A Reminder
By corset-rebellion-follower
Disclaimer: I don't own Kung Fu Panda
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Chapter 7- The Husband and the Fathers
Tigress nearly fainted. No. No! This can't be happening!
"Tai Lung," Shifu spat.
"I was just talking to Tigress's father. We were talking about the baby," Tai Lung said maliciously.
Tigress started shaking violently. Shifu stopped his glare of pure hatred when he noticed Tigress's new behavior. He squeezed her hand and helped her sit down on the porch, being extremely careful of her stomach. "Look at me, look right at me. Everything will be fine," he whispered, turning her head away from her father and Tai Lung. She whimpered and hugged him tightly.
"Please get rid of him," she whispered back.
Shifu smiled and nodded before letting go of her. "You're no longer welcome here, Tai Lung. I thought I had made that clear," he snapped.
Shen stepped up to Shifu. "Don't talk to my daughter's husband in that manner."
"He's not my husband, Daddy," Tigress said, standing up, one hand on her back. "I married Shifu." A look of disgust and anger flitted across his face when he glanced down at Shifu.
Tigress stalked up to Tai Lung. "Get out. Never return. I never want to see your face again," she ordered.
"Now, now, is that any way to talk to your adoring husband?" Tai Lung mocked, taking her paws in his. She wrenched her hands away from him.
"Don't touch me!" she screamed. She punched him in the chest, sending him back against one of the pillars of wood.
"Tigress!" Shifu reprimanded. "You have to be careful! You don't want to hurt the baby," he reminded her.
"I'm sorry, Shifu, but this is the first kung fu I've done in eight months! And it feels great," she said, smiling. He grabbed her paw before she could throw another punch. She looked down at her husband to try and coax him to let her pummel Tai Lung into a pulp. Shifu was begging her with his eyes to stop. She flinched a little.
Shifu's right. I have to stop, for the baby's sake. But I want to kill Tai Lung so much! She looked to Tai Lung, who was fully recovered and in a fighting stance, ready for her next attack. She glanced back at Shifu before coming out of her own fighting stance. Shifu smiled and sighed in relief.
"I'm proud of you," he said as she sat back down, putting a paw on her stomach. She felt the baby kick, and all the worry that she had accidently killed it melted away. "Is it ok?" Shifu whispered, also putting a hand on her stomach. She nodded and pressed their foreheads together.
What was I thinking? I could've lost this baby on the account of my own mindless rage. Even though Tai Lung is the father… I'm still its mother. Shen had nearly blown a gasket when Tigress had said she married Shifu.
How could she do this? He's her kung fu master! And how could he have gone along with this, she's young and not experienced when it comes to love. I'll kill him if he took advantage of my only daughter.
He watched her and the red panda quietly talking with each other, both having a hand on Tigress's stomach, it brought back a spark of a memory. They look like… Genji and I before Lian and Ming were born. Before we knew anything about raising kids and having a family. When we were still young and naïve.
Tigress stood up and faced Tai Lung. "We need to talk," she said forcefully. Tai Lung smiled evilly.
"Of course. After you." They walked down the steps and to the Sacred Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom. "So, you seem to be coming along nicely. Keeping my baby big and strong, just like I thought you would," he said, pulling her into his arms and rubbing her stomach. She pushed him away and into the trunk of the tree, causing some of the peaches to fall to the ground around them.
"I said, don't touch me! You're lucky Shifu didn't kill you on the spot for coming back! And how could you? After what you did to me," she said hatefully.
"I need a child to continue on in my lineage. And to get that, I need a female to mother it. And I'll only accept the best," he explained.
She gritted her teeth. Don't attack, you need to protect this baby. Even if it does have Tai Lung's DNA in him, he will be Shifu's son and no one else's. "You're never going to lay eyes on this baby. He'll grow up without you, and I'll never let you do anything to hurt him," Tigress said determinedly.
"Really? So what are you going to tell him when he notices that he looks nothing likes his father?" he asked. Tigress growled.
"Alright, look. You might be the baby's father, I don't know. Therefore you have the right to stay and see if it's yours or not. But stay away from me and Shifu, don't cause trouble, and keep to yourself. And you're lucky that you're getting this much, it's only because I'm feeling charitable." She turned her back on him and went back to the training hall.
When she approached Shifu and Shen, they were locked in another battle of glares. "Daddy?" Tigress said, trying to soothe him away from her equally angry husband.
"Tigress. I heard you showed your mother your wedding dress. I can't wait to see it myself," Shen said, linking his arm with his daughter's and pulling her towards the bunkhouse. Tigress looked back at Shifu with apologetic eyes before her father tugged her inside.
"Get used to it. Now that he knows his little girl has another man in her life, he'll be clinging to her side like a leech." Tai Lung came up to stand beside him. "And especially since now he knows that she ran away with the person who was supposed to be taking care of her, he'll be keeping her as far away from you as possible. I'd gather whatever pictures you have of her and memorize them, because that's probably as close as you'll get to actually looking at her in the eye."
Shifu closed his eyes and flattened his ears against his head. As much as he didn't want to admit it, Tai Lung was right. He and Tigress would be isolated from each other by her father. And he probably wouldn't be able to see her, talk to her, comfort her until the baby was born. Just grin and bear it. For her.
A/N: Hi, readers! I am very excited because I finished my drawing of Tigress's wedding dress and have posted it on DeviantArt! Yayyyy! Just go to and search "PrincetonQ wedding dress". I hope you like it! Holla!
