Author's note:

Hey! Well, here is the next chapter, I hope you enjoy it!

Oh, and those who are following wildkratticusfever, she asked me to say that she hasn't been updating her stories because she had been working on this University poster, and she has been helping her mom lately, so she hardly has time to work on her stories… she is trying though!

Ok, with that announcement being said…

ENJOY!

Chapter 8

Po was confused, his mind came back to the kiss with Song, how warm it felt, yet how empty it was. Then it came back to Tigress, her beautiful scarlet eyes, the one he was expecting to see after the kiss. Her smile, the one he hoped to see forever. The feeling of her paws with his, it just felt so perfect. It just felt as if they were made for each other.

If only he could realize that.

He kept walking, often stumbling, until he got to the kitchen, where Crane was already eating some dumplings and making some tea. It smelled really good. Po stepped inside, hoping to join Crane, maybe it would help him clear his mind.

But, I shouldn't be feeling this; I'm just friends with Tigress. Is not like she loves me. And Song, she loves me, she kissed me. She was the one who confessed. She is the one I should be thinking of, not Tigress. Why her?! She didn't do anything, she doesn't feel anything!

"Hey Crane" He said, happy to see his buddy. Crane frowned and just mumbled back another hello.

"Is there something wrong?" he asked, Crane had finished making his tea, and took a sip out of his tea, then looked at Po.

"I don't know, is there?" Crane asked him. Po seriously didn't know why Crane was mad at him,

"Ok, why are you mad?" Po asked him, not knowing what he did to mess things up with him. Crane sighed.

"Po, do you really love Song?" Crane asked. Po stumbled back a little, he really didn't expected to be asked that question.

"I… well she loves me" He said, hoping that was enough for an answer, unfortunately it wasn't.

"Po, I know is none of my business, but you should know that Tigress loves you, and I hope you realize that you just kissed Song in front of her". Crane explained.

"She doesn't love me Crane. If she did, she would have told me" He stated as matter-of-factly. Crane was getting impatient with him, so he just raised an eye-brow.

"What do you think she was going to tell you all those times she got interrupted by Song?" Crane responded. Po opened his mouth to reply, but then closed it again realizing that Crane was right.

"So, she loves me." He muttered, making sure it wasn't all just a dream. Crane nodded.

"Well, at least I think so, I'm not sure if she still does, after all, you did kissed the other girl in front of her face and you" Crane started saying, getting cut off by the panda.

"I get it ok!" Po yelled ashamed now.

"So what am I supposed to do now?" Po asked him. For him it seemed that Crane had all the answers.

"That's up to you. But I would recommend thinking about Song and Tigress, not saying that I favor one over another, but think about which one you love. However, you DID kissed Song back, so you basically chose her". Po grunted, something about the fact that he kissed Song made him feel uncomfortable.

"Gee, thanks. I will think about all that" Po said, making a big motion with his hands, and then heading outside.

With Song…

She was at the Peach tree, she was wondering if Po was thinking about coming back or if he forgot about her, like he did about Tigress.

She smirked at that. She was wondering what Tigress was going to say. It was true, she didn't hated her; even though she was pretty sure Master Tigress did.

After waiting for a couple of minutes, she started to walk towards the Jade Palace. She started searching for Po, so she instantly headed to the kitchen, where he most likely was.

She was right, he was there. But he was there with, Crane. They were having a conversation.

What are they talking about? Are they talking about… me!? Hold on… She perked her ears more.

And Tigress!?

She was listening to what Crane was saying about Tigress.

She. She LOVES him! She loves MY panda!

She started to get jealous, she knew Tigress hated her, but this, this was war. Tigress wanted to take Po away from her. She was the one who confessed, and now she is the one saying that she loves him!

Song started taking short breaths, trying to calm herself down.

Don't worry. You told Po, he kissed you. He loves you, not Tigress.

She felt better, but she still wanted to make sure Tigress got the message that Po was hers, and only hers. A grin spread across her face. But she wanted to wait, maybe Tigress would get the idea, and just stop chasing after him. After all, at this rate, is she kept chasing, she would get to a dead end-street.

When she heard nothing coming from the kitchen, then she knew the conversation was over, she quickly made her way to the barracks, not wanting to be caught spying on them. Once she got there, she started heading to her room, but stopped when she heard someone sobbing. She looked around to see where it was coming from. No one besides Tigress was there, therefore, she had to be the one sobbing.

She went closer to her room, indeed, Tigress was the one sobbing. For one second, she felt guilty. She didn't know why though. She shook off the thought and went into her room.

With Tigress…

They are going to break up sooner or later… yeah. Don't worry. Is like Crane said, he will realize he loves me… hopefully.

What did I do to deserve this?

I will try to leave them alone, I will leave Song alone. Of course if she dares to do anything to my panda, then she will be dead.

With… no one, I just had to write this

Po had made up his mind, or actually he had already done. Like Crane said, he had already kissed Song. And he couldn't take that back. Po decided to go with Song.

Po and Song started dating, the first one to know about them, was Crane. Crane was disappointed, but of course didn't show it, he hoped Po was going to realize that he loved Tigress. But Po decided to go out with Song, she was the easy one, she was the sure answer and he didn't wanted to risk it.

Po also told his dad about it, who smiled at the news, but then had a private talk with him.

"So I see you have a new girlfriend" Mr. Ping said.

"Yeah, isn't she nice?" Po replied excitedly.

