Mayhemb; Okay, hi, thought I'd try this since a few of my friends asked me to make a fanfic for X.S and because...I LOVE THIS SERIES!

Also, I figured I'd put down the ages of the group...Just in case..

Jack and Clay- 16
Raimundo- 15
Alexis (you'll understand in a bit)- Late 14
Kimiko- Mid to late 13
Omi- Early 10

Song Used; "Down in New Orleans" by Dr. John


(a bit before the end of Episode 1)

"Master Fung, there are so many shen gong wu to be found..." Omi stated as he, Raimundo, Kimiko, and Clay stood before their Master. With a gentle smile, the old man bent down and patted Omi's head.

"Your new friends will help." Master Fung gave small words of comfort to his student, trying to ease Omi's emotions of doubt and beyond.

"Oh, yes Master..! I have already taught much to Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay!" Omi declared happily to the man before him, who chuckled a bit.

"But Omi, they are here to teach you...!" Master Fung proclaimed to his yellow-skin student, who could faintly hear shuffling footsteps in the background behind him.

"But...I am the chosen one...!" Omi defensively stated, looking a tad bit hurt at this news.

"You aren't the only chosen one Omi...! Someday, your new friends and others perhaps, may become dragon warriors as well..! Kimiko, the dragon of fire. Clay, the dragon of Earth. Raimundo, the dragon of the wind...And, finally, though she arrived a bit late. Alexis, the dragon of...Um...Alexis...?" Master Fung asked as he looked around a but, obviously confused as to where the young girl had went.

"Umm...Right 'ere.." a quiet french-accented voice whispered from around the corner of the door the ground had just came through, before a head slowly peeked around the frame.

Blonde hair that was cut squarely to mid-torso with long bangs, dark bronze skin, and a peeking blue eye looked towards them. She was fully clothed in the same clothing as the other dragons, and they could also see a blue-bird shaped earring on the ear they could see.

"Ah, yes. Along with Alexis, dragon of nature." Master Fund introduced the girl, who then awkwardly shuffled away. She had already heard everyone's name, and she'd learn faces later, so there was no reason for her to stick around and get comfy. She still had a lot of work to do, after all, her room wasn't exactly "home" yet...


Alexis smiled a bit as she hung two blankets over the open portion of her room, stringing it over a piece of metal chain she had strung, separating herself a bit more from the others. Her room was at the very end of the room, where she felt the most safe in all honesty. After making sure the blankets were secure, she went over to her bags and started to put up a few pictures on the wall.

Alexis Nanise, sometimes "Lexi" or "Nani" if she knew the person well enough. Born along the beaches of her mother's homeland of a Melanesian island, Alexis grew up with her older brothers. After a little less than 1 year of living there, their family moved all the way to a town not to far from New Orleans in Louisiana, where Alexis found her love of spices and cooking.

4 Years went by and Alexis has grown to love everything about her family-owned restaurant and worked there as a cook alongside her father, while also learning to play music with her Once-an-Opera-Singer mother. After the birth of her baby brother, Alexis then found herself helping even more around the restaurant.

Yet things turned a bit sour for the family when Alexis' grandma suddenly fell ill, which caused half the family to move to France for 8 years to try and help. While there, as to help the kids not worry about their grandmother's bad condition, their parents set them to work. Alexis ended up going to help work at her grandfather's garden that produced a lot of spices, vegetables, and fruits. Both for cooking, and medical reasons.

So alongside her grandfather, Alexis learned how to use herbs in a few more ways. Yet she's still learning, and wants to continue learning also. When she wasn't gardening, going to school, or learning about herbs, Alexis was training at gymnastics and the art of miming with a circus group near the hospital her grandmother was residing in.

So once her grandma's condition became stable, the family moved back to their home in New Orleans...Only to come here not to long after...

With a small sigh, Alexis hung up a few Mardi Gras masks along her wall. Ones of yellow pants, purple beads, and green glitter that shimmered even in the small lights of the room. With a little more adjusting, then this old place would be able to resemble home.

-2 hours Later-

Alexis smiled a bit as she looked around her room, streamer and beads hung up and book cases in the corners. A small stereo occupied the top of a table with a nice jade vase filled with beautiful Chinese wisteria, two blue candles, and a tea set. Finally, towards the furthermost wall, were two black leather boxes. In the one to the left was all her clothes, candles, CDs, DVDs, accessories, make-up, and jewelry. Then the larger one to the right was filled with her other supplies like those used for incense, aromatherapy supplies, gardening tools, cooking supplies, a rather old laptop, an extra pair of headphones-

"Hey, Alexis...?" a male voice asked from the "door", making the nature dragon jump in surprise, before she turned and peeked her head out of the blankets. After looking twice from left-to-right, she looked down to see the actual dragon of the temple.

