Author's note:

Hey! how's your summer going? well, that is if you are on summer... if not, well, I hope you are having a great day! So, I was actually supposed to update this yesterday, but I updated my other story, so I guess I switched my schedule. I hope you guys still find this interesting!

ENJOY!

The next day Red woke up with a heavy heart. She wanted to stay all day tucked on her bed, but she couldn't. That was not her role now. Her past self might have made those kind of decisions, but she wouldn't. She was going to survive, besides, is not like she even had a chance with him for starters. It was just hope...false hope. And with that gone, she was in the clear.

She made sure that he was sleep and took off her shirt, she then put on the clean one that was laying by her bed. Once it was put on she stretched. She looked back at the panda who was still sleeping. He needed to wake up...but she wasn't going to say a word to him, not until she made sure her emotions were gone and under control.

She forgot that her dagger was not there, and she walked out of her tent like that.

"Morning Chief" Leng said; he was carrying piles of wood. He set them on the ground and began to make a fire. Then Chang came to the picture, carrying some tofu, dumplings and some fruit.

"Where'd you get that?" Red asked, helping him by taking the bags of fruit.

"Used the money to buy food at the village" He answered. Out of the two, Chang was the coldest. He didn't match up to Red, but he was always the one willing to do the hard stuff.

"One of you go wake Po up" She ordered as she set down the food and grabbed a peach. She smiled when the juice spread on her mouth...she hadn't eaten one in years, and the flavor was always a familiar one. Which is why she tried not to eat them.

"I'll go" Chang said, then winked at Leng without Chief seeing. Red finished her peach.

"Chief, I was wondering, what happened between you and Po?" Leng asked innocently as he prepared the food.

"Nothing happened between us" She answered,

"Are you sure? Po seemed pretty...giddy after you two came back from the robbery" Red raised an eyebrow,

"Liar. Nothing happened, he could be dead for all I care" She said, frowning. Chang came back with Po, who was avoiding making eye contact with the feline.

"Tomorrow we go to the Valley of Peace first thing in the morning, but since we are all prepared, then you can have the day off. Go to the village, go steal stuff, I don't care. Just be back at night. Leng, you are responsible for making dinner" Red said as she began searching for her dagger.

"Anyway you are free to go" she muttered. Chang and Leng smiled and ran into the forest. Po wasn't even sure if they actually knew where they were going, his best guess was a bar on the town. He sighed, he didn't have anything to do. But staying at the camp with Red didn't sound like a good option for him, not with what happened last night.

Red was tapping on her belt, waiting for her dagger to fall out. She started to panic when she couldn't find it. And it didn't help that the panda was looking at her.

"Aren't you going to go?" She asked, her eyes still darting around her waist.

"What are you searching for?" He answered instead.

"Why would you care?" She said roughly.

"I just want to help" Red groaned. Can't he take a hint and go away!? She bit her lip to keep her from cursing. Not that she didn't want to, but she didn't wanted to worsen the image the panda held of her. And that only made her mad at herself, she shouldn't care about what he thought. He was one person. And she was fine without him. And there were tons of other guys who would die just to be with her...so why wouldn't he?

Her mind was now around these thoughts and not the dagger.

"Ummm, you ok?" She snapped and saw the panda giving her an odd look.

"I'm fine, panda" she sighed and gave up after not being able to find the dagger. She looked up, as of the sky could bring back the place where she had left it.

"Geez, I was just wanted to help" Po rolled his eyes and dug his hands into his pockets. Red just narrowed her eyes.

"You are lucky I don't have my dagger with me, or else you'd be dead" she threatened.

"I doubt that" Po retorted. Red just bought up her arms and pretended to squeeze the life out of him. Po chuckled at how childish she was being, but he still backed away.

"Fine, I guess I'll just. ...go" he said, taking slow steps,

"I would like that"

"Then I'll go...now...just-"

"GO!" She finally yelled, reaching her patience limit. The panda walked out of the camp, only to observe her from afar.

Red bit her lip and began muttering under her breath. At the end, she just went back inside the tent. Po only stayed behind a tree, observing what she would do. He began to wonder what she was going to do with her free time and why she wanted that dagger. He started to imagine the worse. Moments later, the feline stepped out of the tent, and for what Po could see, she was carrying the bag of money, but he still saw that she didn't have the dagger hanging from her waist. He gasped and covered his mouth, afraid that she would hear him. Red began to walk away, then the walking turned to running. Po followed close behind, wondering where she was going with the money.

'Probably off to buy beer, wine, daggers" he thought to himself. Then he stopped. He looked around. It was the village they stole from.

"What is she doing here? " he whispered, watching how the feline jumped on the roofs of the the establishments. He never lost sight of her. The only difference is that he remained in the shadows of the alleyways while she was in plain sun. The village was empty though..no one was probably doing tons of things at this hour...or maybe it was because this was the border of the town.

Red got down from the rood and landed beside a shop. Po was across the street, watching what she would do next. She got inside the shop by a window that was left opened. Po got a little closer to see what she was doing inside, observing where she was going to steal from.

He widen his eyes. It was a Toy store. It didn't made sense. Not at all. He watched Red grab a bag she had kept on one of her pockets and how she started to put some toys inside of it, with a gentle smile plastered on her face. Po could only stare. She was stealing. ..toys? But wait, she wasn't stealing. She left the money scattered on the counter, with a small note,

'Hopefully this will do'

Po glanced towards the feline back again. She was now hiding in the shadows, walking fast and looking constantly to her sides. Po was close behind her. She entered a tall, gray building. Po stopped at the entrance. He tried to peek inside, but that would be too risky. Instead, he darted his eyes to the name of the building,

Li-wan Orphanage

He gasped once again. He darted his eyes back to the entrance, then to the name, then back again to the entrance. The whole toys, money, secret, now it made sense. It all spun around his head. Red...she was...helping. He stood there, grasping the fact, when the door opened.

Red turned around only to be met face to face with the panda.

"Po?!" She whispered angrily. Then she realized everything. He saw her. She widen her eyes, wanting to have her dagger with her so badly.

"You-" he began,

"What? " she said, shoving him aside and peeking out into the street,

"You donated. .." he saw her avoid him, and he would let her go...except he couldn't. He grabbed her paw and twirled her so she was facing him once again.

"Let go off me" and it was then when she realized that the panda was actually pretty strong. And try as she might, it appeared their strength was equal.

"Hold on, please explain to me what's actually going on with you" He said, looking into her eyes and losing grip on her. Red sighed,

"If you want that, you will tell me about you as well" She said, narrowing her eyes; he frowned, but he was really curious about her now more than ever, so he nodded. She gave him a small smirk,

"Very well, then let's get out of here and to a place where we can actually talk" she sated, leading him out of the town by a shortcut, and taking him to a place hidden on the forest. Po followed her steps, and when he looked at her, he found himself not seeing the same person. Something had changed.

I guess it must have been me. I guess I discovered that something that was under her mask. But that doesn't mean I am not confused, I am. I can't comprehend how she can do something as kind and innocent and then do the complete opposite! Then again, i felt relieved when I saw her do that. And then, this weird feeling on my stomach. Maybe I was nervous? I couldn't identify what it was. I am hoping to find out all her secrets, to know who she is, or at least her real name, that would be a big accomplishment. But, I am forgetting something. In order to do that, I have to reveal myself. And I am not happy with that idea... am I worried what she will think of me after she realizes...everything about me? I shouldn't. I really shouldn't. And then it hit me again, I did that to her, didn't I?

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