"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Spirit Talking"
Phillip woke up with a groan as Omi rushed into his room. Last night, he had been thinking to himself about events a few days back, teleporting into one of his childhood cartoons. 'I wonder how I've not been going off the deep end because of it.' He chalked in up as him knowing that if he did, the others would freak as well. That or he never really thought about it. Phillip remembered Omi was there and turned to him.
"What's up?" Omi was jumping like a child with candy.
"We have decided to test the Golden Tiger Claws! This will tool, dud!" Phillip shook his head.
"Alright, let me shower and dress, first." A few moments late, Phillip and Omi walked over to the center of the field where the others were waiting. Since Kimiko got the Claws, she was the one to use them first. Clay slipped them on for her. Omi was already impatient.
"Please hurry, Kimiko! I cannot wait to see the Tiger Claws in action!" Phillip chuckled while Kimiko calmed him.
"Cool your jets, Omi." Raimundo turned to Clay.
"So, let me get this straight. These Claws can transport you anywhere in the world?" Clay responded.
"That's the story." Phillip looked at Clay as well.
"These would definitely be great for catching the Shen Gong Wu." Clay nodded in agreement, before turning back to Kimiko The others did the same. Kimiko walked a bit, then shouted, "Golden Tiger Claws!" She scratched at the air above her with the claws, tearing a white, gray, and black tunnel into the air, before jumping through. Seconds flew by, and Phillip heard an echo from the mountains that sounded like, "So rocks!" Another few seconds, Kimiko came out of the tunnel in front of them. Omi began barraging her with questions.
"How was it? Where did you go? What was it like? Did you bring me a present?" Phillip walked over to the two.
"Omi, give her time to breath." Nevertheless, Kimiko answered the questions.
" In order, tight, the mountaintop," she pointed to the closest mountain. " a little breezy, and sorry, no." Kim walked over to Clay.
"Your up, Clay." Clay slipped them off of her hand and put it on his.
" Any word of wisdom before I them a whirl." Kimiko put it straight.
"Just decide where you want to go and the Claws take you there, and keep your hands inside the tunnel at all times." Clay shouted the same line as Kimiko, turned around, slashed the air, and jumped in. Omi had to ask.
"Oh, where do you think he is going?" Raimundo answered.
" Someplace with an all-you-can-eat buffet." Phillip nodded.
"Knowing him, it's a Texan all-you-can-eat buffet." Sure enough, Clay came back with a steak on a plate.
"Oh wee! No place like Billy Bob's Texas-style All-you-can-eat Buffet." Phillip walked up.
"I'll be taking the Claws now, please." Clay nodded and gave him the Claws as he poured steak sauce onto the plate.
"Golden Tiger Claw!" Phillip jumped into the tunnel as soon as he opened it. He didn't travel far through the wormhole, as the tunnel opened at his location.
"Oh, hell yes."
A few minutes later, Phillip returned with twelve large pizzas and two bags of breadsticks. Raimundo ran up to him.
"Hey, those for us?" Phillip blinked before answering.
" The last two you guys can share." Raimundo looked confused. Phillip just opened the others, revealing that they were already gone. Raimundo's jaw dropped. Omi, however, didn't seem to care about the food.
" My turn! My turn!" Phillip reached out to give the Claws to Omi, only for Raimundo to recover and take them.
"Too slow! Tiger Claws!" With this, Raimundo jumped into the tunnel he opened. He then began to mess with Omi by opening more tunnels to go around Omi.
"In front of Omi! Behind Omi! To the left of-" He was cut off as Clay grabbed his robe.
"Hold your horses, partner!" Kimiko walked up to the hanging boy and yanked the claws off of his hand.
"It's Omi's turn." Clay added his two-sense in the matter, still holding Raimundo by his robe.
"Give the little fella a chance." Kimiko gave the claws to Omi, who took them and spoke to the group.
"While I appreciate your help, I must point out, I am not little! I am small and bald!" Clay apologized
"Oh, my mistake, little-em-partner." Omi turned to the tiger claws in his hands.
"Ah, at last. The Golden Tiger Claws are mine to wield." Phillip rolled his eyes at this.
'Make out with it or something. I want to get this over with.' Luckily, his prayer was answered.
"Golden Tiger Cl-" In a different way than expected.
