A/N: Hey y'all! Sorry I took so long! Our Internet broke so I couldn't update. I couldn't keep you waiting any longer, so... I've decided to make a Kick chapter, it'll be kind of weird. Remember they've been enemies their entire lives, this chapter s about them becoming closer. The other guys will be mentioned, but rarely.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kickin' It I only own this story and it's plot.

Chapter 3 - Frienemies

Knock, knock. Jack answered his door to find the one and only Kim Crawford "We need to talk" Kim let herself in. "About what?" Jack asked harshly "The project! I've got a really bad feeling about it" Jack sat there staring like he expected something more "What?" Kim asked "Was that all?" Kim got sad, she didn't know why, she just did. "Well, yeah. I thought we could talk about it or something" Kim said. "Well you were wrong, I don't like talking to my enemies" Jack said rudely.

"Jack I thought we were over that" she said ready to cry. "No, we're not. We've never been meant to be friends!" He said louder than he should of, Kim couldn't help but shed a tear. A single tear that felt like a million to Kim. "Jack..." He rolled his eyes "Maybe you should just go. Talk to someone else about this" Kim started to leave. "Have you ever thought that maybe this project was meant to bring people together?" Jack sighed.

"Not now Kim" Kim stepped back inside. "Well when Jack? It's never a good time! You've got this hard shell that you won't let go of! You don't even have real friends! The person that you are at school, is definitely not the real you. The real you is hiding. I know this is true so don't even try to deny it! I know for sure that this isn't the real me. The real me got lost somewhere inside me and I have been trying to find her. But I just can't...I can't" Kim had started crying somewhere in the middle of her speech.

Jack stared silently "Just forget it. I'll see you around" Kim slammed the door and began to walk home. She just wished that Jack would try. That he would try to open up. What she just told him was nothing compared to what she really wanted to say.

This was made to bring us together.

Heading for the future, was a message he sent to us.

Ending are past won't change our future.

Pretending that we don't exist, doesn't make life easier.

Revolutions can help us evolve.

Our future, prepares everyone else's.

Justice will come to us.

Everyone is apart of this.

Completely your life, is just one step closer to completing our lives

Tell our children's children about this and spread the word that we are never giving up.

I hope you know what this means. I'm sorry.

-Jack Brewer

Jack quickly slipped the note in Kim's locker. She was right, he was hiding his past. He couldn't bare to think about it himself. Although; Kim has one too, everyone does, but she admitted it. Suddenly memories started flashing in his head.

"Breaking News: A deadly car accident just erupted on the side of the freeway."

Jack tried to get the image out of his head but they just kept coming.

"You can't just give up"
"They're dead"
"I'm sorry for your loss"
"Let's go, Jack"
"Goodbye"

Those particular sentences brought back a flash that he didn't wanted to see.

The coffins stood in front of a 7-year-old Jack. He started crying, he couldn't bare to think that they were gone forever. "They're dead" Jack said, he began to cry. "I'm sorry for your loss" a stranger told him. "Let's go, Jack" Jack shook his head and ran to the corner "What are you doing? You can't just give up" Jack looked back up at the people lying in front of him. "Goodbye" he said as he sadly walked away.

"Jack! Jack! JACK!" He jumped up, Eddie stood in front of him "Rudy wants us all to meet at Falafel Phil's later. Have you heard of it?" Jack nodded "Be there at 4 o' clock. Could you tell Kim" Jack sighed. "She won't talk to me. Sorry" Jack walked away without another word. Eddie sighed and went the other way.

All that was missing was the chirping cricket, Chirp. Not anymore. "So, do we all know each other?" Eddie tried to ask cheerfully. Most of the responses were "Sadly" or "Wish I didn't" Eddie sighed. "Look, none of us want to be here! We all hate each other! So why don't we get over it and figure out what our business is going to be!" Everyone sat up straight to wait for an idea to pop into their heads "I own a dojo" Rudy said.

