The Dragon of Ice Has Appeared

Chapter 3

(Song: I Need A Hero by Jennifer Saunders)

The rouge headed woman on the roof was taken by surprise when she saw the new comer's actions.

"Well now…this is interesting," she thought as she chuckled to herself.

Katnappe stared at the mysterious silhouette that wore a brown cloak. No matter which way she tilted her head; she couldn't get a good look at the new comer's face, which irritated her. But pretty soon, something moving behind the new comer got her attention. "What the hell is that? It's…blue?" she thought, and then saw the small yellow monk making his way over to where Jack and his savior were.

"So, you got your toy, now can we leave before you get yourself killed?" said Alexis.

Jack simply nodded and quickly picked up the spear he dropped.

"Wait! There is no way I am letting you leave with that Sheng-Gong-Wu, Spicer!" shouted Omi. Both Jack and Alexis turn their attention to the small monk. Alexis grabs part of her cloak and tucks the area around her mouth tight before approaching Omi.

"If you want the Wu, then you're going to have to fight me for it….fair enough?" She said to the petite monk, her voice sounded calm and collective. Omi stared at her strangely, but he shook it off and motioned into a fighting stance.

He soon spoke out, "Very well. I do not know who you are, but any ally of Jack Spicer is obviously an enemy of mine."

No sooner did he say that, Alexis took off into the air and flipped over him. "Huh?" he tried to follow her movements, but suddenly he felt something hard slam him across the face. It was her elbow. "Omi!" yelled Kimiko as she attempted to run over to the young monk and help him.

"No! I will be fine, please do not interfere, Kimiko!" he shouted before she could reach him. The Japanese adolescent turned to look at their leader, Raimundo, who was using the Eye of Dashi to help Clay. Glancing towards her, he simply nodded his cranium in agreement to the young sunny monk's words. Omi rose back up after seeing Raimundo's head nodding.

Targeting his opponent, he jumped into the air and shouted "Cat playing field!" His foot swung and slammed harshly into the cloaked teen's side. Alexis gasped from the impact as her frame was flown back a few feet. Slamming her right hand onto the ground, her sharp dagger like nails delve into the soil, hoping it would give her some leverage. After doing so, her form came to a stop, leaving a trench trail caused by her claws scraping against the terra-firma. Gaining back her balance, she rose up and dashed towards the petite male monk with great velocity. As her distance decease, she huffed and leapt up into the skies.

"Crow kicking pigeon!" she yelled back and twirled in mid air at high speed, kicking Omi multiple times in the chest.

The monk grunted and was sent flying a few feet away. Recovering quickly, he twisted his form and slammed both feet back onto the tundra. He then crouches and thrusts his form forward, charging toward Alexis as if her assault had no effect.

"Eel wiping feet!" he crouched down once again and swept his foot under Alexis' leg, knocking her figurine onto the floor. Trying to keep her from recovering, he raised his arm and shouted "Sparrow eating dirt!" Before the monk could hit his mark, Alexis put up both her arms to shield herself. Pulling back her legs, she let them loose and kicked off the petite monk with both her feet. Though his frame was once again sent flying, Omi recovered and landed upon his short statured ligaments.

"She is better than I anticipated. Her moves remind me of someone though, but whom? Hmm..no matter, I must not lose!" he thought to himself as he jumped and twirled into the air, hoping to try using an aerial attack. "Tsunami Strike! Water!" with that, a large wave of water splashed from his fists.

"Ngn!" Alexis grunted as she stood her ground, soon pulling back her fist and striking the ground like she did before. "Frozen Claw! Ice!" she yelled. A pillar of ice, rose up and formed a shield in front of her. "Ice again? It can't be…" Omi thought. The water parted in two directions while Alexis stayed safe and dry behind the pillar, but she was soon taken by surprise. When turning her frame away from the frozen pillar, the petite monk appeared in front of her and punched her right in the stomach. Her orbs widened as the force sent her crashing through the ice. Her frame flew across the field before landing with a hard thud upon her back, leaving behind another trench trail.

"Way to go Omi!" Raimundo cheered, along with the other two monks and the green dragon upon his shoulder. Clay had to admit though; this was the first time he saw the little monk fight with such strength and brutality. Jack winced and looked away when he saw the way Alexis crashed right through the ice. Katnappe simply sighed and crossed her arms over her chest. "Great, another weakling to work with," she thought to herself.

Alexis slowly sat up from where she landed, her dark crimson orbs glancing up at the small monk, who was now looking down upon her. She pulled the part of the cloak that had been covering her mouth away. Turning her head away, she spat out a glob of blood.

