Chapter 11
It had been four weeks after Sora won the Dragon of the Wind keyblade from Roxas and unlocked the Light Wind Form. His lessons with Raimundo on the wind element were going well and he was starting to master the typhoon boom wind.
"Typhoon Boom Wind!" Sora shouted and sent a large gale of wind at Raimundo who used the new elemental keyblade and countered the windblast.
"Not bad dude, keep practicing and maybe you'll be ready for the wudai level of elemental attacks." Raimundo complimented.
"Thanks Rai although I feel if I had challenged Roxas for Crystal's freedom she and Kimiko would be here right now." Sora spoke with a sense of uneasiness in his voice and with that, he mentioned the story of how he lost Kairi to the darkness and how he had saved her and ended up becoming a heartless in the process. Everyone started to feel some sense of sorrow for Sora especially Omi who had first criticized the keyblade masters skills in combat.
"I had no idea what you went through on your quest Sora. I am most sorry for the dishonor I have committed by saying your fighting style was crude, archaic, and obvious." Omi said with deep sorrow in his voice.
"It's okay Omi none of us knew what Sora, Donald, and Goofy went though on their quest." Callie answered to her fellow dragon and everyone else present seemed to agree until Dojo broke the silence.
"Guys we need to jet the Dragon of Lightning keyblade has just revealed itself in Madrid Spain." Dojo spoke in such a panic that Sora drenched him with a bucket of cold water.
"It's okay Dojo I'll just use a spell seal to get us to Spain." Sora explained and he was about to prepare a spell when Master Fung stopped him.
"Young monks, I fear that our enemies may be expecting you to use the spell seals created by Sora and that they're harnessing the powers of Kimiko and Crystal for a much sinister purpose and they might plan to capture another dragon in the process." Master Fung solemnly explained to the gang.
"So what are we waiting for kids let's head to Spain, home of the running of the bulls and the next keyblade." Dojo already spoke as he changed shape and flew the monks to Luiza's home country but little did they know that a much sinister plan from their enemies was in the works.
Meanwhile in Madrid Spain, Lexaeus, Zexion, Roxas, and Heylin Clay were conversing about the plan that Demyx presented to them.
"I still can't believe we have to listen to the plan made by Demyx of all nobodies! That guy doesn't even take combat seriously and the worst thing of it is that Xemnas approves of his strategy!" Lexaeus shouted with fury.
"Well if you paid attention you would know that Demyx's plan is to have us capture the xiaolin half of the dragon of lightning by luring her away from the keyblade of lightning. Vexen thinks that we can finally power up that heartless Marluxia suggested to summon awhile back when Valonia ordered 'the Superior' to place him in charge for the duration of his absence. Not to mention that her daughters, Wuya and Meribor seem to give the neophytes more favor than us since the 'Graceful Assassin' captured the xiaolin dragon of ice." Zexion shot back to 'the Silent Hero'.
"Man you guys sound worse then my good half and Jessie when they bicker and that's saying a lot." Heylin Clay spoke up.
"Everyone shut up! I know this isn't easy for you 2 seeing that you haven't been on missions, but would you quit complaining so we can get on with the mission." Roxas yelled at the group before he yelled, "Earth GIVE ME STRENGTH!" before he was surrounded by fields of darkness and after the transformation the 'Key of Destiny' was wearing green and black robes with brown mountains on the sleeves.
"Well what are we waiting for lets go. Zexion try to lure the xiaolin half of the dragon of lightning so you can capture her." Roxas and Heylin Clay's voices spoke to the 'Cloaked Schemer'.
"Good plan except how do you expect me to do that?" Zexion shot back to the 'Key of Destiny'.
"Improvise; you are the 'Cloaked Schemer' so you'll figure something out." Dark Earth Form Roxas spoke placing great emphasis on the word are and without any more objections, he and Lexaeus went to find the keyblade while Zexion would handle his part of the plan.
Meanwhile the heroes had just landed in Madrid and were debating on how to proceed on finding the keyblade of lightning and whether or not to have Sora learn the lightning element attack with Omi clearly thinking that finding the keyblade would also find their fellow dragons that Organization XIII recently captured.
"Omi I know that we need to find the next keyblade before the heylin forces get it but don't you think we should have Lu teach Sora the Electric Fury Lightning along with Jermaine teaching him the Gravitation Well Gravity so in the event we run into trouble we'll be prepared." Stacey tried to reason with the dragon of water.
"Each second we idle around is another second the forces of darkness are closer to getting stronger. Do you really want to take that chance and risk losing anyone else?" Omi shot back to Stacey.
