Previously on Xiaolin Murder...
Omi opened his eyes to look in the eyes of his friends.
TBC
Chapter 16: Answers or Questions?
Omi opened his eyes. He was in a meadow, similar to the one he had gone to a couple of days ago. But this one was different.
The grass was purple, the sky was bubble gum pink, the sun was blue, and the clouds were green. Omi's robes were purple and orange.
Omi sat on the grass, thinking.
'I wonder where my friends are...' Omi wondered completely oblivious to the color scheme.
Without warning, the bodies of Kimiko, Raimundo, Clay, Dojo, and Jack floated slowly from the sky.
Omi looked up and sighed with a smile on his face.
"Omi..."
Hearing his name, Omi turned around. Master Fung was standing behind him. Nothing was different about him, with the exception of his now pink beard.
Omi stared in horror.
The grass withered and turned black. The sky darkened and turned black. The sun disappeared. The clouds darkened, heavy with moisture, and turned dark grey.
Master Fung's pink beard turned back to it's natural dark grey color.
Master Fung held a dripping red daggar.
Omi looked down at himself.
Right below his heart, Omi had been stabbed.
Placing a blood covered hand to the place he had just been stabbed, he looked at Master Fung.
He was no longer there.
Omi tried to stop the bleeding but couldn't. He felt lightheaded.
He felt a hand on his head.
Omi turned.
"Let me do that for you, Omi..." Master Fung said softly.
In one swift movement, he stabbed the knife through Omi's head.
Before Omi could feel anything, he woke up.
He woke with a jump, and quickly placed his hands under his heart.
No blood.
Nothing.
Omi looked in front of him.
Master Fung was right in his face, holding a stained red daggar.
"You have a nice dream, Omi?" He asked.
Omi quickly backed away. He clutched his head and screamed as loudly as he could.
Kimiko quickly came into the room.
"Master Fung! Why did you scare him?" She asked placing a hand on Omi's shoulder.
"What? I'm not allowed to have fun?" Master Fung pouted.
"At the expense of Omi's sanity? Go ahead." She replied.
"Omi? Are you okay?" She asked him.
Omi just kept muttering "I'm not scared. I'm not scared. I'm not scared because I am a Xiaolin Apprentice! I'm not scared, I'm not scared."
"He's fine." Kimiko muttered. "Come on in guys!" She shouted.
Master Fung regained his composture when Raimundo, Clay, Dojo, and Jack walked in.
"Howdy there, little feller'." Clay said. "Hope we didn't scare you too much."
Omi stared at him with one eyebrow raised.
"Guess we did."
Jack was not looking too particularly happy. In fact, he himself was pouting.
"Huh? But, the thingie! How... You... Uhh..." Omi stuttered.
"I guess we should explain things, huh guys? Well anyway, to sum it up, it was a joke!" Kimiko replied.
Omi stared at her with a blank stare.
"You mean you didn't notice the clues I left?" Kimiko half shouted.
No reply.
"Hey! Clay and I couldn't figure it out Kimiko!" Raimundo shouted.
"Well then maybe you weren't smart enough!" She shouted louder back.
"Maybe you could've left more clues!" Rai shouted louder.
"WHY ARE WE YELLING!" Dojo shouted very loudly.
"Sorry." Both Kimiko and Raimundo said at the same time.
"Anyway, before I was so rudely interrupted." Kimiko said looking back at Raimundo. He sent her a glare back.
"All the notes say 'Property of Kimiko Tohomiko', on them." Kimiko answered. "Didn't you notice?" She asked Omi.
No reply.
"Didn't you notice that the caskets at the funeral were closed?"
An eyebrow was raised.
"Didn't you notice that Dojo was talking to us?"
A blank stare.
"Didn't you notice how fast the gates were bolted?"
Silence.
"Didn't you notice the-" Kimiko was interrupted.
"DIDN'T YOU NOTICE ANYTHING!" Jack shrieked.
Omi shook his head.
"There you go." Jack said to Kimiko.
She gave him a fake smile as a reply.
"But..." Omi started.
"Of course, Clay and I didn't know it was all a joke, until we were 'murdered'. Kimiko, Master Fung, and Dojo were in on it since the beginning." Raimundo interrupted.
"And, they dragged me into this because I came here to steal some Wu, speaking of which..." Jack Spicer left the room.
"So if it was just a joke, was that reply Keiko sent you for real?" Raimundo asked Kimiko, while slightly blushing.
Kimiko snorted. "Tell me again, what was this again?" She asked him.
"A joke?" He replied.
"Exactly!" She answered.
"Oh, 'cause I knew it. I just wanted to make sure." Raimundo said hesitanting.
"You sure?" She asked.
No reply.
Jack Spicer came back electricuted.
"I see you've met our protection spell." Master Fung said calmly.
Jack glared at him.
"But wait!" Omi yelled.
Everybody turned their heads toward Omi.
"WHY!" He shouted. "WHY DID YOU DO THIS!"
"Because Omi." Raimundo said. His head grew as big as a hot air balloon.
Kimiko clapped her hands.
She grew nails as long as thirty feet.
Clay chuckled.
He grew taller than a tree.
Jack cringed.
His hands and legs became rubbery.
Dojo laughed.
He turned invisible.
Master Fung stood still.
He grew hair.
Omi watched as Jack wrestled Clay, and Kimiko was cutting Master Fung's hair.
He screamed. They all went back to normal. Except for Master Fung's hair of course.
"What's happening!" He yelled.
They all stared at each other. Master Fung took out six daggars.
He threw one at everyone but Omi.
They all died.
He walked up to Omi, holding the daggar.
Master Fung swiped the daggar threw the air and a door was formed. Master Fung opened the door, and Omi was blown into it.
TBC