The monks were in their own Showdown attire, and Torie looked down at her own clothes. The halter white dress she had been wearing was gone, as were the white high-heeled shoes. They were replaced with an outfit much like Kimiko wore at the temple, except it was white rather than red. Her straight ebony hair was also changed. Before it had been half up, half down. Now, however, it hung loose and fell neatly on her back. "Let's get started," she said, as a rope appeared between her and Jack.
"Gong Yi Tanpai!" Jack yelled, jerking on his end of the rope. Torie stood there, one hand on the rope, yawning.
"That all you got?" she asked.
"Of course not. Eye of Dashi!" he screamed, and lightning was flung her way. As it was a few feet from her face, it flung off in a different direction, hitting the rock next to the monks. Jack frowned, already wondering how he could cheat, when Torie yanked as hard as she could, sending Jack flying forward.
"Ooo, better luck next time 'evil boy genius'," she mocked, as the setting around her turned back to normal. The people who had been there before were long gone, running off screaming. The Eye of Dashi, Denshi Bunny, and Wudai Time Tables were all in her hand, and she placed them in Omi's arms. "Merry Christmas," she said sarcastically.
"But it is June!" he proclaimed, scratching his head.
"Omi, you really don't get sarcasm do you?" Rai asked, rolling his eyes.
Before Omi could shoot something back, Torie waved a hand. "Hey, I'll see you guys around, ok?" Omi laughed.
"Very doubtful. We will be busy training, and won't have time to do the pleasant visiting," he said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Yeah, I reckon he's right," Clay added. Torie shook her head.
"As you might say cowboy, don't count your chickens before they hatch," she commented, and grinned once more. With that she ran off, before anything else could be said.
The four young warriors were on their way back to the temple, each immersed in their own thoughts. It seemed forever before they reached the temple, seeing as they had to travel half way around the world. As the four jumped off of Dojo's back, Master Fung came outside. "Ah, how did my young monks do?" he asked, then raised an eyebrow at them. "I see you have three Shen Gong Wu. Did a Showdown occur? And, didn't Jack Spicer have the Denshi Bunny and the Eye of Dashi?" he asked, eyeing Omi. "What happened?"
They all glanced at each other, then starting talking at once. Master Fung put up a hand, and pointed it at Kimiko. "So, Kimiko, what happened?" he asked inquisitively. She smiled.
"Well, there was this girl. And she reached the Wudai Time Tables first. So Omi told her what it was, and she was like 'Test it?' So we let her, and she went all Time Tables on Jack Spicer's sorry butt. Then the Denshi Bunny was all like, 'Whoosh!' and she jumped up and grabbed it with Jack. A showdown occurred with Tug-o-War, and he was all 'Eye of Dashi!' but it swerved off to the side and almost hit us. While he was distracted, she was all like 'Pull!' and he fell. So she gave us the Shen Gong Wu, and then practically ran off without an explanation," she concluded, taking a deep breath.
Everyone stood there. "Interesting way of putting it," Master Fung said, smiling. "While you guys were gone, however, I went off and made a pickup for a new student." They all stood there.
"How? Dojo was with us! How could you retrieve him?" Omi asked. Master Fung smiled, and then held up the Golden Tiger Claws. They all felt stupid now, and practically hung their heads.
"Come now, mustn't make the new student feel unwelcome," Master Fung said, ushering them towards the front of the temple.