UXD: Uh…Everyone…Keep your distance…

Dragon Ryan: ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

Chole: Ry-Ry! It's me! Your beloved girlfriend!

Dragon Ryan: (Snaps jaws at her) ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

Kaida: Gosh Ryan, what a big tail you have…

UXD: All the better to… (Ryan slams tail on ground, the whole room shakes) Run away! On with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown

Xiaolin Showdown: Legend of the Thunder Child II: The Blood of the Dragon

37: Return of the Human Hunter

Kimiko yawned as she woke up; she had been hearing strange sounds outside her bedroom. There was the slow thumping of footsteps and a deep breathing noise that sounded like a purring cat.

"Hello?" said Kimiko, she squealed quietly as she saw something large move swiftly behind her curtain. She reached onto her desk and into her bag where she pulled out some of her Sparrow Arrows, and cautiously moved towards the curtain. She opened it slowly and peeked out. Here body froze at what she saw; Clay was lying at the end of the corridor. He was still asleep but something was dragging him away. Kimiko went after him, just to see Clay disappeared around the corner and onto the temple grounds. She poked her head around the corner and saw Clay lying in the middle of the temple grounds, whatever dragged him there was nowhere to be seen. She carefully tiptoed out, her hand on her Sparrow Arrows as she approached Clay. The cold night air blew, sending shivers down her spine. She could see or hear no one, but someone was watching her.

Then from nowhere, something shot into the air above her. Before she had a chance to aim the Sparrow Arrows at it, a large creature had landed on Kimiko, pinning her to the floor. The creature roared as it bared its razor sharp teeth at her. Kimiko screamed as she looked up at the creature, its huge mouth was filled with hundreds of razor sharp teeth; each one was dripping with saliva as the creature ran its long tongue over them.

"What in tar nation!" yelled Clay as he woke up and saw the creature sniffing at the petrified Kimiko and licking its lips. He scrambled to his feet and charged at the creature, but the creature saw him coming and whacked him out the way with his tail.

"Ryan!" screamed Kimiko as the creature lent towards her to take its first bite, "Help me!"

"Wudai Crater Earth!" yelled Clay as he slammed the ground, making a pillar of rock burst out of the ground and pushed the creature off Kimiko.

"What is going on?" said Master Fung as he, Omi and Raimundo came running out of the temple.

"We're under attack!" called Clay as he ran to Kimiko's side. He tried to help her up but she couldn't because she was shaking like a leaf. The dust from where the creature landed began to clear, and the creature began walking towards Kimiko and Clay. Kimiko screamed again as she dived behind Clay.

"You will not be victorious!" yelled Omi as he charged at the creature, "Orb of Tornarmi! Ice!"

A blast of water shot from the blue orb and covered the creature, freezing its body into solid ice.

"Ha!" laughed Omi as he watched the creature growl and snap its jaws at him, "Nice try, but you can't win Chase Young!"

"It's not Chase Young" said Master Fung as he walked towards the creature.

"What?" gasped Raimundo "I thought that was Chase's dragon form?"

Master Fung shook his head sadly as he stood near the creature, just out of its range of its snapping jaws.

"It's just as I feared" said Master Fung as he turned to Dojo, "Dojo! Get the Wu! I'll try and calm Ryan down!"

Kimiko felt her insides implode as she looked at the creature.

"No…" whimpered Kimiko "That's not Ryan…He wouldn't attack me…"

Ryan roared as he broke out of the ice and hit Master Fung hard, sending him flying into a wall. He growled as he looked over towards Kimiko and licked his lips.

"Wudai Crater Earth!" yelled Clay as he stomped on the floor, sending a ring of pillars around Ryan, trapping him. Ryan roared again as he smashed the pillars to dust with his bare hands. He then charged at Kimiko, he ran into Clay and sent him flying into Master Fung. Kimiko screamed as Ryan began to catch up with her.

"Blade of the Nebula!" yelled Raimundo as he swung his nunchucks, wrapping around Ryan's tail. But Ryan was too strong, and Raimundo ended up getting dragged along the ground behind him.

