Hello...yes, I can actually write something non-Sonic related! Shock Shock! Jack/Kimiko, and this is my first time writing Xiaolin Showdown, so, um, please take it easy on me?
Otherwise, enjoy!
Over one thousand years ago, there was a battle of good and evil that saved the entire planet. The sorceress Wuya had planned to plunge the world into eternal darkness, but thanks to the brave Grand Master Dashi and magical artifacts, called the Shen Gong Wu, she was defeated. Wuya was then sealed up inside one of these mystical items, and they were all scattered across the planet.
In present times, an aspiring evil boy genius by the name of Jack Spicer accidentally released Wuya, now a powerless spirit. But she still had the ability to find the Shen Gong Wu, and the two began to plot world domination.
However, there was hope. Four new Xiaolin apprentices have risen to the challenge, under the wing of their leader, Master Fung, and the mythical dragon Dojo, who also has the ability to sense awakening Shen Gong Wu. It is up to these brave four to save the world yet again…
Omi, the first monk, a curious but wise boy, ready to learn about the world his friends have shown him. Perhaps a little naïve, he means well and always believes in the kindness of others.
Raimundo hails from Brazil, a bit of an outsider, with a snappy attitude to match. Although he loves to 'diss his homies', he does care for them, and keeps on trying.
Clay is a cowboy straight from Texas, with a heart was big as his girth. Always gentle and loyal, he is always ready to give the good fight, and throw in a colorful metaphor or two.
Finally, there is Kimiko, the lovely Asian with the big brains. A technology wizard and a little quick-tempered, she knows where she's needed most, and is always ready to kick butt.
The Xiaolin monks and Jack have crossed ways many times, usually with Jack losing. But in this tale, sometimes the real winner isn't that obvious…
We start off bright and early at the Xiaolin temple, where it's breakfast time for our young heroes.
Now, when living with a mostly male group, a female may often find it difficult to get along with the others…especially at mealtime.
"Clay! That was MY bowl of rice!" barked Kimiko, watching her Texan friend swallow a handful of rice.
He merely burped, and then grinned, bits of rice around his lips. "First come, first serve, little lady."
Kimiko growled, then tried to reach over the table and use her chopsticks to grab a small slab of fish. But just as the wood pieces would have touched it, the fish was grabbed by Raimundo, and down it went.
"RAI!" Kimiko screamed. "You SAW me going for that!"
"Chill, Kimmy." Raimundo casually replied between chews. "You've got the smallest stomach of us all, so you don't have to eat as much."
"Oh, yes!" agreed Omi cheerfully. "Kimiko is most small around the waistline! You should be proud to be the lightest of us all, for it will increase your speed in battle!"
"And I suppose that has nothing to do with the fact you stole my sushi five minutes ago, Omi?" Kimiko snapped, putting her chopsticks down. "The only reason I'm thin is because I'm living with a bunch of pigs! Would it be that much of a pain to act like gentlemen?"
"I thought I was very gentle." Omi blinked.
"That's not what I…forget it." Kimiko shook her head, standing up. It was days like these that made her forget she was an only child…the boys acted enough like brothers to drive her nuts.
After breakfast, Kimiko grabbed a change of clothes and a towel, and headed for the large bathroom. A good shower would calm her down, or so she told herself.
"Dibs!" Raimundo suddenly called out, racing in front of Kimiko, running into the bathroom and slamming the door behind her.
"HEY!" Kimiko yelled. Clay and Omi were right behind her.
"I call going next." Clay raised his hand.
"Then I shall go after Clay!" Omi nodded.
"No fair!" Kimiko ground her teeth, glaring at her male companions. "Are you all just blind or something!"
"My eyesight is perfectly well, Kimiko." Omi stated, confused again.
Kimiko groaned, burying her face in her towel.
Later on that morning, the kids went outside for some training and relaxation. Kimiko was practicing battling with Omi. It was her Tangle Web Comb, versus his Two Ton Tunic. Raimundo was sitting on the shrine step, bobbing his head to his MP3 player's tunes.
"Tangle Web Comb!" Kimiko announced, aiming the comb at her 'foe', and at once brown rope-like curls shot out.
Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, she noticed Clay walking out…with one of her hand-held video games!
"My game!" Kimiko yelled, and with that, the curls whipped around and wrapped Kimiko up. She growled, clenching her teeth to hold back a scream of frustration.
