Time Slip (Xiaolin Showdown Fanfic - Original Version)

Caged Bird

Kimiko's head hurt from when it had hit the stairs thus she had come to sleep to try to stay off her headache. However, in her dreams she was getting sea sick. This caused her to wake up as the cage swung awkwardly back and forth.

"Canary, canary, canary!" came a voice outside the cage. Kimiko turned her head to see Katnappe clinging to the outside of the cage, causing it to swing back and forth.

"Stop… my head hurts," Kimiko sighed, feeling depressed.

"Why?" Katnappe grinned.

"Do you want me to throw up on you?" the Fire Dragon sighed.

Katnappe stopped the swinging. "You hit your head pretty hard, didn't you?"

"Duh," Kimiko closed her eyes. "I want my headache to go away so I can think of a way to get out of here, so leave me alone."

"So… was that headache the reason you didn't fight back like you usually do… Chase even noticed it, the jerk," Katnappe purred, continuing to cling to the cage.

"What… you know he's stronger then me… I'd need the help of the others,"

"Well… odd how you didn't act like you were afraid of him… you slapped him hard and good, like a female scorned,"

"Female scorned? Hah," Kimiko shook her head. "Didn't he tell you to leave?"

"I hid… simply put, he was too preoccupied with the situation with you…"

"I don't want to talk about this…" Kimiko sighed.

Katnappe narrowed her eyes. "Did something happen between you two?"

"What…" Kimiko didn't look Katnappe in the face. "No… nothing happened."

"Your lying… somehow I know you are… why do I get the feeling it would be best not to leave you in his grip for to long?" Katnappe shook her head. "Something's defiantly up… well; you owe me one, as I am going to go get you help."

However, Kimiko had gone to sleep again.

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"Canary, canary, canary!" Kimiko's eyes snapped open again.

"Katnappe… my head hurts… stop it," Kimiko then saw through the bars that Katnappe had brought the three boys with her. "How?"

"They didn't need much convincing," Katnappe sighed. "They're here to rescue the princess!"

"I am not a princess," Kimiko groaned. "Why exactly are you helping me?"

"We tried asking her that missy," Clay tipped his hat, but she was very vague.

"Her tone of voice… told me something more was up then what she was telling me or the whole situation with Chase. Girl's intuition," Katnappe smiled. She knew that there had been little time between when Kimiko had been put into the cage and when she had spoken to her. It was quite possible that she figured that it had something to do with the Fire Dragon disappearing and was acting like a nosey gossip girl.

"I don't understand," Omi piped up, knowing there was something serious implied in Katnappe's tone.

"Hah … right…." Kimiko wasn't happy with this.

"Kimiko… please tell me that Chase hasn't done anything to you," Rai commented, having gotten the wrong idea. Katnappe knew this and rolled her eyes.

Kimiko's head hurt too much to tell what Raimundo was talking about, so she figured the incident was referring to what had happened while she was gone, not that Rai was implying something else. Thus, she felt she had to lie to him and this came out in her tone. "No… nothing happened."

"Kim… I know you're not telling me the truth. I can tell from the tone of your voice," Rai went up to the cage to unlock it.

"Hey… she's fallen asleep… it's a good idea to wake her up… she likely has a concoction," Katnappe mewled.

"I have to open the door first," Raimundo commented.

"You're going to do no such thing," came a voice from behind them.