It had been 5 years since Omi turned to the dark side, but still, Chase Young never backed down and was more determined than ever. Not all of the Shen Gong Wu had been found yet, but they were still coming in. Chase didn't turn up for most of them, and when he did, he was either going for it or observing Omi. Omi could always feel his eyes on him, either it was Chase's actual eyes or his crow's eyes. The others didn't notice, so Omi decided not to speak of it.
It was a usual morning, Omi spent it mediating on his head, while the other trained hard,
"Omi, how long do you plan to mediate like that? You've been like that since you got up, you even missed breakfast" said the leader of the group, Omi kept his posture.
"Until I find the peace which I am looking for" he replied, over the years Omi grew quite a bit, as did everyone else, but not so much for Clay. He was almost as tall as Rai and taller than Kimiko. Rai sighed and went back to fighting Clay. However, during everyone's training, Omi's dots lit up and everyone heard him gasp and fall,
"Omi, are you okay?" asked Kimiko as she ran to him and reached out her hand to help him up, which he took.
"I believe I am alright, I just sensed something bad" he said, everyone looked worried at him, "please do not worry about me my friends, I am what you call toptip"
"tiptop!" corrected Rai, "yeah, he's alright, we know when he's not, he will actually start to make sense" everyone nodded at Raimundo's remark. At that moment, Dojo came slithering outside with the scroll,
"sorry to disturb you guys, but we got a Shen Gong Wu on the way, and it's a special one" he called, they all ran to him and surrounded the scroll, Dojo opened it,
"The Sapphire Hydra- It is the sister Shen Gong Wu of the Sapphire Dragon, it alone can summon 7 snakes, and if any of the snakes are killed, two takes its place"
Dojo closed the scroll and transformed to his larger form, "let's get a move on then" he said, everyone got on his back and they took off.
"So where is the Sapphire Hydra?" asked Kimiko, Dojo thought for a minute,
"Do you remember where we found the Sapphire Dragon?" he asked, everyone nodded, "well, I remember Master Dashi asked me to hide it on the other side of the world from it, for some reason"
"so..." began Rai, "we found the sapphire dragon in a volcano in Hawaii, that means-" but before Riamundo could finish, Dojo interrupted
"ladies and gentlemen, we are off to Greece, to the city of Athens"
It didn't take long to get to Greece, because of Dojo being so fast as a dragon, but Athens was very big, Dojo flew the gang in, with Kimiko being her usual self of dressing up; she was dressed in a Greek robe, with golden leaves in her ginger hair.
"Dojo, where do we start partner?" asked Clay. The small, green dragon was swirling all over the place,
"oh, it's close, so very close" he cried, Omi grabbed his mystical friend,
"calm down Dojo, point the way" he said, and Dojo pointed,
"that way, towards the Parthenon" he called,
"the what?" questioned Kimiko, Dojo sighed,
"you know, that big temple place where they worship the Greek Gods"
"oh" began Omi, "I have never been to another worshipping place other than our temple and Master Monk Guan's, let's go review it out" he said as he ran off.
"It's 'let's go check it out' Omi! And wait up" shouted Raimundo. They all chased after the bald, yellow coloured boy; not knowing that eyes were watching them, but these eyes were mainly focused on Omi.
They entered the Parthenon temple and were dazzled by the magnificent statues that decorated the main hall, but Dojo didn't look so sure,
"you know, I've realised a lot of things change in 1500 years, this wasn't here during the time I hid everything, but I get the hunch that the Shen Gong Wu isn't in the building" he said, everyone turned to him.
"What do you mean?" asked Kimiko,
"I mean that the Sapphire Hydra might be on top of the temple or somewhere around the temple at least". Raimundo sighed,
"okay, we'll have to split up then, I'll stay in the temple, Kimiko will check the east side outside, and Clay will take the right. You, Omi, will check on top of the temple. Beware of Jack Spicer, Hannibal, Wuya or even Chase Young, by some miracle. If you see them, don't draw attention to yourself and go for a showdown if you can. Dojo, you can go with Omi, taking that he will be the most vulnerable for attacks, plus having a dragon on you're shoulder will look a bit strange, and Dojo won't be seen on the roof." Everyone nodded at the orders they were given by their leader.
They split up, looking around their ordered places. The hard part was trying to act normal and get a job done at the same time.
