Me: (dancing happily) I finished all exams! Now, time for Christmas vacation! (collecting money for shopping and buy stuff for Christmas) Now, have a nice day and good looooooong weekend.

Yanji: Wait! What about the story that you wrote?

Me: (sigh) Fine, you're doing the Disclaimer since I'm on shop. (walks off)

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

Roba: Onto the story, enjoy! (surprisingly quiet)

Chapter 21: Mythic Mirror Shattered!

"Lobo!" Kobo yelped in surprise as he ran to his wounded brother and trying to stop the bleeding so much.

Yamato glared at the silent warrior, he knew it wasn't Khu he only knows past six years. The Khu he knows wouldn't hurt his friends and something controlling his ex-rival.

"Khu…" The Tiger of Metal growled, narrowing his red blood eyes. "What the hell are you doing? You're nearly killed your own best friend!"

Khu looked up, his eyes seem no longer held sparkles and instead of sparkles so it seem void of emptiness in his amethyst eyes. "Master would be proud of me if I can kill you for him."

Yamato stared at him. Master!

The Tiger of Darkness pulled his Shadow Blade and trusted it upward in the darkening sky, the dark fog spread from the silver blade as it slowly taking a shape of black dragon with bright purple eyes.

Yamato gritted his teeth as he stared horrifyingly at the dark power of the shadow sword. As he turned back to Kobo and Lobo, he yelled at them. "RUN! NOW!"

Lobo groaned, opening his gray yet lifeless eyes as he struggled to stand up without wincing at his pain and with help of his young brother. "What….about…you?" He manages to spit his word out of his mouth.

Yamato turned around, staring emotionless at the Tiger of Darkness as he whispered quietly, "I'm the only one that can stop him."

Kobo blinked at the Tiger of Metal and bit his lower lip. "Yamato…" He whispered as his older brother took his hand and ran together. "Be careful."

Yamato smirked coldly, "Now, it's between you and me." He stretched his hand as the liquid of steel snaked upward from the earth and shaping into the sword.

Khu said nothing; he started twisting his sword in the sky as the black clouds began whirling around as powerful as the dark hurricane. His cold eyes widened insanely, he yelled loudly as he swung his blade.

"SHADOW BLADE, DARKNESS CYCLONE!"

The giant black whirlwind with the bright, deadly red blood ball whirling toward Yamato, tearing off trees, grass, rocks, and ground with its strong wind. As the Tiger of Metal held his ground, gritting his teeth tightly. Grasping his sword's hilt, he stared emotionless at the deadly cyclone headed his way.

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Marcos turned his head and stared at the stranger in the Xiaolin Dragon robes. "Who are you and how come you're wearing Xiaolin Dragon clothes?" He demanded, narrowing his light green eyes at the young teen.

The young teen grinned up at him and Gojo as he replied, "My name's Jermaine, dude. I'm now Xiaolin Dragon of Soul."

Marcos blinked confusingly at the young Xiaolin Dragon of Soul. "Dragon of Soul? How come I've never heard of it before?"

Gojo looked closely at Jermaine and grinned when he recognized him. "Ah, that explains. Your ancestor Zen's power had passed down to you. You're looking like him and acting like him." He said, grinning down at him.

Jermaine stared upward at the black dragon. "And who are you two?" He asked, looking from the black dragon to the Brazilian man.

"I'm Marcos Pedsora," Marcos introduced himself and then pointed downward at the black dragon. "And this is Gojo Cho."

Jermaine's brown eyes widened as he pulled his hands upward. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Pedsora? Cho? Aren't you two related to Raimundo and Dojo?"

Gojo lowered his huge head to the young teen and locked his eyes to the young teen's eyes. "Dojo? You know him?" He asked in interest tone.

"Yeah, dude." Jermaine said crossed his arms and quirked his dark eyebrow up at the black dragon. "Where are Omi and the others?"

Gojo snorted to himself quietly, he lowered his long body on the ground and then he yelled at the young teen, "Climb on! We've wasting our time!"

Geez, he's worse than Dojo… Jermaine thought as he climbed on the black dragon's back and sit next to Marcos as the dragon flew toward the void where the gateway was in the sight.

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The black ball grew larger and larger as Dark Lord Ariko grinned down at the young Brazilian evilly. "Say hello to your ancestor, Shinyu. Dark Void Ball!" He laughed, as he trusted the black ball down toward the young boy.

Raimundo shut his eyes tightly, bracing himself for the blow.

