DISCLAMER: Blah, blah, blah, don't own Xiaolin Neon Showdown Genesis.
zankoku na tenshi no you ni
shounen yo shinwa ni nare!
aoi kaze ga ima
mune no DOA wo tataite mo
watashi dake wo tada mitsumete
hohoende'ru anata
sotto fureru mono
motomeru koto ni muchuu de
unmei sae mada shiranai
itaike na hitomi
dakedo itsuka kidzuku deshou
sono senaka ni wa
haruka mirai mezasu tame no
hane ga aru koto
zankoku na tenshi no TE-ZE
madobe kara yagate tobitatsu
hotobashiru atsui PATOSU de
omoide wo uragiru nara
kono sora wo daite kagayaku
shounen yo shinwa ni nare!
The Magic Compass
It was morning at the Xiaolin temple, Raimundo was the first one up, as usual. He went into Omi's room, and woke him up with a fresh breeze.
"Hey Omi, I'm gonna ask Fungmeister what's been going on, you can wake the others up," said Raimundo.
"Okay…" yawned Omi.
Raimundo walked into the garden, sometimes his master would come here to get some fresh air. As Raimundo had expected, their wise master was sitting there, listening to the glorious birdsong.
"Master Fung…" said Raimundo.
"Yes Raimundo?" asked the wise martial artist.
"I want to tell you something; how come there are two wind dragons?" asked the wind warrior.
Master Fung looked sad for a moment; he sadly turned his face towards the wind warrior.
"When the four of you were chosen, there was you and Tyson. Both of you had the potential to become xiaolin dragons, but only one could be chosen as the wind warrior. You were merely chosen at random, I am so sorry that I never mentioned this to you. I am too old and forgetful…" explained Master Fung.
"I hope Tyson can find a place where he's appreciated, he seemed pretty sad about not being the chosen one," said Raimundo.
He joined the rest of his comrades, today seemed like it was going to be a boring day. A new Shengongwu hadn't been revealed for over five hours, maybe there wouldn't be a Shengongwu to get at all. Kimiko suddenly heard a knock at the door, someone was visiting them.
"Who could it be?" asked Kimiko.
"I'll see!" shouted Omi.
He went to the entrance of the temple, there was the stranger. A tall man who wore a black leather jacket almost as black as his hair, he also wore black leather trousers as well. His jacket was adorned with interesting looking trinkets, and he carried two large swords on his back. His eyes were red, and his skin was very pale.
"Hello, Omi. May I come in for a while?" he said in a voice that sent shivers down the young monk's spine.
"Umm, okay. What is your name?" asked Omi.
"Stalfus, just Stalfus. I would like to speak to you," replied the stranger.
Omi lead the man into the main room, the other dragons jumped when they saw Stalfus.
"Omi, who is this guy?" Raimundo gasped.
"His name is Stalfus, he wants to speak with us," said Omi.
"You sure he's friendly Omi?" whispered Clay.
Stalfus sat down with the xiaolin dragons, there was a long pause before he spoke.
"I need to ask you a favour, will you take me to Constantine's Compass. I shall explain what it is later, but it is a long way away. I know that you posses a flying machine, you can take me to it," he said.
"Sure, but where is this Compass?" Raimundo asked.
"I can sense it," said Stalfus.
He put both of his index fingers on his forehead; the dragons were shocked to see a third eye grow from the top of his head. It constantly swivelled about, as if it was looking for something.
"Whoa…" whispered Kimiko.
"I've seen a three eyed frog, but this is ridiculous!" whispered Clay.
The third eye suddenly melted back into Stalfus' crown, the mysterious man removed the fingers from his forehead.
"It is in the west," he whispered.
"Okay then, lets go!" shouted Raimundo, still slightly disturbed by the third eye.
The progressed outside, Dojo was behind. Kimiko looked at the worried bird daemon.
"You okay?" she asked.
"I sense trouble…" replied Dojo.
They all hopped into the Silver Manta Ray with their new accomplice, the silver craft flew up into the air and departed for its mission. They soon landed in Mexico, outside a dark cave.
"Is this Compass some sort of Shengongwu?" asked Kimiko.
"I'm afraid I have not heard of that term before, child. The compass is merely a magical object I need to fulfil my quest," Stalfus answered.
They all walked into the cave, it was very short, and terminated in a dead end.
"Where is it?" asked Raimundo.
Stalfus held out his hand, the wall in front of them disappeared completely. Behind it was some sort of shrine, with a statue of an angel. Stalfus slowly walked up to it, but a spark of electricity repelled his hand.
"A barrier… can one of you get it for me?" asked Stalfus.
"Sure," Raimundo answered.
He walked up to the statue and took the compass from it; he was intrigued why the mysterious man couldn't get the compass himself. He handed the mystical object to their three eyed friend.
"Thank you," smiled Stalfus.
They headed out of the cave and back into the Silver Manta Ray, it flew all the way back to China.
"So what is this compass for?" asked Clay when they arrived at the temple.
"It will find something for me, something my third eye cannot detect," Stalfus explained.
"Are you leaving now?" asked Omi.
Stalfus grinned.
"I'm afraid I am, see you soon…" he said.
He walked slowly out of the temple, the four monks and their daemon saw him walk into the distance.
"There was something most disturbing about that man," said Dojo.
"Yeah, he gave me the willies too," Raimundo agreed with the phoenix's statement.
"No, I mean something evil. He had a dark aura around him, like that of a dragon," said Dojo.
"And we know how evil dragons are," added Kimiko.
They were surprised to see John suddenly materialize in front of them, Omi jumped backwards, knocking over Clay.
"Have you seen a man?" asked the brave daemon tamer.
"What is his name?" asked Dojo.
John paused for a while to catch his breath.
"Stalfus," he said.
The five heroes stood in horror.
"Why do you need him?" asked Omi.
"He is an evil man, he is a demon tamer. He has slaughtered many innocent people, and wants to gain ultimate power. He has recently discovered an object known as the Fusion Soul; I believe it to be some sort of Shengongwu. He needs it to fuse other items together, so he can become a powerful warrior. The Fusion Soul is pure light, and he cannot find it with his third eye, a demonic gift. He needs the Constantine Compass to find it; it can locate fluctuations in the flow of Mahou. I last sensed him in this area, have you seen him?" said John.
They paused for a while, Raimundo plucked up the courage to admit his horrible mistake.
"We did see Stalfus; we helped him get the compass. We are so sorry, we thought he was on our side," he said, sadly.
John closed his eyes.
"It is not your fault. Stalfus, he is cunning," said Yamikage, appearing beside his tamer.
Raimundo was sad too.
"What now?" he asked.
"It's only a matter of time before Stalfus gains what he needs," replied John.
John turned and walked out of the door.
"You're leaving?" asked Dojo, the bird daemon had grown quite fond of the daemon tamer.
"Yes, but I shall be back when the time is right. I shall help you in the battle against Stalfus," John replied.
He walked out of the door, and into the distance.
"That was so strange, we though that Stalfus guy was on our side," said Kimiko.
"Never mind, there are many more enemies than Stalfus!" Omi laughed.
Meanwhile, Stalfus landed on top of a mountain. He retracted his black demonic wings and went on looking for the pieces he needed to accomplish his task. He found a shining golden medallion, with a lion engraved on it.
"Ah, the Lion Medallion! With this I shall know no fear!" he laughed.
The object was a Shengongwu, but he only needed the compass and his third eye to find it.
"Soon, my mission will be a success!" he laughed.
He re grew his wings and flew into the distance, ready to find the next ingredient.
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