The Blood Maze
"Great, another Wu has been activated!" smiled Kimiko, looking forwards to winning the prize from evil.
They headed into the scroll room where their master explained the mysterious powers of the new Shengongwu.
"The Blood Maze is a dangerous item; it can trap opponents inside itself. The people are set free once they get to the centre of the maze," explained Master Fung.
"Alright master, we shall do our best!" exclaimed Omi.
They headed outside, but were shocked to see two familiar faces, and a new face, appear in front of them.
"Miles, Tristan and…who are you?" asked Raimundo, looking at the new member.
The creature was about a foot and a half high, he had smooth blue skin. He looked a lot like a squid; he had two large cute eyes.
"My name's Ika Ugagi Ika Feelers Ika Ugagi Ika, but everyone calls me Feelers," squeaked the being.
The Xiaolin team exchanged puzzled looks; obviously this new character was from Miles' world. Dojo glided down to meet the creature, the phoenix realized that they were both roughly the same size.
"He's an interesting character, Miles," said the wise bird.
"Me and Feelers dropped in to visit you, but we met up with Tristan and Pierre, who were coming to visit you anyway," Miles explained.
Omi smiled.
"We might as well get the new Shengongwu together, seeing as we are all here now!" he said.
They all hopped into the Silver Manta Ray to fly to Poland. They landed on top of a tall skyscraper in the bustling city of Warsaw; Raimundo was out of the mystical vehicle first, he was also the first to spot the small maze Shengongwu. It looked like it was one of those cheap novelty mazes where you guided a silver ball to the centre.
"Jack would've made his appearance now, something's as fishy as a salmon dipped in chum…" whispered Clay.
They jumped suddenly as a comet fell from the sky, the dragon of void jumped forwards in anger.
"Raphalt!" Tristan growled as the fiend revealed himself and his comrade, Reid, whose appearance angered the team of original warriors.
"Reid, I have sworn that I would kill you! It looks like today is the time I can complete that mission to avenge Dashi and all the other people you ended the lives of!" shouted Omi, holding both the Orb of Tournami and Shimo Staff ready to begin the battle against good and evil.
Raphalt and Reid laughed maniacally.
"We both have a lot in common; we both were temple guardians who betrayed you! Now its time for us to unite our attacks and send your souls to hell!" laughed Reid, Raphalt jumped forwards and ran towards the Blood Maze.
"You shall pay for imprisoning me, you vile gecko!" shouted Dojo, remembering the painful 1500 years he had been trapped in the bird cage while the green scaled fiend pretended to be him.
"Oh no you don't!" shouted Tristan, leaping forwards, he clearly wanted revenge on the fiendish tyrant for betraying him.
Both fighters touched the Wu at the same time, they exchanged looks of determination, a Xiaolin Showdown would be the perfect chance for Raphalt to kill Tristan or Tristan to slay Raphalt.
"Well, looks like a showdown. I wager my Sphere of Yun for your Switcher Wu. But to make it slightly more rewarding, let's make it a Shen Yi Bu!" grinned Raphalt, staring evilly at his opponent.
Kimiko ran forwards.
"No! Don't accept, that'll give him more life force to absorb if he wins the showdown!" she yelled.
Tristan looked back at the fire dragon.
"I accept your challenge; it shall make losing more painful for you! My second Wu I shall wager shall be the Helmet of Jong, your second Wu shall be the Sphere of Gaia," Tristan said.
Omi gasped. Dojo, who was perched on his shoulder, put his wings over his face.
"He wants to test his luck, just to see if he can have revenge on Raphalt!" he said, the rest of the heroes were disappointed too.
"I still believe in him, though," sighed Kimiko.
"Me too, Tristan is a brave hero who strives to maintain justice," added Dojo.
Raphalt was pleased by Tristan's wager.
"Good. Whoever touches the ground with their chest loses!" Raphalt chuckled.
Tristan was shocked, this challenge sounded hard.
"Let's Go, GONG YI TAMPAI!"
They stood in the centre of a circle drawn with white paint, they engaged in combat, each one trying to cause each other to make contact with the ground.
