Balance of One's Nature (CANCELLED)

by bluebarnowl

A shy girl arrives at the temple one day. She is quite odd; she doesn't complain, she only speaks when spoken to, and seems a bit frightened of the monks. They have no idea that her powers are actually the key to unlocking a future. One future is bright, but the other one is oh-so dark. The worst part, only ONE can unlock that future, and it's that ones decision alone. (REDO)

6. Red vs Blue

Okay, yeah, some people are saying that I mixed up the color coordination with Yin and Yang, but I didn't.

In the episode of Judging Omi (Season 2, Episode 25) they show the Yin Yo-yo as the white portion, and the Yang Yo-yo as the black portion. But that's inaccurate.

In Chinese philosophy, Yin is the feminine or negative principle (characterized by dark, wetness, cold, passivity, disintegration, etc.) of the two opposing cosmic forces into which creative energy divides and whose fusion in physical matter brings the phenomenal world into being. While Yang is the masculine or positive principle (characterized by light, warmth, dryness, activity, etc.) of the two opposing cosmic forces.

It says so in the Oxford Dictionary!

Go ahead and Google: "Is Yin white?" And it will say: Yin is the black side with the white dot in it, and yang is the white side with the black dot in it. The relationship between yin and yang is often described in terms of sunlight playing over a mountain and a valley.

So, Yin should've been the black portion, and the Yang should've been the white portion. But they completely mixed it up. I had Sheila explain this when she discovered her element! That was two chapters ago!

Am I the only one who noticed that?

And you guys need to seriously step up your game in the comments! An author thrives on feedback from their loyal readers! I'm willing to take any ideas and I will give credit, scouts-honor!

Anyway, for the next chapters I had a few good ideas, but I got stumped on what I should for the sixth one. I just made the characters go through a HUGE character building session! So, for this one, they'll only be going through minor developments.

Next, the new cover image is by the awesome purpleorchid-8863 or mew mew 124! You can get a good look of Sheila's completely insa-I mean, unique family.

And there are so many songs in this chapter! I'm going to list the songs down here, and when you guys see * at the end of the sentence before a song, it means to go look up that song.

Make sure you do them in this exact order (and make sure you pay attention to the lyrics of the 4th and 5th songs):

*He's My Son - by Mark Schultz. (Lyrics were changed a bit to fit the story-line)

**[KAITO] Thousand Year Solo [Full (60fps)] Project DIVA Arcade

***[60fps Full] Depression of Cybernetics - Megurine Luka Project DIVA Arcade English lyrics Romaji subtitles

****[60fps] Two-faced Lovers -Hatsune Miku Project DIVA English Romaji

*****[60fps] Tokyo Teddy Bear - Kagamine Rin DIVA English lyrics Romaji subtitles PDA FT

******[60fps Full] Butterfly on My(Your) Right Shoulder - Kagamine Len Rin DIVA English romaji

I own nothing but my OC's.

Now, I don't own Xiaolin Showdown!

Only my OC's.

Warning: A bit of mature themes, even though I rarely partake in these kinds of stories or conversations like the ones in this chapter, I had to write it in anyway, and it's really embarrassing when I even have to think about writing this kind of stuff X(.

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"Raimundo, you no good, yellow-bellied snake!" Clay shouted from inside the Xiaolin temple.

Raimundo played his latest prank on unsuspecting Clay around noon. Raimundo had done the traditional whip-cream-in-hand-and-feather-tickle-the-nose prank. Now Clay was hunting for the Dragon of Wind in hiding.

But the trickster was well hidden within the temple. His hiding place of choice was the Shen Gong Wu Vault, of course. He was laughing over his current triumph in the stairwell, not at all concerned of not knowing what to do when he would have to come out eventually.

Things had been calm until then; everyone was given their first day off in 2 weeks, since Sheila's kidnapping. The end of October was coming and signs of snow were approaching fast as the wintry winds blew by each day. Sheila has had no sudden power bursts since her brother arrived; though she wished that she'd been there to greet her beloved twin. But she was happy to be with him at last, and she was even happier to realize that he was her sibling element!

Speaking of Sheila being happy, she's been more expressive of herself. She smiled more, she talked a bit more (she waited until there was a break in the conversation, but she was more involved in talking), Kimiko even walked by the showers once and heard her singing!

The only thing that Sheila found wrong now, was that Omi kept giving her odd looks. He would sometimes stare at her, or in her direction. When looking at him, she always avoided eye-contact, but that wasn't new, she always avoided eye-contact.

The other happy news was that Sheila and Boomer were recently made Xiaolin Apprentices! They were a few steps closer to catching up to the other monks!

Anyway, Sheila was currently in the scroll room. She came in here during her breaks to catch up on the knowledge that she needed to help her survive all of these showdowns and the temple's way of life. She wore her normal attire; a forget-me-not blue T-shirt with Bermuda jeans, her white sneakers and her Australian hat. She was also wearing a fanny-pack which contained a vast assortment of emergency supplies including: matches, bandages, a mini flare gun, a small bottle of vinegar, her father's switchblade, and a lock-picker.

So far, she'd read about Temple Care, Monk 101, and Serving Xiaolin. Because of her determination for knowledge and advanced language-development skills, she was now able to read and speak Chinese! She read about 10 scrolls a day, not including the Ancient Scroll of Shen Gong Wu.

The scroll she was reading now was titled 'Know Your Monk'; the title did not impress her. She took knowledge and learning very seriously. She was learning about Grand Master Dashi; the creator of the Shen Gong Wu.

'Dashi was born 503 AD. He was born in a village a few miles from the soon-to-be Xiaolin Temple.' Sheila read on about irrelevant stuff that she would review later after she had gotten to the important details. 'Grand Master Dashi then used the Shen Gong Wu to defeat Wuya 1500 years ago. After he imprisoned her in a wooden puzzle box he hid the Shen Gong Wu around the earth to maintain the balance between good and evil.'

After that, the lines became faded and unreadable. The only two things she could make out from the scribbles was 'unknown' and 'death', mostly because she remembered the latter being translated to her in the Yin-Yang World. After all of the texts, they're was a neatly drawn picture of Grand Master Dashi. His skin was a pale yellow. He wore black and white robes. Dashi looked a lot like Omi with his yellow skin which made Sheila suspect that they both might be related in the sense that he was a relative. She would try to get evidence of that later.

Next, was a man named Master Monk Guan. It said he helped defeat Wuya, and also helped build Dashi's temple, but then left for unknown reason to begin his own temple. In his portrait, he was a tall, muscular, but good-looking man with a bald head and a rectangle-shaped face. He wore orange robes that covered the left side of his torso and left arm.

Sheila unraveled the scroll more. There was a beautiful woman. She had waist long, bluish-black raven hair that was kept in a tight fishtail braid, along with the white stripe on her left side being in its own braid. She wore Xiaolin robes, like Dashi's, but hers were a sort of blue with purple lining. She had solid sapphire blue eyes, that held a scorn of contempt on her pale face. Underneath it was a name: Jade.

'Jade?' Sheila heard that name before. Dojo told her about how he was cared for by the woman. But "Jade" looked almost exactly like Sheila. What made Sheila even more suspicious, was that someone, or something, shredded the texts of Jade's biography. It was like they tried to erase Jade from history. Though, they failed to erase one word: attacked.

She would ask Dojo later about getting more info on Jade.

Lastly, it was. . . .

Chase Young? But, no, this must've been a different person.

It was a man, almost Master Monk Guan's height, only shorter by a few inches. He wore light blue versions of Dashi's robes. His skin was almost as pale as Jade's, but it had a bit of Dashi's yellow skin in there. His black hair was long, down to his waist, and he had normal gold/copper eyes. And this time, the scroll was just completely torn up. It left a large square hole within it.

Sheila's curiosity began to seep out into her mind. She rolled the scroll back up and put it in her back pocket for later.

"Come out and get what's comin' to ya!" Clay shouted from the courtyard.

"Oh, for the love of-!" Sheila groaned, tired of hearing Clay shout death threats at Raimundo. She walked out of the scroll room; deciding to put an end to this. "Oi, mate! What's the worry (problem)?"

"I'm hunting down Rai so I can make him eat dirt." Clay explained as he looked around every pot.

"Have ya tried the vault?" Sheila pointed with her thumb towards the Shen Gong Wu vault.

"Good idea." Clay smiled at her and tipped his hat. He started strolling over to the vault, with Sheila in tow, who wanted to see how this would play out.

When they got to the courtyard that led to the vault, Sheila noticed a couple of things that pointed out Raimundo's presence. Some dirt had been knocked over from a pot leading towards the vault; the same dirt, had obviously been stepped on by the Brazilian, who most likely didn't notice, and lead a trail into the vault.

Clay was about to enter, when Sheila caught up to him and stopped him.

"Wha-" Clay began before he was shushed by the Australian. Sheila looked inside. The dirt footprints led to the stairwell of the vault, which were currently closed. But Sheila also noticed that there were no footprints leading out. To make sure of her suspicion, Sheila used the Falcon's Eye and found the trickster laughing to himself along the stairs.

"We have him cornered." Sheila whispered, lowering her Wu.

Clay seemed to have gotten the idea. They both stood on either side of the entrance, standing on guard for the culprit to make his move. "Welp," Clay said directly into the vault. "I guess I can't find him! I'd better mozzy on out of here." Clay then made loud footsteps that became softer and softer while walking in place. Sheila placed a hand over her mouth to silence a giggle.

Raimundo heard all of it. How stupid do they think he is? He was just going to wait them out. He was a pro at this; since he had eight brothers and sisters, he had been through this scenario before.

Back above ground, Clay and Sheila had waited a little while. But they became disappointed when the Shoku warrior didn't reveal himself.

"He must've have been through this before." Sheila whispered. She was thinking of another plan, when Kimiko happened to be walking across the courtyard. A light bulb suddenly lit atop Sheila's head.

"Oi! Kimiko!" Sheila waved down the Japanese girl.

"What's up?" Kimiko asked, but was quietly hushed into silence. Kimiko wore her hair in a French braid with a brown beret. Her outfit consisted of brown Mary-Janes and a jean skirt and a black and white striped, long-sleeved shirt.

"We're tryin' to get Raimundo to come out of his hidin' hole." Clay explained.

"Could you help us?" Sheila asked.

"Sure, what do you want me to do?" The girl asked. Sheila whispered something into her ear and Kimiko gotten a mischievous smile on her face.

Kimiko walked into the vault and knelt down by the closed door. "Oh wow! This bikini is sooooo small! And I really need someone to rub this sunscreen on me!" She whined in a dramatic voice. Through the Falcon's Eye, Sheila saw that Raimundo's attention had been caught and he was looking up at the door with uncertainty in his eyes.

"We've got his attention." Sheila announced. She and Clay both laughed quietly.

"Did someone say 'bikini'?" Boomer came around the corner with a wide grin on his face.

"Yes, but I need you for a moment!" Sheila got up and dragged her brother over to the vault. She whispered the rest of her plan in his ear and he gave a wink.

Boomer proceeded to walk inside the vault and stood beside Kimiko. "Oi! Is Raimundo around? The Rio de Janeiro Imperadores came and are asking him to join their football (soccer) team!"