"We figured you'd...Oh, I don't knooow...Want something to eat for dinner...?" Dojo asked with a small smirk as he looked to the girl, who gave a small nod to him...

...

...

Awwwwkaward..

"Okay...! Well...I'll just...Go." Dojo stated as he slithered backwards out of the room, eyes shuffling uncomfortably under Alexis' stare. Once he was gone, the blonde waited 20 seconds before stepping out of the housing area and going to the dinning room...Or what was used as the dinning room, she supposed.


(room where Kimiko was pouring tea in "Tangled Webs")

Once inside the room with a large circular table, filled with a variety of food, Alexis shuffled inside and looked around nervously when she saw she was the first one the-

"Ah, hello Alexis." the dragon of nature jumped at the sudden voice, before relaxing a bit when she saw it was only Master Fung.

"'Ello Master Fung." Alexis quickly replied when she realized she had left the old man with no reply, he gave a small smile as he sat down across the table from her. Five extra seats were open now, making the girl wonder where the others were.

A few seconds later, the room was then filled with chatter as the other dragon warriors entered the room...Only to blink when they saw Alexis. With a big grin, Omi grinned as he rushed over to the space in front of Alexis and held out his hand.

"Oh, hello there Underwear...!" Omi happily exclaimed, earning him a odd look from Alexis and a face-palm from Raimundo.

"Um...Omi, I think you mean 'Brah'..." Kimiko rephrased for the Monk-residing boy, who blinked in confusion.

"Look, Omi, just drop it." Raimundo declared as he and the others came forward, just as Alexis gave Omi a small smile and shook his out-reached hand.

"'Ello there Omi." Alexis shyly replied, blushing a bit as she noticed the small boy give her a awe-struck look.

"Wow! My first girl hand-shake...!" Omi declared happily, only earning him another odd look from the French-accented girl. With that odd introduction, the Brazilian boy and the Japanese girl stepped forward.

"Hey, s'up...? I'm Raimundo."

"I'm Kimiko, nice to meet you."

With a small smile and wave to the 2, Alexis then turned back as everyone settled down...Only to notice something, where had that blonde boy gon-

"Excuse me, m'am...? Would ya mind if I sit here?" a Texas-accented voice questioned from behind her, without jumping this time Alexis turned around. Behind her was the blonde-haired boy, all decked out in his Temple garb and cowboy hat, pointing to the seat that was between her and Raimundo.

(seating (going clockwise); Master Fung, Omi, Kimiko, Alexis, -empty seat- , Raimundo, -empty seat-, (back to) Master Fung)

"Oh, non, sit v'ere ever you like Monsieur." Alexis calmly responded, the boy nodded his head as he sat down.

"Much obliged, I'm Clay by the way."

With that, the group fell into a small silence as they began to eat. Yet just as Alexis picked up her fork, she stopped and put her hand down.

...

..

"Hey, you guys started without me..?" Dojo asked as he came into the room, looking a bit hurt. After some mumbled replies, Dojo gave a small huff and slithered over to the seat beside Master Fung. Only then did Alexis pick up her fork and begin eating, earning her a small glance from Master Fung.


Alexis sighed as she sat beneath a tree in the Temple, near a small pond surrounded by rocks. Dinner had gone off with loud chatter once Dojo had entered the room, as if the tension had been destroyed. As it turned out, she was actually just as tall as Raimundo...Yet a bit more thicker skinned than Kimiko...Earning yet another odd comment from Omi.

"Are all girls so varied in sized...?" the question had earned Omi a glare from Kimiko, a dark blush from Alexis, a spit-take from Clay, a hearty laugh from both Raimundo and Dojo, and an unsettled look from Master Fung. Other than that though, there was nothing special..

Yet after that she had found no real interest in anything they were saying.

She wasn't very fond of the Video Game Kimiko was talking about with Omi, and she didn't really want to listen about a soccer match that Clay and Raimundo had been telling Dojo about. Then Master Fung...Well, she didn't have anything to converse with him.

The only thing interesting about dinner to her was the food itself. How the flavors danced across her palate with each careful chew, the way the spices-...Actually, the spices were rather bland now that she thought of it.

"Maybe I could plant some jalapenos...Some Bazil...Or Oregano...Mmm, and some 'ubarb would 'ave gone vell vith zee tea.." Alexis whispered to herself, before turning around a bit when she heard footsteps approaching.

"Would you like to remodel the garden a bit Alexis...?" Master Fung asked the young girl with a smirk on his face, the teenager quickly hopped up and bowed to the man.

