Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown and its characters… But I own my characters and wu(s).
Me: At last! Summer is finally arrive at my doorstep! (taking a breath) Ah, beautiful sunlight and a feeling of green grass under my feet! (wiggling toes through the grass)
Yamato: Quit it, you crazy woman! You've not been writing stories about us a lot lately, since the last chapter on the Arc 3 story!
Me: ¬¬ It's not my fault, I have been busy with collage and money. (exhausted a tiny mushroom-like cloud) Since a crazy snow storm last year, it's much troublesome with a long snow break popped in my college life and I had to survive through that long way to the summer.
Khu: (appeared out of nowhere, probably from his element) I heard you failed your math exam week ago…
Me: (sits in the darkest part of corner) I just try my best to pass that class…. After all, numbers aren't my thing…
Lobo: (pats on me smiling) At least you didn't give up until the end. So, I see you got another new story, don't you?
Me: (magically beaming happily at Lobo) Ah yes, you are right! That's new story I'm working during my break from the Arc 3. It's about the Pedrosa family!
Kobo: Does that mean it included Khu, Marcus, Shinyu, Xuan and Kisara? Especially all of them in the Pedrosa family?
Ciara: But didn't they (pointed at the three ancient warriors) no longer exist in our world other than the flashback and ghosts?
Me: This story doesn't have to do anything with the Arc stories and Dark War story. It is only do anything with the Pedrosa family, and (cuts off Yamato), yes it is still do with Xiaolin Showdown! Which it means Xiaolin warriors and Heylin warriors still exists…
Lobo: So I'm in?
Me: No, Only the Pedrosa family in the Xiaolin Showdown, that includes all Xiaolin Dragons and the Heylin Villains, just not you four Ciara, Lobo, Kobo, and Yamato. So you four are taking a break from all stories.
Yamato: Ah, Thank you! (yells at the heaven) So I don't have to be in the same room as the Pedrosa bastards!
Khu: (shot a dark look at Yamato)
Me: (sweatdrops) Uhhh… Lobo…
Lobo: Uhhh… (moved away from the Young and Pedrosa battle) Please enjoy reading this chapter! ^__^;;
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The world around him was quiet…
Everything seemed to glow with an unnatural light…
It was just a memory…
Truly, he had almost everything that life could offer…
…So what left him feeling empty?
Black Falcon and White Tiger
OVA
— A True Home Is Where Your Heart Is —
Prologue
"One, Two, Three, and Four…"
A beautiful and peaceful small village with a colossal pallid circus tent behind the houses where all noises of animals and people can be heard.
"Five… Six… Flip! One, Two…"
Everyone could see the tiny kid was practicing the acrobatic tricks, flipping and jumping all over the yard while other two boys, probably brothers or cousins, were watching him protectively. The kid had sparkling green eyes and wild, dark brown hair. He dressed in a white short-sleeve t-shirt and blue dungarees.
"Five… Six… Flip!"
CRASH!!!
"Rai!"
"Primo!"
Panicking, two boys ran toward where the kid was accidentally back-flipped into the fruit cart, sending all fruits flying over. The light brown haired dark tanned older boy pulled out the kid who was rubbing his head achingly from the destroyed cart. "Sheesh, Rai, you can't be seriously keep doing the same over and over again!"
"Shut it, Marc." The kid grumbled, still rubbing his head. "Why can't I perfect that trick that you did?"
The other boy let out a tired sigh after checking that kid was fine now, peering over at Marc and then at the kid before him. "Patient is a virtue, you know. Take time and you will perfect that trick in no time!"
"Thanks, Aseso."
The said boy cringed, taking his hand off the kid's shoulder and sighed. "I hate that cursed name… Just call me Khu." He grumbled, crossing his arms and shot a dark look at the older boy who was trying not to laugh… failing badly, of course.
The emerald-eyed boy stared blankly at the amethyst-eyed boy, wondering why his cousin despised his name with a passion enough to replace it with the nickname he got from his older brother.
What it is making him angry? It is his name… it is?
Only Marcos knows and he wasn't telling truth to the young Pedrosa kid.
"Anyway!" Marcos exclaimed little too loudly, distracting two kids away from the awkward situation, after all it's Rai's first meeting his little brother. "Since that stunt failed, I'm going to teach you how to walk the pole!"
"Really?!" Raimundo yelled turning around to look at his older cousin, his emerald eyes widening and sparkling like a happy boy with an ice-cream, unaware of the other cousin gawking in disbelief at his brother. "You'll teach me?!"
"Marc!" Khu snapped at his brother.
"Raimundo! Khu! Marcos!" A female voice called from the huge trailer, waking them up from the deep thought about the dangerous tricks, much to Khu's happiness and much to Marcus' annoyance. "Lunch Time! Come here and get it or all foods will be gone in sec!"
"Comin'!" All three yelled in union, dashing from the yard toward the huge trailer trying to beat each other to the door.
