Chapter 24: Unleash!

Special thanks to angel-devil-2009, SS. Mahana, and SunDragon27 for reviewing.

Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown.

Japan was in a state of chaos. Smoke from the fires shrouded most of the city and blocked out the sun. The Heylin Army ran through the streets, slaughtering anyone that was unfortunate enough to run into them, but then, the Xiaolin Army arrived in droves to help fend off the attacks. Raimundo and Kimiko had arrived with the army to aid them with the two Heylin Elite Guards, 9 and 8. Worried about her father's safety, Kimiko split from the rest of the Xiaolin and Raimundo to find him. Before Raimundo could join her, he and the Xiaolin Army were attacked by the Heylin. After losing a large amount of soldiers, the Heylin retreated and the Xiaolin began to follow, but they were all killed when 9 arrived.

Meanwhile at the Tohomiko toy factory, Kimiko had just discovered what remained of the factory. She quickly made her way to her father's office and found him unconscious and tied up. 8 appeared before Kimiko and a fierce fight ensued. As soon as Kimiko found herself losing, she decided to use the new technique that Dashi and Master Fung taught her. This ended up with Kimiko and the Heylin Elite Guard falling to the ground, both unconscious. Raimundo, whom was running from an enraged 9, found his beloved fire dragon and quickly made his way to her, catching her before she hit the ground. He flew her to the top while 9 arrived at the entrance to the building. Spotting the two dragons flying into the building, he made his way into the building, leaving behind an unconscious 8.

"Kimiko! Please be okay." Raimundo said as he held the fire dragon close to him. He heard groaning and turned around to see Kimiko's father waking up. "Mr. Tohomiko." Raimundo gently set Kimiko down and ran over to untie him.

"Raimundo." Toshiro said as Raimundo helped him up. "What is happening?" He asked as he glanced around the room. He walked forward and stared outside the window of his office, shocked by the horrific view of the ravaged city. He turned around and saw Raimundo picking up his daughter. "Kimiko!" He ran over to the two. "What has happened to my daughter?" He asked worriedly.

"She's unconscious. She came over here to save you and apparently ran into one of our enemies." Raimundo explained. He took one look at her, brushing a strand of hair away from her face. "She'll be okay, but we have to get her to a safe place." He stared at her for a moment and saw her father staring at the doorway.

"Very touching, dragon of wind." Raimundo quickly turned around, seeing 9 standing in the doorway, holding his cards. "It seems you love her very much." He extended his arm to the side as his cards began to from a sword. Raimundo gave Kimiko to her father and motioned for him to leave. Toshiro was hesitant at first, but knew that Raimundo knew what was right and left through a secret passage in the wall.

"Twin Dragon Hurricanes!" Raimundo's swords appeared in his hands as 9 began to attack. He raised both weapons up and blocked several slashes. "Dragon Cyclone, Wind!" Raimundo struck the ground with both weapons, causing a tornado to shoot up from the ground beneath his opponent. "Razor Winds!" The winds of the tornado sharpened, making the attack more lethal.

"Foolish...monk!" 9's sword broke apart into cards and began to fly around him. He flung his arms down, ordering the cards to create a dome around him. When the tornado subsided, 9 quickly went on the offensive and threw his cards at Raimundo, catching the wind dragon by surprise. The cards knocked Raimundo's weapons out of his hands.

"Wind!" Raimundo summoned the winds to push the cards away from him. He disappeared into the air and reappeared behind his opponent. Before 9 could react, Raimundo kicked him to the floor. He held out his hand and one of the swords flew into it. Raimundo raised the sword over 9, but before he could finish him off, three arrows were shot into Raimundo's shoulder and legs.

"Get him, 9!" 8 yelled. 9 grabbed Raimundo by the neck and threw him towards the window. As Raimundo got back up, several of 9's cards sent him flying out of the window and falling to the ground.

'Why does this always happen to me?' Raimundo thought to himself. "Wind!" He used his element to stop his descent right before hitting the ground. He fell to his knees as he landed and scanned the area around him. "They're coming down...I better get out of here." He said as he saw the two warriors disappear from the top of the building and got up. "Ahhh!" He fell again and saw that two arrows were still in his legs. "Sheesh, what did I do to deserve this?" He pulled the arrows out and limped away from the factory.

After a while, 9 and 8 were out of the building. "Where did he go?" 8 asked. 9 glanced at a small puddle of blood and then a trail of it leading to several warehouses.

"This way. Gather some of the troops." He said. He began to follow the trail of blood while 8 opened a portal to retrieve some soldiers.

Raimundo fell through the door, bleeding. He looked around the dark warehouse and spotted Kimiko talking with her father. "Kimiko." He limped over to her and knelt down beside her.

"Rai!" She and her father stared at him in shock. Kimiko was on the verge of crying.

"Are you all right?" Raimundo asked.

"I should be asking you that." Kimiko said as she hugged him.

"You don't have to worry about me." Raimundo said as he kissed her forehead. "I'm the one who should be worrying about you." Kimiko smiled. Toshiro chuckled, making the two look to him. Realizing that he was still with them, the two let go of each other.

