Hi fellow readers!
Again work has slowed me down in order to update, but never fear I am going to be updating a lot this week possibly even finish the story by Sunday it will all depend what I have going on!
I can't believe I'm almost finished with Wielder of Ice, wow!
I wasn't really a nut about the original showdown in this episode so I made it an aerial dragon battle cool huh?
Anyway on with the show!
Armina's POV
A week passed since we arrived at Master Monk Guan's temple, and the training became a little easier for us after a few more days of Guan's fierce training. I could tell a major difference with my body because I noticed my arms got a little more muscular. There still had been no sign of Hannibal's payback on Rai, until tonight. I was in the middle of having another dream with Chase, until Omi woke me up.
"Armina wake up!" Cue-Ball said as he shook my left side.
"What is it Omi?" I growled sitting up, I looked to see what time it was, and noticed it was two in the morning. I turned to Omi and gave him a scolding look.
"Kid there better be evil or else I'm going to back to sleep" I told my pack mate.
"Master Monk Guan says he sensed evil nearby" with that being said, I immediately got out of bed. I wore purple pajama shorts along with a black tank top; my hair was a mess since I didn't have a chance to brush it. I followed Omi out to the courtyard where Master Monk Guan stood with Kim and Clay. I noticed Rai wasn't there.
"Shouldn't someone wake Rai up?" I suggested.
"I'll go wake him up, be back in a second!" Omi exclaimed happily before turning around and hurrying back to our sleeping quarters. I sweat dropped at Omi's energy, despite it being early. A few minutes later, protests could be heard as well as cursing as Rai ran out of the entrance to the sleeping quarters. Omi followed behind grinning like an idiot, while Rai looked pissed.
The others all had their cute pj's on them, Omi wore a blue sky pajama set with white clouds on them, Kim had a cute yellow nightgown with a blue tank top over it, Clay wore a darker shade of blue pajamas that had orange bull heads on them, he wore his usual boots and cowboy hat, and Rai simply wore a long sleeved light green shirt along with black pajama pants with smiley faces on them. Kimiko and I went to search the vault while the boys went to look around the Temple grounds.
"I swear whoever was planning to disturb our sleep, I'm going to kick their ass" I told Kim after we were sure nothing was missing in the Wu vault. Kim snorted at that comment as she closed the doors behind us to the vault.
"Nothing seems to be missing from the vault" Kim said to Master Monk Guan as we rejoined him.
"We got nothing too, except for lack of shut eye action" Rai added while he yawned and stretched, Dojo was curled around his neck. A splat was suddenly heard and Omi bent down to look at a red substance.
"Look I found a clue, it looks like blood" I snickered and pointed above me with an index finger. Clay sat on the roof above us, eating a sandwich which had ketchup.
"Clay you're dripping ketchup" Kim called to the cowboy who replied.
"Sorry there's something about looking for evil, that really works up a fella's appetite"
"I'm going back to bed, see you guys in the morning" I told the others before I headed back to the dorms.
An Hour and a Half Later
The urge to relief myself woke me up; since I slept on my stomach that need could be uncomfortable. As I washed my hands in the bathroom, I felt the urge to throw up again. I groaned as I ran outside and hurled behind a bush. As I was emptying out my stomach I felt something slimy wrap around my left leg, I froze and slowly turned around. A male peacock noise was heard, as my head turned into a big eyeball for a second, before I screamed out loud.
"HOLY S(*T!" the creature that made me scream was a huge mutant jellyfish like the ones Rai feared, only this one was a pretty shade of blue, it's eyes were purple and two magenta iris's looked back with black slits in them. The jellyfish had a mouth between its eyes with sharp teeth.
"What is it Armina?!" Omi demanded as he ran beside me, his eyes went bug eyed and he then screamed. After he yelled, the two of us took a fighting position, and backed away from the ocean stinger.
"Fearsome monster, stop at once or prepare for a humiliation defeat!" Omi said to the jellyfish.
"Omi now's not the time look out!" I grabbed my friend as a blue tentacle slammed us hard causing the two of us to crash into the wall to our left.
