Author's Note: I'm sorry the first chapter had no pairings in it; this story won't be just about romance and will focus mostly on action and storyline. The reason why I chose Kimiko and Omi is not because it's the main pairing of the story (Although I am sick to death of Raikim), I chose Omi since he's the main character of XS and the stories will focus mostly on him, I chose Kimiko because the story is centred around her decisions too.
The four warriors and Jermaine were ready to start their training out in the courtyard; Raimundo was explaining his powers to the rest of the group.
"Please Raimundo; explain the meanings behind your moves! It will be of great use to us because we will shortly become Shoku warriors ourselves!" Omi exclaimed.
Raimundo smiled and began the demonstration.
"I'll begin showing you the Shoku Technique; they are moves that focus on offence. They're guaranteed to release the energy of your element!" he explained.
He began to concentrate and focus his energy as he did once before; the chi energy around his hands began to glow green.
"Shoku Libra Technique; Vicious Gale!" he yelled, releasing a blast of air that smashed a dummy in half.
The warriors clapped loudly, Raimundo cooled off before he showed them his next Shoku move.
"What are ya gonna do next?" Clay asked.
"I'll show you the Shoku Defence; they are moves that focus on protecting your allies or escaping from enemies," Raimundo answered.
He began to focus the chi energy all over his body; a green aura surrounded him as the winds began to pick up.
"Shoku Aquarius Defence; Cyclone Barrier!" yelled Raimundo, creating a tornado that shielded him.
"Do more!" cheered Kimiko.
The winds died away, Raimundo then got out the Blade of the Nebula and held it in front of him.
"Using your Wudai Weapon, you can use your Shoku Spell…"
He was cut off when Dojo rushed to tell them something, a new Shen Gong Wu had revealed itself.
"Come quickly guys, I don't want the villains to get their hands on it first!" Dojo exclaimed, the warriors including Jermaine followed.
Dojo carried them over the ocean, while they were flying, Jermaine read the Shen Gong Wu scroll aloud.
"The Origami Shikigami is a paper creature that can change shape merely by folding itself in different ways, it is used as a magical servant," he read.
Kimiko's eyes lit up, Raimundo heard what Jermaine had said too.
"It does chores?" Kimiko and Raimundo asked, hoping that they would no longer need to clean up the temple themselves.
"C'mon guys, doing chores is fun! It'll be about as boring as watching a pig and a chicken having a staring contest in the dark," Clay sighed.
Raimundo and Kimiko looked at clay as if he was mad; Omi wanted to do chores too but never admitted it.
"I guess it would be a little boring with no work to do. Anyway, we need to get the new Shen Gong Wu as quickly and efficiently as possible!" Omi exclaimed.
Soon they landed in the city of London; they thought it would be hard to locate in such a crowded area. They had landed in a quiet park behind some trees, trying to get as close to where Dojo had sensed the Origami Shikigami.
"That's strange, normally we would be easily able to spot a Shen Gong Wu by now," Raimundo whispered.
Dojo looked anxious; the five warriors looked at him.
"Is there something else we should know about this magic paper?" asked Jermaine.
"Yeah…I forgot to mention that the scroll doesn't explain that it has a life of its own when newly activated…" Dojo replied.
Jermaine sighed; Omi looked up at his American friend.
"It is just like the Serpent's Tail! We were chasing it around for a long time, that's when I met you!" he said, smiling.
Raimundo beat his fists together, he grinned cunningly.
"Alright, we just need to find this thing and take it down!" he shouted.
"I suggest that we split up first so we cover more ground," added Clay.
The wind warrior nodded, he then looked at the rest of his team.
"Okay, Jermaine and Omi will go together and head north. Clay and Dojo will head south while me and Kimiko take both the east and west," he explained.
Kimiko looked at Raimundo and blushed; she tugged his shirt from behind.
"Raimundo, why do you want to go with me?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
Raimundo blushed too; he smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"Umm, it's because your fire powers are extremely useful!" he replied, sweating.
Kimiko rolled her eyes and smiled.
"I think your air powers are extremely useful," she sighed.
