A/N: Okay! Here it is! The big one! The biggest chapter in the whole darn series!! (So far...) Thank you for all your wonderful reviews! I really love getting them, and I hope I can get more for this chapter, since it's hella long. Of course, that also means that I won't be updating this one for a while... (moans and groans from the audience). I suppose it's for the best, however, 'cuz I gotta get back to work, and plan for leaving Germany and going to college, and graduation, and packing. (You have no IDEA how much crap goes into moving from over seas back to the states... UGH!) Anyways, to avoid telling you my life story, I'm gonna go ahead and start now, and you enjoy this chapter. Update will come when I feel like it. :P
Chapter Four: Meeting Jayna, Fighting Noko, Being Jack
It was almost nightfall when Master Fung arrived at the Temple. The rest of the older Monks, and the youngest four Xiaolin Dragons rushed up to the Silver Manta Ray, to help Master Fung out.
"Ah... still awake, young Monks? I would think that your new leader would have run you through the obstacle course..." Raimundo rubbed the back of his head. "Well... we didn't think you'd mind if we actually had a day off?" He said it as if he was asking a question. But Master Fung actually smiled. "As you see fit, as you are the leader now, Raimundo. That is not to say that I won't be interfering now and again." Raimundo smiled. "I wouldn't have it any other way!"
"So Master Fung, where'd you go? And what'd you get?" Kimiko asked. Omi jumped up beside her. "Yes! And did you bring me a present?" Clay stared at him. "You're getting a bit hopped up on this present thing, there, li'l partner." Jayna listened to this from the Manta Ray. She didn't want to come out yet. What if they stared at her? And called her a freak? Or just exiled her? Or hated her? Or...
As these wild thoughts rushed through her head, her suitcase began to fall from her fingertips, and, before she could stop it, it landed, thud... slide, thud... slide, thud... on the hard ground. "Oh...no..." Jayna didn't want to get out just yet. She was still afraid they would do something really mean. "You...gettin' outta there, partner?" A voice shouted out to her, a thick laden Texas accented voice. "...Y-yes..." Jayna said, in the smallest voice she could muster. "Well? Why don't you come out of the Silver Manta Ray?" Another male voice. "...I...I will... Later..." "I think she's scared." A girls voice this time said. "I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING!" Jayna said. She closed her eyes tightly. 'Like jumping into a cold pool...' She thought, and jumped right out of the Manta Ray, doing a simple flip before she landed.
There was a collective gasp, and then silence. Jayna had, while in the bathroom, changed her clothes to the greatest extent. Instead of her normal jeans and t-shirt, she was wearing a skirt, black boots, and a very cut up shirt. Her shirt was gray, and only had one sleeve. Underneath that was a black tank top, and covering her arms were black and gray striped arm warmers. Her skirt was ripped at the bottom, ending about at her knees, held up by a belt with a very familiar symbol on it. The boots looked heavy, with a gold band going around the ankles, held on with a brown, swirly buckle.
The four others stared at this new kid for a while, making Jayna awfully uncomfortable. They turned to Master Fung with a questioning look on their faces. He looked down at them with a blank stare. Omi turned back and walked towards the new girl. "Hello, new friend. My name is Omi." He smiled. The girl simply stared for a while, as every one watched the interaction, until...
"WHAAHAHAHAAHAAHAA!! You look like a cheese snack!" He turned red, but she grabbed his hand and pumped it up and down. "My name's Jayna Dennis! And you're the nicest person I've met in a long time, Omi!" He smiled, and shook of the new dizziness he had gotten from being shaken like that. "Well, then, welcome to the Xiaolin Temple, your new home!" Jayna looked past everyone and smiled. "You mean, you really live here? For real? This is amazing!" Kimiko got into it then. "Yeah, it's really a great place to live." "Besides the fact that we only have mats for beds." "And the grub's not bad, either!" Raimundo and Clay chimed in. Jayna smiled, looking quite happy. "Wow! This place feels like home, already!" "Yeah, well, don't get used to it if you're going to drop heavy suitcases on people, or dragons!" Jayna looked down to see Dojo, hauling her suitcase behind him. "Oh, thank you! Hmmm... Dojo, right?" Dojo grinned. "Well, heh... yeah." Jayna had fun that night, learning the names of people, playing their games, and learning their obstacle course.
