Dashi looked over at Wuya with growing irritation as they walked on back to the Dragon Temple. She kept making cooing noises over her shoulder at the sleeping dragon in her bag, and it irritated Dashi even more that Chase seemed to be oblivious, his nose deep in the Leather-bound book.

"Will you be quiet?" he spat, eventually. The dragon had woken up by this time, and Wuya was holding it in her arms. She looked shocked by the outburst.

"What?" she asked.

"You know," he said. "Stop talking to that dragon. It can't understand you, anyway, so why annoy everyone else?"

She smirked. "Not jealous of a baby dragon now, are we?"

"No! What gives you that idea?" he yelled. She smirked a little more, a dimple forming in her cheek.

"Chase doesn't seem to be annoyed. Are you, Chase?"

Chase kept walking with his nose in the book, not appearing to have heard her.

"Chase!"

He looked up suddenly, as though waking out of a trance, stopping walking abruptly. "What?" he asked.

"Do you find my talking to Dojo annoying?" she said slowly.

"Who's Dojo?" he asked dimly.

"The Dragon, the Dragon!" she told him, impatiently. "Dojo is the Dragon's name!"

"Which Dra... Oh, that Dragon. Right." And with that, Chase stuck his nose back into his Leather-bound book.

"But do you find... Oh, never mind." She wrapped the Dragon around her neck, and strode on. It went back to sleep on her shoulder. Dashi grinned, and matched her increased pace. At some point, Chase realised that he was being left behind, and took his nose out of the book long enough to run and catch up.

"Why did you bring that book with you, anyway Chase?" Dashi asked, when they had stopped for a breather at the top of a cliff.

"It's... Interesting" he said. "It's about Dragons."

"Can I see?" asked Wuya, stretching out her hand to take the book from him.

"No!" Chase stood up hurriedly. "I mean... No. I don't want to lose my place!"

"Alright..." Wuya looked a little confused, as if she would say something else.

"Is that a berry-bush that I see?" said Chase, looking for an escape. Dashi watched in amusement as Wuya turned away from Chase while he investigated the berry-bush.

"It's not even Berry season yet," she muttered, "so he's going toget a belly-ache." The Dragon poked his nose out of the backpack, sniffing, and she regarded it. "What's Master Ko going tosay about you?" she wondered aloud.

"Not let it stay, if he has sense!"

"Why I... Okay, that's it Dashi!" Wuya stood up, and held out her hand, threateningly. "I know that this little jaunt was to practise our Elements, but I'll fight you anyway!" She closed her eyes. "Heylin..."

"Wind!" cried Dashi throwing her backwards before she could complete her attack.

However, he had forgotten that they were standing at the top of a cliff.

Wuya's arms slowly began to windmill, her eyes opened suddenly as she found that there was no longer Earth beneath her heels, just her toes. "Dashi..." she began to yell in anger as she tipped backward, only one foot staying on the ground as her body plunged over the edge. There was a flurry of dust, and Dashi caught her in his arms. In other circumstances it would have been called a 'moment', but as it was, she slapped him. Wincing, he pulled her forward from the precarious position that he had thrown her into.

"Don't you ever do anything like that again!" she shouted.

"What, I caught you, didn't I?"

"I think that that was the problem." Chase commented drolly.

"I could have saved myself, you know!"

"I'm sorry!" Dashi flung his arms over his head to ward off her wrath, and peeked out at her." She sighed, and picked up her bag.

"Don't worry about it Dashi, we all know that you're stupid."

"What?"

"She's letting you off of the hook, don't spoil it" said Chase, elbowing his companion in the ribs before following Wuya down the hill and leaving Dashi with the Dragon.

"That Wuya..." The Wind Dragon shook his head. "And don't look at me like that!" he told Dojo before setting him on his hat and following the others.

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