So, it's been forever since I posted

Chapter 3

Jack awoke early the next morning to his name being called by Chase Young. At first he was confused, and he briefly considered an alternate universe theory, before remembering what happened the day before. He allowed his mind to catch up and reboot for a moment before abruptly sitting up and stretching. He threw off the covers and moved his head up sleepily to nuzzle Chase's neck as he stands by the bed. Jack yawned.

"So it is natural, all this time I thought you dyed it and I was wondering what invention you'd used to hide the chemical smell."

Jack looked down and when he realized exactly what Chase was looking at and yelped as he feebly tried to cover himself. Chase laughed and tossed some cloth at Jack.

"This is what you'll wear while your in human form from now on."

Jack looked at the cloth before carefully unfolding it to see what it looked like. Chase waited patiently for Jack's reaction.

"What is this?!" Jack momentarily forgot that the being in front of him could easily end Jack's existence as he stared at the monstrosity that was his uniform. Chase struggled to keep a straight face.

"It is your battle wear Jack. It has been enhanced to help you train so you can be as quick and agile in human form as you are in cat form."

"As awesome as that is Chase, you couldn't have enhanced something else, anything else."

Chase pretended to think. "I do believe we have a maid uniform on standby, one of the

french ones, would that be preferable?"

Jack gave it some serious thought. ''Would I have to fight the monks in it still?"

"What you train in is what you fight in." This time Chase couldn't hold back his grin. "Though during showdowns your outfit will still change to the one in your hands."

Jack hung his head. "Fine" he grumbled sulkily.

And that his how Jack found himself dressed in a black shirt with tie dye dark red sleeves and tight black jeans with red converse and black gloves. These parts of the outfit were fine, even cool.

"Stupid, obsessive, perverted, dragon breath overlord." Jack mumbled as he looked at himself in the mirror.

Jack glared in the mirror at the cat ears perched on his head that twitched with his irritation as did the tail behind him. That's right, ears and a tail. The stupid dragon had made it so that Jack had ears and a tail whenever he put on the outfit. He was officially a catboy, and not in the fun way. The hood had space for his ears so that they would be covered but visible and his jeans hung low on hips with a slit for his tail to slip through. These features were nothing like he looked in cat form, the tail was long and I light pinkish almost peach color with a dark red stripe down the middle and the tip was white as his skin. His ears were tipped in the same white color with one red stripe going down the back.

"For the love of all that's evil! I look like a retarded skunk."

Chase personally loved Jack's new look but he chose not to voice his opinion, instead simply reached over to gently pet Jack's head, paying special attention to Jack's new ears which were extra sensitive. Jack's face turned the same color as his hair as he purred and pressed himself closer to his master. Chase couldn't help but smirk again.

"Come Jack, you will get used to your new look. For now we must train and if you don't hurry we won't be able to have breakfast first."

Jack simply nodded as Chase talked, unable to really focus as long as Chase's hand continued to move in his hair. He nearly whined when Chase removed his hand.

"Oh, so you don't want breakfast?"

Jack blushed as he realized what he was doing but was unwilling to let go of Chase. Jack could finally cling without being scolded and he was going to continue to cling for as long as he could.

"Breakfast sounds good."

"Then we have to walk there Jack." Jack nodded but didn't let go.

"We cannot walk there if you continue to cling to me." Jack merely lifted his legs to cling to Chase's waist as his arms moved to around his shoulders. Jack's ears brushed against Chase's cheek as Jack buried his face into Chase's neck and nuzzled him Jack's tail wrapped around Chase's leg. Chase chuckled.

"Fine, but just this once, kitten. After that you will be walking to breakfast in the morning."

Jack nodded and sighed in contentment but refused to move otherwise. His head was pleasantly fuzzy and his mind seemed to have frozen on cuddle without his permission. Chase chuckled and was content to leave Jack in human form, because it amused him, as he walked to the dining room. Chase's cats reacted in a range of ways which Chase ignored. Some were stunned and a bit concerned to see their master walking around with Jack Spicer clinging to his front, they would watch with wide eyes as Chase walked by as though there was nothing out of the ordinary. The second reaction was absolute hilarity. Both Jack and Chase could hear the chuffs and snorts and Chase could see the grins of the cats who laughed. Chase would smirk at these reactions and Jack chose to simply snuggle closer to Chase. Eventually though Chase had to arrive at their destination, the dining room.

"We're here Jack."

Jack at first tightened his hold slightly, he wasn't yet ready to let go and the trip, short as it was had left him a little sleepy and Chase was warm. Chase sighed, as amusing as his little Jack kitten was, and really those sensitive ears were tempting, Chase was actually hungry and the way Jack was clinging would make sitting a problem.

"Spicer." Chase said firmly.

Jack flinched at that, last name meant he was in trouble, Jack didn't want to be in trouble or rather, he didn't want the pain that comes with it. He forced himself to loosen his hold and slowly slide to the floor stepping away when he was done. As soon as his body was no longer touching Chase, Jack snapped out of whatever trance he was in.

"Chase, what just happened."

"What do you mean Jack?"

"Why was I all over you? It was weird and I couldn't think."

"You usually think? I couldn't tell before that incident with the wu. Speaking of which your training starts in 10 minutes I suggest you eat fast." With that statement Chase walked away. Jack stared after him a little angry at how he had just been dismissed but too hungry to follow after him and whine to annoy him. As Jack ate he thought about what exactly had happened to make him a clingy mess. It definitely had something to do with the stupid outfit because Chase had almost seemed to expect it. Ears! The stupid ears. Chase had pet them just before mind had stopped on stupid. It was official Jack despised this outfit and would have to come up with something better and less dangerous before he ever fought in it. I mean cheeseball loves to touch and Kimiko is a weirdo. These things are dangerous. Jack thought as he ate. He had only half finished breakfast when Chase returned to inform him that it was time to train. Jack had looked longingly at his unfinished breakfast but had known better than to keep Chase waiting.

