Revenge never tasted so sweet
Disclaimers: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown or any of its characters nor make a profit from this story. What I do own is this story plot and Youko.
Warning: Cursing, Sexual Content, Blood
It had been a few days since Jack's triumph against the monks but the thing that Chase couldn't seem to shake from his mind was the mysterious man that was with him. He looked oddly familiar but ever time Chase tried to remember the memory was slipped away; it was starting to get on his nerves. So with a frustrated sigh, he gave up on trying meditating and walked off to the training room to vent his frustration. He only got in 30 minutes of training before Wuya walked in. She had a look on her face that was a mixture of annoyance and nervousness.
"How much stronger do you think he'll get if this continues?"
That question caused Chase to pause in his training and turned to the witch.
"Wuya, are you actually scared of that worm?" Chase said with a smirk.
Her head shot up, her narrowed in a glare.
"No, that's not it!" She shouted in her defense.
"Oh really? Well don't you worry about Jack; I'll being keeping an eye on him." Chase said with a chuckle, before resuming training.
Wuya gridded her teeth as she glared harshly at Chase but bit back on the sneer comment she was going to say.
"Anyway, about that man… did he seem strange to you?"
Chase paused once more surprised at her question and turned to her.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well before I was too focused on Jack to notice but when I started trying to sense him out but couldn't."
There was a small pause before Chase replied.
"…So then my hypothesis was correct, Jack's teacher isn't human."
"Yeah, but the strange thing is he isn't a spirit either. While sensing him out it was like I came to a wall blocking me from getting a good sense of his power. I've never felt anything like this before…"
Chase let out a deep sigh. This is was getting more frustrating by the minute. Suddenly Wuya felt a familiar sensation and her eye narrowed in a mixed of confusion and annoyance.
"Again?"
Chase turned to her.
"What is it?"
"A new Shen Gong Wu is going to reveal itself soon."
A strong wind blew over the grass fields of the training grounds Jack's teacher had transported them too. Youko was standing a few feet away from in front of Jack with a serious look on his face. Youko had his hair pulled back into a ponytail and was wearing casual clothes, jeans and a long sleeved white shirt. Even though this kind of attire seemed plain, Youko's natural beauty made it look majestic.
"Alright Jack, before the new Shen Gong Wu activate, I want to train you a little better in using that katana."
Jack nodded, listening intently to the man's words.
"I'm going train you personally, I will also use my magic so make sure to use that katana understand?"
"Yes!"
Youko smirked; he did love Jack's determination.
"Alright, ready yourself Jack!"
Jack nodded, falling back into a defensive position, katana poised in front of him. His eyes were hardened and focus straight at Youko.
"I'm ready!"
"Good!" Youko said before rushing forward, running straight towards Jack.
Jack stayed in his defensive position, waiting for Youko to reach arm length but just as he was, he disappeared. Jack's eyes widened as he looked around himself wildly.
Jack, keep focus and sense him out. Remember don't ever lose your concentration.
Jack took in a deep breath, calming himself and closed his eyes and focused hard, trying desperately to sense him out, not the left or right, and not under so then...
Above!
Jack's eyes snapped open and brought the katana above himself, successfully blocking the kick meant for his head. Youko's gleaming red eyes were wide in excitement and a wide smirk was plastered on his face. Though Jack had blocked the attack, the matter of Youko pressing his weight down on the blade was causing Jack to lose balance. So Jack thrust his weight back pushing Youko up and off the katana. Youko flipped back in the air and landed gracefully on the ground a few feet away.
"That was good, Jack"
"Thank you." Jack said with a confident smirk on his lips.
"Now, let see you deal with magic."
Youko the lifted his left hand and suddenly it was engulfed in a light blue flame. Jack gulped, he saw Youko only use his flame once and that time… Well let's just say, the people who he used it on won't need to worry about children for a long time and that was something Jack didn't not want to experience. Jack once again brought the katana in front of him. Youko brought his arm forward, the flame danced around his arm and suddenly the very tip of it transformed into a dragon's head. It glared at Jack, letting out a loud screeching roar. Jack took a step back in fear as he felt his heart skip a beat.
Calm down Jack; remember that Youko won't harm you and that I am here to protect you.
Instantly Jack felt his rapidly beating heart slow to it normal pace as he let out a sigh and stared completely calm at Youko. Youko gave the boy a smirk, Jack's almost unnatural ability to adapt never seizes to amaze him.
"You better be ready, Jack! Because here it comes!" Youko said thrusting his arm forward, causing the blue flamed dragon to lash out and go rushing in Jack's direction.
Jack stood his grounds even with the raging dragon growing ever closer to him.
Good, Jack. Remember never let fear break your concentration. Always keep a level head because it could be the difference between living and dying.