The three pairs split up, each running in a different direction. Omi and Jermaine walked up to an old woman who was feeding some pigeons, they thought she may have seen the Origami Shikigami run by.
"Excuse me, kind lady. Have you seen a creature made from paper walk by?" Omi questioned.
"What? Do you expect her to understand what the heck you're tryin' to say?" Jermaine shouted.
The old women looked at them, she was smiling. Her small frail hand pointed over to where a crowd of people had gathered outside a building.
"Yes, he is a nice fellow; I think his name is Sam," she said, her false teeth almost falling out.
Jermaine raised an eyebrow while Omi's eyes lit up; he grabbed hold of Jermaine's hand.
"Thank you, wise woman!" Omi said, bowing.
He pulled Jermaine over to the building while the woman waved goodbye and called him Philip, already there was quite a crowd where the Origami Shikigami was.
"Oh no, it has caught the attention of many people! We will need to carry out this retrieval as stealthily as possible!" Omi whispered.
They peeked through the crowd of people and sighed, the old woman had been wrong about the Shen Gong Wu's location. In its place was a man who was handing out paper fliers advertising a new restaurant, he was rather disorganised and kept spilling the paper all over himself. Jermaine and Omi walked away, hoping to find the Origami Shikigami in a different place.
Meanwhile, Raimundo and Kimiko searched for the elusive Shen Gong Wu. They were in the middle of a street, pushing their way through the massive crowds of people who were busy doing shopping and other things.
"How are we gonna find it in a place like this?" Raimundo sighed, trying to peer over the crowds.
They suddenly spotted something amongst the crowds; a lot of people were looking at it. It was a man who was completely white, he had no face or any features on his body. Raimundo looked at the being closely; it seemed to be made from one large folded piece of paper. It made a crinkling sound as it walked, some people screamed when it came close to them.
"That's it!" shouted Kimiko, pointing directly at the strange being.
Raimundo ran forwards, apologising to the people who he pushed out of his way. He kept his eyes on the Origami Shikigami and shouted at it.
"Stop there, we've been looking for you!" he yelled.
The Shen Gong Wu heard him; it leapt into the air and jumped over the crowds, bouncing across the peoples heads. A lot of distress was caused by it; people were extremely frightened of what was happening.
"I'll use my powers!" shouted Kimiko.
"No, you'll hurt people, plus the thing's made of paper!" snapped Raimundo "I'll go ahead!"
He began to focus his energy; a green glow surrounded his legs.
"Special Art; Bukujutsu!" shouted the wind warrior.
He began to levitate off the ground; Kimiko had never seen this power before. Raimundo flew forwards and startled many people; Kimiko followed him by running as fast as she could. Raimundo began to catch up with the paper creature, driving it into a dead end in an alleyway. His feet landed on the ground, the Origami Shikigami looked around frantically.
"You can't escape, please come with us! If we don't capture you, you'll be in danger of being used for evil!" Raimundo said calmly, trying to soothe the lively Shen Gong Wu.
From out of the blue, a figure leapt down and landed next to Raimundo. The Xiaolin warrior could recognise the person by her costume, it was Katnappe.
"What the heck are you doing here?" asked Raimundo, he dissliked her cocky atitude and her lame cat puns.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm trying to bag this Wu and become an even more powerful villain than I already am! Now move out of my way, I see you're stronger than last time, but my skills have improved too!" Katnappe answered.
The Origami Shikigami looked at Raimundo and Katnappe; it unfolded its body and folded into another shape. Just as Raimundo and Katnappe had finished quarrelling, the magic item became a crane and flew away.
"Darn! You shouldn't have gotten in my way! Now the thing's on the loose again!" Raimundo yelled.
"See you later, I'm gonna get there first!" growled Katnappe.
She jumped wall to wall, ascending upwards. Kimiko arrived shortly, catching her breath as she leaned against a wall.
"Sorry Kimiko, it looks like we'll have to increase our speed, Katnappe's looking for the Wu too," Raimundo explained to her.
Kimiko sighed, she had already used most of her energy for frantically following Raimundo. The two of them continued to search for the Origami Shikigami.
In the meantime, Omi and Jermaine were sat at an open air café. Omi was eating a baguette while Jermaine had just ordered a glass of water, Omi seemed happy while his friend was fed up.