Raimundo was now sweating with curiosity and fear. He began to creep up the steps, quietly as to not give suspicion. Kimiko in a bikini and the Rio de Janeiro Imperadores want him to join them?! This had to be a trick! But, what if it wasn't? He was at the top of the stairs and was listening through the stone; but he didn't dare make any movements of getting out.

"He's still not cracking!" Sheila grunted.

"Who is not cracking?" Omi stood behind Sheila, curious of this activities.

"Omi!" Sheila got one last idea in her head. She whispered into his ear and Omi gave her a thumbs up. He walked into the vault; and knelt down to the trapdoor.

"Raimundo is always trying to act like a happy goat!" Omi shouted. Sheila gestured for Clay to wait in the doorway.

That was the last straw for Raimundo. He slammed his fist into the wall, sending the rest of the four stairs coming down to him.

"It's 'Act the Giddy Goat' Omi!" Raimundo shouted. As his words faded, he'd finally realized his mistake. He froze in fear of seeing Clay's angry face in the doorway. As he turned to hurry back down the stairs, Sheila had already slammed her fist into the brick, closing off Raimundo's only option of escape. Raimundo held up his middle finger at Sheila in his final act of defiance before Clay grabbed the collar of his shirt and held him against the wall.

"Uh, Clay before you do anything you might regret-" Before Raimundo could beg for mercy, Dojo came speeding in.

"We've got a hot one folks!" He shouted while twitching. "The Rose of Asmodeus. Whoever wields it, can enchant and seduce anyone they want, but it has to be the opposite gender."

Sheila raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. Why would Dashi create something like that? The concept was scandalous and distasteful, not to mention perverse.

"So, where's this one?" Boomer asked. Sheila has explained what has been the purpose of the temple, the Xiaolin Showdowns, and The Shen Gong Wu. He was a fast learner, since he and Sheila were made apprentices about the same times. They could defeat two of the other monks together, but not all four at once. But she had also told him about Jack Spicer, and how they can't reveal their relation to him.

"Paris, France." Dojo twitched out.

"Yes!" Kimiko cheered. "Finally, I've been wanting to go to Paris!"

Clay had decided to let Rai go, seeing has how getting the Wu was more important. "Count yourself lucky this time!" Clay growled.

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Paris, France

(Order of seating on Dojo: Boomer, Sheila, Omi, Raimundo, Clay, Kimiko.)

The Eiffel Tower stood erect has Dojo came over the horizon. It was built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River. It stood about 324 m. high and contrasted against the blue skyline of the city.

"What a magnificent temple!" Omi stared in awe at the iron structure.

"It's not a temple, Omi," Sheila explained, "That's the Eiffel Tower. Being the main symbol of Paris, it was built in celebration of the French Revolution centenary and was inaugurated on March 31, 1889. It was named after Gustave Eiffel; its architect and builder, who is also famous for the designing the backbone on the Statue of Liberty. It was supposed to be-"

"Alright!" Raimundo shouted from behind. Clay turned around and slapped Raimundo with his hat for being rude, followed by a slapped behind the head from Kimiko for being mean.

Sheila frowned and bowed her head. She didn't mean to be a bother, she just liked showing off her intelligence. She always found power in intellect, that was why she loved reading and learning.

But Dojo landed 10 miles outside of Paris, and in front of the Château de Versailles, the Palace of Versailles. Surrounded by 800 hectares of immaculate gardens, with beautiful vistas, fountains and statues, the palace was simply beautiful. It contained several symmetrical suites of apartments for the public and private use of the king and queen, as well as numerous other architectural highlights.

"Wow!" Sheila breathed.

"According to my twitching and spastic arms, the Rose of Asmodeus is inside the palace." Dojo's arms jerked and twitched violently.

"Well, we should get a move on." Clay started forward, but was then stopped by Sheila.

"Whoa!" Sheila stepped in front of them. "This is the Palace of Versailles; you can't just barge in unannounced. You have to enlist for a tour, or else it would trespassing on royal estate grounds."

"Well, when is the next tour?" Kimiko asked.

"Well, today is Sunday and they don't do tours on Sundays." Sheila answered.

The monks groaned. They were supposed to get the Shen Gong Wu, but they were also supposed to be law-abiding people. It was always difficult to do both at the same time; if they didn't, they'd be no better than the Heylin.

Sheila thought for a moment. "Hold on." She brought out her phone and dialed a number, walking away from the others to speak privately.

"Is she always this much of a brainiac?" Raimundo muttered.

"That's her place in our family." Boomer answered him as he watched his sister converse with the person on the other end.

"Her place?" Omi asked.

"Yeah. Me siblings and I all have our own thing." Boomer explained and began to count down on his fingers. "Me eldest sister Alexis is into weaponry and combat, Richard is a musician, Lorelei in simple terms is a femme fatale who puts out, I've got sports, and my sister is smarter than all of us."

Sheila finished her conversation on her phone and came back over to the group. "We're in." She said simply.

"Wait, seriously?" Kimiko blinked. "But I thought you said-"

"It's a private tour!" Sheila quickly interrupted. "It's in one hour, so we can look around a bit." Sheila took a hold of Dojo and they moved off towards the gardens.

"So, your family." Raimundo tried to find something to talk about. "They sound nice."

"Trust me," Boomer rolled his eyes with a smirk, "They're completely mad, the lot of them. I remember this one time. . . ."

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Once she and Dojo were well away from everyone, Sheila decided to ask Dojo about Jade.

"Why do you want to know?" He asked as he slithered around her hat.

"I just want to have the knowledge." Sheila answered. They arrived at the gardens, which amazed them on the spot.

There were immaculate parterres, great basins, an orangery, a vast collection of outdoor sculpture and some of the grandest fountains which have ever been made. The most magnificent features were: huge parterres, an orangery, famous fountain, rich bosquets (ornamental groves), a 1.8 km cruciform canal. The Grand Trianon, another formal garden, was built on the site of a former village.

"Well," Dojo began, "I should start from where she hatched me from an egg. 1500 years ago, I hatched from a tiny little egg, safe and warm thanks to Jade. And being a hatchling, I thought she was my mother, since she was the first thing I saw. She taught me how to talk, how to read, and even how to fly."

"She sounds great." Sheila complimented.

"Yeah." Dojo stretched. "Though she had a very short temper. Dashi was usually at the receiving end of it. I remember this one time she had me set his hair on fire-"

"Dashi had hair?" That kind of shocked Sheila a little bit, since he was never seen with hair in any of the scrolls.

"He did." Dojo chuckled. "Till I set it on fire. He couldn't grow anything after that."

Time flew by as Dojo recalled the adventures he had with Jade and Dashi. Sheila had also learned that Chase Young was once on the side of good. He's was a Prince of China, meaning he was the son of Emperor Xuan Wu Di, during the Bei Wei Dynasty. He ruled a tyrannical regime, taxing the lower classes and wiping out any forms of resistance against his reign. But Chase had left his inheritance to join the Xiaolin Temple, one of his father's biggest threats.

But that didn't make any sense as to how the sabotaged scroll relates to Chase Young's past-

A hand being placed on her shoulder made her jump.

"Crikey!" A woman cried. "Calm down, lil' bro."

'Oh no,' Sheila thought with dread, 'I recognize that voice.'

Sheila turned to see her big sister, Lorelei.

"Oh, Sheila!" Lorelei blinked. "I almost thought you were Boomer. You cut your hair."

"Yes, I did, Lorelei." Sheila tried to not growl. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm the one who's giving you the tour of the palace." Lorelei checked her nails, like she had nothing better to do. "And it's Paris, darling. Why wouldn't I be here?"

"Sh*beep*t." Sheila cursed under her breath. "Fine, let me get the others."

"Who's this little cutie?" Lorelei spotted Dojo atop Sheila's hat and scratched her purple painted nail under his chin.

Dojo made a sort of purring sound. "I'm D-D-Dojo." The dragon stuttered out.

"Okay!" Sheila snatched Dojo away from Lorelei and speed-walked to where the others were with Lorelei in tow. "Let's get this over with."

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"-And that is why we cannot set foot in Denmark." Boomer finished up the story of how Alexis got their entire family banned from the Nordic land.

"So what happened to the walrus?" Clay asked.

"He's going to be in physical therapy for the rest of his life." Boomer checked the time on his phone. "Hm. Sheila said the tour should be starting now."

"It is." Sheila angry voice came from around the corner, right before she did. She had a fierce look in her eyes and her fists were clenched tightly. Dojo was wrapped around Sheila's neck, looking behind her shoulder lovingly, with hearts in his eyes.

Behind her, was. . . HOLY F*BEEP*ING SH*BEEP*T! That was the hottest girl Raimundo and Clay had ever seen. Her long, nearly floor-length, ruby red hair was in a set of twin pigtails; almost like Sailor Moon. Her literal snow-white skin was completely flawless, which contrasted against her strapless purple dress. The skirt of the dress stopped just at her mid-thigh, revealing long, shapely smooth legs, that supported an obvious hourglass figure. The top part of the dress made no effort to try and conceal her busty chest, at least a 36-DDD in size. Her face held a heart-shape, bringing out her large, almond-round purple eyes.

Clay and Raimundo were in so much shock, Clay hadn't noticed that his bottom jaw had hit Omi, releasing the sound of a gong as it hit the little monk's head; while Raimundo's nose began bleeding.

Sheila pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "Everyone, this is my sister, Lorelei. Lorelei, this is everyone."

"Oh my, Sheila," Lorelei was already trying to work her charms with a sultry voice, "You didn't tell me you worked with such strong, handsome blokes."

Raimundo had come back to reality to at least wipe the blood from his nose. "Hehehe," Raimundo gave off an embarrassing giggle, "She called me handsome." Kimiko scoffed and looked away, obviously jealous of the Brazilian's admiration for the red-head.

"I reckon the lady was talkin' to meh!" Clay got up in Rai's face.

"Whatever!" Boomer shouted and got in between the love-struck teens to avoid a fight. "We still need to find our tour guide!"

"Uh, yeah," Sheila blushed. "Lorelei is our tour guide."

WHAT? Boomer mouthed over to Sheila. Sheila awkwardly shrugged.

"Follow me, please." Lorelei swayed her hips as she walked up the steps to the palace door. Her silver, diamond-bejeweled high heels clacked against the hard stone.

Omi zipped in front of Lorelei. "Hello! I'm Omi." He put on his cutest smile for the beauty. "I'm adorable!"

"Yes, you are!" Lorelei bent over and gently cupped Omi's cheek. Omi's eyes became giant hearts.

But all the other monks could see was that when Lorelei bent over, she exposed her Victoria Secret satin purple lace string-bikini panties directly to Raimundo and Clay.

Clay did the gentlemanly thing and looked away, though his blush was bigger and brighter than ever. Raimundo couldn't look away and his nose bleed came back, and it was gushing out.

Raimundo whispered over to Boomer. "So, when you said Lorelei puts out. . . ."

Boomer handed Raimundo a napkin. "Wipe the blood off your face, you perv. And stop hitting on my sister."

Sheila could've sworn she saw Kimiko's hair light itself with bright orange flames. But the envious Japanese girl extinguished her jealousy and just kept glaring at the red-head.

