Disclaimer: I do not own Kung Fu Panda

Thank you Cookie M 2012 for your editing this chapter and your advice on what to write. Hopefully the rest of the story can be finished with your help.

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Po was sitting in his noodle shop home in his underwear because he was taking a day off from Shifu and the Furious Five. His ears felt like they were on fire and his throat was so dry he could do nothing with it but cough. This would be worse if it didn't mean he would get to play with his dolls.

The shop was open but Po's goose father was doing the cooking by himself. What the noodle shop was is a clean place where people feel at home, Po's room on the other hand was dirty.

Suddenly, Po heard a sound coming from the bottom floor of the noodle shop. He looked out to see Tigress at the door with his father Mr. Goose greeting her.

The sun was reflecting her fur. The only part of her protected from the sun was the red vest she was wearing. She used to wear a yellow Martial Arts shirt but she changed it.

Po couldn't make out most of the words, but his face was already burning up. And it wasn't to do with his fatigue state; it was what his dad was like. He's probably asking her about dating him, or something along the lines of searching for a mate.

"Your son and I are not together romantically Mr. Ping," Tigress smiled down at the goose, feeling sorry about the saddened face upon him. "I'm here for a more..."

"Now now Tigress, I may never have had the chance to find love, but I have experienced it with an old friend of mine. If only she didn't move far away before I could grow to be the goose I am today..."

Tigress tried to care about his story but she still moved past the goose to enter Po's room. He was goofing off when he should be sleeping. Tigress had to get his attention or she would come out as creepy to him.

" Po I'm here." She heard the ground shake as her big friend moved around to try to hide something. " Can I come in?"

The door creaked open by Po opening the door. Tigress could see he was trying to look normal but he had an action figure of Mantis sticking to his face.

" I permit you to come in."

She raised an eyebrow to Po's choice of wording. Being her was pertinent to her. Being the strong minded and polite girl she was she stood down on her legs and looked at Po trying to do the same, but he was a clumsy oaf at the moment. Her legs were folded with her knees which didn't bother her unlike Po who looked like his body fat was crushing his leg.

" Po, Master Shifu wants you to know when you come back there is a mission he has for you."

"Awesome! Where are we going?"

"It's not 'we' this time Po. I'm not going."

"Oh well that's disappointing... what do the others have to say?"

"Nothing. They aren't going either."

"Aw man is this a solo mission?"

"No, you'll have someone going with you. They're waiting for you in the Palace."

"Who is it?"

"You'll see when you get up there. Now come on."

Po and Tigress walked outside to walk to the Jade Palace. It was against his father's rules though to leave without helping him with the noodles one last time. Tigress couldn't keep a voice inside her that could make her wait for Po. Eventually, she walked ahead of him to get to the Jade Palace. Po managed to catch up to her by rolling through the streets like those dumplings he can't hold in his chopsticks.

Tigress didn't apologize for moving on ahead of Po and he didn't bring up how hard it was to keep up with her after how fast she was moving. Tigress could get up the Jade Palace in only five steps. First she stood just below the first step. With one twist of her body with her paws extended she jumped over twenty steps. After that amazing leap she raised her legs and jumped to another twenty steps.

Po on the bottom only had one concern and that was climbing up those stairs. Tigress mastered many skills through years of rigorous training, some Po never had the ability to know. He just knew he had to walk up those stairs. After an arduous journey of walking up more stairs than ever because ever time he climbed up stairs they felt like they were taking longer he sank to the ground as he reached the top of the steps, outside the Hall of Heroes.

Tigress walked out of the Hall of Heroes with a tray of Po's favorite food. She wasn't just going to hand it to him because that wouldn't help him. It was piping hot in the tray, just the way Po likes it. Like all food Po could smell the sweet aroma of it. He grabbed for it, but Tigress squashed his chubby arm with her fierce legs.

" No Po." She was pulling her hands away as Po lost the energy to keep his head off the ground. " The mission has to begin and we all know you eat too long and too loud."

Po surprisingly just got up on the ground without making a sneak attack for the food and walked to the mission area.

He rudely pushed the door open using his body fat which peeved Shifu. Another person was in the temple looking at Po while Po couldn't see him because he was in the dark.