The beautiful woman with long light blue, even white hair and soft soulful blue eyes, holding the baby at her hip in her left arm and a spoon in her hand. "Ah, there you three are. Where have you three been?"
"Practicing on tricks, Tia." Marc said swallowing the foods he snatched from the plates. "Little Rai failed again. How typical." He added with an evil chuckle, opening his mouth with a spoon slowly toward him.
Suddenly he got a mashed potato smacked his face, wiping it off and glaring darkly at the innocent-looking Raimundo and the misery-looking Khu. And then he could hear the muffled laughing from his eight cousins among them at the table.
"Marcos…" The woman let an annoyed sigh, bouncing the baby in her arms. "Leave Raimundo alone for a day.'
"Sorry, Aunt Kisara."
Placing the fork down at the table, Khu turned his head to Kisara. "Tia Kisara, Where are Tio Shinyu and Tio Xuan?" He asked seeing the missing uncles at the table with a curious look, ignoring the small battle between his brother Marcus and his cousin Raimundo.
"At the Big Top, I bet those two poking fun at poor big cats again." Kisara grumbled darkly, clearly remembering the unfortunate incident involving the unhappy cats and the Brothers stuck up in the pole with all tears in their clothes. "I hope Xuan would change Shinyu's mind against picking on those poor cats."
Khu smiled.
Every clowns, jugglers, tamers, acrobats, unicyclists, fire breathers, and strongmen knew the Pedrosa Brothers quite well. Their famous nickname was known as "Double Troublemakers." They always got in trouble all time… especially the angry ringmaster, who nearly spitting his native language all time at two brothers. Fortunately, Xuan is only one that can calm the ringmaster's temper down from strangling Shinyu to death for pulling a dangerous, near-death experienced stunt.
Shinyu is a rebellious, playful, laid-back, and carefree trapeze acrobat. Since Raimundo's birth, he took over a father-like mode to the young Pedrosa since Rai's parents were murdered mysteriously. He was a split-looking like an adult version of Raimundo, except with a green mark on his right cheek and wearing a golden medallion around his neck.
Xuan is Shinyu's older brother and was different from his brother, his silent and a lone wolf-like personality, with his fond of Jasmine green tea. He is quiet, brooding, patient, and fearless trapeze acrobat. He looked like Khu, but with long hair in the ponytail style that reach past his waist and a purple mark on his right cheek. He even had a blue feather in his hair.
Khu wanted to grow up like Uncle Xuan and wondered where the blue feather comes from. As he pondered that his thought, the door suddenly opened with a kick and that revealed a grumbling Shinyu and an annoyed-looking Xuan followed after him.
"Tch! Boss shouldn't blow his top. That's just an accident!" Shinyu huffed, rubbing the aching looking spot on his head as he walked to Kisara, kissing on her cheek.
Xuan rolled his dark purple eyes, sitting on the chair crossing his arms with a defeated sigh. "Who in the world was thinking about placing a bucket of icy water on top of the door…and somehow, it was ringmaster come in instead of Tiago, a Tiger tamer." He pondered sarcastically at this, and then he turned sharply to Shinyu with a dark look. "Of course, you did, brother."
Shinyu grunted in annoyance, hitting on the table with arms crossed ignoring the children's gazes. "You don't have to be sarcastic, Xu." He snapped, glaring at Xuan.
"You in luck, I don't let him punished you by striping you to underwear and sit with a dear ol' Smelly Fabio in a doghouse." Xuan snapped back, pouring the hot steaming tea kettle into the teacup. "Then again, I should let him punished you. That would serve you right."
"Why you…!"
WH-ACK!!
"OWCH!"
"…"
Quieting down, Xuan and Shinyu rubbed their heads after Kisara whacked them with her precious blue mallet fan that she pulled out of nowhere in the air. "Honest!" Kisara exclaimed angrily, tending her baby son in the baby chair glaring at the brothers. "Why can't you two get along for once?"
Shinyu grinned sheepishly at her, "Seriously? We're just goofing around and got in trouble again, won't we, Xuan?" He said looking back to Xuan with a hopeful look. Seeing this look, Xuan sighed sipping his tea.
"Of course."
Picking up fork and knife from the table, Shinyu give a famous grin. "Now… Let's EAT!" With this, he wolfed down just like all Pedrosa except for Marcus, Xuan, Khu, Kisara, and four girls.
Khu let out a chuckle, munching his foods.
Just like a true family…
A true home is where your heart is…
Never forget that…
TO BE CONTINUE…
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End of the Prologue
Me: Aww… What a loving family they have! Time for sneak peek about upcoming Next chapter: "The Trapeze Trick"
"What in the hell are you doing up there, Raimundo!?" Miguel shouted gaping in horror at his little brother stood on top of the trapeze pole.
The boy looked down at his eldest brother and then at the trapeze swing, getting ready…
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