So yeah, I'm back with an update after a couple of weeks. Sorry for the wait though, but I can be sure that I can make up for my absence. Anyways, you guys (and gals) must be wondering why the chapter title is named "O~O". Well, this would probably be your reaction after the chapter... or maybe it would be "O.O" or maybe "D:".

Plus, in this chapter, Po and Ming breaks up... sorta. (Woohoo!)

But I have a big plot twist coming again so better be prepared. (Awww.)

On to the story!

•~~•~~•CHAPTER 26•~~•~~•

As Po and Ming were walking to their designated point, which is the same area where Po had his last date with Song if you didn't know, Ming was now feeling like they were being watched. She turned her head around and just caught a glimpse of a black and orange blur somehow vanishing.

'Hmmm, seems like she's still here...' Ming inwardly groaned in annoyance. 'No worry, you know what to do if things go wrong...' She thought as she shook off the feeling of being followed by a certain tiger.

Tigress was silently hiding behind a bush as she watched Ming look behind. She cursed at herself for almost getting caught again then started to resort to spying, or what Tigress calls it, 'keeping an eye on them' through the thick bamboo forest and not near the path or anything.

By the time they got to the spot, it was already dark out and the lighted candles on the dinner table were the only ones that kept the area a bit bright. Po motioned for Ming to take a seat as he pulled back a chair, like how any gentleman would do on his date. Ming thanked Po and took her seat, but was on her guard knowing that there's someone spying on them. Po then grabbed a basket from underneath the table and took out some dumplings, still hot noodles, two bowls, rice cakes, and other delicacies he made for his date.

"Here we go." Po said as he placed the dishes on the table. "Hope you enjoy it." He added before placing the empty basket back underneath the table and taking his seat. Both of them then started to eat their dinner, as Tigress watched from the vary same bush she hid in when Po and Song were on their date.

"So Po, how is the life of a Dragon Warrior like?" Ming started as she ate some dumplings first.

"Life as the Dragon Warrior is totally awesome!" Po said while he chewed his food. He maybe on a date but his table etiquette is just the same. "I get to fight bad guys, save the village and China, plus I do this along with the Furious Five! They are practically my idols even before I became Dragon Warrior." He added as some bits of food came out of his mouth.

"Hmm... so how did you become Dragon Warrior?" Ming continued as she ate in a proper and mannerly fashion.

"Well..." Po started, "I actually got it by accident."

"And what happened?" Ming asked getting curious.

"Well, first of all, you know that I'm a noodle boy until the day when Master Oogway was going to announce who's the Dragon Warrior." Po replied as he recalled the past events. "I was such a fan of Kung Fu to this day and I went with the villagers to watch the ceremony, but my dad had other plans and made me bring a noodle cart up the steps and sell some noodles to some people. Which also made the palace shut the gates before I got in." He continued.

"Oh, so how did you get picked?" Ming asked since the story for her isn't really telling that much on how Po became the Dragon Warrior if he wasn't in the palace.

"I am just getting to that." Po said as he continued his story, "So, since I really want to watch the Five perform, I thought of different ways to get in. I tried climbing, pole vaulting, and even just plainly ramming myself on to the palace walls just to get in. As I was slowly losing hope, I then saw a fireworks cart and got an idea which probably could've killed me but good thing it didn't."

"Then, I got a chair and strapped some fireworks to it, lit the fuse and sat down. When the fuse reached the fireworks, it kinda delayed for a while making me think the plan failed but as I was about to get off the chair, the fireworks suddenly lit up sending me flying high up in the air." Po continued, man he has such a good memory (but not really). "And when I landed, I landed right in front of Master Oogway as he was about to point at the Dragon Warrior. At first, I didn't know why he was pointing so I asked him why he's pointing at me then he replied that I was the Dragon Warrior which literally took me by surprise. I thought he was joking and before I could say anything, Tigress spoke up saying that he must've been pointing at her and not me which I also believed should've happened. But no, Master Oogway still pointed at me even if I moved away from his gesture, and said that I am the Dragon Warrior."

"Oh... so that's how you became the Dragon Warrior. 'The legendary warrior who fell from the sky in a ball of fire' was just you trying to get in the palace to watch the ceremony." Ming said as she summed it all up. Tigress as well heard Po's story which answered one question she has forgotten long ago... how DID Po get to the Jade Palace?