"Bastard actually hits harder than I thought. Reminds me of…. Him," she thought while slowly getting back on her feet. Feeling his ego growing without knowing, Omi pointed at the girl and shouted, "I'll have you know, I may not be a Shoku-Warrior like Raimundo, but I am still just as powerful!" He then whispered, "maybe even more powerful than Raimundo at his Shoku level." Raimundo glared at the little monk, "I heard that chrome-dome!" Omi flinched and laughed nervously. But his laughter soon came to a stop as he glanced towards his mystery opponent, who was now staring him down.

Alexis sighed and reached up to the hood of her cloak. "Guess I have no choice but to get serious with you, huh?" After saying that, she pulled the hood off. She then ripped off the sleeves from her cloak and continued by ripping off the bottom portion as well.

Omi's eyes widen when he saw his mystery opponent revealing herself. Well, least a quarter of herself. "Y-you're a…" he found himself at a loss for words. He had never seen anyone with a dark navy hued face, bright azure lips, and a.. "TAIL?!" he shouted. Alexis' extra appendage swished back and forth calmly, but kept low to the ground. Her sharp cropped ears however, folded back slightly.

"Heh, you act like you've never seen a girl with a tail before!" she chuckled softly. Everyone looked over to Katnappe, who was lazily swishing her own tail around.

Seeing the other's peering eyes, she shrugged and snorted, "Hey, mine is just electronic, I'm nothing like little miss freak show over there."

That statement made Alexis send the feline cos-player an ice-cold glare, but she let it slide and forgot about it when she turned her attention back to the baffled monk.

"I'll get her later" she thought secretly.

Clay had been watching Alexis closely; ever since she first came onto the battlefield in fact. He couldn't put his finger on it, but he knew he had seen her before. "But where? Dog gone, this is more mind boggling than a rooster laying eggs!" he thought as he watched Alexis make her way towards his comrade, Omi. Clay had not been the only one watching Alexis with interest though. The red headed woman had a wide grin stretched across her face.

"This girl…she really is something…she can come in handy" she chuckled.

"What exactly are you?" Omi asked bluntly as he kept his distance from the odd skinned woman. What Omi didn't realize was that by saying "what" and not "who", he just pissed off a really sensitive girl with a bad case of low self-esteem. Innocently, Alexis simply gave him a warm appearing smile. In the blink of an eye, she was suddenly right in front of his face.

"Your worst enemy" she whispered.

Without warning and with unspeakable speed, she swung her arm, back handing the egotistical monk across the face. Everyone "oohed" when they saw Omi's frame fly back and scrape against the earth terrain, leaving behind a trench trail.

Omi sat up and place a hand over where he had been hit, gritting his teeth. He then gasped when he saw Alexis charging at him at full speed with what looked like to be two daggers of ice in each hand. Quickly, he rose to his feet and maneuvered out of the way just in time. By the looks of things to Raimundo, the match has gone for far too long, so finally, he decided it was time to jump in and help his miniature comrade.

"Wudai Star! Wind!" at those words, a strong gust of wind blew in Alexis' direction.

Twirling her frame around, the navy skinned female yelled back, "Wudai Glacier! Ice!" The two daggers of ice morphed into spears. Craning both her arms, she sent both flying towards the dragon of wind.

"She's a Wudai Warrior?" thought Raimundo, feeling taken by surprise. Both spears of ice sliced through the air like knives through butter. One whooshed pass the right side of Raimundo's head; the other grazed through the flesh of his left arm. "Argh!" he yelled and fell onto the ground, gripping his arm tight.

"Raimundo!" yelled Kimiko as she ran over to him.

"Stay back!" he ordered her while quickly jumping back onto his feet, ignoring the pain in his arm. The dots on Omi's forehead soon began to glow a bright alabaster hue. Narrowing his orbs, he ran towards Alexis, pulling out his element Sheng-Gong-Wu.

"Shimo Staff!" he yelled. In seconds the small crystal blue staff in his hand stretched out and became a long spear like rod. Jack watched in amazement as Alexis took on both monks with ease. "She's really good….almost like…..but she couldn't be..could she?" he thought to himself. His grip on the spear tightened.

"Dog biting tail!" Omi suddenly yelled and twirled his miniature frame in mid air. Swinging the rod, he managed to hit Alexis on the side of her torso. She hissed from the blow, but stood her ground firmly. Without warning, Omi felt the tail wielding fem grab onto the spear and lift him up.

"Soaring praying mantis!" she yelled, soon performing a roundabout kick, which forced the petite monk to let go of the spear and sent him flying. A steady breeze from behind her frame caused the ebony shaded woman's ears to perk up. "Gotcha.." she thought to herself, her crimson orbs narrowing. Suddenly turning her slender yet toned figurine around, she raised the spear up. "Repulse the monkey!" In one swift maneuver, she leapt up and sliced Raimundo across the chest, splattering fresh crimson fluids across the grounds. He cried out and hit the painted grounds hard with his facade. The monks gasped in shock, including Jack, Katnappe, and the red headed woman on the roof.

