Hey everyone! Welcome to the seventh chapter! Yes it has finally arrived but sadly, it isn't the final chapter! Sorry about that but it has an conflict coming after a revelation by Viper. Will Tigress find out about the plan and hopefully forgives any of them if Po decides to confess to her as his apology by the next chapter? What Monkey and Mantis are going to do about it? Also, when is Crane coming back? All of those questions (Except for the last one) will be revealed in this seventh chapter!

Disclaimer: I own nothing from DreamWorks but I do own this story that has came from my own imaginations including my own OC characters. Also, please don't claim any of my stories as your own creations but you can make up your own versions if you want to.

P.S.

After I'm done with this story by chapter 8 which will the official finale, I'll soon be doing a revised but special edition of "Tai Lung's anger" and then I'll get back to "Crane's beginnings". It was on hiatus for a few months since I was quite occupied with my new stories but now I may have enough spare time up old of my KFP stories. Now I'm gonna stop talking for a while so that you can start reading this chapter which should be about…now! : )

1 hour later, Po is the last male student to wake up as he turns his head around to notice that it is now dawn but not very early. More like waking up on the exact right time such as 6:12 am.

He then sits up on his bed, yawns for 5 minutes, scratches his back for a bit, and then lays down on his bed again 'Gosh, has that day arrived already? I got nothing against today but all I would rather do is return to sleep peacefully for 3 more hours and act like I know nothing in order to avoid suspicion from Tigress. But nooooo…it wouldn't happen for me because I know that Monkey, Mantis, and Crane have something in store for me today but I don't know what they have had planned. Also, I still wondering if they're up already because…'.

He checks into his bag (A different one because he has two bags in his room) and pulls out his box of catnips that were really tightened with not one or two but four ropes around it 'I'm going to need to ask them to remind me if the shopkeeper has really wrapped around 2 or 4 ropes around this box or was I just curious about how did this happened? I remembered hiding this underneath my blanket yesterday before I went out, then it has disappeared when I came back to check on it, and was somehow ended up inside my bag after my shower last night. I am…sooooo confused from then and now. Either I was too focused on thinking how can I admit telling Tigress about my hidden love for her or…" and then he held it close to his chest with his right paw "something like feeling way off on trying to remember where I've left my things before I go someplace".

But when he opens his bedroom doors…

"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAARRGH!"

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

Meanwhile, Tigress…wakes up from the shouting in a vexed and annoyed manner. She starts mumbling to herself in a low voice with her two tightened eyebrows, her sharp teeth closed together, twitching ears, and clenched her blanket tightly with her paws "I swear that I would force Po, Mantis, and Monkey to see my well known fists and my kicks attacks in tiger style after I finish my nap. If none of them wouldn't keep their voices down in the next 10 minutes, they are going to be facing a tiger's wrath for real because I'll be pounding them…" and then she raised up her right paw after letting go of the blanket and hits it with her left paw "…later".

She then softly opens one of her drawers to reveal a pair of earplugs, puts them on both of her ears, takes out her own sleeping mask which was the color of light fuchsia, closes the drawer gently, covers her eyes with her sleeping mask, covers her body with her blanket, and went back to sleep quietly in 5 minutes.

(Remember one of my KFP stories "5 crazy days at the Jade Palace? ^^)

Speaking of 5 minutes later, Po has already dragged both Monkey and Mantis inside his room and told them to wait for about 2 more minutes to say any words to him because he fears that their screams would catch both women's attention and they would end up being interrogated about the stuff that both Monkey and Mantis has bought inside his room and what were they for even though Po himself has no idea why his friends were carrying their stuff with them.

Fortunately after waiting for 3 more minutes in silence, the trio walked away from the left corner of the room and sits down together in a circle around the items that both Monkey and Mantis have brought in order to have a private conversation between the three of them. Then they all sighed with relief that they've heard not a single sound of women's screaming or uproars from none of the females' rooms (For some strange reasons).

Po inhaled and exhaled some air and starts being the first to talk in a low voice "Soooo fellas? What's with bringing this basket and a bundle and why isn't Crane with you? Was he still asleep just like the girls?".

Both Monkey and Mantis looked at each other and shook their heads which have causes the panda to be confused and feels a bit worried for the avian "What? Why were you guys shaking your heads? He's still sleeping in his room right?".

Not a word have been spoken from neither both the langur and the bug…until…Mantis turns to him and said "Well, frankly…he's…" then he nodded his head and shrugged his shoulders "Yes he's obviously still in dreamland…probably dancing wings in paws with Mei Ling…wearing flowers on their heads…and smooching each other's maw and beak…it's for real, he's muttering to himself in a lovey dovey fashion this morning and was puckering his beak to the air…like this".

He closes his eyes, lightly clasps his cheeks with both of his front forelegs, and makes kissing sounds to the ceiling after bluffing which causes Po to grunt in disgust and Monkey agreed with him by saying the same thing as they shared glances with each other because he too was a bit disgusted but at the same time, they don't know whether or not to believe that he was bluffing or his mind was doing it and had made its owner do it by showing him ideas and mental images that came into his head.

When Mantis was done, he opens his eyes just in time to see both Monkey and Po narrowing their eyes at him with their faces that could totally mean without saying a single remark.

'…Really?' which was the only word that both the langur and the giant panda have thought to themselves as they stared at the green bug in a muddled manner.

(Just like Alex's expression from a DreamWorks' Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" trailer after he watches Marty dancing to his own song "Afro Circus" wearing a clown makeup over his face and body and was sporting a rainbow colored afro wig. It was really funny and was one of my favorite trailers from DreamWorks! ^^).

Truthfully, Monkey was the only male to be feeling very grateful towards Mantis for making up a lie in order arise any suspicions about Crane's absence…even though in reality, they both do not really know where he is and how long do they have to wait for he him to come back.

