AN: Hello guys! Yes, here is the new chapter. Some things you should know, according to wikipedia Gong is an honorific that means, literally, Duke or Lord. In this story we're going to take it as Lord. Mmmm, also, don't hate me, everything in the story has a purpose.

This has some speciall dedication: First to Spade-Omega 7 (I hope you know which part was inspired by you) and to FFcrazy15 because, let's face it, you're awesome.

But, enough talk, let's read!

Chapter 7

The Story Behind the Tiger Style

In the early hours of the next day, Tigress woke up at the sound of Po's noises. Standing up carefully, taking care on not waking Viper up, the Master of the Tiger style looked out the window to see the panda training. For the last two days they have been facing different kind of opponents, but due to the title Po was carrying it was the panda that always ended up facing more fighters all of them claiming Po would be defeat by them.

It never happened of course. Po had shown everyone Master Oogway had done well at choosing him. But it didn't stop others for trying and each time the fighters seemed to be getting better and better.

Which would explain why Po was out there training. Master Shifu didn't want to take any chances with Po or any of them, actually. Putting her clothes on her, Tigress decided to go outside and help Po. At this Tigress smiled, while it was true Xiang Ju seemed pretty determined to get to Po Tigress hadn't allowed her to even come closer to him in the last two days.

It had been funny and rather stressful for Xiang Ju was pretty resourceful. The cheetah would always find a way to get to Po and in the last days it had become like a game for them and a pretty confusing matter for Po. The rest of the Five were just betting who would break and give in first.

"You're giving it too much speed, that's why it isn't working." Po turned around startled.

"Tigress! What are you doing up so early?" Asked Po who went back to his initial position.

"I heard you training." Said the female tiger moving closer to Po. "Well, I heard you moaning in frustration."

Po smiled sheepishly at Tigress, scratching the back of his head while doing so. "Sorry, didn't mean to wake you."

Tigress shook her head waving away Po's words. "It's okay. This actually gives me an excused."

"An excused for what?" Tigress smiled coyly at Po letting her paw caress the panda's stomach as she moved to place herself beside him. Po gulped following open-eyed Tigress hand.

"And excused to spend some time alone with you." Purred Tigress. "Training, of course."

"Oh." Po could feel his cheeks warming up. The last couple of days had been so freaking weird for him. It was confusing but pleasant; here he thought Tigress would never be interested in him and she comes and surprises him.

Po glanced back at Tigress who was doing the same sequence as Po. Just as the sequence approached the moment in which Po would have to try a high punch he noticed Tigress speed up the movement to engage herself in a double hit with her left hand. Her left foot slide forward while her right foot impulse her forward to give a low kick.

"Oh, wow…How did you do that?" Asked Po in awed, he had been trying for over three weeks to get the grasp of that movement.

Tigress turned her head to look at Po, "It's simple, you just have to apply the right amount of speed and strength."

Po pouted making Tigress smirked at him, "I've been trying to do that for three weeks."

"Yes, well I've been learning this for twenty years; you can beat experience in three weeks." Po opened his mouth but stopped as Tigress gave him an up and down sweep with her eyes. "Of course, you my dear Dragon Warrior are full of surprises. I bet it's just a matter of grasping the concept for you to do so in less than an hour."

Clearing his throat he turned around not wanting to meet Tigress eyes, "Nah, you're just awesome that way. You're Master Tigress after all."

Tigress face softened hearing Po said it like that, taking a deep breath the feline took each of Po's arms in each of her hands. She was now face to face to Po; the panda was too stunned to even say anything but Tigress gave him a confident smirk.

"Let's try it like this, shall we?" Po nodded his head dumbstruck as he felt Tigress press against him.

"I…" Po cleared his throat almost blushing at the squealing sound that left his mouth. Tigress raised an eyebrow holding up her smile.

"Yes, Po? Something wrong?"

"I…no...I…no."

"Good, then let's do this." Tigress and Po started making the sequence with Po not being able to look away from Tigress.

From his advantage point of view, Master Shifu smiled. Well, it seems Tigress was really back. He really felt sorry for Po; frowning Master Shifu decided a pretty serious talk with the panda was necessary. He couldn't allow this to continue without scaring…I mean, without asking Po about his intentions. This was going to be really fun.

"I think you're gonna break him." Mumbled Viper who was watching Po moved even clumsier around. The panda had a space out expression on his face as he merely nodded his head when Monkey talked to him.

