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Chapter 2
Tigress woke up in an extremely foul mood. Not only did she wake up late, but she was still feeling weird from Felix's attack and even worse still, she could still smell him in the temple. She tried getting up off of her bed but fell back down, holding her midrift. She cursed and tried to get up again, pushing up with her hands. She crawled forward, to get momentum so she could start walking without stumbling as much, but her hands hit something hard. She looked down to see a plate of food sitting there. She scowled when she realized who it was left by. It was easy to tell, since the food was arranged in a way so they spelled 'I'm sorry'. Tigress growled and picked up the plate and stormed off, out of the bunk house. She searched the temple, finding no one in the kitchens, Hall of Heroes, the temple grounds…it wasn't until she heard shouts and yells coming from inside did she look into the training hall. She saw that her section of the training course, The Seven Swinging Clubs of Instant Oblivion, completely demolished and Felix and Crane were sparring on The Jade Tortoise of Wisdom, Mantis, Monkey, and Viper watching them and waiting on their respective courses. Tigress watched as Crane attempted to fly up to escape but Felix grabbed his leg and pulled him back down until he was within range and he kicked him off of The Jade Tortoise of Wisdom and into the wall.
Crane stumbled to his feet. "I'm ok…"
Felix leapt off of Crane's course and was about to meet Mantis in The Gauntlet of Wooden Warriors when a plate came crashing down on his head.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Tigress snarled, walking towards them, Crane flying back to the course and landing on the one of the wooden warriors.
"We're sparring with Felix, what does it look like?" Monkey asked, hanging from the rafters as Viper helped Felix to his feet and brushing bits of tofu off of him.
"Yeah, he's pretty good, despite the fact that he's only managed to beat Crane…" Viper said, nodding.
"I told you I'm not to be a master…besides…Crane's style of fighting needs a partner for a second's distraction as he gets some height…." Felix said, matter-of-factly.
"That's not what I meant…!" Tigress growled. "I meant, what do you think you're doing, still being here?!" She walked up and jabbed Felix in the chest.
"Come on, Tigress, he's got no place to stay…" Mantis tried.
"I don't care…I want him out! You heard what Master Shifu said. While he's away, I'm in charge!"
"Look, if this is about last night-" Felix was cut off as Tigress punched him in the stomach and sent him flying, crashing through several of the wooden warriors.
"Tigress!!" The other four shouted and started forward but Felix held a hand up to stop them.
"If it makes you feel better to beat on me then you're welcome to do so…but I told you last night…you shouldn't be over exerting youse-" Tigress punched him again and ran after him, ramming him into the wall with her shoulder.
"I don't need your pity…" Tigress said in a venomous tone. She back up and let Felix fall to his hands and knees before getting back up. "Fight me…now…"
"Look, if I hurt your pride or something I'm sorry…" Felix tried, but it did no good.
"I said fight me!"
"You're not in any shape to-"
"FIGHT ME!" No sooner did she finish her two words did she find herself flying across the training hall and through the doors, into the temple grounds.
She coughed and held her stomach where she was hit and looked up in time to see Felix descending from the sky towards her. She kicked up to avoid his blow but felt her legs give and she fell forward. Dust shot up from the ground as Felix hit it with his fist, cracking the ground. Tigress tried to scramble to her feet before Felix figured out where she was through the dust. Felix stood up straight and spotted Tigress, but she was already in her stance.
"Come!" She shouted and Felix ran at her. She did the same and they past each other, as if not doing anything to the other.
"I could've killed you five different ways just then…" Tigress muttered.
Felix blinked and looked down to see his shirt ripping at the chest, sleeve, side, collar, and his pants at the heel.
"Well I could've groped you three times just then…" Felix said smirking and standing up straight, facing Tigress.
Tigress looked down at herself to see the two straps of her vest were undone and her belt was missing.
She whirled around to see Felix holder her belt. "You ignorant little-!" Tigress screeched and ran at Felix, fully intended to hurt him as badly as she could, before her legs gave way as the same feeling as before went off in her midrift. She fell forward into Felix's rising palm. His palm caught her hard in the chest, making her feel her heart skip a beat, and passed out.
"….s?….gress…?...Tigress?" Tigress slowly opened her eyes, moaning slightly, and saw Viper hovering over her.
"Wha…what happened…?" Tigress asked, looking around. She was in her room again.
"You were knocked out…you have a cracked rib or two…but you should be ok…you got lucky…if it weren't for your…" Viper waved her tail at Tigress' chest. "…it probably would've been worse."
