Ch. 42 - Tigress is jealous!

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It's actually due to the gift that God gave him when he met him after Oogway reveals that he knows about his past life.

According to God, that gift was meant for him when he unlocked 100% of his template with Jin Kazama.

The gift consists of the entire chi techniques that Master Oogway develops, however he doesn't instantly have mastery on it, he just has the knowledge in his head which means he has to train the techniques first before he could even use it.

What he just did is one of Oogway's techniques, which is to use chi to achieve flight.

Apart from all of the techniques of chi that Oogway has, flight is the easiest as you simply have to surround yourself in chi and manipulate it, allowing the chi to carry you wherever you control it.

"That is so awesome!" Rapunzel jumped excitedly as she didn't hesitate to jump over the window towards Jin.

As she crossed the gap between them, she immediately spread her arms and legs before hugging her neck and locking her legs around his waist, shocking both Tigress and Jin.

"Wait! I just learned this technique!" True to his words, the moment Rapunzel landed on him and hugged his body in mid-air, Jin started flying uncontrollably like a helicopter losing its engines.

"Oh shit!" Completely losing control, both Jin and Rapunzel started falling down towards the river.

*Splash!*

*Bam!*

With his back facing the ground, Jin tanked all the force while Rapunzel luckily survived without a scratch.

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! I thought I could j-jump and- and..." Seeing and realizing what she has done, Rapunzel started panicking and backing away as she knew that it was her fault why they fell on the ground.

Thankfully, the river wasn't that deep so Jin just stood and he's back to the surface.

"It's fine, Rapunzel. I wasn't hurt." Seeing that Rapunzel was truly sorry and panicking, Jin reassured her as Tigress interrupted from behind her.

"Ehem. You don't have to worry about what happened, Rapunzel. He's more durable than you think." Tigress said and when Rapunzel turned to face her, she suddenly yelped in shock before grabbing a handful of her long hair and quickly hid behind Jin while pointing her frying pan towards Tigress.

"T-Tiger!" Rapunzel has read many books about nature that her mother brought to her whenever she comes back and one of them is a Tiger.

"What? Oh, I think I just surprised you with my appearance? Well, I have to get down on the ground so I have to go back to my normal form." Tigress said before closing her eyes.

Under the stares of Rapunzel and Jin, Tigress slowly went back to her human form.

"D-do you guys have powers too?" Rapunzel asked, walking away from Jin's back.

"Powers? I think you could say so?" Tigress said not sure about it, as she continued.

"What do you mean by 'Too'? Do you have powers too!" As Tigress asked her, Rapunzel excitedly responded.

"Yes! I mean, No! Of course not! I-I'm just a normal human, haha." After realizing her mistake, Rapunzel quickly tried to refute it as she awkwardly tucked her hair behind her ear while looking away from them.

'She's so bad at lying.' Was what Jin and Tigress were thinking as they stared at their scene.

"Well, you don't have to tell us about it, I understand that it's hard to trust someone you just met. So, how about we proceed on our journey? You want to see those lanterns, right? Since we just got here and decided to explore the world, why not bring you with us? The more the better, right?" Smoothly changing the subject, Jin stated as his words quickly got Rapunzel's attention.

"Lanterns? Is that what those beautiful lights in the sky are called?" Rapunzel leaned her body towards Jin and asked in curiosity and excitement, not noticing that she was invading Jin's personal space.

"Well, yeah those are called Lanterns. So, I'll ask you this one more time, Rapunzel. Would you kindly please accompany us on our journey of exploring the world?" Jin said while offering his hand to her while Tigress just nodded her head behind her, telling her to agree.

Looking at the hand and then at Jin's face, she smiled and took his hand.

"Yes!"

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"Yipeeee! This is so fun!!"

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"Oh my gosh, I am such a bad daughter! I disobeyed my mother!"

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"Oh my gosh! Look at these grass! They feel so soft!"

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"I should probably go back, my mother would be worried about me!"

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"I'm never going back! I'm having so much fun!"

"She's quite energetic, isn't she?" Tigress said as they stood side by side while watching over Rapunzel changing personalities in a matter of seconds.

