A/N: Okay, so we have Chapter 8 coming! Omi and Ryan battles, and Ryan wins, but Omi threatens him to never approach near him or his friends again! Meanwhile, the Crimson Gladiator kidnaps Dojo, Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay! How will they survive? Has the bad guys finally won? Find out!

Ryan sat on the steps. The wind was blowing stronger than before, leaving dozens of leaves on the ground near the Xiaolin Temple. Master Fung, who came from the Shen-Gong-Wu vault for a meeting with the grown-up Xiaolin Warriors, sees Ryan, and stands next to him.

"What is wrong, my young one," Master Fung asks.

Ryan felt like he didn't want to speak, but he took a deep, sorrow breath, and said, "Omi's completely mad at me."

"Why, this is not like him. Tell me how," Master Fung replies.

"Well, the moment we woke up, we just noticed some strange "gifts" that Kimiko, Clay, and Raimundo thought I gave to them. Then, Omi thinks I betrayed him, because of a stupid letter that says negative things about him, but it's not me! Some one is setting me up, I swear! Some one... very... evil..."

Ryan stopped to take quick breaths. Master Fung puts his hand on Ryan shoulder. "Young one, relax. I, for one, believe you, because it's not like you to do that sort of thing."

"You mean, you know who did it?"

"No, because I had a meeting, focusing what new Shen-Gong-Wus might appear next, but I think you know..."

"Sorry, I don't either, but I have a strong feeling that Jack Spicer is behind this, that little creep! But how do I know it was not Spicer, or Katnappe, or Wuya, or even that worthless Crimson Gladiator! How will I know!" Ryan pounds his fists on the ground, and falls, his face buried in the dirt. His sobs were unheard. Master Fung helps him up.

"Master Fung, what am I going to do?"

But before Master Fung could answer...

"MASTER FUNG!" Omi shouted from inside. He rushed to the backyard. "Kimiko, Raimundo, Clay, and Dojo are all missing!"

"Missing! This is very bad indeed! You and Ryan must retrieve..."

"Yes sir!"Omi shouted, not letting Master Fung finish.

Ryan rushes to Omi.

"I'm coming with you!" he shouts.

"Forget it! You have done enough after what you have done!" Omi sneered.

Ryan was enraged now, and grabs Omi shoulder's firmly. "Listen Omi! I want you to listen to me good! For the last time, some one is setting me up! I do not think you are a lousy Xiaolin Warrior! Ever since you've gotten here, I thought you had the personality of Grand Master Dashi! But now, we're arguing for what I didn't do! You have to trust me!"

"Trust you after what you have done? Forget it! Besides, you took my friends!"

"Omi, PLEASE! I did not take your friends! Even though I made friends with them, doesn't mean I won't take your place! You WON'T be forgotten, and you will always have attentions! Omi, please, if we have to rescue them, you have to trust me!"

A huge pause occured. Ryan waited for Omi to answer. Omi then grabs Ryan's arms, and throws them back to him.

"I just cannot!" Omi shouted. "Wings of Tanabi!" he shouts. A metallic-like Shen-Gong-Wu transforms it self into huge wings of an eagle. Omi takes off, soaring into the sky to search for his friends.

Ryan watched Omi soars to the sky with the Wings of Tanabi.

"I don't know what to do now, Master Fung. I don't know which Shen-Gong-Wu I have to catch up with Omi," a depressed Ryan said.

"Oh,but have you tried... this?" Master Fung asked as he grabbed out the Silver Manta Ray.

"Oh! Of course! The Silver Manta Ray can transform into a flying vehicle, just like an airplane! You're a genius, Master Fung!" Ryan shouted.

Master Fung smiled. "I'll stay here and guard the castle in case Wuya comes up withanother villainous schemes."

"Right! But for now... SILVER MANTA RAY!" Ryan shouted.

A bright silver explosion rocked the ground as the Shen-Gong-Wu transformed into an aircraft. The cockpit window opens, and Ryan jumps into the front seat. He started up the Silver Manta Ray, closes the cockpit, and takes off.

