Twelve Soul Dragon

By Gigawolf1

Chapter 29: A Swamp gets drained

Tubbimura was starving. He had a tendency to feel that way. Muffin was waiting at home for him though, and he was getting payed by Jack to stay and help beat Rioss. He didn't even know what Rioss looked or sounded like!

That was why he left when a sudden thought crossed his mind: 'What if there is no Rioss? What if Jack just wanted to torture Muffin? You NEED TO SAVE MUFFIN!'

Tubbimura bounded away. He needed to save Muffin! Of course, he had no way of knowing that Rioss had tricked him, but he was infinetly more concerned about Muffin than he was about Rioss. Rioss was busy doing, in Chat Speak, ROFLHAO. Please note that if Rioss had put that in Chat Speak, it would have been ROFLMAO. Tubbimura was the easiest human being he had fooled in his life!

Clay quickly noted the bounding of Tubbimura, as did everyone else close enough to feel the tremors. Clay quickly countered the shockwaves and muttered, "No-good traitorous varmin!" He had no way of knowing that the fat ninja had been fooled the same way Katnappe had been fooled.

This had happened while Omi worried about the next Xiaolin Dragon.

"What about me bein' the Xiaolin Dragon of Sonic?"

"Jermaine! What are you doing here? Were you told that the Xiaolin Dragons are in a most difficult struggle against an ancient being who wants to awaken an ancient evil from an ancient slumber?"

"Chill, Omi. That Spicer dude called me. I didn't believe him at first, but then Master Fung got on the phone and explained everything to me. I knew he couldn't have captured Master Fung since you're here, so I knew it was the truth!" Jermaine was the only person in the world who could stand playing Omi's ego up. Everyone else feared the aftershocks, but Jermaine liked Omi's spirit. After beating Omi in battle, he had proven himself to Omi (though it had left the little monk depressed), and the youngest Xiaolin Dragon only truly respected two people: Master Fung and Jermaine.

Most people thought Omi respected Jermaine because he had beaten him in battle, but the real reason was because only Jermaine acknowledged Omi's 'greatness' without rolling their eyes or using a sarcastic tone. Kimiko and Clay did so comfortingly, but he felt that they were so much weaker than him that they couldn't help but feel that way. Raimundo and Jack used sarcasm, and the only other person who said it at all was Jermaine.

"Ah, Jermaine. You've finally arrived. Here is the Thorn of Thunderbolt," said Master Fung. "The Sonic element is a mix of Wind and Water. Jermaine is as powerful as Omi and as physically fit as Raimundo. In fact, they are built the same way. He is closly related to Raimundo, as their great-grandfather's third cousins were related through their great-great uncle's seventh cousin's great-grandchildren. That is much closer than any other relation here."

Raimundo had entered, and had been confused about what had just been said. "My great-granpa's cousin's great-uncle's cousin's great-grandchildren? That's confusing all over the place!"

Master Fung took Raimundo over to the side. "Raimundo. You must learn to master your Wudai Wind technique before all of the new Xiaolin Dragons leave. Katnappe was to help you learn a technique called the Rising Inferno, but now that she's left... And I'm afraid that Tubbimura will leave soon as well. He was to teach Clay and Omi a technique called the Mudslide Smash. Jesse will allow you to learn a technique called the Cyclone Destroyer, and..."

"Master Fung, that's sort of why I'm here. I'm hiding from Jesse. She's psychotic! Kimiko is holding her back, but she's after me!"

"Now, why would she be so angry at you? Did you play a prank on her?"

"I wish I did! She doesn't hate me! I can deal with people hating me!"

Master Fung blinked. With the Mind Readerr Conch he would have been able to know about this problem before it had gotten to this point. So, he blinked and then closed his eyes.

"All fears are founded in the mind. Learn what another thinks, and you have control."

"Great. More advice from the Desk Calander sayings written on your eyelids. Why can't you ever just give a nice straight answer? Half the time, whenever you say anything, it's 'End of the World' time. How are we supposed to beat Rioss?"

Master Fung wouldn't answer for a while. "Raimundo, you should practice with your Shen Gong Wu and your element outside. After all, it is April. It is the nicest month!"

"Yes, Raimundo! After all, marching pipes give April flowers!"

"Why do you do that to slang, man? It's 'April Showers bring May flowers!' You were nowhere near it!"

And, of course, no one cared about Tubbimura. He was crossing a bridge when a voice in his head said, 'Stop! The Wushu Helmet! Does it look real? It looks more like a movie prop than a Shen Gong Wu! Do what they did in the movie this is from!'

Tubbimura obeyed and threw the mask into the river. He then turned to kiss Cameron Diaz before realizing he had been tricked. He jumped off the bridge and landed beside the boat that the Wushu Helmet had landed on. The wave forced the Diamond on the ship's hull to be shown for only a moment...