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10

Rai POV

I sat in the tree on the hill outside the temple. My foot dangled over the edge, swinging back and forth in a soothing rhythm. I normally came out here to either think, or cool down, and right now, I was trying to think. But for some reason, I couldn't think straight, because Kimiko's words kept popping up in my mind. "Don't let go" I muttered to myself.

I just needed to think straight for just a few minutes. I didn't-

"I thought I'd find you up here" said a voice from the base of the tree. I looked down to see Kim, smiling up at me, and I smiled back. "Why don't you come down?" she suggested. I shook my head. "I don't want to." "Why not?" she asked, placing her hands on her hips.

I grinned. "I'm thinking."

Kim climbed up the tree, and sat on my lap. "About what?" I wrapped my arms around her waist, holding her close to me. "Stuff." Kim laid her head on my shoulder. "What kind of stuff?" she inquired. I smiled into her hair. "You, the others, you, Wuya and Chase, you..." My voice trailed off.

"What's wrong?" she asked. She turned her head so that she was facing me. I sighed. I couldn't hide anything from Kim, not for long anyway. She nudged me. "Come on, you can tell me. I'm your girlfriend." I smiled at her again, and took a deep breath. "I don't think that I should be wearing these robes" I said, motioning toward my Xiaolin Dragon robes. She looked at me, surprise sprinkling her blue gaze.

"Why not?" she pressed. I pursed my lips. "Because I let you go."

There was silence.

"Oh" Kim whispered quietly. "Yeah" I agreed. "Oh."

More silence...

"You deserve them though" I insisted to her. "Don't let me ruin your night." "You don't ruin my nights" Kim whispered. "You just make them better." I hadn't expected this from her, and I blushed.

There was more silence.

"Why do you think that you let me go" she suddenly whispered. I was caught off guard by the question, and whispered "Uh...because I let you lose the Showdown." "Oh" Kim said, nodding her head gently in understanding. "If I'd let you win, you would have escaped, and not have to deal with me" I went on. "And if I'd won and escaped, Chase and Wuya would have murdered you five times over and left you to rot in the cell." Kim retorted. "And we probably wouldn't have our Xiaolin Dragon robes right now." She locked eyes with me, and continued "And I would have led a rescue mission and probably have gotten caught again." She was silent for a few more moments before saying "And then we'd all have been stuck in that awful place. It's a good thing things turned out the way they did."

She concluded her little speech by taking one of my hands in hers. I didn't say anything, just stared ahead at the moon.

"We should be getting back" she whispered in my ear. I looked back to her, and saw that she had sadness in her eyes. "We don't have to if you don't want to" I said. "No, the others will come looking for us and tease us about being love birds" she said, her lips breaking out into a grin. "They already do" I said grinning back. She blushed, lowering her eyes.

She sat up, off of me, and briefly kissed me before jumping down from the tree and landing on her feet. "You coming lover boy?" she teased at me, grinning. I grinned back at her, and said "You're gonna get it now Kim!" and jumped down after her, chasing her toward the temple.

3rd Person

"When do we start?" Wuya hissed at Chase, as the man sat on Chase's throne, meditating. Chase's eye twitched as he saw the man sitting on the throne, but he quickly hid it and said "Patience Wuya. It will happen soon enough." The man suddenly opened his eyes, and jumped down from the throne, landing in front of Chase in a single leap. "What shall I call you?" he asked.

Chase raised an eyebrow but said "I am Chase Young, and this is my...assistant...Wuya." Wuya immediately bowed, fluttering her eyelashes. "Please to make your acquaintance," she said in a flirting tone, blushing. Chase knocked her out of the way, and said "And what shall we call you?"

The man looked down at Chase, for he was so much taller than him. "Long" he finally said. "Alright Long" Chase replied calmly. "You will meet your enemies..." Chase paused and looked at his watch. "Nnnnnnnnnn- now." Wuya gasped. "I sense a new Shen Gon Wu!" she hissed.

"Excellent timing" said Long. "As always" Chase said, nodding his head. "Shall we go?"

