Kung Fu Panda Stories

Chapter 9- "I'm going to kick your ass"

It was morning again, a long night. Po couldn't get to sleep, even after he left Tigress in her bed and went into his own room. He was so worried about her, she was in such a bad state, and she wouldn't be able to train for several weeks, all because of him. But, he tried not to think about it, because Tigress was finally stirring. The whole 5 hours of the night he wasn't trying to get to sleep he spent keeping an eye on Tigress, and now he was at her bedside, eyes wide at the sight of her sort of waking up.

"Hn, ugh, my head... What happened?" Was all the delirious Tigress could say. She didn't have time to speak again, though, because a relieved Po had gently hugged her, making sure to avoid all of the wounds. Tigress wanted to hit him. Why is he...oh...that's why. It had all come back to her, they were sparring, Po knocked her into the stands, and as soon as the rubble collapsed on to of her, she fell unconscious. She still wanted to hit him, she tried to raise her arm to throw a punch, but instead of hitting him, her arm wrapped around his large body, as did the other. They were locked in a hug, and not a "oh god I'm so glad your alright" hug, this was a little of a "oh god, my love, I'm so glad your alright," hug. Neither of them had realised that yet, however.

Viper heard Tigress trying to speak, and quickly headed straight to her room, when she cracked the door open, and saw the two hugging; Viper just let off a grin and slowly shut the door again. "I knew it," Viper mumbled to herself as she slithered back to her own room.

As Po gently put Tigress back onto her bed, she softly spoke. "Po, I'm going to kick your ass." She smiled, and so did Po.

"Wait, your serious, aren't you?"

"For the most part, yes."

"Well, you're not going anywhere until those wounds are healed!" This was the voice of Shifu, who just entered the room to check on Tigress.

"So, how many bones are broken, Master?" For Tigress, this was the equivalent of asking, how long will it be until I can kick this stupid panda's ass?

"Several, your forearm was nearly crushed. One of your ribs is almost in two, and your leg will have some trouble. And, obviously you have enough bandages to call them an outfit. You'll be in a chair for several weeks, I'm afraid."

Tigress just sighed, in a pissed off way, she wasn't prepared to be in a chair for a long period of time.

"Po, could I see you outside?"

"Yeah, sure." Po stumbled his way out of the room, followed by Shifu.

"Viper told me that she saw you two hugging, which is the real reason I came here, I thought I told you that if you-"

"- I know, I know. I was worried about her, and with her finally awake, I was relieved."

"I understand, but please. Don't let her time in bed slow your training."

"I know, I'll try, sorry if I caused any trouble, Master Shifu."

"Don't let any trouble be caused, and then we won't have this problem, will we?" Shifu chuckled at his own humor, and then walked out of the sleeping hall.

Po turned back to Tigress' door, and it was opened before he reach it, by Monkey, whom was wheeling in a chair for Tigress. "Oh god, how long will I be in this thing?" Po heard from her room.

"Master Shifu told me that you should be in the chair for at least 4 weeks. Sorry, Master Tigress. You can't wheel yourself, not until your arm is healed."

Tigress sighed, "alright; take me to wherever Shifu wants us." She moaned.

"Wait, let wheel her out." Po requested.

"Er, ok, if you want to, Po." Monkey let go of Tigress' chair and let Po take it. Tigress looked confused.

"Why would you want to wheel me out?"

"I dunno, it's the least I can do for putting you into it in the first place I guess." Po had other reasons for wanting to wheel her, but that was part of it.