Marcus: Boy, it feels great to be writing again.
Kimiko: Agreed. What took you so long this time?
Marcus: Hey, cut me a break. I'm back at college, so I am gonna be pretty busy. ESPECIALLY with four lab classes.
Omi: You go to college?
Marcus: Yes, Omi. I do.
Kimiko: Ok, I get college is tough, but is that the ONLY reason you waited so long to update?
Marcus: Not exactly. Remember the little note I left at the end of the last chapter?
Omi: You mean the one where you requested an idea for a Shen Gong Wu?
Marcus: Yeah, that one. I asked that because I'm including original ones. Not ones I've seen or heard of before, because I saw every episode, and I don't want to copy other people's ideas.
Kimiko: I guess that makes sense. So were you able to come up with an idea for a new Shen Gong Wu?
Marcus: Not really. It was tough due to the fact there were so many. That's why I asked that question in the first place. But recently a suggestion was thrown at me, and that was what got me on the ball again.
Omi: Excellent. I can't wait to see the new Shen Gong Wu.
Marcus: You will when the chapter begins. But before that, let's take a look at some reviews left on this story.
Kimiko: Ok. Where should we start?
Marcus: Let's look at the most recent review. It's from Power Taco. I really like your review, dude. I am so glad that I decided to write this fanfic.
Kimiko: Yeah, me too. I love the support you have for the ship with me and Omi.
Omi: *slightly blushes* But he also says he hated Raimundo.
Marcus: I'm not surprised. A lot of fans hated him for joining the Heylin side. TWICE. Therefore, fans were more upset when he was appointed Shoku Warrior. If not for your time scrambling, YOU could've been Shoku Warrior, Omi.
Omi: Yeah, perhaps.
Kimiko: And why do most fans pair me with Raimundo anyway?! EEEEEEEWWWWWW!
Raimundo: Probably because you kissed me. TWICE.
Kimiko: ON THE CHEEK!
Marcus: Nice try, Raimundo. But those kisses were CONGRAGULATORY. Not for romantic reasons.
Raimundo: Whatever. I still had a better chance with her than Omi.
Kimiko: No you don't!
Marcus: She's right. I watched the show, so I know. In the show, I counted EIGHT hugs she's given Omi in total.
Kimiko: (hugs Omi) Make that NINE! (Omi blushes, Raimundo's jaw drops, and Marcus giggles)
Raimundo: That don't mean nothing!
Marcus: It could. The reason behind the hugs is mostly unknown, but evidence states that it could be for romantic reasons.
Raimundo: I SURE HOPE YOU'RE WRONG! (storms off)
Marcus: Like that'll ever be the case. Even if it turns out to be, my opinion isn't gonna change. Besides, most evidence doesn't lie. Again, love the review Power Taco.
Omi: Agreed. Any other reviews to go over?
Marcus: Just a couple questions from DragonbladeB5.
Kimiko: Ok. First question is, oh, an idea for a showdown. A car race, with different courses with technologically advanced cars that can use Shen Gong Wu powers. 5 Laps. First across the finish line wins.
Omi: Oooh! A very good Xiaolin Showdown Idea!
Marcus: I agree. However, there is something I never mentioned before. The showdowns in this fanfic, they have a purpose.
Kimiko: What kind of purpose?
Marcus: You'll find out when the chapter begins.
Kimiko: Ok. Anyway, new question. Which is more powerful? Shen Gong Wu or Phantom Ruby?
Marcus: That depends on what Shen Gong Wu. In most cases, the Phantom Ruby is more powerful than Shen Gong Wu due to its ability to alter reality. However, the right Shen Gong Wu can overpower the ruby by using its power against it. This can easily be pulled off by the Reversing Mirror.
Omi: True.
Kimiko: Last question. Chase Young vs Infinite. Who would win and why?
Marcus: I would say Infinite, with the Ruby, that is. With the Ruby his powers are unmatchable. Chase Young just knows Martial arts and can turn into a dragon creature, with increased strength and speed. Though without the Ruby, Infinite would have no chance against Chase.
Omi: Very interesting.
Marcus: Indeed. Anyway, let's begin the new chapter!
"GUYS!" Dojo called to everyone. "SHEN GONG WU ALERT!" At that moment, Master Fung pulled the Ancient Scroll of the Shen Gong Wu from his robe and opened it. The scroll then showed an image of a golden heart with an eye engraved in the middle.