Rai POV

"Rai, Rai!" Kim hissed in my ear. I immediately awoke, to find Kim standing over me...in my room. "Hey!" I hissed, self consciously covering myself up with the blanket. "What's the big idea?!" Kim grinned, despite the urgency in her eyes. "Self conscious much?" she whispered. "No!" I insisted, quickly stuffing Ninja Fred behind me. Kim's grin widened. "Whatever you say..." Then her face lost all traces of teasing, and she hissed "There's a new wu!" I groaned, looking at the clock by my mat. "At 3 AM?" I moaned.

"Yep" Kim said, grabbing my hand. "Now come on!" "Woah, I can't go out like this!" I protested, nodding to my pajamas. "You got to get dressed!" Kim looked at me for a long moment. Then she released my hand, and said "Well hurry up."

She folded her arms across her chest. I stared at her in surprise.

"I didn't mean in front of you!" I hissed at her. "Why?" she asked. I stared at her again. "Have you lost your mind?!" I demanded. Kim grinned, and said "I'm kidding, Rai." Then she walked out of the room, and called over her shoulder "Hurry up!"

In three minutes, I was outside, standing by Dojo, tapping my foot impatiently. "Why are they taking so long?" I asked Kim, who was also next to me. She shrugged. Finally, Clay and Omi burst out of the temple, holding the ancient scroll that told us what wu had activated. "It's about time!" Dojo said impatiently, morphing into his big size. "Now come on!"

We got on Dojo, and then as we were flying, Omi opened the scroll. "It's called the Fist of Pain" Omi said. "It's a cousin to the Fist of Tebigon, except that while you use it, whoever you punch will immediately be in great pain. But if you punch it on a surface, then the surface cracks." "Talk about an iron fist" I mumbled.

"It sounds useful" Kim noted. "All the better for me to kick that tar out of Chase and Wuya" I muttered, half to myself, as we streaked through the sky.

We landed in the Rocky Mountains in America.

"Where's the wu?" Clay asked, searching around. Dojo pointed a claw due north. "That way" he said.

I dug into my pockets, until I found the wu I was looking for. "Falcons Eye" I stated, placing the wu to my eye. I focused due north, and in no time, located it somewhere in a cave. "It's in a cave over there" I said.

Dojo morphed again. "Let's go."

We flew toward the cave and into it. Dojo dodged the stalactites and stalagmites, reaching the back of the cave in about thirty seconds. A beam of moonlight shone through the ceiling, illuminating the Fist of Pain, which stood balled up in a fist on a rock.

"Simple enough" Dojo shrugged. Omi ran forward, and seized the wu. "Got it!" he shouted triumphantly. "Not!" a voice called. Something swooped down and grabbed the wu from Omi's hands. "Spicer" I snarled. "Raimundo" he snarled back.

"Good, now that we're all acquainted" Dojo hissed. "Give us back the wu!" "Not in a million years, Gecko!" Jack taunted, sticking his tongue out at Dojo. Dojo's eyes blazed in anger, and he morphed bigger than I'd ever seen him. Jack screamed and dropped the wu. Clay reached out and grabbed it.

"Not so fast" another voice said. A hand shot out and grabbed the wu. "Get out of here Chase" I spat. "Ah, Raimundo, good to see you again". Chase's voice was dripping with sarcasm as he looked at me. "I can't say the same thing for you!" I retorted. "Pity" Chase continued. "I wanted to introduce you to my new friend."

Another man appeared next to Chase in the darkness, although his face was hidden by shadows. Following him was Wuya who was drooling all over the place just by looking at the new man. "Who the hell is that?" I spat at Chase. "This is my new companion" Chase replied cooly. "His name is Long. Long, these are your enemies. Omi, Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay, the Xiaolin Wu-Dai warriors of the Xiaolin Temple." "That's Xiaolin Dragons to you!" Omi yelled.

"Ah, been promoted, have you?" Chase asked casually. "Well then, I think that this got a little more interesting." Long launched himself at us, as Chase tossed the wu in the air. "Omi, delta-five!" I shouted, which meant "Grab the wu!"

Omi obeyed, launching himself at Chase to get the wu. Wuya was still drooling, watching Long fight us. I dodged Long's oncoming charge, and Kim jumped in the air, flipping over him to come to me. "What do we do?" she asked. I realized that she wasn't waiting for an answer, she was waiting for orders.

"Go at him from the right" I whispered. "Clay, go at him from the left. I got the front."

