Hello everyone! Thanks for R&R! Sorry I didn't update yesterday, my Doc Manager screwed up, but now it's fixed I'm back on track! Anyway, I got news for you all! People who live in the USA, The second part of series 3 might be on next weekend (11th Feb), Starting with an episode called "Chucky Choo". People in the UK, I predict that series 3 should start when the USA start with series 4, so just hold tight for now. Anyway, back to the story…

Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown

Xiaolin Showdown: The Legend of the Thunder Child

18: Twin Element: Thunder Flare

The iceberg suddenly began to sink into the water as it swirled around them. When the dust cleared, Ryan and Kimiko were wearing their Xiaolin Battle armour, and they were at separate corners of the iceberg. The ice around the edges crumbled away, leaving the iceberg in a perfect circle. Raimundo, Omi, Clay and Dojo were standing on an iceberg that had risen out of the water. There was a brief silence before they all shouted,

"GONG YI TAMPI!"

Ryan and Kimiko dived towards Tubbimura.

"Sword of the Tempest! Lightning!" shouted Ryan as a thunder bolt shot out of the sword.

"Star Hanabi! Fire!" shouted Kimiko as a ball of fire shot out of the star.

Tubbimura, although being extremely obese, leaped high into the air. When the thunder bolt and ball of fire hit each other, there was a large explosion that shattered the iceberg into three parts. Tubbimura landed with a thud on one of them, Ryan and Kimiko was standing on another, and Jack was one the third.

"Kimiko!" said Ryan "If our elements made that explosion, we could combine out powers to…"

"Way ahead of you Ryan!" said Kimiko,

There was a sudden gust of wind that almost blew Kimiko off the iceberg, Ryan, being unaffected by wind, looked over and saw that Jack had used the Wing's of Huricun on them. Ryan looked down at Kimiko, who just this second landed with a thud, was lying down on the floor.

"Hey!" shouted Ryan "No fair! You hit Kimiko from behind!"

"What you going to do about it?" taunted Jack. Ryan summoned a gust of wind that carried him to Jack's iceberg.

"You were saying?" growled Ryan as he stood face to face with Jack.

"Eek!" squeaked Jack. Suddenly Ryan was overcome with a sudden rush of anger; he grabbed Jack by the collar and lifted him up. Ryan's face was full of rage and his eyes were glowing with evil.

"Your…Your eyes…" squeaked Jack "C…C…Chase…Young?"

"Silence Worm!" growled Ryan "If you ever hurt, or even touch Kimiko again...I swear…I will…"

Electricity began to crackle from Ryan's body, his fists were clenched tighter and he growled at him.

"AHHHHHH!" screamed Jack in his high pitch girl scream, "DON'T HURT ME!"

Ryan's rush of anger disappeared as quickly as it appeared, he looked down at Jack who was whimpering.

"I'm wasting my time with you…" sighed Ryan; he lifted him high above his head and threw him in the water. Ryan looked over the edge at him as he splashed about in the water.

"Game over, Jack Spicer!" said Ryan, smiling to himself.

"Ryan!" called a voice behind him, "I know you busy with Spicer, but can you help me with Tubbimura!"

Ryan turned around and saw that Kimiko was trying her best to avoid the large body of Tubbimura.

"Ryan!" called Dojo "Get in there!"

"Show that fat blob how Xiaolin warriors get it done, Partner!" cheered Clay

Ryan summoned a gust of wind that carried him across the water to where Tubbimura was about to knock Kimiko into the water. Ryan spun his body into a spin kick and hit Tubbimura right in the stomach, which didn't really work because Ryan got himself stuck in his flab. A few minuets were wasted as Kimiko tried to remove Ryan from Tubbimura, without being knocked in the water. He eventually got out and the showdown continued.

"Okay Kimiko!" said Ryan as he checked his watch, "Let's finish this! I'm hungry and I want some lunch!"

Ryan and Kimiko shot at Tubbimura, when he pulled something out from behind his back.

"Tangle Web Comb!" shouted Tubbimura as he aimed it at Kimiko. The tangled strands of rope shot out of the Tangle Web Comb at Kimiko and tied her up. Ryan looked at Kimiko; her eyes were filled with surprise as she began to fall off the edge of the iceberg. Ryan suddenly looked back at Tubbimura. He had a choice, he could continue charging at Tubbimura and knock him in the water, he would win the showdown, but he would have to let Kimiko fall into freezing water. Cold was her weakness and the water would be nearly fatal to her.

