"All I Ask of You" By: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Characters: Po & Tigress

Requester: Tigress137

Welcome to the very first Song-fic of DJ Simba593: Emerald Edition! When this song starts if any of you have seen the Phantom of the Opera, you will recognize this. I will put together the list again for requests and try to be more persistent on updating this collection.

Great thanks to Tigress137 for helping me with idea's on this song-fic, and I hope the story is pleasing to everyone that reads this, including Tigress137. Let's get to it then…

Disclaimer: I don't own Kung Fu Panda or any songs owned by Andrew Lloyd Webster.

Not long after the events caused by Lord Shen, the Furious Five and the Dragon warrior were back to doing what they do best, training and defending. Tigress had felt a change in heart for the lovable panda especially after what happened between them in the prison, but she wouldn't allow herself to accept it.

"Again panda!" Shifu yelled at Po and in front of the Five.

"I've tried it ten times and it didn't work ten times!" Po argued back.

"I don't understand, how are you able to do it in front of the world but not able to reproduce it in the training hall?" it was clear that Shifu was beginning to get frustrated.

"I don't know, maybe it chooses when it allows itself to used." Po suggested.

"That is just… stupid, panda." Shifu rubbed his forehead. "Once inner peace is achieved, it is nearly impossible to lose."

"I'm sorry I don't understand either." Po looked a little heart broken, and this was coming from a guy whose life is Kung Fu. Tigress saw this look and felt the urge to comfort him, she didn't know why either.

"Po, it's alright at least you tried. Maybe we should try up at the pool of sacred tears." Tigress placed her paw on the panda's shoulder causing him to turn and look at her. She had a soft friendly smile on her face and a look in her eyes that said 'it is ok'. Before she could get too lost in his eyes, she was interrupted.

"Master Shifu!" a messenger flew into the door.

"What is it?" he turned to the messenger.

"We need help in the valley, a child has gone missing."

Shifu didn't even have to say anything to his students; a child disappearance is very delicate and must be taken care of quickly and efficiently.

Down in the valley, Viper was working on calming down the mother who had lost her child, and Crane was talking to the father about were he had last seen the child. Po and the rest of the Five were working with the elders on starting search parties.

"So the father claims the last time they saw the nine-year old, was last night, when they put her to bed." Crane told the others.

"What?" Po asked surprised.

"Yeah, that's what I thought. They said that they had been looking all over for her." Crane continued.

"Do you think this could just be a runaway?" Viper chimed in.

"I don't think so… she is an only child and probably gets everything she wants." Tigress shot down Viper's idea.

"I agree with Tigress, have you seen her room? I doubt any nine-year old would run from that." Po pointed back to the house. "Not only that, but a child that young wouldn't even know where to go if she tried running away. She'd probably go to a friend's house and the parents had already checked there."

"You don't think this could be a kidnapping, do you?" Mantis hopped onto Crane's hat.

"I doubt it, no signs of forced entry or struggle. It's almost like she up and walked away." Tigress again shot down another idea. This left the group wondering as they split into large search groups and canvassed the area around the house and even into the woods, but the result was all the same: the child was nowhere to be found. It soon got dark, the Furious Five and Po promised to continue to look for the last girl as soon as the sun came up.

Back at the palace, everyone was prepped and ready for bed, but Tigress heard a knock on her door.

"Tigress can I come in?" Viper whispered.

Tigress was a little confused, but allowed it. "Yes, you may." She watched as Viper came in and softly closed the door behind her.

"What is it?"

"I wanted to talk to you." Viper said quietly.

"About?" Tigress raised an eyebrow.

"This morning." Viper stated bluntly.

"You mean went we were trying to help Po with his inner peace?"

"Yeah, except you mean when you tried helping him."

"What do you mean?" Tigress stated defensively.

"Like you don't remember." The snake chuckled a little. "Besides I saw the way you looked at him."

At this comment Tigress's blushed, but it was barely visible. "S-so, what of it?" the tiger turned back to messing with the covers of her bed.

"Come on Tigress! I saw it in your eyes, you like him." Viper whispered just loud enough for the tiger standing next to her could hear it.

"I do not!" Tigress hissed as she turned around to face the snake.

"Okay, okay! I just thought I saw something between you two." Viper put her tail up in front of her.

"So what if I do?" the tiger sheepishly asked staring at the ground.

Viper let a small smile cross her face as she heard Tigress open up slightly. "Have you talked with him about 'it'?"

"N-no…Should I?" Tigress again seemed timid, very unlike her style.

