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I Now Pronounce You Viper and Crane 2

"Sooo, daddy is pretty strict," Viper said to Crane, as they walked through the bamboo forest. "But once you get to know him he's really nice and sweet."

"He's fangless, too?" Crane asked, remembering the story about Great Master Crane, loosing his fangs when he fought the gorilla.

Viper sighed sadly. "Yes. He was devastated when he lost his fangs but he was so proud of me when I took down that gorilla with my ribbon dancing."

Crane shook his head smirking.

Viper frowned when she saw this. "What?"

"I still can't believe you did ribbon dancing," Crane said.

"You can ask anyone in the village!" Viper said loudly, her voice echoing off the bamboos. "I was the best ribbon dancer in the whole village!"

"I know... I saw you practicing your ribbon dance in your room... You're really good, Viper... Really pretty..." Wait, what?

"I..." Her voice trailed off when she realized what he said. She hid a blush which slowly started to form on her face. She wanted to say something, she wanted to thank him, but the words were caught in her throat.

"Your dancing," Crane said hoping to cover up the awkward moment and the silence that fell between them, "It's really pretty..."

Viper found her voice. "Oh... Thank you, Crane." She sighed sadly. Her dancing was pretty. Everyone in her village told her that!

Crane noticed something in her voice. Discontentment? Sadness? Viper always seemed happy when he saw her around the Jade Palace. He liked seeing her happy. He wanted her to be happy. That was all the push he needed...

"How about your sisters?" He asked, hoping it would get Viper to start talking again.

"Oh, what?" She looked at Crane after he pulled her out of her thoughts.

"You were telling me about your family." Crane said.

He spent the whole time listening to Viper talk about her family. He wasn't that close to her on a personal level, like Tigress and Monkey were, so it was a nice way to get to know Viper. And a good way to learn about her family, since he was going to be staying with them for awhile.

"At the Jade Palace, you said you had three sisters. How are they?"

Viper's smile returned, to Crane's relief. "My sisters are great! They're sooo much fun. We did everything together! Played games, cook, go shopping, and go to the hot springs. They were so jealous when I told them I was training at the Jade Palace, and I'm part of the Furious Five."

Crane smiled. "They'll be happy to see you. After all, it's been awhile since you seen them."

"Yeah. I miss them sometimes... When we get to my village, I'll take them shopping, then we'll go out to eat, ohh and then we'll go to the hot springs! To make it up for being gone for so long!"

Crane rolled his eyes. Girl things. "Sounds like fun," he said disinterestedly.

Viper laughed. "You'll come with us, Crane!"

His eyes widen. Hanging out with just Tigress and Viper is great, because most of the time, they're training, but Viper and her sisters, that's... Not going to end well. Crane saw mini-Vipers climbing all over him, bouncing on him, and stealing his hat. No, it wasn't going to end well...

"You should just spend time with your sisters," Crane said. "I'll just stay home and train. I mean, we spend a lot of time together... Training, that is."

"Yeah, but you never seen my village! There's a lot to do! I want to show you everything. You're the only friend who's going to see it!"

Unless, the rest of the five and Po, randomly decide to take a vacation to Viper's village, Crane thought. He hid a smirk, now thinking about telling Po where they could go for vacation. He turned back to Viper. "I guess you and your sisters can show me around the village."

"I have an idea... I'll spend time with my sisters during the day and I'll show you around my village at night!"

"Or we can train so Shifu won't kill us for being out of shape when we get back to the Jade Palace."

Viper rolled her eyes. "You're no fun, Crane. Just have fun! This is like an early vacation for us!"

"I don't really think this is a vacation for me. I'm pretending to be your husband to keep you from getting married. This is more like a vacation for you, Viper."

Viper sighed and glided smoothly up Crane's back, wrapping herself around him. "You're really tense, Crane. What's really bothering you?"

He sighed. "I'm worried about our friends not coming up with a good enough story, I'm worried about Shifu finding out about the plan and..." I'm worried about you having to marry another guy... He couldn't say that for some reason.

He looked as though he's about to say something, Viper thought. What was it? "And?" She persisted.

"And... That's it..."

"Our friends will come through for us. They always do, especially Po!"

Crane scoffed. "Po. You really think he's going to pull through for us?"

"He always does, Crane," Viper said sliding off his back and moving in front of him to keep him from walking. She smiled reassuringly. "Trust our friends, Crane. Trust me... Po and the rest of the five will pull through for us..."

Crane wanted to believe her. He really wanted to tell her, he believed her, that their friends will pull through, and everything will be okay, but... He couldn't, because a part of him didn't believe her...

AN: Okay... I was going to end it here but I decided this chapter is too short. So, the next part is whats suppose to be in chaper three but I want to focus that chapter on Crane meeting Viper's family, so enjoy and Happy Holidays :). Read and review and thanks for reading :).

Jade Palace...

"Guys! Master Shifu says it's time to start training!" Mantis said coming into the the kitchen where Po, Tigress, and Monkey were.

Tigress frowned has she stood up. Po, Monkey, and her spent the time trying to come up with a story about why Viper and Crane had to suddenly go to Viper's village together. So far, they haven't thought of anything good enough.

"Have you thought of a good enough story?" Mantis asked.

"I did," said Po. "But, Tigress, said it was "'impossible.'"

Monkey rolled his eyes. "Because, it is impossible."

"What was it?" Mantis asked. "It can't be that bad."

"Okay," Po started, "Viper and Crane ran away because they were secretly in love, and Viper was going to have a baby. And they only told us because they were worried about what everyone in the village will think... See, Mantis! That is a perfect story!"

Tigress sighed and slapped her paw to her forehead. "Po, after training, I'm going to explain to you how it's impossible for Viper and Crane to have babies together."

"And even if it was possible, Crane and Viper wouldn't have to 'runaway to be together.' It would take awhile for the village and Master Shifu to accept their 'relationship,' but they would accept it overall." Monkey added.

"It could be true!" Po cried. "Viper and Crane in love and having babies."

"Yeah," Mantis laughed. "In a scary story." Monkey started laughing too.

"Guys this is serious," Tigress said. "We need to figure out what we're going to tell Master Shifu."

"Tell me what, exactly, Tigress?"