A/N: Hello people! I return to the wonderful land of fanfiction after a good 3 years Hiatus. My old account was Xiaolin_Faerie but I forgot my password, so I'll have to stick to my holes account and just publish everything here. Before I begin, I must post this link . if you have any love for xiaolin showdown at all, you will click on that link and sign the petition to bring it back. Even if you don't have any love, sign it anyway for the millions that do (: thank you.


Omi's monologue

So. This was it. Raimundo was the chosen one to be the leader. I wasn't entirely sure of how to feel at first. Of course, there was so much evil to fight that day, I didn't really get a chance to think about it. But then, that night, while my friends slept, I came outside by myself, to think things over.

The night was beautiful, still and clear, the stars overhead shining so brightly. It seemed peaceful, a contrast to what the day before had been. Jack Spicer, Wuya, Chase Young, Hannibal, all our enemies, in one assault. Of course, I fought most courageously. Under Raimundo. I sighed and made my way over to a smooth rock in the middle of the cool grass. I thought back in time, this very rock was where I had been practicing my Viper Strike the day Master Fung told me that new students would be arriving at the temple. How foolish I had been back then, believing that I, Omi, was the only xiaolin dragon. Believing I was the one chosen one to fight against the heylin. I still remember it very clearly, meeting my new friends for the first time.

Clay Bailey. A large, blonde boy. He seemed cheerful, and big, I had never seen anyone so large. He disrupted my lesson with his lasso but he was never cruel. He taught me many lessons, "it's not your weight, its how you throw it around" and to always value simple solutions to complicated problems. He was peaceful and yet strong.

Kimiko Tohomiko. A very big surprise. I had never encountered girls before, so Kimiko was a big surprise. She was hot-faced*, as my friends would say, but very kind and caring. And her girl-hugs were most comforting. Kimiko was always up with the latest gadgetry, and always found new ways to surprise me. She was most beautiful too, and very strong. For a girl at least.

And finally, Raimundo Pedrosa. I'm not sure if me and Raimundo ever got on as well as I did with the others. He was rude, lazy and arrogant. Always criticizing me and my slang, and never truly appreciating my amazingness. I suppose I have to admit. There were many times that I was equally rude to him. I suppose I never took him seriously after he left us to join Wuya. He had betrayed us, but unlike the others I was unable to forgive him, making fun of him as he was the last to move up to apprentice. I suppose I never really believed in him, until now. I suppose, looking back though, we had a very strong relationship. Although it seemed on the outside that we detested each other, deep down, we had a strong bond. And now, I am proud to call him my friend.

But how should I feel? Should I be happy for Raimundo, tell him he deserved to be leader, and be content to follow in his shadow? And when the xiaolin warriors finally vanquish all evil, be able to watch Raimundo get all the glory, for being able to lead his team to victory. On the other hand, should I be upset, angry at him. All my life I have been training and learning. My whole existence has been devoted to the study of the xiaolin dragon way of life. I have been preparing to be the leader forever, and now, my one true aim in live, what I have strived for above else, has been taken away from me. Not only that, but taken away from someone who is inexperienced, someone who has made so many bad choices that have put all of us in danger. And then, just to cover the cake with icing*, Kimiko kisses him, the beautiful, fascinating Kimiko kissing the dragon that took everything away from me.

I shook my head; I didn't want to think about that. I got up off my rock and carried on walking across the grounds. As I did, so many memories came back to me from each specific place. The garden, where Jack Spicer found the sands of time, the big cliff, where me and my friends had to combine our power to lift up a huge rock, the obstacle course where we did our training, the bamboo field where Kimiko wired the mind-reader conch into her PDA and defeated us all. I made my way over to the courtyard, remembering only the night before, when Chase and Wuya had come to us, where I had decided that I would go back in time and ensure that Chase never went to the heylin side. That was what had started it all. Maybe, if I hadn't acted so foolishly, and if it wasn't Raimundo that put things right again, maybe I would have been chosen to be the leader. I would be the one that Kimiko would kiss, that Clay would congratulate, and Raimundo would be bowing to me. No, I didn't want to think about that either, it was no good dwelling on the past. I was out here to think about the future, to sort my feelings out. I looked up, the shen-gong- wu vault stood tall and looming ahead of me. I smiled, remembering the many times Jack Spicer had tried to steal from this very vault. We always managed to defeat him in the end. I paused a little, remembering his words after we defeated Wuya for the first time.

"If we're not busy fighting over shen-gong-wu, we can all go for ice-cream, my treat"

I frowned slightly. Jack Spicer, he had never fulfilled his promise. Then I remembered all that had happened before that. I looked ahead again, staring at the vault. I remembered a different person coming out of it, a familiar person. Raimundo. He was stood there, serpent's tail in his hand. Up till then, I had been sure that it was all his secret elaborate plan. Our conversation echoed in my head. I could still see him standing there now, his face changed, no longer radiating his rebellious warmth, just the cold, hard look of a heylin warrior.

"What are you doing with the serpent's tail my clever friend?"

"Uh, stealing it…"

That was the day; I lost my faith in Raimundo. So had Kimiko, Clay, Dojo, and Master Fung. We all had. How did they manage to forget it and not me? Did Master Fung even remember Raimundo turning to the dark side when he chose him to be the leader? But then Raimundo's voice came to me again. The day he came back.

"I did a lot of damage. And I have to do everything it takes to make it right again" I realized it now, that was what he was striving to do. Everything Raimundo did after that was for the good of everybody. He may have seemed difficult and arrogant, but he truly went by his word. He worked so hard, despite being pushed down, especially by me. He knew his place, and he devoted himself to the greater good. He made a mistake, and he fixed it. It wasn't that everyone else had forgotten that he went to the heylin side. It was that I had forgotten he came back, and he was one of us. A turned around to look at the little room where the four of us slept. I smiled, I could finally see clearly. No one deserved to be leader more than Raimundo. And I shouldn't begrudge him of that. I could still be an amazing xiaolin dragon of the water, and I will help my leader whenever he needed it. My smile grew wider.

Master Fung had made the right choice.



A/N: I apologize for the intense waffling, but it was nice to try and visualize being in Omi's head. Thank you for reading, and I promise to churn out some real stories soon.