We spread out, Kim and Clay charging at him from the sides, as I jumped at him from the front, punching his cheek. Kim and Clay each punched one of his sides, but Long didn't seem to mind, instead throwing Clay against one of the stone walls.

"Kim, watch yourself!" I hissed as Long whipped out a black sword and sliced at Kimiko's neck. Kim went into a backbend to avoid it, only to have the sword pass right over her, cutting off a lock of her hair. I jumped at him from the back, kicking him with such force that he fell into the beam of moonlight, hitting the rock.

Long growled, ready to burst out a threat only to stop dead. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Omi freeze mid battle with Chase. Omi stared at Long for a split second, before tears began to slowly spill down his cheeks and he whispered "Father."

There was silence for about a second, and then all action began again. Chase threw Omi into the rock wall, next to Clay, where he left an Omi sized indent. Long growled, and grabbed Kim by the waist, throwing her into the opposite rock wall, just inches from Wuya, who was still oogling. "Kim!" I cried, feeling fear turn my blood to ice. In a split second, I'd been thrown next to her, smashing into the wall.

Long chuckled softly, standing in front of me. "You make it seem all too easy." he laughed. I stared at him, putting all of my hatred toward Wuya, Chase, and now Long in that single look. He leaned down, so close to my face, that I could smell his foul breath. "Wuya and Chase have decided that they've had enough with you brats" he muttered. "They say that, they want to end you all for good...so that means, in a week time, we're to fight, to the death." He spat the last word, putting a bit of spit on my face.

I wiped it away, disgusted. "You'll...never win" I muttered weakly. Long chuckled again, and he said "Oh I think I will, little brat. And when I face you're little team in a week, I think that you'll be the first, to die." He kicked my stomach, and I keeled over. "See you in a week." he muttered. And then, he was gone. I saw Jack swoop down and take the wu from Chase.

"Let him go" Chase ordered, holding out his arm to Long. "I've got what I wanted." And they left.

I coughed again, fighting to not puke, only to fall back, exhausted. I clutched my stomach, feeling the pain start to seep in, more sharp and hurtful than before. Dojo, who had been hiding behind a rock for cover, immediately dashed over to me. "Hey kid, you alright?" he asked.

I shook my head. "Not really. The others are unconscious. You might want to pick them up so that we can go home." Dojo nodded, scooting off to get Clay and Omi, morphing as he went.

Weakly, I stood up, wiping Long's spit from my face. I gently kneeled down and picked up Kim, carrying her over to Dojo. "How are we gonna keep these guys on?" I whispered. "That's what nets are for, my friend" Dojo responded, handing me a net to place Kim in.

I opened it, and gently place her in it. Dojo was fully morphed now, and had Clay and Omi bagged. "You'll have to hold on to them" Dojo informed me. I nodded. "I know."

I reached into my pocket, and pulled out a wu. "Mikado Arm" I whispered. The wu wrapped itself around my arms, and I jumped onto Dojo, holding onto Clay, Omi, and Kim with no trouble at all. We flew out of the cave, and were soaring through the dawning sky, when I whispered "Dojo, there's going to be a war."

Dojo's head whirled in my direction. "In a week, from what Long told me." I paused, re-adjusting Clay and Omi. "He said that, Chase and Wuya want to get rid of us, so Long hired them to kill us. And...he says that he's going to kill me first." I swallowed, now finished.

Dojo was silent for a moment, before saying "What do we do?" I swallowed, mustering up all my courage before saying. "Accept his fight. I'm sure that the other villains that we've faced will be involved in this, but I can't be sure." Dojo nodded. "You guys are Xiaolin Dragons now" he stated thoughtfully. "I think that you guys can handle it." I nodded gratefully to him, smiling.

Gah, don't expect chapters as long as this once I'm off vacation, I'm mainly updating so much because I'm SO BORED!! But I might be able to occupy my time with reading some reviews... (hint hint) ;) Blech, I'm a bit tired right now. It's late, and I don't have sugar in me. What a combination. 0.0

Anyway, I think this is the last time that I'll update till I get home (which is Tuesday, so I'm told) but if I feel up to it, I'll probably squeeze one more chapter in.

Okay guys, I'm about to fall asleep at the computer, so PLEASE REVIEW, and I'll update soon.