Hello everyone I´m back with a new chapter! In this one we discover a new love. Hope it all goes well! Anyway… I decided to post one chapter every 1 or 2 days at least because I have to think the chapter through and then write it down.

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Chapter 8 : A new love

"Aw come on I thought we were safe until we reach the forest of death at least. Whatever." – Raizo said getting closer to the bandits. "You guys go on ahead you will need all the strength you can get , I´ll take care of these." – Everyone looked at Raizo and stopped in their tracks. Using the shadow dodge technique he quickly appeared behind the bandits and hit the back of their necks so all of them just fell unconscious. "Heh. Easy as that." – Raizo said walking back to the group. They just stared at him.

"Come on what are you waiting for we don't have all day." Raizo said looking at them. They immediately snapped back to reality and continued walking.

It was now nearing nighttime and they weren't even half way to the forest of death yet , but Raizo did notice some woods with river plains in the middle so he decided they would set camp there for the night.

"Okay guys I believe that was enough walking for one day. Don't you think?" – Everyone just sighed and stopped dead in their tracks and plopped down on the ground with exhaustion.

"And you call yourselves kung fu warriors." Raizo thought to himself glancing at the group.

"Well then I guess I´ll just carry you over to the woods myself then." – Raizo said sarcastically and lifted everyone up using stone platforms and carried all of them to the plains in the center.

"You can relax a bit and then we will set up camp here for the rest of the night."

Half an hour later all the tents were set up and everyone was now eating dinner together around a fire that Po and Tigress set up.

"So I was thinking earlier today , how do we actually defeat a god like Kar-Len?" – Po asked.

"Well I guess you would have to become one yourself and kill him that way." – Raizo explained.

"There is another way , Raizo." A strange voice now spoke in his head and he thought his mind was playing tricks on him so he just shrugged it off.

"Oh so I guess that's why we are going after the three remaining scrolls then." – Tigress got to the point.

"Yes that's exactly why."

"So wait…" Po started "…back at the palace when you gave us these new elements , why didn't you just use the scroll again?"

"Well if I did then we´d have to wait another hundred years before we could use it again."

"H-hundred years?! Wow that long."

"Yeah. U-um Tigress can I talk to you for a moment , please?" – Raizo had a plan that would test Po.

"Okay , sure." She said as she walked over to him. He then whispered something in her ear and she grinned.

"Are you sure it´ll work?" – she asked with a tone of excitement in her voice. Po just stared at the two not suspecting a thing.

"Oh I´m positive it will work." He confirmed.

"Okay then it´s settled." She said as she walked back to her spot and sat down. (her spot was right next to Po by the way)

"So what was that all about?" – Po asked her.

"Oh nothing , he just asked me about my training that's all." She tried to lie but Po wasn't that stupid.

"And why didn't he just ask you normally instead of whispering it to you?" he wanted to know the real reason. She knew he wouldn't stop until she told him so she tried another tactic.

"And why do you have to butt in on other people´s business huh?" – she asked with a tone of agitation and annoyance in her voice. Her trick had worked.

"Okay , okay geez you don't have to get fired up over one question I was just curious that's all." – he was a little scared at this point. She just smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

"It´s okay Po I forgive you."

They continued to talk and laugh at the jokes Po would sometimes bring up. Before they knew it it was almost midnight.

"Okay it´s getting pretty late so you should probably go to sleep now. I´ll just go to the river and meditate for the rest of the night." – That said everyone went to their tents while Po stayed back to put the fire out and clean things up from dinner. Soon he as well entered his tent and fell asleep relatively quickly. Tigress was awake thinking about the plan Raizo had to test Po.

"I wonder how that will go." She said quietly to herself. Then Viper suddenly appeared in front of her tent.

"Tigress , hey can I come in?" – she had something personal to discuss with her.

"Yeah , sure come in Viper." – she then opened her tent so Viper could enter. As soon as she did Tigress asked "So what´s on your mind now?"

"Crane." – she mumbled looking down blushing at the thought of him.

"Come again?" – Tigress didn't hear her well that time.

"I-it´s Crane , he´s… on my mind." – she said louder blushing more. Tigress gasped at the surprise.

"Y-you mean you-" – Tigress started but was cut off by Viper.

"Yes , Tigress , I do love him. I have for the past couple months actually but now I feel like I can tell him. But at the same time I can´t because , what if he rejects me and never wants to talk to me again? I don't want to ruin our friendship because of that." – She was now a bit sad. Tigress knew the felling all too well.

"Viper , let me tell you something that Po told me back at the palace. If he is your friend then he wouldn't dare ruin your friendship and what´s more important he wouldn't dare reject you because you confessed." – She tried to reassure Viper that everything would be fine. "And besides , I think Crane likes you too." – she said smiling.

"Heh , I wish." Viper said with a sigh.

"Look , just get out there and tell Crane. What´s the worst that could happen?"

With that Viper swallowed her pride and said "Okay I´ll do it."

"That's the Viper I know. Now go and hope he is still awake." She then left the tent and slithered over to Crane´s tent. Little did they know Crane was having the same problem as well.

"I don't know should I tell her now , I mean of course I know I mastered confidence so I should be able to but at the same time , I don't know I don't want to ruin everything we did so far because I have a crush on her." Crane was fighting the urge to tell her and just gave up. "Ah you know what I´ll just go and tell her , I mean what´s the worst that could happen , right?" he said to himself when he was just about to exit his tent he saw Viper slithering over to… his tent? "Okay here it is Crane your only chance don't blow it." He thought as she got closer to him. "Okay Viper here´s your chance seems he is still awake , you have to tell him now." She was apparently thinking the same thing.

When they were close enough to each other they both opened their mouths as to say something but quickly shut them.

"I have to tell you something." – they both said at the same time. They both blushed at this and Viper spoke.

"Okay then you first."

"U-um o-okay so… " He swallowed his pride and started talking "Here´s the thing , ever since I first saw you at the palace when I was accepted , I thought you were kind of cute. And over the years I watched you become more and more beautiful , and now that I´ve come to figure out that there was more to you then just your looks I realized something." Viper soon realized what he was going to say but kept her cool.

"What I´m saying is…" – he tried to say it but just didn't have the strength to say it.

"What I´m trying to say is I-I…" – Viper just smiled at him and encouraged him.

"Oh just say it already!" – she said teasingly.

"I-I love you , Viper." He looked down blushing and ready to be slapped in the face but instead he saw her curl up around his body. She then kissed his beak.

"Well that's fine with me because you know , I-I love you too , Crane." She said now blushing a deep red.

"Y-you do?" his eyes widened. She nodded. He didn't expect her to say that but he was glad she did.

They didn't know that Raizo was lying on a branch of a tree right next to Crane´s tent so he heard everything they said. "Things just get better and better around here." He thought to himself , closed his eyes and smiled.

And there it is people chapter 8 , hope you all like the story so far , and don't worry the epic fights and all that will come , I just have to know how and where to put them. There will be an awesome fight by the end of this part though.(there I told you a secret you happey?(that grammar fail was intentional so don't correct me))

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UNTIL NEXT TIME… BYE!