UXD: Hey everyone, I'd like to introduce you to this chapter's special guest! She is a new face and her name is HeylinLotus! Welcome!
HeylinLotus: Hello UXD, it's good to be here!
UXD: Let me introduce you to the gang, there's Hanbags, DeafLizgon, animeang3l7, miniku and vietnamese-glamor-girl, but I call her Iirssagrl for short!
HeylinLotus: (Smiles and waves at the others) Hey guys!
Everyone: (Disgruntled grunts)
HeylinLotus: What's up with them?
UXD: They still a bit gloomy over what has happened in previous chapters…Anyway lets start this chapter!
HeylinLotus: Okay! Ultimate Xiaolin Dragon doesn't own Xiaolin Showdown!
Xiaolin Showdown: The Legend of the Thunder Child
23:The Truth of Ryan's Past
"I'm sorry, Kimiko…" said Raimundo as he laid his hand on her shoulder, "I sort of…Went over the top a bit…"
Kimiko put her head in her hands and began to sob.
"He was all over us" said Omi "At one point; he got hold of the Sword of the Tempest and tried to slit my throat!"
"He even tried to kill Master Fung!" said Clay. Kimiko began to cry harder, her tears were splashing on the floor.
"He almost won…But then Raimundo threw him into a temple wall and it collapsed on him…" said Master Fung as he picked up the Heart Devine and placed it on Ryan's chest, "He should recover, but he will be out cold for awhile…"
"No…" cried Kimiko "Why is this happening?"
The monks looked at each other; thinking of what to say to break the silence.
"Kimiko, because of you affection for Ryan" said Master Fung as he shooed Raimundo, Clay and Omi out of the room, "You will watch over him"
"Okay…" said Kimiko as she stood up and walked over to his bed. Master Fung turned and left the room, leaving Kimiko sitting on Ryan's bed. She ran her hand through his hair; it was thick, sticky and clotted with blood. Her hand moved down his chest, she felt his body twitch with pain, and she guessed that his ribs might be fractured. She felt more tears fall down her cheeks as she placed her hand in his, his finger were cold.
"Ryan…" said Kimiko "I promise you…I'll get Chase and Wuya for doing this to you…"
Next Day…
A day passed, Kimiko was still sitting in the exact same spot. She hasn't moved, eaten or slept, she just sat there staring at Ryan hoping that he would wake up. Raimundo came into the room, carrying a plate of food and placed it beside her.
"You hungry?" said Raimundo.
"No…" said Kimiko, not a trace of emotion was in her voice.
"It's you favourite?"
"No…"
"How about two player on Goo Zombies 4?"
"No…"
"Is there anything you would like?"
"No…"
Raimundo sighed as he turned and walked out of the room where Clay and Omi were standing.
"Well partner?" said Clay.
"No…Nothing…" sighed Raimundo.
"Whoa…" sighed Clay as he looked into the room, "She is as sad as a dog that has lost its tail wag…"
"It is a sad day…" sighed Omi "Yet another new pupil has been found to be in some way connected with evil…"
Raimundo sighed as they walked off down the corridor, "Guys…Do you think we did the right thing…"
"What you talking about?" said Clay "We had no choice"
"Yeah…But I was jealous of him…" said Raimundo "So I unleashed all my anger on him…But now…It's causing Kimiko pain…"
He turned towards a wall and struck it with his fist.
"Damn it!" yelled Raimundo "I don't regret getting Ryan…But look what it has done to Kimiko…Damn it…"
"We need to act soon" said Omi "Chase knows that with the Shadow of Fear, he make Ryan go crazy, we were lucky that we were able to stop him this time…"
"Dojo said he will be working overtime to find the Shadow of Fear scroll" said Clay "All we can do is wait and hope that Chase doesn't strike again…"
"That's not what I'm worried about" said Raimundo "I'm more worried about Kimiko losing her sanity over him…"
Next Day…
Another day passed, Ryan's bruises had gone down and the bandages have been removed. Kimiko had washed the blood from Ryan's face and hair and the Heart Devine had fixed Ryan's fractured ribs. She continued to watch him, waiting of any sign of him wakening up. Master Fung entered the medical room and sat down next to Kimiko. She looked up at him, her eyes were red and bloodshot, her body was weak due to malnutrition and her hair had lost its natural shine.
