Authors Note: Hey everyone! Sorry I took a bit longer with this chapter… all my teachers decided to bombard me with tests over the past week -- but now they are over and I can continue with my fanfic :-p Thanks to everyone for their reviews! And yes I'm fairly positive the creation of the Shen-Gon-Wu has never come up in the series… but will probably come up in one of the chapters of the story :). But until then, I hope you enjoy chapter three!

"Blah" – spoken

Blah – thoughts

-Blah- – written words

-------Helping anyway I can-------

Jack went over everything in his head trying to figure out what to do as he flew back home. He wasn't really sure if he was capable of taking care of someone… and he was sure he couldn't ask his parents for help, they'd just kick her out then ask him why he was hiding a girl in the basement. No… he had to think of something.

Landing his hover craft back in his lair he walked over to the couch where Jade still sat awake.

"Um… hey Jade." Jack said with a small wave.

-Welcome back- she pointed to the words for a moment before she placed the notebook back in her lap.

"I'm guessing you kinda already knew that… um… your house…" Jade nodded keeping her head down. Jack sighed and sat at the other end of the couch making sure to miss her feet.

"Hey look I'm not really good at taking care of um… anything,"

"True, you can't even take care of yourself." Wuya commented as she floated past. Jack shot her a quick glare before continuing.

"I'm not going to kick you out or anything… so I guess you can stay here if you like."

"WHAT!" Wuya screeched in Jack's ear.

"Loud much?" he asked rubbing his ear. "You know I think-hey!" Whatever Jack had to say was lost as Jade wrapped him in a grateful hug.

"Yes yes ok you're welcome let go." Jade quickly let go and sat back.

"Don't do that again." She nodded and quickly scribbled something down and showed it to him.

-Thank you! I promise to help out with everything any way I can-

"Right now you probably need to sleep more than anything else." Jade lay down and closed her eyes. Jack got up and walked over to his work station with Wuya floating around his head.

"Do you have any idea what you're getting yourself into boy?" Jack just shrugged as he picked up the report the doctors had given him deciding that he just might need to know what it said. Wuya growled and floated over the sleeping girl. While the witch couldn't place a finger on it, there was just something she didn't like about Jade… really didn't like.

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While Jack tried to follow the directions given to him, Jade seemed to have a different idea. The next day he was under his eagle jet adding some evil additions.

"Wuya? Did you see where I put my crescent wrench?" hearing a tapping noise he looked over to see what it was. Jade was lying on her stomach trying to hand him the wrench.

"Did you walk over here?" she shook her head.

"Crawled." She nodded.

"You know you're supposed to be resting…" she pulled the pillow she brought over with her and placed it under her head and looked over at him. I promise to help out with everything any way I can, that's what she had written. Jack sighed and went back to work on the jet. Once he was done he brought a swivel chair over and told her to ether use it as a support to walk with or to push herself around on. Rather than being annoyed by someone constantly following him around Jack actually found Jade to be quite helpful. She seemed to know a lot about tools and mechanics, and the only real annoyance was Wuya's constant complaints about her.

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It had been three days since the last Shen-Gon-Wu activated and the monks were starting to get a bit restless with nothing but chores and training to pass the days.

"I sure hope we're not about to have another dry spell." Clay commented as he watched Kimi and Rai spar. Dojo shrugged.

"You know I can't predict these things, I just report them as they come."

"It would be nice if we could get the Shen-Gon-Wu to activate so we could find them." Omi said in a wishful voice as he tossed the orb of Tornami up and down.

"Don't think that's possible kiddo but it would be ni-i-i-ice." Dojo started shaking then shouted "We've got a bite here people!" Raimundo and Kimiko ran over.

"What have we got Dojo?" Clay asked.

"Something cool?" Raimundo asked hopefully.

"It seems to be the soul swapper." They all looked up to see Master Fung walked over to them holding the scroll of the Shen-Gon-Wu.

"So it swaps souls?" Kimiko asked wondering why someone would need or want such a Wu.

"Indeed it does young dragon." He placed the scroll down so they could see the image of what looked like a small statue of a woman with bird wings. Two figures came into the picture and each grabbed a wing, there was a flash as each soul seemed to go to the other who was holding the Wu.

