I haven't touched this story in ages, so what got me to get up and write some more? I was drawing fan art and then I thought about this story. To the very few people who actually liked this, I deeply apologize.

Oh my gosh, I'm in a c2! YAY! I'm so, sniff, proud of myself….well….not really….

Alright, let's get started.

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We depended on only each other, and no one else. Was that a mistake? Probably, but for the traumatic events we experienced, it's hard…just…too hard to trust.

"How are we going to eat?"

"I don't know."

"Where are we going to sleep?"

"I don't know!"

"What time is it?"

"Dojo shut your giant mouth shut or else I'll use your giant eyeballs for stew." I hissed maliciously my hand gripping tightly around the small dragon's body.

"Sorry," he choked.

Lee laughed and turned to look at Dashi, "Dashi,"

Dashi looked up, dark bags under his eyes and mouthed, "What…"

"Sleep."

"Why should I?"

"The sight of your face is scaring me."

"Jerk," Dashi mumbled and scoffed, "This wouldn't have happened if I hadn't become the "Chosen" one." He said, propping himself against a pile of hay, "If only I hadn't run away…you guys wouldn't be in this mess."

I watched him, dragon still in my fists, and wondered about Wuya, and the bothersome flashbacks came to me…

A time before we met Dojo, Dashi already came up with a name. It's kind of ironic how two idiotic minds think alike…

"Sheng Gong Wu?" I spitted, laughing so hard, "What kind of name is that?" I cried out laughing as loud and obnoxiously as I could.

Dashi flushed, "Shut up! Sheng is victory-"

"You like gongs."

"Again, shut up, and Wu is for…" Dashi coughed and pulled his robe over his head.

I smirked, touched by his admiration, "Wuya," I wrapped my arm around Dashi's shoulders and I went closer to his face, "I think that's cute." I whispered.

Dashi popped his head out of his robe, "Really? You don't think it's idiotic?"

I smiled, "Nope, its good, for the girl you love."

A sharp sword to my heart, I had a thought. If I had told Wuya that, could it have been possible…that she could have stayed? I watched Dashi, my best friend (I only tell people Wuya's my best friend, because I'm scared of her…), and his suffering, his sorrow for the only person he really loved, and my heart sank to the bottoms of my feet.

"Xia…my throat…"

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Wind, strong wind. I walk out of the inn and looked up towards the full moon to see the bald prodigy laying on his back in midair. I curse, and jump up, high, towards him and grabbed his torso weighing him down towards the ground. We landed at the top of a hill and rolled down the opposite side, my ears filled with everyway I could scold him, punish him.

We reached the bottom and I landed on top of Dashi. I breathed hard, my arms and legs shaking and trembling like crazy. My heart pounded from the fear of our dangerous secret being exposed, "Dashi!" I snapped pushing myself up looking at him, "You fucking idiot!" I shouted at him, not caring about the words that spat from my mouth, and then a sudden weight fell upon my shoulders.

"Xia?" His expression, it was so sad I couldn't even keep myself up. I fell back into his chest and I growled, "You and your puppy eyes…" I snapped. We kept our awkward silence until my heart began to break, "You're so stupid,"

"Xia…"

"You keep beating yourself up, but…I was the one who knew her best and I didn't even do anything…" I sobbed, large globs of tears fell down my cheeks, "It's my fault!" I sobbed even harder and started to punch my shoulder, "Stupid, stupid, stupid!"

"Xia, shut up." Her wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tight, "I'm sorry, I worried you too much." He sat up, still holding me in his arms, "You're too sensitive…"

"Damn, those are supposed to be my lines." I choked, wiping my tears away in his shoulder. I hugged him back, "I hate this, I hate this…"

"I know," he whispered, stroking my hair like a child, "I know."

I pulled back to look at him, "Don't "I know" me!" I shouted.

Dashi smiled and laughed, covering half his face with his hand, "I'm…sorry, I…"

To deny, is foolish, "I love you," is what I wanted to say, but, I knew Wuya loved him too…she had to. She had to…

To forget is foolish, "I…" I shook my head and hugged him again, "Let's go back before they notice we're gone and think we're making out or something."

Dashi laughed, "Yeah right…"

I laughed nervously, "Yeah…right…"

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Love is so complicated, when I was young, I had a crush on Lee, and now I want to be with Dashi and…Wuya did, too. When it comes to matters of love and warfare does the bond of friendship really stand its ground?

"Dojo, I feel really tired…" I sighed, "Can't you turn into monster dragon and fly us around?"

Dojo sighed, "We're only a mile from the destination."

"Then why don't you…slither…"

"I am the glittering and beautiful dragon, I can't touch the dirty ground."

I stared at him.

"I feel so tired and dizzy and thirsty and…" I fell backwards seeing an arrangement of colors swirling together and my head hit a sharp rock sending my eyes nearly flying out of their sockets.