"Kimiko, I admire you devotion and loyalty to Ryan…" said Master Fung, "But you must eat and sleep"
"No…" groaned Kimiko, her voice was still emotionless, "I can't leave him…"
Master Fung sighed, "I know how you feel…We all trusted him as a friend"
"He was a friend…" said Kimiko, tears rolled down her eyes again "But to me…He was more…"
Kimiko head fell into her hands and she began to sob quietly.
"He's not evil…" cried Kimiko "I feel it in him…He's good…Right?"
"I…can't say…" said Master Fung "You are the one who has the Chi Bond, if you can feel good in him…You must be correct"
Kimiko smiled as she looked up at Master Fung, "Thank you…"
Master Fung bowed as he left the room, leaving Kimiko to watch over Ryan.
"You not evil…" said Kimiko, wiping her tears away, "You can't be…I love you…"
Meanwhile…
"Hmm…"A new Life at the Temple"…No…"One Wish"…No…"Hybrid Child"…No…" said Dojo as he went through the stories and scrolls that littered the scroll room floor.
"Any luck Dojo?" said Omi as he walked into the scroll room.
"No…" yawned Dojo "I've been searching for 48 hours now and I've only gone through about a hundred of the hundred thousand of the scrolls in this room"
"Well, we got to keep going" said Raimundo as he walked in behind Omi and began to dig into a pile of scrolls.
"Err…Dojo" said rather annoyed Clay as he entered the room, "Guess what I found?"
In his hands was a scroll marked with an eagle.
"That looks like the same eagle that is on the Shadow of Fears…" said Dojo "Hey! It's the Shadow of Fear scroll!"
"Way to go, Clay!" said Raimundo "Where did you find it?"
"It was being used as a doorstop in the great hall…"
"Oh yeah!" said Dojo "I knew I left it somewhere…"
"What are we waiting for?" said Omi as he grabbed the scroll, "Let's read it!"
Dojo laid it out on the table and everyone gathered round.
"Okay…Hmm…" said Dojo as he ran his finger through the ancient handwriting,
"The Shadow of Fear: A Shen Gong Wu with the ability to invade other people's nightmares and bring them to life"
"We know that!" said Raimundo "What does it say about making people go crazy?"
"The Shadow of Fear also has the ability to unleash pain and misery deep in the soul, if a person has been exposed to great evil, that evil will be unleashed with the help of The Shadow of Fear, but it only works at midnight"
"That explains why they strike near midnight…" said Omi.
"But if Ryan was exposed to great evil, how come he wasn't normally evil?" said Clay scratching his head.
"His amnesia…" said Raimundo, "He probably was exposed to evil, but he can't remember it…"
"We have the answer!" said Omi as he ran to the door, "Let's go tell Kimiko!"
"No!" said Raimundo grabbing Omi by the collar, "We can't tell her…"
"Why not, partner?" said Clay
"Telling her that Ryan is evil…That would kill her…"
"We should tell Master Fung, he will know what to do" said Dojo as he put the scroll away.
Far away, deep under a mountain range…
Wuya paced the floor, her patience was wearing thin.
"It's been two days!" said Wuya "When are we going to do it again?"
Chase smiled as he looked up from his dinner.
"You are eager to see Ryan in action again, aren't you?"
"He almost destroyed the temple!" shouted Wuya with an ecstatic look on her face. Chase grinned as he looked across the room at her.
"I must admit, he has pass all the tests so far"
Wuya looked at him with a confused look,
"Tests…You're always talking about how he has passed your tests. What are you talking about? Tell me!"
Chase stood up from the table and walked over to her.
"Very well, for my plan to take over the world, I need the unique power that Ryan possesses"
"I worked that part out…" said Wuya in a sarcastic voice.
"All we need know is to trick him into joining us…"
"But they would have worked out that his is a threat" said Wuya "They would probably try to keep him away from us"
An evil smile grew on Chase's face,
"So if we can't go to him… He will have to come to us…Heh Heh Heh…"
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