But not as much fun trying out the Shen Gong Wu.
'Cuz this is what happened.
Master Fung brought out the ancient artifacts, holding them out to everyone, including Jayna. Jayna stared quzzically at them. "Umm... okay, this is like that thing that turned into the ship. What is it?" Omi looked at hers. "That, my new friend, is the Eye of Dashi. It shoots out powerful lightning!" Jayna smiled. "That's right up my element. So how do I use it?" Kimiko showed her how to hold it. "...Then you just say the name of it, and don't shock anybody." She concentraited on a far away tree. "Stand back, everyone..." They did. "EYE OF DASHI!" She said, her eyes, as well as everyone else's, shut tightly. But what happened wasn't what she expected. "...Huh? HEY! This isn't lightning at all!" Bubbles had begun to emit from the Wu, oddly enough. She frowned. "Is it broken?" Clay scratched his head, and took it. "I don't think you can really BREAK a Shen Gong Wu, partner." He shot a long streak of lightning towards the same tree, hitting it, and making a single mark on its trunk.
Jayna shook her head. "Whull--whatever. Just... here, lemme see this one." The Orb of Tornomi was quickly explained to her. This time, she kept her eyes open. "ORB OF TORNOMI!" She said, holding it out. After a few seconds of no large river of water, she was beginning to wonder... until..."AAGH! IT'S--IT'S--It's PEEING ON MY SHOE!" A small trickle of JUST water was falling from it. Not at all what was described to her.
It was very confusing, for everyone. The Tiger Claws? Always led to a brick wall. The Jet Bootsu? Wouldn't stop floating upwards, until she took them off. The Lotus Twister? Caused her to see red, yellow, green, and blue spots in front of her eyes for several excruciatingly long minutes.
"That's IT! I quit Shen Gong Wu. I hate this. They're so lame." She said, sulking on the ground. Master Fung, with all of his cool wisdom, just then popped up, as he just seems to always do. "Is something wrong, my young pupil?" Jayna stood up quickly. "I'll say there is. These Wu deals don't WORK for me. And JUST me. I think they hate me. Which is FINE! 'Cuz I hate them too!" She said, kicking the Star Hanabi, and causing it to emit a few clouds of smoke. Master Fung picked it up. "That's because they, technically, are your cousins." Jayna, as well as everyone else, blinked, confusedly. "My... cousins?" "When Dashi was alive, and came across Lumus and Daimus, they showed him the very first Shen Gong Wu. Since they were actual dragons, they couldn't use them, but were oddly affected by their powers. For instance, Lumus was drawn to Lightning Shen Gong Wu, even though she couldn't use them. Daimus was drawn to the darker Wu, even though HE couldn't use them. And so, they are referred to your cousins, because one cannot be used by the other, as if they were related."
Everyone sat in silence for a while, contemplating this theory, while Master Fung cleaned up the rest of the Shen Gong Wu. "So... I'll NEVER be able to use ANY Wu correctly?" Jayna said sadly. Kimiko placed a supportive hand on her shoulder. She looked up, however, with a playful smile on her face. "Aww... who needs 'em? Come on, let's play some more! Anyone up for Tag?"
After all that, the new group was exhausted. "Night, Jayna. Bright and early tomorrow, okay?" Jayna nodded. "Right-0 Captain." The others laughed and chuckled at the Captain crack, but for the most part, they waved and wished her goodnight. She flopped on her mat and smiled. She wasn't the outcast. She wasn't the freak. She wasn't even considered weird. She was just another kid. Like a sister. "Like a sister..." She sighed, and rolled over, tired from a full day of excitement.
