A/N: Hey guys, I got a new story up. I know I'm still in the middle of my Pokeranger story but I watched this video on YouTube that gave me this idea and being the Autistic/ADHD kid I am I couldn't stop thinking about it and just had to get it out. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Mortal Kombat or Kung Fu Panda.
Tigress's Nightmare and Po's bet
Dream sequence
Po and Tigress were sparing in the training hall as usual. Po was unleashing a flurry of kicks and punches but Tigress deflected them all with ease. Tigress decided it was time to end it as she grabbed one of his kicks, flipped him, and delivered her signature open palm strike to his torso sending him flying to the other side of the room. She won again. Tigress walked over to Po and extended her hand to help him up. Po took it and got back on to his feet. The two then smiled warmly and bowed to each other. They stared at each other for another moment until Po's expression turned into one of shock and pain. Tigress became worried and then realized that Po had a spear like weapon that was attached to a chain jabbed in his back. Before she knew it Po was pulled out of the room through the large doors that lead out of the Jade Palace. Tigress rushed to the doors to aid Po but they closed on her. She tried to open them but it was no use, so she decided to break her way through. She backed up and kicked a hole in the door large enough for her to walk through. Her eyes widened in shock for what she saw horrified her. She saw Po's body parts spread all across the field, his head being the closest one to her. She backed away, trembling in fear, grief and sadness over coming her. She looked up and saw Po's assailant. It was safe to say it was the strangest creature she had ever seen. She could absolutely not make out what kind of animal it was supposed to be, it had no fur for all she could tell and was wearing black and yellow clothing, it's face covered by a yellow mask. It placed the blade it used to kill Po back on its back and looked up to face the female tiger. Tigress's feelings of sadness were then replaced by anger and rage by the likes that she has never felt before. She let out an intimidating roar and charged at the foe. The assailant disappeared in a burst of flames and reappeared behind Tigress. She let out a punch to the face and another to the gut but they were both caught. She then attempted a kick but it was blocked by the foe's leg and she herself was kicked hard by its other leg. Tigress landed on the other side of the field but when she got up the same spear weapon used on Po was jabbed into her shoulder. She was then pulled towards the foe and the last thing she heard was it screaming "GET OVER HERE!"
"NO!" Tigress screamed as she rose up from her bed. She looked around to find that she was in her room and realized that she was just dreaming. She was shaking all over and was damp from all her sweating. She took a minute to calm down and then got up from her bed. She silently left her room and made her way to Po's. She peeked inside to find the large panda sound asleep in his bed. A wave of relief washed over her and she couldn't help but smile at how peaceful Po looked. She then closed his door and quickly made her way back to her room so she wouldn't get caught by the other members of the furious five. She lied back down in her bed but was too anxious to go back to sleep.
The sound of the morning gong rang throughout the palace, awakening The Furious Five.
"Good morning master." The five greeted their master. The red panda turned his attention to the door across from Tigress, noticing that once again the Dragon Worrier has failed to wake up at the preferred time.
"Po, wake up!" Master Shifu said as he opened the door to the panda's room.
"HUH, w-what? Oh, sorry master." Po said as he jumped out of his bed and bowed to the small red panda. Shifu just sighed and left to meditate before breakfast. Po and the others made their way to the kitchen where he started to make some pancakes for the hungry Kung Fu masters.
"Alright guys here they are, Po's world famous chocolate chip pancakes." Po said as he began to serve his friends their breakfast. He gave each of them three pancakes, except for mantis who only needed one. Po then sat down to eat his share of the pancakes, completely unaware of the glances that Tigress would occasionally give him. She still couldn't get the image of Po's dismembered body parts out of her mind and thus had to check on him every so often to remind herself that it was just a dream. Once the group was finished with their breakfast they all headed to the training hall.
"So Tigress, you ready to spar? I'm warning you though I'm pulling out all the stops today." Po said confidently but received no answer from her. Tigress was still trying desperately to forget about her dream but was brought out of her thoughts by Po waving his big black paw in front of her face. "Hello, Tigress, anybody home?" he asked, a little worried for his friend.
"Huh, what?" Tigress said snapping out of her trance.
"I said are you ready to spar." Po replied. Tigress thought for a moment and then sighed.
