The Time has Come
Smurf-Chan
Two Wrongs don't make a Right
Kimiko blinked as she went over to Dojo, and looked over the scroll. "What wu is it Dojo?" Kimi asked and looked at the moving picture, at that point everyone that was around came to look. Dojo looked at it himself and started to explain.
"It's the Mihomine Lady Bug." Kimiko looked at Dojo with confusion on her face.
"What does it do? The picture doesn't make any sense." The picture showed the Lady Bug with a smile on her face and a person using the wu, but nothing seemed to be happening. Dojo looked confused too.
"To be honest.. I really don't know… All I know is that it's very tricky." Kimiko raised her eyebrow at Dojo and said.
"Tricky?" Dojo nodded.
"It's kinda like the Serpent's Tail." Kimi's eyes widen.
"The Serpent's Tail?" Clay frowned and said.
"Well, we best get going." He said and started to turn when Master Shung stopped him.
"I am sorry Clay, but I would like you to stay. I believe Chris and you need training from me." Clay blinked.
"From… Chris' teacher?" Shung nodded and said.
"I'm a teacher of the element Earth and I believe that I can show Chris and you how to use your powers together to make it stronger." Clay gave a little grin and replied.
"Really?" Master Shung nodded then looked as he found Dav running towards them with a red face and breathing hard. Clay frowned even though he was mad at him for everything he did he wondered what was up. "You okay Dav? You don't look so well…" Dav gulped and swallowed his emotions.
"Yea… never better.." he said and wiped his head. "Just.. doing a lot of running.." Clay frowned and said.
"I can see that." Aletia frowned and knew that was not true, he must of saw something that he really didn't want to see, or Rai and May kicked his butt for what he did to them. Honestly she thought Chris would do the kicking and the hurting of him, but she hardly put a finger on him. When they were at the bar, she tried to punch him, but couldn't; then again when he came back, she didn't hurt him that badly. Aletia couldn't help but worry, but the thoughts eluded her as Master Shung spoke again.
"Whatever the cause is, I'm sorry to say you will not going anywhere anytime soon. For your punishment of your betrayal you will do chores and one of the chores I've planned for you is.." He trailed and walked over to the steps and asked with his finger for Dav to follow. Not only did he follow but everyone else too; they were curious about his punishment. Master Shung then pointed to a park about two miles in length away and said. "Down there is a park, it is called The Cherry Blossom Park, for all the Sakura Blossoms that bloom there. But it is not the park that is important, what is important is a well full of spring water that is very pure." He stopped to look at a very confused Dav, who raised his eyebrow at Shung.
"Yea…?" He asked and then said. "That's.. great… I guess.." Master Shung smiled and said.
"I like that water, but my daughter is so small and not as strong… So… for your punishment, you will get two buckets full of that water, carry it on your shoulders and bring it to my well that has dried up, but you will not be allowed to stop till that well is filled." Dav's eyed bulged from his head.
"I… What?" Master Shung smiled and gave him a stick as tall as him and two buckets and replied.
"You better get started…" Dav was shocked and looked at the buckets and then at everyone else. They all couldn't believe the punishment either, they guessed never cross Master Shung and they thought Master Fung was bad. Master Shung walked a little past him and smiled at the group. "So the ones I need to stay behind are Dav, Chris, and Clay. The rest of you can go get that Shen-Gong-Wu, and please be warry about your surroundings." Everyone bowed to him and replied.
"Yes…" Master Shung smiled and said.
"Usually my students say 'Hai'." He then shrugged and turned to go back into his study. Dav frowned as he looked at the buckets and the stick, just thinking about the trek he had to make was making him already tired. Soon that thought evaded him as May and Rai came out of hiding making him stare and then look at his feet. Dav then went over to them and put out his hand to Rai and said.
"I'm sorry… for everything I've done.. and I know I don't deserve to be forgiven." Rai frowned and held on tightly to May's hand.
"Do you know all the crap you put us through?" Rai said angrily. Dav's eyes widen and then closed.
"I know… but.. I was jealous…" Rai frowned and said quietly to himself.
"I guess we all get jealous sometimes." Dav just looked at the ground, he felt his stomach knot at the tension between the three of them, then Aletia smiled and said.
" Come May, Rai… We have a Shen-Gong-Wu to get." May who was hiding behind Rai forgot about her embarrassment and said with more light in her face.
"What wu?"
"The Mihomine Lady Bug."
"What does it do?" May asked with confusion but before anyone could answer her Chris came towards them. She looked like she worked out a lot of her tension for she was breathing hard and looked sweaty from her training. May frowned and looked at Chris with hate, Chris noticing her hard glares, glared back and replied.
"What?" Chris said with much rudeness and anger in her voice. May stomped over to her and stared at her straight in the eyes, Chris backed up a little and repeated. "What's you're pro.." but before she could finish that thought May had just pushed her as hard as she could. Everyone gasped as Chris fell onto her butt; she then glared back up at May and said with anger. "What the he…" She couldn't even finish that word as she quickly got back up and tackled May to the ground and started hitting her. May then screamed.
"You TOOK HIM AWAY FROM ME!" May then got on top of Chris and started pulling on her hair.
"OWWW! MY HAIR! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! OWWW!" Chris said turning herself around and kicking May in the torso to get her off. Everyone was just staring at the two as they fight, Dav and Rai just looked at each other; they had to try and stop this. Rai ran to May to keep her away from Chris and Dav did the same with Chris. Chris growled as Dav touched her then without warning Chris jabbed Dav in the gut with her elbow. He fell to the ground in pain as Chris ran towards May while Rai tried to hold onto her. Chris then punched Rai in the face and he fell over holding his nose, then Chris body slammed May to the ground. Chris got on top of her and was getting ready to punch her when Master Shung came and grabbed her arm. Chris gasped as she looked at her teacher. "Master…" Chris said embarrassed for her reaction.