XS: DDS
The sun was rising over a beautiful mountain, making the dew on the grass glisten happily. The temple in the valley was quiet, as the older monks were meditating, and the younger ones weren't to be up for another two and a half hours.
Well, they weren't SUPPOSED to be up for another two and a half hours.
"GOOD MORNING XIAOLIN MUNK HEADS! TIME TO SHINY RISE AND STUFF!! WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!" Jayna had gotten dressed (in her own clothes), and was jumping from cubicle to cubicle, waking up her slightly grumpy new friends.
"Jayna, I know I said 'bright and early', but you didn't have to... yaawwwwnnn... take it all literally and stuff." Raimundo said, rubbing his eyes with the sleeves of his new uniform. The others, in their uniforms, nodded in consent, Omi actually falling asleep standing up. Jayna put her hands on her hips. "I know it's waay early, but Master Fung has something really exciting to show all of us! And I want to see it right now!" Master Fung appeared behind her, making the other four jump. "That is correct, Jayna. You see, Jayna is the Dragon Djinn of Lightning. You shall be training with her to improve your skills. Together, you will be a powerful force against the dark Haylin side." They nodded dutifully, Jayna supposing they were all told about this before she came.
"Jayna, do you know how to tap into your power?" Jayna thought hard. "Yeah... no. No... no. Nope. No idea. How?" Master Fung put a hand to his head. Jayna simply watched him, and soon, felt something tickle her back. She laughed loudly. It tickled more. She laughed more. What was going on? She frowned as best as she could, since she was laughing so much. "Okay, this is getting IRRITATING!" She raised her hand, and brought it down quickly, and, to her and everyone else's surprise, created a massive thunderbolt that hit the ground with a force so large, it knocked everyone off their feet. Except, of course, Master Fung.
"Whoa... Did I do that?" She asked Master Fung, who confirmed it with a slight nod. She looked at her hands, which felt tingly, too, as if they had fallen asleep. She turned to a dummy on the obstacle course and raised a closed fist. Concentrating hard, she brought it down fast, as a slightly thick, long string of lightning appeared in her hand. "HEY! Neat!" She held her Lightning Whip in her hands behind her back as Master Fung explained the next set of instructions.
"You must use that energy, and give it to your team mates in the form of a weapon upgrade. For instance... Raimundo, your Sword of the Nebula." He held it up for Master Fung to take, and Jayna stared at it. She shook her head and turned her back to run away, but then, she sharply turned back around and whipped the Sword, missing Master Fung by a few inches. The whip mark stayed on the sword for several seconds before the sword began to glow. At once, it returned to its master's hand, in the shape of...
"I call it 'The Static-Wind Saber'!" Jayna announced, though slightly winded. He whooped loudly and practiced with the weapon, a double-sided Light Saber, making powerful lightning covered tornados. "Cool!" But it was just as he said this, that the saber disappeared, leaving nothing but his old sword. "Heeeyyyy..." Jayna grinned. "Sorry, but I have to save some of my energy for everyone else, too..." Kimiko was up next. She held out her Arrow Sparrow. Jayna studied them. "Okay. Throw two of them up into the air. This should be REALLY cool!" Kimiko threw the small shuriken-like birds into the sky, and Jayna whacked them once each with her Lightning Whip, and... "Viola! I call them the 'Burning Spark Chakrams'!" Two large circular weapons appeared on Kimiko's arms, one bright yellow, the other fire red. She spun around with them, alternating a lightning and fire streak in the air. "Awesome!"
