Chronicles of Wu

"I would wonder about the world, unnoticed, unheard of by the heavy flowing of traffic…Until one day that all changed when I found a staff laying on the ground at the foot of my house." I kept saying to myself as I held the staff in my hand; it had an unusual animal at the top of it, a monkey? Its tail was curled and the monkey itself was sat on its haunches. "Rachel it's time for dinner!" My mom cried out from the first floor as I rolled my eyes, "Hold on mom I'm doing homework!" I just wanted time to myself, school had been crazy, I wanted to live my own fantasy life instead of my parents for a change. The rain lightly started to tap on the window as I burned another stick of Frankincense taking in a deep breath I twirled the staff around a few times before hitting myself in the head with it.

Rubbing my head I sat with it on my bed staring into its small red eyes, "What are you?" I then heard yelling outside along with, "It appeared here I just know it!" A smaller voice that sounded like a midget sounded, "I think your Shen Gong Wu senses are going Dojo." A girl's voice gasped, "What if Jack got to it before we did?" Looking outside my window I saw four people, in their teens around my age. One was a cowboy with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a cowboy hat and boots with a blue shirt and vest. The girl had black hair with pigtails; she appeared to be Asian wearing a blue skirt, a pair of black boots and a yellow shirt with the face of an animated bear on the front. The next boy was tall with brown hair and brown eyes, his accent sounded Brazilian. He wore red shoes, cargo pants and a white hoodie. The last one made me raise an eyebrow; he had dots in the middle of his forehead, nine of them. He was Asian, really small and bald. "I'm guessing the little chrome dome is the one who was talking…what's with the red pajamas and the black sash, he a karate master or something?"

What really got me was the small green lizard that was a green dragon sitting by the girl's feet, "I tell ya, it's really close!" The dragon said. The cowboy tipped his hat, "Then where is it Dojo?" The Brazilian boy tilted his head at the house, my house making me lower my shades and hide the staff under my bed. I heard a light tapping on my window, slightly, using one finger I lifted up the blinds, "What do you want?" It was the strange bald kid, "Might have you seen something rather interesting around here?" Raising my blinds all the way I opened my window to hear him better, "No, why?" The girl called out to the boy, "Omi, she doesn't know what a Shen Gong Wu is, we should look somewhere else." Frowning the boy raised up a blue like orb, "Are you sure you don't know where it is?" The cowboy, taking some rope twirled it above his head and lassoed the little guy, "Clay, she knows I tell you, my dragon instincts tell me so!"

Eying under my bed I turned back around, squinting above the horizon, "Are those robots?" The girl looked where I was looking and leaped into a tree, "Jack…!" Clay twirled his rope again, "That no good hombre Spicer! Kimiko, you want to give us the low down on how many bots there are?" Kimiko looked down towards the Brazilian boy, "Raimundo, you go find the Wu, we'll take care of Spicer!" I didn't understand all I saw were robots, flying robots with guns on the front of them shooting as they got within range. Raimundo leaped and bounded towards the end of the block while the others started to attack the robots. Kimiko actually drew fire from her hands and kicked one of the robots causing it to combust. Clay roped one of them swinging it into five more as Omi cried, "Leopard strike!" And sliced through ten of them with ease.

Kimiko cried out to Raimundo, "Any luck?" Raimundo just sighed, flipping over everything in sight, "None, the Monkey Staff has to be here somewhere!" Tapping my chin I heard the sound of propeller blades, as a teen around my age as well flew in with a backpack like robot on his back and two propellers coming from the top, flying him around. He was pale looking and had bright red hair with yellow goggles on his forehead that he leveled to be on his eyes. He was shrouded in a black outfit and boots, "Jackbots attack!" He cried out as more robots flew in to attack the others. "My guess that is Jack Spicer?" Omi leaped onto the roof in front of me, "Your thoughts are wise, he is no good, very bad and he is trying to get to the Shen Gong Wu first!" Biting my lower lip I leaned against the window, "Any luck finding it?" Omi cried, "Orb of Tornami, water!" Water started to come out like a waterfall and completely blew the Jackbots apart, "Cool blue sphere." I managed, almost not being able to get the words out.

