Thank you to newguy100! He gave me a great suggestion for my Viewer's Idea session! All credits for this idea go to newguy100! If anyone else wants to see their idea in a one-shot, PM me or leave it in the comments section (wow, I say it too much these days..). Anyway, enjoy!

-Estelle


"We will rest here for tonight." Master Shifu announced. The Furious Five and Po fell o the ground in relief.

The Five, Po and Shifu were journeying to a nearby village to meet a Kung Fu Grand-master who had wanted to see them all. They had, thankfully, stopped for the night, since it was quite dark. A few feet away from them was a calm river.

"Oh, good." said Viper, spotting it, "It looks calm, we can get water, and it will be easy to get past."

"Yes." Master Shifu agreed, "Monkey, go fetch some water in the bottle after setting up the tent. Here is the plan. Tigress, Po, Monkey and myself will swim in it to get to the other side tomorrow; it's too vast to jump. Crane, you can fly yourself, Viper and Mantis over it."

"Yes, Master." they all chorused. Nobody noticed Tigress stiffen.

"Umm... Master?" Tigress said cautiously.

"Yes, Tigress?"

"What if... the river is, um... dangerous?"

Shifu looked towards the river, analyzing it. Finally he turned back to Tigress, "Apart from a few rather large fish, you will all be fine."

Tigress looked nervous now, "I have an...um...a quicker solution, Master."

The others turned to her, surprised. A quicker solution?!

"Yes, uh...OK." Tigress began, pointing at the clump of Evergreen Trees close by, "We all -except Crane, he can fly- we all fling ourselves sideways using those, throwing ourselves onto those mountains over there, and then we can climb to the top and take a jump to the top of the next, and then slide down the other side and walking through that forest thing," Tigress pointed to a forest-like area very far from there, almost impossible to be seen from where they were, "then we can walk all the way and we''l be on the other side." she finished.

The 6 others stared at Tigress, open-mouthed with shock. That was absolutely ridiculous!

"T-Tigress!" Crane stuttered, "That could take days! Or even weeks!"

"That's plain stupid!" Po cried.

"Yeah, see, even Po knows it's crazy!" Mantis said, shocked.

"What were you thinking, Ti? We need to be there by the day after tomorrow! This is too crazy to even be a joke!" Monkey said, horrified.

"Master Tigress, you know that won't work. Perhaps you are tired, and must rest. Well, the four tents are ready. Tigress you go to the first one, with Viper. Mantis, Monkey, Crane- the next one. Po the third one, I'll take the last." Shifu said, looking at Tigress at concern.

"I'm sorry, Ti." said Viper apologetically, "But that is rather pathetic, isn't it? I mean..."

"No, listen." Tigress insisted, "It's more practical."

There was another stunned pause.

"You are killing me." Mantis finally said, "Practical?"

"Go to bed." Crane pushed Tigress into the tent.

One by one, they all dispersed into their respective sleeping quarters.

Nobody noticed, in the dead of night, Tigress silently padding out of her tent and closer to the calm river. Nobody but one person...

Po.

Po saw her walking towards the river. He remembered how she had followed him out on the boat to Gongmen City, and now he followed her out.

"Hey." Po said. He had spoken very softly, but nonetheless, Tigress jumped and whirled around to face him, clearly startled.

"Po? What are you doing up?"

"I could ask you the same." Po said, uncharacteristically calm.

Tigress, also uncharacteristically, was flustered. She punched the ground and said unconvincingly, "I'm...um...training."

Po remembered the night on the boat and replied, "The floor is not a worthy opponent." He then came closer and held out his arm to her, "I am ready."

Tigress looked shocked, before saying, "So serious." in a joking manner.

"Let's skip the rest of the role-play." Po suggested, remembering the pain on his hand when he punched her. He came closer to Tigress, "Ti, why are you really out here?"

Tigress smiled at him, "You were honest to me, so I suppose it wouldn't to tell you why I'm here now." she said truthfully, "Don't laugh at me."

"I swear I won't."

"I...um... I,uh. OK, look, I know how to swim, but this river is cold, and I'd rather not swim because, well, I don't like being in water, especially cold water, and I'm a feline, you know... cat. And we don't like water, and I hate swimming even if I know how. I learned in warm water and I HATE swimming and drenching myself and I really would rather take the other route-"

"Whoa, Tigress." Po held out a hand to stop her from rambling, "You. Are. Afraid. Of. Swimming. In. Cold. Water."

"Yes." Tigress took a deep breath, repeating shakily, "I am a-a...a-afraid of swimming in. Cold. Water."

"I'm gonna make you un-scared of swimming in cold water."

"What?!"

Po was already in the water, "Come on!"

Tigress obediently walked to the banks of the river.

"Well? Get in." Po instructed.

Tigress, shaking violently, dipped a foot into the cold water, before yanking it out with a shivering yelp.

"Get in." Po said again, "Once you do, it's not that bad. Don't give up."

Give up. The words hit Tigress like lightning. Give up. That was something she would never do. Ever.

Closing her eyes, Tigress plunged into the ice-cold river.

Po clapped and grinned at her. Tigress was shivering and shaking, saying under her breath, "I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.."

"No. You don't. Just splash, it's fun." Po informed her.

Still shaking, she did. After some time, the two were laughing happily.

Tigress got out from the river, "We'd better get back to sleep."

Po pouted, "Why?" he asked, climbing out after her.

"Long day tomorrow. You know, swimming..."

"Oh, yeah."

"Po?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you." Tigress said softly. She looked into his jade green eyes, "For helping me. For teaching me. For caring about me. For... for everything, really."

"Nah, no biggie. I mean, I'm always there to help a friend. And..." Po said, trailing off.

"And?"

"And I'm always there, y'know, for you." Po finished.

Tigress's eyes widen, "Same for me...for you. Thank you again.

"No problem. Good night, Tigress. See you tomorrow. And you can do it."

"I know that, now. Thanks to you. Good night, Po." Tigress did something that shocked Po into silence. And made him happier than he had ever been in his life.

She gently pressed her lips against his cheek, whispered a quick 'good night' and headed into her tent.

Po stood there, stunned. He put a paw to his cheek where she had kissed him. A smile spread over his face. He fist-pumped, did a happy victory dance and headed to his tent.

And the next morning, when they had to swim across the river, Tigress's eyes met Po's and he whispered, "You can do it."

She replied, "Now I know."

They all got across safely, and continued the journey, and Tigress fell next to Po as they walked. She said, "I think that cold rivers are now one of my favorite things." Then, as if nothing had happened, she quickly walked forward to join Viper and Shifu's conversation.

Po grinned again, and said, just so Tigress's sharp ears could hear, "Mine too. Mine to..."