So I am sorry that it took me a while to get this chapter up. I wanted to make the fight with Guan and Chase to be as perfect as I could get it, cause I really do try my hardest on the fights, but they are just really hard to write for me.
I hope you enjoy! Oh and thank you guys for the amazing reviews.
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Witty banter was absent from this fight. No, both warriors were too focused for that. Of course, each had a different focus on the mind.
A punch blocked with a forearm; ducking under a spin kick.
Chase couldn't allow Guan to see this prophecy. Both of his students' safety depended on it and the balance of the world if Guan attempts to interfere.
Chase caught an incoming punch, and immediately twisted Guan's fist. Well Guan was momentarily distracted with the pain in his arm; Chase took the opportunity to kick him in the chest. He frowned though, as Guan only skidded back, managing to stay on his feet.
Guan was determined to see this prophecy. If Chase was this adamant about keeping him away, it must have the potential to be extremely dangerous. He soon had to lean quickly to the left and the, to avoid uppercuts from Chase who had advanced on him well he was distracted by his thoughts.
Hits were being exchanged, but the majority were blocked. With each intricate step, shift of weight, Chase was becoming frustrated. This fight was turning into a deadlock, and at this rate, exhaustion would claim the other before someone even bled. He need to regain composure.
Guan blocked a punch from Chase, and threw it wide, and was ready to deliver an open palm strike to his gut, but Chase flipped back right before his attack, which made him slightly annoyed. He had always had a knack for it too.
When Chase landed after his second back flip, he simply stood with his hands behind his back. He needed to find an opening for a quite devastating blow; it was the only way to end this fight quickly. Plus he was getting frustrated from having his hits blocked, and having to avoid and block Guans.
Guan took a few seconds to catch his breath, but studied Chase. He was just standing there, not even in a fighting position. He saw this as an opportunity to attack, and took it. He charged with incredible speed, prepared to summon his spear. He knew Chase would trip him up, or flip over him at the last second, he was always dramatic like that, but by then his spear would be in his hands, and he would take Chase right out of the sky.
Chase had to hide a smirk. Guan was charging right at him, with quite some speed.
'Idiot.' He bitterly thought. He was most likely going to summon his spear, and attempt some fancy trick with it. Guan was never very good at creating battle plans during a fight, he was too rash. All Chase had to do now was just a few more seconds.
Chase then stepped to the right, just as Guan was about to summon his spear. He then had to quickly grab Guans elbow and wrist, and using the momentum against him; he shifted his weight to the balls of his feet and spun. Once he finished his rotation, he let go of Guan, who hit the nearby wall, hard.
Guan cursed himself for his stupidity. He charged right at his enemy, breaking the first rule of combat practically. He only was realizing now how silly his plan truly was as he stood up. He then felt something trickle down his arm, and looked seeing blood.
Chase now let his grin spread to his face. He drew first blood.
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"This is ridiculous!" Jermaine shouted diving behind the ice Omi had created, seeing as they were in a desert, and Clay couldn't build a rock wall. "I never thought that I would see something this crazy outside New York!"
"I never thought that I would see something this bizarre other than ma family reunions." Clay added with a very thoughtful look on his face, soon followed by a shudder. "I just remembered my Aunt Prudence, and Natalie."
"What about them?" Jermaine questioned with an eyebrow raised.
"Partner, it's jus' her. Natalie is my Aunt Prudence's mole." Clay explained, kneeling on one knee.
Jermaine just turned away from Clay, a blank expression on his face. "I will never get use to this."
Omi then came sliding in under the ice barrier, well screaming. "This is so infuriating."
Clay's hat started to shift on his head, and soon Dojo appeared, lifting the hat slightly, well yawning. "What is with all the yelling? Some of us are trying to sleep."
"Dojo buddy, that's just you. You haven't even helped us once today. You threw the map at us this morning and fell asleep again." Jermaine clarified.
Dojo titled his head to the side a shrugged his shoulders. "Well I need my beauty sleep."
"That ain't gonna help you." Jermaine muttered.
Dojo carried on, not even hearing Jermaine's comment. "But no one answered my question. What's with all the yelling?"
Omi, Jermaine and Clay all looked at each other for a brief moment, before nodding in agreement. Omi then grabbed Dojo and flung him over the protective ice wall.