"Your sister dresses like a prostitute." Kimiko gritted through her teeth.

"We know." Sheila and Boomer said in sync.

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The Palace of Versailles was more magnificent on the inside.

The Palace's interior design work and decoration was legendary in its range, quality and expense. It featured the finest furniture and furnishings, beautiful ceramic art including Sevres porcelain, as well as tapestry art and small-scale bronze sculptures. The initial salons and the Hall of Mirrors even contained lavish displays of silver table pieces, gueridons and other furniture, though these were later melted down to finance further military campaigns.

Not surprisingly, Louis XIV's astronomical expenditure stimulated a huge expansion of French crafts and specialist applied art, led directly to the emergence of Rocco art, and created an impetus in French painting and sculpture that paved the way for Paris to become the arts capital of the world.

Right now, they were in the Hall of Mirrors - the central gallery of the Palace - which comprised of 17 mirror-clad arches reflecting the 17 windows across from them. A total of 357 mirrors were used in its decoration. The ornamentation - the canvasses along the ceiling that celebrated the apotheosis of the king, the poly-chrome marble columns, and the gilt bronze statues were so breathtaking.

Unfortunately, the male monks (excluding Boomer) were wasting their breath on trying to impress Lorelei.

"I'm pretty much the leader of this team." Raimundo said, flexing his muscles for Lorelei.

"Well, I can bench-press a 330." Clay said, knocking Raimundo out of he way for Lorelei's attention.

"I can walk on only two fingers!" Omi demonstrated in front of the vixen.

"Dudes, please!" Raimundo shouted, taking Lorelei's arm around his. "I'm trying to get with Sheila and Boomer's hot, older sister!"

"I wonder if they remember why we came here in the first place." Sheila snickered to Kimiko and Boomer. "So Dojo, do you remember where Dashi might've placed the rose?"

The dragon was vibrating and twitching all over Sheila's hat. "Well, it wasn't like this 1500 years ago." Dojo held down his tail to keep himself from spasming off Sheila's hat. "Things change and sometimes people find the Wu by accident and they move it to other places."

"Well, just lead us to where it feels closer." Sheila said as she took pictures of the Hall of Mirrors.

Boomer, meanwhile, was feeling troubled. Knowing Lorelei, she'd never want anything to do with her siblings unless it benefited her or they needed her for a job. But he might've figured out why she was interested in the monks now. He'd been writing letters home, and he had revealed some stuff that he probably shouldn't have.

"Oi, Sheila." He called over to his sister. "I think I know why Lorelei is here."

Sheila looked to her brother. "Kimiko, could you take Dojo and keep searching for the Wu? We'll catch up in a moment."

Sensing a family matter in the atmosphere, Kimiko nodded and took the spasming reptile and continued on with the group.

"So, what's your theory?" Sheila placed her camera into her fanny-pack.

"Well, I've been writing letters to home." Boomer awkwardly began. Boomer was more terrified of her sister's wrath than anything. "And I might've told them something about the Shen Gong Wu and how much power they can hold." He gave out a nervous laugh.

At first, Sheila's face was expressionless. But a split second later, Boomer felt a stinging red hand print across his cheek and he was on the floor.

"What the hell were you thinking?!" Sheila tried to keep her voice low. Despite being the only ones in the Hall of Mirrors, the walls made the sounds echo, and she didn't want Lorelei to know that they were on to her.

Boomer knew the answer to this question. "I wasn't thinking." He said as he got back to his feet.

"Now Lorelei will try to get some of the Wu!" Sheila paced around hall.

"All we have to do is leave her here." Boomer suggested. "She doesn't know where we-"

KABOOM!

An explosion from another section of the palace was enough to knock the twins onto their rumps.

"What now?" Sheila grumbled as she and her brother raced to the source of the commotion.

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Jack Spicer had created a hole from underneath the palace via explosions. The second-story ballroom he had now entered was in complete rubble.

The monks were also taken by surprise; but Raimundo, Clay, and Omi had all rushed over to protect the seductress.

"Blimey!" Lorelei cried out and posed like she was going to faint, "Who's going to help me?"

"I'll protect you, Lorelei!" All three males said at the same time. The Molar 3000 emerged from the hole, with Jack spicer driving.

"The Rose of Asmodeus is mine!" Jack proclaimed as he jumped out of the driver's seat and summoned a hoard of Jack-bots with his watch.

The twins arrived into the room to see Lorelei being surrounded the monks, who made a barrier being her and the Molar 3000. About fifty Jack-bots swarmed around the monks.

"You help them," Sheila told her brother, "I'll look for the rose." Boomer nodded and they split up.

Being a rose, it would be placed in a bouquet amongst other roses. Sheila began searching through every vase within the room. Most of the roses were plastic; but one of them had to be different from the rest.

Boomer jumped from robot-to-robot, blinding each one that he grabbed onto so that they would crash into each other. He was surrounded at one point, and the Jack-bots all had spinning blades, aimed at him for slicing and dicing. He glanced over at the other monks.

Raimundo, Clay, and Omi were too busy showing off for Lorelei, who was filing her nails as she sat in a chair. They blasted the robots with their Wu. Lorelei looked up every few minutes only to see their Wu and what they were doing to use them.

Raimundo had his Sword of the Storm create tornadoes, Clay had the Fist of Tebigong smashing the Jack-bots Hulk-style, and Omi used the Jian Bing Dagger to freeze the robots in solid blocks of ice before he punched and kicked them to pieces. Every time they looked back at the woman for a reaction, she clapped her hands like a giddy school-girl for their accomplishments.

The bots were nearly upon Boomer. Until a ring of fire erupted around him. He tried to shield himself from the blazing heat as it encircled him, disintegrating the Jack-bots where they hovered.

Once the firewall evaporated, it was revealed that Kimiko was the source of the searing flames. She'd slammed a knife-hand on the ground to send a fire-line to protect the Australian.

"Thanks, love!" Boomer winked and gave her a point. Kimiko smiled and slightly blushed before using her Star Hanabi to send fireballs at the remaining Jack-bots.

"Where is it!? Where is it!?" Sheila plucked every flower from the vase she now held in her hand. That was the last vase inside the room, yet she couldn't find the Rose of Asmodeus.

She heard a Jack-bot zooming toward her. Angrily, yet gracefully, Sheila made a quick handstand on the edge of the table she'd gotten from the vase from. She performed a triple back-flip and grabbed the shoulders of the incoming Jack-bot with her feet. She then grabbed onto its head, releasing her foot's grip and used the gravitational pull to throw it into the wall in anger.

Where she aimed, was a complete purposeful-accident. It embedded itself in the wall, just above Lorelei's head. Lorelei was watching her siblings the entire time. She stared in shock at their newly acquired abilities. But was now glaring at Sheila, seeing as she aimed right for Lorelei's head, probably as a warning to back off from her original plans.

"Hey," A voice said next to Lorelei. Jack Spicer had taken the liberty of trying to flirt with her. He sat down next to her, not being able to take a hint when Lorelei scooted away form him.

Lorelei recognized him as the little, creepy, albino kid who followed her around at her father's wedding six years ago.

"So, after I take care of these losers, you wanna go out for some coffee?" He presented her with a strange, yet beautiful flower. It looked like a rose, but it was a light purple with a pure silver stem and leaves. "I found it while I was drilling under the Palace. But you can have it."

Lorelei accepted the rose for its beauty, but Jack interpreted this as an invitation. He snaked an arm around the attractive girl's shoulder.

Clay smashed his fist between Jack and Lorelei's head. "Is this dirty worm botherin' ya, missy?" Clay smiled at Lorelei.

"Yes," Lorelei pouted as she crossed her legs. "Yes, he is. Could you do something about it?" She dragged a finger down Clay's chest.

"Hey, I want to kick his ass for her!" Raimundo protested.

"It should be me!" Omi intervened.

While the three boys were fighting, Jack sneakily took the rose back from Lorelei and crept around the feuding monks, inching his way back to his Molar 3000.

But he'd backed into an armored chest. Turning around, he made eye contact with Chase Young.

Lorelei had gotten bored watching the monks fight and she'd really gotten irritated waiting for Jack to get his arse kicked. Her eyes wandered around the room, looking for anything more exciting.

But that was when she saw him.

Out of every bloke that Lorelei had ever seen, or much less been with, has been that hot. His long raven hair, his perfectly youthful face. He just radiated with power. And lordy(!) his hands were huge!

He was too busy kicking Jack off of his feet to notice that she was staring at him. Her heart was pounding against her chest, usually she'd only felt like this is when a guy is doin' her in bed.

Sheila, meanwhile, had seen Lorelei staring at Chase Young with a keen interest. After all of the Jack-bots were taken care of, the only loud noises left were the sound of Raimundo, Clay, and Omi trying to kill each other over who gets to kick Jack's ass for Lorelei.

But they didn't notice that Chase had already kicked Jack's ass and took the rose from him. Literally, he just picked Jack up, plucked the rose from him, and then kicked his ass out of the broken window.

"CALL ME, LORELEI!" Jack yelled as he plummeted to the ground. Sheila rushed over to the window to see if Jack was still alive. Fortunately, he activated his helipack and flew home. But not before using a remote to turn the auto-pilot in the Molar 3000 on. The vehicle backed down its hole and made a route back to Jack's house.

Sheila gave a breath of relief. Even though Jack was a jerk, he didn't need have to die. When she turned around, she found Chase Young graciously handing Lorelei the rose.

Lorelei gave one him of her sexy signature smiles. Sheila, for some weird reason, growled and marched over to her sister.

"Chase Young," Chase introduced himself and kissed Lorelei's hand. "And who might you be?" Lorelei already knew who he was. Boomer was very descriptive in his letters. Sheila never gave that many details as to whom she met or what she did. But she was always like that. Keeping more details to herself than she should be.

Lorelei was about to answer, but Sheila came in between them.

"Leaving with us." Sheila practically yanked her sister off the chair, took the Rose of Asmodeus from Lorelei, and pulled Dojo from a nearby vase that he was hiding in."Let's go everyone!"

Lorelei looked back at Chase Young; feeling the strange flutter in her chest. Dojo grew into his full size and he proceeded to let Lorelei step into his palm and she sat with both legs on side, as if she were riding a horse. Sheila had been trying to get the attention of the still bickering boys.

Lorelei gave Sheila a hand that told her stop. She then gave a wolf-whistle. Raimundo stopped strangling Omi whom he'd caught in a headlock, and Omi paused in punching Clay, who was about to break Raimundo's arm. Lorelei patted a spot behind her, inviting the bickering monks to a seat by her side. The boys trampled over each other in order to gain the spot next to the enchantress.

In the end, Omi jumped over the tackled Clay, who held onto Raimundo's leg, and Omi had landed behind Lorelei.

Sheila gave herself a face-palm. "This isn't going to stop anytime soon."

---

"I thought we were leaving her in Paris!" Boomer said to his sister. He folded the laundry into perfect squares. Except for the girl's clothes, he kindly left that to the girls.

"Change of plans." Sheila said sternly as she glared at Lorelei. She was relaxing on a chair as Clay massaged her feet, Omi brushed (and sniffed every once in a while) her pigtails, and Raimundo fanned her. Sheila continued raking leaves into piles.

