Dark Hands Washed

Author's Note: This is apart of the Goat Chapter. Each battle will have their own chapter for easy reading. Reviews will be replied to the same.

(See disclaimer on chapter eight, seven, six, fifth, fourth ect.)

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Every Sheep of a shepherd lining, Dai Gui

With laughter that pieced the Earth deep, the demon rose from the ground, with lava pouring out around it. At first, the demon was on all fours, looking around the place as to judge it worthy.

It was a mighty beast, with a body that was red as clay, with a mane of gold and a face of jades.

Jackie squinted his eyes, for the fumes from the Earth and the light from the Chi Pod were almost too much.

The demon narrowed its red eyes, standing up on its hind legs and opening its lion of a jaw, it yelled; "I am Dai Gui, and this is my domain!" Arms held wide, lava shot from the holes in the ground.

Dai Gui grinned, taking a step forward that caused the Earth to shake. Dimly hearing Uncle cry from inside the shop, Jackie ran forward to stop the sturdy beast. Tohru took lead, picking up some rock and he chucked them at the direction of the demon. The stones bounced off his head, causing him to turn around.

Jackie hurdled up by the use of a piece of raised Earth, flinging himself to the creature's head. Gripping his jade horns, the kungfu king crawled down to his back. His eyes widened in surprise. Two tailsmen, the rat and the dog were implanted inside the back of the Earthy creature.

"No way…" Jackie said, awestruck, almost forgetting his task. The demon roared, waking him back up. The Chinese man opened the Chi pod, waiting for the magic to work.

Nothing happened.

"Jaaaackiiie, you must destroy the demon first before you get the chi!" Uncle yelled from the 'side-lines'. He dusted off pottery from his vest, looking agitated.

"Destroy?" The demon laughed, trying to reach Jackie. "I am the immortal Dai Gui!" He managed, finally, grabbing the man and flinging him two blocks down. Jackie was slammed into the small Chinese restraint; 'Yo Yums'

Tohru roared, rushing the monster. Dai Gui slammed his huge claws on the large man's shoulders. Grunts from either side showed all those watching one thing; they were equal.

Jackie rose from the rubble, rubbing his head. "When this is over," He groaned, "I am taking a long vacation." Without hesitation, Jackie stood up and ran as fast as he could towards the battle.

Jade felt left out, and she hated being left out. Resourcefully, she ran to Uncle's work room and took out what looked like large tweezers. She grinned, dashing out of the building.

"Aaaiya, where are you going, Jade?" She ignored him, leaping from the sidewalk up to a fire escape.

Tohru and Dai Gui's wrestling match was reaching a pinnacle. Dai Gui's red eyes looked directly into Tohru's determined ones. The demon's eyes shook in fear, this man was stronger than him. This enraged him.

Jade jumped from the fire escape steps, gripping the horns of the demon. Dai Gui howled in pain as the girl pried the Dog talisman with the tweezers from his back. She jumped off just in time; Tohru slammed Dai Gui's body into the opposite wall, creating a fair sized dent.

Dai Gui swirled his claws. Tohru looked confused at this motion, but was assured of what it was…bad.

Two massive stone golems ripped Tohru off their master, one held his arms behind his back while the other punched zealously.

Jade cried Tohru's name, diving to the side. Dai Gui chuckled, reaching down to pluck her head and the talisman from the child.

"Aaaaaaaaah!" The demon looked up, just in time for a face full of firework. Jackie jumped off, dragging Jade, and rolled to safety.

"Noooo," Dai Gui cried, his hard, majestic face of green and gold twisted in pain, "forgive me Mother, your eldest has failed once more…"

Jackie popped open the Chi Pod, nearly dropping it. Slowly, but surly, the demon's chi was sucked into the Pod.

"Quickly," Uncle called as he ran to Jackie through the rubble, "ask it a question."

Jackie noticed the demon's back was plummeting to Earth; the rat talisman vanished as it crashed down.

Without meaning to, Jackie exclaimed; "Where'd the talisman go!?"

Dai Gui laughed at Jackie; "Why…" he paused as his face was vanishing, "it goes to the next in line…" Fangs draw to the last breath; Dai Gui's chi was contained in the pod.

"B-but," Jackie stammered, caught off guard, "who's the next in line?"

The Pod gave a grinding noise and sudden started to suck the damage made by the demon, it bucked back, knocking Chan over.

"Well, that certainly was interesting." Jackie sighed, placing the pod besides him by the ground.

"What next?" Tohru asked, rubbing his stomach. The speed punch may leave a bruise he mused, but the golems where piles of pebbles in the back of him.

Ssssrrfffft

Moving pebbles…