A/N: I'll first start things in a much more rougher note than other chapters. I became ticked off at one certain guest review, I mean I appreciate the review but the comment. I mean yes, I struggle to update faster but its because I have education and sleep and most of all, I have other stories to update with. It really ticked me off at the fact that making a new chapter would be easy, it isn't at all easy mainly because I want every chapter to be good enough to publish.

Last chapter. I placed in some information that kept me from updating, and to know that someone had just placed it all aside to get his or her want seems really rude. I've been through a rough week and I appreciate those who are telling me some comforting words. But unlike this person, this person seemed very frustrated at everything I've placed in. And then adding the comment of just hurry and make a new chapter isn't at all easy.

Sometimes people just don't want to update. Sometimes they lose their muse and have to find inspiration. Trust me, I've placed in all my desires just to write up this chapter and to have person hurry up and make a new one. I have time in my day that involves other things. Sorry to place all this in, but I really thought my second family would understand.

Having returned from my second father's burial and the burning of his body. Hearing about the Connecticut shooting. The awful dance where I can't express myself in dancing and avoiding the person that likes me and wants to dance with me and then feeling guilty. Realizing that I'm really loosing my friends and desperately trying to get them back. Having this one person want a new chapter. This girl who caused all the drifting apart manage to snag the person that I like. I just can't take the week, more likely the month.

And just about an hour ago, I've learned that my uncle has lung cancer. I just feel like giving up.

My prayers and blessing go out to those who was affected by the Connecticut shooting. And to people who has cancer.

Sorry for the grammar/spelling mistakes.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kickin' It except for the Plot.

Wasabi Warrior: I Fight For You

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Chapter Seven: Nothing Stays the Same

Kim couldn't shake off the shock that enveloped her body and senses. She simply sat there, bewildered by her appearance. When she was about to shake off that shock, her head turned to scan the local stores to see if his party was here. The hand still rested against her knee, she eventually gave up looking for his party and reluctantly turned her attention back to him.

She wondered if he remembered about their meeting. Kim looked and studied him, his brown locks had grown shaggy but it only made him look more handsome than he was 2 years ago. His eyes had a much more deeper brown than she last remembered, he still had the lopsided smirk but his jaw was well chiseled that she was tempted to touch.

He had crouched, one arm lazily dragged across his thighs. It made his muscles bulged, Kim widened her eyes before licking her lips and turning to him wide-eyed, she lost the sense to even speak. He had grown into a muscular teenage guy that would make female fall to their knees to worship him, Kim was embarrass to think like this but she thought God had created his perfect creation right in front of her.

His brown eyes still gleamed and there was a touch of childlike features. She knew he would never loose his childlike ways and she was glad he didn't grow cocky nor perverted, he was a gentlemen and hopefully he was still optimistic about everything. His eyes studied the wound on her knee the minute he remove his hand only to find a smear of her blood on his palm.

She pursed her lips, "Jack?" she repeated again only with a softer voice. Her hands grasped the edges of her skirt and tugged them down, hopefully to cover anything that Jack can see, he only glanced at her before returning his gaze on her knee. With that one glance, it sent something warm flow through her, "You don't have to-" she began the moment he politely asked someone for the supplies needed to clean the cut from infection.

He sent her a sharp look, "It will get infected."

She shifted uncomfortably, "I meant. You don't have to do that, heck I have Milton here." she told him nervously, "You can return to your football, basketball, whatever sports group that is." He narrowed his eyebrows before resting his eyes on Milton, Eddie and Jerry. "Really. We get it." Kim told him hurriedly, "Before they catch you with us, more likely me...and Milton."

"Hey!" Milton huffed.

She ignored his cry and bit her lip. Jack sighed before glancing down at her knee, "I'm not here to act as a hero." Jack told her sternly.

Kim resisted the urge to retort, "I need to ask you guys something. Something...important."

"I'm sure Milton can help you with your homework, you don't need to act as if your helping a charity case." Kim told him hurriedly, her eyes darting nervously on the supplies that was currently being handed to Jack, he muttered a thanks before turning his attention back to them with a sharp look. She immediately reached for the damp cloth in Jack's hand and snatched it off, there was shock that caused him to freeze.

He slowly raised his head, "Kim. Why did you do that?" he asked slowly as if she was psycho. He sighed as she didn't respond but instead stared at him wide-eyed, slowly hating the other guys that kept silent. Probably giving her the taste of ladies first, he quietly and quickly took the cloth back and pressed it against her knee.

She hissed slightly at the pressure, "Sorry." he muttered before silence fell upon them. "So. It's all fun and talk in here before I come in, did I do something wrong?" Kim licked her already chapped lips and whipped her head to send them a sharp look, they stared back at her before shaking their heads in unison. She mouth something close to 'Jerks'.

