Demon Inferno
Chapter 5: Battle of the Temple
The Xiaolin Temple was busy for the last couple of hours since Jack and Shendu stole the Shen Gong Wu. Defenses were raised and all of the monks were preparing for Sapphire Jong's attack. The Chans were also training for the attack. Meanwhile Uncle was putting Chi spells in the meditation chamber to protect it from evil spirits. "If Shendu is working with Jack Spicer," said Jackie, "then they'll be after the Talismans as well." "That doesn't mean we can't use them," said Jade. "Alright," said Jackie, "But keep them out of their hands." "One more thing Kimiko," said Master Fung, "Since both Shendu and Sapphire Jong are fire demons, you will be our chief defense." "Yes Master," said Kimiko, "Another thing is that you must not let Sapphire Jong to get the Cat's Eye-Draco, for if he does his power over Fire will be unbeatable."
Suddenly there was an explosion at the temple gate. Blue and red flames shot out everywhere. Then one of the elder monks ran to Master Fung and said, "Master Fung, Sapphire Jong has arrived at the temple gate and he is not alone." "I know," said Master Fung, "Jack and Wuya are doubtlessly with him." "No, more that that," said the monk, "he is accompanied by a dragon-demon." "Shendu!" cried the Chans. "He's flesh again?" asked Jackie. As if to answer his question, a loud roar issued from the courtyard. The Chans and the Wudai Warriors ran over to the courtyard to see what was going on. Sapphire Jong was trashing the courtyard and turning almost everything to sapphire. Jack was hovering in the air with his Heli-bot barking orders to Sapphire Jong. Wuya was floating next to Jack, enjoying the evil and destruction happening below. But there was also another fire demon that was breathing flames everywhere. Then the fire demon turned around, saw Jackie, and roared, "Chan!" "Shendu?" asked Jackie. "In the flesh," said Shendu and breathed a fireball at Jackie. But suddenly Jackie moved very quickly out of the way. Shendu's eyes widened and he said, "My Talismans!" Jade charged the Dragon Talisman and said, "You want the Talismans? Have this!" She blasted Shendu with the Talisman. But after the blast, Shendu stood up and said, "You think you can destroy me with my own Talisman?" "I've done it before," said Jade. Shendu growled and sent a fire blast at Jade. Kimiko stepped in front of Jade and blocked the fire. Then she gathered it up into her hands and said, "Wudai Mars: Fire!" and threw them at Sapphire Jong. Sapphire Jong was engulfed by the flames and was covered from head to toe in soot. "Ha!" said Kimiko, "Not so tough without Jong to back you up, are you?" But Sapphire Jong simply shook off the soot and roared. "Ha!" cried Wuya. "Sapphire Fong doesn't have that old weakness anymore. You cannot put him out." The battle continued with Chans using the Talismans and the Wudai Warriors using their Wudai powers. But Sapphire Jong proved too be a formidable opponent and nearly turned them to sapphire a few times. Then Omi noticed that Sapphire Jong perfectly obeyed Jack's orders when he gave them. Omi looked closely at Jack and saw that he was wearing the Emperor Scorpion. Omi went over to Tohru's side and asked, "Tohru, do you think you can throw me to Jack?" "Yes," said Tohru. "Then do it," said Omi. Tohru picked up Omi and threw him at Jack. Jack only noticed Omi at the very last moment. Omi slammed into Jack causing him to drop both the Emperor Scorpion and the Mala Mala Cannon, which he was also carrying. Jackie and Jade saw the two falling Shen Gong Wu and ran to catch them. Shendu saw the Mala Mala Cannon dropping and grabbed for it. Sapphire Jong felt the control of Emperor Scorpion lifting from him and stretched the Third Arm Sash to catch the Wu before it could control him again. All four of them caught the Shen Gong Wu at the same time. Then both of the Wu started glowing with a golden light.
"Shendu, Sapphire Jong," said Jade, "We challenge you two to a Xiaolin Showdown Tsunami. We wager my Monkey Staff and Jackie's Black Beetle against Sapphire Jong's Visuvius Skullcap and Shendu's Serpent's Tail." "We accept your challenge," said Shendu. "And I call for a Shen Yi All In. We wager our Talismans against all of Sapphire Jong's Wu." "We accept again," said Shendu, "the game shall be the Lock the Cage, first team to trap their opponents and seal them in wins." "Let's go," said everybody, "XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!"
