Moi-Moi: Hey guys! I'm really excited for this chapter and the rest of the story. This is literally my favorite part of the story. I've been waiting so long to get to this point! I really hope that you guys enjoy this chapter and the ones to come... Not that I don't hope that you enjoyed the previous chapters, too... I just... Nevermind. Just go ahead and read. -_-
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Chase frowned deeply as he entered his bedroom with a tray of food in his hands. He nodded once to Naomi in acknowledgment. She raised her head off her paws before resting her head back down with a frown. Chase brought the tray over to rest on his nightstand.
"Hot soup and orange juice?" Hitomi questioned skeptically.
"You need liquids. Or would you rather die of dehydration?" Chase questioned with a raised brow.
Hitomi groaned pitifully before tucking herself under the sheets. Hitomi had woken up yesterday morning feeling incredibly nauseous. Over twenty-four hours later and she was still unable to get out of bed without feeling the effects of vertigo. "It's like having a hangover without the fun from the night before," Hitomi's voice groaned from under the covers.
"I wouldn't know the feeling," Chase replied.
Suddenly, Hitomi pulled down the covers to give Chase an incredulous look. "Over fifteen hundred years old and you've never been hung over? I find that hard to believe."
"I don't drink. Only fools intentionally poison themselves just to feel a lack of inhibition and common sense," Chase answered.
Hitomi glared up at Chase. "Wow. You really have a way with words, Chase," Hitomi said before rolling her eyes.
Chase smirked down at her. "Finish the food. I will check on you later."
"Okay. Thank you, Chase."
Chase didn't reply as he left the room. She had probably eaten something that didn't agree with her stomach. He didn't keep spoiled food in his home. Maybe it was an allergic reaction?
Hearing a loud caw, Chase looked up in time to see his Crow swoop into the room. The black bird flapped its wings before landing on his shoulder. "You've returned. What have you learned?" Chase asked the bird. Crow immediately allowed Chase to peer into its eyes as it replayed what it had seen like a movie.
Crow landed on a tree branch that overlooked the courtyard of the Xiaolin Temple. The four monks were training in the courtyard. They practiced with the respective elements as they sparred with each other in pairs. Omi was proving to be a formidable opponent for the dragon of the wind, but the tanned boy was especially skilled at dodging Omi's attacks. The dragon of earth was a polar opposite, barely moving from his sturdy stance while the dragon of fire attacked like a viper from all sides.
"Young monks, I must speak with you all," Master Fung said as he approached his students. The four, elemental dragons-in-training ceased their training to approach their master in curiousity.
"What is it, Master Fung?" Omi asked inquisitively.
"I am afraid that I have worrying news. Recently, you all have been growing in strength and ability. Your improvements were tipping the balance between good and evil in favor of good," Master Fung started.
"Well, that's a good thing. Right?" the dragon of wind asked with a shrug.
"Yes, Raimundo. However, there has been a much more recent shift in the balance in favor of the Heylin side," Master Fung explained.
"Oh no!" the dragon of fire said with a gasp.
"This is most troubling," Omi said with a frown.
"Do we know what happened?" Raimundo asked with a serious tone.
"We are not sure. Some of the other monks believe that the shift is due to Wuya or Hannibal Bean gaining strength," Master Fung said.
"What do you think, Master Fung?" The dragon of earth asked.
"I do not think that this is the work of either of them. I believe that this is Chase Young's doing."
"Chase Young? You think Chase Young is getting stronger?" Kimiko asked.
"Perhaps. I believe that it may have something to do with Hitomi."
"You think Chase's channeling Hitomi's chi like he did to Omi," Raimundo surmised.
"Precisely Raimundo. It is just a theory, however."
"That seems like something Chase Young would do. We cannot put it before him!" Omi said seriously.
"Put it past him," Raimundo corrected automatically.
"So, what are we gonna do? The last time we tried to get Hitomi away from the varmint, she wasn't too keen on leavin' with us. Besides, Chase looked angrier than a cowboy with a burr in his saddle at the time," Clay pointed out.