"So, you're just going to let her tear them apart?" Kimiko asked as she swept the dust from the courtyard. They had returned to the temple a few hours ago. They'd dressed in their training robes and were doing their chores.

"Chase Young showed interest in her." Sheila explained. "I want to find out why." Kimiko and Boomer looked at each other in surprise. Boomer shrugged and continued to fold the laundry.

"Or maybe you're just jealous?" Kimiko ventured.

Sheila paused in her raking. "I find that opinion irrelevant to my disposition of emotional reactions."

Boomer translated. "She thinks emotions are stupid."

"Yeah, you're right." Kimiko admitted.

"Of course, I'm right." Sheila agreed. "Besides, why would I be envious of Chase Young's affection for my sister? He's our enemy."

"True." Kimiko glanced back to see Raimundo's being caressed by Lorelei's perfectly manicured hand.

"But who's to say that you are not jealous of Raimundo's affection for Lorelei?" Sheila raised an eyebrow towards the Japanese girl.

"..." Kimiko hesitated to answer. "I'm not jealous."

"I saw your hair ignite in flames when Lorelei showed off her. . . bloomers to Clay and Raimundo." Sheila didn't notice Kimiko's hand releasing smoke from it. "Such actions are caused by harsh emotional releases, causing the summoning of your powers to spark a reaction in your hair."

"I SAID I'M NOT JEALOUS!" Kimiko's entire body erupted into flames as she tried to tower over Sheila. But her yelling attracted the attention of everyone.

During the awkward silence, she ceased her flames and speed-walked towards the kitchen. After that, the boys went back to pampering Lorelei, while Sheila went back to raking the leaves, like nothing had ever happened.

"What was that about?" Sheila asked Boomer. When she heard no response, she looked up to see that Boomer was gone, along with the laundry. "Boomer?"

---

Boomer had followed Kimiko into the kitchen with the laundry. Kimiko was washing her hair in the sink, putting out the last of the flames that tried to singe her beautiful black hair.

"You alright, mate?" Boomer asked.

"I'm fine!" Kimiko gritted through her teeth.

"You sure you don't want to talk?" Boomer sat at the table and continued to fold clothes.

"I'm not actually comfortable talking about this with a boy." Kimiko admitted. "Since this is girl stuff."

"Well, don't expect Sheila to start talking non-stop. She's not much of a talker."

"We've noticed." Kimiko said. "But whenever she does talk, it's like she's either trying to show how much smarter she is than us, or it's something hurtful." She sat down next to Boomer who handed her the feminine clothing for her to fold.

"That's part of her condition." Boomer absentmindedly said.

"What condition?" Kimiko paused.

Boomer looked at her and blinked. "She never told ya?"

Kimiko shrugged, not knowing what the Australian what talking about.

"She has Asperger." Boomer admitted. He grimaced on the inside. Sheila never wanted anyone knowing her disorder, much less her family telling everybody about it. But he knew that these people won't understand her unless they understood what she had.

"Ass-burgers?" Kimiko tried to pronounce.

"Asperger." Boomer corrected. "It's a social disorder. Basically, she has trouble making friends, reading expressions and emotions. Sometimes she even has problems expressing herself. Being around strangers terrifies her. She can also be kind of a klutz at times."

"So that's why she was so nervous the first time she came here." Kimiko muttered to herself. "So why does she keep blurting out facts?"

"I don't really understand that much," Boomer placed the basket of folded laundry on the floor and sat down in the chair next to Kimiko, "But apparently people with Asperger have some strengths that normal people like wouldn't have. They have this weird desire for knowledge, or truth, or even perfection. They can see situations differently and notice details that we would overlook."

"So she didn't know that I was getting angry from what she was saying?" Kimiko asked ashamedly.

"Probably not." Boomer said. "But she is getting better about recognizing signs of intense emotions; she just wasn't looking at you while she was talking."

Kimiko thought for a minute. "Is there any way for me to be able to get closer with her? She's been here for about a month, and I've gotten nowhere with her."

"Um," Boomer drummed his fingers on the table impatiently. "She doesn't usually bond with anyone outside of our family. But you can try some stuff that she likes."

"I know that she likes Vocaloid music," Kimiko looked away, "Is there anything else?"

Before Boomer answered, he thought. Sheila didn't like people who knew things about her without her permission (which is why she hated the government). Though, she needed to make connections with these blokes so that she could move up with them. He could just give Kimiko some basic info.

"Well," Boomer put his chin in his hand. "Here's what you can use. . . ."

---

Sheila had finished raking the courtyard right after Boomer left her. Lorelei was still being pampered. How anyone could worship that whore was beyond her. That's right, she called her own sister a whore! Mainly because it was the truth; Lorelei is a femme fatale, and her father would often use that in his business deals.

Sheila brought the rake back to the gardening shed. Dust particles that drifted aimlessly were scattered as Sheila swung the door open and flicked on the light switch. Though the shed was probably over 10 years old, it was still sturdy and strong. Gardening and farming tools littered the walls, while pots and smaller tools lined up on the shelves.

The Aussie traveled to the back of the shed and placed the wooden rake upon its holder. She paused and stared at the rake for a moment. Sheila was thinking about about what Kimiko had suggested. Was Sheila truly jealous of Chase Young's attention to her sister?

No! Sheila shook the thought from her head. He was merely checking Lorelei out. Though Sheila must admit that Chase Young is easy on the eyes. He is-

Sheila mentally slapped herself. She had no need for these feelings! They clouded one's focus and made them weak. Sheila blinked before realizing that she'd been staring at the rake for 5 whole minutes. She grabbed the hedge clippers, since she needed to start trimming the hedges.

She closed the door to the shed and locked it. Turning around, she bumped right into Lorelei. "Jesus! Don't sneak up me like that! I could've stabbed ya!"

Lorelei was actually giving an unimpressed look to her younger sister. "So this is really what you do at this temple?"

"Yeah. It is." Sheila put a hand to her chest to calm her pounding heart. "We collect powerful objects and fight the Heylin forces. And if I were you, I'd stay out of this." she went around Lorelei, marching back to the gardens to begin trimming.

"What, you don't want me getting hurt?" Lorelei smirked as she followed the monk up the hill.

"I couldn't care less about you getting hurt." Sheila scoffed. "I just don't want you to get your filthy, little, whore-hands on the Wu. These boys may be idiots, but you won't get any power while I'm around."

Lorelei scoffed. "Do you honestly think I'm that smart?"

"I know that you're smarter than you pretend to be." Sheila spat. She began trimming any stray twigs or branches from the beautiful green hedges.

"But that's not exactly why I wanted to talk to you right now." Lorelei suddenly sounded serious. Sheila stopped trimming and spun around to see her sister blushing while sitting on the ledge of a fountain. "What do you think about Chase Young?"

"..." Sheila just continued to stare at her elder sister. "What?"

"Well, more importantly, do you have a thing for Chase Young?" Lorelei twirled her fingers.

"No." Sheila answered quickly. "He's our enemy and he's the Prince of Darkness!"

"Prince?" Lorelei's interest was peeked. Sheila immediately regretted her choice of words. Her sister was always a hopeless romantic.

"It was a figure of speech!" Sheila hissed. She huffed at her sister's hopeless way of thinking.

---

That night, Clay was tired of doing chores and favors for Lorelei. The lady was pretty and all, but Clay decided that she was too much work. He would do things to be gentlemanly, but he wouldn't be trying for her anymore. Plus she seemed way more interested in Raimundo.

He walked to the showers as sweat poured down his brow. He normally would've showered earlier, but Sheila made double servings of steak. And the cowboy loves his meat.

Upon opening the door, he walked in on a sight. Lorelei was washing herself under the shower head. Clay was frozen; either from fear of being caught or the fact that he walked in on a lady while she was in the shower.

"Oh, hello, Clay." Lorelei turned around and smiled casually. Her torso was covered by the shower door, leaving only her head and legs exposed. But that didn't stop Clay from turning away.

"I-I-I'm sorry." Clay struggled to get his words out. "I'll come back later."

"Poppycock!" Lorelei giggled. "You can stay here. I've gotten rather lonely."

Clay paused at the door. For a moment, he was confused. Other girls that he'd walked in on (accidentally, of course) always yelled at him to get out. He turned his head only a few quarters of the way so he could show that he was speaking to her, but he caught another sight.

Lorelei stood directly to the side of him.

Stark naked.

"Whoa, nelly!" Clay stumbled back and fell on his rump. He attempted to use his hat to shield his eyes, like a true gentleman. "Maybe you should put on a towel." Clay's voice was higher than one could expect his voice could go.

"Why?" Lorelei asked with a smirk. "I can see that you're enjoyin' the show." Clay quickly realized what she was talking about and used his hat to cover his nether-regions, while using his other hand to cover his eyes. He tried to think of unattractive things: spiders, sharks, blood, Miley Cyrus, anything to make "it" go down.

"Aw, come on," Lorelei knelt down on her knees and rubbed her hand over his broad chest.

"NO!" Clay scrambled to his feet. "No, no, no, no, no! Sorry, but I'm not that kind of guy!" Clay ran out of the showers, sweating 5 times more than he originally was.

He was running so fast that he didn't see who he was about to run into. He fell to the ground and felt something soft underneath his giant hands.

"Uhh, Clay?" Sheila's blushing face was staring right up at Clay's panicking eyes. "You can get off me knockers (boobs) now." His hands were right on top of her breasts.

Clay yelped, his face was the color of a tomato. He jumped off of Sheila and ran away in a panic. "MAKE IT STOP!" Clay yelled out in distress.

'There's only one explanation as to why someone like Clay would be acting so erratically like that.' Sheila thought to herself. "Lorelei."

---

Sheila stormed into the guest room. "Stop it!"

"Stop what?" Lorelei groggily asked. She had finished her shower after Clay's accidental intrusion. But Lorelei was disappointed when Clay refused to be seduced, so she went to bed. For the night, Lorelei wore a purple top-tie lady size satin chemise lingerie cami and panties with black lacing.

"Stop flaunting your knockers at the boys here." Sheila crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently.

"What ever do you mean?" Lorelei asked with a smirk.

"Clay is usually quite relaxed and coordinated; but he recently knocked me over and ran away in a panic." Sheila kept a straight face though she glanced away when Lorelei's cleavage began to show. "I don't know what you're plannin' yet, but when I do, I will personally kick your arse through the temple's entry way."

Lorelei put on her little innocent face. "But Sheila, we're family. And family doesn't hurt family."

"Say that about Mother." Sheila scolded, before seeing Lorelei's shocked face. She stormed out of the room as the camera zoomed into her eyes that were filled with a look of pure hatred in her sapphire blue eyes.

---

The next morning was even more tense than usual. Kimiko didn't know if it was because Clay was using his hand to hide his face from Lorelei and Sheila; or because both of whom were glaring at each other in awkward silence.

But Kimiko couldn't focus on that, she was on a mission. A mission to get a new female friend!

SLAP!

Kimiko slammed two slim pieces of paper down on the table in front of Sheila as she continually sipped her decaf-coffee. The Australian jumped at the sudden sound and sat her own cup on its coaster.

