Dudes, seriously! I need more reviews here! Ok, I'll get on with it.
I do not own KFP or the turtles. It's a crossover. And just in case anyone forgot, Amy is Amoly's nickname.
(Tigress POV)
I was in my room packing for our trip. While I was packing, I also saw the action figure of Po that he gave me when I had gone to the Garnet Palace. I decided to take that with me too. He keeps the action figure of me with him all the time. So why shouldn't I? That's when Amoly stopped by at my room. She tapped the door a little to get my attention.
"Well, that was… quite unexpected." She said with a hint of mischief.
I looked at her, a bit confused. "What? What are you talking about?"
"You giggled? You jinxed?"
"Yes, so?" But suddenly the realization hit me of what she was driving at. I was gonna answer, but she beat me to it.
"Tigress, in all the years when I lived here, I honestly never saw you smile, laugh or giggle. Not to mention you actually hugged me! You were never very social; you were always in the training hall, training yourself half to death! Which I didn't like. Not to mention, you've never done anything even close to a prank! And now you're jinxing! I can see you've changed for the better, which is just…. Wow! Who is responsible for this feat?"
I opened my mouth to answer, but again, she beat me to it.
She winked at me and said "Is it that panda? The Dragon Warrior? Po? I've already noticed how you two look at each other. And apparently Mikey noticed it even faster than me, that's why I had to slap my hand on his mouth. Didn't want you to feel awkward."
I opened my mouth again to answer, but this time she didn't beat me to it, I just forgot what I was going to say.
"No answer to give huh?" she giggled again. She was obviously amused. "You were the last person I expected to fall in love."
Finally I said something to avoid looking like an idiot. "I don't love Po! He's just my best friend!"
"Suuuure….. you don't. You're just a tiger in denial."
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Don't start with that silly argument!"
"Ok Ok Ok!" she waved her hand at me like she did before so that I wouldn't get angry. "But seriously, ok, you may ignore the 'love' thing for the time being. What's it about Po anyway?"
I sat down on my bedroll and sighed. She sat down beside me.
"I…" I tried to begin. Amy, sweet as always, placed a hand on my shoulder. That gesture somehow gave me the strength to continue. Viper too often helped with that. Except she was a lot more teasing.
Yea, well, anyway I continued. "It's odd, you know. Seeing as I never told him, or showed him any sign of me having a soft side. Po….he can…just see the best everyone, every single person. He gets along well with everyone, including the ruthless side of me."
Amy's eyes widened. She was obviously surprised to hear this stuff from me. But she was listening patiently. I continued.
"He changed me Amy. Nobody knows, because of my wall. Po just seems to look through my opaque wall. He crumbled every rock that I took 20 years to build, with just a look. Think about it Amy! I worked 20 years to build that wall! And he can break it in seconds! How!?" I buried my face in my paws. Now I felt even more confused.
Amy placed her hand on my shoulder and in her most caring voice said- "Because he honestly cares. And when someone honestly cares, they would do anything for who they care about."
I looked at her. That sure sounded like Po. He does honestly care, I thought. Amy continued.
"Tigress, your wall, it's like a trap. You are strong, but this is a trap from which you can't break free on your own. In my years of living here I saw you don't let yourself get attention from anyone. Po, in a way, loves you."
I felt shocked now. "Po loves me? He loves me?"
"Only you and Po know that. He broke through for you, didn't he? Tigress, you are brave enough to admit that you're too much of a coward to break through yourself. Po knows that. So he's helping. Like you said, he sees the best in everyone."
I slowly nodded. Amy really was helping. We were cut off by Master Shifu.
"Tigress, finish packing soon. You and Po may leave with Amoly tomorrow morning."
"Yes Master." I said as Master Shifu walked away.
"Finish packing Tigress. Just think about what I said, ok?" Amy said as she left my room.
(Meanwhile with Po. Po's POV)
That was the first time Tigress jinxed. That was pretty funny. As I packed, I stuffed her action figure in my pocket. No way I'm leaving my fave action figure behind! I didn't have a lot of packing to do though. Because I knew when I'd come down the stairs, my dad would give me a whole travel pack. He'd pack me food for weeks, cookies, buns, vegetables… and I already have my action figures. Amoly seems to be a really sweet and friendly girl. I can see why everyone is so fond of her.
"Hey Po!"
I turned around to see Mikey, Amy's boyfriend. He was grinning widely at me.
"Hey Mikey! How can I help you?"
"No help needed. I just wanted to ask you something, before Amy slaps a hand on my mouth again."
"Ok, bring it."
"Are you and Tigress in a relationship?" he said with a smirk.
My eyes widened. What the heck am I supposed to answer here!?
"U-uh-I-n-n-no, we're just friends." I said stuttering. I could feel my face heating up with embarrassment.
"You sure? I know love when I see it. And I've never been wrong about love my whole life. When my brother, Raph, fell in love, he didn't want to admit it. And nobody knew but me, and he never told me either."
"Hey now. Tigress is my best friend. And my favorite. Just that. And that's…. well…. that."
