Inu: Chapter 4.
Sess: If you want to see the disclaimer, read Chapter 1.
Chase: It's been awhile since Jack ran off.
Chaos: Yeah, I wonder where he is…
Inu: -holds 5 fingers, counts down- 5.…4.…3.…2.…
Jack: -runs to Inu- YOU LIED TO ME!!!!
Chaos: -mumbles- Dumb ass.
Inu: -punches Jack in face- My face needs space!
Jack: Ow!
Chaos: Ha ha, nice Inu!
Inu: -sigh- Let's just start it.
It's been a while since Riku, Sakka, and Kimmy joined Chase. They started to finally get along, starting to understand each other. Riku has been trying to find out what Chase is planning, but couldn't find the perfect moment to ask. Chase had no idea what Riku was doing, she usually meditate and train herself as well as spar with Sakka. For the past week Riku couldn't help but to think of a strategy on how to get Chase to talk, but each plan Riku realized would backfire in someway and discard it, thinking of a new plan. Chase couldn't stop thinking about Riku for some reason.
Chase finished meditating and walked toward the throne room. As he rounded a corner, he heard yelling and soon after that saw Kimmy running toward him. He stopped her by grabbing her wrist. " What are you running from?"
"Let me go! Sakka's going to kill me!" Kimmy tried to get out of Chase's grasp, but no dice.
Chase just watched as Sakka came running after her, looking pissed. His hair was also shorter by about an inch, uneven, and looked all-around ruined. " There you are, you little brat." He growled.
"What in hell is going on?" Chase asked, trying to hold in a chuckle from seeing Sakka.
"That little squirt cut my hair!" Sakka yelled while pointing at Kimmy, who's wrist was still being held by Chase.
"And you let her cut your hair?" Chase asked.
"No way I'd let that brat even touch my hair! She just-"
"It's not my fault you were sleeping with your door open!" Kimmy interrupted. " You shouldn't be taking a nap around noon! I was just teaching you a lesson!"
"Teaching me a lesson my ass!"
"Enough!" Chase yelled.
"I'll take over, Chase." Everyone looked to the left and saw an slightly annoyed Riku. Chase let go of Kimmy's wrist and Riku grabbed Kimmy and Sakka's head. Riku forced the two heads together and Kimmy and Sakka preformed a head- butt. "Alright, why the hell can I here you guys all the way from my room?" She asked as she let go of Kimmy and Sakka.
"Ow." Sakka and Kimmy said as they rubbed their forehead.
"Can you not see my hair?" Sakka asked while pointing at his head.
Riku smirked. " Bad hair day?" She joked.
"Shut it. Kimmy cut my hair while I was sleeping!"
"You're fault for sleeping with the door open!" Kimmy snapped.
"Shut it, squirt!" Sakka yelled.
"No!" Kimmy yelled back. " I'm not listening to you!"
"If you know what's good for you, you will!"
"If you know what's good for you, you'll leave me alone!"
"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!!!" Riku yelled. The loudness was loud enough to make Chase, Kimmy, and Sakka to cover their ears. Riku took a deep breath, then sighed. "Listen, I am trying to meditate. And I am tired of you two fighting all the time. Sakka, how old are you?"
Sakka looked down. "22."
"Okay, and you Kimmy?"
Kimmy looked down. "13."
"And yet, you two act like 8 year olds." Riku said in an annoyed tone. She sighed. "Alright. Kimmy, room. Sakka, room, where a hat."
"Yes, ma'am." Kimmy and Sakka sighed. Kimmy walked out to her room. Sakka was about to leave, but turned around and take a breath.
"Room." Riku said before Sakka could say anything. As soon as the two were out of sight. Riku let out an annoyed sigh and rubbed her temples. "Damn, can't live with them, can't live without them." She mumbled.
"Is that an everyday routine?" Chase asked.
"Only when those two are together." Riku sighed again. "I apologize for them, and I hope that you have a way to relieve stress, because something like that is going to be happening often."
"I don't know why I let those two here."
"Because I'm responsible for them and they're the only thing keeping me here." Riku leaned on the wall. "I'm like the only one to get them to stop. I feel like a mom."
"It's rather humiliating for Sakka, acts like an 8 year old, as you said it, and being overpowered by someone younger than him. How old are you?"