"Stop everything!" Dojo slithered into the area with the Ancient Scroll of the Shen Gong Wu held above his head.
"We've got a hot one!" Master Fung confirmed this.
"A new Shen Gong Wu has revealed itself." Omi seemed unhappy about this.
"Uh! Talk about rotted timing." Kimiko and Phillip corrected him at the same time.
"'Rotten timing'." They looked at each other for a moment before returning their attention to Master Fung. Omi heard them and spoke.
"That too." Master Fung unrolled the scroll before the pupils. The image showed a pair of chopsticks with indents where the fingers would go. Raimundo spoke first.
"What's up with the glowing X?" Sure enough, the chopsticks were glowing a pale white within the pool image. Kimiko corrected Rai.
"They're chopsticks." Master Fung spoke after Kimiko was finished.
"The Changing Chopsticks are wondrous Shen Gong Wu. They can shrink you down to the size of a grain of rice." With this, Master Fung brought out a magnifying glass to see the now shrunken human within the pool image. Raimundo wasn't impressed.
"Oh, real scary!" Phillip caught the sarcasm and decided to educate the lad.
"Your right! Think about it. If someone had enough education on the human body, they could crawl up your nose, go to your brain, undo the effect, and crush your brain, killing you instantly." The group looked at Phillip with a scared look etched on their face. Dojo then tried to add his two-sense.
"Hey, Hey! The bigger they are, the harder they fall. So the smaller they are, um." Raimundo finished his sentence for him.
"The lighter they fall?" Dojo realized Rai was right.
"Yeah, that's it." Omi seemed determined on something.
"If we are lucky, maybe I will use the Golden Tiger Claws in a Xiaolin Showdown! Let us remove the lead." Kimiko and Phillip corrected him again.
" 'Get the lead out'." Omi responded.
"That too."
_Scene change_
As soon as they got to the island that the Chopsticks were supposed to be, Phillip hijacked himself to the place where they saw to figures from the sky.
'I know who's there. It's about time I start messing with the story.' As soon as he got to the area, Phillip ducked behind the Tiki that the Shen Gong Wu lodged themselves in. Luckily, the island they landed on was full of Tikis. He watched as the robots turned themselves into scrap metal and as Katnappe, the new villain on the scene, walked to the Tiki in front of him. Katnappe was girl with black cat-like jumpsuit on and high-heels. Silver made up the collar, upper arm, and the inside of the ears. She also had a gold belt. The suit ended with a tail. Phillip smirked.
'Here goes nothing.' As soon as Katnappe touched the Shen Gong Wu, so did he, just a second before Omi. As soon as he did, Katnappe hissed at him and Wuya gasped. Phillip smirked at the girl in front of him.
"Welcome to league, kitten. Let's get started with introduction. You first, please." Katnappe replied.
"Katnappe." Phillip nodded.
"Pleasure. Names Phillip. Now, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!" Katnappe was confused at this.
"Oookay?" Jack and Wuya were by her side in an instant, with Jack laughing.
"Ha! Katnappe can't do a Xiaolin Showdown. She's Shen Gong Wu-less! If that's a word." Wuya and Phillip turned to Jack.
" That's why you will give her yours!" Jack didn't seem compliant.
"So not!" Wuya seemed more persistent.
"Hand over the Fist of Tebigong." Jack then seemed ready to do as she said.
"Only because I think this will teach you a lesson." Jack called up the storage case within his backpack and took out the Fist. He proceeded to give it to Katnappe with a few parting words.
"You better not lose it." She put the Fist onto hers with the last word.
"Dufus." Jack turned to Phillip.
"What's the challenge, Phillip?" Phillip smirked
"Just a small game of tag." Katnappe seemed happy about this.
"Tag? Meow." Phillip gave a small smile at this.
"Let's go! Xiaolin Showdown!" The Shen Gong Wu glowed and the terrain changed. The sky darkened to a blackish color. The Tikis, which seemed to have grown more fearsome with green eyes, drew closer together, closing the two within a small area. The two looked at each other, determined to win. Phillip started the game.
"Gong Yi Tanpai!" Katnappe started her move.
"Fist of Tebigong!" She slammed the Fist onto the ground, shaking it and would have made Phillip fall if he was within impact zone still. Katnappe saw her attack miss and began to look around for the boy. Phillip was able to keep his distance from her and with in the zone by keeping on the Tiki heads and behind Katnappe.
