Chapter 36: It's Not Over

Special thanks to Sunshine5643, SunDragon27, darkshadowblazeable, beth xXxXxXx, GOA, darkabys and the unnamed reviewer for reviewing. Sorry this took a while again. Hope you like.

Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown or it's characters. I only own this plot and my OC's.

The following weeks after Feng's death were uneventful. The entire temple was silent aside from the people that were rescued by the monks and had no idea of what was going on. Right now, it was supposed to be a time a joy now that Liang was defeated, but instead it was a time of mourning.

Feng's passing had a great impact on Shu and Grand Master Dashi. To Shu, it was losing a brother. For Grand Master Dashi, it was the loss of a childhood friend. And to the Xiaolin Army, it was the passing of one of the greatest Xiaolin Generals that they had ever seen. Feng was known throughout the Xiaolin Army as a kind and caring man. Just like his elder brother.

Soon, the Xiaolin Army began preparing for a funeral ceremony for the fallen general. The monks were asked to help as well and they immediately agreed. On the day of the ceremony, the entire Xiaolin Army was present along with the monks. The American Military participated in the ceremony after hearing of it. Surprisingly, even Chase Young and the other Heylin attended the event as well. The ceremony was lead by Master Monk Guan, Master Fung, Grand Master Dashi, and Shu.

A few days after the ceremony, everything had begun to return to normal. Everyone had started to return to their daily routines. The monks and Jermaine preformed several chores around the temple, much to their discontent. They were also given time off to recover some minor injuries left from their battle with Liang. Chase Young continued training his apprentice, Shang, to become a great warrior while Wuya complained about the usual nonsense. Jack Spicer returned to building and improving his army of Jack-bots with the occasional disruptions from Katnappe, Vlad, Tubbimura, and Cyclops. The Xiaolin Army helped the American Military and other forces of different countries gather all the civilians so that they may all return home.

While everyone went on with their usual business; Dashi, Master Monk Guan, Master Fung, and Shu met in the council room to discuss plans for the future. That is, however, until Master Fung sensed something strange near the site of Feng's sacrifice. The old monk quickly walked over to a large orb that was set in the room and placed his hands on it. The others watched as an image of a large, dark building slowly appeared out of the orb and onto the wall. Around it were several camps and hundreds of warriors donned in black armor.

"Grand Master Dashi." Master Fung said. "This place..." Dashi's eyes widened as he stared at the all too familiar structure.

"No! It can't be."

"But it is, Dashi." Master Monk Guan said. "It is the Heylin Palace."

"But...we destroyed that damned place 1500 years ago!" Shu shouted.

"Then it must be a replication created by him." Dashi replied. "And if that place is there, then that means that he's alive."

Meanwhile, in a large, dark room were eight people. The room was adorned with ancient treasures depicting the tales of the Heylin people. All the torches were blown out and the room was quiet. The people were all standing around the place, watching a large, glowing sphere. A man dressed in black ninja robes stood outside the sphere with his hands out on it. Inside it was a man wearing black Chinese robes. The man was sitting in a meditative position. His entire body was covered in blood and he had many injuries from a fight with certain teens. It appeared that the orb was healing his injuries.

"Master Liang, what shall we do now?" asked the man who was holding up the sphere.

"We must prepare, 3." Liang answered. He slowly stood up and stepped out of the orb. He grabbed his armor resting on a throne and began to put them on.

"Yes. If I'm right, then the Xiaolin will be preparing their soldiers for one final assault on what's left of our forces." A woman sitting in the back guessed.

"4 is correct. Sooner or later, the Xiaolin will discover this place and attack our forces with all of theirs." Liang said with a sigh. He walked over to the entrance to the balcony and looked down to all of his soldiers. They were all resting or training for a final battle with the Xiaolin. Tents were scattered all over the courtyard to accommodate the Heylin soldiers. "They will not let up until we are defeated. So..." The Heylin Emperor began. He slowly raised his helmet over his head. "...we shall make this the final battle. The one that will put an end to this war." He said, putting the helmet onto his head.

"Master?" 9 asked, bowing down in front of his lord. "If I may ask, how did you survive the forbidden technique that Dashi created?" Liang shut his eyes and walked towards his throne. The torches on the walls began to light up the room as he made his way to the center of it.

"I too am surprised that I am still alive, 9." Liang began as he sat on the throne in the middle of the large room. "But I have discovered that if it were not for one of the young Guardians, then I would have died."

"What do you mean?" 2 questioned, slowly tipping his hat above his face though remaining in his laid back position.

"It seems that the Guardian of Darkness was not releasing his full power during the attack. I sensed fear in him as he called out to the shadows." Liang explained. "It seems that he is afraid of something lying dormant in his heart and soul."

Back at the Xiaolin Army's Temple, the monks were gathered in the council room with Grand Master Dashi, Master Monk Guan, Master Fung, and Shu.

"So what is it that you need, Grand master Dashi?" Raimundo asked.

"Young monks, I am afraid I have some troubling news." Master Fung told them.

"That isn't good to hear." Kimiko said.

"Please don't let it be what I think it is." Lee groaned.

"What is this most troubling of news be?" Omi asked. Dashi sighed, rubbing his temples.

"It's not over. Liang is still alive."

Okay, again I'm sorry this took so long, but I have a lot of crap going on in school. I'm just glad that school's almost over for me though. Anyway, how did you like that chapter? Please let me know, so go ahead and review.

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