She sighed and glanced down at her knee, "Why are you here, Jack?" she expertly diverted the topic off from them to him, she raised an narrowed eyebrow.

He finished dabbing her cut with disinfectant and opened a bandage before placing it on her knee, leaving it crooked before sighing. He reached behind him and grabbed a piece of folded paper, she eyed the paper feeling dread rise in the pit of her stomach. He unfolded it swiftly before showing, her cursive writing, she spied the title of her topic and groaned.

"How did you get that?" she asked.

"You kind of left it after the whole-" he trailed off before shaking his head and rising to his feet. "My question is. Why?" He offered her, his hand. She only stared at it before reluctantly grasping it and avoided the way his muscles bulged as he pulled her up to her feet. She brushed her skirt before clearing her throat loudly.

She made eye contact with him and let out a deep sigh, "Why not? Can't you see?" Finding his confused look she continued, "The school is different. Too organized, what happened to the mixed up cliques? Why can't other people interact with others part of their group. It's stupid! It's...part of why we kind of all broke up." Kim gestured to all of them with a small smile.

Jack studied her, "Why now?"

"Because. I'm or we're planning to bring back the Bobby Wasabi dojo." Kim said watching as Jack frowned and turned to stare at the darkened dojo just behind them. "That kind of explains why you might have possibly see us fall from...there." she added uncomfortably before pointing to the vent. Jack let out a chuckle before nodding.

"Actually, Kimberly. YOU, fell." Milton corrected with a smile, Kim rolled her eyes. "While Jerry and I manage to receive a safe landing, that includes. No hard impact that can possibly result to your knees weakening and resulting, in...well..this!" Milton gestured wildly to her injured knee.

Kim groaned at him before sending him a sharp look, "Well it didn't help that Jerry practically pushed me out!" Kim spluttered angrily. She turned towards Jerry, he froze at the sight of her flustered face and held up his arms in surrender.

"I thought the fat would cushion your fall!" Jerry defended himself.

Kim only narrowed her eyes dangerously to Jerry who gulped nervously. Eddie coughed awkwardly next to him before saying, "Bad choice of words, man." he patted his shoulders in comfort before Jerry let out a scream and backed towards the wall.

"My...what? Jerry?" Kim growled threatening at him, he continued screaming. "Oh yeah! You better scream!" With that she stormed towards him, preparing to lung her body at the scared and trembling body of Jerry Martinez. Jack watched in amused and wide-eyed at as Jerry flattened himself out on the brick wall and continued wailing in a high pitched voice.

"Yeah! You better continue screaming!" Kim lunged herself at him, her fists almost making contact with Jerry before a pair of muscular arms wrapped around her waist and drew her back. She kicked her legs in the air angrily as she was drawn away from Jerry, "No! No! Let me at him!" she cried out in frustration. The grip on her only tightened.

"Not my beautiful face!" Jerry continued screaming. Milton eventually got him to calm down, while Kim huffed in disbelief before punching the air in anger.

Jack's hot breath fanned her face as he bent his head to whisper in her ear, "Calm down, Kim. You know Jerry says a lot of stupid things." he muttered. Kim only stared at the Latino before shaking her head. As Jack continued to calm her with soothing words, she relaxed and dropped her guard before fanning her flustered face.

It was before she noticed she was in the arms of Jack, she froze entirely before she gesturing slowly to his arms. Jack slowly trailed down before widening his eyes in alarm before releasing his hold on her, she stumbled out and straightened herself. She attempted to act nonchalant before huffing and eventually giving up, finding the amused expressions of Jerry, Milton and Eddie.

"You drop those smirks before I pummel y'all with these fists." she threatened.

"Don't worry. Jack can handle it." Milton responded smartly. She felt her cheeks were burning from embarrassment before pointing a sharp finger towards Jerry, she took a step forward with a smirk.

"Yeah. Keep laughing, who knows, I might sneak in your house. Find an ax and chop your body in half." Kim chuckled creepily at him. Jerry gulped, the color draining from his face and nodded rapidly. She leaned on the balls of her feet with a satisfied smirk and crossed her arms. She watched in amusement as Jerry used his scarf to wipe the beads of sweat built on his forehead and let out a shakily laugh.

"Oh look." Milton smiled, "Kim still manages to scare the living daylights out of Jerry." Jerry snapped his head up in confusion, his eyebrows scrunched in deep concentration before gesturing to Kim, Milton stared at him before shaking his head in shame.