"20. My birthday was the day before you 'kidnapped' us. Well, I gotta go to my room and at least try to meditate. Later." Riku did that fake salute of hers and was about to walk off, when Chase stopped her.
"Since when did I kidnap you?" He asked.
"It was a joke." Riku stated. "You are seriously dense at times. Adios." Riku smirked and left.
"A joke?" Chase asked out loud.
"Alright, what did we learn today?" Riku asked as she walked in Kimmy's room.
"Not to cut Sakka's hair for revenge." Kimmy said, full of guilt.
"That, and the fact that the 'haircut' plan was lame." Riku smirked as Kimmy looked at her surprised. "Come on, a haircut?"
"I was so mad, I couldn't think of anything else."
"Well next time, try something creative." Riku left to her room and went back to painting. She already talked to Sakka, and now he was in the basketball court. She looked over her paining. It was coming together, but it was missing something. She couldn't tell what it was though…
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Chase decided to play a one-on-one game of basketball with Sakka. After beating him with the score of 40-45, Kimmy ran up to them. "What's up, boys?"
"We're not boys," Sakka corrected. "We're men."
Kimmy rolled her eyes the same time as Chase did. "Whatever." Kimmy said. "So what's up?"
"We are playing basketball." Sakka answered.
"Correction," Chase said. "We were playing basketball."
"Aw, come on! I wanna rematch!" Sakka declared.
"That's too bad." Chase said. "Play with Kimmy."
"Heck no!" Kimmy pouted. "Why would I play with the cheater?"
"Why would I play with a brat who messed with my hair?" Sakka retorted.
Kimmy slapped him, covered his mouth, then dragged him away.
Chase was confused. He shook his head and walked to the throne room.
Kimmy finally let go of Sakka, they were both in Sakka's room. "Wat da hell waz dat for?!?!?" Sakka yelled.
"I have a plan!" Kimmy responded.
Sakka calmed down. "I'm listening."
"Let's get Chase and Riku together!" Kimmy exclaimed.
Sakka was silent for a moment. "That has got to be your most retarded idea, ever." He stated in monotone.
"Hear me out." Kimmy argued. "They look so cute together! You can't honestly say they don't belong together?"
"You got a point." Sakka said, putting his hand on his chin in a thoughtful way. "But what if they hate each other?"
"They don't. Trust me."
Sakka was thinking about what to do. "Alright, I'll help. What's the plan?"
Riku was looking at her painting, thinking on what to add. She sighed. "I can't concentrate." She told herself. She plopped on the bed and stared at the ceiling. "What to do, what to do." She mumbled.
Chase was meditating, he sighed to himself as he thought about Riku. Lots of thoughts were going through his head. He remembered about hen he first met him, calling him a youkai wannabe. Or when she protected Kimmy from one of his Cats. "If you ever attack Kimmy again, I'll kill you with no hesitation." Riku's voice was filled with venom when she said that. He was confused.
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Kimmy walked into Riku's room. Riku was still staring at the ceiling. "Riku."
Riku shifted her eyes toward Kimmy, then back to the ceiling. "Yeah?" Her voice had a bored tone.
Kimmy jumped onto the bed and sat down. Riku sat up and looked at her miko friend. "I have a question for you." Kimmy told Riku. Riku nodded, telling her to go on. "What do you think of Chase?" Riku said nothing, but shrugged. "You like him, don't you?"
Riku was silent. "Don't ask such stupid questions."
"Do you?"
"No." Riku had a slightly doubtful tone in her voice.
"Sure you don't." Kimmy smirked. "Come on, admit it."
"Admit what?" Chase walked in.
Riku stood up. "Nothing of your concern, Chase." Riku left. Chase watched her leave, and was about to follow, but Kimmy stopped him.
"So you don't like Riku?" Kimmy asked the lizard warlord. Chase was silent. "Come on, admit it. You're in love with her!"
Chase looked annoyed. "No, I am not 'in love' with Riku."
"Alright." Kimmy gave a fake shrug. "Because I know what pleases her." Her voice had a hinting tone mixed with playfulness and something Chase couldn't find words for.
"Oh, you do, eh?" Chase crossed his arms.
