Me: Sorry about that... I was being held back by stupid writer's block and a few homeworks. (paused) before I starts my story-telling time. Time for talk to reviewers. (smile)
Kosmic - Me: Thank you! I'm just trying to make it seem like humor.
Lobo: (grumbles) Why I feel so unloved.. (being attacked by the wild fangirls) Never mind.
Chaseforever - Me: Heh. Glad to know you love it. Sometimes I'm little worry about my rusty writing skills. In my college, my English wasn't well good enough. T-T Without grammar helps... Cursed that essay thing! (shaking fist angrily)
Yamato: (under breath muttered darkly) It's took her to finish it in nearly three hours... and seven of her broken pencils. Her grip is deadly grasp!She's really stupid.(shook head)
Me: I HEARD THAT! (whacked Yamato)
luveroffanfic - Me: (looks at pictures) Awwww, how cute! Khu and Evila looks perfect together. (looks at Khu) Should I expecting a sons and daughters of yours?
Khu: (blush) Where did you got that idea came from, Lady Lizgon!
Me: (burst out laughing so hard) You should have seen your face, Khu!
Lobo: (grin) So I wasn't only one who having those thoughts. (chuckled) OW! (glanced at me) That's hurts!
Me: Nothing.But that makes me feel better. (sigh in relief)
dArkliTe-sPirit - Me: (nod) I know. But wait until you reads the last chapter seven and also new chapter eight as well! And hope you updated Dragon's Quest soon. (grin)
Khu: (nod) good thing she favs your stories in her favorite stories lists.
Me: (turns to the readers) Okay, I will let you know my future stories. Hopefully it will interesting you in.
The Dark War - Sequel to the Gateway of Darkness. The non-ending war between two raging chinese Gods, the Blue Dragon and the White Tiger. The bond of harmony between the four gods was shattered by Dark Lord Ariko. The time-machine travel will takes you to look at their past and why the dark war begun.
The Heylin Beasts - Sequel to the Dark War. The four Heylin Demons. Ocean, Forest, Fire, and Steel demons. They will tell their tales in each of POV's from the beginning of the Dark War and the ending of their almost immortal life.
The Heylin Tigers - Sequel to Hybrid Child and the Gateway of Darkness. Each of the Heylin Tigers will tell their tale in their POV's in each of chapters about how they got their powers, how did they meet Chase Young and their childhood memories.
Me: Well? They will coming up soon, but I can't decided which one of them will be the first. (shrug) I will let you votes, my favorite readers.
Yamato: (scoffed) No more stories, Lizgon! I can't stand any humiliation that about me!
Me: Don't be such a baby, Yama! And your turn to do Disclaimer! (glared at Yamato) And no glaring too!
Yamato: (scowling) Lady Lizgon does not own Xiaolin Showdown, Sheng-Gong-Wu, and any characters in it. Only she owns us and our sheng-gong-wu, a brown cat named Rai, and a ton of artworks of Xiaolin Showdown.
Lobo: (step in) And she owns her first new website, too!
Yamato: (stepped back in surprise) Her own website?
Lobo: (nod) Yep! Even the pictures of us too!
Yamato: (snort) As if this thing couldn't get any worse.
Suddenly the door burst opened revealing Kosmic's another new muse, Hope.
Hope: Hello Yamato. (smirk evilly at Yamato)
Yamato: Oh crap! (bolted quickly and being chased by Hope)
Lobo: (grin) He should to learn how to be careful what he wish. (turns to readers) Enjoy read the chapter Eight - The Blood Moon... aw man, it is all about me, isn't it?
Everyone: ...
Lobo: (groans)
Chapter Eight - The Blood Moon
The dark temple of Heylin, on top of the black mountain where there is no life in the sight. All the black and lifeless land will chilled your spine. The scent of ancient death and blood of the human-alike and creature-alike.
The shadow figure sits on the throne and the black flaming fires behind his throne, closing his eyes and held the wine in his hand. The light of the full moon reflected the red wine in the glass.
Suddenly the bond of the blue string snapped in half, stirring him and roused him out of his mediating.