"Clay's right... I think. If Chase is stronger, there's no way we could beat him," Kimiko reasoned.
"Do not worry, Kimiko. Master Fung has just praised us for our improvements in skill and strength! Surely, we would be able to pose a threat to Chase Young after some time. Do not forget, I have already bested Chase Young once before," Omi bragged.
"Wow, Omi. We're lucky to have you on our side," Raimundo said with an exaggerated roll of his eyes.
"Yes, Raimundo. Although you are the only Shoku warrior, I am sure that there is still something that I can teach you," Omi said with a confident expression. After several seconds, Omi did sober up and say, "And I am sure that there is something that you can teach me, my friend."
Raimundo smirked down at the small monk before running a hand over his round head.
Crow suddenly blinked its eye to end the vision. Chase smirked. "I had not even considered channeling Hitomi's chi to strengthen my own. It is a decent idea," Chase mused. "What of Wuya and Hannibal?"
Crow blinked again.
Wuya was lounging on her throne with a magazine over her face. Soft snores sounded from her. She breathed deeply for several seconds, her chest rising and falling. She sprang up in her sleep, however, when loud thuds could be heard. Wuya rubbed sleep out of her eyes and glared at the rock giants who had entered the room. "What is it?" she hissed.
"Hey, Wuya. It's me, Jack!" Jack Spicer called out from within the cell made out of the lead golem's stomach.
Wuya rolled her eyes. "What do you want, Jack?"
"I was just wondering if you and Hannibal wanted to, you know, work together?" Jack asked with a hesitant chuckle. Wuya raised a brow with her arms folded over her chest. "I was thinking that I could do some spy work for you guys. Maybe I could infiltrate Chase's lair to collect intel for you guys. I'm guessing that something happened between you guys since Chase kicked you out."
Wuya snarled. "Chase didn't kick me out. I left him to die with a broken spine and a gaping hole in his neck."
Jack gulped loudly. "Oh... Well, I saw Chase not too long ago. He looks fine to me. Better than fine actually. Did you know that he's living with Hitomi? Well, you probably already knew that..." Jack trailed off and twiddled his thumbs nervously.
Wuya narrowed her gaze. "You saw Hitomi? How is she? I may have left Jack, but I just feel terrible about leaving a fellow girl in his presence," Wuya said with feigned worry.
"Oh! She's fine. Better than fine really. She and Chase looked like they were getting along. It makes sense. I mean Hitomi is okay looking," Jack said with a light blush. "N-not that I was staring or anything! I didn't talk to her much though. Chase went psycho on me and nearly strangled me! Then he kicked me out. It was pretty weird."
"You don't say..." Wuya said with a smirk. "Thanks for the info, Jack. You have some use after all."
"What? Are you going to let me out now?"
"No, Jack. I'm going to let you leave in one piece. For old time's sake," Wuya said and waved her golem off. The large giants stomped out of the room with a shouting Jack while Wuya hummed to herself. Several minutes later, Ying Ying swooped into the room with Hannibal on her back. "You'll never guess what I heard."
"You're such a gossip, Wuya. What is it this time?" Hannibal asked.
"I think Chase has gotten even closer to Hitomi. He snapped and nearly strangled Jack for looking too long at her," Wuya said.
"I never figured Chase for the jealous type. And to be threatened by Jack Spicer? Pitiful if you ask me," Hannibal said with a shake of his head.
"Maybe Chase isn't too focused on revenge if he's busy playing house with Hitomi?" Wuya suggested.
"Perhaps. Even though he acts all high and mighty, Chase has a weakness for the girl. We should still keep our guards up though," Hannibal said.
"You're right. I'm sure that the shift is Chase taking advantage of some new power," Wuya agreed.
Crow blinked again before flying away. Chase rolled his eyes. Leave it to Jack Spicer to flip flop so easily. Chase almost regretted not at least breaking a bone in the teen's body the last time they met. Chase frowned. He didn't deny that he was weak when it came to Hitomi. But that did not mean that he wasn't still a force to be reckoned with. Wuya and Hannibal shouldn't dare to oppose him him without some sort of trick up their sleeves.
