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Chapter 4: The Future Meets The Past

Stealing the Shen-Gong-Wu wasn't going to be easy. Then again, it was never that easy to steal from those Xiaolin losers. I already started out bad by letting myself attack in the open. What was I suppose to do? The Third-Arm-Sash was right there waiting to be taken!

Did my flyby steal work? Judging by the two Xiaolin warriors being dragged on the other end of the sash… That would be a "No". My plan was to catch Kimiko, the present wielder of the Third-Arm-Sash by surprise. I caught her off guard by grabbing the sash while still flying. The plan was for her to release the sash. She wasn't supposedto be dragged along with it!

I could have kept going and waited for her to give up and drop to the ground. Her petite form was almost weightless compared to the trouble I would have had if Clay the caveman cowboy was still the one with the sash. It just wasn't my day since that idiot Raimundo had to be sooo heroic by latching on to Kimiko. Weren't they just in some sort of fight? I couldn't tell what they were fighting about from the sidelines, but Kimiko seemed the most hotheaded she had ever been. I would know since I happen to be a victim of several smack downs from her like every time we met.

"Jack Spicer! Why are you kidnapping my friends?" the smallest loser shouted.

"Look! I'm not kidnapping your loser friends, Baldy!" I corrected him, "I'm stealing this Shen-Gong-Wu!"

Well, that was what I was trying to do. I had to stop moving away though because my heli-pack was not going to last long under this weight. I hoped that it had enough power to keep me in the air. I had observed from my hiding spot what Kimiko was about to do to Raimundo. I wasn't going to take a chance on the ground where she could get at me!

"Jack! You better let go now! OR ELSE!" said the fire dragon in her usual loud decibels.

Oh crud. That really sounded like another smack down just waiting to happen. Why did Raimundo have to get her so pissed? Instead of him getting beaten up, my guess was that I was going to take the heat for him. This guess was becoming true when I let out a girlish scream because Kimiko was starting to climb up the sash towards me!

"You're gonna' get it this time, Jack," mused the smug wind dragon who was watching from the sash's bottom.

"Most definitely!" agreed Shorty.

"I pity ya', partner," added the pinheaded cowboy.

"If only Wuya was here to see this. Where is she anyway, Jack?" Raimundo continued.

"That hag's not here at the moment," I answered, "She trusted me to finish this mission on my own."

I was lying of course. It was true that Wuya wasn't here, but she didn't know about this mission. I snuck out because she would have never agreed to the plan anyway. I was just going to quickly steal some Shen-Gong-Wu to show her off. If I succeeded it would stop all her excessive nagging! I could tell by his eyes rolling up that he wasn't buying it. Raimundo was the least of my problems at the moment though.

"Now, you see here," I tried to command Kimiko, "I'm taking this with me and you can't stop me."

I made a stronger grip on the sash and I started to pull at it. Kimiko climbed even faster this time and you could see by her fiery blue eyes -that I would have considered pretty before- that she wasn't playing games. That's why I dropped the end of the sash and flew higher. This caused the Third-Arm-Sash to go limp and make Kimiko fall on top of Raimundo. This badly winded the guy since she fell on top of his stomach. Served that bastard right!

"Jackbots! Attack!" I shouted instead of gloating over the injured Raimundo.

My Jackbots appeared out of the brush and went straight for the enemy. The warriors were already were in their silly fighting stances. I had no doubt that they would defeat my robots, but they were many so it would take some time. They were just a distraction anyway.

My target was the pigtailed warrior below me. Kimiko was already busy kicking and punching my robotic minions. The others were also engaging themselves by fighting with my Jackbots. Piles of mechanic rubble began to form around the warriors. Kimiko was intense with attacking so she didn't noticed when I landed right behind her. I took this chance to grab the sash again. Lunging at the writhing Shen-Gong-Wu, I took hold of it with two arms.

She twisted around and our eyes met. Her slanted blue eyes were expressing defiance along with her bold stance. Kimiko took a hold of the sash with her two arms and pulled as well. The Third-Arm-Sash began to glow as we faced each other.

"I challenge you to a Xioalin Showdown, Kimiko!"

"I don't have any Shen-Gong-Wu to wager!" she complained.

"Kimiko!" called Omi, "Here!"

