Me: (stepped in) Thank you! I'm back. Have a nice week, eh? I had quite fun with children. (grin) Anyway… I got visit from my rival…er… old friend I'm sure you do remember I mention him from hospital, don't you? He's okay, still got good life ahead since the hospital. (hugs Genius)

Genius: …

Me: (sweatdrop) Don't mind him. He's not really talkative since last time I see him from the graduation.

Genius: …

Me: (sigh) Okay, then Disclaimer!

Shinyu: Disclaimer: Lady Lizgon does not own Xiaolin Showdown and its characters but her sheng-gong-wu and her ideas.

Zalo: Onto the story, enjoy!

Chapter 19: A Deadly Battle – Part 2

"ASESO!"

The black sky swirling with the gray clouds, like an evil sign of the doom, as hearing Khu's silent command. The evil swirling power flowing over the Shadow Blade as he swung his sword at the meteor while he didn't realized how powerful the dark side of the Shadow Blade could be…

"WUDAI COMET DARKNESS SHADOW BLADE!"

The black wind swirling around the dark glowing amethyst blade whirled through the air, toward the steel meteor. As Khu stretched his legs and landed on the steel pike like a graceful cat, his arms relaxed while holding his sword.

At same time as the black wind blade swirled through the steel meteor, slowly cut through toward Yamato. Yamato's crimson eyes widened and his pupils become dilated in fear at the deadly whirling blade that was headed for his life. He wouldn't…

Flashback

The werewolf teen looked up from his young brother and was grinning like an idiot. "Yo, what's matter Yammy?"

Lobo…

The short green haired girl buried herself in the ancient book and peeked over the top of her book, blinking. "What are you looking at?"

Ciara…

The young child blinked his pale silver eyes and clutching the silver white mirror in his hands, smiling calmly. "I'm not different like other people, Yamato. Neither you are as well. A strong warrior with a strong will."

Kobo…

The dark brown haired teen opened his amethyst eyes, looking unimpressed. "I do not interest to fight you. Unless I was force to…"

Khu…

Flashback end.

Yamato blinked at first, wondering why he was having the vision from his memory. This is no time for to remember few of memories!

His memory was returning back to his mind slowly, but he was feeling more doubt about Khu and unable to find the truth within his rival. But, Ariko told me he's the one who killed my parents!

His conscious disagreed and told him Khu is a nineteen years old teen and was only young when his parents was killed. While Yamato was battling with his mental self, not aware of the whirling blade get closer and closer to him. After all, Khu was the one who told him he doesn't interest to fight him unless he was forced to.

Khu looked up and his eyes widened, What is the idiot doing stand there and do nothing! He thought, pushed his legs against on the steel pike and leaped like a rocket, through the icy air. He swung his sword and rested on his unwounded shoulder, bracing himself in the battle position while his eyes was locked on the whirling black wind-blade…

And he twisted his body, stretching his legs apart as he lifted his sword over his head and swung his sword as quickly as lightning.

As in this time froze.

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"Do you think giving up our power when we are going to die during the war to next new generation?" He asked, glancing at the powerful warrior monk.

"Yes. I'm certain it would work if Jiro can find the way to pass our powers down to our children's children and their children." He replayed, flinging in the black chest and refusing to look up at the rebellious warrior.

"… What… what about her?" The rebellious warrior asked, remembering the young blond teenager with the light hazel eyes.

"She's sleeping in her coffin, her power sealed in the orb. After being sealed in her sleep, she unable to passed her power down to her generation." The monk answered as he finally looked up at the cold green eyes of the rebellious warrior he was once knew him as a carefree, unselfish boy.

"You mean… there will be no more the chosen child of Immortal?" He exclaimed, looking surprised.

"The same thing with Xiao Lin. His spirit unable to pass his powers to another generation." The monk sighed, messaging his temper. Xiao Lin's young sister was heartbroken and being sleeping her life away in the coffin.

"What if Ariko knows about this… our powers will be reincarnated to another descendants..." The brunette rebel asked, frowning as his face betrayed his fear.

"…."

"Goddamnit… Dashi…" He growled, running his fingers through his messy brown hair and glaring deadly at the monk.

"There must be a chance…" Dashi replied quietly holding up his chin with his fist looking thoughtful on his face.

"What…" He asked, staring misunderstanding at the Grandmaster monk.

"Your son, Shinyu… he had a great power that you and my sister created together. You must send her and her unborn child away as long as Ariko won't find her." Dashi said to the rebel, turning his head to the object sits in the black chest.

"But that didn't stop him from finding the child, Dashi!" Shinyu barked angrily, narrowing his cold green eyes at the monk.

"Oh, is that so?" Dashi amused, handling the object to him and let him to take a good look at it.

"What is it, a black orb?" Shinyu asked, blinking at the black orb and frowned at the monk. "Don't tell me you're making another magical item again, do you?"

Dashi shook his head, grinning at his old friend. "No this is not sheng-gong-wu. This is Orb, my friend, the Chaos of Orb."

"What did it does." Shinyu asked, looking back at the beautiful but deadly orb. "Don't tell me it suppose to unleashed its deadly force upon the world?"

