Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown. Or Ben & Jerry's. Or any of their ice cream.
Edited: August 17, 2007
Jack started stuttering. "O-Of c-c-course that's n-not K-Kimiko."
Chase smiled slyly. He walked around Jack, to grab my arm again, but I was prepared. I slapped his arm, and shouted, "Don't you dare touch me. You have absolutely no right."
Wuya seemed to be enjoying this even more than Chase. She cackled loudly, saying in between, "Jack, you want Kimiko to be your girlfriend, and yet it'll never happen! And she actually went along with it." She took a breath, and zoomed in towards me. "I can't believe you were kidnapped by Jack!" she sneered in my face. I felt like screaming that she needed a breath mint really badly, but it wouldn't have done any good.
Then, everything seemed to happen at once. Jack attacked Chase. Chase lay on the ground confused and dazed. Jack picked me up bridal style. The cat servants jumped down from their posts to attack. Jack used the Heli-Pack, and lifted us into the air. I wasn't sure what was happening below us, but the next thing I knew, was that I was in the Silver Manta Ray with Jack.
I looked at the scenery flying past me, then at Jack. He put it on auto-pilot, and took me into the back, where there were tables and chairs. He sat down, and signaled for me to sit next to him.
"I shouldn't have brought you. Now you're in even more danger than before." he started trying to take the blame for everything.
I interrupted before he would die because little oxygen. "It wasn't your fault. And what do you mean even more danger? How was I in danger before?"
Jack just shook his head. "I'll tell you later. For now, we're going to go get some ice cream, and try to calm down."
"Ice cream?" The idea sounded absurd, but I knew it would somehow ease my mind. But there was one thing I had to ask:
"Where on earth did you get the idea to call me your girlfriend?" I hoped it hadn't sounded rude.
Jack blushed and looked down. "I dunno. It was the only thing I could think of. You didn't have to act the part. It was going well by itself."
I couldn't help it. He looked so upset. So cute. I wrapped my arms around him to give him some type of comfort. He sat up, and looked at me and returned the hug. We sat like that the whole ride to the ice cream shop. And it helped us forget our troubles.
(-)
When the Silver Manta Ray touched down, I almost thought it had broken. I had been sitting there, hugging Jack for so long, I completely forgot about the ice cream. I untangled my arms from around him, and walked to the front to see where we were at. I wasn't sure exactly where, but we were in front of a Ben & Jerry's.
Jack sneaked up behind me, and picked me up bridal style. I finally decided to trust him. My once enemy, is now my friend. He was really trying to save my life. And as he turned on his Heli-Pack, and began flying me down, the devil-like little voice sneaked back again.
You want to be more than just friends with Jack, and you know it, It said.
I know, I thought. Jack comforting me, and me comforting Jack seemed so right, so natural. Maybe I could one day call him a boyfriend. But now was not the time to think about that.
He escorted me into the Ben & Jerry's, a smile on his face. It seemed he had already forgot about what happened. It wasn't that simple for me. It was gonna take a lot of ice cream for me.
After we got our ice cream (me, a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with strawberry ice cream, Jack, a Chunky Monkey and Cherry Garcia) we took our seats, and began eating. And truth be told, every single worry I had left me. The ice cream had temporarily washed away my fear, and when I looked up at Jack, it looked as if he didn't care about anything.
We stayed in their for about half an hour, randomly laughing at nothing, or leaning across to the other, poking them on the shoulder. To adults, we looked drunk, but any one under the age of 15 knew that the sugar in the ice cream was taking affect.
When we left, we had no clue that we were being watched. On top of the Ben & Jerry's shop. In fact, we were being spied on by three people, no older than ourselves.
(-)(3rd Person POV)
The three people that were spying Jack and Kimiko were the Xiaolin monks. After three long hours, they finally spotted the Silver Manta Ray flying in the direction of a local ice cream shop.
"Why is Kimiko laughing with her captor?" asked Omi, looking completely confused.
Rai looked exactly the same. "Stockholm Syndrome," he said shaking his head. "Our girl's now buddy, buddy with Spicer."
Clay looked upset. "That means . . . Kimiko could join Jack Spicer. She'd be like a skunk changin' it's stripes, just 'cause it thought it was ugly."
"Well, let's get Dojo. We're going to have to follow Kimiko until she gets back to Spicer's lair," Rai said looking down at Jack, utter disgust written on his face.
"Yes. And we will not force Kimiko to come back with us. She will choose for herself." Omi's words shocked Rai, but when he turned to see Clay, he was nodding.
Rai sighed. "I guess we have no choice." He turned around and jumped off the building, landing on Dojo's back. If one was to look up, they would get wet, and thinking it were rain, they would walk off, not knowing it had been the tears of a dragon.
(-)
When we got back to Jack's lair, I felt as if on a cloud. But I had to admit that the slightest hint of fear was coming back to me. I could read it on Jack's face too. Our sugar energy was low. We were remembering the awful things that happened hours earlier.
Jack didn't even bother locking me up. We trusted each other now. I wasn't going to run off, I was going to wait for the others to find me. And then it hit me. Sooner or later, the others would come for me. I'd either have to go with them, or commit a betrayal equal to that of Rai's. How was I supposed to decide. Finally, I chose to worry about it when the time came.
I sat down in the computer chair, and rolled over to Jack. I felt . . . what was the word to describe it? Loopy? Crazy? Insane? Loopy seemed to work best for the current moment. Right now, everything seemed perfect. Sure, there was fear around us, and trouble lurking at every corner, but it couldn't get much worst, can it?
And that was when Chase Young jumped through the window, grabbed Jack, and me, and disappeared with us.