"Who started this?" Master Shung asked angrily, Chris fell silent and then May who was beneath Chris said softly.
"I was…" May got herself from under Chris and then dusted herself off and then looked down at her feet.
"Why did you attack Chris?" May frowned and said.
"She stole something of mine." Master Shung then looked at Chris as she turned away with blush on her face. Master Shung then said with confusion.
"Don't tell me this fight was over a boy.." May frowned and Chris blushed an even redder color that she tried to hide her face with her hair. May gulped and replied.
"Yes.." Master Shung then gave a huge sigh.
"You know we have more important things to worry about, then BOYS.." May quivered at Master Shung's angry tone. He then turned to Chris, and went to her saying. "And you… I thought I taught you better than to attack a teammate.." Chris then looked up and said.
"But she attacked me first!"
"But you didn't have to react back, you could of talked it out.. but here you were fighting like you were out to cut each others throats. Worst part is, you attacked others who were trying to help you! You are part of a team! Even if you do not know that! For both of your reactions, you will be punished!" Master Shung said with much anger, he then breathed in for a moment and said. "May.. you will be staying here as well, I'm going to have to think of a chore for both you and Chris to do together. You fight…so you will learn to work together." May and Chris looked down at the ground and said softly.
"Yes.. Master.." Master Shung then said.
"But I will have to think of a chores for both of you later, Chris.. you didn't hear this before but I want to train you and Clay to enhance your element. I have a way to make a double team for your element that will be very powerful. I'm hoping that if this is successful that all your original teachers will want to do this with you and your element partners." Aletia then frowned as Master Shung said that, he possibly didn't know what happened to her past. Zen noticed her frown and asked in a whisper.
"You okay?" He put his arm around her, Aletia looked up at him and she said silently.
"Just.. remembering my past.." Aletia said with a frown and placed her hand over Zen's that was on her shoulder. Zen smiled and said.
"I know a little of what your going though." Aletia smiled; at least Zen and her could deal with this problem together. Kimiko then looked at their party, and smiled.
"I guess it's just the five of us.." Jill then spoke up and said.
"Actually, I would like to stay with Clay… if that is okay?" Kimiko then gave a fake smile and said.
"Yea.. no problem.." Kimiko then turned around and sighed, why was she alone now? She then turned back around and said. "Okay.. the four of us…Let's go." Soon Dojo turned giant and soon the four of them were off. May watched as Rai and the others left but she soon turned round to Chris and glared at her, Chris returned the favor as May walked back to the temple and Chris followed Clay and Jill to the training grounds. Dav groaned in pain of his abdomen where Chris jabbed him, all he was trying to do was stop them from fighting and do something good, but no… no matter what he was always the butt of everything. He groaned and just sat there, he still had his chore to do, but he needed a moment to get himself together. This was going to be a long while before he would be done with this chore and he was going to slack as much as possible. As he sat on the edge of the step Master Shung came by him and said.
"Aren't you going to get started?" Dav got a little startled by that but then turned around and said.
"Just trying to make my stomach stop hurting." Master Shung then nodded.
"Chris got you there I see…" Dav just nodded and rubbed his stomach again; he then looked up at Master Shung and said.
"Do you know why they were fighting?" Dav asked out of curiosity. "I mean… they were talking.. as you said about a boy.." Master Shung then raised an eyebrow.
"I thought for sure you would know why." Dav blinked and said.
"Why would I?"
"Because they were fighting about you…" Dav blinked and then gulped.
"Oh…" Master Shung then sat down next to Dav and said.
"May thought Chris stole you.." Dav coughed.
"She.. What?" Dav scoffed. "Yea right.. like she would do something like that." Master Shung then replied.
"Well…" Dav blushed a little and said.
"I.. well.. I.." Master Shung urged him to go on. "When I was evil.. I kissed Chris to get back at Rai."
"And why get back at Rai?" Master Shung asked.
"Because.. I saw…" Dav stopped.
"Saw?"
"I saw May kiss him…"
"And you liked her…" Dav nodded and then laid back on the ground. "Did kissing Chris solve anything?" Dav shook his head 'no'. "Why do you think that?"
"I wanted to hurt Rai, like I wanted… but I ended up hurting…. May.."
"And Chris.." Dav blinked.
"Yea.. and Chris…" Master Shung breathed in and said.
"You know.. You did more than hurt Chris… You stole something from her." Dav blinked.
"What did I do?" Master Shung then said.
"Obviously… you stole her first kiss.." Master Shung then replied. "And she hasn't been the same since." Dav gulped and sat up.
"I… didn't know.." Master Shung then said.
"What is still bothering you?" Dav gulped and said.
"I saw.. May and Rai… kissing.. again." Dav put his head into his hands. "I've lost her… there's no hope for me now, no one likes me here anymore because of what I've done." Master Shung got up and said.
"Where one love is lost… another can be found." Dav looked up at him confused.
"What does that mean? Are you doing a puzzle?" Shung replied.
"Just look around… you'll find someone that loves you…" Dav blinked.
"But who?" Shung smiled.
"When that person wants to tell you… she will.." Dav blinked and then got up from the ground as Master Shung started to walk away.
"Do you know who? Tell me! I know you know!" Master Shung looked back and said.
"You need to get started with your chore… maybe after you finish…." Dav smiled, he had someone that loved him; he then grabbed the stick and the buckets and ran down to the park to the well. After the others left, Chris followed Clay and Jill to the training ground and started to stretch as Jill watched on the sidelines. As Clay was doing a little Ty-Chi he looked at Chris and said.