Mantis blinked his eyes in confusion for a moment, then he coughed for a little bit, and then he decides to get serious "Sorry about that Po. But I had to do that in order to prove that I'm not lying".

Po, on the other hand, he was convinced that Crane was asleep, but…

"Yeah, I get that. But still…I wish that you don't need to go too far…only goodness knows what is going on with your brain".

*Twitch twitch…twitch twitch!*

This causes Mantis to close his mouth quietly and twitches his antennas in irritation, glaring daggers at Po's face.

The twitching of his antennas sounds like chirping crickets that fills up the silent atmosphere and the uncomfortable ambiance of the entire room and possibly the hallway outside of it.

(The same expression that he wore in the first movie after Po had mentioned that every action figure of the bug is about the same size as Tigress, Crane, Monkey, and Viper. Also, this is the first time I'm using the word "Ambiance" even though it turns out a bit ok but I'll try my best to use the word correctly next time).

Monkey however, decides to calm down the small bug by patting it on the back with one of his left fingers, despite the fact he was quite amused that every single Furious Five action figures that he had seen in stores, souvenir carts, and toy stands were all about the same size "*Chuckling* now now Mantis…calm down…" then he lifts his own head up to look at Po's green eyes" And Po, next time…please try to at least…think before you say or do anything…now then, earlier you've asked about what's inside this basket and that bundle right?".

Po nodded his head "Yes I was and I'm sorry for mentioning about Mantis'…mind and rest assure that I'll be careful of what I say from now on. Oh and please tell me that this basket has the clothes that you guys have promised for me and the bundle has my…cookies?" upon saying the last word about cookies, he holds his paws together, makes cute puppy's eyes or Puss in Boots' famous cute green eyes scene, and smiles happily like a young child who would look up to their parents, begging to be hugged or be fed.

By hook, this had cheered up both Monkey and Mantis as they quickly switched their behavior from being a bit mature to immature after Po mentions the clothes that they have spent a few hours from night time with Crane before they went to sleep and the hour and a half earlier that only the two of them did together without Crane's help.

Somehow, they felt happy that Po has managed to change the atmosphere that has made them felt very still and almost turn things into another dramatic conversation. Now things are going to get very interesting for both of them on this fine morning and they can't wait to see how it's going to unravel for the fun of it.

"Ah! I'm so glad you've remembered Po and yes, you are right! As promised, here they are!" Monkey then opens the basket and takes out a green tunic that looks like for ordinary people in the valley to wear but with yellow buttons and two pockets. But for some strange reasons, it looks like it has been sealed and stuffed by a few threads in green color that has sewed in anything small or soft like leaves in two pockets.

Po felt very confused and bewildered after he had surveyed his new tunic with curiosity "Huh?…Well, this is…odd…what gives with sealing up these two pockets? Has that store manger…or that store employee that was working in that same store that Crane went to…made a little…or some mistakes making this tunic? Does these pockets have some rips or a little bit of torn fabric from some scissors by accident? Or did Crane got into a little accident himself like bumping into a wall or tripped but only the tunic got hurt instead of him?".

(Think of it like a plastic Zip-Bloc bag when you've filled it up with small things or food leftover or like a handmade or bought from a store pillow).

Silence came back into the room once again which had lasted only about 5 seconds until…Mantis have decided to answer "First of all, the correct answer is…you don't need to know and how did it happen".

This has made Po feel much more confused after Mantis' answer has stunned him with more questions popping up into his mind 'Say what?…I don't need to know? Or how come my new tunics has two sealed stuffed pockets?…Oh man, what kind of game are they playing with me right now? Are they still going on with that dare? Have they forgotten that the dare is officially over after our night time squabbles and agreement before dinner? …I knew I should have just gone back to sleep and pretend to not hear anything outside my bedroom'.

Then he replies back "Say what?…Y-You two don't want me…to know…how did the pockets looked stuffed…and closed up like stuffing some fillings inside uncooked buns and dumplings before you cooked them on a wok pan or boiled them in a cooking pot…?".

He looks at his new tunic for a brief moment again until he nodded his head and stands up "Ok then, I'm going to try this one on if it fits me. If not, you could either sell it back or just redo this tunic again, if only I could have someone help me put it on".

That's when Monkey decides to pitch in and help "I'll be glad to oblige Po" and then he stands up and opens the buttons so that he could easily put Po's arms inside its sleeves.

Then after Po has put on the new tunic, he have also receives a silk hat with an attached black pigtail that has the same green color as the tunic.

"You look…totally awesome dude!" Mantis complimented to Po who felt good after he saw himself in a small handheld mirror that Monkey has also brought into the room from the basket.

"And now, as promised…here's your " Monkey then puts away his mirror inside the basket, closed it, and then brought up his third gift in front of the panda's jovial and happy face who now has the eyes of a very eager and cheery young child who looks very excited and glad to receive his/her award for doing their chores and schoolwork very well "30 baked almond cookies!".

Feeling very pleased and satisfied to be able to enjoy one of his favorite long-awaited baked food again, Po courteously takes the bundle and sits down on the floor with a joyful smile on his face "WA HO HO! WOO HOO HOO! YES! AFTER I'VE USED THE POWER OR PATIENCE FOR THREE LONG DAYS, THE SWEET DELICACY OF MONKEY'S YUMMY ALMOND COOKIES ARE NOW-".

"Shush…Po!" said both Monkey and Mantis who had stopped his loud…um I mean…very loud triumphant celebration by making hushing sounds with soft and lowered voices.

"…Oh…sorry" Po apologized in a sheepish manner who then quietly opens up the bundle and picks up one almond cookie "So…who would like to stick around with me for another hour and enjoy these-".

