Without the Memories:
A/N: Hi yall...New story coming up. The only reason I'm writing this one is because I'm using my dad's laptop to write it. My own laptop with all my other fanfics on it is still broken, so I think I'll probably centered around this fic, so for those who enjoy this pairing and other Xiaolin Showdown pairings should be happy because I'll probably write more than one. That and there are not enough fics for this pairing and for the other one I have in mind.
Warning: This will eventually have boy on boy action, so if you don't like that, then this fic is not for you. There will also be violence, most likely more extreme than that in the show.
Summary: Raimundo loses all of his memories of his time being a Xiaolin monk, all except of those involving Chase Young. He doesn't remember Chase is evil, or the fact that he ever fought him, only that he knows him. Chase sees the opportunity to strengthen the Heylin side and seizes it, taking Raimundo under his wing.
Disclaimer: Oh...yeah...these stupid things. If I honestly owned Xiaolin Showdown, it'd be continuing on with its seasons…SO DON'T REMIND ME!
Chapter 1: Weird Feeling
The Xiaolin Dragons-in-training were relaxing from their morning exercises when a certain little green dragon crawled out from the temple to confront them. "Hey, kids. Telling from the rash on my tail....a new Shen Gong Wu is going to reveal itself." he mumbled and groaned, itching said rash, making the Dragons-in-training wince with disgust.
"What's it called, Dojo?" Kimiko asked, crossing her arms.
"It's called 'The Chain of Memories'," Dojo replied matter-of-factly, pulling the Shen Gong Wu scroll out of nowhere. "It allows the wearer to recall any and all of their memories, or the memories of anyone they touch. It also can force false memories into anyone to benefit the wielder."
"Then we should head on out before that no good varmint Jack Spicer gets it." Clay commented, pulling his ever present cowboy hat down further over his eyes.
The other Xiaolin warriors agreed, and hopped on Dojo's back as soon as they armed themselves with Wu. Raimundo paused at the vault as he was about to grab his favorite Wu, the sword of the storm. 'I have a weird feeling that something is going to happen' he thought, brows knitting together. He shrugged it off and grabbed the sword, fastened it to his sash and ran off to join the other Dragons as Dojo flew away to their currently unknown destination.
"....and that's why your cats found me clinging to the chandelier." Jack finished, explaining why he was in Chase's lair...again.
Chase sighed as the redheaded Goth fidgeted under his intense stare as the Warlord sat on a throne like dais. Chase was about to reprimand the boy for being way to obvious and stupid, and how sneaking into his lair again was a waste of time, and how he should be spending that time figuring out a way to destroy those despicable monks. That is until Wuya, who had only until recently regained her body, stalked into the room. "Chase, there is a new Shen Gong Wu about to reveal itself." she said leaning on the nearest wall, arms folded over her chest, completely ignoring the fact that Jack was even there.
The Dragon lord sighed again, "Wuya, you know I have no desire to acquire those stupid little trinkets you so obsessively desire over. They are meaningless in our quest for Heylin World domination." he explained for what seemed like the hundredth time. When was that stupid witch ever going to get that through her thick skull? Most of the Shen Gong Wu were stupid! The Star Hanabi, can spit fire at you, big whoop, you can dodge them. The Fist of Tebigong can cause earthquake-like tremors, wow, just knock them out before they use it. The Shroud of Shadows makes you invisible. Hell, even an amateur fighter should be able to sense their presence anyway! In Chase's mind, going after the Shen Gon Wu was a big waste of his valuable time.
"This is no ordinary Wu," Wuya pressed, "If the monks obtain the Chain of Memories, they could use it to see all of our past, our secrets....everything. They could even force false memories into our allies to have them turn on us."
Chase's eyes widened; now this was a different story. Who'd of thought that the late 'great' Grandmaster Dashi would make a Wu so very...personal and prying. It was almost.....evil.....almost. Chase wanted that Wu; it could be beneficial to his cause. That and he'd like to keep his memories to himself, thank you very much.
The Heylin Warlord stood and walked slowly down the dais. "So I take that as a 'Were going'?" Wuya asked, smug with herself.
Chase did not reply, only snapped his fingers as he passed Wuya to summon his minions, "And bring the worm." Chase said over his shoulder, remembering Jack.
Jack said nothing, glad that Chase's attention was not focused on him for once; that glint in Chase's eye when Wuya told him about the Wu's abilities was not a good one. He liked his butt where it was, thank you very much. The Goth was about to walk with The Heylin masters, until one of Chase's minions picked Jack up by the collar of his trench coat with its massive jaws. "Uh, Chase, I can walk!" he called out to the warlord, but got no reply. He sighed in defeat and just let the massive cat carry him. He hoped for his sake it wasn't a long journey.