"So Po tried to get in using fireworks which explains the falling from the sky in a ball of fire." Tigress said to herself as she watched from a bush. She chuckled a bit as she started to think on the previous failed attempts of the panda that he mentioned. "He really did wanted to see that ceremony really badly." She said as she continued to watch and for once, actually felt a bit relaxed.

"Yeah, kinda unbelievable huh?" Po spoke up as he finished his third bowl... that was quick.

"Pretty much." Ming replied as she was still eating. "So, how was your first day at the palace?" She asked as the question instantly popped up in her head.

"It went well. Had a rough greeting but eventually went well." Po replied as he started chowing down on his fourth bowl. Tigress heard what he said and couldn't help but remember how Po was treated, specifically by her, when Po first arrived at the palace.

"What do you mean by rough greeting?" Ming asked as she finished up her food. Tigress, by now, wanted to cover her ears and not hear Po's answer but she just can't and waited to hear what Po will say.

"Um... well, when I first arrived at the palace... they weren't really hospitable." Po replied as he finished his fifth and last bowl, not really being specific with his answer. Tigress just regretted on how she acted during the past and she exactly knew who 'they' Po was referring to. But Ming didn't know so she had to push on and ask.

"So, who's 'they'?" Ming asked which Po never thought she would say.

"Why ask that?" Po asked as he leaned back on his chair.

"Well, it can't be all of them were not hospitable. Master Oogway is like the kindest person all of China knows." Ming replied as she relaxed on her seat as well.

"Well, the Furious Five and Master Shifu weren't that hospitable." Po said.

"Let me guess, Master Tigress was the non-friendliest among them?" Ming asked, not letting the panda continue.

"Yeah, how did you know?" Po asked as he tried to get something in between his teeth with his pinky.

"Well, many people knows how Master Tigress acts, and she's the 'I'd rather be alone' and a cold type of person." Ming replied as she completely forgot that Tigress was just spying on them. But Tigress as well wasn't paying attention to the conversation anymore. Right after Po replied to Ming's last question, she began thinking to herself and reflect on her past actions.

'Am I really that cold before?' Tigress asked herself as she sighed a bit.

"Yeah she is. But she still has a soft spot, you know, she can be kind, friendly, and fun to be with... by the way don't tell her I say that or she would kill me." Tigress heard Po say making her focus back on the conversation. A small smile appeared on her face after the complement Po gave her, sorta. 'At least he sees me in a different way.' She thought.

"Why would I tell her that? I would like to talk to her but she barely talks to me." Ming said, "Still, it's nice to know she actually has a soft spot."

"Yeah, it's time that sh-" Po started but stopped short when he saw a dumpling fall off the table. "Excuse me a bit." Po said as he got down to his knee and reached for the dumpling under the table... only to feel a small object hit the side of his head, and it kinda felt painful.

"Ow." Po said as he lifted his head only to hit it on the table.

"Are you alright Po?" Ming asked as she went down on her knees and checked on the panda.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Po said as he rubbed his head and got back up on his seat. 'What the heck hit me?' Po wondered as he look over at where the object came from. As for Ming, she also looked at where Po was looking and remembered about Tigress.

*With Tigress*

When she focused back to the conversation, she heard Po say "It's time" and then saw him on one knee which made her assume he was proposing. But who would propose to someone they newly dated? Still, that thought didn't cross her mind since she was starting to panic and grabbed a small stone and threw it at them. It wasn't until now she realized that Po was just reaching under the table for something making her regret it.

"Ow." She heard Po say after he got hit by the pebble, soon enough, she saw Po hit his head on the table.

"Sorry." Tigress whispered but it wasn't that loud to let Po hear it.

"Are you alright Po?" Ming asked as she also kneeled down to check on the panda.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Po said as he looked over at the bush Tigress was hiding in making her hid herself. "As I was saying, I think it's time she actually got friendlier, I mean, Viper told me how Tigress acted before I got to the palace and it was very different from how she acts now." Po continued as he got back with Ming who was still looking at the bush.

"Yeah, alright Po." Ming said still closely looking at the bush. "Po, I think I should check on something." She added as she got up and headed to the bush.

"Alright, I'll be right here waiting." Po replied as he relaxed on his seat.

As Ming went near the bush, Tigress saw her coming so she silently moved away from the area and hid behind a large rock. Ming checked behind the bush to see no one there.

