Me: Ok, so for this chapter, I had this really good outline for how this was gonna go, it was gonna be perfect, but then Kimiko showed up, ripped my outline to shreds and set the pieces on fire. Then she slapped a new outline in front of me and told me to do that or else.

Cari: I don't even want to know what she meant by the 'or else'.

Me: (shudders) Kimi can be very convincing when she wants to be. So please give me good reviews for this chappie or else Kimi will do to me what she did to the outline. Enjoy!


"Wudai Sun Thunder!" Emeline cried out, clapping her hands together for a sonic boom-type of attack. The wave of thunder charged towards Lilia but she managed to jump out of harm's way just in time.

"Wudai Venus Lightning!" Lilia counter-attacked by sending her fist, charged with electricity, straight into Emeline's stomach, which sent her flying across the field.

"And time's up!" Clay called out, looking at the stopwatch in his hand. Emeline got to her feet, wincing as she rubbed her stomach.

"Did you have to hit me so hard?" Emeline asked, walking back towards the group. Lilia spread her arms out in front of her, an apologetic look on her face.

"Sorry Em, but we are training for real battles, remember?" Lilia raised her eyebrow.

"She's right. And you'll be needing that trainin' today." A familiar southern drawl came from above them. Hannibal Bean jumped off of Ying-Ying and morphed himself into a larger size before hitting the ground. Omi, Clay, Lilia, and Emeline all got into battle positions as they glared at Hannibal.

"What do you want?" Lilia spit out.

"I just came to retrieve something. Hope you don't mind." Hannibal smirked before sending one of his roots straight for Omi.

"Tsunami Strike Water!" Omi twisted himself around until he resembled a whirpool and shot himself straight at Hannibal. Hannibal dodged the attack and managed to grab Omi and throw him at Clay. The two boys tumbled across the field and stopped only when they hit a tree.

"Wudai Dragon Levitas!" Emeline bombarded Hannibal with wave after wave of Thunder, but to her surprise, Hannibal seemed unaffected.

"You've forgotten something very important, sweetheart. I'm a bean. I don't have ears." Hannibal laughed at the stunned look on Emeline's face.

"But then how-" Emeline was cut off as a large root struck her and she went crashing through a wall.

"Wudai Dragon Terra!" Clay yelled. He charged towards Hannibal, clots of dirt and rocks flying to his hands and molding to them as he ran, until they encased his hands completley. Clay then pummeled Hannibal with a series of punches that were double his usual power because his hands were encased in stone, and because his punches were very fast. Hannibal flew backwards but lifted himself up again, and he grabbed Clay's arms to stop the punches. Hannibal then tossed Clay aside like he was nothing more than garbage, then turned to face Lilia.

"Looks like its just you and me." Lilia snarled, ready to unleash some of her pent up energy and anger on Hannibal. Hannibal chuckled.

"You don't know how right you are." he said, and threw what looked like capsules onto the ground in front of him. The capsules burst and let out a greenish smoke which spread quickly throughout the battlefield. Lilia, Omi, Emeline, and Clay all started to cough violently as the smoke invaded their lungs.

As Lilia dropped to her knees and clutched her throat, she stared up hatefully at Hannibal, who had approached her and was standing right in front of her.

"What are you planning?" she hissed in between coughs.

"Oh you'll find out soon enough." Hannibal chuckled as Lilia faded into unconciousness.


Lilia awoke slowly, pushing herself up into a sitting position. She rubbed her eyes and looked up. She saw that she was in a room made of stone. The room was cold, dark and damp, the only light coming from a window high above her. She looked down and saw that she was chained to the wall, but surprised to see that only her right arm was encased in chains.

"Comfortable?" Hannibal asked, stepping out of the shadows.

"No, but I doubt that you care." Lilia said, her voice full of venom.

"On the contrary, I do care, seeing as how you will be my apprentice." Hannibal revealed.

"Huh. I always wondered when you would finally lose your mind. Guess the time has come. I would never become your apprentice." Lilia said with a cold stare.