"Omi calm down and I know how you feel but I think I should learn the apprentice level attacks for the elements of lightning and gravity if I'm going to have a chance against Roxas and the form he uses next." Sora responded to Omi's statement while sticking up for Stacey.
"You're right I did not think of that. As Master Fung would say, 'The mighty lion does not pounce on the zebra in haste'. I think it is best that we teach Sora all he can." Omi proudly stated with renewed resolve.
"So let us begin. Lightning is the complimentary element to fire if you did not already know this so mastering the lightning element at apprentice level is going to take some time since we have not found my elemental keyblade even though it has revealed itself." Lu explained with wisdom that had all her fellow dragons staring at her as if she was possessed by the sprit of the ancient xiaolin dragon of lightning before her.
"I know I just thought that all the elements were just different from one another though I did have some experience with fire, ice, and thunder or as you call it lightning magic during my last adventure battling Organization XIII." Sora replied to the dragon of lightning.
"Well you have learned some things of the lightning element but if you want to have a chance of defeating Roxas when he's fused with our heylin halves then you'll have to fight on their terms and that means learning the xiaolin techniques we have learned at the apprentice level." Lu explained to the keyblade master.
"Ok so let's get started. Now Sora all you have to do is to feel the lightning with in and strike out as if it was an extension of your being." Lu instructed then she added, "Here follow my lead, Electric Fury Lightning!" and with that, she fired a lightning blast into the sky.
"Ok I think I can do this. Let me see here, Electric Fury Lightning!" Sora yelled and sent a blast of lightning similar to Lu's into the sky.
"Well you're learning Sora. If you keep this up you'll eventually have mastery over all the elements at apprentice level, but now your lesson with me has ended." Lu said right before Jermaine finished the sentence.
"And it's my turn to start teaching you on the element of gravity." The dragon of gravity finished for Lu but before he could get the chance, the group saw a shadowy figure heading away from them and Lu was about to give chase when Omi stopped her.
"Lu, I do not think it's wise to try to chase the mysterious figure alone. We should work together to stop the mysterious stranger." Omi chided to his fellow dragon.
"Listen baldy, I think its best that one of us goes after him while the rest go after the keyblade and besides in the event that the keyblade is lost and I do get captured I'll at least know where it is." Lu shot back and with out waiting for an answer she already went after the man in black.
"So what do we do now?" Goofy asked the group.
"We begin our search for the dragon of lightning keyblade at once." Omi said.
"Wonderful idea baldy but your plan is flawed because we have no idea where to look." Donald shot back to Omi.
"Well where do you suppose we find our first clue genius?" Callie answered back and as if on cue, a poster floating in the wind managed to fly into her face.
"Um guys you better take a look at this it a poster for a matador competition with the keyblade we seek as the prize. There's even a picture." Callie spoke up and with that, everyone turned to look at the poster that had a picture of a golden yellow keyblade that resembled the other elemental keyblades except that it had yellow thunderbolts at the tip, handle, and keychain as the prize for a bull-riding tournament for charity hosted by non other than Lu's parents, Carlos and Maria Alvero.
"I take it that well have to compete in the tournament to get the keyblade from the forces of darkness." Sora replied after looking at the poster.
"Well we don't have much of a choice if we want to obtain the new keyblade before Organization XIII finds it first." Dagwood replied to the keyblade master and with that, the group headed to the coliseum where the event was to take place.
When the heroes walked towards the tunnel that assumed would lead them to the registration office only to find that they had instead ended up in the arena face to face with an angry bull that was ready to charge and flatten them to the size of a pancake.
"Well Callie you're the shaman so do something to try and reason with the beast." Donald spoke to Callie.
"First off I'm a full fledged shawoman and second off it would take awhile to actually try to reason with the bull." Callie shot back to Donald.
"I have a plan to face this beast." Omi spoke to his fellow allies then turning to the bull he said, "Fearsome beast, surrender or prepare to suffer a humiliating defeat!"
The bull simply charged at Omi with almost no provocation at all and the slang challenged monk just barely dodged the rampaging beast.
"So cue ball, care to tell us about your plan?" Donald shot back to the xiaolin dragon of water.
"You and Goofy shall distract the bull while the rest of you begin to tire it out. Then as soon as it is weakened enough Sora shall fuse with me to unleash the fearsome tornado strike." Omi strategically voiced. (Authors note; forgive me if Omi seems out of character here)
"Hey I'm one of the 2 Shoku warriors here and like I said Omi, good plan" Rai commented after he got glares from the gang as they proceeded with to weaken the bull being very careful not to kill the creature. Soon the gang had the bull all tired out as Sora was about to prepare for the final strike.
