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Chapter 9: The 1500 year old allies.
The Xiaolin temple sat peacefully in its grassy plain. The usual scenery around Temple waved slightly in the breeze as the wind parted to leave the temple in its peaceful state. At one of the many trees in the temple garden sat several children. These monks laid together as the trees shade cast itself selflessly over the bodies of the peaceful and quiet children. There was a bald monk with yellow tinted skin, also known as Omi, sitting with his girlfriend Diamond. On the other side of the tree was Raimundo and Silver lazily watching Clay teach some roping tricks to his love, Sapphire. The last two at the tree was Mercurius, who sat with his back against the trunk of the tree, and Kimiko lay there with her head in his lap. Mercurius stared out into the sky as he played with Kimiko's black hair, who napped quietly. Mercurius had the rest of the world blocked out, well apart from Kimiko, as he thought about the recent events that were happening around him. The group had gathered more Shen Gong Wu, and done many more Showdowns against Jack Spicer. Mercurius' thoughts lingered on the Showdowns, the many battle they had had against evil. One came to the front of his mind. The battle between Master Monk Quarn and Chase Young. The fight was a battle for the ages, a dragon against a human, good versus evil. Good won in the end, as Chase Young fell at Master Monk Quarn's feet. Mercurius' thought then took a sharp U-turn and headed straight back to Chase Young. His body shuddered slightly, not disturbing the napping girl, as he recalled the Aura that he felt coming off that evil one. The feeling he got was one a cruelness and cold bitterness. Mercurius thought back to the day he meet this evildoer. It was the day of the Shen Gong Wu known as the Lasso Boa-Boa had revealed itself. Another Beating of Jack and they had "bumped" into Master Monk Quarn. Later that day, Chase himself appeared. Mercurius closed his eyes and sighed inwardly as he recalled the fabulas beating that the dragon apprentices got from him. The back of his eye lids provided the area that the memory replayed itself on. The day that the great new evil, Chase young, revealed himself to them.
They stood at a beach that spread out in the sun light and was cut off from the main land by large cliffs. Jack had been his usual stupid self and had miss used a Shen Gong Wu. He fell and was caught by Chase Young. Jack was in awe at the great evil one who's arms he was lying in. Omi, being the brave little monk that he was, stepped forward and challenged Chase. "If you accept defeat now, you will save yourself farther embarrassment." Said Omi, this being his usual opening statement. Chase was almost too relaxed as he poured him self some…soup? The other dragons that were there, Kimiko, Mercurius, Raimundo and Clay, watched getting into a sort of fighting position. "What are we going to do? Sit around and sip tea?" asked Raimundo in a slightly mocking tone. "It's my Lau Mane Long Soup," he drink deeply, "I always have a cup before victory." He smirked afterwards. Omi was frustrated and lunged, he preformed complex moves and strikes to hit Chase Young, but Omi was cut off at every move by a slight movement of Chase's limbs. Mercurius watched the scene carefully as he searched his memory for the right bit of information that he wanted. Lau Mane Long Soup? Where have I heard that before? Was the main thought that circled his mind. Soon, Omi was knocked down by Chase and he then got up and moved over to the other dragons. "You fight well," and he stopped as he thought, "well, as far as evil genius' go." They team of four got ready to fight, Mercurius was too busy thinking. "I've been wanting to scrap all day." Said Clay in a sly tone as he cracked a few knuckles. Mercurius snapped back to reality as he realised where the name "Lau Mane Long Soup" had come from, but he couldn't tell the others, it would only make them question him. Before Mercurius could open his mouth, the four dragons to his left charged forward screaming as they approached their target. "Guys wait! IT WON'T WORK!" he shouted but they couldn't hear his wise words. Just before the dragons were able to grab Chase, he leapt gracefully in to the air. The four fighters crashed into each other and collapsed onto the floor. Head on collusion! Ouch! And with Clay and Omi! Thought Mercurius as he slapped his forehead and looked at the four so called "Dragon apprentices" on the floor groaning. Chase stood opposite him and looking down at the group. The two fighters looked up and their eyes meet. Surprisingly, it was Chase who changed his stance, moving into a fighting pose, their wasn't a lot of difference. They two were unmoving and silent, it only being pieced by the random groaning of the injured warriors on the floor. The air swirled and went cold as the two glared eye to eye as the world slowed down. A few minutes passed by and they finally moved. Chase got up and turned around walking away from his opponent. Mercurius then helped the dragons onto their feet, and the day continued forward.
