Prologue

The night was a dark tapestry of shadows that was dropped upon the world and the stars twinkled and shined like spilled glitter. The Xiaolin warriors were on the back of their dragon friend Dojo, and they all were relieved to an extent for one reason: they had just won their last showdown; they had just found their last shen gong wu.

Omi, Clay, Kimiko and Raimundo were all marveling at the last shen gong wu that Omi held in his tiny hands- the Spiral of Demons (as seen in my other story). They had fought a fierce race to climb a tree against Katnappe. But it was finally over. They had won their final shen gong wu and their mission to protect the world was over.

"So, it's over then?" asked Kimiko, who was staring at the crescent moon that seemed to hang by a thread over the earth.

"I guess so." said Rai.

Then Clay spoke up.

"You know…I reckon I'll miss those showdowns and those races to find it and those times when we won and lost." said Clay.

"It's like that most sad saying…you don't know what you have till the cloud starts to fall…then it creates fog!"

Everyone was silent after that, and then Rai coughed.

"I think what the little guy's tryin' to say is that 'you don't know what got till it's gone'.

When they got to the temple, Dojo turned back to regular size and the dragons raced to the vault to put the final shen gong wu inside.

Each dragon was regretting that they ever won the wu, because no matter how much they tried to deny it, they were really going to miss protecting the world from evil and looking and fighting for shen gong wu. They knew that they were going to miss it, but they did not know what was going to happen after they put the final wu in the vault- would they continue to train at the temple? Or would they separate and go back to the homes they originally came from? (If they had a home to begin with…)

Nobody knew and nobody was going to know until they put the final wu into the vault. And that's exactly why Omi hesitated.

"What're you waitin' for, buckaroo?" asked Clay gently, even though he already knew what was on Omi's mind. "Is something wrong?"

Omi sighed. "It's just…if we put the final wu back in its place…what will become of us? What's the point of our journey if we don't have a purpose for traveling?"

Everyone was quiet when Omi said that, until Rai broke the silence again.

"Well, we've still got Chase Young to defeat! And Wuya and Jack probably have new tricks up their sleeves." said Raimundo encouragingly.

Omi smiled. "You are most correct, Raimundo. Maybe we have something to travel for on this journey after all!"

As Omi set the shen gong wu in the vault and closed it, the dragons heard a cry in the distance.

"NO! DO NOT PUT THAT SHEN GONG WU IN!"

It was Master Fung, who was racing to the vault with a bunch of other warriors of the temple.

"What's wrong, Master Fung?" asked Kimiko, who was as bewildered as the rest of the dragons.

Master Fung was panting like crazy and breathing as heavily as the Two Ton Tunic! Then, between breaths, he finally talked.

"If you put the shen gong wu in the vault, it will-"

But he was cut off when a great explosion shattered the shen gong wu vault. Splashes and waves of blue light encircled the fallen vault and the shen gong wu were all inside a circling void that soon exploded and made the shen gong wu fly to all of the corners of the earth.

All of the people at the temple were dumbstruck and they were also dazed and confused.

"Okay, is it just me or did all our shen gong wu just scatter to all of the corners of the earth?" asked Kimiko, too puzzled to be fuming in anger.

Master Fung hit his head and massaged his temples.

"Oh, this is very bad."

"What happened, Master?" asked Omi, tugging at Master Fung's pants.

Master Fung put his hands in his sleeves and explained the event in careful wording.

"You see young dragons, the shen gong wu only act like this on a certain day. That is the Day of Seperation, which is today. If all of the shen gong wu are collected together in one place on this day, then the shen gong wu will spread to all corners of the earth and will not activate for about 15 to 20 years."

All of the dragon's mouths dropped.

"You're saying that we won't be able to re-locate the shen gong wu for another 20 YEARS! WE'LL HAVE TO JUST WAIT!" screamed Raimundo, his shriek echoing throughout the temple. Master Fung cleaned his ears with his finger and managed to remain calm.

"Yes, Raimundo. That is exactly what you will have to do…wait."