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Chapter 9: Blind

The midday sun beamed down on the Xiaolin temple. No cloud in the sky, no cooling breeze and barely any shade made the temple courtyard intolerable.

"Is anyone here?" Rhea hollered peering into the main rooms of the temple but finding no one. She eventually found the young monks all gathered by the large fountain having a water fight. "So this is where you all were."

"Rhea, what are you doing here?" Kimiko asked her attention was drawn back to Raimundo who had caught her in the side of the head with a water balloon. "RAI!" she retaliated by dumping a bucket of water over his head.

Omi ran up to Rhea with orange arm bands on "I bet you have come to train under me, since I am clearly the most superior warrior here."

"Yeah this coming from the kid wearing armbands." Rhea mocked, she found the small monk's giant ego highly amusing. "Actually I was curious about something. Jack told me you didn't show up for the last Wu thing."

The monks fell silent then turned to glare at the green dragon leisurely floating in the fountain on a yellow rubber ring.

"Dojo lost the Scroll of the Shen Gong Wu."

"HEY! I didn't lose it….just misplaced it." Dojo argued.

"Isn't that scroll rather big? How on earth did you lose it?"

"I just woke up and it was gone."

Raimundo huffed "Yeah because some magical old scroll just sprouted legs and walked away."

Dojo yelped incoherently as if his tail had been pushed into a plug socket and switched on "Look likely people. A new Shen Gong Wu has revealed itself. I just don't know which one."

"O yeah big help there Dojo." Raimundo chipped in again.

"Well you can still locate the wu. It'll just be a surprise when you find it." Rhea seemed to motivate people even if she wasn't on their side.

"Why don't you come with us Rhea ma'am?" Clay suggested.

"Why not, I don't have anything better to do."

Rhea was sat behind a new face she didn't recognize. A boy with dark skin he looked like another street wise kid like Raimundo. "I didn't see you last time, you are?"

The boy turned to face her "Yo, I'm Jermaine-"

Omi was quick to join a conversation "Jermaine assisted us in New York. He taught me ball of the basket."

"You mean Basketball." Jermaine corrected.

"He has finally decided to come and train with us at the temple." The small monk explained gleefully "He use to train with the evil Chase Young."

This was something she wasn't expecting "Chase Young?"

"O yes. He is very evil."

"I think she gathered that the first time cue ball." Raimundo remarked.

"Hang onto your seatbelts kids we're here." Dojo announced and descended into a bustling city.

"Tokyo my hometown." Kimiko smiled happy to be back in the busy streets of Tokyo.

" Don't get lost this time little partner." Clay warned Omi who looked like he might run off at any given moment.

"This way guys." The group followed the dragon through the streets.

Like Kimiko, Rhea loved Tokyo and this particular area brought back memories of her first and only high school field trip; Tokyo Tower.

"It's somewhere around here." Dojo stated the area was just as busy as the rest of Tokyo. Looking for one possibly tiny artefact wasn't going to be a walk in the park.

"So let's try in the tower?" Rhea suggested not even waiting for the monks to agree she walked over to the tower.

"O everyone looks like ants from up here!" Omi had his face pressed against the glass of the observation deck and looked down on the city.

"O great it's the monks and here I was hoping you going to be a no show again."

Omi removed his face from the glass and leapt into his fighting position. "Jack Spicer!"

There was Jack with an arsenal of Jack-bots and Wuya hovering overheard. Rhea noticed the monks looked relived about something.

"We won't let you win this time!"

"We'll see about that. Jack-bots ATTACK!" Jack shouted pointing dramatically. The robots whizzed forwards with circular saws for arms and laser beam machine guns jutting out of their chest plates.

Rhea whistled at she looked through a coin-operated binocular "I forgot how far I could see from here."

"What is she doing here?" Wuya half shouted.

The monks were ploughing through Jack's robots all of them sustaining little damage. The special observation tower was littered shards of metal and cogs.

"My Jack-bots." The boy genius whimpered looking at his work being destroyed.