Mercurius emerged back to the real world, opening his eyes to meet the usual scene. Nothing changed in the eternity that was the memory. The clouds were in the same place, the leaves still held in the breeze by the tree and Kimiko still lay there upon his lap. Such a moment was rare, when everything stops just of your moment to pass. Mercurius feared what Chase might be up to, and he rarely feared anything. Chase was an evil that was 1500 years old, but worse he used to be good. His thoughts could reflect both sides of the great fight, and maybe even anticipate their moves. Mercurius looked over to Omi as the monk talked to his sister, Diamond. Another thought about Chase hit him. He seemed to have an interest in the yellow monk. Another memory surfaced about the day that Clay was possessed. He knew that Omi had had contact with Chase before he confronted Sabeine. He learnt the move repulse the Monkey, which he knew Master Fung didn't teach him. He sensed Chase very near and even asked Omi about him. He got no answer, but he found out what he wanted. He knew that Chase wanted Omi as an apprentice, and turn him evil. Mercurius looked down into the closed eyes of his beautiful love. He smiled as his fear left for a minute but it returned as he thought about the effect Chase could do to her. He would have to stop them, Chase, Jack, Wuya….. Wuya? Mercurius suddenly jolted his head up, disturbing Kimiko, and thought, Wuya? Where the hell as she been? Maybe in hell. He was lost in thought as his mind started to close around him….. "You alright?" asked a calm and friendly voice. It tore the blackness of Mercurius' mind as he replied. "Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking about things." And he smiled at her. Kimiko didn't believe him but made nothing of it and sat up next to him. They embraced in a loving hug. Mercurius was happy for her, she had almost no worries. She didn't have to think about the problems of the future like Chase. The bliss of the temple floated back down on to them all. Mercurius thought however went back to Chase, and so he closed his eyes to gain peace.
Chase raised his eye lids revealing his reptilian eyes to the rest of the world. He had been meditating, thinking about the Xiaolin monks, but two in particular. Omi, but more importantly, Mercurius. This Monk wasn't like the others; he was different, gifted in some way that allows Mercurius to frighten him. Something was odd, he wasn't sure what. Chase reflected on the moment that he encountered the monk. They stared, a stand off. They were, what is the word, equal in power. Well it seemed that way. Who is he? Was the only thought that circled his mind. Until a large thud rung through his lair reaching his ears. Chase sighed and clicked his fingers, his usual sigh to his "pets" to do something. He got back on to his feet and sighed as he sensed something that he really didn't want to deal with. Jack Spicer was approaching, the so called "evil genius" was more annoying then evil. Jack entered the chamber, being dragged by one of the many tigers that roamed the palace like grounds, grinning, dare I say it, evilly. "What do you want, worm?" asked Chase Young half heartedly. "To alliance myself with you." Answered Jack, but Chase expected this. "Not if you were the last evil doer on the planet." Snapped Chase at Jack and turned away. "Oh but it's not me. It's someone else." Came Jack's voice and then a thud. This got Chase's attention as he turned to see Jack on the floor and purple ghost like creature floating in the air. "I want to alliance with you." Said the "entity" and it offered and ghostly hand, "My name is Wuya…" Chase was shocked to say the least, Wuya was one person he wanted to meet, yet destroy. "Yes, I'm the one who got you to take the potion. We are meant to work together to bring the world under evil control." Continued the floating hag, as Chase listened. He was interested now, this Idea. He knew he wasn't going to be able to defeat Wuya, yet. "What's in it for me?" asked Chase in a low tone. "I will give you….."
