Infected

The four dragons trained in the yard, quick kicks flying around. No Wu had been activated since almost two weeks and they were bored of this. Neither had they seen Jack or his robots, and since Wuya moved to Chase's the witch seemed to be out of dimension. Hannibal was also lost, he or his bird were nowhere to be found.

The sun was up when Dojo stepped into the kitchen, nearly lunchtime and his stomach had been growling for a while. He was about to attack the cookies pot when a feeling made him shiver. A new Wu had been activated… the little green dragon run towards the apprentices. They were training as always when no chores were left. Dojo screamed as he approached them, seeing the kids stop.

"What's up, Dojo?" Kimiko knelt down and let the dragon crawl up her arm.

"A new Wu! I don't know yet which one but we gotta hurry!" Dojo yelled. He transformed into his giant size and flew away in the distance with the young xiaolin monks.

Raimundo stared at the distance, clouds passing by, he felt so… at home when they flew in Dojo. His gaze went to the girl sitting in front of him. Kimiko wore a blue top and shorts combining. The dragon of wind touched her shoulder lightly, just for her to notice he did want to talk. Kimiko turned her head around and watched him with angry in her eyes.

"C'mon you still mad at me?" he asked crossing his arms. "It's not like I did it on purpose."

"Really? You erased my profile of Goo Zombies 3 and wasn't on purpose?" she answered coldly with another question. "I was five levels from you and you couldn't stand it!"

"Kids! Keep your forces to defeat those two!" Dojo landed near the Wu, where Jack and his jackbots were fighting Hannibal. Omi run up to them and pointed with his finger screaming.

"Jack Spicer, release that Wu or prepare for a humiliating defeat!" he had no time to say it twice before a huge vegetable jumped on top of Jack and stole the wu from his hand.

"Hey! That's mine!" the goth cried. Hannibal let a guttural laugh and prepared to leave flying in YingYing –once he returned to his normal size- when a small hand wrapped around him. Kimiko was not in the mood to stand stupidities today.

"Gimme that you little pea!" she squeezed the villain in an attempt to make him go off the wu when she let a cry of pain noticing something sharp tearing her skin where she had Hannibal and let him go before it got more stuck into her hand.

"Actually I'm a bean!" he jumped on YingYing's back and rode away.

"He's running away with the Wu!" Omi yelled jumping around. He was going to order Dojo to chase Hannibal flying but was stopped when he saw Kimiko fall to the floor.

"Ups! Looks like you got Lao Mang Long soup in vein!" Hannibal was absolutely pleased with what he saw and laughing madly. In his right "hand" –if you can call hand that- he hold what looked like a broken jug. It's content running through Kimiko's veins. The black-haired girl fell to her knees holding her right hand in pain as her friends run up to her and kept her from hitting the ground. Dojo was muttering something and changed into his other size urging the kids up.

"C'mon… she needs help." Raimundo tried to grab her from under her knees and back but she cried clutching his robes and hid her face in his chest screaming. She felt her body shivering, every nerve was hurting while her bones started to grow. They took a whole hour to reach the Temple and rush inside with the dragon of fire in between shrieks. Master Fung found them in the meditating room, searching for him. Dojo jumped to his shoulder and stayed there in commotion. Kimiko was now even taller than the boy who carried her. Raimundo obeyed Master Fung's orders and lied her down in one of the beds at the infirmary. It hadn't been used for a long time and the room was dark and dusty but it was all they had. The dragon of wind caressed his friend's face, wet from the tears and squeezed her hand as his master brought along with other monks all they needed to try to stop the infection.

"I've never seen anything like this…" the old man grumbled while placing his hand on Kimiko's forehead. She had a rising fever and was shaking wildly covered in cold sweat.

Omi's face was pale and couldn't stop walking up and down the room while the monks treated his friend. Raimundo was even worse and Clay tried to calm them up but failed and ended the same way. Master Fung sent them out of the room and closed the sliding door.

Almost three hours went by before the old master popped out his presence. Raimundo grabbed him by the arm and asked with tears trying to escape his green eyes.

"How's Kim? Is she ok?" Master Fung looked sad and let a sigh. He shook his head and led them away from the room where cries were still heard.

"She's transforming…" the master sit down and obliged his apprentices to do the same. They were exalted and little Omi was hiding his tears. "I don't know how to stop it. This has never happened before so we can't be sure if the treatment won't kill her."

"But there must be something we can do!" Raimundo jumped to his feet and uncrossed his arms. He was going mad and couldn't think clearly. All his mind could wander about was the fact that his best friend was suffering a terrible pain.

