Hey everyone! I suppose I have a knack for updating my chapters really REALLY late...-yawns- but there just aren't enough hours in the day, you know? Well, enjoy this chapter, readers!
Oh! And Drummer-Blossom, I know Jack didn't say anything to Lily in the last chapter, but I only did that because it was going to be a much bigger deal in this chapter:)
Jack: No...you just didn't put anything because you're lazy...
K.G.: It was midnight! I was sleepy! Coffee doesn't really work its wonders at midnight you know...
Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown...but I do own Lily and the Tornado Goggles...squee for me!
The sun was just reaching the sky and nobody was awake. Well…nobody but Lily anyway. Her head was filled with too many thoughts to sleep.
What will I do once I meet up with the others? She thought.
But most of all…she worried what Jason would do. She shook herself out of it. Now was not the time to be thinking of Jason…especially not Jason. But something else was on her mind…something so much more important.
WHY DIDN'T JACK SAY 'HI' TO ME LAST NIGHT! , she thought.
"He's going to get….going to get….a REAL STERN TALKING TO!" she whispered to herself loudly.
Besides everything else, Lily was glad that Kimiko accepted her secret about Jack, and not tell the boys.
But I can't hide my feelings for Jack forever…, she thought. She closed her eyes, abandoning all thoughts as her mind escaped into her dreams.
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"This cannot be right…" Wuya said to herself. "This cannot be the place where I am sensing the Sapphire Dragon."
She stared at the tall and exquisitely detailed building in disbelief. She floated through the walls, following her sense. After for what seemed like hours, she found herself in an empty elevator. Oh so she thought it was empty.
"So you're the spirit who's been looking for me…" a voice from behind said.
Wuya turned around. There was just a tall black haired boy in his youth, no older than 18, looking at her with dark, icy sapphire eyes. Her eyes caught notice of two straps of leather hanging around his neck, holding a pendant no different than that of Lily's…except that it is sapphire.
"You are the Sapphire Dragon?" Wuya asked, a feeling of disbelief hanging in her voice.
Jason simply nodded, a smirk plastered on his face.
"But…how? How can such a powerful evil source be coming from a…a teenager?" she asked. He hardly looks evil at all, she thought.
"That would be the power of the Sapphire Dragons that came before me…most of them." He said in a voice that was just louder than a whisper.
"Most?" Wuya questioned.
"Yes…But you should know, shouldn't you…Wuya?" Her spiral eyes widened.
She didn't even have to say anything for Jason to continue. "You knew the Sapphire Dragon the created the very Shen Gong Wu…did you not?"
She nodded and crossed her arms, intrigued on his knowledge.
Jason continued, "It is just in my memory…I know everything that all of the past Sapphire Dragons have felt, thought, said and witnessed."
"Interesting…", was all Wuya could bring herself to say. " If you don't mind me asking…why are you staying here?" she asked.
Jason smirked, (always with the smirking this guy!) "Just because I'm evil doesn't mean I'm primitive, I actually enjoy staying in five star hotels." He said stepping out of the elevator once it arrived at a very high floor.
Smart and evil! Much better than Jack…, Wuya thought, floating behind Jason. "Wait! I came here wondering if you would like some help with your evil?" she asked in an unusually polite tone.
Even if it wasn't so unusual that she would suck up to whomever she wanted as a partner.
Jason seemed distracted in his thoughts, "Not right now…I have to find a way for Lily to stand by my side, and more importantly…become evil!" he said with a wave of the hand, shooing her off.
Wuya smiled and cackled. "I think I have a way to help you…" she said.
Jason turned around. "You have my full attention…"
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Saliva streamed down Jack's chin as he snored in his deep, deep…really deep sleep. His arms were flung on top of his chair's arms, his feet on the table.
"I, Jack Spicer: Ruler of the World, command you to dance! And you slaves shall wear cheese pants! Dance in your cheese pants!" Jack mumbled in his sleep.
