Zaber

The Story behind the Jin-Min

As promised by Tigress, she poured hot sauce into Po's breakfast resulting in Po screaming and jumping around fanning his tongue. The team got a laugh out of this. Then Tigress remembered something. So after the panda's flaming fiasco, she took Po out of the royal kitchen and spoke to him. "What did you want to ask me?" she asked. Po tilted his head. "There was a question that you wanted to ask me last night. What was it?"

"Oh! That! Um...You know what? I forgot it. Sorry about that," Po said, waving it off.

"Po, what's wrong?"

"It's a silly question, really."

"I thought you didn't remember the question."

"Well, I...um...darn it!" Po said, making Tigress chuckle a little.

"What is it Po?" she asked. Po was silent for a moment.

"Well, have you ever been in love with someone?" Po asked awkwardly.

"You're in love? With who?" Tigress asked impatiently.

"Whoa, easy. I was just curious if you ever were in love with someone?"

"But why now? Here? Who are you in love with?"

"No one. I'm not in love with...anyone," Po said. Was that jealousy that he was hearing from her? No, couldn't be. In any case, she seemed to settle down a bit.

"No. I've never been in love... much," Tigress said.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, you know that I had a crush on Shifu when I was a teen. And well...I don't think you'll like the other-"

"I know you had a thing for Yijiro," Po said calmly. Tigress looked at him. "You can't hide ALL your emotions." Tigress sighed, defeated.

"Well, yeah, other than that, I've never been in love. Well, True love. Now, why do you ask?"

"I was just curious," Po said.

"Okay, then have you ever been in love?" She asked.

Po looked around nervously. "Well, yes and no. But I know I won't find love."

Tigress's face fell and her eyes narrowed as Po started walking away. "Why?"

"Tigress, it's practically impossible for me to have a girlfriend, much less a girl who would like me. I mean it's either: I'm a panda, I'm the Dragon Warrior, or someone's trying to kill me."

"I...don't understand," Tigress said, walking with him.

"One, I'm a panda. Correction: I'm a quote "Big Fat Stinky Panda." People wouldn't exactly try to go out with someone like that. Two, I'm the Dragon Warrior. Since I'm the Dragon Warrior, people just want me for popularity and riches. Three, someone's trying to kill me. If there's some girl that gets past the first two, they're usually related to or involved with someone who wants to kill me."

"You can't give up that easily," Tigress encouraged.

"Tigress, I've been at this for a long time. You give up hope after a while," Po said sadly. Tigress unsheathed one claw and placed it lightly on Po's chest.

"Don't. Give. Up," She said VERY sternly, scaring Po a little. "There's a person for everyone, Po. You just have to patient. Never forget that. Got it?" Po couldn't really argue at this point. He simply nodded. "Good. Now, I have to train with Leo. Don't forget what I said." She walked away. Po noticed she was swinging her tail and hips a certain way. Tigress looked back and smirked. Po's eyes widened as she turned the corner. Did she just... Po shook his head. Nah! She would never do that. Would she?