"I don't know what are you talking about."

Viper narrowed her eyes to her friend, Tigress didn't show. "Oh, you know perfectly well. You and Ju are going to either hurt or make Po crazy."

At this point Tigress stopped what she was doing to turn her attention to her friend. There was seriousness in Tigress face as she leaned forward to make sure no one would hear them.

"What do you mean? I would never hurt Po."

"Are you sure?" Tigress scowled but Viper didn't stop there. "Look, I just don't want you or Po to end up hurt because you decided to follow Ju's game. I just want you to be sure this is what you want."

Monkey and Crane were laughing really hard as Po was making faces while Mantis glared at them. For a moment, Po's eyes met Tigress and the Dragon Warrior sent her way a brilliant grin only to go back his attention to the rest of the males.

Tigress lowered her face before turning to look at Viper, "I won't let Ju hurt him. And I won't hurt him. More importantly, this is what I want. Po is the one I want, I have never felt, I mean he…" Tigress looked sideways to Po before a soft smile appeared on her face. "I think you were right, I should give it a try."

Viper smirked before turning to Po and the others, "In your faces, guys. She did it and in less than five minutes, so pay up!"

"Wh-what?" Tigress turned indignant eyes to her friend who just shrugged smiling. "What did you do?"

"What did Tigress do?" Asked Po innocently but Crane, Mantis and Monkey were all making faces while putting some of their money to give it to Viper.

"Never mind that, Po." Mumbled Mantis. "Damn, I thought you would keep silent or that you wouldn't let Viper get a confession out of you so easily."

"You guys made a bet!" Exclaimed Tigress standing up and glaring at the males. All of them looked frightened for a moment as the female feline leant forward menacingly. "Well, did you or did you no make a bet about this?"

"Oh, don't worry, Tigress." Said Viper counting what the boys had just given to her. "There is enough for us and go out shopping."

"I can't believe you all!" Exclaimed Tigress indignant while Po was merely perplexed.

"Wow, wait a second, what happen? What did you guys bet?" Po narrowed his eyes to Monkey. "Why I wasn't on the bet?"

"Oh, believe me big guy, you were." Said Mantis chuckling.

"I was?" Po blinked confusedly.

Monkey wriggled his eyebrows to Tigress who was growling lowly. "Yep, want us to te…ow!"

"I don't think Po wants to know."

"Hey! I do want to know!" Exclaimed Po, the panda shrink on the spot as Tigress eyes turned towards him.

"No, you don't." Then just as suddenly as she had been upset she smiled towards Viper who gave her a nervous smile. "So, you mention something about shopping? What kind of shopping?"

Viper giggled, "Well, whatever kind you want, part of this is yours actually."

Po and the others watched as Tigress and Viper left, the panda turned to his friends still confused. "So, do I want to know?"

"Probably, but you better find out on your own. I wouldn't want to face Tigress if any of us decides to tell you." Commented Crane patting Po's back.

"Crane? Is that you?" Crane turned around only to be hugged by a pair of strong, yet soft arms. "It is you!"

"M-Mei Ling?" Crane couldn't help but stutter as Mei Ling lingered on the hug more than was prudent.

Viper, Tigress, Monkey and Mantis all turned around and watched the scene, some with smiles on their faces and Viper with conflictive feelings. Po chuckled as he gave Crane the thumbs-up before making kissy faces. Monkey started laughing along with Mantis until Mei Ling turned around to face them

"Hello, guys! Long time no see."

"Hello, Mei Ling, how are you?" Asked Viper trying to smile while Crane joined in with them.

"Oh, I'm good. You know, participating in this tournament just like the rest of you." Mei Ling grabbed Crane towards her. "I knew you guys were around here, but my Master didn't want me to go far from him. I'm lucky I could escape and was wandering around until I saw Crane's hat."

"He never goes without it, which is pretty awesome. I can't imagine myself trying to fight with a hat." Commented Po with a contemplative look on his face.

"Don't even think about it," Warned Monkey who could notice where Po's thoughts were going.

"What? It would be really awesome. I mean a hat, a cape and a sword!" Po's eyes gleamed with emotions as he pictured it in his head. "The legendary warrior of legends…"

Mei Ling raised an eyebrow to which Crane merely shrugged. "We're used to it. It takes time…but, it's actually cool in the end."

Mei Ling looked from one master to the other until her eyes fell on Po. The Chinese mountain cat smirked, her eyes twinkling mischievously as she stretched out her hand.