"Oh you will, if you want your friends to live." Hannibal surprised Lilia by tossing her a small blade.

"Are you trying to help me escape? Because I don't really need a dinky knife like this." Lilia picked up the knife.

"There's no doubt in my mind that you could escape. But you won't."

"And why is that?" she challenged.

"Because you're dying. And so are your friends. And if you want to save them and yourself, you're going to listen to what I have to say. Do I make myself clear?" Hannibal said in a deadly voice. After a moment of thought, Lilia gave him a curt nod.

"Thank you. Now, remember that green gas you and your friends breathed in? That was no ordinary gas. That was poison." Hannibal smirked at the horrified expression that crossed Lilia's face.

"You've been knocked out for about 5 hours. That poison takes 24 hours to kill a person. Which basically means you have 19 hours to live." he let this information sink in before continuing.

"But don't worry. I have the antidote right here." Hannibal raised his root so that Lilia could see that he was holding a capsule about the same size as the ones he had before.

"If you breathe in the smoke that's stored in here, it will nullify the effects of the first gas. But obviously, if you don't get the antidote in time, you die." Hannibal shrugged casually.

"So what's the catch?" Lilia asked suspiciously.

"I give you the antidote, you swear an oath of allegiance to me, become my apprentice, and help me take over the world. Simple."

"And if I refuse, you just let me die?"

"That about sums it up. What's it gonna be?" Hannibal asked.

"I would take death with a smile before crossing to the Heylin. The answer is no." Lilia said defiantly. Hannibal smirked.

"I expected this. You're the most headstrong of the group, next to Kimiko. But not even you would be willing to sacrifice the lives of your closest friends. Clay....Emeline....Omi...." Hannibal let his voice trail off, a sly grin on his face as Lilia's head rose sharply. He knew he had struck a nerve, bringing Omi's name into this.

He watched as her hands balled into fists, the left hand clutching the handle of the knife so tightly her knuckles were a deathly white. Her teeth grinded together and her eyes flashed dangerously. But finally, her shoulders slumped and defeat was written all over her face. She gave a shaky sigh, loathing herself for what she was about to do.

"I'll do it."

"Excellent. Now, for your oath, you'll need to draw blood. From your black dragon, preferably." Hannibal gestured towards the arm that held the knife. Seething, Lilia switched the knife to her chained hand.

"Now repeat after me. I, Lilia Agapeto, swear to switch loyalties from the Xiaolin to the Heylin. I will serve Hannibal Bean faithfully and do whatever he asks of me, until the day I die."

"I, Lilia Agapeto, swear to switch loyalties from the Xiaolin to the Heylin. I will serve Hannibal Bean faithfully and do whatever he asks of me, until the day I die." Lilia pressed the tip of the blade into the crease of her elbow, and winced as the blood ran down her arm.

Suddenly, a strong wind seemed to appear out of nowhere. It began at Lilia's feet and swirled its way up. She was engulfed in the wind, the howling of the wind singing in her ears. When the wind dissipated, Lilia looked down to see that her attire had changed. Instead of her Wudai robes she had been wearing, she was now wearing a short, form-fitting red kimono, with a black sash tied around her middle. On the left sleeve, there was a black dragon swirling around it, similar to the one on her arm. But what really caught her attention was her hair. Before, it had only been half-way down her back. Now, her hair was so long, it reached the back of her knees.

Hannibal nodded his approval of her new look.

"It suits you nicely. Now, I suggest you break those flimsy chains binding you, so we can go rule the world." Hannibal chuckled in anticipation. Lilia yanked hard and was easily freed. Rubbing her arm, she looked up at Hannibal.

"Why do I feel like I just sold my soul to the devil?" she asked. Hannibal laughed.

"Maybe because you have."


Me: Ok, so that's everyone. Rai went over to the Heylin, as did Omi. Clay was taken over by Sabini (or whatever the thing's name was), Live to be Loved was all about Kimiko, Emeline went over in Love is in the Air, and now Lilia's crossed over as well. Let's see how many flames i get for this chapter. Review, even if it's just to flame!