"It's not what you think, papa." Kimiko quickly said.

"When were you going to tell me, Kimiko?" Toshiro laughed. "I always knew there was something going on between you two. Ever since you came to visit."

"Really?" Raimundo said. "So...you're okay with me dating Kimiko?" He asked.

"As long as my daughter is happy, then I am happy." Toshiro smiled. "But if you do anything to make her unhappy, just remember I can make you disappear." He quickly added. Raimundo gulped.

"Got it...sir." Kimiko laughed at Raimundo's nervousness. Just then, several footsteps were heard outside. Raimundo went over to the window to investigate and discovered the two Heylin Guards and a large group of soldiers surrounding the building.

"They're in there! Attack!" 8 ordered. 9 threw his cards at the wall and in seconds, it was sliced into pieces.

"How did they find us?" Kimiko asked. Raimundo shrugged and looked in the direction of the door where he saw part of the blood trail he left.

"Um...lucky guess probably." He lied. "Kimiko." Raimundo said as he pulled out the Golden Tiger Claws from his pocket. He slashed the air, opening a portal to the Floating Xiaolin Temple. "Get your dad to the temple. I'll hold them off here."

"But-" Raimundo placed his hand on her shoulder.

"You're still hurt. Let me handle this, you just get your father out of here." Kimiko stared into his eyes. She saw the determination in them and quickly looked away. She nodded and grabbed her father's hand.

"Please be careful, Raimundo." She said before going through the portal.

"Don't worry, Kim. I got this." Raimundo said in a low voice. The Heylin surrounded him, waiting for him to attack. "Hopefully Dashi doesn't know I'm going using." He said to himself. "Lóng. You ready?" Raimundo asked.

'Don't worry, your secret's safe with me. Hurry up and use it. I'm dying of boredom here. ' A familiar voice laughed. Raimundo placed his hand over his heart.

"Unleash!" Raimundo and the voice shouted in unison. There was a blinding light and the wind began to grow violent inside the building. When the winds settled, Raimundo stood in the middle of the soldiers like before, but his appearance was changed. His eyes were dragon-like and a large wing was sticking out from the left side of his back. His armor was gone revealing his Shoku robes. The top half of the robes were gone and a large symbol of his element appeared on his chest. "Dragon's Rage."

"What is this?" 8 asked, terrified. "His power's increased dramatically."

"And it's still rising!" 9 shouted. "Kill him, hurry!" The soldiers ran forward and started attacking, but Raimundo easily blocked the attacks.

"My turn." Raimundo and Lóng said together, their voices fused together. He grabbed one soldier by the throat and crushed it in his hand. Two other soldiers tried to attack, but Raimundo jabbed at both of them, killing them as his fists flew through their bodies. "This is great. I have so much power now!" The rest of the Heylin charged at him as both of his swords appeared in his hands. "Twin Dragon Hurricanes." In one swing, all the Heylin around him were dead. "You two are next." He said as he pointed one of the swords at the Heylin Guards.

"Insolent brat." 8 scowled. She aimed her bow at Raimundo and fired several arrows. Raimundo smirked and thrust his fist forward. A strong wind shot through the arrows and punched 8 right in the chest. The attack threw her backwards and into a truck. 9 faced the Xiaolin Dragon and looked at his eyes.

"Lóng. So you are still alive?" 9 growled.

"You still remember me?" Lóng's voice laughed. "Good. I want you to know I killed you." 9 formed a sword with his cards and attacked.

"Too slow!" Raimundo said as he appeared over 9. He landed a downward heel kick on 9's head. 9 staggered forward and turned around, slashing at Raimundo. Raimundo blocked the attack with his hands and landed an uppercut on the Heylin Guard's chin. He grabbed 9's foot in midair and threw him into the ground. "Cyclone, Wind!" A cyclone picked 9 up and the winds began to cut him as they grew sharper. "You're dead!" Raimundo and Lóng laughed. Just then, a shadow passed by them and the cyclone died down, releasing 9. Raimundo turned around and saw a man all dressed in black crouched behind him. "Who are you?"

"I am 3." The man rose from the ground and held up his daggers. "9, 8. Master has ordered a full retreat." He began. "It seems that the Xiaolin had cast a spell, preventing our army to advance further. We must leave now before you are killed by the spell." He disappeared into the shadows and emerged from the ground beside 9, holding 8. "Open the portal." 9 threw his cards in front of him. The cards formed a large circle in the air and the portal opened.

"Oh no! You're not leaving yet!" Raimundo and Lóng shouted. He moved to attack, but 3 stopped him. "You wanna go first?"

"No." 3 appeared behind Raimundo. "I'm not going to die here." He put his daggers into his robes and jumped to the portal. "It's you who shall die." He walked into the portal and closed it.

'Damn.' As soon as 3 left, blood splattered out from the attack that 3 had used on him. Raimundo's vision began to grow blurry as he began to lose consciousness. 'How?' The dragon of wind fell to the ground.

Hmmm. I don't know if I ended this right. Anyway, review.

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