"I'm sorry Raimundo, but there's not. Just one person could save her now…" the old man didn't like the idea, but what else could they do? "I want you to bring here Chase Young, immediately."

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The boys were in silence all the way up to Chase's lair. Focused in just one thing: bring him to the Temple no matter what. At first they thought he may not want to help them but they had to try… Kimiko needed them. Even if it meant resorting to force. The dragon landed at the lair's entrance and hid in Clay's hat, he didn't like this place at all since he almost was made into soup. Omi hurried up to the front stone door and started to scream and kick the door. It slid to the side and let them see the inside palace.

"What are you doing here?" Chase's voice came from everywhere, as if he was surrounding them. A bunch of jungle cats appeared in front of the xiaolin dragons.

"We're here to ask for your assistance. We need you to come with us." Omi explained with his little arms up.

"And why would I do that?" the master wasn't in an especially good mood. Wuya had been all day talking to him like if he cared about her nonesenses. He hid away from her but was now revealed again as he was forced to attend his hosts.

"As a favor… please." Raimundo spoke up, mentioning the only word that could catch Chase's attention. The heylin turned his evil golden eyes to see the three dragons standing in his entrance.

"Where is the dragon of fire?" he asked, his suspects confirmed.

"That's why we came." Clay said in a low tone. Chase chuckled as he walked up to them letting his pets wander around his presence. The tall man looked at the three boys, they all looked sad and confused so he sighed and nodded once.

"I'll go with you, I hope you don't forget this in the future." He said staring straight at Omi. The kid nodded and run with his friends to the outside entrance just to hop on Dojo's back and leave the evil lair, followed by the one and only Chase Young.

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Raimundo jumped off before they landed, making the air slow down his fall. The boy run up to the infirmary where Kimiko was still shaking and crying. His heart crack as he couldn't recognize his friend anymore, her skin was pale and her veins stood out in a baby blue color. He felt his fist clenching and tears clouded his vision. A strong hand squeezed his shoulder as Chase walked pass him to the bed where Kimiko was.

He was fascinated. He had never seen anything like this and the mere vision of an uncompleted transformation made him shake. He laid a hand on the girl's arm, feeling her heartbeat strong under her white skin.

"What happened?" he asked in a dry tone, as to show no emotions.

"She cut her hand with a jug that contained Lao Mang Long soup… she got infected but cannot transform completely." Clay told him. Chase run his fingers down her forearm and stared at her palm. A black circle deepening in the middle of it. The cut was expanding and was now a few inches long, without bleeding. It seemed to be changing into something different… like an insect's mouth…

"When?" "This morning in the Shen Gong Wu hunt…" Master Fung informed. "We did all we could come up with."

"It appears that the only thing you can do to stop her suffering is giving her Lao Mang Long soup so that she can fulfill her transformation." Chase stated. He was so pleased with the curse of events that couldn't help but let a little smile.

Raimundo grabbed his neck and pushed him into the wall with angry. Chase did nothing to stop him, just stare blankly at the boy. His green eyes met Chase's and that was all the evil lord needed to understand the situation. He was in love. Love was so cute and so useful for his plans!

"You snake… don't you think we will let her become what you are, lizard…" he hissed only receiving a smirk from Chase's lips.

"She won't be the same anymore… Lao Mang Long soup changes you into something that can't be understand… she won't think the same way nor subsist on human food, which will only satisfy a part of her… she will never feel the same as you…" Chase's words were venom for the young dragon of wind. Raimundo let him go, clenching his fists up and letting a frustration scream that darkened even more everyone's mood. He stormed off the room, leaving his two friends staring at the door.

"Please excuse Raimundo, he is really temperamental when it comes to his friends." Master Fung said, watching Chase stare at the distance. The immortal smiled warmly with his fangs sparkling and waited for them to say something. He was wishing they let him take Kimiko to his Sanctuary so that he could see her new form. The two dragons left stared at his master, waiting for his words to come out. Fung gazed Kimiko's body laying on the bed and made a decision.

"Alright… you can take her but once she is in control of her new… powers, she will be free to come back." The old man said in a stern voice, staring at Chase as the young man smiled again and walked up to the bed.

"But Master…!" Omi rushed and grabbed his master's robes. "He is evil! He will try to convince her to leave the xiaolin side!..." Chase chuckled holding Kimiko in his arms.

"She would die, Omi." Before he finished the sentence Chase disappeared leaving the room with the dragon of fire.

That's all for the first chap! I don't know if I'm continuing this because I have more stories going on and few time :S Depends on the reviews and the ideas for next chapters! Hope you enjoyed! :3