Thank you miniku, Irissagrl and DeafLizgon for your video game ideas, I still haven't desided which ones to use yet so if you have more ideas (XBox, PS2 or Gamecube) please tell me! Anyway, in this chapter Kimiko discoveres something about Ryan that is quite shocking...Read on to find out...

Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown or anything related to it

Xiaolin Showdown: The Legend of the Thunder Child

09: Tangled Love

Kimiko sighed happily as she walked down the corridor to her room, thinking about Ryan. She opened her curtain to her room and flopped onto her bed.

"He didn't want Goo Zombies 4…" thought Kimiko, grinning as she got out her laptop, "I know what he really wanted…"

She sighed again as she switched it on.

"His brown hair…his smile…those eyes…those gorgeous eyes…how they looked like Chase Yo…!"

Kimiko suddenly shot up,

"Chase Young?" gasped Kimiko. She quickly loaded up picture of Chase from her Enemy picture file on her laptop. There he was, looking back at Kimiko from the picture with those evil, glowing eyes.

"The same eyes that Ryan has…" gasped Kimiko "No…He can't be…It is just a coincidence…Is it?"

Next Day…

"Wakey wakey!" called Dojo

Kimiko groaned as she pulled the covers over her head,

"Rise and Shine, Kimiko!" said Omi walking into Kimiko's room "It is another beautiful…Whoa!"

Omi jumped as Kimiko pulled down the covers,

"Hey partner!" said Clay as he peered into Kimiko room, "What's going on?"

He noticed Kimiko sitting up in bed,

"Kimiko? Did you have a rough night last night?" said Clay, looking at her. Her eyes were red, there were bags under them and her hair was in a worse state than it normally was.

"I'm fine…" yawned Kimiko, who spent the night tossing and turning in bed, thinking about how Ryan could be connected with Chase Young, "I had just couldn't sleep last night…"

"Oh, okay!" said Omi as he and Clay walked out of her room. Kimiko groaned as she fell over backwards onto her bed, going over what she thought about last night.

"What if Ryan is connected with Chase?" thought Kimiko as she stared into space.

Kimiko managed to get herself out of bed, get dressed into her monk robes and drag herself out of her room. She groaned as she slowly walked the corridor towards the kitchen. She was so tired; she didn't notice that Master Fung was following behind her.

"Kimiko?" asked Master Fung "Are you okay?"

Kimiko turned around and looked up at Master Fung,

"I'm fine…" she yawned "I'm just tired…"

Master Fung raised an eyebrow,

"Something is troubling you, young monk?" said Master Fung, holding out a hand to stop Kimiko falling over.

"No…Well…Yes" sighed Kimiko as she regained her balance "I got this weird feeling from Ryan last night…when I look into his…"

Kimiko stopped and looked up at Master Fung,

"Don't worry about it…" she sighed.

"If you say so" said Master Fung as he walked off ahead of Kimiko, leaving her alone in the corridor.

She managed to get into the kitchen, where Raimundo, Clay and Omi were already eating breakfast. She poured herself a glass of orange juice, sat down and thumped her head on the table.

"Hey, Kimiko!" said Raimundo with a mouthful of pancakes, "What's up?"

"Don't ask" groaned Kimiko.

"Hey guys!" said Ryan walking into the kitchen, "How are the dragons today?"

"We're fine!" said Omi "But Kimiko isn't…"

Ryan walked towards Kimiko, and bent over her,

"What's up Kimiko?" said Ryan, "Can't find Goo Zombies 4?"

Coming from Ryan, this made her giggle in her head, Kimiko tried her best to stop herself from laughing, she wasn't in the mood and she didn't want to laugh in front of the others. But a snigger managed to escape her mouth, which made Ryan smile.

"See! Its not all doom and gloom!" said Ryan as he put his arm around Kimiko's shoulder. In that moment, when Ryan's arm was around her, she forgot all about her suspicions about the relation between him and Chase Young.

"Thanks Ryan" said Kimiko as she looked up at him and smiled.

"No worries" said Ryan "I've got to go, Dojo and Master Fung are giving me a session on using Shen gong wu! See you later!"

Kimiko smiled as she watched Ryan walk out of the kitchen,

"He can't be evil…" she thought "He's just so…sweet…"

"Err…Kimiko?" said Omi.

Kimiko turned around and noticed that Omi, Raimundo and Clay, were all staring at her. Clay and Omi were giving her a confused and surprised look, but Raimundo was giving her sort of mischievous grin. Kimiko blushed; she finished her drink, and made a dash for the dormitory.