Omi stealthfully climbed to the top, "Dojo, do you sense something?" he asked the dragon on this shoulder, who was twitching even more,
"oh yes, it's here, I'm certain" he exclaimed, "hurry, before we have company". The monk searched everywhere, but it was hard because everything was flat,
"How do I look" Omi wondered,
"look for a crack" shrieked the dragon. Omi turned to him,
"Dojo, what's wrong?" he asked, Dojo pointed,
"him!" he cried. Omi looked in the direction in which Dojo was pointing,
"Chase Young" he hissed, but the immortal man just smiled,
"glad to see you've been doing well, my apprentice" he said, Omi clenched his teeth.
"I am not your apprentice Chase, can't you except that already, you've been watching me for 5 years, and you still haven't given up. Why?" he asked, Chase's smile vanished and he walked up to the monk,
"you don't remember much of what happened 5 years ago when you were under the influence of your dark side, do you?" Omi backed off,
"why would I, it was 5 years ago" he fought back, "now if you would excuse me, I have a Hydra to find" Chase raised a brow,
"you mean this?" he said as he held up a blue object. Omi gasped,
"give it here Chase, or prepare for a humiliating defeat" Chase laughed silently to himself at Omi's usual battle phrase.
"Why should I give this to you, you already have the Sapphire Dragon, now I get this" he said, Omi clutched his teeth,
"it doesn't work that way" Chase smiled,
"ok, then try and take it from me, oh just do it quickly before that nitwit Spicer comes. How about having a Xiaolin Showdown". Omi did his best to stay calm, he knew Chase was testing him, he always did whenever they encountered, but over the years, Omi because extremely strong and was battling Chase equally, and that's what scared him most.
"very well, I except your challenge" Omi said and walked toward Chase, placing his hand on the Hydra, seeing it glow, "name the challenge" Chase smirked,
"we are going to have the same challenge we had 5 years ago after you released me from the Sphere of Yun, let's see how much you've improved, and I won't let you win this time. Follow the leader Kung Fu style, the first to drop loses. I wager the Serpents Tail, and you?" Omi glared at his opponent, he already knew Chase went easy on him, but that doesn't mean Chase wasn't impressed.
"I wager the Mantis Flip Coin" he called out,
"very well"
"Xiaolin Showdown!" they both called out.
Suddenly the whole temple was breaking into pieces, spikes were forming from the ground and Dojo was watching from the side line. Omi transformed into his battle armour, which had been upgraded over the years; his Kaijin Charm on his left arm, and his suit is filled with rips and stitches, some old, some new.
"Gong Yi Tenpai" they shouted in unison,
"you may go first little one" said Chase, Omi hissed at his old name that Chase used to call him, but he took the opportunity,
"Ant eating grass" he called out, flipping from spike to spike. Chase just smirked his evil smirk,
"I see you have improved in your martial art moves, but still you are at the basics" he taunted before copying the moves in which Omi performed. "My turn: Wolf attacking Ox". With his move called out, Chase challenged Omi and moved further upwards,
"Ha, easy, I call that a basic" Omi said before copying.
Down below, watching the match, stood Dojo with the book, "I'm just wondering who the hell thought of these names, they probably gave up after a while" he said, scratching his chin.
"Horse Skipping Pebble" - Omi
"Chimp Yanking Chain" - Chase
"Viper Striking Rat" - Omi
"Cheetah Leaping Tree" - Chase
"Bear Biting Moose" Omi called, but Chase had other ideas, realising that Omi wasn't going to go down that easily,
"Serpent's Tail!" he called out, holding the Shen Gong Wu, and passed through the spike in which Omi was about to land, and made him go through it, causing him to fall. However he soon grabbed on to a spike, which Chase soon landed on, "I told you I wasn't going to go easy on you. You know this looks very familiar, except last time you were able to climb up and I fell for one of your tricks, I was very impressed" he said to Omi, who was slipping.
