Hello again...I have for you here another chapter to Jade High. I really hope you enjoy this one because i had so much fun writing it. I apologize from the bottom of my heart for I am not perfect so errors may have slipped through my grasp. Please enjoy and please review. I love your feedback.

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Jade High: Senior Year

Chapter 14

How could this be happening?

The night had been nothing but perfect until now…

Tigress felt like she was trapped in a never ending whirlwind. The room was spinning and her vision began to blur. She looked down at her hands that were now stained a bright crimson red. Blood.

Where did it all go wrong? Why was this happening to her? To Po? As Tigress looked back on the school year everything slowly began to come together. The pieces of the puzzle suddenly began to fit. It all started that day….

Flashback: Four Days After "The Storm"...

It was now Thursday. The storm had passed but its marks still very much present. Debris littered many of the roads in the Valley of Peace. However, life moved on. The school was finally reopened and this was the students first day back.

Tai Lung opened his eyes, breathing out a long sigh as he stretched. Life was back to normal. The thought only served to heighten his mood. Finally he would be able to get back to his friends and his fame. He had done absolutely nothing over his little break. He was bored out of his mind and for some reason no one was answering his text messages. He thought it was weird but pushed it away as he got into the shower.

After a long shower, Tai Lung emerged feeling much better than when he had woken up. He quickly got dressed and headed downstairs for a some breakfast. He was greeted by his mother who had a plate of food ready.

"Well good morning son." she said with a smile.

"Good morning," Tai Lung breathed in the lovely scent of his mother's cooking, "Smells great."

"Here I got a plate for you." His mother slid a plate down the counter and Tai Lung wasted no time in devouring every last morsel on the plate. After putting his plate in the sink he made his way over to his mother, planting a kiss on her cheek.

"Thanks mom. Have a good day."

"You too son." he heard her call as he made his way out the door. The drive to the school was a quiet one for Tai Lung. Normally, he would be blasting his radio and happily singing along but strangely, he wasn't in the mood. He didn't know what it was but something felt off. The thought of his friends not responding to him was bothering him greatly.

After pulling into his parking spot, Tai Lung sat in his car for another minute before shaking off any doubt, slowly getting out and making his way into school. The moment he stepped through the threshold he knew something was wrong. Instead of the warm greetings he'd receive from all of his friends he got cold stares. Feeling a bit insecure now he journeyed down the hall a bit to find his locker. Tai Lung smiled to himself as he saw a group of girls hanging out near his locker. The group quickly turned towards him giving him looks of disgust. Tai Lung's smile faltered and completely fell as the group turned their backs and walked away. What is going on today? Tai Lung thought. His question was soon answered when his friend Shen made his way over to him.

"Hey Shen." Tai Lung greeted him with a pat on the shoulder. Shen looked uncomfortable and Tai Lung took note of this.

"Hey Tai," Shen paused before saying, "Hey man listen…...no matter what your answer is I'll still be your friend." Tai Lung suddenly felt nervous. What is he talking about? He was jarred from his thoughts as Shen asked, "Is it true…...did you try to…...rape Tigress?"

All color drained from Tai Lung's face as his world came to a screeching halt. What!? He couldn't possibly know? But how? Tai Lung's current expression was enough of an answer for Shen.

"Tai….. How could….why would you," Shen was having trouble forming a sentence, "Look man...I'm here for you but I'm going to suggest laying low for the day. Most of the school's heard about it." That sentence really made him sick. THE ENTIRE SCHOOL?! He felt dizzy all of a sudden. The world was spinning and he felt nauseous. His heart was beating out of his chest as he watched Shen slowly disappear among the crowd. It was only then that he realized that everyone in the hallway staring at him. He shut his locker and swiftly made his way down the hall to the one person he blamed for this. Po.

As he approached he saw Po leaning against the wall making conversation with Song and Tigress. Song was the first to see him coming and her movements quickly alerted the other two of his presence. Po had finally turned as Tai Lung slammed him into the lockers.

"Hey what's your prob…" Po was quickly drowned out by Tai Lung's scream.

"IT WAS YOU! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU! MY LIFE IS OVER AND IT'S ALL…..YOUR….FAULT!" Tai Lung now inches away from Po's face.

"What are you talking about….I've done nothing to you." Po said losing the battle to stay calm.

"You know what you did and I'm gonna make you pay!"