'That shockwave would have knocked Omi down after the starting phase. Luckily, I'm faster. Now, I already know her strengths. Let's look for weaknesses.' He watched for minutes on end as Katnappe tried to find him.
'Low limit on sensing.' Katnappe began to turn to him and he skidded to go behind her, only to see as she twisted at the last second towards him. Unfortunately, Phillip was able to move behind her again before she spotted him.
'Can't follow what's faster than herself.' Phillip smirked at the solutions he came up with.
'Plan Alpha, start!'
"Hey!" Katnappe turned to the voice, only to see nothing there.
"Over here!" She did a complete 180 to towards the voice, only to get the same results.
Phillip was having a ball as he would say something, and move so she wouldn't see him.
'Distract and confuse until goal is fulfilled.' By the time he was done, Katnappe was so dizzy that she fell. Phillip simple walked over to her down form and tapped her forehead.
"Tag."
The terrain moved back to original state. Katnappe groaned as she woken and noticed that the Fist was now within the hands of Phillip, along with the Changing Chopsticks and the Golden Tiger Claws. Phillip was able to swipe these from Omi before they left the Temple. Luck he did, else Omi would have done this and fail miserably. The rest of the group celebrated Phillip's victory while Jack laughed at Katnappe and Wuya threw a temper tantrum. Phillip looked over at Katnappe and thought.
'I'm such a soft heart.' Kat shed silent tears that went unnoticed to all but him. The others tried to drag him over to Dojo to leave, but he stopped them.
"I'll be over shortly. I've got something to do here. You head on back. I'll get there with the Claws." The rest looked at each other before shrugging and left. Phillip watched them leave before turning to Katnappe. Luckily, Jack and Wuya had their backs turned from them. Phillip sneaked over to Katnappe and whispered to her.
"Hey." This got her attention. Phillip pointed to an opening.
"Follow me."
As they got to the field, Katnappe spoke.
"So, what do you want? Want to rub it in my face or something?" Phillip turned to the girl and gave here the three Shen Gong Wu.
"Here." Katnappe looked surprised at the offer and looked at the boy.
"Are you sure?" Phillip nodded and told her his plan.
"I'll make it look like you pick-pocketed me and knocked me unconscious. I give myself a bump to prove it. All you have to do is get Wuya to trust you again and give me a tunnel to the Temple." Katnappe gave him a hug and a thank you. Phillip blushed before shaking the feeling away.
'Now's not the time.' Phillip turned to the only Tiki there and smashed his head into it. His handed immediately went to his head, and walked over to the hole in space and time Kat made. He gave wave good-bye and jumped though the tunnel. Phillip felt the ground as he landed and heard the gasped as well. He heard the crew come over and picked him off the ground.
"What happened?" Rai asked as he picked Phillip off the floor. Phillip smiled softly.
"Let's just say that females are now considered dangerous."
_Scene Change_
The group was now with the temple's main building, the Grand Hall They stood around Phillip, who had gotten an ice pack for his head, which was now throbbing like mad. He had given them a lie about how Katnappe blindsided him and stole everything on his way to leave. When they asked what he needed to do, he told them that he was trying to get Kat to join them. Master Fung hung near the back, hearing everything. Omi, however, wasn't happy.
"You lost the Tiger Claws?! I never got to use it!" Kimiko tried to give a falsely disheartened Phillip a happy thought.
" You lost. It happens. Just move on." Phillip gave a small smile for this. Master Fung decided to speak his mind.
"On the contrary, Kimiko, there are no lessons in victory, but a thousand in defeat." The group turned to the wise monk, Omi speaking.
"How can that be true, Master?" Clay added his two-sense to the conversation
"Don't make no sense to me." Master Fung seemed unimpressed.
"Allow me to illustrate." He brought a small clay elephant from behind him and showed it to the group.
"I challenge you to steal this elephant from me. If you succeed, no chores for one week." This got everyone's attention and they began to accept the challenge. Master Fung finished his challenge.
"But, if you lose, you must hand scrub the floors of the Grand Hall." This diminished everyone's spirits. Clay spoke first.
"Those are some might steep stakes, Master Fung!" Kimiko, however, had some fighting spirit.
"We can do it." Rai agreed with this.
"No doubt." Omi gained his fighters spirit
"We accept your challenge." Phillip decided to jump in.
