Notes: WARNING! Slashy yaoi homosexual content stuffs here! That and demon + woman things. If it offends you, go away. It's not my fault if you read it and get grossed out. That and strong language. This has words only for the people who are not offended by mere sounds.

Constructive criticism in reviews is welcomed and noted: stupid flames are not. Please don't expect any Shakespeare, Nivin or Wells here; this is a fanfiction site and all the stories are amateur. So I'm sorry if I'm not a best-seller novelist. Just don't flame me.

Warning, me just talking randomly here: Viper's an idiot. If Jackie's going to be in a heterosexual relationship, it should be with Portia Martendale (That hot Indian girl from that episode where they try to dry up the Ganges with the sutras) He obviously liked her! And she was evil! Always a plus!

Bleeding Hearts

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Viper sat alone in her hotel room. Shendu had left for Rome, so she had no reason to stay at the hideout. It wasn't like she was being detained or anything. It wasn't the cannery anymore; not after the police raid. No one was there when it happened (haha, silly police) because the enforcers actually had enough sense to move now that Chan knew all about their place.

She had caught the better end of Shendu's anger the first couple weeks following the attempted Chan rescue. The demon had been rather pissed about missing out on killing Chan both times. Somehow, he blamed her for his defeat at the shop.

But, he was a hot head and an over-reactor, and soon got over it. He'd warmed up to her presence a little since then, but not as much as she'd have liked, of course. He put up with her, and that was just fine for now.

"My boss must wonder where the hell I am." She mused out loud. Viper stood up and wondered over phone. She hesitated before picking it up and dialing the front desk. "Yes, hello, this is room 126. -Ah, fine, thank you. Are there any messages for me?"

She fixed herself a cup of coffee while listening to progressingly angry messages from her corespondents and employers. Eventually she ran across one that was actually concerned about her- her supervisor. "No, I'm not dead….. yet." She muttered to herself.

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"Chan!" "The chi wizard!" Bai Tsa screamed in pure fury when she saw three figures lurking nearby. Her eyes went immediately to the hand that held a gourd. "Shendu, you worthless- Make yourself useful!" She ranted, pointing at the enemy. "Shendu? SHENDU!" The cowardly demon was attempting to sneak away discreetly in the shadows. His sister grabbed him up by the tail, quite painfully, and tossed his light body on the ground between her and the chi wizard, who had panickedly pulled out the chi ingredients and started reciting his incantation.

Not waiting for assistance by her sniveling brother, the blue demon flowed forward to overtake the old man and stop his spell before it accomplished its task. However, Jackie Chan's quick reflexes stopped her before she could attack. Shendu watched rather stupidly from behind. 'That man can't let me alone, can he? Might as well help. I'm next in line." He shot a glare at the enforcers, "What are you waiting for???" They all gave eachother a look before taking the order. Shendu smiled and slunk away to safety.

Uncle's chant was interrupted upon assault by Ratso, who held him tight with an arm around his neck. Chow acted fast and took the gourd from him then smashed it on the ground. Tohru stepped in to remove his former 'coworkers' from his Sensei, which was rather easy for a man of his size. Ratso was torn away and the other two thrown to the ground. Intelligent Finn reached inside his coat and pulled out a pistol. He didn't hold onto it for long, for the enormous man quite quickly smacked it out of his hand.

Bai Tsa was having her own trouble with Chan. Until now she had only heard of the exploits of the China man from her brothers and sisters. She hadn't realized just how good a fighter he was. Somehow, her being seven times his size didn't even seem to faze the man or make a lick of difference in who was winning. She screamed bubbly as he clung to the back of her head to avoid her attack. Frustrated, she burst into a puddle of pure water, leaving him stunned, dazed and very wet-bottomed.

The water demon recollected herself behind him, growling. "Jackie Chan, I will destroy you!" She announced. "Ah, now is a bad time. Maybe next week sometime?" Jackie said, shrugging. Bai Tsa swung a hand out to hit him.

"Ayiah." Uncle said, looking for an extra gourd he THOUGHT he brought with him. "Looking for this?" "Thank you, Jade." He took the gourd from her. Something clicked. "Jade! What are you doing here??" "You forgot the gourd at the hotel, duh! Aren't you glad that I brought it to you?" Uncle sighed, "Just stay out of danger." Jade huffed and stood back.

Shendu watched from his perch atop the building as the enforcers and his sister were being beaten rather badly. He growled lowly at the man he hated so much. His normally impenitent mind felt a small pang of conscience, or maybe it was just that Jackie Chan was showing him up again. With his help, perhaps Chan and his little party could be taken out once and for all. He reasoned, and found himself convinced. With a snarl of annoyance, he leapt down to a balcony and then to the tiled street below.

He wasted no time in putting his fire breath to work. His target was Chan himself, who was putting up a good fight against one demon already. Jackie barely had time to avoid the burst of flame. He sprung back and stared at the two opposing creatures, who launched their attack again without waiting for him to gather his senses. Chow screeched a very feminine note as miss directed demon fire blazed past him. Finn also made a noise, but less high pitched.

Chan looked to see if Uncle and Tohru were okay, then was tackled from the side. A flame burnt a small patch of grass where he had stood. Surprised, he looked up to see Valmont. "Chris!!" "You don't think I'd miss the fun, do you?" He pulled Jackie to his feet as fast as he could, then turned to face the sibling sorcerers. "That's the second time you've saved my life." "Just making up the favor."

Tohru wonder around, trying to toss the enforcers off his back. He grunted and fell back as the demon's fight drifted too close to his. He got hold of someone's hand and tossed him over his shoulder towards the demons. It turned out to be Finn, judging by his scream at being trampled underfoot.