"Go ahead….That didn't go so well for you last time if I recall." Po retorted with a wicked grin. Tai Lung growled and raised his fist up. When Po didn't flinch his resolve faltered. He quickly looked around to see that everyone was staring at him and Po. His growl grew louder as he punched the locker next to Po.

"Mark my words. YOU WILL PAY!" And with that Tai Lung released Po and stormed off down the hall. Po's eyes trailed him down the hall until he disappeared completely. Song and Tigress were quickly by his side.

"Hey are you okay?" Song asked.

"Yeah I'm good. What was that about?"

"I have no idea." Tigress replied still in the dark about what Viper had done.

"Whatever." Po said shaking off his anger. "Come on let's go find your boyfriend." Song punched him lightly on the shoulder.

"Shut it or else Tai Lung won't be the only thing you'll have to worry about." Song said sternly. Her facade quickly melting as all three shared a good laugh. Tigress should've known then that something was wrong. She should've read the signs that this would lead nowhere good but for her, life was great. She had a new boyfriend. She had her friends and she had Master Shifu who was finally opening up to her and acting more like a father than a teacher. She blamed Po for that. With him there was light. With him she was happy. With him she found love.

Present…

Tears streamed freely down her face. How could she let this happen? Why couldn't she have stopped this? She looked down at herself and saw she was covered in blood. She suddenly felt weak. Her legs began to wobble and she stumbled backwards but was caught in a pair of strong arms. She looked back to see Mantis. He was saying something but Tigress couldn't make it out.

Why couldn't she have been faster?

Why didn't she see the signs?

Flashback: January…

Po watched as the snow fell, piling high against the school. His eyes narrowed as he strained to see more than 10 feet outside the window. This is a full blown blizzard. Where did this come from? Po's attention was quickly drawn back to the front of the classroom as Mrs. Ming called his name.

"Po…...Po….You still with us? I know the snow is pretty but can you pay more attention to this." The class erupted into giggles as Po blushed furiously.

"Sorry." Po said softly. Mrs. Ming gave him a warm smile before continuing with the lesson. The bell rang shortly after signifying the end of school. As everyone made their way out they were stopped short as the intercom buzzed and Principal Oogway gave an announcement.

"Hello students. I just want to give a warning that the snow storm is getting worse and that school will be canceled tomorrow. Please be safe as you make you way home. That is all." Po silently thanked Oogway for his gift and made his way towards his locker. He quickly gathered his books and walked to the front door where he was greeted by all of his friends.

"Hey Po." Monkey said. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah I'm good." Po replied. Something was fishy. Monkey and Mantis were smiling brightly while Crane and Viper avoided all eye contact. When he turned to Song and Tigress they both wore the same mischievous grin. Po narrowed his eyes. He knew what they were doing. They were about the engage in an all out war. A snowball fight. Not wanting to blow his cover Po played along and walked in front. As the group made their way across the courtyard Po listened. When he could no longer hear the crunching of snow behind him he ducked. Sure enough a snowball went sailing over his head and made impact with the tree in front of him. Po quickly jumped for cover and scanned his surroundings. He couldn't see them but he knew they were out there. He heard a crunch to his left and threw his snowball in that direction. He was met with the satisfying sound of Crane yelping. One down….. Five to go. Po quickly made more snowballs and waited. Scanning for the slightest hint of trouble he was met with a barrage of snowballs. Whilst dodging the bombardment he sent two snowballs directly to his right. He heard the mixture of two screams which he assumed were Song and Viper. At this point he knew the game was on. He would have to outsmart the remaining adversaries. He thought for a moment and smiled to himself. He knew how to at least get two more out.

"HEY MANTIS?" Po called.

"YEAH WHAT'S UP?" he replied. BINGO! Po sent a snowball sailing in the direction of Mantis's voice, waited a second and sent two more; one slightly to the left and the other slightly to the right.

"HA! You missed!" Mantis called. Po counted down. 3….2….1. "OW!" Po smiled to himself. Now he had to deal with Monkey and he knew just what to do.

"Hey Monkey…..Just so you're aware…..I found your almond cookies. Under Mantis's bed? Really? Do you know how gross it is under there?" Po was quickly met with a snowball heading directly at him. He barely dodged it, the snowball coming mere inches from his face. Immediately he sent snowballs flying in various directions, knowing Monkey would surely have learned from Mantis's mistake. Sure enough after a minute or two he hit his target.

