The Curious Tale Of Momoda

The Feline

The next day, the team was roused up from their beds and ordered to the Hall of Heroes. A fretful red panda pacing about awaited them. "Master Shifu, what's wrong?" Viper asked.

Shifu grunted a concern through his throat. "We have a... worrying development. There have been reports of a strange woman causing discord in the southern part of the village," Master Shifu said.

"The southern part?" Viper asked. "That's the worst part of the village." Po winced and opened a small eye to a tiger with a knowing smirk on her face. 

The panda grumbled under his breath. "Not... a word." He turned to Shifu. "Do we know who the person is?"

"No," The red panda sighed. "Sources say that she's a feline of some sort."

"Uhhhh then can I stay out of this mission?" Po asked nervously.

"Why?"

"Because I kinda have a weird history with felines and I don't want things to-"

"What kind of history?" Tigress asked, raising her eyebrow. Every eye turned onto Po.

"Because every time there seems to be a feline in the mission, I end up in a complicated fight that always ends up with me nearly getting killed," Po explained.

"Isn't that true for all of your enemies?"

"Yeah, but felines make it more... confusing. I can't tell if they're attracted to me or not."

A small smirk bore onto the tiger's face while the others snickered. "You're that much of a commodity?"

"Come on, guys. You can't tell me it isn't weird that I'm always fighting a feline that makes things... weird."

"I mean... only when they're female," Monkey muttered.

"Exactly. She's female AND she's feline. Absolutely not," Po firmly said.

"So if the person is a female and feline, they're almost guaranteed to attack you?" Viper asked.

"Or try to flirt with me."

"What about Tigress?"

"She's the exception... kinda."

"Kinda?" Tigress echoed.

"You still try to kill me when we're sparring," Po argued.

"It's called fighting."

"It's called holding back."

"I can't do that."

"No, you don't want to."

"Same thing," Tigress smirked at the panda's sour face.

"That's enough you two," Shifu gently butted in. "We still have the issue of this feline terrorizing the village. She must be stopped. We will start doing patrol the night after tonight. It will give you all time to fully recover from any training fatigue. Po and Tigress, you are the first ones on watch. Try to be more lenient on your training today."

"Yes Master Shifu," Tigress and Po said. Shifu nodded and left for his studies.

"I don't like this," Po muttered under his breath. He tapped his foot against the floor with his arms crossed. "With my history with feline women, I really don't think-"

"Po, you're overreacting," Tigress interrupted.

"Yeah," Crane spoke up. "Besides, you'll be with Tigress so you'll be fine." Po's shoulders relaxed and gave a sigh of relief while the others left, except Crane.

"So this feline is knocking out bandits and thugs?" Po said to the avian warrior. "Are we sure that she's the villain here?"

"What do you mean?" Crane asked. Po shrugged as they ambled their way back to the barracks.