Chapter 1: A Great Wusance
Synopsis: Dav Strife and Ashura Dragoon are training for an upcoming tournament on the world of 'Astanta' (Xiaolin Showdown World) when they are attacked by Jack Spicer and Wuya!
Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown or Ashura Dragoon, they belong to Christy Hui and Dark Lord Sigma respectively. I own Dav Strife and nothing more.
Notes: Just for the readers who don't know this is in a sense a crossover between Xiaolin Showdown and Kingdom Hearts (Killer RPG on the PS2). The two characters Dav and Ashura are originally from a Kingdom Hearts fiction of mine and are in this story mercenaries for hire! (We first learn of them becoming mercs in my other fic 'The Hunter Becomes The Hunted'). Some of the other characters that appear later on will be from Smurf-Chan's fic 'The Time Has Come'!
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"Hmm… funny ain't it? We each secretly get hired to take each other out… nice knowing you Ashura, it's been real" Dav said with a confident smirk.
"You are too full of yourself, we have both improved but I will be the victor hands down…"
"Well, talk is cheap buddy, lets go!" Dav yelled as he charged at Ashura with Samurai Sword drawn and ready to strike.
Dav swung the sword at Ashura's head who bent backwards to avoid the blow and then jump straight into a back flip to dodge a mid section blow. He then rolled under a thrust strike and then jumped over an arcing blow to the body. He then continued to dodge every blow that was directed at him with great ease which surprised Dav greatly. The onslaught stopped as Dav jumped back to rethink his strategy when Ashura quickly thrust his arms out to the side to reveal both his forearm blades which seemed far longer than before. "That's a new one" Dav muttered to himself as he and Ashura circled each other slowly waiting for their opponent to make a first move.
Dav held Zantetsuken in front of his face with one hand and rested the other against one side of the blade. Both his hands and the blade began to glow white as he stared directly at his opponent. Bringing the sword to his side he swiped it vertically which sent a white shockwave straight in Ashura's direction, shouting "Shining Blade!" as he did. The shockwave headed straight for Dragoon who jumped forward and flipped into a flying kick which went over the attack and toward Dav. At the last second Dav pivoted to the right and avoided the powerful attack, spun 270 degrees and swiped horizontally at Ashura's back who ducked the blow as he landed from his own missed attack. They both turned to each other and exchanged confident cold looks while panting slightly. Before either one could make a move a third voice rang out through out the battle field. "Jackbots Attack!".
A dozen gold and black flying robots charged straight for the duelling pair as their master Jack Spicer floated behind them with his flying machine. Ashura intercepted the first two by dispatching them with two effortless kicks and then laid waste to a third with a powerful gauntlet clad fist. Dav used his sword to slice four into scrap metal in one sweeping slash of his blade and then kicked a fifth into a tree where it promptly exploded. Ashura pummelled three with lightning quick punches and Dav dispatched the last few with a deadly skywards slash with his sword. Realising that he was alone Spicer tried to escape screaming but Ashura caught him and held him up with one hand. As he kicked and struggled he dropped the Tangle Web Comb which came to stop at Dav's feet.
"Ah! My Tangle Web Comb… Let go.. Please.. This is no way to treat an evil boy genius!" Jack said in a whining voice.
"What is your problem, attacking us during a fight?" Ashura questioned already agitated by Spicer's whining. Before he could answer a female voice sounded from behind them. "Ruby of Remises!"
A red glow surrounded Ashura and he began to float in the air uncontrollably and thenhe flewupwards erratically. Dav quickly located the woman who had the Wu (or namely Wuya) and extended his right arm and hand in her direction. "Firaga!" A searing bolt of flame shot from his hand and struck Wuya in the chest which caused her to lose focus and Ashura came crashing down to earth once more. Grabbing the discarded Tangle Web Comb he made a bee line toward the dropped Ruby and grabbed it at the exact time as Ashura and Wuya. The Ruby then emitted a golden glow and Wuya smirked at the two warriors.
"I challenge you two warriors to a Showdown Trio!" She yelled triumphantly.
"But Wuya, the big scary guy doesn't have any Wu" Jack added stupidly. Ashura grabbed him by the shirt with his free hand and retrieved The Fist of Tebigong that Jack was trying to hide very unsuccessfully under his shirt.
"Now he does! So name the terms" Dav stated seriously.
"What is a Showdown Trio?" Ashura questioned.
"You'll see handsome. I wager my Manchurian Moosca against your Tangle Web Comb and your Fist of Tebigong and the game is Ringout. The last to stand in the sparing ground wins!" Wuya explained all the while smirking at the easy Showdown ahead of her. "Lets go Xiaolin Showdown!"
A blinding light filled the area and then subsided to reveal the very environment around them change dramatically. The ground on which the three stood rose high into the air with clouds floating around the edge of the new platform. Jack Spicer meanwhile was stood on a separate floating piece of land laughing at the Showdown.
"These losers don't know what they're doing…" he said happily to no one in particular "Wuya is going to kick butt!"
What will happen? Will Ashura and Dav lose in a humiliating defeat? Find out in chapter 2!
