Jade Palace

Po was wheezing by the time he made it up the 1000 steps but didn't stop when he heard the sounds of the Five in the training hall going at it. If he waited any longer Shifu would probably make him run up the steps 10 times over. He nearly collapsed when he made it through the doors.

"Ah, Dragon Warrior, you're late."

Po held up a finger while he hunched over to catch his breath

"Master [wheezing] Shifu your probably wondering why [wheezing] I'm late, well you see I was-"

"Save your breath Po, I don't want to hear any of you're lousy excuses. As punishment for being late, you will be sparring with Master Tigress. Once you are done training you are all free to do whatever you wish, don't forget about the festival today" Shifu walked out of the training hall heading to the Dragon Grotto to meditate.

Po looked over at Tigress, watching her effortlessly glide through the wooden warriors and get off the equipment, immediately entering a ready stance not even slightly winded.

"C'mon Po I don't have all day!" Tigress teased him as she thought he was tired.

Po smiled as he walked over to her getting into his own signature stance. By now he had caught his breath, ever since becoming the Dragon Warrior his stamina and endurance had increased greatly. Po feigned exhaustion.

"Get ready to feel the thunda!"

Tigress smiled, she had always won against Po and since he was "tired" she was fooled into thinking this would be an easy battle.

"Are you ready Dragon Warrior?"

"Yeah, lets GO!" he cheered enthusiastically

Tigress charged at him unleashing a flurry of kicks and punches only to have them blocked by Po, his panda style was all about defense while Tigress's tiger style was mostly offense, the two styles complimented each other almost like Yin and Yang

Neither one seemed to be gaining any ground, both held their own against the other

Po managed to keep up with her as the incessant assault continued scanning for an opportunity to counter. Tigress was rather impressed with how much he had improved but didn't think he was good enough to beat her, pride clouded her judgement of his skills causing her be slightly sloppy. Po was beginning to fall behind although he had improved his stamina Tigress still had far more than him, she was coming at him strong and if he didn't do something quick he was going to be overpowered. Po searched Tigress for a weakness and found one, her left leg was slightly off, Tigress had been focusing on her attacks so much she forgot to correct her improper form, Po exploited this and immediately swept her leg causing Tigress to fall onto the wooden floor.

Tigress was dazed when she hit the hard training room floor but recovered rapidly by doing a kip up.

Po used this moment to his advantage, while Tigress was getting up he moved onto the offense by attacking before she could get into a defensive stance. When Tigress got back on her feet he grabbed her using the momentum from the kip up to send her flying into the training hall wall. Tigress growled drawing the attention of the other members of the Furious Five. Everyone had stopped to watch the scene unfolding before them.

Now she was mad and Po knew Tigress can get a bit reckless when she's pissed. She decided to use her special Tahlia Leap move and Po from training with her so often was hoping for this. As Tigress came at him expecting to deal a devastating blow, he sidestepped and grabbed her redirecting the momentum into the ground. A loud boom was heard when she slammed into the wooden floor with Po lying ontop pinning her down.

Crane's beak dropped down when he saw that Tigress had finally been beaten.

"Aha! How'd you like that? Looks like the unbeatable Master Tigress isn't so unbeatable after all!" Po gloated

Her pride was crushed, she felt embarrassed that she had been defeated by this...PANDA! Anger was controlling her now.

"Get off me you fat slob!"

Tigress used all her strength to forcefully knock Po off of her taking him off guard.

"Ouch, Tigress what was that f-"

"For being a useless piece of shit, I can't believe Oogway chose you, a stupid panda, to be the Dragon Warrior. You're nothing but an ugly retard!"

Those words stung, Po was breaking on the inside.

"Get out of my ****ing sight."

Po didn't hesitate, he started walking towards the doors while Tigress glared at him and the rest of the Five just watched silently.

Once Po was out of sight, Tigress stormed off heading to her room not realizing what she had just done.

