Hello! Me next chapter is finally here! It has actually been typed for awhile, but I misplaced my flash drive where I save my stories! Obviously I found it.
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Balance between light and dark is kept by neither good nor bad, but by one, the one who see's the importance in both
Earth is firm, but can easily devastate, and destroy if provoked. Yet it never goes too far, remaining constant, staying loyal
Water is flexible, but when it attacks, it is fierce and strong. Yet it only ever follows the same path, remaining true
Fire is beautiful and deceiving. It is warm, but can cause harm just by a touch. Yet, it can jump from place to place, spreading its warmth and destruction with ease.
Wind is free, roaming where it pleases. It will comfort, but will wreck everything in its path if necessary. Yet it knows no barrier; rising above everything.
This was a strange prophecy. It didn't even seem like a prophecy. It warned of nothing, foresaw nothing. The only useful information was the first sentence, but that even give to much away.
Guan couldn't figure out why it explained the qualities of the Dragons. He hoped that once he returned to the temple that some of the elder monks could decipher it, or Master Fung. He just hoped that they would find out the prophecy soon, so that maybe they wouldn't be too late in stopping whatever Chase had planned.
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"Jermaine, slow down partner!" Clay said as he placed his hands on his friends' shoulders.
Jermaine gulped in a big gust of air as he started to explain what he had overheard. "After the plant flung me across this desert, I landed in this… this sand hill, and I was starting to head back to you guys but, but I heard these voices, and they sounded familiar so I climbed up the the sand hill thing, and and I saw Raimundo and Kimiko." Jermaine's eyes were really wide by this point, but he had to take in another breath full. "They looked awfully comfortable, but that's not what's important. They were talking and they were saying stuff about his family, and and he was pretending to talk to his dad, then then he explained to his dad how he was the Dragon of the Wind, and he has a pet tiger, and and then he said that he is the spirit of Yin!" He finally blurted out breathing a little heavier than normal. He then took another air full. "Then he also said that Kimiko is the spirit of Yang."
"What do ya mean they looked comfortable?" Clay asked agitated.
"He has a pet tiger?" Omi then piped up.
Dojo then slid out from under Clay's hat and sat on his shoulder. "You realize that there was a ton of run on sentences in that spiel of yours. An English teacher would go to town on your butt."
Jermaine looked at them flabbergasted. "That's really what you guys thought were important!"
"No, no of course not!" Clay blushed a little. "No."
"Did you learn anything else?" Omi decided to ask.
Jermaine leaned his head to the side mumbling a few 'wells' and 'kindas.'
"Come on spill the gossip." Dojo said. "I haven't heard any gossip since I left the temple. I didn't even get the whole story on Monk Tiu and his supposed mom tattoo, and where its at."
"Anyway…lets here it." Clay said moving past the potentially disturbing story.
"Well, Clay, my man, my bro, you might want to take a seat." Jermaine started off.
"It cant be that bad." Clay said rolling his eyes.
"Well when I found out Kimiko was the Yang spirit, Raimundo had another little tidbit of information in front of it." Jermaine said holding his thumb and pointer finger parallel to each other.
Dojo and Clay gave annoyed looks, getting impatient with Jermaine's stalling.
"He may have said that…umm… that umm… they were a… together, like as in dating."
Silence was Jermaine's only response. He looked at the stunned faces of Dojo and Clay. The silence could only be described as awkward. Jermaine fidgeted, as both Clay and Dojo continued to be statues. Although Omi always knew how to disrupt such occasions.
"My friend, what do you mean by dating?" Omi asked.
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"Do they look like they are ready to leave yet?" Raimundo complained letting sand run through his fingers.
Kimiko poked her head over the sand dune, looking at the Xiaolin Dragons. They were just standing there, still, looking frustrated. She noticed that no map was in anyone's hands and rolled her eyes as she plopped back down next to Raimundo. "They still look like they are arguing about something."
"Come on!" Raimundo fumed. "Its to warm for Candida here." he said gesturing to the tiger sitting in the shade of the Manta Ray, panting.
She looked at Candida, who did look quite warm. "Well how do you suggest to speed them up." she said.
A devilish grin appeared on Raimundo's face as he looked at her, his emerald eyes shining. He didn't say anything as he stood up and climbed the rest of the dune, and slid down the other side.
"Raimundo! What are you doing?"
"Just stay there." He said his back to her.
He heard her give an aggravated sigh, but he ignored her for the time being. He placed his hands out in front of him, and started spinning them, creating a strong wind, starting to blow the sand into the air. Soon a decent sized sand storm was created, blowing directly at the monks. Raimundo grinned and used his wind to propel himself back up the dune.
"I believe they should be leaving soon." He then snapped his fingers, and Candida eagerly jumped into the Ray.
"Were not going to get caught up in that mess are we." Kimiko questioned nodding her head towards the cloud of sand.
"Of course not, I control it." he assured.
"That's what worries me."
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Chase rubbed his temples. Not only did he have to sit through a fit of yelling, he had to listen to other precautions he should have taken to protect the prophecy, and he did not like being told what to do.