Mercurius eyes snapped open; his whole body was in a cold sweat. He had been leaning against one of the temple buildings. The others were training, doing different activities that Master Fung had instructed them to. He had asked to be excused and after being given permission, went and stood there. He was sweating bullets at the last image he had seen. The image hunted him, flashing before his eyes as he felt an evil far greater then anything else descend. He forced himself to relive that last moment. His eyes seemed to lose their pupils as his focused and saw the picture there in front of him. He saw Chase's palace chamber with Chase there. On the floor was Jack, but the more important detail, Wuya was floating there. He listened once again, hearing the words that woke him from the calm of his thoughts. "I will give you….Omi." He shivered at the name, as it echoed with in his head. Chase wanted Omi, and Wuya was going to give Omi to Chase. Great, thought Mercurius has the real world slipped back to his eyes, Wuya and Chase together and then add an evil Omi. We're all screwed. He looked up from the ground to meet the gaze of every one. They were all staring at him in slight terror. Before their eyes was a sweating and messy looking Mercurius. Even Master Fung looked worried at the sight. Diamond thought about Mercurius, for she had never seen him like this, he looked scared. He was always calm. Kimiko walked over to her boyfriend and hugged him. "What's wrong, please tell me?" she asked in a whisper, but all she got was a hug back. The moment lasted forever, as Mercurius let the feeling slip away.
The day passed slowly as night approached. The temple was calm as the sun fell from grace and the stars raised into the sky. The dragons were lazily doing their chores around the temple grounds. Kimiko walked around dusting the floors slowly, giving her time to think. She pondered about Mercurius, and what had startled him. It wasn't him sweating that worried her, it was the lightning bolt. They had discovered Mercurius because a large blast of lightning that had hit the temple. They ran to the place the bolt had landed and discovered an unmoving Mercurius. Kimiko glanced up to see Omi walking towards the Vault, most likely to guard the Wu from any intruders. Kimiko continued her slow dusting in to the main building. She sighed heavily and dropped the broom from her hand. A tear appeared in her eye, as she held them tightly closed. "Why? What's wrong Merc?" she whispered to no one. Her eyes shot open when a loud yell was heard. She turned and saw where it had come from. The Shen Gong Wu Vault? OMI! And with that she ran into the vault building. She meet every one there staring at a blue statue. The statue was made of sapphire and looked like Omi. "This is not good." Said a low voice from behind them all, and as every one turned to greet Mercurius' stare, he finished. "The Sapphire Dragon is loose." In shock of Mercurius' statement, Master Fung ran down the stairs to the place where they had left the ash covered Wu. Instead of the dragon looking back at him, there was nothing. He returned back to the group that surround the sapphire-Omi. He looked down and sighed. Soon the plan was set out, for the monks were to search and find the rebel Shen Gong Wu. The people were separated and went around to find this dangerous Wu. Half an hour went by with out anything happening. Then all hell broke loose….
Kimiko was running as fast as she could towards the shout that had rung through the air. Kimiko got to the place where the shout came from, only to see a sapphire-Sapphire. How Ironic, Sapphire made out of sapphire… thought Kimiko as she walked over to statue and felt its surface. A tear fell as Kimiko walked on, she had to find this dragon, last time she was the first to know what its power was. She peered around buildings, checking for any thing blue. A few minutes passed when Kimiko heard a noise. "Typhoon Boom WIND." Came Raimundo's voice, he was doing his usual elemental move. "RAI!" Shouted Kimiko as she felt the wind blast pass by. She ran around building corners, soon hearing the sound of the dragons breathe. When Kimiko finally found Raimundo, he was a statue as well. She ran forward in blind fear and rage. She was wanted to stop this Dragon, yet feared what it could do to her. As she ran round the temple she passed Diamond. Then the thought slapped her, and she started to fear what the dragon could do to Mercurius. She stopped dead as a cold breeze run round her and crawled up her spine. She turned to see Diamond just turn a corner, and then leap back. At the very spot that she had stood, a blue fire had struck. As Diamond back against one of the temple's building, the Sapphire dragon reared its ugly head and advanced towards the little girl. Kimiko was in blind fury as she watched the Shen Gong Wu snort to Diamond. With a scream and a bright light, a large ball of fire was shot forward. The light had got the attention of the Sapphire beast as it just dodged the blast and ran, well slithered, round a corner. Kimiko ran up to the scared girl as she shook. "You ok?" asked Kimiko in her most caring voice. "Yeah." Was the reply. Kimiko edged forward to peer round the corner, and all she saw was darkness. Not a bit of blue at all. She sighed heavily but her hair almost jumped off her, as the dragons breathe announced who was behind her. Despite her instincts to ran as far way as possible, she slowly turned to see a tall blue dragon in the air, and its lower half semi-circling a new statue, this one of Diamond. Kimiko stared at the dragon's evil face, and planned her actions carefully. She waited for the perfect moment, which came when the dragon huffed at her. And with that she put her plan into action.
