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Chapter 3: Mistakes are Made, Hearts Break

After a week of doing absolutely nothing, Po was very eager to leave his bed and see Tigress, who had remained elusive throughout the week.

He woke up and saw the sun shining through his window, casting a warm, golden glow throughout the room. He yawned, stretched, and leapt to his feet. He ran to the training hall, excited as ever. He knew why he was so anxious to see Tigress, but pretended that he just wanted to see how she had been. He would never admit it, but all he wanted to see was her face, and those brilliant fire-like eyes...

As soon as he entered the room however, he could see that something was… off. Tigress was in the middle of tearing up the training hall while the five just stood there, aghast. Training dummies became toothpicks under her might. Debris was spewn everywhere, creating timber dust to rain down everywhere. There was even dust covering Crane, who stared dumbfounded at the scene that was playing out.

Po shuffled nervously over to the rest of the five, afraid that one wrong step might attract her attention towards him, and he sure didn't want that to happen.

"Hey guys, what's wrong with Tigress?" Po whispered to Viper.

"She's just been destroying things!" Viper hissed, "A few days ago, she just changed. Now nothing stands in her way. Not even us! It's like she's gone back to the way she was before you came here, except she's even more pissed now! I'm really worried for her…"

"Well I'm gonna go talk to her! Maybe she just needs some company, that's all."

"Po, don't do it!" Monkey shouted after Po, but there was no stopping him now. Tigress eyed the panda as he tactfully approached her, but just kept on smashing things. He went right up to her and looked into her face with his comforting eyes. As she hit another dummy, a sea of splinters rained down upon Po.

She jumped up to attack a final wooden obstacle, and then smashed back into the ground. She glared an icy glare at Po, making him want to run far away and hide in some deep abyss for the next 20 or 30 years.

"Tigress, what's wrong? You- you seem, different." Po quivered. Tigress just stared at him for another moment, and then said

"Awww, sad that it's not the nice, forgiving tiger you were expecting? Well that's too bad. Go cry about it." She said with a sneer.

"Wha- what's happened to you?" Po said, stunned by her aggressiveness.

"YOU are what happened to me! Just go away, I don't have time for your childishness."

"No, you tell me what's wrong right now!" Po yelled at her.

"Make me!" Tigress growled and showed off her sharp, blade-like teeth and her razor claws.

"I'm not going to fight you," Po said, as he slowly backed away from her.

"Yes you are. Fight me. Fight me right here, right now. I'll give you a reason to return to your bed for another week."

"No. I'm not settling this by fighting." Po said again. He didn't want any trouble, because if he did get into a battle with her, she'd probably smash him to pieces like the defenseless wooden victims before him.

"You've got to be kidding me! You won't even fight me, how pathetic. What's your problem Po? Cat got your tongue?"

"No, it's just- I don't want to fight you, I just want you to be happy again!" Po pleaded, tears starting to form in his eyes. "All I want is for you to be happy! I care, I really do." He took a deep breath as for what he was about to say would surely change the course of the spat between the two. "I love you Tigress. I love you so much and I can't bear to see you like this."

The five gaped at this comment. That was the last thing they had expected to hear from him. Why would he say such a thing at a time like this? The veil over Tigress lifted for a second, as she looked blankly at Po. She was truly surprised at this. She clutched her chest as she got that strange ache again. Her stomach churned and her heart started racing.

Tell him! Tell him you love him too! She screamed in her head, but the veil settled in over her again and she managed to block emotion once more. Her next words were like a loaded gun and she hit Po right in the heart as she fired off.

"You love me do you? Ha! As if I would ever think of being with you! You're a fat, no good, clumsy, childish, stupid, lazy excuse for a panda and you make me sick!" She said as she spat on the ground. "Don't say such stupid things! It's not like you could be with me anyway. I worked hard to become one of the best Kung Fu masters in all of China and you just think you're great because you were accidently chosen to be the Dragon Warrior! You are by far, the worst person to carry such a great title! Just leave. Leave the place. You clearly have no place with me or any of us here!" She shot back.

Po's heart crumbled into a million tiny pieces at that very moment. He didn't know what to say, but somehow he managed to pick out a few words and form them into one dilapidated sentence.

"You're- you're right Tigress." And at that, he turned around and walked out of the training hall, leaving a path of tears behind him.

He packed his things as fast as he could. It was hard though, seeing as how all of the tears blocked his vision. He couldn't remain here any longer. He didn't even think he could look at Tigress one more time.

She was right. He was no good, and he clearly didn't belong here. Why didn't he leave the very first day? At least that way he could have avoided being called a clumsy, stupid panda by the one he loved. He hurried out of his former room, leaving behind only broken dreams and a note.

Shifu walked into Po's room, just a few minutes after he had left.

"Po, congratulations, you made it! You may now resume training at once!" But he quickly looked around the room and noticed that there was no panda, or any of his belongings for that matter.

"Po?" Shifu said again as he was still looking around at the strange sight. He then spotted the note on the bed. He picked it up and looked at it, each word making him more sad and dissapointed.

