Okay,. chapter four time! The fun really begins here as Clay and Spike face off for the rod of Dashi, and the changing chopsticks! And here is where you find out that the xiaolin dragon's decks relate rather closely to their owners.
Now then, before I get started, I have a few things to say.
first off, if you liked the story enough to read it up to this point, then I would really appreciate some serious review-ness, k? It takes like 5 seconds to say "great job, keep going", and it really helps get this thing going faster! so, review like the wind, people!
second order of business, I would like to congratulate 16forever, my only reviewer for this story thus far, on having his birthday, and letting him know its great that I could make it even better! Also to thank him for his dedication to reviewing every chapter of the fic, and reading it all thus far.
Oh yeah, and one last thing, Pegasus gets to be sadictive! YAY, sadictive!
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the computer I type on, my duel deck, my girlfriend (just kidding, don't kill me, ladies!), and other things I fail to mention. but not xiaolin showdown, yugioh, shen gong wu, or any of the other BS that comes up here... not so much. I don't own it, I just don't. wish I did, don't.
down to bussines, shall we?
Yugi and the gang waited and waited for Pegasus to emerge from the cockpit with the pilot, each sure they would get some answers soon, but none certain of just what these answers would be. After what seemed like hours, the voice of Pegasus finally spoke up via intercom. "Attention, passengers, this is your pilot speaking."
"WHAT!" The interruption came from Tea. You mean we're being-being- flown- by this mad man!"
"Oh, Tea-girl, I'm hurt." Pegsus replied, not sounding hurt at all (in fact, he sounded rather- amused). "Why yes, I am your pilot for the evening, but I'm getting bored, so we'll be experiencing some- turbulence for the next minute or so. all thanks to your lovely loudmouth Tea."
Tea was unimpressed for a moment, then shrieked as the plane turned over in midair! The plane dipped and swerved, ensuring feelings of nausea and vertigo all around. "Ah, that was fun! Now then, You may like to know we'll be arriving soon, so please fasten your seatbelts, as the landing area hasn't been used in quite some time, so we my be in for a bumpy ride. Hahahahahaa! See you later, folks!"
"What? Pegasus!"Yami couldn't help but yell, after throwing up onto the ceiling mid-flip, then having it fall back down on him as the plane turned right-side up. "That's enough! Tell us what's going on now, or I'll--"
"Oh, be a good sport, Yugi-boy. if you look, Monster island is just beneath us, so I hope you took my advice! Oh, and you'll find some moist towelettes in the drawer in the seat in front of you, Yugi-boy."
"Well, I see old Pegasus is just as sadictive as ever", Tristan said, buckling himself in tight, and watching the others do the same.
"So, Rai, Kimiko, Clay, where is this "monster island" place, anyway?" The question came from Dojo, not really knowing where to go.
"I don't really know, Dojo," Kimiko replied. "I mean, I know its where the duelist kingdom tournament weas held, but that's about it."
"It's just to the northeast of here, Dojo," Raimundo said, trying to be helpful. He was surpirsed by the looks his freinds gave him. "Hey, my cousin was in that tournament" He told them. "And he would have gone all the way, too, if it weren't for that Wheeler kid."
"Really, Raimundo? Joey Wheeler knocked out your cousin? Who is he?"
"Noone, really. In fact, I wish he wasn't a relative at all, even though he DID get me into duel monsters. His name is--"
"Alright, guys, Here we are." dojo interrupted, coming down onto the island.
"Ugh, worse ride of my life," Tea said, holding her head and feeling woozy as she stepped, dizziedly out of the plane. "And I went on that roller coaster at the theme park with Tristan that one time!"
"How could you possibly say that was bad?" The odd statement came from the thrill-seeking Tristan. "That was awesome, Pegasus! Hey, when we're done with this, Whatsay you give that another shot?"
Pegasus ignored the united crowd of shouted "NO!"s, and replied amusedly, "We'll, see, Tristan. Maybe if you elarn how to wear a dueldisk properly, we'll look into it."
He chuckled as Tristan realized his backwards duel disk, and fixed his error.
"Ha, if this is the bunch of great warriors Fung sent to help, then I should be able to take care of them, no problem." Yugi and the gang looked over to the newcomer. He was tall, but thin, with a large mohawk extending from his otherwise bald head. He wore a simple black robe, a hood extended downwards from the neck, and he gave off a radiance of evil. (A/N: Remember this description?)
