Disclaimer: I do not own Omi, Raimundo, Kimiko, etc. WB does.
Yes, this chapter is a little short. Bair with me, I'll get Chapter 2 up by Monday. This is my first fanfiction in years, so please don't flame me too hard.
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Chapter 1- Xiaolin Warriors
Wherever you go you will find something belonging to one of the six elements. They are the components of life. Without them, we would have nothing- we would be nothing. With them out of control, there would be chaos- we would not be able to live. With them completely contained, out of harms way- life is perfect.
The sun shone down- bright- but with the wind at a constant breeze the weather was considerably nice that day in China. Five children sat in the shade of a tree, telling stories to each other. It was how they usually passed a day if they were tired -at the Xiaolin Temple.
Clay -the biggest of the children- was from Texas. Keeping the tradition, he always wore his brown cowboy hat. As well as that he was dressed in a light blue shirt and brown trousers. He had blonde hair peeking down from under his hat, shading his blue eyes.
Raimundo -another of the boys- was Brazilian, and it wasn't unexpected as he was quite tanned. He had brown, messy hair and green eyes. Wearing a designer shirt, green sweatpants and sneakers- you could say he was one of the stylish ones out of the five.
Kimiko- one of the girls- was even more fashionable than him though. She was Japanese, and had short black hair with dark blue eyes. She tended to wear many different clothes with hairstyles to match, but today she was wearing a simple t-shirt and skirt- of course with many accessories.
Guppy -the other girl- was British, with brown streaked hair to her elbows and matching eyes. She wore a blue top, navy jeans, a white belt and similar trainers to top it off.
Finally -the smallest of the five children- was Omi. He was Chinese, bald and had black eyes. This may not seem much, but wearing his Xiaolin robes, it was obvious he was truly dedicated to the work he did at the Temple.
"I'm so bored!" Kimiko moaned to her friends, stretching out her arms in a tired manner. "I've beaten all the levels in Goo Zombies 3 five times straight now!"
Guppy agreed with her, "A new Shen Gong Wu hasn't revealed itself in weeks. No wonder we're all so fed up."
Here at the Xiaolin Temple, it was their job- the five Xiaolin Warriors- to collect Shen Gong Wu when they activated themselves. The Shen Gong Wu are mystical ancient artefacts, all with their own special powers. About 1500 years ago, Grand Master Dashi scattered them across the world so they would do no more harm. When they started revealing themselves again, the Temple brought these five children together from across the world and bestowed each with an element; Clay with earth, Raimundo with wind, Kimiko with fire, Guppy with light and Omi with water. These five warriors were to collect the Shen Gong Wu when they revealed themselves, before the wrong sort of people could get their hands on them.
"Hey, Omi," Raimundo turned to him, a grin set on his face. "How long do you think it'll be until the next Shen Gong Wu is activated?"
The little monk was meditating, in perfect concentration, so the Brazilian went on to face the British girl. "So, Guppy- how long do you think the next Shen Gong Wu will take to reveal itself?"
She thought for a moment before answering, "Probably another week. I'm not sure really. Usually it's random."
"I wonder what Shen Gong Wu it'll be though," Kimiko imagined all sorts of wacky designs in her head.
"About as much chance of guessing that as a pig does of flying," Clay told them quite seriously, though it did get a snicker from Guppy.
Kimiko sighed and switched Goo Zombies 3 back on- aiming to complete it for the sixth time in a row. With nothing better to do, the other three huddled around her, watching the defeat of several unexpected zombies. All was silent- apart from the whispering of the wind. It went on like this for at least ten minutes. Kimiko, by now, was quite far into her game.
Omi suddenly fell, knocking into Kimiko and leading to her defeat.
"Oh my!" he exclaimed, leaping up onto his feet.
"Omi," she whined. "Now I have to start it all over again!"
"I'm sorry," he mumbled before continuing; fiddling with his robes made him look quite ashamed. "But something occurred during my meditation. I was told that great danger would soon be brought upon us. Not just us, but the whole world."
Raimundo didn't seem convinced though, "Remember the time when you told us that mutant squirrels would attack? And did I see any mutant squirrels?"
Omi stumbled as he spoke, remembering back to that humiliating autumn day. "But I was sure of that. And I'm even surer of this!"
"Yeah right," he laughed, turning to Guppy for support. All she could let out was a sort of false grin.
"Can I get back to playing my game now?" Kimiko asked, and annoyed tone in her voice. Upon that everyone went back to crowd around her. Omi however couldn't get the thoughts of danger out of his head. Things like this had happened before- it wasn't unexpected if you were dealing with ancient magic. If anything were to happen to his friends, he would never forgive himself. Sighing, Omi started to go back into meditation. He didn't succeed though, as he was woken almost instantly by a certain, green dragon.
Guppy noticed him next, "Dojo! Has a new Shen Gong Wu been activated?"
Dojo was the Temple's dragon; coloured with green scales with red feathers on the tip of his tail and under his chin. Having helped Grand Master Dashi hide all the Shen Gong Wu, he assisted the warriors in getting them back. But as this was 1500 years ago, there was hundreds of Shen Gong Wu, and they were hidden in places all around the world- the odds were against him remembering the exact locations of them all. Luckily he could sense when a Shen Gong Wu reveals itself, and lead the warriors to a rough location.
"The Tianse Compass," the dragon smiled as he spoke. "It can show you the way home if you get lost. It's also a handy clock when you're in a bit of a rush."
"So where is it?" Kimiko enquired.
Dojo- once as small as a gecko- was now over ten times bigger! Asian dragons had the ability to morph, and this was very useful to Dojo as he was the one who took the Xiaolin Warriors to the new Shen Gong Wu when they activated.
"This one isn't very far," he spoke as the children climbed aboard his scaly back. "It's only just north of here, still in China."
They all nodded in unison, before Dojo took off from the ground. Ducks quacked and the dragon rose higher and higher into the heavens. They flew gracefully through refreshing air- all chattering happily- hardly being able to contain the excitement of the new challenge that awaited them. Omi however was lying amongst the feathers of Dojo's bushy red tail. He wasn't so certain this was going to end well.