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Chase stared up at his ceiling at night about a week later. His arm was hung loosely around Hitomi's frame, holding her to his side. She had been sleeping soundly for a few hours, but Chase hadn't been able to slip into unconsciousness. Lately, he'd been having a foreboding feeling surrounding him. Hitomi had been one the wiser, but her instincts were not as sharpened as his.
Every day, the upset between the balance grew more pronounced. Everyone seemed to suspect each other and were slowly building up their strengths and defenses. Chase had to admit that he hadn't been too focused on defending himself, however. Hitomi's decline in health was occupying his mind. Hitomi had only just gotten over the worst of her bug, but she still felt overwhelmingly tired.
In the complete silence of his bedroom, Chase suddenly sensed it again. That foreboding sense had returned again, but this time it came along with an unfamiliar presence. Making use of his enhanced vision, Chase sat up to glance around his room. Where were they? Chase tried to slip out of the bed, but Hitomi held fast onto him in her sleep. He growled lowly before moving out of bed anyways causing her to be half-pulled out of bed.
"What the-?" Hitomi mumbled and rubbed at her eye. Why was she hanging over the side of the bed? Pushing herself up, Hitomi spotted Chase standing next to the bed and looking around the room. "Chase, what are you doing?"
"There is someone in here with us. I can sense them," he answered.
Hitomi looked around, but didn't see anyone. She raised a brow at Chase's back. She watched him leave to search his bathroom. She heard him move things around before exiting the bathroom. He searched the closet next. "Are you sure? I don't see anyone," Hitomi reasoned.
"You're instincts haven't been honed enough to sense the presence of others," Chase dismissed her. Where were they!? He could sense them right behind him, but when he turned, he could only see Hitomi yawning on the bed. They could have used Wu to shrink them self or become invisible. "Get up," he told her and reached out for her.
"Hey!" Hitomi objected as Chase pulled her off the bed.
They had moved. Chase turned to Hitomi and examined her closely. She was glaring at him with a tired expression. Patting her down, Chase frowned deeply.
"You've got to be kidding me," Hitomi muttered.
"Hush," Chase hissed at her while moving her clothes to the side.
It wasn't enough that he had woken her up when she really wanted to sleep. Now, he was exposing her skin to his gaze while poking and probing at her. Hitomi didn't mind when Chase touched her, but tonight she just wanted to sleep. Finally, he stopped probing her and was just staring at her stomach. "Can I go back to bed now?"
"It's coming from you," Chase said in a confused tone.
"I'm the intruder?" Hitomi questioned. Maybe Chase was more sleep-deprived than she was?
"They're inside you," Chase explained with a hardened expression.
Hitomi's brows furrowed in thought. Was there a Shen Gong Wu that let you enter someone's body?
"You weren't sick from a bug. It was morning sickness," Chase said and moved away from her. His harsh glare on her stomach never let up. Hitomi's eyes widened.
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Omi, Raimundo, Clay, and Kimiko were eating a lunch of rice and soup after having completed their training and chores for the day. After performing the actions day in and day out, the monks found that they no longer got the terrible muscle fatigue that they used to feel. They were sure that they could take on extreme training under Master Monk Guan without batting an eye. Raimundo was just placing down his soup bowl when Dojo suddenly flew into the room and right into his soup. "Hold everything!" Dojo shouted and scratched at the angry boils that covered his scales.
"Oh, Dojo! Gross!" Raimundo objected and pushed the bowl away from him. He tried to wipe off the soup that had splashed onto his robes.
"A new Shen Gong Wu is revealing itself," Dojo said before writhing around on the table while scratching at his scales. The other monks held their bowls above their heads as they stared at Dojo in slight disgust. Pulling at his skin to reveal a conveniently hidden pocket, Dojo pulled the Shen Gong Wu scroll out of his pocket. He spread the scroll out on the table while scratching at his armpits. The monks turned varying shades of green at the sight of green scales falling from Dojo onto the table. "The Indigo Pyramid has revealed itself," Dojo informed.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Raimundo said and stared down at the pile of scales that was forming on the table.
