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I made some of my own Shen Gong Wu up so if you've never heard of some of them it's cause I made them up! Plus if I don't get the original ones right I'm sorry cause I just starting watching the show.

List of Shen Gong Wu I invented so far...

Elemental Gauntlets Heaven Blade
Daimond Dagger Oblivion Sword
Tear drop pendent

This is my first Xiaolin Showdown Fanfic, so be nice. Enjoy!

Note to Catwarrior: MAN YOU MUST BE FREAKING PSYCHIC! But Clay doesn't have a crush on Ari, and vis versa. But still, how do you know Chase is gonna win? I have this whole fic planned out and I'm so proud of myself! Course I'm still trying to add a bit more things...

Ari: -- Make your freaking mind up! I don't even know what gender I am!

Author: Shush Shush! The story's starting!

Oh yeah, I FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO TYPE CORRECTLY! I'm gonna give it a shot in the next chapter though.

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With a quick flip Ari skipped away from Chase's sword and slashed up then down into a double slash

"How boring, I half expected you to learn new techniques by now" Chase said blocking the attack and shoulder charging into Ari, who stumbled backwards and rolled back up

"Tch" he jumped up and lifted the sword over his head "Heaven Blade, LIGHT!" The blade of the Shen Gong Wu sword grew in length and width until it was a giant saber, 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. With a cry he swung the sword down onto the ground sending white energy slicing at the ground towards Chase. He dodged and his face turned into a grin

"Really, did you think you could-" He stopped when some of his hair fell behind him and his shoulder plate slide off in two pieces. He stared

"My, you have learned something new"

"I'll take that as a compliment" The two charged at each other again, Chase with his long thin katana and Ari with his huge giant, sword, thing...

"Man, how'd Ari do that?" Raimundo said watching the two duel

"Yes, I am most fascinated" Omi said.

"YAA!" slicing back and forth, parrying and retaliating, Chase and Ari fought as if dancing to silent music with perfectly matched steps.

"I have to say I'm impressed with your improvement Arisu" Chase said blocking Ari's sword as they locked "But still, I have learned much more!" he threw Ari back flipping back

"WAH!" Ari cried as he was swung back having to twirl in such a way to not get his sword stuck in the ground. Chase smirked holding his sword in the air

"Oblivion sword, DARKNESS!" a slithering cloud of black rolled from Chase's arm and intertwined with his sword making it as big as Ari's with a black blade.

"I, now understand why Chase Young is known as the Prince of Darkness" Omi said his eyes narrowing

"Yeah..." Raimundo agreed. Suddenly Chase began slamming his sword down on Ari's repeatedly leaving Ari to only go on the defensive.

Arg I can't keep this up much longer! My arms feel heavy, and the sword's getting heavy, and- while the thoughts ran through his mind, Ari's heel knocked into a pile of gravel sending him reeling backwards

"Watch out!"

"How clumsy!" Chase charged in for the kill swinging his sword vertically. With one last attempt, Ari razored backwards leaning farther back to avoid the Oblivion sword as it's dark blade swung over him. Suddenly blood blossemed from Ari's side as he cried out in pain,

"Seimic Kick, EARTH!" Clay stomped his foot on the ground lifting up a wall in front of Ari blocking the dark aura of Chase's blade. Flipping back to where the others were spectating, Ari gripped his side and hissed.

"So, the darkness was part of the sword..." he winced watching the blackness coil away from the sword swaying like a snake before it's charmer, in this case Chase Young.

"Are you ok?" Kimiko asked placing a hand on Ari's shoulder "Hold still for a minute, Tear Drop Pendent!"

"Too slow!" the black snake whipped out at where Ari was.

"Get back!" he shouted sticking the giant sword in the ground that doubled as a momentary sheild "No time to heal! Run Kimiko!" the dark snake slashed at the Heaven Blade again. Pulling the sword out of the ground, Ari was practicly dragging the darned thing trying to dodge Chase's sword that seemed to mess with anything that was physicly possible!

"Hmpf, pathetic" Chase said towering over Ari, who was panting on the ground holding his side "Now, how shall I kill you?"

"NO!" Omi rushed in front of Ari holding it arms out "If you wish to kill my friend, then I shall have to kill you in return!"

"Omi, I am most displeased, though I did not expect any less from you" Chase said and glowered at the rest of the Xiaolin warriors crowding around Ari "Fine, I'll return another time." he turned his back to them.