Suddenly, the gray wolf leaped out of no where and roared as his body made a impact connect to the dark lord and they stumped on the black ground with a loud thud.

He opened his dark green eyes and he saw Lobo snarled at the dark lord but he was badly wounded so he can't keep standing any longer and collapsed on the black ground.

"LOBO!" The Dragon of Wind yelled anxiously at the unconscious gray wolf.

Dark Lord Ariko snarled furiously, leaped on his feet and holding his hands in the air, as the black ball grew larger than it was before. He turned around and holding the huge black ball in front of the Dragon of Wind.

"It's time for you to die! Someone dared to stop me will be the one to die first. DARK VOID BALL!" He roared in fury, fully blasting the black ball at the young boy.

"Mythic Mirror Wudai Aurora Light!" Kobo yelled his attack name as he leaped in the front of the Dragon of Wind with his mirror in his clutches. He trusted the silver mirror forward in front of the powerful black void ball.

The black void ball clashed onto the reflecting glass of the mythic mirror as it exploded with pure, white light around Kobo and his mirror. The white light blinded all the Xiaolin Dragons, Mistress Lizzy, and Dark Lord Ariko.

"What in the world is going on?" Clay asked, shielding his eyes with his huge hand. Omi covered his face with his longer red sleeve seem did not heard the Dragon of Earth's words.

All they had heard was the sound of the glass shattered louder and saw the shadow body fell backward in slow motion. When they recognized the body, it was Kobo.

In normal motion, Kobo fell on the black ground with a soft thud and the shattered pieces of the mirror fall aimlessly around him on the black ground. The wounded hands he was holding the mirror was bleeding rapidly. The huge gash on his chest where the glass were cut in.

Ciara gasped in horror and ran toward the wounded child. "KOBO!" She screamed, crying as she kneed next to the child. "What are you thinking like that? You could have yourself killed!"

Kobo opened his eyes weakly and smiled trembling at the Tiger of Wood. "C-C-Cia-Ciara… You… are… sound like… Yamato… would… say that…" He said laughing quietly.

"Kobo… Why?" Ciara asked her eyes clouded with water.

Kobo closed his eyes, smiling weakly. "I… can't… let… Khu…down… including… all… of… you… and… Xiaolin Dragons… I can't… let… him… hurt… Khu's… cousin… If I don't…. Khu will… be… sad…"

"Hang on! Kobo!" Ciara yelled, clutching the wounded child in her arms. "Just hold on!"

Kobo sighed. "Don't…. worry… I'll… be fine… Trust me…" He said trailing off and fall asleep quietly in the Tiger of Wood's arms.

Mistress Lizzy ran to them and gripped on Ciara's shoulder. "We should get Kobo to the safe place before Ariko decided to kill the light first." She said locked her dark hazel eyes to Ciara's light hazel eyes.

Ciara nodded as they carried the sleeping wounded child to the safe place where the mistress only knows.

Raimundo turned around and glared furiously at the Dark Lord who was smirking in victory back at him. "Never thought you're heartless enough to kill a child, Ariko!" He growled through gritting his teeth in fury.

Dark Lord Ariko grinned.

The wielder of wind clutched on the black ground gritted his teeth angrily. "You won't get away in this time…"

Dark Lord Ariko just threw his head back and laughed.

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Yamato gritted his teeth as he pushed his metal sword against the shield of the black whirlwind. Narrowing his red blood eyes, he growled as he struggled to steps forward heavy to the dark Heylin Tiger of Darkness.

"Khu! Listen to me! Don't let it get you!" He howled, stomping slowly through the heavy black whirlwind. "Listen to me! Khu! Don't BE BASTARD!"

Khu snorted, seem not affected by the Tiger of Metal's screaming and continued pushing him back with his dark force. "Too late, Yamato Zendi. He can't hear you. He's trapped in the darkness now." He said monotone, staring blankly at Yamato.

Yamato growled lowly, grasping his sword's hilt tightly and bit his lower lip. Damnit that bastard… You're supposed to be stronger than I am. You have to break that spell! I won't let someone kill you because it's going to be me!

He whirled his metal sword and implanted it into the black ground; spread its power all over the living ground in the color of silver. His red blood eyes flashed, he twisted it around and swung upward with a lightning flash. "Wudai Comet Metal, Steel Spears!"

As the steel-made spears broke through the silver ground, zigzagged toward the silent Heylin Tiger of Darkness.