Suddenly, a green glow shot out of no where and surrounded the blue sorceress. From the other side of the square came the faint sound of Uncle chanting. Bai Tsa screamed as she rose off the ground and back to the now open portal, "Nooooooooo!!!!" She disappeared through the swirling colors and the door closed, forever.

"I'm gettin outta heeere!" Ratso said before hauling ass. Tohru felt Chow let go and watched as he followed. Shendu was already nowhere to be seen. "Alright! That was so cool! Wooo!!" Jade whooped, dancing out of her spot behind Uncle. "Ayiah." Uncle said softly, expressing his exhaustion at just watching her. "Shendu got away." Jackie said. Uncle whacked him across the forehead with two fingers, "I can seeeee that! What was I supposed to do anyway? I do not have the symbol of the immortal who defeated him!" Jackie frowned, rubbing his head, and watched Uncle tromp pompously away. The four followed him out.



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Ratso and Chow paused in the alleyway to catch their breath. "That sucked." Ratso said. Chow raised his eyebrow. "Y'think so?"

Chow jerked his head up and looked up and down the alley. "Where's Finn??" Ratso looked up. "I dunno. Last time I saw him he was on top 'a Tohru." "He got thrown off!" Chow said. Fear rippled through him as he remembered screaming. "Maybe he ran off in the other direction." Ratso offered. Chow bit his lip hard and was off down the street, headed back to the square.

He couldn't see much in the dark night. He stood under a wide awning and looked around frantically. Chan and his little posse had left already, and the only sign anyone had been there was upset boxes of goods from some merchant who would be pissed in the morning .

"Finn??" He called. No one answered. Chow ran to the place where he had last seen the redhead enforcer and tried again, "Finn?!" He didn't see anyone. What he did see was blood on the cold street. "Finn?" He said quietly, standing back from the red. His heart sank into his stomach. "Finn?"

A groan of pain caught his attention. It came from his right. Part of a person showed behind a pile of disheveled boxes, white clothes stained thickly. "Finn!?" Chow rushed to pull the boxes off of the hunkered form.

Finn thought he could hear someone talking to him, but he wasn't sure. His mind was cloudy. "Finn!? Finn are you okay??" He groaned again and turned his head, "Chow?" he said weakly, "Chow, is that you?"

The enforcer was badly torn up. Deep gashes covered his torso and one leg. There were two worse than the others, one slicing his belly from one side to the other. It went through skin and muscle, possibly farther; Chow couldn't tell. The other was a deep gouge from his right collar to the bottom left of his ribcage, which looked broken. A cut ran across his left cheek, leaving red all over his shoulder. The right arm couldn't be seen under the dark blood. Finn's breathing was labored and shallow.

"Yeah, it's me. Are you okay? Can you stand up?" Finn let out a weak laugh that turned into a cough. "No." He said. "I'm pretty sure I'm dead." He coughed again. Chow got down and lifted Finn's head. He rested him in his lap, head on his arm. "You'll be alright." He said, not believing it himself. Finn closed his eyes. "They got me pretty good, huh?" He whispered. "You'll be alright." Chow repeated more sternly, a tear stinging at his eye.

They were both still for a moment. Finn's chest heaved heavily and he kept his eyes closed. Chow wondered if he was slipping. Finally, Finn spoke, "No. I'm not." "Don't say that." Chow said. "We'll get you fixed up. You'll heal. I'll go get Ratso and-" "don't leave me." Chow fell quiet and looked over the injured man. Blood ran down from the wounds and over Chow's leg, ruining his pants. He didn't care.

"I won't," Chow ran a hand through the orange hair, brushing it out of Finn's face, "I won't." He continued to stroke his hair comfortingly, fighting to choke back his emotions before they overcame him.

"I love you," Chow breathed, "Finn, I love you." His hand fell back shaking and his head bowed over. Salty tears ran down his cheeks and his breath caught in his throat. "Chow….." Finn said softly. The Asian man hugged him as gently as he could. His body was shaking all over. "You can't die, not now, not like this! I need you!"

"You don't need me." Finn said, his voice raspy and low, almost gone, "You'll be okay." "Finn….." Chow relaxed his grip and Finn rested his head back down. Tears streamed down his face and he had to wipe them away to see clearly. His body convulsed with sobs. "I love you, Chow." Finn said, barely a whisper. Chow held him close, "I love you."

Finn started coughing again, hard and violently. He struggled for his breath and started coughing up blood. Chow hugged him and stroked his hair until the spasms finally stopped. "Ch-Chow," He tried to say through blood filled lungs. "Shhh- no, don't talk." Chow said, petting his good cheek softly. The man obeyed and fell silent. His eyes closed again, pain etched on his face.

Finn's breathing slowed. Chow sat there quietly, tears dry, hugging on to him. He rocked back and forth ever so slightly, finding comfort in the motion.

Chow paused. Finn wasn't breathing. "Finn?" Chow said, "Finn!?" He looked into the redhead's face. It was calm. No breath came. "N-No. D-don't do this to me, Finn! Wake up!" The tears came back, softer this time, running silently down his cheek. "Wake up. Please. Wake up, Finn." He whispered. "Please."

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Notes: As always, R&R.



WAAA! FINN!!!! *tear* I can't believe I just KILLED him! Poor baby!



I hate writing action scenes. It's all I can do to not start every sentence with 'He' and it's always questionable to give details or not. I hope you liked it anyway. When/if you review, tell me what you think about how long it was.

When I was writing this, I was half-watching a PBS special, so in my half wittedness, I wrote, "Chow bit Ratso hard and was off down the street….." When I went back to read it, I busted my gut laughing. Of course, then Finn died and I cried instead.

Shendu, Dai Guei, Hsi Wu, So Lon, Bai Tsa, Tchangzu, Xiao Fung, Po Kong