The Next Morning

DONG!

"Good morning Master!" the five called out in unison. Shifu bowed and took knowledge of every single one of his students...except for one.

"Oh for the love of- PANDA!" Po came stumbling out of his room and bowed his head in apology.

"I'm sorry Master, It wont happen again!" he rambled on.

"Yea that' what you said last time, and yet it's still the same ol'-" Mantis began but was cut short when he saw the glare Tigress was giving him and shook her head making it clear he needed to leave Po alone.

"*Ahem* anyway, I would like all of you to start off today with a morning sparring session, you may choose your partners but please, do control yourselves." Shifu warned looking at Tigress in specific which made her do a small pout and mumbled something under her breath that no one would hear.

"Am I understood?" Shifu asked.

"Yes Master." they all bowed to him in respect, which he returned and walked away to do his usual meditation. So the warriors turned to each other and walked towards the training hall.

"So who wants to go against who?" Po asked, the others shrugged indifferently except for Mantis who Immediately jumped onto Po's shoulder.

"I'll take anyone who ISN'T Tigress! I'm stuck being her servant for the whole day someone please say you'll be my sparring partner!" he begged. Monkey chuckled and patted the bug on the back, Tigress simply rolled her eyes at the bugs outburst and stood next to Po.

"Don't sweat it buddy, you can spar with me, i'm too tired to go hard against anyone today anyway." Monkey mumbled, even though Crane was a nice and gentle guy, he can sure be lazy at times and leave his bedroom a mess.

"Thanks man, I owe you." Mantis said hopping onto Monkey's shoulder both making their way towards the clearing to spar outside, leaving the two couples alone.

"So i'll spar against Tigress, see you guys later." Po grinned taking Tigress by the paw and leading her towards the pool of sacred tears.

"Alright, see you." Crane said looking down at his beloved and led the way towards the jade tortoise.

At The Pool Of Sacred Tears.

Both Po and Tigress were having a sparring session to which Tigress was literally kicking the daylights out of her poor boyfriend, with one upper cut punch to the jaw and a swoop to the legs Tigress pinned him down, holding him by the shoulders and chuckling slightly.

"Pinned you." she declared. Po chuckled and cut her off guard when he quickly grabbed her by the waist and used his strength to turn them around, now him being on top of her.

"Guess again." he grinned, but got lost in her firey red eyes, Tigress who was chuckling quickly stopped when she too got swooned over by his bright green eyes, unconciously both leaning in forward, the feline closed her eyes and felt Po's warm breath in her lips making her slightly shiver, despite the fact that both of them were now a couple for a few days, they still felt their heartbeats thump insanely loud in their chests, Po closed his eyes and closed the gap between their lips. Both feeling that sensation that neither of them can describe, it was such a beautiful feeling that no matter how many times they've kissed they always felt something strong, something that combines them both in a special bond that nothing in this world would ever be successful in breaking. Po gently pulled their lips apart but kept their foreheads together, their eyes still closed.

"Did I ever tell you how beautiful you are?" Po asked, smiling a cheesy grin.

"Yes, and I prefer you don't. You know how I get when you say stuff like that." she grumbled, turning a light shade of pink. Po chuckled and stood up pulling her to her feet.

"Yes and I think it's rather cute." Po admitted kissing her on the forehead.

"I don't do cute Po." Tigress mumbled crossing her arms across her chest. Po laughed out loud making her growl more.

"Aw come on Ti. You know i'm messing with you." he said hugging her around the waist.

"Well if I recall, Dragon Warrior we are suppose to be sparring, not messing around." she muttered.

"Oh come on. Everyone knows you can beat me to pulp anyday." Po mumbled making a pout like an angered kid that just had an argument with his parents because they said 'NO'.

"*Sigh*Fine, then what do you wish to do?" she asked turning around while Po's arms remained around her.

"I say sit down at peach tree, relax, and enjoy eachother's company." he grinned giving her a peck on the lips making her tensed shoulders relaxed in a jip.

"Alright, but if Shifu gets angry, I will not take the blame for you just because you're my boyfriend."

