Alright, new chapter! Sorry I've been lazy with writing lately...I've been caught up with drawing and stuff since I got a free trial of Photoshop. :D Anyways, hope you enjoy! Also, there WILL be more swear words in here, so be prepared.

At that statement, the komodo dragon simply narrowed her eyes. She reached for a bag at her side that I hadn't noticed before, and took out the black orb I had seen earlier. Hues of Grey and red swirled around, and I couldn't place what they were: liquid, gas, or light. But, what made me suddenly fear the seemingly harmless object was when the komodo dragon placed both her hands around it. It began to glow, and slowly, the recently burned-off scales on her face began to grow back. When she was done, my mouth was agape. She looked up, and flashed me an evil smirk. Then she got into her fighting stance.

I got into my fighting stance as well, and waited for her to make her move. However, she must've been using the same strategy, because all she did was stare at me through narrowed, concentrating eyes. I started to take one step, then suddenly, the komodo dragon was hit with an enormous blast of water. Despite the fact that the situation was serious, I laughed at the sight. My head turned toward the source, and I was surprised to see Dusk standing 10 feet away.

"How-"

"No time to explain! Let's just kick her ass!" Dusk said with a grin.

I laughed, and said, "Sounds good to me!"

We hadn't really used swear words before then at the Jade Palace, because the Five, Po, and Shifu didn't, and we didn't want to possibly get scolded.

Speaking of the Five, where were Crane and Viper?

Before I could ponder on that subject, the komodo dragon got up, soaking wet. With narrowed eyes blazing with anger, she grasped the orb again and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, they were pure black.

"Holy. Shit." I said bluntly.

"Haha, I love that quote." Dusk said.

The quote was one of many we loved from Blue Exorcist, an anime we both loved to death. "Haha me too, that's why-"

I was suddenly knocked back from an invisible force, and I skidded for a moment before coming to a stop.

"Dammit!" Dusk said.

She lifted her paw and formed an orb of water in her palm. It started to float, then more started to appear in an impressive few seconds. Dusk started to use her fighting style to control the water, which was very clever, if you ask me. I slowly got up and started a flame in both of my paws, but the results were slightly different than what I expected. This time, the flames engulfed my paws completely. I made a sound that was like a squeak and a gasp at the same time, whick Dusk laughed at. I relaxed when I remembered that the fire didn't burn me whatsoever. I laughed a bit myself, then got into my fighting stance. I could only imagine how epic I looked, especially now that my fists were on fire. I wondered what Dusk looked like bending water, but I didn't look over at her to see. After all, I had to focus on the komodo dragon.

I brought back my blazing fist, then thrust it forward. To my satisfaction and awe, that move launched a fireball at the komodo. However, she put her hands together and thrust her palms forward, and an invisible shield intercepted it. I muttered a quick 'dammit' when I saw my attack sizzle out.

Dusk did a spinning kick, and a blast of water was launched at her, this time from the side. She spun around and suddenly launched a fireball at it, and both the attack and defense disappeared. My eyes widened, then I suddenly realized that the fireball was BLACK.

"The hell?" I thought out loud, then I saw her turn to me, and before I even knew what was happening, I was blasted with a torrent of water.

I was knocked back so far that when I tried to regain my footing, I found nothing but air, and I fell off the roof. I quickly grabbed the edge, but the water made it slippery, obviously. I now noticed that the water was black, just like the fireball she had used. That's when I felt a burning sensation. My eyes darted to where the water was, and to my horror, saw that it was slowly being absorbed through my skin. It didn't burn off any of my fur, for whatever reason, or anything for that matter, but it was like hydrogen peroxide, and it sucked. I took short breaths, not knowing that that was just the beginning.

That's when almost all the water was absorbed, and the pain quickly spiked much higher.

I seriously let out a full blown scream. I started to writhe around, tears seeping out of my eyes. I held on tighter to the roof as the pain became even worse, a reflex I used only when I was in a really bad amount of pain. And I was holding on tight.

It began to spread more throughout my body, and then, the last of the water got into the cuts on my wrists. I let out an ear piercing scream, now trembling like crazy. If you've ever had hydrogen peroxide put on an open cut, imagine that very pain times 10. It was horrendous.

"JADE!" Dusk yelled.

Immediately after that, I heard a 'zzzzt!' sound, like an electric shock. I wondered what caused it, but before I could guess, Dusk rushed over and pulled me up. Once she got me on my feet and let go of my arm, I fell to my knees and curled up, still shaking.

