Well here it is, after a few weeks I finally am finishing this story. I hope you like it! Also, because it's the final chapter, please review and tell me how I did! I read every review I get, and I think it gives me an idea as to what people think of my writing. This time, I'll respond to every review I get. Thank you very much and again, hope you enjoy!

-wolfgangwalker

I don't own Kung Fu Panda and whatever else is associated with it. Except for the story line. That's all me.

The Mistakes I've Made

Chapter 6: Love, Life, and Loss

"Po… Po! Po wake up!" Tigress shouted, but the panda was unresponsive to her screams. "Po, you have to get up. The valley needs you, the five need you, China needs you… I need you." Tigress said, tears now blurring her vision. She started to preform CPR on him, praying that this would somehow work. She tried several times, but still Po didn't show any visible signs of life. After her sixteenth attempt at resuscitating him, she finally sat back in defeat.

"No… We could've been together, me and you, against all of China. We could have started a family…" She sobbed, thinking about what bright future she might have had. She nuzzled her head into his shoulder, using it as a suppressor for her uncontrollable crying. But just as she was about to give up all hope, she heard something. She heard the steady thump, thump, thump of something within the panda, as if there were a drum inside of him. She pressed her ear closer, and could now clearly hear a steady heartbeat.

"Y- you're still alive…" She stammered as she put a shaky paw on his right breast plate. And there it was. She could feel the pulse of life emanating from his chest. Without a second thought, she picked him up and started walking towards the palace. It took every bit of strength she had, but she knew that this was his last hope for survival. She carried him all the way inside of the palace and to her own room. She had thought about taking him to his own room, but she thought that it wouldn't be right to leave his own bed all bloody, so she sacrificed her own bed instead. She put him on the bed and found some rags to place on the wound, as to stop the bleeding. She checked his pulse again and it she could still feel it, yet it was irregular and faint now.

He was dying, and fast.

She got some bandages and water from the kitchen, and cleaned out the gash in his chest and patched it as well. All she could do now was wait and hope that her Dragon Warrior would be okay.

She held her breath as the seconds ticked by, each passing second becoming more suspenseful than the last. After about a minute, Tigress became desperate.

I'm sorry Po. She thought as she lifted her right paw up and brought it down across his face, delivering a powerful backhand slap to his cheek. Po immediately jolted upright as soon as her paw came in contact with his face. He quickly calmed down again as he leaned back down from the agonizing pain coming from is mid-section.

What's going on? Why are there bandages on my chest? And WHY am I in Tigress' room?! Po thought as his eyes darted around the room. He was panicking. One minute, everything had been black, but then suddenly he was in Tigress' room. He had been sure he was dead, but now obviously he was still alive and well.

Tigress saw his panicked looks, and leaned over him in an effort to comfort her beloved panda. She kneeled down so her face was an inch away from Po's.

"Tigress where am I? What's going on?" Po said, still recovering from the shock of coming back from the dead. He then remembered who had stabbed him in the first place as he stared back at Tigress. "Oh no, please don't hurt me Tigress- I mean Song! I'm sorry for whatever it is that I did but please don't-"

"Shhhh. It's ok Po. It's me, Tigress. I'm not gonna hurt you." Tigress said as she smiled at him. That smile flushed away all the worries and fears that Po had and made his stomach do back flips.

"Wow…" Po said, gazing up at her.

"What? Is there something wrong?" Tigress said

"It's just… your smile. It's amazing." He said, now grinning back at her.

"Thanks Po." She said as she leaned in and connected both of their lips in a fueled, passionate kiss. Po was stunned. Tigress was kissing him? All of his dreams were coming true, as she realized that the woman he had loved for so long now shared the same feelings towards him. He remembered the first kiss they had shared, but this one seemed different. This one felt real.

Just then, the rest of the five had returned home from the village and were going back to their rooms when they all walked in on one of the strangest sights they had ever seen. Po was in Tigress' bed, and there was blood all over the place. And there Tigress was, leaning over and kissing him straight on the lips.

"So I see you two had an interesting day!" Monkey said, interrupting the tender moment as both him and Mantis doubled over on the floor, laughing so hard that they were on the verge of tears. Tigress immediately broke contact and looked up at her comrades, embarrassed beyond belief and blushing heavily.

"N- no I was just… tending to his injuries." She lied, hoping the others would buy it.

"Oh, okay." Mantis said. Whew, that was close. Tigress thought.

"Did he get injured on the lips?!" Mantis cried as both him and Monkey continued to laugh. Even Viper managed to elicit a small chuckle.

"Maybe you should kiss it to make it feel better!" Monkey shouted, erupting in another fit of cackling.

"Okay, okay guys. Maybe we should give them their privacy." Viper said as she winked at Tigress. Viper then quickly ushered the rest of the five from the doorway.

As soon as they were gone, Tigress let out an uneasy chuckle.

"Sooo…" She said nervously, "Where were we?"

Po didn't say anything as he sat up and put a paw to her cheek. They just looked into each other's eyes for a few minutes, as jade stared at amber, and amber stared right back. This time, Po was the one to surprise Tigress by leaning in and kissing her. The kiss lasted for several minutes until Tigress broke away, as there was something she needed to get off her mind.

