She rushed towards the pile of debris, moving every piece of wood out of the way. Eventually, she found Po and pulled him out of the debris. Laying him on his back, she checked his pulse; faint, but still beating.
Tigress carried Po to her room and laid him on her bed, she went to get supplies to treat his wounds. She came back with a fresh cloth, a gauze and a bowl of warm water. Tigress cleaned Po's wounds and dressed them. After she was finished treating Po's wounds she took the supplies away and came back with a stool.
Tigress watched Po's labored breath rise and fall. Her heart was swelling with regret,"I'm so stupid..." she looked on the ground, tears stinging her eyes, threatening to fall. She heard a faint groan, she looked at Po.
"Ti…gress…" Po whispered, his voice barely audible.
"Po…I'm so sorry." Tigress held Po's paw,"I shouldn't have done thi-" she was cut off as Po gently placed a finger to her mouth, silencing her.
"No, no, no. It's okay, that was a-awesome."
"No! That wasn't awesome! I almost killed you!" she retorted
"But you didn't," he countered,"I don't blame you, Tigress, I brought this to myself." he slowly sat up and placed his paw on her shoulder,"And thank you, for treating my wounds. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." he smiled, making her smile briefly then turned to a frown and hugged him; slowly, so as to not hurt his wounds.
Po was surprised by her action and caressed her back to soothe the shaken feline. After she collected herself, she gently pushed away from Po, enough to look at his face.
"Why are you so quick to forgive?" she asked.
"I don't know, I guess it's my nature." he shrugged,"Now, stop frowning and start smiling." Po smiled, she returned her own. As if on cue Po's stomach grumbled.
Tigress covered her mouth, resisting the urge to giggle.
"Wait, here. I'll go down to the village." she announced.
"Tell my dad, I said hi."
"Will do."
Tigress went down to the village to get Po some food, whilst avoiding the stares that were given to her by the villagers, considering she *rarely* goes down to the village. Often times she goes down if she has an errand for Shifu. She rounded a corner and there comes the noodle shop in the distance, she quickly approached the shop and entered through the archway.
The shop was bustling around as usual. Tigress saw Mister Ping tending to his customers.
"Good-afternoon, Mister Ping!" Tigress greeted.
Mister Ping turned around to see who called him, then smiled when he saw it was Tigress.
"Master Tigress! It's so good to see you, how may I help you?" he asked.
"Two bowls of noodle soup, please. I'll eat it at the palace."
"Right away! Come, sit at the chair near the counter." he said, as he went to the kitchen to prepare the noodles.
Tigress waited while Mister Ping spoke,
"So… how is my son at the palace? Everything alright, I assume."
"Not… exactly."
"What do you mean 'not exactly'?" he stopped briefly to look at her, then resumed his cooking.
"Well, Po had… a little incident in the training hall."
Mister Ping's eyes widened,"Oh my, I hope he's alright." he said worriedly
"He is fine," she reassured,"He's resting right now."
Mister Ping let out a sigh of relief as he finished making the noodles. He gave them to her. She paid them as she went out the entrance
"Thank you, Mister Ping." she said as she waved goodbye to him, he returned the gesture and resumed tending to his customers.
She returned to the palace and went to the barracks. She opened the door to see Po, laying on her bed; staring at the ceiling, completely oblivious to the visitor until she cleared her throat.
Po turned his head to see Tigress carrying a box of some sorts.
"Hey, Tigress." Po greeted as he gently sat up,"What'cha got there?" he pointed to the box in her hand.
"Our food," she answered.
She sat next to Po and opened the box revealing two bowls of soup then she produced two chopsticks and gave one to Po. They ate in comfortable silence until Po realized something,"Hey, we're not supposed to eat in the barracks, right?"
"One: Shifu is not here. Two: I am in charge until Shifu and the others come back." she answered, nonchalantly.
"Oh." he said, feeling stupid for asking.
"Don't worry about it." she nudged Po on his side.
Unbeknownst to them, a pair of spyglasses are watching the two from a mountain. "Inform our leader," a figure said,"Only two are defending the Jade Palace, a panda and a tiger. The panda appears to be injured while the other is not." another figure walked out of the shadows and said,"Yes, sir."