"So two people have to be holding the Shen-Gon-Wu for it to work." Omi said as he watched.

"Well one person could hold both wings but I really don't think much would happen if you tried to swap souls with yourself." Dojo said in an almost matter of fact voice as he turned into his larger form. Master Fung gave them each a Shen-Gon-Wu before the four jumped on Dojo's back and headed off.

A little later they arrived at the edge of a rainforest.

"In there?" Rai asked pointing at the forest.

"Yep, I'd fly us closer but the forest gets too dense for me to make a proper landing." Dojo said as he wound himself around Clay's hat and acted as a lookout from there.

"It's that way!" and the four monks followed the pointed finger. It wasn't long till everyone was breathing heavily from trying to scramble through all the heavy brush.

"I sure do hope we find this Shen-Gon-Wu soon." Clay said as he fanned himself with his hat.

"You said it, my new boots are starting to pinch my feet." Kimiko whined as she rubbed her ankle for a moment before continuing.

"It's probably because you have fat feet." Snarling at Raimundo's comment she quickly let go of the tree branch she had bent back and ducked allowing it to smack Raimundo straight in the face.

"Do you guys hear something?" Omi asked and Clay put an ear to the ground.

"It's the whir of machines which can only mean one thing…"

"Jack Spicer." They all said in unison.

Jack swung from branch to branch screeching, monkey staff clutched in his tail.

"Hurry up Jack! Get your stupid machines to look faster." The Jack-bots were already whirring and tearing through the thick undergrowth.

"Take a chill pill woman." Jack retorted before back flipping over to another tree. Looking around Jack screeched loudly as he saw the statue sitting in what looked like a giant flower; immediately Jack began making his way towards it.

"Tangle web comb!" Kimiko concentrated as she used the hairs of the tangle web comb to pull Jack down in mid jump.

"Jack-bots, attack!" The Jack-bots moved swiftly through the clearing they had made towards the monks.

"Orb of Tornami!" Omi blasted the Jack-bots back while Clay used the third arm sash to move through the trees with Rai directing him with the Falcons eye. Clay reached out for the statue only to have a Jack-bot fell the tree it was on. Clay dove after it as it fell to the ground. Three different hands grabbed it the moment it hit the ground.

"Jack Spicer we challenge you to a Xiaolin showdown!" Omi cried pointing at him.

"Two against one? I don't think so."

"Too bad you don't have any friends Jack." Kimiko mocked from behind Omi and Clay.

"I do too!" Before Kimiko could add anything a forth hand added itself to the statue. Looking next to Jack Clay had to do his best not to blush as a pair of deep blue eyes met his. The girl simply looked at Omi and Clay confidently holding the mantis flip coin in her other hand.

"Alright, the two of us against the two of you, Monkey staff and mantis flip coin for your orb of tornami and third arm sash!" Omi nodded.

"The game is last one standing, even if one member of the team is left that team still wins." Everyone nodded.

"Gon-Yi-Tempai!" The ground surged beneath their feet lifting them over a hundred feet off the ground. Vines snaked around the outer rim and above them creating a dome like effect.

"Clay, you go after Jack, I will fight the girl." Clay nodded his thanks and turned to Jack while Omi turned to Jade. Jack had told Jade about every showdown he'd been in so she knew what was going on but he had no idea how useful she'd be in one… especially since she couldn't speak to activate the shen-gon-wu. He'd have to try and take out both Xiaolin monks and hope Jade didn't get hurt.

"Third arm sash Earth!"

"Whoa!" Jack activated his jetpack just in time to avoid a very solid fisted sash.

"Don't you try to slither away you no good snake." Clay shouted as he swung his lasso around his head. Jack swerved around the ceiling making sure not to go too high and crash into the ceiling. He tried to draw the fight over to Omi and Jade knowing that if he could somehow get Jade to fight Clay he could take him out while he was being all chivalrous. However Clay seemed to notice this after awhile and stayed rooted to one spot while trying to rope Jack from where he was. By using his lasso with the third arm sash Clay managed to grab one of Jacks monkey feet.

"Hey let go!"

