Hey guys I got my laptop back but the internet is flaky so im not sure how updating is gonna work. Thank you for the positive and reviews...and blah blah blah...New chap

Po glared at the back of his "master's" head far down below, hoping that for once glaring would inadvertantly kill someone, just this once. It's not like the old man didn't have it coming. I mean with all the females that he pissed off in the last two days. It's like he was begging for death in the most slow and painful way a scorned woman could dream up. Which in reality is really really scary.

He growled, and his claws engraved themselves in the trunk. Embedding themselves deep in the bark of the tree, as he felt the trunk tremble, and the tree itself rocked unsteadily. He yelped as he sensed the tree stop defying gravity, and a loud crack echoed through the clearing. The tree started falling and the wind whistled through his ears. He growled, and unhooked his claws, sheathing them. He glanced around wildly looking for something- anything to grab on to.

A lone branch was hanging around twenty feet away. That was a pushing it, but you know what he's been hell and back, it was a bit late to die now. He took a slow breath to steady himself, and lunged, pushing off on his hind legs. He soared through the air, and reached outwards toward the branch, and… missed by an inch.

He gave an angry snarl as he took a straight plunge towards the ground, and all of the sudden everything was in slow motion. He was plummeting towards the ground,

And all he had time to do was brace himself for impact, and impact he did. He hit the ground with a loud thud.

He groaned, and his muscles screamed at him for rest…a massage…a vacation from this unprecedented torture.

"You know I believe that the expression is all cats land on their feet, however you shot that full of holes didn't you? I may be old, but I highly doubt that things have changed that much that the saying was changed to all cats would be lucky to land on their face with a perfect imprint of themselves in the ground."

His eyes narrowed, and Po turned to glare at the snickering panther. "What the hell is wrong with you? You tell me to climb the tree. I did. You told me to figure out how to run up and down the tree. I did. You told me to rub your nasty fungus filled feet. I did, and then you told me to climb the tree again, which I did, and when I got close to the top you decided to cut the tree down, without giving me so much as a warning."

The panther gave a disbelieving snort. "The impudence of the young knows no bounds. Boy, if you're ever in a fight where the environment your in is falling a part and your forced to make due with nothing but your claws and pint sized brain. This training could possibly save your life."

"Oh yeah, and what if the training kills me? What then?"

" You're still alive aren't you? Now I suggest you going back to tree climbing." He gave a wicked grin. "or do you want another…torture sess-I mean spar?"

Po bit back a groan, and tiredly shook his head. You know what one day this old man was going to his, and with any luck he'll turn up on one of those where are they know searches.

Elsewhere

Tigress' paws barely touched the ground as she ran, not really paying attention to her surroundings. She could sense Viper, Crane, Monkey, and Mantis around her, keeping pace.

Po wasn't anywhere in the valley. They had checked everywhere…rather thoroughly. Shifu was going to be pissed, and Tigress could understand why. Not only did they undermine his authority by leaving, they had upset a majority of the Valley by looking for Po…She almost laughed at some of the names she was called when she searched the last village. It's not that they were funny. It's just funny that some people thought they could challenge her and actually win.

She had thought long and hard about the out come of finding Po would be, and had settled on maiming him. She hated to admit the fact that she had grown fond of the idiot. He was one of the few who was still around no matter what she did, and lets face reality she wasn't exactly the most kind, or even the most polite person in the world, and he understood that, and the fact that he left without acknowledging his friends, pissed her off.

She didn't know the situation, but she did know that Po owed them more than that, and as soon as she found him she was going to tell him so... as he ran out of air….

"Tigress." She snapped out of her thoughts, more than a little reluctantly."The next town is around ten minutes away. We'll start searching again there?"

She nodded and increased her pace.

"Have you seen-Do you know- Has he been-?" They went over this back in the valley .They would ask everyone they saw if they had seen Po, and they would either be a smart ass, a jack ass, or dumb ass. Tigress was slowly losing her carefully planned, practically non-existent patience. The five had spilt up to search, and had promised to meet up in the plaza later. She was currently having no luck finding any…helpful information.