"Xia? XIA!" Dojo cried my name over and over again, "Dashi, Lee!" he cried.

Warmness flooded me and I sighed once thinking of Wuya, and when I looked up, looked at Dashi's sad face, and remembered the times when we were in absolute bliss.

"I'm Wuya, short for Wu Yan."

I never thought Wuya should be short for Wu Yan, but I shook the outreached hand and smiled, "I'm Xia, the water."

"Cool, I'm fire."

"Cool, you get to play with fire."

"Yeah, but water's everywhere, so it's more useful."

"Fire can burn a lot, even make water disappear."

"Water can drown."

"Fire is used for cremation."

"Water is used for cleansing!"

"Fire is used to cook!"

"Water is used to wash!"

"Fire is used to warm up!"

"Stop it!"

"You stop it!"

"Enough!" Dashi came out in his short glory, "You're giving me a headache."

"Wow…I never thought I would ever see a midget…"

"WHAT?" Dashi shrieked, "WHAT'S YOUR NAME?"

"Xia," a voice, I looked at Wuya, taller and angered, "Xia how could you…"

"Xia, Xia!" I opened my eyes to see Lee, "Are you okay?" my head felt tight from the multitudes of bandages wrapped around it, I felt cold.

"Yeah," I sighed, "I am," I sat up, "What happened?"

"Dehydration," Dojo replied, "The Water Dragon needs more water than the average human, that's why I told you to keep water with you at all times."

I looked at my wrists and saw the glimmer of water on them, "You though I was going through heat exhaustion?"

"Running cool water under your wrists and neck should lower the temperature, considering they are the main veins." Lee replied.

"Smart ass." I chuckled.

Lee smiled back, "By the way, why don't you check on Dashi?"

I nodded, and jumped from the pile of hay and out the small hut. A violent wind pushed me against the wall of the hut and I gasped from the lack of air, "Dashi!" I cried.

Dashi turned to me, violent winds digging me into the wood, "You, what do you think you were doing?"

"Well I couldn't help it!" I snarled back.

Dashi walked up to me and grabbed the front of my robe, "You fucking dumb ass, you don't even realize you need more water than I or the others do?"

"Don't call me a dumb ass you bald twit!" I pushed him away, "What are you so mad about?"

"Nothing!" he growled and turned away, stalking towards the river nearby.

"What do you mean, nothing?" I raised my arm sharply bringing the water in front of Dashi, "Answer me, were you worried? Were you scared? Were you glad? Mad? SOMETHING!"

Dashi swung his arms to the side and wind attempted to push the water barrier away, "I was nothing!"

"There is no such thing as nothing!" I hissed, "Why were you so scared?"

"You were just laying there!" he punched my stomach hard and I doubled over in pain, "Like some…doll!" he watched me kneel onto the stone ground, "You were so lifeless, and I couldn't do anything! I don't want to lose another friend!"

I coughed regaining the air knocked out of me, "That's it?" I stood up and kicked his chest sending him to the river, "I told you, we are going to get Wuya back. Even if it KILLS me!"

He landed in the water, and when he rose from the river he jumped onto the river bank, "That's what I mean! Kills me! KILLS YOU!" he raised his arms and the water soaking his clothes flew upwards and back into the river with a large splash. He extended an arm towards me and clutched bringing me towards him, "I can't stand it, the suffering we've been through. Enough!" he hugged me, "Enough, I feel so empty without all of you guys…"

They say the wind is mysterious. It changes its course, changes its force, and changes everything, every time. It's never predictable, and yet, it's needed.

My face squashed against his chest, my face flushed, "Dashi," I muffled through a mouthful of robe.

"Don't…leave me, please; I…don't want to be alone like that again…"

'He's like a child….' I pushed him away and stood tall, "Then, act like an adult."

Dashi looked at me, and smiled, one eyebrow up, "You, too."

"Hey, watch it."

Since the day Wuya ran from them, they laughed together for the first time.

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Lee watched me carefully, "Xia, are you feeling fine?"

I looked up from where I sat, "Yeah, I'm fine." I replied and gently stroke Dojo's back with my hand, "Lee," I patted Dojo's head and smiled as he looked at me with pure anger, "How did you come to be a dragon? You know, I was the last one, you were the first, when and how?"

Lee, who was sitting at the foot of a shade tree, snapped off a piece of grass next to his hand and examined it, "I already told, from the country side. I just needed to get away from the constant wars that occurred on our crops." He dropped the grass blade and stood to walk away.

I grabbed his pant leg, "Lee…" he looked at me and I looked up at him, "Never mind." I let him go and watched him walk away from me.

"Xia, a little more towards the left," Dojo commanded. I looked at him and scratched his left side, "There…there…" he sighed happily.