"Po, I'm sorry for what I did. I should have been able to stop Song sooner, before she got to you." Tigress said, now looking down at the floor in shame.

"Are you kidding me? Come on Ti, you know that it was Song and you couldn't control it. But by the way, how did you end up getting Song out of your head?"

"I guess I saw you dying and I just got so angry. I wanted her out so I… took control. It's hard to explain." Tigress said. She then took on a more serious tone. "But Po, it was my fault. I was too weak to protect you, and you almost died from my stupid mistakes. I love you Po and it's my responsibility to keep you safe. I failed you."

Tigress lowered her head in shame, feeling horrible that she wasn't able to stop Song before she hurt Po.

"What?" Po said, shocked that Tigress felt that way. "But it isn't your job to protect me! I'm the Dragon Warrior, so actually it's kinda my job to protect you. I love you too Ti and you have to realize that me loving you isn't based on how strong you are, or what mistakes you made. You're the strongest girl I've ever met and you rarely ever make any mistakes. You're flawless, but even if you were imperfect, I would still love you all the same." Po said.

Tigress lifted her head, confused at Po's easy forgiveness.

"But I almost killed you! If I had only-"

"Tigress?" Po said, interrupting her.

"What?"

"Did I ever tell you how cute it is when you get worked up?"

"Shut up panda." She said as she kissed him again.

Two Months, 1 Week Later…

"Well," Shifu said to Po as they both looked out upon the golden horizon at the entrance to the palace, "You'll be happy to hear that Song was captured a few days ago by the palace guards while she was snooping around here again. She'll be sent to Chorh-Gom Prison immediately."

"Well that's good." A seductive feline voice said as she walked up from behind Po and put her arms around his waist and rested her head on his shoulder as she too looked out upon the valley and the setting sun beyond it. Shifu was still uneasy about his only daughter dating the fat panda, but he knew that Po had a heart of gold. Still, every time he saw one of the two make a romantic gesture to the other, he wanted to run off and meditate for the next 30 years, but instead he hid his uneasiness behind a tight-knit smile.

"Ya, it's nice to know that she'll be locked up tight in Chorh-Gom. She was completely loony, evil… and not to mention jealous" Po said, looking to his left at Tigress on his note of jealousy.

"She had a right to be jealous of me." Tigress purred admiringly, "I'm dating the Dragon Warrior."

Shifu had had enough, as he quickly excused himself from the couple.

"But it's too bad I won't get my revenge on that no good, trashy leopard." She said, emitting a low growl.

"Yea…" Po said, too nervous to clearly hear what Tigress was saying now. Too many thoughts of his own were rushing around in his mind.

This is it Po, just you and her. This is the perfect moment! It's now or never. Po thought to himself now that Shifu was gone. He had already told the five that he was going to ask Tigress, so there was no going back now.

He dug his hand into his pocket, and pulled out a small black box, the contents of which would change his life forever.

"Is he gonna do it?" Viper asked, eyeing the two from behind a stone pillar.

"I don't know, he's just standing there!" Monkey whispered back.

"He better hurry up!" Crane said, "I don't want to have to wait all day."

As Shifu walked from the two warriors, he noticed the five hiding behind the pillar. He quickly walked over to them, curious as to what they were hiding from.

"What is going on here?" Shifu snapped at the five, making them all jump.

"Oh, um Master Shifu!" Viper said surprised. "We were just… err, you better see for yourself." Viper fumbled as she mentioned over to Po and Tigress. Shifu only needed a second to figure out what was going on. He stared with disbelief at the two.

"He's proposing?!" Shifu said appalled, as he hid behind the pillar with the five.

His daughter was growing up so fast.

"Look!" Mantis exclaimed, "Here he goes!"

Po was shaking slightly as he turned towards Tigress, who still was looking out at the valley.

"Hey Ti?"

"Yeah Po?" She said as she turned and faced him, her beautiful orange fur glowing in the rays of the sun.

"You know, we've only been together a few months, but I feel like we have something really special between us." Po paused, trying to gauge if Tigress had figured out what he was doing yet.

"Agreed." She said smiling. "So…" She said, urging him to continue.

"Sooo… I think that I'll ever meet another girl like you in my entire life. I love you so much, and I want to be with you until the end of time."

He got on to one knee, and Tigress finally began to grasp what was happening.

"I love you so much Tigress, and I want to start a family with you."

He showed her the box, and opened it, revealing a sparkling gold band with diamonds surrounding the outside of it. Tigress gasped at the sight of it.

"Tigress… Will you marry me?" He said finally. Everyone hiding held their breath, unsure as to what she would say.

"Po… Of course I'll marry you!" She exclaimed as tears rushed down her face. Po slipped the ring on her, and kissed her. She squeezed him tightly as they stood there at the entrance to the palace, lost in a sea of bliss.

And nothing in the world could ruin this moment.

No matter what.

Well, hope you all enjoyed this story! It took me a while to finish it, but better late than never I guess. Anyway, to see my upcoming stories and when I will be posting them, you can always check out my profile! Also, be sure to review I really appreciate it! Thank you!

-ww12