Omi bowed, "Why thank you, you are most certainly nice lady." I wasn't sure what to make out of what he had said, but Jack was hovering over towards Omi, a small weird witch like hag ghost following behind him. It was purple with a long red nose; it looked like it was wearing a clown mask with the big yellow eyes. "Alright chrome dome, where's the Wu and no one gets minced!" Omi just laughed, "It is you who are being minced Jack Spicer!" Jack looked towards me, putting his goggles on his forehead, "Why hello there…" The ghost like hag tossed up her arms, if she had any, "Jack, stop wasting time!" Jack rolled his eyes, "Wuya, you cannot rush evil genius!" With the goggles on top of his head I noticed he had two marks under his eyes, one under each eye. They were black and curved; one had another line jutting out the bottom of it on the left eye. Winking he pushed a button on his watch like device, more robots coming in, Kimiko sighing, "Why so many bots today Jack, do you like watching getting their butts kicked?" She flipped backwards kicking one in the face.

The propellers went into his backpack as he took out a device, it shot out a laser that encircled an area of my window. Kicking it out he hopped in my room, "Umm, yeah, what the heck are you doing, this is my room…" Looking at his watch he held up his hand as if blocking me out first, "Now where is it?" Wuya shook her head, "Jack, I swear you are the most incompetent villain." I stepped in front of my bed Jack moving with me, "So Miss brown haired beauty, are you going to show me where the Wu is?" My jaw dropped, face slapping myself, but I found my cheeks warm. Looking back up I found his eyes meeting with mine, I stood stiff as I stared into his red eyes, I had never seen red eyes before, "You know where it is don't you?" Wuya circled around Jack, "It is close!" I guess Dojo heard Wuya because he yelled out, "The hag is right, it is really close!" Omi jumped into my window standing me up, "You are full of much trickery, but you do not fool me!"

Jack patted his head as we both said at the same time, "Wait your turn chrome dome." Biting my lower lip I took a deep breath, I almost couldn't find myself able to move, why did I always fall for the villains? Moving under my bed I pulled out the staff as Omi grabbed it along with me it started to glow, "It is a Xiaolin Showdown!" Raising my eyebrow I muttered, "A what?" Omi continued, "We shall battle for the Wu! My Orb of Tornami against your…your…Kimiko, can you give uhhh, name please?"

"Rachel…"

"Ahh, yes Rachel your Fist of Tebigong?"

All of a sudden the huge glove like item that was balled into a fist flew onto my hand, Jack saying, "What's the challenge Omi?"

"Truth or dare, first to back down from one loses!"

All of a sudden the scenery changed around us, my house broke into pieces and the fall trees warped around us like a jungle, giving us both seats to sit in, Omi crying out, "Gong Yi Tan Pai!" I just pursed my lips, "And that means start I'm guessing, why do you make it so dramatic?" Omi shouted out, "I will go first to show you how this is indeed done! Hmmm, truth or dare?"

"Dare…" I shrugged like he was making this a big deal.

"Yes, I want you to…to uh…" He seemed to be stuck on his words, Raimundo leaving his hand out to Clay, "Told you he couldn't play right." Sighing Clay slapped ten dollars into Raimundo's hand. Omi raised his finger in declaration, "Kiss Jack Spicer!" Kimiko looked like she was going to throw up, Clay holding out his hand, "Bet you another ten she doesn't." Raimundo's eyes grew large with laughter, "You've got it!" My gaze turned towards Jack Spicer, I had no idea what to do, or what I would gain if I won or lost. Omi was on his back laughing loudly as the Orb of Tornami rolled out of his hand, "She will never do it, who would kiss Jack Spicer?" Turning my chin up I whipped my brown hair back and straightened up my black shirt. Brushing off my ripped skinny jeans I tapped one of my black boots on the ground, "You think that's funny?"