"Speak for yourself. My headache hasn't left. You guys do it, but you guys take the consequences." The rest shrugged and began the challenge. The day turned to night as the challenge moved on. Master Fung placed the elephant on the floor in front him and waited for the young monks to attack. The monks minus Phillip moved into their selected position. Omi leaped from the ceiling but Fung moved the elephant through Omi's open arms and into his own.
"Too obvious." Kimiko attacked Fung with a kick and two punches before trying to grab the elephant, only to get caught herself by Fung and thrown away. Fung caught the falling elephant, which he threw up before he stopped Kimiko.
"Perhaps you do not wish to win." Fung set the elephant again and intercepted Raimundo's charge and threw him by Kimiko. As Fung did this, Clay threw a rope around the elephant, believing he claimed victory.
"Gotcha!" Clay began to tug the rope to him, only to be stopped as Fung shattered the elephant with a hammer. Clay was only able to get away with the nose.
"Well, that's plum disappointing." Rai decided to point out the obvious.
"Hey! He broke it! Can he do that?" Omi spoke then.
"Master, how could we win such a contest?" Master Fung answered simply.
"You couldn't." Kimiko was confused.
"What?" Fung point out the obvious and added some surprises.
"Your goal, my young dragons in training, was to win while mine was simply not to lose. That is victory enough for me." Raimundo wasn't impressed.
"Okay, that's one lesson. Where are the other 999?" Fung turned to him with a bucket of water, soap, and scrubs in hand.
"Perhaps you'll learn those as you scrub the Grand Hall floors. Don't forget to get in between the tiles."
The four monks were shocked at the memory of the master. As they grabbed a scrub, the got to work. Master Fung past the now relaxing Phillip.
"Does your head hurt less, young monk?" Phillip nodded
"A bit." He grimaced when he touched the top of his head. "The bump stays, though." Master Fung nodded in understanding.
"Perhaps you'll feel better when you and your friends finish scrubbing." With this, Phillip was handed a scrub and, with a sigh, began to work.
Raimundo decided to have a bit of fun with this time and applied two scrubs on to his feet and slid around. Omi didn't appreciate this.
"You are suppose to hand scrub the floors, Raimundo." Raimundo didn't seem worried.
"You're being too literal. Besides, this is more fun!" Raimundo's 'fun' almost tipped over the bucket of water near Kimiko, so she moved it out of his way. Phillip shook his head at the matter and Clay spoke to Rai.
"I don't think skatin' is one of the thousand lessons we're suppose to be learnin'." Omi added his opinion on the matter.
"Perhaps one lesson is proper scrubbing! I find a circular motion works best." Phillip shook his head at this.
'Only you would think that would be a lesson.' Omi looked over to where Kimiko was scrubbing.
"You missed a spot." Kimiko responded to this.
"Thanks. What's that?" Omi looked over to where Kimiko was pointing to. With his back turned, Kimiko dumped a small piece of dirt on to Omi's spot just as Omi turned back to his work.
"Sorry, It was just the wind. Oh, you missed a spot too, Omi." Omi saw the spot and doubled his efforts.
"Oh my! Thank you, Kimiko! I have learned the lesson in diligence! Only 998 left!" Phillip chuckled at this and returned to work. Night turned to day as the five monks worked over the floors. As they finished, Clay started to complain.
"Oh, feels like I just got off a bull, or a bull just got off me." Raimundo followed, only this time, for his leg.
" Uh, oh, ow!" Kimiko complained as she typed on her laptop.
"It even hurts to web-surf." The only two not complaining were Omi and Phillip. Omi was sitting on his head while Phillip stared at him with confusion.
"What are you doing, Omi?" Omi answered him.
"All the soreness is rushing to my head. Ow!" With this, Omi fell on to his back. Clay looked at Phillip for a moment.
"How are you not sore after that?" Phillip shrugged.
"Did something like it before at home." Cleaning a dining table fit for nine people and the floor did that for him. Kimiko typed through the web until she found something.
"Hey guys! Look at this!" The other four walked over to the laptop and looked at what Kim found, with Clay complaining along the way.
"Sure hope this is worth the walk. Omph!" Clay groaned as he bent to get a better look. Kimiko looked at the group of three, Omi slowly crawling over to them.