"Not a chance you no good varmint." Jack growled and grabbed the rope with all four hands and punched his jetpack to top speed. Before Clay could move out of the way Jack rammed him straight through the vine wall. They both fell a few feet before disappearing and reappearing where the others were watching.

"You fool! What did you think you were doing!"

"Hey I was going out anyway I thought I'd take him with me." Wuya just growled and turned her attention back to the showdown which still consisted of Omi and Jade. Jack mentally crossed his fingers hoping that if nothing else, she didn't get hurt.

"Come on Omi knock her out already!" Rai yelled as loud as he could. Omi sent a watery blast towards Jade who ran to her left to avoid it, Omi tried following her with it but no matter what he couldn't seem to hit her. As Wuya watched she saw what looked like a shadow creep over Jades hands and feet, Wuya glanced and Jack and guessed from lack of his response and anyone else's for that matter that she was the only one who saw it. So what do we have happening here… Wuya wondered to herself.

"If I cannot touch you with the orb of tornami then I will simply have to strike at you with my fists." Omi took his stance and Jades feet shifted under her.

"Tornado strike water!" Omi whirled towards her at top speed. At the last second Jade flipped over him and laded five feet behind him. Omi stopped and looked behind him confused. He rushed at her again moving with the intention of winning the showdown, but with every strike he made she always managed to move to dodge it and she wasn't even using her shen-gon-wu. Omi paused for a moment to consider what to try next and in that instant Jade kicked his feet out from under him. Grabbing one of his feet she began to spin around as fast as she could. Omi grabbed the orb of tornami but before he could activate it Jade let go and sent him flying out of the ring. Instantly everything pulled itself back to the way it was leaving Jade holding the orb of tornami, third arm sash, and the soul swapper. Instantly a Jack-bot grabbed Jade and placed her in the hover craft that Jack had already started up and was already flying up.

"See you later Xiaolin losers! Look for us the next time you need your butts kicked ha-ha!" Jack laughed as they flew off.

"I really don't see what he was bragging about it was the girl that won." Clay said scratching his head.

"That girl was most peculiar… I wonder why she never activated her shen-gon-wu in the showdown." Omi wondered aloud.

"What I'm wondering is what's up with your aim?" Rai asked resting his arm on top of Omi's head as if he was using him as an arm rest. "I mean seriously, you couldn't hit her with all that water then you couldn't hit her with your fists ether."

"I am also not understanding this, I aimed right for her and yet it was like the water had a mind of its own and went around her."

"Kid the shen-gon-wu just don't do that." Dojo said going back to full size to take them home.

"Yeah, Clay's got to be the only one who's that chivalrous… what?" Rai gave Clay an innocent look as the cowboy glared at him.

"Well if we ever have another showdown with her we'll get a better chance of seeing what's up." Kimiko said as she climbed onto Dojo's back.

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"You snuck aboard my hover craft didn't you?" Jack asked glaring at Jade slightly. Jade looked up at him teary eyed

-I wanted to come incase you needed my help-

-You didn't say I couldn't come- Jack wasn't sure what to say about the last comment. When Wuya had told him about the soul swapper he had just grabbed the monkey staff and bolted not thinking that Jade would follow.

"Ok look I'm not mad at you so stop looking like your going to try to out do the orb of tornami in a waterfall fight." Jack glanced at Wuya who had been quiet since they left the showdown. "Well?"

"Well what?" Wuya asked looking at Jack.

"Aren't you going to tell Jade what a great job she did and congtats on getting the shen-gon-wu and how it was such a good idea for her to stay with us and help out?"

"Why yes; such a brilliant child… a brilliant, skilled child who won us three shen-gon-wu." Wuya said her voice dripping with honey. Jack rolled his eyes but didn't say anything. Wuya flitted around the girls head looking at her curiously, the shadow had gone the moment the showdown had ended so she still had no idea what it was. She was about to shrink herself and enter the girls mind when her eyes lit up.

"Jack! I'm sensing another shen-gon-wu! No wait! Two shen-gon-wu!"

Authors note: Yay chapter three is finally complete -phew- well if I didn't have your attention before I hope I've got it now please R&R and I'll start working on ch 4. Till next time!