Hi! Time for the second chapter of The Grand Design! Again, I'm sorry for what happened to the last edition of this story... But at least now I have a chance to make it better!
Gdown- Yeah, I understand. I took a hiatus from this and when I came back, it was gone, so...
Later that night, Tigress was sitting by the barred window, gazing at the moon. Her body felt tense and tight thanks to the kimono, and she wanted soo badly to break out of it!... Except she wasn't wearing anything underneath.
And to only add to the 'excitement' of being Silas's new toy, Rhian and the girls trashed Tigress's training clothes, despite her many... MANY protests and vulgar threats.
And now she sat there, wishing for the way things had been, and the way they would never be again...
Oh Po... she thought longingly, thinking of a certain panda-gone-white tiger, Where are you? I need you...
She heard the door open and someone scurry in, an odd franticness to her movements.
"Rhian," Tigress growled. "What do you want?"
"Tigress, you have to come quick!" Rhian exclaimed. "There are wolf bandits trying to break in! You have to help us!" Rhian cried desperately. "I know I've never asked for your help and I probably never will again, but please, Tigress! Help us!"
"I can't," Tigress drawled. "You took away my clothes, remember?"
Rhian stayed silent.
"And besides," Tigress continued, taking the silence as permission to go on, "I can't fight in this."
"Can't?" Ashia snarled behind Rhian. "Or won't?"
Tigress's pride swelled up inside her and she stood roughly, giving both cats an evil glare.
"What do you mean?" she thundered.
Ashia ignored her initial question. "What happened to the great Tigress of the Furious Five, huh? What happened to wanting to rip us apart limb for limb? What ever happened to your precious kung fu?"
Tigress's aggression increased by the second.
"You killed it." she snarled. "But don't think I don't want to rip you all apart. I just..." she gestured to her kimono in agitation. "can't."
The sound of shattering glass and demented barking broke the silence Tigress had made, and finally Rhian caved.
"We didn't trash your clothes." Rhian admitted. "We didn't even burn them. We just hid them until you were no longer his favorite."
Tigress's ears perked up in delight. "Let me have them!" she begged. "Please!"
"So you'll help us?" Ashia growled darkly.
Tigress only nodded and the two girls were off. Tigress took the time waiting to start undoing the knots of her kimono, finally becoming agitated enough to use her claws to slice them free. Ashia and Rhian saw this, and gasped in horror.
"What are you doing?! Rhian cried. "That's the finest silk in the province!"
"Correction," Tigress told her. "It was. Now let me have my clothes!"
It took the three girls a few minutes to get Tigress out of the kimono, as a kimono was a war in itself to get on. It was a pain in the ass to get off. But, the training clothes took virtually no time at all to get on. Then Tigress charged out of the room, in time to see Koza pinned against the wall by one of the wolf bandits. Tigress didn't like her, but anyone being attacked had no right to be.
"You insolent little-"
"Put her down, you filthy mutt." Tigress said calmly, creeping closer.
The wolf's gaze snapped to her, eyes wild.
"HA!" He laughed. "This is hilarious!"
Tigress silently fumed as she waited.
The wolf shrugged and threw Koza aside. Koza fell to the ground, and then without a second thought, scurried away as fast as she could. The wolf came closer.
"You're going to pay." he vowed.
Tigress smirked and dodged as he came in to land a punch on her. She dove under his feet and kicked him in the back from behind. Then she kicked his feet out from under him and rose to her own feet. She turned to get the next bandit, but froze at the scene before her.
No... she thought, horrified. No, there has to be some mistake!
Po came back inside reluctantly, head down in sadness. He wanted to get to Tigress NOW. Not in the morning, NOW.
But he felt the hot prickle of Shifu's stare, and so it was here he was forced to stay.