Welcome to my first submitted Xiaolin Showdown fanfiction! I have a lot of these, and most of mine have original characters. Sorry about that. This was actually based on my dream last night, and that dream really stuck, so i'm putting it all up here. I hope you enjoy the story!


All she could do was run. She just ran and ran and ran as fast as her feet could possibly carry her. The ground beneath her seemed to feel harder and harder as she ran, due to how tired she was becoming. The faint sound of swooshing in the distance is what forced her to carry on.

"You can't run forever, child." A voice rang in the distance. It boomed with the deepness of the sound, and the girl just tried to quicken her pace. No, she couldn't run forever. She must continue on though, until she got as far as she could.

She clutched at the pendent around her neck. It glistened in the darkness, so she tucked it away beneath her shirt. Her cropped black hair began to sway in the wind that picked up. She squinted her blue eyes as she was forced to stop. There in the distance ran our people, about her own age, and they held mysterious items in their hands. A boy leapt right above her and into the air, with the agility of a cheetah. She watched him raise a sword as he glided past her. She watched him for a moment, before her own fatigue came up to haunt her.

"Hey, hey…" a voice said. The girl opened her eyes slowly. She saw she was sitting on a mat in someone's room, it seemed. The four teens were sitting around her. A blonde boy with a cowboy hat was leaning near her the most, and it seemed it was his voice that woke her. The sunlight came in through the window, signifying it was the next morning.

"Nnn… where…" The girl began to say, but the blonde boy just shooshed her.

"You're here at the temple, partner." The blonde boy said.

The girl looked up at the other people, and she sat up from where she lay. There was the blonde boy with a cowboy hat closest to her. A little farther away was a Japanese girl with her hair in pigtails, with pretty blue eyes. Next was a small boy with no hair at all, and beady black eyes. He seemed much shorter than the rest of them. And finally, there was the brunette boy leaning up against a wall, peering down at her with his emerald colored eyes. All four of them were wearing red robes, sort of like karate outfits.

"Temple…?" The girl asked, rubbing her forehead a little. There was a bandage there, and she soon realized there was a bandage wrapped around her entire head.

"Yep." The blonde replied.

"Who…" The girl began to be very confused. She was running in a forest. How did she reach a temple…? And who were these people?

"I'm Clay." The blonde boy said. "This is Kimiko," he pointed to the Asian girl, "Omi," he pointed to the bald kid, who waved stupidly, "and Raimundo." He put his arm in a motion to the brunette boy.

"I'm Rachelle." She said, feeling a little more comfortable when knowing their names.

"Well, howdy Rachelle." Clay said, tipping his hat a little bit. "Now, what were you doing being followed by Chase Young?"

"You mean… that guy with the dark hair?" Rachelle asked, trying to recollect what happened the night before.

"Yeah." Kimiko replied, feeling slightly left out of the conversation.

"He was following you very close…" Omi pitched in. "If we hadn't came, you might have been fresh cabbage."

"You mean dead meat, Omi." Kimiko said.

"That too!" Omi answered back. Kimiko just shook her head.

"Well…um…" Rachelle stuttered. Her hand clutched the pendant on her neck. Should she trust these people? Yes… they saved her life. She pulled the pendant out of her shirt. It was a bright blue ruby on a golden plate that was shaped slightly like a heart.

"What… a shen gong wu?" Kimiko said. She looked slightly amazed. "Where did you get that?"

"I've always had it." Rachelle replied, gaining a little more courage. "I've kept it for as long as I can remember. It started glowing last night, and…"

"Oh, I see." Clay said. "You see, it activated last night. Chase had just beat us to it." He directed this at Kimiko.

"I see." Kimiko replied. "Well, Rachelle, that's something we really need. Can we have it?"

"Why?" Rachelle said worriedly, clutching it in her hand. The chain was still around her neck.

"Well, that's the Ornament of Order. It's a shen gong wu that has a most powerful…power!" Omi said. "And we need it very much."

