A Future Ahead

"Here's she comes," Po said excitedly. The crowd of people stood up as she made her walk down the isle. And by a crowd, I mean a few people. The bride didn't want that many people at the wedding, but she wanted her closest friends to be there. Covered with flowers and roses in her hand, the bride finally made it to the stage. Po could see the bridegroom was very nervous. His brother, also his best man, patted him on the shoulder.

"Relax, you're doing the right thing," he whispered. The bridegroom gently grabbed the bride's hands. Po was sitting next to Tigress. The formalities of the wedding seemed to go so quickly. Po looked at Tigress and smiled, grabbing her ringed hand gingerly. Tigress looked at who was holding her hand. She smiled back as she rested her head on his shoulder. Po should have gotten used to this but it always made his heart skip a bit. Po's mind snapped back to reality when he heard the famous words.

"I do," said the bride.

"I do," said the bridegroom.

"I now pronounce you man and wife," Master Shifu smiled. "You may now kiss the bride." She had to stand on her tippy-toes to get up to kiss him, but that was minor nuisances. They both parted away. Maz looked at Lillia's smiling and also crying face.

"Ah, see what you made me do?" She argued, wiping her eyes, "You made me cry." Maz chuckled as he kissed her again. Po clapped along with the crowd. He also looked into the sky. Somehow, he felt as if Gong-Go was watching and smiling.

Po woke up from that dream with the biggest smile on his face. In fact, he was laughing. "HAHAHAHA!"

"What's so funny?" Tigress asked. Po had gotten used to Tigress being in his room every morning. He guessed it was because she wanted to be there for him if there was some kind of bad dream.

"I had an impossible dream," Po smiled.

"What was it about?" Tigress asked. Po got out of bed, looked outside of his room, and shut the door. He was still giggling.

"If I tell you, you can never tell Maz or Lillia, especially Lillia," Po conditioned. Tigress nodded. He told her about the dream, minus the closeness between him and Tigress. Tigress's eyes widened.

"Oh," Was all she could say.

"I know right. It's so... wacky," Po laughed.

"So this is going to be in the future then?" Tigress guessed. Po stopped laughing and looked at her confused.

"Come on, Tigress. You can't possibly believe that this will happen, right? It's practically impossible," Po said.

"Nothing is impossible," Tigress replied, "And your other dreams were correct. Why not this one?"

"Simple. Have you seen Lillia?" Po remarked.

"You did say there was something going on between them," Tigress brought up.

"Yeah, but I have doubts that it's going to become any more than awkward blushing and moments," Po explained.

"You never know," Tigress reasoned. Po thought about it. It did make sense to believe that his dream would come true.

"Maybe you're right. Maybe those two will get together," Po said excitedly jumping up and down. Tigress sighed as she rolled her eyes.

Meanwhile, Lillia used daggers to cut into the back of a giant gorilla.

"AHH!" He screamed and he knelt down in pain. Lillia ran up and kicked him in the face. While he was going down to the ground, Lillia punched him in the gut, making him winded.

"Had enough?" Lillia asked. The bandit nodded. "Good, now if any bandit tries to harm the prince, I will literally make them sorry for it." The gorilla scattered away. Maz just stood there amazed. Lillia closed his dropped jaw. "Now you know what a gorilla looks like." Maz shook out of his daze and followed Lillia.

"That was amazing! I wish I knew how to do that," Maz said.

"I'm sure the Dragon Warrior and Master Tigress will soon give you that lesson," Lillia replied. "Actually, that's a question I have for you." She stopped at a cart selling desserts. Maz bought two, one for Lillia. "Thanks."

"You're welcome. Now, what was that question?"

"Why didn't Gong-Go train you when he was with you? He trained me," Lillia said. Maz thought about it for a while.

"Gong-Go never really taught me any... self-defense moves. He only taught me how to relate to others and how to be a good person. He was more worried about my morality than my self-safety."

"Why?" Lillia asked. Maz shrugged.

"Gong-Go did a lot of things that I still don't know. He must have helped millions of people survive the massacre of the villages. You and Tigress are only the tip of the pyramid," Maz said. "What did he teach you?"

"To fight. How to take down someone bigger than me. How to defeat people who gang up on me. How to escape several prisons. He told me a lot."

"But he never taught you the things he taught me?"

"Oh, he did. I just didn't listen," Lillia smirked. Maz was confused.

"Why?"

"His... morality speeches made him seem hypocritical. He wanted me to defeat the tyrannical emperor yet he didn't want me to have a vendetta against the lions that killed my parents. I, of course, wouldn't listen. Just because they didn't entirely know what they were doing doesn't excuse them," She said angrily.

"What makes me different?" Maz asked. Lillia looked at the lion confused.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"How are my brother and I exceptions to your vendetta against the lions?" Lillia thought about it for a while.

"You... you're like me in a lot of ways. Though character-wise we're different, we do have some of the same troubled past," Lillia said quietly.

"So... you pity me," Maz said. Lillia looked at him. She could tell he seemed a little offended.

"No, of course not. It's just... since you didn't know plus you were in the same boat as I was, I could... relate with you better. I guess the thing that changed my attitude the most was your character. I guess those lessons on morality from Gong-Go helped you survive me."

"You weren't that bad," Maz said, giving her some credit.

"Oh please. I don't need sympathy," Lillia smirked. Maz smiled.

"Do you remember one moral lesson that Gong-Go taught you?"

"Yeah, nothing is as it seems. That's the main reason why I started to ease up on you." Lillia said.

"Hmm, I guess we both fulfill that position," Maz replied. Lillia nodded in agreement.

"There's another question I have for you. What are the female lions in your region like?" Lillia chuckled a bit at Maz's flustered face.

"Well, they're... very... um... they're different. I mean, I can't group them all in the same pile. They all have different characteristics. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing, I was just curious what other women have to look up to."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm saying that female lions seem... different," Lillia smirked, using his own words, "And I don't think you would be interested in different species." Maz looked away shyly. "Are you?"

"Yes," Maz sighed. "I mean, the girls in my region are pretty but... they don't really attract me, character-wise or looks-wise."

"Oh, so what does attract you, character-wise?"

"You know, things. Can we stop talking about this? It's a little uncomfortable for me," Maz said. Lillia laughed.

"Okay, Mazy. I'll stop teasing you," Lillia said, making Maz flinch again at his nickname.

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