Revenge never tasted so sweet

Disclaimers: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown or any of its characters nor make a profit from this story. What I do own is this story plot and Youko.

Warning: Cursing, Sexual Content, Blood

Jack felt his heart leap for joy at the sudden appearance of his teacher.

"Are you hurt badly Jack?" Youko asked concerned, but never taking his eyes off of Chase.

"No, I'm fine." Jack responded with a relief smile.

"Good, you've proven yourself well Jack." Youko said with pride brimming in his voice. "Rest up for now, I'll handle this."

Jack nodded rapidly but his enthusiasm died slowly when he heard the positively maleficent laugh Chase gave out. A smirk tugged to Chase's face.

"You must be the one who taught this worm?" Chase's words dripping with venom.

Jack felt a jerk in his heart at Chase's harsh words. Youko's eyes narrowed at Chase's statement on Jack.

"First of all, Jack is not a worm." He hissed.

Jack's eyes widened, he almost felt his heart skip at beat at Youko's words. Youko was probably the only person who didn't think Jack was trash and it made him... happy. Chase raised an eyebrow, looking both amused and annoyed.

"You certainly have talent, I will give you that. It pains me to see it being wasted on such a…" Chase trailed off as his eyes drifted to Jack before going back to Youko. "trash." He finished with look of disgust.

Jack looked down at the last part of Chase's statement, even though he promised to Youko to not be effect by what anyone says about him, it still hurt hearing something like this from Chase. Youko's eyes narrowed to slits before he suddenly lashed out at Chase. Chase's eyes widened, only having seconds to move away from Youko. He landed a few feet away, his eyes trained on Youko. Chase raised a hand to his face, running it over his left cheek and stared down at it. Specs of crimson were soaked in his glove. A spark of rage surged in his body, Chase glared over to Youko. Youko returned the glare full force.

"You must have not heard me the first time." Youko said a deadpan look on his face. "Jack is not a worm or trash as you put it. Secondly, I have absolutely no desire to join you."

"Is that so?" Chase said, not really as a question since he knew the answer.

Youko said not in responds but the look in his eyes was enough of an answer for Chase. Chase brought his left hand up, it was glowing an ominous purple again.

"Pity."

With that, Chase let out a blast of his magic with went straight at Youko, speeding like a bullet. Youko reacted quickly bringing one of his hands down in a diagonal slash, cutting through Chase's magic. Youko's arm was smoking burnt slightly by Chase magic.

"Interesting, it seems like I'll have to put more effort into killing you."

A confident smirk materialized on Youko's face, shocking everyone. Jack stared both amazed and confused at his teacher, he couldn't understand why he looked so…so confident. Youko raised his uninjured arm; a blue flame suddenly engulfed it.

"Unfortunately for you Chase, I don't plan to be dying any time soon." He said, his smirk growing ever larger.

Tension was building fast and soon it hurt to breath. Jack forced his frantic breath in his throat, trying desperately to calm down. Then in a blink of an eye, it exploded, Chase and Youko were suddenly locked in battle. Punch and kicks were exchanged, Chase being very mindful of Youko's flamed arm. Everyone tried to keep up with the inhuman speed that Chase and Youko were going at. Then suddenly they broke apart. Both ruffled and bruised.

"I'm done playing with you." Chase said.

Suddenly Chase transformed into his reptile form, his tail smashed the ground angrily. Youko's eyes widened a bit before returning back to normal.

"So this is the power of the Lao Mang Long Soup." Youko said looking Chase up and down before allowing a sigh to pass his lips. "Well then I guess it's time for me to get serious."

Chase gave a look that had a mix of annoyance and confusion. Jack too, was very confused at his teachers words, what more could he be capable of? Youko's eyes suddenly flashed amber and his body burst into a large blue flame.

"YOUKO!" Jack called out, his eyes widened in horror and he felt his heart stop for a moment.

Suddenly the flame faded, and everyone gasped to what was there. Instead of Youko, there stood a large exquisite looking fox. Its fur was a glowing white and its eyes were like rubies. The fox had 9 tails; each tip was made of blue flames. There were strange markings on the fox's body in black.

"Beautiful…" Jack whispered as he stared at the elegant creature.

Its fur glowed in the sun as it stared at Chase. Chase was surprised but easily regained his composure.

"So this is your true form, a kitsune." Chase hissed.

The fox poised itself to attack then suddenly disappeared. Everyone's eyes widened, even Chase's. He looked around rapidly trying to sense out Youko then suddenly he jumped back just as the fox appeared slamming his tails into the ground creating a decent sized crater. Small termers shock the earth around them. Chase quickly countered by thrusting his claw at the fox, ready to tear into it but the fox moved it body like a snake dodging Chase's attack only to sink its fangs into Chase's reptile forearm. A gasp ripped from Wuya's lips as she stared wide eye at the battle before her.

'He actually managed to break through the scales?'Wuya thought to herself as she watch blood trickle down Chase's arm.

With a roar, Chase trashed his arm to dislodge the fox from it. Eventually, it did release his arm and flipped back to put distance between them. But as soon as it touched ground, it disappeared once more. Chase growled, growing very annoyed at this game of hide and seek. Suddenly he felt a surge of energy above him and turning his upward just in time to block the nine tails of the fox. Chase gridded his teeth as he felt like his arms were hit by bricks. The fox suddenly erupted its tails in a blue flame which licked at Chase arms. Suppressing the urge to wince, Chase grabbed the fox by one of its tail before slamming it into the ground. A satisfied smirk tugged to his face at the sound of cracking bones.

