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Chapter 4
The Exterior of the Training Hall,
"Come on Crane get her!" Mantis shouted.
"Go Viper!" Monkey cheered.
Crane and Viper were sparring, and as usual Monkey and Mantis would be betting on who will win.
Crane try to remain focused on the spar but when Viper bats her eyes and smiles at him makes the avian lose what little concentration he had.
Viper coiled around Crane's legs and trips him sending the bird to the ground, then she swiftly pulled his wings behind his back into a tight lock.
"I give up!" Crane shouted, Viper let him go.
"Crane lost, pay up." Monkey stick out his palm, Mantis grumbled under his breath, the bug pulled out a gold coin and gave it to the primate.
Monkey examined the coin and put it between his teeth to see if it will bend but it didn't,
Monkey smiled puts the coin into his pouch.
Crane walked up to them, rubbing his wings. "Crane what was that? I never seen you took such a beating against Viper before?" Mantis told him.
"You two are up." Viper said as she slithered toward the guys, Monkey and Mantis went to their positions and began sparring.
Viper looked at Crane but he turn away from her, this concerned her.
"Crane is something wrong?" she whispered so only Crane can hear, he just let out a huff.
Viper put the pieces together, she knew that she was being a bit flirty in their spar but didn't think she can hurt Crane's pride.
"I'm sorry." Crane glanced back at her.
"But I couldn't help it, you just make me act that way when I'm around you."
Crane slightly smiled at that.
"Can you forgive me?" she asked hopefully.
"There nothing to be forgiven." Crane answered, they smiled at each other, Viper slid her tail between Crane's talon. (their little way to hold 'hands')
The two almost forgotten that Monkey and Mantis were sparring in front of them. The doors started opening and everyone stop what they were doing.
Shifu enter the training grounds bringing Po and Tigress behind him.
"I must be seeing things, Po and Tigress in the same room without Bai Lin." Mantis said.
Tigress gave the bug a very deadly glare, Mantis hopped behind Monkey in fear for his life.
"Alright students, lets resume the training." Shifu said.
"Yes, Master." the students replied and bowed.
"Tigress, Po, you two will train for an extra two hours." the Grandmaster added.
Tigress and Po looked disappointed "But Master-"
"No buts! You two already wasted enough time!" Shifu snapped, making all the warriors jump, the red panda composed himself and took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, I know that both of you don't want to stay away from Bai Lin that long, but I assure you that Miss Jin is taking good care of her." the Grandmaster said softly.
"But all of you have a duty to protect the Valley, and must always be prepare for anything." He added.
"Yes, Master." Tigress and Po responded.
Hours later…
The four were gone and so was Shifu doing his meditation routine, leaving Tigress and Po sparring by themselves.
Po landed hard on his back, he quickly rolled over to his feet and went into his stance.
"Po, focus." Tigress commanded, the panda looked offended.
"I'm totally focused, I'm so focused right now I can take on a -" Tigress double-palm strike Po in the chest sending him back down to the ground.
"Hey I wasn't ready." Po got up and charges at the tiger throwing a punch, Tigress dodges it then grabs his wrist and twisted it, flipping Po over, the panda landed on his feet and surprised Tigress.
"My turn." Po chuckled, he spin around twisting Tigress's arm behind her back then he used his free paw to hold the tiger's other arm down.
"Give up?" Po asked confidently.
"Never." Tigress answered, she pushed forward going into a roll flipping Po on his back, she quickly elbowed him hard in the gut, Po groaned and gazed up to see Tigress standing above him.
"I give, I give." Po said weakly.
Tigress smiled and dusted herself off, "I think we can go back to the barracks now." she said and offered the Dragon Warrior a paw, he grabs it and she helps him up.
The two warriors were leaving the training grounds, as they walked down the path Po cleared throat.
"Hey Tigress, though you totally mopped the floor with me, that was an awesome spar."
Po said as he lightly punch Tigress's shoulder.
"If you say so Dragon Warrior." she punched his shoulder.