"Ah, the Heart's Desire has revealed itself." Master Fung declared. "The power of this Shen Gong Wu can see into anyone's heart and reveal to them what they desire most."
"No offense, but why would Grand Master Dashi need a Shen Gong Wu like that?" Raimundo asked.
"I think the reason was to determine good hearts and bad hearts." Dojo answered.
"Handy, I guess." Clay nodded.
"Hmmmm," Kimiko pondered.
"What is it, Kimiko?" Omi asked her.
"Oh, I was just thinking that this Wu can help me find what I'm missing." Kimiko answered.
"Perhaps you're right." Omi agreed. "Therefore the sooner we get the Heart's Desire, the sooner we'll find out your problem!" Kimiko smiled at this.
"Alright!" Dojo declared, increasing his size. "Let's go!" At that moment, the Xiaolin Dragons hopped on Dojo's back, and the dragon took off into the sky.
A while later, the group arrived in London, England, the place where Dojo sensed the Shen Gong Wu was.
"Ok everyone," Raimundo said as Dojo landed and everyone got off. "Do a thorough search. That wu can be anywhere here."
"Uhh, just HOW thorough, Raimundo?" Clay asked. "London IS a big city, after all."
"SOOOO BIIIIIG!" Omi exclaimed, getting all woozy from looking around. He nearly fell over from dizziness, but Kimiko caught him.
"I gotcha." She assured him as he helped him stand upright.
"Thank you, Kimiko." Omi replied, shaking the dizziness out of his head. Kimiko smiled.
"What's the matter, Cheeseball?! The big city too much for ya?!" Called a dastardly familiar voice. The Xiaolin Dragons looked up to where the voice was coming from. Sure enough, there was a black and red jet hovering above them. Piloting it was a pale-skinned red-haired boy in a black jacket and pants with black boots and yellow goggles. It was their old nemesis, Jack Spicer.
"Oh great! Just what we needed." Raimundo scoffed.
"Geez. That ride wasn't very smooth." A female voice snapped. From the passenger side of the jet appeared a blond-haired woman wearing a catsuit. Her name was Ashley, but she went by the alias Catnappe.
"Remind me WHY I brought you along?" Jack asked her.
"You lost a bet!" Catnappe told him. "I get to accompany you on a Shen Gong Wu hunt today."
"Oh right." Jack scoffed.
"Great. He's brought a pet." Kimiko scoffed.
"HEY! I'M NOT HIS PET!" Catnappe snapped.
"Don't worry about them. They'll be too busy to stop us right now." Jack told her.
"You wanna BET, varmit?!" Clay challenged.
"Nah. I'm not very good at that apparently." Jack stated, looking to Catnappe. "JACKBOTS, ATTACK!" Sure enough, a horde of robots appeared as Jack and Catnappe zoomed away. The robots zoomed in on the Xiaolin warriors, who were ready to fight.
"You ready?" Omi asked.
"You bet!" Kimiko replied.
"Clay and I will handle this, you two." Raimundo told them.
"Why should YOU TWO hog all the action?!" Kimiko snarled.
"These things are just here to stall us. If we all fight, then we're not getting the shen gong wu!" Raimundo explained.
"Raimundo is right." Omi realized. "We must find the Heart's Desire before Jack and that cat girl do!"
"Good call." Kimiko agreed. "Ok, you two deal with these. Omi and I will go find the wu."
"Be careful, you two." Clay advised them. The two nodded.
"Ok you two, the Heart's Desire is that way!" Dojo explained, pointing a certain direction.
"Lead the way, Dojo!" Kimiko said as the three headed off while Raimundo and Clay fought the robots.
A few minutes later, Omi, Kimiko and Dojo arrived at the Tower of London. They entered the building in hopes of finding the shen gong wu. Luckily for them, Dojo knew where he was going. The magical dragon DID hide them for Grand Master Dashi, after all. Suddenly, Dojo stopped.
"There it is!" He exclaimed. Omi and Kimiko looked and sure enough, on top of a pedestal, was a big gold heart-shaped artifact with a big silver eye in the middle.
"The Heart's Desire." Omi stared in awe.
"Shall we?" Kimiko asked.
"Yes. We shall grab it." Omi declared.