"Yes, but what about Master Tigress?" His dad asked, also aware of the feline's emotions. Po felt a knot in his stomach at the mention of her name. Something he thought he was over with. But the feeling was enjoyable, something he didn't get when he was around with Song.

"I well, I decided, that I will better off with Song. I mean, I don't know how Tigress feels, or anything. And Song loves me, so." Po said, trying to convince his dad, and himself.

"Mmhhm, Ok son. I'm happy for you. If she makes you happy, then I'm fine with your decision" Mr. Ping finally said, before going back to attending his customers. Po was standing there, thinking.

Dad, your talks always make me even more confused! What do you mean by all that stuff you say? I mean, Song does makes me happy, and Tigress… she is just perfect… I mean, she is a friend, but… ok, I will just forget this, and go back with Song.

He went outside to where Song was. He put his arm around her waist, and they went back to the Jade palace.

Of course, the rest came and got informed of Po's new relationship, they were all happy for him, and even Tigress, she forced a smile when Po announced them that they were dating. Crane knew that inside, she was really hurting and she was just being strong.

But she couldn't hold it for long, so after a couple of seconds after, she excused herself and went to her room. Where she started sobbing. But she still hold onto the hope.

She still hoped that one day she was going to be able to confess, that it would all get better.

But it didn't work. It just got worse for her.

2 weeks had passed and they were both still dating, Po still felt that something was missing, but he never said anything about it, thinking it would just bring problems. He was giving a little bit more thought about Tigress, maybe he did love her, but he just didn't wanted to admit it.

And Tigress, she was sad, she only talked to Crane, who was the only one who knew what was going on. She went back to her usual hardcore, cold self.

And she couldn't bring herself to face Po. She just felt like she was going to melt. So she started avoiding him. When Po came to join them at dinner along with his new girlfriend, Tigress would excuse herself and go to her room. During training, she always went to the opposite side and avoided eye contact. And if there was a mission where she actually had to talk to him, she would just tell it really quickly and go away to her position.

She hated being like this, but it was just so… hurtful, awkward, sad, upsetting, tense, weird, happy. And she wasn't made for that. Who was she kidding, she was not made to feel anything at all! It didn't made sense. And besides, even if she went with him, Song will be there, and maybe she didn't hated her as much as she used to, but she was just a reminder that her heart had been broken and that she was alone. So again, she avoided them.

It wasn't until one week, where she actually started to try to move on, or admit that she Po was gone. Admit that she was a hopeless romantic, mostly because it was affecting her deeply, her training had worsen, like my love life she always said.

She hadn't been eating well, and she wasn't speaking to anyone.

That's when Crane decided it was going too far.

"Tigress, I know it's hard, but you can't be going on like this" Crane said, they were both on her room, Tigress was meditating and Crane was trying to get her to listen to him.

"Whatever" She muttered.

"No! Tigress, there are other people who need you! Yes, right now Po and Song might still be dating, but remember, you are THE master Tigress, do you really think a boy deserves the power to make you feel like this?! Besides, if you have any chance with him whatsoever, you will want to be good, healthy and strong… Not like you are right now!" Crane yelled at her.

Tigress was shocked, no one had ever yelled at her, no one had knocked her some sense into her head. She was usually the one with the job.

"Besides, I'm not sure Po actually loves her, before they started dating, I asked him. And he didn't say that he loved her, he just said that Song loves him, so I think he just choose her because well, she was the one in his hands I guess" Crane explained.

"But the point is that you should stand up and start being productive, and if you still love him, then you should do something about it!" He finished shouting.

Tigress was on the floor, where she was meditating, her eyes were opened really wide. She never knew Crane could be like that. If he was trying to make her feel better, it kind of work, it wasn't a really good pep talk but it did its job, she stood up and smiled at him.

"Thanks, I really needed that" She said. She took a deep breath and fixed her fur, then opened her door, it was dinner time, so everyone was at the kitchen eating. Crane and Tigress went to join them.

Everyone was shocked and happy that Tigress was going to eat with them, because they were getting concerned about their friend.

"Guys, I'm... Uhh... Sorry. I was just… really stressed out about something". She looked around and saw her friends greeting her with welcoming smiles. She was going to take her seat, when Po motioned her to stop, he pulled pull out the chair for her, as a gentleman would do, and Tigress sat down and thanked him.

Po felt relieved that Tigress wasn't avoiding him anymore. He had noticed that she always managed to get out whenever he came in. It was as if he were chasing something that he could never reach. So now Tigress smiling at him, made his heart warm up, and have the knot appear into his stomach again, something that he had to concede to have missed. The knot that reminded him that there was something better.

But this actions were being noticed by a certain other feline. She growled, not loud enough for everyone to hear. She really thought that Master Tigress had moved on, but you could see in her eyes that she still have a soft spot for Po. She still hold that spark towards him.

She narrowed her eyes.

I think I will have to get her the message a little bit more clearly, no more waiting.

Hey, I know this chapter was long, but I hoped you like it, at first I was running out of inspiration, but then halfway through the story, I became so inspired! I might be updating every 2 days, depending on the reviews I get, also I tried not to make Song such a b*tch, so those who like Song, please don't hate me, I tried my best, really, it was hard but I tried. I hoped you like it and review. Again, I will be updating soon.

TiPo Me: What is Song going to do!?

Normal Me: You'll see…

TiPo Me: If I cry because of this, you are going to be in serious trouble…

Normal Me: *nervous laugh*

-Peace out :)