Note: I don't own any of the xiaolin showdown characters but I do have a very nice sock.
(By the way chapters are a lot better after chp4)
Here goes, I hope this is a little longer than the last chapter but who knows... Here goes!
Chapter 2: Confusing timesThe Haelin side.
Jack reached Mt. Olympus, Greece in less than 5 seconds, courtesy of the Golden tiger claws. Hehehe, Jack thought to himself, I finally have the claws. No-one can beat me this time, especially Katnappe, he was getting sick of her attitude, oh how he would love to see the look on her face as he beat her to the prize, after all now that they had the other shen-gong- wu nothing could stop him.
As Wuya came out of the plane her eyes lit up with the image of the kite, she cackled to herself gently, all was going as planned. Soon enough she would ditch Jack and Kat and take the shen-gong-wu with her as she left she smiled to herself for knowing this, and it amused her to see the two youngsters competing with each other for shen-gong-wu, its not like it mattered anyway, soon she would raise Zeloth, her old friend and ally, yes D-day would soon come for them.
Kat wondered along slowly with a slight frown on her face, she was getting sick of the old witch, what did they need her for anyway? Jack was perfectly capable of building some sort of detecting device right?
She would have to pass the idea on but looking over at Jack, who was looking around the landscape with a look of hatred on his face she thought this might not be a good time.
Sometimes she worried about Jack, he seemed to be digging himself into his own little world and never spoke to her, she found herself missing his 'know it all' attitude. And his quirky comments, and his cool hair.
Wait, she'd only seen him, what was it a few minutes ago? Well that was weird how could she miss him this much? Then again things had been strange lately, she recalled the atmosphere in the short journey here and it seemed rather quiet, usually Wuya was going on at Jack for something but no, nothing.
Something was going to happen soon, she just knew it. She looked over to where Jack was to find he had disappeared along with Wuya.
Something very strange was going on, she looked up just in time to see the ground rising up in the distance, a xiaolin showdown, damn. She didn't want to miss this.
She quickly looked around her for the plane but found herself completely alone.
Jack was feeling great it had been just as he'd caught sight of the shen- gong-wu that Kat had trailed of in the opposite direction. Excellent! It was a sure thing, he waited for Kat to wander further away before taking the Tiger claws out and slashing his way to the mountains peak where the Longi kite waited, sitting on a stone pedestal.
He was about to pick up the kite when a voice from behind him made him jump and spin around. 'Avast Jack Spicer, that shen-gong-wu is ours!' It was the temple monk and his gang riding their pet lizard thing.
As they landed Jack caught sight of Kimiko and his heart seemed to skip a beat. Dressed in violet and black with long purple dreadlocks, Kimiko looked quite gothic, he found himself thinking of her, standing close and smiling up at him, he almost blushed.
He quickly stared at the ground, thinking what? What was going on? He didn't like Kimiko, one of those annoying temple freaks, or did he? He shook his head feeling ashamed at himself for thinking such things, yet as he looked up at her again and watched her slide off the lizard the feelings were still there, nagging at him in the back of his head.
He quickly averted his gaze and watched Omi approach, a much safer option. He quickly span back round and grabbed the kite, to find Kimiko holding on to the other end a slow predatory smile reached her face, but as Jack looked into her eyes he saw something strange there, and it unnerved him.
He quickly gathered his wits together and yelled 'Kimiko, I challenge you to a xiaolin showdown.' He set a daring look on his face and stared right into her eyes challenging her. She returned the look and told him she accepted his Golden tiger claws against her Third-arm sash.
The task was set to make their way across a nearby waterfall and grab the Kite without getting splashed. As she agreed a low rumbling met their ears as the ground pushed itself upwards, and rocks and branches pushed themselves out of the waterfall to be used as stepping- stones.
Wuya and Omi & co stood together waiting for the match to begin, whilst Wuya looked sinister and happy the others looked unhappy and menacing, all with stony faces.
Jack and Kimiko turned to each other and happily yelled 'gong-yi-tampai!' and set off. Jack seemed to be enjoying himself, using the tiger claws to scoot out of the way with ease, an seeing that Kimiko had to take the sash and swing out of the way.
As Jack later took a break he turned to look at Kimiko who was standing on a rock jutting out from the waterfall and took a second to watch her take a breath.
He checked above him to see when the next wave would come over and he saw one to his left above Kimiko.
Before he knew what he was doing he was using the claws and pulling her through the portal with him, away from the danger area and over to where he was standing.
The portal closed behind him and Kimiko scrambled up off the floor from where she landed and looked up at Jack incredulously.