She asked everyone she had seen, the medic, the black smith, the weaver, the leather maker, the pawn shop guy, the mother with kids, the father with the alcohol problem, the beggar, the clumsy idiot in a cast…No one had a clue. It was aggravating, she dug her claws angrily into the ground, staring daggers at her shadow. Her shadow….Aw hell.

She whipped around to stare at the setting sun, and broke into a run. How long had she been looking. She never lost track of time. She snarled. Now was a really freakin bad time to start. She said she 'd meet up with the others later. By later she did not mean night time, especially in a city she didn't know, and couldn't navigate in.

She turned a corner, and raced down the narrow passage. Her left ear swiveled and an unfamiliar scent reached her. Soft footsteps echoed in the corridor she just came out of. She was being followed. She reached a clear zone where a clutter of empty shops were, and skidded to stop.

"Come out already. You have no idea how annoying it is to hear people following you, and not being able to intimidate them face to face."

A crimson furred fox stepped out of the shadows, followed by five or six heavy set dogs. The fox smiled sardonically "Aren't you a tough little girl? How about we play a game little girl? You give us everything you have, and we might consider letting you go.."

Oh my god.

She looked at him disbelievingly. He was serious…..

She was being threatened….

By an average mugger…..

She couldn't help it. The irony…She bust out laughing. She laughed till her sides hurt. Which was the first thing she laughed at in days.

The fox looked at her, confused. "And what pray tell could you possibly find funny at this point."

Tigress gave a very unladylike snort, and slowly got back on her paws. For once she didn't reply to any jibes for the usual reasons, you know out of respect for her opponent and herself. This time it was because she was afraid she'd start laughing again, and wouldn't stop.

She got into her starting stance, and beckoned for them to come.

20 min later

"What could be taking her so long? Did she get stuck in a puddle of water, take a cat nap, reminisce about her sucky life, and be all gloomy, and automatically act all slow." Monkey complained.

Viper rolled her eyes "Shut up moron. She probably stopped at a shop, or something."

Crane shook his head. "Tigress isn't one to waste time, I doubt she stopped at a shop."

Mantis gave a snort. "This is Tigress we're talking about, her and shopping shouldn't even be in the same sentence."

"Neither should you and anyone of the female persuasion."

They all turned to look at a strangely happy looking Tigress. Crane snickered "Dude that was a burn."

Monkey solemnly agreed.

Viper rolled her eyes, but turned back to look at Tigress. "What took you so long?"

"I ran into some thugs who wanted to mug me." She said it with a strait face and everything.

Monkey stared at her. "That's what took you so long? Are you freakin kidding me? It would take you all of three seconds to knock them out."

Tigress smiled."I took my time."

Back with Po

Po carried the shopping bag without bothering to look at the females drooling over him. He'd been told to take Suki shopping for medical supplies, and he did…against his will. Apparently this new form was attracting…in a very scary way.

He flinched as Suki glared at him…Again. "What?"

"That's disgusting."

He was getting annoyed."What's disgusting?"

"These women, some of them twice your age, stare at you like you're a piece of meat, it's disturbing in so many ways."

He growled."Not my problem. I'm not even remotely interested in any of 'em"

Her smile turned evil. "What you already have someone?"

"No…."

"Are you gay?"

"Are you?"

She snarled at him, about to say something, but apparently something else caught her attention.

He turned slightly to see what it was that had possibly saved his life. A female cheetah, with light yellow fur with tinges of grey stared back at them.

"We should go." Suki sounded angry, and more than a little irritated.

"Why?"

She glared at him, "Does it matter? Lets go." Her tone was forceful, and strained. He twitched, but remained planted.

He wanted answers dammnit, but he'd let her have her secrets…for now, and regretfully allowed himself to be led away.

um Good...Bad...needs work. Speaking of which would the dude or dudette that says i have punctuation issues beta this story? Plz:)