Jack's ruby red eyes were trained on the dragon coming at him, never did he break away from his trace like stare he had on the dragon. Suddenly everything became slower, Jack took in a deep breath as the dragon had finally reach with in his striking range.
Now!
Jack became like lighting as he suddenly sprinted towards the dragon, the katana poised in front of him ready to strike. The dragon let out a roar as it curved itself changing it's direction and went straight for Jack's fast moving legs. Jack's body was on autopilot as it jumped into the air avoiding the ground attack by the dragon, but just as dragon went to turn to try to attack again, Jack brought the katana down, piercing it straight at the center of its head. A loud screeching roar rang out before the dragon disappeared in a blinding light. The field was silent as Jack raised t his feet, his eyes were glowing darkly which disappeared as he turned to see Youko walking up to him.
"That was excellent, Jack."
"Thank you Sensei!"
"It's time for us to go Jack, come." Youko sad turning as a portal appeared before the two of them.
A gentle wind blew through the mountain forest; random animals were scurrying through the air, completely oblivious of what was about to happen to their home. Suddenly a black swirling portal appeared in one of the clearings in the forest. Out stepped both Youko and Jack. As soon as they did, the portal disappeared having served its purpose. Jack looked over the area, nothing out of the ordinary.
"Youko, where is the Shen Gong Wu?"
"Up top that tree." He said pointing into the distance at an over grown oak tree that towered over all the others.
At first Jack's couldn't see it but with a little bit of strain, he saw a sparkle at the top of the tree.
"Whoa..."
"Well let's get moving before the rest of them get to it."
Jack watch as his teacher started to walk ahead.
"Wait, you're staying?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's just I didn't expect you to join in."
"I most likely won't but that is depending on what he does."
"Who are you talkin- oh."
Jack felt his heart clench a little; of course Youko was referring to Chase.
"So I'm still not strong enough?" Jack mumbled, eyes averted to the ground.
"Not yet, but give it time."
Jack nodded as he followed behind his teacher.
It didn't take them long to reach the tree, but the same thing went for the monks as well.
"Jack Spicer!"
Jack let out a sigh before turning to the monks.
"It's you guys again, back for more?" Jack mocked with a smirk.
The monks glared coldly at him, but now weren't the time to talk. Jack quickly turned back to the tree and suddenly jumped into it. The monks were caught off guard by that, the old Jack usually would barged so more especially given the conditions. The monks quickly over came their shock a they also bound up the tree after Jack. Jack jumped up from branch to branch, the monks right behind him at this rate Jack would reach the Wu before them. Omi pulled out the Orb of Tsunami.
"Orb of Tsunami, Water!"
Suddenly a whirlwind of water surrounded Omi and like a canon shot Omi out. Omi reached the top easily and saw the Shen Gong Wu and reach out for it. Just as Omi touch, Jack's hand came down on it as well. Omi and Jack glared at each other, the Wu shining under their palms.
"Jack Spicer I challenge you to-"
"A Xiaolin Showdown"
Jack's and Omi's eyes both widened as they both turned to see Chase; his left index finger was placed on the edge of the Shen Gong Wu. Jack cursed in his head; this was defiantly not what he wanted.
"It will be a three way battle, the last person standing wins the Shen Gong Wu." Chase finished.
Omi and Jack reluctantly nodded.
"Let's go, Xiaolin Showdown!" They all yelled in unison.
In a suddenly flash of light, the surrounding area morphed. The tree suddenly grew to impossible heights and the surrounding mountains created an oval like cage around the overgrown trees trapping everyone inside. Luckily for Jack, when the area morphed it caused Omi and Chase to separate from him giving him time to think.
"Gong Yi Tanpai"
Omi's voice echoed in the dense forest and so the showdown began. Jack made quick work of trying to sense out his opponents, Omi he found wasn't too far away from him but as for Chase. Jack let out a frustrated sigh when he found that he could pin point Chase, though he could guess that Chase wishes to watch then strike, so for now he'll deal with Omi.
"Orb of Tsunami!"
Jack quickly jumped onto a different tree to avoid getting hit by the mini tidal wave that had been rushing towards him. Jack glared over to Omi as he landed on a branch to a tree that was almost directly opposite to his.
"Prepare to be defeated, Jack Spicer!" Omi announced pointing at Jack.
Jack just scoffed.
"Go ahead and try!"
Omi wasted no time jumping onto Jack's branch. Omi then raised a fist to punch Jack in the face which Jack easily averted and countered with a kick. Omi blocked then knock it away before bring his own foot up to kick Jack in the face. Jack raised a hand and caught the foot and used that to send Omi sailing through the air towards a nearby tree. Omi's back hit the tree with a loud thud and he fell onto a branch underneath him. He clenched his teeth together to silence the yelp of pain that threaten to tumble out of his lips. He quickly regains his composition and just in time to block the punch coming at him. They continued to exchange blows, both completely unaware the Chase was not too far off, watching their battle with interest. Jack and Omi broke apart from their fighting frenzy; both had smirks on their faces.