Tigress looked down to see that her vest had been removed and her chest was wrapped in bandages, and not just the ones that she wore across her chest because she was a female…in fact…those weren't there at all…she looked up at Viper. She had no hands therefore making it difficult to try and mend Tigress. Mantis was far too small, even though if he really tried Tigress was sure he would be able to mend and change her bandages. Crane was in the same boat with Viper, not having hands, and Monkey just wasn't the sort to be able to do anything medical. That would mean… "Who did this…?" Tigress tried to keep her voice as calm as possible, but Viper detected the venom.
"I-I mean…w-we all know t-that Felix was the one that hit you…so if that's w-what you're talking about…" Viper tried meekly. Tigress glowered at her. "It was Felix who mended you…" Viper said quickly.
"…After humiliating me not once, but twice…you still allow him to treat me….AND DISROBE ME?!"
"There was no one else that could help!" Viper tried to explain. "It's usually Master Shifu that treats us but he's away with Po! There was nothing we could do and he seemed to know what had to be done!"
"So you just let him have his way with me?!"
"NO!" Viper shook her head vigorously, blushing slightly at the mental image that Tigress had just put in her head. "I was with him the whole time! He didn't linger on anything! He just did what he said he had to and was done and left!"
"BUT YOU LET HIM TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF! Never, in all my life has any male other than Master see me like that!"
"Why are you being so hard on him?!" Viper cried back at Tigress. "Even when you found out Po was the Dragon Warrior and not you, you were never this hard on him! Even when he practically disgraced the art of Kung Fu, you never acted like this to him! Why Felix?!"
"It's because-!" Tigress suddenly stopped. Viper was right…no matter what Po did, she was never this hard on him. Sure what Felix did was…well…inappropriate… but it never deserved the attitude she was giving him.
Viper watched her in silence, making sure not to set off another rage attack.
It seemed like hours to Tigress as she pondered why she behaved like this towards Felix. Even with someone she hated, Tai Lung for instance, she's always kept her cool. In the end, only one thing came to mind, and it did nothing to make her feel better. "It's because…I guess it's because I've never met another tiger before…"
"You mean…you're…" Viper didn't finish her sentence…she didn't have to.
"I don't know…" Tigress looked away, as if shamed but her weakness. There was a moment's silence before Tigress stood up. "In any case I have to find him and apologize…"
Tigress said that, but Viper knew she planned to do a lot more than just apologizing. Tigress was confused, never having this feeling towards anyone else that Viper knew of, so she had to find out for sure, it was just the way she was… Viper watched Tigress leave the room after dawning her vest and belt back on and headed for the grounds, only to find Crane, Monkey, and Mantis closing the gates behind them as they walked in.
"W-where's Felix…?" Tigress asked, trying to sound like her usual cold self.
Monkey looked up at Tigress. "He left…just like you wished…he said…he's caused you enough trouble…and that he wouldn't be able to find the one he was looking for here…" No one expected to see Tigress look so stunned at the news.
"Just what did he mean by, 'the one he was looking for'…?" Crane wondered aloud, but Tigress wasn't listening.
She ran past them and pushed through the gates. She looked around and then down the long set of stairs towards the village. Just as she looked, she noticed a long white stripped tail flick out of sight. "Felix!" She cried out and raced down the steps.
Felix made his way to the village gates, giving the guards his usual smile.
"Leaving already?" One of the guards asked. "The Furious Five not good enough for you?" All the guards laughed.
Felix gave a bitter chuckle. "No…I just didn't….fit in…that's all…"
"Aw…that's too bad…well…Kung Fu's just not meant for everyone I guess…" Another guard said.
"It's nothing like that…it's just-"
"FELIX!"
Felix and the guards turned to see Tigress running towards them.
"Uh oh…sorry, guys…I have to go…" Felix muttered, and dashed out of the gates.
"WAIT!" Tigress shouted, but it was too late, by the time Tigress reached the gates, Felix was already out of sight.
"What happened, Master Tigress?!" One of the guards asked as they all crowded around her. "Did that guy do something?! Did he steal something?!"
Tigress felt a tear fall from her eyes. "I…I think he did…" She clutched at her chest. She knew now…why she was always so hard on Felix. She knew now, the reason she kept trying to push him away. She remembered, the past that she thought took the feeling she was experiencing away from her forever. And now…Felix would never know…that the reason she was pushing him away…was because…even with just two days of knowing him…she was in love…