Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown.

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I looked through the dresses that were in my room. It was, if possible, more luxurious than a hotel my parents and I had visited when we went to Japan to visit Grandpa Tohomiko. I shook that out of my head. I didn't want to think about my parents. They were evil. They had broken laws! They made me sick.

I finally picked out a blue dress. It wasn't too fancy, but it wasn't too homely either. It was just right. I put it on, and looked in a nearby mirror. It was perfect. Just what I was looking for.

I walked towards the door, and as soon as I touched the handle, there was a knock. I opened it, and saw Chase standing there. He held out his hand. It seemed somewhat reluctant, but I didn't care. He was probably nervous about walking around the palace. Or I considered it a palace.

Chase took me all around. The dining room, the main hallway, the ball room(A/N: don't ask). Everywhere. When we finished, we sat by the fountains in the entrance hall. He started the conversation.

"I need to ask you something. How much do you know about your parent's past?" His voice was sweetened like honey. But somehow, I didn't want to answer him straight away.

"Why are you asking? How important is it?" Great, I thought, more questions I just thought up. By the time all of them are answered, I'll be 78!

Chase looked up, as if he were in a trance. It was somewhat like Mom's trance from this morning, but I didn't see inner wounds, or sadness. He didn't look younger either. Instead, he looked older.

Finally, he answered, "I'm just curious. I want to know how much you already know."

I took that. "I know that my mom, and my uncles all took martial arts, but my dad didn't. I think he just built robots. That's about it." I shrugged. I honestly didn't think that was much.

He sighed. "I will tell you some things now. Kimiko, Raimundo, Clay, and Omi were all in a . . . program for the Xiaolin side. They trained a lot. They had an enemy named Jack Spicer. That's enough for now."

I giggled a little. So Mom fell for the bad guy. At least it wasn't that bad. I could've been stuck with Rai as my dad. I shuddered at the thought. Or Omi. I practically fell down on the floor. I couldn't control my laughter.

Chase looked at me. "Is there something I'm missing?" he asked.

"No. Just nonsense thoughts."

He nodded. After a moment or so, he said, "I wish for you to return to your room. I need to do some thinking alone. And if you see that hag, Wuya, tell her to not look for me, or tonight's events will not go as planned."

I walked off, no completely understanding what, 'tonight's events' were. I guessed I would find out later on tonight. I looked forward to it.

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After about two hours of sitting in my room, there was a knock on the door. I opened it, and the woman in the tattered dress stood before me.

"Miss, it is time for dinner," was all she said. She turned, and walked away, before I could thank her. I shrugged, and began walking towards the dining room.

Chase was standing there, along with Wuya. Chase pulled out a chair, and signaled me to sit. I did, thinking that his manners were really good. It horrified me that my parent's dared to call him evil. Chase walked to the other end of the table. Curse that vase! It's blocking my view of him! I thought. Grrr.

A moment later, two tigers came up, carrying plates. As this was not something you see everyday, I jumped out of my chair in fright.

Chase remained calm. "Calm yourself. They are trained to do what I want. They will not harm you. They are merely servants."

It took me a minute, but when the big cats were gone, I sat down again, and looked at the food before me. American food! I loved American food. There was(my jaw dropped at the sight of it) pizza sitting in front of me. I almost forgot my manners.

"Thank you Chase," I said, before I dug in. It was delicious.

After half an hour or so, Chase stood up. I completely forgot about my questions. I only remembered that there was supposed to be some type of events involving the floating blob, Wuya.

"Would you like to join me, for a . . . restoration of my friend, Wuya, here?"

For some reason, I wanted to say, 'No, I don't want to.' but I didn't. That would be rude. "Yes, I'll join you." I stood up, and walked over towards Chase. There was something about him. Something didn't seem quite as it seemed.

He took my hand, and walked me over to the blob. She was floating next to a small table that contained . . . what did Chase call them? Shen-gong-wu? That was a weird name for those items. They definitely had some type of magical powers. I wonder if one was called, 'give-a-purple-blob-a-body'.

Chase picked up the one that looked somewhat like a tail. Then, he picked up the mirror. He leaned the mirror against the leg of the table. Wuya floated in front of it. Chase stood back, and asked, "You ready for this?"