"Are these. . ." Sheila picked up the two slips and examined them. "Concert tickets?" Sheila asked Kimiko who was smiling brightly.

"Yep!" Kimiko said cheerfully. "Today, you and I are going to Japan for some girl time. And we're seeing a Vocaloid concert."

"..." Sheila blinked at the Asian girl before giving her an unamused look. "You went through my stuff, didn't you?" (She secretly hadn't forgiven them for going through her things when she fell down that trapdoor, that she hasn't told them about).

Kimiko nearly choked on her coffee. "W-What? No! Uh..." Kimiko looked to Raimundo and Omi looked away while eating their waffles. "Boomer told me how much you love them!" She blurted out in a haste.

Boomer choked on his waffle, knowing fully-well how much Sheila hated when people talked about her about her back. "You had to pull me under the bus as well (You had to take me down with you)?!"

Lorelei remained silent, listening in on the bickering that she could use to her advantage.

"Well, anyway," Sheila sipped her coffee, "I'm not sure Master Fung would approve of us skipping out on training when we're supposed to resume it today."

"I already asked, and he said he'd give us another day off to bond." Kimiko answered and then gave Sheila a smile that made her very uncomfortable. "There's no way you're getting out of this."

Sheila sighed. But then she suddenly had an idea. "Alright, I'm in."

Kimiko smiled and Lorelei smirked to herself.

"If!" Sheila added. "You buy another ticket for Lorelei."

Lorelei and Kimiko both frowned; mostly because Lorelei was annoyed, and Kimiko was confused.

Sheila saw the expressions on their faces. "If it's girl-time that you want, then shouldn't all girls be included? Unless Lorelei wants to do something else, like hang around the Shen Gong Wu vault?"

Sheila glanced over to Boomer, who nodded in approval, finally catching on to his sister's plan.

Lorelei sneered at her little sister. "No, I'd be happy to go." She gritted through her perfect white teeth.

"Great!" Sheila jumped up from her seat. "Now, why don't we get ready by doing a little cosplay?"

"Cos-play?" Omi asked, interested in a word that seemed impossible.

"It's short for 'costume play'." Sheila explained to the confused monk as three question marks popped up above his head. "It's the practice of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game, especially ones from the Japanese genres of manga and anime."

"But we didn't bring anything to dress up as." Kimiko informed.

"Oh, I've got that covered." Sheila smiled devilishly at Lorelei.

---

"So, why do you need the Moby-Morpher again?" Dojo asked as he handed the Wu to Sheila. The three girls and the four boys, plus Dojo, had gathered in the temple courtyard, where they would use the Golden Tiger Claws as their transportation to Tokyo, Japan.

"Because if we're going to see a Vocaloid concert, I want us to be in the spirit of things." Sheila took the two arm gauntlets and placed them on each forearm. Kimiko and Lorelei stood directly in front of her. The Asian girl was completely calm, while the redhead seemed slightly nervous.

"Is this gonna hurt?" Lorelei asked.

"No, not really." Kimiko answered.

"Hopefully, it will to you." Sheila muttered. "Okay, Kimiko's up first!" Kimiko stepped forward and spread her arms out.

"Moby-Morpher!" Sheila called. Instantly, the Japanese girl's image was transformed into a live concert image of Hatsune Miku; complete with (disturbingly) large eyes, teal/turquoise floor-length pigtails, and she gained enough height to match Sheila's shoulders (Look up Hatsune Miku Vintage Dress in Google images to see the outfit). She even had the virtual texture and gloss on her body.

"Crikey, that's brilliant!" Boomer backed off about two feet in pure shock and awe of the transformation.

Kimiko did a little twirl in the maroon dress. "Uwa–, watashi wa Hatsune Miku no yō ni miemasu!" Her voice came higher as well. She covered her mouth as soon as she heard her words.

"..." The boys blinked. "What?" Raimundo asked.

"She said: Wow, I look just like Hatsune Miku!" Sheila translated.

"You speak Japanese?" Clay asked.

"Yes." Sheila answered without looking up from the Wu. "Here, give me a second and I'll make it so that we can speak English and Japanese." Sheila activated the Wu once again and a light flickered over 'Miku'. "There! You should be able to speak bilingually now."

"Thank you!" 'Miku' bowed. The voice was still high, but it was understandable.

"My turn!" A light enveloped Sheila's body as she left hair being lifted and her clothes changed and became lighter. (Look up Aku No Musume Live Concert in Google images to see the outfit for Kagamine Rin).

Sheila became Kagamine Rin, with her hair not changing that much, only being put into two short rounded pigtails and her white stripe disappeared, becoming the large white bow that resembled orange-tree petals.

"I knew who you'd pick, Aku No Musume (Daughter of Evil)!" Boomer laughed at his sister as he gave a mock bow.

"O, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!" 'Rin' laughed into her sleeved hand before pointing to the ground and holding her head high, "Saa, hizamazuki nasai! (Now, bow to me!)" She, too, had the glossy, virtual texture.

Then it was Lorelei's turn. As Sheila shouted the Wu's name in Japanese, Lorelei felt a tingling sensation as the light engulfed her. Her hair came out of its pigtails and was brought up to her thighs, turning into a light pink color in the process. Her skin gained in color, but was still pale, and her eyes became a soft crystal blue (Look up Megurine Luka Ruby in Google images for the outfit).

Raimundo made a (not so) subtle Wolf-Whistle. Lorelei still kept her (ahem!) fun bags, because Megurine Luka was designed to have a "mature" body-type.

But that wasn't the case as to why 'Rin' was glaring at 'Luka'. Lorelei was actually supposed to be Kasane Teto, a UTAUloid; that way, when she spoke, people couldn't listen to her without thinking that she was a cyborg, and she would have a child's body with no sex appeal.

Lorelei somehow used the Moby-Morpher's effects against Sheila's wish. But how. . .?

"Well, we must be off." 'Luka' said as she walked away, waving a gloved hand like a pageant queen to the boys. The Brazilian then made a phone gesture to his ear and mouthed: Call Me!

Clay, however, kept his face down. After that little "incident" last night, Clay couldn't look at Lorelei or Sheila. Especially not Sheila! He may have seen her sister naked, but he had his hands on Sheila's chest! It went against everything his mamma taught him growing up; respecting ladies and always defending their honor.

Rin, Miku, and Luka walked through the portal, which closed up after they disappeared into the swirling backdrop.

Raimundo had a huge smile and placed both hands on his hips. "I've never been so turned on and so confused at the same time."

Though, Omi was not paying attention to any of this (fortunately), as he walked back to his room. His mind was occupied with thoughts of what he and Chase discussed a few weeks back, after seeking his help for Sheila's kidnapping situation. He pulled the scroll that the Prince of Darkness had given him from his robe sleeve (you'd be surprised how much those things could hold).

He could remember the chilling conversation he had that night...

---

The other monks had left Omi as he was called back to Chase Young. The strange feline that had allowed them entry was coldly glaring at Omi, giving him the urge to back away; but he, as a Xiaolin warrior, would never show fear to the enemy.

The large cat wrapped its tail affectionately around Chase's leg without taking its red eyes off of the miniature monk. The Dark Overlord petted the cat in return, but remained focused on Omi. "Are you familiar with the teachings of Taoism?"

"O-Of course." Omi managed to stammer out. The feline was licking its lips, as if it could the savory flavors of Omi's growing fear. Chase noticed the tense atmosphere between the two. He snapped his fingers and the feline obediently walked out of the room.

"Now that you are no longer distracted," Chase continued. "You are aware of the significance of the twins and their powers."

"Yes. Sheila is able to control time and is given super-" Chase held up his hand to silence Omi.

"Despite what Sheila believes, science does not take place in her powers. She only thinks this, because it is the only thing she has ever known. Besides, Boomer can do that as well, though his powers have not yet surfaced." Chase explained before glaring straight into Omi's eyes. "Tell me what you know of Yin and Yang's relationship."

Omi thought before answering. "The relationship between Yin and Yang is sunlight playing over a mountain and a valley. Yin is the dark area occluded by the mountain's bulk, while Yang is the brightly lit portion. As the sun moves across the sky, Yin and Yang gradually trade places with each other, revealing what was obscuring and obscuring what was revealed."

Chase nodded. "The world is very much affected by Yin and Yang. If either one were to fall out of balance with themselves; so would the earth itself, fall into chaos and ruin. That is why Yin and Yang belong on their appropriate sides."

Omi narrowed his eyebrows. "What do you mean by 'appropriate' sides?"

"You said it yourself; Yin is the dark, and Yang is the bright."

"Are you implying that Sheila is destined to be on the Heylin side?" Omi asked with a sharp edge in his voice.

"What makes you think she doesn't?" Chase Young turned sharply. "I see how you look at her. You're scared of her powers."

"That was just jealousy!" Omi tried to cover the quiver in his voice. "Why should a girl be more powerful than me?" Omi's jealousy was always a perfect scapegoat, even Omi himself knew it, but for him to admit it would be pretty shameful.

Chase breathed out through his nose. "Omi, there will always be something more powerful than you; especially the spiritual balance of the world. If Yin stays on the Xiaolin side, the balance will shift. This may lead to things that would start a chain reaction, that would never end."

Omi hesitated. "Sheila is not evil. She's just..." Omi couldn't find a word to describe Sheila as she was.

"Heylin is not just a way of living, Young Monk. It is a way one feels about the world, the people living on this planet; everyone has their own view." Chase said as he handed Omi the scroll that he'd used to show them the Chi Creature's connection with Sheila and Boomer.

"What's this for?" Omi asked in confusion as he accepted the rolled up parchment.

"A gift. For the twins." Chase replied, with a hidden smirk. "It will help them better understand their powers. But you have to choose when to give it to them. If their powers get out of control. . . then war is inevitable."

---

Omi shuddered as he held the scroll. He hadn't decided when she should give them the scroll. He was. . . concerned about how it would even affect Sheila and Boomer's training.

A few days ago he had gotten curious as to what was inside the scroll, but when he opened it, it was entirely blank. No matter how much of the scroll he unraveled (it seemed to be endless) there was not a single thing written on the scroll that he could see.

Omi began to wonder what Chase Young meant by 'war'. The Xiaolin and Heylin forces were always at war; what would make the difference if Sheila stayed on the Xiaolin or joined the Heylin side?

"Omi! We've got one!" Dojo's sudden shout brought the monk out of his thoughts. Omi shoved the scroll back into his sleeves and ran out with the other guys. "You're not going to believe where this one is!"

---

Tokyo was quite an overwhelming city. One could easily get lost within the neon signs, heavy traffic, and large crowds.

Though the three girls didn't have a problem. As soon as they walked into the city after Rin landed them in an abandoned parking lot, the crowds seemed to have made a distinct decision to part ways for the three virtual idols.

The citizens of the Japanese capital didn't know how to react as Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, and Megurine Luka were walking down the street! The actual Vocaloids themselves! A boy looked up from his phone and went wide-eyed as the three virtual stars walked past him and he turned to keep his eyes on them, but failed to notice the streetlight that he hit face first.

"Karera wa hontōdesuka (Are they real)?" A woman asked her partner, but he didn't hear her as he was recording the entire phenomenon.

