A/N: Here's the final chapter to this story, sorry for the wait, but here it is! Oh, and please read Rudolph Returns, it hasn't gotten many reviews, if you haven't already, please read Po meets Rudolph, the first story. It encourages me to write more if people are interested. :) On with the story!

Chapter 3 – The Carnival

One week past since Po's birthday, the panda and his friends resumed their daily lives and training. Po's excited, he's taking Tigress to the carnival with him! Tigress, she wasn't excited about going to the carnival, but Shifu will make her go because Po decided to use his ticket for her. It's now a beautiful evening in the Valley of Peace, the carnival will start in just 30 minutes. In Tigress' room, Viper decided to get Tigress looking nice for the carnival since she was dirty from training. Tigress took a shower and began trying on new clothes, she wasn't liking the idea, she just wanted to get it over and done with. She came out with some new black sweat silks on with dragon patterns on them, she had on a golden vest, Viper put peach scented perfume on her and smoothed out her fur.

"There we are, perfecto," Viper said in a happy tone.

Tigress gave a small glare, "I just want to get this over with." Viper slithered up to Tigress as she sat down, crossing her arms.

"Now, Tigress, I know you're not psyched up about going to this carnival, but Po wants you to have a good time," Viper said in a motherly tone.

"I know," Tigress replied, "I just don't wanna ruin his fun if I'm not having fun as much as he is."

Viper put her tail around Tigress' wrist, "I know, Tigress. You just need to loosen up a bit and have fun. You've had good times before."

"Yeah, that was after Po came."

"You've changed because of Po, I've seen you loosen up because of him. I know you can have fun if you let yourself loose. If you let yourself have fun, you will. And I don't doubt that you won't at the carnival with Po."

Tigress looked at Viper, the snake smiled sweetly and Tigress returned the smile, "Thanks Viper." Viper hugged her sister, and Tigress returned the hug.

"Now, Po is waiting for you, go meet up with him," Viper said sweetly.

Tigress nodded, she got up and walked out of her room, shutting the door behind her. Once she left, Viper softly wished her luck.

In the Sacred Hall of Warriors, Shifu, and Po, who has red and black pants on, are waiting for Tigress to arrive. But Shifu's having a conversation with Po.

"I don't want you two to get in a romantic relationship without my permission, you know what'll happen if you do," Shifu said in a serious tone.

"Yes, Master, but I will make sure Tigress has a great time at the carnival," Po replied.

"I see, just don't get romantic without my permission."

Someone cleared their throat, they looked and Shifu's eyes slightly widened at the sight, Po couldn't believe it, she looked so beautiful in her golden vest with black silk sweats that had dragon patterns on them. She had a small blush on her face as she walked over to Po. She saw him staring at her, she snapped his finger to get his attention.

"Oh! Um..." Po said, feeling embarrassed, "Shall we go?"

"Sure..." Tigress said, not really caring.

With that, they walked out of the Palace, Po looked back at Shifu and said, "We'll be back in a couple of hours." Shifu nodded before they left. As a father's instinct, he decided to tail them to make sure they won't break his rule, especially Po.

Po and Tigress walk down the Thousand Footsteps, admiring the beauty of the last light from the sun, it's below the horizon, but it cast red, gold, and a mix of purple across the western sky.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Po asked, looking at it.

Tigress nodded. Then Po tripped and began tumbling down the stairs! "AGH! Ow! Whoa!"

"Po!" Tigress shouted.

She raced down the stairs and caught Po bridal side (accidentally) before he hit the ground.

"You all right?" Tigress asked.

"Yeah, thank you," Po replied with a small smile.

Unfortunately, the villagers didn't see Po tumbling down the stairs, so they were giving them awe and wondering looks. The feline and panda blushed, but it wasn't visible, so Tigress dropped Po. Ouch. Po stood up and they began trotting away.

"You guys into each other?" a pig called out, but they couldn't hear him, so the word started to spread.

Tigress and Po continued to walk to the carnival, man, was that an awkward moment back there. But Po's not as embarrassed as Tigress is, for he's admired her for so long, her beauty, kindness, wisdom and knowledge is what makes her the girl for him, yet, he's nervous to tell her, and he was scared to death once he kissed her cheek a week ago, he thought she'd kill him! He was so lost into Tigress' beauty, he walked into a pole. He groaned as he held his head. He shook his head and snapped back into reality.