"Imo Gazer." A blast of glittery dust engulfed the monks putting them to sleep.

"Ah Siren you got my message." Rhea stepped away from the binoculars and smiled at the auburn hostess. The dusky pink haired woman took the orb of Tornami that Omi had stashed away and threw it over to Jack. "Did you find the other one?"

Siren nodded and held up a white crystal which sat inside a clear globe. "They were using it as a tourist attraction. Why exactly are you doing this?" she was curious by Rhea's sudden involvement with the Wu.

Sitting on the handrail Rhea had a slightly eerie smirk. "You'll see."

The trio left Rhea with the monks who were still fast asleep. The effect of the Imo Gazer was that anyone that was seen through it was put to sleep. It didn't take long for the monks to wake up though Omi was the last to op en his eyes.

"You're finally awake I thought I was going to have to call the first aiders." Rhea was still sat on the handrail she was the only one looking chipper, the other monks looked miserable.

"What happened why does everyone look down in the gutter?" Omi looked to his comrades for answers.

"Down in the dumps dude." The Brazilian corrected on cue.

"Sorry to tell ya but we lost little buddy." Clay added watching the bald monk's temper slowly start to bubble.

"We lost to Jack Spicer?"

"Sorry Omi it was my fault I lost the showdown and the orb of Tornami." Jermaine apologized but Omi's temper boiled over he quickly latched onto Jermaine's collar.

"You wagered MY orb of Tornami?"

"So win it back next time." Rhea stated joining the fray.

"I should not have to if somebody hadn't LOST IT!"Omi snapped angrily.

"It's always about you isn't it Omi?" Jermaine pushed the monk away.

"No again." Kimiko sighed with embarrassment as the pair shouted at each other loudly gaining attention from the other visitors that had started to arrive on the top observation deck.

"Again?" Rhea stood next to the younger girl as they watched the Clay and Raimundo try to stop the fight.

"Yeah when Jermaine last came to visit he was a higher level than all of us. Omi didn't take it too well and got really jealous trying to outdo Jermaine which made matters worse."

Beep beep beep

'Your presence is requested. Siren'

"Sorry Kimiko, I have to go." She held up her phone, the black haired monk nodded.

"I understand."

"Here's my number. Let me know if anything happens. I'll help if I can, if I don't respond straight away it'll mean I haven't got signal I need to sort that out." Rhea chuckled and took her leave weaving around the other visitors and slipped into the elevator.

Upon leaving the tower she spied Siren and Jack waiting for her.

"What were you doing with the monks?" Wuya interrogated.

Rhea retreated holding a hand over her nose "Breath mints Wuya. I was testing them, they don't seem to trust each other too much."

"I still don't believe you." The ghost hissed.

"Once again I am impressed and here I thought you were their friend." The trio jumped as Chase Young appeared sneakily once again.

"You really need to stop doing that." Rhea scolded, "I barely know them. Friendship with the monks is convenient in any case."

Jack stared at her with puppy eyes "I'm not convenient am I?"

Rhea replied by pulling him into an affectionate headlock "Of course not you're my adorable little brother."

Siren left commenting that her reputation would drop if anyone else saw them together. "O yeah Jack-chan I need you to set up a satellite or something so I can get signal at Chase's place." The older man simply glared at sternly. "That's if Chase-dono doesn't mind."

"Do as you please." The evil prince also took his leave, vanishing as quickly as he had arrived.

Rhea couldn't sleep that night and took it upon herself to practice her Bo staff techniques.

"Chase-sama will be pleased to know that you're getting the hang of it."

Being so focused on her training she hadn't seen anyone enter the room. A raven haired Japanese woman walked towards her. Had such a pretty woman been here before? She only stood taller than Rhea with the assistance of five inch okobo sandals; the kimono was also rather unusual one sleeve was elbow length whilst the right side stopped at her wrist, the woman wore no obi-belt but three different colour sashes which were attached to a wooden quiver at her hip.

"Who are you?"

The woman smiled at Rhea "It's no surprise that you don't recognise me, it's me Yuki."