*Thwack!*

A loud sound of thwacking from the door causes all three man's eyes to be wide open in shock, they were feeling very afraid to pick their heads up to look at the person opening the door quite abruptly without any warnings and making an announcement before entering, and have either forgotten or don't even want to knock on the door.

"What are you three were up to during this hour in the morning in this room? And why did Po said that he's very happy to receive that bag of cookies after waiting for three full days? Oh and since when does Po got a brand new tunic shirt and a silk hat? They looked brand new! Who bought them for him? I demand to know before I can teach you all to learn when to keep your voices down while others are trying to sleep!".

Upon hearing the voice that had sent shivers into their bodies, causing them to feel shaken and their mouths are quivering with fear. They perked their heads and stared at the person standing between the doors.

When they've finally recognized the unexpected visitor, the trio gasped in surprise in a horrified manner to see…Tigress who was now wondering why they are feeling scared of her for no reason as she watched Po wrapped the bundle, sets it aside on his bed, and gathered both Monkey and Mantis in his arms in a shacking embrace like as if they are having a earthquake on the hill that the building was standing on top of and were afraid that today will be the last day they had lived and breathed in their planet.

"Uh…boys? Are you all…what's wrong with the three of you? What did I do that got you all scared of me? And where's Crane? He has spent a lot of times with the three of you for the past three days ever since we've came from our mission at a village…aaaand now he's not here…in this room…with you three…would anybody care to tell me what was going on here and what happened to Crane?".

Po feels very nervous as she starts walking inside and shuts the door behind her. He looks down at his two best friends for help, but instead of receiving any advices or encouragements, they've immediately scrambled themselves out from under his arms and make their way to Crane's room in a fast pace by opening the side doors that was next door to Po's room without trying to ask Tigress to let them pass by her in order to use the front door.

"What the? Where are you two going? Why must you both…you can't just leave me hanging on my own with her! Come back and help me out here!" he begged to them in a state of panic.

But unfortunately…both Mantis and Monkey however, they've decided not to help him because first of all, they're very afraid of Tigress right now and they just want to quickly hide inside Crane's room to protect themselves. Second, they're not in a mood for explaining to Tigress' questions, they're waiting for the fun things to happen.

"Sorry Po! You're on your own! Make us breakfast later when you two are done enjoying each others' company! See ya!" Monkey responded with a nod of his head, made a good luck sign by creating a thumb up from his left hand, then closes the side door in front of him after he and Mantis got inside Crane's room safely and shut it…leaving the couple…*cough cough*…ahem, um I mean…the other two teammates staying alone in the Dragon Warrior's room…don't know what to do now that they've been unexpectedly left alone together.

Meanwhile, in the another room that was across Crane's bedroom that was now occupied by the langur and the small bug for a time being…Viper…has already woken up from her bed due to from hearing everyone's voices from their screams and gasps along with running noises that causes some pounding thumps on the floor, and the shutting and opening of doors that were driving her crazy and rode her away from a peaceful sleep.

She felt another need to rest her head down and enjoy some more sleep as her eyes were a little bit drowsy for unknown reasons. She sighs and then she left her mind drift into creating more thoughts from her own voice inside her head as she closes her eyes and hung her head low in distress but it's only just a little one.

'Good grief…I don't know how long I've been napping for like either an hour or two…beats me but I just hope that I didn't overslept…knowing that everybody was already awake before me…luckily I don't have a headache…yet, but soon I'll have it today…ok Vi, just get rid of some…tiny things from your eyes and then -'.

" AHHHHHHHH!…*Then it turns into a quiet conversation that Viper couldn't seem to him. But afterward, there are screams that was coming from Po's voice) NO TIGRESS! STOP! NOOOOOOOOOO!"

*Rip! Rip!*

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Voices from the other room that made Viper jumped out of her bed in surprise, her eyes opened wide in shock, and she felt a little bit of a heart attack.

'What the? Don't tell me Tigress is…oh no no no…she couldn't! Not in the morning! She can't do it with him without their foster fathers' blessings and a wedding! Even though there's not any plans yet, but still…why does she have to do that to him at the same place but at the wrong time while the rest of us are still in separate rooms!' Viper is now feeling both panicked and traumatized at the same time as she lets her own imagination run wild to a M-rated image that pops into her mind that causes her own sweat drops falling down from her head because she's feeling nervous and scared of what she would hear from inside her room even though her room was across from Crane's room, but hearing the sounds from standing in the hallway would be much worst, uncomfortable, and embarrassed from her own imagination that she would not speak a word about it out loud.

Neither does her own curiosity because frankly, she really doesn't want to know what was Tigress doing to Po and she wouldn't not open his bedroom door to see a frightening inappropriate image that she has already pictured from her own head.

(Anybody feeling sorry for Viper right now since she woke up at the wrong time and imagined what Tigress is doing to Po right now? Well, please don't misunderstood this story and get any wrong ideas of what's going on in this part of this chapter. You may leave if you want to for those who were thinking…what Tigress is about to do to Po right now…but for others who wouldn't mind and want to continue on reading, go ahead).

Then suddenly…

"OWWWW!…(Long silence for a few seconds…until)…TIGRESS! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ME AND PLEASE…G-G-GET OFF MY…B-B-BACK!…VIPER! VIPER! WAKE UP! (Suddenly, Po's wailings and cries of agony in pain starts filling up the atmosphere for a little while, and then…) VIPER! VIPER! PLEASE! STOP TIGRESS FOR ME! I NEED YOUR HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!".

Viper cringe as she shy herself away from her door by turning her own body around to face her bedroom window without opening it. Sweat drops continues pouring down on her forehead while having her own eyes closed. She was feeling very nervous and uncertain if she should get out of her room and help the dragon warrior removing Tigreee off him. Not because of jealousy but because she afraid of staining her eyes from what she would see from that room which would later become another piece of history that was bound to not be forgotten for the rest of her life.

