Me: (cursing at Writer's Block with million of swear words she can think of)
Yamato: (snorts)
Me: (calm down) now you can get a chance to see what Orbs can do to Xiaolin Dragons and Heylin Dragons. It is kind like being able access to their Wudai level powers. (grin) Damn FF7 for realizing about colorful stones called Materia. I'm sure you do knows about Final Fantasy VII, don't you?
Ciara: Disclaimer: Lady Lizgon does not own Xiaolin Showdown and its characters but her sheng-gong-wu and her ideas. Onto the story, enjoy!
Chapter 16: The Flaming Wind
On the black mountain trail, Yamato sulks toward the Lava Demoness' region to meet her and his crimson red eyes gazed down at his hands. What happen to my power? It's disappearing… He thought, studying at his hands.
At least he had his Coyote's Dark Claws.
"Oh, Brat." A female's venomous voice caught his attention and he looked up and noticed the Lava Demoness, Lady Roi, stood on the high cliff, staring hateful at him. Suddenly, she smirked and tossed the small item to him.
He caught it in his right hand and opened his hand, staring at the item.
A silver orb.
"What is it?" He asked, looking up at her with a curious frown. The Lava Demoness smirked widely, her light red eyes sparkling menacing. "A orb of metal, of course. Hold it tight in your palm and you will able to absorb the power of the metal orb." She explained, disappearing slowly.
Yamato frowned deeply, looking back at the silver orb and his palm closed it tightly. A faint silver light glowered surrounded his right hand and faded away quickly, he opened his palm again and stared the empty spot on his palm. He can feel his power returning back to him and even stronger than before.
A new level of the Heylin Tiger… A dark Wudai level
He smirked.
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As the sun rose higher into the sky, warming the chill air that flowed from the nearby mountains, the mist gradually dissipated, as Xiao Lin had expected it would. Even so, the air remained cold, blown about by a breeze that seemed almost winter in the way it cut so effortlessly through children's clothes, causing them to shiver almost uncontrollably despite the bright, yet watery sunshine.
As the feathered white dragon flew above the cleaning azure blue sky, it seems almost peaceful and quiet. Until then…
"OOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!"
The quiet, peaceful silence shattered by the loud cry of pain and it was from the one of the riders on the feathered white dragon.
"Quiet down! You're injured, Khu!" Ciara snapped, tying the white cloth around the wound on Khu's side that had been quite bad gash from the last battle with Lord Yuki. "And stop complaining!"
Khu winced at how tight Ciara tied the white cloth on his wound. "How can I not help if you would like to do it gently, not try to squeezing the life out of me." He said through his teeth gritted, wondering if the girl decided to choke his life of his body or enjoy watching him suffer under her care.
He may not like Yamato or Lobo, he doesn't cuss at a woman out, and otherwise he was just gentleman after all.
"Then quit wailing like a baby." Ciara said coolly, jerked suddenly at the end of the white cloth and grinned at Khu's sudden reaction to her behavior.
"OW!"
Kobo sighed, his back on his older brother in dragon form's body and watching at the white, puffy clouds. He closed his pale silver eyes slowly and silently dreaming.
Suddenly, he heard a shout and felt his brother jerked in surprise. "Waaah!" He yelped clutching on the white dragon's body and looking up at the older teenagers did the same as he did.
The white feathered dragon's body dived down toward the black lava hill next to the black mountain, he struggled to pull up with his broken wings and crushed onto the black ground with his white belly, accidentally throwing the child and older teenagers off his back to the other ground.
"Ooof!" they said in union, landed on the black ground with a loud thud. Khu winced painfully at his unhealed wound side he had landed on, looking back to his childhood friend was turned back to his human form and being knocked out cold.
"Everyone's okay?" Khu asked, hearing some positive answers and standing up, nearly fell over because of his pain. Someone up in there probably laughing at me. He thought dryly to himself, wiping off some black dust from his clothes.
Suddenly, a dark cold laughing echoed his thought and startling him. He turned his head as faster as you can say "Xiaolin Showdown!" ten times. The amethyst eyes widened in surprise as he saw him stood on the black hill, glaring down at the group.
"……..Yamato…?"
The crimson red-eyed warrior suddenly grinned and leaped off the cliff, summoning his power of metal around his hand. "Steel Iron Claws!" He yelled, his human hand transformed into the shining silver three-talons and he lashed his attack at Khu.
