Reality (Part 2)

Tigress / Po

By: Skyyler

The bummed out panda slowly walked into his room, as he quickly reminisced the events that had happened today. Nothing special, as usual. Well, ever since Tigress had left. He didn't know why, but Tigress always would give him company whenever he was alone. Whenever it was like now, she would be by his side, just talking to him about whatever they wanted to talk about. They were good friends, is all he could say. Whenever he was lonely, whenever he seemed depressed, whenever whenever came around, Tigress was always there, chatting with him at her leisure. At first, Po thought it was a simple love story, but he never knew love could be so complicate. Love stories can't always end well...

Wait, what am I thinking...? Tigress and I are just friends! Po slapped his head, as he turned around, and slid his door shut. Besides... she's already in with Tai Lung, right? They're in the movie together... so it's probably true that they're in love. Po chuckled, as he walked to his flat bed. Love...

Tai Lung slowly made his way over to his friend, Tigress, who was standing on the side of the porch of her hotel. Her and Tai Lung weren't exactly room mates, but she invited him over for the night, just for some tea. But of course, the American tea was never the same as their original tea. Even transportation tea tasted nothing like their own. Even though basically everything was made in China, doesn't mean it's own culture can simply be wrapped up and sent away.

The snow leopard placed his large paw on Tigress left shoulder, as he stood beside her, staring at the lit up city. Tigress slowly nudged him away.

"What is it, Tigress...?" He politely asked.

Tigress just shook her head and looked down, soon leaning on the rail. The rail creaked from her weight being supported on it. "It's just hard on me right now..."

"Don't forget to mention this guy." He sighed and looked out among the streets. He also leaned on the rather unstable rail.

"This place is just too much for me, I mean, where's the peace when you need it?"

Click! A flash came from below them. Another paparazzi. "Reality!"

In rage, Tai Lung finally broke out. "Stop it!"

"Oh yes, like that will make him stop." Tigress softly laughed, as she walked back into her room. Her room was massive, with many electrified candles lighting the room. It was amazing how the architecture of the inside of the building was, compared to the Chinese ones. Although they were dull and a bit moderate, it still stuck out to her as interesting.

Tai Lung followed her, as he soon sat at the end of her cotton-filled bed. "So, are you taking a good intrest in this place...? We're going to be staying here for a couple months, now."

Tigress turned around, after taking off her uniform, and only her under-shirt was on her torso. "Really? I thought it was only a couple of weeks..." She sighed, and closed her eyes. "Damn... I would do anything to get out of here..."

"What?"

Tigress blinked her eyes open, improvising. "So do you like this place? I mean, it's gotten a bit more high-tech than what it used to be." She changed out her bra, and put her night gown on.

Tai Lung stared at her. "It's alright, although the bossy animals can be a little temperating."

"You can say that again..."

Tai Lung turned his head at Tigress in confusion. "It's alright, although the bossy animals can be-"

"No no, it's just a saying the Americans like to use a lot... It's like you're saying, 'I agree'." Tigress replied with a light chuckle, as she slid her bottoms down.

Tai Lung blinked at her, and couldn't resist looking slightly down, and flashing his eyes back up to her. He staggered his breathing, as he quickly turned his body when she began changing her, ahem. "I uh... I understand." He grew silent, as he placed his paws on his knees. He had yet to change his uniform back out, as she was doing.

Tigress sighed in great relief from her dirty uniform, and jumped into her fluffy bed, compared to her hard bed back in China. She softly purred, making Tai Lung a bit aroused with his position. "Yes, there are some things here I do love, and that's these nice warm beds. They're so big! I bet you can fit about four whole lions on this thing!"

"It was meant for a queen." Tai Lung replied, still looking out into a wall.

"Tai Lung, you are so sweet..." Tigress giggled, as she crawled her way over to him.

The snow leopard blinked, and looked back at her. She had a seductive look on her face. He just wanted to... well... "No, I-I mean, that's how the Americans label their beds. The small ones are Twin Size, the bigger ones are Queen Size, and the big big ones are King Size. I was saying that this bed is a Queen size bed."

Tigress just smiled. "Sure it is. I bet you barely know any of your English culture." She rolled over and purred, pulling the cotton blankets over her furry head, and snuggling with it. "So comfortable..."

"You can say that again." He smiled at the covered up tigress. A thought then struck him. He looked out, and at the wooden-stained door that was the exit and entrance of her hotel room. "Tigress, I'm afraid I have to go. That tea was delicious, thank you very much."

"You seem stiff." Tigress uncovered herself, to find Tai Lung standing up, staring at her with lustful eyes. He shook his head, blinked, and turned around. Tigress laughed. "And that tea was horrible! How could you say it was good! It was not!"

Tai Lung chuckled. "I was lying. Yes, that tea was a little sweet-"

"Try really sweet! Americans don't know how to stop putting sugar in all their drinks! Haha! Wow I think this sugar is getting to me..."

Tai Lung smiled as he headed out. "Get some sleep, it seems you'll really need it." He began to head out, as he passed a bottle that Tigress seemed to be hiding from him from the first time he came in. He insisted it was just tea, but... He slowly reached for the bottle and picked it up, soon reading the fine label on it. St. Paul's Wine, made right from the farm!

Wine? He read it again. Wine. They were drinking wine. No wonder Tigress was going through an emotional fit... she was the one who kept pouring herself the glasses, over and over again! She... never drank, though! Since when did she start drinking...? It was either she drinks, or something was just on her mind...

Without taking a second guess, Tai Lung took the bottle with him to his hotel room, soon throwing it away. She's hiding something from me... but what? Was it because of me? Was it because-

"G'night, Tai Lung!" A female voice sang from the room he just exited.

