Twelve Soul Dragon

By Gigawolf1

Chapter 10: Ruby Rooster

Kimiko was the first to react after Rioss appeared from the purple warp created by the Golden Tiger Claws. She leaped towards the Emerald Steed, just in time to notice that Rioss was waiting for her to do that. As she reached it, he touched it using the Golden Tiger Claws.

"Kimiko Tohomiko, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown! My Diamond Jackrabbit against your Ruby Rooster! First one to reach the top of the tree wins!" "I accept!" Kimko blindly shouted.

The Xiaolin Dragons watched as the park grew around them, and as the nearest tree grew to an astounding height. Rioss and Kimiko looked up to see the branches reaching in random directions. They looked at each other, smirked, and shouted "Gong Yi Tan Pi!" and began.

"Ruby Rooster!" shouted Kimiko, giving her large stone wings. "Diamond Jackrabbit!" shouted Rioss, and he grew smaller and smaller until...

"Ah! Save me! It is the most evil of nut collecting animals! It WANTS MY HEAD!" screamed Omi in a fearful state. Raimundo just laughed at Omi's fear while Clay muttered, "You've got to be kiddin' me!" There, before them all, was a diamond-studded squirrel the size of Omi.

"Yeah. The Diamond Jackrabbit has to be infused with whoever transforms in any shape other than their own. In that shape, though, more than half of the pieces have to be knocked off before he's forced back into his true shape. And since it's a Xiaolin Showdown, who knows what will happen?"

Rioss raced up the tree like a lightning bolt. Kimiko started heading around the branches of the tree until she felt a slight tingle on her back. 'Oh no,' she thought, 'I'm turning into a ruby statue!' She wasn't relieved when she realized that the wings were doing things completely independent of what she wanted them to do. She screamed as she flew towards the thick branches of the tree.

"This is most foolish! Kimiko, fly away from there! There could be real SQUIRRELS in there!" shouted Omi. Dojo hit his head and said, "Of course! In the Chinese Zodiac, each of the twelve animals hates another! The Rooster hates the Rabbit and vice versa! The Ruby Rooster is going to try to destroy the Diamond Jackrabbit no matter what! The only problem is, the Diamond Jackrabbit should be trying to fight back! What's going on?" Dojo gave a sigh of relief inwardly. He needed to tell them the whole truth one day soon, but the later it was, the better.

Kimiko screamed and gasped as the Ruby Rooster did random things until the tree began to shrink. She landed on the ground as the Ruby Rooster appeared in Rioss' hands. He quickly shouted "Emerald Steed!" and dissappeared super fast. Dojo suddenly shuddered. "Oh, new Shen Gong Wu! A weaker one this time, though, so it's not so much of a problem."

Checking the scroll, they saw a guy throwing a disk and it hitting a guy who was behind a rock. "The Seeker Disk. By throwing it, you can find anything. If we get that, there are no problems! We could just throw it and find every Shen Gong Wu!"

Omi secretly turned around and used the Crystal Glasses. He saw Rioss laughing at them from a tree, and him turned around... As he hurried to remove the glasses, he heard the laughter. "I already have the Seeker Disk! And I'll see you when the next one activates! Golden Tiger Claws!" he shouted, disappearing.

Later

"Remember me, Rioss? You killed me, and now I'm back!" yelled Pandabubba. He smirked confidentally until Rioss grinned.

"Of course I remember you, Pandabubba! I wanted you to get some Shen Gong Wu for me, and you failed! But now," he said, nearing laughter, "You've brought me another that I needed! Or so the Rat's Paw says... After a millenium in ice, you'd think it would begin to weaken... Wolf's Head Blade!" he shouted, plunging the blade deep within Pandabubba.

The crime lord laughed until he felt the life force in him draining. His last thoughts were of how it could have happened...

Rioss took the Heart of Jong from Pandabubba's corpse. 'The Heart, the Rat, Tiger, Rabbit, Horse, Sheep, Rooster, Dog, and Pig! I need the Glass, the Balance, the Ox, the Snake, and the Monkey. But soon, they shall all belong to me!'