Po took a deep breath. The worst part about meditating was sitting still. He liked to think, and occasionally reflect, but sitting wasn't his thing. Po sighed and hit the peach tree with the side of his fist. A peach fell into his now open hand. He bit into it.

Po looked down at the valley below. He looked at Mr. Ping's shop. "I wonder how Tigress is taking it."

"PO!" Po turned towards the Jade Palace.

"Oh. That's how." He stood to his feet, panicked, "Okay. Okay. Po, get a grip on yourself. That sounded distant. It will take her a while to get up here and then-"

"PO!"

"And that's much closer! She knows to come up here?!"

Soon enough Po heard the sound of claws on stone. She had arrived. "Po! There you are." She came to a full stop now, a few feet in front of Po. "Are you okay?"

"Tigress, I said-"

"Don't lie to me, panda. What's wrong?"

"Wrong? Nothings wrong." Po shuffled his feet. C'mon buy it, already!

"You're a terrible liar. I need to know what's wrong, Po. You even made Shifu promise not to talk, you made him pinky promise. I- I didn't know that you did those with others."

Po ran over this new information. Shifu had broke. Not that he was mad or anything, he understood that Shifu was trying to be a good father, and from what he gathered he still didn't break his promise. Tigress didn't seem to have any details, but Tigress knew that whatever was happening was severe and that Po resorted to the ultimate promise. A pinky promise. She was beyond concerned. "Woah, Tigress. I just can't tell you, okay."

"What, and you can tell Shifu?!"

Po paused. It's not like he directly came to Shifu, but she had a point. Po took several deep breaths. "It's complicated."

"No, it's dangerous. And I know I'm not wrong. Neither of us are concerned with 'complicated' things." Tigress folder her arms. "I'm not leaving your side until I know what's going on."

Po and Tigress stood still for a few moments. Tigress's orange slits looking directly into Po's orbs. "Okay, fine! I'll tell you."

Tigress mentally congratulated herself. "But," Tigress's mental smile vanished. "you can't tell the others."

"What?" Why did he want to keep this a secret?

Po continued, "You have to promise. Pinky promise." He held out his hand with his pinky extended.

Tigress stared at it before reluctantly uncrossing her arms. "Fine." she held out her pinky and they sealed the deal.

"Okay, so, my body is- uh, kinda collapsing in on itself from lack of chi."

Tigress took a step back. "Collapsing?"

Po shrugged. "Well, not necessarily," Tigress let out a sigh of relief. "I keep having these episodes that cause my insides to flare up in pain. Yep, the more I use Chi, the worse the pain is later on."

"What?! But, you were using chi in our spar earlier today!"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"You're hurting yourself, Po. Why?!"

"So that you guys wouldn't worry. If I stopped using my chi during spars you guys would think something is up. So, I didn't stop."

"Is- is there a way to recover?"

Po looked at the ground. "Yeah . . ."

"And why haven't you and Shifu pursued it, yet?!"

"Because someone ELSE could get hurt! Because . . . I care too much to see someone else suffer for me." Po walked over and sat on the edge overlooking the valley.

"Po . . . "

"I used alot of my chi, Tigress. It would take alot, enough to get you guys hurt."

Tigress walked over and sat next to Po. She noticed he was avoiding her gaze. "How would we get hurt?"

"Because I need more chi, to 'balance' it out, at least for a little while. You guys would have to give me chi. I can't allow that."

Tigress stared towards the Valley of Peace. "That's a risk we have to take, Po. You have to let us."

"No, I can't. I care about you guys too much. Besides, you would go overboard. You would get hurt."

"Po-"

"Tigress. You would get hurt."

"Fine. But, the second this gets out of hand, I'm ending this."

Po sighed. "Okay." he looked over at her. "Aren't you going to enjoy your day?"

"Yes, and you're going to enjoy yours. Today is our anniversary, after all."

Po smiled. "You got that right! But Shifu said-"

"Yeah, he did. We will meditate for now, but later, well, we'll take it as it comes."

The couple entered lotus positions and focused on their meditation, but unbeknownst to them the peach petals flashed a greenish color before returning to their pinkish shade.