Thanks to all my reviewers!!!!! And I've decided that 'TranquilSeas' and 'animekitty518' were right. I am rushing the whole Chase and Hikara relationship thing but just to tell you that this is my first Xiaolin Showdown fic so……I'll probably get better!! Anyway, on with the fic!

Love, Immortal Soup and World Domination

Chapter 3

Grand Master's of Light and Dark

The ancient text before him held the world's largest secrets. Secrets from 1500 years ago. Secrets of life. Secrets of death. But one secret it did not have was the girl's.

"Hmm. It doesn't contain anything in reference to that strange mark on her arm." Chase pondered aloud. "To think that something that should be written down in a book isn't written down in my book." The book aged back 1500 years ago. When Chase fought along Dashi and when he didn't have to drink Lao-Mang-Lone Soup everyday. It consisted of all the warriors and problems he had beaten and overcome in his eternal life.

Yet he had no knowledge of this weird mark. A spiral with a dot in the centre. Very interesting.

Chase turned to a blank page in the book and picked up his quill pen. Dipping it in black ink he brought the tip to the page:

It seems I have encountered a very interesting girl. One with unimaginable powers. I can sense it. But, one thing escapes me. The simble on her arm a spiral with a dot in the centre. And it glows a bright white. I'm not sure what it is for I've never seen such a thing. Maybe she is cursed? Or she is destined to follow a path. Whatever it is it had led her to me and I will find out who she is.

Chase lay down the pen and got up from his chair in the library. A large, circular, candle lit room with thousands of books stacked so high even that stupid, one-eyed, pee-brained Cyclops couldn't reach. Chase exited through the door and proceeded down a rather long hallway lit by periododical torches on the walls.

However, the young man did not know he was being watched.

Above him, perched on a window was a black raven with glowing greens eyes. Silently, it took flight and flew off into the still night.

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Shadow sat on his throne eyes narrowed in suspicion. A recent surge of energy had found it's way to his head and it had caused a lot of interest and suspicion to overcome him. Shadow, of course, knew where the energy had come from but what he didn't know was why. He knew Hikara's power had acted up again for some odd reason. That's what he didn't know. Why? Why had it acted up?

Suddenly, his little, winged messenger flew in a nearby window landing on it's golden perch beside the dark hedgehog.

"Any important news?" Shadow asked not even moving his eyes to the bird.

The bird flapped it's wings and jiggled his head. Shadow's eyes widened and he whipped his head around to the black bird.

"Chase Young?" he asked slyly a thin evil smirk playing it's way across his face.

The bird nodded its head.

Shadow let his eyes drift upwards as he sat back up straight in his throne. That smirk never leaving. "So" he began "Hikara has found rest in Chase Young's fortress? How……interesting."

However, the bird disagreed. It shook it's head again and flapped it's wings numerous times.

Shadow raised an eyebrow "She was rescued by Chase Young? That's funny. Isn't Chase Young the supposed "Prince of Darkness?" I doubt that he would rescue Hikara. His heart is black. He would have no affection for the girl."

The bird lowered its head and shook it numerous times.

Shadow laughed. "Alright! I believe you now. And she's sleeping in HIS bedroom!? Wow. I would never have guessed that the immortal Chase Young would fall for Hikara! Hmm. Yes, this is very interesting."

The birds green eyes glowed bright and he rose his wings in the air.

Shadow bent down to the bird again. "You say that he hasn't fallen for her but merely helped her. However, I know he will. Hikara is quite the attractive young female Haru. Even the soulless could fall for her." Haru blinked a few times trying to decipher his Master's words. He looked up into his blood eyes.

"Go" the Heylin Grand Master announced suddenly. "Keep watching them and report any other interesting news."

Haru closed his eyes and bowed respectfully before opening his wings and flying off once again. Out the window and soaring over Shadow's empire. The many streets were lit down below as Haru made his made up and up to the portal. As he looked down he saw General Hardwell returning with his troops from visiting the "Top World" to do trade with the "Omayo" branch family.

The Omayo family was the only known family that knew of the "Heylin Empire." They were also a very powerful family. Well trained in that of martial arts. No other living being knew of the empire.

Haru looked up to the sky and saw the magical green portal that would take him up. He darted into it and left behind the wondrous land of the "Heylin Empire." The land that humans thought to be Atlantis.

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Wuya sat on a couch in the Living room reading a book. The Living room was far off from the main entrance so it was relatively silent as she read. The red haired witch wasn't reading any old book though. She was reading "Women Style! The mag for all you beautiful gals out there!" It was a rather simple magazine. One with pictures of new clothes and shoes, even handbags. Or perhaps even new makeup. Well, that's what Wuya was looking at right now anyways. A picture of a woman wearing some sort of ugly mascara.

"Uhh" she sputtered "was horrible taste. Green is so not her colour. Perhaps purple, or maybe blue or even-"

"Why do you read such pathetic books Wuya?"

Wuya sprang up knowing that dark, familiar voice all too well. "Chase!" she exclaimed whipping her head around to meet two slit eyes. "What are you doing here!?" The Heylin witch jumped off the couch and stood in front of him.

