A/N: Hi guys! It's been a while, hasn't it? Well, I've been busy with exams and stuff... But here I am again! Also, a special message to all my 'original' readers; as of June 6th, I will be remaking my first KFP story Kung Fu Pirate into a new story, which I will refer to as Hijacked for now. The new story will be a lot different from the original. Also, if you're a new reader, you'll get to get to know my character Hai (Profile picture) better. :) Either way, this is it for now, enjoy this chapter! :D

Edit: Date was corrected to June 6th, thanks to Rabenkopf for pointing it out. :P ;)

Strange… certainly strange… That was the only way Tigress could describe Jin and Yin. During the last couple of days, Tigress had noticed a shift in character; Yin had started acting somewhat strange – quiet and mysterious – and Jin was starting to seem more anxious and annoyed, almost stressed.

But when the group had finally arrived in Zhiming City, Jin seemed relived almost. However Yin almost had to be dragged through the city gate; Jin actually did carry him at one point.

Tigress and Fengbao both kept close to the others as they entered the city of busy people.

"So where were we supposed to meet the others?" Crane asked as they made their way through the city.

"I say we check any restaurant we can find," Mantis said. "You know because… Well, Po."

And so they did; the five soon started checking every restaurant they could possibly find. As they did, Tigress couldn't help but have an odd feeling – as if something wasn't quite right somehow.

"Is something wrong, Tigress?" Mantis asked, jumping onto her shoulder. Seemingly he had noticed.

"Something seems… off," Tigress said calmly. She crossed her arms. "I don't know what it is… but…"

"Nah, I'm sure it's nothing," Mantis told her. "I mean, Jin and Yin, at least Jin, know what we're doing."

True, Tigress thought. But do we know?

Finally they found them... but to their surprise, not on a restaurant. Po, Viper and Monkey – mostly Po – was seemingly caught up in watching some people demonstrate some kind of invention.

Tigress softly patted Po's shoulder. At first the great panda didn't notice, but after a while, he eventually turned around. "Tigress!"

Next the great panda caught her in a hug, which she halfheartedly returned, still having that strange feeling.

"Oh, Tigress," Viper said, smiling. "It already feels like it's been a long time."

"Too long, if you ask me," Monkey said with a smile. "How have you been?"

"Well, busy, obviously," Yin said, a faint smile on his face. This actually surprised Tigress – seeing him smile around others and all. Well, at least he wasn't trying to stand in front of Jin or anything.

"You know, those lynx-guys stopped coming right after you left," Po said. "So why'd you let us stay there? It was pointless; we could have come along and helped you guys!"

"Yeah, we could have needed it," Mantis said. "Goons everywhere!"

Suddenly Tigress realized that she had completely forgotten about Fengbao's presence. She grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him forwards. "My friends… This is my brother… Fengbao."

Po, Viper and Monkey seemed surprised at first, somewhat staring at Fengbao, clearly trying to see the resemblance between him and Tigress. Viper was the first to break the silence. "Fengbao… Nice to meet you, my name is…"

"No need for introductions; I know you all," Fengbao said with a smile. "You're Master Viper, Master Monkey and Po, the Dragon Warrior."

"Haha, he knows who we are," Po said happily. "Awesome!"

"So does most of China," Mantis pointed out, but Po didn't really seem to care.

"So what is the plan now?" Tigress asked, turning to Jin.

"Right now, we find a place to stay for the night," Jin said. He really did sound like he had a plan. Suddenly Yin grabbed Tigress and started leading her away from the others.

"Where do you think you're going?" Jin growled, obviously not too fond of this.

"I just need to talk to her," Yin said.

"We stay together; if you two get lost in this city, who knows when we'll find you?"

"I won't get lost," Yin growled back. "Just how stupid do you think I am?"

Without waiting for an answer, Yin dragged Tigress off, disappearing amongst the crowd. After a while Yin stopped once he had decided that they were far enough away from the others.

"Yin, what are you doing?" Tigress asked, slightly annoyed by his sudden strange behavior.

"You should leave now," Yin said, crossing his arms. He turned away from Tigress for a moment, then looked back at her again. "Like right now."

"What are you talking about?" Tigress asked astonished. She saw no reason at all for Yin to tell her this. "Why should I?"