"Īe, watashi wa shinjitsu o itte imasu! Karera wa migi koko ni imasu (No, I'm telling the truth! They're right here)!" A man yelled into his phone, while his open hand shook towards the girls.

The girls came to a crosswalk and waited for the light to turn. It was only then that they noticed everyone staring at them.

"They must be expecting a show or something." Luka whispered to the other two girls. She placed a hand on her hip and many participants in the gathering crowd gasped. Miku and Rin looked at each other and nodded in a silent agreement. And went back to waiting for the light.

Rin suddenly turned around towards the people and went into a pose. "O, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!" She pointed down toward the ground and held her head high. "Saa, hizamazuki nasai (Now, bow to me)!" The crowd erupted into a cheer, while many even took the phrase as an order and knelt down to the virtual girl. Luka looked towards her with a confused look.

Miku then turned around. "Sekai de ichi-ban OHIME-SAMA! Sou iu atsukai KOKORO-ete, yo ne? (I'm the number one Princess in the whole wide world! So make sure you know by heart, how to treat me, got it)?" Miku did a little dance with her phrase, making everyone grow more wild.

Luka believed she finally caught onto to what was happening. 'They're trying to make a fool of me!' So she too turned around and said a line from one of her Vocaloid's signature songs : "Dame dame yo!"

The crowd practically erupted into a full scale riot. Then they all surged forward and nearly overwhelmed the three girls. Out of instinct, Sheila pulled out the Golden Tiger Claws and called out it's name. Another hole in space was ripped open.

"Come on!"

Rin grabbed a hand and jumped through the portal, thinking of a private destination near the concert stadium. Upon opening her eyes, she found herself and the person she grabbed in an alley next to the concert.

"Um, I think you forgot someone." Sheila dreaded hearing that voice. She turned around to see Lorelei, still in her Luka disguise.

"Kuso (Sh*t)!" Sheila cursed in Japanese when she realized she'd left Kimiko to be shredded to pieces.

"You may want to go and help her, before the crowd tears her apart." Luka suggested.

"I'll worry about Kimiko in a moment." Sheila growled. "First, I have a question for you." In a swift motion, Rin pinned Luka against the brick wall with her hand on her throat, and held her fist up and ready to strike. "How the hell were you able to turn into Luka?"

Lorelei blinked, before smirking. "I think you've training too hard, you turned me into this."

Sheila tightened her grip around the pink-haired girl's throat. "I know you're not as stupid and clueless as you pretend to be."

If Lorelei was having trouble breathing, she didn't show it. "Well, if you must know. I had Raimundo give me a small tour of the vault last night. He introduced me to a few Wu that I found useful." From behind her back (and from some sort of hidden pocket due to cartoon logic), Lorelei pulled out an object that had the appearance of a scorpion with a sand brown body and a red tip on its tail.

"The Emperor Scorpion!?" Sheila was going to strangle Raimundo when she got back to the temple. She didn't blame him for falling for her sister; but how was he stupid enough to actually show a stranger the Wu Vault?

"Apparently, my little friend here can control the other Shen Gong Wu."

"Yeah! I know!" Sheila sneered. "Fortunately, no one is going to find your-"

"Oi! When you said your costumes were authentic, you weren't exaggerating." A woman's voice distracted Sheila from her threat. The woman was 21, with long brown auburn hair pulled into a high ponytail, draping down to the small of her back. Her soul-piercing red eyes scanning over the two Vocaloid girls with such intensity. She wore a blood red shirt with camo pants and brown combat boots. Strapped to her back, was a stainless steel blade with a satin finish, Coco-bola handle with a brass tip, in a brown leather strap.

"Alexis?" Lorelei gave a quizzical look to Sheila.

"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you." Sheila gave a triumphant smirk and release the pink-haired girl. "Alexis and Richard are here to take you home once the concert is over. And you're going to willingly return the Emperor Scorpion."

"Yeah, and you both may want to get inside." Alexis warned, gesturing to the door next to her.

Sheila was about to step inside, but suddenly remembered an important detail. "Crikey, give me a second!" She took out the Golden Tiger Claws, swiped the air and created a good-sized portal. She reached around inside and felt what she was looking for. Lorelei and Alexis glanced at each other in confusion.

"Got her!" Sheila announced and pulled a disheveled Hatsune Miku through the portal. Her teal pigtail were disarrayed and her dress was torn. Her eyes even had the swirling expression. "You okay?"

"I feel violated." The Japanese girl said in a shivering voice.

"But you're alive, now let's go!" Sheila dragged her into the concert hall.

---

A concert was already in progress; the whole auditorium was packed as a band was busy appeasing its audience. The band, Falling Hearts, consisted of a keyboardist, a guitarist, a bassist, two violinist, and a leader singer, whom Sheila knew all too well.

The lead singer, Richard Alice, was a tall 18-year-old male with short, ebony hair that fell over his emerald eyes, which stood out against his pale skin. He always wore an ivy green T-shirt with black jeans and black sneakers.

The three Vocaloid girls and Alexis stood to the left exit of the stage as the band was just finishing their song on a high note.

"I can't believe your brother is the lead singer of Falling Hearts!" Kimiko shouted over the music. Thanks again to the Moby Morpher, her Vocaloid dress had been fixed. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I don't like attention." Sheila shouted simply.

On stage, Richard was breathing heavily from holding the last note for so long. The crowd let out a deafening roar of applause and cheers as Richard took up the mic again. "Arigatou (Thank you)!" He said. The audience settled down as Richard made his announcement. "We're gonna play one more song for ya!" *

A stool was brought out for Richard as a grand piano was rolled on to the stage from behind. The keyboardist played a sound effect of the wind blowing, while a cellist and a two violinist took their places. Richard sat at the piano and began with the first few keys.

Sheila turned and walked away. "I'll be right back."

Kimiko turned towards her. "You don't want to see your brother's performance?"

Rin turned and looked sternly into Miku's eyes; which was extremely uncharacteristic of Sheila. "I don't like this song." Rin said sharply before she continued walking away.

"Don't take it too hard." Alexis nudged Kimiko. They had done introductions as Kimiko was being dragged into the building. In all honesty, Alexis was extremely intimidating to Kimiko, especially with the sword on her back. "Richard wrote this song when the family was going through a. . . hard time." Alexis clenched her fists and looked down at her feet.

Lorelei also seemed to have a reaction upon hearing the song's opening. She turned away from the stage and hid her face as Richard began singing.

I'm down on my knees again tonight,
I'm hoping this prayer will turn out right,
See, there is a boy that needs your help,
I've done all that I can do myself,

His sister is tired,
I'm sure you can understand,
Each night as he sleeps,
She goes in to hold his hand,

And she tries,
Not to cry,
As the tears,
Fill her eyes,

The audience pulled out their glow-sticks and waved them in tribute to the song, like how fans at a Superbowl would wave lighters around.

Can you hear me?
Am I getting through tonight?
Can you see him?
Can you make him feel all right?

If you can hear me,
Let me take his place some how,
See, he's not just any other,
He's my brother!

Kimiko could feel her eyes tearing up. This song always brought tears to her eyes. How could this song affect Sheila so much?

Sometimes late at night I watch him sleep,
I dream of the boy he'd like to be,
We try to be strong and see him through,
But God, who he needs right now is you,

Let him grow old,
Live life without this fear,
What would I be,
Living without him here?

He's so tired,
And he's scared,
Let him know,
That you're there,

Can you hear me?
Am I getting through tonight?
Can you see him?
Can you make him feel all right?

If you can hear me,
Let me take his place some how,
See, he's not just any other,
He's my brother!

Can you hear me?
Am I getting through tonight?
Can you see him?
Can you make him feel all right?

If you can hear me,
Let me take his place somehow,
See, he's not just any other,

Can you hear me?
Can you see him?
Please don't leave him,
He's my brother!

The crowd cheered loudly, mainly of which had tears in their eyes and their voice cracked from crying. But soon enough, they began to get and leave as Richard walked off stage with the rest of his band.

Kimiko's heartbeat raced as he got closer. God, he was so handsome! And that voice of his shot shivers throughout her body. But she started to sweat when Richard stopped right in front of her and just stared at her. Did she have something in her teeth?

Then Kimiko realized she was still Hatsune Miku. She giggled in embarrassment and waved to the singer.

"Richard, this is Kimiko Tohomiko." Alexis stepped forward. For the past few minutes, she had been sharpening her sword with an Accusharp Sword Sharpener. "She's the one in the costume that Sheila told us about."

"Oh!" Richard scratched behind his head. "Nice ta meet'cha!" He took Kimiko's hand and kissed the top of it, like a true gentleman. Alexis scoffed and looked away.

Kimiko then noticed something in Richard's hand. "What's that?"

Richard looked at the object of Kimiko's interest. "Oh, this is me lucky microphone." Richard held up a Crystal Studded UHF Wireless Microphone. It was an emerald green color, and it had a sort of mystical glow around it. "I use this whenever I'm thinking of new material, or when I'm feeling unlucky during a concert."

"Cool." Kimiko complimented. She didn't know why, but she felt like she's seen that glow somewhere before.

---

Meanwhile, Sheila was having trouble keeping her tears in check after hearing that song. She was sitting at the edge of the stage, just beyond the thick curtain that didn't let her family or Kimiko hear her. She hated that song! Why did her big brother have to write it!? The only emotion she could ever feel from that melody was heartbreak. She had almost lost her beloved twin during the time that song was written.

"Hey." Lorelei stood next to her sister.

Sheila turned her head to not look at her sister when she was showing tears. "What do you want now?" Sheila tried to keep her stoic voice, but the recent crying did help.

"Alright, this thing with 'not showing any emotion because it makes you look weak', you need to work on that." Lorelei grabbed Sheila's hand, but it was snatched away.

"Why do you always do this?" Sheila asked.

"What?"

Sheila stood up in rage and faced her older sister. "Why do you always try to cause trouble wherever you go? Especially when you try to get guys to do whatever you want?! You're such a whore! You love causing drama and your family always pays the price because of it!"

"Uh, Sheila?" Lorelei tried to get her attention as she continuously looked from the angered 'Rin' to the "empty" auditorium.

"What?!" Rin shouted. Luka pointed behind Rin and revealed that the audience for the Vocaloid concert had arrived; and they seemed to have listened to every word of the angry conversation, seeing as they were all staring right at the two Vocaloids.

Rin blushed heavily and waved shyly to the audience. With her other hand, Rin pushed Luka behind the stage curtain and out of view. "That was embarras-"

KABOOM!

The ceiling of the roof exploded, sending debris everywhere. An all too familiar sight proceeded to descend upon Sheila's vision.

Jack-bots rained down from the open roof; spreading out and sending the spectators into a panic. Jack hovered downward in his new mini-helicopter with a giant claw that reminded Sheila and Kimiko of those claw-crane games. Inside the flying vehicle, Wuya sat behind Jack. People crowded and ran around, looking for an exit or escape route in a huge frenzy of fear.

