Hello everyone! This is the first chapter, so…I hope you all like it!
Inner peace - the words repeated in Tigress' mind.
As she sat quietly by the Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom, she pondered about what had just happened the day before. She thought about how much stress was pressed upon her, and how annoying the other four warriors could be. But, Shifu's words would not leave her head. She knew she'd need to relax somehow. Meditation: her key to happiness. Well, sort of.
Tigress silently breathed in, held her breath for a second, and breathed back out again. She repeated the technique and started to feel herself wind down. She could hear bird's chirping (it was 6 a.m.) and the wind blowing her fur all around. She thought the weather was breathtaking. Every single moment of silence she got was all she'd needed. She was hoping she didn't ever need to take precautionary measures to get away from annoyance again. But, she could only hope.
As she sat in the grass, she heard footsteps. Walking in the grass at a reasonable distance behind her. She tried to ignore it, but the footsteps got louder and louder. Her ear twitched. Her nose scrunched up in annoyance. Before she tried to get comfortable again, she turned around to see who was there. It was Po, the panda who, surprisingly, wasn't annoying her to a maximum level.
Tigress looked up at him. She could tell he had just woken up. His eyes were heavy, his fur was messed up, and he yawned for a full five seconds straight. After he did so, he stared at Tigress for a little bit, as if she were about to ask him a question.
"Hello, Po." She said solemnly, turning back around. It was close enough to a question.
Po sat down in the grass next to her, picking a peach off of the tree. "Hey Tigress. What's up? Catching your breath? Doing a little meditation?"
Tigress nodded once, closing her eyes again. "I'm trying to…you know, gain some inner peace."
"Ah." Po said quietly, crossing his legs like her. "Shifu's taught me about this…inner peace is, like, the sprinkles on a cupcake…the icing on a cupcake…the cake in a-"
"Po." Tigress said. That was enough for Po to know he was talking too much.
"Sorry." Po whispered, closing his eyes like she was doing. He took a bite of the peach, which made Tigress open her eyes a little bit.
"Are you…trying to gain inner peace, too?" She asked. "Because…I don't recall 'eating a peach' being one of the requirements."
"Oh, I was just hungry." Po said, holding the peach up at her. "You want one?"
Tigress twisted her lips together, looking down at the peach, then up at the tree. "If…you don't mind, I guess."
"Sweet." Po said, standing up to get a peach. Tigress smiled to herself, watching Po get the peach for her. Po turned around with the peach, and Tigress' face turned back to what it was before.
"Thanks." She said, starting to toss it around in her hands.
"No problem." Po said, taking another bite of the peach.
Tigress looked down at the peach and smiled. Her liking for Po was different, but it was a feeling she would accept. She knew Po was a good guy, so all she had to do was tell him she liked him.
She frowned. How was she supposed to do that?
Well, that was it! I hope you all liked it. It was short, but it was just an introduction. There will be more to come…probably tomorrow. I need to write a KFP story in Afrikaan...that'd be sweet. But anyways, stay awesome, guys.