A/N: I wanted to adhere to all of you TiPo shippers out there for this chapter.

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Chapter 6

Feelings

"Now, before your mind becomes mine, I'd like you to know that this isn't personal." He looked for the one who had been speaking to him, but all he could see around him was darkness. The creature then spoke again "though I must say, you were quite a resilient one. However, darkness simply consumes all if given the chance, and you are no execption." He still couldn't see the one who was speaking to him, though he knew that they had to be close as their voice sounded very near. However as he looked around for the creature, he heard something that sounded like a lock being unlocked. He then heard another voice say "No! What are you going to do with me!" This voice sounded desperate and threatened. A small light in the room was lit and he saw a small brown Rabbit who looked very nervous. The Rabbit then looked up and said in a relieved manner "Oh! Dragon Warrior thank goodness! I'm saved!" He then heard the creature speaking with a hint of sarcasm "It really is a pity, the Dragon Warrior used to be a great hero, however it seems like he's had a change of heart." The creature said that last part with a bit of an evil chuckle. He then saw his vision become a dark shade of red, almost as if a piece of red tinted glass was placed in front of his eyes. He also began to move uncontrollably, he got off the ground not under his own control and walked over close to the little Rabbit. He then heard the Rabbit say nervously "Dragon Warrior?" The creature then began to laugh evilly and said "now 'Dragon Warrior' show this subject what it means to be truly powerful!" He then walked up beside the Rabbit who was now backing up in fear. The Rabbit then said "Dragon Warrior Please..." However he raised his arm up uncontrollably and sent his fist flying down towards the Rabbit, almost like he was going to pummel the Rabbit to death. "No!"

"Gasp!" Po woke up breathing heavily and sweating profusely. As he looked around he once again realized that he was safe in his room, he also noticed that the sun was just rising in the sky judging by how much light was entering the room. Once he caught his breath after a few seconds, his thoughts went back to the nightmare he had just had, 'that creature from my dream I had yesterday was the same one in this dream.' 'And he mentioned darkness consuming everything again.' 'And why couldn't I control any of my movements?' 'And...Did I kill that poor little Rabbit?' Po was deeply distraught by these thoughts so he decided to go and train to take his mind off the nightmares. He put on his training clothes, grabbed his bag, slid his door open, and rushed out of the barracks in a hurry.

All the while, Tigress had been listening in from her room on the other side of the hall. She wondered what was troubling Po so much, this was the second time that week that he had woken up in a panic. So she decided to follow her friend once again, she put on her signature red training tunic with black training pants and exited her room to catch up to the Panda.

"POW!"

"KAPOW!"

"CRACK!"

Po was in a forest at the south side of the Jade Palace, he had been there for nearly an hour training. Back when he and his friends were journeying to Gongmen city on a boat, Tigress and him had privately spoken early in the morning, during this conversation, Tigress had mentioned how she 'used to train by striking the Ironwood Trees near the Palace'. Lately, whenever he was frustrated with anything, he would go to that spot and punch the Ironwood Trees until his knuckles would bleed. Normally he would eat when he was stressed, however this new method had proven to be quite useful as of late. After punching the trees for a few minutes he would begin to feel physical pain which would trigger a rush of Adrenalin which would ease the pain in his knuckles as well as the emotional pain. However it would also make him more prone to instinct as well as make him much more violent. Sometimes, after punching a tree for about ten minutes, he would get into a trance and begin hitting the tree much harder and also more quickly (Imagine Captain America hitting the sandbag in 'The Avengers') and occasionally he would hit the tree so hard that it would crack and fall over.

Right now his heart rate was very high, he was pouring sweat and he was pounding the tree in front of him very hard. These trees had abnormally strong fibers by nature, however Po was striking the tree so hard and so quickly that the tree cracked and fell over into the forest. This was the third tree he had broken during this training session, he had been especially stressed from his recent nightmares and so he punched the trees until he couldn't feel anything, not even the blood dripping down his knuckles. He finally began to zone out of his trance and allowed his heart rate to decrease as he breathed in fatigue after the intense training he had just done. While allowing his heart rate to slow down, he went over to his bag that he had brought with him and he got out some of the white training tape that he kept in the bag. He began to wrap his wrists and his knuckles to avoid getting an infection and also to stop the bleeding. When he had nearly finished wrapping his last hand he heard a rustling sound in bushes behind. His mind still having a lot of Adrenalin, he got into a fighting stance, his heart rate sped up slightly and he started growling. "Show yourself! Now!" He said almost in an angry tone, he had only recently stopped punching the trees, so he was still prone to instinct. When no one answered him, he began to circle around while growling almost in a feral way. Once he had looked all around him he couldn't see anyone around him he looked forward for a second, and then quickly turned around and sent his fist flying behind him. It stopped about an inch from his target's face, however when he saw who the target was he immediately pulled his hand back. "I'm...I'm so sorry Tigress..." He said apologetically while hanging his head in shame, while looking away.