Chase narrowed his eyes dangerously "do you know anything about that mark on the girl's arm?" Wuya nervously shuffled her feet

"No."

Chase wasn't buying it. "You're hiding something Wuya" he hissed. "I need to know about it."

Wuya again shuffled nervously. Could she tell him? It wasn't a vital piece of information but it might get him off her back for a while.

"Fine" she declared and folded her arms.

"The mark represents an ancient power. That's all I know. The power's been lost for years so this girl is probably the only one with it."

Chase collected this information and tried to decipher it in his mind. Power? What kind of power? Evil power? What was she running from in the forest? Why was the mark hurting her? So many questions and not a lot of answers.

It was obvious Chase would have to wait until the girl woke up.

"However" Wuya interrupted his thoughts. Something else had triggered in the Heylin witch's mind. A flashback from her past. It was of Dashi and a certain someone else.

Flashback!

Wuya crept up behind the pile of rubble and listened as the legendary swords clashed off each other. The Sword of Darkness and the Sword of Light. Dashi was in a fight for his life. After all, who would be stupid enough to challenge the great Heylin Grandmaster? And alone. He might have had the chance if Guan or Chase was by his side but Chase had betrayed him and Guan sat helplessly by the sidelines. He had tried to stop Dashi from challenging this creature, and alone, by himself. It wasn't right but Guan could not do anything now. He sat there on a large rock watching the lethal battle unfold before his very eyes. The dark hedgehog flashing green flames of Heylin magic and Dashi dodging each blast with luck. That luck was, however, running thin. Wuya almost felt sorry for Grandmaster Dashi. She knew he stood no chance.

Shadow was just too powerful.

The dark hedgehog could easily surpass Dashi but he liked to, 'play' with his 'food.'

Shadow and Dashi were once good friends but in time, the Heylin darkness clouded the hedgehog's soul leaving nothing but evil in it's wake.

Things would not be like this, however, if that blasted Bean would have never intervened. That blasted Bean being Hannibal Roy Bean. First Shadow and then Chase. That rotten Bean was heartless and greedy. And, of course, stupid. Sure, thinking he could partner up with Chase was possible, but Shadow? Oh no. In all Wuya's years she had never seen a more skilled warrior.

Shadow was smart AND powerful. A winning combination.

Somehow though, Wuya could relate to the hedgehog's ways. A nice evil empire away from the top world seemed rather cosy. That was all Shadow ever wished. No big plans to rule the world like every other evil mastermind. He was quite……different.

But Wuya could not settle for a little palace, she wanted the entire world. Not just the bottom of it. That wouldn't be enough.

You see, Shadow had no big, fantastic dreams to rule the entire planet. He just believed that the Heylin Empire was another race to look after. He decided to build a huge city filled with nothing but Heylin followers. But they needed a leader. And, in time, Shadow became that leader. The king of the Heylin Empire.

The empire was hidden from the world deep within the earth. Situated in the lost city of Atlantis. It was known to all by Atlantis but to Wuya, and perhaps any others who knew of it, as the Heylin Empire. An empire that never interfered in the world and stuck to it's own rules and territory. In truth, Shadow's soul was gone but his heart was in the right place.

Wuya winced as the Xiaolin fight ended and Shadow proved triumphant.

Dashi put up a good fight, drew Shadow to the last attack. However, it was a fight to the death and Shadow was going to kill Dashi. But he never did. He let Dashi live and said that he would be back later to claim his life. Dashi was a warrior and kept his word that he would die honourably, without a fight.

End Flashback!

Sadly, Wuya never lived to see Dashi's demise. Instead, the day before Shadow returned Wuya died by Grand Master Dashi's very hand. Wuya could only imagine, as Dashi knelt down outside the Xiaolin temple drenched with the falling rain. She could only imagine Shadow lifting his Heylin sword. And, she could only imagine as the Heylin master brought it down on his, once, best friend.

It was true to what the legends stated. The ONLY two Grandmasters ever to live were Dashi, and Shadow.

The legendary Grand Masters of Light………and Dark.

Chase still watched her with an unreadable expression but she was sure there was a tint of interest in there.

"However?" he asked her without much patience.

"However," Wuya resumed "there is one person who also has that mark." Wuya smiled as Chase lifted his eyebrows at her.

"Who?" he asked, rather interested in the matter now.

"His name Chase. Is Shadow the hedgehog.

Hikara awoke the next morning and sat upright in Chase's bed.

She looked around at her surroundings but it wasn't much help. In a room lit with one, flimsy candle it would be hard to see anything at all. She wiped her eyes vigorously trying to access her situation. Had she been chased by evil shadows sent by a demon who wanted her dead? Had she been rescued by Chase Young? Had she snooped in his Lao-Mang-Lone Soup cupboard?

Yes.

It dawned on her. All that had happened to her.

Her arm still ached however, and it was stiff. She fingered the mark on her shoulder gingerly. But when she touched it, it hurt. It hurt like hell. "Alright" she hissed "lets try not to use this arm today."