"Yeah, please?" Clay asked, putting on a sweet face.

Rachelle clutched it tighter. It was the only thing she really owned. After all, she had come from an orphanage when her parents died ten years ago. That was all she had.

"Oh, let her keep it." Raimundo said in his thick Brazilian accent. Rachelle perked up.

"What?" Omi said with slight anger in his voice.

"Hey, I'M the leader. I choose who keeps what!" Raimundo snapped at him. He crossed his arms.

"…fine, leader." Omi pouted.

Rachelle smiled slightly. "Thank you…"

"But if Chase finds out she has it… won't he follow her again and take it back?" Clay said.

"Well, then we'll have to keep her safe then, won't we?" Raimundo replied back. "Where do you live?"

Rachelle, realizing his second phrase addressed her, said, "I don't live anywhere. I escaped from the orphanage last night…"

"Then don't you have to go back?" Kimiko said. "I bet they're worried about you."

"Well…" Rachelle began.

"She can't go back there." Raimundo said. "If she does, Chase can find her and take the ornament. It's best she stays here until we find out something better to do."

At that moment, Master Fung walked into the room. "That's a very mature decision, Raimundo." He said. "But you must remember that Rachelle belongs in her own home. So how does that come into your plan?"

"Well…" Raimundo frowned. "I don't know. Can't you adopt her or something?"

Master Fung raised an eyebrow. "Such kindness to a stranger."

Raimundo blushed slightly. "Well… you always say your crazy phrases a lot. This is one of my own. Be nice to everyone, right?"

Master Fung smiled. "Precisely." He turned and left the room. As he left, he said, "I'll go get the paperwork."

Rachelle blinked, slightly astonished at the situation. What, they were adopting her? No one ever adopts anyone over the age of twelve. And she was seventeen. In just a few months, she would have been let out and on her own.

"Alright. That settles it." Kimiko said with a smile. "You're one of us now. If that's okay with you…"

"Ye-yeah…" Rachelle said, having been quiet the whole time. She wasn't one for making decisions on her own.

"Well, great then!" Clay said with a smile. "It's about time we got another girl!"

Omi smiled a little. "Oh yes… that is most wonderful!"

Raimundo had an eye on Rachelle as he leaned up there against the wall. He stared down at her, thinking to himself if he had made the right choice or not. After all, they didn't know her. What if this were a trick Chase had put up to her to steal all the wu?

Rachelle smiled sheepishly at him. "Thank you, Raimundo." She said quietly, just loud enough for him to hear her.

"Yeah, whatever." He turned and walked out of the room. Something in his mind told him she was on their side.

Rachelle was sitting alone in Kimiko's room, which was the room she had slept in that night before. The warriors had left the room several minutes before, following Raimundo out. Kimiko had stayed just to tell her about what's going on. Rachelle was thinking over in her mind what really was going on.

Those four teens were the Xiaolin Dragons. They basically dedicated their life to finding all these Shen gong wu, preventing them from being taken by the enemies. Chase Young is one of the enemies, on the Heylin side. He had never really cared much for shen gong wu before, but he soon realized their potential, and now wants them for his own. There's also Jack Spicer and Wuya, both of which want the Shen gong wu too.

Rachelle's pendant is the Ornament of Order. It had the power to order anyone to do anything, and they'll have to. Well, it can only order people to do what is possible. It can't say something like fly, when they can't physically do that. But it's basically mind control.

And now, Rachelle was going to be a sort of sidekick to them. She may not have had any training, but they were convinced she could become a warrior like them. She doesn't have the power over elements like they do, but if she uses Shen gong wu on her side, then she may be able to become powerful enough to help them out.

She stood up and walked out of the room. She felt the wind on her body now that she wasn't covered in a blanket, and she soon realized her clothing was tattered from all her constant falls the night before. Her black jacket was torn on the sleeve, her gray t-shirt was torn near the bottom, and her black jeans were ripped apart at the knees. She didn't mind. It gave her that punk feeling to look like that. She stepped out of the hallway and into the sunlight. She there saw Raimundo leaning up against a wall again. She walked up to him.

