SailorStar9: This is Chapter 3 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Chapter Summary: Jack kidnaps Kimiko and sends in his Chameleon-Bot in her place to steal the Shen Gong Wu right under the Xiaolin Warriors' noses. Omi, however, almost immediately senses that something's wrong with Kimiko, and it is not long until the Xiaolin Warriors discover the truth.
Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and my OC.
Chapter 3: Chameleon
"In today's training," Master Fong started. "We will divide the Sheng Gong Wu among us. The exercise is called…"
"Xiaolin Surprise!" Omi cut in.
"Sounds like an appetizer." Clay joked.
"This is an advanced training technique that relies on a powerful inner force we call…" Master Fong continued.
"The 'Instincts of the Tiger'." Omi interrupted.
"Which is…" Master Fong added.
"The ability to predict your opponent's next move." Omi finished the sentence.
"Yeah, like you can really read minds or something." Raimundo muttered.
"I knew you'll say that." Omi grinned.
"Omi," Ren cracked open an eye. "To harness the 'Tiger Instincts' is to know what will happen before it happens."
"Like so." Master Fong agreed, catching the 'Monkey Staff' Raimundo had pushed to intercept Omi. "Omi, Clay, take your places in the sparring circle. Choose your Shen Gong Wu." He placed the assorted weapons between the pair.
"Nazareth Merion Zeniths…" Ren chanted, returning to her deep meditative state.
"'Eye of Dashi'!" Clay picked his weapon.
"'Monkey Staff'!" Omi took the stick.
Clay gaped as Omi dodged the lightning blast. "Wee, Omi." The cowboy noted. "You sure are a quick to the draw."
"Thank you my friend in the two gannet hate." Omi beamed.
"That's two gun hat." Raimundo corrected.
"Not anymore." Kimiko added.
"Winner advances." Master Fong remarked. "Kimiko, choose."
"'Third-Arm Sash'!" Kimiko let the cloth loose.
"'Mantis Flip Coin'!" Omi countered.
"Sorry Rai." Kimiko pulled the Brazilian up, her attack having knocked him into the pond.
"You've got to duck, partner." Clay advised.
"Winner advances." Master Fong cut in. "Raimundo?"
"Omi's instincts against my street smarts?" Raimundo snorted. "This will be fast. 'Fist of Tebigong'!"
"'Two-Ton Tunic'!" Omi anchored himself.
"That's gonna hurt." Ren muttered, the shockwave rattling the Dragon of Wind.
"Ouch." Clay agreed.
"With a capital 'O'." Kimiko concurred.
"Lucky cast." Raimundo complained. "I want to go again."
"As you wish." Master Fong gave his consent.
"'Tangle Web Comb'!" Raimundo released the strings of hair.
"I'm good." Omi merely raised a hand, the strings stopping merely inches from him before returning to entangle Raimundo.
"You chose nothing?" Raimundo echoed.
"Not really." Ren exited from her mediation. "He knew your frustration will lead to your own defeat." As Master Fong reverted the 'Tangle Web Comb' back to its original form.
"Excellent training session." Master Fong noted, returning the 'Shen Gong Wu' back to the vault.
"Maybe I'm missing the point." Raimundo retorted. "We're never going to go after each other and Jack's got only one 'Shen Gong Wu'."
"A pair of chopsticks that can shrink him into the size of a grain of rice." Kimiko joked.
"We can take him out with a fly-swatter." Clay added.
"Sorry to be the damper guys," Ren deathpanned. "But haven't you heard of Murphy's Law?"
"Spicer?" Kimiko echoed, the teen villain flying down towards her, the Japanese girl having been lured into the vault. "It's been a long day. Leave now or I'll kick your butt!"
"I'm leaving alright," Jack smirked. "And you're coming with me."
"Who's going to make me?" Kimiko challenged.
"You are." Jack grinned, sending his Chameleon Bot in.
"What is that?" Kimiko looked at her robotic replica.
"Kimiko, meet Kimiko." Jack introduced. "Or should I say, meet your match."
With Kimiko soundly defeated by the clone, Jack claimed his prisoner.
"The 'Helmet of Jong'." Ren read off the scroll. "It gives you eyes at the back of your head."
"I assume you get to keep the ones in front as well." Omi joked.
"Look alive, gang." Dojo dropped the kids off. "I've got 'Sheng Gong Wu' shivers. There it is!" the shrunken dragon went on alert. "Look, dead ahead. Do I have to spell it out for ya?" he complained.
"Please?" Omi asked.
"The statue's head." Dojo glared. "How easy do I have to make this? The one and only 'Helmet of Jong'."
"Sounds like trouble." Clay muttered as Jack flew into the scene.
"Kimiko, I challenge you to a 'Xiaolin Showdown'!" Jack declared, both touching the helmet at the same time. "My 'Changing Chopsticks' against your 'Third-Arm Sash'. First one to gra the 'Helmet of Jong' wins."
"Omi…" Ren gave the Dragon of Water a look, Kimiko having giving her excuse for losing the showdown as having tripped over her feet.
"You see, you see, you see?" Omi pointed to the opened vault.
"I should've caught it." Raimundo cursed himself.
"Impostor!" Omi glared. "Show your true form!"
"How about I show you this instead?" the Kimiko bot fired its eye lasers and sent its extended arm to the four Dragons in training.
"Eye beams, that's a new one." Ren joked, as she and Omi dodged the slash.
Omi's kick sent the Kimiko bot crashing into the pillar, making it drop the stolen 'Shen Gong Wu'.
"'Fist of Tebigong'!" the Kimiko bot counterattacked.
"'Two-Ton Tunic'!" Omi weighted himself down.
"'Changing Chopsticks'." The shrunken Jack snuck into the vault and continued to loot.
"'Eye of Dashi'!" the Kimiko bot renewed its attack.
"Wind!" Raimundo jumped into the frenzy.
"Earth!" Clay called forth his element, both male Dragons snatching the 'Shen Gong Wu' from the Kimiko bot's hands, allowing Omi and Ren to snitch up the fallen weapons.
"Oh no, you don't." Ren snapped. "'Tangle Web Comb'!" she grabbed the 'Monkey Staff' from Kimiko bot's hands and dropped both weapons into the vault, not knowing that Jack was already down below, catching the two 'Shen Gong Wu' into his sack.
Just as the Kimiko bot had the four Dragons trapped, the real Kimiko entered the scene on the stolen jet plane.
"And just how are we going to solve this one?" Ren muttered as both Kimikos decked it out.
"The 'Instincts of the Tiger', Omi." Raimundo prodded.
Omi nodded and jump-kicked one of the Kimikos, causing it to explode.
"How did you know which one was the real one?" Clay asked.
"'Tiger Instincts', awesome." Raimundo nodded.
"Actually, that time, I guessed." Omi confessed.
"Guys…" Ren peered into the vault. "Where are all the 'Shen Gong Wu'?"
"This is most unfortunate." Master Fong noted, the group having surveyed the damage.
"Gone." Raimundo sighed. "They're all gone."
"Not all of them." Ren corrected.
"'The Mantis Flip Coin'." Omi recognized the glowing coin in her hand.
"Spicer," Raimundo growled. "This has got to be the work of Jack Spicer."
"But how did he do it?" Omi wondered.
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