Thank you for R&R my story, everyone! Before you start reading this chapter, it is only fair that I warning you about it. This is one of my darkest chapters that I have ever written; you will see Ryan at his darkest form. Do not blame me if you have nightmares, read on at your own risk…YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown

Xiaolin Showdown: The Legend of the Thunder Child

43: The Human Hunter

Ryan followed Chase into the Training room and stood in the centre of the room. He looked at Chase who was standing a few feet in front of him.

"Are you ready?" said Chase.

"I am ready, father" said Ryan as he drew his sword. Chase raised his hands and muttered Heylin words. Ryan's vision began to grow foggy; he closed his eyes as he felt the surrounding around him change.

"Once you training begins" said Chase "I will tell you your training missions, don't fail this time"

"Yes father, I will not fail you" said Ryan. He could no longer see anything that resembled the training room; he felt the temperature drop as a sudden gust of wind blew past him.

His eyes began to regain their sight. He looked around; he was now standing on a cliff top looking down at a group of ancient buildings. He looked up at the sky, there was a full moon glowing an eerie light over the landscape.

"Hmm, a night mission…" Ryan said to himself, "Stealth would be the best choice for now"

"Ryan" called a voice in his head "Report your current status"

"Submersion into the virtual training simulation was successful, father" said Ryan "Err…Where am I?"

Chase's voice laughed in his head, "Do you not remember the buildings at the bottom of the cliff?"

Ryan looked down at the building again, he saw the circular building of the Wu vault, the tower that he nearly destroyed and a large flat area that he remembered was the training grounds.

"The Xiaolin Temple" said Chase's voice "The home of your enemies, and were your final mission lies"

"I will accomplish this mission and annihilate all who get in my way!" said Ryan. He summoned a gust of wind to carry him quietly to the bottom of the cliff. He ran through the forest that was at the base of the cliff, each step he took didn't make a sound; they didn't even ruffle the leaves that littered the forest floor. He slowly approached the temple wall and jumped up on to it. A quick glance of the temple told Ryan that the area was clear, so he jumped down to the floor and rolled into the shadows.

"I'm in the temple grounds" whispered Ryan "So far I haven't been detected"

"Very good, now here is what I want you to do" said Chase's voice "You need to sneak into the temple and locate the Dragons"

"What do I do when I find them?"

"Simple, you kill them all; I want you to use the full power of your killer instinct, Show no mercy!"

"Very well father, I will not fail you" whispered Ryan as he focused his body. A sudden surge of evil began to flow through is body, making him feel twice as evil and blood thirsty than he has ever been before. He got up and silently moved towards the temple. He heard the laughter of the dragons from the temple; a dark grin grew across his face "Enjoy yourselves tonight Dragons, for it will be your last…"

Kimiko, Omi and Clay were rolling around on the floor, laughing hysterically. Raimundo was planning his usual prank, the bucket of water on top of the door, a classic. Everything was going according to plan, when Kimiko, Omi and Clay came up behind him. A greeting from Omi made Raimundo jump making him throw the bucket in the air and land on his head, covering in him from head to toe with water.

"Ha ha ha!" laughed Omi "It looks like your joke is on top of you!"

"That's "The jokes on you" Omi!" growled Raimundo as he stormed off to his room to get a change of dry clothes.

"That was the funniest thing he's done yet!" laughed Kimiko as he gasped for breath.

"Yes Kimiko, he is most foolish to try and trick me!" laughed Omi as he fell over backwards after trying to stand up. After a minute of laughing, they managed to stop and stand up with out falling over.

"Who wee!" sighed Clay "All that laughing has made me more tired than a five legged bronco after a bucking contest…"

"Even though that made no sense" said Kimiko "I'm tired too"

"Let us go to bed now" said Omi as he walked off, "We need our strength to laugh at Raimundo tomorrow!"

Clay walked into his room and put his ten gallon hat on his bed side table. He yawned as he changed into pyjamas and lay down on his bed. He yawned again as he stretched his arms and began to doze off. His eyes were almost closed when he notice someone dash past his room.

"Huh?" yawned Clay as he sat up and looked out into the corridor, a deathly silence was in the air.

"Better not be Raimundo plotting revenge…" sighed Clay as he looked up and down the empty corridor.

"Oh well…" sighed Clay as he shrugged his shoulders, "What that was I'll find out to…!"

A sharp pain pierce his back, he felt it swiftly force its way through his spine, through his body and rib cage and out his chest. He slowly moved his head down and looked at his chest, he tried to gasp, scream or make any noise, but nothing came out. The end of a sword was sticking out of his chest. He made a small gargling noise as blood flowed from the hole in his chest; it soaked into his shirt and drip onto the floor. His body twitched frantically as he felt the blade being drawn from his chest and out his back. His legs gave way making him collapse onto the floor; blood was now flowing fast from the sword wound that went right through his body, piercing several vital organs. He looked up as he felt the last of his life ebb way, he saw a figure holding a blood stained sword above him, his eyes filled with surprise as he realised who it was.

"R…y…an…" choked Clay, his head rolled to the side as his breathing stopped.

"That's right Clay…" said Ryan grinning his evil grin; he lifted Clay's arm to check his pulse, "Your one cowboy who won't be riding off into sunset…"

"Yo Clay!" called a voice from the corridor. Ryan quickly put his sword away and leapt up into the rafters. Being above the Dragon's rooms, he could see who was coming towards Clay's room, it was Raimundo.

"Hey Clay!" said Raimundo again as he pulled Clay's curtain open, "Have you seen my…!"

He gasped as he saw Clay's lifeless body on the floor.

"Oh…My…God!" gasped Raimundo.

"Raimundo, why do you have a most shocked look on your…!" said Omi as he and Kimiko walked towards him and looked into Clay's room. Kimiko screamed as she saw Clay's blood stained body, Omi on the other hand turned heel and shot off in the other direction shouting "Master Fung! Master Fung!"

Raimundo was still frozen to the spot; his face was lock on that horrific scene.

"I'll go get help!" gasped Kimiko as she ran off in the same direction as Omi. Raimundo fell to his knees, he grabbed Clay's arm and ran a finger over his wrist. He placed his thumb in a hundred different places along his wrist, but no matter where he tried, he felt nothing.

"Who would…do such a thing!" gasped Raimundo as he released Clay's arm.

"Think fast Raimundo!" said a voice from above him. Raimundo looked up just in time to see someone jump down from above and land in front of him. Before he could even react, Ryan had already swung his sword. The tip of the blade cut through Raimundo's chest, slicing it open. The force of the blow made him fall over backwards, his body landing against the wall.

"Agh…Ryan…" cried Raimundo as he watched his clothes turn red before his eyes, "Would have thought…it was you…"

Ryan thrust the sword into Raimundo's neck, cutting through his wind pipe and spinal column, but leaving his neck intact. He gave it a sharp twist; he heard the snapping of bone, telling him that Raimundo's head was now cut off from his body and that he would die within seconds.

"Two down…" said Ryan as he grinned at his lifeless body and removed the sword from his neck, "Two to go…"

If you think that was bad, just wait for the next chapter…R&R everyone!