"Omi, we've been searching for an hour, I don't think we should stop and rest like this. It's not as if we've used up valuable energy," Jermaine sighed.
Omni swallowed his mouthful and shook his finger.
"Even the greatest warriors need to enjoy themselves once in a while!" he said, as if he was giving wise information.
Jermaine's eyes widened, across the road he could see the Origami Shikigami. It was jumping from car to car, causing much discord.
"Omi, look over there!" Jermaine yelled, pointing in its direction.
Omi suddenly leapt several feet in the air after leaving a tip for the waiter, Jermaine leapt into the air after him.
"Quick, we can trap it if we stand at either side of it!" Omi shouted to his Shoku warrior comrade.
"Right!" said Jermaine.
The Origami Shikigami had noticed them; it made a dive for the pavement and began to fold itself into a different form. It was now a lizard; it used all four legs to run. Jermaine and Omi had to increase their speed to keep up with the paper creature; it transformed again into a kangaroo and took great leaps to avoid them.
"It keeps changing, how are we gonna be able to guess what happens next?" asked Jermaine, beginning to grow impatient.
"Keep following it, eventually it shall come to a dead end!" Omi yelled, hopefully it would give up soon.
At the other side of the street, Omi and Jermaine could see Kimiko and Raimundo. Omi waved but Raimundo didn't respond, he was busy focussing on the pesky Origami Shikigami.
"Omi and Jermaine! With their help we could trap that white pest once and for all!" shouted Kimiko.
Eventually the four warriors stood on all four sides of the Shen Gong Wu, it had no place to go. Suddenly it changed into a paper aeroplane, hoping to escape up into the air to avoid the warriors grasp.
"No, its gonna fly upwards!" Raimundo growled.
Omi dived for it, but it managed to slip out of his hands. The Origami Shikigami was a mere three feet above their heads.
"Sphere of Yun!"
The Origami Shikigami was trapped in a bubble, it began to panic as it saw there was no way out. Eventually, its tiredness grew too much and it was forced to return to its original form. It folded itself until it was a square no bigger than a hand, the four warriors wondered who trapped it.
"Whoa, was that you Kimiko?" asked Raimundo, looking at his female partner who was as surprised as he was.
She shrugged her shoulders.
"No it wasn't, I don't think it was Jermaine or Omi either!" she answered.
Just a few metres away, Clay stood with Dojo on his shoulder. It became apparent that he had activated the Sphere of Yun after they saw the mythical object in his hand, it was a very useful Shen Gong Wu.
"I was looking all over for it, I'm glad you folks spotted it before me. I guess you could've used the sphere earlier…" sighed Clay, hoping they would forgive him for not sharing his idea.
The four other heroes were very happy with the earth master.
"No way, that was a great plan!" said Kimiko, clapping her hands.
Clay blushed and scratched the back of his head, he was just about to lift the Sphere of Yun in the air to deactivate its effect when he suddenly sensed another presence in the area.
"Perfect! I knew a stupid lug like you would help me!" laughed a purring voice, the warriors got into their battle stances.
Clay suddenly felt the sphere disappear from his hands, Katnappe took it in the blink of an eye. She used its power to make the orb that trapped the Origami Shikigami disappear, she was just about to touch the new Shen Gong Wu.
"Hold on there missy!" Clay yelled, hopping forwards.
Katnappe thought that claiming the Origami Shikigami would be easy, but she had guessed incorrectly. Both the cat burglar and the cowboy touched the paper Shen Gong Wu at the same time, starting a showdown.
"Hey, it's a long time since I've been in one of these by myself! I hope I'm not as rusty after the family tractor after a rainstorm!" Clay thought to himself as he looked at his opponent directly in the eyes.
"Just shut up and name the game, blonde bonehead!" hissed Katnappe.
Clay thought for a while, he could not actually think of a suitable challenge.
"Dude, I know you hate hitting girls, do you think you can think of a challenge that won't force you to do that?" Raimundo asked.
Clay nodded, Raimundo had given him a good idea.