"Oh, so you do like her?" Sakka asked as he leaned on the door, near Chase. His right foot was on the door, his arms were crossed, and he had a huge smirk on his face. He wasn't wearing a hat anymore, but he cut his hair so it ended, evenly at mid-neck.
"No." Chase said as he uncrossed his arms.
"Whatever." Sakka rolled his eyes. "But listen carefully…"
"Are you truly sure that this plan of yours will work?" Sakka and Kimmy were standing in the hallway, waiting for Chase to walk out. Chase continued talking as he walked out. "I don't think it will." Chase continued.
"Of course it will!" Sakka exclaimed.
"If you make her happy," Kimmy explained. "She'll start to like you, too!"
"You do have a point… I suppose." Chase said, doubt in his voice.
"nd we'll be right behind you!" Sakka said. They walked into the garden, where Riku was admiring the architect of the place. "Riku?" Chase asked.
Riku turned to see them. She walked up to them. "Is something wrong?"
"No." Kimmy asked. "Chase has something to say!" Before she dragged Sakka out of the garden. As soon as they shut the door, they smirked to each other and eavesdropped on what Chase was to say.
Chase glared at where Kimmy and Sakka used to be.
"Those two are acting strange." Riku stated. "So what do you need, Chase?"
"Well…" Chase walked up to Riku. " I have been thinking, and I wanted to do for you."
"Uh…" Riku blinked a couple times, but nodded. "Okay?"
"Is there anything you want to do?"
Riku merely shrugged. "I don't think you'll let the others go, so I'm good."
Chase sighed. "Are you always so difficult?"
"What do you mean?"
"You can't be this selfless all the time. There must be something you want to do that you would enjoy."
Riku froze. Her tails started swishing in a small motion. She turned around. "May I go to my mother's Valentines Day party? With Kimmy and Sakka?"
Chase was silent for a moment, the he blinked a couple of times. "Is that it?"
"Yeah. I would like to see my parents again. And I could make sure Kimmy and Sakka don't follow we get back."
"You want both?"
"Well, Mom and Dad must be worried sick about Kimmy, and I want to make sure she doesn't get hurt. Sakka, well, I just want him to stop annoying me. And if we go to that party, I'll be killing two birds with one stone."
Chase thought about that. "I suppose." He agreed. "But-"
"I know." Riku interrupted. " You'll be coming with us."
"I already know about that." Chase smirked. "I was just thinking; Is this a black-tie?"
Riku smirked. "So you knew what I was going to choose."
"Let's just say a little bird told me."
"More like two." Riku rolled her eyes. "Sakka, Kimmy. You can come out, now."
Sakka and Kimmy walked in, with a nervous chuckle. "So are we going home?" Kimmy asked.
Riku nodded. "For the party, at least."
"Hooray!" Kimmy jumped up and down. Riku smirked and shook her head. "What should I wear?"
"Just stick with a dress, Kimmy." Riku told her hyper friend.
"What do you mean? You know how I like to dress up."
"You just missed the point." Riku rolled her eyes. " Let's see…'s in a week, Mom throws a night party that starts at 6pm, and ends at 10 or 11pm.
"You're lucky, Riku." Sakka said. " You already got something to wear."
"Sakka, I'm not wearing the same dress I did last year." Riku crossed her arms.
"Then why do you keep most of your costumes?"
"There for Kimmy for when she grows in it. She always complains that I get all the nice clothes."
"Cool, then I already have a dress!" Kimmy exclaimed. " But which one?"
"I think you can save this conversation for later." Chase finally spoke. "We have a new Shen Gon Wu."
"Yay!" Kimmy beamed. "Let's go!"
"Alright, I don't want any arguing." Riku told the two. "I'm getting pretty sick of it."
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Chase, Riku, Sakka, and Kimmy landed. It was dark. "Were do you think the others are?" Kimmy said.
"My guess is sleeping." Sakka started walking around. Riku and Chase followed and examined the area.
Kimmy followed the three and tripped. "How can you see?"
"Demon senses." Sakka answered.
"Youkai's eyes adjust better and faster than humans." Riku added. The stoic girl helped her friend to her feet. "Chase, do you have the Eyes of the Nocturnal?" Chase nodded and gently tossed the Wu toward Riku. She caught it and handed it to Kimmy.