Clay was up next. Jayna rubbed her hands together as he threw his Meteorang towards her, which she promptly whipped. What came back to him wasn't his Boomerang, as he expected, but a large, heavy, rock-made hammer. "Say hello to your 'Electro-Rock Hammer'!" He swung it down hard, creating a large crater in the ground with sparks emitting from it every know and then. "Heavy! Thanks, Jayna!" Omi was practically vibrating, he was so excited. "Myturnmyturnmyturn!!" He held up his Shimo staff, at which Jayna twisted and turned her head to. "Uhmm... what's that?" Omi looked at it. "It is my Shimo Staff." She blinked. "Yeaaahh... But I don't think I can do anything for it... as it... looks... like a... twig." Omi scowled. "Yes. BUT! Like many other things, it is more than they appear!" Jayna clenched her teeth together uncertainly and gave him the signal to throw it up. She struck it, and it glowed for a bit, before falling back into Omi's hands. "Like it? I didn't know what to do for a second, so I thought up this. It's called the 'Liqui-Lightning Harpoon'. The shape of it is a harpoon, but when thrown, it created a malleable bubble around the opponents, which will issue slightly unpleasant shocks, to say the least." Omi grabbed her legs. "Oh...Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" Jayna giggled nervously. "It's alright... no big deal... THREE SECOND RULE!" Omi jumped off while everyone laughed.
Jayna was actually having fun with this. For once in her life, she was having fun with a huge group of people. And this was a big deal for her.
"Look alive, people! 'Cuz this Wu is definitely alive and kicking! Whoa...!" Jayna picked up the scroll. "WOAH!" Everyone gathered around. "What? What kind of Shen Gong Wu is it?" Jayna shrugged. "Psh. I dunno. But look! It's like a TV!" Kimiko slid the scroll away from her. "It's called the Imo Gazer. Whoever looks through this Wu can put the person you see into a deeeeep sleep. It comes in handy for those wired insomniacs hyped up on caffeine." Jayna grinned. This would be the PERFECT opportunity for her to get accepted into their group! Fully!
XS: DDS
"There it is! The Imo Gazer! And not one sign of an enemy anywhere in sight!" Clay rubbed his head. "Yeah. Still... it's sort of strange that there's not one single hide nor hair of anyone here yet... should we wait?" "Why?" Answered Raimundo, rushing towards the Wu. "I say, if it's here, it's up for gr--WOAH!" But a crash disturbed his final thought, as a tall, black-haired someone flipped in front of the Wu. "Looking for something?" It was... someone new? "Hey, kid, what do you think you're doing?" Jayna looked from Raimundo to the new kid, full of confusion. "So... you don't know this guy?" Everyone shook his or her heads, before Jayna turned to the tall stranger. "Hey, a name wouldn't hurt, huh?" He looked shocked at first, but then grinned. "All you need to know is that I'm Noko. Oh yeah. And I'm the bad guy in this outfit."
Jayna grinned. "You know... that works just fine for me..." She charged for the Wu, at the same time as Noko did. And before Jayna could grab the Wu, Noko kicked out his feet, and knocked Jayna backwards. Everyone gasped as she slid into a far rock. "Ugh... okay, that was a practice hit." She stood up and charged him again, throwing a few of her favorite kicks and punches at him, as he swerved to avoid them. Unfortunately, he was hit several times. "Ow...oh, man. Getting hit so hard never hurt so much... as to get hit that hard by a GIRL!" Jayna scowled, holding up a closed fist, so that a whip of lightning appeared again in her hands. "What's THAT supposed to mean?" Noko frowned, a challenging, menacing frown, as he too held up his hand. Only in his hand was a dark chain, attached to which was a spiky ball--a mace.
"Come on, then..." She said, grinning now. He grinned back, but charged at her, swinging the dark mace, which, she soon found out, could be extended at his will. She jumped over it, like she was jumping rope, and smacked him in the back with the whip. He screeched, but managed to nail her once with one of the blunt protrudings. Jayna squealed. "You... are SO gonna pay for that!" She rushed at him, and nailed him in the gut with her fist, just as he brought the mace down onto her back. The two flew away from each other... and as soon as it started... it stopped. Jayna fell face forward just as Noko fell to his knees. A tie.
