Author´s note:

Hello! Well, here´s the next chapter, I hope you like it! I might take a little longer on the next chapters because of winter break and everything, so don´t panic if I don´t update the next day.

ENJOY!

Chapter 5

Friday

This time, Po was going to be the one going to the Jade Palace to train. And his mom was walking him there, she told him that she wanted to see where he was going, but she also had another motive. If she remembered well, there was Grandmaster, and rumors said, that he was Tigress´s dad. At least foster dad, because he adopted the tiger.

She was planning on talking to him about the romance going between his daughter and her son, and maybe he would do something about it. After all, he seems to think that love is a form of weakness. And if she informed him of that, then he would tell Tigress, and Tigress would have no choice but to follow his orders.

And that´s how she would get the job done.

Po and the queen were walking, being escorted by some guards, and hearing people gasp when they came across them. After a couple of minutes, they got to the palace. Po was excited to see Tigress, mostly because of what happened the day before.

When they got there, the queen got in front and knocked the door. She waited for what seemed an eternity… which were 10 full seconds.

The doors opened up and revealed a red panda, and a few steps behind him, Tigress. She looked up and saw Po, then smiled and looked back down to the floor, her cheeks blushing. Po was also grinning when he saw her. But he was trying to act serious, because the red panda right in front of him, was Tigress´s dad, or that´s what he heard.

"Hello your Majesty, I´m Master Shifu. Please do come in" He greeted, he wanted to ask what she was also doing here, but it wouldn´t be polite to keep them outside. Once they were cozy inside, he turned to look Tigress and Po, who were now side by side.

Shifu nodded towards Tigress, dismissing her. Tigress whispered something to Po, who just smiled and then both of them headed off to the training hall, the one that actually had a lot of training equipment.

Shifu and the queen, stood there. Shifu wasn´t sure what she was doing there, but it was not as if he could kick her out. So he just waited, maybe she would just go. He turned to leave, but then he heard the queen,

"Excuse me, Master Shifu, I need to have a word with you" The queen said, her tone serious and firm. Immediately, Shifu started thinking the worst, that maybe Tigress had done something, or carried her training too far on the panda. Shifu sighed and lead her to a private room.

Once the both got there, he closed the door so no one else could hear them.

"So what is it you want to talk about?" Shifu asked her. The queen looked around, and soon, her stern face turned to a more soft, yet strict expression.

"Is about your daughter" The queen began,

Great, what did she do now? Shifu thought, is not that Tigress was a trouble maker, it was the contrary, Tigress was a really obedient student, one of her best, yet she was known for being short-tempered. But what surprised him was how the queen said it so normally, ´your daughter´. He never really acted like a father…

"Anyway, so I feel like she needs to be reminded that this is a serious mission" Shifu frowned,

"And why is that?" He asked.

"Well, your daughter seems to like my son, as in, a more romantic way. I´m not saying she is not good enough, but…"

Tigress…. In love… with that panda!

"My son has seemed to develop mutual feelings towards her". She finished explaining. Shifu wasn´t sure what to do.

"So, why do you think the both… like… each other again?" Shifu asked, he still wasn´t convinced, maybe the panda did have feelings for her daughter, but Tigress… now that seemed impossible.

"Well, about my son, I think that his feelings are crystal clear… but your daughter, she has been dropping hints, I´m female, so I can identify it. She smiles at him, she blushes at his compliments, and of course, you can´t miss that spark"

"Spark?" Shifu repeated, he certainly had no idea what she was talking about.

"Yes, the spark on her eyes, if you look at her when Po is near, the spark appears, same with my son" The queen said, as if it were noticeable easily.

"With that said, I want you to remind your daughter to focus on the mission, not on catching my son´s heart. If I must remind you, my son is the prince, and you daughter is a Kung Fu master" The queen said, her tone almost threating, Shifu nodded,

"Yes, don´t worry. I will make sure Tigress gets the message" The queen smiled gratefully and then got up and left.

Shifu went to see how their training was doing, he opened the doors and went inside the training hall. He was shocked, the panda was actually doing a good job at defending himself. But that was not the only shocking thing was that as Tigress was fighting back, she was… laughing. Po was smiling at her, and shouting some random phrases, and Tigress was laughing at them.

Shifu didn´t even know she could smile! For a moment there, Shifu didn´t wanted to tell Tigress that she couldn´t fall in love. Only for a moment. That moment of hesitation where he almost did the right thing. But he didn´t, it was still there though.

"Tigress!" He called. Po and Tigress stopped sparring. Tigress jumped and landed in front of him. She bowed.

"Master" She looked up, waiting for an order, or a comment, or a critique. And Po was beside her, not sure what he was supposed to do.