Khu leaped out of the harm way and landed on at least five yard away from the crimson red-eyed warrior. He narrowed his amethyst eyes at him and his hand itched for his beloved silver blade, silently wondering what's wrong with Chase Young's favorite student.
Yamato looked up with his cold dull red blood eyes and grinned wickedly, ripping his metal claws out of the black ground and dashed after the Tiger of Darkness.
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Raimundo dashed after to aid Khu's help but was halted by the wall of lava fire. "What the hell!" He exclaimed, staring at the powerful giant flowing lava wall and gritted his teeth.
"THYPHOON BOOM WIND!" He boomed as he clapped his palms together and blowing the powerful gale at the flaming wall. As he watched the gale wind clashed onto the flaming fire and suddenly dissolved after it.
"It won't work!" He said in surprise.
"Of course it won't." A hissing voice behind him, he turned around and noticed the Lava Demoness stands on the cliff where Yamato was stood before and she smirked at him with the flaming ball on each of her claws.
"Let all burn!" Lady Roi sang evilly, laughing at the lava flowing lashed out toward the Dragon of Wind. "Let burn you all!"
Kimiko leaped over the Dragon of Wind and trusted her palms at the lava, willing them halted in the mid-air in front of them. The lava flow suddenly turned backward and lashing back at Lady Roi, the demon snarled furiously at the girl and leaped over the lava flow.
"Oh, A fire must fight fire?" Lady Roi asked smirking coldly at the Dragon of Fire. "How excitement."
Kimiko remained back in her battle position, rising her palms in front of her face in the mid-air. Her light blue eyes narrowed angrily at the Chinese fire demon in long dark crimson robe with long silk-like sleeves, the Dragon of Fire's lip curled into silent snarl. "Judallet Flip Fire!" She yelled, flipping in the air and the fire lit up on her hands.
Lady Roi smirked.
Kimiko blasted at her with her fireballs in super speed and grinned when the fireballs smashed onto the Lava Demon. But to her surprise, Lady Roi stepped out of the fire unscathed and her graceful hand run through her long dark crimson hair over her shoulder, smirking at the Dragon of Fire.
Meanwhile, Raimundo gripped his Storm of the Sword and narrowed his dark emerald eyes at the lava demon. As long as Lady Roi was distracted, he can attacked her with his wind power and his Storm of the Sword.
Turning his sword to right side, he dashed after the distracted demon in blurred speed. The light blue and white wind curled around his body, shielding over his head and pushing him over the speed limit. When he got closer to the demon, he leaped higher into the air like a rocket and the golden sword rising over his head.
Raimundo spread his legs apart, twisting his graceful body around in the air like a gymnastic as he slashed the sword straight toward the lava demon. "Storm of the Sword – Typhoon Boom Wind!" He screamed his wind power as he attacked her.
The Lava Demon narrowed her golden crimson eyes, feeling the wind smashed her body and caused her stepped backward a little. She looked up in any time to see the boy prepared to blast her off and snarled furiously at the Dragon of Wind.
"Stupid boy!" Lady Roi hissed, seized the Brazilian and hurled him away across the land. He yelped as he landed on the burning black land.
"Raimundo!" Kimiko screamed.
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The cowboy paused at his track and then his palm touched on the black wall. "It's… warm." He said, looking up and down at the black underground wall.
He glanced at the light brown orb in his palm and clutched it tightly, feeling the soft energy of earth flowing through his vein.
"Wudai Crater EARTH!"
He aimed his rock-like hands up at the black ceiling with his new power of his element.
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Raimundo yelped, clutching his half burned arm and opened his forest green eyes in pain. Struggling, he stands up in pain and gripping the black hilt of his golden sword. "Is that….all you….got?" He said panting, glaring at the red cat-like demon.
Lady Roi landed on few yards away from the Dragon of Wind and smirked darkly at him. "Oh. I'm just getting warm up." She purred, smiling widely revealing small white fangs. "Slow and painful death is always my favorite game."
Suddenly, she sensed the energy of fire hurled toward her back and she turned, blocking it with her red dragon sword. Narrowing her crimson eyes at the Dragon of fire, she smirked coldly and hurled the fireball back at the young girl.
"Don't you know…" She taunted, laughing at the black haired girl. "That I can control the fire of yours."
The red demon turned back, walking slowly toward the wounded Dragon of Wind. "Why don't you show me your Lightning, Hybrid?" She taunted, smirking at him while she drew her red dragon sword in the air and eyeing the golden medallion hanging around the young boy's neck. "That fool Shinyu… he fought Master and failed."