"VIIIIIIIIPER! PLEASE! STOP HEEEEER! OOMPH! HEY TIGRESS, ENOUGH TOUCHING ME! I'M NOT A PLAY TOY! I-IYOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS TO ME EVER SINCE THAN THREE...or was it four minutes ago?…Anyway…LEAVE ME ALONE! OH GEEZ, I'VE NEVER REALIZED THAT I GOT THIS COMING! RIGHT IN THE MORNING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!".

That's when Viper decides to set aside her fear and give in to courage just like her childhood when she had once used her courage to save her father from a gorilla bandit who may be should against her father's poisonous fangs technique but not against her ribbon dancing artistry that she had made up herself and being taught to master it.

Within a second without letting an instant to waste her time, she opens one of her cabinets which is wear she kept her own things, took out a teal blue colored ribbon gymnastic stick that she had received from her family a few years ago as a birthday gift, and breathed in and out in her own slow pace "*Inhales*…*exhales*…ah…ok, I know that I hate having to use this right now when it's for my own private dancing skills when nobody is in the barracks or during break time…but I've got to use it right now and do something…just for Po's and Tigress' sakes…*exhales*".

She held her breath for a moment to think about the other night when she had seen Crane and Mantis staying together with Monkey in the langur's chamber with their most needed items that they are using for their game even though Po told her that he's done with the game which she had already assumed that he wants to have no involvements with their game but they don't care.

'If this is what they wanted, well now they're gonna get it…my way!' she then released some air from her mouth, opened her bedroom, and rush out the bedroom…leaving the door closed behind her softly by using her tail that was holding her stick in its grip.

Then she closes her eyes and rapidly opens Po's bedroom door and gets inside with her ribbon stick ready to do whatever she can do to save her friend. But how can she do any ribbon expertise if she had kept her eyes closed.

"Ok Tigress! I don't know what you did to Po but I ain't gonna let you continue do it to him until you can give me some explanations and good reasons why you want to do that to him! So tell me right now or I shall have no choice but to fight you with my deceptive dancing that would hopefully defies your claws!" Viper cried out in a act of bravery even though her eyes were closed but she had managed to create a fighting pose by holding out her teal blue ribbon stick in front of her.

She was thinking up ways to fight in her mind when all of a sudden…

"Uh…Viper…why are you having your eyes closed?…Oh…I…I-I get it now…hey Vi, Tigress and I are not…look, if you had thought she and I are doing…what you were over thinking all about it in your head because of the commotion but…please get yourself out of there because…um…she and I have…our clothes on…except that my pockets were…ripped…by her claws…if you don't believe me Vi, then just open up your eyes and tell us what do you really see?…For real!".

She hesitated to open her eyes for a few split seconds, doesn't know whether or not to believe if the dragon warrior was telling the truth or not, let alone fearing that opening her eyes would automatically show her new images that would sometimes be imprinted in her mind.

She then struggled within herself to get rid of the image out of her head for a few minutes until it had faded away. She then finally opens her eyes and gasped in surprise to see…Po's new tunic shirt has two ripped out pockets that turns out to be hiding…catnips.

They were seemingly to be pouring out from a certain feline's claws because Viper can tell who has done it…and then she looked at the feline who seems to be entranced by its smell because the black and orange striped cat was busy…snuggling and rolling on the panda's belly to take in the catnip's scent.

But what had made the serpent more surprised was Tigress' behavior who seems to be…well, acting peculiar. Unlike her usual cold, serious, and sometimes caring and friendly personality…the feline is now acting like as if she's been drugged as she opens and closed her drooling mouth to enjoy the leaves scent. Not only that, she felt very relaxed as she makes the panda toss and turn for the remaining catnips to come out so that she can take in its scent and enjoy the moment while for goodness knows how long it'll last for her.

(I'm sorry for any mistakes I did while Tigress was under trance by the catnips. To tell the truth, I don't have any cats so I'm not much of a cat expert. Please let me know if I've made any mistakes or not).

For Po on the other hand, he was feeling quite uncomfortable at this moment. No, he's not feeling miserable that Tigress was in his room. He just doesn't want to be her play toy as there is more catnips still remaining in both of his pockets. But then again, how did the catnips got inside his pocket and sealed inside there like jammed fillings inside dumplings and buns?

He would gladly shove Tigress off him but his front paws got tied up by some ropes from the already empty catnip box that was now out of his bags. Viper noticed the box, gasped again, and then she angrily hissed at him, threatening him as a way to demand any sort of explanations from his mouth or she would have no choice but to attack them both by tug them both away from each other with her ribbons.

Po gulped nervously, then he looked down at Tigress who sniffed in the floor, scooped up a few bits of catnips in her paws, hoisted them up in front of her mouth, and then rolled herself around in delight.

He then sighs and begins to explain "I'll tell you what really happened…but…for the record, I did not know that I have catnips in my pockets…".

Viper hissed at him again, not wanting to believe what he had said to her anymore. Po glared at him, not feeling happy that she doesn't believe that he has nothing to with the catnips inside his pockets "It's true!" he exclaimed "I really don't know how they've ended up inside my pockets…you see, after Mantis and Monkey left me to talk to Tigress by myself…".

(Flashback to about 10 or almost 15 minutes ago)

Po doesn't know what to do, especially when he's now being confronted by his number one favorite kung fu master ever since he used to be a teenager in his mid 10s, early and late 20s, and now at his early 30s (Probably about 30 or 31 years old).

He had suppressed his fondness for her ever since his teenage hood in order to avoid embarrassment. Before he had met her formally, he was afraid that if others know that he liked her as his ideal type, people would say that she is sooo out of his league and wouldn't like a fat panda for a boyfriend.

But after they've both met by accident, he somehow felt that there's some sort of connection such as fate who felt sorry for him, had decided to let him meet the girl of his dreams by chance.