"Who are you supposed to be, Mr. mohawk?", an upset Tristan asked.
"Careful, guys. The millenium ring doesn't really like this guy, and frankly, neither do I." Ryou Bakura gave the statement. He sensed something-familiar- about him, an aura radiating from his duel disk.
"The name's Spike. And I'm here to duel you. Apparently, when I took the shen gong wu from that bald kid, I missed one, right? Well just give it to me, and I'll be off."
"Da shen gong what?" The question piped out of a confused Joey. "Look, Bighair, I don't know what da heck you're talkin' about, and frankly, i don't tink i wanna!"
"I see. So you haven't been briefed? Dissapointing. Pegasus, I thought you'd tell them about your shame! And just who are you calling bighair, anyway, hypocrite? after all, you pal around with a teenage-mutant ninja hedgehog over there." Spike smirked and gstured towardss Yugi, who still looked slightly ill from the ordeal in the plane.
"You be quiet, you... fiend! I'll tell them when the time is right!"
"Tell us what?" A concerned Yami stepped through to the middle of the crowd. "Pegasus, you brought us here without us knowing what's going on, took us through several-er- loops, and frankly, we could all use some answers."
"Yugi-boy, I'd love to tell you, but you need some information on another subject before you can be filled in on what has happened. Ah, and here are our guest speakers now!" Yugi and the gang watched, in awe, as a great green dragon flew through the sun-lit sky, straight towards the spot where they stood. They all stood, mouth agape, as the dragon got bigger as he approached, then landed, and became incredibly small(compared to what they had just seen, anyway), and had 4 kids, just below their own age, get off.
"Pegasus, old friend! How ya doin'?" The Yugi crew were becoming more and more surprised. first, a dragon, but now... it talked? And it knew Pegasus?
"Oh, you know, the usual, making new cards, becoming the sole person responsible for almost bringing about a new world order." He says it so calmly, Yami thought, as though people were responsible for new world orders every day! "Well, Our friends are waiting, and you can see our first -guest- is already here. see?" Pegasus pointed over to Spike, waiting calmly, hands folded in lap.
"You!" A furious Omi exclaimed. "I thought I would never have to see you again after you took the shen gong wu?"
The robed man chuckled and said, "Oh, Omi, so naive. So sad, So bald" The man laughed at his own joke and continued calmly, "No, it was so much fun you see, little Omi, winning those shen gong wu, that I had to come back for another one."
"Okay, now I'm gettin' mad!" An outraged Joey said. "what da heck is goin' on here! All I'm hearin' is shen gong this, and shen gong crap, and I'm gettin' tired of it! What da hell is going on?"
"Patience, my new and badly-grammared friend. I will explain everything now." Omi explained everything to Yugi and the gang, from the shen gong wu to the xaolin showdowns, never taking his eyes off Spike. He explained about Jack Spicer, Wuya, and the great monk Dashi. By the time he had finished, the sun had begun to set.
"And now I've turned these great items into cards." Pegasus said, hanging his head shamefully. "They forced me too! He said that if I could outduel one of their ranks, they would give back the shen gong wu, but if I couldn't, I had to make them into special enchanted cards! I think it goes without saying that I lost. Badly. My opponent used a rather good deck, actually, it was all about-"
"That's enough, Pegasus," an impatient Spike said, tapping his foot and crossing his arms. "That's all well and good and all, but those of us who know about all this already are getting bored. Are you guys gonna duel me, or what?"
"I shall play you again, Spike. Do not think you can defeat me again!"
"Relax, chromedome. I don't want to play you again. that'd hardly be any fun at all! How about you there, gorgeous?" He gestured towards Mai, smirking as he made a "come and get it" sign with his fingers. "It might be fun."
"I don't think so, pard'ner. When you hurt Omi, you made it personal. You're gonna play me. And I'm gonna win, and you'll run off with your tail between your legs like a dog. And when I'm finished, I'll take back the shen gong wu you stole."
" Only one. Your friend Omi may be a it dim, but I don't bet anymore then what my opponent is betting. Tough talk, anyway. I don't think someone who runs a rampart blaster could take me, but we'll see. gimme you're best shot! I wager the changing chopsticks!"
