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Summary: She couldn't understand how it had happened. One second she had won a showdown the next she was walking on for legs and being taken care of by Jack Spicer. A fic documenting the life of a fire dragon turned black rabbit.

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When Jack had offered Kimiko a meal, she was very surprised that he was letting her walk with him to the kitchens. She had expected him to want to carry her again, but she didn't mind.

As they walked down the halls, Kimiko tried not to notice all the large jungle cats that watched her every move by observing the decor of the place.

The first thing that came to her mind was that this wasn't the usual lair that the Xiaolin usually broke into. This was somewhere new, that smelled of saltwater and some kind of berry. The walls were a strange white/ ivory color, and the floors were a deep red.
Antique vases and rugs were everywhere and reminded the fire dragon of a museum.

It was strange that a place filled with so many deviants could look so nice.

Entering the kitchen increased this thought in Kimiko.The place had a fridge and a microwave, which meant they had electricity and there was an island with four chairs where they all must eat. The island itself reminding Kimiko of a bar.

"This place is... nice." The dark haired female said absently, to herself really.

"Well it's Chase's place, and he likes pretty things." Jack said, his top half going deep into the fridge, looking for something that didn't look as if it had been dug up from the ground or killed out in the wild. Needless to say there was little that fit that description.

"So, what would you like, fries or pizza?"

Considering her present form's dietary habbits, Kimiko went with the fries.

"Fries coming up." The genius replied, sounding like one of those teens at a fast-food joint, place the frozen mock-vegetables in the microwave with a flourish.

Turning back to the only present female the genuis picked her up, placing her on the island so she was sorta at eye level so they could talk. Jack himself grabbing a chair and sat to begin conversation.

"So, there's something that I've been wanting to ask you all day."

"And that would be?"

"How old are you? And please answer honestly instead of acting like a woman's age should be some big secret, like Wuya."

It wasn't what he said, but how he said it that caused Kimiko to start laughing at that comment, causing confusion to roll across his face like a steamroller.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, sorry," She replied holding in the rest of her laughter," I'm seventeen. You?"

"Same." He answered, chest swelling in pride, like that meant he was an adult or something.

Before he could ask another question, the timer on the microwave dinged happilly, anouncing that the food was finnished.

To Kimiko's surprise, Jack didn't burn the food. Like, at all.

However, to her horor, the second she bit into the food bile rose up into her throat.

Turning quick as she could, the furry Xiaolin leapt from the island and ran into the hall where she had seen a large potted plant.

However, her luck sucked today, so she hadn't gotten very far into the hall when her stomach had decided to empty itself on the tiled floor, adding an ugly yellow to the blood red carpet. Uh-oh. Shouldn't have thought the word blood.

After she was done bringing the rest of her stomach contents into plain sight she was rather relieved to hear Jack approaching her.

"What the hell just happened there?" The ruby eyed genius questioned, picking Kimiko up slowly, so as not to make her sick again, side-stepping the vomit. He made a mental note to clean that up before the others got back.

"Jack," The little bunny began, trying to remove the memory of what just happened from her mind. She'd never done something like that in front of a boy before. Not even her fellow Xiaolin. And Jack was Heylin! Shit, if she weren't so damn tired she'd be embarassed.

"What were those fries made of?"

"Uh, potatoes, some seasoning and a little garlic. Why?"

"Rabbits can't eat garlic. It's akin to poisen for them."

Realisation dawned on Jack's face. Of course, he had to have given her something that could kill her. Why not give Chase and the Xiaolin a reason to kill him?

"Sorry."

"It's alright. Anything in the fridge that rabbits can eat without dying?" The blue eyed girl asked, to worn out to toture the evil genius for giving her something that she, herself had thought safe.

"Probably. Aside from being the prince of darkness, Chase is a huge health-nut."

"I believe you."

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After a meal consisting of strawberries and sour grapes, Kim was feeling a little better and beginning to feel restless. She couldn't understand why, but she had the strangest need to look about the castle. Her paws clicked the floor as she and Jack made their way back to his lab.

