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Shifu stared with wide eyes as Po and Tigress stepped into the hall of warriors holding up the Statue of Master Oogway… with a thick black chain shackled to their wrists.
"What happened?" He rushed forward. "Where did that chain come from?"
"It's a long story." Po said as he and Tigress carefully set down the precious statue. "One involving croc bandits and a stolen ruby."
"Could you excuse us, Master?" Tigress adjusted the ruby to make sure it wouldn't fall out of the slot. "We need to head to the kitchen for some honey."
"Honey?" Shifu blinked.
"To get the cuffs off." Said Po. "See ya!"
Po and Tigress quickly headed out the hall before Shifu could say any more.
A few minutes later, Po and Tigress breathed a simultaneous sigh of relief as the honey-soaked cuffs slipped from their wrists and clattered on the floor.
"Finally!" Tigress breathed. "Po, you were right when you said that honey could do anything."
"Anything except fight croc bandits." Po rubbed a bruise on his forehead. "By the way… you still haven't answered my question. What's your favorite color?"
Tigress groaned.
Were they seriously going over this again?
"Why is it so important for you to know what my favorite color is?" she asked.
"Why can't you just tell me?" Po pouted childishly.
"I've told you several times…" Tigress rolled her eyes. "I don't have a favorite color!"
"Don't be silly. Everyone has a favorite color!" Po replied.
"Well I'm not everyone!"
"I didn't say that! You know what…" Po got up from his chair. "I'm going to go round to the others and find out their favorite colors."
"Why would you do that?" Tigress blinked.
"Because I know they will tell me their favorite colors! See you in a bit!" Po strode out the kitchen.
"What's my favorite color?" Mantis blinked, momentarily distracted from his duel with the wooden warriors.
"What's your favorite color?" Po repeated.
"Why would you ask that?" Mantis hopped out the danger zone and stepped up to his friend.
"Tigress won't tell me her favorite color. So what's yours?" Po waited expectantly.
"I'm not sure…" Mantis rubbed his chin in thought. "I've never thought about what my favorite color is… but if I had to decide, it would be white. Dull white."
"Dull white?" Po grinned. "May I ask why?"
"It always reminds me of your awesome noodle soup. The white radish slices are my favorite." Mantis replied. "Speaking of which, what's the secret ingredient?"
"Not telling."
"Darn."
"Hey, do you know what Tigress's favorite color is?" Po asked.
"Sorry, buddy, I don't. But if I had to guess, it would be red."
"Red?"
"She's worn that red vest for as long as I can remember."
"Alright… thanks Mantis!"
"Hey, Monkey." Po stepped into the training hall courtyard, where Monkey was lifting himself on a pull up bar.
"Hi, Po." Monkey waved with one arm, the other continuing to lift the primate up and down.
"Monkey, what's your favorite color?"
"Yellow." Monkey said at once. "Bananas are my favorite food."
He jumped down and peeled one of that said fruit.
"Why do you ask?"
"Tigress won't tell me what her favorite color is." Po replied. "Do you know what it is?"
"Pink."
"Pink?" Po blinked. "Really?"
"Yeah, really." Monkey smirked. "She's never said it, but pink has got to be her favorite color. I mean, that color is so unlikely for someone like her that it's got to be her color!"
"Monkey, you do realize that if I ask Tigress and it turns out to be right, my life won't be worth five yuan." Po said.
"Then don't ask her!"
"But then how will I know if pink is her favorite color?"
"Of course it is! If it isn't I'll eat my hat!"
"You don't wear a hat."
"I'll eat Crane's, then."
"Crane, what's your favorite color?" Po asked as he stepped into Crane's room.
"My favorite color?" Crane looked up from his calligraphy.
"Yeah." Po said. "Tigress won't tell me her favorite color, so I'm going around asking for everyone else's. So what's your favorite color?"
"I don't really have a specific favorite color…" Crane said. "But if there's one color that I definitely like, it's blue. Azure blue."
"Azure blue?" Po asked. "Isn't that the color of Viper's eyes?"
"What? No it's not! Her eyes are cerulean!"
"Anyway…" Po fought the urge to laugh. "Do you know what Tigress's favorite color is?"
"Nope." Said Crane.
"Try and guess." Said Po. "Mantis and Monkey have both guessed."
"Really? What did they say?"
"Mantis says red and Monkey says pink."
"Alright then… my guess would be orange."
"Orange. Is that because her fur's orange?"
"Yeah."
"By the way…" Po pointed at Crane's head. "I'd better hide that hat for a while, just in case Monkey's guess is wrong."
Po eventually found Viper in the bathhouse. Very cautiously, he knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Viper asked from inside.
"It's Po." Said Po. "I need to ask you something. Can I ask you now?"
"Unless it requires me coming out, or you coming in, then yes, you can ask me something."
