by KingKovu44 » November 21st, 2011, 4:03 pm
Chapter 3
It had been four years. Po was now eighteen, and Tigress and Viper were seventeen. Po had grown into a strong young man, while the girls were very beautiful, especially Tigress. Po had noticed this fact, as well as the fact that Tigress had developed an incredibly gorgeous, fit body, and had developed a serious crush on her. It was spring, and at the moment, the young panda was busy moving into the Jade Palace. Besides his training, it gave him a chance to be around the lovely feline more and more. As they helped Po move his bags to his room, Crane and Monkey talked.
“Well, it should be interesting to see what happens now that he’s here full-time,” Monkey began.
“We will see,” Crane replied.
“Are you two talking about me?” the teenage panda asked.
“Uh, yes,” Crane said.
“Anyway, it’s going to be totally awesome being with you guys all the time!” Po exclaimed.
“Yeah, we’re thrilled too,” Monkey said.
They finally arrived at Po’s room. Just as they were opening the door, Tigress arrived on the scene to welcome Po to his new home.
“Hey there,” she began.
“Hey Tigress. How are you?” Po replied.
“I’m good,” Tigress said.
“I’m excited to be here,” Po continued.
“And we’re happy to have you,” Tigress said.
From the tone in her voice, Po could tell something was going on with his best friend, but was unable to figure it out. The truth was that Tigress had a crush on Po just as he had feelings for her. However, neither of them had the courage to come right out and admit it. The reason they gave themselves was that they didn’t want to ruin their friendship if it didn’t work out. That evening, Tigress sat in her room, thinking about her feelings for her friend. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
“Who is it?” Tigress asked.
“It’s Viper,” came the female voice from behind the door.
“Come in,” Tigress replied.
Viper slithered into the room after opening the door with her tail. She saw Tigress thinking.
“What’s going on?” she asked.
“I’m just thinking about someone,” Tigress replied.
Viper slithered onto the bed and sat next to her.
“Exactly who are you thinking about?” she asked.
Tigress said nothing.
“It wouldn’t happen to be a guy, would it?” Viper replied.
Tigress sighed.
“Yes. It’s a guy, a guy who is our best friend,” she said.
Viper looked at her.
“Do you mean Po?” she asked.
Tigress nodded to say “yes”.
Viper smiled.
“By any chance, do you like him as more than a friend?” she asked.
Tigress looked at her, but said nothing.
“Ah ha! You do have a crush on Po!” Viper replied.
Tigress turned.
“Viper, he’s my best friend. That would be weird,” she said.
Viper looked at her.
“Look, I can tell how you really feel. You need to tell him,” she said.
Tigress looked at the snake.
“Tell him? If he doesn’t feel the same way, it could ruin our friendship,” she said.
Viper sighed.
“Listen, Tigress. If you don’t tell him how you feel, he’ll never know, and he’ll eventually move on. If you wait too long, he could end up with another girl,” she said.
Tigress realized that she was right. She nodded.
“All right. I’ll tell him in a little bit,” she said.
Viper smiled.
“I can’t wait to see the result,” she said.
With that, Viper slithered away, deciding to go see what Po was up to at the moment. n his room, Po was deep in thought. Due to this, he had forgotten to close the door after entering. Viper saw the open door and went to investigate the speech she heard coming from the room.
“Man, I wish could tell Tigress who I feel about her,” Po stated.
“What was that?” Viper asked.
Po turned and saw the snake as she slithered in.
“Nothing,” Po replied.
“Come on, you can tell me. I won’t tell anyone,” Viper answered.
“All right. I have a crush on Tigress,” the panda said.
Viper looked at him.
“Is that all? Why don’t you just go and tell her?” Viper continued.
“Because I don’t want to ruin our friendship if she says no,” Po informed her.
“Look, do you really think that she’s going to wait around forever? The other day, a guy in the village hit on her. She rejected him, but you can see my point,” Viper said.
Po sighed.
“I should be the one to be with her,” Po stated.
“Then go and tell her,” Viper instructed.
“I can’t. I just can’t,” Po said.
“Come on. Who’s been her best guy friend forever?” Viper asked.
“I have,” Po said.
“Who’s not going to wait forever?” Viper continued.
“She’s not,” Po replied.
Po then decided that the time was right.
“I’ll do it!” he exclaimed.
And with that, Po headed to Tigress’ room. He knocked on her door. Tigress, clad in a silk nightgown, opened the door.
“Po, what is it?” she began.
“Can I come in?” Po replied.
Tigress quickly pulled Po inside and shut the door.
“What is it?” she asked.
Po stepped forward to tell her, but accidentally tripped and fell, hitting his head and knocking himself out. Tigress rushed to his side. When he finally awoke, he found himself with his head in Tigress’ lap. He smiled.
“Well, isn’t this pleasant?” he said with a chuckle.
“Po, this isn’t funny. What were you trying to tell me?” she asked.
Po decided to just tell her.
“I have a crush on you,” he said.
Tigress was shocked.
“Really?” she replied.
“Really,” Po answered.
Tigress gave a flirty smile.
“You know, I’ve had a crush on you too,” she told him.
Po was overjoyed to hear this.
“Well, perhaps we should plan a first date,” he said.
They did exactly that. Soon, that very next weekend, they were on their first date. Po took Tigress to his dad’s restaurant. Upon seeing them, Mr. Ping was excited.
“Po, Tigress, what brings you here tonight?” the goose asked.
Po proudly took Tigress’ hand.
“We’re on a date,” Po replied.
