Another Xiaolin Showdown fic. Same drill as the other...I don't own Xiaolin Showdown, I loved the show and I am writing purely for enjoyment.
Aftermath
Raimundo was awoken groggily, too confused to realize he was not in a hospital bed but in a jet that sported the colors red black and bronze. Something familiar. He looked around noticing his friends sour looks as they were catered to by Jack bots.
Dojo noticed him first, "Hey kid how ya feelin'?" The dragon spoke softly.
"I'll live," the boy began to sit up. The rest of the group surrounded him shouting questions until a Jackbot shushed them.
Raimundo held up his hand to ask a question, "Why are we not at the hospital?"
"We struck a truce with Wuya," Dojo explained.
"Yeah those jerks from the hotel came after you and...I guess Jack..." She seemed a bit miffed about Jack. Rai wondered about that.
"Is he..." Rai started to look for the boy. There he was laying on a gurney probably stolen from the hospital, with an iv drip and a bag of blood attached to it. he looked a little less pale but he still looked so damn vulnerable.
"He'll live," Wuya floated past, "But as long as he refused to remove the circlet he was a sitting duck in that hospital. I brought the fleet...You five just tagged along." The witch grumbled.
Raimundo stood on unsure legs and pushed past his friends. Jack was still wearing the wreath in his tangled hair. He looked peaceful with the covers pulled up to his chin and his eyes closed. A Jack-bot hovered near him holding a thermometer and wearing a nurse's hat. Rai nearly rolled his eyes. Jack's robots was always doing something amusing...well except when they were stealing shen-gong-wu. Rai wondered if had given them all a perfect sense of comic timing or if it just worked out that way.
"So what'd I miss while I was out?" Raimundo Asked.
"Not much the goons from the hotel tried to get you and Jack in the hospital, but their luck seemed to be running out, two of them that tried to kill Jack were arrested. The two in your room we took care of," Kimiko summed up what had been missed by the wind dragon.
"What"? Rai looked over his shoulder at his friends and turned from the gurney in surprise.
A hand brushed against his pants and held them in a weak grip. Rai looked back to see a very tired look cross jack's face before their eyes met and fear flashed there along with a plea of, "Don't go." It was almost inaudible but Rai was close and now focused solely on Jack. He smiled down and nodded. He sat next to Jack and held his hand.
"You sure do get yourself into some weird situations don't you," Rai teased in a soft tone of voice.
Jack snorted and grinned, "Comes with the territory I guess."
"Which the evil genius or the cross dressing thing?" Rai joked less gently than before.
"Don't even go there," The genius pouted.
Raimundo leaned in and whispered the next part, "Why not you looked beautiful."
Jack blushed and his pout turned to a full blown frown.
Epilogue...er...bonus material...or something:
...It had been several months and the teasing had finally died down between the monks and Jack. The other Heylin had heard snippets of rumors about it but not one of them, the monks or Wuya confirmed it. The monks on the honor of a promise by Raimundo, and Wuya because it was to her advantage to have more dirt on Jack. Besides if he ever needed to he could pass for a girl once again maybe get the element of surprise on the other Heylin.
The call for a new wu reached Jack's ears thanks to the detector he had built. Jack sighed and started getting ready to go when the purple entity barged in on him once again.
"I know I know," Jack growled. He hated going to showdowns anymore there were somany more powerful players, and he...he still couldn't face Raimundo without blushing. Besides that Kimiko seemed to hate him even more so than before the incident.
"Where are we going this time?" He asked not really caring.
"Scotland," Wuya supplied, "The Weighting Stone is there. It gives the one who holds it the weight and strength of stone. With it your skin could withstand a direct strike from blade, but it also curses its bearer with slow speed."
"Clever name...Right so a rock that makes you slow but strong. Sounds like its up Clay's alley...Why not let them have it?" Jack attempted to stall.
Wuya only glared at him until he moved to his personal jet.
The trip to the shores of Scotland was, of course, uneventful. Jack had landed and headed out with his jet pack and a single Jack-bot. He didn't feel like getting involved in the fray this time, but he had to at least look like he was trying or Wuya would screech at him.
The trio of ghost teenager and robot found themselves at the back of a tour group looking at an old castle. Jack wondered if one of the carved stones that served as bricks in the castle wall might be the stone they were looking for. Hopefully not the Keystone to the big archway they had passed through. He was not about to be the cause of the collapse of a wall in this place. He had enough problems without the British government breathing down his neck for destruction of a historical building.