"Gotch ya!" said Ryan as he dived to the side, grabbing her by the rope. He pulled her back onto the iceberg and untangled her from it.

"Thank you…" said Kimiko

Ryan smiled as he looked into her eyes, those crystal eyes glistened like the blue ice that glistened around them.

"Hey!" called Omi "Stop night dreaming and finish the showdown!"

"Oh my god…" groaned Raimundo as he slapped his forehead, "I'm not even going to bother correcting you, Omi…"

"Ok, Kimiko" said Ryan "Follow my lead!"

They both ran towards Tubbimura, lined up side by side.

"Ha!" laughed Tubbimura as he held up the Tangle Web Comb, "This showdown is mine!"

"At the count of three…" shouted Ryan "We use our elements! 3…2…1…"

They both leaped at Tubbimura, their hands linked together,

"FIRE AND LIGHTNING!" shouted Ryan and Kimiko at the same time. Suddenly, fire began to spread over Ryan's body and electricity began to spread over Kimiko's body. The whole area went dark; Raimundo, Clay, Omi and Dojo looked up through the hole in the ice above them and saw that storm clouds have formed in the sky.

"Whoa…" gasped Raimundo as she stared up at the sky, "What the hell?"

"I haven't seen an advanced Xiaolin technique like that since my days with Dashi…" gasped Dojo

"What is it?" said Omi

"It is a Twin Element Attack! By combining Fire and Lightning, two people can perform Thunder Flare!"

"Go, Ryan! Go, Kimiko!" cheered Clay "Finish him with Thunder Flare!"

"OW! OW! HOT! HOT! HOT!" cried Ryan, as he felt the fire billow around his body.

"ARRRRR!" cried Kimiko, as she felt the electricity flow thought her body.

"Ryan! Kimiko!" called Dojo "You need to focus your chi and aim it at Tubbimura!"

"Come…on…Kimiko" groaned Ryan, as he fought back the pain of the fire growing around him, "We…can…do…it…"

"Okay…Ryan…" groaned Kimiko, tears streaming down her face because of the thousands of volts flowing through her body, "Let's…do…it…"

They started to concentrate their chi, they looked down at Tubbimura, and in a pain filled voice they both cried,

"THUNDER FLARE!"

The explosion that followed afterwards was ear splitting. A thunder bolt came through the hole in the roof, and struck Ryan and Kimiko, causing a massive surge of fire and lighting to fly out of them. The iceberg shattered into thousands of pieces, Tubbimura fell through the air and hit the water with a humongous splash, signalling that he was out of the showdown.

"Whoa!" gasped Raimundo "I haven't seen an explosion like that since we destroyed Wuya's citadel…"

"Ha!" said Omi "They good…but I bet I can do better…"

"I can't see a thing!" said Dojo, as he looked out into the huge dust cloud, "Hey look! There's Kimiko!"

The force of the explosion flung her into the air and she plummeted towards the water.

"RYAN!" cried Kimiko "RYAN! HELP ME!"

"Wing's of Huricun!" shouted a voice from below her; she looked down and saw that Ryan was speeding towards her, the wings flapping in one hand and his other arm held out to. Ryan caught her and wrapped his arm around her; she swung her hands around his body and held him tightly. She looked up at him and looked into his brown eyes,

"Ryan…" gasped Kimiko "Thank you…again"

"No worries" said Ryan as he swooped over the water, "I can't think what I'd do if I lost you…"

He felt her arms tighten around him and felt her head rest against his chest. He heard a whisper from her as he flew towards the other monks,

"Thank you…for being there for me…"

"Well done, partners!" cheered Clay as Ryan and Kimiko landed on the iceberg the others we standing on, "You did it!"

"As you two are the last people in the showdown" said Dojo "It looks like a Xiaolin tie"

There was a sudden flash as the Heart Devine appeared in Ryan and Kimiko's hands.

"Come on" said Dojo as he super sized, "Let's get back to the temple before I get frostbite"

"Did you see us!" squealed Kimiko as she climbed on Dojo behind Ryan, hugging him, "Did you see that attack!"

"Whatever…" mumbled Raimundo under his breath as he got on behind Kimiko.

"What was that Rai?" said Kimiko as she looked back at him. Raimundo gave her an annoyed grunt.

"Well excuse me!" said Kimiko as she frowned at him and when back to hugging Ryan. Raimundo growled again as he continued to glare at Ryan.

Chapter 18 is…done! PLEASE R&R!