Training Day

The next morning, Tigress woke up to see that Po had left his bed already. He left a note that said, 'Went to go train. No, I'm serious. I'm training.' The reason why that was weird to Tigress was that Po never got up early to train. But she figured that it was different when it came to this. She stretched around then got ready to greet Po and the others. One of the duck servants pointed her to the training hall where Po and Lee were fine tuning their samurai skills. Zaber's sword knocked Two-side back to the ground. Lee rubbed his head as Po helped him back up. "I thought that your skills would lessen after all these years, but now I see that they've only increased," Lee commented.

"Thanks," Po said unsure how to replied. Then he noticed Tigress watching by the side. He nervously cleared his throat, "Um...let's get back to training," Po said to Lee. They stood facing each other with their swords drawn. Lee ran at Po as their katanas clashed together. Po actually jumped over Lee and knocked him off his feet with his feet. Lee got back up, plunged his katana into the ground, and used it to throw his body forward. Po dodged to the right and hit Lee at a number of points to throw him off.

"You sneaky little," Lee muttered frustrated. He ran towards Po swinging his swords left and right. Po blocked each one with his katana. Then he blocked one of Lee's swings, rolled the sword around, and flung it out of Lee's hand. Po then took his hand and used the move that Yijiro used on him when they first met. Tigress was amazed! He had only seen...well experienced the move one time and he could replicate it. Po was now sitting on Lee and he flailed out against the ground. "Uncle! Uncle!" Po smiled as he slowly got up from him, helping him up as well. "Thank goodness Mei wasn't here to see that," Lee said undignified.

"Too late," Mei said leaning against one of the pillars of the training arena. Lee flinched in embarrassment when she heard her voice. She smirked at him. "It looks like Zing-Zing has gotten better in his absence. You and Lee use to be equally matched. Now you've far surpassed him." Lee huffed a little in jealousy. Mei grabbed his arm and smiled warmly at him. "But you did good too, honey."

"Oh sure. Give me a compliment after the insult," Lee complained. Po chuckled.

"Thank you, Milady." Then he turned around to see Tigress standing at the entry way, "Good morning, Master Tigress. How was your sleep?"

"Um...good thanks," Tigress said a little unsure. "So, how do I train for the upcoming battle?" Po looked around. Then he saw Leo coming in with his tea.

"Leo can train with you," Po said surprising Leo to the fullest.

"Who can do what with who now?" Leo said surprised.

"Of course you'll help her. After all, who knows the ways of the tiger better than you?" Po smiled patting Leo on the back. Leo looked at him with mouth opened and eyes wide.

"You son of a motherless goat," Leo said still in a state of shock.

"Motherless goat? Is such a thing possible? Anyways, I still need to train with Lee and Mei on my samurai techniques. You, the Fighting Demon, are free, aren't you? Unless you have a date with a certain tigress in which I could use that over your head for blackmail," Po said smiling innocently. Leo still had his shocked face on.

"You evil little panda. I will kill you," He said perfectly calm. Po patted him on the back.

"Wouldn't have it any other way," Po replied going back to his training. Leo rolled his eyes as he directed Tigress to come with him.

"That blasted panda's getting on my nerves," Leo muttered drinking his tea.

"You don't have to spar with me if you don't want to, Leo," Tigress replied.

"No, unfortunately, Po's right. You need someone to train with and I'm the only one available. I will train you if you promise to pour hot sauce in Po's soup," Leo offered. Tigress chuckled a little smiling deviously.

"Deal," She said.

"Good. Now, for me to train you, we're going to have to go back to your basic inner tiger instincts. I've heard that you didn't have much of a good energetic childhood from Po," Leo replied. Tigress nodded sadly, "Well, since you didn't have the time to train for those instincts, we're going to have to wake them up; which I hate doing because it usually ends up giving me bruises."

"How do we do that?" Tigress asked.

"Basically, there's an exercise that the children here do in order to get the long-lasting durability and agility in their bodies. It also wakes up their senses," Leo explained.

"How does the exercise go?" Tigress asked.

"Like this," Leo replied pouring the tea on her head. He threw the mug away and quickly tapped Tigress's shoulder, "Tag! You're it!" Then he dashed off.

"LEO!" Tigress shouted, chasing after him.

"Well, this is going to be fun," Leo muttered to himself.

About a good hour passed until Tigress finally tackled Leo to the ground. She had to use all her senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch, and even taste. (Don't ask how, please) "You...are...going to...pay for...what you did," Tigress panted.

"Do you even remember what I did?" Leo asked. Tigress paused for a moment. She had honestly forgotten.

"No. I don't," She replied.

"Now," Leo said getting up again, "Because we were running and hiding and running everywhere, your senses and instincts started to kick in. You're a bit rusty with it, but you'll get the hang of it." Then Po came with Tiger.

"Everyone alright here? We heard a lot of ruckus," Tiger explained.

"No, I was just being chased by Tigress for a stimulating exercise. And it worked. Same time tomorrow," Leo reminding her.

"That's good," Po said, "Um...Tigress could I ask you a question in private?" Then a light went off in Tigress's head.

"In a moment, Po. I just remembered why I was chasing Leo," She said menacingly looking at him, "You poured hot tea on my head." Leo slowly backed up.

"Well, you see, that was only to get you to chase me," Leo explained laughing nervously.

"WELL IT WORKED!" she shouted.

"Oh boy," Leo said as he dashed off again with Tigress on his tail. Po and Tiger did an awkward laugh while Tiger rubbed the back of his head.

"She um...just like her mother, isn't she?" Tiger observed.

"Oh no, she will never be that bad," Po corrected. Tiger silently agreed.

to be continued.