"Because… I can't tell you why," Yin said after a dramatic pause. Tigress sighed – now the snow leopard had certainly done it. She had told him not to bring up stuff like that!

"Yin, when you say something like that, you really have no choice but to tell me," Tigress said, almost threatening Yin. She stepped closer to him. "What is it?"

Yin stepped away from her, but Tigress grabbed him by his wrist. She repeated, "Yin, tell me."

""So here you are," Jin's voice suddenly said from behind Tigress. She let go of Yin's wrist and turned to Jin. "Are you coming along? We'll go find a place to stay for tonight."

Jin led Tigress back to the others and together they all set out to find a place to stay at.

"Tigress?" Po asked Tigress. Tigress hadn't talked to the panda for long so a little catching up with him was nice. "The others and I… like, we're all, like, worried about you…"

"I know…" Tigress said calmly. "… and I appreciate that."

"And Master Shifu…" Po stopped for a moment.

"Master Shifu almost came along," Viper explained, joining the two. "He almost wouldn't let us leave without him."

"Really?" Tigress asked surprised. "Then why didn't he?"

"He had to stay," Monkey said. "He had to stay and take care of the palace."

"Couldn't he have left that job with Zheng?" Tigress asked, but then she realized what she had said when she saw her friends' faces. "Never mind…"

"Is something wrong?" Fengbao asked Tigress.

"No, I'm fine," Tigress lied. She had been thinking about what Yin had told her. She simply hadn't been able to get it out of her mind. She was aware that the snow leopard was somewhat strange sometimes, but what had just happened… that was probably amongst the weirdest things that he had ever done… at least towards her.

He had told her to leave… But… Even if she had, had it also included Fengbao or was it only her? And why would Yin want her to leave anyway?

"So… where did you live?" Monkey asked Fengbao, trying to socialize with him.

"I lived in Shengda Hua," Fengbao replied, smiling faintly. When he smiled like this, the others couldn't help but notice just how similar he looked to Tigress – she also smiled in a similar fashion. "Have you guys ever been there?"

"I have once," Viper said. "Long ago… but from what I remember, it's a beautiful place."

"Yeah, I guess," Fengbao chuckled. "But it does get a bit usual when you live there."

"So what did you do?" Po asked. "Like, did you have a job?"

"Well, I was taken in by the owner of a local noodle shop," Fengbao said. "So… Yeah, I have always worked there."

"A noodle shop?" Po asked and everyone immediately found it ironic. "So have I!"

"What?" Fengbao asked confused.

"Po used to work in a noodle shop as well," Crane explained.

"Oh, that means I'm just like you!" Fengbao said excitedly, causing Po chuckle and scratch the back of his neck.

"Haha, yeah, I guess," Po said with a smile. "Oh really, when all of this is over, you should try my dad's noodle soup!"

"Yeah, for real!" Mantis agreed. "It's the best!"

"Well, the noodle soup from the restaurant I worked in was good too," Fengbao said with a chuckle. "I guess we'll have to make a comparison sometime."

"Deal," Po said with a smile. Finally the group came to the place that Jin had talked about. It was an inn, fairly large, named 'The Kicking Hopper'. The name was written in large green characters, although to Tigress they looked somewhat mossy.

"This is it," Jin said. "We can stay here for the night."

"But what about money?" Viper asked. "We've brought some, but… I doubt it'll be enough for all of us."

"Don't worry, I've got this," Jin said Jin then pulled out a fabric bag. Seemingly it was full of money. At first Tigress didn't think much about it, but as she and the others entered the inn, she realized something.

Unmistakably Jin had said that they were low on money. But if they were, what was this? Had the wolf been lying? Or had he somewhat acquired these somewhere? And if so, where did he get them from? Did he steal it or had it been in the house that they had spent the night in? even then, wouldn't it have been considered stealing?

Tigress didn't know why, but she was starting to mistrust Jin and Yin more and more… And she didn't like it… Whatever the reason, she didn't like it.

Thinking more and more about it, Jin had always seemed to have small amounts of money with him somehow. At the restaurant where they had met Fengbao… that was when it had seemed the most prominent, since they generally hadn't spent much money on this journey.

Tigress felt anxious about this… she didn't know what to think… She could clearly feel it – she mostly wanted to leave right away; something wasn't right. But she couldn't tell her friends – not with Jin and Yin around, since they were the core of her mistrust. She had to do something… soon.