"The Indigo Pyramid allows the user to change someone's mind," Dojo said while displaying the usual, two figures in the scroll. One figure charged towards the other, but the second held up the indigo pyramid. Suddenly, the first figure to stopped mid-attack before shrugging and walking away.
"Where is it? Egypt?" Kimiko suggested.
"Of course not! That'd make it too easy. We hid it somewhere no one would think to look," Dojo said.
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"The arctic!?" Kimiko shouted.
"Yeah. It's the Indigo Pyramid. Instead of hiding somewhere warm, we hid it somewhere cold. Pretty smart, huh?" Dojo said as he flew through the cold air above the frozen tundra.
The four monks sat huddled together on Dojo's back on one of the only spots that wasn't covered in boils (ew). "This is the second Wu in a row that we're going to get frostbite for," Raimundo griped.
"Oh, stop complaining. At least we got here first," Dojo pointed out.
"That's because everyone else is just waiting for us to find it or freeze over trying," Kimiko grumbled.
Dojo flew down to where he sensed the strongest presence of the Wu. The monks jumped off him quickly before quickly going to work on clearing the snow and ice. "I say that we work quickly to find the Indigo Pyramid," Omi suggested and washed away a large portion of the snow.
"Second it."
"Ditto, dude."
"Can't argue with them words."
Dojo watched the children clear away the ice and snow as he spread some snow over his irritated scales. The snow was doing wonders for the pain he was feeling. It would be terrible trying to warm back up later though. It was times like these that make him wish that he weren't cold-blooded. Maybe he could hide under Clay's hat? The boy seemed to trap heat under there like nobody's business.
"Hey! I think I found it!" Kimiko cried out.
"Thank God. I was not looking forward to spending hours digging through the snow," Raimundo said as he stuck his hands in his coat pockets. The boy's went over to Kimiko while she ran over to where she saw the glittering metal sticking up from the snow.
Kimiko had been about to grab the Wu when another hand reached out to grab her own. "Huh?" she asked before following the hand up a thin, tanned arm.
Wuya was smirking in Kimiko's face. "I'll take that," Wuya said before tossing Kimiko backwards. The small girl went flying before landing onto the snow in front of her friends. With a triumphant laugh, Wuya picked the pyramid out of the snow.
"Good work, partner," Hannibal congratulated as he bounced through the snow.
"Wuya and Hannibal Bean, prepare for a most humiliating defeat!" Omi shouted.
"Defeat? We already won," Wuya said and flashed the Indigo Pyramid tauntingly.
"Silk Spitter!"
Suddenly, the Indigo Pyramid was snatched out of Wuya's hand by a string of shiny, white silk. Wuya's jaw dropped in shock. Everyone looked up to see Jack Spicer flying overhead with the Silk Spitter and Indigo Pyramid in his hands. "Take that, losers! By the way, that includes you too Wuya," Jack said before laughing obnoxiously.
"Jack Spicer! Return the Indigo Pyramid at once!" Omi shouted before leaping at Jack.
Jack shrieked loudly when he felt Omi's small body latch onto his jet pack. The shriek was cut short by Omi striking the side of his hand against Jack's neck. Omi wrestled the Wu away from Jack with a triumphant cry.
"Wuya, don't just hand it over to him," Hannibal whispered into Wuya's ear after jumping onto her shoulder. Wuya nodded once before summoning her rock creatures. At the sight of the small army, Dojo screamed loudly before slithering away from the scene.
When Omi landed in the snow, he looked up to see that he was surrounded on all sides by Wuya's rock creatures. "Leopard Strike!" Omi shouted and punched his way through one of the rock creatures.
"Let's help him out!" Raimundo told the other monks.
Wuya and Hannibal hung back as they watched the monks take on the rock creatures. Whenever they defeated one, Wuya was quick to make three more. "They're gettin' a real workout," Hannibal whispered to her.