"Bloody hell that hurt" I whined as I said that Master Monk Guan grabbed me and Omi and then he put us down. Guan put his spear underneath Omi and threw him into the air; the two of them began to call out fighting moves. The jellyfish only growled not pleased it was getting smacked around, so it grabbed Master Monk Guan in one of its tentacles.
"Coming right at ya!" came Clay's voice; he threw Omi his Shimo Staff.
"Shimo Staff!" Omi shouted activating his Wudai weapon, and used it to hit the jellyfish hard on the head, causing it to release Master Monk Guan.
"Arrow Sparrow!" Kimiko shouted throwing her fire weapons at the ocean dweller.
"Big Bang Meteorang!" Clay added throwing his boomerang at our opponent as well. The fire sparrows slightly burned the jellyfish as the boomerang gave it a good clocking on the head. This only pissed off the beast even more, because it roared in anger.
"Has anyone seen Raimundo?" Kimiko asked turning to us.
"Most likely he's asleep Omi look out!" I cried, Omi had leapt into the air to try and give the creature a piece of his mind but he only slipped on the jellyfish's skin, and now held on for dear life to avoid getting eaten. Guan used that chance to leap into the air and put the Spear of Guan into the jellyfish's mouth, the slimy being roared and threw Omi off of its head causing Cue-Ball to slam into Clay and Kimiko. The ocean stinger then grabbed my friends with a single tentacle and brought them towards its mouth. Master Monk Guan tried to save them, but the jellyfish only took out his spear and tossed it to the ground and used another tentacle to slam him away.
"Hang on guys Wudai Aurora Ice!" I hurried up to the jellyfish and slammed both of my hands against its slimy flesh; my element immediately got the beast to drop the others as my ice power began to freeze it. A second later, the creature was completely encased in ice.
"Thanks Armina" Kim said as I helped the others up. Before I could say anything the frozen jellyfish disappeared.
"Where the f*^k did he go?" I asked just as Rai finally showed up with his Wudai weapon.
"You're a little late for the square dance Rai" Clay said to the Latino. I sweat dropped again at the cowboy's remarks.
"Meh what can I say he probably knew better than to mess with me" Rai gloated. I noticed Rai holding a teddy bear; I smirked at Kimiko, who nodded.
"Or your woobie woobie bearsy wearsie" she and I said appearing both sides of him.
"Hey! His name is Ninja Fred and he's only a good luck charm!" Rai complained.
"Master Monk Guan who could have been behind this mysterious attack?" Omi asked as he and Clay walked up to him.
"With so many enemies loose in the world it could have been anyone" was all Master Monk Guan could reply.
Next Morning
Master Monk Guan suggested we take the day off since we had lack of sleep, first we all decided to visit Jack and find out if he was responsible for sending the jellyfish. Rai yawned and asked Dojo.
"Would it kill you to get some reclining seats Dojo?" Dojo sighed and replied.
"Please return all complaints to their shut up position as we approach our final destination Jack Spicer's lair" Dojo then dived and landed in Jack's front yard. The outfit I wore today was simple which was a dark blue vest over a black tank top which matched my black jeans and boots. Dojo slid up my leg and curled himself around my neck as we entered Jack's lab through a hole in the wall and the lab was totally trashed.
"Looks like someone could use a cleaning bot" Kim said as she walked up to an unresponsive robot and stepped on it to reveal a mini movie. I snickered as Jack came on the screen and pretended he was some hot shot martial artist. Anya appeared beside Jack and pressed a kiss onto his cheek, before she caught Jack off guard and threw her mate over shoulder onto the floor.
"You have to admit they make a cute couple" Kim said this got Rai to smirk.
"Not as good as us" Rai replied winking, this got Kimiko to turn red.
"Look guys" I told the others pointing back to the screen, because the same jellyfish that attacked us, crashed through Jack's wall.
"HOLY S(&T!" both Anya and Jack shouted. Jack then commanded his robots.
"Blast him already damn it!" the Goth then grabbed Anya with his left hand, and the two of them jumped into a safe room beneath us.
"They must be in here" I stated, as I noticed I stood over the entrance to the safe room. I moved off of the door and opened it. Jack held Anya close to him while begging with his eyes closed.
"I surrender do whatever you want, just don't do me ugly or hurt Anya!"