Raimundo frowned. "Master? Isn't that Ariko you're talking about?"
Lady Roi's lips curled into snarl. "Don't call Master in that manners." She hissed angrily at the young boy, flickered her wrist and swung her red sword in the air. A huge burst of lava fire out of the black ground and towing over the Dragon of Wind.
Green eyes widened in surprise, he defended himself in a silver barrier of gale in hope of protecting himself from the unbearable heat of lava molten.
Suddenly, something he did not expect it happens, the huge stone of wall burst out of the black ground and shielded against the lava molten.
The red demon widened her crimson eyes in surprise, snarling. "What the hell?" She screeched agitated, "Who dared interrupted me!"
Raimundo blinked at the stone wall with confused expression, trying to look through the dust clouds from the stone wall. Recognition sparked in his emerald eyes, he grinned at the shadow figures. "Clay! Omi!"
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Kobo ran with Xiao Lin in search of Moonstone Sprout, not really happy about leaving Ciara and his unconscious brother alone.
Clutching his forehead with a little sweat, he can feel the poison slowly killing him from inside and he can't rest until he finds the sprout flower.
"Kobo…?" Xiao Lin asked glancing back at him, knowing the child was slowly dying.
Kobo shook his head, smiling shakily at him. "I'm fine. We have to find it." He said, running ahead of the black mountain trail.
Xiao Lin sighed, he may be a bird but he wasn't blind at the child's health situation. He doubts about the child's older brother will be happy to hear his baby brother was dying.
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Clay grinned, tugged his huge cowboy hat and stood before the small crater with the young small monk, Omi. "Howdy, Raimundo. I reckon you need our help." He replied, smashed his right fist into his left palm.
Omi tossed the white orb and the red orb at the Dragon of Wind and Fire. "The orb of Fire and Wind, my good friends, are also approves of your new powers!" He shouted happily, grinning widely. "It is cold, bud!"
Raimundo laughed, shaking his head. "It is COOL, DUDE!" He corrected, catching the white orb in his unwounded hand.
Omi smiled as his head swelled with full of pride. "That too." He countered back, pointing his finger up in proudly.
"ENOUGH!"
The reunion Xiaolin Dragons turned their heads back to the angry red demon. They changed into their battle position, smirking. "Wudai Orion Formation!" They yelled, turning into the shadow-like forms with the aura outline of their bodies.
Crimson eyes widened in fear and surprise, she recognized the familiar positions. It is similar to the first Xiaolin Dragons! Damn Ariko for not informing me of their Wudai level! He did hide the orbs, didn't he?
She gripped her sword in silent anger and biting her lips, her crimson eyes become slit like an angry cat. He wants me dead so he can have my power… She silently realized. He knew I knew… Well, I won't let bastard have my power!
She roared, swung her sword in the air and forcing the lava pool pouring up over the Wudai Dragons. She knew she had already signed her death wish by kicking and screaming while she was dragged in.
BASTARD ARIKO! YOU BASTARD! YOU TOOK ME FOR A FOOL! She mentally screamed. I thought you love me…
"WUDAI STAR WIND!"
"WUDAI MARS FIRE!"
The huge gale of flaming sliced through the lava molten and covered the lava demon, trapping her in the flaming wind cage.
Lady Roi smirked coldly at the flaming wind cage. Foolish children… they never learn of my control with fire. She thought, rising her red sword in the air. Good bye, weakling children…
Suddenly, the cold freezing water sprayed through the flaming wind cage and hits in full head on the lava demon. Causing her to drop the red sword and widened her crimson eyes in pure fear, she realized she couldn't fight against the huge cold water with her lava power.
Slowly feeling her weakening by every second, she narrowed her crimson eyes at the Xiaolin Dragons. Remembering the dark lord's cold words echoed through her mind, she shut her eyes tightly and clutched the red sword on the black ground.
"When I get full power back again…" A cold smirk. "I will have no need to hiding behind darkness, with my Hybrid and Source under my command."
Lady Roi snarled, opening her dull crimson eyes. You planned…for all this…? You're stealing our powers… when we're dead, aren't you!
Feeling her soft red burning skin become hard like a black unburned lava-like stone, she glazed weakly at the flaming wind caged her in, cooling her beloved lava molten down and her weakened body.