"Po," said Tigress.

"Uhhh...yes?" Po said, shaking his head.

"We're here."

Po looked and when he saw the carnival, he smiled as his eyes widened a bit. The carnival was beautiful with some red and pink lights in it, giving it a red-pinkish glow, there was a Ferris wheel and a place to have fun by jumping up and down on a big, flexible net that's soft and won't hurt anyone, there's even a net barrier to keep people from flying out. Tigress was a little awestruck as well as they came to the entrance. They went to the entrance and gave a pig their tickets, Po's excited, he's spending time with Tigress! When they entered, they saw all kinds of people, rabbits, pigs, sheep, antelope, and some leopards. There were all kinds of games, like "Archery" "Balloon and Dart" "Hit the Bell" and many others.

"Wow! Awesome!" Po said in an excited tone.

Tigress shook her head, and Po began asking things like, "Where do we start on?" "What do you like to do?" "Shall we go already? This is awesome!" Tigress held in a growl, trying to keep herself patient.

"I don't know, why don't you decide?" she asked.

"Great!" Po said, grabbing her arm and began to run.

"Whooooaaaa!" Tigress said as he drug her.

After Tigress told Po to never drag her, they got started on the carnival. Po began throwing darts at the balloons but he kept missing, he offered Tigress up a turn, but she turned away, but Po put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a dart to at least try, Tigress sighed, she turned around and threw it, hard, it popped a balloon and it landed on the stand's host "Yow!" Tigress and Po both cringed a bit but the man gave Tigress a small stuffed panda, looking just like Po. Tigress rolled her eyes as they moved on. Next, they wanted to test their strength, so they went to "Hit the Bell". Po went first, he grabbed the giant sledge hammer and hit the bell, the thing went up the pole and hit the bell up top.

"Impressive, Dragon Warrior," a female sheep said, giving him a stuffed tiger, just like Tigress, making Po and Tigress give each other odd looks. Tigress stepped up and hit the bell, and when she did, the bell cracked, "Whoops." The sheep called for a replacement as they moved on.

Next, they climbed up a ladder to a slide, Tigress was starting to get into it, she remembered Viper's words to loosen up and have fun. She saw people sliding down and spinning around while doing so, Po went ahead of her and he slid down, but he couldn't spin like the others could. So, just to have some fun, Tigress jumped down and slid down the slide, she began spinning around and began to get into the fun. She landed in beside Po, she looked at him with a smile.

"Let's do that again," she said with a chuckle.

"Now, you're talking!" Po said in an excited tone.

So they slid down the slide again and began to do other things, they began to try on masks and each one Tigress wore made Po laugh, and Tigress chuckled. They went to the archery area and competed against each other. Tigress had the upper hand until Po hit the bulls-eye and beat her.

"Woo!" Po cheered, "Awesome! Great game, Tigress!"

Tigress chuckled, "Yeah, you got lucky." Po knew she was teasing so he gave her a playful shove and she returned it. Po loved seeing Tigress loosen up and seeing her soft side, everyone has one, even the hardcore. Shifu's watching from the distance and he's never seen his daughter have so much fun before. Tigress and Po went to the apple barrel, Tigress put her head in the water and got an apple out with her mouth, Po did the same. They played a game when they toss a ring onto a bottle cap to win a prize, they didn't win anything, but they had fun. Tigress couldn't help but smile the whole way as she hung out with Po in the carnival.

After another game of archery, it ended as a draw, Po and Tigress decided to relax and get some snacks. Tigress wasn't the kind to splurge herself, but just this once for the carnival.

"Have you been having fun, Tigress?" Po asked with a smile.

Tigress nodded, "Thanks for bringing me, I haven't had this much fun before."

"Well, just you wait until the grand finale," Po said with a grin.

"What's that?"

Po pointed to the giant net barrier where other animals are jumping and laughing, no one can get hurt though. Tigress looked at Po and he nodded with a big grin on his face.

"Wait right here," Po said with a smile.

Po went away while Tigress sat down at a table, some kid bunnies ran beside her, laughing.