"Why did you fight? You were like two cats fighting over a mouse." Chris glared.
"What's with the medifore." Clay shrugged.
"Just some'hen I do." Chris sighed and said.
"May attacked me first." Clay nodded and said.
"Yea.. but why?" Chris' teeth clenched and she replied.
"Because she thinks I stole Dav away from her!" Chris said with anger. Clay frowned.
"She does know that Dav forced you to kiss him, right? Dav has no feelings for you.." Chris stopped when he said that, it was true, Dav had no feelings for her. It was all for May, everything he did was for May. She felt her heart ache a moment, but then she shook her head. It was for the best, it's the way it should be.. she was a warrior and was meant to be alone for the rest of her life. Chris then remembered she was supposed to speak now.
"I… um.. I think so.." Chris said, her voice shaking a bit. Clay frowned.
"You okay?" Chris coughed and replied.
"Yea… perfect.. let's train.. Where is Master Shung?"
"I am right here.." Master Shung said as he came walking towards them. Chris and Clay stood and bowed to him. Clay was the first to speak.
"So what are we to learn, Master?" Master Shung smiled at his eagerness and replied.
"Both of you are going to learn the 'Duel Tremor'. A special technique for elemental partners, it will take a lot of work, but I'm sure that both of you are up for the challenge." Chris smiled and replied.
"As I'm sure you know Master, I love a challenge." She bowed to him and he replied.
"Yes.. I know.." He sighed and replied. "Let's begin."
"AHHH!" Wuya screamed around the layer of Chase Young. "A SHEN-GOGN-WU!" Chase sighed as he looked up from his throne and replied.
"Why do you wail like that?" He asked with annoyance, Wuya then plopped down beside him and said.
"I do it because it's important to me." Chase put a finger in his ear and rubbed it.
"Next time a new wu comes out… PLEASE reframe from wailing…" He then glared at her. "If you don't mind." Wuya just gave a grin and replied.
"Sorry… anyway… are we going to go get it?" Chase sighed and said.
"And what would you do with it? You cannot get your old power back you know." Wuya smiled and said.
"Yes.. I know.. but.. the Xiaolin warriors…" Chase sighed again and replied.
"Yes.. I know! They will get it if we do not.. go… Blah Blah Blah…" Chase then got up and turned back to Wuya. "Don't you ever shut up about the Shen-Gong-Wu?" Wuya glared and said simply.
"No." Chase glared and said.
"Well… I'll send someone to go get it.. I don't trust you at all.." Wuya gave an angelic grin and batted her eyes, but at that Chase raised his lip and said.
"Erk… please reframe from doing that too.." Wuya glowered and then said.
"Well, who are you to be sending?" Chase smiled and said.
"I shall send Omi and Rose." Wuya blinked.
"Why those two?" Chase smiled.
"Well, I don't know why I should tell you this but I have come with a little dilemma." Wuya blinked.
"And what dilemma is that?" Chase then said.
"I've just found out from Josh, Dav, and Zalak that one of the newest members of the Xiaolin warriors has the abilities to destroy evil forever." All of a sudden Zalak came in breathing hard from running, both Wuya and Chase looked to the commotion.
"Master Chase.." He said that with a bit of a gruff in his voice. "Josh and I can't find Dav…Anywhere.." He finished, Chase looked at him with disbelieve and said.
"You can't be serious… I saw him not only an hour ago! Are you certain?" Zalak nodded.
"What are we to do?" Chase then bit his lip, how could Dav just get away like that?
"First off!" Chase said getting annoyed. "There is a new Shen-Gong-Wu.." and before he could continue Zalak replied.
"And you want me to go get it for you… Great!" Chase growled.
"Don't you listen? What I was going to say is that some of the Xiaolin Warriors are going to get that wu!" He then hovered his hand over the ground and a huge eye formed under it. In the eye it showed Clay and Chris training at the Kihaku Temple with Master Shung and Jillian in the background watching. "And you will go to that Temple and get Josh's sister… get the Light…" Wuya blinked.
"The light?" Chase nodded.
"Omi and Rose take care of the group that are getting the Shen-Gong-Wu and Josh and Zalak will go get her." Zalak grinned evilly and replied.
"Will do.." Chase then said.
"Before you go.. take the Woozy Shooter.." Zalak blinked.
"Why?"
"You'll see when you get to the Temple." Chase said with an evil grin.
Kimiko blinked as the wind blew on her face, she kept thinking of what the Mihomine Lady Bug did, but nothing came to mind. She finally went close to Dojo's ear and asked. "Do you know where we're going?" Dojo nodded even though it looked like he was going around in circles. In the back Aletia was trying to forget her problems and think about the wu at hand, while Zen was looking at his Kunai daggers, cleaning them if need be, and Rai was holding his sore nose from when Chris knocked him.
"Dang that girl hits hard." Aletia looked back at him and said.
"What did you expect.. she is Earth after all.." Rai groaned.
"She said she wasn't that strong.." He mumbled. Kimiko then giggled and said.
"So.. how many times did she kick your butt Rai?" Rai glared and replied with anger.
"SHUT UP ALL OF YOU!" Everyone was silent. "Just leave me alone.." Kimiko blinked and said.
"We were just.." But Aletia put a hand on her shoulder and shook her head 'no'. Kimiko nodded and they remained silent till they got to their destination. "WOW! England! I haven't been here yet! Sukoi!" Aletia blinked.
"Sukoi?" Kimiko blushed.