"Maybe instead of focusing on the past events, we should figure out how to retrieve the prophecy. That sounds much more productive." He growled, doing his best to control his anger.
"Maybe if you would have listened to me all those years ago, we wouldn't be in this problem."
Chase stood up from his throne. "Maybe if you had told Guan about the prophecy we wouldn't in this problem!"
"You know why Guan could not know this prophecy. He would not understand why Yin would be responsible for keeping balance, and therefore choose to lock Yin up. He doesn't understand that both need to exist in harmony."
Chase fell back in his chair, his elbows resting in his knees. He knew that was true, but that didn't take away his frustration away from the situation. "Did you do anything to protect the prophecy from unworthy eyes."
"As a matter of fact I did. The parchment was enchanted. Only those meant to see the prophecy will see the prophecy."
"What would the wrong person see?" Chase asked, a edge to his voice.
"You know, I don't remember."
Chase smiled in spite of himself. "You were never great at remembering details Dashi."
"I have a lot to remember." Dashi grinned.
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"Um my friends…" Omi began, but Clay was busy trying to get details from Jermaine about just how cozy Raimundo and Kimiko were.
"What the hell do you mean by coziness scale?" Jermaine shouted in frustration. "Are you her long lost brother or something!"
"I just want ma facts straight." Clay reasoned.
"Friends!" Omi tried gaining their attention again, but to no avail.
Jermaine glared at Clay, "So you are saying you don't trust my hearing or something."
"I'm not tryin' to say 'nything against ya!" Clay yelled his temper flaring.
"MY FRIENDS. NOT ONLY HIS YOUR BICKERING BENDING MY LAST CELL, BUT YOU ARE ALSO IGNORING ME, AND OUR IMPENDING DOOM!" Omi screamed at the top of his longs, his face turning a shade of red, as he pointed at a very large sand storm.
Both Clay and Jermaine turned there attention to the cloud of sand, coming straight for them, at a very alarming speed. Both warriors eyes widened in shock.
Clay slowly reached up and took his hat off. "Dojo buddy, get that map out, and get us the hell outta here!" his voice steadily rising to a yell as the storm continued to close in on them.
Dojo looked at the sand storm, that was easily blocking the view of the desert lying before them. "Yes sir!" he shouted before quickly enlarging, circling around the warriors so they could get on. He then flew into the air, soaring above the sand storm.
"Here's the map." he said handing the map to Clay who was closest to his now large claw. "Where to?"
Clay studied the map, but was confused. The map had shifted so it was completely zoomed out, just showing the outline of the United States, and the top of Mexico. Soon a dotted line slowly started to appear as if someone was painting them at that very moment, indicating the direction they should be going. "Well, we are headin' south."
"How south?" Dojo questioned.
"South America south." Clay answered.
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"I'm sorry! How many more times do you want me to say it!" Raimundo complained from behind the wheel of the Silver Manta Ray.
"Till I stop puking!" Kimiko half groaned half yelled from the back of the Ray, a bag in her small hands.
"I'm sorry." Rai replied as the sound of her vomiting filled his ears.
"I thought you said that we would be fine traveling through the storm." Kimiko glared at the back of his head.
"I may have let it get a little out of control." Rai said rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry." he added again as the Manta Ray jerked to the right, and Kimiko heaved once again into the plastic bag.
"Can you just stop the storm!" she grumbled placing one of her hands on her forehead.
"Well I stopped the wind already." He admitted. "The sand just doesn't know that I guess."
"Fly faster!" Kimiko shouted.
"Why?" Raimundo quipped back.
"Because I really don't want to get hit by a giant flying train!" she yelled.
Raimundo craned his head to look behind him, and indeed saw a large train heading right towards them. He turned around forcing the Ray to go as fast as it could go. Yet Kimiko was still screaming faster, and he heard a whimper escape from Candida who had been napping.
Rai then had an idea hit him. "Kim! When the top of the Ray is gone, throw the bag at the train thing!"
Kimiko's face contorted to a grossed out expression, but prepared herself to throw the bag nonetheless. Once the top had vanished, Kimiko had a clearer view of the front window in the train, but had to roll her eyes.
She saw Jack with a smug grin on his face waving at her. She was now going to enjoy throwing her barf at the idiot, considering that was always what she wanted to do around him. She started spinning the bag, the centrifugal force keeping the contents in the bag. She then flung the bag at the windshield of the train, where Jacks face was located.
She smiled as she made a direct hit, the bag exploding on impact. She could have sworn she heard Jacks girlish scream over the wind blowing in her ears. The train started to veer left and right, and started to slow down.
The top of the Manta Ray slowly started to come back over Kimiko's head, just as Jack and his flying train started to make its descent to the ground.
"What was that?" Raimundo questioned once the top clicked into place.
"It was Jack." Kimiko told him. "I guess he's after the treasure." Kimiko then sat down in the passenger seat, but another thought popped into her mind. "Actually, Wuyas probably with him, so I guess Wuya wants the treasure to herself."
"Great, not only do we have to deal with the Xiaolin dudes, we have to deal with a pathetic excuse for a human, and that stupid witch." Rai muttered.
