" Talking"

' Thinking'

" Demon/ Dragon Talking!"

" Young monks," Master Fung said as he walked into the building. " I have an important announcement to make."

Raimundo crossed his arms. " Sound's like end-of-the-world time." The group was awoken early for Master Fung's training. This confused them as they usually do it later in the day. This must have been the reason.

" On the contrary, I have good news." Fung said, stopping in front of the group.

Dojo turned to the master. " Hey, there's a first." Fung turned to the dragon with stern eyes. " My bad."

Fung continued. " It has been a year since you rose to Apprentice Warriors. Now the time has arrived that one will rise to the next level: of Wudai Warrior."

Omi asked the question on mind. " Only one?"

Rai ran up to Fung. " So who's the lucky monk, Grandmaster Funggy?" He noticed the master wasn't amused. "Sorry, sir." He returned to his original post.

Fung hung his head for a second before raising. " I will tell you tomorrow. But if you look deep inside, you already know."

Kimiko put her hands together. " I was hoping we'd rise together."

Omi didn't pity her. " Oh, me too." The sarcasm rung louder than any bell. " That is why I will work extra hard teaching you till that day comes that you too are ready to become Wudai Warriors."

" Whoa, whoa, partner. And what makes you so sure you're the chosen one?" said Clay as Omi started shadow-boxing.

Omi stopped for a second to look at the cowboy. " Is it not obvious? Who else is it going to be, Raimundo?!" Omi started laughing while Raimundo's hair started to burn like a wildfire. Clay took off his hat to grab a glass of water, from where Phillip had no idea, and splashed it on Rai.

Omi bowed. " I am sorry. I was not laughing at you but with you."

Rai got into his face. " I'm not laughing."

Kimiko placed herself beside the two. " Well, here's a wild thought- maybe it's me."
Omi looked at her with a look. " But you are a girl." The others back up so fast, light had trouble keeping up. A second later, Kimiko was delivering her version of " Righteous Fury" on the bald stain once called Omi.

A moment later, Kimiko dusted off her hands while the others looked down at Omi's broken form. " Your point?"

The mess called back up. " Nothing. I like girls." Omi fell unconscious a moment later.

Phillip looked at all of them, pulled out a megaphone, and yelled into it. " LET'S GET MOVING! WE STILL HAVE TRAINING TO DO!" That got the rest out of their relaxed moment. Even Omi jumped up to join. Phillip pointed to some boulders. " Strength. Carry those around the Temple 500 times." Phillip turned the megaphone back on. " GET MOVING!" The group rushed to boulders for the training.

A couple minutes and Phillip whistled down at the stop-watch. " Nice. Seems your training wasn't for nothing." He looked up and noticed the others were face first in the ground. " Though, I should probably add a stamina course to help." The others grunted a response.

Dojo slithered into the grounds. " We have a category five Wu alert! The Ying Yo-yo just revealed itself!" The others would've jumped to it's feet if they had any feel to them. So Phillip was the only one able to join Dojo on the way over to the new Shen Gong Wu.

_Scene Change_

Dojo shot through a red-wood forest with no stops. As the forest grew narrower, the more turns Dojo had to make to avoid trees. This also almost made Phillip's lunch come out his mouth. ' Note to self: never eat before riding a dragon.'

Soon, the Wu was right in front of them. The yo-yo was black in color with a yang symbol on both sides. The only problem he had with it was that right at the moment, Jack was playing with it.

Dojo landed neatly so Phillip could get off smoothly. Phillip stomped up the boy genius and swiped at the boys head. " You're going to play with a yo-yo that has an unknown power? Are you sure your a genius?"

Jack ducked under the swipe. " Hey, I got bored. What do you want me to do, play checkers with Cyclops?" Said being walked out of the forest with a goofy face on. Well, it's original face on.

Phillip looked at Jack, who said, " I'm trying to add more people to the cause. It's hard to recruit people if the only thing you do is train and find Wu." Jack dodged another swipe.

Phillip felt a hand slip into his and turned to find Katnappe standing beside him. " Don't worry. The dufus didn't say a word since he got it." Phillip sighed before tightening his grip on the girl's hand. Jack gave an indignant cry of " Hey!" before grumbling.

