A/N: Here's chapter 13! Let me know what you think! I don't own KFP or the Kaftar from Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011.
Chapter 13 - Vanessa's confession
In Central Park, our warriors and the North American Furious Five land behind some bushes to form their next move and to make contact with Lao Hu. Po landed on Tai Lung making him shout, "Ugh!"
"Oh, sorry!" Po apologized.
"Just watch yourself next time," Tai Lung said as Po got off him and he stood up.
"Now's not the time for arguing. We've got to brainstorm our next move," said Vanessa.
"Right. Let's do that," Tigress agreed.
"Anyone there? Can anyone here me?" Lao Hu said from the radio.
Peter picked up the radio and said into it, "Yes, we're here Master Lao Hu. Go ahead."
"Are you guys okay?" Lao Hu asked, "I saw the Trump Building collapsing on the cameras I have set up."
"We're okay," replied Peter, "We did ambush Whittelocke and Lionel, but the bad news is that they knew we were coming, and we had to rescue your daughter's team."
"Is Jai-Li okay?"
"She's fine. We're just gonna brainstorm and decide our next move," Peter said as he looked at Tigress.
"I'll be looking for Tokuta or any of his minions on our camera throughout the city. I'll inform y'all when I got something," said Lao Hu.
"Roger that," Peter replied.
He hung up and Vanessa said, "Okay. We're going to be undercover here at Central Park. I want you all to change back into your clothing and we'll keep an eye out for anything unusual."
"Uh…" Po said, looking at his high-tech suit, "how can we change out of these suits?"
"Simple," replied Vanessa, "Just push that button right there."
She pointed to a small red button on Po's suit that was on his chest, he pushed it, the suit unzipped, and it got small and it was stored safely away. Po even had his regular pants on.
"Th-that's severely awesome…" Po said in an awed tone.
Vanessa nodded and smiled. Then the others did the same thing, and sure enough they all were back into their regular clothing.
"Wow. Those are some cool suits," Tai Lung commented with wide eyes.
"Master Lao Hu designed them and we helped put them together," Trisha said.
"Really? That's cool. No, severely awesome!" Crane commented.
Po and Crane chuckled at that, so did the others. Trisha and Peter pushed their buttons and they were shown to be in regular day clothing. Aaron and Phil did the same, and they wore darker clothing than the rest of them, like dark blue shirts and black pants. Vanessa did the same thing and she is wearing a white shirt with blue jeans and black shoes.
"Whoooooaaaaaa…I thought she was hot before…but now she's flaming hot…" Tai Lung thought.
He must be in a trance, because he is staring at her.
"Tai Lung?" Shifu said, "Tai Lung? Tai Lung!"
Tai Lung jumped out of his kin and out of his trance saying: "Who? What? When? Where?" He looked to see his friends looking at him, Tigress and Viper held back their giggles. Tai Lung saw them trying to hold back their giggles, he then said, "I…I'm going to get some air…" Then he left his friends and Peter said, "We'll let you know when we have something. Keep an eye out for Tokuta."
"Got it Peter Rabbit," Tai Lung said as he trotted away.
"Heeeyyyyy…just like the story!" Po said with a smile.
"I know," Peter said with a smile.
"Okay. Let's start brainstorming," said Vanessa.
"I could use a walk in this park. Let's enjoy ourselves," said Shifu.
"I know you want to enjoy yourself…but"
"Oh, come on, Vanessa!" Trisha said with a smile, "We can discuss our plans while we're walking."
"Yeah!" Phil agreed, "We need to get out and about!"
Vanessa sighed; she smiled and said, "You're right. All three of you. Let's discuss our plans while enjoying ourselves." With that, they began walking in Central Park to discuss their next move.
A little ways from our group, Tai Lung is muttering things to himself in frustration; he just can't get over Vanessa.
"How can I be into her?" he asked himself, "She's like any other girl, but she makes me feel so different! Those eyes…those sapphire eyes…dang it, Tai Lung! What's the matter with you? She won't feel the same way! How could she? I'm a gray snow leopard and she's a beautiful, delicate, yet tough, cougar…"
He was cut off because his head hit a pole pretty hard. He moved back while holding his head, saying, "Ah, dagnabbit! I can't even think straight!"
He began walking again, not noticing his friends aren't far behind, but they couldn't hear him muttering to himself.
"So, we'll form the sneak attack move that'll be the way we ambush them with one team, and then another on each other's mark," Vanessa said, telling them their next move.
"We don't know where they are though," Po pointed out.
"I know. But we've gotta form strategic planning before our move. Strategy is the key to everything, panda," Vanessa replied, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"My father told me that before. He said about the same thing," said Shifu.