'Hmmm, I could've sworn she's here.' Ming thought as she scanned the area a bit more, eventually making her walk around a bit, away from Po's field of vision. Tigress carefully watched the jaguar from behind the rock and was deciding whether or not to talk with the feline. But as she thought on what to do, Ming spoke up.

"I see you over there." Ming said as she looked over at Tigress, her tone sounding quite annoyed. Tigress looked at her for a while then got out of her hiding place to confront the jaguar.

"Aren't you supposed to be with your 'date'?" Tigress spoke as she went near the jaguar.

"Why are you spying on us?" Ming asked, ignoring the previous question.

"I would call it 'spying', I prefer the term 'keeping an eye on you'." Tigress said not answering her question.

"Answer my question." Ming plainly said, her voice and attitude changing.

"As I said, I am just keeping an eye on you two." Tigress replied not noting the jaguar's attitude, probably since she wants to annoy her.

"You know, he wouldn't be yours." Ming said making Tigress look at her. "You would never be loved you monster." She said in an almost mocking tone.

Those words hit Tigress hard making her growl a bit. "Don't. Ever. Call me that." She said in between her teeth.

"What? Monster? I thought you liked being called that in Bao Gu." Ming said with a small smirk.

Tigress looked at her and was surprised. The only people who knew that she was called 'monster' in Bao Gu was Shifu, Po and herself. "Wait, what do you mean?" Tigress asked.

"I know a lot about you Master Tigress. Just like Po." Ming replied, "Now, I'm asking you nicely. Please leave before anything bad happens."

"As if I'm doing that." Tigress said since Ming was just a normal girl that breaks easily.

"Suit yourself..." Ming said as she reached into her satchel and threw three throwing stars at Tigress which almost caught the tiger off guard.

"What the..." Tigress said as she watched the throwing stars stick on a piece of bamboo. When she turned to look at Ming, she was met with a kick to the stomach making her stumble back.

"You do know I took Kung Fu lessons." Ming said as she reached inside her satchel and took out her paint brush. "But I learned it from the Kung Fu Academy." She added as she took off the bottom of the brush to reveal a small blade.

"I was the top ace there, but I decided to stop along with Ling and maybe live a normal life." She said as she got into her fighting stance.

"Then why don't you?" Tigress asked as she also got into her stance.

"Because I have the Dragon Warrior as my boyfriend." Ming replied making Tigress growl a bit.

*With Po*

Po waited for Ming to return but as he waited, he got concerned for it has been a couple of minutes and Ming hasn't returned.

'What is she doing? There is nothing really to do in a bamboo forest.' Po wondered as he looked over at where he saw Ming walk off to. 'Hmm... this is getting quite familiar.' Po thought as he started thinking about the current situation he is in.

'Oh yeah, this just like the time me and Song were on a date and...' Po thought as he remembered it bun then realized something. "Oh no." He said as he got up his seat and went to the bush... only to see a jaguar fly through it.

"Ming! Are you okay?" Po said when he saw the jaguar on the ground.

"I'm fine. But I'm quite busy here." Ming said as she growled and then went back through the bush.

Po looked at the other side of the bush and saw Ming and Tigress fighting, just what he expected.

"Ming! Tigress! Stop fighting!" Po called out not wanting to get in the fight between the two.

"I would, but call of your crazy girlfriend here!" Tigress responded as she dodged a swipe.

"Crazy? Heck, you're the crazy one!" Ming said back as she blocked a kick.

"Well, I'm not the one trying to kill someone." Tigress said as she delivered a punch only to be dodged by Ming.

"I'm not trying to kill you. I just want to hurt you... but if it ends up in killing you then that would be fine." Ming said as she lunged at Tigress who barely dodged it.

"Both of you just STOP!" Po yelled grabbing both feline's attentions, making them stop what they were doing. "Just stop fighting. Hurting each other won't solve anyone's problem." He added as the two looked at him.

Tigress just looked at the panda and sighed. 'Maybe he's right, violence doesn't solve anything.' She thought as she thought of what to say. Ming saw this as her chance as she sent a powerful kick to Tigress' side, sending her flying through the bush Po came from and at the dinner table.

"THAT DOES IT!" Tigress growled as she charged at Ming who waited for her by the bush and started to deliver punches and kicks. Ming blocked and evaded as she also delivered her own blows.