Omi grabbed a round shape from his robe. He immediately threw the object to Kimiko.

She caught it and glanced at it in her hands.

"The Orb of Tornami!" she spoke, "Thanks Omi!"

The little twerp grinned and waved. Of coarse he would have his signature Shen-Gong-Wu with him. Feh. He probably slept with the orb or something. Kimiko now had at least something to wager. I already knew what challenge I would make and the only Shen-Gong-Wu I had with me was the Reversing Mirror.

"Alright. The challenge is one on one combat! My Reversing Mirror against your Orb of Tornami! First one to take the other down wins!"

"I accept!" replied Kimiko.

"Let's go! Xiaolin Showdown!" we both shouted in unison.

The land and buildings crumbled away and the ground beneath rose up to become two plateaus. The higher plateau was the point from which Raimundo, Clay and Omi would watch. Kimiko and I were the ones standing on a larger plateau that had an arena like feeling. Smaller landmasses were floating and crowding the horizon. The sky's color took on a kind of red that was between the color of rust and blood.

Not one of the best showdown sceneries, but it would have to do. This time I knew it was going to be different. I was to win for sure! I had brooded beforehand about what challenge I would make. Combat was perfect because I had the upper hand. I not only had the advantage of flight, but also the Reversing Mirror which would throw anything Kimiko threw at me right back at her.

Besides, wouldn't I win if we were equally matched? It would be an easy victory for me if it was just hand-to-hand combat with no freaking fire mumbo jumbo magic to help her. Sure, she had spunk and –yes- she was cute, but that can only get you so far. I'm the evil boy genius ready to take over the world! Changes were to be made here and now! I was no weatherman, but I could feel it in the air somehow. I could feel the wind of change.

That's why I was confidant enough to make an evil pose and reach into my pocket for the Reversing Mirror. Both of us lined up parallel from each other on the field. We lifted our Shen-Gong-Wu and began to call for the challenge to begin.

"Gong Yi Tanpai-"

I was suddenly hit from above with such force that I fell facedown into the dirt. Was this some kind of trick? Did Kimiko go so low as to attack me right when the battle started? Never. She was too goody-goody for that even if she was pissed. I tried to stand up, but my body was being weighed down by something on top of me. It must be Kimiko and that smack down that was coming for me. It was only when she spoke that I knew something was different.

"Ugh… Wh- what happened?"

That voice… It couldn't have possibly been Kimiko. It was a gentler voice compared to Kimiko's brash vocals. This wasn't the voice of the bold girl I was about to fight, but the voice of a woman. I couldn't tell if this was true because I was still facedown on the plateau. I twisted and squirmed to upside myself and succeeded. I pushed myself to lean up and then… My eyes gazed at a pair of heavenly blue eyes.

These ice blue eyes belonged to a beautiful woman that was leaning on my chest. These amazing eyes were familiar, but my mind couldn't process from where. The woman was lying on me with a confused face. Her sleek hair was black and was tied into two long pigtails. She had heavy bangs in the front and two strands of hair that curled beneath each of her stunning eyes.

All these features seemed recognizable, but why? How could I not remember this stranger? It was when I asked this to myself that the woman looked at me. She glanced at me and the confused face from before transformed into a… smile. This mysterious woman was beaming now. Beaming at what, I couldn't tell.

Then I noticed she was pretty close to me. Well, far to close that it was awkward. That's why my face grew five shades redder than before. I was pale before, but now my face grew so red that I felt like a tomato. This striking woman was in my lap and was close enough to me to kiss me or something. Her… um well-formed chest was so close to me that I could feel a nosebleed coming on.

"A… E- excuse me? W- who are you?" I asked trying to lean away.

The woman's smile disappeared as a look of surprise emerged. She then looked at me as if seeing me for the first time. Her face took on an expression of revelation which caused her picturesque eyes to grow large. She inclined her head to inspect me like I was the strange one who had fallen on her. That's when she had come to some conclusion and finally spoke.

"I'm Kimiko."

Author's note: Faster update than the last one, non? Future Kimiko has finally arrived! Sorry, krystalmaze. Jack couldn't come since he was captured. We have the present Jack though who we like more and are far more familiar with. I hope you enjoy this one even though it's a little more into the action than the last. Thanks for the reviews!