"I think they'll be too tired to carry all their Wu home. Let's relieve them of their burden," Wuya replied with a cruel grin. Hannibal lept off Wuya's shoulder just in time to land on Ying Ying's back as she flew by. With amazing speed, Wuya jumped into the fray. With viper like movements, she knocked out both Kimiko and Raimundo before tossing them into Clay's back. Wuya faced Omi with a smirk. "I never did see what Chase saw in a cueball like you. In my opinion, you're nothing more than a ball of hot air on an incredibly tiny body," Wuya taunted before running at Omi.
"Twigs and rocks!" Omi fired back before blocking her punch at his head.
"Sticks and stones!" Raimundo corrected just before quickly dodging an attack from a rock creature.
Omi blocked all of Wuya's attacks easily while shooting her a fierce glare. Wuya smirked down at him before attempting to roundhouse kick his head. Omi leapt up to dodge the attack before shouting, "Wudai Neptune, Ice!"
Wuya's eyes widened as she watched dozens of small daggers of ice form around Omi before zooming towards her. Rather than dodge, Wuya used her magic to summon up intense, green flames to melt the ice. Once the ice daggers were gone, Wuya smirked. "Nice try," she teased.
"Thank you, but I would not be smiling if I were you," Omi said with a smirk of his own.
Wuya frowned. Feeling the snow around her slide over her bare feet as it moved behind her, Wuya quickly turned around. Her eyes widened as she spotted the wall of snow behind her. Before she could move to defend herself, the snow crashed over her in one, huge wave before compacting and solidifying into a block of ice.
Hannibal watched the battle from the air, his eyes watching the monk's every move. They were really getting good. Wuya looked to actually be struggling against the cueball. In the middle of his musing, Hannibal spotted Jack slowly crawling away from the fight. "Coward," Hannibal said with a scoff. But then he saw something glint in Jack's hand. Hannibal's eyes widened. "Wuya! The Wu!"
Wuya froze. Her eyes scanned over Omi's small body while the monk patted down his robes. When she saw that Omi no longer had the Wu, she quickly searched the field. Her eyes landed on Jack who was 50 feet away.
"Jack Spicer has the Indigo Pyramid!" Omi exclaimed.
Jack screamed before rising up and attempting to make a break for it. Things had been going so well too! Omi hadn't even noticed when the Wu fell out of his robes. Jack had just wanted to take the Wu and sneak away. Was that too much to ask!? Before Jack could get too far, a dogpile of the monks, Wuya, and Hannibal fell on him. The Wu fell from Jack's hand and landed in the snow. Everyone froze as they watched the Indigo Pyramid. Before anyone could move to grab it, a gloved hand picked up the pyramid. All eyes looked up at the new person.
"Chase Young," Omi growled.
Chase smirked down at the pile of all his enemies. "Isn't this a sight? Enemies and traitors all in one place," Chase said.
"Chase! I thought you didn't need Shen Gong Wu," Jack pointed out as he pulled himself out from under the pile of bodies.
Chase shot Jack an annoyed glare. "I don't," Chase replied. But he did have a special use for this particular Wu...
"No," Hitomi told him with her arms folded over her chest.
"No?" Chase repeated dangerously.
"Like I said: no. For your sake, I'll forget that you just asked- no, demanded- that I get rid of our child," Hitomi said while shooting him a fierce glare. Chase growled lowly at her, his eyes glinting with barely restrained anger. "I can't believe you would even ask me that."
"What makes you think I want children?" Chase ground out.
He could see the flash of hurt in her eyes before she quickly pushed it away. "Well, it's not your decision. It's my body and I refuse to "get rid of it". It's my decision and you're not changing my mind on this," Hitomi said before stomping away from him.
"Then you won't mind handing this one over," Hannibal said and stretched out his hand.
Chase growled lowly. Honestly, he felt ready to rip something apart. He wasn't in the mood to deal with anyone here. He'd done his best not to lay a hand on Hitomi, but he didn't owe any of these people the same treatment. When Jack attempted to take a step towards him, Chase quickly sent the teen flying with a well-placed kick to the gut. For once, Jack didn't scream as he fell. The pale teen didn't even get back up after he fell. Everyone's eyes widened at Chase's lack of usual restraint.
