Strength In Unity

Chapter 14: Stealth

"Do you love Po?" The sentence the wolf had blurted out rather quickly had crashed headfirst into Tigress's ear and caused a multitude of damage to the brain, forcing her to take a minute to regain her vision. It was her only benefit that the other wolves had all passed out from the game.

"I'm sorry say that again?" This time taking a stance to support herself. Kirscher narrowed his eye a bit not menacingly but in a concerned motion, he could sense the feline knew exactly what he'd said, he hadn't wished to repeat himself.

"Do you...have feelings for Po?" Tigress's expression changed from a raised eyebrow to a frown.

"First of all what business is that of yours?" He backed up a step, paws in the air.

"Hey it was just a question!"

"Why was it necessary then?"

"Because..." Kirscher sighed and looked to the right of him, this wasn't going at all how he'd planned, simple thing to do find out if cat likes bear next step-

"Kirscher!"

"Gahh Because I was watching you this afternoon training, how you always and you may deny it always looked at the panda with that same face throughout the entire day, you looked like you were glowing at one point practically." The wolf said in a small haste, hoping to get out everything he wanted n one shot.

"So I was checking on his training, what's the big deal."

"It's a big deal to him Tigress! Don't lie to me!"

"Wha-"

"Don't you see how head over heels he is for you? I've been here...what? Two months and I can already see it. Tell me, you haven't noticed how you make his days better just by being around him?" The cat kept her eyes off the wolf for a second, Kirscher took a deep breath and stepped forward toward her.

"When...we took you prisoner back in Gongman bay, you think I didn't see it in your face as you hung there, thinking you'd lost him for good? I saw it with my lasting eye and I know what it looks like." The feline master was taken back by the recounting of the events in Gongman, more importantly, all this time he'd actually noticed what she'd experienced in that moment.

True unprotected pain.

Her heart had something of a guard on it and it was difficult to pierce the moment she'd seen the bear literally blown away from her, it had been true when they'd been captured, she'd been in agony on the inside. Her strongest feeling of relentless unforgivable failure, only pressing down on her harder Having this recollection brought back into her mind, she looked into the eye of the wolf before her. Once her enemy, once the strong numbered opponent now standing in her presence challenging her to come clean with his former foe.

"What about all this involves you Kirscher, I'm...lost." The wolf boss looked over at one of his pack members now fully passed out.

"I'm the one who has to look at him everyday knowing its my fault his mother's dead! He was supposed to hate me for eternity! He doesn't even want to make me suffer."

"So that's what this is about! Your guilt is the issue here, not what the Dragon Warrior and I have in terms of friendship. I expected better from you Kirscher!" She said in a sharp tone, the wolf wincing inwardly at that. Her words came down on him like a flame sword of regret. The wolf groaned and looked away.

"...Its not the only reason I'm saying what I think about you two right now, but fine we're done here, goodnight Master." He said with a glare as he turned away and walked over to his bed. The feline master gritted her teeth and suppressed a deep growl at being dismissed like so but knew she couldn't let her anger get the best of her. Storming out of the wolf dorm, she slammed the door behind her on the way out. Just as she passed the second wood pillar, a voice rang out behind her.