Omi just wiped away a tear, "Well yes I do indeed, just say I've won before I spill all of my guts!" Frowning I popped my knuckles, "I'll tell you what I'm going to do..." Walking over to Jack I cried facing Omi, "Fist of Tebigong!" Slamming my hand on the ground sent a wild rupture of the land to Omi who went flying along with the Orb of Tornami. Jack stood jaw dropped as I grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him in for a kiss, the others gasping in disgust, Raimundo holding out his hand, "Pay up bro." Catching the Orb of Tornami as well I held the three Shen Gong Wu as Jack fell over, Wuya almost looked as surprised as the rest of them did. Omi sat nearly knocked out, "But…but I do not get it!" Kimiko spit nearly gagging, "Girl, that was rank…" Raimundo pulled on Omi's sash dragging him as Dojo grew to gigantic size, "Well I think I'll even need to drink some mouthwash tonight, alight hop on, let's go."

Omi still looked dumbfounded as Raimundo set him on Dojo's back along with the rest of them. Coming to Omi yelled out at me, "Wait, she could come with us back to the temple, she is not on a side and she would prove very brave!" Clay tipped his hat, "Would be mighty fine to have another farmer on the ranch." Jack stumbled up, Wuya rolling her eyes, "You are such a baby Jack." The others awaited my answer as I looked at the bounty I had won, the props on Jack's backpack appeared, "You'll probably want to go back to the temple with them." Kimiko high-fived Clay, "Alright, I knew she wasn't crazy!"

"Hold on…" I tossed the Monkey Staff to Jack giving a twisted smile, "I always fall for the bad guy…" Kimiko's mouth dropped, Omi trying to close her jaw, but it just fell back down. Jack looked just as surprised, almost dropping the staff, "Me?" Wuya twirled around me, "Oh there is so much evil to show you my dear girl!" Dojo took off, "Alright, nothing more to see here folks, let's go!" Jack still just stood there staring at me then yelled out at the others, "That's right Xiaolin losers! Don't mess with evil boy genius!" Giving him the rest of the Shen Gong Wu I smiled, "Don't be too cocky…" A plane flew overhead, making me think of my dad, "He's always working…" Jack looked up, "He works on planes?" Managing a nod, "Yeah, the eight seven…I love planes…but he is never at home…"

He looked like he was going to faint, "Then you are going to love what I have to show you later!" Smiling I tilted my head at him, Wuya looking at me then Jack, "Tell me girl, would you have done what you did if it wasn't a dare?" Jack's lip quivered, "Why would you say that? You totally ruined the moment!" Frowning I walked closer to him, "Well…" His lip continued to quiver, his eyes big and red getting ready to whimper, "Call me crazy…" I gave him a small kiss on the cheek, "I wouldn't have hesitated…" His face flushed bright red pushing another button on his watch, a jet coming in that looked custom made and completely maniacal, evil. "That is amazing!" I cried out feeling every bit of metal work on it, "It's a real beauty!" My mom came out looking stupefied at Jack, Wuya, and the jet, "And this is?" She pushed out, tapping her lips."

"Jack Spicer…" Biting my lip I side glanced him, "Evil boy genius…" Tossing the Shen Gong Wu into his jet he picked me up and tossed me over his shoulder, "And I'm being kidnapped…" I giggled as he tossed me into the seat beside the pilot, Wuya flying in between the glass inside. My mom couldn't get any words out as Jack hopped into the pilots seat and turned the after burner on causing the jet to propel forwards, quickly climbing higher. "Evil boy genius eh?" He curled a hideous smile, "Yeah, I was going to go for dark emperor or the world, but you know." Winking he looked as if he was curling his toes, looking happier than ever at Wuya who just crossed her arms, "How do you fall for this buffoon?"

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