Forbidden Love

SUSPICIONS

Early the next morning Po had told Gang, Yun, Naro, and Kuo to take the young prince to England as quick as possible since Nayi had taken him the day before without letting him know. You're probably wondering what happened to Nayi, Xhan and Kang. Well let's just say it wasn't pleasant. But at least it wasn't like times before. Usually when they got caught Po would beat them until they couldn't walk after having to break them out of the jail. And if they did something without letting him know they would probably be killed. This time though Po didn't do that. One he couldn't kill his own sister and two well he didn't because couldn't afford having his men being injured before leaving to England. At the valley, the Furious Five and MaSha got up before the sun had risen and headed to the Emperor's palace.

They were talking to the guards who were talking with the Emperor although Tigress and MaSha stayed at the Valley still searching for anything that would help and this time Tigress couldn't afford distractions even though she had some when she saw Po. When Po noticed her though he couldn't stop himself from smiling even if Nayi was there with him. She couldn't do much due to the beating from the night before but she did notice Po smiling at the sight of Master Tigress and couldn't help but look suspicious at him. It was odd enough that he hadn't beaten her to death and Kang and Xhan until they couldn't walk for weeks but him smiling just seeing Tigress was different. She never saw him smiling before at least not this much.

"I'll be right back" Po told her not looking at her.

"Where are you going" She asked.

"Uh... to see if I can get something to eat" He said before making his way towards Tigress. Her brother may be good at faking to be kind but he was no good at excuses. "Hey Tigress" Po greeted upon reaching her.

"Hello Po" Tigress smiled making Po's heart beat fast. What is wrong with me? He asked himself. "How are you doing today?" Tigress asked.

"I'm doing alright not too bad you know the usual" He said rather nervously. "H-how are you doing?"

"Well good I guess I've been up before dawn looking for the bandit who apparently kid-napped the Emperor's youngest son and also took the jewel" She told them as they walked.

"Wow! Really?" he asked trying to sound surprised.

"Yeah now I have to search the WHOLE valley while the rest of the five are at the Emperor's palace searching on how the prince was able to get kidnapped."

"Sounds like a lot of work"

"It is but as long as the valley and the emperor are safe it's worth it." She smiled. Po smiled back thinking about it. It has only been two days since he first met her and already he felt he was changing. Tigress was like no other girl he had met. A few years back he had met a girl he had to 'marry' because apparently his sister said that he needed to get married because he needed an heir to the position but Nayi denied she said it and he didn't marry her because, one; he didn't want to and two; she wasn't actually the kind of girl he looked for. Tigress, though, was kind, generous, but at the same time she could be mean and aggravating. She wasn't too kind and not too mean. He wanted someone like her. Someone who he could argue with but stay with the rest of his life. His mother always told him that it was a great feeling but it was hard to find. And it came in the most unexpected times and places. She was involved in a life of crime just like his father. They met when they both decided to steal the same jewel from the emperor on the same day. And although he didn't like crime much, Po was stuck as a criminal because of his parents even if he is adopted.

"You like working for the Emperor?" He asked her.

"Yeah" She told him with a smile. "I don't know why but I love to serve the country I live in even if it goes against what I believe." They were now standing in front of the Noddle Shop not noticing something left over from the last Winter Festival and even it wasn't winter the rule still applied. MaSha was across the street and noticed them under the mistletoe but decided not to say anything and left the two alone. It was nice to see her sister finding love even if she didn't like him much he did seem a bit... suspicious to her. But who is she to judge him? She finds lots of people suspicious even Prince Yang for obvious reasons.

"I just hope he doesn't break my sister's heart" She said with a bit of anger in her voice. She went to the safe that the jewel was placed in and looked inside it for anything that might give her clues. At the corner of the safe, though, there was a patch of black fur. "Panda fur?" She asked herself picking it up looking at it carefully. "How is it possible there are no pandas in this valley" her eyes widened in realization. She only saw one panda in the valley these past few days and that was...Po.