"You fight very well, Jack."
"Same to you Omi."
And they were back to each other's throats. Jack threw a punch which Omi raised his arms to block but that was just what Jack wanted as he quickly pulled back the punch and dealt a well aimed kick to Omi's unprotected waist. Omi's eye widened as pain jumped up his spine, while Omi was thrown off Jack reached behind him and grabbed the katana, whipping it out slicing Omi across the stomach. Omi jumped back to up some space between him and Jack, holding his stomach in pain. Omi clenched his jaw together and ignored the pain from his wound and summoned his element.
"You have been a good foe, Jack but it time to admit defeat!"
Omi then sent a blast of water in Jack's direction. Jack quickly dodged out of the way only to be attack again, which Jack's counter was to slice the water away. This continued for a good few minutes until both Omi and Jack were exhausted. Jack had a scratched from the blunt force of the water. Omi's wound was still bleeding and now that he had exhausted his element power, he was pretty much defenseless. Jack raced at Omi and before Omi could raise his arms to defeat himself, Jack slide and kicked up, dealing a upward kick to Omi's chin. The power behind Jack's kick made blood spill from Omi mouth as he flew back then fell back to the ground. Omi tried hard to sort of his mind as the pain and the tiredness of his body started to mix together until he suddenly lost consciousness. Jack panted as he pulled himself up straight, standing over Omi. Suddenly a bright light surrounded Omi which caused Jack to turn away and when the light died Omi was gone. Which meant Jack was alone…with Chase. Suddenly a cold shiver went down Jack's spine as he looked around himself, nothing but tree but he just couldn't calm down, he knew Chase was out there, waiting for the moment to attack. And the moment came; Chase suddenly appeared behind Jack and kicked him hard in the side. Jack's eyes widened as pain erupted from his side, he was sure that Chase had cracked a rib or two from that kick alone. Jack went sailing through the air before he skittered across the ground, he could feel pain all over each time he rolled. Finally he came to a stop, rolling onto his back. He slowly rose to his knees, Chase hadn't moved from his spot. He eyed Jack with cold, murderous eyes, and at the time Jack was in complete fear. Never before did he feel such a harsh and powerful sense from Chase, sure before Chase's disliked Jack but never to this extent and that was what really scared Jack the most, Chase wasn't playing around, he was serious going to try and kill him. Jack first thoughts were to get away but he knew that Chase was much quicker than him, as Youko said, he was still no match for Chase. Chase raised a hand to Jack, it started glowing a dark ominous purple. Jack's eyes widened.
'He's going to use magic?'
Jack started frantically search for his katana but found that Chase had it in his hands.
"So this katana is the reason you can cut through magic? Well then, let's see how you do without it shall we?"
A dark smirk appeared on Chase's face. At this point, Jack's mind was thinking too fast to kept up, his heart racing in his chest. Fear was radiating from him which gave Chase all the more glee in seeing the boy shake under his power. Suddenly Chase's let off the blast, for Jack everything slowed. He could only watch helplessly as the blast grew near, at that moment his mind drifted.
'I don't want to die!'
Jack raised his hand up as if to protect himself, not realizing they had started glowing black. So when he brought them up a black blast of energy shot out and smashed with Chase's magic attack canceling them both out. The field went deadly silent, the spectators except for Youko looked at Jack in both confusion and absolute shock. But on Youko's face was a different mixture of expression, one of both excitement and pride. Chase was staring wide eye at Jack a good few minutes, he could hardly believe what just happen, how in the seven hells did Jack know how to use magic? No, scratched that, why in the seven hells did he even have that capability? Chase let out a hiss; his hand glowed once again, before Jack was a worm, nothing more. But now, things have change, Jack's not only gotten stronger but by some harsh twist of fate, he had the ability to use magic. Chase felt a pang in his chest, in angered him that someone he thought was more worthless than dirt could actually become a threat. Jack Spicer had become a possible threat. Chase quickly rushed forward, he hate the feeling of knowing that Jack could be a possible threat, it made him sick. He raised his hand it was still glowing with his magic and brought it forward targeting Jack, who could only, raised his hand once again to defeat himself, waiting for the pain to come but it never did. Jack peeped out and was surprised to see Youko standing in front of him, holding Chase's hand, stopping his attack cold. Chase's glared coldly at the man who stood before him; Youko had a pleasantly smug smirk on his face that disgusted Chase but also set him off.
"Now now Chase, I'm sorry but I can't have you harming my precious student now can I?"
Next Time: The Fox vs The Dragon