"Normally I would not condone such behavior," Omi began with a solemn face, "but that felt good." He finished with a smile.
Dojo landed with a thud on the dusty ground. "Well I know three people who need to listen to Aretha Franklin!" he yelled as he brushed some barely noticeable dust off of him.
'Swoosh!'
Dojo froze as something sailed over his head. He saw it land about three feet away from him. He looked at it for a few moments before deciding that it looked like a giant needle. Soon two more joined it, and the ground started to shake.
Dojo slowly turned around, afraid of what he was going to see. Once he was completely turned, his eyes widened, and his jaw dropped in fear.
Standing before him was a giant cactus, with giant needles sticking out of it. He also very quickly decided that for a cactus, it looked very angry. "It's just a bad dream, it's just a bad dream, it's just a bad dream!" Dojo chanted, his voice getting higher with each word.
The giant cactus looked at Dojo, and soon let out a deafening roar.
Once the cactus stopped, Dojo stood there for a few moments before letting out his own scream.
The cactus then raised its 'foot', preparing to stomp on Dojo.
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Guan jumped above a sweep kick, and delivered his own kick to the side of Chase's head, successfully sending him sprawling. Maybe now the fight was turning in his favor.
Chase brought his legs over his head, and performed a backwards tumble, standing on his feet once again. He could feel a bruise starting to form on the side of his head. He then charged at Guan, wanting payback. Once he was close enough, he slid on his knees under Guan, then stood back up, hitting Guan in the back with an open palm strike.
Guan went flying, and landed face first on the hard marble floor. He got up slowly, his head spinning. He turned to face Chase, his spear appearing in his hand. He was determined to see this prophecy, and he didn't plan on leaving without seeing it.
Chase saw the look in Guan's eyes. That look that always appeared when he was either going crazy, or very determined. For Guan though, crazy and determination were the same thing. Chase spread his legs shoulder length apart, and put his arm out in front of him, palm flat, well the hand was by his side.
Guan spun his spear in his hand, hoping that would distract Chase a little bit. He formulated a plan. Hopefully this one would turn out better then the last one. He stayed opposite of Chase, knowing that any minute he would grow annoyed with such games, and would move to attack.
As if on cue, Chase's eyebrows furrowed into a frown, and he seemed to tense up. He then disappeared into a the very air around him, and soon reappeared in front of Guan, able to land a solid punch to his chest. Guan though, was able to counter with his spear, knocking Chase's feet out from under him.
Chase managed to get back on his feet, but Guan was once again spinning his spear, occasionally slashing at Chase, who managed to dodge.
"Fighting an opponent who does not have a weapon is very unhonorable." Chase sneered.
"You should know Chase, the I am known for my skills with a spear." Guan smiled. His plan was now perfect. He had got Chase talking, and could tell he was losing his patience, his greatest downfall as a warrior.
Guan then faked a kick, distracting Chase well he flipped his spear around, and hit the button in the middle of the shaft. The bottom spear shot out, heading straight for Chase.
Chase easily dodged the spear head, but with a simple twist of the wrist, Guan brought the spear back, and it soon wrapped around Chase's knees. It circled around Chase's legs, and the spear head wrapped itself around the chain that started the knot around Chase's leg.
Guan pulled the chain tight, and Chase fell on the ground. He then held tight on his spear, and started to spin in circles. He spun in the circle until Chase was lifted in the air due to the speed that Guan was spinning. Guan then hit the button on the spear again, and the chain around Chase's legs released. Chase went flying into the wall, hitting so hard, that the rocks cracked under the force of the impact.
Guan didn't wait for Chase to stand up, but simply ran for where he thought Chase's library was. He became more confident when he didn't hear Chase behind him. He knew he was going in the right direction as a few jungle cats attempted to slow him down.
He then came to a door, where quite a few jungle cats were guarding it. He charged into the swarm of cats with a yell, and a smile on his face.
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A lasso wrapped itself around Dojo's center and pulled him back before the prickly foot made impact with the miniature dragon.
A blast of water then shot out at the giant cacti. Only the cactus absorbed the water. The cactus then let out a shrill laugh.
"Not only did it absorb my attack, but now I am being mocked!" Omi shouted, as he began to throw more water at it. But with each attack, the cactus seemed to grow.