Jack looked up. " Hey, Tubbimura! Anyone else around?"

The fat ninja jumped from a tree and onto the ground. " No, Jack-san. No one had been found here."

Phillip's eyebrow rose before turning to Jack, who explained again. " Recruiting here. Remember?" Two swipes were ducked under. " Anyway, I scanned the Wu and kept coming up as fake. But this is the only place with a signal, so..."

Phillip placed his free hand under his chin. " I don't know. Either the real Wu left it signal here somehow or that IS the real Yin Yo-yo."

Jack tossed the Yo-yo into the air before catching it again. " Man, I hate a goose chase." Jack then realized something. " Hey, do you want to do the initiation now or later?"

Phillip looked at Tubby and Cyclops. ' Black, can-'

Black interrupted. " Yes, a dragon can sense the element of another. No, Cyclopes don't have an element. If you want me to." Phillip let Black chi wash over him fore a second before it retreated back to his mind. " Tubbimura has a weak Earth and Wind element."

Phillip turned to Jack. " Tubbimura has Earth and Wind. Cyclops doesn't have an element." Cyclops looked down while Tubbimura looked on with pride.

Jack nodded. " Okay, one last question. Do you want the Wu or should I keep it?" Phillip picked the latter. Before Jack's team left, Kat gave Phillip a kiss before running after her team-mates.

Phillip smiled at the retreating forms before Dojo snapped him out of it. " You think that's a good idea?"

Phillip looked down at the dragon. " How many times has our vault been raided?"

"Touche."

_Scene Change_

" Well, how did it go?" Clay asked as Dojo landed.

" Jack has it for now. At least until our security systems are all ready to go." Phillip replied.

Kimiko frowned at this. " Are you sure we can trust him?"

Omi flipped over to Phillip as he tried walking away. " Oh, yes. Jack Spicer can be very tricky!"

Phillip shook his head before moving the bald monk. " He has given me info for a little over a couple months. It's fine." Phillip didn't look back as he walked into the Temple.

As he walked past the garden, Phillip stopped and looked at Master Fung, who was massaging his noggin. " Something wrong?" Fung tensed and slowly turned to Phillip before releasing a sigh of relief.

He went back to the massage. " The others are not doing well under the pressure of the rank up. I believe I may have spoken too soon."

" Asking too many questions." Phillip's question was answered with a nod. " Well, have fun." With this, Phillip left the monk to groan. Phillip entered his bedroom and started meditating.

Soon, Phillip felt a small disturbance in the shadows of his room. " Who's there?"

" My, my, aren't we feisty?" Chase Young walked out of the shadow of one of the plants that decorated his room. " You wouldn't be so if you knew what was at stake."

Phillip's eyebrow ceased. " What do you mean?"

Chase pointed to the door. " Follow me." Chase walked out the door. Phillip was going to wait the man out but got up and followed to humor Chase.

As soon as he was outside, however. That made Phillip's blood boil.

Jack was kneeling under the blade of an unknown man. Tubbimura was pinned to the wall by his arms being held by another two. Cyclops was unconscious under five others. Vlad had his neck threatened under another man's sword. Omi was pinned on his stomach under a man's boot. Clay was kept in a corner by five spear-men. Kimiko had several tigers chasing her around the grounds. Rai wasn't conscious to notice the two swordsmen the kept watch. None of that was what made his blood want to burst.

It was the way they held Kat.

She was badly bruised with a busted lip and pinned to a spear-man's chest. The man had a pervert's grin on and Phillip walked right in to see the spear-man's hand try to touch Kat's chest.

A flash later, Phillip's fist sprouted from the man's face. The man didn't get to the wall before Phillip started pounding him into the dirt.

However, Phillip couldn't get the man farther into the underworld before he was yanked off by another two men by his arms. The two then pinned his arms to his back for further restraint.

It didn't help.

Phillip used the the grip the men had against them by leaning back to flip over the arms. Once in front of him, Phillip kneed them to Chase. Phillip looked at the man that once held Kat and broke his nose for good measure. He then walked up Katnappe and picked her up bridal-style.

Chase appeared in front of him. " Ah. So you save this one first. Surprised you didn't want to hear about your precious Master Fung." Phillip's eyes snapped to Chase's face that was now wearing a sneer.