"Guys!" Po yelled trying to get both feline's attentions. He then noticed that the fight was slowly getting near the cliff's edge. "Come on guys, just stop!" Po said as half of his body wants him to go and break the two up but half of him is telling him that he doesn't want to get hurt in the process. But neither of the two listened to the panda as the panda watched the two battle it out near the cliff's edge, and then going away the edge, and then getting back near it.

Po was getting nervous as the fight went on. Both the felines could get hurt or even fall off the cliff yet he couldn't do anything without him getting hurt as well.

"Uh... guys... isn't this a bad spot to fight in?" Po said as he watched the two and got nervous each passing second.

"Well, I could've asked for a more better place." Tigress sarcastically replied.

"I mean, one of you might accidentally fall down and I'm kinda worried that one of you would get hurt." Po said as he just stood there.

"Then do something!" Ming growled back as she was occupied in fighting the tiger. But as she blocked an incoming punch, Tigress sent a swift and powerful kick straight at her stomach sending Ming flying to a piece of bamboo, which caused it to break and barely miss Po yet managed to break the whole dining set.

"Whoa!" Po said as he stepped aside. 'Alright Po, this is getting way out of hand. Do something!' He thought as he breathed in some air and let out a sigh.

"BOTH OF YOU STOP!" Po yelled as he jumped in between both of the felines, which surprised the felines for his outburst. "As i said before, fighting isn't going to solve anything! Why are you two even fighting in the first place?" Po said as he faced at Ming but before anyone could speak, he turned to Tigress.

"What are you even doing here Tigress?" Po asked ignoring Ming for a while, which quite infuriated her.

"Po, I just came to tell you that-" Tigress started but was soon cut off by a yell.

"HIYAH!" A voice shouted making Po and Tigress look at Ming who was already flying towards Tigress with a powerful kick. Although instead of hitting the said tiger, Po went in front of the kick and was the one to get hit instead, which gave Tigress the time to move away... which was a bad choice. Po flew through the air and by the time Tigress and Ming realized that Po was going to fall down the cliff (which wasn't deep at all... just twenty to thirty meters high), they couldn't do anything. Except for Tigress who ran up to the ledge and try to grab the panda yet her efforts didn't do enough.

"Po!" Tigress shouted as she watched the panda land on the hard ground. Ming was too shocked by her action that she decided to run away from the scene without Tigress noticing, although she couldn't since she was too worried for Po.

Tigress immediately went down the cliff and check on the panda who was thankfully alive, but was knocked out unconscious plus his head was bleeding.

"Don't worry Po, you're going to be alright." Tigress said as she lifted up the panda by the arm and carried him to a nearby healer (She's not following the rules on how to help someone who's badly injured).

By the time she got there, she immediately called for a healer and got Po into a bed to be checked on but she had to stay outside and give the healers some space.

After waiting, and pacing around, for a few hours which felt like an eternity for her, the healer finally went out to tell her the news.

-CHAPTER END-

Cliffhanger! Huzzah! xD

That is it for this chapter guys, sorry to leave you hanging. Oh yeah, also thanks for Lagon78 for PM-ing me about the story to see if I was working on it or not... and who also almost scared me when I used my phone.

You see, when he PM me, I was in my room, at the middle of the night, watching some Five Nights at Freddy's videos on YouTube on my phone when suddenly Yahoo sent me a notification which was really loud notifying me of someone who PM me. XD you should've have seen my face. Oh yeah, before I also go, why don't I introduce you guys to the new Lj? He's around here somewhere, probably-

*lights go off* *creepy music box starts playing*

O-Okay...
Faz? Is that you?

*music box still plays*

Faz? You're starting to creep me out.

*looks to my left to see a Freddy Fazbear head*

SWEET HOLY GUACAMOLE! *lights turn back on*

Faz Lj: HA HA HA! You should've seen your face! *takes off mask*

Normal Lj: HOW THE- WHEN- WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!

Faz Lj: Somewhere... *smiles creepily then lights turn off then on again only him to be gone*

Normal Lj: Darn it, shouldn't have watched too much of FNAF. Anyways, since I've been blabbering for too long and that Faz might comeback and scare me. I'll just head off now... if you want to know more about Faz, look for him in my bio. This is Lj signin-

*lights turn back off*

Stop that Faz!

Faz Lj (outside): Stop what?

*music box starts playing*

Normal Lj: O_O *speeds out of the room*