Here's my first try at writing a male/male pairing(although I've drawn plenty of it), I hope you enjoy!

Chack (Chase YoungxJack Spicer) is one of my all-time favorite couples. I find the idol/fan boy relationship irresistibly adorable.

PLOT: Jack Spicer is tricked by Katnappe into being the test subject for her latest DNA-splicing experiment. The feline side effects can't be all that bad, especially if it gives Jack the opportunity to get closer to his idol, Chase Young.

(FYI, this story takes place about three years after the "end" of the series, and yes they are still looking for the rest of the Shen Gong Wu.)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown, it was born from the creative genius of Christy Hui.

WARNINGS: Shonen-ai, yaoi, Male/Male or whatever you wanna call it. I'm not sure if this will be "citrusy" or not, depends on what I feel like writing.

CHAPTER 1 - DROWNING YOUR SORROWS IN . . . PUDDING?!

Our story begins after a particularly humiliating defeat suffered by Jack Spicer at the hands of the Xiaolin monks in front of Chase Young and Wuya. We join Jack as he enters his basement laboratory of the Spicer Mansion . . .

"I can't believe I messed up like that! And right in front of Chase!"-whines the techno genius.

As Jack makes his way through his lab, his remaining functional jack-bots follow behind him. He takes off his trademark heli-pack and starts to massage his shoulder. The muscles there having been strained in the aforementioned showdown. In Jack's mind he replays the events leading up to his present state of mortification. . .

Earlier that day . . .

Jack Spicer and the Dragon of Water stand facing each other, both teens have their hands on a new Shen Gong Wu- The Chameleon Band, an armband that allows the wearer to change their appearance to blend into the background or hide from their enemies. The pair are standing in the middle of a dense, tropical rainforest . Sunlight peeks through the leafy canopy above and reflects off the pieces of Jack-bots strewn across the forest floor. The rest of the Xiaolin Monks stand to the side watching. Today, Kimiko has opted to wear her blonde-dyed hair in short waves that frame her round face. She is wearing a hunter-green t-shirt covered by a designer khaki cargo-vest and matching shorts with brown hiking boots. The rest of the monks are wearing their trademark outfits: Omi in his usual training clothes; Clay in his cowboy hat, blue collared shirt with red bandana, jeans, and cowboy boots; and Raimundo in his long-sleeved orange shirt under a green and white t-shirt, cargo-pants, and sneakers. All in all the monks look pretty much the same, but puberty has caused their bodies to grow taller and begin to take on the characteristics of their respective sexes. The Xiaolin Dragons watch as their comrade faces the evil boy genius, waiting to hear the inevitable challenge.

"Jack Spicer, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!" -begins Omi. "My Third -Arm Sash versus your Manchurian Musca."

"Fine Chrome-dome, name your game!"

Omi looks around and takes in the terrain of the jungle around him. Looking up, he notices the gargantuan trees and long vines that disappear into the leaves above. An idea forms in the monk's head.

"A race on the tree branches, the first to reach the top wins!"

"Sounds easy enough,"-agrees Jack.

"Then let's go, Xiaolin Showdown!"-screams the Dragon of Water.

The rainforest around them is transformed by the magic of the showdown. Once normal trees grow to impossible heights as their limbs stretch and bend to form a fantastic ladder to the canopy of the jungle. Staring up at the daunting task forming above them, Jack and Omi turn to glare at one another. Once the transformation is complete, the wu floats to the top to await the winner of the challenge.

"Gong Yi Tan Pai!"-the two opponents shout in unison.

The two start climbing, trying to gain as much of an advantage as they can. Since Jack's arms and legs are a lot longer than Omi's, he actually has an advantage for once. Noticing this, the bald monk activates his Shen Gong Wu.

"Third Arm Sash!"

The blue sash sails past Jack, grabbing onto a branch above him. Using the momentum, Omi leaps and lands on the branch before continuing the process. Seeing this, Jack takes out his own Shen Gong Wu and activates it.

"Manchurian Musca!"

Jack turns into a small fly and flies with all his might to pass Omi. Below them, the remaining monks cheer to support their friend.

"C'mon partner, you can do it!"-shouts Clay.

"Go Omi!" -encourages Kimiko.