Tigress just sighed and asked "Po, why did you come here to train? What's been bothering you lately?" Po didn't usually want to share his problems with others, mostly because he felt it would place more stress upon them as well, however this time he thought he really should share what was wrong as he felt that by not knowing, Tigress would just feel worried anyway. "I've been having horrible nightmares lately Tigress...They seem so real, and each one of them is linked in some way. So I came here to numb the pain and stress." Tigress didn't seem surprised by this, she knew something had been bothering Po lately, however in the past he would always just eat to relieve his stress, but this was different, now he was punching the Ironwood Trees as she once did. "I can understand why that bothers you Po." She said understandingly. Po nodded in agreement and finished wrapping his hand up. "So what were you going to tell me before the caretaker opened the doors yesterday?" He asked her as he grabbed his bag and joined her.

On the way back from the Orphanage the day before, he hadn't gotten the chance to ask her about what she was going to say to him before they entered. On the way back, Po had told Tigress about the adventure he had in the spirit realm so he never got the chance to ask her about it. She seemed a bit trouble by the question. Po noticed this so he said "if you don't want to talk about it that's fi-" "Po, ever since we journeyed to Gongmen City I've felt different towards you." She interrupted, then continued "when you were hit by that cannonball in Shen's Warehouse I feared that I had lost you." She began to tear up while saying this which didn't go unnoticed by Po. "That's why I pushed you out of the way the second time." "I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I lost you Po. You mean a lot to me and I can't stand to see you suffer." She now looked down while tearing up, she was about to say something else but before she could she was embraced by the Panda in a tight hug. Neither said a word, they just held onto each other, both closed their eyes and Tigress rested her head on Po's shoulder. Still embracing Tigress, Po said in a comforting manner "I had no idea you felt like this Tigress. Just know that I would never leave you, you also mean a lot to me." He then released Tigress, who said "remember when we were on that boat to Gongmen City?" Po nodded and replied "I do." "Well, while we were talking, you said something about me being so 'hardcore that I can't feel anything'. Well, before we were interrupted by the others, I was going to tell you that even though I may seem unbreakable and hardcore, I still feel many things." She continued with a smile "Ever since you came to the Palace, I've changed, I have felt more happiness and more joy than I ever have. And even though I may not express all my emotions, I still feel them." Po had never seen Tigress so emotional before, in fact, he could hardly remember the last time she had even shown emotion at all.

"Yesterday, you once again proved why you're rightfully the Dragon Warrior. That Tiger cub was in the same position that I was at his age, and you gave him hope." Po then smiled and looked away "you give me too much credit, I'm just trying to help him as Shifu helped you, it really wasn't that big of a de-." But before he could finish, he felt Tigress' lips pressed against his, he was absolutely shocked at first, but he recovered quickly leaned into the kiss even going as far as to pick Tigress up off the ground by her back. After a couple of seconds, they broke apart for air and Po let her down and said "wow..." His cheeks had turned bright red and his jaw had dropped. "I knew you were full of surprises but to be honest, that's not how I thought my first kiss would go." he said with a slight chuckle still trying to comprehend what had just happened. She giggled at this and replied "I try to be unpredictable when I can, call it a tactic." She said with a wink. "Oh, and by the way Po." "Yes Tigress?" She then gave him a playful punch in the shoulder which he was not expecting. "Ow! What was that for!?" Po said in pain. "That's for worrying me for the last two months." She said with an evil grin. Po then joked while clutching his shoulder "You know you're taking this 'unpredictable' thing way too seriously." To this, she giggled and said "just promise me next time to tell us what's bothering you Po, I care deeply about your well being and...I love you." Po simply nodded and embraced her in another warm hug. "I love you too." He said tenderly while looking at the ground. Tigress just closed her eyes and began to purr into Po's chest, which didn't go unnoticed by her Panda friend.

However, unbeknownst to them, they were being watched by two prying eyes. Viper had followed Tigress shortly after she had left the student barracks, she knew how attached the female Tiger was to the Panda. And ever since she had seen how cute the two looked at the docks of Gongmen City, she had wanted them to become a couple. As she watched them in their romantic moment she giggled to herself and quietly said "They're so cute together!" Of course, she would never tell anyone about this, she respected her friends' privacy, however she knew she was going to have to talk to Tigress about this.

"The morning gong will go off soon, don't you think we should return soon?" Po said still hugging Tigress tightly. "Okay, that would probably be for the best, we wouldn't want the others to wonder where we are." He let her down and she said "but I'll expect you to meet me at the summit of the Peach Tree shortly after noon." "I'll be there." He said with a smile. "Now let's get going, we wouldn't want the others to find out what we were doing." he joked. Tigress just giggled and said "you never change." As she rested her head on his shoulder while holding his hand on the way back to the Palace.

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