Jack let out a sigh of relief as the ice-wrap was removed from his hand, the numbness in his fingers slowly faded away as he rubbed them.
"The swelling's already gone." Chase commented. "It seems that you've only bruised your knuckles."
"Breaking my hand from punching someone might ruin my badass moment." Jack chuckled weakly.
"If you did manage to break your hand, your actions were still...impressive." Chase dropped the ice-wrap and placed a hand on Jack's waist. "You are fine, correct?"
"Uh...yeah." Jack swallowed when Chase's other hand slid down his side.
"Good." Chase said before pulling Jack into a rough kiss.
Jack didn't know how to react. The few kisses that he and Chase have had were soft and slow, but this one was harsh and filled with some sort of need. Lust? Was there lust in this kiss? What did he do to get Chase so worked up? Who knew Chase could even get worked up?
"Ch-Chase...I...I-"
"What's going on here!?" Jack let out a screech and fell away from Chase when a familiar witch flew into the room.
"Hello, Wuya." Chase greeted with irritation in his voice.
"That's all you have to say to me? You return me to this form and lock me away for months and all you can say is 'hello, Wuya'!?" Wuya snapped and then turned her attention to Jack, who was still sitting on the floor. "What are you even doing here, Jack and why are you so red, I thought you were albino." Wuya went around Jack as she spoke, getting closer to the young man's face at her last comment. Jack only stuttered out several sounds before Chase spoke up.
"The real question is what are you doing here?"
"I live here, remember? Staying together for evil sake?" Wuya flew towards Chase, going around the warlord's head and stopping beside it.
"You'd think locking you up would have given you a hint." Chase said, not even looking at Wuya.
"I get it, I was being irritating, you needed a break, but we still have plans."
"Plans have changed." Chase went over to Jack and helped him to his feet. "A lot of things have changed."
"Apparently, they have. Are you two friends now or something?" Wuya floated between the two.
"I-I guess you could say that." Jack said softly.
"Or something." Chase answered Wuya's question and pushed her aside before grabbing Jack and kissing him in front of the witch.
"What did I miss while I was gone!?" Wuya shouted. "I wasn't gone that long, was I!?"
"You've missed a lot." Chase stated and released Jack, the young man stumbling for a bit, his knees were weak from two sudden and rough kisses in such a short amount of time. "Raja was killed."
"Raja? Who in the world is Raja?" Wuya asked.
"The panther who always kept an eye on you since he didn't trust you and thought that you were out for him and his family." Chase explained. Wuya looked down and saw Niso and Nani at Jack's feet, glaring up at her and growling. "Looks like these two remember you."
"I thought your cats didn't like Jack."
"Warriors." Jack and Chase both corrected together.
"And they didn't, at first. but they're getting more attached to him the longer he's here. Nani and Niso are very close to him and Raja was even closer. Spicer just got done with threatening and attacking Raja's killers."
"Jack? Threatening? Are you sure he wasn't running away and crying the whole time?" Wuya said with a laugh.
"Hey!" Jack yelled in protest.
"Enough. I am not arguing about this any further. What has happened in the past months between Spicer and myself is none of your concern. Now, you can either accept it and stay or don't and leave." Chase said. Wuya stayed there for a moment, looked back and forth and Chase and Jack before letting out a huff and flying deeper into the lair. "She's probably gone off to pout for a while."
"You locked her away and why did you put her back in that form?" Jack asked.
"I locked her up in a time box for three months and the only way to keep her in there was to remove her powers, returning her to that spirit form. I guess I should have set the box for another three months." Chase added the last remark with a soft growl.
"I kept wondering where she was, but I never got to asking you about her with being...busy and all." Jack admitted as he pulled his Wu detector back out, pressing several buttons. He decided to check up on the Wu they had left behind since seeing Wuya reminded him of the artifacts. "Looks like the monks got the Wu after we left. I hope it wasn't anything too cool."
"We could always check with-"
"The orb!" Jack finished and took off. Chase waited as Jack stopped himself and came back to him. "I have no idea where it's at."
"I figured as much." Chase chuckled. "Follow me." He added and lead Jack to a room he's yet to visit.
"Woah...creepy." Jack said after entering the room with Chase. Everything was dark except for a large ball that floated in the center of the room. "Why aren't there any other lights in here or a window or anything?"
"It's easiest to see what the orb is projecting when it's dark." The two walked up to the orb and Chase cleared his throat before speaking again. "Xiaolin Temple." Jack covered his eyes as a flash of bright light blinded him momentarily. The young man blinked a few times before the spots in his vision went away and saw that the orb was showing a film worthy sight of the monks' home.
"Wow." Jack whispered and gently placed a hand on the orb, feeling smooth and cold glass under his bare hand. He leaned forward to get a better view of Omi, whose little yellow body was even smaller than what it was in person. Jack couldn't tell what the boy was doing and wished that he could see closer than what was being shown. He yelped and flinched back when the orb zoomed in on Omi.
"It can read thoughts." Chase explained before Jack could ask.
"Then why did you tell it to...you were showing off, weren't you?"
"Never." Chase said with a light smirk.
"Sarcasm doesn't suit you." Jack muttered.
"I'm positive that the sarcasm is part of the 'charm' part of the list."
"No wonder they say to not met your idol. They're never what you think they are. They're either worse-" Jack winked at Chase. "-or better than you imagined."
"Pretty sure I'm worse." Chase said.
"I am not stroking your ego anymore that what I just did." Jack lightly nudged Chase's side with an elbow. "So, why is Omi jumping around like a madman?"
"Looks like he has the Leap Frog. It-" Chase stopped when Jack started laughing. "Spicer."
"Sorry, but the Wu is called 'Leap Frog' and it makes you jump around? That's hilarious!"
"How is that funny?"
"Don't you know what leap frog is?"
"It's a Wu."
"Not that, the game."
"Game?"
"Oh, you poor thing."
"Pardon?"
"You don't know what leap from is. Do you know cops and robbers or hopscotch? Marco Polo? Ring around the rosie?" Chase only stared at the younger man. "Seriously?" Chase continued staring. "Do you at least know red rover?"
"Who's Rover and why is he red?"
"Please tell me you're being sarcastic again." Jack mouthed 'wow' when Chase gave no clue of understanding. "Twister?"
"As in a tornado?"
"No. Not at all. You never played any games like that when you were a kid?"
"You do realize that my childhood was over a thousand years ago, things have changed, plus I was raised by monks and my grandfather, we didn't play childish games for entertainment."
"Then I'll teach you." Jack said.
"Teach me what?" Chase asked.
"I'm going to teach you the games. You gave me drawing and fighting lessons, so I'll give you playing lessons!" Jack announced, taking Chase's hand with his own and dragging him out of the room, the warlord too confused to protest.