"Actually Po, I'm not really up to it today." She said as she walked away from the panda to train by herself. She couldn't even think about Po without remembering her nightmare, let alone spar with him. Po was surprised by this. He and Tigress always spar together during training, and she would always win too. Why would she not want to today? Despite his curiosity, Po decided to just let it go and went on to train with The Adversary (The punch bag that is used to train kids). The Kung fu masters trained all day only taking a break for lunch. By dinner time Tigress decided that it wasn't worth fussing over a dream so much so she stopped worrying about it. She looked over to Po who had just punched The Adversary down just to have it bounce back up and hit him in the face. Tigress giggled at this and smiled warmly just happy that her friend was alright. Though Po wasn't aware of Tigress staring at him, the other members of The Furious Five where.
"Have you guys noticed that Tigress has been acting strange today?" Viper whispered to Monkey, Mantis, and Crane.
"What do you mean?" Monkey asked.
"Well, she didn't want to spar with Po today yet she can't seem to keep her eyes off him, see." she said as she pointed Tigress who was still staring at the panda.
"Yeah, I see what you mean." Mantis said as he nodded his head in understanding.
"You guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Crane asked the others smiling.
"Probably not." Monkey said. The others turned to him with odd looks, wondering if he was just kidding or really meant it. Po then heard his stomach rumble and realized what time was.
"Hey guys, it's getting a little late. What do you say we have some dinner?" Po said loud enough for everyone to hear. The five masters complied and they all headed to the kitchen. Po took out some pots and pans to make his special secret ingredient soup for the five. The five sat at the table and began chatting about their training.
"You know Tigress I was in the zone today; I really think I could've won this time." Po insisted as he poured the soup into six bowls.
"Oh really, well then I guess I have something to look forward to for tomorrow." Tigress said sarcastically, feeling more at ease then she did this morning. Po served the noodles to the five Kung Fu masters and then sat down to eat his own bowl.
"So guys, what are your plans for the day off tomorrow?" Po asked the Five. Even though Shifu was still pretty strict, he did allow the warriors Fridays off to do whatever they wanted to do.
"Mantis and I are going to various restaurants and food stands." Monkey replied.
"Yeah, the challenge; find a place that serves food that's better than your noodles." Mantis added.
"Well good luck with that." Po said sarcastically, confident that his noodles were the best in the valley. "What about the rest of you?"
"Well, I'm going shopping for a new ribbon." Viper said.
"I'm teaching and Introduction to Kung Fu class." Crane said
"And I'm probably just going to hang around the Palace, train, maybe take a cat nap." Tigress said not being one to stray from her usual routine. "What about you Po?" Tigress asked curious of her friend's plans.
"Me, I'm going and an expedition to the mountains." Po said as he ate some more of his soup.
"And what might I ask are you searching for?" Tigress asked, not satisfied with his vague explanation. Po then motioned for the others to lean in as it he was going to whisper something to them.
"Well you see I got this tip from a guy that ate at my dad's noodle shop that located somewhere in the mountains near the valley is the legendary…Kave of Mastery." Po said just above a whisper. The Furious Five were surprised by Po's claim.
"The Kave of Mastery?" Monkey said.
"Located in the Mountains?" Crane added.
"Outside the Valley?" Viper continued.
"No way!" Mantis said.
"Way and I'm going to go down in history as the first person to find it and reveal its location." Po said excitedly. The warriors marveled at the thought of actually discovering one of the most legendary locations in the history of Kung Fu. Tigress on the other hand was a little skeptical.
"Po, I hate to burst your bubble, but the Kave of Mastery doesn't exist." Tigress said before taking another sip of her soup. Po seemed shocked at what Tigress said and was quick to rebuke.
"You don't believe in the Kave of Mastery? But it's one of the most famous Kung Fu landmarks ever. Some of the greatest techniques were perfected there, including the destructively powerful Wuxi Finger Hold." Po said trying to convince the female tiger, but she just rolled her eyes and continued eating. "So you really don't believe in it." Po said after a few moments of silence.
"Nope." Tigress said as she finished her bowl of noodles. "Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to bed." Tigress then got up from the table and headed toward the door.