"You must be the infamous, Dragon Warrior." Said Mei Ling to a pretty modest Po who took her offering hand in his. Mei Ling let her eyes wandered to Viper and then to Tigress. "I see the stories I heard about your…ahem, greatness are really true."

"Oh, I'm glad you think so." Said Po. "I have heard everything about you from Crane. He usually doesn't keep quiet about it."

Mei Ling giggled while turning to watch a very flustered Crane, "Really? Oh, you have to tell me what he has said, and maybe I can tell you all about..."

"Yes, right. It's so good to see you, Mei Ling." Interrupted Tigress glaring at Mei Ling.

Mei Ling moved closer to Viper who was grinning at Tigress, "So, is she still in denial or…"

"Oh, well, now that you're here I can fill you in everything that has happened since we last wrote you."

Viper and Mei Ling shared a laugh while Tigress could only rolled her eyes, "So, are you ready for this tournament?"

Mei Ling joined the Five and Po in there walk towards the stadium. "I have to; Master told me this is the moment for me to get the complete mastery."

"Wow, really? So, you're gonna be a full-fledged Master after this?" Asked Po joining the conversation.

"Yes, all I have to do is get to be, at least, between the ten best fighters and the title is mine."

"Well, for what Crane has told me you're an amazing fighter, you're fast, you're strong and you also look pretty in green." Crane slapped Po in the head while Monkey and Mantis laughed.

Mei Ling actually lowered her face embarrassed with a satisfied smiled on her face, while Viper couldn't help but turned around. Preventing everyone but Tigress to notice her expression.

"I don't know if I am all of that, but I'm pretty good and confident in this." Mei Ling smiled. "Uh, guys, if you don't mind…I'm gonna steal Crane for a little bit. See ya!"

"Wow, Mei Ling is really pretty."

"Oh, no you don't." Po jumped startle as Monkey grabbed him by the arm and dragged him away. "What's with you and felines anyway?"

"Uh, I don't know what are you talking about." Said Po looking aside with his cheeks warm and his eyes meeting Tigress.

"Of course you don't." Mantis shook his head as he placed himself on top of Po's shoulder. "You never seem to notice when hot females are all behind you."

Viper kept on glancing to Mei Ling and Crane who were talking animatedly in the back. The snake couldn't help but notice how short the distance between both of them was getting shorter. However, Viper was interrupted by a growling noise beside her.

Po's stomach called the attention of the fighters around them. Some would turn to glare at Po while others would merely laugh. The panda could only rub his stomach with a starving expression all over his face.

Tigress rolled her eyes while putting something from behind her. "Here, you can have this."

Po's eyes literally lit up, the Dragon Warrior grabbed the dumplings putting two of them on his mouth. "fank you."

"Po, don't speak with your mouth full."

"Swowy"

Up in the fighting stage a new fighter had just appeared. It was a tall, rather bad looking gorilla; he had a rough face with a nasty, arrogant smile. The gorilla looked at the contestants before standing up and hitting his chest.

"I, Dan Iron fists, challenge Master Mantis for the title of Master of the praying mantis style!"

"Go Mantis! Yeah!" Screamed out Po as soon as Mantis made his way to the main stage.

The Furious Five along with Po were looking their fellow Master jump to the arena facing his opponent. The gorilla grunted while he let his eyes glance mockingly at Mantis.

"I'm gonna crush you, little guy. You're cutesy; little face won't work against years of training."

Viper actually cringed as she hear the gorilla's words, Monkey shook his head while Po said, "Did he actually call Mantis little?"

As if answering his question Mantis hit the gorilla a couple of times before sending him flying out of the arena.

"Who are you calling little?" Said Mantis glaring at the now unconcious gorilla. Shika tilted his head shrugging.

"Winner, Master Mantis."

"Wow that was awesome." Mantis huffed crossing his arms. "You defeat that guy before the fight would even start."

All conversation among the Five and Po was suddenly interrupted by the new fighter taking her place on the arena.

Xiang Ju bowed respectfully to the audience and then to the rest of the contestants. Her eyes sweep all over the stadium before they met Po's eyes. Winking at the panda she stood up before sending Tigress a half smirk.

"I am Xiang Ju. Solely heir of the Xiang family. Student of Master Scorpio and Master Jian." There were several voices whispering, some of the Masters would looked at each other with worry evident in their eyes. Tigress merely frowned getting ready to fight.

