This one gets a bit angsty. Sorry guys!

After a slightly turbulent landing (Oh, gods...Jackie, hold me tighter!), they arrived at the temple.

"Master Feng, we're back! We've, uh...got some bad news..." Rai chuckled nervously.

"Welcome back, young monks plus one and Dojo. What do you mean bad news?"

"Er...Well, you know how the Orb of Dimensions pulls another version of whoever uses it to this dimension?" Kimiko started, uneasy.

"Yes...?"

"Well..." She gestured to Dojo, who shrunk down to reveal Alter-Rai and Jackie. "Ehehe..."

Master Feng put a hand to his head. "I see...Which one of you took the Orb of Dimensions out of the vault?"

They all pointed at Alter-Rai who had his hand raised. "That would be me. Eheh."

"Where is the Orb now?"

Clay held it up. "Here, sir."

"And is this Jack the same one you know?" He directed to Alter-Rai.

"Yup."

"We are lucky then. It could just as easily have been one from another dimension. And that would have been very troublesome."

Alter-Rai winced. "I hadn't thought of that..."

Master Feng raised an eyebrow. "Apparently not." He turned to Jackie. "I will tell you the same thing I told to him. You are to stay here in the temple with the rest of the monks until your purpose for being here has been ascertained. During this time you will help with all chores and Sheng Gong Wu gathering and as a new rule neither of you-" He looked to the new comers, "are to use the Sheng Gong Wu. Is this clear?"

"Yes, sir." They intoned.

"Good. Any questions?" Jackie raised his hand. "Yes?"

"How do I find my purpose?"

Master Feng's eye ticked. "You will know when the time comes! Ahem...I mean, You will know when the time comes."

"Um...Okay...?" Alter-Rai snickered and mouthed 'He doesn't know.' Jackie nodded, sweatdropping. "I see..."

"Now, I suggest you six put the Sheng Gong Wu away and get to your chores at once."

"Yes, Master Feng..." Everyone sighed as he went to do more 'research'.

"He scares me." Jackie noted after he had left.

Alter-Rai snickered again. "You too?"

"Come new friends! We must put the Sheng Gong Wu in the vault and complete our chores at once!" Omi motioned, running towards the vault, the others ahead of him.

"Yeah, yeah. We're coming." Alter-Rai moaned.

"Well, this is gonna be fun."

"Oh, yeah." Alter-Rai threw and arm aound him. "Most definately."

"This is the vault?" Jackie was taken aback.

"That's what I said. But yes, this is the vault." Alter-Rai went to the chimes on the wall and rang them, causing the vault to open.

"Huh. Neat. Doesn't have much security though."

"Hey, you shut up about the vault's security!" Rai pointed to him.

"I was just saying..."

"Well, don't!"

"Hey partner, that's not-"

"Raimundo, friend, you could be kinder!"

"Yeah Rai, he has a point. Oddly enough."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing, Omi."

"How do we know he isn't gonna try and steal the Wu?"

"Jeeze, somebody's gotta temper. I don't even know what these Sham Gag Moo things are."

"It's Sheng Gong Wu!"

Jackie raised an eyebrow. "Uh, whatever."

"Grr...I'm going to start on my chores!" Rai stormed off in a huff.

"Jeeze...Now I remember why I stay on your good side." Jackie directed to Alter-Rai.

"Hey!"

"Sorry about that, partner. Rai has some trust issues, y'know?"

"Oh, believe me, I know."

"I do not!"

"Yes, and that's why you STILL refuse to be in a room alone with Megan."

"She's evil! She tried to kill me! She's still trying to kill me!"

"Of course she is." He patted his head. "My younger cousin is trying to kill you. Even though she's seven and can barely reach the kitchen counter."

"I'm being serious!"

"No, you're being paranoid."

"It's not paranoia when it's really happening!"

"Of course not."

"Don't you patronize me!" Alter-Rai whined.

Kimiko, Clay, and Omi watched with interest and sweatdrops.

"Um, while this is really uh interesting and all, we really got to uh get to our chores..." Clay interrupted.

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, right, right! We'll finish this discussion later, right?"

Jackie shrugged, sighing. "Why not? So, what kinda chores do we have to do?"

"Oh, nothing much...Just weed the garden, dust the temple, sweep and mop the floors, straighten the temple grounds, mow the lawn, do the dishes, make dinner-" Omi counted on his fingers.

"Ugh...I'm sorry I asked."

"-And then we feed the dinosaurs!"

Jackie and Alter-Rai blinked in confusion. "Dinosaurs...?"

"And after that we have to train!"

The two newcomers groaned in misery. "We're going to die..."

"Oh no, fear not, my friends! You most certainly will not die!" Omi chuckled. "How silly. To think you would die from a few simple chores."

They groaned again. "This is not going to be fun..."

"Oh, no." Alter-Rai slumped. "Most definately not..."

"Hey, where's hot-head?" Jackie asked as they had dinner that night.

"He's probably still sulking."

"Ah. So, anybody wanna explain what these Snare Gem Goo things are?"

Everyone sweatdropped minus Alter-Rai (he was snickering).

"Er, that's Sheng Gong Wu..."

Jackie shrugged. "Whatever."

"Uh, right...Well, they're magical artifacts that-"

"Wait. Hold up. Whoa. Magical artifacts?"

Kimiko nodded. "Yes."

"And you expect me to believe this?"

Everyone was shocked. To deny belief in the Sheng Gong Wu? This had never happened before!

