MIYAKO'S POV

The blue-haired monk was an interesting man. I had learned that his name was Dai Hiroki, his uncle was the previous head monk at this temple and that he had spent five years in America before coming to China.

"So Miyako," Dai said through a mouthful of mini wheats. "I haven't heard much about you. Where do you come from?"

"Oh, me? I used to live in Okinawa over by the Nara prefecture in Japan. It's a very cultural place there." I said while blushing.

"That sounds cool." Dai said after swallowing his last bite of cereal. "So, what else? Is there anything you want to do, anywhere you want to go, anyone you want to meet?"

I nearly choked on my mini wheats when I heard that last part.

"Ex-c-cuse me?" I stuttered while trying to remove the sugar coated cereal cutting off my air supply. "Meet as in date?"

"Maybe." Dai shrugged. A smirk managed to slip its way onto his visage as he watched me try to regain my composure. I couldn't help but feel like a kid.

"Wipe that smirk off right now." I pouted, and the man across from me chuckled a bit. "What's so funny Mister Dai Hiroki?" I huffed like a ten-year-old.

"Nothing." he said in a sing-song voice. He was being sort of childish now too. It was almost as if he had that boyish charm that girls found so adorable, and I was falling for it hard. Suddenly, crashes were being heard from outside, and the yells of the dragons were reverberating into the temple.

"Sounds like trouble." Dai said as he got up and held a hand out to me. I took it with a blush on my face, and noticed that he had a small tint to his cheeks as well.

"Let's go see what's up." I said while looking away with my eyes, and we then went outside.

ANNA'S POV

Manuela was desperately trying to hold my back from hitting Jack Spicer, and Raimundo's mother was just screaming her head off.

"What's going on here?" Master Dai's voice rang out through the yard. We all looked over to see that him and Miyako were holding hands. A blush crossed their cheeks momentarily, and their hands dropped to their sides.

"Were you guys just-?"

"NO!" Miyako and Master Dai said in unison. "So...what's going on out here?" Miyako asked, and a scowl crawled onto my visage.

"Jack Spicer has come back!!" I yelled while pointing to the red-head. His ruby eyes narrowed into a slight glare at me.

"Sir," he said looking innocently at Master Dai. "I know that I may have done terrible things in the past, but it wasn't my fault. I was under the influence of an evil witch! You should know how powerful Wuya was!" I couldn't believe that he was trying to play that one buy!

"Yeah right!" my cousin said. "You're just a low down dirty rotten snake Jack Spicer!" Kimiko, Omi, Raimundo and I all nodded in agreement.

"That's a terrible thing to say!" Manuela screeched. "I believe that what happened in the past should stay in the past! I believe him." I didn't understand why Manuela stood up for Jack. I would have thought that she would have freaked out at the sight of his pale ugly butt.

"And, that's why you need to marry my little Raimundito." Mrs. Pedrosa piped up, and my blood started to boil. Raimundo could sense my anger and put an arm around my waist.

"Calm down." he whispered to me, and I tried to ignore his mother.

"Alright, you can stay." Master Dai suddenly said, and my head snapped in his direction.

"WHAT?!!?" I yelled, and Miyako came between me and my master.

"Anna, we feel that maybe Manuela has a point. It wouldn't hurt to give him a chance." she said, and I could see Manuela smirking at me. Then Miyako bent down to my ears and whispered to me. "Besides, Dai and I are going to keep a close eye on him." I huffed a little, and then I realized that there was nothing I could do. We all just left and went back to training, or for the couples (me and Rai, Kimiko and Clay), sitting under the trees and making out.

MANUELA'S POV

(late at night in Jack's room)

"Okay Jack, your in." Manuela said with a malicious tone. "Now, all we have to do is avoid that weird Master Dai and Master Miyako."

"Yeah, but for now, I think we should at least get some sleep. If they find us up now, and in my room for that matter, we could both get busted for this." Jack said with fatigue lacing his voice. He grabbed Manuela's hand and brought her towards the door and said goodnight before closing the door on her. His cheeks felt strangely hot, but at that moment, he needed sleep. If he was going to try and get Anna back, he needed all the rest he could get.