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I do own, the other dragons, and the new wu…

"What the….." the dragon of wind started, looking up he growled seeing….

Above him floated the boy from before, the one who had vanished with the girl.

"Well Hello there…Raimundo…."

He said with a sinister grin, Omi leaning against him, unconscious.

Raimundo growled again before jumping up,

"Wind!"

He shouted, a powerful gust helped him up. He reached out for Omi, only to have him shoved into his arms.

"Wha-?"

He said confused as the boy merely smirked.

The boy just grinned and floated there.

"You will find your fourth dragon, the dragon of earth. You will then head north, there you will find a temple. From there the battle shall begin…dragon of the wind…"

He said still grinning as he burst into light.

Raimundo blinked his face still in confusion as he processed it all.

'Were pawns…'

He thought for a moment as Kimiko awoke. He looked to the dragon of fire who had just opened her eyes.

"I knew it'd all work out…."

She said smiling, but then frowned as Raimundo told the tale of what had just happened.

"Oh…."

Was all she could say as she checked for her shen gong wu.

The dragon of wind gently placed Omi on the ground, putting the orb of tornami back into his uniform, as he did he felt something else in the younger dragons pocket. Blinking a moment he pulled it out, a smile coming to his face as it was a picture of them as young dragons, back to back, Jack Spicer running in the background. He carefully placed it back as the younger warrior awoke with a slight start.

Omi opened his black eyes, his visions blurred a moment. Blinking once he shot up looking around a ready to fight look on his face. As he took in his surroundings he sighed then rubbed the back of his neck as it was stiff.

"Where….am I?"

He asked looking around then at Raimundo.

Kimiko blinked and smiled slightly.

"Some weird guy with powers brought you back Omi. You were out cold when he brought you."

She said looking at Raimundo for the rest.

"Hey…Omi…"

He said slowly, there was something in his voice. His emerald eyes flashed a moment before he spoke again.

"Where did you go last night?"

He asked his fellow dragon, a question Kimiko wanted to know the answer to as well. Omi had always been the stronger one in battle, Raimundo a close second, a hair's distance between them.

Omi's eyes closed for a moment as he sighed.

"I went…no where….."

He replied opening his eyes again, avoiding Raimundo's looks. He stood slowly and brushed himself off, checking for his belongings he nodded to himself and looked at Kimiko, then at Raimundo's feet.

"Should we not find our friend clay?"

He asked slightly annoyed by their lingering stares.

Kimiko was the first to awake from the trance, her azure eyes clearing immediately.

"Oh, right. Sorry about that Omi….."

She said her voice still slightly rasp from the battle. She rose and gathered her things before looking at Raimundo who had yet to remove his stare that had slowly turned into a gaze.

"Rai….you can ogle Omi later, we have to find Clay."

She said with a slight grin, at the dragon of wind's reaction. Then blinked in confusion at the look on the water dragons face.

"Please do not say such things Kimiko."

He said, his voice cold and un-Omiish. He turned and headed out, walking just slow enough for them to catch up.

Raimundo starred after Omi for a long time before looking at Kimiko with a frown. The dragon of fire gave an apologetic look then followed after Omi. Raimundo stood for a moment then followed as well so many things going through his head.

The three walked in silence, nothing but thought running through their minds as they walked for what seemed forever until finally they heard the sounds of a battle. The three rushed foreward, the sounds of battle coming ever closer until the strong, sturdy voice shook their thoughts and worries away.

"Third arm sash! Earth!"

The voice was western, and a explosion could be heard causing the dragons to stop. Their looks of worry turning to ones of relief as the dragon of earth stood covered in earth, a fallen warrior of the other temple, his shen gong wu clutched in his hand. The dragon of earth turned to his fellow Xiaolin warriors and smiled.

"I reckoned you'd come look'n for me."

He said smiling wider, as he dusted himself off. All four dragons froze as the warrior rose like the dead. His face covered in dirt as he too dusted himself off, a sneer on his face.

"Come now, dragon of earth, I thought you had a tougher fight in you then that."

His voice was cold, his eyes a steely blue. His hair a silvery grey as he stood taller then even Clay.

"I am the dragon of Metal."

He said calmly and proudly. He looked at each of the dragons and smiled slowly as his sights came upon Raimundo and Omi.

"Heh, and I thought the dragons of wind and water would be a bit tougher looking…."

He voice was challenging, Omi just frowned, but Raimundo growled and was about to speak when Clay acted first.

"Gaia Spy'ya! Earth!"