"Raimundo!" yelled Kimiko.

Omi's eyes widened from the sight, but only one thought came across his mind, "What did she just say?"

The woman on the roof also had a disbelieving expression upon her visage when she had heard what Alexis yelled out. "Now this is veeeery interesting," she thought sinisterly. Snickering, she shifted her weight from one leg to the other before vanishing, leaving behind a light green mist.

Alexis stared at the wind monk lying on the ground before her. Casually, she made her way over to him. He had his eyes shut and a hand placed over his bleeding chest.

"You dare call yourself a Shoku-Warrior? To attack from behind is the worst possible way to win a battle, you're pathetic." She said softly, her face doing well to show no emotion. Her degrading words made Raimundo grit his teeth while his olive orbs glared into hers. Sensing that the fight was now over, Alexis took a deep breath and dropped the Wu that was in her hand before turning away.

Rai forced himself to sit up before practically snarling out, "Hey! We're not through he..! Nghh!" His vocals were cut short when he gritted his teeth to hold back his pained cry threatening to come out.

"Rai, that's enough, we're done here!" ordered Kimiko as she planted herself next to the wind brute. She quickly undid the sash around her waist and placed it over his bleeding wound, applying pressure to it. "She's right partner, ya'll need that looked after. And Omi needs to be checked as well...poor little guy looks more beaten up than a horse after it raced in the Kentucky derby" said the masculine cowboy as he tried to lift the injured Brazilian back onto his feet. Omi watched as the ice elemental female made her way towards Jack and Katnappe. Jack was practically jumping up and down with joy, while Katnappe simply reached out and shook Alexis' hand.

Omi narrowed his obsidian orbs and power walked over to where they were. Sensing a strong force behind her, Alexis turned around to see the slight short statured monk staring up at her.

"The spear is ours. You lost the fight fair and square" she said to him, her vocals sound firm yet calm.

Omi said nothing, but stared into her blood crimson eyes. After a moment of silence, he finally asked, "where did you learn that technique?" Alexis lifted a brow. "What technique?" she asked back. Omi stepped closer. "Repulse the monkey….there are only 3 people I know who use such a technique, and you're not one of them" he spat coldly.

Alexis soon narrowed her eyes after hearing his blaspheming words. Her mouth opened to reply, "and what makes you think I'm going to tell you?" Omi gritted his teeth. Pulling back his arm, he prepared to strike, but he suddenly felt a large hand grab onto his robes and held him back.

"Whoa there partner! Let's not lose our cool now!" Clay was so busy maintaining Omi back that he didn't even realize the still cloaked teen already climbing into a cat like car with Jack and Katnappe. But by the time he lifted his head up; the car had already driven off.

Both monks watched as the car disappeared into the distance. Clay soon found himself picturing the mysterious new comer's facial features within his mind, even though he didn't get a really good glimpse of her. "Why does she look so familiar?" he asked himself inwardly. His train of thought was soon interrupted by Omi's groan. He looked down and saw how disappointed the little monk was.

He smiled softly and placed a hand on Omi's shoulder, "Awe come on partner. You win some and you lose some. It's best to not fret over spilled milk, knowing you already have the cow." Omi looked up at his bulk Texan comrade with confusion, "We have a cow at the temple?"

Clay shook his head and chuckled, "never mind partner."

Omi turned his cranium back in the direction that the car drove off, sighing.

"Losing the fight and the Wu is not the reason I am upset Clay. That warrior knew a lot about kung-fu, including the 'Repulse the monkey' technique. And the only people I know who are capable of doing that technique are Jermaine, myself, and…..Chase Young" he practically spat the last name with a snarl.

Clay stared at his miniature comrade, realizing he was right. Jermaine was a friend they met in New York City a couple years back who became a warrior like them. But due to some unfortunate circumstances, he was trained by the 'Lord of Darkness' Chase Young. They were only happy when they were able to convinc Jermaine to leave Chase and train with Master Monk Guan.

"But if this girl's working with Chase, then why is she here? Think Chase is gonna use her to get to ya like he used Jermaine?" asked Clay.

"Maybe…or perhaps something much worse" answered the small structured monk.

"Hey guys! Mind cutting the daydreaming short? We gotta get Rai here some help!" yelled Dojo.

Both monks soon turned their attentions to their friends, who were already sitting on the enlarged dragon. They nodded and quickly ran over to the dragon, mounting him. As soon as the dragon made sure all were on board, he pushed his massive form off the ground with gentle force so as to not cause Raimundo anymore pain and flew off towards the temple.

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