When Po got through the doors he started running towards the steps hastily making his way down them. He wanted nothing to do with Tigress or the Jade Palace right now.

Back with the Five at the Training Hall

"I'm going to go talk to Tigress, you guys go find Po" Viper was worried for both of her friends.

The others didn't waste any time and immediately began to search the grounds for Po.

With Po

Po was broken, he couldn't believe what Tigress had said to him, he thought she loved him. Who could love a fat panda like him. It was foolish of him to think someone actually loved him for who he was, he let this happen, actually trusting someone with his heart. He sobbed quietly. Tears streamed down his face as he sat down with his feet in a river. He listened to the waterfall that flowed into the river trying to calm down after the traumatizing event. It replayed over in his mind. "Fat", "Retard", "Slob", "Ugly" was all he could think about.

With Tigress and Viper

Tigress was fuming in her room, not even bothering to think about how Po felt.

She heard her door open

"I didn't say you could co-"

"I know you didn't!" Viper was enraged at how she treated Po "What the **** happened to you back there. "What you said to him was cruel even by your standards."

"I'm sorry I was just so embarrassed I-"

"You think it's bad for you, imagine how crushed he his."

Reality sunk in, Viper was right, what she said to him was beyond wrong. Images of Bao Gu came back to her, she had just treated him like the kids at the orphanage treated her. She curled up into a ball on the floor.

"Po..."

"Whats wrong with me, I'm a monster. All I do is hurt people." She remembered how he had comforted her back at Gongmen City.

"Tigress, stop. You have to go talk to him," she was to busy thinking about what she had done, berating herself, to notice Viper "...RIGHT NOW!" Vipers yelling voice brought her back from the reverie she was in. Tigress looked up when the door opened, expecting to see Po there but instead the it was Monkey, Mantis and Crane all shouting.

"We couldn't find him!" We checked everywhere, even Master Shifu's room.

Tigress got up and shoved everyone aside, sprinting on all fours to go look for him down in the Valley.

Tigress frantically searched everywhere, calling out his name, she didn't care if everyone was staring at her, Po was all that was on her mind. She figured his dad knew so she asked Mr. Ping but he didn't know either. Out of ideas Tigress went to the ironwood forest to train until she broke.

In the Forest with Tigress

Tigress was walking in the middle of the forest when she heard it. It was the sound of a fist meeting a tree, the very same *Thwack* she heard back in Gongmen City. Tigress knew who was making that noise and sprinted towards it once again on all fours

With Po

Po had had enough, he'd taken Tigress's crap before but this was the last straw he was now punching an ironwood taking out his anger on the tree, his rage fueled not by fear of his friends getting hurt but by hatred for the world. The blows were even more powerful than the ones he threw back in the Gongmen City Outskirts, causing the skin on his hands to peel away with each blow leaving only raw flesh. He stopped when he heard his name being called and something orange and black running towards him. He began to turn and walk away but fell as he was tackled.

Dazed and disoriented from the forceful tackle he regained his senses when he felt something wet hit his cheek. It was a tear. He looked up to see Tigress gazing at him. Po watched as water was trickled out of her eyes and onto his face. She had a look of pure misery.

"Po..."

She looked more hurt than he did probably from beating herself up. Out of his good nature he wiped a tear from her face with is thumb and stared into her crimson orbs.

Tigress felt his thumb brush his cheek and felt slight relief but wasn't satisified knowing he had forgiven her. She began to make amends.

Po saw her face move closer to him and felt a pair of soft lips meet his, all the pain in his hands from punching was gone. Tigress tasted peaches as they both enjoyed each other, like from the Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom, her tongue started to slip into his mouth wanting to taste more. Po moved his arms inside Tigress's vest and began to softly rub her back to assure her that everything was okay causing her to reciprocate with a low purr. Po got up and looked into the eyes of the tiger that was currently sitting on his lap.

"Apology accepted" Po said and they both sat there embracing each other not bothering to go the Festival that day even if it was for Po and the Five.