"REALLY PO YOU GOT SNOW DOWN MY SHIRT!" Monkey screamed. Po chuckled to himself. One more…..Po thought. His toughest opponent yet. He would not only have to outsmart her but he would need to be precise. Now…..where are you Tigress? Po waited in silence as he listened to his surroundings intently. With his back up against the tree he searched for her. However, the snow was now falling much faster than before and Po's vision was limited to about five feet. He soon heard the sound of rapid footsteps approaching to his left. Instinctively he sent a snowball in that direction. Suddenly the footsteps were behind him and as he turned in that direction he was met with someone's fist. He fell to the ground in a heap and was dealt another blow as the figure looming over him sent a powerful kick towards his stomach. As Po struggled to regain his breath he felt his hair being pulled up. He screamed out in pain as the figure whispered, "I told you you'd pay." Po processed the words for a moment before being dealt another blow to the head rendering him unconscious.

Tigress had been perched up in very tree that Po was leaning against. Waiting for the right moment to strike. She was just about to bombard him with snowballs when she heard him scream. Po!? She quickly made her way down to find him laying face down in the snow. When she flipped him over she say blood coming from his nose. What happened!?

"GUYS COME HERE NOW!" Tigress heard her friends rapid approach and was soon surrounded.

"What's wrong?" Mantis asked. It was then that he say Po's unconscious form. "What happened!?"

"I don't know. I was in the tree and I heard him scream." Tigress replied, distress clear in her voice.

"Quick we need to get him home." Viper said. "Monkey carry him." Monkey quickly obliged and the group ran off led by Song.

After getting lost twice they finally made it to Po's house. Song had ran to the door and was now bounding away. Mr. Ping answered and was surprised to see so many children at his door but when he saw Po in Monkey's arms he quickly flung the door open and ushered the kids inside.

"What happened to my boy!?" Mr. Ping asked once everyone was inside.

"We don't know." Song started.

"We were having a snowball fight and then…" Crane continued.

"I heard him scream and I found him unconscious." Tigress finished. Confusion was clear in Mr. Ping's face but before he could say something they all heard Po stir in the other room. They quickly rushed over and found him rubbing his head.

"Ow. That hurt." Po grumbled. He looked up at the concerned faces surrounding him and smiled sheepishly. "Hey guys.."

"Po! What happened?" Tigress was the first to ask.

Po was silent for a moment. He sighed through his nose and glanced briefly at everyone in the room before saying, "Tai Lung". Everyone was visibly shocked as Po explained his encounter with the shrouded figure and spoke the exact words he heard before blacking out. He looked over to Tigress who was now seething with rage.

"How could he do this?" Tigress was standing now, pacing rapidly around the room. "Oh when I see him."

"Listen Tigress." Po said catching her attention. "We don't know for sure, so we can't do anything. If we attack him he'll say it was unprovoked and we'll look like the bad guys."

"But…" she was cut off as Po continued.

"We can't touch him. It's okay. I'm fine."

"NO!" Tigress screamed, shocking the room into silence. "I will not stand by and watch the love of my life be tormented by some …..some freak." Tigress continued to pace not even realizing what she had just said. When she finally looked back at everyone in the room she was met with blank stares. "WHAT!?" Po stood up, swiftly walked over to her and threw his arms around her before locking his lips with hers in a passionate embrace. Tigress was both shocked and utterly confused but nonetheless kissed him back. Po was slow to break the kiss but when he did he touched his nose to hers.

"I love you too." he whispered. Tigress went rigid as she stared into the beautiful jade eyes of the man who stole her heart. When the magnitude of his words finally sank in she couldn't help but thrust forward locking their lips once more. It was by far the greatest moment in her life. Unfortunately, it made her completely forget her anger towards Tai Lung. A dire mistake when she looked back at it. A dire mistake.

Present…

Tigress was having trouble wrapping her mind around the events that had just taken place. Her headache getting worse by the minute. As her mind finally came back around to the present all she could think of was how the blood that now covered her wasn't hers. The next thought chilling her to the bone. The blood was Po's.

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNN! I LOOOOOOOOOVE CLIFF HANGERS. Hope you enjoyed. We are nearing at the end of our journey. I want to give this story a good ending so I'm going to take my time with it. Please have a rainbow laser puppy eyes amazing day. Time for some much needed sleep. Goodnight!