"Water, GIVE ME STRENTH!" the keyblade master shouted and with that, he was back in Light Water Form wielding both Ultima Weapon and Dragon of Water. Acting quickly Light Water Form Sora had immediacy unleashed a tornado strike and in an instant, he soaked the rampaging bull in a torrent of ice-cold water thus weakening the savage rampaging bull to the point of exhaustion and giving both him and the xiaolin dragons the applause of the crowd.
Meanwhile Lu was still chasing the mysterious man in black while trying to figure out what he was up which was difficult even with the Xiaowmei Dragon Bracelet serving as an emotion detector. Lu had eventually caught up to the mysterious figure in black when she realized they were on the roof of her mansion.
"Who are you and what do you want here?" Lu asked and without waiting for and answer she struck with the Thunderbird Sais and sent a giant lightning bird at the man in black only to find it blocked by a weapon that she instantly recognized as the dragon staff shen gong wu.
"You'll have to do better that that if you aim to get the better of me!" the man in the black coat shot back only get a response in the form of a Shoku Jupiter thunderbolt lightning being fired at him. The black robed man narrowly avoided the attack and redirected the blast by using the dragon staff to absorb the electricity but his hood fell off revealing that he was in fact Zexion of Organization XIII.
"Well it would seem that the lightning girl has yet to control her temper." The man in black taunted only to find himself smacked in the face by an angry Lu's Thunderbird Sais.
"Listen pal, I don't know who you are but I'm gonna tell you again leave now or I'll kick your sorry ass!" Lu snarled keeping the Thunderbird Sais and the Zeus Order ready.
"For a xiaolin dragon you have a really foul mouth. Perhaps weeks of tortured captivity will clean up your language. Did your mother teach you to have respect for your elders? Bye the way, I'm Zexion the 'Cloaked Schemer'" Zexion shot back.
"Frankly I don't have manners for non existent freaks like you or my dark mother!" Lu shot back making a reference to her adoptive mother Meribor.
"Well you will respect me unless you want me to burn your prized possession." Zexion shot back and with that, he was holding Lu's stuffed liger and at that moment Lu immediately broke down into helpless sobbing.(authors note forgive me if she's a little out of character in the next few lines.)
"Please don't hurt my stuffed liger! I'll do anything you want! Anything please leave my stuffed animal out of this!" Lu begged in the hope that she might actually save her stuffed animal.
"So you'll do anything I want. Well you're coming with me to the Nilyeh city for a little family reunion! After that you'll become Organization XIII's new playtoy!" Zexion shot back and with out waiting for an answer he dragged Lu through a corridor of darkness while he sent a telepathic message to Lexaeus and Roxas.
Meanwhile the heroes had slowly lost the last of their energy from the battle against Lexaeus and Dark Earth Form Roxas even with the help of the wudai weapons, elemental wu and the keyblades wielded by some of the monks. Roxas had managed to injure Omi, Clay, Jack, and Rai preventing him from using any of his new forms with a well-placed earth based strike while Lexaeus had managed to knock Donald and Goofy out unconscious leaving Sora, Dojo and the rest of the monks to fend for themselves. Even with Sora in his limit form, nothing seemed to do any damage to Roxas. Though Limit Form Sora reached the last of his will, he was still ready to fight even if he should loose the last of his energy and, as the 'Key of Destiny' was about to deal the final strike Lexaeus suddenly got a telepathic message from Zexion saying that he had the xiaolin half of the dragon of lightning captured.
"Well, xiaolin dorks it seems we have your lightning friend in our clutches." Lexaeus taunted.
"What do you want with my girlfriend you sick bastards?" Rai shouted.
"Lets just say that if you don't hand over the dragon of lightning keyblade to us, your girlfriend's innocence will be lost!" Roxas and Heylin Clay's voices taunted as the heroes had no choice but to hand them the keyblade.
"I figured you'd see it my way and now we'll be leaving. Later!" Roxas and Heylin Clay's voices shot back as he and Lexaeus left via a dark spell seal while Limit Form Sora teleported the heroes back to the xiaolin temple in a golden yellow spell seal saddened at the loss of the new keyblade and the xiaolin dragon of lightning.
NEW FORM
Dark Earth Form
Roxas can use this form when he and Heylin Clay combine powers. He can use Heylin Clay's earth element and his heylin magical gift of Possession.
Next Time
The heroes discuss about what the heylin forces plan to do with the captured dragons while a member of organization 13 decided to capture a certian someone close to Dagwood and steal his elemental wu in the process. the organization plans to finally summon an old heartless but before they do a new shen gong wu actavates.