"Whoa." The Xiaolin Warriors ran over to Jayna, who had fainted. "We'd better get her home." They said, Dojo rushing into his full form, and all of them leaving Noko "unconscious", not realizing also that no one had bothered to grab the Imo Gazer...
XS: DDS
"HE SHOOTS... HE SCORES! Another 2 pointer for Jack Spicer, EBG!!" A boy of seventeen stood in the middle of a basketball court his parents had given him, or made him, or had people make him, for his thirteenth birthday. But only because it got him active. Other than world conquest, Basketball was Jack Spicer's most favorite thing in the world.
Jack Spicer, otherwise known as (Only to his parents and their, for lack of better words, friends) Jonathan Matthew Spencer. Yeah, Jonathan Matthew Spencer was his REAL full name. He only used Jack Spicer as an alias. It was, in the beginning, for fun. You know, awkward introductions and such. As his parents were rich, and he was the, again, for lack of better words, Paris Hilton of the family, he needed such a title so droll and hardcore wannabe Goth to make others think that there was no WAY he could POSSIBLY be linked to that world renowned boy genius super cutie Jonathan Matthew Spencer, age seventeen.
Yes, because Jonathan Matthew Spencer, age seventeen, was a so-called prodigy. And he was only so called because of his parents. But wait, what kind of parents would do that to their kid? Blahblahblah. Don't get him wrong. Jonathan Matthew loved the pity attention. Heck, he loved BEING the center of attention. When it shunned his parents for pushing him to hard. Which rarely happened. Which is why he loved it so much. Sure. Jonathan Matthew Spencer could play piano, and guitar, and write and compose his own songs, and OH, he was QUITE the up and coming artist. What a little Picasso! Like Rembrandt! OH! And his FILMS! The one about war and pestilence! And the little puppy! He's a cross between George Lucas, and that guy who directed Ferest Gimp, oh, what's his name...?
OH OH OH! And let us NOT forget how GREAT of an engineer and robotics technician he is! Really? Jonathan Matthew MADE that? That robotic maid that cleans and does dishes? How much for that, eh, Jonathan? A hahahah. Fake laughter continues. So, Jonathan, I bet you have your hands full, eh, a good kid like you, going on his 5th Masters for his 7th major. Oh, yes, did we forget to mention? He double majored. Twice. A hahahah. Oh, what a gifted child. Whatever children he has will be like little Einsteins.
Children? Jonathan Matthew, where ARE you hiding your girlfriend? Or, should we say, girlfriends? I bet the girls are all over you! A hahahahah.
And THIS is where Jonathan Matthew exited the scene.
I think we've seen enough of Jonathan Matthew Spencer. On to Jack Spicer.
This is a different creature altogether.
He HATED crowds, of ANY kind, and couldn't take fake laughter much more than a sweaty old guy in front of him at the line for the movies. And the guy smells like cigarettes and death! And Jack wasn't really, despite popular thought, all that into death. I mean, after he saw his pet bunny die...
Jack Spicer was only known as Jack Spicer since he entered Kindergarten. And this is how it went.
"Okay, children. Now today, to get started, I want you to write your names on a piece of paper, and stand up and say a few things about yourselves!" Kindergarten teachers are oh, so CHEERY for teachers. Jonathan Matthew could only suppose this was a "beginning of the year" thing. He started to put on his paper "J-..." but stopped. He HATED being called "Jonathan Matthew Spencer". He hated being a "Spencer". Kids everywhere knew The Spencer's as the richest people anywhere, 'cuz their parents talked about The Spencer's all the time. "Oh, did you know The Spencer's have this?" "Honey, why can't we have that? The Spencer's have that." His parents came to the small town to get away from all of that. The realtor said that they would be known as Mr. and Mrs. S. That's it. That's to whom the mail came. And why? "They enjoyed... the SIMPLE life." Sure. 'That's why we have a big screen TV in the RUMPUS room. Like anyone in this town knew what a rumpus room even WAS.' Jack thought. He looked out the window. A bright yellow daffodil caught his eye, and he watched it contently, until the teacher tapped his desk with one of her perfectly manicured fingers.