Before Sheila And Kimiko could just into action, Alexis beat them to it. She withdrew her sword, Spineripper, as Sheila remembered its name, and jumped into the battlefield with a Xena-styled battle cry. 12 Jack-bots closed in on her from all directions; Alexis showed nothing but exhilaration in her glowing red eyes as she hacked and slashed each robot with such precision, speed, and strength that the Jack-bots hovered in complete stillness before combustion. It all reminded the girls of an anime battle scene.

Sheila looked around at the mass chaos of the audience. The only way to get this battle to end quickly was to get the innocent bystanders away form the battle and to safety.

"Kimiko, we need to get these out of here!" Sheila shouted over the noise.

"What about Alexis?!" Kimiko looked back at the frenzied brunette who laughed manically as she held a Jack-bot's head like the severed head of her enemy, before batting it away with the flat side of her blade. Alexis was bathed in sweat and machine oil as she dove into another hoard of robots. "Never mind."

Sheila jumped off stage to go clear the west entrance, while Kimiko went to clear the east entrance.

"What are we here for again?" Jack asked Wuya.

"Ugh. We are here for the next Shen Gong Wu, the Siren-Phone." Wuya waved her hand and a shadow version of the Wu floated in front of Jack. "It allows the user to manipulate their voice to do anything. If we combine it with the Zing-Zom-Bone, and we can create an army of zombies that only we can control!"

"Sweet!" Jack looked through the window to try and spot the Wu. "So where is it?"

Wuya looked around for the eerie glow that showed the obvious location of a Wu. The Heylin Witch spotted the Microphone connected to the belt of a young man as was helping a person who was being crushed under some debris from the explosion. "There! He has it!"

Richard was helping his friend and lead guitarist after he got crushed under a support beam. "You alright, mate?" He asked him as he got the metal structure off of him.

The musician held a thumbs up, but quickly screamed in terror as he pointed behind the singer and ran off the stage to join the stampede. Richard looked behind him and scrambled back as a gigantic mechanical claw reached for him.

To the side of the stage, Lorelei watched as the claw grabbed her brother and hauled him into the air. She knew why that Jack-kid wanted him. That microphone was a Wu. She had made that assumption the moment they showed up. But she had to wait to get another chance to grab it.

Sheila had cleared the rest of the debris from the exit, letting the terrified hoard flood through the doorway to safety. She turned around sharply when she heard her brother scream her name. She looked up to see that Jack's crane claw had Richard in its iron grip and was pulling him high into the air. "Richard!"

He struggled and thrashed in vain as the claw dragged him through the air. His arms were trapped at his sides. He was finally brought up to eye level with the culprits of the chaos.

"Hello, sweetie." A red-headed woman purred to him. "If you could just give us that microphone you have, that would be great."

"Not happenin', dog (ugly woman)!" Richard spat.

The woman reached forward and pressed a button on the machine. Suddenly Richard was being shaken around like a martini. After a few minutes or so, it finally stopped. His head was reeling and he felt his breakfast coming back up his esophagus.

"Sorry, Richard." The pilot apologized.

"Wait, Jack Spicer?" A soon as Richard's vision returned to seeing only singles, he was able to recognize the red-headed kid in the front.

"Since when did you know each other?" The woman asked Jack.

"Oh, uh, our fathers do business together, and I lived with them for two weeks while their father was remarrying." Jack answered.

"Interesting." Wuya pondered to herself.

THUD!

A blonde haired girl with creepily large, blue eyes had power-jumped onto the arm of the claw. "Richard, you alright?"

"Yeah, Sheila, I'm guessing?" Richard guessed, since he hadn't seen his other sister yet.

"Yep." Sheila answered before she made a knife-jab into the metallic arm. She hit the main wire and Richard was released. He plunged down to the ground below, debris insuring a painful landing. But his body never felt anything as his weight was lifted from the gravity and his descent slowed.

He looked under him and saw that Kimiko, who was still disguised as Hatsune Miku, had caught Richard in midair. They landed safely on the stage and Kimiko released Richard. "Why did Jack Spicer grab you?"

"They were after me microphone." Richard showed Kimiko the mic again, this time the glow was brighter. Sheila landed beside them and inspected the mic.

"That ain't ordinary microphone, mate!" Sheila's eyes widened. "This is-"

CRASH!

An enlarged Dojo made another large hole in the roof, making even more debris. On his back were Boomer, Clay, Raimundo, and Omi, screaming their lungs out in preparation for impact. They landed roughly in rows 3A-4B, scattering chairs everywhere. The stage crew who were cowering behind the curtain shrank back at the sight of the large dragon.

"Is everyone okay?" Dojo shook the pain from his head. "That wasn't exactly my best landing strategy when I'm being shot from behind by a Jack-bot."

"Whoo!" Boomer popped out of the rubble with excitement from the adrenaline rush. "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing!"

Richard looked to Sheila and blinked. "I'll explain later." Sheila huffed.

Meanwhile, the little bald monk jumped in front of Richard. "Sir, please, you must hand over the Siren-Phone."

"...The what?" Richard only stared at the boy in confusion. Lorelei suddenly sprinted from backstage and grabbed hold of the microphone, running towards the North exit, the only exit that was clear of any obstacle. "Oi!" Richard shouted as his lucky mic was taken.

"Alexis!" Sheila called out. The sword-crazy woman had just sliced her final Jack-bot before she turned to her sister. "Stop her!" Sheila pointed to the runaway Vocaloid and jumped off the stage to follow her.

Alexis, with a surprising amount of left over energy, ran full-speed towards the exit, noticing Lorelei's planned escape route. She pointed her oil-bathed sword at the Virtual Diva in preparation. Suddenly a bolt of lightning shot from Wuya's hand exploded in front of Luka, causing her to throw the microphone up into the air.

"Grab it!" Sheila yelled at the monks, as everyone that she could see (Boomer, Lorelei, Richard, and Wuya) and herself leapt for the Shen Gong Wu.

When it landed on top of the tallest debris pile, five hands had landed on it all at once. Sheila, Boomer, Lorelei, Richard, and Wuya were about to enter a Xiaolin Showdown.

"Sheila!" Lorelei yelled, "I challenge you, and everyone else to a Xiaolin Showdown!"

"How do you-" Sheila was going to question before being interrupted.

"Boomer was very descriptive in his letters home." Lorelei quickly explained. Boomer received a slap to the back of his head from Sheila.

"But your little family doesn't have anything to wager." Wuya objected with a smirk as she pulled out the Monkey Staff that she probably stole from Jack when he wasn't looking.

Sheila turned to the other monks. "Guys, give Richard some Wu." Omi gave up the Orb of Tornami to Richard.

Sheila spoke up first. "We wager my Moby Morpher, Boomer's Lasso Boa Boa, Richard's Orb of Tornami, and Alexis's Star of Hanabi against Wuya's Monkey Staff and Lorelei's Emperor Scorpion!" Sheila shouted the last Wu loud enough for the the other monks to hear her. She could hear them gasp, but she didn't dare take her eyes off the enemies at hand.

Lorelei smirked. "The game is Project Diva Arcade Karaoke! No Wu is needed. All you have to do is sing along with the English lyrics, hit the right pitch and keep your voice steady. The one with the highest score wins."

"I'm so lost right now!" Richard shouted.

"You'll be fine!" Sheila assured him.

"Let's go!" Sheila, Boomer, Wuya, and Lorelei shouted together. "XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!"

---

Light filled the room as everyone and everything flew into the air. The building's walls evaporated to reveal an that they were surrounded by a strange, ethereal space full of stars and nebulae.

The stage itself was located in, what had now become, a large floating arena or stadium surrounded by spectator stands. If one were to stand in the exact middle of the stage, they would be seen from every point of the arena. The shape of the whole "arena" reminded Sheila of the Roman Colosseum.

The spectators in question were, besides the monks, Dojo, Alexis, and Jack Spicer sitting in the box seat that slightly stretched out into arena, were black shadowy lumps that bobbed up and down with artificial applause. Sheila took note that she, Kimiko, and Lorelei were out of their Vocaloid disguises and back into their original clothing.

"Nice theater!" Boomer said. The contestants of the song-battle were standing in a rounded platform with spiraling stairs that led to the outer bounds of the center stage.

"Gong Ye Tempai!" A voice boomed.

A light blue holographic screen appeared with three panel-sections. The first panel was a live video feed of the contestants. The other two were inactive. But then the three sections began spinning like slot machines.

The first panel stopped with the live feed focused on Richard. The second panel stopped on the Vocaloid, KAITO. And the third panel landed on the song "Thousand Year Solo". The fake audience cheered the selection for the first round. Richard looked around in panic and confusion as he was being teleported (Star Trek style) to the stage. "What am I supposed to do?"

"Just sing the song. Your character will take care of the choreography." Lorelei explained.

Sheila eyed Lorelei carefully. She knew her older sister said that they wouldn't have to use Shen Gong Wu, but she was forming a plan in her mind to keep up each others performances. Secretly, Sheila slipped the Moby-Morpher onto her wrists. On stage, the Vocaloid, KAITO, appeared. He was kneeling, but he rose up as a flute began to echo across the arena and the crowd fell silent. **

Instantly, the entire Colosseum was transformed into the settings of the music video. Everything became 3D and the nebulae sky disappeared, becoming a fiery sunset. The KAITO on stage began singing his turn. Even though they were told to sing the English lyrics, it came out as Japanese.

Sheila whispered the Wu's name, and aimed it at her brother on stage. The artificial crowd 'oohed' and 'awed' as KAITO's clothes changed at random times and into different themes.

"I don't get it." Wuya commented. "What's he singing about?" Sheila glanced over and saw that no one was watching her as her wrists were joined together at her front.

"An interpretation of the song tells of an "artificial" being, KAITO, who is singing a song to someone, possibly a love interest, who has passed away. Even though thousands of years have passed since that person died, and "he" knows that he can never see "that person" ever again, KAITO keeps on singing for that person, thus explaining the title of the song." Sheila explained while watching the performance. Everyone looked at her, but turned back when she gave off an expressionless face.

The scenery in the middle stage continued shifting until KAITO finally sung the last note. The crowd cheered wildly and applauded endlessly. The monks gave their own applause too, but Jack just booed him. When all was sang and done, KAITO was beamed off stage and Richard returned to the platform. Another holographic panel showed KAITO's score. KAITO had kept a good combo; he had hit 346 'COOL's and 98 'FINE's. His end score was 33,908 points.

"Not bad." Wuya complimented. The slot-board appeared again and chose Wuya to be Megurine Luka. Her song was "Depression of Cybernetics". Instantly, she was beamed down and transformed into the busty, pink-headed woman. The arena became a dystopian setting of a what the after math of a nuclear bomb acted. An Arabic guitar began to strum and the song had began. **

Sheila remembered this song. It describes the nature of war and weapons. The song has a Middle Eastern feel, utilizing the Arabian Guitar, which adds to the meaning as it references how many wars have been in the Middle East. It also gives notes on how the most advanced of civilizations tend to be the ones that destroy themselves in the process of war. Sheila suddenly realized that she was still using the Wu on the showdown. So now, Luka's outfits were changing too.

After it ended, Wuya obtained 342 'COOL's and 95 'FINE's; resulting in a score of 32,490. A perfect score, but Richard was still in the lead. Wuya growled as her score was placed underneath Richards on a score board, above the by-standing monks.

