Me: Oh, god. I DEFINITELY had to get rid of this chapter's author notes... Ugh, I was so annoying and stupid three years ago...
Raimundo: It's okay. We can't all be as amazing and sweet as me.
Me: Haha, okay. You keep telling yourself that.
Raimundo: Hey! Don't diss me! I'll get my fan club on you!
Me: Do it. I'm not scared! xD
Raimundo: ElementalGuardianProtector owns nothing but Crystal and this story!
Chapter Three Revised
After soaring through the skies for about half an hour, Dojo landed a mile away from the Scorpion King's palace. "Why'd you stop here, Dojo? I reckon Chase's palace is further down the yonder, if my eyes aren't deceiving me." Clay said as he and his fellow monks climbed off of the dragon's back.
Dojo stretched a bit before returning to his former smaller dragon state. "Because, Clay... Chase is right there." Dojo whimpered. The Scorpion King glared at Dojo with piercing bronze orbs. Dojo shrieked, ran up Clay, and hid under his ten gallon hat.
"Chase Young." Omi growled. "What's the matter, Omi? Are you not pleased to see me?" Chase taunted, his lips pulled into a wicked smirk as he crossed his arms."Xiaolin Dragons, I have a new apprentice. Would you like to meet her?"
"Like we have a choice. She'll be getting her butt handed to her by us eventually, anyway." Kimiko muttered under her breath. "Oh, is that so, Dragon of Fire? Hm. Your cockiness never ceases. Come forth, my apprentice." Chase barked for his new follower,
The Xiaolin Dragons watched as a feminine silhousette surface. Petals of sakura blossoms blew in a sourceless breeze and revealed a young teenage girl clad in an elegant, female version of Haylin armor, who seemed to have appeared out of thin air.
The teenager kneeled at Chase's side respectfully with her head lowered and eyes hidden from the Xiaolin Dragons, already knowing her permanent place. "Yes, Chase-sama? You have summoned me, my lord?"
"Rise to your feet and allow the Xiaolin Dragons to get a good look at you. So that they can remember your pretty little face. You have my permission to interact with them" Chase commanded Crystal, his voice as hard and cold as his eyes as he watched the monks.
"Yes, my lord Chase-sama." Crystal nodded, standing up on her feet and allowing the monks to get a better look at her. She slowly opened her eyes, exposing her bewitching white eyes to her new sworn enemies.
"Well I'll be damned, but Chase's new apprentice is one heck of a hottie! It's a shame she's a girl, and so attractive on top of that, because I just can't bring myself to hit a girl..."Clay murmured. "Yes, she is cute. Very cute." Omi agreed with his friend in a whisper.
"...I can hear you perfectly well. My hearing is impeccable. I will take you finding me attractive as a compliment." Crystal slightly half smiled, which made the boys slightly blush due to her ratting them out, but just as fast as it came, her half smile was gone.
"Oh, please... " Kimiko rolled her eyes, putting her hands on her hips. "As if you'd know, little lady! Since when did you judge other females? Isn't that girl cute, Rai?" Clay turned to the Braizilian.
But Raimundo failed to hear him.
He was too busy staring at Chase's new apprentice in total disbelief.
"She looks so... Familiar... What is this feeling?... Could she be... Is she...!!! Ohmygod, no! No…It can't be! That can't be her!" Raimundo thought, an internal conflict be aroused from within him. "...Um, Rai?" Clay gently pushed Raimundo, knocking him out of deep thought.
"Hm? Oh yeah, she's really cute. Oh no, I mean no, I mean yes, I mean…I DON'T KNOW!" Raimundo cried as a response, blushing. All three of his friends gave him a confused look, wondering why he was acting so strange and slightly discomforted.
"...Hey, girl... What is your name?" Raimundo inquired. Crystal looked towards Chase, silently asking for permission to answer Raimundo's question. Chase nodded, granting her permission. "My name is Crystal... But who are you to ask for my name?" Crystal answered. "I knew it! It is her! Raimundo thought, but another part of him screamed, "Don't be stupid! Of course that isn't her! That can't be your- "
"You are the Xiaolin Dragon of the Wind, aren't you? What is your name?" Crystal asked. She didn't quite know why, but for some reason, she could feel Raimundo getting to her somehow.