"That? Po, you're in love. And I don't blame you for not being able to admit it. It happens in everyone's first time. Uhhh, it is your first time, right?"
"Yup. But I don't love her or anything… Aaaaahhhhh! Who am I kidding!?"
"Now take it easy Po. It happens to everyone. You know Tigress has a wall around her, right?"
"Yea, I've been trying to break it. I don't know if it's working though. I mean, I want her to be happy, and well, lighten up. There's more to life than battle, she just needs to understand that."
"Even if you ignore the love Po, that's your best friend. Of course her wall is breaking down! Amy told me everything about her years here when we took her back. She told us about how hardcore Tigress was. That's when I thought, if all her friends; Viper, Mantis, Monkey, Crane, even Amoly! If all of them tried to get her to soften, but gave up in a week, then who could save Tigress? She was stubborn, and had created a hardcore image, and nobody could get her to soften…. Until you came along. The fact that she has lightened up is clear from the fact she was hugging, smiling, giggling, and even jinxing! I thought only you Monkey did that."
I stared at him. "Mikey, are you some sort of love expert?"
'Pretty much."
I looked him. Maybe he was right.
"Look, she was trapped, she was imprisoned in a hard, cold cell which she had created for herself. I didn't let her be kind even if she wanted to. She was trapped with no one to release her. Except you. You have been trying for an year or so now. You are definetly succeeding. Now finish packing! We're leaving tomorrow morning." He finally exited my room then. Then I thought, "Am I actually in love? And even if I were, would Tigress feel the same? Of course she won't! An awesome and beautiful Kung fu master like her deserves better than just a big flabby Panda!"
(Dining hall) (Normal POV)
Po prepared the dinner as everyone sat down. In no time, he had everyone laughing, including Amoly and Mikey, who decided to join them for dinner, with a funny story from his dad's restaurant.
"So what did you say?" Mikey asked between his laughs.
"And then I said, 'Hey man you better pay full price or don't show your face in this place again!' "
"So what did the guy do?" Mantis asked.
"Well you should've seen his face when dad hit him in the face with a frying pan!"
"Even I know better than getting on your father's bad side, especially with his frying pan." Shifu stated.
Tigress barely paid attention to Po's story. She eventually found herself staring at Po every time, and dreamily looked at his shy, goofy smile. She could feel another rock get destroyed, as she looked at the Panda who melted her heart. And apparently, Po noticed that when he sat down to eat himself. As everyone discussed Po's story, Po and Tigress could only find themselves staring at each other. Even though they looked away and pretended they weren't really looking at each other.
"Well thanks for dinner Po. We should get to bed now." Monkey said as he yawned and left.
"And thanks for the funny story!" Mikey said between his laughs and left.
"Goodnight everyone! I'll clean the dishes and go to bed." Po said.
"Can I help Po?" Tigress asked as she hid her blush.
"Sure! The more the merrier!" Po said with a smile.
Amoly winked at Tigress before leaving the dining room. Tigress blushed even more.
Po couldn't help but feel nervous now. Talk about awkward! These two young lovers were all alone in room, standing next to each other, cleaning the dishes. And none of them knew what the other felt. They slowly moved towards each other, still pretending they weren't looking at each other.
Tigress finally swallowed her nervousness. She finally turned her head and looked at Po, and caught him red-handed staring at her. Po was going to look away, but he couldn't stop himself from gazing into her amber eyes, and getting lost in their deep complexity. And Tigress was just the same, gazing into his jade green eyes and then felt herself drowning in them.
They had been staring at each other in a way that they didn't even realize that they were leaning into each other. Po's paw reached Tigress' face, and she didn't fight it, only leaned in more. And right when their lips were about to touch-
"YEEEOOWWW! MANTIS! WHY YOU LITTLE!" Yup, that was Viper. And that snapped Po and Tigress out of what they hypnotized each other into doing.
"Oh man! Tigress I am so sorry! I-I…" Po stuttered. "Please don't kill me."
"No Po! It's ok It's ok! You did nothing, it was all me! I-I-I'm the one who's sorry!" Tigress started panicking again. When they both calmed down-
"Wait, what just happened out there?" Po asked as he turned around and left the kitchen with Tigress, only to find Viper running around in the corridor, yelling a couple of swear words at Mantis, and Mantis was laughing like a maniac and rolling on the ground, as the others, including Shifu, Amoly and Mikey, looked on.
"YOU'RE GONNA BE REALLY LUCKY IF I DON'T KILL YOU FOR THIS!" Viper yelled again.
"What did he do exactly?" Po asked Monkey.
"I think Mantis put fire ants in her bed. But it's awesome! This is hilarious!" Monkey said as he too rolled on the floor laughing.
Tigress sighed. As much as watching Viper running around was funny, she was just frustrated. Po and her were so close…. so close to their first kiss.
"Well, I hope our first kiss will happen someday." She thought.
Well guys, that's all for this chapter. Hope you like it because it took me a whole week to make this one up. And this time I put romantic stuff. Wink! Enjoy guys! And give reviews please! I'm short on reviews here! Very short!