"Hey! We could all join the dojo and become super successful!" Jerry said "Good idea, but my dojo is about to shut down" Rudy sighed. "Well this time your not going to be stubborn. We just make sure it doesn't shut down" Jerry smiled. "Alright, but I'll have to teach you guys karate. Do you have any experience?" Rudy asked. "Just a little" Kim smiled.

"HEYA!"

Rudy stared in pure amazement. Kim had just broken four boards and Jack had just done the most amazing Bo staff routine "Wow Jack! Your amazing! The only reason I could break those boards was because I took a couple of lessons, but you. Your great!" Kim said happily. "I think this might work" Rudy smiled brightly.

"Hey, have any of you heard the wasabi code?" Jack stepped up "I have" Rudy looked at him funny, he gestured for him to say it.

"We swear by the light of the dragons eye to be loyal, honest, and never say die"

Jack paused and waited for everyone to get what he meant. Everyone put there hands together "Wasabi" Kim smiled at Jack. The clock made a noise and everyone looked at it "I'm going to be late for the game!" Jack ran out. Kim sighed, nothing like a perfectly good moment ruined "Yeah, me too" Kim sighed and walked out sadly.

"See you guys around" Milton said. "Later, Eddie and I are going to the game too" everyone left, except Rudy. This project could make a difference. It'd take some work, but it will succeed.

"Hey Jack! Wait up!" Kim ran up to him "Hey" Jack smiled "What do you need?" Kim frowned "Why do you do that? Always assume that someone wants something from you? Can't I ever just talk to you?" Jack shook his head "I don't talk to people" Kim fake smiled and nodded. "Right because every time you crushed someone's soul that was just saying one word. So why? Why can't you relax and just be you?" Jack turned around.

"No one can understand what happened" Kim walked around and faced him. "Why don't you help me understand?" Jack walked closer to Kim "Do you want everyone to find out who you were before? Why you were the person you were? Do you want that life to come back?" Kim gulped "Yes, and you should too. I wish you could just trust yourself" Kim turned around and walked away.

"Kim! Wait!" Jack rushed to her "I can't tell you what happened to me. You have to understand me first" Kim looked at him curiously. "And how am I supposed to do that?" Jack smiled.

The Next Day...

"No way!" Kim screamed "Come on Kim. It's not that bad" Kim backed away. "No. If this is what it takes to understand you, than I'd rather not" she turned around to run, but Jack caught her quickly. "Kim... You wanted to understand. You knew the risks" Kim looked behind her than back at Jack. "Fine" she turned around and faced the disgusting, dirty water in front of her.

She jumped in. Coming out every two minutes for air, until she finally came out for good "I give up! There is no stupid key!" Jack nodded "I know" Kim walked up to him angrily. "You knew?" Kim's voice raised "You knew that there was no key at the bottom of that filthy pool!? And you let me jump in there!? How could you!" Jack tried to speak over her but it was useless "Kim..." She kept yelling.

"You wanted me to get in there! What's the point!?" Jack stepped back "Kim" she stepped forward. "How on Earth is that supposed to help me understand you!?" Kim began to attack him, until finally they both fell. "Now you know how I feel" Jack said. "What!?" Kim screamed "What?" She asked more quietly realizing how loud she had been.

"That's how I feel. To be looking for something in the worst place for so long, then realizing that nothing was ever even there" Kim sighed and got up. "I know the feeling; but I need to ask you this, am I done understanding you?" Jack shook his head "Not at all. You've only began to understand me" he smiled and gestured for Kim to follow him. She sighed.

oOo

"Now you know how I see everything. Dark and scary with no light" Kim stared at the scary cave around her. She then turned on her flashlight "Now you have me to make light" Jack smiled at her. He started to climb out of the cave, Kim followed him shortly after.

oOo

"Let me guess, this is how you hear everything. A lot of noise that you can't understand and everything is moving so quickly that you can't even hear there voices" Jack nodded. "Your good at this. Now come on" Kim watched the freeway they were standing by, the cars rushing past her. She watched Jack walk away, then he quickly ran up to him.