Jack saw a flash of red from the corner of his eye and turned away fro the tour group in time to see the back of a Xailoin monk going through a small side door. He followed.
There were display cases showing off dresses and jewelry. A canopy bed with a musty looking velvet curtains. At the center of the room a Mannequin, and Raimundo tagging the necklace the dummy wore along with none other than Chase Young.
'Oh god no,' Jack blushed seeing his idol and the boy who kissed him in the same room with him. Was his heart beating faster?
"I challenge you to to a show down, Raimundo Perdosa. Let's make this interesting. Something fitting of the theme of the day. How about you rescue a damsel from the dragon. I'll be the dragon and you the knight in shining monks robes."
'Were they serious? Kimiko was going to blow a gasket over this,' Jack thought.
As if reading his mind and agreeing with his sentiment the girl growled, "That is the most sexist thing I have heard and I have to listen to Omi all day."
"I do not know about the sexiness of the situation but I do not think the magic of the Showdown will allow you to endanger a third party," Omi chimed in.
Clay shrugged, "Got me pardner. I ain't being no Damsel."
Rai looked at the group noticing Jack for the first time he blushes and turned back to Chase Young and sighed, "Whatever dude."
They called in unison, "Xiaolin Showdown!"
Then Jack felt himself being drawn in by magic. He felt his surroundings rearrange. Looking down from a high cliff of a mountain he had not noticed when he had approached the castle he felt a little sickened. His hands were tied above his head to some kind of sacrificial post. He noticed he was wearing the Mannequin's clothes.
Jack screamed sounding more girlish than ever. Considering he was wearing a flowing gown of green velvet with a white linen under dress, and let us not forget the dyed leather corset the color of an emerald. His hair seemed longer and was curled into soft ringlets and a small tiara graced the nest of soft red hair. The finishing touch was the Weighting Stone around his neck. Jack didn't know but guessed the center gem which flashed between red and green must be the stone. He'd been expecting a boulder or something not more jewelry. All he was missing was one of those pointy hats fairy tale princesses wore...he couldn't remember what they were called. As far as he was concerned it could have been a dunce hat. He felt foolish. The snickering and laughter and...damn-it did Chase Young just chuckle?
"Very Surprising indeed," The dragon lord said in almost a jovial tone, "I expected to see the young female in the place of honor. I did not peg you to prefer the company of men...but this is the worm Spicer. He hardly counts-I suppose." Oh yes he had to make a jibe at Jack's masculinity. Why did Jack like him so much? Oh yeah he was super evil and powerful, and sexy...Jack blushed deeply. It didn't help his situation that Raimundo seemed awestruck staring at him.
The Heylin Lord transformed and began climbing the cliff.
Raimundo only hesitated a few seconds when he realized he needed to beat the dragon to the Damsel...er...Jack. God was this embarrassing, yet hadn't he fantasized about this sort of scenario since the fiasco over the Circlet of Hegan? Here was his chance to rescue Jack and maybe steal another kiss. Either way he didn't like the idea of Chase getting there first. What would he do to Jack if he got to Jack before him? Surely he wouldn't hurt Jack? Then if not would he kiss the boy? Rai shuddered at the thought of either possibility. He used the sword of storms to kick up some air and landed about halfway up. Chase was almost three quarters of the way there already using his strong claws to grip the solid granite of the mountainside.
He jumped again and overtook the dragon there was a glint in Chase's eye as he stared past Rai at the bound Heylin 'princess.' Rai took off again landing just below Jack. he hoisted himself up. jack was struggling against the rope holding his arms up. Rai made quick work of the restraints with his sword. Chase crested the cliff and roared. Raimundo lifted Jack up like a bride and Jumped down the mountain a few meters at a time. Chase's dragon gave out a great roar as it followed hoping to over take the two.
Raimundo landed on the firm earth of the castle's courtyard. He set Jack gently on his feet. Then suddenly grabbed the boy and Kissed him hard and deep...
...Raimundo felt someone Nudge him. He woke up looking around. The other monks looked frazzled and rumpled from a long flight. Rai was still sitting next to Jack on the plane. He felt a pang of disappointment that that kiss had been just a dream.
He got up and followed the others off the Jet looking back to see two Jack-bots carrying Jack's Gurney off they stumbled out into an airport runway where an ambulance was waiting for Jack. Rai watched as they took him away. The boy was already thinking of ways to approach the goth that was their enemy buy at the same time didn't feel like an enemy. Maybe he'd get a second chance to kiss Jack in the future.
Hope you liked the ending, Sorry i kinda Jerked you around with the dream part