He jolted up from the chair, losing his balance. He got up from the floor, rubbing his head. Loud music blasted through one of his malfunctioning Jackbots. He covered his ears, trying to yell over the loud music.
"WILL YOU PLEASE STOP PLAYING THAT SORRY EXCUSE OF MUSIC?" he screamed.
The music softened as one of Jack's robots approached him. "Pardon sir…" it started in its technical voice, "But that 'sorry excuse of music' is your evil theme song."
Jack's shoulders slumped.
"But I was sleeping…I only programmed you robots to play it when I do something evil…NOT WHEN I'M SLEEPING!" He clenched his fists.
He felt like yelling some more, for no apparent reason, but was cut short by his trusty Shen Gong Wu Detecto-bot beeping.
"Neat! I wonder which Shen Gong Wu it is…" he said. Now that he thought about it, Wuya still wasn't back from her little stroll.
"Ah, who needs Wuya when I have this!" he said as he connected the detecto-bot to his Jet 3000. As he jumped into the pilot seat he thought of something, I hope Lily wasn't too steamed about last night. Those losers would have found out if I did anything! Then we'd both be in trouble… The opening in the wall raised and Jack zoomed out, in search for the new Shen Gong Wu.
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"He's not going to make it…" Kimiko said, looking over at Clay and Raimundo.
"No way…Omi will win. He's a guy, and guys always win at these things." Rai said matter-of-factly.
Kimiko felt fire grow out of her hands. "Well not this time! Do you hear me! Girls shall rule!"
Raimundo raised his hands up defensively. "Alright, alright…just don't crisperize my hair."
Kimiko looked down at her hands. "Wow…I really did have fire sprout out of my hands."
"Will you please be quiet? How do you expect me to win at this if you don't stay silent?" Omi yelled not taking his eyes off of Lily.
She shrugged. "Chill Omi…it's just a staring contest…no need to get all warrior mode." She said calmly.
"You are right Lily; I should not be losing my coldness…"
Raimundo rolled his eyes. "Cool." He interjected.
"…Because it is certain that I will win this contest easily…for you are but a girl." Omi finished.
Lily clenched her fists. "What did you just say? Okay…now you are about to learn a very important lesson!" she said, straining her eyes to not make them not blink.
Omi stared at her calmly, resisting the urge to blink.
Lily raised her eyebrows. "Impressive work Omi…but let's see how you handle this!" she said making peculiar faces.
Omi stifled a laugh but that was it.
Lily's eyes scanned over to the side of Omi and then back. "Omi…there's a squirrel behind you." She said dully.
Omi laughed. "You cannot fool me with your clever trickeries Lily." Omi said crossing his arms.
"Uh…no seriously…there's a squirrel…it's about to…" she started but was cut off by Omi giving out a gasp of pain.
"Bite your toe…" she finished.
Omi blinked and turned around screaming. "AH! A SQUIRREL! GET THIS RABIES FILLED RODENT OFF OF ME!" he yelled.
Lily shook her head, blinking a few times. "I told him…" she looked over at Kimiko and gave her a high-five.
"Yes! Girls rule! Lily won the staring contest!" Kimiko said happily.
Clay turned to Raimundo and coughed. "Ahem…that'll be a month's worth of you doin' my chores…partner." He said with a smile.
"Yeah, yeah…whatever…let's just get the squirrel off of Omi's toe…" he said.
"Stop everything! A hot new Shen Gong Wu just revealed itself!" Dojo slinked outside holding the Shen Gong Wu scroll.
Lily, Raimundo, Kimiko and Clay walked over, completely forgetting about Omi, who was now running around in circles screaming.
"Which one is it?" Lily asked, relieved that it wasn't a puzzle piece anymore. Jack had the last one, but she had to get it somehow…
Dojo opened the scroll. "It's the Tornado Goggles. Once you put them on, a tornado will appear wherever you look to set one." Dojo explained.
"Alrighty, partners! Let's go get us a Shen Gong Wu!" Clay said happily.
