Chapter Eight – Calm Before the Storm

"So then the alien says to the monk…"

"Heard it"

Raimundo sighed. Kimiko was doing her best to cheer him up, and failing.

"Come on Rai, you haven't spoken in ages" she told him, "What's up?"

Raimundo stopped walking and took his hands out of his pockets. Kimiko smiled. Was he going to talk?

"Kim… should we use the Shen Gong Wu? We'll move a lot faster, and I wanna get to the edge of the desert by the end of the day"

She nodded, even if he was getting off the point.

"Jet Bootsu!" he yelled, hovering just above the ground.

"Longi Kite!"

Kimiko flew up to join him, and the two of them began flying across the desert. The air was refreshing at this speed, and because the wind was blowing behind them, no sand got in their eyes.

"Wait!" someone hissed. The two of them came to a stop. Wuya appeared out of the ground and flew up to meet them. They braced themselves.

"Wuya? What do you want?" Kimiko asked threateningly. Raimundo just stared menacingly at the old hag.

"I sense a new Shen Gong Wu has revealed itself…" she began, "the Justice Crown"

Kimiko and Raimundo just looked at each other and shrugged.

"So? Omi and Clay'll get it" Raimundo said, but seeing that something else was up.

"I'd argue and say Jack'll get it, but there's not much point. I was just wondering Raimundo, when did you find those Shen Gong Wu?"

"Well, we found the Sword of the Storm on that beach, Clay's dad had the…" Raimundo began, but Kimiko elbowed him in the side.

"You know what I mean Raimundo. Those gloves, and that tablet. Or do I have to look for myself?"

"No! You're not doing that again! Come on Kim, we're outta here!"

He tried to fly away, but Kimiko had his arm. She wasn't letting go.

"She's not the only one that wants to know…"

Wuya shrank down and flew into Raimundo's ear. Kimiko smiled. Then, Wuya came out again. However, she looked worried.

"No… It can't be… you didn't…" she gasped.

"He what?" Kimiko asked. Wuya screamed, and flew off as fast as she could. Kimiko was worried. Raimundo looked at her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry. Before we left, I used the Changing Chopsticks on the Shadow of Fear…"

He took a miniaturised eagle statue out of his pocket. The Shadow of Fear.

"So you just used it to scare Wuya out of your mind? Nice plan Rai"

"Come on, we'd better go. The sun's going down"

With that, they flew off into the distance.


"So… Jack's got the Justice Crown?"

"Yes…" Wuya cackled. "Just thought you'd like to know"

The person she was talking to pondered this.

"Perhaps we could use this to our advantage… Jack may have the crown, but he's sure to mess up…"

"So, how about it? If we work together, we could take over this little mud ball of a planet…"

"Hmm… You're just a ghost…"

"I've been around for over 1500 years! I know this planet like the back of my hand!"

"Fine, you've got a deal…"

"…And what a deal it is…" Wuya cackled.


(A/N – Sorry about the short chapter, the next one's gonna be longer!)