She slowly manoeuvred her way out from under the bed sheets and onto the marble floor. She stood there for a minute not needing to dress since she still wore her same tattered clothes.

Hunched over Hikara again looked around. She was truly freezing from the cold. You could even see your own breath appear in the air. Hikara was surprised no frost had found its way in here. "No heating?" she pouted glancing around her.

Finally, after much consideration, the purple haired girl wobbled over to the door and placed one icy hand on the handle.

But then, the impossible happened. TRULY, the impossible.

The doorknob turned blue. Then, a crackling sound followed. It was then Hikara realised, it had turned to ice. Hikara lurched backwards leaving out a terrified scream. She had touched the door knob……….and it turned to ice.

How was that possible? What was she!?

Hikara's P.O.V

"What is happening to me!?" I roared at the top of my lungs. I had just turned the doorknob to ice! Normal people don't do that! Though, after that incident I don't think I was classified as normal any longer! I sank to my knees and stared in disbelief as my blue hand. It was blue! Not the pale, skin colour it always was. It was a deep, crystallized, icy blue! As I lay sprawled out on the floor I felt a stingy liquid enter my eyes. What was I?

The door, in a second, suddenly burst open and in jumped Wuya. She ran over to me and knelt down peering at me with her evil, green eyes.

"What happened child!?" she demanded. But I couldn't speak. I just sat there traumatised at what happened. What was going on with me? Why had I, since I left Shadow, been so unlucky and scared? Why!? Was I cursed!?

Then it came back to me. Last night. Something, someone had whispered those two words. 'Elemental Dragon.' But, just what the heck did that mean!? It certainly didn't help! All it did was confuse me more. I was no dragon. I didn't have huge wings and scales! Uhh! It didn't help one bit.

Wuya still just sat there yelling at me. Did it not dawn on her to follow my gaze to my now blue hand? No? Was she that stupid?

Finally, after what seemed life five minutes I felt reality return to me. I looked up to Wuya for the first time and felt time speed up again. I frowned and stood up abruptly. It was a good idea not to reveal what had just happened. I felt that I needed to act stubborn against the Heylin witch and not to show my weakness. I barged out the doorway, ignoring the blue colour spreading out on all directions covering the door, and practically charged down the hallway not even thinking what I was doing.

All I knew was that I had to get away from Wuya and go find………Chase? Maybe I should. I should explain to him what I was doing in the forest. I knew I wouldn't be able to leave his citadel without him knowing. But, why would he care. Although, he did see the mark on my arm. He'll probably want to know about that. Then, once I left I could continue my search for a……… I slowed down as realisation dawned on me "Master" I finished. Then I felt a smile replace my stubborn, weak frown.

Perhaps Chase Young could teach me? Yes! He could teach me. As a Heylin apprentice only……… "Do I want to be a Heylin apprentice? Isn't that evil? But look at Shadow. Isn't he a Heylin warrior and he's so carefree? And powerful. Maybe I could give it a go. But first I have to talk to Chase."

I looked up with a smile on my face and ran down the hall hoping to meet Chase on the way and not have to look for him in this labyrinth.

He should have heard my scream but maybe he didn't. Or he just sent Wuya to see what was wrong. He didn't have a soul so why would he care? In fact, I felt sadness take over; he might decline my wish to become his apprentice. Why would he want a weakling like me? I knew no Xiaolin arts or magic. What use was I?

Tears started to well up in my eyes again but I refused to let my weakness take over.

But again, like the night before those words appeared:

"Elemental Dragon" they hissed. I stopped and looked around. "Who's there?" I called out hoarsely into the air.

No reply.

I frowned what was going on. I wasn't sure who I even was anymore but still, I ran on.

At last, I reached the end of the hallway. It was then I saw him. Down in front of the entrance to his citadel. The huge door was in pieces and just inside the rubble were four kids all in fighting stances. They were ready to fight, to fight Chase.

I watched as Chase made some sort of remark to the smallest one, one with a very big head. Not that he was weird or anything. In fact, the kid might be a very nice friend.

However, in anger at the remark, the bowling balled head kid sprang into the air trying to attack Chase from above. Then, I watched as the other three kids bounded towards him too.

"Who are they?" I asked myself "and why are they here?"

It was true. Dashi had died by Shadow's sword. The Legendary Dark Sword. Shadow still processed that sword and forever kept it with him at all times. It was his prized procession.

However, it was the Light Sword, the sword Dashi had fought him with, that could kill Shadow and was the one, and ONLY, thing that would always worry him and forever haunt him in his dreams.

It terrified Shadow for…………..

……………He didn't even know where the Sword of Light was……………

Alright! Another chapter! I seem to be better at writing Xiaolin Showdown fics then Shaman King Ones so I'll be working continuously at this for a little while.

If you have any suggestions or if you would like to see anything happen in the story give me your ideas in the review and I'll consider them. I won't tell you if I'll put them in or not though 'cause that would spoil the fic then wouldn't it! Really though, suggestions are good.

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