"Well then what do you say we make it interesting?" Po said as he got up from the table as well. Tigress stopped and turned to face the large panda.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I bet you fifty almond cookies that the cave does exist and that I find it tomorrow." Po said as he walked up to Tigress. She thought for a moment. Ordinarily she wouldn't take bets, but she was so certain that the cave was just a myth that she just had to agree.
"Ok, but how about we raise the stakes. Fifty almond cookies and the loser has to do the winners chores for a week." Tigress said with a confident look on her face.
"Deal." Po said equally confident.
"Then it's settled, we leave before sunrise." She said as she turned around to leave the kitchen.
"Wait, we?" Po said catching what she said. Tigress smirked.
"What, you didn't think I was just going to take your word for it, were you? That isn't going to be a problem now is it? Tigress asked looking Po strait in the eye.
"Problem… no, no problem, it's just that I didn't expect you want to come that's all." Po said a little nervously which amused Tigress.
"Is that so?" Tigress questioned. "Well remember, we leave before sunrise, so start packing tonight." Tigress said as she left the kitchen. The room was silent for a moment but eventually Monkey spoke.
"Wow Po, you've got a date with Tigress." He said in a teasing sort of way. Po blushed slightly at the comment and turned to face his friend.
"What, no. No it's not a date it's just… I don't know what it is but it is not a date." He said nervously much to his friends' amusement.
"I don't know Po, You and Tigress, hiking in the mountains, alone, all day, sounds like a date to me." Crane said in the same teasing tone.
"Not to mention how she couldn't keep her eyes off you during training." Viper added with a smile.
"She couldn't keep her eyes off me?" Po said surprised he didn't notice such a thing. Viper nodded her smile widening.
"Yeah Po, you know I really think she likes you." Viper said.
"And we all know you like her." Mantis added with a laugh. Po's blush deepened at those words, so much that he had to turn away to hide it.
"What, no way. I don't like her, and she definatly doesn't like me. You guys must be crazy to even think that." Po said, more trying to convince himself than the others. "I got to go pack for tomorrow." He said as he headed for the door. The four friends shared a laugh, amused by the Dragon Warrior's reaction to their claims, and continued eating their dinner.
Tigress was in her room, stuffing supplies in her bag for the trip tomorrow. She smiled at the memory Po's nervous expression when she told him she would be joining him on his little escapade, Po tended to have that affect of her. Ever since Po was named the Dragon Warrior she and the rest of the Furious Five seemed…happier than before, even Master Shifu was less strict since Po arrived. Po has changed her life so much and she couldn't imagine life without him. Maybe that was what her dream was about, her fear of losing Po and going back to being the lonely, emotionless tiger that she once was. As she pondered on this she heard the door to her room quietly slide open.
"Tigress." She turned around to see her friend Viper slithering into her room.
"Oh hey Viper, is something wrong?" Tigress asked not sure way she was in her room.
"No nothing's wrong, I just came here to talk." Viper said with a smile.
"Oh, ok." Tigress said as she continued to pack.
"So, you excited for tomorrow?" Viper asked in a sort of upbeat tone of voice.
"What do you mean?" Tigress asked wondering why Viper would think that she would be excited.
"Well you seemed so interested in Po during training today and now you get to spend to whole day with him, alone." Viper said her smile widening. Tigress realized what Viper was getting at and felt her face heat up.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." Tigress said nervously as she shook her head.
"Oh please Tigress, I saw you staring at him, we all did. You can't deny it." Viper said starring Tigress strait in the eye.
"I…I had my reasons." Tigress said, not wanting to specify what that reason was, she didn't think Viper would understand.
"Could one of those reasons be that…you like him?" Viper teased. Tigress's face was so red that not even her fur could hide it any more.
"Th-This conversation is over!" Tigress said as she turned away from her friend and continued packing. Viper giggled at how flustered Tigress got and decided to leave it at that.
"Ok then if you say so." Viper then made her way to the door to leave. "Oh, and one more thing, have fun." She teased as she left the room. Tigress couldn't help but think about what Viper said. Po was definatly her best friend, but she never really thought of him as a potential romantic partner. As she finally finished packing she decided to just shrug it off and go to sleep.
A/N: Well there you have it the first chapter. I'm going to split my time between writing this story and writing my Pokeranger story. I'm going to write one chapter for this story and one chapter for the other to keep it even, Ok. R&R please.