History Lesson Xiaolin

Prolouge pt. 2

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"Bring it Dashi!" Guan growled.

The sun was to bright today, with no clouds in the sky, the endless blue sky was almost blinding. So I kept my eyes closed as I allowed a nearby Daimyo Oak tree shade me from the sun's violent rays. Of course I was alone under the tree, as Maryl insisted on sitting in the sun. I could imagine how her tan skin would grow darker and darker by the second as she sat away from the comforting shade. I sighed, was it too much to ask for a little rain? Perhaps some lightning?

"Guan calm down it's just a practice." Dashi laughed, I smiled.

Guan was always one to get angry over the little things when it came to battling. But it would make sense as he was the oldest of our little group of four and the slowest martial art student I've ever seen. Of course he insisted that it was Tai Chi. Though we probably shouldn't make fun of him for that, it really didn't help with his temper. A slight breeze swept some stray orange hair from my face.

"Chantel what do you think of the name Wuya?" Maryl asked.

I frowned, slowly opening my eyes. She was so determined to change her name. Her excuse was that this Chase Young kid didn't like girls with odd names. I sighed annoyedily, this crush, or should I say obsession was really getting on my nerves! All she ever talked about was Chase Young this and Chase Young that. She's never even seen the guy expect when she stalks him around town. And that would have all been okay if it weren't for the fact that if another "hot" guy walked by and had just as much power as Chase Young had then she would forget him and skip along to the next boy. Ust like she did before to Da Lo.

"It sounds sinister…like it belongs in that Heylin group." I smiled, she would be angry that i said that.

"You mean that gang that Hannibal Roy created?" She sounded affronted.

I giggled a yes

"It sounds like a battle cry." Dashi commented jokingly.

I laughed, he was right.

"WUUUUYYAAA" He cried laughing, then charging into Guan, whom lost his balance and fell.

"Hahahahahahahahaha!" Wow that was funny.

"You made me lose my footing!" He growled.

"No, your footing was wrong to begin with." He motioned for me to join him.

Which was weird, I'm usually the one sitting down while he calls Maryl up to help him explain t Guan what he did wrong. It was because of her Magic, it made it less likely she would get hurt. Unwillingly I stood up, curiosity was really the only thing that pushed me into the sunlight. I winced, it was so hot.

"Okay sorry to make you come out of your cave Chantel but I need you to help me show Guan what he did wrong." I stuck my tongue out at him childishly.

He rearranged his sturdy position putting his feet a little closer together and bending his knees a little too much. I noted this.

"It's not much of a change, and hardly noticeable Guan but it's a very serious mistake." Dashi added more seriously than before, he was the best of the best in my opinion.

Chase Young had nothing on him.

"Okay Chantel just charge at me, I promise I won't deflect your attack." I positioned myself the way I saw him do time and time again.

It seemed almost t0o easy to mimic his attacks, though I'm sure it seemed less lithe than when he had done it. But the point was how good it felt for me to do that. I mean I felt bad I attacked my best friend but, I never felt so…..happy was it. Out of all the things ive done, nothing not even singing has come close to the joy that I felt from actually being relatively good at something the first try. Dashi's bald head gleamed in the light, and his eyes were about to pop out of his sockets.

"Chantel….." Guan's voice was shocked.

I blushed, maybe I wasn't as good as I envisioned in that short two seconds of thought. How sad I was hoping that I finally found my forte, other than singing of course. I smiled at that thought, until another idea came to my mind. I double check that my dress was still attached, that would have been embarrassing. Relief swept over me, all my clothes were together.

"What?" Please say I was good, please say I was good.

"How in the hell did you learn to do that!?" Dashi smiled. "That was amazing!"

"I don't know. I've only been watching you guys do this for the past Two years." I shrugged, happy that I was right in the beginning.

Wow, the first thing I was good at other than my unnatural singing. Maryl was by my side instantly, muttering some enchantment. I glared at her, hurt, how could she think I used magic to do that?

"I didn't use magic Maryl!" I cried.

"Are you sure…maybe one of my stray potions…." She trailed off lost in thought.

Was it so hard for her to believe I was good at this, I mean she was good at everything else. Give me some credit here. Dashi shot up.

"Let's go at it again, I want to see how much you can do." I smiled at Dashi, he was really going to teach me how to fight. "I promise I won't hurt you."

Chewing on the inside of my cheek I thought this over. I never considered me as a fighter, mostly because of how society viewed women. Of course I was destined to make a mockery of Society. I was just not the girl who would do whatever a guy said, or cleaned houses, or cooked. Blech. He slipped into his fighting stance, I copied. Out of nowhere a vision of me in Xiaolin Dragon robes filled my head. So then that was my future, the future that other girl's would have cringed away from. But I was, now, waiting for it with open arms.

(A few months later)

We walked in the moonlight, towards our village. It was never weird for me and Dashi to be alone together. He was like my brother and I was his sister. We never thought of each other romantically, not even now. Not that he wasn't boyfriend material, I mean he was, and he wasn't ugly either. I did have a crush on him though when we first moved to china. But it ended quickly. He stopped walking and looked at me, his face was hard. Had I really bothered him with my idea of joining his school to compete in joining the Xiaolin Temple?

"Chantel I'm sorry I taught you how to fight." He whispered, looking down.

"I'm not." He wasn't going to ruin that vision I had, not now.

"I know you saw yourself….becoming a…." he shook the thought out of his head. "But I can't let it happen."

Was he worried that I would beat him? Not likely but you never know.

"I won't stand in your way Dashi I promise! I'll just barely make it….ahh yes… I can see it." I smiled as I saw myself being handed the robes.

