Kitavra

By: CrystallicSky

Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown, or any of the characters in it, though I do own several of the characters in this story. If you've watched the show, or even looked up the characters on Google or Wikipedia, you'll know who's mine and who's not.

Warning(s): Um, there's cursing, mature situations(take that however you want it, there'll be several different kinds), and maleXmale relationships. Since I think you should know, this will be a pretty tame story sex-wise, as in no lemons and barely any sign of citrus at all. This is mainly because of two reasons: 1-I don't feel confident enough to write such a thing, and 2-I have a male friend who really likes the story and since I like feedback from him, I'd rather not frighten him off. "

Notes: Before you start reading, know that this is not only the first fic I've seen more than ½ of the way through, but also my first slash story, so yes, I'm a noob, but hey, I'm trying, so get off me! Also, if anybody seems REALLY out of character, it's because I've only actually seen about three episodes of XS, and if it's Chase that's out of character, as I suspect he is, only one of those three episodes had Chase in it, so sorry. And if you have any questions, before you comment with them, check my author's notes at the bottom, because if I think something needs explaining, I'll write it there, so yeah. I think that's about it, so read on, if you still want to!

"Aw, fuck, come on!" Jack yelped, dodging aside as a stray rock from one of Clay's attacks flew his way. "This is stupidly dangerous! Why am I here?!"

Somewhere in the background, he heard one of the Xiaolin losers make a crack about him, but he could care less. The silver sheen of his reason for even attending this particular Showdown, as he had not done in weeks, maybe months, swiftly reminded him of the dire nature of his situation. He could not stay here anymore, the danger was far too great, especially considering how close to home he was, and this Shen Gong Wu was going to be his ticket away from here.

The Gateway of Galaxies: quite similar in function to the Golden Tiger Claws, a single touch could send the user anywhere they needed to go, but not to specific places. Unlike the Golden Tiger Claws, the Gateway of Galaxies had a much broader range. The small silver orb, with the activation of the Wu, would project a nearly life-size map of every universe in current existence(they tend to implode every once in a while), and by touching one of the holographic planets, the user would end up in whatever universe on the planet they had touched.

Quite the useful Wu if you desperately needed to hide, and best of all for Jack, you didn't need to know where you were going. Easier to keep from being tracked if even you didn't know where you'd end up. Yes, he had to get his hands on this Wu, even if he had to resort to...momentary exposure.

Currently, the monks were attempting to fight off Wuya(in human form) and several of his pathetic 'Jack-bots'. Really, a child could make something like that where Jack was from, and he really could do so much better, but despite circumstances, and the fact he didn't particularly like his human adversaries, he didn't believe they deserved death and simply couldn't bring himself to use lethal force. Besides, it wasn't as if he really needed any of the Shen Gong Wu before. He had always been biding his time until this particular Wu had become active. After his own teleporter had run out of it's power source, he had marked the Gateway of Galaxies as his only means of further escape.

Amazingly, and quite unusually, no one had actually made a grab for the Gateway yet, and no Xiaolin Showdown had yet been declared. Jack could only assume that the monks and Wuya both had allowed their tempers to get the best of them and had gotten caught up in their fight straight off, quite sure that Jack himself was of no threat or consequence. In that case, he must have been a better actor than he had thought he was.

"Perfect..." he muttered to himself, grinning slightly as he made a mad dash towards the orb. Out of the corner of his eye, he checked his surroundings.

Omi and Clay were squaring off against Wuya as a tag-team. Kimiko was in the middle of a swarm of Jack-bots, far from fighting her way through. Raimundo was a source of worry, however, unobstructed by obstacles and able to quickly intercept Jack on his way to the Wu. Thankfully, though, he seemed intent on getting to Kimiko, and wasn't even acknowledging Jack's current trajectory. By all appearances, Jack was in the clear, able to quickly snatch the Wu and get the hell off of Earth! Just as his hand made contact with the cool shining metal of the orb-

"Spicer, how...unpleasant to see you here."

Shocked ruby eyes clashed with cool, elegant gold as the realization that Chase Young's hand lie on the Gateway in addition to his own.

"No! Damn it, I was so close!" he thought in frustration.

Calming the fury in his eyes until they seemed a detached sort of crimson, he stated confidently, "Chase Young...I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown."

A/N: Ooooo, cliffhanger! Ha, I remember after I wrote this chapter, Matt read it and then demanded I write more. Loudly, too. In the middle of class. Heh, yeah. Well, I think everything in this one is pretty clear, nothing too unexplained except the intentionally unexplained things. Guessed who the prince is yet? Well, it's 6:24 PM right now, same day, and this chapter was still pretty short. I forget where they started getting longer, but I'll figure it out when I type them. I'm out of things to say already, wow! " Hehehe, well, I'll just end this here before I start writing things that don't make ANY kind of sense...Oh, wait, I already wrote my story here! Hahaha, funny joke! .. Seriously, no more, now, I'm going away.