DISCLAMER: I don't own Xiaolin showdown or the theme song from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
The Rising Phoenix
Omi yawned as he got off his futon, he rubbed his eyes hard. Their battle with Leroy Braun (See My series 1) caused him to use all of his chi energy. That was one of the only times he had used all of his energy against one opponent, and the multiple bruises and cuts on his body had began to heal quite quickly, thanks to his healthy xiaolin diet.
"Wake up kid, we have a big day ahead of us!" shouted Dojo, the little reptile was acting really happy.
"I'm awake I'm awake!" shouted Omi.
He sprang to his feet and got changed into his red robes, tying his turquoise Wudai sash around his waist. As the water monk ran into the corridor, he met up with Clay.
"Morning lil' partner! Dojo's acting very cheerful today, I wonder if there's another Shengongwu that's been activated," he said.
"We already have three new Shengongwu already. I can't wait to test out the Newton Scales, or the Oxygem! I think Kimiko will like the Razor Rose, as girls like flowers!" smiled Omi.
Kimiko joined the two boys, she seemed tired.
"Ugh, morning guys," she moaned.
"Wanted to have a few more minutes of sleep?" asked Clay.
"Yeah, whatever Dojo's excited about, it better be worth it," Kimiko replied.
They began to enter the main hall where Dojo was, Raimundo was standing there too. Like Kimiko, he seemed tired.
"Morning Raimundo!" beamed Omi.
"Morning Omi, I bet there's gonna be another new wu!" replied the Shoku general, trying to wake up properly.
Dojo slithered in front of the four xiaolin warriors, he seemed very happy.
"So little fella, what's all this fuss about?" asked Clay.
"You see, now Raimundo has become leader, I'll have to tell you something," Dojo answered.
"Am I going to become second in command?" thought Omi.
"You were expecting to fight new villains, and you were right. I know who exactly this new bad character is, but will you be able to stand up to him?" asked Dojo.
"Come on, out with it!" laughed Raimundo.
"Okay, the new villain is…me!" said Dojo.
The xiaolin dragons looked shocked.
"Now Dojo, this is no time to joke!" said Kimiko.
Their little green friend looked angry.
"The name's not Dojo. My true name is Reid," he said.
"This isn't funny," growled Kimiko.
"You're frightening me," whispered Omi.
Dojo, or Reid, flew out of the room and disappeared into the sky.
"Okay, what in heaven's name is going on?" shouted Raimundo.
"Its weird, I don't know if I wanna feel angry, or sad. So all this time, Dojo was just pretending to like us…" whispered Clay.
"I don't believe him, its some sort of prank!" Kimiko shouted.
"Perhaps Master Fung will explain to us," Omi said.
They headed towards his room, Raimundo knocked on the door.
"Fung! Come quickly, Dojo's acting all crazy!" he shouted.
"Help me!" shouted a rather muffled voice from inside.
"The door's stuck!" shouted Raimundo.
"WUDAI MARS FIRE!"
The door was smashed down by the angry Kimiko.
"Kimiko, you destroyed master Fung's door," said Omi.
"Doesn't matter, look, master Fung's in trouble!" shouted Kimiko.
Their wise master was bound to a chair with a long, white cloth. It seemed to be very tight; Raimundo acted quickly and untied the bandages.
"Raimundo, look out!" shouted Fung once he was untied.
The cloth flew into the air and circled them all, making a hissing sound. It dived at Raimundo and tried to suffocate him, Kimiko looked extremely frightened. She pulled the cloth off Raimundo, it immediately wrapped around Clay.
"Let go of me!" he shouted.
His strength snapped the ribbon into many pieces; they then escaped through a crack in the floor.
"What was that?" asked Omi.
"Ittan Momen, they come from Japan," said Kimiko "They appeared in all sorts of media. I thought they didn't exist."
"There are other things I am finding hard to believe…" Omi whispered.
Master Fung sat there panting for a few seconds, Raimundo coughed hard.
"Rai, are you alright?" asked Kimiko.
"I'm fine, really!" answered Raimundo.
Omi walked up close to master Fung.
"Master, why is Dojo acting so cruelly?" he asked.
"I don't know, but it seems that our friend was really somebody else," Fung replied sadly.
They heard someone in the temple, it sounded like footsteps.
"Strangers, again? They always get in without permission!" shouted Clay.
