The Twelve Soul Dragon
By Gigawolf1
Chapter 4: Golden Tiger Claws-Raimundo
Raimundo's POV
"Raimundo…"
I turn to see who said it. Kimiko is walking away and there's no one else around. Looking to either side of me, I see no possible place for anyone to be hiding from me. And then, why would they call to me when Kimiko is still here? But it seems that she didn't hear it. Maybe I'm just imagining the voices. Or would that be worse?
"Raimundo…"
"Who are you? What do you want from me?"
"I am Mihira, one of twelve ancient beings. You wield my vessel in your hand, and I have come to warn you. Of us, half have been awakened. But now, I fear that events beyond all control have begun to upset the balance. What is important is that the twelve of us never be together. You must use my powers to hide the other vessels. The fate of the world depends on you," spoke the Golden Tiger Claws.
'Okay, was that freaky or what?' I thought.
Jack's POV
'That was totally freaky,' I thought as I escaped with the Mind Reader Conch.
Rai's POV
Apparently, the Golden Tiger Claws, or Mihira, doesn't like to stop talking for very long. I figured this out when, not a minute after it had stopped the first time…
"One of them is awakening. You must prepare to rise against the unstoppable force waking us. His only wish is to awaken an evil most powerful, and with each piece he gathers, He grows much stronger. I can sense Vakarala's power awakening! You must not let him join His side! The twelve must not be reunited! But Khumbira will allow Him to find all that still slumber…"
Finally, the Golden Tiger Claws decide to be quiet. All this 'Mihira' and 'Vakarala' and 'Khumbira' stuff is giving me a headache! Seriously, I could do with some down time. But, just my luck, here comes Omi. Looks like I'm going to have to put up with his constant bragging about how good he is. Despite him joining Chase Young for a while there, he still doesn't get how he's not the best.
Wait, he's carrying the Scroll of the Shen Gong Wu! That means another one has activated. I wonder if the Golden Tiger Claws were right, but I'm not going to tell anyone about that. Especially Kimiko. When we got the Mind Reader Conch, I was happy that she didn't use it on me. Then she would have REALLY been mad.
"Blah blah blah, blah blah Rio Blah Blah…" says Omi. I wasn't paying attention, but I heard Rio in there. "What did you say, Omi?" I asked.
"I said, there's a most strange Shen Gong Wu in Rio De Genaro"
I blinked for a moment and then shouted, "GOLDEN TIGER CLAWS!" An instant later, I was in good old Rio, my favourite place in the world. And as luck would have it, I ended up less than a block from the Shen Gong Wu. I heard a voice say, "Vakarala, the Jade Swine."
"Hey! Give me that Shen Gong Wu!" I shouted. Then I noticed he was still a short distance away. I used the Golden Tiger Claws to grab the Jade Swine, just as he leaped forward and grabbed it.
Then, the most surprising thing of all happened.
"Raimundo Pedrosa, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!"