"Means 'Awesome'." Aletia nodded as they got off of Dojo, Kimiko was wearing mostly pink with a Japanese style to her clothes, and her hair was long and in two low pigtails. Aletia wore a blue, short sleeve top with some quarter-length jeans. Her shoes are still white trainers only this time they have Velcro on them. Around Aletia's neck she wears a silver-necklace with a mini tornado on it and on her hands are the gloves from her stealth suit. Everyone looked around and then at Dojo. "So where is it?" Kimiko asked getting a bit impatient. "And what did you mean when you said the wu was like the Serpent's Tail?" Aletia then gulped as she pointed into the direction as a larger than regular size Lady Bug came floating by, its smiling face looking at them. Everyone blinked. "Oh.. I see… it can move on it's own… great." Kimiko said with sarcasm. As they all started to run after the Wu, they then noticed that they weren't the only ones chasing it, it appears Omi and Rose were now at chase. "OMI!" Kimiko said on the ground while Omi was on the buildings hoping from one rooftop to the next. The bug then floated up to the rooftop where Omi was so Kimiko jumped and met him on the roof. "Sorry Omi but this one's mine!" Omi kept running.
"I am sorry, but I will have to say no.. I must not disappoint Chase!" Kimiko frowned.
"What happened to you Omi?" Omi ignored her and reached out for it, but Kimiko met him there and they both grabbed the wu at the same time. "I call a Xiaolin Showdown!" Kimiko shouted, and then went on by saying. "I wager The Wings of the Phoenix!" Omi then replied.
"I wager the Lotus Twister!"
"The game is to catch the wu!" Kimiko shouted, Omi nodded and they both said.
"Xiaolin Showdown! Gong Yi Tan Pai!" As they shouted the area turned into a deformed city with on the sidelines Rai and Aletia in their gear as Zen still in what he was wearing and cheering for Kimiko. Kimiko and Omi were in the middle of the surrounding area with them both in their gear.
"Why Omi? Why fight me?" Omi looked down and replied.
"I have no choice.." He then dodged and ran for the bug, Kimiko then shouted.
"WINGS OF THE PHOENIX!" She instantly grew fire wings and started flying after the bug, shooting fireballs at Omi if he got to close.
"LOTUS TWISTER!" He then started to follow with his limbs flailing everywhere, Kimiko had to dodge sometimes because it almost hit her. The bug then went into a window and Kimiko instantly went in after it. Her wings had to get close to her body or she would loose them while crashing onto the floor, she twirled and soon caught the bug. The Showdown was over and she grinned holding her prizes. Omi looked at them with Rose close behind.
"Doesn't matter anyway.." Rose boasted, everyone looked at her confused.
"Why?" Asked Raimundo getting mad.
"Because we were nothing but a distraction.." Kimiko blinked.
"To what? Omi? OMI?" Omi just looked down and replied.
"I just did my mission…" And started to walk away, Rose just laughed and replied.
"LOSERS!" And quickly followed Omi. Everyone looked at each other and said with worry.
"Let's get back to the Temple."
Back at the Temple, Clay and Chris were warming up as Master Shung said. "Now… you will need to gather all the Strength and Focus you can muster. This attack will need a lot of that, so be sure you have it and try it." Clay and Chris closed their eyes and breathed in slowly and then out, soon both their eyes flashed open. They both did some arm gestures that both did from opposite sides and they both shouted.
"DUEL TREMER!" They both fell to one knee and with their closed fist gave the earth a heavy pound, both making holes in the earth. At first it seemed to do nothing, but then a massive earthquake erupted, and made both Clay and Chris fall over. Master Shung was able to keep standing and replied.
"Good, but not enough force… You will get better with time." They both nodded. "I believe it is time for a break… how about you?" Both of them nodded and watched as Master Shung walked into his study. Clay nodded to his cousin and then walked over to Jill that was awaiting him, Jill got up and they both went into the kitchen to eat, but Chris went a different direction and went off into an area that she could be in peace to meditate.
Soon, Clay and Jill went into the kitchen to find both Yuki and May in there, May was eating but when they saw her she was drinking some tea. She smiled at them and asked. "How was the training?" Clay nodded and replied.
"Pretty good.." May frowned as she looked at her teacup; Clay and Jill sat down on the other side of her.
"You know…" Clay started but was interrupted by Yuki putting a plate of food in front of both him and Jill and gave a little smile saying.
"Yutah.. Yutah.. " Clay blinked not knowing what she was saying and she in turn did a motion of eating then rubbing her stomach as if it were good.
"Oh…" Clay said and smiled.. "Yutah.." Yuki smiled and nodded as she left them to eat. He then started again after he took a bite of the food, which was delicious and said. "You know… Chris had nothing to do with Dav.." May frowned.
"I know.. I just didn't want to believe it… but it doesn't matter now.." Clay blinked.
"Why?" May smiled a little and said.
"I think I have a boyfriend already." Jill blinked at that comment and said.
"ALREADY? You go through them fast…" May blushed and replied.
"I guess… but… It can't be helped.. he kissed me.."
"Who kissed you?" Jill asked with interest.
"Raimundo.." Clay blinked.
"What… but.. I thought Rai like Chris…and… Oh Dag Nabbit! Why are you guys SO confusing?" Clay said rubbing his hurting head. May shrugged and said.
"He did…" Clay frowned.
"What changed his mind?" May gave a weak smile and said.
"Chris broke his heart." Jill frowned.
"And I thought they were getting to be good friends…" Clay shook his head 'no' and replied.
"Things got sour after they came back from that mission from saving Zen, when Dav kissed her.." Jill blinked.
"Dav kissed Chris! When did all this happen!" Jill asked in surprise, Clay frowned and said.
"They kept a good secret huh?" Jill then blinked.
"But you knew!" Clay shrugged and said.
"Chris told me not to tell anyone.. she was embarrassed."
