The Twelve Soul Dragon
By Gigawolf1
Chapter 6: Diamond Jackrabbit
Raimundo felt depressed. After losing the Golden Tiger Claws, his friends had left him at the Xiaolin Temple with Master Fung as they went for the newly activated Diamond Jackrabbit. Looking out the window, he wondered where they were at that moment. "Still troubled by your loss, Raimundo?" asked a voice from behind him. Turning, he saw Master Fung. "Yes, Master Fung,"
"Why don't you tell me about it?" inquired Master Fung. Raimundo replied, "If I do, will you tell me how you always sneak up on everyone?" Master Fung just laughed and said "Of course. Now, what happened to get you so concerned?"
Raimundo smiled and grinned. 'Master Fung always knows how to cheer us up,' he thought. "Well, I lost the Golden Tiger Claws and Vakarala to this guy with the Wolf's Head Blade," Master Fung was confused. "Vaka… Rala?" he asked.
"Oh… That's the Jade Swine. The Golden Tiger Claws… Um, showed me a part of the Scroll of the Shen Gong Wu that had some names. Mihira, Catura, Vakarala, and Khumbira. Vakarala was the Jade Swine," he added. At this, Master Fung turned pale. Much paler than Clay turned last Chapter when he saw that the Wolf's Head Blade had activated less than a minute after defeating Raimundo.
"Four of them in his possession? This is most grave! Raimundo, you must promise me not to go after any of the others! We must keep them away from him at all costs! When the others come back I will explain. Now, what Shen Gong Wu are they after?"
Raimundo was shocked at this. Apparently, the Golden Tiger Claws had warned him against an actual threat, which meant that he wasn't going crazy. "The Diamond Jackrabbit," he answered confidently. Master Fung went even paler at this, which is quite a feat for him. "Not Andira! What did they take with them? Please tell me they did not take the Ruby Rooster, Sapphire Dragon, and Silver Sheep's Wool!"
Raimundo quickly ran to the Vault. He looked in the boxes for the three Shen Gong Wu and, sure enough, they were there. Checking the boxes for the Orb of Tornami, Star Hanabi, and Fist of Tebigong, he saw that those were gone. Master Fung came down the stairs slowly. "He does not want the three they took the same way he wants the Twelve. They will be fine, and we must protect Anila, Pajra, Sandilya, and Sindura. He has four, we have four, Wuya has one, and three are up for grabs. We must make sure that we receive the other three. Of them, however, two remain dormant. We cannot keep them in the vault until they activate, after all."
Meanwhile, in Southern Ontario
Dojo lowered himself to the ground and shrunk back to his smaller size. The three Apprentices looked around. They had landed in a small suburb near a large city. None of them had any idea where they were. "Dojo, where are we?" asked Clay.
Dojo himself was unsure. "I don't really know. Back when we hid the Shen Gong Wu the world was different. South America wasn't supposed to have any Shen Gong Wu either, but it's like the Star Hanabi. People moved around some Shen Gong Wu after we hid them. I can only sense where the Shen Gong Wu activated because of the release of power. The Shen Gong Wu started building up power when Wuya was released. Certain Shen Gong Wu build up power faster than others, or can only handle so much energy before having to activate. The only problem is, by using a Shen Gong Wu, you can affect when it activates. That's how the Wolf's Head Blade could activate at the same time as the Diamond Jackrabbit."
"How does that have anything to do with what Clay asked?" questioned Omi naively.
Dojo just grinned and said, "Because they're beside each other in one of these houses."
Kimiko looked to either side of her. She saw two houses, one long and short, the other one almost as long but with a second story, which the first did not have. "I say we look in the short house first. There's less to search through."
The others agreed. Opening a window, they entered the house. As they looked around, they saw that they were in a bathroom. To their surprise, a voice came from out of nowhere, "What do you want?"
Omi looked around, saying, "Who said that?" The response came from behind drawn shower curtains: "The guy having a bath in the privacy of his own home said that, kid."
Kimiko blushed and covered her eyes while Clay said, "We need to check something quickly. Sorry if we bothered you,"
"No problem. Just GET OUT OF MY HOUSE IN THE NEXT MINUTE OR ELSE!" the guy shouted menacingly among the sound of tiny waves.
Though they searched the house high and low, they found nothing. Suddenly, the door opened. The guy came out and asked them, "Okay, what are you looking for? If I help you, you can leave sooner."
"We're looking for a statue of a rabbit. It's small, and it's made of diamond. Do you know it?" asked Kimiko. Thinking for a minute, he said, "I think I have it. Let me check." Going into his basement, he brought up a small diamond statue. It looked just like the Diamond Jackrabbit!
"This is an heirloom, based on a legendary statue from China. It is supposed to look just like the original! Isn't it amazing?" he said with pride. The dragons looked at one another, ashamed. This wasn't the real Diamond Jackrabbit. Their foe had come here to send them off track.
As they left, the guy watched them fly off.
"Those fools… They fell for it completely! DIAMOND JACKRABBIT!" he shouted, turning his right hand into a diamond drill. "They have no idea that they face the ancient lord of Chaos! Ha ha!"