Hmm? He opened his cold yellow eyes, glazing lazily at the broken string. So... Susku's dead, huh. It's his third time to be slain by the power of Lightning and Metal.
Lord Ariko smirked coldly, focusing on the broken string and absorbed it's power of the ocean into his chest. Those fools...they do not know what of my true plan.
"M-m-my L-L-Lord?"
Lord Ariko glanced back at the frightened servant in front of him. "Yes?" He hissed at her, narrowed his cold yellow eyes calmly.
"The c-c-child of M-m-metal had been c-c-completed under y-y-your c-c-control." The frightened servant stuttered in her fear of being punished, bowed her head almost to the floor.
"Good. And what of the full moon?"
"L-L-Lady M-M-Meku said t-t-the time of the full m-m-moon, according to the legend of werewolf, that w-w-will turns into red blood c-c-causing the w-w-werewolf in c-c-crazed blood-thirsty m-m-monster."
Lord Ariko grinned evilly at the frightened servant girl. "Ah, do not be fret of me little one. Come here." He said, beckoning her to forward. "To ask you a question, little one. The question is what I am neither human nor demon... what am I, little human?"
He wrapped around the shivering servant girl's waist and hugged her tightly, muzzling her neck. "Answer me, little lady."
The servant girl gulps in fear, shaking her head slowly.
"Too bad."
A short loud piercing cry and slowly died down in the chamber, the two guards stood behind the doors cringing at the servant's scream but neither of them moved, in fear of disobeying their immortal master.
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In the ancient cave where Lobo had found for everyone to rest and sleeping in. All of the group huddled around the fire pit, except for Lobo was suddenly vanished into the forest, saying he needs some air.
And then Omi starts to questioning to Khu, nearly suffocating him. "Did you found the most ancient and powerful scrolls in the abandoned ancient temple? Did you found the hidden script of all powerful warriors! Did you—" He was interpreted by the irritating Heylin of Wood.
"Quiet you cur-ball kid! Leave him alone!" Ciara growled, glaring at the small monk and causing him shrink back into almost ball in fear of making her mad like Kimiko.
Khu placed his hand on Ciara, calming her down. "Chill, girl. He's just a kid." He said, smiling softly at her and ignoring the small monk's yells. "At least I did manage to recovered the hidden script during my battle against Susku."
Clay nod sharply, tipping his huge cowboy hat. "What kind of the hidden script, partner?" He asked, lend back against the dead log, watching over the fire pit at Khu.
Raimundo and Kimiko nodded in agreement, snuggling each other. Khu rolled his eyes at the sight of his cousin and his girlfriend.
The Heylin of Darkness pulled the hidden script out of his hidden pocket inside of his black robes and unrolled the ancient scroll.
"The written of the sacred scroll was from our ancestors..." He glanced up at them and to Ciara. "You can read the weird language written, can't you?" He asked nervously to the Heylin of Wood.
Ciara sighed, picked up the scroll from him and begin to reading out loud for her companions and the Xiaolin Dragons.
"Four thousand years ago, the four powerful tribes - Xiaolin, Heylin, Shinlin, and Tailin. The four gods whom are protecting the Earth from the evil. Until one day the Lord Ariko who are neither human nor demon came to their life, tricking on the Blue Dragon and the White Tiger into against each other and fought each other with their claws and fangs. Lord Yami and Lady Hikari saw what's going on and angered by their jealous and betrayal. The Xiaolin tribe and the Heylin tribe start to fight against each other, ignoring the pleading cries of the Shinlin and Tailin tribes. The humans had been granted their blessed and cursed power by their gods, forgotten their bond that was shared with their gods and their promise of the harmony was shattered. The Xiaolin Monk had a great, great, great grandson went by name of Dashi and the Heylin Sorceress also had a great, great, great granddaughter went by name of Wuya. The first battle between the Xiaolin Grandmaster Dashi and the Great Heylin Wuya and at the end of the battle had been victory for Dashi...