Well, now fate has put Tigress and him together inside his bedroom and he doesn't know how he's going to explain to her. He now has two choices: Either expose the truth about the game that could literally send him and the other three males to a hospital or…just say nothing and have a staring contest with her for no reason that end with Tigress feeling frustrated, would be thinking that she's been wasting half of her time waiting for him to say anything, and would leave him alone for a while until breakfast.

Either way, Po has no choice but to pick one of them. But seeing how much the feline is casually becoming annoyed from waiting for him, he decides to just say what he had to say to her in order to not make things too difficult to speak out during the silent face-to-face confrontation.

First he sighs heavily and says "Fine…but please…don't…do not overreact…because what I'm about to tell you will…Tigress?".

He stopped for a instant as he notices her sniffing in the air with her head turning from up to bottom and left to right, wondering where did the strange scent has come from.

He begins to feel quite confused yet curious as he asks her in a serious tone "What's wrong?".

"*Sniff*…*sniff sniff*…there's…something *sniff*…smells…*sniff*…" Tigress stops sniffing for a split second, then she closes her eyes, and smile with content as she breathed in the aroma that arises through her upper lip as she picks it up to detect the scent after she curls her upper lip upwards towards her nose. Then she grins happily after she has caught a whiff of the catnips and snarls at the same time which had made Po feeling very edgy about her.

(Fun fact: It really does happen to tigers in real life. Go to Google and look at SeaWorld about tigers' sense of smell and understand how I managed to get that information for extra details and help for this chapter).

"Tigress? Are you…what are you…why were you sniffing abo-AHHHHH!" but then he was pounced unexpectedly in surprise to the floor by the feline who drops on him, rubbing her head against his belly like a large stuffed but soft oversized pillow.

He didn't anticipated her doing that to him nor feeling sure if it was what he had desired from her touch. Well he does wanted to let his paws easing down her furry muscular arms, gently cupped her face with his paws to make her look at him, caressing her cheeks like shaping up some chunks of dough to them look like pieces of dumplings that were waiting to be packed with fillings, and if possible in the near or far future…the need to connect his lips to her muzzle, closing the space between them, but that have to wait.

Because he was now being touched…oh I mean came into contact by Tigress, literally! Yet for some reason, having her snuggling up to him against him with her head and her paws has given him some sort of warmth, cozy, and pleasant emotions that were growing inside of him.

He couldn't describe or express what he is instantly feeling from having the feline near him, but then he shook it off and felt glad that at once, he's having a cozy moment with her and he's going to bask in its cordial radiance for a few minutes.

Just then, as he gingerly wraps his right paw around her head and enfolded her body with his other left paw in a soft embrace, and proceeds to rub her crown smoothly as he moves his fingers between the furs from up and down 'Gosh…I…can't…or I couldn't describe how did this happen but…at least she feels…relaxed…if only she could've lay her head on any of my shoulders instead of…' but then his thoughts were interrupted by a sudden movement of Tigress' right hand moving slowly from his hips, and hoisted above his…tenders…which made him blush slightly for an instant 'Um…what is she…oh no…please don't do that Tigress…not in the day time'.

(Now I know what you were all thinking in your minds right now but please stay away from there and listen to me. This is not an M-rated fanfic. I'm repeating one more time. THIS ISN'T AN M-RATED FANFIC WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY LEMONS!).

Then he shakes his head, sending himself physically back to reality , and grabs her right paw with his left hand in a strong but gentle grip "Hey hey…Tigress…what are you doing? Not in daylight you know. Moreover, why were you smelling from your nose just about a while ago? Are you looking for its source because…well, I did bathe last night and my clothes are new so…isn't there any problems in my room?".

Tigress however didn't pay attention nor catching what he had just told her as she peers her head towards his tunic to locate the origins of the mint fragrance. Instantly, it came from not one but both of the pockets. Then she raised both of her paws, unsheathed her claws, descending them towards the tunic's pockets, preparing to penetrate them with her talons.

Po's eyes widened in a mixture of surprise, astonishment, and feeling very alarmed 'Oh no…don't tell me that she's gonna…oh will somebody else please explain me…how Monkey, Mantis, and Crane did this…without my permission'.

"NO! TIGRESS! STOP! NOOOOOOOOOO!"

*Riiiiiiiiiip!*

*Riiiiiiiiip!*

The feline has successfully pulled out the pockets halfway, revealing a small of number catnips , and she took some of them in her paws after her claws were sheathed, and raised them up to her muzzle to take in their scents which leaves Po who was now feeling shocked that there were catnips hidden inside his pockets instead of the box as realization dawns on him 'I was right! The reason why she acted that way because of the catnips! If I remembered correctly, shopkeeper warns me that it carries a herbal odor but then he snooze away after I've paid for it without letting me know more details. I wish that I should've stayed there and asking him to wake up instead of those three insisting me to hurry back to the Jade Palace'.

Then he gave both Monkey and Mantis an angry glare full of hostility as they've snickered and laughed at him with their eyes closed in delight and amusement 'That's it! You two have done this without my permission! Now I'm going to get you both without your permis-'.

But all of a sudden, he was pushed to the floor with his face looking at the floor, while Tigress slammed her paws on his back.

"OWWWW!" Po cried out in pain as he winced his eyes for a few seconds. Then he shifted his eyes upwards and exclaims in a upset manner "TIGRESS! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO ME AND PLEASE…" he blushed as her weight had completely pinned him to the floor by collapsing down on her belly against his back, but then he shook the feeling off and cries out in anger and stutters at the same time "G-G-GET OF MY…B-B-BACK!".

But unfortunately, without avail from Monkey and Mantis, Tigress didn't take heed to leave, instead she pushed him around the floor with force like he was a barrel and she was using a lot of force from her muscled arms to roll him in order to make an effort of letting the pockets rip some more.

