UXD: Hey everyone! Thanks for R&R!

Kaida: Hey UXD!

UXD: Kaida? What are you doing here?

Ryan: I thought I'd invite some friends around

UXD: Oh…Okay

Chun Li: Hello!

UXD: Yeah…Story…Now

Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown

Xiaolin Showdown: Legend of the Thunder Child III: Apocalypse Clone

16: Bean Duel

There was a bright flash as the entire mountain above them disappeared from above them. The walls broke apart and formed a circular arena around them. Another flash gave Ryan his Xiaolin Armour as he faced Hannibal Roy Bean. Ryan gave him a smug grin as he looked down at the tiny speck of an enemy.

"This won't take long" said Ryan "You don't even have a sword and I can beat you by stepping on you"

"Just try it" said Hannibal. Ryan sighed as he raised his foot, he was about to bring it down on him, when something fell out of the sky. It landed on Hannibal, covering the whole arena in dust. Ryan's eyes widened as he saw a huge black suit of armour rise out of the dust.

"Ah…" said Ryan "This complicates things…"

Hannibal leapt into the air where an escalator came out of the suit of armour's mouth and pulled him into it. Hannibal's dark laugh echoed in the empty suit, making it sound louder and more evil.

"Try and step on me now!" said Hannibal as he drove his fist into the ground; he roared as he pulled out the largest, most evil looking sword Ryan had ever seen. It was big and black with red markings on it; the air seemed to move with it when ever Hannibal swung it.

"Do you think you can keep up with me in that tin can?" said Ryan as he did his pre-fight preparations.

"Do you think you can win with a sword that, when compared to my sword, looks like a butter knife?" said Hannibal as he struck the ground hard with his sword, causing it to shake.

"Touché…" sighed Ryan.

"GONG YI TAMPI!"

Ryan shot forward, waving his sword at Hannibal; he figured that he could easily hit such a large target. Hannibal sighed as he retracted his body, easily avoiding his attacks. He punched him hard in the face, sending him flying across the arena. His sword spun across the floor away from him.

"Hey!" yelled Ryan as he wiped blood from his jaw, "No hand to hand! Use your sword!"

"Okay" said Hannibal. Ryan gasped as Hannibal jabbed his huge sword between his legs, Ryan forgot that if he used his sword on his face, he would have no face. He rolled backwards as he tried to avoid Hannibal's sword.

"Hold still!" yelled Hannibal "Let me neuter you!"

Ryan summoned his chi, sending him into the air and over Hannibal. He landed on the ground and grabbed his sword.

"Okay, beanie baby" said Ryan "Bring it on!"

Hannibal roared as he shot at Ryan, the ground shaking with each step he took. He swung his sword at him, but Ryan managed to avoid it and counter with his sword. There was a loud clang as their swords connected.

"Time we started to fight" said Hannibal "Instead of clowning around with acrobatics"

"Swift Scissor Swipe!" yelled Ryan as he dashed sideways and dived at him. His blade sliced at Hannibal's armour, sending sparks flying.

"Shockwave Slice!" yelled Hannibal as he swung his sword at Ryan; he managed to block it with his sword, but the force of the blow travelled through his body and into the ground, sending cracks through the earth.

"Your sword techniques surpass your age and body structure" said Hannibal as he pushed down on his sword, Ryan gritted his teeth as he tried to push back to stop himself from falling over, "You truly are Rycon reincarnated…"

"Who's Rycon?" said Ryan as he tried to regain his footing.

"Wouldn't you like to know…" said Hannibal. Ryan roared as he managed to push Hannibal's sword off his and jumped back to avoid any attack he may throw at him.

"Give me an R!" cheered Colza from the sidelines with a pair of pompoms, "Give me a Y! Give me an A! Give me an N! What do you got? RYAN!"

Ryan charged at Hannibal again, this time his sword held out like a lance. There was another loud clang as he collided with Hannibal's armour. Because his sword was a Shen gong wu, it didn't break, and because Hannibal's armour was made of one of the strongest alloys in the world, that didn't break either. Instead, the force of the blow pushed the hilt of his sword into Ryan's stomach, winding him. He groaned as he fell backwards onto the ground. Hannibal laughed as he looked down at him.

"What's wrong Ryan?" said Hannibal "Had enough?"

"No…" groaned Ryan as he got to his feet, "But I think I've splintered my pancreas…"

"You can't splinter your pancreas!" called Colza "It's an organ, not a bone!"

"Thanks for the biology lesson…" sighed Hannibal, a dark grin suddenly appeared in the darkness of his helmet, "I know! Let's continue this biology lesson with the dissection of Ryan!"

Ryan gasped as he rolled sideways, avoiding the large sword as it came down on top of him.

He sprinted as fast as he could behind Hannibal. Hannibal spun around on the spot, but Ryan had disappeared.

"What!" gasped Hannibal as he looked everywhere, "Where did he go?"

He spun around again as he heard his breathing noise behind him, but there was still no one there. He sighed when he realised where he was.

"Very clever…" sighed Hannibal. His helmet spun around, right in front of his face was Ryan, he was hiding by latching onto his back. He roared as he grabbed Ryan and threw him to the ground in front of him.