10 minutes have passed, and Ryan spotted Omi. Omi notices Ryan, then turns to the East side.

"Wait! Where's he going! According to my Xiaolin Dragon radar, we both need to turn West, not East! OMI! YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY! YOU'RE GOING THE..." Ryan tried to say, but he knew Omi couldn't hear him, because the cockpit window was closed.

"Oh! I have no time for this. The Xiaolin Warriors are in danger!" Ryan shouted, as he continued to travel West.

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The Crimson Gladiator continued to fly his vehicle, but all of the sudden, the vehicle now started to shake and sputter. He realized what was going on, so he was forced to land.

When he landed, he opened the cockpit window, and checks for the gas tank.

"Great, I'm out of gas," he yelled.

He then speaks on the communicator, which is on his right arm.

"Jack, Katnappe, and Wuya, I'm out of gas."

"Okay, we'll take my vehicle, and meet you there," Jack says.

"I better get the helpless lads," Crimson Gladiator said.

He opens the trunk, takes out the sack filled with Raimundo, Kimiko, Clay, and Raimundo.

"Soon, you will finally bow down to evil!" Crimson Gladiator says, as he opens the sack, revealing the 3 Xiaolin Warrior and Dojo all tied up in ropes.

"You won't get away with this, you butt-ugly monster!" Kimiko hissed.

"I'll show you 'butt-ugly!'" Crimson Gladiator shouted as he positioned his swordin front ofKimiko.

"Leave her alone!" Raimundo shouted.

"You stay out of this, or I'll fix you as well!" Crimson Gladiator shouted as he positioned his sword now in front ofRaimundo.

"Stop this, or I'll go dragon on you!" Dojo shouted.

"Wow! You go, Dojo!" Clay said.

"Thanks!" Dojo remarked.

"Well, I guess I won't be the only one to go 'DRAGON' on somebody else!" Crimson Gladiator snickered as he now positioned his sword in front of Dojo. Dojo gulps.

"Why don't you pick on somebody your own size!" Clay yelled coldly.

"Like YOU, cowboy wannabe!" Crimson Gladiator smirked as he now positioned his sword in front of Clay.

"No one calls me a 'WANNABE!'" Clay roared as he tried to break free to strangle Crimson Gladiator. Crimson Gladiator laughed extremely hard to see Clay struggling in pain.

"You won't be the only one laughing, CRIMSON GLADIATOR!" A voice in the distance shouted out.

"What? Who justsaid..." Crimson Gladiator tried to ask, but then looks up in horror to see... Ryan flying into the sky towards the Crimson Gladiator.

"EYE OF DASHI, LIGHTNING!" Ryan shouted. A huge beam of lightning bursted out from the Eye of Dashi and it strikes the Crimson Gladiator. Sparks and explosions covered the red gladiator's armor, and sending him flying backwards into the hard ground. When he crashed landed, he then rolled to get up. He then snarled at Ryan.

Ryan then lands next to the tied-up Warriors. He then sets them free.

"Ryan!" Kimiko shouts in glee and hugged him. Clay fist pounds Ryan, while Raimundo gave him a high five.

However, Dojo had a strange look. "Wait! Where's Omi?" Dojo asked.

"Omi... well, he..." Ryan tried to say, but was drowned out by the snarls of the Crimson Gladiator, as he transformed his sword into a bow, and created a laser arrow. He then shoots the arrow like a regular arrow from the regular bow, and it lands on the ground three inches away from the 4 Xiaolin Warriors. A huge explosion emerged, sending the Xiaolin Warriors and Dojo flying backwards 40 feet away from the Crimson Gladiator, and crashing into the solid ground. The Crimson Gladiator laughed.

"That tears it!" Ryan shouted.