"Only if that feeling in here…" Viper started and poke at Tigress chest, right over heart, then she continued. "… is big enough to grow a second heart and you feel ready to admit it."

Tigress watched as Viper left and shut the door behind her, and then she looked down at her own paw and gently placed it over her heart.

The night came and went, the morning gong was about to strike, and a master was ready to rally his students for another search.

"Good Morning, students." Shifu said after the gong rang.

"Good Morning, Master." All the students replied except for two.

"Master Viper and Master Mantis please wake up and come out of your rooms." Shifu said loudly, but received no answer. Shifu wait for a second then open both doors to find neither of them in the rooms. Just then another messenger came in the door.

"Master… more have gone missing, three more are gone."

"What is going on…?" Shifu said beneath his breath.

And that is how the week had went on, every morning two or three more people went missing and Monkey disappeared. Towards the end of the week, Shifu was becoming distraught, and the villagers were becoming panicked. Then tragedy struck the Valley of Peace Shifu disappeared. Tigress told herself to show being calm on the outside, but on the inside she was terrified of what was to happen or what had happened to her master and… father. Besides Shifu, she was only afraid of losing Po before she could tell him her feelings, but those fears were about to be put to the test.

A week after the first disappearance, Tigress woke up to Crane knocking on her door, telling her that it was time to wake up and that he was going to do another sweep in the air in another desperate attempt to find everyone. She found herself slowly waking up and hungry. Tigress thought it would be a good idea to wake Po up so he could start some breakfast, but found his room to empty. The next thought on her mind was that he was already cooking food as the panda always had an appetite.

Reaching the kitchen Tigress, again found no panda. This made her heart start to beat fast. The adrenaline started pumping and her breathing sped up, she could not deal with this, she couldn't lose Po as if losing her master/father wasn't enough. Tigress dropped to all fours and ran to the training hall, still no Po. She ran to the pool of sacred tears, same result. The peach tree, no again. Hall of heroes? Nope. Tigress had covered the entire palace and no black and white panda was found and with each place she checked her blood pressure rose as her brain told her he was gone, but her heart told her that he wasn't. Tigress then remembered that he could be at his dad's shop, she wasted to time taking off towards the Noodle store.

Running down the stairs that lead to the Jade palace, she finally saw the blob of black and white that she was looking for. Though she had found him she suddenly got the urge to hug him. Tigress tackled the panda hard at the bottom of the stairs and gripped onto him as hard as she could. Po was hit so hard that he slid backwards several feet.

"What the…? Tigress?" Po looked at the tiger latched to his body. "What's going on?"

"I thought you disappeared." Tigress was using every ounce of strength she had to hold back her tears.

"No. I was visiting my dad." Po said, finally realizing what the tiger had been disturbed about. "I am sorry that I scared you." He continued and looked into her eyes, trying to reassure her.

(START)

Tigress lost it when Po said he was visiting his dad. All the emotion of people disappearing, her love for the panda, realizing her father was now gone and was no longer there to help guide them, her comrades were gone, and on top of all that the whole valley was looking towards her to lead them in this time of need. This was all just too much for her and it caused her to break down and finally let her tears fall. Po could only hold the feline he held so dearly, feeling every shake as she sobbed. Then Po cleared his voice…

Po: No more talk of darkness,

Forget these wide-eyed fears;

I'm here, nothing can harm you,

My words will warm and calm you.

Let me be your freedom,

Let daylight dry your tears;

I'm here, with you, beside you,

To guard you and to guide you.

Tigress slowly raised her head up from his chest, her tears had matted her fur on her face.

Tigress: Say you love me every waking moment,

Turn my head with talk of summertime.

Say you need me with you now and always;

Promise me that all you say is true,

That's all I ask of you.

Pol: Let me be your shelter,

Let me be your light;

You're safe, no one will find you,

Your fears are far behind you.

Tigress: All I want is freedom,

A world with no more night;

And you, always beside me,

To hold me and to hide me.

Pol: Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;

Let me lead you from your solitude.

Say you need me with you, here beside you,

Anywhere you go, let me go too,

Tigress, that's all I ask of you (Use you imagination and think the word 'Tigress' into the song!)

Tigress: Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;

Say the word and I will follow you.

Together: Share each day with me,

Each night, each morning.

Tigress: Say you love me...

Po: You know I do.

Together: Love me, that's all I ask of you.