At that, Mr. Ping brought them to a table and served them. After eating their fill, Po and Tigress decided to take a walk. Their walk eventually brought them to the forest surrounding the village. After some more walking, they came to a bamboo grove. In the middle of the grove was a pavilion that seemed to be fifty or more years old. It was covered in vines and flowers.
“What a beautiful evening,” Tigress commented.
However, it wasn’t the scenery that had Po’s attention. Rather, it was Tigress.
“Yeah, but you’re better,” Po replied.
Just then, Po held out his hand.
“Tigress, may I have this dance?” he asked.
Tigress chuckled.
“Po, there’s no music,” she informed him.
That didn’t matter to Po. He simply began humming a simple Chinese folk tune. Tigress allowed him to take her hand, and they slow-danced together in the moonlight. It was a perfect end to a perfect evening. A few days had gone by since Po and Tigress’ first date. By now, everyone knew that Po and Tigress liked each other romantically. Shifu and Su-Lin were happy that their daughter had found someone that made her happy. However, at the moment, Shifu seemed depressed. Tigress entered the room. Upon seeing this, she went to investigate. She sat on the floor in front of him.
“Dad, is everything all right?” she asked.
Shifu looked up.
“No, my daughter. I am not,” he said.
“Why not?” Tigress continued.
“Today is the anniversary of when Tai Lung slaughtered the village and was taken to Chor-Ghom prison,” Shifu told her.
Tigress placed her paw on her father’s back in an attempt to console him.
“Dad, why not let it go? It’s been years,” she replied.
Shifu took a deep breath.
“You don’t understand, Tigress,” he said.
“Yes I do. He betrayed you. It’s perfectly understandable,” Tigress replied.
“Tigress, there’s a lot more to it than that,” Shifu continued.
“What do you mean?” she answered.
Shifu then proceeded to tell his daughter the whole story of Tai Lung, including how he had raised the Snow leopard.
“Wait, if you raised him, does that mean that he’s my brother?” Tigress said.
“No. He is not. He was disowned on the day he was taken to prison. You are my only child,” the Red panda stated.
“I’m proud to be your daughter,” Tigress remarked.
“As I’m proud to be your father,” Shifu told her.
The Red panda then walked over and kissed his beautiful daughter on her cheek. They hugged briefly, and then Tigress left. The day passed without anything major happening. Then, just as, the sun was getting ready to go down, Po came to his girlfriend.
“Hey babe,” Po said, a somewhat cocky grin on his face.
Tigress chuckled.
“Hi Po,” she replied.
“So, what are you up to?” the panda asked.
“Nothing much,” Tigress continued.
“Do you want to do something?” Po replied.
“Sure, but what?” Tigress said.
Po thought for a moment.
“You want to go spar in the courtyard?” he said.
Tigress smiled.
“Perfect,” she said.
They headed out to the courtyard, the one where they had played as cubs. They got into position and bowed to each other. However, the fact that they were in the courtyard brought back beloved memories of their cubhood. Po got cocky once again. He reached out and tickled Tigress. She jerked back, returning the panda’s prideful expression.
“Watch it, panda,” she warned.
“Or what?” Po teased.
“This,” Tigress replied.
The lovely teenage feline leapt forward, knocking Po to the ground. What erupted was a massive tickle fight, which lasted until both were laughing so hard that their sides hurt.
“Well, what now?” Tigress asked.
Po sat up a bit.
“Want to sit under the sacred peach tree?” he asked.
“Sure, why not?” Tigress replied.
And so, they went over to the old tree. Together they sat, watching the sun go down.
“I love this. It’s beautiful,” Tigress commented.
“Eh, you’re better,” Po told her.
Tigress smiled.
“Do you ever tire of talking about me like that?” she said.
“Nope,” Po replied.
“Come on, Po, there’s got to be other reasons that you like me,” Tigress continued.
Po sighed.
“Yeah, because you’re totally awesome,” the panda said.
Tigress suddenly moved forward and hugged her boyfriend.
“I thought as much. Now, what’s so awesome about me?” she asked.
Po seemed to think for a moment.
“Well, for one, you’re the most awesome fighter,” he said.
Tigress looked into his eyes and hugged him tighter. By the end of the night, both of them considered this even their second date. Several days later, Po awoke with a sharp pain in his stomach. Thinking that it would simply pass, Po got up and headed out for training. However, as he, Tigress and the others trained, the pains become worse. Po gagged several times. Shifu stopped the class and went to him.
“Po, are you all right?” the Red panda asked.
“Yeah, couldn’t be better,” Po lied, trying to conceal his agony.
Tigress saw through his lie.
“Po, you don’t look well. Just tell my dad the truth,” she suggested.
“No! I’m fine!” the panda insisted.
It was then that the illness became unbearable. The stomach pains became the worst they had been so far. Po fell clutching his stomach, screaming in pain as he went down. Tigress rushed to his side.
“Po, are you OK?!” she shouted.
“No!” he exclaimed.
Shifu instructed the servant geese to take the panda to his bed. Once he was there, Tigress was assigned to care for him. She encouraged him to take a nap. He did so. While he slept, she watched over him. When he awoke, she stood there, a bowl of orange chicken in her paws.
“I brought you something to eat,” she said.
Po accepted the bowl and ate.
“So, how are you feeling?” Tigress asked.
“Better,” Po replied.
“Good. I hate to see you in pain,” Tigress continued.
“And I’m glad to have the best and greatest caretaker in the valley,” the panda commented.
Tigress gave a pleasant sigh.
“And I’m happy to have the best boyfriend,” she remarked.
Slowly but surely, Po began to recover. When he finally did, he returned to his regular routine.
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