"Eyes of the Nocturnal." Kimmy called. She put on the goggle-like Shen Gon Wu. "Wow, it's like night vision goggles!"
Riku rolled her eyes. "So what are we after this time?"
Chase let out a sigh. "Do you promise not to laugh?" Riku, Sakka, and Kimmy nodded. " It's called," Chase sighed again. "The Hippa Hoppa."
It was silent, then Sakka and Kimmy busted out laughing. Sakka fell on the ground in his fit. Riku and Chase's sweat dropped. Kimmy was leaning on a boulder for support. Riku used her right hand's thumb and middle finger and grabbed her temples. Chase heard her mumble something in multiple languages. And he knew what they meant. He muttered some curse words himself, in Chinese only, though.
"Enough laughing." Riku ordered. "I don't see what's funny."
Sakka was laughing so hard, he started snorting. Kimmy just laughed harder. "It's just." Kimmy tried to say in her fit of laughter. "It's just, just, th-at Chase so-ounded like an i-diot when he said th-at!!!!"
"Yeah!" Sakka said in his chortling. " It so-ounds li-ike that name, that name, is fro-om a rap song!!!" Sakka and Kimmy continued laughing, except a little harder.
"So what does the Wu do?" Riku asked, making sure she doesn't say the name.
"It allows you to rhyme. To confuse your opponent." Chase said as he stopped cursing.
"Geeze, what's with the laughing?"
Chase and Riku looked up. Jack was hovering above them, along with his robots. He was wearing night vision goggles, they were red. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, h-hi, Jack!" Kimmy said, trying to calm down. "How's it go-oing?" Riku rolled her eyes.
"What do you think, babe?" Jack asked. "I'm after the Wu. By the way, where are the Xiaolin Losers?"
Kimmy stopped laughing, and Sakka was calming down. "I don't know." Kimmy answered. Chase and Riku had an annoyed look on their faces.
"They seem to be still sleeping." Wuya said as she appeared, then landed. "Well, besides Jack and that blonde girl, It's just us real fighters."
"Now, Wuya." Hannibal told the Heylin witch. He was on her shoulder. "Everyone has potential at fighting."
"Yeah." Riku agreed. "Except that old hag."
"Now, Riku." Chase told the kitsune. "It isn't very polite to explain the obvious things about people."
Riku smirked. "What about her being a whore?"
Chase smirked. "That's obvious, as well." Sakka snickered, Kimmy giggled.
"You'll pay for that!" Wuya lunged at Riku. Riku dodged. Wuya's fist went through the trunk of a tree. "Grr… You are so dead!"
"Sorry, but you're closer to death than I am." Riku retorted. "Where would the Shen Gon Wu be?"
"The Hippa Hoppa," Sakka started as he looked to his left. "It looks like a cube?"
"Correct." Chase nodded.
"Jack almost has it." Sakka pointed to Jack, who was running for the Wu. He grabbed the Wu, it glowed. Jack looked up to see Kimmy.
"Jack Spicer, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!" Kimmy declared.
"Name the game, doll-face." Jack told her.
"This is gonna be good." Riku said as she crossed her arms and leaned on the tree Wuya was stuck in, who gave up trying to break free from the tree and watched the Showdown. Everyone who was watching the showdown nodded.
"I wager the Eyes of the Nocturnal." Kimmy adjusted the Shen Gon Wu on her face.
"I wager the Mantis Flip Coin." Jack took out his wagered Shen Gon Wu.
"The game is tag." Kimmy continued. " First one to tag the other is out."
"Let's go, Xiaolin Showdown!" They both yelled.
The earth started shaking, Kimmy kneeled down while Jack hovered on his heli-pack. Riku grabbed a branch from the tree, Wuya stayed still, Hannibal Bean hung on to Wuya's right ear, Chase stood still, and Sakka grabbed Riku's tail. Riku growled and used her free hand to punch Sakka in the face. Sakka let go and sat down, then put his hands over his chin, where Riku punched him. While this happened, everyone and the ground that was under them seemed to rise to a mountain. When the earthquake ended, there where a large amount of obstacles, both for keeping Jack and Kimmy away from tagging each other, and for keeping one of them still long enough for the other to tag them. "Gon yi tempai!" Jack and Kimmy yelled.