The monk's journey was not a long one, only taking them a short ride over the ocean, to the mystic country of Japan. Dojo landed in a very green very rural farmland, almost disappearing into the grass as he shrunk back down. "So which way's the Wu, dojo?" Raimundo asked looking around, he had been to Japan once before to obtain the Zing Zom Bone...but that was in Tokyo, Japan's capital. This was way different, if you had never been to the country before, you'd think it was all like this, it made Raimundo smile; it kind of reminded him of his home.
Dojo groaned and scratched at his rash, "Thata way." he mumbled, pointing to a dirt path decorated with strange arches about every thirty feet or so. "It must be in a Shinto shrine!" Kimiko exclaimed. "All we have to do is follow the arches and it should lead us right there!"
"Then let us make with the haste! We do not wish for Jack Spicer to obtain such a powerful Wu!" Omi stated, dashing on the path with unnecessary speed.
"Hold on there partner!" Clay yelled as he ran after the small yellow monk. In turn Kimiko ran after Clay and Dojo had disappeared as usual, so that left Raimundo all alone. He was about to start running until a shiver suddenly ran down his spine. He turned to look behind him, but nothing was there. His brow creased as he got that weird feeling again. He kept his eyes peeled as he glanced behind his shoulder once before sprinting up the path after his friends.
Little did the Brazilian boy know, his suspicions had been correct. Two pairs of eyes, emerald, and gold, narrowed as they watched the monks dash up the path.
Chase smirked slightly as he, Wuya and his minions reached the Shrine first. This was going to be easy. All he had to do now was wait for the Wu to reveal itself. He secretly wished it would hurry up so he would not have to confront the monks. A Wu this powerful would cause more than a simple skirmish...an all out battle was bound to ensue.
The Heylin master stood, frowning, waiting. 'Dammit, could this thing be any slower?' He thought. Suddenly, lying on the pedestal that sat right before the Shinto Shrine, a chain with a gray crown pendant shone. Chase smirked and reached for it, only to be interrupted, by Omi. "Chase Young! We have caught you blue handed!" He shouted, pointing at the Warlord, not out of breath in the least.
Clay and Kimiko, on the other hand, were struggling for breath as they caught up to the little water dragon. "I think....you mean....red handed.....Omi" Kimiko breathed, panting in between words.
"That too!" Omi shouted and crouched into a fighting stance, "You shall not obtain the Chain of Memories, evil doer!"
Chase did not move or offer a response, only nodded. Suddenly, a giant rock monster came crashing through the gazebo-like ceiling, with Wuya sitting on its shoulder, grinning like a child who just got their favorite toy back after it was stolen from them. And in a way, the monster was. Wuya hopped off only to land next to Chase. "Rock Monster, eat them if you will." Wuya cackled, as the monster opened its mouth and sucked in the three monks into its belly like a vacuum cleaner.
"Now where is little Raimundo?" Wuya asked, noticing the Wind Dragon was not in the jail-like belly of her monster.
'Hopefully on his way' all three monks thought as they prayed Raimundo would make it there soon.
The path was longer than Raimundo had realized, leading him through a forest and up a large hill with stone steps. He still had not seen hind or tail of his fellow monks and it was beginning to worry him. He pushed himself harder, geez did these stupid stairs ever end? He flew up them and finally landed at the top. The hill flattened out at the top and was covered like a gazebo, only much larger. In the middle, about 5 yards away was the Shinto statue. And not even two feet away from that stood Chase Young, Wuya, and a rock monster with his fellow monks inside its belly. The evildoers backs were turned to him, fortunately his friends were not. They mouthed to him the situation. Chase was about to grab the wu!
Unhooking the Sword of the Storm from his belt and wielding it, Raimundo summoned his element and used it to launch himself towards the statue, over Chase's head. He reached out and touched the Wu at the exact same time Chase did. "Ah, it seems the last monk has decided to join us." Wuya teased, "What? Get left behind?"
Raimundo scowled and ignored her, instead focusing his attention on Chase, "Chase, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown. First to climb up the statue and reach the Wu first is the winner. I wager the Sword of the Storm"
Chase nodded, "I accept, and I wager the mantis flip coin."
"Where'd you get that you no good snake? Last time we checked Spicer had that Wu!" Clay objected from the rock prison, shaking his fist at Chase.
