Chapter 2 of a sad attempt at a Kung Fu Panda story…Hope you like it

Chapter 2 of a sad attempt at a Kung Fu Panda story…Hope you like it. Oh an if you were wondering it will be Po/Tigress but I have to get the original story across and it will seem like its OC/Tigress

Disclaimer: I do not own Kung Fu Panda.

The greetings were short. A constricting hug from viper, a paw shake from monkey, a pat on the back from crane. And everyone but Tigress gave him a 'Welcome home' who stood off by herself, an angry look on her face. So Tamesh walked over to Tigress.

"Hey Tigress" Tamesh said.

"What do you want?" Tigress said in distaste.

"I wanted to tell you I still remember growing up with you. And the good times we spent together, I regret leaving you behind."

"Uhh we will give you two some privacy" Viper said making a motion for the others to leave as well. Once they got outside they started talking about what might happen between the two.

"I think Tigress is going to try and kill him" Mantis said.

"But she can't take the master of the Drunken Fist on by herself!" Po said.

"She could hold her own, remember she is angry" Crane said.

"If you want to know what's going to happen just listen" Monkey said. And just then Viper, Po, and Mantis stopped, turned around, ran to the door, and put their ears to the door. Even though Tamesh could sense they were listening he ignored it and continued.

"It's like it happened yesterday…"

Story and flashback

Two young tiger cubs, one white and the other orange, were going through a training course in a race to see who is faster. The white cub won.

"Nice try Tigress, but maybe you will beat me next time" the young Tamesh told the young Tigress.

"It's ok Tam, you won fair and square and I'm fine with that."

Fast-forward a couple of years…

A pre-teen Tamesh placed a bucket of water over a door, tied a string to it and tied the other end to the door so that whoever opened it would be soaked. And it worked out that Tigress opened the door. A bucket full of water dumped itself onto her and the noise woke up the other 4 masters-in-training who laughed at her. Seeing the others laugh at her made her run into her room in shame.

Tamesh had been hoping to see Shifu walk through the door but when he saw Tigress his heart stopped and he felt bad for her. So to make it up to her he went to her room that night. He opened the door to see her sobbing as quietly as she could so no one would hear.

"Tigress?" Tamesh asked.

"What do you want?" she asked him, her voice full of contempt for she knew he had placed the bucket there.

"I wanted to say I'm sorry…"

"Sorry? Sorry?! You humiliated me and say you are sorry?"

"Yes… I'm sorry…" he said "and to make it up to you I'm going to take you somewhere I have never taken anyone else to before."

"Fine…" she said. So he grabbed her hand and pulled her along, out of the Jade Palace, through a tunnel in the mountain, down some steps, and to a dead end.

"There…is nothing here. You brought me here for nothing?"

"No I brought you here for this" he said grabbing a rock and moving it off to the side to reveal a small tunnel.

"Go ahead" Tamesh said gesturing her into the tunnel. Sighing she crawled in, shortly followed by Tamesh. She kept crawling until she found an opening which she walked out into.

"WOW!" Tigress said when she saw it. It was a cavern in the mountain containing a small forest of flowers and trees she had never seen before. A few butterflies flew around in the cavern but they weren't normal, they were glowing silver and illuminating the dome like place. They walked over to the center.

"This is my favorite spot" Tamesh told Tigress.

"Why?" she asked.

"Lay down and look up" he said, laying down. She did the same and looked up to see a small hole in the ceiling that you could see the Milky Way through.

"It's…It's…"

"Beautiful?" Tamesh asked.

"Yea…" Tigress said in amazement.

"That's why it's my favorite spot."

"Thanks, but we should really get back before anyone notices we were gone." Tamesh stood up and offered a helping hand to Tigress to help her up which she accepted. He pulled her up a little too quickly because their faces got close which made them both stop and look the other in their eyes. They got lost in each other's stare. They started to close the small gap between their faces when they snapped out of it and pushed away from one another, blushing.

"I…Uhh..." Tamesh barely managed to get out.

"It…lets just…forget it." Tigress stuttered.

5 years from the present…

Tamesh and Tigress had been going out for a few years but he still loved to make jokes about everyone in the Jade Palace and goof off, she never knew how she managed to put up with him. But that specific day was the day Shifu would pick which one would take the place of Tiger Master though neither of them needed Shifu to tell them who it was going to be. So that night it was no surprise when he announced that Tamesh would continue his training as the Tiger Master.

"But…Master Shifu, its Tigress who should continue her training! Hell her name would make it perfect 'Master Tigress'." Tamesh said trying to get Tigress to become the master rather than him; he didn't want to be a master.

"My decision is final, and I am sorry Tigress but may you lead a good life" Shifu said before turning and leaving. To Tamesh's amazement, Tigress had nothing to say all he did was bow and turn toward her room to pack. Tamesh ran after her.

"Tigress? You are just going to accept it and leave? Are you listening to me?"

"Yes I am Tamesh, and yes I am going to just accept it. I cannot change master Shifu's mind." With that she gave him a kiss on the cheek and left him standing there staring in her direction. Then Tamesh got an idea, he had never liked Tiger style so he would run away, let Tigress become the master she deserves to be, he would get to learn new styles, everyone would be happy.

So as Tigress slept for the supposed last time in her bed Tamesh wrote her a note and put it right next to her bed. He kissed her forehead and silently left her room, packed up to go and crept out a window before jumping off into the night. And when Tigress woke up she found a note lying next to her bed so she picked it up and read.

Dear Tigress,

I left you to become the master you deserve to be so don't try to questioning why I ran away. I will already be halfway across China by the time you read this. I never liked that style anyway, plus you could use some more training. I hope you have fun becoming a master, and who knows? Maybe when I come back you will be almost as good as me.

Love,

Tamesh

And as she read the note, she began to growl and she noticed tear drops on the paper. As she began to cry a little louder, she dropped the note and heard a tap on her door. The next thing she knew Viper was slithering in.

"Tigress, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Viper asked. But Tigress did not respond instead she stopped and looked down at the ground. Even though she didn't respond to anything Viper stayed with Tigress for a while until she finally handed Viper the note and said something.

"I was supposed to be the one to leave" Tigress whispered. And she said nothing more for the rest of the day. But she promised herself to push any male away emotionally and to never cry again.

End of an extraneously long flash back

When Tamesh finished Po was amazed at the story, Viper was ashamed at herself for forgetting, and Mantis was disappointed that there was no fight.

"I thought for sure she would try to kill him." Mantis said.

"Look her eyes are tearing up!" Viper said quietly as she looked through a hole in the door.

"You know Tigress I still love you but I see you have someone new… the panda?" Tamesh got in close and whispered so the snoopers could not hear.

"I do not love that slob!" Tigress yelled in defense rather badly because she had a slight blush.

"I didn't say anything about love" Tamesh snickered "Oh and you should have kept your voice down." He finished by walking over to the door.

"Lucky for you they don't know who you were talking about" he said pulling the door openly quickly, causing the three eavesdroppers to fall into the room.

Oh no! What will Tigress do to the eavesdroppers that go by the names Po, Viper, and Mantis? Does Po know who Tigress was talking about or is he clueless? Well that will have to wait until the next chapter so review; I want to hear your feedback. Also if you have any ideas for my story don't hesitate to contact me and let me use them.