Kimiko suddenly remembered, "We forgot about Omi!" she said loudly, turning around to see where Omi might be.
He was lying next to a tree, unconscious it seemed. The squirrel was sitting on top of Omi's stomach smiling triumphantly. He sat up, rubbing his head as the squirrel just bounced away happily.
"Ugh…Lily, what was the lesson I was supposed to be leaning again?"
She gave a chuckle and held out her hand, "Don't mess with the Jade Dragon…"
Omi smiled, grabbed her hand, and pulled himself up. "Thank you Lily, now I know about the violence of squirrels."
Everyone stood quietly.
"Are we gonna get the Shen Gong Wu or what?" Rai asked, jumping on top of Dojo.
Omi limped over as Clay helped him up. "Why, thank you Clay…now…off to get the Shen Gong Wu!"
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It was already early in the evening, as Dojo landed inside a large canyon. The five of them leaped off and split up, in search of the Tornado Goggles. Lily went with Kimiko; Rai went with Omi, which left Clay with Dojo.
"How much longer are we going to have to walk before we find the Tornado Goggles?" Kimiko asked, her feet dragging in the dirt.
"Mwa ha ha! Too little too late, Xiaolin Dragons!" A voice from above 'taunted'.
Both girls however, immediately recognized the voice of none other than…Jack Spicer.
Kimiko turned to Lily. "Xiaolin Dragons? Lily…did you have anything to do with this?" she whispered.
Lily merely nodded. She smiled. "You're the one who's too late, Jack! Because we already have the Tornado Goggles." Lily said with a light smirk.
Jack's shoulders slumped as he hovered in front of the two girls with his heli-bot. "What? You-you do?" he asked, whimpering.
Lily shoved him playfully, running ahead. "Yeah! In about 5 seconds, we will!"
Jack turned and flew behind Lily. "No fair!" he said with a smile.
Just ahead were the Tornado Goggles, sitting on a high peak of rock. They looked just like Jack's goggles except the lenses were gray with black spirals.
Lily craned her neck upwards with a slight frown. She ran her hand inside her pocket.
"Mantis Flip Coin!" she yelled, jumping some feet up in the sky.
She landed on an unstable rock. She looked down and barely saw a tiny speck of blue…Kimiko's wig.
"Uh-oh…" she gasped when the rock teetered and tottered until it finally gave and fell.
She closed her eyes. I can't even watch my own death, she thought.
She gritted her teeth until she felt a tight grip on her arm. She opened her eyes.
"Jack?" she called out weakly.
"And I thought I was the clumsy one…" he said as he placed her on a steady rock.
Lily smiled. "Thank-" she started as Jack sped off to get the Shen Gong Wu.
"So much for every girl's dream of a knight in shining armor." She told herself activating the Mantis Flip Coin again, catching up to Jack.
Before both of them knew it, the Tornado Goggles were glowing.
"I can't believe your first loyalty is to a Shen Gong Wu!" Lily said a look of fake hurt on her face.
Jack shrugged, "I saved you didn't I? And now that's two 'thank you's' that you owe me for saving your life." He said smugly.
Lily raised an eyebrow. A sly smile crept on her face. "Jack, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown! Whoever gets the other's Shen Gong Wu first wins. My Mantis Flip Coin for your Golden Tiger Claws. Up for it?" she asked.
Jack smiled. "Always. Let's go…Xiaolin Showdown!"
Pointed rocks that formed in the bottom of the canyon rose up, and some flat stones floated in mid-air.
"Gong Yi Tanpai!" both yelled.
Jack was about to reach for Lily's arm. "Mantis Flip Coin!" she yelled leaping back a few feet.
Jack clenched his fists. "Trying to play hard to get, huh? Golden Tiger Claws!" he swiped at the air and jumped into the tunnel and appeared right in front of Lily.