Clay looked up. "Oh, hey Kimiko, hope you don't mind me playing your lil' game here."
"Surely not!" Omi replied for her, walking over to Kimiko to help her get untied. "After all, friends share things, do they not? Kimiko's things are your things, Clay!"
Kimiko glared down at the little yellow orb of a person. Omi gulped, backing off. "Orrrrrr perhaps they belong to Kimiko alone."
Before Kimiko could explode, Dojo began quickly crawling up, Ancient Scroll Of The Shen Gong Wu in hand. "Heads up, kids, a fresh Shen Gong Wu has just been activated!"
With that, they all rushed over – Save for Raimundo, whose headphones had to be yanked out of his ears so he knew what was going on- as Dojo opened up the scroll.
"The Kupido's Arrow!" Dojo announced.
"Kupido?" asked Clay, dumfounded. "Aint it Cupid's arrow?"
"Many Shen Gong Wu have fallen into legend." Omi explained. "They have influenced culture and shown in many odd places…for example, when we found the Star Hanabi owned by Clay's family."
"Okay okay, enough with the World Culture lessons." Interrupted Raimundo. "Just what does it do?"
Dojo cleared his scaly throat. "Kupido's Arrow. This Shen Gong Wu has the power to turn your enemies into your best friend. One shot, and whomever it hits…
…becomes your complete and willing slave!" cackled the floating ghost known as Wuya. She had felt the awakening of the Shen Gong Wu at the same time as Dojo, and was now proclaiming her excitement onto the evil boy genius known as Jack Spicer…who, actually, looked less than interested, as he was picking at his toenails.
"A-huh." He replied, digging out a piece of dirt.
Wuya stared at him, wishing she were solid so she could smack him over the head. She made due with charging at him, and passing through his head. Jack yelped and jumped out of his chair in surprise. "Don't DO that!" he yelled, flailing an arm at the purple entity. "You know that creeps me out!"
"I wouldn't do it if you paid attention, you fool!" Wuya barked.
Jack rolled his eyes. "What do we need with a thing that makes people fall in love?"
Wuya ignored a will to strangle the boy. "If you were listening, you would have known it does NOT induce love, as your idiotic culture would have you to believe. It makes people obey you! Your wish is their command!"
Jack raised his eyebrows. "You mean I can make anyone do anything?"
"That's what I was saying all along, Jack."
He grinned, and rubbed his hands together in a malicious manner. "Perfect! I know exactly what to do with it…I'll use it on my parents so I can never get grounded again! Then I'll do it on my teachers so I can't get detention! Then I'll use it on Chase Young so he'll let me work for him! Then-"
"JACK, YOU GIGANTIC IDOIT OF A GENUIS!" Wuya screamed. "A weapon of dominance is at our fingertips, and you're thinking about using it to help your social life!"
Jack had plugged his fingers in his ears from the intensity of her yelling. "Pipe down, you hag. Sheesh, whatever happened to women being made of sugar and spice and everything nice?"
"GET GOING!"
"Going!"
Dojo gave the kids a lift to a large, dark forest near the equator. They landed before the entrance of the mysterious woods, where a sign as big as a billboard was placed.
" 'Warning.' " Read Omi. " 'Do not, at all costs, enter this forest! Inside lays a horrible object, protected by two terrifying, monster Guardians! If you value your life, turn around now and never come back. Have a nice day!'"
"Cheery, at least." Clay blinked, looking past the sign.
"No doubt about it, the Arrow's in there. All the rashes point toward it!" Dojo groaned, scratching his aching scales.
"So this thing's guarded by monsters?" Raimundo asked, walking forward, his friends following. "I wonder what kind."
"Maybe something with huge claws…" Kimiko shuddered.
"Haunting eyes…" gulped Clay.
"And resembles a squirrel!" shrieked Omi, earning him stares all around. "…What?"
Only after a few moments of walking into the forest, did the heroes hear a loud, booming voice! "WHO DARES ENTER OUR SACRED FOREST!"
A scream came from each monk, and they clasped onto each other.
"Uh, the pizza man?" Dojo offered. Kimiko hit him.
"W-we are Xiaolin warriors!" stammered Omi. "We come in peace! We are here for Kupido's arrow!"
"WELL THEN!" the voice boomed…
..and suddenly, there was a noise of jumping, and a little girl hung from a tree. Not a human girl, but a fox girl, covered in orange and white hair, wearing green tribal clothing, and smiling brightly, orange hair spilling down her shoulders. "Nice to meet you!" She chirped.