Phillip snarled. " I will kill you if you hurt him."

Chase placed one of his hand in front of himself. " No need to fear. Master Fung had decided to have a trip to the Ying-Yang World." Phillip would have punched the face if his hands weren't tied as they were.

Chase held out the Ying Yo-yo out. " All you have to do is retrieve him." Phillip looked at the Wu before looking at everyone around him. He laid his eyes at the unconscious girl in his arms. " Fine." Phillip walked over to the main temple. " But only if you release everyone here. If they are harmed, I will kill you."

Chase bowed. " You have my word." Phillip placed Katnappe down to lay on the wall of the Temple before taking the Ying Yo-yo.

" Ying Yo-yo!" A swirl of white appeared in front of him. He didn't question as he entered the spiral.

__Scene Change_

The world around him was black. As he landed on the black ground, black smoke rose into the black air and sky. The only thing not black was the Kanji that floated in the air and the outlines of his figure and the smoke, which soon disappeared. Slowly, he began walking into the dark world before meeting another thing that was white in the world: fog. He walked through it before being hit with a red light.

He called out for Fung but received no reply from the unknown world around him.

The fog then began blowing behind him as a cyclone formed. He tried holding his ground but the storm was too strong. It slowly started pulling him in. He eventually lost footing and was consumed into the vortex.

Phillip hit a grate as he was sent to the base of the storm. The grate gave way immediately and Phillip fell into a pitch black room. As he landed, however, walls jumped from the white ground on either side of him. After the growth stopped, vials lined the walls with only one word on all of them: Chi.

Phillip walked down the hall and found his objective sitting there in meditation. " Master Fung!" No reply came from the master. " I understand. Now, please. Understand why I need to do this." Phillip picked the master with care before activating the Yo-yo once more. The spiral appeared and Phillip ran through.

_Scene Change_

Phillip landed safely back in the original world with Fung in his arms. Something felt different but he could figure out why. Whatever it was, it didn't stop him from throwing the master over to the now freed Xiaolin Warriors.

Jack Spicer walked up to with a little concern. " Hey, are you-" Phillip's fist acted in a second and sent the boy to the wall.

Phillip stared at him. " Move."

Tubbimura stood in front of him. " This is not how you acted before, hai." Phillip used a kick and sent the ninja into Jack. Phillip kept walking.

The Xiaolin Warriors stood in his path this time. Omi spoke first. " Phillip, we are most glad you have returned unharmed!" Omi walked over with arms out wide, as if for a hug. He received a punch to the gut instead.

Phillip heard a whisper from Rai. " I think he lost his mind in the other world." Phillip fazed in front of the Wind Dragon and clamped his hand around Rai's neck, chocking him.

Phillip lifted the boy into the air. " Sorry. Can't breathe? How about I snap your neck? That will make the pain go away, wouldn't it?" He added more pressure to the hold, forcing some bones to snap.

Phillip felt something start to weigh down his other arm. Phillip looked and found Kimiko trying to pull him off Rai. He slipped his arm out of her hold and placed his hand around her neck as well.

Phillip grinned at the two. " Aw. Two little love birds want to die together. I'll hold the burial." A lasso wrapped around his chest, causing his hold on the two to fade. Phillip followed the rope to Clay.

Phillip's grin turned sinister. " Isn't this beautiful? A couple friends all working to get each other killed." Phillip flared his chi and the lasso fell apart. " I could just vomit." He rushed up to Clay and landed a punch. This punch sent the cowboy into a wall and into sweet unconscious. Phillip took two more steps before Vlad and Cyclops stood in the way.

The two toppled in a flash. Phillip continued walking to the cowboy. This time Chase stood in the way.

Chase said, " Now, now. We don't need to fight the likes of them. The world is ripe for the taking."

Phillip spat in the man's face. " Don't care."

Chase was calm at the disrespect, or was holding back his anger in a subtly manner. " I only wish give you housing and a place by my side."

Phillip's eye narrowed. " Okay, but on one condition."

Chase asked. " Yes?"

" Kill these idiots."

That's a wrap!

Constructive Criticism is asked for and would be greatly appreciated.

Let the rants begin.