As they neared the door, Kimiko suddenly stilled, smelling a rather strange smell, one that was kind of like the garlic fries she had previously yacked up.

Looking down, she saw one of the small catnip mice that Jack had given the kittens rolling towards her feet.

And right behind it were three ecstatic and slightly crazed looking kittens and two large tigers, acting frisky and, to Kimiko's horror, rather more than happy to disobey Chase's orders not to attack her.

She would have screamed, but her body was suddenly very keen to run at top speed far away from the crazed felines.

And behind her, she could pick up the sounds of Jack giving out a surprised yell as the predators took after her, their catnip numbed brains unable to register that Jack even existed.

Her nails scraped against the floor and Kimiko tumbled down through the halls. She faintly understood that she would be fine if she could just find somewhere to hide.

Unfortunately, she had no idea where her feet were taking her.

Twisting and turning through the halls, she managed to pick up the smell of water. Cats didn't like water, so the sooner she found it the sooner she'd be safe.

Her mind focussed on the smell of wet salty escape. The cats were gaining, but only slightly.

'There! Behind that door!'

Picking up speed, she used what little body weight she had to push a pair a sea blue doors open. Surprisingly, they opened when she barely touched them and she tumbled inside what appeared to be a pool/garden room. The walls were decoraded with ivy that bloomed sweet smelling blossoms and all around the pool that could have been used for a professional swim team were flourishing multi-colored plants.

The pool itself had some king of cement middle, large lilly-pads growing around it that were thick enough to hold a five year old child.

Perfect for her to hide on.

Turning back to the door, Kimiko could hear the large and small felines getting extremely close, could pick up their scents. Losing no time, she tensed, and jumped from where the hard floor had previously been, into the air, aiming her body to land atop a large lilly-pad.

She barely made it. Her front paws gripped the rim, hoisting her lower half from the water and onto the green floating plant.

Behind her, the cats had found entry into the room, and were, to say the least, disapointed that the little bunny had found a place where the wouldn't dare go themselves.

One of the tigers did attempt to cross, but decided as his paws touched the water, sensative pores cringing at the moisture, that Kimiko wasn't worth the swim.

Turning dejectedly away from the floating rabbit, the cats departed the chamber, the affects from the catnip wearing off, leaving them drowsy and ready for a long nap.

As they departed, Kimiko let out a relieved sigh, her ears drooping with exaustion. That was a rather unpleasent experience for her. In human form she could have gotten rid of them just by throwing a fireball their way. Now, she couldn't even try and fight, the risks were too high for her and she felt something rather like despair rise in her.

Staring into the water, she felt anger rise up at the sight of her reflection. This wasn't fair! First, a few months ago she had been denied the title of Shoku, even though the other dragons had gotten it, Master Fung saying something rather zen-ish rounding up that she wasn't ready. Omi bringing out the gender card had been humiliating, but she had gotten over it.

And now this had to happen to her. She getting turned into a creature born into the world as food for predators or to be killed for it's pelt. And she didn't even know if the Heylin would give her back after they changed her!

Letting out a frustrated sigh, Kimiko thrust her paw at the water, her reflection distorting into nothingness.

"Kimiko?"

Looking up, the little rabbit noticed that Spicer had managed to find her, his coat a little dishelved from running after her and the cats.

"Hey." She replied half-heartedly as he moved towards her, trying not to get wet in the proccess.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, just tired."

The genius managed to smile at that, reaching out his arms. She jumped to him, understanding that he wouldn't let her fall into the water. Rabbits didn't swim, and if they did it was only so they could escape predators, often dying in the water. He knew that and so did she.

Making their way down the halls, Jack was aware that she had fallen asleep in his arms, so he tried not to make to many sudden movements as he looked for a spare room she could sleep in.

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Short chapter, I know. Will up-date soon as I can. Romance soon to come.

Small note: There will be slight Chase/Wuya, Rai/Clay and Omi/Katnappe in chapters to come.