Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Xiaolin Showdown; the only thing that belongs to me is my OC.
Chapter 1
The air was cold while the snow slowly fell softly to the ground. A young girl panted heavily as she ran to the village. As she reached her home, it was blazing crimson red as the flames hungrily ate away her home. Before she could call out her family, her sapphire eyes shot open and realized that it was only a dream. But the dream was already a reality in the past.
"Ugh, my back…" she moved out of the cave where she slept and went outside to stretch her stiff limbs. Ever since the accident with the monks and her family happened she began to trust no one. The crisp air refreshed her and she decided to go down to the river to wash up.
You are the proof that we existed, so keep living Reivateil. Her brother's voice echoed inside her head. Rei pulled up her hoody's sleeves and washed her face with the icy water. After she finished, Rei got her two katanas and put them on a rope on her shorts. Slowly walking down the mountain, she wondered what kind of breakfast she should get, until something caught her eye. She went over to a branch and grabbed the sash that was stuck on it.
The sash was gold with a red pendant in the middle. Rei was wondering why this was just hanging on the branch. Suddenly Rei felt the presence of four elements coming towards her. She looked up and saw a huge green dragon coming down across from her, and four kids, almost her age, came off the dragon. Rei readied her katanas towards the four strangers who had elemental powers like her came towards her.
"So where's the Shen Gong Wu, Dojo?" The Brazilian boy asked the dragon who turned into a small gecko.
"Well its right in front you!" The dragon pointed his sharp finger to her at the sash she found. Then the four came up to her and greeted about themselves to her.
"Hello, I am Omi, the dragon of water. May we please have the Ninja Sash you have in your hands?" Omi was small, yellow and wore a red robe with a royal blue sash and wore black pants. He also had small dots on his forehead which Rei didn't want to know about it.
"I'm Kimiko." The Asian girl waved at her, and she had the same hair as Rei except it was in a ponytail.
"I'm Clay, nice to meet you young lady." The cowboy tilted his had, and his blonde hair blocked out his eyes.
"I'm Raimundo. You can call me Rai." This one was a Brazilian boy with brown hair and green eyes. Rei knew what each element they used for she had the power to sense elements inside people's chi.
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Reivateil, but call me Rei." Before they four could reply a red haired boy came down from two propellers on his backpack came down.
"I'm getting that Shen Gong Wu, Xiaolin losers." The word Xiaolin made Rei's eyes turn to slits. As she sensed the boy in the black coat try to take the sash from her, she unsheathed her katana and cut off some of his hair.
"Ha! You will not get the Shen Gong Wu today Jack Spicer. Rei is on…" But just as Omi was about to finish his sentence, Rei jumped to a tree and started to run away from the four and Jack. She never thought that any Xiaolin monks would come after her again. They already took everything away from her and she won't let that happen again. She clutched onto her two katanas tightly as she dashed from tree to tree.
Then she heard the voices of the Xiaolin monks gaining up on her, Rei never knew that they would catch up so fast. As she reached a dead end, Jack Spicer grabbed the other end of the Ninja Sash and it started to glow.
"Huh?" Then she saw Jack Spicer grinning evilly at her.
"I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown. My Ruby of Ramses for your…what do you have?" Rei grit her teeth, she will not be beaten by a girly boy. Then her white katana started to glow and came to her hand.
"I wager the Komori Sword!" Rei held up her katana that was glowing brightly.
"The game is jumping the obstacles. Whoever can stay on the tree the longest will win." Rei nodded in agreement.
"Let's go! Xiaolin Showdown!" The landscape changed dramatically and when Rei opened her eyes she was on a huge tree branch with Jack next to her. The Night Sash turned day into darkness and the showdown was about to begin.
"Gong Yi Tanpai!" As soon as the words came out of Jack's mouth, rocks started to fall out of the sky.
"This is nothing." Rei dodged each rock quickly and watched as Jack was having trouble. Then she unsheathed the Komori sword and her other katana and thought that this should end quicker. Waiting for the right time she waited and dodged the rocks. Suddenly she was lifted by a red beam that was coming from Jack's Shen Gong Wu.
"Sorry but you're going to lose." Jack cackled as he threw Rei off the tree branch and sent her flying off. The Xiaolin monks began crying out to her saying, "Don't lose." and "C'mon." Rei knew that she can do better than this, what will her master think if he saw her like this? Concentrating she held up her sword and sent out sharp metal shards on the tree trunk. She landed on one and began using the others to climb back up to the top.
"It's time to end this!" Rei slashed all the branches that Jack was on and then kicked him off the tree and he fell to the ground. She sighed and the landscape turned back to normal and Rei had the Ninja Sash, the Komori Sword, and the Ruby of Ramses in her hands. She turned and glared at Jack threatening him to leave with her katana still out. Jack left with his mouth pouting at his defeat, as Rei made sure he was gone she sheathed back her swords and came up to Rai.