"During the first battle, Grandmaster Dashi's four new students - Xiaolin Dragons of Water, Fire, Earth and Wind. Also Great Heylin Wuya's five new students - Heylin Tigers of Shadow, Light, Metal, Wood, and Lightning. After the end of the first battle, Lord Ariko found out about Lady Wuya's defeated and angered, summoning the four powerful demons of Steel, Ocean, Forest, and Lava. The Dark War had been chaos between Xiaolin and Heylin. Jiro, the First Heylin Tiger of Wood, created the sacred scroll of Sheng Gong Wu for Dashi and also the hidden script she had promised to Shinyu. But the Sea Demon, Lord Susku, found out their plan and angrily attacking Jiro. The first Heylin Tiger of Wood gives the hidden script to Zalo, the First Heylin Tiger of Metal who rushed to the First Xiaolin Dragon of Water, Yuiku. Lord Susku fought against Zalo and Shinyu, slowly dying by the combine of their power of Lightning and Metal and he did manage to slain Zalo before he died.
"The sacred scroll of the Sheng Gong Wu was handed to Dojo, who are the guardian of the scrolls and the protector of Grandmaster Dashi. Gojo did manage to steal some of the scrolls that was information of Heylin Tigers' sheng gong wu for his Master and never been seen until the day of Shinyu's betrayal and Gojo takes Kisara and her son away from the final battle between Lord Ariko and Grandmaster Dashi. Shinyu was dying protecting Grandmaster Dashi and was slain by Lord Ariko's Shadow Blade with corrupting power of evil. The Heylin beasts was never heard or seen at the end of the final battle, probably been driven away from Xiaolin Dragons. Since Grandmaster Dashi died, defeating Lord Ariko and sealed him into the cursed black crystal shard that was buried into the snow wasteland and never found again... The First Xiaolin Dragons and the First Heylin Tigers were in no sight and also no one know of their whereabouts nor the four powerful gods."
Ciara looked up at the groups of Heylin and Xiaolin warriors, rolling the scroll back. "Huh, Lord Ariko sure sound so powerful and evil."
"And the one who caused the war between Xiaolin and Heylin in first place. That bastard." Khu muttered darkly and his cousin nodded in agreement.
"If Ariko wasn't human or demon... what kind of person he was?" Kimiko asked suddenly, startling some of the warriors.
"She's got good point, partners." Clay agreed, frowning at the Heylin Tigers. "Also we have no idea what he looks like. I reckon that he wasn't showed up like those demons did."
Raimundo looked thoughtful and opened his mouth to say something, suddenly the loud howling startled all of the warriors except for Khu and Kobo.
"What was that!" He asked looking back at the forest, his shoulders stiffed at the noise and looked back to his cousin, Khu.
"Don't worry. It's just Lobo." The Heylin of Darkness said shrugged his shoulders as if he was used to the noise. "He's always do that every month when there's a full moon."
Kimiko gulped at the thought that past through her mind. "H-h-he's a...?"
"Werewolf? Yep." Ciara cut in, scowling at the Xiaolin Dragon of Fire. "Are you scared, afraid-cat?"
Kimiko growled angrily at the smirking older girl. "I am not!"
Clay frowned when he was realizing something he didn't quite put a finger on it until now. "If Lobo is a werewolf... that means... you are a werewolf, right kid?" He asked, looking right at the young child.
Kobo blinked in surprise at his question he do not expected. "Yeah. I am like my brother too." He admitted, smiling sadly. "But I'm not a full werewolf like Lobo. I do have fangs and claws."
He smiled, revealing his fangs. "But I don't normally turns into a full werewolf like my brother. One problem... he is a true full-blood lycanthrope, he can be bit dangerous around all of you." He explained.
"He cannot be easily defeated by silver or wolfsbane, until the end of the full moon he will be harmless to you."
"Wait a minute! Youdid have your own sheng gong wu, correct? Your Mythic Mirror is made of silver, how come can't you been harmed by it?" Omi asked suddenly, the confusion look across his face.
Kobo shook his head sadly. "I was hurt, yes. But our tribe had a very special herb that prevent the silver from harming me any farther."
The child pulls his hand out of his long sleeves, revealing the white cloth wrapping around his fragile hands where he was holding his favorite mirror. "Just barely harmed me but nothing serious."
Kimiko's blue eyes softened sadly, kneed on the ground in front of the child and hugged him. The child was taken back at her sudden behavior and he had never been hugged by a girl before, not even his mother.