oOo

"Ew! This is not a doughnut!" Kim looked at the "doughnut" Jack had given her, it was oozing out something that she didn't want to think about. "That's how everything tastes to me. Always looking so sweet on the outside, but on the inside it's the worst thing you can ever imagine" Kim pushed the fake doughnut away from her. "What was this!?" Jack looked at the inside of it "I have no idea. Let's go" Jack walked out the door with Kim.

oOo

"This is how everything I touch feels like. Smooth, but the spikes on the them are waiting to stab you when your not looking" Kim touched the bracelet with spikes. It was thick with about four spikes a row. Brianna (Kim's goth friend) would really like this. "Are you going to buy that!?" Kim threw it down "No way! I'm leaving, this goth place is freaky!" Kim walked out the door, but she quickly stuck her head back inside "Hey Jack. I have no idea where we're going" Jack laughed and walked outside.

oOo

"This is how everybody seems. Sweet, innocent, and cute. This is how everyone really is. Mean, guilty, and wants to stab there friends in the back" Kim looked at the two people. There was a little girl who was about five; then there was a tall muscular nan with chains, spikes, and a sword attached to his clothing. "It's a good this we're keeping a distance that man would rip us in half" Jack said.

"Is that how you see me!?" Jack shook his head "Not anymore. Your ten times worse now" he smirked. Kim punched him in the stomach "Not. Funny. Let's go" she stormed off and Jack quickly followed.

"I saw, and ate, a lot of weird things today" Jack nodded. "You know your not even down yet" Kim sat down on the blanket they had just set up. "You better be joking" Kim raised her eyebrows. "This one isn't so bad, you just have to earn my trust" Jack smiled. "Oh, really?" They both laughed "Your not as evil as I thought you were" Jack said. "Thanks" she laughed.

"Your different then all the other girls" Kim looked over at the ocean, the sun was about to set. The beach got brighter as the sun beamed, she looked back at Jack "Your different from other guys too. I haven't really ever told anyone about my past, but for some reason I feel like I can tell you" she said. "Maybe this project has made a difference. What do you think everyone is going to say?" Kim shrugged.

"I don't know, but I heard we get to skip half the day of school for a month! So we can get started" Jack laughed. "I think I can trust you now" Kim looked at him surprised. "That didn't take long" Jack shrugged. "Didn't take you long to agree to follow me when I said you had to understand me first" Kim shrugged. "Like you said, I'm not like other girls" she smiled.

"I like you" Jack said. "A lot have guys have told me that, but your the first I believe" Kim got closer to Jack. "You know what I haven't done in awhile?" Kim looked at him "What?" She asked "This." Jack grabbed Kim and kissed her right as the sun set. Kim smiled at him "I like you too" Jack smiled at her. He kissed her again "You like me more than you think" they smiled at the sunset.

Kim turned around. The bushes were making noise "Someone's here" Jack got up and followed Kim. As soon as they moved the bushes away, a bright flash blinded them for a second. "They're gone" Kim said. "They were spying on us, and that bright flash was a camera" Kim's jaw dropped. "You realize that if they got good pictures of us,that we're ruined!" Kim yelled.

"I don't think that they're going to put it out for the fun of it" Jack said. "Well then what are they going to do?" Kim asked "Probably blackmail us" Kim sat down. "Not again" Jack sat down with her. "What do you mean again?" Kim stared at him "My past, is something that I can't think about. And this...this haunts me. If you want to know what happened to me, your going to have to trust me" Jack nodded.

"Okay"

A/N: That was fun to write, I enjoyed making the whole sunset beach setting. What did you think of this chapter? When I made T.H.E.P.R.O.J.E.C.T. acronym, I was showing how Jack felt about the project. Sorry to anyone who was confused about that. Oh, and I knew the kiss was cheesy, but you got to admit it was somewhat cute. I'll post the next chapter sometime this week. Until then, goodbye!

-Juliana💜