"I think this is her first time in everything. I mean, she's locked and alone in that tower for god knows how many years she has been there without going out." Jin responded to her, as he saw how Rapunzel rolled over the grass, plucked some flowers and even dipped her feet on the mud.

"Whoever this mother of her is, I'll make sure to teach her a lesson of how to raise a child!" Tigress made a goal for herself.

"How about you save that lesson when we have OUR child." Jin whispered in her ear, making Tigress blush and playfully punch his arm.

"I'm being serious here." She said.

"Me too." Jin responded.

After a few minutes of letting Rapunzel have fun, she's now back to being moody and changing her mind to go back to her lonely tower.

"Mother would definitely be mad at me." Rapunzel said with a muffled voice as her head is buried in her arms.

Approaching her, Jin sat next to her while Tigress just let him do his work. 

He might not be an expert in handling women's emotions, but he could try with Rapunzel, and besides, he got Iroh's template, right? Time to use his wisdom for good.

"Why are you so afraid of disobeying your mother?" Jin asked while Rapunzel wiped off her tears and responded.

"But she told me to never go outside the tower!" Rapunzel emotionally said.

"That's it? You know, everyone is not meant to be caged in a single place. Just like a bird. Imagine a bird who grew up locked inside a small cage and a few years later you let her out. Would the bird be able to fly?"

"Yes? I mean, it's a bird, right? They know how to fly." Rapunzel answered, not sure about whether she's correct or not.

"You are wrong, the answer is no, the bird has never experienced how to fly and being trapped in a cage has made the bird think that they're meant to be inside the cage, not outside. So, tell me Rapunzel, would you like to be the bird that doesn't know how to spread her wings and know how to be free? Would you be willing to grow old inside your tower without discovering the beautiful outside world? " Each word of Jin made Rapunzel's face brighten slowly as Jin finally decided to strike the iron while its hot.

"Tell me, Rapunzel, do you want to learn how to fly?" He said with a warm and gentle voice, as Rapunzel smiled widely and said.

"Yes! Please! Help me learn how to fly!" Rapunzel said and stood up, spreading her arms wide and started spinning, trying to replicate a bird.

Smiling to himself, Jin knew that his Iroh's template had worked.

"Good! Then Rapunzel, I will teach you and help you how to fly!" Jin stood up and said, even Tigress was smiling warmly behind him as she was leaning on a tree.

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After their little moment, Jin and the gang had resumed their journey with more excitement and expectations than never.

Although it's a bit unusual that Rapunzel was a bit more clingy to Jin as Tigress decided to stay by his side as her sense of jealousy starts to awaken.

Though Jin didn't notice this and so is Rapunzel. She is new to the feeling of love, so she doesn't actually know what she's truly feeling right now.

Their journey continued for several hours before finally stumbling on a hard cement road, indicating that following the road leads to a civilization.

They followed the trail as Jin was in the front while Tigress was on his life side and Rapunzel is on the right side.

Although Tigress was a bit jealous, she discovered that Rapunzel wasn't actually seducing or flirting with her husband, with her naivety and innocence, Tigress could tell that Rapunzel has little to no knowledge about love.

Tigress felt pity towards Rapunzel and couldn't help but want to help her.

That's right! Aside from teaching Rapunzel's mother a lesson about children! Tigress has also decided to make a goal for herself to help Rapunzel find her true love!

Meanwhile, Jin didn't know what was going on inside Tigress's mind as he was focused on the small establishment that is slowly enlarging within his vision due to getting closer to it.

It didn't take a few more seconds before they arrived in front of a tilted building that definitely screams that whoever built this building either was blind or has no knowledge in this kind of job.

"The Snuggly Duckling? Sounds like a funny name." Tigress read the name of the tavern aloud as she chuckled.

"Duckling? I read about ducklings! I love them!" Rapunzel beamed up and happily said as Jin was the only one to know of 'Don't judge a tavern with its name.' 

Yes, he just made it up, so what?

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[Next Chapter: Ch. 43 - Bar fight!]