What happy kids, she thought as she smiled.

Tigress hasn't had this much fun in a long time, she's enjoying her time with Po. He's so nice that she can't stay mad at him, even though he annoys her, she can't stay mad, even if she tried. Now she feels touched about being invited to this carnival. Maybe she...no, she's a kung fu warrior, she can't be...

"Hey Tigress," a voice said interrupting her thoughts, Tigress looked to see a smiling Po with some glasses of tea in his left hand, he had lots of candy in his right arm. He put the candy down and handed her the tea, "Want some tea?"

"Sure, thank you," Tigress replied with a smile.

Tigress looked at Po as she sipped her tea down, she couldn't help but look at his eyes as he gulped his tea down, which amused her.

He has...wonderful eyes, she thought, instantly she mentally slapped herself, No! What're you saying Tigress? He's the Dragon Warrior! I can't be attracted to him! She took another sip of her tea, Yet, he does bring...warmness to my heart...

"Tigress?" Po asked.

"Huh? What?" Tigress asked, snapping back into reality.

"Are you okay?" Po asked, placing his hand on her shoulder.

Tigress smiled, "I'm fine. I was just thinking."

"About what?"

Tigress stiffened a bit, but it didn't take her long to come up with something, "About you taking me to this carnival."

"Really?" Po asked as he began eating a chocolate bar, "Have you ever gone to any festival, I know you haven't been to carnivals before, but why?"

Tigress sighed, "Well, I was just focused on kung fu, trying to get Shifu's approval of me and love. I never went down for the special holidays, the only holiday I get to celebrate is when we're dining with the 29 Kung Fu Masters."

"So, that's why I hardly ever saw you in the Valley," Po replied.

"I know," Tigress said, "Shifu was stern and strict on my training that he never brought me to the carnival to have fun." There was a moment of silence before she continued, "But, since you came and brought peace to Shifu, he's been nicer and has allowed us to do more, and my friends and I have funner times because of you."

Po smiled, he felt appreciated, "Thanks Tigress, I'm glad you said that."

Tigress smiled back, they are lost in each other's eyes, it seemed like hours as they gazed at each other. But then Po snapped back into reality.

"Hey, I got you a chocolate bar," Po said as he pushed it to her, "I thought we'd go to the Net Jumping Area once we're done."

Tigress nodded as she opened the wrapping paper on the chocolate bar. Tigress never considered herself pretty, all she thought of was as a monster and not attractive, she thinks people are scared of her, but to Po, she's the most beautiful woman he's ever laid eyes on. He can't help but look at her eating her chocolate bar and the red-pinkish light glowing on her, he can almost feel the beauty radiating off her. Even if she got some chocolate on her lips, she was beautiful. Po got back to his candy, making sure Tigress didn't see, but he's oblivious she did see at the last five seconds.

Later, Po and Tigress are walking up a giant staircase, there're other animals walking down beside them they're separated by a rail though. They reached the top with Po slightly gasping for air, the platform's out of the way of the net, the net's a safe distance away. They gave some Yuan for the net, for they're going to bounce.

"Five minutes, and limit is three persons at once," said a pig.

"Thank you," Po said with a smile. He looked at Tigress, "You ready?"

"Sure," Tigress replied, "Need a push?"

"No, no, I can handle it my...WHOA!" Tigress gave him a little push and he fell off, Po began panicking and Tigress jumped down after him.

Po was panicking while he moved his legs and arms all around, but Tigress caught him by the shoulders, and when Po looked into her eyes, he froze, then they bounced back up Po snapped back into reality as Tigress did a front flip. Po began to join the fun, they kept jumping up and down like a trampoline. Then Tigress began to lightly laugh. She and Po began to do somersaults in the air. Po and Tigress then grabbed the net barrier and then jumped off doing some tricks. Po looked at Tigress, she's smiling and laughing. Po spun around as he did a split, he landed on his rear and shot back up in the air. He came by Tigress and grabbed her, startling her, but she began laughing, Po loved to hear her laugh. They grabbed each other's hands and did a little dance in the air. One final bounce up and they landed on the platform, Po had Tigress in his arms, he looked at her as he smiled and she laughed lightly.