Po grin and bump into Tigress, she saw the look on his face, she smiled then bumped him back. Po bumped again but a little harder and Tigress return it with two times the force, Po over did it and send the tiger into the bushes.
'Real smooth.' Po scolded himself and hurry to the bushes, but stop when he heard a snarl.
'Uh-oh.' a flash of orange and white lunged at the panda, knocking them both off the path, tumbling down a long grassy hill.
Tigress and Po landed at the bottom, they were laughing with their eyes closed.
Tigress open her eyes to find that she and Po are lying on their sides, chest to chest, and Po is holding the tiger around her waist.
Po noticed that Tigress has stop laughing and open his eyes, then the panda saw the position they were in, Po's face turned bight red.
"I..I…I'm… so sorry." he stammered trying to swallow a huge lump in his throat, as Po moves his arms away Tigress stop him by placing her arms on top of his.
"Don't be." she said in a low soft voice that made Po freeze.
'Okay, I'm dreaming.' he reflected.
Tigress glides her arms up and gently wrapped them around Po's neck.
'Yup dreaming and before anything happens I'm going to fall off my bed.'
She started leaning in closely.
'Any minute now.'
Putting her lips on his, making the surprised panda's fur stand on end.
'By the sacred name of Kung Fu…. This is so NOT A DREAM!'
As soon as Tigress begins pulling away Po immediately kissed her back, holding her more closely.
Tigress started purring, they can feel each others hearts pounding.
When they finally pulled away Tigress nuzzled her head under Po's chin and let it rest there.
"That was… so… um.." Po tries to find a word to describe the moment they just had.
"Awesome?" Tigress guessed, Po can feel her smiling, he chuckled.
"Amazingly awesome." he replied, she agreed and snuggled more closely to him in their embrace.
"No wonder why Bai Lin likes to sleeps in your arms Po, it's cozy." Tigress murmured into his chest. Then they remembered the other most important person in their life.
They stood up getting the grass off their bodies and started hiking back up the hill, Po is having difficulties both physically and emotionally.
"So what does this mean?" Po asked nervously, Tigress gave him a 'what are you talking about?' stare.
"Are we… a couple?." he inquired hopefully but then he felt like he was asking for the impossible. "B-But if not that's cool, it was a one time thing that will never happen aga-"
Tigress kiss him tenderly holding his face in both paws, Po almost fell over but manages to keep his balance.
She slowly pulls away. "Does that answered your question?" Po just nodded with a huge grin on his face, she held his paw and helps him as they go uphill.
Back on the path they were still holding paws and talking as they were getting near the barracks, Po thought of something.
"Are we going to tell the others?" he asked.
"We should probably tell Shifu first." Tigress answered instantly, Po grinned.
"I already know." Po and Tigress nearly jumped out of their skins hearing a voice behind them, they turn to see Shifu standing there.
"Oh man Shifu, you almost gave me a heart attack." Po hold his chest, then the warriors realized what the red panda just said.
"Father, were you spying on us?" Tigress questioned intensely.
"With my ears I can just about hear everything in the Jade Palace." The Grandmaster answered.
"How much did you hear?" Po asked uneasily.
"From when you asked Tigress if you were a couple." he replied casually, the two blushed a bit.
"And to tell you the truth I saw this coming." Shifu added.
"Whoa, like some kind of Kung Fu Vision." Po reacted excitedly.
"No, gossip." Shifu chuckled. "And you both have my approval."
Tigress hugged Shifu, surprising him "Thank you, father." she whispered, Shifu hugs her back.
"I need to see Bai Lin." Tigress said, she gave Po a quick peck on the cheek and left for the barracks, Po watches her go while letting out a sigh.
"Po." the Grandmaster called, Po turn around to find Shifu standing on his staff making him eye level to Po, Shifu is giving the panda an icy glare.
"Just to remind you Panda, I can hear everything and if I hear something very inappropriate, you're going to be begging me to use the Wuxi Finger Hold as a mercy killing when I'm done with you."
And with that Shifu jumped off his staff and left,
Po looked terrified and swallowed hard.
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A/N- Alright everybody stop screaming about Po and Tigress and please review.