A Spice for New Harmony
Chapter 001 - Like any Ordinary Day

Derek slowly opens his eyes, just soon as the Sun starts dawning for the morning. Here he is, on the big branch of the Tree, camping on the branch in the Forest of Paris France. Only his backpack is what he carries, left on the tree, and camouflaged so nobody can take it. He climbs down the tree and picks it up. A 16 years old in his brown trench coat, blue jeans and white shirt, round glasses to help his poor eyesight. Pulling the Jacket Sleeve on his left arm back, shows his techno bracers with a keypad. Text lights up on his Glasses.

"Shen Gong Wu is 10 Miles away from my Position." Derek said, extending his right arm to point with his finger, crosshairs on top of it. "Right there. It's just in that Patch of Forest." back to typing on the Keybad Bracer, he opens the picture of the Artifact.

Ever since the Discovery of new Shen Gong Wu, Derek devoted to technology to prove himself and find those. Derek was measured to have some trace of mana since he was born, but he does not know how to use it or even control it. He would try to ask, but he gets rude answers of denial.

"Figure it out yourself!"

"Stop Asking for Help, Idiot!"

"You don't need a Book."

Because those snobs will not teach him, Derek decides to resort to to technology. It may anger them, but Derek refuses to take it like that. It's been over hundred years since two sides fought for the Shen Gong Wu. They all scattered, but now there are Comets that keep falling to this planet, which all contain Shen Gong Wu...or Zinn Gong Wu if it were to be from space. Derek knows how it works on the other side. People Whose magic transforms, giving pony ears, heightening senses, speed, and strength. It can also grant magic abilities or flight. There are also some like Hippogriff Wings, having Undine lower body, Ultra Strength like the Yaks, Dragon's Breath Powers and Wings, and Changelings with insect like wings.

"Volt Vidget." Derek said, "Looks like one of the Meme Toys, the Fidget Spinner. It acts like a Boomerang, when spinning with that name called, it conducts dangerous electricity. It should safely zap blink to the users hand once done." he Smiles after reading what it does, pulling his jacket sleeve back up. "This will be a Perfect Grab."

"No, Prefect." says a familiar voice, who is male, yet older than Derek.

Two comes. A Blonde Hair man who is Stoce Ravinokk and black haired lady with pigtails who is Elga. They both wear the red chinese robe with different color belt. Stoce, who is Derek's brother, wears a black belt.

"Good Morning, Xiaolin Folks." Derek waves his hands formed of a Devils Horns, the Rock Star. But Stoce having a sense of total seriousness, doesn't joke around now. Derek is one of the Six to become Shaolin Monks, but Derek is one to be denied. He wanted to sneak in to learn everything, or prove himself by collecting Shen-Gong-Wu. When the Masters sensed his Commitment, their option is to erase his Memories and send him back to America. But the Memory Erasure didn't work. One Year in a New School, Derek rise to the ways of Gadgets and Technologies.

"You've interfered for the last time. LIGHT!" Stoce glared, while pulling out one of the magical shen-gong-wu. "Volcano Chain!" he swings the other half of the spiked earthly chain around, creating a fire disk preparing to blast with hot hurricane.

"Smoke Screen!" Derek called out, pellets shot down to the ground by a toss, which explodes into gray smoke. Two Shaolins coughing. The Female stepped forward.

"I'll handle this." she said, raising the sword, "Sword of the Storms!" she raises the Golden Sword and swings, blasting tunneling wind, dissolving all the smoke. But when the smoke goes, so does Derek Ruth himself. "He's gone."

"That damn Spicer!" Stoce catches his fist, "If only I killed him in the first place!" his two fingers from the right hand touches the Communication piece worn on his left ear. "Thion! Lina! Renga! He's heading to your Position!"

"Received! I saw him!"

"There's that Bastard!"

"Let's hurry! And get that Shen Gong Wu!"