"Let's go!" Kimiko said happily. The two went up to the Shen Gong Wu and reached for it. However, just as the two grabbed it, it began to glow. The two were confused, since they were on the same side and therefore didn't have to fight over it. But then they suddenly looked to see Jack Spicer and Catnappe, who also got their hands on the wu. Jack snickered and Catnappe hissed. Omi and Kimiko glared at them.
"We challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown Tsunami!" Omi declared. "Our Eye of Dashi vs your Monkey Staff!"
"Our Falcon's Eye vs your Mind-Reader Conch!" Catnappe added.
"The game is Maze of Darkness!" Kimiko declared. "First team of two to find each other wins!"
"Bring it on!" Jack snickered.
"Let's go!" Omi declared. Then everyone shouted. "XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!"
At that moment, a flash of light enveloped the area. Giant walls began to rise from the surface surrounding and flooding the area. Within seconds, there was a giant maze in the middle of the room. Then darkness suddenly surrounded the area. Omi, Kimiko, Jack and Catnappe were placed at different corners of the maze, far apart from each other. Dojo, and Raimundo and Clay, who arrived just in time for the start of the showdown, were observing from a distance.
"I can't see a thing down there." Raimundo blurted.
"It's a maze of darkness." Dojo told him. "You're not supposed to see anything."
Omi and Kimiko were then given torches with blue flames while Jack and Catnappe were given torches with red flames.
"Then why are they given torches?" Raimundo asked.
"I bet those act as markers." Clay guessed. "That way, they know they found the right person."
"Makes sense." Raimundo shrugged.
"GONGYI TAMPAI!" The participants yelled. And with that, the game was on. Jack, now turned monkey by the power of the monkey staff, ran through the pathways of the maze. But like an ordinary monkey, he could not find his way through. Soon he began to chatter in panic.
"Ugh, that monkey boy. What a coward. Afraid of the dark." Catnappe said to herself. "Aw well. I have the Falcon's Eye, so this should be cake." She bounded through the maze trying to follow the sound of Jack's screeching. But soon she was starting to lose her way in the maze.
Omi was bounding on the walls as he went through the maze. The darkness didn't worry him at all. His focus was on finding Kimiko and winning the wu. Kimiko was running through the maze, determined to find Omi and win the wu as well. However, as she went from dead end to dead end, she was starting to get scared and lose hope in winning.
"Maybe I picked the wrong showdown." She said to herself.
"Aw man." Raimundo said as he saw the four lights scattered across the maze. "Is ANYONE gonna find anyone?!"
"They're really struggling down there." Clay agreed.
"Oh I'm sure they'll find each other soon." Dojo reassured them before muttering a worried "I hope."
Back in the maze, Catnappe decided to use her wu to help win the showdown.
"Falcon's Eye." She yelled, using the wu to search for Jack through the walls of the maze. She eventually spotted him.
"There you are!" She declared. "Now I know which way to go!" And with that, she bounded in the direction where Jack would be.
"Don't be so sure." Jack replied loudly. "This is a MAZE, remember? There are a lot of turns and dead ends in here!"
"Oh no!" Kimiko exclaimed. "Catnappe knows where to find Jack. We might lose!"
"Kimiko!" Omi shouted. "Don't give up. We can still find each other and win!"
Kimiko gasped. Omi never lost hope. He was still fighting to find a way to win. But she was still scared and losing hope. But then she remembered her wu. She pulled it out and held it to her ear.
"Mind Reader Conch!" She yelled. At that moment, the wu activated, and Kimiko began to hear what Omi was thinking.
Follow your heart, Kimiko. You are a strong warrior. You can do this. Was what Kimiko heard in Omi's head with the wu. I know you can. I believe in you.
Omi… Kimiko thought to herself. She then regained her focus and determination. Omi was right. She couldn't give up yet. Not as long as Omi believed in her.
"EYE OF DASHI!" Omi yelled, activating his wu. At that moment, lightning shot from the wu and hit the wall. The wall was impenetrable, but Omi didn't care. He knew what he was doing. Kimiko heard and saw the flashes of lightning from a distance.
He's trying to light the way for us to find each other. She realized. The only way for it to work though, is to follow the light of the lightning and find him. With that, Kimiko took off in the direction of the lightning, taking different turns that would possibly lead to him. Omi kept shooting lightning as he made his way through the maze.
