A/N: I'm about to start writing chapter six, hoping to upload three/four chapters today, if I work hard and fast! And if anyone didn't like the end of Chapter four, I had to leave it like that because it connects to this chapter. I'm really starting to get into this story so my updates with either be really quick in between or really long time due to how long it takes me to write. This chapter was really hard to write so I understand if you don't like it as much! Anyway R&R, the reviews are seriously lovely to read for me!
-Anna x
Kimiko needed to go somewhere that everywhere made sense. The garden was looking perfect, just like last time she went and spent time alone there. She had to think about what she was doing with Raimundo, Anastasia had returned from going AWOL but she was avoiding Omi, Taylor and Clay were clearly up to something and to top it all off, Master Fung wasn't training them; he had locked himself in his private chamber or he was in the Meditation room but they never knew which one he was in. Kimiko was losing the only family she had left; her best friends and new friends were all isolating themselves with their secrets and the only people who wouldn't do that was Frankie, who was in Tokyo, and her dad, who was dead.
"Cheer up, kid. It will get better, I promise." Dojo appeared over her shoulder, obviously thinking what she was thinking.
"But Dojo, how can it get better when I don't know what's wrong!" She was so upset she thought she was going to cry but she knew she couldn't.
"Okay, well Master Fung is trying to figure out where to go next with the new additions, so you can't help that. Omi is lovesick and Anastasia is confused about her feelings. Taylor and Clay are blatantly homesick! Clay hasn't seen his family since before you left and all of a sudden Taylor-Jane turns up and she's like a little slice of home! They're making each other feel better, duh girl!" Dojo was making sense for once. Kimiko was wondering what the world was coming to when she realised he hadn't mentioned Rai.
"What about Rai though?" She was worried about the answer for this; their friendship could be ruined if she didn't sort it out soon.
"If you can't figure it out, then I certainly can't tell you!" He snorted back a laugh and disappeared off.
'What does he mean if I can't figure it out?' She pondered this for an hour or two.
Kimiko heard the click of heels behind her. "Taylor, I need to think. Can I talk to you later?"
"Um, I'm not Taylor, I'm Ashley." Kimiko's head whipped round; that voice was Katnappe's undoubtedly. Kimiko stood up and got into a fighting stance.
"Katnappe, you haven't been around for ages. What suddenly interests you here?!" Kimiko was ready to pounce.
"Please, I'm not Katnappe anymore. I'm Ashley again now. I've not done any evil for two years now." 'No evil since I went home with Jack.' She added silently.
"Then why have you come back here at all if you aren't trying to steal out Wu?" Kimiko wasn't sure what Katnappe- Ashley- wanted.
"I wanted to warn you. Chase was planning to split you all up and take you on one at a time but then the new dragons showed up. He wants to break up the dragons." She sounded urgent in her words.
"What do you mean 'break us up'?" Kim was unsure whether to believe her.
"Have you been fighting a lot recently? Or have you been, oh I don't know, avoiding each other or keeping secrets? Chase is trying to keep you all preoccupied, trying to isolate you, so when it comes to picking you off, the team won't try to fight him because the team will be divided."
This caught Kimiko's attention. "How do I stop him?" The pleading in her eyes proved to Ashley that it had already begun.
"Don't hurt Jack and I promise I will help you?"
"If Jack gets in the way, I can't promise anything." Kimiko bit her lip.
"I can't help you. If you pose a threat to Jack, then I can't risk it." Ashley began to walk away.
"Why do you care about Jack anyway?!"
Ashley turned back and smiled. "Jack is like my equivalent of what Raimundo is to you. I love him."
There was not point of Kimiko arguing with Ashley about her feelings for Rai, girls just knew these things. "Okay, well I will promise to keep Jack safe."
Ashley beamed with joy. "I want to talk to the whole of your team about what to do. Can you arrange that?"
"Of course, just come into the Temple and I'll round them up."
They walked into the Temple. "The dining room is at the end of the hall, sit in there and I'll sort it out."
She watched Ashley walk down the hall and Dojo appeared on her shoulder again.
"You better know what you're doing, fire girl. She was seriously dangerous at one point."
"Shut up Dojo, I know exactly what I'm doing. Now help me get the gong."
They grabbed the gong from the cupboard and smashed it. The rest of the team all came out of their rooms.
"Team meeting, dining hall, now."
Everyone started to mumble and groan, especially Rai.
She narrowed her eyes on his dressing gown. He wasn't planning on getting up today by the looks of things. A small fire begun to blaze on his robe.
"TEAM MEETING IN THE DINING HALL NOW, GUYS!" He shouted.
Kimi smiled and ended the fire with a giggle, skipping to the dining hall.
They all filed into the dining hall to see Katnappe sitting there. Taylor and Ana weren't too fussed; they had no idea who she was.
"Guys, this is Ashley. She has news on the Heylin's latest plan." Kimiko announced.
Rai came up behind Kim. "Kimiko Tohomiko, have you lost your mind?!" He hissed in her ear.
She just pushed his face away from her ear and smiled sweetly.
Kimiko explained what Ashley had told her.
"So you warned us now and what do you want in return?" Rai really wasn't pleased she was here.
"Jack doesn't get hurt." Kimiko and Ashley said in unison, looking at each other and laughing once they realised they said the same thing.
Clay and Rai looked at each other; clearly shocked by the fact these two girls looked like they had been life-long friends if you didn't know their history.
"I also have a plan to stop you from defeat." They all looked at her.
"And that would be…?" The girls all asked, more intrigued by the fact she cares so much.
"You have to all sit down and talk your problems out."
The team all looked at each other. There were a few whispers and murmurs that questioned whether they should do it.
"What exactly has Kimi told you?" Taylor and Clay were on the same wavelength by the fact they spoke together.
"Tex and Southern Belle are up to something, dark haired girl- sorry I forgot your name- is avoiding Omi and after she ran away for about five days. Omi was completely off his game whilst she wasn't around. Master Fung has pretty much abandoned you all to train on your own since he doesn't know what to do with your training now the two new dragons have arrived; oh, and that her and Raimundo are arguing constantly." The last phrase sounded like an afterthought but it still shocked everyone that she knew more than everyone else did. Everyone's jaws dropped.
"We aren't up to, er, anything. We, er, aren't, um…" Clay and Taylor went red and babbled.
Anastasia turned to Omi. "You were off your game?" Her eyes were wild.
"You ran away." He said flatly.
"You had no right to talk to her about our private business!" Rai shouted.
"All we've done is fight, it's hardly private! The whole of China probably knows we've been fighting with your shouting!"
The fights continued and Dojo brought in the gong. Ashley and Dojo hit the gong simultaneously.
"Shut up!" Dojo shouted. They were all about to argue with him. "You are all going to sit down and shut up. I have had enough! Master Fung put me in charge to look after you all whilst he meditated and all you have done is fight. How can you fight evil when you're all fighting each other?!"
"That's exactly what Chase's plan is. You need to sit down, as a team, and talk your problems out. I don't actually care what your problems are but if you can't sort them out, then you're all going to get defeated, okay?"
They all nodded and sat down at a table.
"Okay, kids, who wants to start?" Dojo asked.
A/N: so slightly shorter chapter but I'll try and make the next chapter longer!
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-Anna x