"Dog."

"YOU!"

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I had a dream, a dream of the past. My mind, it was going insane. I just needed to see Wuya again, to make sure that she's…still…my friend.

I wandered, Dojo sleeping on my shoulders, and I searched for something; a clue, a trail, a sign, just anything that would lead me to her, "Wuya…" I feebly whined and waited in the still darkness. Master always told us that we were connected in a special way. If one of us was happy, so were the rest of us, if one of us were in torment, so would the rest of us. Master always told us that we were bonded from life to death, that we couldn't live without each other.

I stroked Dojo and swallowed the lump in my throat. I waited for something, someone, "Dojo…" I waited for a response. When none came, I confirmed that he was in deep sleep, and continued my journey. I soon found myself in the forest.

"Xia, you called?"

I turned to see the flow of blood red hair and the sent of wildflowers, "Wuya?"

My back throbbed as her foot connected with my back and my chest ached as I hit a nearby tree, "WUYA!" I cried, and noticed the weight missing from my shoulders.

Wuya stood on a high branch on top of a tree holding Dojo by his tail, "Hello little one." She hissed to the trembling dragon.

"Xia!" Dojo cried.

"Dojo, hold on!" I cried thrusting my arms to the side and concentrated on water, "Tsunami blow!" I held two fingers towards her and a small sliver of water grew into a huge tide as it traveled up my arm and towards my target. The attack itself was relatively slow, but the aftermath catches anything in a three mile radius, not even the fastest creature in the world can escape.

I stood, waiting for whatever it is would happen. I heard a grunt and beneath me a hand grabbed my ankle, "You bitch." Wuya growled. She grabbed my other ankle and concentrated, "You bitch, the whole area is too wet."

I looked down at Wuya, wet and helpless, "Get up, and give me Dojo."

Wuya laughed gingerly, "Don't underestimate me," she flipped her entire body up towards me and as I dodged dirt and mud toppled on me weighing me down. My head scraped against the floor as she pulled me along and she proceeded to slam me against a row of trees.

I stopped the attack with my arms, cushioning the blow I received and laughed loudly, "Don't underestimate ME!" The water rose from the ground surrounding us in a complete water orb.

Wuya was a terrible swimmer, and as soon as she let go of my hands I jumped out of the orb, breathing heavily. I clapped my hands in front of the orb and the water dispersed.

Wuya fell to the ground coughing violently as she gulped in the air, "Heh," she was suddenly in front of me and I felt a violent blow to my abdomen, "You're an idiot." I doubled over, onto her arm and coughed out blood. She mumbled on about our past and I decided to interrupt her, "Wu Yan, shut up." I held out my arm slowly, when I looked up she seemed confused. I smirked and clutched my hand and jumped away from the array of water bullets hitting her.

Wuya was on the ground panting, "You are getting better..." she slowly stood and looked at me wiping the blood from her lower lip. She walked up to me and just when I was about to attack my mind went blank.

"I...I think I like Dashi..." she mumbled sitting on the boulder.

I played with a small sphere of water and juggled it betwen my knuckles, "Really?" I looked at her blushing face and laughed, "Congrats Wuya, you officially hit the age." I was one year older than she was, I being fifteen, she being fourteen.

"Wha-Wha-Xia!" She cried.

I just laughed.

I was simmering, panting, I was burned in several places and I couldn't even comprehend the possible pain.

"Dojo!" I tried, hoping he was buried somewhere.

I felt a slither up my leg and onto my shoulder. Wuya screamed as smoke surrounded us and she coughed as she tried to breathe in. I jumped out of the smoke, "Dojo!" I cried and nuzzled him gently, "Where were you?"

"In that tree, I got scared."

"Like always?"

"Didn't I tell you to shut up?"

A fireball interrupted us and I jumped high onto a branch and watched my former companion ready another attack, "Again, don't underestimate me!" she slammed her hands onto the ground and I waited for something to happen. Nothing really did, and the moment I loosened my guard I felt the ominous chi behind me, "You fell for it." She wrapped her arms around my neck and squeezed.

"WUYA!" I wheezed, my vision blurred more and more as every second passed. I heard the sound of Dojo and his "deadly" claws trying to scratch my way out. I grabbed her arms attempting to pull her away, but she had fire surrounding her arms. I tried to kick her, but she had my legs locked.

Wuya came close to my ear, "Stupid Xia, you're such an idiot. You think I still care? I hate all of you, every moment I was with you I regret. I wish I never met you."

I stopped struggling as the words sunk in and I dropped my hovering arms and I moved my mouth up and down attempting to find the words to say, "And I wish," I spoke, "We were still together…" I choked and slowly slumped as I found myself feeling heavier and feeling tired.

"WUYA, PUT HER DOWN!"