The monks stared in silence, until Raimundo found his voice. "You are one of the horrible, terrible monster Guardians?" he asked in disbelief.
"A-huh!" She hopped down from the tree and landed right in front of them. "Hello! Howdy-doo! Bonjour! Mushi Mushi! Konnichiwa! Guten tag! Hola!"
The monks looked at each other, and held back fits of laughter. Omi cleared his throat. "Hello, miss…fox lady…"
"You can call me MelMel! Or just Mel! Or Mel with two Ls! Or-"
"Please just take us to the arrow!" Kimiko cried out in exasperation.
"Okey dokey!" Melmel giggled, and turned around, hopping off.
"If only all of them were this easy!" Clay laughed.
MelMel led them through the dark forest, up to a small stone pedestal, where the only bit of sunlight shown down on the object. There stood the Kupido's Arrow…the arrow was dabbled in pink and yellow, with multi-colored spots all around it, as was the bow for it.
Raimundo stepped up to the pedestal. "Okay, so we'll just take this, then!"
Suddenly, a second voice boomed through the forest. "MELMEL! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"
Omi gulped. "The second monster Guardian?"
From out of the trees leapt a second fox, only this one was white and green, and dressed in blue tribal wear. She grabbed MelMel and whapped her over the head a few times. "You dummy!"
"Eeeeeeeep, sorry LumLum!"
The monks looked at each other again, then back to the foxes. "Uh, can we have the arrow?" asked Clay.
"NO, you may NOT." Barked LumLum. "We should destroy you for coming in here!"
"Um, yeah!" MelMel agreed, nodding her head. "Destroy!"
"We must have that item!" Omi argued. "If we must, we shall fight for it!"
"It is ours!" LumLum snapped.
"Actually, it's mine now!"
Out from the one ray of sunshine appeared Jack Spicer, with his trademark helicopter backpack and Jack Bots.
"More intruders…" LumLum growled. "Leave this forest at once, or we will destroy you two!"
"As if I'm afraid of a bunch of fur balls!" Jack laughed manically. "Jack Bots, attack!"
With that, the robots began flying towards our heroes and the foxes. As always, the monks easily trashed the robots left and right, but this time, the foxes attacked the kids as well! With twice the enemies to battle, our heroes were at their wits end!
Jack flew down to the pedestal, grabbing the Arrow. "With this, world domination will be a snap!"
"I don't think so!" Kimiko called out, flipping over a robot and landing next to the arrow, grabbing it as well. "Jack, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown! My Third Arm Sash against your Changing Chopsticks!" She glanced over to the foxes, and the dark trees, coming up with a battle plan. "The game is Freeze Tag! Last one standing wins…and we include the foxes!"
"Fine with me, the more butt I get to whoop, the better!" Jack sneered. "I accept your challenge!"
"XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN! GONG YEE TEM PAI!"
With that, a glow splurged from the Arrow, and the trees had grown taller than skyscrapers. The foxes were now dressed in hard, metal battle gear, and Jack, Kimiko and both foxs's hands glowed blue.
"What devil magic is this!" LumLum cried out. The others, including Wuya, were standing on a branch of one tree to watch.
"This looks like fun!" MelMel clapped her hands together…and was frozen solid.
Kimiko blinked. "Well, one down." She looked to Jack. "Time for you to cool off, Jack! Third Arm Sash!" the Sash whipped out at Jack.
"Not today! Changing Chopsticks!" he clicked them together, and shrunk below before the sash could hit him. He then used his backpack helicopter to fly off and at Kimiko, who quickly leapt off of a tree branch and used the sash to swing from branch to branch. Just then, LumLum stood on the branch Kimiko was swinging by, her foot on the sash.
"I'll make sure you never leave this forest again!" LumLum growled, reaching down to grab her.
Kimiko gasped, and quickly untangled herself from the Sash, and fell, until she hit another tree branch. LumLum and Jack were quick on her heels, so she found herself leaping from branch to branch just to survive. 'What did I get myself into!' She thought. 'It's two against one!'
Just when hope seemed lost, she saw the Kupido's Arrow, bow and arrow, hanging off a tree branch. 'That's it! I'll use the bow on LumLum, then Jack will be easy pickings!'