"Ryan, no!" Kimiko tried to stop him, but it was too late. Ryan charged at the Crimson Gladiator, but then, he transformed his sword into a laser rope and lashed it forward. The laser rope grabbed Ryan, and the evil gladiator laughed as he swaved the sword side to side, and finally, lashing it foward, taking Ryan with it, and sending him flying into a rocky mountain, crashing hard, and causing him to fall on the solid ground.

Kimiko, Clay, and Raimundo rushed to help him up.

"You're finished!" Crimson Gladiator snarled, but before he could rush in for the kill...

"Orb of Tornami, WATER!" Omi shouted as a huge stream of water bursted through the air, and hitting the Crimson Gladiator's armor hard, hard enough to send him flying backwards.

Omi then landed right next to his friends.

"You!" Omi shouted. "What are you doing here!"

"I'm saving my friends. Omi, this has to stop now! If we continue to argue like this, we won't be able to defeat the Crimson Gladiator!"

"YOUR friends? What about mine!" Omi snarled.

"Omi, Ryan, LOOK OUT!" Kimiko shouted.

Omi and Ryan then noticed a rope heading their way, and ducked, but Kimiko, Raimundo, Clay, and Dojo were slow to duck as the rope entangled them. It was the work of... Jack Spicer, Katnappe, and Wuya.

"JACK SPICER!"Omi and Ryan shouted together.

"That's right you Xiaolin fools! And now we got what we wanted! With Kimiko, Clay, Raimundo, and Dojo not helping you and all tied-up, we now have a chance to destroy BOTH of you! It's 3 against 2! Wuya, CC, and I versus Omi and Ryan!" Jack shouted triumphantly.

"EXCUSE ME!" Katnappe hissed.

"Okay... okay... 4 against 2 if you count my lousy friend," Jack said.

"I heard that! You owe me a lot of chores for the next week!" Katnappe hissed again.

"Oooh!" Jack shouted.

Ryan then remembered something... he took out the complaint letter about Omi, then noticed something on the bottom. "OMI! I found the real reason why we're fighting! Look at this!" Ryan shouted.

Omi swiped the letter and looked at it.

"Now you are thinking I am a dumb person? It is because you wrote that letter!" Omi shouted.

"But look at the bottom... look what it says!"

Omi then looked at the bottom for five minutes. After that, he was in complete shock, because at the bottom, the letter reads, "PROPERTY OF JACK SPICER."

"You mean... I was tricked?" Omi gasped.

"WHAT!" Wuya shouted out.

"Yes, you were tricked! It said so on the letter! And I bet HE was the one who gave you the soccor ball, the indestructable rope, and the Advanced PDA! It was a plan to break us apart and fight each other!" Ryan said.

"I cannot... believe... it is..." Omi couldn't even finish his sentence.

"JACK, WHAT DID YOU DO YOU WRETCHED FOOL!" Wuya shouted.

"Uh..." Jack whimpered.

"DID YOU NOT SEE THAT PAPER IN WHERE IT SAYS 'PROPERTY OF JACK SPICER!'" Katnappe roared.

"Uh…" Jack could not say anything.

Omi then realized something. "Wait! How do I know you did not do this! I can still see your handwriting in this!"

Jack, nervous, crouched down, and his invention accidentally feel out of his pocket. It landed right in Ryan's hand.

"This," Ryan said as he held up the Handwriter 3000 in the air. "This invention has the ability to copy one's handwriting, so Jack used it in my handwriting to frame me."

"I… do not believe this," Omi said.

"Jack, you dolt! Now you ruined our big plan!" Katnappe hissed.

"We were THIS close of ending the Xiaolin Warriors' lives," Wuya snapped.

"Ryan, I am most sorry about this. I guess I should have listened to you before all of this happened. Can you forget me?" Omi asked.

"It's 'forgive,' and yes. I mean, we all make mistakes and it was a huge one to make, but it's over now, and we all know who did all of this mess," Ryan said.

"Friends?" Omi asked.

"Friends!" Ryan exclaimed.

They both shake hands. Then Omi and Ryan glared at Jack Spicer, Wuya, and Katnappe.