"I have come today to challenge a fellow fighter, Mei Ling from the Lee Da Academy."

Tigress gasped, she was shocked at what she had just heard. Turning around she saw Mei Ling frowning alongside with Crane.

"Well, this was unexpected." Mumbled Viper beside Tigress. The Master could only nodded and before Mei Ling could move any closer to the stage Tigress stood up and went towards her.

"Mei Ling, be careful." The mountain cat smiled, winking at Tigress. "Don't worry, I will. Too bad you can't fight with her again."

Tigress stood there with worry filling her heart. She watched as Mei Ling climbed up the small stairs.

"You girls know the rules already." Shika looked from one feline to the other. "So, enjoy the fight. Begin!"

There was tension in the air; Po could feel it as he watched the faces of his friends. Turning towards the fighting stage he saw as Mei Ling and Xiang Ju took their fighting stances.

Po frowned as he noticed Ju took in the form of a pretty familiar stance. With her left leg and left arm in front of her body and her right leg and right arm behind, facing her opponent. The stance was just the same Tigress usually used in fights.

But before Po could voice this discovery the fight began.

"Well, this is really surprising." Said Mei Ling watching at a pretty calm Ju. "Usually, the first one you challenge is Tigress."

"That's correct, however today I felt generous." Mei Ling raised an eyebrow.

"Generous?"

Xiang Ju smirked, "Yes, today I'm going to fight you to show Tigress I'm beyond her abilities and that she had no chance to stand against me."

"You're mental if you think I'm gonna let you advanced to the next stage of the tournament." The mountain cat said shaking her head.

"We shall see."

The first attack struck Mei Ling like a lightning; Ju hit with powerful, agile punches. Her claws were out digging painfully on Mei Ling's arm. The Mountain Cat hissed in pain before taking advantage of Ju's grasp on her. Turning around the other feline's arm Mei Ling launched a punch to Ju's face, only to turn aside and kneelt the cheetah in the stomach.

Breathing hard both, Ju and Mei Ling jumped backwards. The mountain cat looked down at her arm and saw with amazement blood pouring from the wound. Lifting her eyes with an angry glare she took her stance position once again. Ju from her part was smiling satisfied.

Xiang Ju growled running towards Mei Ling, jumping up and making a mid-air turned only to let her left leg fell with a powerful trust on Mei Ling's face. The Mountain Cat groaned in pain as she fell on the ground blood coming out of her mouth.

Mei Ling stood up with some difficulty looking at Ju with narrowed eyes. The cheetah was definitely different form last time. The strength, the speed, even the movements…she was using the tiger's style but among her technique she was grasping some other styles combining them. And she hit harder than she did last time.

"I see you weren't lying." Said Mei Ling.

"Good, then are you going to fight me seriously?" Ju purred satisfied as Mei Ling put an extending staff from behind her. "That's it, Mei Ling. Show me what you got, so I can show everyone else what I got."

This time Mei Ling was the first one to strike. She was fast and her staff allowed her a long range on her attacks. Ju grunted at the sharp pain she felt on her head. Mei Ling was running towards her jumping up to make a twist of her body with both of her legs lifted from the ground, she swung them around as her torso remained as horizontal as possible. The impact was immediate and Xiang Ju was thrown to the left side.

The fight was escalating as the time passed by. The audience was pretty exited all of them screaming and cheering on their favorite fighter, down near the stage some of the fighters were just as excited as the audience while the rest were analyzing the fight. Xiang Ju and Mei Ling were pretty famous among them and many of them had known each fighter in different circumstances.

Tigress eyes were following every moved, every strike and every hit. Crane was just as worried as her because, even though Mei Ling was fast and holding her own in the fight; it was evident who had the upper hand.

"She wasn't lying when she said she had gotten better." Tigress gritted her teeth and closed her paws tightly.

"Hey, are you okay?" Asked Po letting his hand rest on Tigress shoulder. The female tiger turned to look at him with a serious expression.

"Yes, I'm just worried about Mei Ling."

Po returned his attention to the fight, tilting his head. "She is an amazing fighter. But I didn't know Xiang Ju was this good."

"She wasn't that good." Replied Crane who couldn't take his eyes from the fight. "Whatever she has been doing this last four years it works wonders on her style."

"Yeah, she almost looks like Tigress when she is fighting." Said Po.

"That's what she wants."

Po was about to ask what was the meaning of the comment when a scream of pure pain called his attention.

