AN:/ This one made me sad...and in fact, I wrote it before I wrote chapter 1, it just took me a while to transfer it from paper to computer. Also, hints of Chamiko.

Chapter Summary: Chase makes a drastic mistake during the Xiaolin Showdown for the Cannon Blaster.

Chase grins widely and even Hannibal gives a happy laugh. Chase rises from his follow-through after knocking Jack Spicer off the pillar with a fatal strike to his solar plexus. He heard the bones cracking the instant the hit connected. For the split second Chase was close enough, he had been close enough to smell flowers on the evil genius and couldn't help but wonder if he had recently hugged the Dragon of Fire.

He hears the Xiaolin monks cry in horror when Spicer's broken body hit the ground, but he can't figure out for the life of him why they would suddenly care about the boy genius, so he ignores them and finishes off his fight with Hannibal. The instant the fight is over, the bean flees, knowing that even though Chase is weakened, he now has, as far as Hannibal knew, four Shen Gong Wu that could more than make up for his current lack of power.

Chase smirks as the arena returns to normal and his old foe runs away. Then his gaze strays to the crying monks as they bend over Spicer's broken body as he gasps in pain with every breath. He notes that the Dragon of Fire is missing and frowns as he finally speaks to them. "I can't see why you're worrying over that pitiful worm, shouldn't you be more concerned with your missing monk?"

The Dragon of Wind glares at him in seething rage. "You killed her! She's dying because of you!"

Chase is taken aback as the others join the chorus in blaming him for something he doesn't understand. It's only when the dragon that almost became dinner pulls up the Treasure of the Blind Swordsman that he begins to understand. When the Xiaolin monks ask the Blind Swordsman to reverse what he did, and when he sees a second Jack Spicer stumble out from behind a boulder is when Chase truly understands just what his fierceness has done.

His eyes widen in horror when the broken Spicer turns into a broken Dragon of Fire before his eyes. He watches as the real Spicer stumbles over to them in shock and asks what happened. The boy genius is told that it's all Chase's fault, and the Heylin Warrior refuses to disagree.

He should have known when Spicer seemed suddenly competant. He should have guessed when he noticed the young monks were cheering for Spicer. He should have known from the many times he noted the flowery scent on the "boy" he was fighting. He should have known from the usage of her usual PDA in Spicer's hands instead of her own.

There were so many signs! He should have known! But he ignored all the signs in favor of finally being rid of Spicer. Chase frowns as he takes a step towards the monks and Spicer. They yell for him to get lost, but he pushes them aside when they try to to forcibly move him. He kneels down next to the Dragon of Fire and calls upon his Heylin magic to try and heal her.

Nothing he casts works and he curses. "Damn it, Kimiko!" The many letters Dashi had hidden in the mountainside Chase built his citadel in had hinted at how important the Dragon of Fire would be to him. His old friend never directly said what she would be to him, but it wasn't that difficult to figure it out. Only a handful of women were ever mentioned in the letters and only one of them was even physically attrative to him, despite her age.

"Oh, so you do know our names besides Omi's? Now could you get away from her!" The Dragon of Wind demands as he shoves the Heylin man.

Chase growls for them to shut up as he quickly stands and takes a few steps away. His back is to the monks and he frowns. His left hand reaches for the gauntlet on his right arm and hesitates just above touching it. This time...this time he's made a very grievous mistake. One he could have easily avoided.

"I'm sorry," is the last thing he says before he activates the Hoduku Mouse and transports himself back to earlier that day. In the blink of an eye, he finds himself once more walking in a dessert with his jungle cats, towards the Cannon Blaster Shen Gong Wu and Hannibal Bean. He allows events to take place as they did before, but he keeps a sharper look out for the moment Kimiko changes places with Spicer. When he realizes it's happened, he softens his blows, though he makes it seem like they carry the same amount of usual force.

And this time, when the three of them end up in a Xiaolin Showdown, he allows Kimiko to manipulate himself and Hannibal into focusing their fight on each other. When he sees the chance for the match to end earlier than it did before, he takes it. He falls from the pillar with the barest of smirks.

The showdown ends and Hannibal runs away again. But this time, "Jack Spicer" touches ground next to the cheering Xiaolin monks and Chase pretends he didn't hear the Dragon of Wind's accidental slip about the fake Jack's gender. Chase makes sure his voice is as haunty as normal. "I'm surprised, Spicer."

He walks over to the fake Spicer and leans in close to her with a frown to show his displeasure at their belief that they could pull the wool over his eyes. "Surprised, but never fooled." For a second, he takes a deep breath of the wonderful scent of sakura blossoms surrounding the girl. He grins but quickly turns it into a smirk.

"By the way, love the perfume."

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