(*Chuckling*…Sorry about that but that's what came into my mind after watching some YouTube videos about cats' behavior after they've smelled catnips!) ^_^

Both Monkey and Mantis find her display of making the panda into a sphere very amusing, humorous, and hilarious as they chortled with laughter and rolling with their bodies falling on the floor.

Yet Po on the other hand however, he was busy screaming in severe pain and was unhappy to be pushed and rolled along the floor by the feline. On top of that, he has been humiliated (Or more likely being pulled in from a trick) by the langur and the insect 'Ha ha…ow ow!…So those two find this situation very funny to them…and I've listened to them just for cookies! I can't believe that they've done this to me and Tigress without my consent!…Ouch!…If only Crane or Viper can come over and save me!'.

Instantly, an idea comes into his mind and makes him think of Viper's face who was materializing in his head 'That's it! Viper! She's the only one who understood me and she can probably a halt to all this! I hate having to do this Monkey and Mantis but since they've started it, Viper and I will finish it without letting Tigress get hurt because…of me'.

He then makes desperate cries for help but she didn't come because. Next, his back gets rammed against the floor, winced his eyes and opening his mouth in agony without howling, feeling Tigress shoving her paws into his torn pockets and grabbing as much catnips that she can take. Finally, he shouts out one more time again "VIPER! VIPER! PLEASE! STOP TIGRESS FOR ME! I NEED YOUR HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!".

Eventually, he heard some sounds from Viper's room and she split open both hers and his bedroom doors with a teal blue colored ribbon gymnastic stick ready in her tail grip but also with her eyes closed.

(Flashback ends).

The serpentine sighs and replies to him "I've heard enough Po". Then she switches her focus to Tigress with an annoyed expression as the feline became very tired and had her body laying down on the panda's back like a sofa or a large cushion with all of the catnips pressed against her maw by her talons "And as for you Tigress…GET OFF HIM!".

The lime green colored snake whips her ribbon around like a rope and catches both of the black and orange feline' paws along with the catnips. Viper then swings the female tiger around into a circle and flings her in the left side of the room, sending the feline in a straight destination towards both Monkey and Mantis like a firing rocket.

The two males who had already stopped laughing shortly after Viper came, immediately starts to shriek in shock and fright as their screams sounds like a pair of screeching and wailing cheerleaders or fan girls except that in reality, they were yelling in high-pitched voices as they then tries to scramble themselves away to the front or the next side door but alas…they couldn't.

(Think of that accident as a slow-paced motion picture with low and high-pitched voices not in a scary but comical manner).

Tigress ' body rams through Crane's side doors, resulting with it being crumbled downwards from its hinges, and collided against Monkey's back first which causes the langur to lunges down with a low-pitched voice towards Mantis who girlishly shrieks in a high-pitched tone before Money tumbles onto him. But instead of lying flat still on the floor, the trio were rolling and crashing into another room next door, destroying it by letting the side doors come down and being demolish by their weight, and finally hit a wall in a very effective impact.

In conclusion, the three of them slop down on the ground and rubbing their heads, arms, and some of their other body parts even though Monkey and Mantis had stars rolling around their heads with their eyes swirling in a twister.

"Kooh…ni...t-thinkh…me...head…his…h-hurthing" said Mantis in a dizzy manner and so does Monkey "We're going to need…to need…some doctors…and our mamas…we need our mommies…oh where's my ma…oh mommy?…Please cuddle me…and give me my stuffed…bunny…hop-hop…hop" he replied.

Po and Viper on the other hand, shortly after they had winced their eyes from their friends, ran over to see if they're alright. Viper who had already tossed away her ribbon in the dragon warrior's room, goes to Mantis' side in concern for his well-being as Po does the same thing for Tigress while Monkey was left unattended.

(Sad, isn't it folks? Well if Crane hadn't gone off with Shifu for a while, he would've go check on Monkey's welfare. Aren't I right everyone?).

Viper gingerly scoops up the insect by his head from her tail and wraps it halfway around his miniature body, gazing at him with concern being shown on her face, perhaps with a little hint of endearment.

Even Po himself was concerned about Mantis, but his eyes was too focused on Tigress' unconscious figure to be wandering away and ask Viper if Mantis would be alright. He stands on his knees, picks up the feline's feminine body in a long hug with his left paw supporting her back while his right arm just lightly rests on her abdomen after lifting her knees up from below (Without touching her bosom and her butt or she will quickly wake up in a second and knock his lights out with her left fist! ^_^).

He lifts up his left elbow to prop up her head and held her left shoulder with his left paw so that can stare at her closed eyelids which makes her look very prettier when she sleeps. Although he would normally ogle at her stunned appearance, feeling fascinated that he got an thrilling chance to hold his favorite idol in his arms. But he couldn't do it, knowing it would humiliate him and Viper will might tell him that there's no time for him goggling his green orbs at Tigress' entire body and check to make sure that nothing's broken. Furthermore, the serpent will ask him if Tigress is still alive without having any fractures or bruises.

So far, none of the bones and muscles in the striped feline's body wasn't cracked ir shatter but she hasn't open her amber orbs until now. Thus, Po has no choice but to lean in his head closer to her pink nose to hear her breathing.

First, Po bends his neck and steadily inclining his head towards the feline. Second he turns his left ear around in front of her closed jaws which resulted in listening to her soft but gentle faint breath emanating and sweeping from her lips which is a sign that she is still alive. Po sighed in relief that his love interest (Oh wait! I-I mean his friend!) is living but nonetheless, wondering when she would regain consciousness.

He turns his head around in order to have his emerald orbs focused on her still form and proceeded to lean his face closer.