Khu looked being torn by between angry and worry all over his face, his cold amethyst eyes flickered from the child to the Mythic Mirror. I have to get it away from Kobo before the herb was wearing off or worse he will die soon or later. Maybe I have to get rid of that mirror...
A soft wind's gust allowed fallen petals to blow past the group of the seven warriors standing together, watching the ember of the fire pit flickering forward and backward in front of them. Suddenly, the sharp high-piercing howling echoed all over the dark forest scaring the demon birds away.
Ciara yelped without thinking a second, leaping on Khu's arms and not realizing their being in the awkwardly position. "Now what?" She asked whimpering in fear, she do not want to know what's going with Lobo.
Clay and Omi tensed at the deadly howling of the true werewolf, bracing themselves into the defense position and their sheng gong wu were with them like all other warriors.
Khu and Raimundo glanced at each other, confusing and fear of what happening to Lobo. "Kobo..." Khu asked turning his head back and found the whimpering child.
"No...no... not now..." The child of Light whimpered, clutching the Dragon of Fire in fear of his older brother. "The Curse of the Blood Moon already began, guys."
Rai whirled around and staring confused at the frightened child. "What's the curse of blood moon?" He asked resisting the urge of yelling at him and shaking him in fear.
"The Blood Moon is the deadly curse for all full-blood werewolves, driving them into thirsty-blood beast that cannot be killed by silver and magic items. It doesn't affected me but my brother is." Kobo explained, looking up at Raimundo and Khu in his blurred vision because of his tears.
"Oh dang it..." Clay muttered snapping the warriors out of their trance-like state, staring at the sight of the thirsty-blood monster in front of them.
The completed full-blood werewolf in the silver fur and his long silver hair into ponytail. He was so huge and about 65 tall height, glowing orange red eyes and deadly fangs he was drooling at them. He still had his nearly torn black jean and his long silver tail was in sight. The look of menacing on his wolfish face, grinning hungrily at the warriors. His black talons seem sharp enough to sliced the steel in half.
The red moon already arise in the dark, starless sky. Its red light bathed the full-blood lycanthrope like a blood stained on all over his silver fur, making him look like very dangerous animal. The werewolf moved in the flash of speed, targeting on the Xiaolin Dragon of Fire.
Rai noticed this and rushed toward his girlfriend and the child, shoving them out of the harm way and was attacked by the werewolf's black talons. He grunted in pain and rolled over the ground, clutching his bleeding side.
Kimiko gasped in horror, covering her mouth with her hands in fear of her beloved love's safety.
"Rai!" She yelled worriedly after him and the Dragon of Wind flashed her a weakly grin.
The thirsty-blood werewolf howled in his rage, blindly rushing toward the Dragon of Wind and was quickly halted by the Dragon of Earth's attack. "RRRR!" The angry crazed creature roared, narrowed his glowing orange red eyes at Clay.
Khu moved quickly, leaping in the air and landed on the silver werewolf's back, clutching on the silver fur while the angry werewolf bucked wildly like a raging bull, his legs were hanging in the mid-air while holding on tightly.
"Uhhh! Rai, quickly use your wind to stun him! Whoah! And Clay, use your element to knock him out cold!" He yelled, clutching tightly for his dear life.
Raimundo and Clay looked at each other and nodded in silent understand. The Dragon of Wind managed to get back on his feet, leashing his wind power to stunning the crazed thirst-blood beast. "Typhoon Boom WIND!" He yelled clapped his hand as hard as he could.
The werewolf cried out being stunned by the attacking wind in his face, distracting from trying to get the warrior of darkness off his back. He didn't noticed the stone fist flew at his face and was sent flying backward, landed on his back and Khu was flew right onto the oak.
Khu grunted in pain, sliding down onto the ground rubbing behind his head and looked up at the frightened Tiger of wood. "Ciara! Bind him now!" He ordered quickly, wincing at the painful throb on his head.
Ciara nodded, willing her power of wood vines wrapped the unconscious werewolf and bind him in the vine ropes.
All the warriors sighed in relief, still unable to recovered from being in the state of shock and fear. And then Omi was the first to recovered quickly and he asked, "What can we do with him?"