"Hey… thank you so much…" She said timidly. She wasn't very good at talking to people she didn't know very well.

"Don't mention it." Raimundo grunted. He looked over at her. "It probably wasn't the best idea to have you stay here. But you know, it might be better with you here…" he said, more to himself than her. Rachelle looked at him with slight confusion.

"I'm… sorry if I really shouldn't be here…" Rachelle said timidly again.

Raimundo frowned at her slightly. "No, no. It's okay. You're better off here than in an orphanage. I can't imagine what it's like…"

Rachelle smiled at him a little. "Well, where are you from?"

Raimundo grinned at her. "Beautiful Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. I used to be in the circus with my family."

"Oh… that seems like it must have been a lot of fun." Rachelle said with a bigger smile.

"Yeah. I have the world's biggest family, so it's kind of nice to be here at the temple. Quieter, no doubt." He said. "But you know… another member of the warriors will probably be for the best here."

Rachelle didn't get what he was meaning again, because he was once again talking more to himself.

"And you know…" Raimundo grinned stupidly. "Another member means less chores for me!" He laughed and walked off.

Rachelle frowned. So that's why he had her join them. She was going to do some of the chores, and he would have less now. Some kindness THAT was. She angrily stomped over to the main building. She knew there must be a kitchen in there, and she was getting hungry. It seemed that's where Raimundo had just headed off, because all the Dragons were in there.

"Hey, Omi wasn't kiddin." A voice said. Rachelle looked in the direction it came. A small green dragon walked up to her. "Hey, I'm Dojo." It said. "I'm the dragon guardian of the temple."

Rachelle smiled down at him. "Hello. I'm Rachelle."

"Nice to meet you, Rachelle!" Dojo said happily.

Omi rushed up to Rachelle. "Oh yes, we are very glad to have you here! I made you eggs for breakfast! Please sit with us!" Omi said in a hurry. Rachelle giggled at him.

She sat down at the table in between Clay and the end of the table. She ate the eggs Omi made her, muttering a thank you. Omi was beaming at her, and then he sat down across from her to eat his own eggs.

Kimiko looked over at Rachelle. "So, tell us, what do you like to do normally?"

Rachelle looked down a little. "Um… I like to play video games… or do card tricks…"

Raimundo perked up slightly. "I know plenty of card tricks."

Kimiko looked over at him, then back at Rachelle. "Yeah. Rai is pretty good at that stuff. And I have lots of video games we can play together."

Rachelle smiled. "That would be great."

Dojo suddenly started spazzing out. "Whoaaa… you won't be able to anytime soon! I've got Shen gong wu chills!"

Clay leapt down as Dojo unraveled the scroll. "It's the Kimori Sword. It gives the user the power to hang upside down like a bat, and also fight well in the darkness."

"Well, let's grab some wu and go get it!" Kimiko said, leaping up. Rachelle watched them run out the door. Raimundo stopped at the door though.

"Come on, Rachelle." He said, and she followed him. He ran along side her to the wu vault. "Take the Thorn of Thunderbolt." Raimundo grabbed it from the vault and handed it to her. He grabbed the Sword of the Storm and headed back up to where the other warriors were waiting. Dojo had stretched to an enormous size, about ten times the size of a bus. Everyone leapt onto his back.

Rachelle jumped on. Omi was in front, then Kimiko, then Clay, then Raimundo. Rachelle got on behind Raimundo. He looked back at her with a smile. "Remember to hold on tightly." He said with a smile. Rachelle just gulped. It was hard to believe twenty-four hours ago, she was sitting in an orphanage. Now she was sitting on a dragon.


Okay, that's it for chapter one! I hope you enjoyed it. Chapter two will be up soon. The story might be a little bland, but it'll get interesting enough in a few chapters.