CHAPTER FOUR
Dojo found himself cringing as Kimiko yelled and screamed at the three boys in front of her. Master Fong had told the young warriors that they were aloud to attend the party and could actually go out and buy any new clothing that they wanted. Kimiko hadn't taken this as well as everyone would have thought. She didn't want to go to the party and didn't think that the others should go either. She insisted that it was a trap and that the moment they all left, Jack was going to steal all of their Wu. Omi had stayed silent and seemed to be in meditation, Clay was eating some very big ribs, and Raimundo was looking off into space.
"Look Kimiko, we're going to the party whether you like it or not." Raimundo glared over to the female of their team before glancing at Dojo. "How about a ride little dragon dude? We all need new threads for this party. Plus we should bring gifts, it's only right." Omi had perked up at this and started asking Clay what the perfect gift would be. Clay for his part was still eating. Dojo grew to his full size and waited for the three dragons to climb aboard. Kimiko fumed and stormed off into another room. Dojo was sure she'd get over it in time.
The three Xiaolin Dragons and one real dragon wondered around the Mall of the World for nearly three hours before they ran into someone they knew. Ashley, or Katnappe, was loaded down with tons and tons of bags. And she was currently looking at a long black leather trench coat that had its arms ripped off and frayed at the shoulders. The Xiaolin Dragon's wondered over to her and waited for her to notice them.
"What do you three losers want? I'm actually paying so you can't be here to demand me to stop stealing. I don't have any Wu so that's not it…" She trailed off as Omi started to look into her bags. She pulled them up to her chest and glared down at the little monk.
"Relax Ashley. We're just here shopping for Jack's birthday." Raimundo said as he looked at the coat she was just looked at. "And if I didn't know any better I'd say you were doing the same." He tossed her a giant smile and then turned to look through the other leather clothing in the store. Ashley snorted slightly before turning to grab the jacket she was looking at.
"Actually I am shopping for little Jackie's birthday. My parents and his are like best friends. So it would look wrong if I wasn't there." She turned and headed towards the counter to pay for the coat. "And just so you all know, his family are a bit weird. They know all about the Heylin side and the Shen Gong Wu. So just be your selves. If you are shopping for Jack, just get him something normal. He doesn't have many friends and his family will be handling any big gifts them selves." With that the blonde paid for her gift had it wrapped and was gone. Leaving the three monks in the leather store. Omi had started to look at the different leather hats in the story and found one that was to be wore sideways and was the same leather as the jacket Ashley had just bought. It was simple and Omi thought it would be a good gift for the pale boy. Going up to the counter, Omi paid for the gift and had it gift wrapped before turning to Rai and Clay.
"I think we should head over to one of the teen boy's clothing shops to get some clothes for ourselves. I don't know about you two but I could use some new clothes." Raimundo headed out of the store and then across to the closest Boy's clothing store. Dojo hid inside Clay's hat and was snoring softly.
Four hours later and the three boys had new clothes and enough gifts for Jack to last the next 20 birthdays. With Dojo they all headed back to the temple, bent on getting a good night sleep, they were all extremely exhausted.
Elsewhere, Chase Young was staring at himself in a full length golden rimmed mirror. His long hair was held back in a tight braid and hung down the middle of his back, his normal gold armor had been removed and replaced with a simple gold and black shirt and pants that resembled his old monk clothing. His cats were laying about the large bedroom purring softly to him selves as their master checked himself in his mirror.
In another room in the manor, Wuya was doing much the same thing. Her hair was twisted on the top her head and then held back by a plum colored ribbon in a bushy ponytail of curls, and two long bangs hung down on either side of her face. She was sitting in front of a gold incased vanity applying and reapplying her makeup and fixing her hair. She was also only wearing a plum colored bra and plum colored drawstring bikini underwear. Six or seven different style dresses lay across her bed, with the shoes to match laying at the end of her bed. Looking over to them Wuya frowned and cursed loudly as she went to try each one of the dresses.
At the Spicer household, Jack was laying in the back yard on hammock while his little sister sat at his feet on the ground watching a frog hop into their small backyard pond. Jack's cousin Megan was chasing around a brightly colored butterfly with a net. Jack had in his hand an iced glass of iced tea and was sipping it every so often. He was lounging nice and quiet like; his plain sky blue shirt and jean shorts making him feel even more comfortable. He had even stripped his hair the night before and so his hair was as white as the fallen snow. His mother had been very pleased when she had seen him that morning. And his little sister had commented that he looked very handsome.
"Jonnie?" Suigintou's small meek voice caught Jack's ears and he looked down over the rim of his sky blue lensed sunglasses to the small girl at his feet. She was holding her hands out towards him and Jack set his Iced Tea onto the small lawn table next to the hammock. He reached out and gathered the small girl into his arms and looked down to her hands. Sitting in the small doll like hands sat a small bright neon green frog. Jack smiled and let his sister sit with her back to his chest as she watched the small frog hop around her hands. "Can I keep him?"
"He belongs in the pond Suigi. He'll be lonely if you bring him in the house." Jack ran his hand through one of his sister's pigtails. Their mother loved putting her hair up in pigtails and in ribbons, but Jack knew that Suigintou hated it. He watched as the dark ruby eyes of the small girl narrowed and then watched her crawl forward to reach down to the pond. With a soft plop and splash Jack knew that the frog was back in the pond. Suigintou once again sat back against Jack's chest and closed her eyes. Jack took the time to undo the two lavender ribbons that held up the snow-white hair. Once the ribbons were out he ran his hands threw her hair and smiled to himself. "You should tell mom to let you keep your hair down for the party." Suigintou nodded her head to her brother before turning and curling her body into him. Jack smiled and closed his eyes, only half aware that Megan was now being chased around the yard by a bee.
