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In this chapter, Tigress accidently reveals her feelings to Po. Sort of
(Back with Po and Tigress)
On the way to the Peach Tree
"Shen, I thought I could save you. I was wrong, but you were shown kindness from the biggest heart in all of China when you didn't deserve it. Heck, I even granted you mercy. I'm sorry I had to kill you though." Po thinks to himself, stopping in place.
Tigress sees the look on his face and stops walking towards the Peach Tree, "You couldn't do anything to save him, Po; you tried that's all that matters." "Thanks Kitten." She growled after I said that, but then I rubbed her back a bit and she started purring. I said, "Now that's why I call you 'Kitten'." She growls again. They continue walking.
Tigress thinks aloud, "Are we really the last of our species? Do you really think we could have a child together? Do you think…?" She was silenced by Po giving her a Kiss. "You talk too much." She slaps him with her tail. "Ow, that hurt." Po said rubbing his cheek. "Sorry, don't make me angry," Tigress says with a laugh. Then they both start laughing. "No, seriously, don't make me angry." Tigress says with a serious look. "Ok, don't kill me." Po replies. "I'll think about it." Tigress says, playfully punching Po in the arm. "That still hurts." Po says. "Sorry, not used to being 'soft' on others." Tigress says. "It's okay; let's just meditate for a while so that we can go eat." Po replies.
At the Peach Tree
Tigress and Po are sitting side by side under the Peach Tree. Letting a summer breeze ruffle their fur, they sit there while the pink petals dance by them in the wind. After thirty minutes of meditating, Tigress asks, "Po, can you teach me inner peace?" The question takes Po by surprise. "I can try, when do you want to start?" Po asks. "Tomorrow," Tigress replies. "Really, you want to try Tomorrow?" Po asks. "Yes, is that a problem?" Tigress replies slowly. Po thinks about it. "No, not a problem at all, let's gets packed." They both get up and head to the barracks to pack their things for their four day trip. "Hey what kinds of food do want for supper?" Po asks. "I want noodles and dumplings, and some tofu." Tigress replies. "I know that, but do you want spicy, sweet, or a sour kind of food." Po says annoyed. Tigress thinks for a minute, "How about spicy food, real spicy food." "When did you like spicy food?" Po asks out of curiosity. "Master Shifu got me interested in spicy food when I was little; I liked it because it tested my pain tolerance." Tigress replied. "Wait, I didn't know Shifu liked spicy food." Po said mystified. "Yeah, he's always liked it." Tigress says. "Maybe if I start cooking it, he might stay at dinner a whole lot longer." Po says jokingly getting Tigress to laugh. "Man, she's got a beautiful laugh. She is beautiful when she laughs to." Po thinks to himself. "What was I thinking when I kissed her? Shifu will kill me if he finds out! What am I thinking right now? She probably doesn't like me." "Okay, you want spicy food." Po thinks about it for a minute, then he realizes something. "Oh, man, we're all out of peppers!" Po yells as he runs to the 1000 stairs. Which of course, he trips and starts falling down the stairs with a lot of "Oh", "Ah", "Ih"
A few hours later in the kitchen, Po is fixing spicy noodles, dumplings, and some spicy tofu for Tigress. Mainly because she asked for it or he never would have cooked it. "Po, I know the food you cook is delicious. But this is absolutely splendid." Master Shifu says while stuffing dumplings in his mouth. "Agreed" says Mantis. "Mantis, you'll eat anything I cook." Po says which caused everyone to laugh. "Master Shifu, Tigress and I are going to the bamboo forest a few miles out of the city so I can help her learn inner peace and so that I can perfect Tiger Style." Po says. "So why are you telling me what you're going to do instead of just doing it." Replied the Red Panda, Po just looked at Master Shifu with a look of puzzlement and confusion on his face. "So, does that mean we can go tomorrow?" Po asks. "(Sighs), Yes Panda, It means that you both can go tomorrow." Replies Master Shifu, Po gets up and bows and "Thank you master." Then leaves the kitchen and goes to his room to go to sleep. Tigress walks in and asks a sleepy Po, "You know that Mantis and Monkey will be bugging us about it being a date? You know that right?" "Yeah, I'll spar with both of them and teach them a lesson Tigress. Don't worry about it." Po says groggily. "Good night, Panda." "Good night, Kitten." Tigress shuts the door and goes to her room and they both go to sleep.