Twenty minutes later Jack found himself high above the ground in an improvised training room where he was learning to use height to his advantage.

"You do best off of solid ground Jack. Flying, swimming, climbing, skating. Things that require grace and speed are where you excel."

Chase had the showed Jack a room with a large pool, tall ladders, ropes, pulleys, and both long and short wooden rods the stuck out of the wall like branches. It was an obstacle course to challenge the body and mind. Jack noticed small items hidden all around. some had a slight shine to them, others simply blended with the environment. There was however one thing that confused Jack.

"What are those?" Jack pointed to a pair of what looked to be shoes at the front of the obstacle.

"Those, Jack, are skates. As I said you do better when you are not on solid ground. Those skates will be your assignment. You shall wear them every day as you build an improved pair that will allow you to take advantage of any terrain. You may start now."

At Chase's command Jack slipped on the matching skates and stood. He was surprised to find that they were easy to move in. Jack moved experimentally around the room as he got used them. Then he began jumping over obstacles on the floor. This led to him reaching for the ropes above the his head and swinging on those using his skates on the wall for speed. Chase watched Jack's play with an amused eye. It was obvious that Jack was enjoying himself and Chase was happy that Jack could find training enjoyable. Soon though Chase remembered that he had one more thing to show the boy and it would help with his training.

"Jack I need you to find three items around the room and bring them to me. I will judge you on speed and silence."

Jack looked eagerly around the room and leaped for the first thing that caught his eye. He was, in fact, so eager to please that he missed ledge. His hands just brushed the item, which looked like the Reversing Mirror, and fell swiftly. Yelping but used to falling Jack grabbed desperately around him for something, anything to stop his free fall. Arms whirling, eyes closed, and body braced for the pain of impact Jack didn't notice that he had stopped falling about 5 feet above the ground. As he cautiously opened his eyes and stared confused at the ground below him as Chase chuckled quietly behind him. Jack was analyzing why he wasn't a mass of bruises on the ground when he looked up, what he saw made Jack almost forgive Chase for making him a catboy. Curled around one of the longer wooden rods sticking out of the wall was his tail. Jack smiled as he curled his body back up in order to grab the branch with his hands and perch there examining his tail with a grin. Jack now was the proud owner of a prehensile tail. It reminded him of transforming into a monkey with his favorite Wu. Experimentally, He grabbed at a nearby "branch" with his tail and jumped using momentum to swing himself to the next wooden rod and grab it in his gloved hand. He grinned as he swung again gaining confidence as he progressed. Jack knew this feeling and so he could replicate it recognize how it felt to do it right and repeat the motions.

Soon with a beautiful combination of skates and moves he'd learned from being a monkey he was moving with confidence and speed through the room. He easily grabbed the item he'd missed before tucking it into his hoodie as he moved to drop in graceful free fall and dropped to grab a ropey looking item below it which he also tucked into his hoodie, which seemed to magically have endless room, as he used his tail to grab a passing rod and swing himself up to look for more items. He noticed one above him and one in the pool below. Jack happily jumped down into the cool water below.

It wasn't that Jack just loved getting wet, but the scientist in him insisted that he experiment with the magic Chase had cast on him. If he had prehensile tail. What else could he do? As Jack hit the water he felt a warm tingle of magic wash over him and make him gasp. When he did he quickly found that he could breath under water. He grinned as he did a quick check to see what else had changed. He of course, first glanced at his tail which he noted hadn't changed much. Disappointed he reached out to touch it to make sure and laughed as he found the nearly invisible fins on the sides of his tail. Jack played for a minute longer testing the strength and steering he could do with his tail. He soon remembered that he was being timed though and so Jack swim to a side of the pond where he grabbed the coin there and quickly made his way back up to the surface.

After he shook himself off he gathered the three items which he'd found out were Shen-Gong-Wu, and and held them proudly out to Chase.

"A little slow but an acceptable performance." Chase praised. "I trust you learned some useful new skills?"

"This outfit might not be so bad."

Chase raised an eyebrow as if to say 'You expected less from the awesome me?' And Jack laughed which made Chase relax. Speaking of relaxing Chase waved a hand and in seconds Jack was once again Jack Kitten and Jack Kitten was not amused. Can't a guy get any warning before being made to switch forms?! Well, at least this time I can walk.

"You need to be ready to change at a moment's notice Jack. It may be able to aid you in a fight against the monks. But we will speak on that later. For now," Chase scooped up Jack Kitten who draped obligingly around Chase's shoulders.

"For now I have something else to show you, that I think you will like just as much."

Jack purred despite himself. Chase chuckled as the relaxing rumbles soothed his shoulders. He walked through his place down hall after hall and made at least three turns before he arrived at the door he was looking for. He smirked as he felt Jack's eagerness nearly radiate off of him as Jack Kitten stared at the closed door. Chase swung the door open to reveal a lab. Not just any lab a state of the art lab with everything that any techy could ever dream of inside. Chase lowered Jack to the ground and turned him back into a boy, a boy who was gaping at the sight as if he couldn't believe his luck. He looked all around in awe but his eyes stopped on the table on which he would make his future robots.

"Chase how did you know?" Jack said as he ran over to grab up the small ipod absolutely loaded with all of his favorite songs.

"I have my ways. You may start remaking your skates now if you like I will pick you up in two hours."

With that Chase was gone and Jack wasted no time starting on his new project, it had been too long since he had touched tech. Jack already knew what he wanted to do, so he grabbed a pencil and paper and started his blueprints.