They got down back to the main carnival area, Po's giddy having Tigress with him. He wanted to say something, but it's so hard to do so. Po got himself some cotton candy and then they began to leave.

"So, Tigress, did you enjoy your night at the carnival?" Po asked as he took a bite of cotton candy.

Tigress chuckled, "Yeah. I've not had so much fun..." she paused before she hugged him, surprising him, but he hugged back with one arm as she finished, "Thank you, Po, thanks for bringing me here."

Po smiled, "It was an honor to have you, Tigress." What he doesn't know is that villagers began talking about them being together, Tigress, as much as Po, wanted to tell him how she felt.

"Tigress, when we get back to the Palace, I have a gift for you," Po said with another smile.

Tigress looked at him with wide eyes, "You...you got me a gift?"

"Sure, you were nice to me, and I thought you could have a present," Po replied.

"Po, you didn't have to do that."

"Naw, it's all good. I just wanna show how much I appreciate you and..."

"Hey Po!" a feminine voice shouted.

They broke loose from their hug and Po looked to see a leopard with light brown eyes in a light brown dress heading towards them.

"Oh, hi, Ming..." Po said, not happy to see her.

"Who's Ming?" Tigress asked, holding back a growl.

"She's a die-hard fanatic of me, and she wants to...whoa!" Po couldn't finish because Ming grabbed his arm, dropping the cotton candy and Tigress growled.

"Po! I've heard rumors that you're dating Tigress!" Ming growled.

"What? When did you hear that?" Po asked, confused, while wanting to get away from Ming.

"It's all across the Valley! Everyone knows about it! How could you possibily date that monster?!" Ming demanded.

Po gasped, "Tigress is not a monster! She's a..."

SLAP!

"NO! She's a monster! You need a pretty girl like me not her!" Ming spat as if Tigress were a piece of filth in the gutter.

Tigress felt like crying, but she held them back, she growled and pushed Ming away.

"Oh, you are the monster!" Ming spat at her, "Nobody wants you! I've heard all about you being at Bao Gu, and how heartless you are!"

Po stepped up to her and said as he glared at her, "I think you need to leave...and. Stop. Calling. Tigress. A. Monster."

"No! You belong to me!"

She tried to kiss him, but Po pushed her away and stood by Tigress glaring at Ming. Po wanted to fight her, but he knew better. Before it could get messy, Shifu came in and stood in front of Ming, glaring deep into her soul.

"M-Master Shifu..." Ming said with fear in her voice.

"Get out of here!" Shifu shouted, "No one calls Tigress a monster! Be gone with you!"

Ming shuddered in fear, but glared at Po, the panda glared back, as did Tigress, but she was on the verge of tears. Ming huffed and began walking away, earning glares from the villagers, for they all heard what happened. Po looked at Tigress with an apologetic look.

"I'm so sorry," Po said softly.

Tigress just turned around, feeling sad, Po put his hands on her shoulders.

"Look Po, I'm not as attractive as many men would like, and I'm a kung fu master who might accept her life without companionship, it's a fate that..."

"Tigress!" Po shouted, "That is not true!" Tigress looked at Po who continued, "How on Earth can you say that?! Tigress, you might think that, but you're the most beautiful, funniest, and most kind-hearted woman I have ever met, I've been thinking that about you for a long time now."

Tigress was astounded, she's never been told that before, she couldn't believe her ears. The look on her face made Po think otherwise.

Way to go, Po, way to freak out in front of Tigress, Po thought.

Tigress formed a soft and warm smile on her lips, "Thanks Po...that...that means a lot."

Po was too astounded to respond properly, "Oh..you're...oh...I mean...you're welcome, Tigress," he stammered, looking down, feeling like an idiot. Tigress' eyes glimmered in the light and seemed to dance as she kept a smile on her face. Then she dropped it.

"Wait...and the Valley thinks we're dating!" she said.

"And you are," Shifu said with a smile.

Po snapped up and they both looked at him with astounded looks.

"What? Wha-?" Po said, dumbfounded.

"If you want, you two can date," Shifu replied, "I've seen you, Po, you made Tigress have more fun than she's had before. I've seen her laugh and smile a lot more than I've seen or heard."