"Play time is over" said Hannibal "I'm going to crush you like a bean to see how you like it!"

He raised his foot above him and moved it over his body.

"Shall I crush your head first?" thought Hannibal "Nah, it'll take forever to get skull fragments and mashed brains out of my foot…Your chest area? No…I know! Let me start with your manhood!"

Ryan's eyes widened as Hannibal's foot went over him.

"Any last words?" laughed Hannibal. A grin suddenly appeared on Ryan's face.

"Yeah…Don't stick your foot in an electrical socket!" said Ryan as he grabbed his sword and rested the blade against Hannibal's armour.

"Wudai Supernova Thunder!" yelled Ryan.

Hannibal screamed as ten thousand volts shot through his armour. He groaned as his suit fell over backwards, smoke emanating from the suit. Hannibal groaned as he pulled is tiny body out of the suit.

"You haven't won this round yet…" groaned Hannibal "I'm still…powerful…"

There was a bight flash as everything returned to normal and Ryan felt the weight of the Moby Morpher in his hands, he looked down as he saw liquid metal wrap around his hands, Ryan had finally got the Sejoer Lzaas Blades, his own Wudai weapon.

"Oh yeah!" cheered Ryan "I got my Wudai weapon!"

"Well done Ryan!" said Colza "You did it!"

Ryan grinned as he looked over at Hannibal.

"Oh yeah, Ryan's the best!" sang Ryan "Oh yeah, better than the rest!"

Hannibal glared at him as he climbed off his armour and aimed something at him.

"Oh yeah! I'm in the groove!" sang Ryan "Uh oh…I can't move!"

Ryan tried to move his body, but it seemed like every muscle hand frozen. He looked over at Hannibal; he had a grin on his face as he pointed the Golden Finger at him.

"I'll take this if you don't mind" said Hannibal as he took the Moby Morpher from Ryan's arms, "Even if you did win, I'm still taking the Sejoer Lzaas Blades!"

He wrapped his roots around his metal gloves and tried to pull them off, but they wouldn't budge.

"You can't remove them" said Colza "It has chosen Ryan, so only he can take them off"

Hannibal leered at them as he jumped down from Ryan's arms and got into his armour.

"This is not the end, Young!" muttered Hannibal "Logan will have the Sejoer Lzaas Blades…"

"What?" gasped Ryan "Logan?"

There was a bright flash as Hannibal disappeared into thin air.

"Logan can't be alive" said Ryan as he looked at his hands, "He died at Altitude Limit…Did he?"

Colza shrugged her shoulders as they both left the room and headed back to the surface. Ryan looked at his hands; he looked at his own refection in his mirrored hands.

"Looking good…What do they do?" said Ryan.

"I don't know?" said Colza "They're called blades, but they're gloves…"

Ryan tapped his hand, it seemed to be as hard as metal when they were on his hands.

"Maybe I can smash stuff with my fist" said Ryan "Like the Fist of Temigong"

He turned to a wall and raised his fists.

"Sejoer Lzaas Blades!" yelled Ryan as he punched the wall, both of their eyes widened as they saw Ryan's metal fists hit the wall with a loud splat.

"What the hell?" gasped Colza as she looked at Ryan's hands; they had splattered against the wall like putty.

"Eww…" said Ryan as he removed his hands, they flopped to the floor like a floppy balloon, "I thought my hands were metal, not…liquid metal"

Colza raised her eyebrows at him as he moulded his hands back into shape.

"It must turn your hands into liquid metal" said Colza "But you don't have any control over it, it turns your hands into metal putty"

"And Omi though his weapon was useless…" sighed Ryan "Well…Let's go home, I'm tired and maybe Master Fung or Dojo will know what to do…"

They both sighed as they stepped into the sunlight. Colza super sized, Ryan climbed on and they both flew into the air and off into the horizon.

"Ryan…" said Hannibal as he watched Colza fly above him, "I could have easily beaten you…But I didn't want to take that chance…You're far too powerful for your own good…"

He climbed onto Ying-Ying's back and took off into the air.

"Your strength proves you really are Rycon reincarnated" said Hannibal "The original Thunder Child…Billions and billions of years ago…"

He snarled as he heard the name Rycon.

"Rycon…Son of the God of Thunder and the Goddess of Fire…Scourge of my people…And banisher of my father…"

His face turned to rage as he looked down at the landscape with pure hatred.

"I can bet Ryan will be exactly the same as him, the next Thunder Child…" said Hannibal "But as long as Ryan doesn't find the legendary Omen Sword, I can avenge my father by destroying the only person who hold Rycon's spirit…Ryan Young!"

He laughed evilly as Ying-Ying flew off into the horizon.

UXD: More stuff to add to your "Yet to be explained" pile…Who is this Rycon that Hannibal speaks of? What do he and Hannibal's father have to do with each other, and more importantly Ryan? Hannibal has a dad? What of the Sejoer Lzaas Blades, will Ryan learn how to use them?

Jiggy: I think my brain needs tuning…

Yamato: Nah, It needs replacing…

Ryan: R&R!

UXD: That is all you've said for the past few chapters

Ryan: Err…R&R?