Suddenly the Temple disappeared and several iron posts rose up out of the ground. Then iron bars grew from the posts so they all looked like the turnstile of a subway. The posts swung slowly and each had a red button that's meant to lock and unlock. Jackie, Jade, Shendu, and Sapphire Jong were in this iron maze while the others were watching from balconies above the arena. All the Chans were wearing the same outfit as a Xiaolin Dragon-in-Training, which was noted by Uncle when he said, "Why is Uncle wearing itchy shirt?" The fighters in the arena then yelled, "Gong Yi Tampai!" The Showdown started and the posts started swinging faster. "Monkey Staff!" cried Jade holding the Shen Gong Wu and quickly transformed into a half-monkey form and leaped over the posts. Sapphire Jong activated his Jet Bootsu and flew after Jade. Shendu looked at Jackie and said, "Well it looks like it's just you and me Chan. But not for long." Shendu breathed a stream of fire at Jackie. Jackie quickly put his Shen Gong Wu on his head and cried, "Black Beetle!" The flames then engulfed Jackie. "Looks like I win," said Shendu. Then the flames died out revealing Jack totally unmarked and wearing a black samurai-like armor. "Whoa, that worked," said Jackie. Meanwhile, Jade was fighting against Sapphire Jong. Jong was only using the Visuvius Skullcap's magic besides his ability to move but it was almost enough. Jade had to avoid blue blobs of lava that crystallized instantly. But she managed to smack Jong into a few tight places before he threw Jade back away from him. Then Jade heard someone yelling, "Bad day! Bad day! Bad day!" and she turned around to see that Jackie was running in her direction, locking bars behind him. But Shendu was using the Serpent's Tail to glide through the bars towards Jackie. Jade got an idea and said to Sapphire Jong, "Hey Fireball, why don't you put out your butt before I kick it?" This made Sapphire Jong mad he started erupting liquid sapphire everywhere. Jade hid behind Jackie who was protected from the hot blue lava. The sapphire lava hit the Serpent's Tail, incasing it in sapphire. This caused Shendu to lose his intangibility and made collide with the next set of bars. While Shendu was stunned by the collision, several globs of lava fell on him and trapped him in sapphire. Jackie and Jade then used their Kung Fu moves to throw Sapphire Jong into the same cell as Shendu and locked the bars.
The maze quickly disappeared and the temple returned to normal. Sapphire Jong let out a loud bellow as the sapphire color faded from his body and the flames died out. He gave one last quiver as the Shen Gong Wu returned to their previous form. Then they all floated to Jackie and Jade who were back to their regular clothes and were holding the other Shen Gong Wu they had won. "We have lots almost all of our Shen Gong Wu!" yelled Wuya. "Hey it isn't my fault," said Jack, "Shendu made us loose our Wu." Shendu growled and said, "I've had enough of this." He grabbed the Golden Tiger Claws that were dropped during the battle and put them on his hand. He said, "Golden Tiger Claws!" and slashed the air in front of them. Instead of being the usual purple, the portal that was opened was red and yellow. "You may have been able to stop one demon," said Shendu, "but can you stop seven?" The Xiaolin Warriors saw the other seven Demon Sorcerers on the other side of the portal. "I will not let you do that Shendu," said Uncle stepping in front of the others. "And what can a frail old man do against a powerful demon?" asked Shendu. "Ah, but you were not like that before," said Uncle. "That was the past, this is the present." "But the past can be brought back," said Uncle holding up a strange-looking item and saying, "Rio Reverso!" Shendu screamed as his form returned to his spirit form, which caused the Reversing Mirror to repair itself. Then Uncle pointed his puffer fish at Shendu and sent a blast of green energy at Shendu. Shendu was pushed through the portal, which closed up. "I think this is our exit cue," said Jack. "I agree," said Wuya and they both flew off.
The next day, the Chans prepared to return back to America. As the last of their luggage went into the jet plane, the monks came to give them a final farewell. "You will always be welcome back to the Xiaolin Temple," said Master Fung. "We would be happy to accept your invitation," said Jackie, "and hopefully, it will be on friendlier circumstances." Kimiko and Jade were talking to each other, "You're pretty cool," said Jade, "too bad I have to go." "Don't worry," said Kimiko, "I'll email you often." Finally the Chans got into the jet and took off towards home. "Too bad we didn't get any souvenirs," said Tohru. "What are you talking about?" said Uncle, "Uncle had new chi spell ingredients to use and nice monks paid for tacky umbrella stand."
That's it for this fanfiction. I'm planning on two more similar fanfictions like this in the future. But for now, I have other work to do. Please review.