Kimmy jumped away from Jack. Jack did the same and jumped the opposite way. "Mantis Flip Coin!" Jack flipped the coin and caught it. Then he jumped, while doing front flips, toward Kimmy.
"Gah!" Kimmy jumped out of the way every time Jack jumped toward her. She started running away, and into one of the obstacles. She grabbed a handle bar as Jack was about to tag her, and the bar lifted her up, rather high. "Yee-aahh!" She cried.
"Oh, crap." Sakka stood up and leaned toward Riku, who was standing next to Chase, and away from Wuya. "Doesn't she have a fear of heights?" He whispered.
Riku shrugged. "She doesn't while riding my cloud or a plane. Otherwise, she's scared stiff." She whispered.
"Then Kimmy might lose." Chase said in a low voice.
"Pretty much." Sakka said.
"Have some faith in her." Riku told the two. "Don't forget, I said she's a miko with extraordinary powers for a normal one." Riku walked a few steps toward the floating bar, the one with Kimmy holding for her dear life on it. "Kimmy!" She called out. "Stay calm! You can get through this!"
Kimmy gasped. "She's right!" Kimmy told herself. Jack came floating up on his heli-pack.
"Your time's just about up." Jack snickered. Kimmy sighed. "Just surrender, and you won't have to go through with this."
"Give me a second." Kimmy closed her eyes.
Jack shrugged. "Alright."
"What are they doing?" Wuya asked as she finally got free.
"They're having a chat." Riku answered. "Kinda hard to hear, though. But I can make it out."
"Same here." Sakka said. "What's Kimmy doing?"
Riku smirked. "Watch."
"I haven't got all night, girl!" Jack said as he crossed his arms.
"Don't worry." Kimmy put her head down. "I…" She smirked. " Will kick your ass."
"Whoa." Jack said. "Too bad you can't even touch me."
Kimmy took a deep breath, closed her eyes and…let go. 'Please let this work.' She thought as she started falling, eyes still closed.
Sakka gasped. "Wat da hell is she thinkin?!?!?!?!" He yelled.
Chase looked at Riku, who was just staring. "Riku?"
"Could it be?" She mumbled. "I thought she hasn't mastered it yet."
"Mastered what?" Chase asked.
Riku and Kimmy were in the sky, on Riku's cloud. This was about a month before Riku's 20th birthday. " Alright, Kimmy." Riku explained. " Listen carefully."
"Okay." Kimmy nodded.
"I want to teach you this lesson. Cause you know that I can't always be there to save you if you fall from a great height." Riku stood up on her cloud. "Watch." She closed her eyes and took a small breath. She took a step backward, and fell off the cloud.
Kimmy gasped as she looked over the cloud. They were about…really, really, really, really, far from the ground. Riku was on her back, eyes still closed and falling.
Riku smirked and opened her eyes. "Tsubasa Ankoku!" She called. A black glow emerged from her back took the form of two giant wings and stopped Riku from falling. The black wings flapped and Riku flew back to the cloud. "Well? What do you think?"
Kimmy was wide-eyed. "Holy crap!" She exclaimed. "You look like an angel with those wings! Well, take away the tails and you do."
Riku's smirk faded. As soon as she touched the ground, the wings deteriorated and left a gold and black glitter. "The down side is that they're temporarily."
"Oh, well." Kimmy shrugged. "It's still cool. You're going to teach me that?"
Riku nodded.
Chase only waited a couple of seconds the first time he said it and no answer from Riku. "Mastered what?" He repeated.
"This technique I taught her." Riku explained, eyes still fixed on Kimmy. "I found out that only Taiyoukai could use this technique, but Kimmy has a special aura."
"This technique is?" Sakka asked.
"It's a technique where you take some of your aura and shape it to angel wings. It's useful for when your falling, like Kimmy is."
Kimmy concentrated on a pair of angel wings. "Come on, I can do this."
Jack was flying after her. "What are you doing? You want to die?!"
"Tsubasa Tomoshibi!" She called.