"Jack it's just us you dork" I told the scared red head, who finally opened his eyes.
"Oh Armina, it's just you and your loser squad"
"HEY!" came the protests of the others as I helped Jack and Anya out. I gave Anya a nod; she happily gave me thumbs up.
"What the hell was that thing you guys sent anyway?" the she-wolf then demanded at the others.
"We didn't send it, it also attacked us" Omi replied to her.
"Whoa, really?" Jack inquired; he then turned to the movie. The jellyfish hissed some kind of flames the color of blue at Jack's robots, which then turned blue.
"Okay is it just me or did that thing just turn my Jack-Bot blue?" the Goth asked.
"Sapphire Blue" Kim corrected looking in front of us a whole bunch of Jack's robots sat on the floor all frozen like statues.
"There is only one creature I know who has the power to change things into sapphire statues" Omi stated.
Back at Master Monk Guan's Temple
So it turned out the jellyfish was really the Sapphire Dragon Shen-Gong-Wu, the guys told me about it earlier when I first arrived at the Master Fung's Temple .We all now stood with Master Monk Guan in the Wu vault.
"Someone has stolen our Sapphire Dragon Shen-Gong-Wu!" Omi exclaimed as he shut the drawer that once held the Sapphire Dragon in it closed.
"The Shadow of Fear is also missing" Master Monk Guan said as he too shut another drawer closed.
"Can someone fill me in about this creature I'm the only one who's hasn't seen it" Rai suggested.
"That's because it is you Raiundo who is behind this"
"Bull shit Rai wouldn't do something like this Master Monk Guan!" I shouted to the legendary tai-chi master throwing my arms up in the air in frustration.
"I know Raimundo would never try to harm us, but he has become an unwilling pawn in Hannibal Bean's latest scheme he must have snuck in here while we were awake last night searching the grounds, he took both the Sapphire Dragon and Shadow of Fear, armed Hannibal was able to enter the world of Raimundo's dreams and found what Raimundo's fears most using it to take form with the Sapphire Dragon and the Moby Morpher so whenever Raimundo falls asleep, the creature comes to life" Master Monk Guan explained. This got Rai to yell.
"You mean the bean dude is rattling around in my head! That's wrong yo!" the Latino shook his head disgusted at the thought of Hannibal inside him.
"Remember the monster only disappeared when you woke up Raimundo" Guan added.
"It looks like we need to keep Raimundo up until we stop Hannibal" I said.
"Exactly Armina" Master Monk Guan agreed, this got Rai to groan.
So throughout the day we tried to keep Raimundo awake. Omi tried by teaching Rai how to balance a bucket of ice water on top of his head, the ice water only temporarily froze Rai's head, before I used my element to unfreeze it. Next Kimiko got Rai to try and play Dance Dance Revolution, Rai was so tired he couldn't stand on his two feet, next was Clay's square dancing. I leaned against the wall watching in amusement as Clay spun Rai around.
"I can take Rai from here come on pack mate" I said as I walked up to Rai brining the Latino close to me.
"Hang on Mina, I wanna watch you with sleepy head" Clay said turning off the stereo that had played his country music. I smirked at Rai's red face.
"What are you doing Mina?!" Rai asked as I suddenly put my hand onto his shoulder.
"We're doing the tango that's what, now put you're left hand onto my waist and take my other hand in yours" once he complied I began the fierce tango. This definitely got Rai to wake up; in face he was having fun. I bet Chase would get jealous later; my mate had a jealous side which was amusing. After I dipped Rai and brought him back up Kimiko found us and had the Golden Tiger Claws and Longi Kite in her arms.
"Guys a Shen-Gong-Wu just revealed itself, it's an earth one"
"Sweet, but who's going to watch Rai" I inquired as I gently helped Rai sit down for a second.
"Omi and Dojo are already on their way I'll stay here with Rai"
"Sounds good" both Clay and I said in unison.
Later that Night
Clay and I caught up with Omi and Dojo at a local zoo.
"Holy Sh*t!" I said as I ducked as the monkeys in the exhibit threw mud at us. Jack stood along with his fellow monkey pals transformed as a monkey himself. I heard a sigh from a tree above us; Anya sat on a tree branch looking bored out of her skull. Jack then gave an order in monkey talk which got the monkeys to charge after us. Jack then grabbed the Shadow Slicer which allowed the wielder to create a hologram of themselves to elude enemies.
