A/N: Aww you guys are amazing. THANKYOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Wow I'm really wired on coffee right now. Now that I know there are people who actually want to read my fic, I'm going to try writing longer chapters. This may not be the case for every update mind you. Thank you again for your support.
Direct thoughts will be in italics by the way
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Tigress tossed and turned on her mat. Try as she might she could not fall asleep. Her head was filled with what felt like a million thoughts. Of her aunts appearance, the aspect of marriage, having to leave Master Shifu, who had been the closest thing she had to a father in over 10 years, leaving Viper, Monkey, Crane, Mantis, even Po. All whom had become more or less like her brothers and sister. What would her marriage be like? Would her husband respect her love of kung fu? Would he forbid her from ever practicing the art again? Would she be reduced to pure arm candy….a mere trophy wife. Tai Lung would get a Kick out of that alright.
TAI LUNG!
Yet again she had failed to tell Shifu of the Snow Leopard's return. Hell he said he's been back for over a month. What's one more night going to hurt?
She could hear Po's snoring from two rooms down. Viper steady breathing in the room next door. Crane's feathers ruffled together as he shifted in his sleep across the hall. Everyone can sleep peacefully but me. It's like their not even fazed by the factor of me leaving.
Light crept into the room as the sun began to rise over the hills.
Well I'm going to be in a chipper mood today.
The sleep deprived tiger master got off her mat and silently crept from her room to the bath house. Stripping out of her sleep robes she stepped into the warm water of the green marble tub and relaxed as it soothed her sore muscles. Thank the maker for hot water. The bath house water came directly from a nearby hot spring through a series of pipes and aqueducts. Master Oogway's travels definitely paid off with this western souvenir.
The scent of food cooking indicated Po was awake. If the pandas up everyone else must be as well.
Stepping out of the tub she shivered in the cold morning air. Wrapping a towel around her body she stealth fully made her way back to her room avoiding the boys and their dirty thoughts. Tigress slipped into her room without being scene. She opened her drawers only to find all of her clothing missing.
"What the hell!"
"You want be needing those ratty things anymore." Xui Mei stepped into the room, her arms full of what looked like a bundle of various colored cloth.
"What did you do to my cloths?"
"I burned them."
"WHAT!" Tigress's jaw almost hit the floor.
"Come now honey you can't be wearing those rags, it's not proper." Xui Mei began placing the items in Tigress's now empty drawers.
"Oh and I suppose running around butt naked is?"
"Don't be silly." Xui Mei held up a piece of light green material which Tigress now recognized as a dress. "You will be wearing these now. I believe this should fit."
"Skirts….dresses….?" Tigress stared in disbelief. She couldn't remember the last time she wore something that didn't have two leg. The only clothing that would fit her at the orphanage that had taken her in had been the boy's clothes and when she was "adopted" by Master Shifu she just wore Tai Lungs old clothing. She never saw the point in dressing in anything that wasn't practical for kung fu.
"What about my chest bindings?"
"Oh yes, those too. You have a lovely figure why hide it." Xui Mei laid out the green dress along with a blue and red obi. (Think the dress worn in the beginning of Mulan)
"You can't be serious?"
"Oh I'm quite serious Tigress." Xui Mei smiled. " Now you get dressed and we'll go into town for some breakfast."
"But Po makes breakfast every morning." Tigress's eyes shifted from the accursed clothing article, to her aunt, then back again.
"That dirty Panda." The older tiger scrunched up her nose. "No thank you. Now hurry up, times a wasting."
Xui Mei left the room. Tigress stared at the hated green cloth. She poked it with her claw and snatched her paw back as if it was going to bite her. Well here goes nothing…..how do you put these things on again…
Tai Lung sat on a rooftop watching the sun rise over the hills surrounding the Valley. The scent of food traveled up from the house indicating that its inhabitance were awake. A female pig placed a steaming bowl of rice on the windowsill to cool. Making sure the coast was clear the hungry snow leopard snatched the food. Once he was sure that he was well hidden, he gobbled up the pig families' breakfast and dropped the bowl to the ground near the window. Arching his back the snow cat stretched out the kinks that had built up from sleeping on a hard roof top all night. I've gotta get back into the Jade Palace. I can't take much more of this street bum crap.
"THAT'S THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK!" An angry shout came from the pig in the house bellow. Time to move.
Jumping along the roof tops the former felon slipped through the town undetected . Reaching the gates of the Jade Palace he narrowly dodged being scene by the obnoxious tiger he had scene yelling at Tigress the day before. Speaking of Tigress, much to the snow leopards amusement her face appeared from behind the door as she scanned the area to see if the cost was clear.
"Come on Tigress. You look Fine." The older cat tapped her foot impatiently.
"I feel ridiculous." The young females eyes shifted around her surroundings as if looking for someone in particular.
"Come on." The obnoxious one pulled Tigress from her hiding place reveling what the girl had been hiding. There stood the leader of the Furious five…er six in a simple yet elegant housedress. The martial clung gently to her soft curves. She stood fidgeting with her neckline trying to conceal her breasts as much as possible. Wait, where the hell did those come from?
She walked slowly, occasionally stumbling on the bottom of the skirt. Her facial expression screamed "kill me now." The two female cats got into the waiting carriage and the signaled for the driver to head towards the main square in town.
TBC
Short chapter I know. I've been exhausted from school and work so my creative juices have hit a bit of a dam. So yeah I've decided I'm kind of basing Tigress's Aunt off the mother on Titanic maybe she'll change maybe not. I don't like to reveal anything. I'm also basing Tigress off of Mulan in a way. Her clumsiness is fun to write. Yeah I know she's suppose to be this graceful kung fu master, but come on the girl hasn't worn a dress since she was 5. And those suckers are a bitch to walk in. Keep the reviews coming. They are most appreciated.
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