"Dirty Snake..." Clay spat

"Arisu!" Chase called "Next time we duel you had better be more prepared then this! Remember that" he began to walk away. Ari grunted and stood up

"You..." Ari growled and dashed forward swinging his sword at Chase's turned back "YOU TRAITOR!" with a wicked smile Chase took out a small dagger cutting his hand and thrusting it in Ari's face. Ari froze staring wide eyed in shock at the blood on Chase's hand. A swift kick and Ari was flying into Raimundo and Omi.

"Pathetic." Chase snipped and vanished. Kimiko quickly ran to Ari

"Tear Drop Pendent!" a cool blue light passed over Ari's wounds sealing them shut.

"You jerk! Don't do that again!" she cried grabbing the front of Ari's shirt "You could've been killed like Rai! Jerk! I out to- why's your chest feel bigger?"

"Really? Let me feel" Omi asked as Ari just stuck his foot out preventing him from getting any closer

"Back off!"

"But you might still be hur-" Raimundo stopped "Dude, why is your chest all... squishy?" Ari slapped Rai hand away then punched him.

"That's the second time you touched my chest!" Ari shouted.

"Now hold on!" Kimiko said and lead Ari around a corner for a moment and squeaked "OHMIGOD!"

"What is it Kimiko?" Clay asked as Kimiko peeked around the corner.

"Oh nothing!" She smiled sweetly "You guys stay here! Ari and I'll be right back! Ok? Dojo! Can you come along?" While the three flew away the three boys scratched their heads in utter confusion.

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"I wonder where Kimiko and Ari went to wit' Dojo?" Clay asked scanning the sky for any sign of the three

"I don't know, by the way Kimiko screamed I'm guessing it was serious enough for her to take Dojo to use as a ride" Raimundo shrugged.

"Ooh! Look my friends! Our other friends have returned!" Omi pointed as Dojo decended into a graceful dive. Kimiko jumped off along with...

"Where is Ari?" Omi asked looking for his friend

"Who cares right now, I'm just wondering who that girl over there is!" Raimundo grinned pointing to the girl hopping off of Dojo's back. She had a light pink kimiko on with a yellow sash that had a sparkling blue and green butterfly on the front and a small flower blossom with a dangling string decor on the back. She also had dark hair pined up by a flower clip and her bangs pinned back by colorful hair pins and holding a stuff white dog while she stared at the ground turning red.

"Where is Ari?" Omi asked

"What do you mean where's Ari?" Kimiko said smiling at Omi. Clay rubbed his chin and stared at the new girl head to toe while the girl, staring back, turned redder.

"Opps, sorry, didn't mean to stare at ya ma'me" Clay apologized politely tipping his hat.

"It... It's ok..." she said quietly now the shade of an apple. Kimiko's smile turned into a full grin

"So, how about you and me go around the festival tonight together? It is nice and warm out!" Raimundo said floating by the new girl, who edged away a bit "Maybe I could tell you about, my early work out routine!" The girl suddenly glared

"Don't be stupid, you sleep in till noon! I had to wake you up once!" the girl exclaimed using the stuffed dog to swack Raimundo in the head then quickly petting it cooing at it "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to use you to hit him..."

"You woke me up? Well I must've been tired the day before because you were walking around my mind all DAY!" Kimiko punched him in the arm

"Can't you guys tell yet!" she yelled "It's Ari!"

"HUH?" Everyone stared at the new girl trying to compare memory of Aris appearance with this nicely dressed girl.

"You're... A girl?" Omi said "I GOT BEAT BY A GIRL!" Clay sighed

"So that's why ya hugged me... I thought you swung the wrong way for a bit there..."

"I would've put some make up on her, or at least a little blush, but we really didn't have the time and she made me almost drag her into the bathroom" Kimiko said. Raimundo was staring at his shaking hand recalling what had happened on the battle field the first day. A flash back of when he grabbed Ari around the chest to save him popped back into his head.

"Watch out!"

"Oh... No wonder it was squishy..." Raimundo said looking at his quivering hand "I honestly didn't mean to grab there! Really!"

"Raimundo... What did you grab exactly?" Clay asked raising his eyebrow.

"It was an accident! I had no idea what was under his, er , her shirt!"

"Shirt! You mean you!" Kimiko said pointed at disbelief at Raimundo "Rai! I thought better of you!"

"ACCIDENT! Besides, didn't you know he, er, she was a girl because you had to fix his, er HER shoulder?"

"You know," Kimiko said "I don't remember seeing breats on Ari when she took off her shirt" Ari smiled.

"I erased it from your memory with my Evil eye, sorry" she said. Omi was tapping his chin in deep thought.

"Ok, you are a girl, correct?" he asked

"Yeah, what else would I be?" Ari said shaking his, er, her head.

"But...But you did not look like a girl!" Omi cried "Perhaps you are a sheep in dog skin?"

