Forbidden Love

Caught

At the Palace Tigress had just finished preparing dinner when MaSha walked in seeing the table filled with food.

"Is the Emperial Army coming for dinner as well or something?" MaSha said looking at the table.

"No" Tigress said still mad about earlier. "You better not blame Po for the robberies when he arrives." She glared.

"He's a suspect now Tigress" MaSha glared back. "I might not mention it but I will keep a close eye on him"

"Keep an eye on who?" A voice said behind her. It was Master Shifu.

"Tigress's new thief BOYFRIEND" MaSha said glaring at Tigress.

"HE'S NOT A THIEF!" Tigress yelled in rage.

"MaSha who are you talking about?" Shifu asked.

"Tigress has been hanging out with a new panda in town and I believe he's the thief" MaSha explained. "I found a patch of panda fur where the jewel was placed" She told him handing him the small patch of fur. He looked at it and it indeed look like panda fur. He had seen it before from his friend who was killed years ago.

"This does resemble panda fur" Shifu said looking at it.

"But father Po isn't a thief." Tigress said a bit angry.

"How would you know? You've only known him for 3 days!" MaSha yelled.

"MaSha, you have to get know a person before you can judge on who they are." Shifu told her before turning to Tigress. "He gets one chance. And if he is the thief we're looking for we're turning him in without objection is that understood?"

"Yes sir" Tigress sighed as Zeng flew in.

"Master Tigress a panda named Po Ping is here."

"Let him in Zeng" Shifu told him as Zeng bowed before leaving. A few moments later Po walked in the door smiling at Tigress.

"Hey Tigress" Po smiled. He had a black suit with golden tie and held a simply red rose on his right hand.

"Hey Po" Tigress smiled. MaSha was glaring at Po suspiciously making him nervous. "This is my sister MaSha" Tigress introduced. MaSha's expression not changing.

"Hello" MaSha said a bit harshly.

"Um hi?" Po said back a bit uneasy.

"And this is my father, Master Shifu" Tigress introduced him.

"You must be Po" Shifu said looking at him.

"That's me" Po smiled nervously. "Pleasure to meet you sir" Po bowed Shifu bowing back.

"Let me show you around the palace" Tigress suggested.

"That sounds awesome" Po smiled as they both walked out.

"He seems polite" Shifu said.

"I don't trust him?" MaSha said glaring as soon as they left.

"You don't trust anyone MaSha" Shifu told her.

"Not true" She argued. "I trust you, my sister and the rest of the five"

"You don't trust Prince Yang" He pointed out.

"Prince Yang has a problem." She crossed her arms.

"Which is...?"

"He just does okay?" MaSha said walking out.

*with Po and Tigress*

"And this is the Hall of Hero's" Tigress said as they walked in her arm around Po's. Po smiled as they walked along. He frowned remembering he had to leave the door slightly opened for Nayi and the rest to get in but this didn't feel right, now. He smiled at Tigress sadly. Nayi was right he had fallen for the tiger something he didn't want to happen. That's why he kissed her earlier today. He just didn't know why he did it. She had kissed him back with tenderness. He just didn't know he was in love with her. His father had taught him to always be cruel to his victims no matter how wrong it felt to you. Tigress was different though. He couldn't hurt her. Not now. Not ever. What was he supposed to do now? Should he betray his group? Or should he leave it open hurt Tigress?

A couple of hours later Po was with Tigress, Shifu, and MaSha, who was glaring at him the whole time wanting nothing more than to attack him. After a couple of minutes of silence some fighting was heard in the Hall of Heroes.

"What is that?" Tigress said standing up beginning to stand up.

"Probably the panda's bandit squad" MaSha muttered earning a glare from Tigress.

"It was probably just the wind" Po tried to stall. MaSha turned to him eying him suspiciously.

"That was no wind." She glared.

"You don't know that." He said nervously.

"Let's go check it out" Tigress suggested.

"NO!" Po said almost immediately raising suspicion on MaSha and now on Shifu as well.

"I mean it could be nothing" Po said trying to sound less suspicious. "Something could have been knocked over by the wind."

"Well we should probably go check it out first don't you think?" MaSha glared. "Or are you hiding something?"

"I-I'm not hiding anything" Po said nervously.

"Then we'll check it out" MaSha began to leave, Tigress looking worried at Po.

"Po is everything okay?" She asked.

"Y-yeah e-everything is g-great" Po said rather nervous. "Tigress, uh I need to tell you something really important"

"What is it?"

"Promise me one thing first" Po looked at her nervously. "Promise that whatever I tell you right now won't come between us" He held her paws looking at her with worry.

"I promise but what is it?" Po told her everything from the moment when he was a cub till and now. But that wasn't the only thing he told her. He told her how she changed him, how much he's willing to go through with her. How she made him feel when he was around her. This shocked her. She didn't know what to think or what to do. Should she hate him? Or should she embrace her feelings SHE had gotten for him as well? She wanted to tell him how she felt but how could she when he's a bandit and she's the one who's supposed to enforce the laws.

"I knew it!" MaSha's voice came from outside. She walked in hold Nayi by the back of her neck collar a few guards, who arrived a few moments ago, behind her. "He's the bandit the whole world is searching for." She yelled pointing at Po. Po looked at Nayi in disappointment.

"You were going to get caught sooner or later, brother." Nayi told him.

"Take them away" MaSha said angrily as the guards walked over to Po putting chains on his paws.

"I'm sorry Tigress" He told her with saddened eyes as they took him away.

"Po" Tigress whispered sadly watching him. Her eyes looking at his until he was out of sight.