"Uh, well yes, we do."

Jackie snorted. "I'll believe that when I see it!"

"Well, your here, aren't you?" Omi asked him.

He nodded. "Yeah, but-"

"Then that's reason enough to believe."

Jackie was taken aback and turned to Alter-Rai, who nodded once and smiled slightly. "Alright." Jackie smiled, turning back. "I guess that is reason enough to believe. So what do these 'magical artifacts' do?"

The others smiled at him and continued to explain. None of them noticed Raimundo hiding behind a pillar, listening in.

'I can't believe they're just TELLING them this! We don't know anything about them! Who knows what they could do with that information? I don't like this. I don't like this at all! Grr...'

Rai jumped out of his hiding spot, startling the others. "Rai!"

"You guys, shut up! We don't know anything about these guys! How can you just tell them all about the Sheng Gong Wu like that?"

Jackie narrowed his eyes. "You want a back story?"

"Yes! I would like a freaking back story!" Rai turned to him.

"Fine. A back story it is. My name is John Henry Spicer II. I'm sixteen years old and I was born in 1989 in France to John Henry Spicer I and-"

"Jackie, you don't have to-!" Alter-Rai started.

Jackie shook his head. "Yes, I do. If we want these guys to trust us, then I have to."

"But, Jackie-"

"Let me finish."

Alter-Rai sighed "All...All right..."

He nodded. "To John Henry Spicer I and Magie Antenne Spicer. We lived in Paris for five years until my parents got a divorce. I went with my father to Brazil and my mother stayed in Paris. I started kindergarten there and met Rai. We became instant friends. Going to school became my only escape, because during this time my father deemed it fit to mentally and physically abuse me." Kimiko gasped. "No one knew except Rai, and it stayed that way until I was nine. That was when he made a mistake."

"A...A mistake...?" Kimiko asked, trembling.

"Yes." Alter-Rai took over. "He took one beating way too far and Jackie ended up in the hospital. He nearly died...I...I couldn't stand it anymore after that. I told the hospital what was going on, but they didn't believe me. Why would they? I was just a kid. So I had the orphanage tell them."

"The- the orhanage? Why would-?"

"Where I lived, yeah? My parents didn't want me. They had too many kids as it was. So they put me up for adoption. I was in there for as long as I can remember and the people in the orphanage trusted me. They had social services do an investigation and his father was arrested. They called his mother and told her what had been happening. She was devestated. Hell, I was devestated! They told her they had to come get him...I didn't think I'd ever see him again when I found out...I was crying so hard when she came. I didn't want to let go. 'O nao se tomar!' I screamed. Don't take him from me. And they left. I went to bed crying that night."

"When...When did you see each other again?" Clay asked. Kimiko was crying too hard to speak.

"The next morning actually."

"What?" They were outraged.

"Heh. Yeah. See, the orphanage had told Magie that I was the one who told them what was happening and how close me and Jackie were. She didn't want to separate us so..."

"She adopted him." Jackie put in.

Alter-Rai nodded. "Right. Afer that we moved to America."

"Why America?" Omi asked.

"Well, I guess she thought France and Brazil held too many bad memories and she wanted to start from the beginning."

"Oh, well that makes somes sense I suppose... But I had heard that America was full of redneck morons that did not know how to take care of the environment..."

"Uh...Omi...? You do realize that Texas is a part of America, right...?" Rai told him.

"It is! Oh Clay, I am most sorry!"

"Oh, it's alright, little buddy-"

"I had no idea that you lived in such a backwards society! You do not show your upbringing hardly at all!"

Clay's eye ticked. "Yeah. Thanks..."

"Uh...He's not up to date on common courtesy is he...?" Jackie deadpanned.

"No. I'm afraid not..."

"Hey, wait a minute. If you were adopted by his mom, doesn't that make you guys brothers?" Rai asked.

"Eh? Well, technically, yeah, I guess. Why?" Alter-Rai answered.

"And you're dating!"

"Uh, yeah, so?"

"EEWW!"

"Oh, shut up! We're not related by blood!"

"But still! Man! Talk about weird!"

Alter-Rai twitched. "You are so dead."

"Oh, yeah? I'd like to see you try and catch me first!"

"Well, it looks like THEY'RE getting along better..." Kimiko noticed.

Jackie nodded. "He probably feels bad for asking for the back story now and this is how he's making up for it."

"You think so?"

"Yeah. I know Rai well enough to at least SORTA know the other one, I think."

"You think?"

"Ha ha ha..." He sweatdropped. "Yeah..."

"Young monks. I do believe you should go to bed." Master Feng came in from the other room.

"Yes, Master Feng!"

"Hey, where are we gonna sleep?"

"Oh, I hadn't thought of that...Alter-Rai slept in Raimundo's room last night, but there's no room for both of you..."

"The two of them can stay in the spare bedroom." Master Feng intoned.

"There's a spare bedroom!" Rai asked, as he stopped running causing Alter-Rai to skid into him.

"Of course, for guests."

"Of course..." Rai mocked.

"Ahem." He eyed him. "Follow me."

"Yes, Master Feng."

I THINK this says 'Don't take him' in Portugese...Key word being think. I've got a translator and I know the words are right but I don't think word order is correct.

Also I don't remember if I mentioned it before but Feng would be the proper Chinese way of spelling his name with the pronunciation they use on tv. Fung isn't a word. But, don't think I'm being snobbish or anything...And I know I should proably keep it as Fung, but it really goes against my language skills, y'know?