Tai Lung smiled through his thoughts. "Sleep tight. Don't let the paparazzi bite." Woah... that wine is starting to get to me, too...

Po slid open his creaky window, as moon light quickly let its way in. The moon was always big and blue, as its light shed all over the forest and mountains, making the lakes and rivers glimmer greatly in the beautiful night sky. Because it was the middle of the summer, the night air was only cool, due to them living on a mountain. In the winter it was very cold.

Po softly let air slowly pass by his lips, as he rested his elbows on the window banister. He looked up at the sparkling skies above, to see a million stars all shining with all their might just to be seen. A beautiful sight, it was... most definitely.

Searching the room in boredom, Tigress looked beside her bed, and saw a remote, sitting on a coffee table. Blinking in curiosity, she picked it up, and pressed a button that said, 'sunroof'. She had no idea what it meant, though... All of a sudden, a creaking noise came from above. Gasping in fear she covered herself up, and looked to where the noise was taking place. It was the roof. It was opening up, to the night sky. Tigress settled down, as she slowed her breathing. Sunroof... what a word, and it's so simple! She smiled, as she soon looked up at the starless skies. Only the dim-lit moon could be seen within the thriving city life of Hollywood. Tigress sighed. The moon would always be something that would never change, and she would just look up at it for all her questions and concerns. It didn't answer them for her, but she just figured them out. Tonight though, she just couldn't figure out why she felt this way. Either she was drunk, or she was actually depressed that she had to leave all her fellow masters back in China, and especially... Po...

Po lowered his shoulders in the quietness and calmness of the valley. Every animal was asleep, except for that one teenager who never can sleep, but he doesn't count. The stars shined bright, as the panda smiled in gratefulness from them. They were so beautiful and mysterious... no animal could really think of anything more beautiful than that. But then again, there was the moon. The moon totally out-ruled the stars, because it was bright and majestic. It held answers to questions any animal could ever even think about asking.

The feline smiled up at the sky, as she continued staring at her best friend: the moon. Her facial expression quickly changed, as thoughts of her left-behind friends came into view. Viper, her closest friend... she could remember the look on Viper's face, when Tigress herself was loading on the airplane, to California, North America. Viper's smile was faded, and her eyes, oh, her eyes, they were squinted a bit, with that glimpse of sadness in them, where pity and depression both took over. It was a saddening sight to see, and Tigress didn't stop to say a last good bye, because she was chatting with Tai Lung. Master Shifu... he had his hands folded together, as he slowly nodded at her, trying to hide his emotions. She knew her master would feel sad for her, because he would miss her, just as much as she missed him...

And the most striking of all her friends; the one who she could never forget in times like these, was Po. Po was always jolly and simple with things, and no matter what Tigress did, he would always stay the same. He didn't care about the past of a certain some-animal's life, he cared about that moment, right there. He wanted to spend every moment of his life greatly, just as he had tried to do before. When Tigress came up to him in need, he comforted her. When he was in need, Tigress also tried to comfort him. They were very close friends, and with anything, would stay together. But this time... they had to split up. Was it for an important reason? Tigress had hoped so...

Tigress lowered her eyes from the moon, as a drop of sorrow fell from the very over-flowing lakes within her eyes. Po... how marvelous he was, and yet, how mysterious and amazing. He was an incredible guy... and with everything he had, he would do anything for Tigress. The tigress began to go into deep thought about their relationship. Is it slowly splitting up? She hoped not... she wanted him to be with her to the very end, and this? This trip wasn't helping. All she wanted to do now, was to be... with him... "I... I miss you... Po..." She softly whispered...

Po gasped at a voice that came. Looking around, he blinked. As thoughts of Tigress filled his heart, sorrow filled his throat. He staggered his breathing, as he shut his window with a loud slam.

A massive dragonfly that had animals with cameras in it flew above Tigress' room. It was a helicopter, or whatever they called it. Flashes came from the cameras, as Tigress quickly pressed the sunroof button again.

"Reality!!"

Crying in disgust, Tigress covered her face with her arms. Streams of tears fell down her face, as she rolled over, soon quickly falling off her queen-size bed, onto the marble floor. Po... I miss you, I've missed everything about you... I've missed my friends, my master, and especially you, Po! I want to be with you... Po... Screeching out in physical and emotional pain, the feline cried silently through the night, until she finally closed her eyes, and fell asleep, on the cold, hard ground of her hotel.

"I... miss you too, Tigress... I miss you, too..."

Hopefully this will be either a long story, or if it gets too long, I'll just make it a whole different story. It's getting on the edge of getting rated T, so that's another reason why I'm doing it.

To Probe-Z 1433. I know I may be coming in kinda harsh, but if you're giving me all these suggestions, why don't you make up the stories yourself? I mean, it's not that hard just to make an account. I'm not ignoring your statements, I'm just not getting to them at the moment. Furthermore, those are small changes, and to me, shouldn't be that big of a deal trying to tackle. I'm not a huge fan of Kfp to tell you the truth, so I have no idea who the hell Mei Feng is. But to all you FF readers who's considering a good topic to write on, try a one-shot on Crane + Mei Feng, whoever they are. That was a suggestion from Probe. Thanks for everything, dude. And I'm not ignoring you! :l

Thanks for reading this big long chapter. Lol. Please review and stuff... I mean, if you really wanna. People tend to be lazy and not review, though. But you're not lazy, right? Cool. So just go ahead and press that button down there, and I'll be sure to post the next part up. Idk, I think there's gonna be like... 5 parts or something. Hah. Alright I'm talking too much. R&R!! [rock and roll. jk jk.] Peace.

-Skyy.