Chapter 10 of From the Heart! I'm halfway to the chapter I want to finish it, which is 20, like I said in chapter 4. This chapter is the longest yet out of all of them for this story. So please enjoy.
Oh, and by the way luveroffanfic, I like to torture you with cliffhangers because I like tormenting people in my own very horrible way.
This fanfiction is definitely my most popular and of all of them and thanks for the reviews, everyone!
Hope you guys like Chapter 10, Elemental Clash.
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"What is that sneakin' Wuya doin'?" Clay said, worried deeply.
"It's coming for us!" Omi shouted. Then he had an idea that he thought would definitely work. The reversing mirror had never failed them before, and now… "Reversing mirror!"
"It's no use, you little fool," Wuya said, laughing as the green power continued advancing at the two monks.
"No!" Clay shouted. "What do we do?"
"Claw of Iaki!" Omi shouted, knowing this was his last hope… He raised the claw at the exact time the beam came at them and with all of his strength sliced the green ball of energy. The claw severed the beam, but then it became many, many pieces of fiery balls, still coming at them. "WHAT?" Clay shouted desperately. "Got any ideas, Omi?"
"Um…run!" Omi knew they had no choice.
"This was too easy, even without my powers completely restored." Wuya's face was lit with cruel and evil glee. She raised a finger and the glowing balls increased in speed in the pursuit of the two monks.
"Clay, I fear our last choice is to hide. Where is the Shard of Lightning?" Omi inquired. "We must act quickly before she destroys us!"
"Omi, pardner- here!" Clay raised it up at the sky, and Omi grabbed onto it. Together, they shouted, "Shard of Lightning!"
"What?" Wuya said angrily. "How dare they defy me with that little toy!"
"Omi, what should we do now? Even at the speed of lightning, those balls're actually movin'! They must be pretty durn fast for that…" Clay looked hopelessly at Omi for any ideas.
"Do not fear, my friend, we must run. Back to the temple, where we will be safe," Omi said sadly, with his head hung low. "I am afraid Wuya has forced us onto the ceiling this time. It is our last choice."
"Hey, lil' buddy, you mean 'forced us into a corner', righ'?" Clay said. He was still amused by Omi's strange antics.
"Oh, yes! That too!" Omi smiled. Then he took Clay's hand and said, "Run now!"
Clay let go of Omi's hand, but he followed along as they hurried to the temple. The shard of lightning's effect was fast wearing off, and… It suddenly was gone.
"No!" Omi cried anxiously. "What... what will become of us now?"
"I dun' kno, but let's just hope Wuya's green thingies dun' come back at us," Clay said. He was exhausted from trying to escape the strange power Wuya had created.
"Clay, I have an idea," Omi said, smiling. He walked inside the temple to show Clay.
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Wuya knew that the Xiaolin monks had escaped, but they were not a problem, only a nuisance. And with her around, it would take quite a while for them to get to the portal in which Raimundo and Kimiko were held captive. She hoped that they were already indisposed of by now. Chase's plan was amazingly complex in structure and he was too powerful for it not to be successful.
Her green fire came back to her and she absorbed the energy. Chase had given her this mystical energy from a seed that had fallen from the Tree of Aki. The ridiculous monks did not know, but the substance that came from these seeds gave eternal energy to the one who knew how to unseal it.
She knew the history of Aki. When she was born, she had studied many evil arts in which to increase her dark strength. Her parents said she was 'strange' and 'evil' and banned her from their home. She was taught by Yi, who was the greatest dark sorcerer known to humankind. One night, she came back home- for revenge. The only living witnesses were too stunned to know what had happened, and it satisfied her. She grew more and more powerful, conquered the world, and then…Dashi. She was trapped in a puzzle box by that arrogant and well-meaning warrior. She still loathed his name.
Wuya wondered what she should do next. She could either go after those incompetent young Xiaolin apprentices, or she could simply wait for them to come to her. The problem with that was that they had nearly all of the Shen Gong Wu and they could formulate a plan to possibly defeat her. But, she thought, what would those two be able to do to her, the greatest witch that ever existed on the Heylin side?
She went back to Chase's lair and used her magic to spy on the Xiaolin Warriors.
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Kimiko was now dead angry. Her eyes glazed over with hatred for him and also hatred for the Kimiko inside. How had the imprisoned Kimiko managed to actually stop that attack before she used it? Was there somehow strength in the link between Raimundo and the true Kimiko?
