Life's Full Of Surprises.

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A drop of sweat fell from his body to her chest, and was almost instantly absorbed by her golden fur. She didn't think she could last much longer. He stood over her in a mist of pride, sweat, and compassion. A manly, cute, and all-in-all arousing image. His large muscular biceps and, compared to his arms, slim body stood tall and prosperous in comparison to her lazed, yet sexy lying technique. It was a chest-to-knees style position, except she was lying upon a table suited perfectly for this purpose. All was in disarray as she searched her thoughts for the exact time this sexual lifestyle set in.

She recalled that it was a regular day at The Jade Palace, when something peculiar seeded in her mind. It could have been the birds' graceful chirping, or the way the sun shun down upon them, watching as it lit a path to the unknown; but deep down, she knew the feelings were there all along. For on this very day, a feeling of long lost desperation re-emerged with a vengeance within her. A feeling long lost in the course of both time and extensive training.

It was odd; she awoke as usual, a slow opening of her eyes to wide-awakeness. A skill acquired naturally from constant early morning training. She then shifted her legs to the side of her bed, already dressed, and jumped to her feet. Ready for another classic day, ready for the same old routine.

Ready…for change.

The first thing she noticed that was out of the usual was the way her fur was ruffled up. Her first thought, 'Just a restless sleep, I guess.' Odd, whereas she normally slept with absolute stillness. She made her way to the kitchen to find Po already eating. She smiled at him, and realized he had already set her place and made her breakfast, along with the other five.

It was a regular thing for him. Although it often went unnoticed whereas she skipped breakfast regularly. But today, she decided she would treat herself to a meal before starting her routine training. Po became noticeably happier as he saw this. He grinned. "Gonna get a little bit of my world-famous crepes before hitting the old gym today, eh? I knew you couldn't resist forever."

Tigress chuckled at his comedic form of speech. "Yes, I thought I'd treat myself to whatever it was you had made," she said as she firmly put her two hands together and bowed slightly. Po was happy to see her back to herself after all of the dramatic events that occurred just the day before….

Primarily, the defeat of Lord Shen.

Suddenly, he realized why the others weren't up. They were still in their rooms, resting from the whole ordeal. Po answered back, "Oh did you? Ohoho! Well I must warn you, these have a little more kick than my regular crepes."

Tigress held her smile, "I think I'm ready."

But then Po, with blinding speed and precision, grasped the spatula, and flipped a perfectly-golden crepe into the air, which did a few spirals in mid-flight, before landing onto a plate, followed with a line-up of toppings. Syrup, ice cream, icing sugar, sprinkles, and the list went on. Then he put the plate in front of a very impressed, and mildly excited looking Tigress. Although it was not really her style to allow such expressions to show for something as simple as a meal, she'd found herself incapable of hidding the fact that this was exactly what she was in the mood for.

After rifling her way through the crepe in a matter of seconds, with none of her usual elegance, she peered up to see a jaw-dropped panda. Suddenly, she came back to her senses. She hurriedly grabbed her napkin, wiped off all the excess food from her face, and straightened herself out. But remained silent, at a loss for words for the event that had just transpired. Po suddenly dawned a smug, almost triumphant look, as if he had just discovered a deep secret Tigress never wanted known. He put one hand on his hip and pointed with the other in absolute satisfaction, "Your training is complete, Master Tigress."

Normally, Tigress would've clobbered anyone who'd made fun of her, especially after embarrassing herself the way she did. But, seeing as no one else was around to see it, she laughed once again as she always did at his jokes, and his humourous screw-ups. Following this, she put her hands together as she did before the meal. But similarly, far less elegant than usual, and said, "Thank you for your wise teachings, Master Po."

They both laughed, finding the whole situation quite funny. Then, abruptly, Po realized something he hadn't before. Tigress saw the light go on in his head and wondered what it was he was thinking. Po saw her waiting patiently and said, "Tigress, you don't look quite like yourself today. Your fur, it's…"

"Ruffled?" Before Po could finish, Tigress jumped in and finished the sentence for him in a tired tone. "I know. It's odd, isn't it? I must've had an uneasy sleep or something."

There was a pause.

"…. Well, I don't know about you, but I kinda like it," said Po rather timidly. "You should make it a new look or something. Pretty soon, all of the female masters will be copying your image." She grimaced once again, noticing for the first time how happy she felt in the face of Po's positive way of thinking.

She rolled her eyes. "I don't think so, it's not really my kind of thing, a little too unorganized for my taste."

Po answered this easily. "Well anyways, I haven't quite gotten my regular training in yet," he said as he posed slightly, and flexed his biceps. "So I'm gonna skip the shower till a bit later." Tigress looked happy for a moment to take this kind gesture, when her eyes went wide with excitement.

"Hey! Why don't we train together?" she asked enthusiastically. Po looked back at her. He could clearly see her excitement, but didn't quite understand it.

"Well alri..!" he started, when she grabbed him by the arm and effortlessly pulled him to the training room.

They began with a quick warm-up. Jumping jacks for Po, and just about everything else for Tigress. It was clear at first glance who was the more skilled, but what was also previously made clear was the skill Po was capable of when he concentrated fully. Although Po himself didn't quite understand it, Tigress had always seen it deep within him. A flame that burned deeply and insatiably in his heart for the power within Kung Fu. She had almost always admired him for it. The capability of mustering up an unlimited amount of strength, power, and skill to match the situation at hand. It was a skill rarely attained, but only truly recognized when it was most deeply required.

What she didn't know was that what made him reach so deeply…was love.

Not very surprising considering he hardly knew this himself. Po had started by admiring Tigress, but after meeting her and repeatedly failing to impress her at every turn, he felt these feelings grow even stronger. He couldn't define it, but he could surely feel it. He simply wanted what he couldn't have. Little did he know, a new fire had been lit brighter than ever before within Tigress's heart for none other than him. Once again, not a surprise, considering it was something she also hadn't quite realized.

But this unfamiliar pashion was spreading endlessly and aimlessly.

Following the warm-ups, Tigress suggested they spar with one another. Po liked this idea, but knew he didn't stand a chance. But, nevertheless, they moved to the ring and prepared to fight. Tigress stood motionless as Po prepared to attack. He staggered his way in with a series of ballistic stretches, then let out a yelp as he flew in with a swift kick. "AAAHH!"

She stopped this without even batting an eye, and caught his foot with her right hand. She then threw him to the ground. As Po skidded to a stop on the other end of the ring, Tigress took on with a smug grin. "You'll have to try a little harder than that, panda." she said, looking him dead in the eye. After getting back on his feet, he peered back at her with a serious gaze.

"Ah, but you haven't seen anything yet," he yelled, as he moved in with a flurry of moves. She blocked them all, and once again, wasn't putting out much effort in doing so. "You aren't focusing," she replied, "you mustn't allow your opponent to block a single attack." Tigress moved from defense to attack in a matter of microseconds, and brought him down to a pin with nothing more than her right foot ."Or that might happen."

He looked up helplessly as she stepped off, then stumbled back onto his feet. "Wow!" he uttered, "THAT WAS TOTAL HARDCORE AWESOMNESS!" Tigress reluctantly let out a grin while she watched him dance around in amazement. "You were like Ha! Haya!" Po punched and kicked the nearby air, then turned to see a blushing tiger. The look of excitement on his face rapidly faded to embarrassment. She saw this and moved on.

"Again," she said, un-playfully.

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