"Well, he's right," replied Vanessa, "You must be strategic and ready to strike at the right time during missions like this."
"But we're just walking around Central Park," said Crane.
"Yes, but Master Lao Hu is seeing where Tokuta and his minions are. We can't go anywhere until we know," Phil explained.
"I see. Always forming strategies," Po said.
"Oh, and I've noticed Tai Lung has been taking an interest in you, Vanessa," Tigress said, crossing her arms.
Vanessa froze for a second, and the others wondered what Tigress was talking about.
"What do you mean, Tigress?" Shifu asked in a wondered tone.
"I'm saying that Tai Lung is into Vanessa. I know it too," Tigress explained.
"How can you know something like that?" Trisha asked.
"Because when Vanessa was congratulating us on our training warm up, she hugged us by showing her congrats. Then Tai Lung hugged her, and when Vanessa wanted to get free, he called her 'my love.'" Tigress explained.
Now everyone was surprised, Shifu didn't know if Tigress is trying to embarrass Tai Lung, or show that he's into Vanessa. Most likely the first one.
"Tigress, you're not mocking Tai Lung, are you?" Shifu asked in a suspicious tone.
"No. I'm just pointing it out."
Vanessa wasn't looking at the others at all, she was just frozen.
"If that's true…" Peter said, he looked at Vanessa, "Vanessa…what do you think of Tai Lung?"
Vanessa froze even more, she turned to them and stammered, "Well…I uh…I…don't know…uh…"
"Vanessa?" Trisha said.
"Y-Y-Yuh-Yes?" Vanessa stammered.
"Are you okay?"
Vanessa looked at the others, they were all staring at her, she held back a blush and then she said, "I'm going to get a snack." Then she ran off, leaving the others in the dust.
"That was weird," said Mantis.
"TOO weird for Vanessa. She's never acted like that before," said Trisha.
"You're telling me. Vanessa ain't like that," said Phil.
"Maybe someone should go talk to her," said Po.
"I think that's a good idea," Shifu said.
"I'll go talk with her. She'll listen to me, because I have a relationship."
"Well, good luck with her," Trisha said, "She doesn't like to get into personal things."
Po nodded and then he left to go talk with Vanessa.
A little ways away, Vanessa is eating a bag of chips; she's eating fast because she's nervous. She's looking around fast too, she's very nervous, what she didn't notice is that Po's close by. After a moment, Po said, "Hi Vanessa," that made her scream and jump out of her skin.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you," Po apologized.
She held her right paw over her chest, looked at Po and said, "Panda don't EVER sneak upon me like that!"
"Hey, I said I was sorry," Po said.
Vanessa gained her cool back and began to eat her chips again. Po sat down with her and asked, "Vanessa…I saw something was bothering you…and I decided to you know…talk about it…"
"What's to talk about?" Vanessa said, trying to remain cool, "There's nothing to talk about here."
Po cleared his throat, "Vanessa, I've noticed that you've been acting strange around Tai Lung…and when we asked you about him…you just took off…" Vanessa was frozen again out of fear, she didn't want anyone to know! She looked at Po with her sapphire eyes and said nervously, "I just got…hungry…there's nothing wrong with me."
"Vanessa, you and I know that's a lie," Po said, "Look, there's nothing to be afraid of if you have someone you really care about."
"Are you saying I like Tai Lung?" Vanessa asked as she raised an eyebrow, "I don't think…so…"
"Look at me and Tigress. We were afraid that we wouldn't feel the same way about the other, but we managed to pull around and tell each other. We found each other, Vanessa," Po said as he smiled at her.
"I don't have a…"
"Vanessa, I know so," Po said, "I saw it in your eyes, I can tell when someone's having trouble telling another how they feel about them."
Vanessa looked at Po, she looked into his eyes and saw he meant every word he just said. She didn't know what to do, she was afraid of telling anyone. She sighed and buried her face into her paws.
"Okay, okay" she whispered, "I…I…I do…love Tai Lung…"
"Really? That's wonderful," Po said with a smile.
Vanessa looked at him and said in a panicked tone, "Don't tell anyone! They can't know!"
"They already figure it because of the way you froze and everything."
Vanessa hid her face in embarrassment and said, "He won't feel the same way! He's a snow leopard and I'm a cougar! He doesn't love me!"
"Then why did Tigress tell us that he called you his love?" Po asked as he put his hand on her shoulder.
"He could've just said that by accident!" Vanessa reasoned.
"There are no accidents, Vanessa. That's what Grandmaster Oogway said."
Vanessa looked at the soft, plushy panda and asked, "How can you be so sure?"
Po smiled, "Because I know that everything has a meaning. And Tai Lung cares for you, you care for him. I just know you're meant to be together."