"Omi dog, whatever it is that you're doing, could you stop!" Jermaine screamed.
Jermaine's outburst seemed to attract the attention of the creature, and it started to walk in his direction.
Jermaine seemed to becoming annoyed and panicked at the same time. Luckily he had the Fist of Tebigong. The cactus then swung its arm down, intending to crush Jermaine into a puddle.
"Fist of Tebigong!" Jermaine shouted, and impacted the metal fist with the plant fist. The fist successfully sent the Cactus stumbling back. Jermaine then jumped up, and landed, hitting the sandwith the fist, causing the sand to shoot up in waves, vibrate the sand, like an earthquake.
The shaking of the ground, and unbalance of the cactus already possessed, caused the giant creature to fall over backwards.
"That's what I am talking about!" Jermaine shouted.
Clay ignored Jermaine's cheer, for he saw a something shiny reveal itself amongst the sand. He felt a pull towards the weapon, and knew that it had to be his. He started to run towards it, but Omi was thrown into him, causing him to fall on his butt.
"This… this monster keeps absorbing my attacks!" Omi yelled in frustration, getting off of Clay. "Then it keeps growing bigger after!"
Jermaine then slid in front of them, once again hitting the sand with the Fist of Tebigong, causing the cactus to start to lose its balance again, as the sand rippled violently. "Guy's its getting bigger!" he said nervously.
Clay sat there for a moment, a thoughtful expression on his face. "Well guys, a cactus is a plant, and like a plants they need water, as well as sunlight to survive. So in the desert, they get all the sunlight they need, but water is scarce. So when a plant, like this monster of a cactus, gets the chance to have some a lot of water trapped inside, it jumps at the opportunity." Clay smiled proud of his explanation.
Jermaine and Omi looked at each other before turning towards Clay. "What?" they asked in unison.
"In third grade, I wrote a paper about cacti. Mrs. Hoare displayed it at the front of the room." Clay proclaimed, the smile still on his face.
"Wait bro. You had a teacher whose name was whore." Jermaine wanted to clarify.
"Well now that you point that out, at lunch she usually paid with ones…" Clay stopped, realization hitting him.
"Excuse me my friends, but what is a whore?" Omi then added, making the situation a little more uncomfortable.
"Maybe on your death bed Omi dog." Jermaine said patting Omi on the head.
Omi then had to put up a shield of ice as the cactus reclaimed its balance, and shot out more needles at them.
"Damn! Does thing ever run out of those." Jermaine complained.
"We need a plan!" Omi blurted out, as he had to build another layer of ice to protect them better from the onslaught of cactus spines.
Everyone sat in silence, except for Dojo, whose teeth were chattering.
Clay sat there with his finger on his chin thinking back to his third grade essay.
'That was a really good essay. I knew I should have won that contest. Stupid Bob Panzarella and his paper about how his dog got his name.' Clay then shook his head, and went back thinking of a plan. What did they know about this giant cacti? He then smiled, he had a plan, he just needed to get to his weapon.
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Guan ducked under a tigers leap at him, but turned and it in the underbelly, sending it flying into the corner of the wall. He turned back around to see the remaining lioness crouched, ready to pounce. It took only ten minutes to get through the plethora of wild cats. But the remaining two were clearly some of Chase's better warriors.
He stepped back to avoid the lions razor sharp claws. The lion leaped at him, but he dropped on to his back, and kicked the lioness in the stomach once she was over him. The let out a frustrated growl as the lion still managed to land on its feet, and come running at him again.
Guan stepped to the side, and the cat flew past him, stopping just before it hit the wall. But before the cat could turn around, Guan sent his chain from his spear, wrapping it around the lions middle. He yanked the chain towards him, and stuck his foot out, just as the lion was about to run into him. He released the chain around the lions middle, and darted into the library, slamming the door behind him.
(Chase)
Chase slowly came back to coconscious after being thrown hard into the wall. One of his warrior cats was pawing at him to wake up. He pushed the cat away, and picked himself, still a little dizzy. He knew Guan had run in search of his library, and that the bastard had already probably already found it.
It took off as fast as he could, the wild cat behind him.
Chase just knew that Guan would find a way to mess this up, and make the whole situation so much more complicated. Chances were that he would take the scroll after reading it so he could show it to rest of the temple monks that were still in the dark. With the one who knew though, would probably not be happy about this news. He couldn't believe he had lost.
