Silent Thoughts

"Tigress."

A gentle voice allowed her mind to flow back to light consciousness. She slowly began to become aware of her senses. Opening her eyes, it didn't take long to notice the panda now beside her.

"Hey. How are you feeling?" He got straight to it too. Po never was one for waiting on things and this certainly didn't change that. "Do you need anything?"

Tigress wanted to say something. She tried to say something. She wanted to reassure him she'd be fine like always, but even she didn't know herself. She couldn't tell why, but a sharp pain took over her chest, allowing her to experience an injury like never before. She couldn't even remember what was wrong with herself. And at last, her mouth refused to form the right words, so, instead of reassurance, Tigress just mumbled a very faint version of his name. "Po.."

"Yeah. It's me." He seemed to smile once she said that. She felt him stroking her head afterwards and though she wouldn't admit it, she enjoyed that feeling. "The medic said you'll be alright. Shifu's talking with him now."

Trying her hardest to nod, Po quickly panicked. "It's okay! You don't need to speak -or nod. You need rest Ti. I'll just do the talking for now, well I'm in here."

Tigress was about to nod again, but quickly corrected herself and instead, listened to what Po's wondrous brain had to say.

"Thank you for protecting me."

At first confused, Tigress didn't understand what he was referring too. Of course she would also protect him. He was the Dragon Warrior and her friend. But what happened lately that called for reflecting back on that? Her mind went straight to Lord Shen's attack on aging men City, but no. That couldn't be what he was referring too. It was too long ago, years even.

After awhile of blank staring, Tigress soon realised what he was indeed talking about. Her mind flashed back to what she presumed was yesterday. Gosh, how long had she been resting for? Tigress remembered brief images during an attack on the valley. It had been your normal, typical, bandit's stealing fruit tactic. Nothing to worry about. That was, until, one of them whipped out a sharply edged sword and was apparently good at swinging it as well. His first goal, Po, the one who caused him to get caught, was nearly swung at due to the Dragon Warrior's consistent talking. But Tigress shoved him to the side and instead took the reflective blade herself. Immediately pentitizing her, the rest became a blur to her mind. All she could remember was blood spilling everywhere and her friends desperate cries.

"It's.."

Po clasped a hand to her mouth to keep her from talking. Quickly removing it, he soon realised that might not have been his best tactic. "Sorry." He apologised. "But your not supposed to talk. The medics said you need to be quiet and rest. Your chest's still bandaged up and talking, or even just breathing heavily, can hurt it."

Tigress was about to nod again, but stopped herself. She offered a smile to the Dragon Warrior instead, who smiled back. Truth be told, she'd risk anything for him. His life was so much more valuable then what he renlisted. He had changed everything in the Jade Palace. For the better. And she was eternally grateful for that. It was a shame she wasn't supposed to talk, or else she might just have confessed everything.

"I'll let you catch back up on your sleep." Po explained, standing back up. "Besides, Shifu doesn't even know I'm in here. Monkeys standing guard in case he comes by."

Tigress desperately wanted him to stay nearby, though she didn't even allow herself to admit it. But knowing there was not much she could do, and she was tired, she just offered another weary smile at the Dragon Warrior.

Chuckling, Po walked to the door, but not before repeating his thanks.

A/N : Will Update again on Valentine's Day. What I'm writing will start getting longer and I'm working on better descriptions for these. Give me some feedback guys (: