Setting: Chase Young's citadel. Twenty years or so after KJ lost to Chase.

They had just finished sparring-KJ and Chase. He was determined to teach her as much as possible, and make her an even more powerful weapon than she already was.

That's all he saw her as- a tool. He would give her an order, and she would follow it...she had to.

Of course, he had to be a little nicer to her. If he didn't, she would get careless with her work and cost him dearly. Sure, he could punish her later, but that wasn't enough motivation.

Now, if he was nice, he could get her to do anything that he wanted.

"Chase, why didn't you turn me into a cat?" She asked him.

He could tell her the truth, or he could use the niceness method. He chose the latter.

"My dear- how could I turn you into a cat? I find you far too interetsting to do that."

Seemingly, his plan worked.

She blushed deeply and laughed.

He smirked.

Setting: Chase Young's citadel. Present day.

"Chase, you lied." KJ accused, as soon as Chase was standing again. "All of those years of making me feel like I was something special. I see it now- I was just a weapon to you. Like a staff, only more dangerous. You thought you were so on top of things, didn't you? Keeping your secret for as long as you did."

Chase frowned, but remained silent and never strayed from looking directly into her eyes.

"Well I kept a secret too." She announced proudly.

"What is she talking about?" Jack whispered to Wuya.

She shushed him.

"The very first time I fought you, I lost on purpose."

Tears began to form in KJ's eyes, but she remained in her own form.

"Jack, Omi, let's go...find...the other Xiaolin cats..." Wuya suggested, ushering the two boys away, leaving Chase and KJ alone.

"You fool." Chase almost laughed. "Why would you purposefully sacrifice your own freedom?"

"You're the fool." KJ returned the laugh. "It's too obvious and you can't see that it's because I love you..."

"Just to be with me, you subjected yourself to slavery, lies and punishment..." He mused. "Some of the things I've put you through must've stung..." He stepped closer to her, challenging the determined look in her eyes.

"You haven't a clue." She replied.

"Yes I do." He whispered, pulling her into a hug.

This motion stunned KJ, so much that she didn't know what to do.

"Leave me alone." She argued. "I hate you. We all do. Serena can't handle the abuse, Kacie thinks you're competition, Carmen hates your attitude, and you piss Amy off."

"What about you? Why do you hate me? You just said that you loved me." He questioned, still embracing her.

She couldn't respond, due to the tears that were now spilling down her cheeks.

"As much as I lied and used you like a tool, something about you always caught my eye. As much as it pains me, I lost our bet, and I will let you go."

Chase released KJ from their hug and took a step back.

"I've already turned the others back to their original forms. You're free."

KJ nodded and walked off to find the Xiaolin warriors.

She found them all by a waterfall near the top of the citadel.

"We watched the whole fight! You were awesome!" Kimiko told KJ.

"I guess this means that you aren't Heylin anymore, right?" Raimundo asked.

KJ nodded.

"You are welcome to stay at the Xiaolin temple with us." Master Fung offered.

KJ looked around. "Thank you all so much, but there's something that I must do first."

Omi smiled and pulled a box out of his robes.

"I took this from under your bed, just as you asked." He said.

KJ smiled back. "Thank you, Omi."

She took the box from him and ran off.

She found Wuya in the library.

"I'm leaving now." She told the older woman. "And I think that this belongs to you."

As Wuya turned around, KJ opened the box, revealing it to be a Puzzle Box.

"What! How?" Wuya screeched.

"Chase had learned to make one from Dashi. He later taught me how to." She smirked as Wuya became trapped inside.

KJ caught up with Omi right as they were leaving. She handed him the box.

"I trust you to protect it."

Omi smiled again. "And protect it I will."

KJ waved farewell as the Xiaolin warriors (now with Dojo) departed.

"NOOO!" Jack skidded into the room screaming. "This can't be!"

"Go home Spicer. Heylin lost." KJ said with a small smile.

Jack pouted while activating his backpack-bot. "Fine! But this isn't over!"

With one last cackle, Jack flew out and away.

KJ now turned to face the stairs where she saw Chase standing not far from her with the black panther by his side.

"Our next encounter will be less pleasant than our others." She told him. "I'm joining the Xiaolin warriors at their temple."

Chase sighed. "If that is your decision."

They stood facing each other in awkward silence for awhile before Chase took the necessary steps to close the gap between them and embrace her once more, for the last time.

"Even if I don't now, I take back what I said about owning you." He whispered.

"I accept your apology." She whispered back. "I love you."

He inhaled deeply before softly repeating her words.

She broke the hold that he had on her and turned to walk away so that he couldn't see her tears.

As the cave entrance closed behind her, Chase slowly walked off to the library with the panther following closely behind him.