'No…' Jack's heart cried at the sickening sound.

The fox let out a loud yelp before quickly jerking its tail from Chase's grasp and lashing out at Chase shoulder, once again sinking its fangs in. Blood dripped from the wound as Chase's roar in pain. Chase's claws gripped the fox by its neck and threw it roughly away from him. The fox easily landed on its feet, analyzing Chase for it next move. Chase hissed as his wounds bleed excessively, this was not what he planned; he had to end this now. Chase's left claw started to glow with his magic as he charged forward. The fox poised itself, waiting for the right moment. When Chase was in arm's length, the fox leaped into the air, spinning around its body had a ring of fire over it. At the same exact moment Chase brought his claw down in a diagonal slash. The two magic's collided, causing sparks to dance and the earth to tremble under their conflicting powers. Everyone braced themselves as a shockwave blew over them.

'He's actually match Chase's power? Who the hell is this person?' Wuya thought franticly with a small dash of fear.

Blue flames contrasted with purple, red glared into golden yellow. Soon the two magic were too much and exploded in between Chase and the fox, knocking both backwards. Chase slowly skidded to a stop, a new wound on his other shoulder from one of the tail of the fox. Meanwhile the fox as well had a new wound from Chase's claws across its stomach. The fox suddenly burst into blue flames and Youko reemerged.

"We're leaving Jack." He said as he turned towards the boy.

Jack was caught between awe struck and worry as he looked at his teacher's battered and bruised body. He simply nodded, want to hurry and get Youko healed. Their retreat was cut off when Chase called out to Youko.

"Where do you think you're going?" Chase asked, completely livid.

Never had anyone had the nerve to try to walk away from a battle with Chase. Needless to say, Chase was not happy in the least. Youko barely turned to him, before flashing the katana that Chase sure he had just a moment ago.

"All I wanted was this for now. But trust me, we will have our battle Chase. You can count on it."

With that said Youko opened up a portal and with some help from Jack disappeared in said portal. Chase's emotions were in a frenzy but one things was absolutely clear, he was livid.

Jack and Youko appeared in Jack's kitchen. As soon as they did, Youko suddenly fell on his ass with a loud 'offmph'. Jack was instantly at his side, frantic like a doting mother to its child.

"Are you ok? Where does it hurt? Can I do something?" Jack asked, speaking a mile a minute.

Youko looked surprised at first before he erupted in bouts of laughter. Jack's face turn beat red in embarrassment. Youko gave him a lazy grin.

"I'm fine Jack, just some scratches." Youko said amused.

Jack pouted, know full well that Youko's injures were more than just 'some scratches'.

"No way, I know your tough Youko but I can clearly see you still bleeding."

Youko sighed, shaking his head. Knowing Jack's stubbornness as he did, he knew he wouldn't be getting away until Jack was sure he was alright.

"Okay, okay."

Youko stood before suddenly pulling off his shirt. Jack almost chocked as he felt his breath get caught in his throat when he caught since of Youko positively deliciously upper body, muscle after mouth-watering ripped muscle. Luckily Youko wasn't turned towards him because it would have been a very awkward explanation of why Jack had been practically devouring Youko's body with his eyes.

'Holy fuck'

Whatever god allowed him to view this delicacy he would gladly worship forever. Finally getting control of himself, started to wrap Youko's wounds. Jack's fingers drifted over one of Youko's wounds and a flash of Chase's face appeared in his head. He felt a pang in his heart but quickly shook it away, now was not the time to be thinking about Chase. Soon Jack finished wrapping Youko's wounds.

"All done!"

Youko stood rolling his shoulders and head, feeling the muscles relax before turning to Jack.

"Thank you Jack." Youko said with sincere smile.

Jack's face light up once again and his heart flutter a bit.

"Y-yes your welcome."

"You better rest up; tomorrow will be a big day."

Jack nodded as Youko disappeared from the kitchen. Jack let out a deep sigh, his heart rate slowed to its normal beat.

'I think… I'm falling for him…' He thought miserably, before suddenly dropping his head into his hands.

"Fuck my life." Jack whispered with a groan.

To say that Chase was upset would be the biggest understatement of the century. Chase was well past the point of being upset. He was fucking pissed. Chase had instantly gone on a destructive war path as soon as he and Wuya arrived back to his palace. His cats and Wuya knew very well that while Chase was like this, it would be best for their health and safety to stay the hell out of his way. Chase was currently in the training halls, abusing the hell of a poor training dummy. His fight with Youko flashed through his mind and in a surge of rage, he dealt a deadly kick the training dummy, knocking the head clean off. He was pleasantly pissed off about both the battle and how Youko just walked away from him! To make matters even worse that-that insect was still alive. An image of Jack smiling up at Youko, eyes shining with endearment flashed through his head. Before Chase could stop himself, his right hand was thrust right through the training dummy in a fit of fury. Instantly after, Chase looked shocked at what he just did. What was that all about? Chase let out a frustrated sigh, it was probably due to the fact he hadn't sleep yet. With that said Chase was away from the training room but vowed to himself that if- no when he battle Youko again, it would utterly and completely destroy him.

Next Time: The Other Side