"No! No, I...Vell...Maybe I could add some imp'ovementz...?" Master Fung nodded to the quiet sentence, before leading Alexis over to where the monks grew their vegetables.


The Dragon of Nature had her work cut out for her, as she looked at the rather blank garden.

A few corn cobs, some tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, and potatoes...With a sigh Alexis bent down and opened a light blue box she had brought along with her, before pulling out some seeds packets and flicked through them.

Mint, basil, jalapenos, bell papers, chili peppers, rhubarb, red potatoes, rainbow carrots, and so many more...!

"Are you going to do the feminine rituals of Gardening...?" a voice asked, causing Alexis to spin quickly on her heel to see Omi behind her...Only to process everything he just said. Her first reaction was to yell at him for saying something so sexist...Only to rethink that after a thought of how many girls he had seen up here in the Temple. She hadn't seen any up here, and it looked like only her and Kimiko were here...

"'oney, girls garden just like boys...Actually, I'd like to t'ink t'at I am bettah than most boys...A bit vain as it maybe..." Alexis bashfully stated as she put down the seeds and put a bandanna on over her forehead, Omi blinked at this as he sat beside Alexis. For a moment the yellow-skinned boy watched the French-accented girl get out all her gardening supplies from the box.

"So...Omi...Where are you from..? Where iz your family...?" Alexis asked, trying to start-up a small conversation. Yet after a moment of silence, Alexis cautiously looked over to see a sad-looking Omi.

"I can only remember the Temple being my home...And I never met my family..." Alexis had to blink at this, before setting down her tools and sitting down beside Omi.

"What about Master Fung...?"

"He is my Master, and he is like a father to me."

...

"So you do have a family zen." Alexis declared with a small smile, earning her a mirrored one from Omi.

"That is most true..!...Where are you from Alexis..?" with Omi's question, the 2 were suddenly engulfed in a talk about her time in Melanesian, Louisiana, and France. Omi stared wide-eyed as Alexis explained everything to him, interested in the unknown cultures. It wasn't until the 2 looked up to see the moon high did they realize that they were a bit to focused on their conversation, and that they should turn in for the night.


After the 2 got done preparing for bed, Alexis stood outside her blanket doors for a moment...Before glancing over to the tired Omi.

"Omi..."

"Yes Alexis...?"

"...I'll be your sister." Omi stopped walking at this, before looking at the girl with wide-eyes.

"Really...?" Alexis smiled a bit at the excitement in the boy's voice, before nodding her head with confidence. With a big grin Omi suddenly launched himself towards Alexis, and hugged her legs happily due to their height difference. After a small pat to the head, Omi and Alexis separated and bowed to each other.

"Good night then, Sister..!" Omi whispered before going into his room, Alexis stayed to stare at him a bit before retiring into her own room.

Once she was tucked into the mat, she placed her headphones over her ears and fell asleep after relaxing in the sounds of the night...Along with the chorusing snores of Clay and Raimundo.


"In the South Land there's a city
Way down on the river
Where the women are very pretty
And all the men deliver

They got music
It's always playin'
Start in the day time, go all through the night

When you hear that music playin'
Hear what I'm saying, it make you feel alright

Grab somebody, come on down
Bring your paintbrush, we're paintin' the town
There's some sweetness goin' 'round
Catch it down in New Orleans-"

Alexis yawned as she turned off her music player, shutting down the alarm clock she had built in, before she got out of bed and popped her back...Only to realize that the wall she was looking at wasn't the wall in her room at the restaurant...Right, she was still in the Temple...Well. as long as she was up, she could get some work done. With a sigh she made her bed before getting ready for the new day.


"You never did explain to us why you were late in your arrival." Master Fung stated as he watched Alexis make breakfast for everyone, a small blush rising on her face.

"I vas a bit...Distracted..." Alexis declared as she looked back in time a bit, an embarrassed smile on her face as she explained everything to her Sensei.

As it had turned out she had been a bit side-tracked by a farmer's market, then a lovely a florist shop, and a bakery along the way here. Thought it was a bit embarrassing, Alexis didn't regret it all that much.

"You need to work on not being as distracted." Master Fung summed up a bit as he watched Alexis put some sausage patties onto a plate.

"I know Sensei.." Alexis whispered as she turned off the oven, and open it up to take out a loaf of bread she had been toasting. Sure she could have used the toaster, but she didn't think it was the proper way to toast bread. After all, all you need is some butter and an oven.

"I shall go tell the others that Breakfast is almost ready." was all Master Fung said as Alexis finished off preparing the meal, the sound of feet moving decreased as Alexis blocked out everything else. Patting down the bacon, putting down the scrambled eggs, slicing up the fresh toast. Everything was ready. Yet while she was bringing out the plates, she accidentally stepped on a missed-placed wet rag and-

"Wh-whooa!" Alexis squeaked out as she fell forward, and everything went into slow motion.