Mei Ling was holding her arm with tears forming in her eyes. Her black eyes were glaring at Ju who couldn't take the smirk off of her face.

"It hurts, right?"

"You…"

"Nuh-uh, Mei Ling, you should be a good loser." Said Ju moving her finger mockingly at Mei Ling.

"What did you do to me?" Ju titled her head, contemplating the answer.

"Well, as far as I know, I think I broke your tendons." Ju narrowed her eyes, a gleam of coldness appeared in them. "Give up, before I do more damage that your body can handle."

Mei Ling stood up holding her arm tightly, her staff was on the ground and she was trembling. Sweat was falling on her face along with the blood from her mouth.

"I won't give up." Said Mei Ling through gritted teeth.

"Whatever." Xiang Ju stood up with her arms in front of her in an attacking position. "Then, let me introduce you to the Ba Fa, or as you may know it, the Eight Methods."

Mei Ling opened his eyes and, for the first time ever, there was a small tingle of fear in them. "You…you know…"

"Yes, I do."

Without any more words Ju went to attack, the first thing she did was trap Mei Ling in a deathly grasp around her neck, her free hand hitting the back with several punches. Mei Ling screamed out as she struggled against the hold, digging her own claws on Ju's arm. Ju let go of her but before Mei Ling could do anything else Ju launched herself against her. It was fast and really painful and the last thing Mei Ling knew before she lost herself in unconsciousness was Ju's voice whispering in her ear.

"Tell Tigress, she is next."

The stadium burst into cheers and exclamations, even some of the Masters did the same. Up in the main balcony Master Jian smirked satisfied. Ju turned to bow respectfully to the audience before leaving the stage.

However, Crane was the first one to get to the main arena and tend to Mei Ling's wounds. Po and the others joined him shortly after and then made sure to take Mei Ling to the infirmary.

That night the atmosphere was a gloomy one.

Crane had been allowed to accompany Mei Ling along with Viper. The rest had returned to the Inn and after an early meal each one of them had go to the backyard to train.

Po had to admit this was all new for him; it was strange the way everyone reacted, how all of his friends seemed angry and almost violent against Xiang Ju. Yes, Po understood it wasn't fair and that Ju should had probably be a lot nicer and not do the damage she did. But, this was supposed to be a fighting contest, right? Wounds were normal as were the techniques everyone could use in the tournament. Though, Po didn't know the last one, he was pretty sure he wouldn't want to be at the receiving end of it.

"I thought you may be hungry." Po lifted his head to see Tigress smiling gently at him. As soon as he saw the food on the plate his stomach started grumbling angrily. "I'm glad I wasn't mistaken."

"Oh, thanks." Tigress sat beside Po watching the panda eat the stinky tofu and dumplings.

They shared a pretty comfortable silence while the sounds coming from the city reached the inside of the backyard. The stars were decorating the dark night sky and the cold breeze was anything but comforting.

"How is Mei Ling doing?" Tigress scowled turning her head towards Po.

"She is okay, but fighting would have to wait."

"What do you mean?"

Tigress sighed massaging her temple, "Ju almost destroy the tendons on Mei Ling's arm. She also broke some bones and did some pretty nasty damage."

"Oh, I see." This time the silence between them was tense; Po had so many questions that obviously needed to be addressed.

"How come you guys always seem so angry with Xiang Ju?" Po kept on talking under Tigress watchful stare. "I mean, sure you guys had some kind of a fight or something and today…well, she didn't need to be so harsh…"

"Harsh? Harsh?" Po shrunk as Tigress glared at him. "She was more than harsh and next time I'm gonna re-arranged her face!"

"O-Okay, um…so, she mentioned once about you and her having a fight or something and …well…I just want to understand." Po put a trembling hand on Tigress knee, wincing as the Kung Fu Master turned her face towards him.

Po expected a punch or something like that but instead he was pleasantly surprise to discover Tigress hand above his.

"I guess you deserve the whole story."

Tigress turned to face ahead of her, she took a deep breath as her thoughts organized what she was about to tell Po. There was fear inside her heart, mainly because there were some things she wouldn't risk to tell the panda.

"After Master Shifu adopted me he received an official letter. It was from a very wealthy family, part of the Imperial family, actually." Tigress let out a forced smile. "The Xiang Family is pretty old and influential. The head of the family had a daughter. His only child and he wanted the best Kung Fu Master in all China to train her."