"Wolf in sheep skin Omi"

"So," Raimundo said "You're a girl"

"That's what I've been saying!" Kimiko shouted then simmered down "Well, we still got the rest of Chinese new years! If we hurry we can still sign up for the singing competition!" she grabbed Ari's arm dragging her away

"W-Wait a sec! HEY!" she said while being dragged "I-I get nervous!"

"Aw come on! You weren't nervous when you were a boy, you can do it again!"

"But! But then..." Ari reached up to undo the clips in her hair.

"Hey! Don't take those out!" Kimiko slapped Ari's hand

"Why do you think I kept my hair in my face in the first place?" Ari said rubbing her hand "I get... scared..."

"Ah don't be silly! Come on!" Kimiko smiled dragging Ari up to the sign up sheet and picking up the pen signing both their names on "Now, what should we sing?" Ari placed a thoughtful finger on her chin

"I think I have an idea what kind of song we can sing, ever watch the show DN Angel?" Kimiko's eyes lit up

"Yeah! I have the sound track!" she said

"That's great! You know the vocals right?"

"Off by heart!"

"Good" Ari smiled.

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"Hello everyone! So far we've had three contestants! Now we have a couple singing together tonight as the last of our Chinese new years singing competition!"

"Man, I hope they're better then the last two people..." Raimundo groaned massaging his ears "They call that singing!"

"It's actually Chinese Yodling" Kimiko said

"Ah, is it as you call, nails in a board made of chalk?" Omi asked

"Nails on a chalk board, and maybe that would've been a bit better then listening to them" Ari said "Or worse..."

"Alright then! Could our last two contestants please come up?" the announcer said "A Kimiko and... Ali?"

"Ari!" she corrected climbing onto the stage with Kimiko "You owe me big time..."

"Well, let's try to enjoy ourselves at least!" Kimiko said taking hold of the mic "When you get nervous, just close your eyes and hope not to fall off the stage"

"Ok, these two lovely ladies will be singing, A couple of wishes by Nakayama sara and Asano Masumi, although it will be in japanese please try to enjoy it anyhow" as the ballad began to play Ari surveyed the crowd seeing Raimundo with his mouth hanging open and Omi sitting on Clay's shoulder to watch. With a deep breath, Kimiko began to sing first.

(A/N: Seriously, this is all gonna be in Jap, I couldn't find a translated version... Sorry! )

(Notes: BTW Italics is when they both sing together at once, Kimiko sings the parts that are bolded and Ari's are normal)

Sotto,sotto

Hitomi tojite

Kimi o kanjite iru...

Mata kaze ni sasowarete, hitori sora o miageru

Aenai yoru wa hoshi ni negai wo kakeru no

Honto no watashi nante, nare mo wakaranai kedo

Koko ni iru kara, matte iru kara,

Kimi dake wa kizuite

Zutto,

Zutto,

Yume o

Miteru

Omoi na itsuka to doku youni

Sotto,

Sotto,

Hitomi

Tojiru

Kiete shimawanai de...

As their two voices melded together into perfect harmony and the song ended, Raimundo finally closed his mouth

"Whoa, I can't believe Kimiko and Ari actually signed up!" he said "And who would've guessed they could sing like that!"

"Yes, I am most amazed!" Omi said

"Same here partner" When Kimiko and Ari climbed off the stage and rejoined with the others they were both beaming.

"That was more fun then I thought it would be" Ari smiled and turned to the others "Did, I do ok?"

"Ok? Better then ok!" Raimundo said and patted Kimiko on the head "Surprisingly"

"NO TOUCHY!"

"Well, what else should we do?" Ari asked "We still have an hour and a half before we go back to the temple"

"We can play more games! And maybe I can still win the goldfish! So long as I do not murder them again..." Omi said

"I think I'm just gonna walk around and watch the dances" Kimiko said turning "See ya later guys!"

"I'll come with you!" Raimundo smiled and turned to Clay "Have fun you guys!"

"Why does Omi never go with them? Not that I mind but, I wonder why?" Clay said.

"Well, I guess that just means we got the evening to ourselves then" Ari said cheerfully

"Then what do you reckon we do?"

"I dunno" Ari shrugged "I don't mind doing anything, or really nothing at all, It's your call" Clay glanced upwards thinking

"Wanna go for a walk?"

Ari smiled "Sure, why not?" she said "We might even be able to catch the fireworks"

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The two strolled along the sidewalk side by side talking and sharing

"So how come you were playin' dress up as a boy Ari?" Clay asked

"I thought I wouldn't be able to get into the temple" she said "Plus it'd be a bit embarrasing first day"

"I doubt Rai, Kimiko and Omi would've minded" Clay said "So, I don't know much about you still, wanna fill me in?"