If you had been watching the temple from the sky that night, getting a bird's eye view of the grounds, you would properly get very, very confused. The temple grounds looked a bit more like the game Pac-man as two figures ran around the grounds very fast. For this was Kimiko's great plan, run for one's life. When the dragon seemed to not pay attention to her, she turned and legged it. She ran forward, non stop. She dared not look behind as the sound of the blue fire striking the ground was terrible and all the motivation she needed to keep going. She turned when ever she reached a dead end, looking for someway to lose the beast. As she searched for the exit from this chase, she ran into the building, hoping against hope that the dragon was too large to enter. As Kimiko ran, she noticed a blue statue of Clay standing there, about to stomp on the ground in his usual Seismic Kick technique. The more she ran, the more she saw. Almost every one was frozen in the blue prison, apart from her, and two other people. One was Dojo and the other was Mercurius. Kimiko ran to way she and the other dragons slept. Her back against the wall facing Clay's empty room. She panted heavily hoping to find the other two. Kimiko's eye closed tightly when she heard the sound of a door being forced open. She waited for the flame to bathe her in sapphire. The moment never came, although a voice did. "Now listen up pill….. Kimiko?" Kimiko opened one eye to meet the gaze of Dojo, wearing a hat and a small pair of gun holsters, but they had bottles of Clay highly spicy sauce. "What are you doing?" asked a confused Kimiko. "I'm going to defeat that sapphire monstrosity. I did it ounce, with soot and I can do it again." And with Dojo's answer came Kimiko's plan. "Dojo, your right. But I going to help with my element." And she smiled evilly as she thought the plan though. The Sapphire Dragon animated its sapphire army and started to march them out of the temple grounds. Suddenly a whistle cut the silence off and there stood two figures, staring down the dragon. Where are you Merc? Thought both Kimiko and Dojo.
While this was going on, Mercurius had been able to get into the Shen Gong Wu vault with out a hitch. He tapped in the vault's musical password, and watched the stairs form. He marched down the rough, stone stairs looking for the draw he needed. He remembered reading about the Sapphire Dragon and its amazing abilities. The dragon was basically a last resort, for when activated, which is done by whipping a bit of soot off, the dragon would go on a "sapphiring" spree. Or as the scroll put it, "It turns everyone, Good, Evil or Indifferent, to Sapphire." Kind of makes you wonder why Grand Master Daishi, with all his wisdom, would created such a beast. Soon Mercurius read the writing he wanted to read. He opened the draw and reached in to grab the Wu, but he also grabbed something else, another person's hand. With half closed eyes of boredom, Mercurius said "Hello Jack-ass." A scowling Jack Spicer came up from the shadows, and he was using the Monkey Staff. "Merc, I challenge you to a Xaiolin Showdown. A fight till one of us can't fight." He sneered, "My…" "Yeah, yeah I accept your conditions." Said a rushed Mercurius as he heard the sound of Blue fire hitting the ground. "Let's Go, XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!" and the arena changed, the floor raised into the sky as the room grew in size, The two warriors stood on a white titled plat form in the middle of space by the look of things. When the change was complete, Mercurius stood dressed in his temple uniform, and across was Jack. "GONG YE TAN PI!" and Jack laughed really hard. Mercurius looked around and realised his mistake, for he had no Shen Gong Wu, while jack had at least two. Next time, you set the rules. And also listen to all the rules. Thought Mercurius as he saw that he had to beat Jack when he had the Two Ton Tunic.
