Hi! I'm finally submitting a story again!!! And this time, I'll try and keep it up and running!

DISCLAIMER: No rights to anything except my own character belong to me! And all spelling mistakes made when Clay is talking are ON PURPOSE to emulate his speech style…

"Jack Spicer! I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown for the Cube of Haniku!!!"

"Alright; I wager the Sweet Baby Among Us for your Wushu Helmet, Clay!!!"

"Well, alright! The game is the down-home favorite: BASEBALL!!"

"Let's go already!! I've got more evil to plot!! XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!!"

"XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!!"

Suddenly the environment changed from a lush, relaxing park somewhere in California to a sub-space baseball diamond, complete with bases, home-run boundaries, a scoreboard, and a scorekeeper dragon named Dojo Kanojo Cho, currently in his travel size.

"Alright, Clay, my man; sock it to 'em!!"

"Raimundo is right: Jack Spicer is new shirt."

"'Old hat,' dude-ito."

"…That too!!"

It was at this time Kimiko joined in on the cheering. "YOU CAN DO IT, CLAY!!!"

"Thank you muchly, li'l lady! Now, as I was saying… GONG YI TAMPAI!!"

"GONG YI TAMPAI!!"

"Ring of Nine Dragons!!!"

"Jack-bots, play ball!!!"

The split had weakened Clay considerably, but that weakness was cancelled out when they all used the Mikado Arm together. Since the Xiaolin side had initiated the showdown, they were on the field for fairness. And in the bottom half of the inning, Clay looked as if he hadn't the strength to even defeat this baseball zero!! "But in all actuality, I was just holdin' back so he would get smug."

We know this because he belted a grand slam WAYYYYYY over the top and 6 more home runs after that. Jack and his team barely put up a fight and the Showdown was ended on the Mercy rule.

"Hoo-WEE!! I got the Cube of Haniku, plus the Sweet Baby Among Us back!!"

"Man, I just realized, Clay, ol' buddy; that means we gotta train with it again!!"

That got an exasperated groan out of the group as they flew on the newly enlarged Dojo back home. Little did they know an ally was in their midst, hidden within Dojo's flowing tail…

…until they got home.

"DUDE!!! How'd you do that? The park did that freaky thing with the changing and the moving and the – you know what I'm talking about!!" the Californian known as David Owen Mason II frantically inquired.

Later, the entire story was explained to him in detail, and then they showed him the Shen-Gong-Wu. His interest drifted to two Wu in particular…

"…So, the Heart of Jong and the Rio Reverso, huh?" David said, unwittingly activating the two Wu in concurrence and pointing the Rio Reverso where it just happened to shoot Kimiko square in the chest and knock her out. But, the beam was an an oddly bright pink.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! WhatdidIdowhatdidIdowhatdidIdowhatdidIdowhatdidIdo…?" the crazy teen, now circling around at an alarmingly fast pace, queried.

"Looks like you comm-bined Wu, pardner! But, what effect d'ya s'pose it's gonna have on Kimiko?"

"I don't know, Clay (that is your name, right?); but, I can tell you the beam was pink and it seemed to jump from the Heart to the Ree—whoop—well, you get it."

"Pink? I seem to remember that having something to do with the discovery of the combination at 2:14 am; but I am 15, after all. 15 centuries, that is!" This came from Dojo, whom was snugly hidden inside Clay's hat

"Hmmm…" David gasped and quickly thought of a plan; "Rai, please take Kimiko to her quarters NOW!! And do not leave her side until she awakens!!"

"Rrrr! Lucky you said 'please'!" And that I like her…

"I shall appreciate my luck, new friend!!!" He totally digs her…and now he'll have a chance!!! David, you are one Samaritan!! Wait, no you're not!! You have the opportunity to be a hero; the ultimate reward!! Oop; they are looking…"So, how's lunch at HTB sound for the rest of y'all?"

"I'm IN, pardner! Been waiting fer someone who thinks with his stomach! Right, Dojo?"

"If HTB means what I think it means, count me in, too!"

"Could somebody tell me what an 'HTB' is, please?"

"Oh, right… basically, Omi, it's a hungry man's paradise, with tasty delights galore!"

"I am most definitely calculated within!"

"That's 'count me in,' Omi."

"That, too, my new friend!!"

"Let's get our grub on, then, gents! GOLDEN TIGER CLAWS!!!" Grabbing the aforementioned Wu, they slashed their way to a Hometown Buffet and left the Temple, completely unaware of the single departing crow.