"It is time for payback, you lying tricksters!" Omi exclaimed.

"Yeah! It's time for revenge!" Ryan exclaimed.

"Enough with this! I'm coming for you, and this time, it's the end!" Crimson Gladiator shouted as he rushed, but then he stopped to say, "Besides, I knew this stupid plan wouldn't work!"

"Go, Crimson Gladiator!" Jack shouted.

"You better hope that Crimson Gladiator wins, or else you owe me a week of chores!" Katnappe snapped.

"Yeah, and something tells me you're going to be out of the job!" Wuya hissed.

"Don't worry! I'm sure he'll win!" Jack shrieked.

"Ready?" Omi asked.

"Right! LIGHTNING!" Ryan shouted.

"WATER!" Omi shouted.

They flipped through the air, and punched the Crimson Gladiator together, sending him flying backwards. They then stepped onto him, and jumped up and down, breaking most of his wires.

"OW! OW! OW! That does it!" Crimson Gladiator shouted, as he kicked them backwards, both crashing to the solid ground.

"Come one, guys! You can do it!" Kimiko shouted.

"I know you guys can!" Clay shouted.

"Please! Believe in yourselves and beat this guy!" Raimundo shouted.

"Come on, guys! I know you can do this!" Dojo shouted.

"They're right, Omi! We can do this," Ryan said as they both got up from the ground.

"Correct! Ready?" Omi asked.

"Oh yeah!"

"DRAGON SABERS!" Omi and Ryan both shouted. They then charged at the Crimson Gladiator, and they then started a huge sword fight. Crimson Gladiator nearly slashed Ryan, but he then did a huge duck, and got up to slash the Gladiator's armor. Omi then slashed his right arm. They both slashed the Gladiator's chest at the same time, creating sparks and explosions all around him. Ryan then leaped up and kicked him, forcing him to stagger backwards. Omi then kicked his legs to trip him on the ground. The Gladiator then got up, all raged and fired up.

"Come one, you worthless gladiator! Destroy them!" Jack shouted.

"I'm trying, I'M TRYING!" Crimson Gladiator shouted. "I'm taking you down!" he said coldly, as he charged up his right hand with energy, and released balls of energy again and again, hoping to destroy them.

"Let's do it, Omi!" Ryan said.

Omi nodded, and they both started charging. Balls of energy landed right behind them, causing huge explosions, but they still kept going. Crimson Gladiator panicked, and released more energy, but all Omi and Ryan could do was rush towards the Crimson Gladiator. The Crimson Gladiator then released his last ball of energy, and this time, it crashed right in front of them, sending a huge explosion.

"NO!" Kimiko shouted.

"Are they!" Clay shouted in horror.

"No! They can't be gone!" Raimundo shouted.

Dojo just gasped in horror.

"YES! WE WON!" Jack said.

"Well done, my evil Crimson Gladiator!" Wuya shouted.

"Well, Jack, I guess I don't owe you chores after all," Katnappe said.

"That's right! I rock! I rock! Oh, yeah! Oh... my GOSH!" Jack shouted.

The explosion cleared away, revealing Omi and Ryan still standing, without getting a single injury from the explosion.

"But... that's impossible!" Crimson Gladiator shouted. "How did you..."

"YEAH! Great job guys!" Kimiko shouted.

"I knew you'd survive!" Raimundo shouted.

"I reckon I never lost faith in both of you!" Clay shouted.

"All right!" Dojo shouted.

"Damn!" Katnappe cursed.

"Fear not, my precious friend!" Jack shouted. "The Crimson Gladiator still has a chance!

"I am NOT your precious friend!" Katnappe shouted.

"Ready Omi? He's starting to bore me!" Ryan shouted.

"Oh, yes my friend!" Omi yelled.

They then charged to the Crimson Gladiator, and both started punching and kicking him. They then used a lot of force to kick him backwards into the ground.

"THAT'S IT! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU!" Crimson Gladiator yelled as he charged at them.

"Let's finish this Omi!" Ryan shouted.