"I can live with that." he snickered and took her paw leading the way towards the peach tree.

With Crane and Viper

"Crane really, your painting can't be that bad! i've seen your art work, why can't you just let me see?" Viper asked as she dodged one of Crane's attacks.

"I told you Vi. I'll show you when the time is right." he said as he jumped out of the way when Viper charged at him.

"Is it really that much of trouble to show me?" she asked. Crane chuckled at his girlfriend's curiousity.

"You really are curious aren't you?" he teased, Viper hissed sticking out her tongue at him.

"I just hate it, when people say 'on the right time' ugh! you know i'm impatient when it comes to those things." she whined. Crane laughed out loud and wrapped his wings around her.

"Don't worry I promise it'll be worth the wait." Viper sighed and snuggled closed to his feathered chest and nodded.

"Alright, if you're sure." she smiled and pecked his beak. When she released him she remembered about her day off with Po. She hoped he'd understand and not take it to heart.

"Um Crane?"

"Hm?" he loosened his grip on her to look at her in the eyes.

"Listen, you know I love you and I love spending time with you, but I do kinda miss hanging out with Po. You know how we used to when we became good friends? well tomorrow, we agreed on just spending the day together like brother and sister." she explained Crane felt the blood boil in his body.

"WHAT? AFTER WHAT HAPPENED, AND THEN YOU- YOU-" he said angrily turning his back on her.

"Crane it was just an acci-"

"OH NO! NO WAY" he growled and began to stomp out out of the training hall with Viper on his heels trying to explain everything to him.

With Po and Tigress.

Po was resting his back against the peach tree with Tigress sitting in between his legs her back resting on his chest while her head layed on his shoulder, Po's arms wrapped around her torso looking down into the valley. Po remembered about his day off tomorrow with Viper and decided tht he needed to tell Tigress soon or else she might have a cow.

"Hey Ti."

"Yes Po?"

"Ummm, you know, Tomorrow's saturday and I uh-" he said nervously, Tigress sat up straighter and turned her body to look into his eyes.

"What is it Po?" she asked a little more concerned now. Po took a deep breath and let it out taking her paws into his.

"You know I love you and that I will tell you anything right? because you know I trust you." he said, Tigress nodded letting him continue.

"So I want to tell you that tomorrow...Viper and I are going to spend the day together like the old times we had, you know a brother and sister moment." he said, his heart beating fast hoping that she wouldn't kill him or shred him to pieces. Tigress quickly stood up and turned her back to him clenching her paws into fists.

"WHY?" she growled.

"Tigress don't be ma-"

"Don't you dare tell me not to be mad, after that little incident that happened you expect me to be happy about you two spending time alone!"

"But I don't love HER Tigress, I told you i'm crazy in love with YOU. I would never ever be able to look at another girl because none of them are anything like YOU."

"They can always change..." she whispered to herself, Po didn't get to hear what she said.

"What?"

"I said your feelings can change Po! in one moment you can love me but then-" she cut herself off shaking her already clenched fists.

"How can you think that Tigress? YOU. YOU Tigress are the only woman i'll ever lay my eyes on! the moment I confessed my love for you meant that I promised you I will always be with you." he said trying to convince her, Tigress shook her head and shoved her shoulder away when Po tried to place his paw there, she angrily stomped her way towards the training hall while Po followed her trying to reason things out with her. Once they got there, Po and Tigress saw Viper on the edge of tears while Crane had his back to her.

"Crane, I would never be unfaithful to you, I love you to much for that." she said her voice cracking a little.

"Viper, Crane? what's wrong?" Tigress asked.

"Did Po tell you about their little 'date' tomorrow?" Crane snarled burning holes into po's face with his eyes. Tigress growled in rage and nodded.

"It isn't a date! Crane first of all I would never cheat on Tigress, and second of all why would I want to do that with one of my best buds?" Po argued becoming enraged with their lack of trust.

"Uh huh." Crane said with sarcasm.

"That is enough!" an angered voice said behind them. The two couples turned around to be met by Master Shifu's enraged eyes.