"It is! There are a dozen stories on the web about a girl in a cat costume robbing stores and disappearing!" Phillip facepalmed and Clay punched his palm.
"Katnappe!" Raimundo looked at them with a sarcastic look.
"Wow, what deductive skills!" Phillip punched Rai in the gut, giving him a reason to shut up. Omi tried to get up and speak.
"We must stop her!" Only to wobble as he got to his feet.
"After I stop the wobbling in my legs." At this, a message popped up on Kim's laptop.
"You've got a new alert!" Kimiko read the message and turned to the group.
"She's at the Mall of the World!" The others looked shocked and Omi called out for Dojo. They met at the Shen Gong Wu storage house and the group asked the dragon for a trip.
"You want me to take you to the Mall of the World? This official Xiaolin business or are we just going to hang-out at the food court?" Phillip looked up at the idea.
"You know, we could do that." Omi, however, went this official business.
"It is most official, Dojo." Phillip sulked at this, with Clay giving him happy thoughts. Kimiko explained the situation to Dojo.
"Katnappe is using the Golden Tiger Claws to commit crimes!" Dojo was shocked at this.
"What?!" Dojo immediately shifted to his larger form.
"Hop on! We have a cat to de-claw!" With that, the group left.
_Scene Change_
The mall was like any other one. White walls, multiple floors, elevators and escalators to go to each floor, and tables, chairs, and benches located around every corner, mostly at the food court. The group got to the center of the mall and watched as Katnappe threw a few boxes out of the Tiger Claws tunnel on to a pile of other boxes. Omi called out her name.
"Katnappe!" She turned to the group with a cat hiss. Omi spoke to her.
"You are misusing the powers of a Shen Gong Wu! You must surrender!" Katnappe didn't seem happy about this.
"You'll have to catch me first." Omi attacked first.
"WATER!"
Omi attacked with a swift flying kick, only to be parried with Katnappe's arm. Katnappe swung with her arm, only for Omi to back-flip over her. She used this to activate the Tiger Claws and slip into the tunnel. She appeared behind Omi with rope and tied him up. Dojo saw this.
"Omi! Hang on, kid! I'm coming!" Dojo slithered over to the two, only to stop as kittens popped out of Katnappe's backpack and growled at Dojo. Dojo sniffed the kittens and spoke.
"Uh, hey! Say, are you genetically altered super kittens?" His answer was a wave shrieks from the kittens, scaring him away from his goal.
"H-h-hey now! This is why I'm not a cat person!" As Dojo left, Kimiko came up to the plate.
"FIRE!"
Kimiko pulled out the Monkey Staff while Katnappe took out a baton. They rushed each other and began to battle. Katnappe got the advantage with a gut punch and disappearing with a wormhole. She appeared after a ton of boxes fell out of the tunnel behind Kimiko, covering her. It was Raimundo's turn next.
"WIND!"
Raimundo attacked with a flying kick, only for Kat go into a tunnel and appear behind him. Raimundo didn't like this much, getting tied up like Omi. Katnappe taunted him, even in his down state.
"Too slow." She tossed the boy into Omi, both grunting in pain when he hit. Clay called her out.
" Hold on there, Katnappe!" The girl turned to the cowboy. She taunted him as he made weird poses for some reason or another.
" Are you going to fight, cowboy, or just stand there?" Clay seemed to weigh his options before asking Kat a question.
" I'm sorry ma'am but do you have some mail-kin folk I can fight instead?" Raimundo didn't like this.
"Come on, Clay! Get her!" Clay seemed stuck between a rock and a hard place. Phillip shook his head as he leaned against the wall. He rather not fight her if he had a choice. Clay seemed to feel the same way.
" Sorry guys. Can't do it. I can't fight a girl." Katnappe scoffed
"Well, this will be quick." A few claw swipes and a punch later, Clay flew into Raimundo and Omi. Raimundo tried giving him advice.
" Clay, man, haven't you head? Chivalry is dead." Phillip snorted at this.
"Glad I'm one of the few who hold on to it then." Katnappe turned to him with a fighting flame within her eyes. Phillip looked at her with a look that told her she was a-okay to leave. She return the look with her own that gave a small thank you, and turned to the others.
"See ya, Xiaolin Warriors. I've got more shopping to do. Meow." With that, she slipped through a wormhole and left the group. Raimundo turned to Phillip with a glare. Phillip just waved it off as he answered the unasked question.
