Cruise Again 2


Po was up early the next morning. The group had decided to switch rooms for the night. Po bunked in with Monkey while Tigress slept in Crane and Po's room. Upon coming back, Tigress could see that Crane and Viper were still... busy. But Po was up the next morning, got his swimming trunks on, and went to the back of the ship on deck 14. This is known as the Sports area. Here, they had zip lines, basketball courts, mini golfing, ping-pong tables, and two special things called "Flowriders". They allow people to surf on the ship, and surprisingly, that's what Po was about to do. He knew that the Flowrider would be less crowded in the morning because most people were getting food or working out. "You're here for the Flowrider?" Asked the gentleman at the machine. Po nodded. "Do you know how to surf?" Po shrugged. "Okay, let's see what you got." Po got on the board. "Now you want to be very-" Before the man could finish, Po let go of the man and began surfing like a pro.

Pretty soon, a crowd had gathered around the Flowrider. Po began doing spins on the Flowrider. He even stood on one foot and spread his arms and legs like a ballerina. He also surfed around to make the water splash onto people who were waiting. When he finally decided he had enough, he pulled back and exited the Flowrider. "That was awesome!" Said a small orange cat kid. Po smiled and left the Flowrider.

"I didn't know you could surf." Said a voice behind him. Po turned around to see Tigress with a shocked face. Po nervously rubbed the back of his head.

"You saw that?"

"From the breakfast buffet. Imagine my surprise to see a surfing pro that is my boyfriend," Tigress smirked. "Why didn't you tell me you could surf? And surf well at that?"

"Eh, I don't like telling people about myself much. You know how I am," Po replied. Tigress nodded. He never really liked talking about himself. It made him seem little show-offy.

"Why did you do it so early? I knocked on the door and neither you or Monkey were there. I assumed you went to the breakfast buffet," Tigress asked.

"I don't like many people seeing me, but that kind of defeats the purpose when I attracted so many people," Po replied.

"And you barely got wet, too," Tigress pointed out. Po's stomach growled. "Come on, let's get you something to eat." So they went to the breakfast buffet and sat there. It was always packed during the 9-10 am. "Where did you learn to surf like that?" Tigress asked.

"I use to go to a place in upper Nashville that had a similar surfing machine. A friend of mine told me about it and I decided to go there," Po replied.

"Where was I when this happened?" Tigress asked. Po shrugged.

"What can I say? You've had a positive influence on me. I've been trying to get out more ever since you've moved to Nashville." Tigress smiled.

"So, you're still in your trunks. After you eat, we could go to the Solarium and hang out," Tigress suggested. Before Po could protest, Tigress added, "Don't worry, we'll go around midday. Right now, we have the whole ship to ourselves and you know it better than me." Po looked at the ship's itinerary for the day.

"Well, there's nothing really going on. So, we can just walk around," Po suggested. Then he snapped his fingers. "Hey, I know a place we can go."

It really wasn't a surprise that Tigress found herself at the card room. She frowned as Po was a little giddy about it. "Po! This isn't what I thought you meant by someplace we could go."

"Hmm? Oh, I didn't mean that. I'm trying to figure out something I keep hearing," Po replied. Suddenly, they both heard something like a kid messing around on the piano. "Come on." They went up one deck to see a special place for kids. There he saw a little kid playing with a step piano. "Oh, so that's what it is." Curious, Tigress walked up to the piano and starting stepping on it. Now, the thing is only about a full octave, so it went from middle C to 2nd high C. But she fiddled around with it and slowly there was music being made from the foot piano. Several parents who were around started clapping when she was done. Po smiled widely. "I didn't know you could play the piano."

"My grandfather used to teach me," Tigress explained. Po sat down on the steps for a while. "What's up?"

"There's something I want to ask you about your... Uncle Tai-Lung."

"What about him?"

"How is he your uncle?" Po asked. Tigress laughed.

"He's actually my grandfather's former student, but he hung around him a lot. I accidentally called him 'uncle' one day, and I've been calling him Uncle Tai-Lung ever since." Tigress explained.