A bright flash happened. Jack stopped flying and shielded his eyes. Everyone except Riku copied Jack. The flash faded and everyone saw Kimmy, floating in the air, with two pink angel wings, they were flapping. The pink wings were glowing and filled the dark sky. She beamed. "Oh my God, I did it!" She cheered as she flew down. "I did it!"
Riku smirked. "I knew you could do it. Pay attention. The wings will stay until you're out of energy, or when you touch the ground. So fly up to Spicer and tag him!"
"Yes, ma'am!" Kimmy did a military salute and flew up to Jack. "Surprised?"
Jack nodded. "Those are sweet wings!"
"Thanks." Kimmy smiled. "Sorry about this." Kimmy tapped him on the shoulder. "You're it, and you lose."
The ground returned to its original spot, the obstacles were gone, and everything returned to normal in a flash. Kimmy was jumping up and down, the three Shen Gon Wu in her hands. Jack was his head hanging and turned around. Kimmy turned to him. "Hey." Jack turned to Kimmy. "No hard feelings! Okay?" Kimmy gave him her famous happy-go-lucky smile. Jack smiled and nodded. He turned and flew off.
"My, my." Hannibal said. "I'm impressed, girl."
"Hey, the name's Kimmy!" Kimmy spat. "Get lost!"
"Yeah!" Sakka agreed. " Beat it!"
"So rude!" Wuya spat.
"Guys, they haven't said anything, yet." Riku told Sakka and Kimmy. "You gotta wait till they say something."
"Listen to the polite girl." Hannibal added.
"Polite my ass." Wuya grumbled.
Riku rolled her eyes. "As I was saying. You need to wait for them to talk. Then you can insult them."
Sakka and Kimmy laughed. Chase smirked, but turned to prevent Wuya and Hannibal from seeing. "Let's go. We have gotten what we came for."
Riku was examining the Hippa Hoppa. "So this is suppose to give you the gift of rhymes?"
"It transforms all of your speech into rhymes." Chase explained. "It confuses your opponent."
"So with this." Sakka snatched the Hippa Hoppa from Riku. "I could become the best rapper in the history of rap!"
"Baka." Kimmy mumbled. All four were in the dining room.
Riku bopped Sakka on the head and took the cube back. "Next time, ask for it."
"Let's change the subject." Kimmy suggested. "What should we wear to the party?"
Riku sighed. "You always did care about your appearance."
"But she does have a point." Sakka interjected, a bump on his head.
"Maybe we can make our own outfits." Kimmy suggested. "Like we did last year."
"Nah." Sakka disagreed. "We can't do that twice in a row."
While Kimmy and Sakka continued the conversation, which soon turned to arguing, Riku and Chase had their own. Riku shifted her eyes toward Chase. -I seriously don't know how I put up with those two.- Riku linked.
-At least they won't be here after this party.- Chase reassured. -Is there anything I should know about before we go?-
-Just that I'm usually hanging out with, and chaperoning, the kids and teens while the adults talk. It's so boring up there.-
-Up there?-
-The adults usually hang out on the first floor, where there's descent music and they talk about financials, work, children, it's all so boring to me. The teens hang out in the basement, it's a teen's hangout.-
-You enjoy being with the juveniles?-
-I relate to them more than I do with the adults. We all know each other.-
'Is that what you are going to do this year?-
-Possibly. It depends if it gets boring on the first floor, even with you there.-
-What do you mean?-
-You'll see.-
Inu: Sorry if it's a little short. And the cliffy.
Sess: And the bad news is that Inu has started school.
Chaos: And she's probably been spending a lot of time with Sess.
Inu: Shut it, Chaos!
Shadow: -chuckles- I remember when you told us about you and Sesshoumaru.
Chaos: Ha! He knows? You're clever.
Shadow: Thanks.
Inu: -sigh- At least you two get along better than Chaos And Sesshoumaru.
Sess: Well, we would get along better, if Chaos was a bit nicer.
Chaos: I tried to be when I met you; but then you had to go barking about me being a cat demon!
Sess: See? There you go again!
Inu: Oh, I'd also like to apologize for my long absence. Here's the excuse.
EXCUSE: MY INTERNET HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED AND IT TOOK FOREVER TO FIX. ALSO HER COMPUTER CRASHED SO IT TOOK A WHILE TO FIX.
Inu: -sigh- That's all for today.