"Ta, ta losers!" Jack said in triumph, but he cursed as Clay flew in with the Longi Kite and snatched the Wu from his hands.
"Nice timing cowboy" I praised Clay as he landed in front of us. I then finally realized Kim was beside me.
"Kim what are you doing here oh s*$t" I growled face palming realizing Clay and I were tricked by Hannibal Bean.
"Hannibal Bean" we all said together, a monkey then grabbed the Shadow Slicer from Clay's hand, it cried out in victory only to be turned into a sapphire statue by none other than the Sapphire Dragon. The beast was still in its jellyfish form, and roared at us. It then noticed Anya in the tree and hissed its flames towards her.
"JACK HELP ME!" Anya cried for her mate, as she lost her footing and fell towards the ground. Jack dropped the monkey staff which got him to return to his human self, and caught Anya in his arms. She threw her arms around his neck.
"I'm outta here, my girl is more important than this crap!" Jack shouted as he activated his heli bot and flew off.
"Kimiko look out!" I shouted as I threw myself onto Kimiko just as the Sapphire Dragon tried to turn her into a statue. The two of us landed in the water, the Sapphire Dragon then used one of its tentacles to knock away the Shadow Slicer from Omi who held it. The Wu landed near me, and I hurriedly got off of Kimiko. My hand touched it just as a tentacle from the Sapphire Dragon did.
"Sapphire Dragon I suggest you return to your true form for our showdown" the Sapphire Dragon heard me, because it turned into a huge eastern dragon. I had to admit this thing was beautiful.
"Alright scaly, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown, I wager myself against you"
"Armina you can't if you lose he'll turn you into a statue" Kim protested.
"I have no choice Kim" I then turned back to the Sapphire Dragon.
"If I lose, you are free to turn me into a statue, the game is War of the Dragons, me against you which ever dragon falls first wins let's go Xiaolin Showdown!" the monkey habitat then disappeared as both myself and the Sapphire Dragon were taken into the air. Rock like platforms formed above the clouds into the night sky, the others stood on a nearby platform.
"Wudai Ice Form Dragon!" I cried. My human form melted away and my dragon self emerged. Both myself and the Sapphire Dragon roared in unison clearly saying. "Gong-Yi-Tam-Pei!"
The Sapphire Dragon began the showdown by hissing its flames at me; I dove under them using my powerful wings. The Sapphire Dragon was too busy being breathing its fire to notice I snuck behind it, biting hard into its tail. The dragon Wu roared out in pain, and turned to me angrily. The two of us hissed out ice and fire at the same time.
Both fire and ice met, the Sapphire Dragon's blue eyes bug eyed surprised that its fire was now frozen. I gave the eastern dragon a fanged smirk, before I dodged its attempt to bite me. The Sapphire Dragon was fast, and trying to avoid its fangs wasn't easy while the two of us flew in the air in aerial combat. As I tried to turn around and breath my ice at it, the dragon then sank it's fangs into my tail. I gave a cry of pain, as the two of us landed on a nearby rock platform.
"Armina hold on!" I heard Kim cry, as the Sapphire Dragon then bit down hard into my left hind leg. I felt the bones in my leg snap, meaning my left leg was now broken. I had to break free from the Sapphire Dragon so I could protect my baby. I snapped my head around when I heard the Sapphire Dragon gave a whine as it shook its head in confusion.
"This is your chance Mina take this thing down!" I heard Raimundo's voice. I used that moment to unleash my ice attack at the Sapphire Dragon's head, my ice hit the eastern dragon's eyes temporarily blinding it, I used that chance to squeeze myself from underneath the dragon's grasp and grabbed the other dragon into my front claws. I then took flight ignoring the horrible pain in my left leg, with the last bit of my strength I threw the Sapphire Dragon down hard underneath me, it crashed hard into the rock platform beneath me. The Sapphire Dragon gave a whine in defeat and the showdown concluded. The area returned to its normal state. I sat on the ground holding both the Sapphire Dragon and the Shadow Slicer while my left pants leg bled.