"Watch out buddy! Jack's gaining on you!" -warns Raimundo.

Omi looks behind him and sure enough, the evil genius-turned-fly is gaining on him. Looking up, Omi sees that he's a few meters from the Chameleon Band as it waits to be claimed by the victor. An idea forms in his large head as he sends the Third Arm Sash Jack's way.

"Almost there"-buzzes Jack-fly as his wings beat, carrying him towards the top.

As he flies, he doesn't notice as the Third Arm Sash approaches him, closing Jack in it's fingers. Surprised by the sudden change of events, Jack is confused and a little scared as he hears Omi's smug voice.

"Jack Spicer, you have come across your match!"

"Met your match." -corrects Raimundo in a dry tone.

"Same difference!" -Omi yells, clearly annoyed for being interrupted.

Realizing the humiliation of being caught in the sash's hand, Jack buzzes around frantically looking for an escape. Meanwhile, Omi is within moments of grabbing the Shen Gong Wu.

"You may buzz around all you like, for I am victorious!"-taunts the monk.

Omi grabs the Shen Gong Wu, ending the Showdown. As the magic fades, the forest returns to normal along with Jack and Omi . The Dragon of Water holds the three wu - the Third Arm Sash, Manchurian Musca, and the Chameleon Band, as the other monks run up to congratulate him on his victory. The Xiaolin Dragons board Dojo, leaving Jack to fend for himself, and fly in the direction of the temple. The evil boy genius runs a hand through his surprising natural scarlet hair as he groans in disappointment. He then rubs his shoulder trying to relieve the sore muscles there.

"I can't believe I lost to that water shrimp!" -yells Jack to no one in particular.

"That's funny, I certainly can."

Jack tenses up at the familiar voice of a certain Heylin witch. As he turns to face Wuya, rolling his eyes in annoyance, he is surprised to see Chase Young standing next to her. His arms are crossed in front of his chest as the warlord's golden eyes survey the area. A faint blush appears on Jack's face as he begins to tug on his clothes in a sub-conscious attempt to look better in his idol's eyes. He jumps slightly when he hears the dragon lord's deep voice.

"Wuya, I did not allow you to come all this way after a Shen Gong Wu, wasting my time, to simply taunt Spicer."

"Chase, Wuya, how long have you two been here?" -Jack nervously inquires in a high-pitched voice.

"Jack if you must know, we arrived just in time to watch in humiliating detail your defeat at the hands of the monks."-replies Wuya. "I have to ask, do you spend your free time thinking of new ways to lose showdowns or are you actually that incompetent?"

Jack's face turns bright red, rivaling his hair and eyes. Not bothering to respond to Wuya's question he quickly activates his heli-pack to escape any further taunting from the Heylin duo. As he heads in the familiar direction home, his remaining Jack-bots follow their master. . .

Returning to the present . . .

Jack is sitting at one of his work tables, banging his forehead against the cool surface repeatedly, in an attempt to get rid of the embarrassing memory.

"Stupid!"

BANG!

"STUPID!"

BANG!

"STUPID!" -shouts Jack

"Purrr-oblems, Jack?"

Wincing at the horrible cat pun, the evil genius stops hitting his head on the table top and looks up to see Katnappe standing before him in all her feline glory. The pale teen rests his forehead on the metal, sighing as the cold surface soothes the bruise that is sure to form there later.

"What do you want, Ashley?", asks Jack, stressing her given name knowing full well how much she hates it.

"The name is Katnappe, and since when is it a crime to check up on a friend?"-replies the girl.

"We aren't friends, you're probably just here for my wu or something," -begins Jack. "I'm not in the mood today, so could you just buzz off?"

"You're so mean today! I came all this way to visit you and I even brought you a present."

At the mention of a possible present, Jack's ears perk up and he raises his head to reveal large, expectant eyes. The evil boy genius' excitement is practically pouring out of him.

"Whaddya bring me?!"

Katnappe smiles as she hands Jack a bowl of his favorite dessert . . .

"Pudding!"

" It's homemade too, and I made it your favorite flavor . . . chocolate banana!"- taunts Katnappe in a sing-songy voice.

