Omi soon calmed down as he was held by Chase Young. Remembering that they were supposed to be nothing more but enemies and master and student he tried to push himself away from the man but to his dismay, the immortal only held him closer.

Voice still faltering, the water dragon asked, "Why? Why are you doing this to me?"

Black eyes soon widened as they saw Chase Young look at him so worriedly. It can't be. It can't possibly be. That Chase, the man whom he considered as his friend and family was long gone. That person shouldn't exist anymore. The immortal said so himself; that he should let go of the past and forget about that facet of the man.

His question ignored, a gloved hand soon touched his face and a sad smile adorned the immortal's handsome face.

"What ails you, little one?"

Biting back another wave of sobs, the child replied, "I-I failed...I failed on becoming the Shoku warrior and...And my friends are happy because of it."

Why was Chase being so nice to him? Omi didn't understand why, but the feeling of being back in the elder's arms somewhat soothed him from his worries. It made him want nothing more but let go of his worries and have the immortal carry his burdens.

Reddened eyes turned back to look at the elder and they shut close as they pressed themselves against an armored chest.

"I-I'm pathetic. I am nothing becuse I have failed and because of that I'm worthless."

"That's not true, little one."

"But..."

"Omi, you are wrong. You're not worthless. You are hardly anywhere being pathetic nor a mere nothing."

Sighing loudly, the small monk still doesn't understand why Chase Young was comforting him. Why was this happening to him.

Waiting for his emotions to calm down, Omi didn't expect the other to continue, "Out of all of your friends; you deserve to be the Shoku warrior he most."

Disbelief must be obvious on his face because when he stared back at the older man, Omi saw the sad yet amused look that he was quite familiar with, that came from the 'Good Chase'.

"I know, it must be confusing why am I doing this, little one. But, I can't take watching you suffer anymore."

A small pause and Chase Young continued, "As much as I hate to admit it, Omi; I remember. I still remember those times before we defeated Wuya and I drank the Lao Mang Lone soup."

Black eyes widened, no, it can't be. Was Chase lying to him all this time? Were all those mean and hurtful words aimed at him by the elder a fraud or his true intentions?

Thinking about it, Omi was all the more getting confused by what was happening.

Wiping away his tears, the small child extricates himself from the immortal's hold and steps back.

"I-I do not understand. I mean, did you not say that that part of you no longer existed?"

Chase frowned at such a question but he knew that it was his fault for confusing the small emotional monk. Glancing at the lost face of the boy, the half-dragon finally stood up and explains himself,

"I did. I told you so for you to forget that part and make sure that you're capable of fighting me, little one. You do realize that we are from different sides and if you fail to battle with me, then you cannot serve your purpose as a Xiaolin monk."

"Hold down. So, you are saying that you lied for my sake?" questioned by black doubting eyes.

Shaking his head in slight amusement, the immortal answered, "It's hold up, Omi, and yes. I lied for your own sake. I lied because I knew that you won't fight me if you knew that I remembered."

"I-Yet you told me now. Won't that ruin your purpose? Now I know that you recalled everything, I can't possibly fight …."

"Yes you can, young monk."

Omi was really losing it now. Just moments ago, he was crying because his friends had hurt him in ways more than one. And now, the one last person he considered as family was telling him that they should continue fighting on different sides because it was good for him?

As much as everything before felt like he was garbage; now, he felt like the most pathetic thing that even sinks below trash because he was being asked to fight Chase Young.

Closing his tired eyes, the young finally sighed in resignation instead and muttered,

"Just kill me."

"What!?"

Black saddened eyes now glared back at the immortal and they reflected every single emotion that the monk felt: anger, sorrow, disbelief and regret.

"I SAID JUST KILL ME INSTEAD!"

"Omi…."

"Don't Omi me, Chase. I'd rather you kill me now instead of having you force me to do such a thing."

"Listen, I…"

"SHUT UP! How could you seriously expect me to fight you when you said those words to me!? You remember everything!"

The immortal was having enough of the small child's sudden change of behavior. True, he still cared for the boy even though his long near-nonexistent soul was already too rotten. But then again, he still had traces of his humanity because a huge headache was now presenting itself at the water dragon's expense.

"Omi Young, enough!"

The young water dragon froze when the elder spoke that name.

That name, it had been fifteen-hundred years (well to him in reality, it had just been a month or so) since he last heard himself being called as that and it shocked him. It shocked him that Chase Young was even letting his last name be shared again.

He still remembered it, the last time that Chase made him use that name was when he was in trouble and the elder warrior protected him from the people who wanted to hurt him.

It was supposedly so long ago but the sudden reappearance of the name nearly made him cry again. Which was why, it might be the reason why the Heylin warrior took him in his arms again.

"Omi, please…. I'm asking you to listen to me. Yes, I am evil and a part of the Heylin side. And yes, I am also asking you to continue fighting me but then I never said that I won't let you have what we had back then."

Sighing tiredly, the armored warrior finally sat down while he held the small monk and continued, "I know, what I ask you must be hard but this is for the better good. This is for your good. So, fighting me is the only way I could make sure that any other of the villains in the Heylin side won't catch you. But you need not worry, Omi. I still care about you and I still do not wish you to be hurt by anyone for the matter; that's why, I'm telling you that I'm here to catch you when you're down and be there for you when things have become too much."

The small monk's emotions were again over taking him. Chase at the moment was really making Omi emotional and the yellow skinned just really wanted to cry.

Why was everything so complicated? Was the world so against him or something?

Everything was just making his mind, emotions and feeling go, as what Kimiko would say it, "haywire". Everything was just becoming too much for him.

Closing his eyes, Omi didn't realize that he'd soon cry himself to sleep in the warm embrace of an immortal with all that was happening to him.

Whimpering out his grief and sadness, the water dragon calls out one name, "Chase."

A/N: Seriously, just trying to watch Xiaolin Chronicles makes me want to cry. You guys want to know why? Well...Canada (no offense there and I'm not really trying to offend you or anything) just ruined the whole franchise of Xiaolin Showdown. Plus, they ruined the image of my favorite character Chase. I mean, they made him look like a poor excuse of a version of the serious, mysterious, and dreamy prince of Darkness. C'mon, the Chronicles version made Chase look like some snobby pig that ate some weirdly disgusting shit (look at the episode 19: "Chase Lays an Egg"). Like, look at Showdown version and you'll see that as much as Chase ate dragons he still eats food that looks perfect for human consumption and that his lair looks more badass with the great waterfall designs and throne room that's decorated with glass.

Okay, I know that I'm now just ranting, but seriously!? They should have just partnered with Warner Bros. and continued the series instead of botching the whole thing up 'cuz ruining the dignity and image of Chase Young and adding disturbingly unnecessary and pathetic characters really isn't going to make the Chronicles any better. Omi still deserves to be the main protagonist and not share the spotlight with the low rate copy like Ping-pong.

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LOL.

Wow, this is like the first time that I actually wrote a lot at the end notes. I mean, I think the Xiaolin thing really affects me and that that's a serious statement coming from me because I've already been through a lot of shows and fandoms.