"And what is he to you?" Po questioned. Tigress's head jerked back a bit.

"Are you... jealous of him?" Tigress asked.

"No! What made you think that?"

"Because usually, people don't ask that kind of question unless they feel threatened by someone," Tigress said.

"I'm just trying to learn more about you," Po honestly said. Tigress slowly let it go.

"He's more of a... an annoying big brother to me," Tigress replied. Po laughed.

"Well, uncles do have that tendency from time to time," Po replied. Then he got back on the previous subject. "Why would I be jealous of him? There's obviously a family relationship there."

"I just found it weird how you phrased it. If you had asked me what is he like, I probably wouldn't have asked," Tigress explained.

"Okay, well, now where do we go?" Po asked. Tigress thought about it.

"Actually, I was thinking of doing a little challenge. It's more or less for me than you," Tigress said.

"Okay, what is it?"

"I want to see entire ship," Tigress said. Po groaned.

"You've got to be kidding me. Tigress, I know I have my doctor's curse, but that doesn't mean I willingly do it."

"Okay, how about we work our way up? We go from deck 2-5 and do deck 6-12 after we have lunch," Tigress suggested.

"Tigress, 2 and 3 only have the banquet hall."

"I know, but I want to see it without the crowd," Tigress said.

"Why do you want to do this?" Po asked.

"Because I want to know how it's like when you wander around," Tigress said sympathetically. Po smiled.

"I don't wander anymore. With you, I know where I'm going," Po said. Tigress smirked.

"Charmer," She joked. While they were laughing, Tigress noticed a married couple walking by holding each other's hands. She could see their rings on their hands. Po noticed her change from happy to emotionless.

"Are you okay?"

"Hmm? Oh, I'm fine. Come on, let's grab the elevator and start," She said brushing the incident away.

Their wandering got a little interesting when they got to the 4th deck. There they found the ice rink. The people skating around aimlessly almost made Po laugh out loud. Then both of them recognized someone. There, slipping and sliding on the ice was Dr. Monkey, but someone was with him. A short red female fox, who was skating like a pro. When their session was finally over, Tigress and Po walked over to them. "Hey, Monkey," Po greeted.

"Oh, hey Po, Tigress, what's up?" Monkey smiled widely.

"Um... we were just walking around and then we found you," Tigress explained.

"Oh, that's good," Monkey simply said. It was quiet for a while. Then the fox purposely coughed. "Oh, right," Monkey said slapping his head, "This is Mai. I found her at the library near the card room." Po covered his mouth so he wouldn't laugh. "Don't. Say. Anything, Po," Monkey threatened. Po breathed in and had to turn around to not be rude.

"So, how have you been doing with Monkey, Mrs. Mai," Tigress asked, completely clueless as to why Po was laughing.

"It's been great. He's very funny to be around. And quite the charmer," Mai smirked. Po finally got his laughing under control, but he still held his smirk.

"So, Mrs. Mai, how did you meet each other in the library?"

"Po, shut up," Monkey grunted out.

"You needn't worry about those two. They fight like brothers from time to time," Tigress explained.

"Good to know, and please just call me Mai," The fox said.

"Well, if there are no more questions, Mai and I will be going now," Monkey quickly said. With that, the two were gone. Tigress glared at Po.

"What?" Po asked, laughing.

"What was so funny?" Tigress asked.

"Okay, remember when Monkey asked you where you and I met? Well, the reason why he asked that is because he wanted to figure out if there were any more hot and gorgeous women like you."

"He did not say that," Tigress said. She knew Monkey enough to know what he would say and wouldn't say.

"Yeah, but that's what I say about you," Po smirked. Tigress rolled her eyes, but she was flattered nonetheless. "So I just found it funny that he found this lady, not at his usual dancehalls, but in the library. He teased me so I teased him," Po smiled. Tigress shook her head.

"You two are brothers at heart," Tigress murmured.

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