"Tigress, I need to talk to you. Prince, I will need you to wait for a couple of minutes, this won´t take too long" He said, bowing down to him, but not really low. Then both of the Masters headed to the room where Shifu had been a couple minutes ago.

Once they were inside, Shifu closed the door and stood in front of Tigress.

"What do you want to speak to me about, master?" She asked, her smile melting back into her serious expression.

"It´s about the prince. Tigress, I have been told that both of you have developed feelings for one another" Shifu said, Tigress was taken back, and wasn´t sure if she should just straight up tell him, or try to deny it.

"Tigress, must I remind you, this is a serious mission, and there is no space for emotional attachments. This is just a mission, after it, you will come back and your life will go back to its daily routine, is that understood" Shifu said, raising his voice, but not yelling at her. Tigress put her fists together and bowed.

"Yes, Master" She said, then headed outside, fighting back the tears. She really wanted to punch something right now. For her, it was unfair that because they were different, or because he was royalty, or because of whatever reason, they couldn't be together.

But Po wasn´t like any other prince, he was different, and she was starting to believe that he liked her, and no other girls. Yet some part of her was scared, what if he really wasn´t? What if some other princess came along, would he just go with her?

This thoughts were running through her mind, and she couldn´t resist the feeling of being lost. Love was a place where you can find yourself, but at the same time, while searching for something, you can lose yourself as well.

Po was listening to the conversation, he had never been one to obey, something he should really improve since he was a prince and he had to follow rules. So he went over to where Tigress and Shifu were talking. Shifu sounded upset, and Tigress, she wasn´t talking at all.

He had missed most of the conversation, so when he got there, Shifu was saying how she shouldn´t have any feelings towards him, and something about her daily routine. Then he said if she understood. Po expected to hear her argue, or defend him, just like he did for her. But instead, she said, "Yes master".

He frowned, and suddenly got mad at himself and at her. Maybe his mom was right about her. He heard the doors open and Tigress walking out, he hid himself in the shadows, hoping Tigress wouldn´t see him. She didn´t, since she was stomping and clenching her jaw, while muttering something about how it was unfair and how she hated him. But then he thought, that maybe her mom wasn´t right after all.

Po saw her, he expected to see her as if what Shifu told her was no big deal, because of her response, but when he saw how Tigress was, he realized, that she didn´t meant it. His anger flew away. After making sure that Tigress was out of view, he got out of his hiding spot and then went over to the training hall, hoping that Tigress did not get suspicious about his absence.

Tigress was now on the training hall, she had forgotten that a certain panda was supposed to be there. She was punching the wooden warriors, sending splinters all around. She was breathing heavily.

"Hey" She turned around, and saw the lovable panda before her, holding that smile, and soon, she had no reason to be in a bad humor anymore.

"Hey, so do you want to keep practicing?" She asked, ashamed that he probably saw her destroy the equipment. Po nodded, and they started sparring. Tigress wasn´t worrying about what Shifu had just told her, she knew he was wrong. She was sure of her feelings towards the prince, and she knew it was meant to be, the only thing that she didn´t know is the Po´s feelings, but according to Shifu, Po seemed to like her back.

The time passed, until Po had to be escorted back home. Tigress walked with him, until they reached the door.

"Well, I will see you tomorrow, and I well, sorry if you saw me lose my temper back at the training hall" She said, looking at her feet, embarrassed. Po chuckled.

"Don´t worry about it, I eat when I´m upset." He chuckled "Well, I guess I should get going" He said, as the guards motioned him to speed up his good bye. He looked back at them and then at Tigress, the moonlight hitting her fur made her look beautiful, and the night made her scarlet eyes glisten. And her smile just added to her beauty.

He leaned forward and kissed her, he was going to do it on the lips, but he wasn´t going to do it in front of all the servants to see. So he just gave her a quick peck on the cheek. Then he hurried to where the guards were waiting and disappeared into the night.

Tigress widen her eyes, and before she had time to react, Po was not there anymore. She smiled and feel her stomach starting to twist and tons of butterflies starting to fly inside her, no. Not butterflies, it was a much bigger feeling.

She didn´t know what to do next, or how she was supposed to react, she wasn't very cope of her emotions. So she just walked inside and into her room, she seriously didn´t know what to think anymore, but she knew one thing for sure, she wasn´t going to meet her Master´s wishes.

BAM! Done and done! I hope you guys enjoyed it and review! Thanks to everyone who followed/favorite/reviewed my story, it really means so much to me! Anyway, I don´t think I need to say this but oh well, I will update soon, I think! Oh, and two days ´til my holiday story!

-Peace out :)