"Po, Viper I will gladly give you permission to take tomorrow off to enjoy eachother's company for once." he smiled at them, the two bowed to him, Crane and Tigress were about to object when Shifu held out a hand to silence them.

"Crane, Tigress. I'm fairly dissapointed with the little trust you have on your mates. I may be old, but I am not blind. Any fool can see that these two love you very much that not even I can have the heart to object this relationship. But if you cannot trust their word, then I assure you this relationship between you four will NEVER work. You ought to be ashamed for trusting their love for you." Shifu snapped, once he finished his speech he turned his back to them and walked away. Tigress and Crane felt horrible, Master Shifu was right, what's a relationship when there is no trust? Tigress turned to look at Po and saw the pain in his eyes. He looked at her and shook his head in dissapointement as he began to walk away.

"Po please wait I-"

"I'll see you all during lunch." he stomped away to the kitchen.

"PO!" but he was already out of sight. Tigress sighed and felt ashamed of herself for hurting him. She made her way out the gate and slammed the door shut. Leaving Viper and Crane alone.

"Viper-"

"I need to go and bath myself, if you'll excuse me." she said coldly wiping away the remaining tears.

The hours passed, lunch and afternoon training was a little awkward for Mantis and Monkey, they both could feel the tension between the two couples, but decided not to say a word thinking that for one, they didn't want to intrude into something that wasn't their buisness, they did that once and look where it got them, and second they figured it wasn't the best time. But then dinner came and of course it was very silent in the kitchen. Crane and Tigress held this look on their face that revealed pain and regret, Po and Viper simply looked unhappy and desperate to get to bed, judging by the way they were eating, it wasn't messy but they were eating pretty fast. Po was the first one finished and stood up to put them in the dirty dishes. He was about to walk out the kitchen when Tigress decided to try again.

"Po?"

"Goodnight Master Tigress." he said a little depressed and walked away. Tigress sighed and buried her face into her paws forgetting about her meal, Monkey and Mantis looked shocked and confused. Viper stood up from her table and excused herself to bed without acknowledging the avian. Crane looked down at the floor feeling horribly guilty.

"Uhh...not to butt in or anything, but umm, that's not how couples are suppose to act." Mantis pointed out.

"Yea, what happened?" Monkey asked patting Tigress on the back. She looked up from her paws with slight tears in her eyes.

"We were idiots that's what happened." she whispered.

"You can say that again." Crane agreed.

"Well what did you guys do?" Mantis asked. Tigress stood up from the table picking up her bowl.

"Our jealousy got the best of us and did not trust Po and Viper in a decision they both made." Crane explained since Tigress looked like she wasn't going to say anymore.

"Ohh, well sorry man, I hope you guys can work it out." Monkey said. Crane and Tigress excused themselves and both began to walk over to the barracks.

"I'm such an idiot." Crane said to himself while he walked besides Tigress.

"I feel terrible, my outburst on Po was completely uncalled for. Master Shifu was right, what kind of girlfriend am I?" she growled at herself and punched the wall while she continued to walk.

"I swear i'll go crazy if I loose Viper, I have to think of way for her to forgive me." Crane mumbled.

"I don't even want to think about that at the moment Crane. If you don't mind I don't exactly want to even think about loosing Po." she snarled. Crane quickly nodded in agreement. They both reached their rooms and said their goodnights, Crane entered his bedroom first, Tigress stood infront of hers and then looked at the one across from her and slowly made her way to it, she took a deep breath and cracked the door open.

"Po?" she whispered, but was met with a small rythmn of snoring, she sighed, he was fast asleep.

"I love you." she whispered even though she knew he couldn't hear her. She entered her bedroom and plopped on her bed hoping to sleep all this guilt out. One thing is forsure though, she was never going to lose Po. She wouldn't be able to live with herself if it ever came to that.

Crane stood on his bedroll thinking of many ways to apologize to his beloved, he wouldn't lose her because of his stupidity he would fight for this relationship because he has never loved anyone how he loves Viper. With that promise to himself he drifted to sleep.

A/N: Here's the new chapter! sorry to keep you all waiting but HA! I told you I wouldn't give up on it! c: do you hate me less now? I hope so!