Okay here we go, chapter 5, we now know that Tigress has a personal bias against our friend and she is going to try our friend, will he not bend or break and stand straight, or will he submit to her, we will have to find out, he appears to have a plan, so let's sing along ;)
We both backed away from each other very slowly, I unclipped my belt and through it to the side now all I had was armor.
"Do I get to keep my armor?" I said.
"Do you want to die?" she asked.
I ignored this remark and stood straight.
"Are you ready?" she said.
"Ye-" I was cut off with a punch to the face.
I stumbled and even though I had all armor on, that hurt… a lot.
I regained my balance and she continued her attacks, I blocked very few, it was all in her favor until she attempted to do a flying drop kick which I dodged and grabbed her leg, this was the break I needed I took it. I slung here head into the ground and then picked her up and through her into a bamboo tree, she recovered quickly and growled.
"I asked you if you wanted to die; it's not your choice anymore, it's mine." She said giving another look of hate, and extending her claws, and getting in pounce position.
"So you really think that is your place to decide." I said knowing fully well that the gun was too far away to save me this time.
She pounced and knocked me to the ground, she held me down she pushed her knees against mine to keep me from jumping up, she then put her paw on my forehead and pushed it down to reveal the only place where there was no armor, my throat, I had to use both of my hands to prevent her bringing her claws on her other paw down on my neck.
"So you think you can tell" she quoted, she was continually pushing harder and harder.
"Damn your strong" I struggled to say.
I could now see her fangs.
One of us had to break sooner or later, either she was going to break and I could push her off of me and get a second chance which was highly unlikely, or I was going to break and she would slash my throat which was about to happen I was out of breath and almost to my breaking point.
I than began to think, I could give up, go back to the Jade Palace and be like the others, scared, helpless, forever chained by shame, or I could be put in my grave a proud man, I would rather die by her hand then… a GDI's.
"Well at least you aren't GDI" I said with my last breath.
I felt the tension going away I relaxed my arms on my sides she then put a paw on each of my wrists and forced then to the ground, she then brought her face very close to mine, and like a flash she knocked my helmet off to reveal my face and then put her paw back on my wrist.
"And what's that supposed to mean" she said.
"It means that I would rather it be your claw then a GDI rifle" I said.
"Why do you hate GDI so much" she asked.
"You wouldn't understand" I said.
"Try me" she challenged still keeping her face so close to mine that our noses where almost touching, I liked this and I didn't know why.
"Can I give you a very basic answer because I don't want to get too far into details." I said looking into her eyes.
"Well it's more than I would get out of you if I did kill you." She said staring back into my eyes with a cold look.
"You really wouldn't have, would you" I asked quietly.
"You are not exactly in the clear yet, enough stalling tell me" she said.
"When the rebels were about to win in South Africa the GDI where killing anyone who wouldn't join them, a GDI soldier killed both of my parents in front of me because they wouldn't bend or break. I wouldn't be here today unless Nod militants had stormed my house. The GDI soldier escaped, the militants took me in I was very young, I spent the rest of my life in the barracks I joined on my 18th birthday. I got shipped to the Balkans then Kane led us into the Scrin Portal and now I'm here." I said sadly breaking eye contact and letting a single tear roll down my cheek.
She must have seen this because she than had a change of heart, she opened up.
"If that is true than I do understand" she said in a sad voice.
This caught my attention and I looked back at her.
"I never knew my parents they left me at the Bau Gu Orphanage when I was a cub, I was incredibly strong, I was a destroyer I would hurt or kill anything I touched, so they locked me in a prison, then Shifu came and taught me how to control my strength but still no one would adopt me I was still feared throughout the valley, so he adopted me in and I grew up at the Jade Palace, learning Kung Fu, never had any friends, or family, those others at the Jade palace are still scared of me, and Shifu is well… him, so I still don't." She said giving me a very sad look.
There was an awkward silence and we were in an awkward position.
I now understood I, felt ashamed now.
"Well now I can't say I believe you" I said.
"Why not?" she said giving me a questioning look.
"Because, you got me." I said smiling.
We just stared at each other, until another tear attempted to roll down my cheek, to which she just reached up and gently wiped it off with her finger, and then we smiled warmly at each other.
"Don't you think we should be getting back…? I mean" I said but the truth was I could had stayed there all day.