She jumped to the branch, and grabbed the bow and arrow, whipping around to make a shot. However, due to the fact she had never practiced archery before, her aim was a bit off…and by a bit, that means it flew right over LumLum's head. It then bounced off a tree trunk, and then another, and then another, zooming every which way. To make matters worse, the force of the shot caught Kimiko off balance, and she wobbled backwards, falling off of the branch and releasing the bow.
LumLum grabbed the bow, and stood on the branch Kimiko was just on in triumph. "The Arrow is where it belongs!"
"Changing Chopsticks!" Jack shouted, returning to normal size right behind LumLum. "Hey, Fido, freeze!" he slapped her on the back, and she too was now frozen. He grabbed the bow, and flew down as Kimiko had roughly landed on the ground. "Game over, monk!" he hit her over the head, and she was now iced as well.
With another flash, the environment returned to normal, as well as the opponents. The monks quickly ran to Kimiko to aide her. "You did your best, Kimiko!" Omi cheered.
"Her best just wasn't enough!" Jack mocked, laughing. "Kupido's Arrow is now-"
BA-DOY-YOY-YIIIIIIIIING!
Jack froze in mid-sentence. The monks stared at him, waiting for him to finish his classic evil dialect.
Suddenly there was a growl from the trees. "You win this round, but just you wait! You will be punished for your crimes!" and the kids noticed the foxes were gone.
Wuya ignored this fact and floated up to Jack. "Excellent! For once, you did something RIGHT! We have ultimate power at our feet! Now we can make these meddling monks pay! They'll-"
"Wuya." Jack interrupted, giving her a look of annoyance. "I can take things from here."
Wuya stared at him, then rubbed her little ghost hands together. "Heh heh, of course."
The monks glared at Jack, as his eyes rested upon them again. "As I was saying, Kupido's Arrow is now…Kimiko's!" And with that, he plopped it right into her arms. "Here you go!" he added cheerfully.
To say the monks were shocked beyond their wildest belief would be putting it mildly. Kimiko blinked, looking down at the bow.
"WHAT…WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Wuya screamed. "FOR ONCE YOU WIN ONE OF THESE SHOWDOWNS, AND YOU'RE GIVING IT TO THEM!"
Jack whipped around and looked at her. "Kimiko deserves it! She did her best in battle."
When he had turned around, they could all see the Arrow sticking out of his back! He didn't look injured, but the mental effects were rather obvious.
"Kupdio's arrow makes the one who is shot a slave to the one who fired it." Stated Omi, still stunned.
"And since Kimiko fired it…" Raimundo added.
"…Jack's more loyal to Kimiko than a snake to his scales!" Clay finished, shaking his head in disbelief.
Before Kimiko could add a response, Jack whirled right back and handed her the Changing Chopsticks. "Here, you deserve this too! You were awesome in that battle! A few more minutes and I know I would have gotten my butt kicked!"
Kimiko stood up, rather uncomfortable with Jack's worship over her. "Right…um…well, guys, at least we have some new Shen Gong Wu! We probably should be getting home now."
Wuya glared at Jack one more time, and then quickly floated off, seeing her efforts wasted. Dojo grew into his large dragon size, and the kids hopped on…and so did Jack.
"Hey, no hitchhikers!" shouted Raimundo, shaking a fist.
"I just want to make sure Kimiko gets back safe!" protested Jack, sitting right behind her. "Is that such a crime?"
"Fantastic." Kimiko groaned, her voice dripped with sarcasm.
"What are you kids not getting here?" Dojo snapped, looking at them. "Hit by the Arrow, becomes your slave, follows you everywhere, wants to obey your every wish and whim. Is that such a difficult concept?"
"Jack Spicer, working for the Xiaolin dragons." Clay chuckled. "That does have a certain ring to it."
"This is most wonderful!" chirped Omi in delight. "Jack will finally stay on the side of good, and become a Xiaolin apprentice!"
"Who said I was doing anything?" Jack barked. "I'm not becoming a Xiaolin loser like you dweebs."
Raimundo looked at Dojo. "I thought you said he was our willing slave!"
Dojo began to lift his body off the ground. "Not all of ours. Just Kimiko's. She says jump, he'll ask how high!"
"Faaaaaaaaaantastic." Kimiko groaned again, slapping a hand to her face.
"What're you complaining about?" asked Clay. "You got yourself a butler and a maid and all that wrapped up in one evil boy genius!"
Kimiko looked back at Jack, who was smiling brightly at her, adoration clear in his eyes. She looked back to Clay. "That's the problem."
End of chapter one.