"And now he doesn't. Now can we start?" Chase growled, impatient.
"What? Eager to lose, lizard?" Raimundo taunted.
Chase ignored the snake and lizard comments, for now anyway, and shouted with Raimundo. "Let's go, Xiaolin Showdown!"
As the showdown began, the large shrine grew even larger, bursting through the ceiling and hundreds of feet above that. Raimundo and Chase stood at the bottom, Raimundo clad in his wudai uniform. The Brazilian glared at the Dragon Lord, and gripped the sword of the storm tight in his fist. 'I have to win, can't let this lizard beat me.'
The two warriors looked at each other again and shouted out "Gong Yi Tampai!" and the showdown began.
Chase spent no time in using his Shen Gong Wu. He tossed the coin and caught it in his hand. "Mantis flip coin." he murmured and jumped into the air, flipping as he went.
Raimundo growled slightly, he would not be outdone. He called upon the power of his element and jumped, pushing himself farther than he ever could with a normal jump. Chase was halfway up the tower when he stopped. He glanced at Raimundo for but a moment before he kicked the shrine, just as the wind dragon landed. Raimundo stumbled and fell.
The Heylin master smirked and used the coin once again, flipping upwards. Raimundo swore silently as he watched the Dragon Lord vault upwards. He was going to lose if he didn't think of something fast. "Sword of the Storm, Wind!" he yelled flipping back and pushing himself from a ledge on the statue. He sprung up, his element pushing him, he was not going to lose, and he couldn't lose.
Chase was sure he was going to win. He smirked as he was about to grab the chain. But in a blink, another hand snatched it away. In another blink, the showdown was over and everything was back to normal. Wuya's rock monster had broken, and the other monks were free.
Chase's eyes narrowed as he felt the mantis flip coin disappear from his hand. How could he lose to that boy?
Raimundo stood triumphantly with his fellow monks as they cheered, smiling all the way. Chase frowned as he looked at them and stood from his crouching position and turned away. "Leaving so soon, Chase Young?" Omi shouted, noticing the Heylin Master walking calmly away. "Sorry that we have thoroughly beaten your butt once again?"
"There will always be another showdown, young monks." Chase muttered continuing to walk away. "This was only one battle. I accept you as the victors for now. But remember, while you all are gloating like the children you are there are more Wu out there. The moment I sense the slightest weakness in any of you, I will destroy you and plunge the world into the darkness it's destined to be in. Remember my words, Xiaolin Monks."
Wuya followed Chase silently, knowing just how mad the Heylin master was, no matter how well he seemed to be hiding it.
The Xiaolin Monks stayed silent as well. "He seems mad." Kimiko said when the Dragon Lord was just out of earshot.
"Probably because we kicked his butt again." Raimundo smiled, trying to lighten the mood a bit, gesturing to the Wu he now carried.
The other monks tried to smile and joke around, but they all felt the tense atmosphere that Chase left behind him. "At least we got the Chain of Memories." Clay muttered.
"Yeah and we should be heading back to the temple now." Dojo piped up, appearing out from under the Texan's hat.
The other monks nodded as Dojo hopped off of Clay's head and grew to his large form. The ceiling was already damaged beyond repair from the showdown. They jumped on and flew off in a flash. Raimundo shuddered again, that horrible feeling remaining with him even as they flew over the horizon.
Chase glanced at the sky as the green Dragon with the Monks mounted on it flew over the horizon. He chewed the inside of his lip, a habit he formed when he was angry and trying to suppress it. "Chase, what're you going to do?" Jack asked, a little worried about the murderous aura flowing off the Heylin Master in waves.
'Another day, Xiaolin monks, another day.' he thought, turning once again and walking past the young Goth. "We are leaving, lets go." he answered.
'That Wu must be pretty important if it's gotten Chase this riled up.' Jack thought glancing to the horizon once before running after Chase. 'I wonder what's gonna happen now.'
To be continued…
Omake:
A/N: First Chapter, done! Horrible ending, and I know my fight scene writing skills suck, (well in my opinion they do -w-') this is just the first of many, I hope anyway. I don't know if it was any good in the first place, or if any of it made sense, cause its like the middle of the night on a Sunday…and I have school in the morning. ^w^' Anyway, Review o Kudasai….they make me really happy. Constructive criticism is always welcome…and flames will just make me giggle. What do you have to flame about now? I haven't even gotten to the good parts yet. Lol. Anyway, hope you enjoyed. Until next time my Dragons in training, (Lol…pulled a master Fung line ^w^') Jaa Ne!