"Alright, I wager the rod of Dashi, and I'm goin' first! let's get this rodeo a-goin'!" Both duel disks activated as Clay drew his 6 cards to start the duel. "I'll start, now, with one card facedown, and by discarding king of the swamp! This lets me add one "polymerization" card from my deck to my hand! Next up, I summon elemental hero avian in atk mode! Make your move, pard'ner!" The feathered man appeared on the field, arms outstretched threateningly. (1000/1000)
"Juvenile, at best." Spike smirked his famous smirk as he drew his card. "I start with the spell card Mystical space typhoon! This will destroy your facedown card!" Spike laughed as a fierce wind blew up, and blew away Clay's facedown card, revealing it to be a mirror wall. "Next, I summon my archfiend soldier, in attack mode!" A darkly clothed soldier emerged, wielding a curved blade. (1900/1500) "Archfiend soldier, attack his Avian now!" The "man" ran for the feathered warrior, and sliced him in half, cutting a line through Clay's lifepoints too, as they fell to 7100. "I end my turn there. make your move!"
"If you insist. I summon my elemental hero sparkman, in attack mode!" A hero appeared, standing brightly, covered in armor, and sparks running through it. (1600/1000) "Next, I play polymerization! This lets me fuse 2 monsters from my hand! I'll fuse my second elemental hero Avian with elemental hero Burstinatrix to create the elemental hero flame wingman!" He held up the three cards from his hand, and images of each appeared briefly, mixing together to create a red warrior, coated in feathers. (2100/1200) and, just so you know, if flame wingman destroys a monster in battle, that monsters attack score is cut directly out of your lifepoints! Elemntal hero flame wingman, attack his soldier now, with arial flame strike!" The tailed warrior leapt into the air, and brought his claw down onto the archfiend soldier! the fiend was sliced in half, as Spike's lifepoints fell fo 7800, then to 5900! "And now my sparkman gets his attack! Elemental hero sparkman, attack Spike dirctly with shining surge flash!" Sparkman charged up by rubbing his hands together, and shot thunder at the robed fiend! Spike grunted as his lifepoints fell to 4300 (4300/7100). "See? I wanted you to attack Avian, so I could summon the wingman to hurt you! Still call it juvenile, pard'ner? Now then, if you think you can move, you can take your turn now, pard'ner."
"Spike groaned and rose from his knees, not remembering having fallen. "You... little... twerp! I'll get you for that!"
Spike drew his card as Omi exclaimed "Yes, friend! Show that robed fiend who is boss! kick his foot!"
"Um, Omi," Raimundo interjected, "that's butt. Kick his BUTT."
"That too!"
Spike smiled as he layed a card down on his duel disk. "I summon winged minion, in attack mode!" A winged fiend appeared, zigzagging left and right, up and down, across and diagonal. (700/700)
"What? Why would you summon a monster that weak to the field? I've seen chickens who could lasso that thing easy!"
"True, true. But what if I were to "lasso" him for you?"
"What?"
Spike chuckled. "You see, winged minion has a very special ability. By offering him from my side of the field as a tribute, I can increase both the attack and defense of 1 fiend type monster on the field by 700 points!"
"Excuse me, hombre, but I'm still confused. I don't see any fiend types ON your side of the field, except for the minion."
"Yeah? Well, look now, because I'm activating premature burial!" Spike lost 800 lifepoints as archfiend soldier was brought back to the field, bringing the score to 3500 to 7100.
"Oh no, My friend Clay, you are surely in trouble now!"
"Calm down, Omi," Raimundo replied. "Clay's in a bit of a tough spot, but he'll pull through."
"I think not. Archfiend soldier, devour the winged minion, gain his strength!" The large fiend opened what could loosely be called a mouth, and sucked the winged minion into the gaping hole. The fiend gained even more might, going up to a massive 2600 attack points! (2600/2200) "Now, archfiend soldier, attack Clay's wingman now! assisted saber slice!" the archfiend struck his revenge with interest, sliding the blade deep inside flame wingman's stomach, -and Clay swore he heard a chuckle- and pulled it out, as the wingman burst into pixels, lowering the score to 6600/3500. "next up, I lay one card facedown, and end my turn. Go ahead."
Clay shuddered with anger. "How... dare you... rassle my friends like that!"
Spike chuckled. "Speak up, cowboy, I could have sworn I just heard you say flame wingman was your "friend". Wow. You're pathetic, and way to close to your cards. Because of that, you will lose."