The flower made him think of his grandparents, 'cuz that's what they always had on the kitchen table when he came to visit. They were the only normal people he knew. He loved them more than just about anything. Whenever he did something bad, and his mother wanted grandma to scold him, she would say, "Jackie-boy, you straighten up and fly right." And he would have to sulk, because that was part of the pretend scolding. "Here's a fiver. Go get a slushy." was whispered behind her hand. Because to her, her grandson was normal. Not special 'cuz he knew algebra. Not a prodigy 'cuz he could build a VCR-- and program it. He was Jackie-boy. Or Jack...
"J-A-C-K" He smiled. He liked it. Everyone could know him now as his favorite people did. And back then; he kept an open mind, so maybe these people, these kids, could become some of his favorite people too. "S-P..." Oh, no. Not Spencer. Wait... Spencer? Or was it "Spincer?" "S-P-I..." "Class, only five more minutes! I want to know exactly what you want to be called." "S-P-I-..." Maybe it was "E"... Absentmindedly, he continued to write, forgetting a letter...
Jonathan Matthew Spencer looked down at his paper, and blinked, slightly confused, but mostly... pleased. "J-A-C-K S-P-I-C-E-R". Jack Spicer. Jonathan--now Jack-- smiled. He liked that. Jack. Jack Spicer.
Return to present day.
So that's that. The analysis of an Evil Boy Genius. Which isn't that hard to figure. I mean, there was one person who could easily see through all that. But she (for he was pretty sure she was a she) was there since he was a baby.
Who was that, now? What was her name?
Jack stopped playing basketball, or any moving what so ever, which was unfortunate, since the ball hit the backboard, and rebounded him right in the face. But he lay there, rubbing his face. His cheek. That one area with the cut... where he put all the make-up he could find to cover it up. His parents said it was a birthmark. But what kind of birthmark was that? He looked up birthmarks. And none of them looked like the one he had. And besides, not one of his kindergarten or first grade pictures had that... thing in it.
Being Jack Spicer, he thought, as he got up to answer the call of his detecto-bot, was harder than he wanted it to be.
Chapter Four: Meeting Jayna, Fighting Noko, Being Jack: End
Next Time On Xiaolin Showdown: Dragon Djinn Saga
Chase: I find this utterly and completely a waste of my time.
Chase realizes that his power is dwindling and he is becoming weaker than even Jack Spicer!
Chase: -.-' Spicer, if I find out that this was you, I WILL kill you.
And Jack becomes the most powerful force in the universe! Teamed up with Omi, they are unstoppable!
Noko: How come I'm never talked about on these things? It isn't fair...
Omi: The most powerful force in the universe? With Jack Spicer?
Jack: Hey, I'm not denying it. I have mad skills! ...What? It's not my fault I have the SKILLZ!
Clay: So, wait, if it WASN'T Spicer, than who...
Raimundo: Here's a thought... what IF... it's the VOICE OVER PERSON??
And then, everyone has... cake, or something.
Kimiko: I think the voice over person is tired.
Umm... and then... Jayna... goes to the... mall?
Chase: Undoubtedly.
Even though this is a waste of my time, I feel that I need to take charge while the voice over person sleeps. So, what really actually happens in this chapter? I am going to become more powerful. That's what happens.
Everyone: O.O
Wuya: Oh, is it end of the world time already?
Chapter Five: Chase Young; A Most Powerful Being.
Kimiko: That sounds familiar... Omi!!
Omi: What?
Chase! Get out of here; you're going to ruin everything! You're MY minion, now! MINE!!
AlL hElL bReAkS lOoSe...