Wuya's voice grew so loud, that my eardrums almost burst. "WHY DOES EVERYONE ASK THAT RIGHT BEFORE I COME BACK! YES, I'M READY!"

Chase smirked, and shouted, "Serpent's Tail!" He became see through, and floated very fast towards the mirror.

Wuya cried, "Reversing Mirror!"

I didn't really see what happened next. There was a green blast. It seemed to stay green for a minute or so. Then, it cleared up, and where the hag once floated, a beautiful woman now stood. She had long red hair, and green eyes. She was wearing a black dress, and there were markings under her eyes. They reminded me somewhat of dad's markings.

"It's good to be alive. No one knows how wonderful it feels to have blood pumping through your veins until they have been trapped in a box for 1500 years."

And then, I remembered another thing I had over heard from my parents over the years. It hit me. They were evil. My parent's were good. But then, why did I still want to stay?

I looked at Chase, and asked, "Can I have the truth? You two are really evil, aren't you?"

Chase glanced at me, and nodded. "Yes. We are. You have saved me, and so, I shall ask you something. Will you join me on my conquest of the world. I haven't lied to you . . . much. I'm evil. I lie. Your parents are good, yet they still lied to you. Did they live up to your expectations of the good side? Or did they fail miserably?"

I thought about it. They did fail me. They, for one, unsuccessfully stopped me from going with Chase. If they had told me about Chase before, I'd at least understand, and it would've stopped this from happening. So, it could be revenge. Temporarily team up with evil, just to see how Mom and Dad would react. When I ruled the world, then I would overthrow Chase, and rule with Mom and Dad, and the uncles. Genius, no?

I nodded. "You're right. They didn't live up to my expectations. I guess you can say I want revenge. But, what's in it for me, besides helping you rule the world?"

Wuya answered my question. "Chloe, what type of question is that. Help us rule the world, and we will give you anything you want. Anything your heart desires."

I thought about it. Finally, I said, "What do I gotta do?"

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Kimiko was flipping out. Her only daughter had teamed up with the same person who tried to marry her. She knew that's what Chase's plan would be this time. Except her own daughter would willingly commit to it. It seemed almost funny that she was missing her daughter's first crush. But it was anything but funny.

Jack delivered news that the Serpent's Tail, Reversing Mirror, Sphere of Yun, Shroud of Shadows, and the Crouching Cougar were all missing. It didn't take a genius to figure out why he had taken them. Bring Wuya back, get transportation to his lair, and the Sphere of Yun was to stop anyone from stopping him. But why take the Shroud of Shadows? Probably to hide Chloe if they attacked his palace.

Omi walked up, looking grim. "It has happened. Wuya is back." He pointed towards the sky, and she saw it was true. The sky was green, and then black. But the trees didn't lose their leaves. They stayed the same. They guessed that Chase didn't give her all her powers again.

She stood up. She wouldn't let this happen again. There was no way. She walked to the vault, and took out the Tunnel Armadillo.

Rai ran up. "Kimiko, don't do it!" Jack came up behind him. He pushed past Rai. They had never liked each other. Rai still considered Jack the enemy, after all these years.

"If you're going, I'm coming with you," he said calmly.

She looked at him, completely confused. "Why?"

"She's as much as my daughter as she is yours. Besides, do you really think you can take on Chase without me?" he attempted a grin, but failed.

She eyed him warily. "You aren't going to stop me?"

"Wouldn't dream of it,"

She nodded. Rai stood there. "You two can't go! You'll die!"

Jack and Kimiko both looked at Rai, then at each other. He didn't understand. He wouldn't understand until he had a child of his own. Jack continued walking towards Kimiko. She pecked his cheek, and then, together they yelled, "Tunnel Armadillo!"

By the time Rai alerted the others, Jack and Kimiko were both gone, tunneling under the earth to find their daughter. Their Chloe.

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A/N: It took me a while to decide on how I wanted to do this chapter. So, I came up with this. I hope it ain't sucky. I was so tempted to do Kimiko's POV for the ending, but I decided against it. So if there are any parts that say 'I' at the ending, and it seems to be kinda like Kimiko's POV, I aplogize.