serving the last customer before closing up the shop. Po retired to his old room and felt so glad to be back, he was glad that the furious five had returned safely and he was glad to have his family.
Po was very grateful, grateful that he had such amazing friends. He was also very happy that he had been chosen as the dragon warrior and all that he had accomplished. Po's thoughts turned to Tigress. From hating him to the two of them becoming good friends, Po had successfully been able to get his favorite idol, Master Tigress to finally accept that he was the dragon warrior, and they actually got along quite okay. Po's thoughts soon drifted to when Po and Tigress hugged. Man he loved that feeling, Tigress wasn't the one for physical contact, but it seemed to him that he had become an exception.
Po was glad to have the Five, Shifu, and his father in his life. He was glad that he finally belonged and that he wasn't alone.
Po closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep, thinking about that special moment between him and Tigress. Tomorrow Po was going home and Po and Tigress couldn't be happier.