"Why Chase. You're in a mood. What's the matter? Trouble in paradise?" Wuya taunted. Chase growled lowly at her in response. Despite herself, Wuya couldn't hold back the pleasant shiver that went up her spine.
"My friends, we must exercise caution," Omi said as he stuck an arm out in front of his friends. His narrowed gaze observed Chase's tense stance and demeanor. Being a Xiaolin monk meant that you faced danger on a daily basis. But staring at Chase Young in this very moment, Omi couldn't help but feel that they were facing a new level of danger.
"Enough of this. Hand over the Wu, Chase," Hannibal said.
"Why don't you take it from me?" Chase taunted with a smirk. He held the pyramid out on the tip of his index finger. With a mocking smirk, Chase made a show of using his other hand to cover his eyes.
Hannibal growled in irritation before leaping at his former protégée. Faster than lightening, Chase smacked Hannibal away with his foot. Wuya watched the bean go flying over her head before Ying Ying shrieked loudly. Ying Ying attempted to reach her claws out towards Chase's eyes, but he quickly transformed into his beastly form and released a loud roar. Wuya and the monks covered their ears, but it didn't do them much good. Chase's roar was shaking the earth beneath them. If they had been standing around any icebergs, he would have surely caused an avalanche. With a wide-eyed expression, Wuya watched Ying Ying fearfully fly off towards Hannibal before pecking his body out of the snow and flying away.
"Care to try your hand, Wuya?" Chase's deep voice growled.
Wuya watched Chase's tail slam into the snow and ice beneath it with enough force to crack the ice. Just what had ticked Chase off this badly? Her mouth opened and closed for a few seconds, "I think this is one Shen Gong Wu that I'll do without."
Chase had attempted to knock her out with a swing of his tail, but Wuya quickly used her magic to teleport away. Growling lowly, Chase turned an eye onto the four monks. He could hear each of their heart rates pick up. Despite their obvious fear, they each took on a defensive stance. "You're either very brave or very stupid," Chase told them.
"We are Xiaolin warriors. We will always take on evil no matter where it may be!" Omi said before leaping towards Chase fearlessly. Chase used his free hand to easily block Omi's attacks before grabbing the boy by his head and holding him out at arm's length. "Shimo staff!" Omi shouted before extending the pole made of ice to jab Chase in the chest. Chase released Omi's head as a reflex before glaring down at the boy. Faster than Omi had expected, Chase shot a fist out to punch the boy directly in the face.
"Omi!" Kimiko shouted in worry.
Raimundo eyed Chase Young critically. This was just like last time. His every instinct was telling him to run and abandon this fight before things could get too bad. As the leader, he had to put his teammate's well-being above his own. Right now, Chase Young didn't look like someone to mess with. Normally, Chase held a bit of restraint when he fought them. But Chase looked like he was angry enough to go for blood. Raimundo wasn't sure what brought about this change, but he didn't want to find out.
"Dojo!" Raimundo called out and looked around for the dragon. Dojo poked his head up from where he was hiding several feet away. The small dragon was shaking in place. Whether it was from the cold or pure terror, they didn't know. "Guys, we gotta go. Now," Raimundo stressed.
"You're speaking my language, kid," Dojo said before quickly growing in size.
"I suppose all of you are cowards. Is this what your master has taught you?" Chase taunted.
Omi glared at Chase in deep hatred. Before Omi could leap at Chase again, Raimundo grabbed him by the back of his robes. Omi struggled in place, his arms stretched out towards Chase Young and a furious expression on his face. Raimundo gave Omi a look of warning before lifting him off the ground and calling Dojo over. "Raimundo! We cannot just leave the Wu! Raimundo!" Omi shouted as he struggled in Raimundo's hold. Kimiko and Clay shared a look as they watched Omi kick and scream wildly while Raimundo resolutely walked towards Dojo.
No sooner than Raimundo had placed Omi on Dojo's back was the small boy jumping off again. "Omi!" Raimundo shouted at the boy in frustration.
"No, Raimundo. We cannot turn our backs on our duty!"