The arm lock was loose and I fell to the earth. I landed on both arms and legs and coughed until I regained the much needed air. I looked up and saw Dashi's stern face looking up at his love.

Wuya was frozen, her face surprised in some way. Nostalgia perhaps? I don't know, but I do know, that for that moment, she too felt something deep in her heart.

I breathed hard and settled myself against the foot of the tree, "Dojo, watch carefully, it's the battle between those who miss each other to no ends." Dojo looked at me strangely.

"Dashi…" Wuya hissed carefully, her voice gentle as before, but still sharp like now, "What do you want?"

Dashi stepped forward and appeared next to Wuya.

Wuya stumbled and nearly fell over if it were not for Dashi. He grabbed her waist and brought her close to his chest.

I looked up; the image blurred ever so slightly, "Dashi…Wuya…"

Dashi flushed every time he looked at her.

Wuya giggled every time she looked at him.

"Just tell her!"

"No!"

"Just tell him!"

"Not until he tells me first."

One time, I saw them kiss gently on the bank of the river, and I giggled. Lee pinched my cheek and I punched his chest.

My eyes nearly popped one meter out of my eye sockets as I saw them kiss on that branch. It was so very much random, and it was so very much more adult. I looked away, my cheeks bright red and Dojo squinted, "You kids are just weird…"

"You're younger than we are!"

"I'm actually not! I'm actually one thousand, five hundred five."

"Then why were you in an egg?"

"Well…every one thousand years five hundred year I turn feral, so I have to be either kept in a confined and safe locked up area, killed, or reborn."

"O…k…"

Anyway, I was watching the love that they expressed and I wondered how long it would last. I felt tired, so I closed my eyes and warmness swept over my body pushing me into an unconscious state.

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I groaned and woke up to the light of sun. I rolled over and saw Wuya's face, "AAAAHH!" I screamed and flew out of the mess of blankets. I found myself naked and I grabbed for the nearby cloth, "What-what?"

Wuya opened her eyes and slowly rose, "Good morning Xia, we made up!"

Dashi appeared behind her and wrapped his arm around her, "You guys were great."

No, it was wrong, no, no, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

I finally awoke to the real world and immediately sat up only to hit my head to a piece of wood. I flipped over on whatever I was sleeping on holding my aching head and screamed in the bundle of cloth that cushioned my head. I cursed a multitude of words and tears came to my eyes as my head throbbed in pain. As the pain died down I pulled myself from the cloth and sniffed as I rubbed my bruised forehead.

Dojo slithered up my body and onto my shoulders, "Feeling better?" he smirked and he bounced away as I grabbed for his whiskers.

"Do not defile my dignity oh inferior one!" I pointed at him in anger. He looked at me with the you-need-to-go-to-an-asylum look. I huffed and sighed falling back onto whatever it was I was sleeping on. The previous events played in my head and I wondered what turn of events would have an outcome like that. I also wondered if Wuya came back. I swung my legs backwards and landed on my feet, or so I thought.

I landed face down on hardwood floor, "This is not my day…" I mumbled in the wood and pushed myself up from the floor and onto my feet. I walked forwards brushing myself off and bumped into someone, "Oh, I'm sorry…" I trailed off as I looked up to see Lee.

"Xia," he smiled gently, "You up already?"

I took a step back and smiled with a small laugh, "I'm the water dragon, and nothing can stop me!" I flexed my arms to show off no muscles.

Lee laughed and crossed his arms, "Dojo,"

"Yeah, yeah," Dojo slithered down a wood column and jumped onto Lee's shoulders, "Xia, you stay here."

I blinked, "Why?"

Lee was walking away before I had a chance to ask any further.

I placed my hands on my hips and sighed, "I wonder…" I held my breath for a second, and followed them. Just when I reached the doorway two fingers came towards me and tapped my chest. An unbelievable amount of energy surged through my body and pushed me back to the other side of the hut. I grabbed my chest as I slid across the floor and my back lightly tapped the wall, "Lee!" I cried.

"Don't, follow." His expression was at its most serious, and I swallowed my pride as he walked away.

Later when I was allowed to leave the small prison I saw no sign of Wuya, and a disheartened Dashi covered in bandages. I sighed and slapped his back where a knife wound was healing and I tapped his bald head. I did love him, and as a caring friend, I said one thing, "You're stupid." I walked away with that expecting him to respond in the usual high tempered way. When I was a hundred meters away I looked back to see he didn't move, he didn't even look up. I paused for a moment and decided I had to ask what happened during the time I was asleep.

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Ew, I hated how I made it in this chapter, but I don't want to change it…

That was really long, it's only 8 ½ pages long though, ah, ha, ha, ha…

Next chapter will be up some time, I have a lot of hw to do, most of it due Tuesday though…and a lot of tests coming up…ah, ha, I nearly went insane when I had four tests in one day…