"I am most confused…" said Omi, "How come Ryan is being most friendly towards Kimiko? And why did Kimiko didn't complain about the three second rule?"

"Oh I know why…" sniggered Raimundo

"It doesn't take a genius to work that out" said Clay

"Work what out?" said Omi

"No wonder she was moody when we talked about Ryan" said Raimundo

"What?" said Omi, getting impatient "Come on! Tell me!"

Raimundo just grinned at Omi as he went back to his breakfast.

After breakfast, Raimundo, Omi, Clay and Kimiko joined Master Fung on the Training grounds for their morning training session.

"Ok, young monks" said Master Fung, "Today, we are going to try an agility challenge. Raimundo, can you come forward please?"

Raimundo stepped forwards and saw that Master Fung was holding the Lotus Twister.

"You will use the Lotus Twister to catch the other monks. Kimiko, Clay and Omi, it is you task to evade Raimundo's grasp"

Clay and Omi stepped onto the grounds, and Raimundo activated the Lotus Twister and began to stretch his arms. But Kimiko noticed someone was missing, she looked around and saw that Ryan was nowhere to be seen.

"Master Fung?" said Kimiko "Where's Ryan?"

"Ryan will be joining us shortly" said Master Fung

"There was a small incident involving the Tangle Web Comb, he said he didn't need help" said Dojo as he slivered onto the grounds to watch the monks practice.

"He has been there for awhile" said Master Fung "Kimiko, can you go and see if you can help him"

"Yes Master Fung" said Kimiko as she ran off towards the Shen gong wu vault.

The door was closed, but she could tell that Ryan was in the vault. She put her ear to the door and listened to the noises that Ryan was making.

"Ughhh…Err…Whoa! Ow!" cried Ryan

She opened the door to the vault and looked in; the vault was empty apart from Ryan, who was wriggling on the floor, bound tightly by the hairy bristles of the Tangle Web Comb. She stood in the doorway, giggling to herself as she watched Ryan rolling about. After a few entertaining seconds, she finally approached Ryan.

"Hey Ryan? Need some help?" giggled Kimiko bending over Ryan as he lay on the floor.

"No…" groaned Ryan as he got to his feet and tried to break out of the rope.

"I…Can…Do it!"

Kimiko giggled as she walked over to Ryan to stop him falling over.

"Okay, I give up…" groaned Ryan "Can you help me? I've lost the feeling in my hands…"

"Hold still" said Kimiko as she behind to Ryan.

"Okay, take this bit and move it up…" said Ryan

"Yes..."

"Then move that bit down, then to the left"

"Okay…"

"And then pull this last bit out…"

Upon pulling the last part out, the rope rapidly uncoiled around Ryan, making him spin around and trip over. Kimiko tried to stop him from falling, but she was pulled down with him. Ryan landed with a thump, followed by Kimiko who landed on top of him.

"Err…Sorry about that…" said Ryan looking up at Kimiko.

"That's okay" said Kimiko looking down at Ryan. Their eyes met again. Kimiko blushed as she gazed into Ryan's eyes. They were different this time; they no longer showed any resemblance to Chase Young like she saw last night, instead they were their usual shade of brown.

"Ryan…" thought Kimiko "You have such…beautiful eyes…"

Kimiko pulse began to rise as she looked down at Ryan, she could hear the beating of her heart in the back of her ears. She slowly began to lean towards Ryan, and slowly, their heads moved closer together, closer…closer. Their lips were so close; Kimiko could feel his breath tickling her lips.

"Hey guys!" called Dojo from the vault door, "What are you doing in there?"

A soon as his voice reached their ears, Kimiko jumped off Ryan so quickly, she fell back down on the floor. Dojo slivered into the room and looked at Ryan and Kimiko, who were both looking at him with their faces glowing red.

"Nothing happened!" said Ryan as he got up "Kimiko was just helping me get untangled from the Tangle Web Comb and…Err…"

"Sure you were…" said Dojo in a sarcastic voice "Anyway, Master Fung is waiting for you guys"

Ryan waited until Dojo had left the room before he walked over to Kimiko and helped her up. She was about talk, but Ryan put a finger on her lips to stop her.

"Maybe next time…" said Ryan. Kimiko smiled as she and Ryan left the vault and walked together towards the training grounds.

So...Ryan has the same eyes as Chase...What does that mean? Is Ryan something more sinister than they all think? What about Kimiko? Has she fallen for Ryan? Does Ryan feel the same way?R&R PLEASE!