Time Never Forgets
Crane / Tigress
By: Skyyler
A.N. This is somewhat an emotional and low-pitched chapter. There's no comedy, so if you want something that you may want to read for a good feeling, I'd suggest you read this. This story was inspired by the song "Do You" by Yiruma. It goes pretty good with the story, because it's all piano. This story was taken a bit off of my new story: The Fight Inside. Coming after Unspoken: The Past. I think you will know what it will be about once you read this.
There she sat; perched up against the long, elderly tree of wisdom. Her glimmering, orange eyes blinked ever so slowly, as they reflected the bright moon, itself. Her slow breathing settled her tears down, as she soon loosened her clenched fists. He was gone, and we all know he's gone. There is no use trying to look for him, because he's, gone... She tightened her jaw a little bit more in her own worthless emotions. Everyone else was asleep, except for her. She could never sleep, or at least, not anymore. He just left her, and she could do nothing about it.
"Tigress..." A soft voice came. It was completely settle, and clear. Tigress slowly brought her head up from her own emotional state, and looked up. There, stood a bird with a rather long beak; Crane. "I know what's on your mind, and I'm terribly sorry, for... for everything." He looked down, and sighed. Once sitting by the tree that Tigress was also upon, he raised his head to the stars up above. "He had to leave for a reason, and just know that it was never your fault."
Tigress couldn't keep herself from whimpering. It was good that the light rain-droplets that fell from the cloudless skies above covered up her already flowing tears. She finally spoke in agony. "He was a great warrior, a great student, and..." She clenched her eyes shut, as her sinuses stung from more on-coming tears. "And a great friend, Po was." Her teeth clattered, as she opened her eyes, once again. More tears came pouring out. "I finally came up and decided to become friends with him, but... now he's..."
"Tigress, it's okay..." He scooted next to her.
"No, it's not okay!" She swatted him off. "He was more than a friend, Crane.." She looked at him. "He was my.. best, friend." She looked away in deep thought for a very long time. "I loved him."
Crane just nodded his head. "Maybe he'll come back, and-"
"He's not coming back." Her lip quivered as her very voice seemed unstable. "He's never coming back..."
Crane looked at her with great depression, knowing that she has been through a lot. She was the one that stayed with Po his whole stay here, until he had to move back to his own country for his own family's purposes. How dumb it was for them to just take him like that though... didn't they know his place in China? Didn't they know that he was the Dragon Warrior? Crane finally looked away and sighed. "He held a big spot in each and every one of our hearts, and... and I don't think that place will ever be taken away from us. We all know that he's still out there, and no matter what, we will meet him once again." He looked back at her. "Just don't doubt. I know you love and miss him so much, as we do too; but you just need to stay strong, and-"
Tigress broke into sobbing, as Crane quickly went over to her and cushioned her within his feathers. "Tigress, come on, I know you're better than this..." He hugged her tighter, as he let his body get closer to her. Tigress slowly nuzzled her head a little into his neck, as she stared out in thought. Crane looked out among China. "You still have us."
"Yes... I do." Tigress quickly confirmed, as she closed her eyes. Her cold body shivered from the wetness all around her. The moon lit every part around them. There were no shadows, everything was just, bright.
Crane smiled through his fears and emotions. "He will come back, don't worry..." He closed his eyes along with her.
Seconds of soft silence passed.
"Crane?"
Crane opened his eyes. "Yes?"
"Th....thank you, for always being there for me. I mean, even at times like this. You've always stayed with me." She frowned in sadness, yet in her mind, she felt safe and comfortable. She picked up her head, and looked at him. She softly formed her lips into a kiss, and pecked his beak, looking back at him.
Crane was shocked. His blushed face only added to his embarrassed smile. "You may want to save your kisses for Po."
Tigress blinked. "What do you mean?"
Crane softly let go of her, as he backed away to take off. "He loves you, and you, him. Once he comes back, you will see. Although none of this is too romantic or amazing, just know that this is the same old love in the plays and such; it lasts." He smiled lightly. "He still loves you. Time never forgets." He began to extend his wings.
"Wait." Tigress got up, and looked at him with her now searching, orange eyes. "Do... do you love me?" She asked in the most honest voice.
Crane lowered his wings. "W...what?" He swallowed. What was she saying?
Tigress walked up to him. "Do you love me, like Po does?"
The bird hesitated his breaths, and emotions. "I... I don't know what to say, I..."
"You don't need to say anything..." Tigress walked up to Crane, and brought her hand up to touch his wing. "Because... I think I love you..."
Crane began to slowly walk up to her. "Do you really mean this?"
Tigress blinked, and looked away. "N..No, I do not." Her own thoughts took her over. She was desperate to have somebody by her side... but, there was no one around. There was never anyone around..
Crane finally sighed. "Think about Po, Tigress." He said in a soft voice. "I'm sure he's thinking about you..." He seemed discouraged. Slowly taking off, he looked down at her. I'm sorry, Tigress...
Good/Bad pairing? R&R please... D:
-Skyy.