Mercurius was down into a fighting position, while Jack was chuckling to himself. I can't believe I have such an easy showdown. Time for a beating. Thought the cocky boy genius as he activated his defence Wu. He now had a large metal tunic on him that was unbeatable. He also had his Monkey Staff and his Third Arm Sash, so decided to give his opponent a chance. "You get the first strike." And with that Jack laughed evilly and closed his eyes. He missed every thing. Mercurius wasn't going to miss out on the first strike and so took it. He just happened to of kicked Jack in the head where the Tunic didn't protect. Jack was knocked back a lot, near the edge, but he recovered too soon. Jack used his Third Arm Sash to lash out at Mercurius, who dodged effortlessly to the side and went in for another head shot. Jack was sent in the middle again, and the Two Ton Tunic wasn't helping. Jack looked at his rival but couldn't decided which on of the images was him, which of the four was it again? Jack got up regardless of his injury and waited for Mercurius to attack. He didn't wait long as he charged in fast and low. Jack having learnt ducked himself into the Tunic and chuckled, knowing he was protected, or so he thought. Mercurius still struck the Wu and the force had actually hit Jack by some way. Because of the force of the hit and the weight of the Wu Jack was sent flying at the edge. Instead he hit an invisible and was knocked out. The Showdown ended and Mercurius had won. Jack disappeared but Mercurius didn't even bother to check as he ran up the stairs. After a few minutes and a few stops, Mercurius went running out of the temple vault, legging it for the entrance, hoping he wasn't too late.
Kimiko and Dojo were facing down a giant blue dragon and there friends. They stood a pretty good chance, for Kimiko's element of fire would be able to defeat the dragon, for it was disabled by soot. Plus she had Dojo next to her, he had already done this once, he could do it again. The Wu turned and got into the usual Western Showdown pose. The statue servants lined up by the path, while Dojo drank the source quickly. Kimiko Ready herself, for just as the last drop of the hot stuff went down into Dojo's throat, the Sapphire Dragon Fired. Dojo countered but was being forced back; dangerously close, so Kimiko entered the frail. "Judah Lay Flip, FIRE" She yelled as she summoned her fire and fired and combined with Dojo's blast. She made a difference but not a huge one, as they were forced back little by little. Why isn't it going down? Dojo defeated it last time, so why can't two of us? She questioned her self. Her glance wavered to the side and saw all the people along them. Of course! She told to herself, Last time, it hadn't Sapphired so many people. For each one it got stronger. Great, just great. As their end got close and was turning blue, Kimiko closed her eyes waiting fate. "Star Hinarbi!" was shouted behind her, and as he eyes revealed the real world back to Kimiko, she saw an new beam of fire clashing with the blue flames, balancing the beams once again. "Give it every thing you got!" said Mercurius as he revealed himself, and with those words the combined fire of her, Dojo and Mercurius increased in power and then struck the Blue beast. As soot covered it again, the dragon turned back to normal. Every one was freed, and a short discussion went on about the battle.
An hour later, and the dragons and Master Fung were gathered in the meditation room. "We need to discuss this event." Said Master Fung as he sat there observing the four couples. "How did the Dragon get activated?" asked Kimiko, looking over at Omi. "I'm not sure. I just saw it when I entered the vault." Replied Omi. Soon the discussion rose in volume, every one wanting to voice their opinions, well apart form Master Fung and Mercurius. "Every one quiet. What do you think Mercurius?" asked the wise teacher, Mercurius opened his eyes and voiced the truth. "Guys, this was not what was important. The dragon was only a distraction." He stopped letting it all sink in. "The real worry is what was taken. When I went and got the Star Hinarbi, I had to Showdown Jack. I won and I believe he didn't take anything else. However he is not what I'm worrying about. Jack would never be smart enough to use the Sapphire Dragon against us like that." And as he paused, the world stopped as he sighed very heavily, "What worries me most is the fact that the Serpent's tail and the reversing Mirror are gone." In shock of this statement, Raimundo, who had used the Wu before together, rushed to see if they were still in their draws. But they weren't. "Who took them?" asked Raimundo when he got up, "And what do they want?" Mercurius sighed again, getting the attention of every one. "The person who took them was Chase Young, who was the one who set the Dragon loose, and the reason is…." But he was cut off as a wave of darkness passed over the world. Everyone exited and got the point. She was back….
A/N: what do you think? Please read and review so I kno if my story is doing well or not. Thanks.