"How dare you, Raimundo!" Heylin Kimiko's lips curled in a snarl. It looked horrible and Raimundo had never seen Kimiko with such an expression on her face before. It looked almost terrifying. But he wouldn't let himself be scared into giving up just because of a facial expression. Then he would be a true coward. And he had vowed to Kimiko he wouldn't let her get hurt. He was not going to break that promise.
Heylin Kimiko's face suddenly changed from anger to… the expression was indescribable. It was blank, yet seemed to hold some kind of concealed joy within. Raimundo wondered what this meant, and then realized it when he looked around him. "Oh, no," He said. He wanted to cry. Because he finally saw them. People were coming in through a gateway from the Earth. Other people, innocent people, were being sent in to this horrible hellhole. And he saw the one responsible. It was Chase Young.
"Chase! Why are you hurting these people, they're innocent! They aren't warriors and pose no threat to you! Get them out, or else…" Raimundo didn't know what else. Chase was too strong to be stopped by him, and he knew it was hopeless to do anything.
"I've just decided something, Raimundo. I am going to start my reign already- with these people. I've ordered Katnappe to steal the Zing Zombone from your temple, and… well, I think you know what is next," Chase said. Raimundo saw that he had spoken the truth when he saw the Shen Gong Wu in Chase's hand.
"Y-you're not turning them into zombies, are you?" Raimundo stuttered over these words, because he knew that Chase was.
"What do you think?" Chase raised the Zing Zombone and shouted its name. "Zing Zombone!"
The people had expressions of pure horror on their face. This made Raimundo want to cry. So many people were being hurt and manipulated for Chase's evil plans. And he could not do anything about it. The mist swirled around everyone, and the people Chase had brought in were zombies.
"Now, you humans of no value, you shall assist the Heylin Kimiko in defeating Raimundo!" Chase declared.
"Yeah, right!" Raimundo yelled. "Like zombies can defeat me."
"Oh, they aren't going to be doing any fighting," Kimiko said with a mad gleam in her eyes. "They're going to be used to increase my fire strength."
"What do you mean?" Raimundo asked, although he knew all too well what it meant. And he knew he could never let it happen. Tears streamed down his face, and he turned away from the scene of the human zombies and the despicable look that was in every inch of Kimiko's face.
"Let's just say that fire spreads easily when there is more to burn. In a wildfire, if there are many trees, the fire will be larger. And… these bodies are going to be my wildfire trees," Kimiko said triumphantly.
"You…you can't," Raimundo said weakly. He knew perfectly well that she could, but he didn't want to accept reality. It was too horrid and too cruel. He couldn't believe that the one doing this would be Kimiko. Even if it wasn't the real Kimiko's intentions. "What you're doing… it's evil. What you are planning to do is completely immoral. You are a wonderful person, Kimiko. You can't do this." Tears sprang to his eyes again, even as he tried his hardest to hold them back. Was reality this cruel? Why did Chase want him to suffer this way?
"Judo Lee Flip- Fire!" Heylin Kimiko called out, beginning to perform the move.
Suddenly, Raimundo had an inspiration. Of course! Why hadn't he thought of this before? Well, he knew why. It was because his head was too clouded by the emotions he had tried to hold back.
Raimundo stood up slowly and spoke in a loud, clear voice. "Kimiko, I can't let you do this," he said with more courage than he really had.
"I will do this," Kimiko said. The fire came from her arms and began aiming at a freckled man. The man simply sat there, not knowing that he was going to be doomed.
"Typhoon Boom- Wind!" Raimundo cried. The wind hurdled at the flames, and with so much wind energy in the air, the fire could not slice through and onto the person. He had finally done it. He saved them- at least for a small time being.
"You may have stopped it this once, but all I have to do is create more!" Kimiko said, smiling at Raimundo's foolishness.
"Not if I can help it," Raimundo said quietly. "It's the battle between fire and wind now."
"What?" Heylin Kimiko's smile curved down at the edges. "You cannot defeat me!"
"I wouldn't be too sure about that," Raimundo said. For the first time in a very long time, he felt that he could defeat her. For the first time in a long time, he felt confident.
"Sphere formation- Fire!" Kimiko called, unleashing yet another new attack never done by the real Kimiko.
"Sword of the Storm- Wind!" Raimundo was ready. It was a powerful fire attack against a Shen Gong Wu's wind power. He only hoped that he had mastered the Sword of the Storm well, because here was the final time it counted.
And so, the two elements clashed.
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Why do I always, always leave it with a cliffhanger? Why, why, why? You guys must really hate me by now… anyways, find out what happens in the next chapter! Hoped you guys liked this chapter and please review!