As the plates fell from her hands, Alexis' eyes became thin slits as she pressed her hands against the floor and did the splits in the air.

clink clang

A small sigh escaped Alexis' lips as she saw the plates balanced along her stretched out legs. A plate wobbling on both of her feet and on her thighs...Now to figure out how to get out of this position without dropping the plat-

"Need a hand...?" Kimiko's voice asked, making Alexis look up towards the door. Coming towards her was Kimiko, smiling a bit as she took the plates off of Alexis' hips. With a grateful smile Alexis kicked her feet a bit, launching the plates in the air, before she swished her legs to cross underneath her. Once settled down Alexis outreached her arms to catch the purposely-falling plates, before grinning at the staring Kimiko. She had to thank her cousin Anne for those gymnastics lessons.

"Uh...Shall ve go eat...?" Alexis bashfully asked, and that was how she found herself with Kimiko trailing behind her.


Breakfast was already starting off better than Dinner, having been marked when Alexis began laughing at a story about Raimundo's brother he was telling. Only Dojo, Omi, and Kimiko weren't in the room now.

"And then he-"

"GUYS! GUYS COME HERE!" Raimundo was cut off by Dojo, who came in slithering with the Ancient Scroll of the Shen Gong Wu...Only to stop short when he smelt the bacon.

"Is that maple bacon..?" Dojo asked as he pointed to the plate, earning him a nod from Alexis. From the doorway Alexis saw Kimiko and Omi run inside, having heard Dojo's yells.

"Oui...But w'at where you zaying about...Looking alive.?" Alexis questioned, snapping Dojo out of his trance.

"Oh! Right." Dojo then paused as he opened up the scrolls to show a figure with a sash on as a small cartoon premiered for the group.

"The Third-Arm Sash, true to it's name. It's a sash that will literally give the user a third, rather powerful, arm." Dojo explained, before Master Fund stood up.

"Go, breakfast will still be here when you return." Master Fung ordered, after prying Dojo and Clay off the sausage and bacon, the group was off...Only for Master Fung to steal a sausage link and chuckle a bit.


Alexis grinned as she felt the wind whip through her hair, her civilian clothes fluttering in the breeze.

She was wearing dark blue jeans, a red road-runner print t-shirt, a black backpack, green high-tops, her signature blue-bird earrings, and fuzzy purple socks...Earning her an odd look from Kimiko, who in return gave her an odd look. Alexis had never been one to like wigs or hair-dyes...Actually, she hated them.

Kimiko right now had yellow hair, a red cropped top, a black skirt, white leggings, and black Mary Jane shoes.

"Did you sleep well, Sister...?" Omi asked from his spot in front of Alexis, who gave a large smile.

"Oui, I did mon petit frère (French for my little brother), merci for asking." Alexis happily declared, earning her a confused look Omi.

"Uh...What..?" Raimundo asked, just as confused as Omi.

"Oh! She said yes, I did little brother, thanks for asking." Kimiko stated from her phone, having used a translator app. Alexis gave her a look over, glaring at her hair a bit, before nodding her head.

"Look out people..! Doooown we go!" Dojo yelled as he dived down, everyone taking a look at their surroundings. From where they were, they could see a lot of windmills and lots of watery-filled land. Where were they...?

"Aaaaah Netherlands, gotta love the air..!" Dojo chimed as he touched down to the ground, once they were situated they all looked around the area they were in. Mostly large grasses and large water near them.


Alexis coughed as she pushed aside a floorboard in a dusty wind-mill, the group having been split up to try and find the Shen Gong Wu faster than this...Jack Spicer guy...The wind-mill, the others had said, would have been an unlikely place for the Wu to be due to the makers probably digging around the base before making it. So they gave the area to the Dragon-Warrior who had zero experience fighting in the field, her.

The group had stated that if she did find the Shen Gong Wu, to exit the mill and holler for them...Then...Well, that was as far as they had talked before they all went to their searching areas.

After replacing the floorboards Alexis sighed as she got up off the ground, before dusting her pants. Honestly, she was a bit sad that they had left her with the windmill...But she hadn't been asked to come here to sulk, she was here to help them and-

clunk

Alexis felt herself being pushed backwards as she rubbed her head, having bumped into something big and metallic it seemed.

"Ooow." Alexis hissed out as she tried to sooth the sharp pain in her forehead before her opened her eyes...Only to gasp at the sight of a whirling dark brown and black robot. Dear lord, what had she gotten herself into...?


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