He ran into the hallway that kept his library, and saw his warriors scattered across the floor. He growled internally, and threw the door opened to the library. He looked around the room, peering down each and every isle of books and scrolls. He walked caustically down the middle row. He didn't hear anything, and as of right now couldn't see anything. As he came to the end of the isle, the table that held the prophecy came into sight.
Guan didn't appear to be by the table, but Chase also couldn't see a scroll atop of it. Once he was right in front of the table, he brought his fist down on the table, breaking it into two pieces. He looked around the back of the library, hoping Guan wasn't able to get out of his palace yet.
A breeze found its way to Chase, causing him to stare intently at the direction of the breeze. He didn't have windows in his citadel.
He walked against the breeze, searching for it's beginning.
Chase let out a scream of anger mixed with frustration.
That bastard made a gaping hole in the wall of his citadel.
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"You want me to do WHAT?" Omi screamed at Clay, his hands flaying above his head.
Clay rubbed the bridge of his noise, trying to stay calm. "Omi." He hissed. "You just have to lure it to the left with some water. Just shoot it out like a fountain."
"You want be to be a diced kidneys!" Omi shot back.
"Chopped liver." Jermaine corrected.
"It won't go after you, it will just want the water." Clay explained again.
"Fine! I will do it, but I will not be an anxious platypus."
Jermaine laughed to himself, and started to correct Omi. "Eager… BEEAVVVERRR!" Jermaine's correction was interrupted with the cactus breaking through Omi's ice shield, sending Jermaine soaring through the air, well Omi and Clay flew to the left and right.
"Omi!" Clay called once he landed. "Now!"
Omi sighed as he heard Clay's command. "Water!" he yelled, shooting water off into the sky.
The cactus saw the water falling from the sky, and its eyes turned into water falls, as it walked over to the water, forgetting about Clay.
Clay waited a few seconds, making sure the cactus was thoroughly distracted, before taking off towards the shining object in the sand. He skidded to a halt, dropping to his knee's, digging slightly into the sand, to uncover the rest of his weapon.
He smiled as he pulled the weapon up. It was a gold boomerang, with blue designs running across of it. He let out a whistle, admiring the weapon. It looked simple, but could most likely do some serious damage, kind of like him.
Clay's attention was drawn away from the weapon as he heard Omi's plea's of help. He looked up, and saw Omi running at him, the cactus right behind him, looking quite greedily at the him, water still shining in it's eyes.
"Well, lets hope this works." Clay drawled, lifting his hat a little higher on his head. He drew his arm back, aiming at the cactus. "Big Band Meteorang!" he shouted as he let go of it.
The boomerang flew directly at the cactus, but soon separated into five of the same boomerang. Each made impact with the cactus, and cut right through its green skin. The creature let out an agonizing scream, as the boomerangs flew out its back.
Clay smiled, his eyes baby blue eyes shining. The creature was still standing, but water was still flowing out of the holes. He then saw the boomerang was one again, as it started to fly back towards Clay. It flew straight through the center of the cactus, creating yet another giant hole.
Clay jumped up so he could catch the boomerang. He let out a chuckle, examining the weapon for a few seconds before he looked back at the cactus. The cactus was shriveling up due to the lack of water inside of it, screaming in agony the whole time, before it shrunk down so small, that it was smaller than Omi.
"Very nicely done friend Clay." Omi congratulated. "Of course I would have defeated much sooner if it was my weapon that revealed."
Clay glared at the naïve monk. "Let's go find Jermaine." he grumbled.
(Jermaine)
Jermaine pulled his head out of a sand dune, well spitting out sand. He made a disgusted face once he was done. He then stood up trying to decide how far he had flown from the others. He put a hand on his forehead, shielding his eyes from the sun. He could see the cactus starting to fall down, after something ran into it's back.
He saw that he only flew maybe about fifty feet from them, but in a desert, that was a really long distance. He was about to start walking toward the falling cactus, he heard what sounded like voices talking behind him.
He slowly turned around, and climbed up the sand dune, moving slower once he reached the top. Once he was on the top, he peeked his head over the dune, looking down. He had to cover his mouth to stop his yelp of surprise that would have surely escaped his mouth otherwise.
