Author's Notes: Welcome to Chapter 2 of my Xiaolin Showndown/Raikim fanfic series! Enjoy! The stars are section dividers; I had lines for dividers in my last chapter, but they didn't appear in the upload. Enjoy (again)!
Disclaimer: Xiaolin Showdown is property of Warner Bros. and Christy Hui
Chapter 2
After some time of traveling, Dojo finally lands at their destination and returns back to his gecko size. The four warriors had leaped off of Dojo and onto a small area of green pasture hidden in a forest underneath the warm Canadian sun. There was an opening in the trees approximately three feet wide and two feet long at the end of the pasture, which lead to a large national river, which lead to a national waterfall. The sounds of camera flashes and casual conversations can be heard from the distance, but overall they were both overcome by the roaring of the falls.
"Where do you suppose the Shen Gong Wu is, Dojo?" Omi asked his dragon friend.
"It seems to be a little farther away from the falls," Dojo answered as his sniffed the ground for the Shen Gong Wu.
Omi, Clay, and Dojo began to move forward, but Raimundo and Kimiko remained in their spots. Raimundo instead watched Kimiko from a ten foot distance, as Kimiko stood near and stared at the river which merged with the waterfall. Her back was to him, but Raimundo could still sense that something was still wrong. During their ride to their destination, Kimiko didn't act much like herself either. Normally, she would chat with her team while texting, using your PDA, or playing a hand held game. However, today she sat in silence. Omi tried to cheer her up by pointing out funny shaped clouds in the sky they travel through, in which she did respond with giggles. But other than that, she didn't say anything at all after that, as her heart kept her silent and her famous pride kept her smiling.
"Kim…" Raimundo said as he slowly approached Kimiko's side, "are you o.k.?"
"I'm alright, Rai," Kimiko responded softly as Raimundo stood next to her. "Just reminiscing."
"About what?" Raimundo asked.
"My papa would always take my mother to Niagara Falls," Kimiko sighed.
"I'm sorry, Kimi…" Raimundo began.
"No, it's all right," Kimiko interrupted. "To be honest, I actually find solace here."
Raimundo watched Kimiko's lip quivered as she spoke out her last sentence, but before he could add on to their conversation, Raimundo and Kimiko's trains on thought were both interrupted by the sound of propellers. The two ran to the center of the pasture, where they reconnected with Omi, Clay, and Dojo. The group's eyes, which were all locked on the sky above, spotted a red haired, red eyed, and pale teenage boy. He was dressed in a long, black trench coat, black pants, black shoes, black cut fingered hand gloves, and had yellow and red goggles placed on the top of his head. He wore black eyeliner rings underneath his eyes and a red, yellow, white, and black backpack with propellers shooting out if it, allowing him to hover.
"Jack Spicer!" Omi shouted.
"In the flesh!" Jack responded. "The Shen Gong Wu is mine!"
"Think again, Jack," Kimiko said while gritting her teeth.
"Think again, Jjjjaaaaacckkkk," Jack mocked in a feminine voice.
He then pushed a button on his watch and shouted in his normal voice, "Jackbots, attack!"
As, ten bronze robots with red eyes and propellers flew toward the warriors, Clay then summoned his element of Earth.
"Wudai Crater Earth!" he shouted as a wall from the ground formed right in front of him and his team.
Two of the robots collided into the wall and exploded, while the rest of the robots flew over the wall.
Omi then summoned his element of water.
"Wudai Neptune, Water!" Omi cried as he pulled water from the Niagara River and shooting it at three robots, crashing their systems.
"Shoku Star, Wind!" Raimundo shouted as he created a tornado with his element of wind, which sucked up three robots, slowly tearing them apart.
Kimiko then channeled her element of fire.
"Wudai Mars Fire!" she cried and her hand instantly went up ablaze. She then shot multiple fireballs at the two remaining robots, melting them away.
The team then all grinned at each other at their victory.
"Did Jack still believe that his stupid robots could spot us?" Raimundo laughed.
"No," Dojo replied, "but he probably knew that it would be a distraction."
The dragon then pointed toward the sky at Jack hovering farther away in the distance. The team all seemed to do a momentary face palm before dashing off after Jack. Kimiko, who ran behind the rest her team, suddenly felt her body become stiff. She struggled and fought, but it was no use; she couldn't move, trapped in her running position. Then Kimiko began to levitate off the ground, only to be hurled into the Niagara River. She released a horrid shriek loud enough to catch the attention of her teammates before crashing into the river. She manages to get her up above water, but the strength of the current is too strong for her to fight against. She began to cry for help as the current pulls her closer to the falls and her team reaches the edge of the river.
"Omi!" Raimundo shouts as he turned to the Chinese boy.
Omi once again summoned his element as he began to chant, "Wudai Neptune, Wat-…"
But before Omi could finish, another voice shouted, "Sphere of Yun!"
Suddenly a clear, round force field formed around him, trapping Omi inside. Omi banged on the sphere's wall as it suddenly levitated in the air and flew across the sky in the direction where Jack had traveled.
"The Sphere of Yun does create a force field trap," Dojo began, "but it doesn't cause levitation."
"And neither us nor Jack had that Shen Gong Wu," Clay stated.
"That's not important right now!" Raimundo then shouted as he began to run down the river. "Go save Omi; I got Kimiko!"
Clay nodded, and Dojo turned back into his 40 foot form. Clay then hopped onto the back of Dojo, and the two took off in the sky.
To be continued….
Author's Notes: What will happen next? Stay tuned for Chapter 3! I hope that you liked it! Please R&R!