On another side, a Group of Three Shaolins. They are international, but skilled. Thion whose hair is brightly brown but hair's like a Hyena. Lina has the brighter pink hair but short. Renga other hand, japanese, bald, a red bandana on his head with a yellow emblem shaped of a Spikey Sun. Not that tall, but he has sufficient muscles.

"WATER!"

"WIND!"

"CHIKYUU!"

Using the Gyro Skates, Derek skids through the Dirt Road, behind Derek can see three other shaolins leaping, preparing to strike him with Dive Kicks. Derek noticed that and ducked, both Thion and Renga colliding and knocked to the ground.

"FIRE!" Derek can hear Elga, Shaolin of Fire, and a Russian. She leaps between the trees and jumps up higher with the Shen Gong Wu aimed, "Third-Arm Sash!" a Claw comes out of the Cloth Belt, and extends greatly, preparing to grab him. Derek however turned and aimed is other Shen Gong Wu.

"Cat's Eye Draco!" Derek shouted, and a Bolt of Fire launched straight for the Claw of Third-Arm Sash, knocking it back and slapping Elga in the Face.

"OW!" she loses balance and rolls to the ground. Thion helps her up.

"Elga. You okay?" he asked,

"Etot Vor! That eye was mine!" Elga growled,

"Technically, he slip by first. Not saying you're slow but..." Thion said,

"I got him!" Stoce called, leaping over, before jumping into the air, preparing to take a leap onto Derek, with the Volcano Chain in hand, "VOLCANO CHAIN!" he fires and the Chain extends, but Derek simply does a Jump, rolling in midair and using the right-side tech-bracer, fist angled down as he pressed the left side trigger.

"Hydro-Laser!" Derek called out, Light blue torrential beam of Water fired straight at the Volcano Chain, and it leaves behind explosion of steam and smoke.

"Sword of the Storms!" and another smoke dissolved by the tunneling wind, the tornado which reveals that Derek got away again.

Somewhere, Elga and Renga made it to the circular open spot, surrounding with Trees, they are supposed to find that Shen Gong Wu in the middle of it. But there is nothing.

"Hi Guys! Looking for this?"

Elga and Renga looks up on the Tree Branch. The Brown-Haired Gadgeteer shows them the Fidget-Shaped Shen Gong Wu, Gold on the sides, light-blues on the inside, with three spots showing red, green, and yellow.

"What a Techno-Mancer!" Renga growled, "You stain the Ways of the Xiaolin!"

"Well," Derek puts away the Volt Vidget in the Jacket Pocket, "Their own fault for being Selfish when I asked nicely, 3 years ago."

"Why do you collect the Shen-Gong-Wus?!" Elga asked, "Why do you insist on your senseless quest?"

"She's right! You still refused to leave the Collecting to us Xiaolin Monks." Renga said, "This is the Xiaolin's Quest, and the Xiaolin's Quest alone."

"Be as it may, Renga," Derek said, "It's also my Quest too. If you intend to stop me, then you'll have to take my life by cold-blooded hands." He prepares another handful of pellets. "Time for me to go, Xiaolin Fighters. We'll meet again. Smoke Bombs!" And with the toss, smoke. Elga gives Brick the Sword to fire the Tunnel of Winds, only to find Derek getting away agian.

"So be it, Techno-Mancer." Renga's fist shook, "This is War."

Elga's two fingers touches the Communication Piece on her left ear, "He got away. Your Brother has the Volt Vidget."

"Forget it, Elga! We need you both back." said Stoce, "Adam and Eve is attacking the Secret Base in Paris!"

"Those Heylin Warriors?!" Renga said,

"That's them." Elga said, "The Siblings Adam and Eve, and their Sensei Osen." Elga never thought the Heylin's leader Wuya would return as the Ghost. With the power to sense Shen Gong Wu, she would needed somebody to help her.

She activates the Communication Piece, "We're on our way, Stoce."