The chains were special, they would keep his dragon element under control until he was an apprentice and could learn elementa; techniques. Until then the chains would only suffice and let him use basic moves with his tai-chi. If he ever got out of control again, Master Fung would have to give him a third chain, which would nearly block almost all of his element.
/The next morning.
Crow was the first to be awake, and he was in the center of the garden, meditating. He saw nothing, the chains must have been working. He opened his eyes and stared at his left wrist, then his right, If he had one on his right the he would be nervous for the other monks, it was obvious they were already afraid of him.
Kimiko woke up slowly, seeing no one else awake. She shrugged it off knowing there was no point is going back to sleep and quickly got her robes, going out to see Crow already up. "H-hi Crow," she said, getting closer to him. She didn't know if it was a good idea.
"I'm not evil.. you don't have to be afraid," he stood up and faced Kimiko, showing her the chains. "I'm trying to control it. I'm not your enemy." His voice was calm, and he sounded no older than thirteen, yet he was already dangerous without chains.
"What are those chains for anyway?" Kimiko asked, slowing calming down.
"They block some of the darkness apparently. When I learn to control it better then I can take these off." He smiled warmly, to show he had nothing but a good heart. "Back before I got here, I used to be created badly.. kicked out on the streets. No one liked me. I never wanted to be like them, so I decided to be a good person."
oksu Kimiko didn't know what to say, her life was easy going, her dad rich and having friends. Maybe there was something deeper that made him so dangerous, but maybe they were all getting the wrong picture and the fight had been a mistake. After all, ALyssa had asked for it.
Before either of them could get another word in, the other four appeared from behind, each wearing their monk uniforms. Crow saw Alyssa already healed and smiled slightly.
"It's nice to see I didn't do much damage. My goal was to win so you'd go," he called, but Alyssa didn't smile back. It was obvious she was still a little mad about losing. "You got lucky during our fight. Next time won't be so easy.." she muttered, as they neared Kimiko and Crow.
"That's enough of your taunting Alyssa," called a familiar voice." The six heads turned to see Master Fung walk towards them, Dojo with him, hanging on his shoulder. "I told you two about the Shen Gong Wu yesterday, and that we had recovered three earlier that day. The Mantis Flip Coin, Two-Ton Tunic, and the Eye of Dashi. These are three out of the countless number of them scattered throughout the world." He saw the bored faces of his students and sighed, this would be difficult to train them if they didn't even have an interest or attention span to listen for a few seconds.
Dojo, on the other hand, started shaking and fell off of Master Fung. "Speaking of Shen Gong Wu, we have a live one!" he said, Kimiko running and bringing out the ancient scroll. "The third arm sash.." she said, as they all watched the animation. "It's like having a third arm to fight with you!"
Dojo nodded. "It sure was handy all those years ago when working," he said, as he transformed into his giant dragon form. Alyssa and Crow's eyes were both wide, causing Raimundo to snicker.
"You two never seen a giant dragon before? he asked, hopping on Dojo's back.
"Real funny, I bet your first reaction was worse," Crow shot back, jumping on, the others doing the same as them.
"Off we go!" Dojo said, as they took flight. Crow showed no fear, but Alyssa seemed nervous as hell and gripped tightly. "Just hurry this up quickly.."
/In France.
Jack Spicer smiled to himself as he sat around, drinking coffee outside a shop, the third arm sash tied around his waist. He looked up in the sky, using his hand to block out some sunlight and snickered, turning on his helipack, and flying in the air, his ghost friend Wuya by his side. The Xiaolin monks got close and he landed back on the ground, them doing the same. The monks jumped off of Dojo, who shifted back down to a puny lizard and hid inside of Clay's hat. "You're too late Xiaolin losers!" he called, seeing the new addition. "What's this? Two new Xiaolin failures joining the ranks?" he laughed. "Jackbots, attack!"
Jack turned his helipod back on one more and flew away, as about fifteen of the small robots flew at them, whirrling small blades dangerous enough to pierce skin, and got close.
Omi, Kimiko, Raimundo and Clay started fighting, but only could take out a few before Alyssa and Crow were involved. One got close to Alyssa and she freaked, throwing a punch wildly, hitting the robot luckily in it's artifically face, and sending it back to Clay, who threw his weight against the bot and smashed it. He saw the last two behind Crow and called out to him. "Hey be careful partner! They're right behind ya!"
Crow made no sudden movements, and a bot was soon just a mere inch from him, before he turned and jumped back, letting it get closer once more, and kicked with a roundhouse kick, knocking the robot back into the other, and watching them be destroyed. "Try harder next time.."
Dojo jumped out of Clay's hat. "Now that the fight is over," he started, wiggling around. "A new Shen Gong Wu has already revealed itself!"
Kimiko pulled out the scroll that she had kept in a backpack she quickly nabbed, and looked at it. "The Fist of Tebigong." The little picture showed someone weaving the glove and punching with extreme force. "Wow."
"Well hop on," Dojo said, transforming again, and letting all the monks get on, before taking off. "We gotta get this one first."
/In a mountainous region.
Dojo landed near a flat surface, somewhere in the middle of mountains. "The Shen Gong Wu is close!" he said, dancing around, pointing off in random directions. "I can't get a clear view on it."
"Well why don't we split up. That way we can fill up more of the earth searching for it!" Omi suggested, but he only got blank looks from his team.
"Uh.. cover more ground!" Alyssa guessed, getting "ohhh" from just about every member. "I'll go with Kimiko," she said, running over to the girl. "And we'll go far from Crow.." she grabbed Kimiko's arm and took off,, after shooting one last look of hate over to the dragon of darkness.