He was just standing there, frowning at the ground and looking just as confused as she was.
He looked up at her after a while as if something had just dawned on him then quickly turned and used the Claws to take him to the end of the waterfall.
He then gave Kimiko one last look and saw her looking at him still with a look of surprise on her face, Jacks cheeks turned slowly pink, a look that seemed out of place on his face. He then looked down and quickly grabbed the kite.
Jack was numb to the fact that the ground was falling down around him, he was replaying what just happened over again in his head with a look of pure confusion playing on his face.
Why?
What possessed him to do something like that?
What was the point?
He'd won anyway and made himself look like a fool.
He groaned and rubbed his eyes with embarrassment and confusion. He couldn't bear to look up at the others so as soon as he felt the shen-gong- wu materialise into his arms he took to the skies using his jetpack and flew off into the distance.
The Temple side
It had been a long uncomfortable journey on Dojo but finally the temple warriors reached they're destination.
Dojo filled them in 'this looks like Mt Olympus, home to the Greek gods, ooh, definitely the right spot look there's Spacer's Robot plane thing. I'm sensing...'
'OVER THERE!' yelled Kimiko butting in, 'the mountaintop, quick ill bet you Spicers round there somewhere.'
Dojo did a large turn then sped over to the mountaintop, sure enough the saw Jack Spicer just walking over to the pedestal which the Kite was settled on. A loud shout erupted from behind Kimiko
''Avast Jack Spicer, that shen-gong-wu is ours!' Ugh, Omi still seemed obsessed with pirates, she wished shed never explained the concept to him.Still, she looked back down to the ground to see Jack.
Strange, Spicer would usually be taunting them by now, and yet he was just staring at the ground. She frowned then gracefully slid off Dojo, landing with a small jump.
As she looked back up at Jack again he was staring stonily at Omi. She quickly saw her chance and darted round the side of Jack.
She came up behind him and seized the kite, only to find Jack holding onto the other end. She slowly smiled, she hadn't done a showdown for so long...
Yet as she looked up to his eyes her look softened
He looked different somehow close up, or could it be that he didn't seem to be so controlled as he usually was, didn't look so...so...sinister, he looked almost captivated by her eyes.
She found herself dazed as she looked into his eyes but then after a second his face changed back into his usual smirk and he challenged her to a showdown. She then regained control of herself and agreed to the terms, before she knew it they were rising up to the sky.
Kimiko turned to see the others smile at her, they still looked so unhappy, usually they were quite exited to see a showdown, after all the usually won. Kimiko frowned, yes, she thought I will win this one.
I have to.
She slowly turned back, sighed and let herself succumb to the adrenaline that was already pumping through her blood.
She then turned almost smiling to Jack and they both simultaneously yelled 'gong-yi-tampai!' and set off. As soon as they started Kimiko saw her immediate disadvantage, she quickly had to use the sash to swing herself out of the way of oncoming waves of water coming over the top of the waterfall.
She set a quick glance up to see how far Jack had got and saw him jumping through portal to portal with ease she curled he top lip up at him and quickly set off again with newly found energy.
ARGH! Thought Kimiko she was going too slowly she almost got soaked, but she was already going at top speed.
She quickly hopped onto a nearby jut of rock and stopped to catch her breath. Just as she was beginning to feel ready to go again she looked up to see a wave coming for her, a split-second later she let out a small scream, and felt something pulling her shoulders backwards towards the drop.
She shut her eyes and then felt herself land on solid ground.
What happened?
Was it over, had she lost?
She down at herself she was still completely dry. She looked up incredulously to see Jack Spicer standing before her, looking confused.
After a while he looked up and jumped through a portal that took him to the end of the waterfall. She saw him turn to look at her, then quickly turn to grab the Kite.
As the ground slowly went back to normal she found herself still staring at Jack, who was nearer to her now. She was sure she could see a blush on his face as he stared at the ground.
She then also looked to the floor, as if it would help clear her head. He'd pulled her away.
Why?
The aim was to win but he'd still done it.
Sure he'd won anyway, but he'd done that, for her.
She quickly looked back up to where he stood, only to see his silhouette flying off into the distance.
She watched him go with tears pricking in her eyes, she didn't notice Wuya cursing in the background or Raimundo and Dojo's words of shock, she only came back to down to earth when she felt a large hand resting on her shoulder.
It was Clay, looking down at her with a slight frown on his face. He crouched down and said quietly 'Are you alright Miss Kimiko?' The answer was that she didn't know.
The end (of this chapter) hope you liked it please review