Of course it wasn't me, it was me disguised as a boy. It was a small technicality; really, Maryl would be able to master the seventh level of witchery soon. By then she would be able to disguise us using her morphing spell.

"That's not it Chantel…" He was looking for some way to detour me. "You'd be the only girl."

"Maryl can join. Her potions can help her learn quicker." I urged.

The leaves rustled around us as a light breeze passed through, I could barley see anything. It was all grey, black, and blue.

"Chantel I won't let it ruin your future! It's not right for yout to join with all boys. The village will start talking!" I didn't say anything, I'd let him finish before I interjected. "You would never be able to get a husband Chantel!"

Eww is this what was stopping me.

"And if I don't want one?" He rolled his eyes.

"Don't be ridiculous!" He waved me off.

"No! Don't you be ridiculous!" I hissed. "Dashi I'm good at this. For some reason I am really good at fighting. And I like it to! I would never be a good wife to some ignorant boy who believes that women should wait on him hand and foot. So why btoher, why can't i do something that i enjoy. And if you feel this bad about it then maybe you should have chosen Maryl to help you and not me. But you didn't! Not to mention that you continued showing me how to fight! So get OVER IT!"

"Chantel you can learn. And you enjoy singing as well. I chose you because I thought it would be easier for Guan to see what he did wrong. IU wasn't thinking, I had no idea that this would affect you so much! And it's what society believes! Not just-"Oh hell no.

"Are you telling me you believe in the same thing to!?I've seen the future Dashi, things are going to change it won't always be like that for women! And I can change it! I really can!"I objected angrily.

"Maybe that's the problem. MAYBE YOUR LITTLE GIFT IS CURSE FOR YOU. YOU WERE ALREADY REBELIOUSE WHEN WE, MET BUT WHEN YOU STARTED PLAYING WITH THAT STUPID GIFT OF YOURS YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ALL KINDS OF NONESENSE! IT'LL TAKE THOUSANDS OF YEARS FOR IT TO HAPPEN. DON'T TELL ME YOU CAN CHANGE IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T. ONE GIRL REVOLUTION WON'T CHANGE THE WORLD! You're a GIRL CHANTEL! THAT'S ALL!" But his face broke when he saw whatever expression was on mine, or maybe his words sunk into him to.

The vision that I kept locked in my head was gone. I panicked inside. No no no NO! He made it go away! I HATED HIM HOW COULD HE TAKE AWAY MY DREAM, MY FRUTURE!? HE TALKED ABOUT RUINING MY FUTURE! HE JUST DID!

My fist shook, my nails digging into my palm. Without thinking I punched him square in the nose.

"Ungh…" He fell to the ground, his nose squirting blood, on the blue looking grass.

Oh my god what did I just do……

Before I could even scream "I'm sorry"! I was running into the woods, being guided by rage, hurt, and embarrassment. Tree limbs whipped my face, and surfaced tree roots made me stumble blindly through the unfamiliar surroundings. I finally lost my footing deep enough in the woods, and fell to the ground. I didn't get up. I didn't want to. I wanted to stay there and curl up into a ball as Dashi's words sunk in. I was just a girl. How could I even think I stood a chance against a bunch of boys. Lightning lit up the sky, and the rain was coming down. Almost like a lullaby, the pitter patter of the drops put me to sleep.

(Hours later)

"Chantel!" Her clear voice awoke me.

I mumbled something incoherent.

"Chantel wake up!" I unwillingly opened my eyes to see Dashi, Guan, and Maryl kneeling next to me.

Their faces washed over with relief. I saw white gauze over Dashi's nose, and groaned hiding my face in my arm.

"Are you hurt?" They took my groan of shame the wrong way.

"No." I whispered.

Maryl muttered some spell causing me to sit up.

"HEY! I don't like being manhandled by your spells!" I shrieked angrily.

She buried me in a hug.

"Your okay!" She added delightfully.

"I just said I was." I looked away from Dashi's face.

When she released me, his face was full of guilt. I found it rather humorous seeing as he was the one who got punched in the nose.

"I'm so sorry Dashi." I whispered my eyes filling with tears.

"YOU!?" He was suppressing a laugh, I glared. "I was the one who provoked you."

But it was Guan who laughed.

"She hit you in the nose. SHE did that to you!?" He doubled over with laughter. "Oh Dashi you've just lost what little manhood you have!"

"Go away GUAN!" We yelled in unison.

"Come Maryl. We better leave them alone. I wouldn't want to see Dashi get his butt kicked by Chantel again." Maryl giggled, and got up.

As they walked into the woods, Dashi turned to me again.

"I shouldn't have said what I said. It wasn't right. You're not just a girl Chantel. You the only girl I know who could deflect one of Guan's rage attacks." I smiled, he returned the smile then continued. "I'm just looking out for you. Please Chantel don't make me be the cause for the end of your future."

I nearly cried, because what he didn't know was that he was already the cause for ruining my future. But I had done enough damage for the night.

"Fine….i'll try." I sighed.

I was defeated, there was no fight left in me. Thought that wouldn't keep me from scheming.

"What will you say when they ask about your nose?" He knew whom I meant.

"I'll tell the boys at school I tripped and hit my nose on a boulder." I laughed that was so Dashi to come up with some way to make him seem like a klutz.

But he didn't mind. But deep down I did, I wanted all the boys to know that I did that. It was me who had the skills no other girl wanted. I sighed, digging the feeling deep inside of me and burying it. I wouldn't give up; I'd just have to fight silently for what I wanted.

Author's note: Okay so this is the last prologue to give you a teensy bit more background information. XD enjoy i hope i didn't disappoint.