Chris sighed as she finally found a spot away from anyone that could breath, she never in her life hated people so much it was annoying, she sat crossed legged and started to meditate, but before she could completely be gone to her own world she head a noise of what seemed of running and the sound of splish-splash caught her ear. She opened her eye and heard it get closer. She crawled to the noise and found herself close to the well and Dav dumping the water he had collected and then whipped his sweaty brow, his shirt was soaked through of his sweat as he took a seat for just a moment to catch his breathe. So far he got the well half way full, he would have another couple of hours to get it full, the entire time he had been running. He obviously wanted to get this chore done; Chris couldn't help but watch and then blush as she realized what she was doing. She then backed out as Dav got back up and started running to the destination again. Chris then looked down at her lap and said softly. "..dav.."
"Dav?" Chris looked up and saw someone she wasn't expecting, it was Zalak. "I had wondered where he had gone.. so he's back with you losers…" Chris got up quickly and stood in stance if he tried anything. "Well, at least now I can kill you guys without worrying what he had to say about it anyway… and to think.. I liked him too…" Chris glared.
"What he did in the past… is the past..!" Zalak grinned.
"Are you siding with him? I didn't think you liked anyone.. but you side with the one that betrayed you? What makes you think he won't do it again?"
"He came back!" Zalak then mimicked her talking and said.
"Blah Blah Blah! What do you women say about a man? Once a cheater always a cheater.. or something to that matter…" He then quickly went at her, but she dodged and then tried to kick him in the back, but he was too quick. "Nightly Night! Woozy Shooter!" He shot the weird mist at her and she started to babble like an idiot. "One down… two more to go.." Josh then came and said.
"Okay, Dav won't come back for awhile.. and Omi and Rose are keeping the other losers at bay. The only thing between us is the water girl and that cowboy, and then we can get Jill." Zalak nodded and ran with Josh to the kitchen where they were. They busted in and Clay, Jill, and May stood up.
"You farments!" Clay said but before he could do anything, Zalak shot the Woozy Shooter at him, May, and Jill. As they were all under the spell Josh got a sack out and out crammed Jill inside and soon before anyone got out from the Woozy Shooter they were gone. Chris was the first to come too, and ran to the kitchen were she saw Clay and Jill went to.
"Guys! They're here…." But before she could continue, Clay and May were both on the floor mumbling like idiots.
"I'm fire… ha ha.. ooooo… lookie what I can do…" May said while looking at her hand. Clay giggled and said.
"No.. I'm the fire.. and … whoa… when did the sky change color..?"
"Whoa…" May said, it was like they were on drugs. Chris blinked and then ran outside to find Master Shung.
"Master!" Chris said as she entered his study to find Yuki and her father looking over some scrolls. "Some of the warriors from the Heylin side came.. we're under attack!" Shung and his daughter looked at each other and followed Chris outside, no one was there, Chris went to check on the Shen-Gong-Wu and they were all there. "I don't understand.. I know what I saw!" Clay then came out and said.
"I know.. I saw them too… They have Jill." Chris' face faltered.
"They have Jill?" Clay nodded and said.
"I'm sure.. she was with me.. then.. I woke up and she wasn't there." Chris frowned and then Dojo and the others came and landed.
"What happened?" Kimiko asked with concern. Chris frowned and said.
"They took the light." Everyone faultered, Aletia was the only one able to speak.
"They took Jill?" Her eyes wide. "Why?" Chris frowned and replied.
"Because they know she's a threat." Soon Dav came running smiling ear to ear.
"Master Shung.. I finished…" But before he could continue he saw everyone's faces and said. "What did I do now?" Aletia then replied.
"It was nothing you did… while we were away, and you were doing your chore, we got attacked." Dav's eyes widen.
"What happened? Is everyone okay?" Clay frowned and replied.
"They took Jill." Dav blinked and then gulped while rubbing the back of his head. How could he have forgotten? Maybe it was the thought of getting out and how the others would react to him coming back that he didn't think about it. "What?" Clay said knowing Dav was acting weird.
"I… um.. forgot…" Clay glared.
"Forgot?" Dav gulped.
"Um.. I heard them planning to get Jill.. They're going to try and kill her… so that her abilities never awaken." Zen scoffed.
"To bad they already have!" Chris then glared.
"But we're going to get her back none the less." Chris then turned to her Master and said.
"We're all going to get Jill, Guys." Everyone nodded and packed a bag full of Wu that they possibly would need. Clay put the bag on his shoulders and everyone set off on Dojo to get Jill back. Chris, Dav, May, and Aletia were all dressed in their stealth suits when they reached the layer, Chris then groaned. "How are we to get in without being noticed?" Dav smiled.
"I know a secret way in.." Soon they were in a dark cave, but thanks to Kimiko's fire she was able to make it less dark. Dav was trailing behind as Chris was leading the way. She kept calling back to him at to which way to turn and he would reply. It still felt like he was nothing but a pain to everyone again, hardly anyone would talk to him. He must have been worthless to everyone. Soon the group came to a round room that only had one passageway, they followed to that hallway when they were almost out of the room they started to hear a weird noise. Apparently Dav had trailed a little too far behind and was walking so slowly that the floor was becoming brittle and soon the floor gave way to his weight. Everyone stared in shock as if slow motion Dav was falling through a hole.
"DAV!" Chris screamed and pushed past everyone dropping all her wu to run to him, she slid onto the floor and grabbed his arm before he was completely gone to them. Chris tried with all her strength to pull him up.
"Chris! The FLOOR!" Aletia screamed realizing that the floor was about to give way to her.