Chase's Lair
"Do the others know I am here?" I asked Master Monk Guan as we entered Chase's home.
"They do not, Armina, I simply told them you were at a hospital that a friend of mine runs, until your leg heals I am afraid it is best if you remain here with Chase to protect you" Guan replied to me. I was supported by Master Monk Guan; my left arm was around his neck, while he held the rest of my body. I owed Raimundo, if he didn't intervene when he did, I could have lost my baby. As we finally entered inside of Chase's home, my mate hurriedly came down the stairs, worry on his face.
"What happened?" Chase asked his former friend with grave concern.
"Armina was bitten by the Sapphire Dragon, it broke her left leg I'm afraid"
"I'm going to kill Hannibal for this, come here Luna" Chase said as he walked over to me and took me into his arms. I weakly put my arms around his neck and buried my head underneath his chin. It felt good to be held by him after not physically being with him for awhile.
"I suggest she stays here Chase at least until her leg is healed, Hannibal could try and harm her in her current state" Chase nodded.
"I agree, thank you old friend, I will send one of my servants to get her things good night Master Monk Guan" with that Chase carried me to his room.
"Ow" I said as Chase gently set me on his bed.
"I'm sorry Luna, I promise I will try to heal your leg as soon as possible now let me look at it" my mate told me as he knelt down and slid my monks dress upwards. He slid the dress past my thigh, and examined the bandaged area where I was bitten. He carefully felt the injury with a single hand and then uttered a spell in Heylin. My leg glowed green for a brief second before fading. Chase stood up and went to the bathroom really quick and came back with a first aid kit.
"I used a spell, that will speed up the healing process Armina, you're leg will be completely healed within a week"
"Good" I simply replied as he unwrapped the bandages that were soiled, and he tossed them aside before wrapping new ones around my leg. Once he was finished he stood back up and went to put away the first aid kit. I gave a sigh of satisfaction before I took in the surroundings. It had been awhile since I was last in this room, I missed it.
"You're quiet Luna are you alright?" Chase asked breaking my train of thought as he sat beside me.
"Yes I'm fine love, I just miss being here with you" I said to him. This got Chase to smile lovingly back at me.
"I always miss not having my beloved by my side Armina, these past few weeks have been lonely for me" my mate confessed. Smiling I brought my hands up to Chase's face and pulled my mate in for a much needed kiss. The kisses we shared in our dreams was nothing like the ones we shared in reality. As our tongues danced, Chase gently pulled me into his lap. My arms wrapped themselves around his neck as he did this.
"Gods I love you Chase" I told my fiancé as I buried my face against his shoulder.
"And I love you Luna" Chase replied to me, as he put his head into my left shoulder. I felt his arms gently wrap themselves against my waist a little tighter, he was cautious as to not put too much pressure against the slight bump that was now starting to protrude from my middle. Chase suddenly lifted his head from my shoulder as I did from his.
"What is it?" I inquired looking at him.
"I didn't realize your starting to show a little" Chase answered as he placed a hand onto spot where my the pregnancy was starting to show.
"You can barely tell I'm pregnant love, by the time I enter my fifth month, it will be obvious I'm expecting" this got Chase to chuckle. He then surprised me by lowering his face, and kissed the small bump.
"It seems your parenting side is coming out mate of mine" I joked as Chase lifted his head back up.
"I cannot help it Luna, the fact you carry my child is exciting" he then placed his forehead against mine.
"I hope you're prepared for sleepless nights love, because that's part of parenthood"
"I can handle that, and so can you, you're a strong woman Armina, and you'll be an excellent mother"
"And you will be a fantastic father love" Chase chuckled again and he laid his heads against my chest. He suddenly perked his head up in curiosity.
"Luna is it just me or are you're boobs starting to become larger" this got me turn beet red.
"Of course they're supposed to get larger, you fool that's part of being pregnant!" I scolded my mate, who only gave a nervous laugh and pressed a kiss onto my mouth to apologize.
Whoa Chase aren't you being a little perverted about Mina at the end huh?
Chase: *grins like an idiot*
Me: And my point exactly.
Armina: ^^;;;;;;
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Chucky Choo will be posted Thursday!