Here's the 10th chapter of Battle of the Kingdom of Heaven. I'm having so much fun writing this. For those of you who were in Hurricane Sandy we're still alive! My friend gave me the description of the pope and it's perfect. Thanks Kai! And thank you to my partner in the story canislupus1999. Now to the chapter!

"Sir we have just found out that your…uh…son is accompanying the princess. They are currently in Acre." The servant said staring at the man in front of him. He had wavy dark brown hair with sliver streaks which fell to his shoulder, creating a perfect frame for his slightly tanned face. His eyes were thin slits, exposing his soft brown irises. His eyes were narrowed not from being a tired old man from past 50, but because nothing seemed to impress him; he just looked bored. The edges of his mouth fell downwards into a natural frown, letting you know he was not impressed. He was tall and well built, his physical features made him appear to be still in his prime.

"Is he now? And what are you doing to stop it?"

"Pardon?"

"Are you deaf? I asked you what you are doing to stop it. I need that princess in order to gain control of the kingdom and having that sad excuse for a son being in my way will not fall with me. Now I'll ask you again, slowly so you can get it through your small incompetent head, what are you going to do to stop it?" he asked leaning forward on his throne. It was solid gold, adorned with jewels. The throne room had paintings of angels, though this man was no servant of god. Most of his people could tell you that.

"Um, uh, um." The servant stuttered. He was told only to tell the Pope what he was told by the head guard. He never told him what to say if the pope asked that. He said the pope would just tell him to bring him in.

"Too slow." Snapping his fingers, and with a slight hesitation, one of the guards pulled his sword out and cut the poor servants head off. The head rolled towards the Pope's head, who stared at it boredly. "What you should have said was 'we will kill the boy'. Get the head guard in. time to see if my little boy has grown."

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"Princess, or should I say sister?" the boy asked

"W-who are you?"

"Jason Markes," her mother's maiden name, "Leader of the Rebel Mercenaries."

"Ok, how do I know you're my brother?"

"When I meet our father he thought you might ask that. Our mother thought that I wasn't related to our father as she had been unfaithful and had courted with a servant of the pope. But when she looked back, she was already conceived with me before she courted the servant. Also the lullaby she use to sing me was call 'mockingbird's cry'" That was the same lullaby her mother use to sing her. No one except them knew it, because her mother kept changing the meaning every time she sang it. "She would sing it differently every time, but I loved it all the same."

Kim got up from Jack's lap, "I guess you are my brother. My name is Kimberly, but you can call me Kim."

"A pleasure little sis. And your friends?"

"This is Jack, my boyfriend and his sensei Rudy. These are my friends Grace, Julie and Misha and the guards instructed to protect me and my other friends, Milton, Jerry and Eddie."

"Nice to meet all of you. Father told me that you were going to awaiting the arrival of Sadam was it?"

"Saladin. He will take us to Egypt and we will figure out our plan from there."

"Then I hope you will not mind if we come along."

"We?"

"My band of Mercenaries of course. We want to kill the pope as much as you do plus father told me I was to take over the kingdom? I must admit I haven't the slightest clue how to rule a kingdom."

"We'll start soon, don't worry. But first I have to finish my training."

"Training?"

"Jack and Rudy are teaching me self-defence."

"Oh, well don't let me keep you then."

Kim leaned back against the wall, she was so tired. Jack handed her a bottle of water, which she sucked down greedily. When she stopped to catch her breath, she said, "This is too hard!"

"You only just started. So how does it feel to find out you have a brother?"

"Surprisingly, I'm not really surprised."

"Hey Jack?" the princess and ninja looked up at the Spaniard, who looked sheepish, "um, I know this might sound a little weird but… would you train Gracie too? Plus the other girl?"

"I thought was already implied." Jack said, "I was going to work with them tomorrow."

"Oh, great." With that Jerry walked away

"Jack?" he turned to Kim, "when Saladin gets us, what do you plan to do?"

He stayed silent before speaking, "the pope lives in Italy so I'm going to have to go there. How, I'm still working on that."

"You know I'm coming with you right?"

Jack turned sharply to her, "no, it's too dangerous."