"Wait, were you spying on us?" Po asked.

"More like an observation," Shifu replied.

Po looked at Tigress, who's trying to swallow the lump in her throat, wanting to say something.

"So, do you want my blessings to date Tigress, Po?" Shifu asked.

Right away, Po nodded, Po looked at Tigress with a wide smile, and she looked astounded. She thought about the times she and Po had in the carnival, the times during the Winter Festival, and him not being mad if she forgot his birthday, plus the kiss he gave her. Could he love her? Well, only one way to find out.

"Yes..." Tigress managed to say.

Then Po hugged Tigress tightly, Tigress returned the hug and she smiled.

"Po, I've never been called 'beautiful' before..." Tigress said, "Thank you."

"Not a problem," Po replied, "You're the most beautiful woman in all of China."

Tigress was astounded again, she's never heard such words like that, she felt warm and happy in Po's arms. Then they walked back to the Jade Palace and entered the barracks. Shifu followed them and wanted to tell Po something.

"Po, I do have some rules for dating Tigress," he said in a stern tone.

"S-Sure..." Po said, a little nervous.

"If you hurt Tigress in anyway, I will make you have broken bones and a world of pain," Shifu said in a serious tone, "And I don't want any romantic gestures in the training hall or during training. And I don't want you two in the same room in night hours. Understood?"

Po bowed before him, "Yes, Master Shifu."

"Good. Head to bed in 10 minutes," Shifu said before he walked out.

When he walked out, Po took Tigress into his room, for he was gonna give her, her present. Po presented a box to her, his hands were a little shaky though. Tigress took it and opened it, and to her surprise...it was the golden necklace with the yin yang symbol and it had the different colored jewels on it.

"What? How?!" Tigress said, shocked.

"I found it at the mall yesterday, I got it for 450 Yuan, and I decided it'll be perfect on you," Po said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Tigress looked at him with wide eyes, "This...this was my original idea for your present..."

"A woman's necklace?" Po asked with slightly widened eyes.

OH! Tigress blushed deeply, she didn't think of that! Po saw her embarrassment, but then he hugged her to comfort her.

"Tigress, it's okay, I would've taken it anyway, I said before that presents don't matter on my birthday," Po assured her.

Tigress looked back at Po and smiled, feeling assured.

"Also, Tigress, I think you're the best birthday present I could've gotten," Po said softly, "I should've told you that you're worth more to me than anything in this world. Without you, I wouldn't know what to do. I...I love you...Tigress..." His voice was a little dry at the end.

Tigress softly gasped, she's never felt so loved before, she looked at him and whispered, "I...I love you too..." Po gasped

"So...will you give me a chance?" Po asked with awe.

"Only if I get a chance," Tigress whispered.

Tigress began to get nervous, her heart is racing as their faces came closer to one another, her hands are sweating and then...it happened, their lips connected, Po couldn't believe this was happening! Tigress is kissing him! He pulled her close and she wrapped her arms around his neck as his arms went around her waist. They kissed for about five minutes before breaking for air.

"That...was...awesome..." Po said in between gasps.

Tigress chuckled, "Yeah...awesome..." Then she gently kissed him again and he returned it, when they broke apart, Po said, "Best birthday week ever."

"But remember, consider that I'm still hardcore," Tigress said with an evil smile, and then punching Po's shoulder.

"Heh, heh, of course, always hardcore Master Tigress," Po chuckled as he held his shoulder.

Tigress smiled, "Good night, Po. I'll treasure the necklace forever." Then she kissed him good night and Po said "good night" to her before she took her necklace and left for her room. Po began jumping up and down in happiness and joy before he plopped down onto his bed, feeling giddy after a great...birth week!

THE END

Epilouge

And after that wonderful day, the policemen seized Ming for trying to kill Tigress and sent her to prison forever, and a year and a half later, Po proposed to Tigress, and gladly accepted.

A/N: WOW! That chapter turned out longer than I planned! I hope you enjoyed it, and please, please check out the story Rudolph Returns, and review it, it hasn't gotten many reviews right now...if you haven't already, check out Po meets Rudolph, the first story, if you read them, it'll encourage me to write more. And check out Bambi's Kung Fu Adventure if you want. :)