The Phoenix Warrior - Crane x Crane!Gn!Reader

Chapter 15-Bean Buns

You weaved yourself through the crowd, today was one of the days where you and your brother were let off for the day, so, why not visit home?

As you balanced some piping hot bowls of noodles on your wings, you served each customer's order with diligence and care, somehow not even breaking a sweat while doing so. Though you don't break a sweat, you're still hungry for those bean buns you saved from a party.

"Dad! I'm done for the day!" You shout to your dad, who is currently untying his century-old apron, it's always been a mystery to you and your brother as to how he's been maintaining it.

Making your way into the kitchen, you look for the bean buns but to no avail. He nodded, "Take a break for the day," nudging a pouch of copper coins your way, and smiled, "here's your pay, you earned it, kid."

You were disappointed about the bean buns but grinned, thinking about various luxuries you could spend the money on, "Thanks Dad! I appreciate it!" You string the pouch onto a simple rope you looped around your waist, that lets you bring along trinkets without bringing a bag. And off you went to spend your money!

The hawker stalls that were set up housed little to no useful wares unfortunately, they all were crops and things needed for cooking. So you gave up trying to be ripped off by merchants, instead you went to see what your fellow kung fu masters were up to.

Picking up a few pieces of buttered corn along the way, you flapped up to the Jade Palace, hearing bangs and muffled yells. If you were to take an uneducated guess, you'd think someone was being kidnapped. But you knew your friends, they'd probably be doing something dumb.. like having a noodle slurping contest, you smiled to yourself as you thought of their shenanigans.

There, you saw two children playing amongst themselves, with what seemed to be Po's sacred figures?

"And then, the Dragon Warrior and the Phoenix Warrior joined the Furious Five!", The bunny child held up two scratched up wooden figurines, one of which was a panda with pants made of bamboo, and the other was a crane with some upright golden feathers stuck behind its head.

"And they became the most awesomest kung fu team ever!" The piglet matched her enthusiasm, holding up a Tigress figure. -Actually no, he was shaking Tigress really hard.

The kit mimicked Po's voice by lowering her voice down an octave, "Enough talk. Let's figh-"

"Hiyaahh!" You try your best to match their energy, a feeling of realisation suddenly creeps up upon you as they stare at you in awe. "The Phoenix Warrior!" They both gasp in unison, "It's you!"

You lean down to pat both their heads with a smile still plastered on your face, "Yeah! Call me y/n instead, it's weird having everyone call me by my title." Their eyes practically light up by the time they get head pats from you. Suddenly, muffled voices and rhythmic thumping come from the Training Hall, earning an eyebrow raise from you and attention from two rowdy fan-children.

The kit hopped up and down, getting even more excited from the noise, "Listen! Listen!" She points towards the door, "You can hear the Dragon Warrior training right now!"

"Stop him!" BANG! "It's too dangerous!" You could tell it was Mantis from the shrill voice.

You facepalmed as you realised your guess may actually be correct, you bi farewell to both the children and flew higher to enter the training hall through the roof -something you found out thanks to working out at dawn.

"Stay focused!" Sounds like Tigress.

The first thing you see is Po hunched over a wooden table in the clearing of the hall, with a giant bowl of bean buns. As you make your descent, you hide in the shadows, hoping that none of the five have noticed you were here. Time to see what my training with Master Shifu can do... I wonder how Master Red is doing?

Mantis practically gushes at how much food can Po's mouth hold, "How is he doing that with his face?!"

Using his chopsticks to place another bean bun in his mouth, Po smashed his fist on the table after successfully housing thirty-eight bean buns in his mouth, announcing, "Turdy-ehht bean buns!"

"I'm impressed at how he can still speak with thirty-eight bean buns in his mouth," You grin while leaning against a pillar.

Everyone in the room turned to look at you with confusion turned joy, with Po perking up to see it was you, "Hey sis!"

Mantis greeted you, "Hey y/n, seems like you got your shift done!" "Yeah! How was work?" Viper asked and beckoned for you to join them.

You answered them as you walked, "T'was the usual, there was a customer who mistook Dad for my grandpa though. It was.. quite the eye opening experience."

"Guess you were hoping you could leave," Monkey held onto his stomach, trying desperately not to break into a laugh. He wheezed, putting an emphasis on the "ping", "Get it? Hoping? Your last name?"

We all pressed our mouths into a thin line.

"Okay.. fine, not funny." Monkey huffed, and went somewhere? Probably to mope.

You made it to the table where the five were situated. Tigress got your attention and she asked, "Have you been working on your camouflaging? That was certainly a surprise." Crane piped up, "I didn't even notice you arrived!"

"Aw... Thanks Tigress, thanks Crane! I'm flattered." You smile in response to their comments about your improvement.

Monkey comes out of the clearing to reveal another bowl of bean buns, "Keep going! Hit forty!"

"So that's where all the bean buns went.." I sighed.

Crane scoffed in disbelief, "He'll never hit forty!"

"You goht it, buddy! I'wo put it up too ffforty!"

"Do it!" Tigress clenches her fist.

He obliges, and puts the two bean buns in his mouth, struggling to close it.

We watched in silent awe, it seemed as if everything was frozen in time.

"Yeah...Yeah! Wone mohment-"

He sticks his paws up in the air, cheering silently- HE SUCCEEDS!

After fitting so many bean buns in his mouth, the atmosphere feels less tense now that he completed his goal, applause replacing silence.

"Well done, Po!" Crane goes on to slap Po on the back as congratulations, causing Po to spit the bean buns back at us like a minigun. Monkey and Mantis are hit on the head and body respectively, while Viper ducks and Tigress blocks two of the buns with her hands, after which she wipes her hand with a towel due to its grease- or is that saliva.

"Your training has paid off." Tigress dips her head.

You suddenly remember something, Po took my share of bean buns! That's why they were missing! OH I AM SO GOING TO GET HIM FOR THAT-

A gong sounds in the distance. SHIT

You and Po both share a look of mutual understanding, Po knows that you know about what he did to your poor bean buns.

"Oh! Master Shifu!" Po grins cheekily, before escaping your wrath, "Gotta go. See you later!"

You rush to catch him, but he's as slippery as a snake, "PO- MY BEAN BUNS! YOU OWE ME-"

Sensing something strange, you look upwards to see a goose. Upon further inspection, it turned out that said goose was a messenger from the Jade Palace.

Landing in the area in front of us, the goose wheezed from fatigue, and managed to squeak out a few simple words which you all understood immediately.

"Musician's Village.... raid..."

"Need.... help... protect..."

Musician's Village is under attack.

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Hope it's more comprehensible now! :d I know y/n wasn't there in the first place but it made more sense for them to hangout with the five you know? FINALLY ONTO MOVIE TWO THOUGH.

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