"I'm with Clay." Dojo finally returned from being chased by the kittens.
"Except for the parts where she slapped us silly and got away, I think that went pretty well." Phillip snorted.
"Whatever. Anyway, time for a snack!" With this, he he ran to the food court.
_Scene Change_
As the group flew away from the mall, they conversed with each other. Phillip, unfortunately, was removed from the food court by Clay and wasn't able to finish his 6th pizza, so he just sulked in the back. Dojo spoke first.
"Guys! Any inspirations yet?" Omi answered
"Not yet." Dojo wasn't happy.
" Fine. I'll just be flying in circles. Don't mind me." Omi turned back to the group
"We need a plan to stop Katnappe!" Phillip, though still sulking, sweatdropped at this.
'Obviously, Sherlock.' Raimundo thought of something better.
"Let's start with a plan to find Katnappe. She could be anywhere!" Clay added his two-sense into the conversation.
"You know, back home, we have a sayin'. 'Want to catch a rooster? Go where it crows'." Kimiko jumped in.
"She's already been where I'd go. Toy stores, music shop, candy stores." Raimundo moved in.
"Ah, but that's you. Where would a cat-fanatic go?" Clay gave his opinion.
"I'm guessing the dog-park is out." Kimiko looked through her laptop and found something.
" Got it! Catatonia Land!" Omi was confused.
"Cata-whata-who Land?" Kimiko told them about it.
"The best amusement park in the world! The scariest roller coasters, the fastest rides, and the best cotton-candy anywhere!" Phillip snorted at this.
'Unless one of it's rides reaches 129 mph at least, they got nothing on Kingda Ka.' Clay spoke to this.
"And everything's shaped like cats!" Raimundo wasn't happy.
"Just as long as doesn't smell like cats. Ugh!" Kimiko seemed convinced on her opinion
"That's where she is! I guarantee it!" Omi turned back to Dojo.
"Hurry, Dojo! To Catatonia Land!" Dojo seemed a bit happier.
"Malls, theme parks, you guys sure your not playing hooky?" With that, Dojo flew them to the park.
_Scene Change_
The park seemed like any other park, except for everything looking like a cat god puked on it. The roller coaster carts looked like cats, the rides themselves looked like cats, even the cups and speakers looked like cats. Phillip lived with four cats before and just seeing this gave him a migraine.
'The sooner we leave, the better.' As they looked around the park, Kimiko seemed to get depressed.
"Oh, man. Maybe I was wrong. I don't see any sign of Katnappe." Omi looked up and noticed something. He crooked her head towards what he saw while speaking.
"That's because your looking in the wrong places." Katnappe was riding a cat roller coaster that gave Phillip an even bigger migraine. Raimundo looked at the coaster with awe.
"The Nine Lives Coaster." Clay whistled at it.
" Woo wee!" Dojo didn't seem excited about this.
"Can I sit this one out? Roller coasters make me barf." He made some weird movements that make Phillip feel bad for the reptile. Kimiko saw the exit and pointed to it.
"We'll be ready for her when she gets off." Omi seem depressed about this.
"Will we? How can we win when she already defeated us twice?" Clay added to this.
"She packs on heck of a wallop." Kimiko seem defeated.
"Even without the Tiger Claws." Omi started his rant again.
"There are no lessons in winning, but a thousand lessons in defeat." Raimundo disliked this
"All I've learned is Clay and Phillip won't fight a girl." Phillip and Clay turned to him with a menacing glare on their faces while Raimundo only gave a sheepish smile in return. Phillip spoke to him.
"I may not hit a girl, but I'll make an exception for you, Rai." Raimundo was the on to give a glare, but Omi calmed the situation with a gasp.
"I am stuck by inspiration!" The group looked confused. Omi turned to Clay.
"You don't have to fight, but you can restrain her!" The group's confusion didn't diminish and Omi noticed this. He explained.
"All he needs to do is hug her!" Phillip smiled and patted Omi on his head.
"Nice thinking." The others' confusion lingered and Phillip explained.
"Clay's bulk can restrain most just by a hug, bear or not. This will give us a moment to take the Tiger Claws and leave." Everyone understood now and gave their praises to the small monk. Later, Katnappe exited the ride and saw the Xiaolin Monks outside and gave a meow.