Next, Lorelei was chosen to be Hatsune Miku, and she was singing the song "Two-Faced Lovers". This song was extremely hard to follow, since the lyrics were to be sung almost impossibly fast. ***

Sheila made a slight movement and separated the two gauntlets of the Wu, and interestingly, Miku's outfits didn't shift.

"So, what is your whore sister singing about?" Wuya leaned towards Sheila.

"Well, the lyrics are vague, but the most common interpretations of the song is that it is about the confusion of a girl in love or the mess in a girl's life after she gets pregnant. A girl falls in love with a boy and he uses her for sex, and she gets pregnant and he leaves her and she doesn't know what to do." Sheila explained. Wuya eyed the singing diva and gave off a pondering look.

"Has this ever happened to your sister?" Wuya asked.

Sheila looked up at the witch. "No. She just gets what she wants by parading around half-naked, has sex with the first guy who'll do her and then leaves. Most of the time, she likes to cause a whole lot of drama for her own amusement and then spins a web to make it look like she was doing everyone a favor." Sheila's eyes narrowed at the Heylin hag. "Why are you asking this?"

"Just out of curiosity." Wuya smirked, but she was watching Sheila's reaction to explaining her sister's persona. She went back to watching the show until ended. When Lorelei was wrapped back, she was beaming proudly at her performance.

341 'COOL's and 111 'FINE's, equaling 37,851 points. This put her on top of the chart. When Lorelei saw this, she gave a sly smirk towards Sheila.

Before Sheila could retort, the board began to spin; ultimately choosing Sheila to be Kagamine Rin (ain't coincidence just swell?) and to sing "Tokyo Teddy Bear". Sheila breathed out in relief. Truth is, she was terrified of doing this. She had always been self-conscious of screwing up in public, she hated feeling humiliated. At least this was a song she knew very well. With a quick remembrance, Sheila put the gauntlets on and thought of every thought of Rin that she could think of as a soft glow began to envelope her senses.

Being teleported to the stage felt weird. Imagine yourself being weightless, like you're at peace and your senses don't exist. It's just you and your mind. But then in a flash, you feel everything come back to you in a rush. It's like being awoken from a 45 minute nap, but you don't even remember falling asleep. ****

Sheila knew that she could just sing the English lyrics (which were conveniently subtitled in front of her), but she knew this song by heart in Japanese as well. As the bass rift harmonized with her new singing vocals, she felt like she was actually singing the song in a real concert, not a showdown. Her limbs were moving on their own through the music video, not even responding to Sheila's mind when she commanded them to be put at her sides. Instead she just focused on getting through this song without vomiting from her own stage fright.

Though she couldn't see her own environment, she knew it was just like the game-sequence from Project Diva Arcade Future. It switched from a train station, to a white bedroom, and a classroom. She didn't feel anything when the needle seemingly pierced through her chest. The rest of the song just flew by, leaving Sheila surprised that it had only lasted 3 minutes and 14 seconds.

When she was teleported back, she had scored 408 'COOL's and 93 'FINE's, also equaling 37,944 points. Sheila was on top of the leader-board. She and Lorelei sneered at each other as Boomer was picked next as Kagamine Len and he was going to sing "Butterfly on My(Your) Right Shoulder". Suddenly, she was teleported back to the stage with Boomer beside her.

"Wait, I thought this was my turn." Boomer scratched his now bright yellow hair, with the gigantic fringe on top. He was hiding behind Rin

"It is." Sheila explained. "But Rin's vocals are in the song as well as back-up; you'll be doing most of the singing." *****

Sheila began singing her part, a sort of whispering before Boomer stepped out from behind her and shouted out his part. But he didn't sing the remixed part of it. Sheila watched the subtitles as Boomer missed a lot of pronunciations, costing him major points.

After that embarrassing run was over, Boomer scored 41 'COOl's and 544 'FINE's, putting him on the bottom of the holographic chart with 22,304 points.

WINNER!

The voice announced. A bright light suddenly blinded everyone and the environment shifted.

---

Sheila stood there, in her usual clothing, holding the Moby Morpher, Lasso Boa Boa, the Orb of Tornami, the Monkey Staff, the Star of Hanabi, and of course, the Emperor Scorpion. Everyone was standing back in the pile of rubble of what was once the theater. Richard and Alexis were on the stage with Lorelei, whom had reverted back to her original attire.

"Whoo!" The monks cheered as they ran to Sheila's side. Kimiko had returned to her Xiaolin robes.

"Sheila, I had no idea you could sing!" Raimundo patted her on the shoulder, while standing in front of her. Sheila only stared back with the most intense glare he had ever seen. "..." Raimundo felt a bit awkward when under her gaze. "What's wro-ACK!"Sheila kicked Raimundo right in his crotch. The others gasped and backed away, while Sheila only kept a straight face.

"Tell me what this is." Sheila demanded in a cold tone, showing the crumpled Brazilian the Emperor Scorpion.

"The Emperor Scorpion?" Raimundo groaned while holding his sensitive part in pain.

"Now tell me why it was in Lorelei's possession." Sheila continued to glare down at him.

"I don't know!" Raimundo finally yelled back. "Is this supposed to lead somewhere?"

Sheila gave him a questioning look; he was genuinely confused. "But Lorelei said that you gave her a tour of the Shen Gong Wu Vault!"

"No, I didn't!" Raimundo breathed out and stood in front of the Aussie. Sheila really has one hell of a kick! "She wanted me to, but I said no!"

"He's telling the truth." Lorelei's voice came from behind Sheila. Alexis had Lorelei's arm pinned behind her back with her sword at the redhead's throat, but Lorelei kept that smug smirk on her face. "I snuck into the vault when you wallabies were all sleeping." Sheila growled at Lorelei on the inside. But she did nothing. Sheila only walked back to Dojo as he grew into his mega-form.

"Wait, what do we do with her?" Boomer asked his sister.

"Nothing," Sheila answered, boarding the large dragon. "I arranged to have Alexis and Richard take her back home once this trip was over. So she's their problem now."

"Don't worry, we'll make sure she gets an ass-whoopin'!" Alexis sadistically smiled and brought the oil-laced sword closer to her younger sister's neck.

---

Back at the temple, Sheila was finishing her job of putting the Wu into their boxes. The ride back was an irritating session of Raimundo explaining why Sheila shouldn't judge people because she thinks she's better than them. Though, he was unaware that Sheila had been listening to her iPod the whole time. Being around and interacting with all those individuals really drained her of energy.

As she placed the Siren-Phone into its designated box, and sliding it back in, she heard steps from above in the spiral stone staircase.

"Oy!" Sheila asked questioningly.

"Hey." Kimiko's head peeked around the corner of the column holding the stairs together. "Sorry about your trying to be evil and steal from us."

"Don't worry, it's in her-" Sheila paused in mid-sentence after processing what the Asian girl was implying. "My sister is not evil."

"Huh?" Kimiko looked confused.

"Lorelei may be a sneaky, whorish, mongrel; but she is not evil." Sheila explained, looking down at her feet. "She's just a trouble-maker."

"What are you talking about?" Kimiko continued asking.

'Ugh, I'm surrounded by imbeciles.' Sheila groaned mentally. "I know that you guys were suspecting me of bein' a Heylin. Only because I failed at my first two Showdowns, because I kept losing the Wu. But in truth, I've never really been this far from home without Boomer, or my other siblings. And I'm not that good at being around people." Sheila explained as they walked up the stairs together.

"Hell," Sheila chuckled, "I barely stepped outside of me own house because I was home-schooled. And to be honest, I'm really quite a klutz."

"Well, what was it like growing up in your house that made it so nice to stay inside?" Kimiko asked with a smile. Sheila shot her a side-glance, with a look that Kimiko had seen before, saying: I'm not ready to trust you enough to tell you that. They had finally reached the top and Sheila slammed her fist on the tiles to make it close back up.

"Anyway, it was a bloody good idea of coming up with that 'Girl's Day Out' thing." Sheila congratulated.

"Oh," Kimiko sighed. "But-"

"What?"

"Well, I actually thought about that because I wanted us to spend time together as girl-friends." Kimiko admitted.

Sheila blinked at the Asian girl. Sheila didn't give off any indication of emoting something. "But I thought we already were girlfriends?"

"Well, we are, it's just that there's more to being girl-friends than just knowing or seeing each other." Kimiko explained.

"Okay. But don't we spend time together everyday, training?" Sheila said before walking back to her room for the rest of the day.

Kimiko gave another sigh in defeat. "One day..."

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In Sheila's room, Omi stood there waiting for her, with his hands hiding something behind his back.

Sheila shrieked when she saw him in her room without her permission. "Omi! I told you to stay out of my room!"

"I know. But I need to ask you something." Omi said in a calm voice.

Sheila looked at him for a few moments, but then let a breath go. "Fine, what is it?"

"What is your view on Good and Evil?" He asked.

Sheila thought before answering. "Well, I base my views of observation. When speaking of morals, I believe that I should withhold judgement on the human race. From what I've seen, humans tend to believe that everything they do is just."

"Just what?" Omi blinked.

"Just can be short for justice or right, Omi." Sheila explained. "People believe that peace exists, but humans are involved in anything, there will never be peace. And many confused peace with silence and suppression. But I tend to stay away from humans, they...confuse me." Sheila didn't realize that she she was staring at her hand before Omi put a scroll in it.

"What's this?" Sheila asked.

Omi didn't answer as he walked out of the room. Sheila looked back at the scroll. The parchment was a faded yellow, with one of the jikus (end knobs) being a pitch black, and the other being bleach white. The black jiku had a white dot in the center, and the white one had a black dot.

Carefully, she opened the scroll, and a shimmering light erupted from it. "This could be interesting." Sheila said as a smile grew on her lips.

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Meanwhile, a plane soared through thick, white clouds as it headed towards the Oceanic region.

Lorelei was locked in one of the rooms, while the two eldest siblings were in the main quarters of their father's private jet. It was actually quite luxurious, leather seating, a cocktail bar, 64" flat-screen TV, and a walk-in closet; and this was just in her room!

"Oh, yeah, I'm definitely punished alright." Lorelei giggled. Still, she was angry that her escape had been thwarted by her snarky little sister. But that didn't matter. She still got what she wanted from that temple.

The temptress reached in between her breasts and pulled out the Rose of Asmodeus. That was her main objective from the very moment she learned of its power, thanks to Omi answering her questions. The foolish monks didn't even notice when she put it into her cleavage. Being a woman did have it perks.

Lorelei set the rose down into a vase while she went to the walk in closet to try on more jewelry. But a sudden purple light began to fill the room, and the lights inside the cabin dimmed. Lorelei turned back to the rose to see it was glowing on its own accord. She cautiously stepped towards it; her diamond-strapped high heels making their natural click-clack sounds.

'Lorelei~' A deep, masculine voice came from the rose.

"Um, hello?" Lorelei answered back, beginning to believe she sniffed it too much and was hallucinating.

'I believe that we can help each other~'

The voice chuckled darkly as the scene faded to black.

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I CAN'T BELIEVE I UPLOADED! FINALLY!

NOW JUST a long while till the next chapter.