"What's your favorite color?"
"Purple." Viper said after a couple of seconds. "I love the color purple."
"Oh, great!" Po said.
"But I like violet too…" Viper said. "and indigo…"
"Purple will do just fine." Said Po.
"… and magenta… and plum… and orchid…"
"Viper…"
"… and lavender… and heliotrope… and fuchsia…"
"Viper…"
"… and amethyst… and fandango… and cerise…"
"Viper, purple will be just fine!" Po finally exclaimed.
"Oh, okay." Viper said.
"Do you know what Tigress's favorite color is?"
"No, I don't. Sorry. But it might be black. Just a wild guess."
"Master Shifu, what is your favorite color?"
Shifu was jolted from his meditation.
"Panda!" He snapped and whirled round to face Po. "Do not sneak up on people like that! I could have kicked you through those doors!"
"You already had." Po muttered.
"What do you want, Po?" Shifu sighed.
"What's your favorite color?"
"My favorite what?" Shifu blinked.
"You favorite color."
"Why do you want to know what my favorite color is?"
"Tigress won't tell me what her favorite color is."
"Oh really? I'd always thought that she didn't have a favorite color."
"Oh come on! Everyone has a favorite color! So what's yours?" Po asked again.
"If you must know, it's gold."
"Gold? I didn't know you were the greedy type."
"Not that kind of gold!" Shifu snapped. "I like the color because it represents heroism. Now will you please leave me in peace?"
"Oh, okay." Po turned to leave, but then stopped. "Hey, Shifu… I know you just said that Tigress doesn't have a favorite color."
"Indeed."
"Well… in the unexpected case that she does actually have a favorite color, what do you think it would be?"
Shifu paused to think.
"I strongly dislike guessing… but my guess would be blue."
Much to Po's surprise, Tigress was still in the kitchen.
"Well, I've gone round to everyone in the Jade Palace…" Po declared. "And every one of them has a favorite color."
"List them." Tigress spoke, leaning back in her chair and crossing her arms.
"Alright, alright…" Po began counting with his fingers. "Mantis likes dull white… Monkey likes yellow… Crane likes azure blue… Viper likes purple… well every shade of purple… and Shifu likes gold."
"Gold?" Tigress blinked. "I didn't know that was Shifu's favorite color."
"Anyway… now it's your turn." Po sat down on the chair opposite Tigress. "What's your favorite color?"
"Po, I've already told you… I don't have a favorite color. Or a favorite mushroom, for that matter."
At that moment, the kitchen doors opened, and the other members of the Furious Five and Master Shifu entered the room; it was dinner time.
"What's going on here?" Crane asked as he laid eyes on the panda and tiger sitting opposite each other.
"I'm trying to find out Tigress's favorite color." Po replied.
"And I'm telling him that I don't have one." Tigress spoke.
"Oh come on… there must be at least one color that you really like!" Po exclaimed.
Tigress groaned in frustration.
"Alright then… how about… pink!"
"Yes!" Monkey waved his fists in the air.
"You're kidding, aren't you?" Po asked.
"Yep." Tigress smirked.
Monkey lowered his arms in dismay.
"Crane…" He spoke up. "Can I have your hat?"
Crane backed away five steps.
"Tigress, I'm not going to let you leave this room until you sincerely tell me what color you like." Po said.
"I'm sorry, Po." Tigress sighed. "But I honestly can't think of a color."
"Alright then, how about this: think of something that makes you feel really happy, and then tell me what color it is."
Tigress stared.
"Why?"
"Because when someone has a favorite color, it's usually because that color represents something they really like or consider significant."
"Alright then, what's your favorite color, and why?" Tigress asked.
"My favorite color is peach." Said Po. "And that's because it's the color of the fruit. Peaches are my favorite food."
"Really?" Tigress asked. "I always thought that your favorite food was noodles."
"My dad works in a noodle shop, so basically everyone thinks that." Po replied. "Now your turn."
"Po…"
"Just think of something that makes you happy, and tell me what color it is."
Tigress sighed again, and then began to think.
In her life, she had been ostracized in an orphanage for six years, then struggled to gain her master's approval for the remaining nineteen. As a result, there weren't very many things that made her feel happy. And so thinking of one was difficult…
And then her eyes locked with Po's… and blushed as she found herself staring deeply into those eyes which never judged her, were almost always filled with a child-like happiness, and were such a vivid, beautiful color…
"Green." She said. "Emerald green."
"Awesome!" Po yelled. "I knew you had a favorite color! Why?"
Tigress quickly looked away.
"Hey, it's alright." Said Po. "You don't have to tell me that if you don't want to. I'm just glad I finally got to know your favorite color. Alright, everyone, it's time for dinner!"
Tigress took one more glance at Po's emerald green eyes before the panda got up to cook the noodles.