"No" she said mindlessly still staring at me with a smile, but she than corrected herself "I-I mean um yes, yes we should, sorry."
She stood up and dusted herself off I did the same.
I walked up to her and grabbed both of her paws, smiled and said "don't be."
We stood there staring into each other's eyes, smiling at each other I felt like I really wanted to kiss her but that would way to wrong, I hardly know her.
We both let go of each other's hands/paws.
I walked over and picked up my helmet and then went for my gun belt I put the belt on but I carried the helmet.
"Ready?" she asked.
"Yes"
"What time is it?" she asked.
I put my helmet on and then took it off.
"6:00 A.M. we won't make it back in time for breakfast unless we run" I said.
"Let's race than" she said.
I got into running position so did she.
"Ok" I said
Almost on queue we began running, we ran for a long time, she intentionally slowed herself down to a trot to keep me from getting so far behind of her.
Naturally a Tiger could dust a human, but naturally humans were not supposed to carry 100+ pounds of armor.
We ran to the bottom step and even though I was almost out of breath I continued running up the stairs while she effortlessly appeared to glide up them.
We eventually… well I eventually reached the top and she was standing there leaning up against a pillar with a smirk on her face.
I took a few more steps and dropped on the ground right in front of her I reached my hand towards her, she just giggled, walked up to me and nudged me with her foot, but I was passed out on the ground.
"Oh alright" she said as she picked me up and carried me into the kitchen where the others were sitting watching.She kicked my chair out and sat me down in it; she leaned me back and placed my hands on the table.
"What happened to him" Po asked.
"He over did it" Tigress said looking at me now slouching in my chair again, that chair was comfy, and I was sleeping peacefully.
She got my helmet and put it on gently and then flicked it as hard as she could with her claw, it was just like a bell, BBBIIIINNNGGG.
"AHHHHHH" I screamed ripping it off and flinging it across the table at Po who fell out of his chair to dodge it, it must have gone through 3 walls it was just like a cannon ball.
My ears where ringing.
"I'll fix that" I said putting my hands over my ears.
Everybody was laughing even Shifu, all but Po who was peeking over the table at me, with a concerned look on his face.
After my ears stopped ringing I had a huge headache.
"How did I get here" I said as my head throbbed
They all exchanged looks.
"Tigress carried you in" Mantis said trying to hold back a laugh.
I blushed "well she could have left me out there on your door step." I said.
"Where have you two been" Shifu asked.
"Well I ran way out into the forest, she followed and then we um… sparred, and we raced back here and I was extremely tired so I passed out on the damn door step and she brought me in." I said closing my eyes and putting my hands on my head, trying not to embarrass myself or Tigress, but they all had their own thoughts of what happened, and they knew there was something I was leaving out.
"Ok, Tigress what happened" Shifu knew there was something that I was leaving out, he just couldn't tell, and that was his daughter.
"Well um-" she was cut off.
"Ok I need to have a private talk with both of you" he said signaling us to follow.
I was the last one out.
"Have some soup ready" I whispered to Po in my way out.
"We are alone, now what happened." Shifu said giving both of us looks that let us know he was mad.
"Ok I got up at 3:30 A.M. I had a nightmare, this made Master Tigress suspicious so she followed me into the woods, after a confrontation we fought, she whooped my ass and interrogated me and then we got a better understanding of one another, and then we raced back here and I dropped on your doorstep." I said.
"How about you Tigress?" Shifu looked at her.
"He got it right, master" Tigress said straightening up.
"So… nothing unacceptable happened" Shifu asked staring right at me.
"Honestly, sir I would do nothing to your daughter that you wouldn't approve to." I said assuring him.
"Good, you better not or you will be buried by that Peach Tree." Shifu said walking up to me and giving me a look of hatred.
Than he just left us standing there, he walked around the corner, or at least we thought he did, instead he stood there listening.
"I guess no more sunrise adventures" I said turning to Tigress.
"Guess not" she said smiling.
"Dayum" I said in a joking voice.
She just giggled at this.
"I really want to thank you for turning my helmet into a bell." I said grabbing my head.
"Mantis can fix that you know" she said as we walked down to hallway.
"How" I said hopefully.
"Acupuncture" she said.
"No I hate needles" I said as we continued down the hall.
"Am I going to have to hold you down" Tigress threatened looking at me.
"Do I have a choice" I asked playfully.