"Holy shit dude, what happened?!" Dusk asked, her face lined with worry.

I didn't respond as I glanced over at the komodo dragon, and...the tiger from earlier. And they were both engaged in battle.

The tiger's light blue eyes narrowed in concentration, and he slowly took out a sword from a scabbard on his side. The sword was a large katana with a black handle and what appeared to be a steel hilt. The blade itself looked like iron.

"Jade?"

I looked up at Dusk, then said, "Go help him beat her up for me."

Dusk hesitated for a moment, then nodded. She rushed over to the two of them, who were now engaged in the most intense swordfight I had ever seen. Their katanas were like lightning, one second you'd see them locked together, then when you blinked, they were in a totally different spot. The clang of metal against metal went off every other second. I almost thought that I had gone unconcious, because the tiger was holding his own against her. And from the looks of it, he seemed to be not much older than we were. Maybe even the same age. None of them could land a blow on the other, but the tiger was starting to overcome her. She couldn't stop to use her strange power, either, because she knew as much as I did that he would take advantage of that moment.

Dusk waited until the precise moment to strike, crouched down in a pouncing position. The tiger took one glance at her, and the komodo hit him across the head with the flat of her blade. The streak was over. I watched as he fell over, and hit the roof head first. If he wasn't unconcious before that, he was now.

Dammit. I hated just laying there and doing nothing.

Dusk pounced, managing to dig her claws into the komodo's back, but there was a 'zzzt!' sound, and she fell back, jittering. It was obvious what her power was, now: she was able to take whatever elemental attack was landed on her and turn it into her own, personalized attack. It was pretty cool, but I still hated it.

Now immobilized, Dusk was not able to block the strike given to her next. My eyes widened as the komodo bent down and just punched her across the face. Dusk immediately fell unconcious, and a bit of blood began to run from her nose. The jittering slowed, but was still there.

I growled as the komodo began to walk towards me. Her eyes, still black, were staring right at me. She bared her fangs in an evil smile, then put her open hand in front of her. As she began to lift it upwards, I felt myself leave the ground and straighten up. I was glaring daggers at her, and I could've sworn I was seeing red. Even though all I wanted to do was tear her face off, I was still afraid of her, and hesitated. She rotated her hand ever so slowly, then curled it as if she was grabbing a pole. My heart seemed to stop for a second as my breathing became more labored. My airway was slowly being cut off, and of course the komodo was loving every second of it. I tried to growl again, but of course, wasn't able to.

"I expected more from you, Sun Warrior. You did accomplish some impressive feats in a matter of minutes, but I expected you to know more of your power. Shame, really."

My eyes narrowed at her, and suddenly, my clenched fists ignited, seemingly on their own.

Then my mind flashed back to my earlier thought:

Where the hell were Crane and Viper?!

As if on cue, I was released from the invisible grip around me, left gasping for breath. I looked over to see Po, Shifu, and The Five all in their fighting stances. Crane was limping a bit, and I saw that his broken leg had been treated. Tigress was in front of them, growling at the komodo, who was now a few feet away. Her fists were still at the ready.

The komodo got up within two seconds, and laughed.

"A pity that you people can't even land anything on me unless I can't see you! The only one that actually put up a good fight was him!" the komodo said, pointing at the tiger just 10 feet from her.

In response to that, Tigress leapt at the komodo, but she merely flipped over her. And just as quickly, she took out her katana and delivered a deep cut to Tigress's back. Po tried to deliver a punch to her face, but she simply grabbed his paw and twisted his arm until there was a large 'crack!'. Shifu managed to hit her across the back of the head with his staff. She spun around to retaliate, but he was already behind her, and delievered another blow with the staff. Viper lunged at her next, and was able to use the 'stop hitting yourself' move she used. Shifu kicked her in the stomach, and Monkey delivered a few blows to her face. Mantis delivered a nerve strike to her back, and she started to bare her fangs. Crane went in to deliver the seemingly final strike, but then, they were all knocked back by an invisible force. She made a few movements with her hands, and a black fog was blasted in every direction.

I shielded my eyes, noticing that the pain from the water earlier was now gone. Had it somehow returned to her as fog when she made those hand movements?

Once the fog receded, I coughed a bit. The air had significantly cleared up, causing the reaction. Then, an evil laugh resonated through the air, followed by the words,

"Fear the full moon, for now, it is my ally."

Intense chapter, huh? Read and review, and stay tuned, because even though this battle was awesome, it's not gonna be the biggest. ;)