Clay shouted stomping the ground, spires of earth ripping through the dragon of metal's uniform. The spires could not penetrate the dragon however as a thick coat of metal had concealed him.

"Now, now calm down."

The dragon of metal said smirking as his element vanished from him. He turned then glanced back at them.

"I'll see yall back at the temple."

His voice mocking Clay's as he vanished into the surroundings.

The four dragons stood and looked at each other for a moment before heading the way the dragon of metal had left; Kimiko filled Clay in along the way, Omi in the lead, Raimundo in the back. Both far enough from Kimiko and Clay so they could only hear sounds of conversation.

"Awww sounds like a missed all the fun."

The cowboy's voice was in mock sadness as he grinned. He looked ahead at Omi then back at Raimundo. Raimundo looking down, Omi looking straight ahead.

"Now what's gotten into them?"

The blonde asked, his brow narrowed in confusion. Azure met amber as Kimiko sighed.

"Well…."

She told of what she knew, of what she was guessing, of what was surely to happen. Then she told him of boy, her own fight, and look on Raimundo's face when she had spoken about Omi.

Night fall came, but no sight of the temple did. The four dragons made camp, each sitting on a side of the fire Kimiko had built. Omi and Raimuno looking to the fire as Clay and Kimiko frowned and looked at each other then their two friends.

Clay smiled to Kimiko as he remembered something.

"I reckon we have some fun before our showdown, Don'cha think?"

he said reaching into his uniform to reveal a small pouch, clutching the pouch he grinned and said the shen gong wu's name.

"Pouch of product."

His thoughts going into the wu as it glowed, he reached in and pulled a guitar from it. Kimiko smiled, Clay had become extremely gifted with that shen gong wu and the guitar. Master Fong had said it took a great amount of will power and concentration of work the shen gong wu.

Raimuno just smiled and gave a smile nod, Omi just smiling. Both smiles were faint as thoughts clouded their actions.

"I reckon I could use your help on this one Kimiko"

Clay said as he played the first few notes. Kimiko smiled and stood, sitting next to Clay and rubbed her throat before nodding. Both looked at Raimundo and Omi who had returned to looking at the fire.

Clay just smiled and played the first few notes again before beginning again, he repeated them in a cord as Kimiko hummed.

"I wanted you to know …..I love the way you laugh."

Clay's eyes shifted to Kimiko who just smiled and continued to hum what she would usually play.

"I wanna hold you high and steal your pain…. away. I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well. I wanna hold you high and steal your pain."

Raimundo and Omi shifted their attention to Clay and Kimiko at the words of the song, their insides seemed to turn at the words meaning and the way Clay's voice seemed to reach their very souls.

"'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome…..And I don't feel right when you're gone away…You've gone away….You don't feel me here…..anymore."

At this part Raimundo looked at Omi with a glance, then he resumed looking at Clay, his eyes shifting down into the fire as he let the words take him in.

Kimiko smiled slightly before shutting her eyes and letting Clay's voice carry her into her own part.

"The worst is over now and we can breathe again…I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain…..away. Theres's so much left to learn, and no one left to fight. I wanna hold you high and steal your pain."

Omi looked at Kimiko his black eyes wavering in thought, a glance at Raimundo and his mood darkened quite a bit, moments later it seemed to lighten again.

The dragons of Fire and Earth sang together now as they hopped this would change the moods of their long time friends and allies. They would need them back at full in order to defeat these new dragons, they knew it as did Raimundo and Omi.

"'Cause I'm broken when I'm open, and I don't feel like I am strong enough, 'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome, and I don't feel right when you're gone away."

Clay and Kimiko looked at Raimundo and Omi as they sung, both of the dragons were looking into the fire with wavering eyes, as if they were to burst apart at any moment. Kimiko took her breath and looked to Clay to finish it.

"You've gone away……you don't feel me here…….anymore….."

Clay had his eyes shut as he finished the song, upon opening them he found Raimundo and Omi looking at each other a moment, soul searching the other through the eyes, mouths open as to speak. Raimundo waited, he had already found what he was looking for, Omi's face didn't change he simply looked to Clay and Kimiko and smiled.

"The song was most enjoyable, I wish to sleep now. I shall see you all when the sun returns."

The dragon of water laid next to the fire, the sounds of his allies readings for sleep died down soon and as the sounds of night and sleep came to him a single tear fell from his shut eyes, his heart was torn, it was broken…..

FanKnight: Yeah I know, not what you expected but HEY, you'll all find out soon. Please review….