Below him sitting on a worn looking blanket were Raimundo and Kimiko. But not only the fact that Kimiko's head was resting on Raimundo's shoulder, but he was also petting that white tiger that was there when the Indians attacked. He assumed that the tiger was with the Indians for some reason.
'Omi was right, I do need to pay better attention during fights.' He thought to himself. He then turned his attention to their conversation.
"All I'm saying is that maybe after this whole prophecy thing is over that maybe you should reconcile with your family." Kimiko spoke comfortingly.
"Menina, I don't think you understand. Not only did I have a fight with my dad before I left, but I left without telling a soul." Raimundo argued.
"Well maybe you can tell them everything." Kimiko stated pulling her head off of Rai's shoulder looking him in his eyes. "And I mean everything."
Raimundo let out a bitter laugh. "That will be a great conversation Kimi." He then started pretending he was talking to his dad. "Oh hey dad! I haven't talked to you in two years, but I have a pet tiger and can control wind. Oh and I almost forgot to mention that I make up the yin spirit of the yin yang."
Kimiko it him in the side of the head. "You didn't mention me in there!"
"Oh sorry." He then went back to 'talking' to his dad. "Don't worry though, my girlfriend who controls fire, she is the yang spirit of the yin yang."
Jermaine slid partly back down the dune, now with both hands covering his mouth. He didn't think he would figure out the prophecy so easily. He could practically be a detective now. He then continued listening to the what should have been private conversation.
"What about you mom." Kimiko tried again.
"My mom would maybe be happy to see me, but she would start in the yelling right along with my father. I may get kicked out of the family." He then let out another chuckle. "Actually that probably has happened already."
"It doesn't hurt to try." Kimiko mumbled.
"Why is this even important to you." Raimundo asked exasperated, falling back on the blanket.
Kimiko looked down at him, sighing. "I just feel that a family is something that shouldn't be wasted."
"My whole family won't be wasted. I bet at least one of my brothers or sisters will talk to me." He tired to make light of the whole situation.
"How many do you have?"
"Well there's nine children, counting me. I have two sisters and six brothers." He then interrupted Kimiko before she could ask her next question. "I'm smack dab in the middle of all of them by the way."
"I hear the middle child always has the most problems." Kimiko grinned at him.
"Well that little fact is different for me. I caused the most problems." He grinned at her, pride clearly showing. Raimundo then closed his eyes, resting his hands behind his head.
Kimiko realized that he was done talking about this topic. He would just pretend to be asleep if she tried to ask more questions. So she let him win this round. "We should check on how the monks are doing with the cactus."
Raimundo shot up at Kimiko's suggestion. "I hope that stupid cowboy has ten thousand needles sticking out of his butt!"
Jermaine eye's went wide. He needed to get out of there, and fast. He flew up, and started running as fast as he could in the sand. He knew that climbing the sand dune may take a few minutes for them, cause it did for him. He hoped that it would buy him enough time.
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Chase sat on his throne, waiting for his guest that he called soon after the fight with Guan. He knew that he would make it here before Guan would return to the temple. I assumed that it was a good thing, so he could tell what happened first, and not get the third degree if Guan was the one to tell it first.
A knock soon came from the doubled doors. Chase stood from his throne, walking towards the door. He dismissed his cats from the throne room. He needed to be alone with his guest to discuss the next move. He made it to the door, and made a swooshing movement with his hand, and the one door started to open in front of him.
"May I ask why I was summoned at such a late hour?"
"Guan has the prophecy."
"Why didn't you call me sooner?"
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Jermaine saw Omi and Clay walking in his direction. This caused him to run faster.
"Guys! Guys!" He yelled in excitement. He then tackled both to the ground due to his adrenaline rush.
"What in the galaxy has you so jobbed down." Omi asked with a glare, as he sat up.
"Its what in the world, and I believe you mean worked up." Jermaine spoke quickly. "But that's not important. I KNOW THE PROPHECY!"
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Chapter fifteen; finir!
Okay so note time. Since this is my story and my version clearly, the scenery will change for the rest of the weapons left to find. Its just a way to make it more fun, and plus I had this planned. This is just so some of you are like, WTF, this isn't the same as where Omi's weapon was before. Its just a forewarning, but I am not giving any spoilers away. But maybe some of you could attempt to guess.
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