"PHOTON RAY!"
The minor dragon of void evaded the attack, he countered with his own move.
"SCREW DIVER!"
The aerial spinning kick almost knocked King to the ground, but he unfortunately recovered before the floor met his chest.
"Face it Tristan, I will not allow you to win!" chuckled Raphalt.
"Prepare to be disappointed then!" snapped Tristan, charging forwards so he could push his opponent down on the ground.
Reid suddenly leapt into the ring, he landed strait onto Tristan's back.
"What? That is an act of cheating!" exclaimed Omi.
"I agree with Omi, and I'm sure everyone agrees too!" said Clay, also shocked by the villain's act.
Reid super sized himself and flattened Tristan, the warrior made contact between his chest and the ground. The showdown was over, Raphalt was victorious.
"You cheater!" growled Raimundo.
He ran forwards, aided by a gust of wind. Raphalt noticed his feeble attempt and struck the Brazilian warrior in the face, Raimundo was sent flying backwards. The fiend tossed the Blood Maze to Reid.
"You know what to do brother!" laughed Raphalt.
Reid pointed the Shengongwu at the group of heroes.
"Uh oh, look out!" shouted Miles.
"BLOOD MAZE!"
Clay, Miles, Raimundo and Kimiko were sucked into the new artefact. Feelers squealed as he saw his new friends get sucked inside.
"Ah! Now I'm too scared to fight without Miles on my side!" he cried.
Tristan and Omi grouped together to protect him.
"It was not your fault that you lost! Let us get our revenge on them together!" shouted Omi.
"Don't worry Feelers, we'll try and get the maze off him before they use its energy to revive their master, then our friends will be free!" shouted Tristan, getting out his Quantum Fury and transforming it into a hoop.
Omi was puzzled as he saw him put another object onto his arm.
"An Elemental Wu?" said Omi.
"Yes, this is Unfathomable Emptiness; I use it to boost the power of my Wudai weapon!" exclaimed Tristan.
Raphalt and Reid chuckled sinisterly.
"Prepare to die!" laughed Reid.
He leapt forwards, transforming into the large green dragon that the warriors used to ride on. Tristan was unfazed by the monster's appearance and commenced his attack.
"Let's strike this overgrown slowworm!" Tristan called his water manipulating friend to aid him.
Their Wudai Weapons and Elemental Wu glowed with intense energy.
"KAIJIN CHARM, SHIMO STAFF WATER!"
"UNFATHOMABLE EMPTINESS, QUANTUM FURY VOID!"
The weapons cut into Reid's bottom jaw, permanently deforming it. The damage was hardly noticeable at a distance, but it frightened Reid.
"Raphalt, we're leaving!" he growled, Raphalt looked surprised as the Blood Maze Began to vibrate in his hand.
The four people who were captured managed to escape; they joined the four remaining heroes and faced the two fiends.
"We're outnumbered, better escape," Raphalt whispered.
Before they could fly off, phoenix Dojo swooped down upon them and managed to steal one of the Shengongwu in his beak.
"Never mind about that item, we still have plenty for energy!" shouted Reid.
They disappeared shortly afterwards, the heroes saw that Dojo had snatched the Sphere of Yun.
"That was brave!" said Miles.
"I thought that it would be safe for me to steal from them, since they cheated in the showdown," said the bird like daemon.
Omi passed the mystical orb to Tristan.
"Yun was the original void warrior, perhaps it would be good to make this your signature Wu," the water monk explained.
Tristan looked at the powerful item.
"Thanks, now I can perform Xiaolin Limit Break like you guys. I'm sorry for accepting the showdown, I had no idea that Raphalt would be evil enough to cheat in a showdown," Tristan explained.
Clay patted him on the shoulder.
"You were very talented in that battle," the earth dragon said.
"Master Chow was right when he selected you as the leader of the minor dragons," said Raimundo.
Miles and Feelers looked excited.
"Why don't we stay for a while, we can help you with your quests!" they said.
Raimundo smiled.
"Sure, it'll be a better experience facing all the weirdoes with you guys," he said.