"Back for more? Sweet! I like kicking your butts!" Phillip gave a sweatdrop to this.
'You haven't attacked me, so you can't say you kicked my butt.' Omi set Katnappe's spirits at rest.
"It is not our butts that will be kicked. Clay!" Clay walked over to Katnappe with a smirk on his face. Kat wasn't impressed. As Clay got in front of her, he spoke.
"Howdy, ma'am." He cracked his fist, trying to give an intimidation method to scare Kat, but she didn't seem affected.
"Oh, right!" She began to laugh. "Your going to fight me?" They stared down each other for a second before Clay admitted.
"Nope. I cannot, will not, and should not ever fight a girl, but technically, a bear hug ain't fightin'" With this, Clay lifted the girl off her feet and into a inescapable hug. Katnappe struggled to get out of her captors grip.
"Hey! Let go of me!" Clay remained resilient.
"No can do, ma'am." Unfortunately, Katnappe still had a trick up her sleeve.
"Fine! Kitties! Attack!" Kittens flowed out of Kat's backpack and attacked the other Xiaolin Warriors. Kimiko warned them.
"Heads up!" She ducked a kitten aiming at her face and the kitten was caught by Rai. Rai turned, dropped the kitten, and pelvis-thrust it away. Another kitten attacked Omi, landing on his forehead, and scratched him a bit before he took it off and threw it into a trash can. All the other kittens were tied up by Phillip, who had the speed to intercept them before they caused too much damage. Omi flipped over to Clay and Katnappe and slide the Tiger Claws away from her.
"Ah, victory!" This celebration was interrupted with a yell
"There's she is!" The group looked over to the horizon to find Jack in a weird hover car. New robots, mostly the Blood-hound Bots, circled the group.
"Now hand over the Tiger Claws!" Omi seemed depressed.
"But-but I just got them." Jack didn't care.
"Yeah, that's a real tearjerker." As Jack reached for the Claws, the bots surrounded only Omi, leaving an easy victory for Phillip. As soon as they enclosed Omi, Phillip moved as well. He destroyed the bots with quick jabs to their necks. Omi moved as well, opening a giant tunnel with the Claws, creating a vacuum strong enough to move the remains of the robots. Omi removed the Tiger Claws and, to Wuya's dismay, threw them into the wormhole. The tunnel closed, leaving the location of the Claws now a mystery. Jack couldn't believe this.
"What did you just do?" Omi answered this.
"I sent the Tiger Claws to the Earth's core." Clay released Katnappe.
"It's been nice not fightin' with ya, ma'am." Katnappe walked over to Omi.
"Why did you do that? That's so stupid!" Omi answered this simply.
"Perhaps I'll never get to use the Golden Tiger Claws but neither will you." Katnappe hissed at him before Jack called her over.
"Get in, Ashley." Katnappe, or Ashley, jumped into the hover car. Before they left, Phillip gave her another look that told her that he was sorry, but it was needed to be done. She replied with a slight understanding look before Jack left the area. Kimiko stated a quote from Fung.
"And that's victory enough for us."
_Scene Change_
The five dragons in training sat underneath a tree, much similar to an bonsai, at the temple. During this time, Kimiko asked a question to the youngest monk.
"You okay, Omi? You really wanted to use those Tiger Claws." Omi replied
"One does not always get what one wants, Kimiko." Phillip patted the kids head.
"You did the right thing, Omi." Clay sighed
"Guess that's another one of Master Fung's thousand lessons." Rai commented on this.
"These thousand lessons? I'm not getting them. I get three, maybe four tops." Kimiko agreed
"So true." Unfortunately for them, Master Fung heard them.
"Not getting all the lessons, are we?" The group turn to the wise monk. "Then, perhaps a refresher is required. I shall guard this jade monkey. If you can steal it from me_" With this, he brought out another clay figure, now a monkey. Rai jumped.
"Pass." Kimiko agreed.
"Dido." Clay followed.
"Wait for me!" Omi turned to his master.
"I mean no disrespect, master, but I am sooo out of here." Omi left. Phillip added the lesson he learned.
"Lesson number five: Don't pick a battle you know you won't win." With that, he left.
That's a wrap.
Sorry for not updating sooner. Exams are a pain in the neck.
Constructive Criticism is recommended and would be greatly appreciated.
Let the rants begin!