Tigress took his paw in hers and they both rose to their feet. Tigress let her fears wash away for now, knowing that she had found someone that would love her forever and never leave. In the back of her mind she gained a second wind and found a new will to search for the missing villagers and… her dad. But before they could decide what to do next, Tigress pulled Po in for a kiss. Nothing major, but enough to tell Po that she had meant every word she had sang. Po accepted and returned the kiss putting a little more passion into it. When they broke they both looked into each other's eyes.

Anywhere you go, let me go too,

Love me, that's all I ask of you.

"I love you." Tigress whispered into his ear as she laid her head on his chest.

"As do I." He whispered back and after some time spend holding the girl of his dreams he remember an idea he had thought of back at his dad's restaurant. "By the way, I think I figured out a way to get your dad… our master and everyone back.

"What?" Tigress looked at him hope glazed over in her eyes. She got her Po; now she needed her whole family back, Shifu and all.

"We wait tonight, that's when everyone is disappearing, and we will find out who or what is taking them." Po suggested.

"Good. We will find out tonight what has been happening." She nodded to the panda.

They did as they said and waited till night fell on the valley, they sat upon the tallest building in the valley to see if anything or anyone was causing the people to disappear. Tigress sat next to Po as the temperature fell Po scooted closer to Tigress in an attempted to keep her warm. She thanked him by holding onto his paw, but Po could tell that she was very tense and alert at the moment.

Then just as Po had said, they spotted a male pig walking into the forest. And the curfew was still in effect so it had to be the clue they had been looking for. Po and Tigress ran after the pig to catch him. They were able to catch up to him and just as Po was about to touch the pig, but Tigress stopped his paw.

"Wait Po, lets not disturb him. Maybe he will lead us to the others." Tigress said quietly.

"Look at his eyes Tigress. They are closed! He isn't even awake." Po said in awe.

"I wonder where he is going and what is possessing him to do this." Tigress thought to herself.

Both followed the zombified pig through the night and after several hours, a suspicious mountain came into view. Tigress pointed and Po acknowledged it, they continued to walk towards it with the sleeping pig in front of them. Then Po had realized something.

"Tigress… do you know the name of this mountain?" Po looked at her a little worried.

"No, at lest not off the top of my head." She replied.

"It's called General Tenzi's Mountain. It is said that his soul haunts this mountain, the very same he was banished to." Po gulped and Tigress realized what he was talking about.

"He said on every hundredth year of his death anniversary, one hundred souls would be lost to the mountain." Tigress continued for Po.

"His mountain, the one he died on." Po stared at the ground-mass in from of him. By this time, the pig had led them to a massive underground cave where he suddenly stopped. Po took Tigress' paw, in which she gave a slight squeeze to let him know she was there. They couldn't believe what they were looking at.

The cave was full of people from the Valley of Peace, Shifu, Viper, Monkey, Mantis, and the little girl that had been the first to disappear. All standing in formation, it seemed like they were all waiting for something to happen. Tigress ran to Shifu to try and wake him up, but shaking him wasn't doing the trick. It wasn't until Po said his name that he awoke. Falling to the ground, Shifu took in deep breaths as Tigress helped him to gain balance. Po ran to all the people he knew the names of and woke them up. However the long standing had taken a toll on their energy and most were dehydrated. Crane had seen another guy in a trans walking into the woods and had decided to follow him, leading Crane to the same spot Po and Tigress were at.

"Where am I?" Shifu asked Tigress as he watched Po wake Viper, Monkey, and Mantis.

"In a cave, under Tenzi's Mountain." Tigress told him. Shifu's eyes got real wide when she said this.

"I was a fool, I was told this day would come, but I ignored it." he sat with his face in his paws.

"It's okay mas… dad." Tigress let a few tears fall as she hugged Shifu.

Shifu was thrown off for a moment, but his paternal instincts kicked in and hugged her back. He hadn't hugged her like this since the day he had brought her to the palace.

"It is now." Shifu sighed and held his daughter. Po came over and put a paw on Tigress' shoulder, which caused her to look at him. They looked into each others eyes again. But this time they were mentally thanking each other for being there in their time of need.

The Furious Five returned everyone safely home, and in the years after the event Shifu made a demand that most of the caves and certain areas of the mountain to be leveled or collapsed so that nothing like this would ever happen again. Po eventually courted Tigress under the watchful eye of Shifu, and became mates soon after. Tigress always remembered what Po had done to help her through the time of need, and she never hesitated to do anything Po had asked of her ever again.

All right not bad for the first song-fic of this collection, right? Tigress137 I hope that you like what I did with your request and ideas you gave me. I also hope this wasn't too rushed at the end.

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