"Shimo Staff!" yelled Omi as he leapt at Ryan. He struck Ryan's back hard, but the shock of hitting Ryan's rock hard scales made the Shimo Staff fly out of Omi's hands. Ryan roared as he grabbed Omi with his tail and threw him into Raimundo, making them both crash into Clay and Master Fung. Ryan then turned his eyes upon Kimiko, she whimpered as she backed towards a wall, she was breathing a mile a minute as she realised the Ryan had cornered her. Ryan licked his lips as he stood over her and roared. She whimpered as she crouched on the ground and curled up into a ball.

"Kimiko!" called Raimundo "Use your Wudai Weapon!"

Kimiko's whole body was trembling as she reached into her bag and pulled out some sparrows. She threw them at him, but Ryan caught them in his mouth and swallowed them. She screamed again as Ryan took a step back and lunged at her, his mouth was opened wide and was large enough to swallow her whole. She closed her eyes as she waited for the end.

"Sphere of Yun!" yelled Dojo from the opposite side of the grounds. Kimiko opened one eye and gasped, Ryan's teeth were inches from her face, but Ryan was encased within the impenetrable barrier of the Sphere of Yun.

"Ahh…" sighed Kimiko as she fell to the floor. Ryan roared again as he began swiping his claws at the barrier, trying to break out.

"Kimiko!" said Omi as he and Raimundo ran to her side, "Are you okay?"

Kimiko said nothing as she stared up at the sky. Raimundo picked her up and carried her to Master Fung, who was being pulled out of the wall by Clay.

"Kimiko?" said Master Fung as he ran a hand over her forehead, "Thank Dashi's ghost…She's okay…"

"What's up with Ryan?" said Raimundo as he gently put her down and looked over at Ryan.

"He's more dangerous than an ape in a combine harvester" said Clay.

"The virus has now reached his brain" said Dojo as he handed Master Fung the Sphere of Yun, "He now thinks he's a dragon, and that is the final part of the Dragon Toxicosis…"

Kimiko began to regain conscience, but gasped as she heard Dojo say,

"Ryan is no longer human…"

Kimiko shrieked as she sat up, making everyone jump.

"Kimiko, everything is fine" said Clay as he helped her to her feet. She took deep breathes as she looked over at Ryan; he was still slashing his claws at the barrier.

"What's wrong with Ryan?" said Kimiko as she began to panic.

"Calm down Kimiko" said Omi. Kimiko ignored him as she began breath faster.

"What's wrong with him?" cried Kimiko "Why didn't he stop when I called his name?"

"Kimiko" said Master Fung "He no longer knows who you are, to him; you are just a morsel of food"

"No…" gasped Kimiko as she ran towards Ryan, she put her face right up against the barrier, she cried as she banged on the barrier with her fists, "No! Ryan! It's me, Kimiko!"

Ryan roared as he lunged at Kimiko and snapped his jaws at her, making her shriek and jump backwards. Her bottom lip began to quiver as she looked at the beast that was her boyfriend.

"He no longer knows who I am…" said Kimiko in a weak voice as the others stood next to her.

"I'm sorry Kimiko" said Raimundo. Kimiko said nothing as she fell over backwards.

"Kimiko!" gasped Omi "She's dead!"

"No, she's just fainted" said Master Fung as Raimundo picked her up, "There is nothing we can do know for tonight, you should all get some sleep"

"Okay" said Dojo as Omi, Clay and Raimundo walked off to the dormitory, "Good night Master Fung"

"Dojo" said Master Fung "You shall watch over Ryan"

"What?" groaned Dojo "Do I have to?"

Master Fung said nothing as they all walked off towards the temple, leaving Dojo and Ryan alone. Dojo sighed as he lent on the barrier.

"Well…Look's like it's just us dragons now…" said Dojo as he looked up at Ryan. Ryan growled as he lunged at Dojo and snapped his jaws. Dojo shrieked as he dived for cover under a bush. Ryan snorted as he looked at Dojo's tail that stuck out of the bush, trembling like a jelly.

"Liif..." growled Ryan "E vess raciok acaknzgefx ufr acaknifa! Fi ifa tuf lzih da!"

Kaida: Ryan has now made my list!

UXD: What list?

Kaida: The list of people I find hot!

UXD: Uh…Okay…R&R everyone! See you again soon!

Translation for Dragonise at the end: "Soon..." growled Ryan "I will devour everything and everyone! No one can stop me!"