"That's what you think, Hombre. Do you know why I run the elemental heroes?"
"Surely you'll tell me anyway. make it quick, then."
"See, we're all dragons of a certain element. wind, earth, water, and fire. It so happens that the elemental heroes represent each of those elements. Flame wingman was a wind-type. He represented Raimundo... So when you go and hurt my monsters, you're hurting my friends, and that'll get you rassled fersure. Now, it's my turn, varmint, and I activate Graceful charity! You remeber it, right? It lets me draw three cards from my deck, so long as I discard two right after." Clay made his draws, and msiled as he di so. "The cards I discard are the elemental heroes clayman, and bubbleman!" "Next up, I activate a pair of my favorite spell card! Miracle fusion! Never count my friends out of the game! This lets me fusion summon monsters, using ones from my field, or GRAVEYARD! So now I activate myfirst, to remove clayman and bubbleman, to summon the elemental hero mudball man!" The warrior lived up to his name, made completely of large globs of mud. (0/3000) "Next, I play my spell card, shield and sword! this switches the attack of my monsters with their defense ((0/3000-3000/0) next, I play my second miracle fusion, emptying my hand, but giving me the chance to fuse the elmental hero flame wingman from my graveyard, with the elemtnal hero sparman on my field, to create the elemental hero shining flare wingman! the flame wingman reappeared, but wearing sparkman's armor. (2500/2000), and, just so you know, he gets 300 attack for every elemental hero in my graveyard, and with burstinatrix, and 2 Avian, that's 900, putting him at 3400 attack points! (3400/2000) now, elemental hero shining flare wingman, attack his archfiend soldier now! Shining flash blast!
"I activate my quick-play spell card! changing chopsticks!"
"Oh, no, A shen gong wu?"
"That's right! And this one in particular will halve the damage I take in battle after this card's activation! See, the changing chopsticks shrank their target when it wasn't a card, and now that it is, it "shrinks" damage! So now I only take 400 from it!" The soldier was destroyed, and Spikes lifepoints fell to 3100.
"Thats just fine, because now, I use my mudball man! Attack Spike now! Mudball blast! Now I lay one card facedown, and end my turn!" mudball man shot 3 blobs of mud at him, and Spike's lifepoints fell to 1600.
"Ha! pathetic! You'll have to do 3200 more damage to me if you want to win now! And now it's my turn!" Spike drew his card and laughed. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Shield and sword only works for one turn! and since your mudballman has only zero attack to start with, it's more or less a free shot! so now I summon slate warrior, In attack mode!" large knight in armor emerged onto the field, breastplates shining in the hologram light. (1900/400) "slate wariror, attack his mudball man now! fiendish wind!" The slate warrior shot a dark blast of air at mudball man, almost blasting him to pieces! Almost... "I activate my trap card! Go, magic cylinder! This trap stops the attack, and sends it back, straight towards your lifepoints! And since that's not battle damage, those chopsticks don't work on it! I believe that's game, trailhand." The cylinder caught the wind that was shooting towards mudball man, and hurled it back at Spike, ramming it into his gut, slamming him backwards, and knocking him to the ground, taking his breath away. "And now the changing chopsticks card is mine, AND That's one less bad guy to worry about."
"Clay! Oh my friend with the big hat, I was so worried! I am so glad you came out okay!"
"Okay... Omi, you don't need to worry about that dude anymore. Now that he's beaten, odds are, da bad guy wont use him again." This was Joey.
"How do you know so much about evil?"
"Let's just say Joey and I have been fighting evil for quite some time now," Yami interjected. "We know more than most people give us credit for. If one of their servants failed once, they won't let them fail again."
"Uh, what exactly does that mean," Kimiko asked. "What happens when their minions fail their masters?"
"Remember what dat achfiend soldah did to dat winged minion? basically dat."
Omi and the crew shuddered. They had no idea evil could be so... evil! "Surely you must be joking, one they called Yami," Omi said, nervous. "They wouldn't do that... would they?"
"I'm afraid so, Omi. But don't worry, my friends and I are here for that reason. We won't let anything happen to you."
"Yes, Yami. Thank you for your assistance. I feel much better now... kind of."
and that would be chapter 4! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! In the next chapter, Clay rests up from his duel with Spike, while Raimundo takes a shot at a duelist whose deck won't let him move! don't miss the next chapter: "in over your head", coming soon! REVIEW!