Dear Shifu and the Furious Five,

Tigress, you were right. I don't belong here. This place has no meaning to me anymore. I cannot continue my training here at the palace if I can no longer feel any emotion, so I have left the palace permanently in the hopes that I can one day mend together the life that has been shattered. Also, I hereby resign my duties as Dragon Warrior and am putting Tigress in to take my place. Tigress, you can finally have what you stove so hard to earn. I hope it cheers you up. To the rest of the five, thank you so much for helping me the past few months. I'll never forget any of you. And finally, Shifu, thank you for teaching me. I have learned so much here at the palace but I think the most important lesson I learned was to never give up, but now it seems I won't be following that advice any longer. So long everyone.

Yours truly,

Po

Back in the training room, Viper and Tigress were now getting into a heated argument.

"He loved you Tigress! And all you did was spit at him! How could you?" Viper screamed at Tigress, with tears flooding her face.

"He didn't love me! If he had truly loved me then he wouldn't have stolen the title of Dragon Warrior from me! If he loved me, he wouldn't lie to me like that! He doesn't love me. He only wants to make me weak, and then take advantage of me!" Tigress shouted back

"He wasn't lying to you Tigress! He loves you. Why can't you see the obvious?"

"Why can't you see that I don't even care? He's just a stupid panda anyway." Tigress retorted.

"Well you should care, Tigress."

She looked over at the source of the voice and found Shifu. He looked disappointed and was clutching a piece of paper in his hand.

"Our Dragon Warrior has just resigned and left the Jade Palace forever." He said solemnly. They all gasped. Even Tigress felt worried deep inside. Shifu then read the remorseful letter. Everyone was stunned. Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey all started to tear up, while Tigress just stood there wide eyed and grief-stricken.

Po left because of… me. I hurt him in the worst possible wat, and he still wanted me to have the title of the Dragon Warrior? The things I said… oh, what have I done? Po!

The black veil broke, and all that emotion came rushing back into her, filling her with vivid thoughts and feelings. Except now all those feelings were multiplied by a thousand. Memories of Po came back to her, and she did the unthinkable.

She cried.

She just sat on the floor and wept into her paws for a few minutes.

"What have I done? I- I love him, and I treated him like crap!" she choked out.

Shifu raised an eyebrow at this, and then said,

"Then go to him daughter, if you really do care for him then find him if it isn't too late by now…"

But Tigress had already sprinted out the doors of the palace. She never ran so fast in her life. She leapt down the steps 50 at a time. She got to the bottom in a matter of seconds and then ran through the village, looking everywhere for Po. She looked for him at Mr. Pings, but he wasn't there either. She only found a crying father. Po had said his goodbyes to the goose and then continued on. As if the sky could read the situation, like an open book, it suddenly began to rain. It was a hard rain, and within a minute Tigress was soaked. But she pressed on, not giving up hope. She ran from the city, calling out his name as she went.

"Po! Po, where are you! Please Po,!" And then she began to cry again. She had lost the only one who had brought her joy at the palace. He had been so kind and honest with her and she just returned it with cruelness and hatred.

She got on her knees, and just kept on letting loose the ocean of tears that had been backed up behind her eyes for years now. She sniffed and looked up, and she couldn't believe what she saw. There was a faint outline of a black and white figure amongst the drizzle. She immediately got up and started running towards the faint object. Her heart began to race as she approached, not knowing quite what she would say to him. She was only a few feet behind him now, and Po hadn't noticed her yet, as the sound of rain hitting the ground masked the sound of her footsteps. She called out to him

"Po."

The figure turned around, surprised at first, but the surprise quickly vanished and was replaced by sadness and downfall as he realized who it was.

"Look, I don't need you to tell me how fat, or stupid I am. I already know. By the way, good luck being Dragon Warrior. You earned it." He said as he spun around and continued walking. There was such a surprising amount of sincerity to his voice as he wished her luck, despite her treating him like dirt.

After all those years of not letting herself lose composure, she found it hard not to do what she did next. She ran at Po with full speed and tackled him to the ground. She looked straight into his jade eyes and before he could say anything she pressed her lips to his, in a long and passionate kiss.

After they broke apart, Tigress said

"Po, I am so sorry for what I said! Po, I- I love you too. I've loved you for a long time now but I was afraid of changing with you. I was afraid of becoming something other than a hardcore warrior, so I decided I would block out my feelings for you. I didn't mean anything I said and I regret every word. I don't think I can live without you Po. Please stay here with me. Please…"

You couldn't tell with all the rain, but Tigress was crying an ocean of tears.

"But if you don't decide to come back, I understand. I said some pretty nasty things to you."

The panda just stared at her, contemplating everything. Then he turned around and started to walk away…

Well there you go! I hope you all enjoyed the third chapter! I don't know how many more chapters im going to do, but as for the next chapter it might be a few days. Check the profile for that info as I just updated it again. Thanks and please review!