"Okay, the object of the game is simple. Whoever catches the Origami Shikigami and holds it down for three seconds wins, I wager the Mantis Flip Coin!" announced Clay, showing his opponent the antique coin.
Katnappe held up the only Shen Gong Wu she had, the Sphere of Yun.
"I guess I'll have to use this thing, but I can beat you with it anyway!" laughed Katnappe before she focussed on the challenge ahead.
The environment began to change, the other Xiaolin warriors had to avoid the pavestones that rapidly flew up from the floor. Once in the air, the pavestones formed themselves into an oddly shaped course with many twists and turns.
"Gong Yi Tanpai!"
Clay managed to get a head start, his friends cheered at his quick manoeuvre. The Origami Shikigami was leaping ahead of him in the form of a rabbit; it then folded into a coil to increase the length of its jumps.
"Wait little paper feller, I just want you to be our friend!" called Clay, seeing if he could somehow calm the magical item.
Katnappe sneered evilly; she gracefully leapt far enough to catch up with the earth warrior.
"Take this!" she laughed, scratching him on the right arm with her dangerous cat clawed glove.
Clay gasped, she jumped ahead. Luckily, the pain he felt was just like a pinprick and hardly affected him.
"What in tar nation was that? My turkey's peck hurts me more than that!" he yelled angrily.
Suddenly, he felt his arm muscles tighten. His arm was immobile, Katnappe somehow managed to paralyse his arm.
"Ha-ha! My claws have been coated with a special chemical I created myself, it paralyses the muscles!" she chuckled, immediately gaining the advantage.
"Wow, who knew that cats were such clever chemical engineers!" whispered Omi, believing that western cats were more intelligent than the ones in China.
Clay growled, he then noticed that she was aiming the Sphere of Yun at him.
"Clay, avoid the sphere! If she traps you, its game over!" Jermaine yelled.
The cowboy had to use his left arm to use the Mantis Flip Coin; he flipped high into the air and landed a few paces ahead of Katnappe. She hissed and tried to trap him again, but the Mantis Flip Coin allowed him to perform more leaps than she could perform. Clay was directly above the Origami Shikigami.
"Yee haw!" he yelled, landing on top of the Shen Gong Wu and preventing it from moving in between his thighs.
Katnappe slashed at Clay's back, but the three seconds were already up. In a flash of light, the scenery returned to normal and he was holding the two Shen Gong Wu he had claimed.
"That's it! I've had enough of you losers stealing all the glory, next time I'll show all of my claws!" she purred, leaping away before anyone could stop her.
Kimiko sighed "At least she had no Jack with her; I don't think I'd be able to take their horrible puns!"
Clay stood proud; the chemical's effect had worn off.
"Katnappe's chemical was like spa ointment, after it wore off my muscles felt relaxed. Maybe I should call her back so she can give you one of her scratches!" he laughed, handing the Origami Shikigami to Raimundo.
"Yeah, I could do with a little bit of relaxation after all that chasing. Except I'd take a break without a feline obsessed kleptomaniac raking at my flesh…" said Raimundo.
"Me too, I'd hate to be a clawing post…" added Jermaine.
The whole group laughed as they found a nice quiet spot to enjoy the sights and sounds of the British capital.
Meanwhile, back at Jack's hideout, he and Zhen were busy plotting their next scheme.
"Now there are two legendary swords revealed, the rest should appear soon. Finally I will be able to punish that idiot Fung in the netherworld, just like he did to me! His heart may be pure, but a heart of evil is stronger!" chuckled Zhen in his intimidating voice.
"Y'know Zhen, you remind of Chase Young. You're better though, you haven't hit me yet…" Jack laughed with him.
Zhen's laugh became a growl of anger, he lifted Jack by the scruff of the neck and pinned him against a wall.
"Okay…that's the first time…" gasped Jack.
Zhen roared again.
"Another evil warrior still exists in this world? There can only be one of them!" he growled.
Trivia: Shikigami are demons from Japanese mythology, their creators used them to carry out dark deeds and perform jobs. In many Manga series, Shikigami are depicted as creatures made from paper. They can assume the forms of animals, making an evil origami sculpture a fitting description for them.
Aquarius is another star sign with the element of air.