Khu sighed, closing his eyes and trying to relax but he was too shook at the sight of his best friend. He opened his eyes and glaring at the red moon. I'd bet my dollars on the bastard Ariko was the behind this. Next time when I see him, I will not hold back and kill him.
"We wait and see what happen, Cur-ball kid." The Tiger of Darkness whispered quietly to himself rather than talking to the streaming angry small monk, looking back to the other warriors.
"I will stay up watching tonight...And no buts!" He added harshly when he noticed Clay and Raimundo opened their mouth to argue. "Now go sleep right now or I will have to knock you out myself!"
The warriors grumbled and snuggling on the plant-like mat, falling asleep except Kobo who wasn't sleeping because of the sight of his older brother was too shook him up.
"Khu?"
Khu shifted in his position and looked down at the sad looking child. "Yea?" He replied, understanding why the kid can't go back to sleep.
"Do you know what's happen to Yamato?" Kobo asked quietly, looking up at him. "I'm not stupid. I know you saw him right before the ocean disappeared."
Khu was taken back in surprise and closed his eyes, sighing. "Yeah, kid." He opened his eyes, looking up at the red moon. "But I don't know... Clay said he was just vanished when the wall of water disappeared."
Kobo nodded, looking down at the grass he was lying on the mat. "I have a bad feeling about him... Very bad karma I'm getting from him. Promise me you will find him before it's too late?" He pleaded, looking back at Khu again.
Khu smiled and nodded. "You have my word, kiddo. Now go back to sleep, don't worry about your brother."
Kobo nodded and turned over to trying to sleep, closing his eyes. A few minutes, he was snoozing quietly. The Tiger of Darkness smiled at the sleeping child and glanced at the unconscious werewolf in the bind vine ropes.
First Yamato and then now Lobo... what's next now? Khu wondered, staring up at the red blood moon and scowled at the sight of the cursed moon, not aware of the glowing red eyes in the bush behind him and his companions.
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The warrior of metal walked deeper through the darkness tunnel of the cave, shoving his pale hands into his back pocket jean. His red eyes was dark and dull, no sparkling of anger and rebellious look but lifeless and soulless as well.
The image of Khu on the white feathered dragon flashed across his mind and clenched his jaws tightly in silent rage. He remembered him too well and hating him for taking his spotlight, always being prefect leader.
He have to get rid of that boy and he will be the one that his companions will praised him on, just like Master Young. He have to defeat him and ended his life for once and all.
"Ah. Welcome to Heylin Temple, Yamato Zendi."
Yamato snapped his head up, staring at the cruel, dull glowing yellow eyes of the man. "Who are you...?" He growled, reaching for his Coyote's Dark Claw but the man seized it away from him.
"That's Lord Ariko to you." The man purred smirking evilly, holding the Coyote's Dark Claw and grinned at the boy's reaction. "Yes, you have heard of me from your foster father, Chase Young."
"Wha...? How did you know about him! Wait a second, how the heck you knows my full name!" Yamato yelled, recovering quickly from being in state of shock.
Lord Ariko chuckled darkly. "Of course, little Matt. I know much about your past and your dead parents... I know it is not the cause of the accident, dear my boy."
Yamato narrowed his red eyes at the man and then his eyes softened. "It's not an accident? Tell me!" He asked slitting his red eyes in angrily, stepped forward.
Lord Ariko smirking silently at the boy being fallen into his trap. "Very well. Come with me." He turned back and walked through the darkness.
Yamato stared after him and quickly followed him, not realizing he was tricked by his lie and doing what the dark lord wanted him to.
End of Chapter Eight
Me: (yawn tiredly) Man, it's already late now. (fell asleep) Zzzzzzzz...
Khu: (rolled eyes) I told her don't stay up so late yesterday and now look what she did. (shake head)
Kobo: (turned to readers) Well, what did you think of Lady Lizgon's chapter? Oh and don't forget about voting her future stories! Have a good night, friends! (waving happily)
In the back ground, Yamato was still being chased by Kosmic's another new muse, Hope. Lobo watched them grinned, being mummy-like white band-aids from the attack of fangirls.