"What makes you think you haven't fallen into one of my traps right now" Omi smirked, Chase frowned, "Mantis Flip Coin!" he called out, before jumping of the spike, hoping onto another one, "Leopard Strike", then jumping back; aiming to push Chase off. However Chase dodged it and jumped onto another one,
"That was very clever of you Omi, shame it didn't work. It is clear that you have matured, you would have never thought of that last time, but I guess I wouldn't have fallen for the same old tricks" Omi clenched his teeth, he remembered the last time, how he made Chase slip on ice and fall, "don't look that way, if you'd stayed by my side, you would be more than a Xiaolin Dragon by now". Omi looked down,
"I don't care what you say to me, I don't care if you continue to train me for your own benefits. I'm not joining you, you used me and took my dots. You say that it is either I join you or you destroy me, but what makes you so sure that I will be as strong as you" Omi fought back, he wasn't backing down now. Chase sighed,
"even after 5 years of maturing, you still don't understand a thing. Firstly, I believe that you definitely will defeat me one day because the way you fight now, you're already well on your way. Secondly, I took your dots because you were a cat, and you made me much stronger" Chase said, Omi just glared,
"enough chat-chit, let's end this" Omi said, Chase just smirked,
"yes, let's! Leopard Strike" and with that said, he already pushed Omi off his spike with lightning speed, that Omi could not see. Omi fell to the ground and the Showdown ended. The Temple turned back to its normal shape, and no one knew what happened. Omi was lying on the ground and stared up at Chase, who was holding the Sapphire Hydra, Serpent's Tail and Mantis Flip Coin .
"You never go for Shen Gong Wu, why did you try so hard?" he asked, Chase looked down at the boy on the floor,
"do you even know what the Sapphire Dragon and Sapphire Hydra do when they are together? Do you know why they were on the other sides of the world from each other?" Omi shook his head, Chase sighed.
"I'm surprised you forgot, Dojo" Dojo hid behind Omi's head, "as you know, when you cut off one of the snakes from the Sapphire Hydra, two takes its place. Well, when the two Shen Gong Wu are together, the Sapphire Dragon becomes a hydra, and no amount of smoke can turn it back into its normal, object, form. It will be the end of the world, for everyone." Omi frowned.
"So, that means..."
"I'm doing you and the whole world a favour Omi. Taking you didn't know what the two did together, I think half the world would be Sapphire by now" he interrupted. Omi looked down,
"thank you" he whispered, Chase smiled at the whisper,
"hey Omi!" called Raimundo, both Omi and Chase turned to find the rest of the Xiaolin Dragons, "Chase Young? Don't worry Omi, we'll help you" all three of them began to charge at the immortal man, who was just smirking, but then Chase rolled his eyes like he sensed something, and something that would make a normal warrior turn right around.
"Golden Finger!" he called, pointing at the charging warriors, who suddenly froze in their tracks, and turned to Omi, like he had something important to say. Omi noticed this,
"what?" he asked,
"meet me in the field where I first taught you your first move, tonight Omi , we need to talk, you may bring Dojo with you if you don't trust me" he said, snapping out of his trance, "now, I need to hide this. That nitwit, Jack Spicer, has finally come, he's always late" and with that, he was gone in a puff of smoke. Once he was gone, the others began to move again, and looked annoyed about missing the action; Omi turned to Dojo,
"Bad luck kid, but to be honest, I'm glad he won, now knowing the power of those two Wu together gives me the chills, let's get back to the others" said the green dragon.
"You won't tell the others about our meeting tonight, will you?" he whispered, making sure the others didn't hear him, Dojo shook his head,
"no, but I will go with you, and I will report if anything bad happens". Omi sighed in relief,
"thank you" he said, before meeting with the others.
"Well, did you get it?" asked Rai, but Omi shook his head,
"sorry, Chase Young beat me too it, however he said that it was better that way, taking that the Sapphire Hydra and Sapphire Dragon should never be brought together". Everyone groaned,
"damn, that lizard guy is really annoying when he's after Shen Gong Wu, but I guess we should thank him, I didn't know that" said Rai. Everyone nodded,
"well, taking that that's been taken care of, let's go home" said Kimiko. They all nodded again and got aboard Dojo quickly, not bringing any attention to themselves, only to notice Jack Spicer, making his way toward the temple, but before he could order his attacks to his robots, Rai shouted,
"Chase beat you to it, nitwit, you're too slow" Jack face-palmed himself and made the slow trip home.
Hi Xiaolin Showdown lovers, here is a new story of mine. I really wanted to write this one because i know this is going to be a great story. This is not Chase x Omi love, because I just can't stand it and I think it's wrong, I see them as more as allies. My brother helps me with this story so you guys are in for a treat. The next chapter will be up soon, because it's already finished, but I'll make you guys wait. It all depends on reviews, so please review if you want the next chapter. I promise you that this story will be worth your time, and if it's not, then you have no taste.
Well, until next time.