"You got it!" Omi shouted back. "Orb of Tornami!"

"Eye of Dashi!" Ryan shouted.

"ICE!" Omi shouted.

"LIGHTNING!" Ryan shouted.

Just then, streams of energy danced around the bodies of Omi and Ryan, as the Apprentice energy of the Orb of Tornami and the Eye of Dashi started to grow bigger and bigger by the moment.

The Crimson Gladiator rushed at them, yelling, but he's too late, as Omi and Ryan both shouted, "FIRE!"

A HUGE lightning energy emerged from the Eye of Dashi, so did a HUGE ice energy beam from the Orb of Tornami. When they reached halfway to the Crimson Gladiator, the energies combined, creating a spiral energy, and forming a dragon head at the top of the energy. It finally reached the Crimson Gladiator. He screamed as he was covered in a huge flashing light. He was then covered in ice. Five minutes later, after a huge silence, lightning energy swayed around the icy body of the Crimson Gladiator, and finally... it exploded. A huge explosion rocked the ground, and chunks of ice rained down on the victorious Omi and Ryan. The smoke cleared, and nothing remained, signaling the end of the Crimson Gladiator.

"THEY WON!" Kimiko shouted.

"YEE-HAW!" Clay shotued.

"ALL RIGHT!" Raimundo shouted.

"Way to go, guys!" Dojo shouted.

"NO!" Jack hissed.

"THIS CAN'T BE! WE WERE SO CLOSE!" Wuya shouted.

"Oh, Jack, you now own me TWO WEEKS of chores!" Katnappe hissed.

"TWO WEEKS! Uh... I'm out of here!" Jack said, and he got on his aircraft. Just then, Wuya and Katnappe chased him.

"OH, NO YOU DON'T!" Katnappe hissed as she got on her Cat-Glider.

"COME BACK HERE YOU COWARD!" Wuya shouted as she flew with Katnappe.

Thus, Wuya, Katnappe, and Jack disappeared.

Omi and Ryan both used the Dragon Sabers to set free the warriors.

"Great job, guys!" Raimundo shouted as he high-fived both Omi and Ryan.

"Way to go!" Clay said as he fist pounded both of them.

"My heros!" Kimiko shouted, as she hugged both of them, squeezing them like she never squeezed before.

"I never lost faith in both of you!" Dojo said.

"Thanks guys! Oh, and Ryan, once again, I am sorry my friend. I did not mean to rush to consions..."

Omi was then interrupted by Ryan. "You mean, 'conclusions?'" he asked.

"Right, conclusions, before I doubted you. Can you ever forgive me?" Omi asked.

"Sure buddy! All I know is that it's finally over, and we're now friends!" Ryan said as he shook hands with Omi.

"Well, I'm glad you guys are friends now!" Kimiko said.

"Yeah, we never knew if you guys would ever get along," Raimundo said.

"I'm sure glad it's over," Clay said.

"Omi, we're especially sorry we didn't pay any attention to you in the past," Kimiko said.

"Aw, it is all right. Besides, it was a trick, so it is no problem."

"Come on, let's go back to the temple!" Ryan said.

"I couldn't agree more!" Dojo said as he grew to 40 feet. Ryan then grabbed the Silver Manta Ray and was the last one to jump onto Dojo. Dojo then started to fly back to the temple, taking Omi, Ryan, Raimundo, Kimiko, and Clay with them.

Meanwhile, back at the temple, Master Fung smiled, but mostly at Omi and Ryan for finally coming to their senses and working together. "You did great, my friends," he said.

All right! So, the Crimson Gladiator has been destroyed, Ryan forgives Omi, and now they're friends, but this time, for good! I will have my last chapter after this, but for now, rate and review with no flames!

Kimiko: What do you mean, "No flames?" Are you saying you're taking me out of the story?

FireLightning: No! No! I meant, "No flames," in meaning...

Kimiko: Relax! I was just kidding! Laughs hysterically

FireLightning: Sighs --;;;