An Unlikely Team by Emachinescat

An American Dragon: Jake Long and Kim Possible Crossover Fan-Fiction

SUMMARY: Monkey Fist and Huntsman have teamed up in order to defeat their respective foes. With Monkey Ninjas, goblins, dragons, nacos, spy gear, magic potion, secrets, regrets, and tears, no one is going to escape from this situation without changing somehow.

Disclaimer: I don't own American Dragon or Kim Possible. This is just for fun, and no copyright infringement is intended.

An Unlikely Team

Chapter Sixteen: Rose's Secret

Jake gulped when he heard the words, "We need to talk." He happened to know that those four words were the famous break-up words. But we're not even officially going out, so she couldn't be breaking up with me, he thought, trying to comfort himself.

Rose took a deep breath and said, "First of all, I wanted to see how you are feeling. I mean, that poison was pretty strong stuff. If it hadn't been for your grandpa and Kim, you would be dead right now."

"Well, I-" began Jake, but then he realized something. "How did you know it was poison? You don't know about you know, magic... right?"

"Jake, I do," the girl said. "And I know who you are, too."

"But how-" he asked.

"I was... I was there when your identity was revealed to the Huntsclan," she said, eyes welling up with tears. It was taking all of her self-control not to burst into tears right then and there.

Jake tried to understand what she was saying. Then he looked at what she was wearing. A dark green suit with black gloves and black boots. But no, she couldn't be... "Huntsgirl?" Jake choked out. "No, you can't be her. You - you're..."

"No, I'm not!" Rose burst out, and Jake looked at her hopefully. "I mean," she continued, "I was, but I turned against the Huntsclan. I'm on your side now. See, even the 'birthmark' is gone. And I came here to beg your forgiveness. Please, Jake, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. Do you hate me?"

Jake slowly shook his head. He felt nothing: no fear, no hate, no love; even the pounding headache that had resulted from his experience was gone. His whole body felt numb as he said, "No. No, you're not Huntsgirl. I can't - won't believe it."

"I told you, I'm not anymore! I've changed! Oh, Jake, I'll just die if you don't forgive me! Please, don't hate me, Jake! Please! I'm begging you!" Her eyes held a pleading expression. "Please Jake, please! I care for you!"

Suddenly all the pain and sadness of finding out that the girl he loved used to be his arch foe came pouring into his heart. Jake rolled over and faced the wall so he wouldn't have to look into Rose's eyes. "I can't believe I ever trusted you," he said coldly. The numbness was gone, and now his headache had returned, but it was nothing compared to the icy disbelief and sadness that he felt in his heart.

"Jake!" Rose exclaimed sadly. "Why can't you find it in your heart to forgive me?"

"Rose - it's just that... well, you see, I mean - you just wouldn't understand!"

Rose's emotion finally came out and she yelled, "I wouldn't understand? I wouldn't understand? Jake, I don't think you understand! I spent my whole life working for a man that would kill me as soon as look at me, because I thought it was my destiny. But... when I saw that you were the American Dragon, I realized that it couldn't be. I turned against them. Jake, do you understand? I turned against the Huntsclan! And when you do that, it's like painting a huge sign on your forehead, saying, 'Here I am! Over here! Slay me! Kill me!' But when I saw that you were going to be okay, I thought that everything else was going to be okay, too! But... I was wrong. Maybe I should have let you die. Who knows? But guess what, Jake? Guess what? I didn't because I care for you. I just wish you felt the same way about me. Now, because of my stupidity, I don't have a place to stay or friends, and the Huntsclan and the Dragon Council are both probably on the lookout for me! Yeah, I wouldn't understand!" And with that, she ran out of the room, crying.

Jake lay there in silence for a few minutes, pondering what Rose had just said. He felt bad for the way he had treated her and was so busy wallowing in his misery that he didn't hear Kim come in. "Hey," she said, and he turned around to face her.

"That went well," the girl continued.

"Kim," said Jake seriously, "I think I made a big mistake. You're a girl. What do I do?"

"Do you want her back?" Kim asked quietly.

"I - well, I think so... I dunno," said Jake, who was still trying to work out his feelings towards the girl.

"Well, first figure out what you want. Then just follow your heart. You can't go wrong. Listen," she said, changing the subject, "Ron and I are leaving for Middleton tomorrow."

"Why?" asked Jake. He would miss having Kim around.

"I've got this huge Latin test tomorrow..."

"Latin?" snorted Jake. "You take Latin? As in the dead language?"

"Ron's idea," said Kim shortly. "I hope you'll be well enough to come see us off. You should, because your grandpa said that if you get at least eight hours of sleep tonight, you should be better by tomorrow. Well, I guess you'd better get some rest. See ya."

Jake couldn't get Rose out of his mind. He realized that he had made a huge mistake, and only he could fix it. The next day at school, he would apologize. He fell asleep with an image of Rose's pretty face in his sore head.

~Emachinescat ^..^