Catnappe was nearing to where Jack was. She was sure of it. She kept taking turns through the maze until she reached the area she spotted Jack. But when she got there, he was no where in sight. That was when she realized Jack must've taken a wrong turn.
"GRRRRRRR! THAT MONKEY BRAIN!" She yelled.
Omi kept shooting lightning bolts at walls repeatedly as she went through the maze. Soon he was able to see a blue light on the other side of the wall. That was when he knew it was Kimiko. Kimiko, who indeed was on the other side, kept following the lightning. There was a turn at the end of the path, and sure enough, Omi appeared in front of her.
"OMI!" She cried happily, running to the little monk.
"KIMIKO!" The little monk replied in excitement. "We have found each other!" He ran to Kimiko, who then scooped the little monk into her arms and spun around happily. She soon stopped spinning, still holding Omi in a warm embrace. They kept hugging each other after the showdown ended with the light flashing and everything returned to their original state. Omi and Kimiko, still hugging, had all five shen gong wu that were on the line, including the Heart's Desire. The two didn't let go of each other until the rest of the Xiaolin gang greeted them.
"Way to go, you two!" Clay congratulated.
"Yeah, you actually pulled through!" Raimundo added.
"I knew you could do it." Omi said to Kimiko.
"Of course you did." Kimiko replied. "You never stopped believing." She blushed after saying this.
"Sorry to ruin the moment, but shall we go home now?" Dojo asked. The monks nodded.
Back at the temple, the Xiaolin monks returned to the shen gong wu vault, where Master Fung was waiting.
"Well done, young monks." The master congratulated. "Another shen gong wu in the right hands."
"Indeed, Master Fung." Kimiko said as she placed the wu in the vault. But she hesitated in putting the Heart's Desire away. She wanted to use it and find out what is missing from her lightning bolts in her and Omi's thunderstorm attack. Master Fung however stepped in.
"Careful now." The monk told her. "The Heart's Desire is a powerful shen gong wu, but can be dangerous too."
"How so?" Raimundo asked.
"It can be dangerous if used at a wrong time." Master Fung explained.
"And what would a wrong time be?" Omi asked.
"Who knows? Could be any time." Master Fung answered, putting the wu in the vault.
"For real?!" Raimundo exclaimed.
"Depends on the circumstance." Master Fung replied. "Which is why we must be careful."
"When would be a RIGHT time then?" Kimiko asked.
"You'll find out in due time." Master Fung answered as he left. Kimiko sighed. Omi took her hand and stroked it with his to reassure her.
"Don't worry, Kimiko." He told her. "Whatever you think is missing, I'm sure you'll find it soon."
"Thanks Omi." Kimiko smiled. Omi smiled back and went to train. Kimiko kept smiling, but then she sighed.
Later that night, everyone was asleep. Except for Kimiko. She couldn't stop thinking about what was missing from her lightning power. She wanted to know what it was. REAL bad. Fed up with the frustration, she decided to leave her room and venture out. What she didn't know was that Raimundo was PRETENDING to be asleep. He noticed Kimiko leave, and being obsessed with her as he is, decided to follow her.
Kimiko soon reached the Shen Gong Wu vault. She rung the chimes in the right order, opening the vault. She went down the stone stairs to the stone drawer containing the Heart's Desire. She opened the drawer, pulled the shen gong wu out and held it up in front of her.
"Heart's Desire!" She declared, activating the wu. With that, the eye on the front of the wu opened and shined brightly. It showed an image to Kimiko, an image of what the wu's user's heart desired most. When Kimiko saw what the wu showed her, she could not believe her eyes.
Raimundo, who followed her, was observing from the top of the stone stairs. He saw the image the wu was showing her, and he too was in complete shock over what he was seeing. Shock AND horror.
Well, that's it for this chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! I'm not too good at writing showdowns, but I hope this works.
And now that you read this chapter, I bet you can figure out what the purpose is for the Xiaolin Showdowns to be featured in this story. I would reveal it, but that would spoil the big reveal of Kimiko's heart's desire. I probably will say it after this story's next chapter though.
I will update my other stories as soon as I can. I'm halfway through the semester in college right now, but it's gonna get harder. But I think I'll be okay.
Anyway, that's all for now. See ya next time!