She smiled and immediately took hold of his arms. "I knew you would do that." She said, her face centimeters from his. "Now I have to ask…how come you didn't acknowledge me during the last Showdown?" she asked calmly.
Jack felt sweat grow on the back of his neck; he could feel Lily's breath on his face. "Um…The uh…others would have known something…would be up." He offered.
She leaned her face closer. "That is no excuse, Jack Spicer." She whispered, her lips brushing against his as she spoke.
She snatched away the Golden Tiger Claws with a smile.
"D-do you still need the Moonstone Dragon piece?" he asked.
Lily nodded. "Of course…but you have it, remember?"
Jack gulped nervously. "Yeah but…maybe we could m-make a compromise…if you want to come over."
Lily chuckled. "Sure, why not." She gave him a light kiss.
"B-but Kimiko…!" he started nervously.
"Already knows…" Lily finished his sentence.
Jack looked over at Kimiko. "She does? And nothing? Do the others know? Do they think you're a traitor?" he asked.
"Yes, she does. No, the guys don't know, and no…she doesn't think I'm a traitor." She smiled.
Jack's propellers popped out of his heli-bot. "You win this time Lily! But I will get the next one!" he yelled as he disappeared into the sky.
Lily shook her head but smiled all the same. He won't let his evil pride get squished, she thought.
She walked back to Kimiko who stood there waiting, her arms crossed. "So…?"
"Oh!" Lily pointed to the goggles that rested on her forehead. "I got them." She said casually.
Kimiko shook her head. "Not about that…what did Jack say now that he knows I know?"
"Oh…! He's cool about it." Lily said with a shrug.
Kimiko nodded. "Alright, let's go catch up with the guys so we can go home!" Lily nodded and both girls headed back to where Dojo had landed.
After they had met up with the others, Dojo super sized himself again.
"No way! You got the Tornado Goggles? How sweet was it to kick Jack Spicer's butt?" Rai asked, climbing on top of Dojo.
"Uh…pretty sweet." Lily said with a forced smile.
"Lily! Can I give the Tornado Goggles a try?" Omi asked.
Lily slid them off her forehead. "Knock yourself out." She said, handing them over.
Omi smiled and put on the Tornado Goggles. He looked over at a dark corner of the canyon. "Tornado Goggles!" he yelled.
Gigantic twisters headed straight forward them.
"Let's get a move on y'all before we're Texas Toast!" Clay leaped atop Dojo.
The girls and Omi nodded and climbed on Dojo. Dojo took off, just missing getting caught inside one of the tornados.
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Lily crept outside the Xiaolin Temple, heading toward the Shen Gong Wu vault. She noticed a few of the elder monks coming her way. She quickly hid in the shadows, holding her breath as she watched them pass by. She entered the vault and flicked the chimes. She walked down the staircase as it lowered itself. She had her eyes set on taking the Golden Tiger Claws to visit Jack, but something else caught her eye. One of the Shen Gong Wu drawers was open. She ran over to see which one was gone.
"Oh, no…the Sapphire Dragon is missing!" she whispered hoarsely.
She quickly grabbed the Golden Tiger Claws and ran out of the temple grounds.
"Golden Tiger Claws!" she said loudly, not caring if anyone heard, as she jumped into the tunnel.
She found herself in the middle of Jack's lair. "Jack…?" she called out softly.
He didn't answer.
She looked frantically for him. "Jack? JACK!" she bit her lower lip as her eyes spotted a piece of stone on his table.
She walked over to it and picked it up. Her eyes widened.
"The Ruby Dragon's piece! But Jack didn't have this one!" she looked down; there was a piece of folded paper resting on the table.
She put down the puzzle piece and opened the paper. Her eyes raced across the page, her vision blurred with tears gathering in her eyes.
The paper floated down to the floor as she stood there, frozen.
Her worst fear had come true.
…Jack…was….gone.
Mwa ha ha! The best cliffie I have ever done! ...I think. And it was only three words...meh. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! ...And the cliffhanger of...DOOM! SQUEE!