Crow shrugged. "Whoever wants to go with me is fine," he said. "I just want to know why she's still angry about a fight she asked for.."
Raimundo and Omi were standing by each other. "Dunno man, she's probably just jealous you beat her so bad." The two started to walk away, and Crow was left with Clay.
Clay smiled slightly at him. "Well I guess we're partners now, partner," he said, tipping his hat, and walking off, Crow running beside him. "So where you from anyway? I'm from down south in Texas, where I used to round up cattle and help out on the farm."
Crow sighed. "I'm from the San Francisco area. I guess we're from the same country heh. It's a little messed up," he sighed, and the two moved around. He saw nothing out of the ordinary for a while, and then Clay spoke softly to him.
"Look, it's that no good varmin is here too?" he whispered, pulling out the Eye of Dashi, but Crow put his arm down. "No. A fall from his height will kill him." He pointed to the top of a small mountain. "Shoot at that, and he'll pay some attention to us." Crow eyed something shiny at the bottom of the platform they were on. He took the Wu from Clay and shot. "Eye of Dashi!"
As soon as the voice was yelled, Jack turned and saw the two. "Don't have time for you two! JACKBOTS!" he yelled, a bigger wave than last time coming at them. Crow bit his lip, but he looked at Clay and nodded. "Let's do this." He whispered to Clay, "The Shen Gong Wu is at the bottom of the platform. Climb down. I'll hold them off."
Clay nodded, putting his faith in, and started climbing down the side, the jackbots trying to hit Crow, but one was kicked back, hitting another and having an explosion with the two as more came at Crow, but he smirked and continued to pound at them with his fists, until a couple came at his at once, causing him to try and beat them off, until.. one scratched him, in his right arm and drew blood. He hissed at the bot and turned around, pouncing on it, and severed it's head, and smashed his way through the rest, panting hard as he stopped. he looked around, seeing the rubble.. "Damn."
Jack looked and saw the fight, his mouth gaping open as he watched his hard work destroyed, but he saw Clay going down and at the bottom.. the Fist of Tebigong. "That Wu is mine you Xiaolin loser!" he screeched, going full speed. Clay saw him and gasped slightly, losing balance and falling, but luckily he had hit Jack, who was just under him, and they fell, hitting the ground hard, just a few inches from the Wu. Jack and Clay looked at each other and both grabbed it.
"Clay! I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!" Jack spat. "First to get the Fist wins!"
The other four was running as they heard the explosions and fighting, and saw Crow clutching his bleeding arm. "Clay and Jack are down there. Jack just called out a showdown," he said, as they all silenced and listened.
"My Third Arm Sash against your Eye of Dashi!"
"Let's go!" they both yelled. "Xiaolin Showdown!"
The area changed, and flattened, though the monks were still watching from the platform (that stayed in tact), then a giant, cylander platform rose from the ground, the Fist of Tebigong at the top, and a spiraling staircase winded around.
"Gong Ye Tempai!"
Jack laughed and turned on his helipod and started to fly up, but he was only a few feet when Clay jumped and grabbed onto him, weighing him down, as he grabbed one of thetwo antenna and snapped it, bringing them back down. "Sorry partner, but this is gonna be a footrace!" he said, throwing Jack out of the way, and he started to run up the steps, but Jack quickly got up and chased him. "Third Arm Sash!" "Eye of Dashi!" Jack screenched and ducked down avoiding the lightning, then continued to run up the steps. Midway up, he spotted Jack again. "Not this time partner." He just flashed the Shen Gong Wu and Jack stopped, but he grit his teeth. "I'm not letting you make a fool of me!" he yelled, continuing his run. "Third Arm Sash!" he yelled, it grabbing the Eye of Dashi and throwing it off of the tower, and along with it, Clay, who dropped the Shen Gong Wu down the stairs, but held onto a step with both his hands. Jack, thinking he won, started to walk, a victory smile on his face.
"Not.. this time," Clay said, grabbing Jack's leg with one hand, and dragging him off of the side. Jack screamed and tried to break his leg free, but fell of balance and started to fall off, and Clay released him, Jack screaming as he continued falling. Clay was breathing heavy as he pulled himself back up, and continued running, and grabbing the Fist of Tebigong.
The Showdown started reserving itself and Clay appeared in the middle at the end of it, with three Wu. Dojo flew them down, and they all watched as Jack had two Jackbots lift him and flew away. "Next time, I'll get you next time you Xiaolin LOSERS!"
"Hop on Clay!" Crow smiled, giving him a thumbs up. "You did epic my friend."
Clay smiled back and hopped on Dojo's back
/Back at the Xiaolin Temple.
Master Fung greeted the monks as they returned. "You did well today Clay," he nodded, seeing all the Shen Gong Wu still with him, and after listening to their story, took and put the Shen Gong Wu away.
He watched as his students started to spare, Omi and Crow against the other four, they seemed to be toying around. Crow was panting hard when they were done, Omi seemed to have just toyed with them. Yes.. this group was interesting.
/Hours later.
The six finally were tired enough and five of them went back to the section they all slept, and Crow went back to the other side of the temple, sleeping outside. Master Fung came and spoke to him. "I see Alyssa didn't get into a single fight with you."
Crow spat at the ground. "Because you were looking. She hates me and I can't figure out why."
"Maybe tomorrow we'll find out young monk. I need you to all cooperate.. I'm sending you two to do a special mission together." With that the old Monk walked away and left Crow in the growing darkness.