For some odd reason, he couldn't understand why he is doing it but…seeing the fierce but beautiful feline's lips moving slightly opening and closing…had unknowingly gave him a desirable feeling of lust to allow his own furry lips to link with hers and get a chance to know how smooth its textures feels like…and letting his tongue exploring the inside interior of her muzzle…which causes him to hear the sounds from his heart to be thumping in a firm but regular pace…within himself.

But just as their lips were about to come into contact…a pair of amber eyes…has suddenly…open wide…in a combined mixture of shock, embarassment…and fury!

"*GASP*…POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"NO! WAIT A MO-"

SMACK!

THUNK! THWUMP!

"OOOOOOOUCH!"

Tigress' loud slap on Po's left cheek had caused him to drop her on the floor on her right side while he was sent flying to a wall and lands on his back…right on top of Monkey, who then unexpectedly wakes up in surprise and begins howling in pain like an alarm clock…which in conclusion, causes Mantis regain consciousness right away, being surprised to see Viper's face hovering above him and having his body being wrapped by her tail, and then the both of them looked at the other three…only to gasp in astonishment to see what has just occurred behind the serpentine's back.

(Which I had already explained how it happened but I'm not going to repeat it again!) XD

"Oh…my…word! T-T-Tigress! Wh-wh-what has just…happened and…oh!" Viper stammered until her eyes widened after she took a quick of notice of the green leaves that still remains in the feline's paws. For some reason, she doesn't know why the striped feline had them and Po hasn't mentioned about it during his explanation about Monkey's ploy that had caused her to feel quite pale ever since yesterday 'Wait a second! Aren't those-wha…why Po did not additionally tell me about those? All he said that it was because of a game called truth and dare and that langur said that he would gladly finish baking 15 pieces of almond cookies if Po could earn Tigress' attraction in three days! He so did not mention about what kind of other stuffs he and those three stooges are using after he had presented us a new noodle recipe the other day and gone out for shopping in the village with her! I wish I should have let go of my unrequited feelings for him instead of listening to him telling me that he would tell the other three to stop fooling around with trying to booze him up with more ideas and leave Tigress alone. It was the sincerity in his voice coming straight from his own mouth despite forcing myself to look away and imagine that I have lost my hearing as well as to pretend to not take into account that he had yearned to have an intimate relationship with the orange-black striped feline when they aren't on missions along with acting like a normal everyday best buds until they fall in love. Has he or did he not asked those three boys to cease their fun already?'.

She then shakes her head 'No! He did not! If he has, Tigress wouldn't have been drugged and caused a big mess in all three rooms!".

Then she looked away from Tigress to Po who at that time was rubbing his sore left cheek and was just about to respond when…Viper faces him a venomous glare angry hisses that has terrified him, including both Mantis and Tigress who were already in a paralyzed state with pale faces after watching her reaction from feeling betrayed by the dragon warrior.

'He deceived to me! He had fabricated those lies in order to make sure that I wouldn't get them busted and I would have been able to confiscate everything that I've seen inside Monkey's room without listening to their protests, then I could report to Shifu. That would've been easier said than done if the master hadn't been tricked into taking a trip to some vacation spot for 7 days. Supposedly, if I have asked Po what kind of tools their using before last night dinner…I'll seize them all and let Shifu present them their punishments as well as hopefully giving them less harsher sentences without being banished. You've left me with no choice Po…because I'm going to reveal everything that you've confessed about the game…along with telling her ab-'.

"Um Viper? Viper!" said Tigress whose voice had come inside the serpentine's head like echoes, drawing the green snake out of her thoughts, shifted her face around to the feline's direction who was feeling perplexed by Viper's anger towards the panda "What's the matter with you? Why? Wha-why were you angry at Po…and Monkey?".

Viper raised her brow in confusion, then she gazed down at Monkey who didn't know what landed on top of him, struggled to stand up or roll away but alas…his eyes shifts up and suddenly finds himself being topped and crushed below by a heavy panda whose weight has him pinned down that he couldn't escape "Po, please ket urff of me" he pleaded as he wiggled his arms underneath the dragon warrior's stomach.

(Translation: "Po, please get off of me").

Po gasped as he looked down and quickly apologized "Oops! Sorry Monkey!". Then at once, he stands up and walked away just to glance down at Monkey who was both relieved yet trembling at the same time in a daze as he stuttered in a reply "T-T-Thanks…P-P-Po".

The dragon warrior then changes his glance to Viper and said "Now listen here Viper, you can't tell Tigress about those! I thought that we had agre-".

"Oh I did agreed to it Po! But you've crossed that line! No thanks to you for causing me to go soft so that I won't put you and the other yahoos in trouble! No more pretending! You got that?! Hissssssss!" Viper angrily retorted back, ending her reply with her tongue spitting out, hissing as a way to threat Po, sending more chills down the panda's spine, yet he was beginning have some sort of hunch and now he knows why she was upset, starting from the moment when both Monkey and Mantis had tricked him, and the green leaves that his crush was holding in her grasp.

"Hey! I wasn't finished talking to you! Second, I did kept that promise! But I so didn't expect it to be backfired and got crawled over the floor by Tigress! All just for the -".

"All for the what? So tell me! What kind of a promise or a deal that you both had made that I didn't know about?! Argh!" Tigress cuts in as she goes to them, shoving herself between them as a some sort of a way to tear these two apart, turns her face around to glare at them, already felt suspicious from paying attention to their argument, and slightly irritated that her question haven't been answered. "Now either one of you have to give me a clear explanation about what were you both bickering about or I have to force out every single word that you were hiding in your brain…THROUGH YOUR MOUTHS!".

This has made the men nervous, especially Po who had it the most, then he looked down at Monkey for any sort of help, but the langur who had recently came back into his senses by Mantis who had already carefully snuck himself out of his crush's tail grip and managed to bring Monkey back to normal.