"Chris!" Dav shouted. "Just.. JUST LET ME GO!" He closed his eyes. "I'M NOT WORTH IT!" Chris kept pulling trying to get a grip.
"NO! I WON'T!" Soon the floor gave way to her too and soon they both were falling.
"CHRIS! CATCH!" Aletia screamed throwing the closest Wu she could. It was the Mihomine Lady Bug.
"No! Not that WU! We don't know what it does!" Kimiko yelled but it was too late she threw it while Zen grabbed her to not go any further. Chris was able to catch it before she went down into the dark hole. As Chris was holding the Wu and Dav's arm, Dav looked at her.
"I'm sorry.." Dav said looking at her with sadness. "but… you should of let me go…" Chris frowned and pulled him closer and put him into a hug, like it mattered if he knew now or not that she cared for him. He was shocked at Chris hugged him, blush filling his cheeks, he then put his arms around her hugging her, who cared now of what happened they were falling towards their death. Then Chris realized she still had the only wu at that moment, The Mihomine Lady Bug and shouted.
"MIHOMINE LADY BUG!" Soon everything went dark.
"Chris… Dav?" Aletia said softly, she gulped and then looked at the rest. "I'm… I'm sure they will be okay…" Clay frowned, now he lost Chris and his supposed girlfriend. "Right?" Aletia asked to anyone. "Right?" She asked again, Zen smiled weakly at her and replied.
"Yes.. I'm sure they can make it fine. They are strong after all.." Zen gulped and soon Kimiko frowned and said.
"Well.. Jill's not going to save herself. I'm sure we'll find Dav and Chris later. Come on!" Kimiko said as they continued down the path.
"Chase! We got her!" Zalak said as he brought a kicking sack into view, Omi and Rose had already come back and told of their progress, Wuya didn't seem to thrilled with how their mission went. Chase smiled as Zalak grinned and Josh glared at him. Jack was in the back just looking at them while a gloomy Alliyah came from the darkness.
"Good.." Chase said with a coo in his voice. "Take her to the dungeon and destroy her." Josh smiled.
"Right away Master." Josh said grabbing the bag, but soon Alliyah got in the way.
"I want to take her to the dungeon. I want… to torture her myself. Then… you can come in and take the final blow." Zalak grinned at her and said.
"Awww.. such evil from you… Are you sure you and I weren't meant to be?" She glared at Zalak with hate and said.
"I'm sure… I just want to let out my rage on her."
"No way! She's MINE!" Chase then interjected.
"Let her… Then you will kill her, I promise you that." Josh handed over the sack to Alliyah and she went off with it. Josh glared at Chase and said.
"I hope she doesn't go over board." Chase smiled.
"She won't." Josh growled and walked out with Wuya right behind him.
"Don't worry… Chase knows what he is doing.. but with the wu I'm not so sure." Josh growled.
"I should kill her." Wuya put a hand on his arm and said.
"All in due time." He looked at her and then leaned in for a kiss, Wuya backed away shocked. He gulped and said with a hint of blush.
"I'm sorry…" Wuya smiled and then placed a hand on his face.
"Don't be." And she returned the kiss.
Alliyah walked all the way into the dungeon where they originally kept Aletia and placed the bag softly on the ground, she then opened the bag to find that Jill had some how been knocked unconscious. Alliyah glared and then binded Jill's feet and hands. Soon Jill came too and looked at Alliyah her eyes in shock and worry.
"Where am I?" Alliyah glared at her and said.
"You are in the layer of Chase Young… and you are to be killed." Alliyah looked away. "You are to much a threat to my brother. I'm sorry.." Jill shook her head.
"No… You can't just kill me…" Alliyah looked back at her and replied.
"I'm not going to kill you… Josh will."
"Josh?" Jill asked her eyes wide with shock. "But he's my brother… He can't kill me." Alliyah then looked at her.
"You're brother? Why.. Why does he hate you?" Jill frowned.
"To be honest I'm not even sure." Alliyah then felt a presence, she had felt it before.
"They're close." Jill was confused.
"Who are?"
"You're friends. Apparently they have come to rescue you." Alliyah frowned. "You must be very important to them." Jill sighed as Alliyah turned to face them and came face to face with Zen. "Zen…" She said with sadness.
"Alliyah.." Zen replied as everyone stared at her, they were startled that anyone would be there, but they weren't so forgetful of their surroundings. Aletia came from behind Zen and saw Alliyah.
"Alliyah.." Clay frowned.
"Do you guys know each other?" Aletia looked back at him and replied.
"A long time ago."
Chris opened her eyes to find nothing but darkness around her; she felt something warm under her head and felt around. It was a body and it was Dav's, he must of broke her fall or something. She slowly got up just in case she was hurt anywhere and felt for his neck and placed a hand to feel his pulse. He still had one, she then felt his chest for rising and falling, and it was doing that, so he must be alive. Chris sighed in relieve as she then felt herself for anything that could be broken, nothing seemed to be broken and everything worked fine. She sighed as she tried to remember what happened to them, apparently they didn't die from that fall. Chris blushed a little, now Dav knew she had feelings for him, but anyone would act that way when they thought they were dying. "I should of acted like a warrior.." She softly said to herself and placed her head in her hands. Soon she heard Dav stirring from beside her.
"Ow… My head…" He said softly and then paused as he felt a hand on his arm.
"You're not hurt?" Chris asked dully.
"Chris?" Dav asked not sure if this was really happening.
"Yea.." Chris said then replied. "Does anything hurt?" Dav felt himself and said.
"I don't think so.." Chris nodded.
"Well.. I think we should try to find the exit." Dav blinked.
"Chris.." Chris just ignored him and got up.
"Get to your feet.. we have to go." Dav just did as he was told but as he tried to get up his ankle shot him with horrible pain.
