CHAPTER 2

The mighty warrior Zeng fiercely annihilated his foes with great stokes of his broom. Dirt was ever so cruelly swept off the earth leaving only barren wastes in his path. As he scanned the wastes, he grinned for his conquest was almost complete. unfortunately for the goose a hero sought to put an end to his terror. The hero by the name master needsalife and his sidekick unnecessary long beard. He commanded that Zeng must stop his conquest of the jade palace and mop the barrack floors or his employment would be terminated. The goose sighed. No matter how good of a mood he was in shifu was there to ruin It. Bitterly he continued to mop the floors but In his abstraction from reality zeng had failed to realize the large figure that appeared behind him.

"Zeng." It said gently grasping his shoulder. The lightning quick goose hit the figure with his broom causing it to drop something with a loud thud.

"Ah! Tigress!" Nervously zeng bowed hoping that he wouldn't be skinned alive by the tiger.

"Master tigress I'm ever so sorry that..." His eyes fell on the tiger who was still lay motionless on the ground. "I killed her!?"

"Zeng you didn't kill her. You might of given her a concussion though. He said whispering the last part to himself."Zeng I need shifu can you get him for me?" Zeng nodded in agreement and quickly left to find shifu. Po took her up into his arms and brought her to her room. laying her gently on the bed.

"Don't worry tigress, shifu will be here to fix you up." As he looked upon the tiger he couldn't help to feel guilty for what had happened to his friend. Of course he hadn't been there, but he was the Dragon Warrior meant to protect the lives of the many. And how could he do that if he couldn't protect those dear to his heart. Brushing the fur on her forehead slightly with his thumb he repeated again

"Don't worry tigress, shifu will be here to fix you up." He smiled, despite her recent condition her face appeared uncharacteristically at peace, and free from the scowl that was for the most part cemented on her face. But to the panda it was something more, the scowl hid a work of art that was so elegant so bea... It was then at that moment the room's door flew open revealing shifu.

"Panda what happened to my daughter." He said.

"Nope no fever." Po said, removing his paw from her forehead. The master dismissed the scene knowing how close the five and po had become after the defeat of shen. Still he sensed something was off about po.

" Thank you po for being so concerned about my daughter's well being." Po sighed in relief." So what exactly happened with tigress."

" Well... I was helping my dad finish the last orders of the night when I hear this loud scream. Of course because of my especially trained kung fu ears I figured the voice came from tigress. And at the time I was thinking that tigress got into a totally epic fight..." The red panda stiffly stared into the eyes of po showing he had no apathy for his "po"ness at the moment." OK... I thought tigress got into a fight so I went to find her and when finally I found her she was unconscious in some random alleyway." He wise master stroked his beard in thought, until he finally replied back to his student.

"I'm going to assume that your tired, you can go to bed. I'll stay here with tigress and see what I can do for her." Po bowed in respect and left for his room.

I really wanted to post more frequent chapters but let's just say that my summer has been more problematic than what I have hoped for, but aside all that I want to thank you all for supporting my story and I hope you enjoyed that chapter.

Peace love and applesauce - jrhyr570