"Jack, this is why I asked you to train me. I'm not leaving you."

"No, if my father finds out what you mean to me, he'll kill you. He already wants to do that to gain control of the Kingdom of Heaven."

"But Jack!"

"No buts, forget it, you're not going." Kim glared at him before getting up and stalking off, "Where are you going?"

"None of your business!" Jack growled. This was the first time Kim got mad at him, but she had to understand it was for her own good.

Julie was listening to Jason tell stories of his travels when Milton ran up to her. "Julie, I know it's rude of me to interrupt, but have you seen Kim?"

"No, isn't she with Jack?"

"I can't find him either. We don't know where they are. And guess what? We got a message from Saladin; he's only half a day away. We have to get ready."

"Right. Jason can you give us a hand? You and the boys get packed while the girls and I look for Jack and Kim."

"I'll get my boys to help as well."

While the boys took down camp, the girls and a few of Jason's Mercenaries went looking for the unusual couple. Kim was walking the roads of Acre, kicking rocks, looking upset and betrayed. Why wouldn't jack trust her? She could take care of herself. Kim stopped as the last though ran through her head. Who was she kidding? Those times she was attacked by those guards, what did she do? Cry, and who saved her? Jack. She sighed, 'jack has every right to keep me away from the fight. I'll only get in the way.' Kim's thoughts were halted when she crashed into a boy. He had brown hair and green eyes.

"Oh, my apologies. I was stunned by your beauty."

Kim blushed, "its ok. It was my fault anyway, my head was somewhere else."

"I must ask, are you alone? I'd love to accompany you to your home."

"Oh, there's no need."

"Please, I inset."

"Well, I suppose. Who are you though?"

"Brody, ma'am. And you?"

"Kim." Kim laced her arm through his and walked back towards camp. She didn't see the sly smirk that grew on Brody's face.

Jack was on a roof, picking at a leaf that planted itself there. He went looking for Kim but then thought she'd want her space and left her alone. He didn't like fighting with people he cared about. He thought back to his cousin Kai. They had fought for 3 years and just when he got him back, he lost him. Jack crushed the leaf in his hand before bring his legs to his chest. His eyes were closed when his trained ears picked up someone speaking. He would of ignored it if he didn't hear what he did, "got Princess Kimberly." He leaned over the edge of the roof and listened to the two men under him, "Brody will get her. Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be ours."

"You mean the pope's. Be careful if he hears you. He has ears everywhere."

"Right, but his son. Oh he will not see us coming. Not even his ninja skills will be able to stop what we have waiting for him."

His father? What did the pope have planned? He needed to find Kim, and fast. He jumped from roof to roof when he saw a head of familiar hair. "Misha!" the said girl looked around before looking up, "Tell everyone at camp to watch out. The pope knows we're here and is planning something."

"Right." With that, Misha ran back to camp while Jack continued to look for Kim. 'Where is she?'

"Kim?" Kim looked at Brody, "there is something I must tell you."

"Yes?" Kim let out a scream when Brody clamped his hand over her mouth. Her senses were soon clouded and it was hard to focus. She dropped to the floor and Brody removed the coat he was wearing showing his amour. He was a knight for the pope.

"You have a long awaited meeting with the highest." He grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder when a smoke bomb hit his feet. He coughed and when he ran out of the cloud of mist, he realized he didn't have Kim with him.

"Who are you?" he looked up to the roof above him to see Jack holding Kim bridle style and glaring down at him

"I could ask you the same thing. Hand over the girl and I might let you live."

Putting Kim down in a way she wouldn't fall off the roof, Jack jumped down, pulling his katana out and striking down. Brody pulled his sword out and blocked. "I'll ask you again, who are you?"

"Let's just say someone who approves of the pope."

"Well do me a favour and tell the pope, his head will soon be mine!" jack pulled away and kicked Brody in the chest, knocking him down. Jack grabbed Kim and jumped back to camp. When he landed, he saw the camp packed away and guessed one thing, Saladin was coming. But what his father planning?

Not sure if this is a cliff-hanger, but if it is; OHHHH cliff-hanger. Please review!