Dashi chuckled, shaking his head again amusing at the rebel's sarcastic remark. "You're always act as if there is the end of the world. Well, it isn't. This orb is only to trapping the enemy inside for eternal years, unlike the puzzle box I did to Wuya."

Shinyu cocked his head to the side, grinning cockily at the monk. "I didn't think so. The little kiddo you say from the future saying that Wuya was unleashed in the future. Seeing him screaming while running around you when he found out he can't return to the future is quite amusing sight."

Dashi rolled his eyes, looking amused as he remembered the little monk with huge head of course. "At last he finally snap out of it when he listens to my advice. Trust me, this one will work."

If only he knew….

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The blood splashed on the steel ground, the sword implanted into the ground and cracking it a bit as the two teenagers stumped over on the ground, gasping in pain and ache.

Last thing the boy remembered, seeing the whirling wind of the black blade in his way and next thing he knew was looking at the amethyst eyes.

Amethyst…

He turned his head and stared at the bleeding wounded warrior in few yards away from him, feeling doubts rising inside his heart. But why would he save my life…? He thought, his crimson eyes hardened. He was supposed to kill him, not saving his rival's life instead of saving his own life...

"Khu…" He began, looking directly into the wounded warrior's eyes and noticed the amethyst eyes look glazed over and clouded with full of pain and… relief?

"I do not interest to fight you… unless I was forced to…"

Khu's words echoed through his mind, recognizing the familiar situation he was once stump into. He knew… He refused to fight him… unless he was forced to take his own life instead of his friend's life.

Yamato fell down to his knee, clutching his arms as he was bleeding badly. He glared at the wounded warrior. He spat blood on the steel ground and panting heavy, "Khu…why'd you had to go and saved my life?"

Khu looked up at him, looking amused at his comment and looking pained. "Like I said… I do not interest to fight you, Yamato."

"But… I was supposed to kill you, not saving my life! You got my parents killed…"

Khu shook his head, sighing angrily as he struggled to sit up forward and glared at Yamato. "It is no concern of what did the bastard tell you. You said that I killed your parents when you were child… My age is the same as yours… Think about it."

Yamato was taken back in surprise at the silent warrior's respond and he did thought about it, realizing he was tricked. "That… bastard… he lied." He said snarling outraged like the angry bull. "I'm going to kill him."

Khu smirked. "Sound like you're back to your old self."

"WUDAI STAR WIND!"

The wounded warriors jerked their head toward the direction of the sharp, angry cry. Khu recognized the cry, leaped back on his feet ignoring his pain. "Raimundo…"

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Lizzy, Kobo, and Xiao Lin stared the angry streaming girl stalked away from them and glanced back to Lobo. Lobo had a huge red hand mark on his cheek, opposite of his scar with a stupid lecherous grin.

"Ow." Lobo muttered, grinning idiotic. "Man, she can hit hard."

Lizzy turned her head back to Kobo and whispered to him. "Did he do that often?" Running her fingers through her long blond hair, she didn't like the werewolf teenager. He must be the descendant of that idiot Yanji. She thought dryly, frowning. That werewolves and his stupid lecherous grins. How alike they are in my eyes.

Kobo blinked, shaking his head at the question and looking confused. "No. Not quite often." He said, remembering the scene of his older brother and Ciara bickering about whatever they talking about. "He's like that since the first day he met Ciara…"

Lobo cringed, remembering how he had first meet Ciara… in the spring bath… Man, she can be deadly when she's angry sometimes.

"WUDAI STAR WIND!"

The three warriors and one bird whirled their heads at the same direction that Ciara was heading, widened their eyes as they realized what's going on.

Lobo swore loudly, ignoring Kobo's eyes widened at what he was hearing and dashed toward the direction of the cry.

Lizzy scowled darkly, running after Lobo with Kobo and Xiao Lin by her side. Lobo better not put his bad influence on his poor innocent little brother.

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The anger pumped through his blood vein and the feeling of great power he did not aware of he had possessed in his life, he grasped the freezing steel bars snarling angrily at the undead lord and narrowing his cold green eyes.

Lord Ariko recognized the eyes, his jaws grounded tightly as he knew those eyes…

Just like Shinyu's…

"You bastard…. " The young brunette whispered quietly, the lightning sparks dancing around his fingers can be seen by his friends and backing off in fear of his uncontrollable temper. "You bastard…"

"RAI! Please stop this!" Kimiko yelled, leashed herself onto the angry warrior and wrapping her arms around her love's waist, wincing at the harsh spark of the lightning nipped at her skin. "Please listen to me!"

"Raimundo! Control your temper now!" Omi scolded, looking scared but braving stepped forward looking serious. "Remember do not lose focus, Raimundo!"

Raimundo ignored their cries, wiggling out of Kimiko's arms and lashed out his wind power at the freezing bars, shattering it in one second.

Ariko's eyes widened as the Dragon of Wind's power of great wind shattered the freezing bars out of the cage and charging toward the dark lord.

"Wudai Star Wind!" Raimundo roared with full of hatred, lashing out his fist at him as the anger pumped through his blood, increasing his power with his lightning. "Wudai Cosmos Lightning!

