Chapter 1: Surveillance
Hello my readers. XSrules95 here with a new story! Well, actually it's a rewrite of my very first fic. Anyway, I hope you'll like this one.
Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown.
It was dawn at a temple in the middle of the mountains of China, and already, screams of pain echoed throughout the area. On a large, grassy field at the temple was a young, emerald-eyed teen, running. He was running through a large obstacle course filled with blades that would cut clean through a human body. He had just passed a narrow straight with swinging axes and had reached the final area.
The boy bent down, placing his hands on his knees and breathing in and out in short bursts. "I don't know what came over Master Fung. Did Master Monk Guan help him build this thing or what?" He asked to no one in particular.
"Why yes. I had requested that Master Monk Guan aid me in creating this course specifically for training you, Raimundo." An old man said. A small, green dragon appeared on the monk's shoulder.
"Yeah, so hurry up and finish this one kiddo!"
"Shut it, Dojo!" Raimundo shouted and looked forward at the last obstacle. "You gotta be kidding me." In front of him was a large hole with sticks of bamboo standing out. He walked over to the edge of the hole and looked down to see sharp, metal spike at the bottom. "I'm dead."
"You must proceed to the end of the course by jumping along the bamboo, young monk. And you cannot use your powers." Master Fung instructed.
"Try not to fall!" Dojo shouted, a large grin plastered on his face.
"Okay, this should be easy enough." Raimundo said to himself. He took a few steps back and jumped forward onto a stick of bamboo, balancing himself on one foot. "There, simple." Just then, the bamboo began to descend, and fast. Raimundo panicked and quickly jumped forward onto another stick of bamboo.
"You must be quick, Raimundo." Master Fung said. The old monk shook his head, pinching the bridge of his nose as his student jumped all over the place, screaming as he nearly fell to the spikes. After half an hour or so, Raimundo finally reached the end, crossing the finish line.
Master Fung stood, waiting for him at the end. "You have done well, young monk." He said as Raimundo fell to the ground. It was noon when he finished, so Master Fung decided to conclude their training for today. "You may rest for today. Lunch should be ready now." The old man walked away with Dojo on his shoulder.
"Okay." Raimundo's voice was muffled. He struggled to get up, but managed to do so after three attempts. He took a step towards the kitchen of the temple, but fell.
"Need some help, partner." Raimundo looked up to see his best friend, Clay, offering a helping hand.
"Thanks." Raimundo said as the big Texan helped him up.
"How's training with Master Fung goin'?"
"You wanna try?" Raimundo asked, pointing to the deadly obstacle course. Clay smiled and shook his head.
"No thanks. I feel like living for a few more years." The two reached the table where the other two monks were already eating. Raimundo took a seat next to Omi while Clay took his seat next to Kimiko.
"How's the training, Rai?" Kimiko asked. "Must be better to train without Omi to distract you."
"Fine." He answered. "But to be honest, I'd rather train with you guys again. It gets kinda lonely, you know?"
"I, for one, would be honored to receive one on one training with Master Fung." The yellow monk said.
"Of course you would, little buddy." Clay chuckled. He took a bite of his sandwich and looked to the door when he heard a certain green dragon. "Heads up. Dojo's got something to tell us." On cue, Dojo slithered into the room, scratching his back and muttering incoherently.
"New Wu, Dojo?" Kimiko asked.
"Yeah. We better get going, fast. I don't think I can take much more of this rash." He answered, unfortunately showing the four kids the rashes on his back. They all turned away, disgusted by the sight.
"Aww, Dojo! Not during meal time!" Clay shouted, almost losing his appetite.
"We must retrieve the Shen Gong Wu at once!" Omi said to the others. The four monks ran to the vault which housed the Shen Gong Wu.
"Choose your Shen Gong Wu wisely." Master Fung instructed to his students. After they all picked out their Wu and changed their clothes, they were off. Dojo flew through the sky at high speeds, racing to get to their destination before the forces of evil do.