She found interest in this boy. Not love or anything, just interest. Curiosity towards the unknown. "Why do I feel the need to get near this boy? What exactly is it about him that is drawing me in, like moths to a flame?" Crystal wondered.
"You must not befriend this boy. You must not get close to anyone. Every time you open up to someone, they just end up hurting you. And besides... You do not belong with a Xiaolin Warrior, the enemy. You are different. You are Haylin. You are Chase-sama's apprentice. You do not belong." Crystal reminded herself.
"...The name's Raimundo Pedrosa." Raimundo finally answered with a twinge of disappointment. "Does she not remember me?" Raimundo pondered. "Of course not, you idiot, because that can't be her! That just can't be her... Even is she looks like her... Even if she walks like her... Even if she moves like her... She doesn't talk like her! And her eyes... They're not the same eyes of the girl you-"
"Rai, what's wrong? You're spacing out on us" Kimiko asked with a hint of concern in her voice, tugging on the Dragon of Wind's sleeve. "Oh, nothing. I just wanted to know what to call this apprentice. It wouldn't seem right to call her 'Chase's Apprentice', since she has a name and all." Raimundo responded quickly.
"Okay…" Kimiko trailed of, the concern a little more audible. "Since you are here, and since we have indeed crossed paths, Chase Young... Do you know anything about the Dragon of Elements?" Omi raised a curious eyebrow at the haylin.
"The Dragon of Elements, huh? Yeah, I've heard of it. Why do you ask?" Chase inquired. "The Dragon of Elements is a golden medallion. It has a carving of a dragon on it and when it is used, is gives you the ability to use all four elements." Crystal interrupted.
"I did not give you permission to speak." Chase growled. "Sorry, Chase-sama. Please excuse my unauthorized actions." Crystal apologized "Whatever." Chase rolled eyes. "Where is it located?" Raimundo asked Crystal. "…Tomorrow. In the evening, 2 hours before the sunsets. At 5 pm. In Rio de Janiero, Brazil. That is where it will show itself." Crystal answered.
"When did I give you permission to speak, wretch?!" Chase snarled. "I am sorry, Chase-sama, I forgot to ask your permission. I wasn't thinking. Please forgive me." Crystal once again apologized.
"Then think before you speak! Don't let this happen again, do you understand me?"
"Understood, my lord."
"Who told you that?" Raimundo mouthed to Crystal. "My lady Wuya-chan and my lord Chase-sama." Crystal mouthed back. "That is enough, Crystal. Time to go. The Xiaolin Dragons seem to have the information they sought for by coming here." Chase turned and walked away."Oh, wait for me, Chase-sama!" Crystal trotted after Chase.
"...I reckon I don't approve of the way Chase treats that girl." Clay folded his arms is clear disapproval. "Nor do I, my good friend, nor do I. But that is very much out of our control, and frankly, none of our concern. She is Chase's apprentice and a Haylin. She is not one of us." Omi replied
"...Okay, well, we've got what we came out here for, so let's go." Raimundo said as an awkward silence filled the air and walked towards Dojo, who was already transforming. "Yes... I agree with Raimundo. Our goal was reached, and much easier than we had previously hoped. Let us return, my friends." Omi nodded, following Raimundo, along with Clay.
Silently, Kimiko caught up with Raimundo and walked beside of the monk. She glanced at him, seeing an expression of deep thought and confusion written across his face. "Rai…What is wrong? What is it that bothers you so much?" Kimiko mused.
"Is it that girl? What is it about confronting her that left you feeling that way? And what is this deep, unsettling irritation I feel?... Why did it bug me... To watch you watch her so adoringly?"
Me: And that's it for the third revised chapter. I'm really trying to drag these chapters out without having to change the way the story is set up altogether, but it seems pretty much impossible. I may re-format the entire thing... Eventually. I just don't want it to collapse and leave me with having no idea what to do with it, y'know?
Raimundo: Yeah, we know. Well everybody, read and review please!
Me: Yeah, now all you have to do is push that nice little button labeled, 'submit review' at the end of this page!
Raimundo: Aah, how nice it is to have short and straight forward author notes...
Me: (nods in agreement) F'real.