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-Next morning-

„Good morning." Those were the first words Tigress heard that day.

She opened her eyes and was met by the same blackness a yesterday but most of the pain was gone.

"Today I brought some good news, also breakfast and your clothes. I brought you a dinner yesterday, but you were already asleep, so I decided to let you rest. That changes today, but first I have to check your head."

"Make it quick." She said with low anger in her voice.

Baihu came close to her. She felt a soft furry hand between her head and the pillow, on which it laid on. He began slowly and carefully undoing the bandages. Layer after layer of linen disappeared and her sight began to return.

First she saw only two lights, both were bright yellow, then came the shapes and after that last layer was removed.

For the first time ever she saw the face of another tiger, but he was also white as morning snow.

He was almost as big as Tai Lung, but looked younger. His eyes had the color of the sky. His face wore a small kind smile. He was wearing a light blue shirt with a black sash and dark green baggy pants.

She also took in some details from her surroundings.

The whole room was dimly lit by two candles. Walls and floor were made from dark red wood and every wall was decorated with a picture of some foreign country. To the right of her was a small closed window.

"I'll need you to tell me if you feel any pain." Baihu spoke in a low tone.

His hands took her head and he began slowly and carefully moving it from side to side. He looked very focused while doing that.

"No pain? That's great." He sounded truly happy.

He put his palm on her forehead then to check her temperature.

"Looks like, you are recovering successfully from your fever. Please sit up, so you can eat your breakfast."

"I am not hungry." She said angrily. Tigress knew it was a big lie, but she didn't want someone to help her, especially someone who undressed her without permission.

"That may be true but, if you don't eat anything you'll get..." He was interrupted by a strong growling sound.

"Why would you lie about something like being hungry?" Baihu asked with curious tone.

"That was not me." She said and looked pretty confused herself.

After that came the loud ringing of a bell.

"Looks like your panda friend woke up." White tiger said with a smile.

He moved away from her bed and went for the door.

"Wait, how long is it, since he last ate?" she asked

"Well, I guess about one and a half day."

"Good luck, you are gonna need."

"Okay, that was kind of weird. If you change your mind, I left the tray with some fresh dumplings on your clothes on the table next to the bed. Try walking if you feel like trying, but don't force yourself." He said as he left the room.

'Walking? I'll show you walking!' She thought.

-An hour passed-

Baihu walked from Po's room with his hands full of empty bowls and plates.

He couldn't believe, how much an adult panda can eat, this was certainly going into his journal. He brought the dishes to kitchen, then went to a well on the courtyard to gather some water for washing.

On his way back he heard quick breathing coming from room of Master Tigress. Baihu quickly dropped two buckets of water that he was carrying and quickly rushed inside fearing, that her fever had returned. He almost destroyed the door with the speed he used to open them and what did he find? Tigress was fully dressed doing sit ups.

She was doing sit ups with bruised ribs. He felt his anger slowly rise.

"Get back to your bed." He said as if talking to an insolent child.

She didn't even pause as she grunted out between breaths. "I' . ."

Baihu himself took in a calm fresh breath.

"Okay, I am going to ask you to get back to bed peacefully one more time and if that won't do it, I'll have to use a method that may seem a bit drastic." He said in an authoritative voice.

Tigress stood up to her full height and looked Baihu death in the eyes.

"I'm going for my morning run." Was all she said before heading for the door.

As soon as she passed around him she felt a light pinch on her right arm.

Tigress turned around with a growl in an attempt to punch him, but was not able to, her arm felt unnaturally stiff.

"You forced my hand."

Than as fast as a flash came three more pinches. She could not move a muscle.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME!?"

"Pressure points. It lasts for an hour." Baihu said neutrally as he threw her over his shoulder against her verbal protests.

With care he laid her back on bed.

He then left the room and returned with a strong rope.

An alarm went off in Tigress's head. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

"Just making sure you will stay safe." Baihu answered calmly as he began tying her to the bed.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" Tigress half shouted.

"Oh, I think I can." He said.

"I WILL LOOSE MY MIND IN HERE! I CAN'T JUST LAY HERE DOING NOTHING!"

He finished tying her up and rubbed his chin deep in thoughts.

"Well, when you put it that way…"

And so after five minutes Tigress was still tied to her bed but, Baihu moved her to the same room as Po, who was just excitedly talking about all the food he ate. She was questioning herself if she wasn't better off being alone. Meanwhile Baihu was in the kitchen drinking his tea and thought about how much younglings changed since the time, when he could still call himself young.