As the monks were on their way to the Shen Gong Wu, six figures were watching from the mountains. They were wearing black cloaks with hoods over their heads. One figure motioned for his ally to follow them. The smallest of the six nodded and opened a portal which showed the place that the monks would be. They walked through as the saw the monks through the portal.
Raimundo, Clay, Omi, Kimiko, and Dojo landed in the middle of a grassy clearing in the middle of a forest. "Okay, team. Let's find the Wu." The Shoku Leader ordered to his teammates. They all spread out in the large area to search for the object they were looking for.
"Dojo, what is this Shen Gong Wu we are looking for?" Omi asked. Kimiko heard the question and pulled the scroll out from her backpack. Opening it, the scroll showed the image of a small, black orb similar to the Orb of Tornami. The others gathered around her to get a look.
"It's called the Shadow Orb. This Shen Gong Wu allows the user to temporarily blind their opponent with a black mist." The Dragon of Fire explained.
"You know where it is, Dojo?" Raimundo asked. Dojo started sniffing around and pointed to a nearby tree.
"It should be over there." Clay walked over to the tree and searched it. Reaching his hand inside, he grabbed something and pulled out a small orb.
"Is this it?"
"Yep, that's it." Dojo replied.
"Good, now let's get out of here." Raimundo said with a yawn.
"I am surprised Jack Spicer did not appear for the Wu." Omi said. Kimiko quickly placed a hand over his mouth.
"Don't jinx it, Omi!" She shouted in anger.
"Too late!" The monks looked to the sky to see that an annoying red-head flying their way, accompanied by several of his robots. "Hand over the Wu!"
"Around my lifeless body!"
"Omi, please. I'm tired." Raimundo sighed, shaking his head.
"Let's just get this over with." Clay said, adjusting his hat.
"Jack-bots, attack!" Jack pressed a button on his wrist watch, prompting his robots to attack.
Five Jack-bots raced towards Omi with their saw blades aimed for him. Omi's dots shined brightly on his head as he awaited their attack. "Wudai Neptune, Water!" Omi jumped onto one Jack-bot and twisted it's head off. He jumped over to another and kicked it, sending it flying into the other two. The last one suck up behind him, but the yellow monk quickly turned around and shot through it's body with another kick.
Clay stood still as ten Jack-bots surrounded him. After doing his Tai-Chi, the cowboy jumped into the air. "Wudai Crater, Earth!" He smashed into the ground, causing large rocks to shoot out of the ground and at the robots. He tipped his hat down with a smile on his face.
Kimiko jumped over the four Jack-bots attacking her. "Wudai Mars, Fire!" Fire shout out from the tips of her fingers as she melted the Jack-bots in a ring of fire. "Too easy."
Raimundo ran as five Jack-bots shot their lasers at him. Dodging the blasts, he jumped into the air and turned around. "Hope I'm not to sore to do this." He said to himself. "Shoku Storm, Wind!" Raimundo clapped his hands together. A small tornado flew from his hands and towards the Jack-bots. The Jack-bots were blown into the trees where they exploded upon impact.
The four monks regrouped in front of Jack, who was starting to back away. "It's over, Jack!"
"Yeah, just get out of here before we have to do to you what we did to your robots." Kimiko threatened. Not wanting to get beat up, Jack activated his heli-pack.
"Fine, I didn't need the Wu anyway!" Jack shouted back as he flew away.
"Now can we get out of here, Dojo?" Raimundo asked as the dragon slithered out from under Clay's hat.
Enlarging himself, Dojo pointed to his back. "Hop on." Once they were all on, Dojo took off into the sky. "Next stop, home."
From inside the forest, the six strangers watched as the monks left.
"They have gotten strong." The leader of the six said.
"So, when can we show ourselves?" One of the six asked.
"Soon. For now, we must keep watch over them." The six disappeared as the shadows surrounded them.
I'll try to update "Rise of the Heyling Emperor" and "The Ancient War" as soon as I can, but I have finals coming up and a speech to present soon. So, I don't know when, but I'll try. In the meantime, go ahead and review.
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