"You mean, Master Oogway?" Tigress nodded her head. "Xiang Ju was to be trained by Master Oogway?"

"Yes, but Master Oogway had stopped taking students, directly under his tutelage, a long time ago." Said Tigress. "So the next in line was Master Shifu. The problem was, well…I was already under his tutelage and I was being trained to take over the title of Master and more specifically, Master of the Tiger style."

"I don't understand, why couldn't the both of you study together?" Asked Po.

"Because Po, there can be a lot of fighters but only one Master." Said Tigress. "Besides, Master Oogway would take active part in our training when we were ready. When we have learnt the inner workings of Kung Fu. But he was already thinking on forming the Furious Five. So he did the best thing he could do to settle the matter."

"What did he do?"

Tigress chuckled, but her laugh was bitter, "He decided we should prove our worth. During a whole year, Xiang Ju and I would train and, by the end of the year, we would do…something, to show we deserve to stay in the Jade Palace and become full-fledged masters."

Po was looking impressed and surprised at hearing this; certainly this wasn't something he had heard before. He always thought Tigress had been at the Jade Palace from the very beginning without any kind of trouble.

"So, what happened?"

"Xiang Ju was a really good fighter; she had already had some training and was way ahead of me." Tigress frowned at this part tilting her head while looking over at Po. "We trained really hard, always trying to defeat and surpassed the other. We never got along and we hated each other."

"After the year was up we were given a test." By now Tigress face was somber and her voice dropped as if remembering that day.

"What kind of test you have to do?" Tigress tensed up, she didn't meet Po's eyes instead decided to avoid the question making Po opened his mouth once only to close it again.

"Well, in the end I won, Xiang Ju was rejected." Tigress's lips lift up a little. "She didn't take it well. Tried to take over my position since that day. You know the funny thing about this?"

"What is it?"

"She was better than me at first."

"No! really?" Tigress smiled at Po's incredulity.

"Yes, she actually won some of our training sessions."

"But…but you're you!" Said Po. "She can't possible defeat you, doesn't matter how strong she has become."

"Thank you, Po."

The panda glanced sideways to Tigress, biting his lower lip before taking a chance, "Tigress, what was the test like?"

Tigress tensed lifting her head but evading Po's eyes. In her mind she was thinking how to respond to Po's question. She couldn't help but remember the orphanage, the kids calling her monster, Ju's smirk, Viper, Crane, Monkey and Mantis looks of horror when Ju decided to tell them about the test.

Tigress heart wracked with fear as she thought of Po's reaction. Holding her tears and whatever negative reaction she may have, Tigress turned her face to Po and smile weakly at him.

"It was a just a simple one-on-one fight."

"Oh, I see." Po smiled throwing his arm around Tigress, surprising the Kung Fu Master as he hugged her closer to him. "I'm glad you won, it gave me the opportunity to get to know you."

Tigress smiled satisfied while Po hid away his frown. He knew Tigress was lying to him, but right now he didn't care. He just knew Tigress needed someone to comfort her, he had never seen Tigress share any kind of tears in front of anyone and for nothing. Whatever the test was, the real answer could wait. For now he was going to enjoy the feeling of Tigress press close to him.

It was midnight when the guards at the main door woke up alerted by a sound coming from the road. The Captain of the guard moved to the road raising a hand to stop whoever was approaching the city at such an hour.

"Who is it?" His voice boomed in the middle of the night. It didn't take too long for three figures to appear under the moons light.

The three figures were big and robust; one of them was walking with a staff; or something that resembled a staff.

The guard's eyes opened wide as he saw the three shadows approaching the main gate. "Shennong gong." Said the guard respectfully bowing at them.

"Hello, we're sorry to have come at such an hour but…as it turns out we couldn't stop for the night." Said the main figure as it took a step forward. Under the lanterns light the face of an old, pretty gently panda smiled at the guards.

"It's okay, Shennong gong," Said the guard. "Please, come on in, I will make some of my guards to escort you to your compound."

"Thank you, we sure can use some sleep. I have a feeling this visit is going to be one hell of a ride."

AN: I really hope you enjoy this, because I enjoy writing it. I do apologize for the spelling, grammar or any other funny mistake, Rnglish isn't my native language and I don't have a beta.

Mei Ling was necesary to show Tigress Xiang Ju had changed. And I hope you enjoy Po and Tigress interaction.

Thanks for reading and don't forget to comment!