They went with Master Fung outside his room; they were prepared to fight if it was a threat.
"Hi guys!" said a voice.
"Jermaine!" shouted Omi.
"Dude, you're back!" said Raimundo.
"Cool, you're a Shoku warrior already, and a xiaolin leader!" gasped Jermaine.
"Howdy Jermaine, long time no see!" said Clay.
Jermaine suddenly looked focussed and serious.
"You have to come with me to Guan's temple, I know what's been happening to you," he said.
"Alright, lets get this all sorted out!" Kimiko said.
They followed Jermaine out of the temple, Master Fung stood behind them.
"I knew that more and more villains would arise, but I did not know what they would be like. Be brave young dragons, your quest is far from over," he thought.
The warriors walked out of the temple and into the woods.
"Hey Jermaine, where's Chucky?" asked Kimiko.
"About that, I'm afraid we're gonna have to use the Golden Tiger claws," replied the thunder dragon.
"Don't worry, we've bought them, along with the other useful Shengongwu," said Raimundo.
"GOLDEN TIGER CLAWS!"
In a flash, they were outside the familiar temple of the wise and mysterious Master Monk Guan. They walked up to the impressive gates.
"Guan had these recently installed, only I can open the gate," said Jermaine.
He walked up to the entrance; they almost jumped when they saw a beam of light go into his eye.
"Retina scans confirmed, welcome to Fire temple," said the gates.
"We embrace modern technology these days," said Jermaine.
"Did the gates say 'Fire temple'?" asked Kimiko.
"Yeah, Guan built the temple himself, he was the fire dragon after all," Jermaine replied as they headed inside.
They walked through the many corridors until they entered Guan's room, they were happy to see the enigmatic master monk.
"Greetings, Guan," said Omi, bowing.
"Greetings water dragon, as you know, I've come here to tell you something; the Dojo you once knew was an impostor all along. When the real Dojo found out he was going to be Dashi's assistant, a foul demon named Reid kidnapped Dojo and took his place. Reid stayed with master Dashi for a long time, until he revealed his true identity, and killed him. I have not known that the Dojo was an impostor, but I had found out when Chucky joined the temple…" explained Guan.
He pointed to a door behind him, it was the cupboard.
"Let's just say he wasn't the kind of person we wanted…" said Jermaine.
"So Chucky is an impostor too? Where's the real Chucky?" asked Raimundo, shocked that the grandmaster was destroyed by somebody he thought was his friend.
"There was no real Chucky. As you probably know, Chucky isn't exactly a Chinese name. This is because the demon he actually was wasn't very imaginative," Jermaine answered.
A growl came from the cupboard.
"Raimundo, we need you to interrogate him, the evil demons fear a powerful young person," shouted Guan.
"Will he hurt me?" asked Raimundo.
"If he tries too, he won't cause any harm," said Guan.
Raimundo quickly entered the cupboard; it was empty of its contents. On the floor rested a small, black cloud.
"What is your name?" asked Raimundo with a stern voice.
"My name…heehe…is Backbeard," giggled the cloud.
Many eyes opened all over the dark object, Raimundo's heart bounced.
"What has your friend done to the real Dojo?" shouted Raimundo.
"The Cho Cho; the demons have taken him away!" giggled Backbeard.
"Cho Cho?" said Raimundo, wondering what this meant.
"Heehe, they live in the valley, just beyond this temple. That bird has probably been eaten by now!" chuckled the strange being.
"Thank you!" shouted Raimundo.
He left the cupboard and slammed the door behind him; Backbeard was certainly a character he didn't want to speak to again.
"Where is Dojo?" asked Kimiko.
"The Cho Cho, demons that supposedly live in a valley not so far from here," Raimundo replied.
"Of course! Dojo said on New Year that he came from that place; obviously Reid is a part of the Cho Cho. I have heard that they take infants away, never to be seen again," said Omi.
"Great, let's go!" said Raimundo.
"The valley lies behind this temple, but I must tell you that the demons only appear at exactly midnight, for half an hour," explained Guan.
The Xiaolin warriors waved goodbye to the Fire Temple, still sad that Dashi had died in such an awful way. They finally reached their location, in the valley was a beautiful field, the sun set in the sky gave off an orange glow.
"At least it's a nice place to wait!" smiled Kimiko.