The langur has no idea what was going on as he gave the dragon warrior a raised brow in confusion. The panda face palmed himself for 2 second and then he start steal glances with Viper, needing her help, without noticing Mantis who was now whispering in Monkey's left ear.

Viper exclaims in annoyance as she shakes her head and blurts out towards the feline after losing patience for any of the males to tell her friend the truth, ignoring Po who then decides to cover both of his ears without being given a chance to make silent conversations with her by gesturing their heads and his paws "Aaaaarrrrgh! Tigress! You've been tricked! You've been played and duped for amusement! For the past two days! I know every single thing that has transpired from Po who has told me everything that has been going on before we had dinner last night! There was a plot which has already been planned out and it was already developed during a game of truth and dare! To make a bet on you! To see if Po has managed to impressed you! What you have in your paws are the ones that has caused you to go crazy and have messed up almost everyone's rooms, they're called…CATNIPS!".

(So…how many of my fellow readers are gasping in shock right now?).

Everyone minus Viper (And Crane who still hasn't come back yet) gasped in a horrified way from the revelation blurting out from the female snake's mouth. Especially Monkey who had already realized what has occurred in front of him before using two of his right fingers to close Mantis' mouth who has only just gasped for an instant because the serpentine has revealed everything and that has caused him to gulped nervously from a bump that was seen going down his throat, knowing that the three of them (Which means Po) will each receive a bowl full of poundings and bruises being served to them for breakfast by the feline.

Tigress however, was appalled. She couldn't believed what she has heard…in front of her. Then she looked down at her paws and she gasped to see catnips still being held captive in her paws 'Oh…my…gosh! C-C-Catnips?! What have I…done…to myself? H-H-How did…I-I can't…believe this!…All of this time…for the past two days…I've been deceived just for…a bet?".

She becomes quiet as memories of eating Po's new noodle recipe with the others, enjoying a shopping trip and hanging out with the children after being followed by the dragon warrior, and arrived back to the Jade Palace together.

'Has everything…that Po has done for me…and the moments that we have spent together at the Valley…has all been just…a play?'.

This has caused the others to watch her cautiously as they are waiting to see how she is going to react and take the truth. More importantly, what does she have in mind for the boys?

"Tigress?…" Po asked her, feeling a tad bad nervous from seeing her head hung low yet he was highly worried as he pulls up his left paw and reaches out for her right shoulder in an attempt to turn her around to his direction "I-I…I'm…sorry but…I".

But as he touches her, she suddenly grabs with her right paw, angry growls was being heard through her gritted teeth, then she uses her left paw to hold his left arm in a tight grip, turns her head around to his direction, and lifts her face up to frighten him with her irritated yet emotionally hurt amber eyes "Grrrrrrrrr…you…are a no good…lying, deceiving, betraying, cunning, traitorous…panda!".

She then steps in her right leg and with using a lot of her strength, flipped him over…above both Monkey and Mantis.

"WHOA! WHOA! WAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"WAIT! NO! GAAAAAAAH!"

(Please feel free to guess who was yelling out those words).

Viper winced her eyes as she witnessed all three males collapsed from the impact into a pile which made her realized and felt a twinge of guilt for reporting to Tigress 'Oh no! What have I done?…I should have been more patient instead of letting my anger overtaking me…I…I've got to do something to calm down Tigress' anger…or those guys will ended up with severe injuries from her claws and kung fu techniques'.

As Tigress stomps over to the men with her cracked knuckles and unsheathed sharp claws ready, Viper opens her mouth to say…

"TIGRESS! ENOUGH!"

The serpentine closed her mouth, wide-eyed at Po who was the one that has shouted out those words as he stands up in front of Monkey and Mantis as their shield to protect them, and holds his paws up in a form of surrender.

'Po…what are you doing?! She's going to slash all three of you in her rage yet you've decided to offer yourself up to protect those two? What on earth on you thinking? Well since you're the dragon warrior, you better think of something like confessing your feelings to her or you're done for! Oh I wish Master Shifu was here to soothe down her anger'.

Speaking of Master Shifu…

He was at a boating dock where Crane walked him to a Chinese Junk sailboat that was taking a small group of people to their destination at the river, either for moving to another location with the country or just for vacations.

Crane loaded his master's things onto the boat and helping Shifu getting inside the boat. The elderly red panda smiles at his student with appreciation and bowed down with grace "Thank you so much for helping carrying all of my heavy begs and suitcases onto the boat. I'm sorry for making you following me here and caused you to miss greeting your friends and eating breakfast with them".

But Crane sheepishly smiled at his teacher and politely shook his head without hesitation "Oh no no Master! I'm fine! No trouble at all! I'm just glad that we've arrived here! But is there anything else I can do for you?".

"*chuckles* Not really. That would be all. You can go back to the barrack now. I'll send you all letters after all I arrive at the place I wish to enjoy the available spare time I can have for myself. Oh and if I see Su, your family…and Mei Ling…I will tell them that you are well" said Shifu.

This has brightens up Crane's morning as images of his little sister and girlfriend appeared in his mind after they were being mentioned, of course he was looking forward to seeing these two females again, but those chances will have to wait when he was done.

"Thanks and I wish you well Master" Crane replied with a bow and Shifu did the same. "The same goes for you too. Let's meet again soon".

Just then, the captain of the boat announced to his sailors that it's time to cast off. Crane walked back to the grass and stood there to watch as the boat sailed off to different places, with Shifu as one of their passengers.

Then he lifted up his wings, flapped them several times, managed to be flying up in the air above the ground, turns around and flies back to the Jade Palace…unknowing what has already transpired while he was fortunately away without having to face a certain feline's wrath.

So how do you like chapter 7 so far? Yeah I know it is not the last chapter but wait! Chapter 8 is coming up very soon and it'll determine whether Tigress decides to listen or will the boys (Minus Crane) are going to try their best to endure a tiger's fury?