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Opening his eyes slowly, he suddenly found himself surround in the void. He looked down at himself and realized he was in white glowing form of a spirit. What in the world is going on?

You are in the world of the void, Young One.

He whirled around on his guard but to his surprise, he was staring at himself. Actually, it was a version adult of himself in older Heylin Tiger robes with long hair that past his shoulders and soft light amethyst eyes.

"Who are you?" He demanded the other spirit.

The older spirit smiled.

My name is none of your business, young one. If you wish to know who I am and then I'm your ancestor, the banished Heylin Tiger of Darkness and the older brother of Heylin Tiger of Lightning.

Young boy's eyes widened in recognition and surprise. "That means you're…"

The older spirit grinned his eyes lit sparkles of happiness as he nodded.

Yes.

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Kimiko, the Xiaolin Dragon of Fire, glanced back where Kobo, Ciara, and Mistress Lizzy had been seen. She and the Heylin Tiger of Wood had a conversation about why the young child of light wasn't affected by the silver mirror since he was born as a werewolf. The mirror was shattered so everyone knew there is no way they could defeat the powerful demon.

His dark blue eyes drifted back to the battle between Raimundo and the evil lord.

The dark lord grinned as the dark purple aura of light glowered his body as the dull blue form of the spirit snake hissed quietly, his golden eyes glowered darkly at the all chosen ones.

The Dragon of Fire widened her dark blue eyes in pure fear and horror at the spirit snake. "So this is the true form of Ariko…" She whispered quietly so the other dragons can hear her.

The dark spirit of the blue snake stared coldly at them and then suddenly, it smirked in odd way for the regular snake could smile like that.

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Marcos blinked and stared.

"So this is the legendary infamous evil prince of the darkness and the legendary hero master monk?" He asked quietly, blow a double kick at the demon spawn. "Also the infamous evil Heylin Witch and that puny evil bean?"

He glanced at the evil female priestess. And I thought she was supposed to be remaining trapped in the puzzle box, according to what Aseso told me.

"Yep." Gojo replied, whipped the other demons away with his long black tail.

"And this guy suppose to be super genius yet he's lousy at everything?"

"Yep."

"HEY!" Jack whined but Marcos and Gojo ignored him. "Fine. But don't talking like I'm not here."

"And his infamous "crime in partner" companions are here as well?"

"Yep."

Marcos paused for a moment and shrugged. "As long as I get that troublemakers out of their trouble, this is better be worth of time." He said, knocked the demon spawns away with his long black pole. "I would have to kill myself for making fool out of myself."

He looked up at the gateway of the void, thinking about his young brother. You better be damn alive when I had a chance to strangling you. If you aren't alive, I must be well able to ask someone to revived you and kill you again.

As soon as they had finished off the dark force of the demon spawns and hopped on the black dragon, flew off to the gateway of the void, as Marcos looked back at the sight of the world for one more last time even if he had came back alive along with his brother and cousin.

Well, this better be damn worth of my time.

End of Chapter 21

Time for Sneak Peek…

Sneak Peek

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING, ASESO KHU PEDSORA?" Marcos screeched angrily, tackled the attacking warrior to the ground. "What have gotten you in like this!"

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"My, my, my, all reunion of the Dragons and Tigers." The dark spirit grinned, eyeing at all of the Xiaolin Dragons and the Heylin Tigers. "Including the infamous Chase Young and the Traitor Heylin Witch Wuya."

Wuya narrowed his cold light green eyes at the evil demon spirit. "Lord Ariko, what a surprise to see you that you are a spirit no more than a solid being." She said in disgusted.

The demon spirit grinned wolfishly down at her. "And then you are sadly mistaken, Wuya."

End of Sneak Peek.

Zen: (looking interested) What's up with the demon spirit? What do you think he is up to something?

Zalo: (shrug) Who cares? Since Lizgon's on shopping, let's party!

Xuan: (frown) I don't think she'd happy to see her room sudden transformed into chaos. (turn to the readers) Please press the button to say what you have thought of the chapter, thank you and have a good weekend and vacation. Merry Christmas and keep your eyes for the white spirits who haunting the bad people.

Zalo: (snort) Are you done? You're making all readers fell asleep because of your nonsense rants! (walks off)

Xuan: (rolls his eyes) No wonder Yamato took that same traits after his ancestor. They are stubborn and grumpy, indeed. (walks off) Thank you for reading Lady Lizgon's chapter 21!