Me: Halo Errbody! Sorry for not updating, I've been gone. But yesh, I'm glad so many people liked this story even though I think that Tigress seemed a little OOC to me but ya… Most of these ideas I got from Mulan but I don't own that movie either. I think that this will be a three shot actually BUT! Don't be surprised if there are only 2 chappies :3 ON WITH THE STORY!
(Dawn)
Tigress's sleep was riddled with nightmares that night. Mostly about having some jerk think of her as only something to have kids with. Not allowing her to do anything but cook, clean, and have sex. "Mmm…. No… no... NO!" She awoke in a cold sweat and looked around her. She was alone, in her room in the Jade Palace. She sighed and went to open the door to go get a drink of water. However she was met with a beaming Viper and 3 smirking matchmakers. As soon as she opened it they burst in, grabbed Tigress and dragged her to the bathhouse.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" She shouted and clawed at the air. Without responding they shut the door, stripped her of her clothes and threw her in the bath. The water was ice cold and her fur did nothing to help shield her from the chill. "W-w-what's going on-n?" She shivered trying to cover herself from the 4 pairs of eyes. "We're getting you ready for the ceremony tonight!" Viper pulled her to the edge of the bath and poured scented shampoo on her head. "Usually we would wait till high noon, but you obviously need more work then we could ever get done in half a day." Miss Zhu (the pig) openly insulted Tigress and before said warrior could retort, she poured a bucket of ice water on her. "I h-h-hate you…" She muttered. "Why does this have to be so c-c-cold?" "Cold water makes your fur shine!" Viper piped up, obviously enjoying the fact that she finally got to do some 'girly' stuff with the hardcore Tigress.
(Two hours later)
After being bathed and dried off, Tigress was fit into a slip. (It's a dress that you put under the real dress to keep it from bunching up) Unfortunately, it only came down to her knees so when she was led from the bathhouse to the barracks every male she passed by gaped at her which was returned with a snarl. She walked back into her room and was placed on a stool. Miss Yáng (the sheep) appeared with large box. And when she opened it Tigress almost screamed.
It was filled with makeup. Foundations, eye shadow, blush, mascara, eyeliner (which she didn't need but they insisted) and lipstick. Viper, Miss Zhū, Miss Yáng and Miss Zhū (the bunny) grabbed a makeup brush and dipped each into a different color/product. As they brought them closer to the tiger's face, she wished she could just die.
(3 hours later [Tigress put up a struggle and they had to re-do it again and again])
After the makeup, Miss Tùzǐ grabbed her bag and pulled out a golden dress that would go all the way down to her feet. Tigress was appalled at the article of clothing. It was covered in….. Flowers! And to add insult to injury, the flowers were pink. The dress itself wasn't that bad, it was sleeveless and was a wraparound (kinda like a very big vest…) and the edges were trimmed in soft silver.
Tigress shook her head and crossed her arms. "Nope, I am NOT wearing THAT!" "Oh yes you are." Said the pig, "It's required of every woman to wear a dress to her matchmaking." Tigress scowled, she hated matchmaking and dressing up and it was bad enough she had what felt like 5 lbs. of makeup on. Thus it took all four of the females to hold her down in order to fit her into the dress.
As soon as she was squeezed into the dress, Miss Yáng pulled out a long dark magenta silk scarf. However instead of putting it around her neck, she wrapped it around her waist 3 times. "And now," she said, "To give you a figure." Tigress growled, "And what, exactly, is wrong with my figure?" "More like lack of." Said Miss Zhū grabbing the scarf as well as Miss Yáng. "It's not that your figure isn't beautiful," Viper piped up "It's just that it's meant for Kung Fu, not for…. Um…" "Being a perfect little wife for some stud who only wants a woman for their beauty and possible heirs?" She answered. Viper looked down a little sad. Was that what will happen if Tigress were to get married?
(About 10 seconds later)
It was a peaceful afternoon in the Jade Palace, the boys were starting to get ready for the ceremony and Po was about to go down to his dad's restaurant to help him cook. Mr. Ping had volunteered to cater the Matchmaking Ceremony. It was relatively quiet when Po stepped outside to head down, however that silence was interrupted with a loud, shrieking, pain filled scream. Everyone ran back to the barracks which sounded like the source of the scream.
Right before they could throw open the door and kung fu the intruder that attacked Tigress, Miss Yáng stepped out. "Everything's all right boys, Miss Tigress is just experiencing one of the steps of the beauty process." "What step is that?" Mantis asked, "It sounds like she's being tortured!" As the groans continued to emerge from the room. "Close," She said, "Basically her core is being squeezed as tight as it can, while still allowing her to breath, to give her the illusion of a figure." Everyone had looks of horror on their face which slightly amused Miss Yáng. Then Po spoke up, "What's wrong with her figure?" The matchmaker gave him a look, "She is as straight as a board! No man could ever want a stick as a wife." And with that she turned and slipped back into the room. "….. I like her figure." Po muttered hoping no one heard him. But that was not so. Everyone turned to stare at the panda, with a look of shock mixed with excitement. Probably because they found new black mail material. Once the panda realized they heard him he immediately turned bright red. And he stuttered to come up with an excuse. "I mean… uh- I ... it's good for kung fu and-" "Suuure Po." Monkey said smirking. And with that he ran as fast as he could back to his dads. He had to help him cook after all. : 3
(That night, right before the Ceremony)
The matchmakers left Tigress to be alone and so they could get ready for the ceremony. And everyone went to get ready for that night. Crane put on a deep purple vest trimmed in dark blue with gold fastens. Monkey put on a dark red vest trimmed in golden red with bronze fastens and new bronze wrist guards. Po found some less patchy crimson pants trimmed like his other ones were, with a belt of red and gold. Mantis found some light brown 'ankle' wraps and dark crimson shoes. Shifu wore what he always wore, cuz he's just like that. Deal with it. And finally viper replaced her old flowers with bright pink flowers that had long light pink ribbons hanging down from them.
Po walked back up to the Jade Palace to walk down with everyone else, and he saw everyone waiting outside the Palace doors. "Whatcha guys doing?" He asked as he went to stand beside Crane. "Waiting for Tigress," Said avian answered. As soon as they said that, the doors opened slightly and they could make out a feline silhouette in the light of the setting sun. She stepped out from the shadows and into the light and everyone gasped.
Me: HAHA! Cliffhanger! Hope you guys liked this and it turns out it WILL be a 3 chapter, perhaps even a 4 shot…. Well I need to go change the summary… Anyway RR&F Guys! BUH BAI!