Flaming Wind… She mused lightly her humor. I'm defeated by my own element…
She closed her crimson eyes relaxing, realizing she can die in peaceful… to join with her siblings… no matter in hell or heaven she was going to end up…
"If you're continues control the fire of yours with full of anger…." Kisara replied, looking up at her. "You will be consumed by your own element."
Lady Roi smiled lazily, feeling her black dead lava swept up along with her dying body and closing her crimson eyes for last time.
Funny… how true your words turn out to be…Lady Kisara… You are always right, aren't you?
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"Moonstone Sprout!" Xiao Lin exclaimed, landed next to the beautiful white sprout rose. "Hey Kobo, I found it!"
Kobo ran to him, looking at the white sprout-like rose and being easily reminded of the white full moon. The child of light nodded, picked up the moonstone sprout and suddenly he felt his legs wobbled a bit.
"Kobo…?"
The Heylin of Light shook his head, turning back to the trail and walked over to the black trail. Feeling the exhaustion wearing him out, he groans tiredly and clutching his chest in pain.
"Kobo!"
He fell on his knees tiredly, looking dizzy and his pale silver eyes glazed over at the black ground trail. Need sleep…
"Kobo, no!"
He collapsed on the black ground, being unable to hearing Xiao Lin screeched his name over and over again with worry and fear in his voice. I'm sorry, Lobo… I can't make it… I broke my promise… that I will follow you until the end…
"Hang on, kid!" Xiao Lin yelled. "Don't fall asleep!"
Kobo closed his pale silver eyes, stumping onto the mountain trail and the flower fell out of his hands to the bottomless hole.
I'm sorry…
"KOBO!"
That was the last thing he heard was the voice of Xiao Lin before he blacked out, not realizing the girl with blonde hair leaped in the view of his burred sights and looked directly at him with her light hazel eyes.
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"AAAAAAAARRRGH!" Khu screamed, being thrown back and landed on the black ground. Narrowing his cold amethyst eyes at the purple haired boy, the Heylin of Darkness huffed silently. "What is matter with you, Yamato? What have I done to you?"
Yamato snarled, slitting his red crimson eyes and rising his metal claws in the air. "You have kill my parents. I have to avenge them by killing you!"
Khu blinked, once, twice. Killing his parents…?
"MOLTEN SPIKES METAL!"
Steel molten spiked up all over the black ground, dashing forward the Heylin of Darkness in super speed. Widening his amethyst eyes, he had to dodged this but if he did, he would risk it harming his friends…
Leaping from the steel spike to another, Khu had to found out what was wrong with Yamato or else…
He could die if he didn't… He cannot fight back against Yamato if he was forced to harm him after all years they had been through together as a best team.
Who have done to you, Yamato, to kill me…?
End of Chapter 16
Kobo: (reappeared with holding Draio) He's here.
Me: (smiled coldly with a spike rod behind her back) Draaaaaioooo… I'm not mad at you…
Draio: AAAAHHHH! (being chased by Lizgon with a deadly pointy rod) Don't kill me! You need me! AAAAAHHH!
Me: THAT WAS FOR YOU NOT APPEAR FEW CHAPTERS AND NEVER DO DISCALMIER EVERY TIME I NEED YOU! (breath fire)
Kobo: (sigh) Okay… Before I need do something for Sneak Peek.
Sneak Peek
Being trapped in the steel molten cage, Raimundo clutched the steel bars and shaking them in furiously. "YOU BASTARD!"
Laughing dark golden eyes, the dark lord turned his head back to the Brazilian boy. "Oh.. I am? You took quite nice after the fool Shinyu… Your eyes and that traitor's medallion after all."
"Why do you do that!" Kimiko yelled outraged, narrowing her dark blue eyes. "Why you turn Yamato against Khu!"
Smiling widely, Lord Ariko laughed coldly at the words. "My dear fire… The old hatred between Yamato and Khu… Just like my old dear friend Zalo and I… It had never changed after all years…"
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Slitting his amethyst eyes, Khu swung his Shadow Blade and snarled silently. "SHADOW BLADE DARKNESS!"
The red outline of the black blade in the shadow wind whirling toward the steel-spiking mountain where Yamato was standing.
Yamato's crimson eyes widened in fear, his eyes reflecting of the deadly wind-blade in front of him.
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Xiao Lin gaped in surprise at her. "You're…alive?"
Lizzy smirked, tossing the moonstone sprout in the air. "In the blood and flesh…"
End of Sneak Peek.
Khu: Have fun. (sips tea) Don't forget to review this before you leave.