"No" she said wrapping her arms around me and lifting me of the ground with a bear/tiger hug and carrying me into the kitchen.
Shifu listened to all this.
"Could he be the one" he said to himself with a smile.
"He said he wants acupuncture treatment for his headache Mantis" Tigress said still holding me off the ground.
"No I-" I felt all the breath leave my body as Tigress squeezed me very hard.
"Don't you want your soup" Po said.
"Yes" I pushed out.
"Ok then" she said as she kicked a chair out again and sat me down in it only this time I felt the my arms go around to the back off the chair and something go around my wrists, the sound of a few clicks let me know what it was.
"So that you won't go anywhere" Tigress said sitting in the chair next to me and spinning the key ring around her finger.
Everyone started giggling.
"Handcuffs… really, you stole my handcuffs and used them on me, now how am I supposed to eat" I said.
She got a spoon.
"Open up" she said getting some soup in the spoon.
There was no use in resisting, so I just opened my mouth and she spoon fed me.
Everyone watched with a satisfied look on their face.
We repeated the same process over and over until it was all gone. Everyone else finished.
"Well time for acupuncture" Mantis said happily.
"NOOOOOOO" I screamed as tigress grabbed the chair I was in and drug it to the barracks, and the others followed.
I saw Shifu standing off to the sidelines with a smirk on his face.
"Shifu you got to help me" I pleaded.
"Anything but acupuncture, I hate needles" I cried as they continued to the barracks.
"Well, ok no acupuncture " Mantis said taking pity on me.
Tigress stopped and turned around.
"Really" I asked excited.
"But I still need to make an anatomical graph." He said.
Everyone laughed.
"NOOOOOOOO!" I screamed once more.
We eventually made it to the barracks.
Tigress reached down to undo my handcuffs.
I saw my chance, as soon as I heard the click, I bolted out of the door and into the yard where Shifu was still standing, and he just watched me go by I was almost to the gates and then I got football tackled.
"Gotcha" Tigress said snapping my handcuffs back on me.
"Is this your idea of fun?" I asked.
"Yes" she said.
She stood me up and took me back to the barracks where all the others were waiting.
I went in the room there were a lot of needles and a scroll laying on the ground with the outline of me drawn on it.
She pushed me on the ground.
Ok so first have to get the armor off.
They fiddled with buttons and stuff; I thought they would eventually lose interest, and then I hear…
"Found it" they flipped the switches on the side of my suit and it opened up revealing my jump suit they rolled me out of my armor they took it and laid it beside of me.
They then took the top part of my jumpsuit off, revealing my human body.
Po was sitting on my legs and Tigress was using my head for a foot rest.
I couldn't move my head my legs, or my arms.
Mantis would call out everything he needed to find and then he would jam a needle where he thought it was, if he missed he would try again, I yelped in pain every time, the worst part was he left them there, while he drew.
He eventually found everything he needed, and then he had to take the needles out, as each one came out I yelped in pain again.
After it was all done, Tigress took the cuffs off of me.
Well now we had to train. But that was tuff for me because I didn't have any movement in my arms or legs.
"Is he ok" Viper said slithering up to me.
"I must have hit a nerve" Mantis said.
"I knew this was a bad idea, this is why I hate fucking needles" I said rolling my eyes.
"I can fix it but he won't be able to move until tomorrow around this time, until then he will have to stay with someone so if he has a seizure or something we can be there to help him, so who wants to volunteer." Mantis said poking around my back.
"He can stay with me" Tigress said with a smile.
They looked confused but they moved me in her room onto her bed.
"Dayum" I said.
"Well the best thing we could do for him now is to let him rest." Mantis said.
"What else CAN you do" I said emphasizing the can.
"Well we could glue your lips shut" he said irritated.
"Sounds like fun" I said looking away.
"Well let's train" Crane said as he and the others left except Tigress who came and sat down on her bed.
"Maybe next time we will just go with acupuncture." She said in a soft voice putting her paw on my back.
"Or maybe you will join me, or better than that we will head the wise Nikolas' warnings… but I appreciate you doing this for me" I said.
She just sat there rubbing my back with a smirk.
"Just go to sleep everything will be alright" she said softly.
"Have you done this before?" I asked but before she could answer it got to me and I was asleep.
Man that was a long chapter I changed gears on you though didn't I, so this is the beginning of a new relationship between our friend and Tigress. lol, review it if you want more, no not candy.