Taking a spoon offered by Yes-bot, Jack grabs the bowl and begins eating the creamy dessert. However, being Jack, he doesn't even stop to question why Katnappe would ever do anything as nice as to make him homemade dessert for no reason at all.

"Thanks, I really needed this pick-me-up," -Jack confesses between spoonfuls. "I lost another showdown today, and right in front of Chase."

"That's too bad."-Katnappe states clearly not interested.

"At this rate, I'll never be true evil in his eyes ." -Jack realizes as he finishes the pudding with a depressed sigh.

"Yeah, real bummer there. So Jack, how are you feeling? Physically, I mean."

"Umm . . . fine I guess. That pudding was really good by the way, what was in it?"

"You know the usual - milk, sugar, cream, chocolate, vanilla extract, genetically-altered feline DNA enzymes, banana extract . . ."

"Wait! WHA-"

Jack is cut off as his entire body starts to burn up. His muscles begin to spasm and his bones ache as he falls to the floor of his lab. Katnappe grins evilly as she stands over the teen as he writhes in pain.

"I guess the cat is out of the bag, Jack-y. You may be worthless as an evil villian, but at least you make a good test subject."

As Jack clenches his teeth in pain, unable to even speak, the cat-themed villianess watches her newest experiment . . .

The next morning . . .

Jack wakes up on the metal floor of his lab, which is a common occurrence for the chronic insomniac. He stretches his back, and yawns as he wakes up. For a while he simply stares up at the ceiling, following the various pipes with his eyes, as he rests his aching body.

/ /Aww, man . . . my body hurts all over! I gotta remember to stop sleeping on this hard floor, either that or make the floor softer. . ./ /

Jack continues to ponders this as he scratches his head. Since he is still groggy, it takes Jack a while to realize that he's scratching his head with one of his hindpaws? Crimson eyes widen to the size of saucers as he gets up and "scampers" over to one of his robots. Looking at the reflective metal, he sees an adorable lion cub, no more than a few months old. The cub is completely covered in soft, white fur except for the tuft of red hair on his head and the black mark underneath one of it's large ruby eyes. At first, the image is quite cute. The cub sits there with a curious look in his eyes, tail twitching, and a pair of familiar yellow goggles hang around his neck, until it dawns on the evil genius-

/ /OHMYGOD! That's me!/ /

At this realization, Jack also discovers that he can't speak since all that comes out is a cat-like screech. After taking some calming deep breaths, Jack dares a second look at his new form. This time he notices a note attached to his trademark goggles. After what seems like hours, Jack-cat manages to unfold the note. It reads:

Good Morning Jack!

I suppose you've stopped freaking out long enough to discover my note. Simple explanation: I've given you an experimental feline DNA enzyme that turns humans into cats - in case you haven't guessed. You can thank your friend Chase Young for your current predicament, after all my fellow cat-lover inspired it's creation.

Anyway, for some reason the African lion DNA I used to increase efficiency ended up overpowering the house cat DNA and resulted in turning you into a lion cub. So, needless to say, I have to make some changes. No worries though, you'll be back to your normal whiny self in about a week(10 days tops!). So be good and stay out of trouble, remember curiosity killed the cat. Hee hee!

- KATNAPPE

P.S. You make an adorable lion cub, it's a real improvement.

After reading the letter, Jack hisses and shreds the note with his new claws. Looking rather pissed, or at least as pissed as a lion cub can look, he glares at the shredded note. Jack then looks around his lab, now looking increasingly scary from the viewpoint of his new feline body.

/ /Great, now I just have to avoid the monks, my parents, Wuya, and Chase until this stupid enzyme wears off . . . so I'm pretty much stuck in my lab for the next week or so. Well, this wouldn't be so bad . . . IF I STILL HAD USE OF MY THUMBS!/ /

-TO BE CONTINUED-

There you have it, chapter 1!

Next chapter, Jack adjusts to his new life as a lion cub!

Umm, I can't really give a good explanation as to where this idea came from, I've had it in my head for a while. I'm kinda surprised no one else wrote a Chack fic about it yet. I'm thinking about drawing a companion picture to this fic, but we'll see what time allows .

Now if you'd be so kind, please submit a review, a comment, or some creative criticism!

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