The powerful white, blue, dark royal, and light sky whirling wind of lightning, roaring and moaning in the air as it lashing out at the dark warrior like the graceful attack of the white pure dragon's mouth with full of fangs.

Lord Ariko stepped backward unconsciously, growling angrily. He lifted his palm in the air, facing the charging boy and narrowed his golden eyes at the new but old familiar attack.

Like Shinyu did the same… in our final battle…

"Heylin Stellar Darkness."

The black hole appeared of no where in front of Ariko's palm, sucking the whirling wind of lightning in while he stared emotionless at the hybrid child who was snapped out of his anger, struggling to stay away from the black hole.

"RAIMUNDO!"

He turned his head back to the scream, narrowing his golden eyes at the familiar children running toward the hybrid child. He recognized the blond girl he once knew in one thousand and five hundred years ago…

Lizgon, the mistress of the immortal and also one of the Taolin clan, was the same one as he remembered with the angry look and tensing at the sight of him and his deadly attack.

"Lizgon." He said simply, growling lowly.

Lizgon glared at him, looking paling at the sight of him. "Ariko."

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"Guan…" Chase Young's dragon eyes narrowed at his best friend and gripped his best weapon. "What are you doing here?"

Guan looked directly at his old friend and old companion before Hannibal came in between them. "The world is in danger, Chase Young." He said simply, looking back at the hill where the darkness spread over the mountain, field, and even villages.

Chase Young glanced back at the direction where Guan was looking at and his dragon eyes narrowed sharply at the sight of the darkness beasts.

Anubis – the jackal demons…

Qilin – the demonic chimera demons…

Long Ma – the demonic horse-like dragons…

The endless herds of Yaoguai – the demonic spawns…

The evil generation of the great demon was spreading over the village, slain anything in their way and with the black flag with the symbol of the great demon's head Chase Young recognized it easily. He knew the same demon who gives the potion bowl to Hannibal who gives it to him by tricking him into the side of the evil he would never get out forever until now…

He gripped his favorite weapon, knowing the war in between the demons and the humans would be breaking out soon. "Guan, it is time." He said to his old friend before leaped off the cliff along with his tigers.

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Clutching his chest where the heart was in beating rapidly, he groaned falling on his knees against the cool steel ground and wringing in pain.

His heart…

It hurts…

It was killing him slowly from inside…

As if it was trying to get out, to be free from the unknown cage…

"Khu? What's matter with you!" Yamato yelled harshly at him, stopped in few yards away from Khu when he realized Khu wasn't coming with him. "C'mon!"

"It…. Hurts…." Khu managed to get his words out of his lips since he felt colder and colder as if his life was slipping away slowly from him. "It feels like…. I was in cold… darkness… just like I was in dream…"

Yamato froze, remember the darkness void of ocean he was trapped in. But he did not feeling the cold anymore.

It screamed at him to unleashing the demons…

It wringing and twisting inside his heart…

It said over again and over again, "You belong to darkness. Belong to void. Belong to the core of the evil. Your blood is pure evil, never pure innocent, Xuan."

Who is Xuan…?

"Xuan, give me your source."

Give you my what?

"Your source! A heart of the darkness! A core of the black heart!"

Heart?

Core?

"Khu! Snap out of it!" Khu heard Yamato screaming at him, shaking him but he wasn't snapping out of his trance as he froze in his position on the cold, steel ground.

Who are you…?

"I am you."

Next thing he knew he was hurling into the darkness and he saw the sharp golden eyes before he blacked out.

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Kobo suddenly stopped, staring in shock and fear at the sight of the silver sword implanted in the steel ground, with the stain of blood.

"Just like my vision…" He whispered his pale silver eyes widened in realization and dashing toward where Khu and Yamato were in the direction.

"Kobo! Where is he going?" Lobo yelled, looking back behind his back as his attention turned away from Ariko's eyes.

Kobo knew he had seen it all… He had to warn Khu quickly before it's too late.

A black fox with amethyst eyes howling as he was swallowed in the darkness…

He knew Khu was in danger, in the hand of the undead demon, Lord Ariko.

End of Chapter 19

Me: (yawning and rubbing her eyes tiredly) man… I had sending lot of time to studying the history of the Chinese mythology demons and gods / goddesses.

Time for Sneak Peek…

Sneak Peek

"Why wasn't he waking up?" Kobo said, looking up at Yamato.

Yamato shook his head. "He wasn't but… he looks like as if he was in pain…"

"But we have to snap him out of it before it's too late!"

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Raimundo choked, clutching the cold hands that was strangling his neck and staring at the cold, emotionless golden eyes.

"Well, Hybrid, it was quite challenging while it lasts. Say Shinyu hello."

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Amethyst eyes snapped opened, staring blankly at Yamato and Kobo.

"You're awaken!"

Suddenly, a frightful yelp from Kobo as the blood stained on the ground. The pale silver eyes widened in fear as the silent warrior arose, his black claws dripped with blood.

End of Sneak Peek.

Yamato: Don't forget reviews it before. Why the hell we are doing asking the same one over again!

Khu: Get over it and do it.

Yamato: (grumbles)