"You can have those. But I'm keeping this sword." She handed him the other two Shen Gong Wu and was about to leave.
"Wait partner, why don't you come with us? You are the fifth dragon; your element is metal right?" Rei twitched as Clay said the words at her. She knew ever since she was little that she was one of the dragons and she was supposed to go to the temple where Master Fung was going to train her…until the incident happened.
"Ok, but only to see Master Fung." Rei was heading to Dojo where he was back to the huge flying size he was in.
"Wait you know Master Fung already?" Omi asked Rei as the 5 were heading to the temple on Dojo. Then Dojo halted and took a closer look at Rei and finally remembered who she was.
"Now I remember! Master Fung and I went to her village to meet her once. Wow you grew up a lot Rei." Rei was a little happy that Dojo remembered her and hoped that Master Fung will remember her as well.
"Wait so if you knew, why didn't you come to the temple when we came?" Rai asked harshly at her which made her flinch at his voice. Then Kimiko punched him in the arm and yelled at him which Rei ignored on what they were arguing about. The 5 arrived to the temple and Master Fung was already waiting outside.
"Master Fung, we got the Night Sash!" Omi handed it the old man that Rei remembered from her past. Rei got off and landed softly on the sidewalk and approached the old master and bowed.
"Reivateil!" Master Fung gasped as he saw her. The other dragons were giving confused looks and knew that she will have to explain. But she doesn't want to do anything with the Xiaolin monks anymore. She's sick and tired of them but this temple was different from her old temple. Master Fung placed his hands on her small shoulders and said, "Welcome home."
Rei finished explaining what happened to her 10 years ago, but she didn't tell him about her family's murder.
"So you're saying that she was the first dragon apprentice you were going to train?" Rai looked at Master Fung with disbelief in his eyes.
Master Fung nodded at the dragon of wind and waited for the four to listen to what he had to say.
"So is she going to stay with us and train with us?" Kimiko asked happily as she looked from Rei to Master Fung.
"Oh that would be most pleasant to have another dragon with us!" Omi agreed cutely which made Rei smile a little. Suddenly she knew that she can't stay with the Xiaolin warriors.
"I'm sorry everyone. But I'm not staying." Everyone was staring at her and gave her questioning looks. Dojo slithered up to her shoulders and was giving a pouting look. Rei petted the petite dragon's head and gave an apologetic look.
"But we need you now more than ever. The Heylin side is getting ready for something very evil that will threaten the world and all 5 dragons must come together." Master Fung placed his hands on Rei's shoulder once more and was waiting for her reply. Even though she wanted to help, her instinct told her that this was not her true home. She shook her head and backed away from all of them, and she placed Dojo safely off.
"I can't trust the Xiaolin side ever again." Rei rushed outside and didn't look back once. She kept on running and running until she was in a bamboo forest far from the temple. Panting harshly, Rei clutched her cold hands tightly and snow was falling softly, just like that day… Tears started to well up and Rei was angry at her weakness and wiped away her tears.
"It looks like you're troubled." Rei turned and saw a young man with olive skin, gold eyes with slits, and long black hair with a slight green sheen. He also wore armor that was elegant and straightforward. Rei blushed at the sight of this man who was giving her a smirk that was mesmerizing. She tried to gather herself together and looked at him with her sapphire eyes straight at his golden eyes.
"Who are you?" Rei was still blushing and looked away after she asked him the question.
"I am Chase Young." Rei suddenly turned around and realized who she was talking with. Back when she was still young and trusted the monks they told her all about Chase Young and all of his evil doings. She unsheathed her katana and got in a battle stance.
"What do you want with me?" Rei's eye glared down at Chase who was just smiling at her with is smile and his gold eyes.
"Why I want you to join me and be by my side." Rei lowered her weapon and was considering listening to what this evil mastermind was getting at.
"Why does it have to be me?" Rei sheathed her katana and leaned on one of the bamboo stick and looked at Chase with innocent eyes. She just told the Xiaolin monks that she can't be with them and wondered if he heard or knew about it.
"You have a special power that is very powerful, and you would be a strong ally at my side. So what do you say?" Chase held up his hand towards her, she hesitated on whether to accept or decline. Rei just wanted to shake and be by his side but she couldn't trust him that easily even though she wanted to. But she doesn't trust the Xiaolin either and she had nowhere else to go. She clasped her hand with Chase's and shook it.
Chase smiled and began guiding her back to his palace. Rei followed and wondered if she was doing the right thing? But she gave herself a mock laugh and then knew that she would rather be on the Heylin side, for some reason she trusts Chase and wants to learn from him his skills that she has heard about. She looked back to the direction to where the temple was…I'm sorry, Master Fung…everyone…
To be continued