"I'm trying to keep you from getting killed, you dope!" Raimundo shouted down at Omi.
"I do not need your protection, Raimundo. You may be leader, but you are not my caretaker. Kimiko, Clay, surely you agree with me?" Omi asked.
"Omi, I don't know if you noticed, but that doesn't sound like a good idea," Kimiko started. She frowned worriedly at Omi's quickly-swelling, black eye. She was sure that he couldn't see out of that eye anymore.
"I reckon Kimiko's right. Right now, Chase looks meaner than a wet panther," Clay reasoned.
Omi slumped comically as he stared at his friends. They were running from Chase Young. Again! Omi was about to argue his point some more when Raimundo suddenly shouted at him. "Move!" he shouted in a frantic voice before shoving Omi away. Omi fell face first in the snow with his irritation mounting. He pulled himself up, ready to lash out at Raimundo for his foolishness, but froze at the sound of Kimiko shouting worriedly.
"Rai!"
Standing quickly, Omi's eyes widened at the sight of Raimundo fending off Chase Young. "Raimundo!" Omi shouted in worry before leaping at Chase's back.
Chase felt Omi latch onto the back of his neck and pull his head back. He could feel Raimundo strike at his stomach several times and nearly knock the wind out of him. He sensed the other monks moving to join in on the fight. Tossing the Indigo Pyramid away for now, Chase gripped Omi by the arms, his claws sinking into the boy's flesh. He slammed Omi into Raimundo before using his tail to knock both boys away. He had about three seconds to block the Dragon of the Earth's punches to his face. Holding the fists in his hands, he squeezed down onto them until he heard the bones in the hand crack. Ignoring the boys shout of pain, Chase punched the boy in the gut and brought him to his knees before using his tail to knock the boy out with a hit to the head.
"Wudai Mars, Fire!" Kimiko shouted as she fired fireballs at Chase. She must have fired at least twenty of them at him, but Chase didn't hesitate to knock each one away with the back of his hands. "Great," Kimiko muttered and sunk into a fighting stance.
"My turn," Chase said and gathered his own ball of flaming, Heylin energy between his clawed hands.
Kimiko's eyes widened as the fireball came at her. But it was fire. She could handle this. Standing her ground, Kimiko attempted to cancel out the attack with her own fire. Putting everything she had into her blast, she watched it sail towards Chase's fire. Her eyes widened when she saw her own flames be absorbed by his attack just before it hit her in the chest and arms. She fell back onto the snow with a loud gasp and scream. Kimiko couldn't remember the last time she'd actually been burned. What kind of fire was that?
Raimundo clutched an arm around his mid-section as he dragged Omi's unconscious body towards Dojo. Although Raimundo had taken the brunt of the attack from Chase's tail (he was sure that something was broken), Omi had hit his head pretty hard when they'd fallen together. Dojo watched the monks with wide, fearful eyes. Raimundo was just happy that he hadn't run off yet. "Dojo," Raimundo groaned and put Omi on Dojo's back. "Get to Kimiko and Clay. Get out of here while I hold Chase off."
"Are you nuts!? Don't be a hero, kid," Dojo objected.
"Would you rather keep Chase distracted? You are are fire-breathing dragon," Raimundo pointed out. At Dojo's wide-eyed expression, Raimundo said, "Don't worry. I've got a plan. Just go."
Raimundo watched Dojo fly towards the others before shouting, "Shoku Astro, Wind!" Raimundo shouted before whipping up a vicious tornado around Chase Young. "Dojo, go!" Raimundo shouted. The two shared a look before Dojo grabbed both Clay and Kimiko's bodies before flying away. Raimundo grit his teeth in concentration before using his hand to suck the Indigo Pyramid into his hand like a vacuum. As soon as the Wu touched his hand, Raimundo heard Chase roar before breaking out of the tornado. Raimundo's eyes widened when he saw Chase running towards him on all fours. He looked pissed. "Golden Tiger Claws!" Raimundo shouted before quickly making his escape. Chase's jaws snapped shut on air, missing Raimundo by a millisecond.
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