Departure

"Everyone is ready to go, what should we do now?" Li Xiang walked with his commander.

"Lead them to the Valley and prepare to attack, I will go ahead with the shinobi to face the Dragon Warrior as well as his friends. When you see my signal have the men storm the village and meet me at the Jade Palace, bring plenty of soldiers." Kenji had confidence in his captain's ability to lead, he was after all his number two since he had first become a general back in Japan, all those years ago.

"Yes sir."

Morning

"Mmphmmh!"

Po's eyes shot open when he felt the weight of a tiger on top of him and something covering his mouth but closed them after figuring out who it was.

A few seconds of bliss passed until they both moved apart, he could feel whiskers grazing his cheek and warm breath blowing across his ear.

"Good morning " her voice was soft and amorous.

"Whoa..." He laid there awestruck, gently stroking the feline's cheek

Tigress beamed satisfied with her performance and stayed there sprawled out on top of him losing herself in his fluffiness until the doctor walked in on them.

"Hi Tigress, I just came tooooooo..." The antelope cleared his throat and gestured to them " Ahem. I'm sorry I see you two are busy."

Tigress hastily got off of Po and was now standing next to the bed with difficulty, grinning sheepishly at the disturbed doctor.

"Um, he's a friend."

"More than just friends by the looks of it. Anyways, I just came to tell you that we managed to fix you're broken ribs and punctured lung. You're free to go but your injuries still have to heal. Go easy with the kung fu.

"Easy" and "kung fu" in the same sentence? She never went easy on anything and wasn't about to start now because of a stupid scratch.

Tigress opened her mouth to say something in protest but the panda cut in.

"Awesome! Lets get out of here!" Po lifted the wounded tiger off her feet bridal style and zoomed past the still traumatized antelope at high speed. He wasn't exactly fond of hospitals or doctors for that matter.

As he sped through town villagers stopped to watch the Dragon Warrior bolt by.

"Po put me down! People are looking!"

"Jeez. At least try to be a little romantic." He smirked at the squirming tiger.

1000 Steps

Po was huffing when he reached the top, carrying someone up stairs wasn't easy. He gently set the feline in his arms down and slouched trying to recover but the tender kiss Tigress planted on his cheek brought him back to life. The Five and Shifu, who were waiting at the steps, all stared at her like she was crazy and Crane's jaw dropped. Shifu was rather disgusted.

"Tigress kissing Po, this is new." Monkey looked at the panda and winked giving him a thumbs up.

"What happened to you guys? You both look horrible." Viper asked them in her usual concerning voice.

"Yeah and why were you carrying Tigress? Did you guys finally bury the hatchet?" Crane looked at them curiously.

"What do you mean 'bury the hatchet'?" Shifu raised on of his eyebrows in a skeptical manner.

"Oh they did more than just that." Mantis guffawed and continued to howl with laughter until Viper abruptly tail-whipped him.

"Owww, I'm just kidding."

The pair gazed down at the floor to hide their raging blush as the Five (mostly Mantis) started to bombard them with questions. Shifu tightened his grip on his staff. He hated being ignored and all this nonsensical yapping was tipping him over the edge.

"SHUTUP!" Everyone froze and instantly quieted down. No one dared to bring on the wrath of Shifu.

"Po, tell us." his teeth clenched and he fidgeted "What did the two of you do last night?"

One explanation later...

He explained everything but decided to leave out the part about them sleeping in a hospital bed with good reason.

"This is not good. Do you know who they were?"

"The Zao Brothers I think, they seemed famous."

"They are! Wei and Shi Zao are the most notorious outlaws in all of China who make a living off bounties. They aren't cheap either, not everyone can afford their services."

"If they're so famous how come I've never heard of them?"

"Because Po, only people involved with the black market and in illegal business are familiar with them."

"Well who could have hired them? Monkey chimed in.

"That's the thing, who could have?" Shifu turned his back to all of them and looked down. "I must meditate on this, Po take Tigress to her room and tend to her needs. The rest of you continue your training and be on guard. Whoever sent these assassins could get more."

The Five bowed and left to go to the training hall, all of them shouting "Yes, Master Shifu." in unison. When everyone was out of sight Po and Tigress with a little help sauntered over to the barracks.

Shifu

The old master slowly ambled along towards the Moon Pool inside the palace ruminating on the kiss, he just couldn't get it off his mind. Seeing her kiss that panda...no it wasn't right even if it was just a peck on the cheek. It was odd for him to see that, Tigress never kissed anyone and even something as simple as a hug was often irritating to her. What if they did more than just "make up" last night. Eventually he came to the realization that leaving Po alone with Tigress wasn't such a good idea. A panda with his daughter? He wasn't going to let that happen.

Barracks

We sat down on the edge of my bed and faced each other. I hadn't forgotten about what had happened.

"Now that we're alone, I think it's time I properly thank you for saving me, Dragon Warrior" I began to close the gap between us.

Po gazed into the tiger's fiery ruby red eyes and started to retreat towards the other end of the bed, trying to avoid the advancing tiger. He liked the intimate moments they shared but something in those orbs of hers told him things were going to get a bit rough. It was unusual to see her like this even though they were in a secret relationship. The typical stern and serious look in her eyes was gone, something else was there, something different.

"Tigress?"

She didn't reply and continued staring intensely at him.

Now he was afraid this was definitely not the hardcore feline he knew. With his back against the wall and a fast approaching tiger infront of him he had nowhere to go.

"You're mine now panda."

Their lips met forcefully in a brash but very passionate shock and awe kiss. Tigress shifted to sit on his lap and pinned him against the wall with her paws. Po tried to resist but the sensations were overwhelming, his body refused. This was incredible. The sea of bliss cascaded over as she rubbed against him.

*SLAM*

"What is the meaning of this!?"

It took Po a minute to understand what was going but once he did all that pleasure quickly faded into fear. Without thinking he shoved Tigress off of him and looked at his master, more specifically the bulging vein on his forehead.

"Master Shifu, me and Tigress were just-"

"Shut it panda!" His eyes locked with his daughter's "How could you kiss this...THING!?"

"Father!"

"This is beyond unacceptable! I will have to separate you two, Po you will no longer be staying at the Jade Palace and YOU, will be sleeping in the training hall and training 24/7.

"Tigress, of all the things you've done...I'm very disappointed in you!"

"Of all the things I've done!? You've always been disappointed! I always did what you told me to to the best of my ability BUT YOU NEVER CARED! It was never enough for you! I trained for my whole life, practicing kung fu everyday until my bones BROKE and you were never satisfied and now you're doing this, restricting my life even more! Not once did you say 'I'm proud of you' or that you 'cared'! At least Po loves me and isn't afraid to show it!" She now stood in the doorway to her room looking back at him, "What kind of father are you?!" The tiger stormed out of the room slamming the door so hard a deafening crack was produced. With balled fists she headed towards the training hall leaving behind an ashamed Shifu and stunned Dragon Warrior.

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