"Ahhh.." Dav said falling back to the ground. Chris ran to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You okay?" She asked with concern.
"My ankle." Dav said holding it. "I didn't realize.." Chris just shushed him and said.
"I need to see." Dav then snapped his fingers and flame came like a match. Chris blushed, as the light showed just how close they were. Chris gave a little yelp and backed away with a blush, but went back to look at his ankle. She felt it and asked.
"Hurt?" Dav winced at the pain and nodded. Chris sighed. "Unless we have the Cure of Osirus or Jill here you won't be able to walk." Dav frowned.
"Just leave me here." Chris frowned too and said.
"No.. I need you.." Dav blushed.
"What!" Chris glared.
"Perv! I need your flame." She said with anger and then turned around. "Just climb onto my back." Dav then looked at her weirdly.
"But.. I'm heavy.. you can't carry me." Chris glared back at him and said.
"You'll be surprised." He then got onto her back and she lifted herself and Dav up. "Now watch were you grab." Dav glared.
"I think I would of done better by crawling, this is humiliating." Dav said with a blush as her hair tickled his nose.
"Would you shut up! It's not a picnic for me either ya know!" Chris said with a grumble as she slowly walked because of the extra weight, down the corridor. "Um…. Could you shine your flame to the right?" Dav nodded and pointed his finger the direction she asked. Soon after a long while Chris was having a hard time walking with Dav on her back. She was gasping and finally fell to her knees and trying to hold herself up with her arms. Dav slid off and slowly crawled to face her.
"You okay?" Chris still breathing deeply said.
"Yea… I just need a break." Dav nodded.
"Okay, I need one too." Chris sighed as Dav turned around and Chris laid her back on his to relax. It felt like all her muscles were turning to jello. Dav thought a moment about what happened before everything went dark. He wondered what happened between them really happened. 'She hugged me…' Dav thought to himself, then he thought. 'Is she the one… who loves me?' Dav turned his head to see the top of Chris' hair. 'It makes sense.' He said to himself, and then all of a sudden a flash of light and Zalak was before Dav.
"Hi Dav…" Dav glared.
"Zalak!" Zalak grinned and placed his hands at his hips and said.
"Now now… is that any way of treating an old friend?" Dav glared and replied.
"You're not my friend!" Zalak pouted.
"But we were on the same side."
"I'm not on that side anymore!" Dav yelled, as Zalak and Dav were having their little spat, Chris was still behind Dav, Zalak had no clue she was there. She slowly reached for one of Dav's guns and slowly took it from its holster and brought it to her. She held it and quickly placed the gun at aim of Zalak's head while putting an arm around Dav's neck as if protecting him.
"Don't move or I'll shoot!" Zalak laughed.
"What is this an old western?" Chris glared, she really didn't know how to use a gun; she dealt with swords. Dav looked at her and said in a whisper.
"Take the safety off." Chris blinked and whispered back.
"Safety?" Dav nodded placing a hand on her arm that was around his neck.
"Yea.. pull that lever closest to your thumb." Chris blinked and did as she was told.
"Good?" Dav nodded and Chris glared back at Zalak, and then shot, but he was gone before the bullet reached him. Chris quickly looked around herself and Dav, but before she could do anything else Zalak put an arm around her throat and held her off the ground. Chris screamed from the shock and the pain. Dav glared at what was happening and with his good leg kicked Zalak's legs from under him, Chris fell back to the ground choking and Zalak fell face first onto the ground and with that Dav grabbed the gun that Chris dropped and placed it at his head.
"Leave us alone!" Dav said with anger in his voice and with that Zalak disappeared. Dav sighed and put the gun back in its holster, and then went over to Chris. "You okay?" Chris nodded, but then saw Zalak further down the hall, Chris then motioned Dav to look and Zalak smiled at the two and put a finger to his throat and then made a sliced motion telling them that if he ever saw them again they would be dead. Then he was gone, leaving the two alone. Chris sighed and said.
"Let's keep moving." Dav nodded and got back up onto her back and they slowly made their way through the dark hallway.
"Zen…"Alliyah said with a hurt face. "Why did you leave?" Zen frowned.
"I had to… they were using me!" Alliyah's eyes filled with tears.
"They're going to kill you now! If you had stayed… I could have protected you." Zen's face faultered.
"I'm sorry.." He said and looked at Aletia, Alliyah then looked at the two and her face saddened even more.
"I see… I guess I mean nothing to you… I mean nothing to everyone." Alliyah then looked at Jill who looked sad and then at the group. "Here." Alliyah said giving the key to Jill's chains. "Leave…" Aletia then spoke up.
"Why? Alliyah?" Alliyah looked at her and replied.
"There are to many of you… I would be over powered." She said half lying. Aletia grabbed the key from her and then gave her a hug.
"Please… come with us…" Alliyah started to sob.
"I wish I could…. But my place is with my brother… I'm sorry… blood is thicker than water." Alliyah said and then disappeared. Aletia looked like she was about to cry as Alliyah spilled right through her fingers, tears forming in her eyes.
"Alliyah…. ALLIYAH!" Aletia screamed now sobbing putting her face into her hands. Zen then grabbed her and tried to muffle her crying by letting her sob on his shoulder. Zen then said.
"We must hurry… Get Jill and let's use the Tiger Claws to get out of here." Clay then grabbed the key from Aletia's hand and unchained Jill.
"But what about Chris… and Dav?" Soon they heard something behind them and turned to see a very tired Chris and Dav giving an uncomfortable smile.
"Hel.. hello.." Chris said tiredly and nearly collapsed but kept herself steady.
"Well… what luck." Clay said then brought out the Golden Tiger Claws and swiped them in the air and soon they were all back to the temple.