"You saw what happened with you and Tigress with Lao Hu! He might take Tai Lung away!" Vanessa pointed out.
Po put his arm around Vanessa and said, "We'll show him the true friendship we have with each other, as you will with Tai Lung. Don't be afraid, Vanessa. You can admit your feelings. There's a saying Oogway once said, 'Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.'"
Vanessa chuckled and asked, "I should live for the present?"
"Yes," Po said with a smile, "The stuff from the past is history, the only thing that matters is what you choose to be now."
Vanessa began thinking about this, what if Po was right? He did seem confident while speaking. She looked at him once again and said, "I'll have to think about this…"
"Thinking always gets you somewhere, Vanessa."
Vanessa smiled and hugged the panda, it shocked him, but he hugged her back. After they broke from the hug, they decided to rejoin with the others.
Elsewhere in the Park, Po's friends are enjoying themselves in the park, they're wondering how Po's doing with Vanessa.
"I hope Po's doing well," said Trisha.
"I think he's fine, after all, he is the Dragon Warrior," Tigress said.
"Oh, here he comes right now with Vanessa," Viper said when she saw the two coming over.
They all turned to see Viper pointing with her tail towards the panda and cougar walking over.
"Hey guys," Phil said with a smile, "Po, how'd it go?"
"It went great," Po replied as he smiled.
Vanessa took in a deep breath and said, "I…I…I am in love…with Tai Lung…" Their mouths all just dropped except Po's.
"You have a love interest?!" Trisha asked in a shocked tone.
"Shh! Don't let the whole world know yet!" Vanessa said desperately.
"Don't let Tai Lung know yet either until it's time," Po said.
"Okay. We won't tell," Crane assured her.
"Anyway…" Vanessa said, trying to compose herself, "since we haven't heard from Master Lao Hu yet, we can go hang out by the lakes."
They all agreed to that and they began to head to the lakes.
Somewhere else in the city, in a darker place, Tokuta is chuckling to himself as he fixed up one of his attachable weapons that shoots out his gas.
"A building rises and another falls, they really think they have a chance," he said to himself.
"Master, why didn't we hypnotize them like the plan?" Whittelocke asked.
Tokuta turned to him and said, "I was just testing to see if they could get out of that building. We're going to get them as planned."
"And do you think we'll be able to get them all?"
"I do not think, I know."
"I thought so. You know everything."
Tokuta chuckled and asked, "How's the main project?"
"It's gonna be done earlier than planned. Late tonight," Whittelocke replied.
"Good. The gas will affect an area with a radius of 7,000 miles or so," Tokuta said with an evil grin.
"Seven thousand miles?!" Whittelocke said in a shocked tone.
"Yes, and soon after, we'll have another project that'll reach across the whole planet in just 10 months.
Whittelocke almost fainted and said, "You are a bad werewolf."
"I know. Now, send Lionel out, we're moving to ambush the warriors!" Tokuta ordered.
They began to move, but they didn't notice one of Lao Hu's cameras has spotted them!
A little while later, at Central Park our warriors are enjoying themselves by the lakes, they haven't seen Tai Lung for a while yet. Phil, Aaron, Crane, and Monkey are chucking stones into the lake while the others relaxed. Po sat down next to Vanessa and asked, "How're you doing after you told'em?"
"A bit off-key, but doing well," she replied.
"I know he's into you. There he is on the other side of the lake," Po said pointing at him.
She looked to see Tai Lung staring at her on the other side of the lake. She blushed at the sight.
"See? He's into you."
"Okay…" Vanessa said as she blushed deeper.
"Guys! Guys! Regroup!" Phil shouted.
They all ran towards Phil and Vanessa asked, "What's happening?"
"Master Lao Hu spotted Tokuta and Whittelocke! They're close to Grand Central Terminal, he wants us to search a 1 mile radius pronto!" Phil said in a fast tone.
"Right! Let's go!" Po said, he then paused and asked, "But how do we get our suits back on?"
"You pull the suit that's disguised like a necklace we're all wearing," Vanessa said, "Don't do it yet! Not here!"
Po looked to see that he and everyone else has the same black necklace on.
"Come on, we've gotta get moving," Vanessa said.
Then Tai Lung came over and asked, "What's up?"
"We've gotta move out! Tokuta's on the rise," Viper explained.
"Right," Tai Lung said, trying to compose himself, "Sorry about acting up earlier."
"No problem, cutie," Vanessa said in a somewhat flirty tone.
Tai Lung blushed like mad when she said that, she giggled and said, "Come on, we've gotta go!" They all began moving, while Tai Lung stood there in shock, he wondered if Vanessa liked him after all. Then he dashed after the others to catch up.
A/N: There's chapter 13, is it good or bad? Please let me know and leave a review!