"Yeah," sighed Raimundo, he looked down to see his hand touching Kimiko, and drew it away in embarrassment.
Hours passed, it was drawing very near to midnight. Omi stopped himself from going to sleep by meditating, but Clay had dozed off about an hour ago. Kimiko was half awake, but Raimundo was alert.
"Three, two, one…" whispered Raimundo.
A tiny pinprick of light appeared metres in front of them, then another one, then another.
"Are they windows?" asked Kimiko, waking up fully at the strange sight.
Dark shapes began to form, they looked like little huts, music started to play. They were sitting right in the middle of the demon colony.
"MOBY MORPHER"
Omi acted quickly, by touching his three close friends, he changed their appearance into multicoloured ogres.
"Good work Omi!" whispered Raimundo.
Kimiko looked at her ugly form.
"Don't worry, it's only for a few minutes!" smiled Oni Omi.
"I bet Dojo is in the largest hut, the clan elder's hut perhaps?" said Raimundo, pointing to an intricately decorated building.
They all got up; Omi woke up the sleeping Oni Clay, whose form resembled a fat and purple single horned monstrosity.
"What in tar nation?" he shouted, Omi stuck his golden brown scaly hand over Clay's mouth.
They walked behind red Oni Raimundo, and green Oni Kimiko. The many demons that surrounded them resembled Oni too, so the xiaolin dragons blended right in.
"Not much farther now!" whispered Raimundo, fifteen minutes had passed.
They entered the building, on a table stood a cage, and in the cage was a green and yellow bird. The clan elder's pet perhaps.
"Where could he be," said Omi ", I don't even know what the real Dojo looks like!"
"Here I am!" whispered the bird.
"Dojo?" said Kimiko.
"The one and only, thanks for coming, xiaolin dragons," he said.
"Are you okay?" asked Raimundo.
"Yes, a mortal spending 1500 years in a cage would experience insanity, but to us daemons, time seems to pass very quickly. Now hurry, we need to get out of this horrible place!" Dojo replied.
Omi opened the cage, having no fingers, Dojo couldn't open it himself.
"In about a minute, this place will vanish," said Raimundo.
"Good, all we really need to do now is waiting," said Omi.
They heard the footsteps of the demons coming; they had seen that the hut had been entered without permission.
"Only a few more seconds!" whispered Raimundo.
Slowly and silently, the walls of the hut were beginning to disappear, until all that was left of the colony were a few lights. The windows slowly vanished, and the effects of the Moby Morpher gradually wore off.
"We did it!" shouted Kimiko.
The next morning, the monks stood in front of master Fung and the true Dojo, both master and daemon were beginning to know each other more.
"Am I gonna get my Shoku powers now?" asked Raimundo.
"No, first you must teach your comrades how to become experienced Xiaolin. Dojo will accompany you on your quests," Fung replied.
"Don't worry Rai, it'll be fun!" said Kimiko.
"And exciting!" Omi added.
"I have waited such a long time to meet you, now I can finally aid you on your quest," Dojo said.
Meanwhile, Guan sat on his chair and put his hand on his forehead.
"I shouldn't have saved that no good snake, it would have been better for him to have been eaten," he whispered.
"Don't be sad, nobody knew then, its that Reid's fault for trying to lead the xiaolins to their deaths. He almost got Master Fung," said Jermaine.
"In the meantime, let's see if we can interrogate Backbeard…"
Somewhere in the mountains, Reid landed and shrank to his diminutive form.
"Everything's going smoothly," he smiled.
"Excellent," said Hannibal Bean, emerging from the shadows ", my plan is beginning to unfold!"
They both laughed evilly.
zankoku na tenshi no you ni
shounen yo shinwa ni nare!
aoi kaze ga ima
mune no DOA wo tataite mo
watashi dake wo tada mitsumete
hohoende'ru anata
sotto fureru mono
motomeru koto ni muchuu de
unmei sae mada shiranai
itaike na hitomi
dakedo itsuka kidzuku deshou
sono senaka ni wa
haruka mirai mezasu tame no
hane ga aru koto
zankoku na tenshi no TE-ZE
madobe kara yagate tobitatsu
hotobashiru atsui PATOSU de
omoide wo uragiru nara
kono sora wo daite kagayaku
shounen yo shinwa ni nare!