As soon as Alliyah had come back from the chambers Josh quickly went to go and kill his sister, but when he was there, he freaked. "SHE'S GONE!" He yelled. "I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE KILLED HER WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE!" Chase raised an eyebrow and replied.
"She's gone?" Josh growled.
"Yes!" Chase then looked at his sister who was now pouting.
"Did you see anybody come in a get our captive?" Alliyah shook her head 'no' and then left for her room. Chase frowned and then saw Zalak come in.
"I saw the traitor Dav and that little skank warrior of earth down at the basement." Chase growled.
"Didn't you stop them?" Zalak growled.
"I did, but they one upped me." He then frowned and replied. "Plus they were already wounded, what's the fun if I can't kill them when they are fully at their best." Chase then thought.
"Well, if they were wounded, then who…" Chase then stopped, as he already knew what to expect. He then placed his hand over the ground and an eyeball like thing came from it to be just a little bit under his hand. In the eye it showed everyone coming out of the vortex and then showing an older man. "Who is that?" He asked himself and saw that this man was like a Master Fung, just a little different. "Don't tell me.." He said getting worried. "There are more of them?" Wuya then came in the room.
"More of what? More wu?" She asked and Chase growled.
"No not more wu! There are more elders! There's more than one Master Fung! Why didn't I think of this before? I mean I obviously got rid of one a long time ago, but I didn't think there were so many." Chase then went into his wu vault and grabbed the Amnesia Crouter and Cure of Osirus that were formed together then said. "We have work to do." Everyone looked at him oddly.
"What?" Wuya asked and Chase replied.
"We have more elders to get rid of."
As soon as everyone got back to the Kihaku Temple, Chris fell from exhaustion and Dav tried to help her by placing her up and giving her shoulders a massage. "Wakey wakey!" Dav said trying to wake up her muscles. Aletia was still crying over Alliyah and Jill hugged Clay for the rescue. Everyone was emotionally and physically tired, as soon as Dav helped Chris, Dav waved over Jill to help him with his ankle problem, which she fixed. Dav then helped Chris up and placed her arm over his neck. She was too tired to argue or complain or feel embarrassed about how close Dav was to her. Master Shung went to meet them with Yuki by his side.
"I see that you found Jill and got her back." Clay nodded as Jill rubbed her wrists and ankles. "Well, now that they are coming after her, she will continue to be in danger from here on out. Clay, do be careful of your surroundings and keep her save." Clay nodded.
"I plan to." Jill smiled she was glad he cared so much for her and gave him another hug. Aletia was still crying over Alliyah and Zen was trying his best to console her.
"She'll come back to us eventually." Aletia quieted down and said through sniffs.
"Remember what we use to do together, we had so much fun… we were a team, weren't we?" Zen smiled and gave a giggle.
"We were a bunch of hell raisers… playing jokes on almost everyone we came across." Aletia smiled, she remembered when practical jokes were best played on the most gullible.
"I miss those days." Zen put his head onto of hers and said.
"Me too." As they were talking Kimiko who had Dojo on her shoulders went to stand by Yuki and Master Shung, she now felt so out of place here. Everyone was teamed with someone else. What was she going to do about this? Rai blushed when he looked at May, what was he thinking when he kissed her, but he was hurting and so was she. Maybe they were meant to be together, he then looked over at Chris who was getting her strength back and soon knocked Dav over for touching her. Chris was never going to change, no matter who tried to knock down those walls, but before he could think of anything else he saw Chase Young and his group come through the gates. Zalak leading the charge as everyone followed, even Omi was there behind Chase.
"No! OMI!" Kimiko shouted and soon everyone was seeing the on coming hoard. Aletia looked up and said softly.
"Not now… why now?" Zalak laughed insanely as his hands started to glow of his darkness; Master Shung looked at his daughter and nodded.
"You know what to do." She nodded and ran back into the temple, Master Shung then said. "Students, we will take care of them, run!" Chris then realized what her master was saying.
"But to where?" Master Shung then turned towards the temple all the other elders were and said.
"Find the other elders! RUN!" He soon turned tail and ran, and he past Yuki with lined paper with Japanese Kongi on it, and wearing traditional fight monk robes. She had a couple of ceremonial beads in her hair and said.
"Run! I will deal with them." She said going into a stance, as the hoard came at her. Chris couldn't believe what Yuki was wearing, never in her days had she ever seen Yuki fight or do anything like this.
"Yuki!" Chris screamed as the Jack-Bots attacked her but with her Paper she was able to slice through them.
"Go!" Yuki said to them, Clay ran to get the wu while everyone ran to grab some of their things. Soon everyone ran to the farthest place the hoard haven't reached, Dav swiped his Platinum Tiger Claws and went in, everyone followed, Chris was the last to go in as she looked back as Yuki who was being push farther and farther back.
"Yuki!" Yuki looked back at her and said again.
"RUN!" Chris nodded and went into the vortex where it closed, soon Zalak came at her with force that scared Yuki making her fall backwards. Soon a scream could be heard for miles as the temple burned.
Smurf-Chan: Sorry this chapter took so long to bring out, just been busy, but I promise I'll write more chapters and have them out as soon as possible. Now in the next coming chapters, the warriors are going to be going from the Fire Temple to the Water Temple, and when getting to the Wind temple it will explain (I think) about Aletia's, Zen's, and Alliyah's past a little. Sorry, but I don't even understand it fully. I hope people will help me out a little. In the coming chapters, I will need people that have their characters in this story to tell me what their characters went through at their temples, did they have any friends there? Relatives close by? Anything would help for the oncoming chapters. Next Chapter: Loading Gun Complex