"Well, At first I was born in China, then moved to Hokkaido when I was younger" Ari said "Later on, I kinda took up tai chi just for the relaxation then kinda threw in a few more things. Lived with friends for a few years, went to school for a while while going to a ninja acamedy then came here"

"Ninja academy? They actually have ninja school?"

"Yup, in Tokyo" Ari nodded "So, you have any siblings?"

"Well, I got a little sister Jesse, the varmit..." Clay said "She stole my hat and fed it to the cows" Ari giggled behind her hand.

"Least you have a little adventure once in a while" she said and looked up heaving a sigh "Way too bad we're in the city, I wonder how the stars are tonight?" Clay stared at her for a moment, looking at her dark hair that was clipped back but still had a few strands hanging out though it contrasted with her some-what pale skin. Her brown eyes sparkled and reflected the lights around them and the small smile playing across her lips, and the way her neck tilted...

Clay gave his head a shake. What was he thinking? Get a grip! his mind shouted.

He looked up with Ari "I know a place near the temple, it's got a great view"

"Really? Hm, maybe we should all go there one day" Ari said and smiled "Look, they're putting out the laterns, that means they'll be showing the fireworks" She grabbed Clay's hand

"Huh?"

"Come on! I know a spot" Ari said pulling him behind her smiling like a little child.

"Hey, you guys going to watch the fireworks?" Raimundo asked as they walked past

"Yeah, Come on, if you want to watch bring Omi and go to that hill we landed on when we first arrived, Ok?" Ari instructed. Kimiko nodded smiling

"Sounds like a great idea!"

"Great, meet ya at the hill top!" Clay said waving.

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Running up the hill side Ari stopped at the top smiling all the while catching her breath

"Here we are" Clay ran up beside her huffing and looked over seeing a veiw of all of China town.

"Whoo-ee, that really is a sight!" he said sitting down on the grass "Arg, I hate running..." Ari sat beside him hugging her knees.

"I love running, It's a way for me to..." she paused "I guess, you could call it running away"

"From what?" Clay asked as Ari shrugged. They sat in silence for a moment.

"Oh yeah," Ari reached into her kimono and pulled out something red handing it to Clay

"Hey! My bandana!" he took it and checked to see if it was dirty or anything.

"It's a new one, since your other one is all the way in Spain surrounded by bulls" Ari said "Sorry about that by the way"

"Ah, it's ok" Clay said neatly folding the bandana and tucking it in his hat "Thanks" Ari meerly smiled.

"Hey! How'd you guys get up here before us?" Raimundo asked piggy backing Kimiko again.

"We ran."

"Whoa, Clay running? You think he'd have collapsed by now" Raimundo humoured. The cowboy took no real amusment

"Ha, very funny... Rai"

"Funny? It did not seem very hilarious. It almost sounded like Raimundo was insulting Clay" Omi said

"It's sarcasm Omi, remember?" Kimiko said sliding off of Rai's back "Did we miss anything?"

"Actually you guys are a tiny bit early" Ari said glancing down at the bottom of the hill.

"Whew, good" Raimundo sat down "Didn't want to miss them, again"

"Again?" Ari asked raising her eyebrow.

"Well you see, we had fireworks at the temple last year but Raimundo missed them because he was in the bathroom" Kimiko explained

"Not to mention none of you CALLED me!"

"Well, this year you won't miss them!" Ari smiled and pet her stuffed dog "Right Tanpopo?"

"You named the dog?" Kimiko asked.

Ari smirked "Nothing wrong with that! Besides, Clay helped me with the name"

"Dandelion, nothing wrong with that" Clay said tipping his hat.

"Well, I guess... Just didn't expect you to come up with that name"

BAM!

"AHHHHHHH! IT IS JACK SPICER! PREPARE FOR A HUMILIATING DEFEAT!" Omi shouted running in circles darting side to side "WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!"

"Omi, calm down!"

BAM!

"AHHHHH!"

A loud explosion erupted from above as the Xiaolin Warriors looked up watching the lights bloom and spark, llluminated the night sky with bright colors.

All the while Ari couldn't stop smiling.

"See? Fireworks"

"Oh, I knew that. I was just...uh... Making sure you were all alert! You have all been slacking!" Omi said defensively.

"Whatever you say buddy..."

Authors notes: Ok, you guys all guessed it. Ari's a girl! Sorry for making it WAY too obvious. I should've known better... Please forgive me! So, yeah.. I haven't been updating lately cause of lack of inspiration. Sorry. Hope you kinda enjoyed this! And yeah, That DNAngel Song seemed to fit.