The Curious Tale Of Momoda

Do You Like Me?

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Po's laugh echoed in the Hall of Heroes. 

"It's not funny!" Monkey exclaimed.

"Oh you have no right to be upset with me, buddy," Po chortled. "After your jokes about me, you deserve every single laugh from my mouth."

"He's not wrong," Mantis muttered from the simian's shoulder. Monkey simmered quietly. 

"HAHAHAHAHahahaha, but best of all, in the middle of the whole thing, Crane over here gets a girlfriend. HA!"

"She's not my girlfriend," Crane argued.

"So what exactly did you do when you... escorted Min back home?" Tigress asked, crossing her arms.

"I... we talked," Crane cleared his throat. Po sniggered before bursting out into laughter. "Yeah, yeah laugh it up. I know I'm an idiot for letting the tiger get away."

"No, no no that's not why I'm laughing," Po chuckled. "I'm actually surprised! You held your ground against Momoda and manage to get a date in the middle of a fight? Dude that's awesome! Much better than Monkey."

"I get it. Karma. Geez," Monkey grumbled.

Shifu rubbed his head with the hand that wasn't in a sling. "Master Crane, though I'm glad that you managed to take on Momoda, you shouldn't have gotten distracted by her."

"I wasn't!"

"Yeah, he was more distracted by Min," Po sniggered. "Way to go, though. I would've been stumbling."

"That's not surprising," Tigress smirked.

"Hey."

"What about the men that she was... using as a throne?" Viper asked. 

Crane rubbed the back of his head, "Oh, yeah. Turns out most of those guys were bandits, but some of them were... 'Innocent'."

"Why do you say it like that?" 

"Well, the tavern keeper nearby said that they were causing a ruckus and annoying the people around, so... Momoda took care of things when they started to annoy her," Crane answered Shifu. 

"And you figured this out before or after you visited Ms. Min's house?"

"... After?" Crane grinned sheepishly. Shifu groaned and facepalmed himself. "But I did make sure that they were alright before sending them off to jail." 

Shifu sighed, "Still, you shouldn't have gotten distracted at all."

"What was I supposed to do?" Crane said. "I literally crashed into that situation."

"Fighting a criminal is not the time to start a relationship."

"Oh come on, Tigress," Crane exclaimed. "Po has reformed multiple women who were criminals, and he gets a pass?" 

"Hey, hey, hey, I was doing really good before this argument, so keep me out of it, okay?" Po said.

"Anyway," Crane sighed, "I had to fight her alone when she took down Monkey in one blow."

"Hey, no need to say all that."

"Enough," Shifu groaned with a sigh. "It's obvious to me that we have to increase security to catch this Momoda. By the end of the month, she needs to be captured. Understand?"

"Yes Master Shifu."

"Good, you are dismissed." The red panda sighed, grunting as he rubbed his injured arm. "This Momoda is a problem."

"Are you sure about that, Master Shifu?" Po asked as the others left the Hall of Heroes.

"Po."

"I'm not saying this because of my feelings. I'm just... I have a good feeling about this tiger." The red panda stared at him. "Okay, I understand that's literally a feeling, but it is a good feeling."