"No. Jerry. I don't mean Kim is vampire." Milton told him in exhaustion. Jerry get out a smirk and bopped his head to the imaginary beat that Kim usually found annoying. "But that doesn't mean she isn't scary." he pointed out smartly. Kim placed a warm hand on her forehead, feeling a bit dizzy from the conversation.

"Okay! Enough with all this talk about me being a vampire." Kim cried out in frustration. She licked her chapped lips and blew out a hot breath, she turned to face Jack who was still staring at Jerry in confusion with his eyebrows scrunched up and sending a shake of a head towards Milton. "Jack." she snapped, waving her hands over his face.

Jack broke his eye contact with Milton and buried his hands deep in his pockets and stared down at Kim, she felt tiny compared to him. Her forehead was just below his chin and she knew he had grew, sometimes she would wonder if she even grew. Placing that thought aside she focused back on Jack, she raised an eyebrow and stared questioningly over to him, "Well? You had a question before you were rudely interrupted." she coughed and whipped her head over to the three boys who immediately straightened up with a nervous laugh.

He cleared his throat and shifted his weight, "I don't think it's a good idea." he admitted shamefully though his face didn't show any guilt. She stared in disbelief at Jack's words, "I mean. Yeah having the dojo back is great and everything. But I don't think any of us, mainly me would join again." he turned his head at Kim's lowering gaze.

Immediately all the confidence had drained from her. The old Kim Crawford had crawled deep inside her chest as the new Kim Crawford had walked out with a bright smile. She shifted nervously and immediately the guys had noticed the change in demeanor, they shared glanced at each other. She pulled back a strand of hair and tucked it behind her ear.

She scrunched her eyebrows in desperation and avoided the burning stares from the guys. She was so close to the reunion and all her hopes had crashed, she already missed the laughter that erupted from them. Silence had overtook them, she hated losing and she knew the Wasabi Warriors did too, but she didn't know why Jack's suddenly changed. Where did all his encouragement go?

"Why?" was the only thing she could breath out.

"I just can't." he whispered desperately. She stared up at him in disappointment, "Us. All of us. We were in the past, this is the present. Can't we just let it go?"

Her eyes darkened slightly, "So what you saying is. You don't care about our failed friendship?" she asked harshly and immediately she covered her mouth and cleared her throat in embarrassment for using the tone. She didn't bother for a response, "Maybe the Wasabi Warriors weren't meant to grow apart. Maybe this, this is our main adventure. Bringing our dojo back." licking her lips she added in dryly, "Bringing the old us together, who we were before we drifted apart. But we can't do it without each other."

Jack let out a frustrated sigh, he refused to let her words get the best of him. "What if. This is what was meant to happen. Have you ever thought of that?" She blinked in shock, but didn't take the words to heart. She simply turned her head and uncrossed her arms as if she didn't care. "This is what we're supposed to become!" he cried out in frustration.

She blinked, "This? I used to be this girl who was confident about everything, about friends and adventures! A girl who loved to show the guys that girls aren't useless, that they have the power to stand up and show people what they're made of. I hated dressing up, with all these frilly things. I hate being silent, I can't even speak my mind anymore. I've lost my power because of this cliques!" she cried out in frustration, "And you're telling me that I'm suppose to be this damsel in distress. Quiet, only expressing her thoughts in a freaking journal? I feel useless, vulnerable, I lost trust and I can't people easily anymore and right now I'm losing hope of ever getting back the Wasabi Warriors and myself. My old self disappeared and died when that dojo closed down!" she wasn't aware to the tears falling from her eyes, until now.

She hurriedly wiped her eyes with a huff of disbelief. The old Kim Crawford doesn't cry. "This can't be the real me." she added weakly.

Jack ran his fingers through his hair and releasing a groan. His arms fall to the sides as he faced the guys and Kim, he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. He coughed nervously but couldn't help glancing over to Kim in concern, he knew that Kim never cried but he fought against everything she said. He'll admit, he didn't feel the same anymore but never took the chance to explore that thought.

"I can't help or join you guys because..." he trailed off and glanced around nervously, "I've joined the Black Dragons." he admitted.

Kim glanced over to the dojo; alive and running, before looking back at Jack who wore a unreadable expression. "You WHAT!" the group screamed in unison.

A/N: Well. Did you guys expect that from Jack. I made him slightly different than what he used to be. Mainly because I want Jack and Kim to go through a journey where they can find themselves and what they had together. I hope this Jack was more stubborn, and unyielding and well not as encouraging as before, still caring but he broke the Wasabi Code. Yeah, he turned out to be a bit of a jerk and you guys can find out why later like Kim will.

I told you. 2 years can change someone a lot. Like Kim and now Jack. Check out the banner on my profile and enjoy your day, evening, afternoon.

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