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Guan finally approached the temples entrance. He walked straight in, heading right for the vault, where he was sure Master Fung would be, either meditating still, or checking to make sure the Wu were all in place.
As he grew closer to the ancient building, he clutched the scroll tighter in his hand, not sure how Fung would approve of his methods for obtaining it. After all he had lied, and he knew that Fung hated lies. But hopefully the prophecy would make up for it.
"That was quite a long walk, don't you think." Master Fung addressed Guan as soon as his foot crossed the threshold.
Fung was just walking up the stairs after checking the Shen Gong Wu. He had a mocking smile on his lips, his hands behind his back.
"Well its quite clear that you know that I did not just go on a walk." Guan replied.
"I knew that your intentions did not involve a calming walk, but rather answers." Fung spoke wisely, motioning for Guan to enter further into the vault.
"I believe I have found those answers."
"Oh." Fung spoke, tilting his head slightly.
"Although my actions were sporadic, they were effective." Guan said, running his fingers across the scroll.
"I am sure Chase had expected you to come, but not to succeed."
Guan was taken aback a little by the fact that Fung knew he had gone to see Chase. As far as he knew, Fung hadn't known where the scroll was, and was had not known where he had walked to. "Yes." he managed after his hesitation.
"Well lets take a look at the prophecy shall we." Fung said holding his hand out for the scroll.
Guan handed him the scroll. "It doesn't read like a normal prophecy, and actually does not make sense."
Fung raised an eyebrow, but continued to open the prophecy. He held the scroll a foot away from his body, as his lips moved, silently speaking the words. He looked at it for a few more seconds, before lowering it. "I believe that this prophecy will still continue to elude us."
"It is more then what we had." Guan attempted to make the situation better.
"Yes, but it did not warrant a lie."
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The sun had long since went down, and camp had been set up. Rai watched the Xiaolin gang for a few moments through the Looking Glass. He was trying to get a look at the map, hoping he could see the destination so maybe they could get ahead of the monks.
Actually, it was more or less so he could confirm his fears. He had realized they were heading south very quickly, and the knots in his stomach started to form. He was also pretty sure that the monks had landed in Columbia. He hoped that maybe the search for the weapons begin here once again, but doubt remained in the back of his head.
"Are you okay." Kimiko's voice penetrated his thoughts.
Rai cleared his throat for unknown reasons. "Oh, uh, ya fine."
Kimiko made a noise letting him know that she didn't believe him. Instead she sat down next to him, also looking into the Glass. "Trying to get a look at the map?"
Raimundo nodded his head.
"Come on Rai, its late and you need your rest." Kimiko said disapproving of his idea. "Besides we can just follow the monks like we have been doing. Its worked so far." She then yanked on his arm, trying to pull him to his feet.
Rai sighed as the she continued to pull his arm, and decided that she was right. He then got up, throwing the looking glass at a bag lying by the miniature Manta Ray. He then grabbed Kimiko's hands in each of his own. "What are the chances for you being my teddy bear tonight." he grinned at her
Kimiko blushed. She would admit she liked the idea, but she didn't know if she herself approved. Her morals and all that. "Won't Candida get jealous?" she smiled.
"Nah, she's a big kitty now." he joked. "Besides she's already asleep by the fire."
Kimiko let out a chuckle. But didn't say anything.
"Besides, I don't want to have to set up two tents, when one would work. It conserves energy, saves the planet, stuff like that.
"A tent wouldn't even hurt the planet or waster energy." Kimiko argued.
"It would waste my energy." he answered letting go of one of her hands and placing it on her waste.
Kimiko sighed. "You are just lazy."
"You're the one who told me to get my rest." he said placing his forehead against hers.
Kimiko was loosing the battle inside her head with each little action Raimundo did. Her morals told her that this was something you weren't supposed to do, but her heart also told that they were just sleeping, and his arms did look awfully comfy.
Her papa would not approve, but then again he wasn't here. Chase wouldn't approve, but yet again, he wasn't here either. She looked up at Raimundo, who was only staring at her. He let go of her other hand, and cupped her face.
"Besides, I don't want to say good-night."
Kimiko caved. The first night of camping she was able to fight against the urge, but tonight, she couldn't find any reason not to anymore. "Okay."
Raimundo place a short simple kiss on her lips, before getting the equipment for the tent.
Once the tent was all set up, they took turns to change into their pajamas. Kimiko was the last to change, and was already lying down when Rai came back into the tent. He smiled at her, and slowly laid down next to her.
He draped one arm across her waist, pulling her in closer. He then wrapped his other arm around her arms. Kimiko shifted a little so she could hold his hand around her arms, causing him to smile. He placed a kiss on her hair, squeezing her hand. Soon he slipped into a comforting sleep, forgetting about his worries.
Kimiko could feel his rhythmic breathing and looked back at him. She was happy with her decision, his arms were extremely comfy. She then rested her head under his chin, before falling asleep herself.
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"Why can't you use your magic to clean this off?" Jack whined.
"My powers are not used to clean off puke from your inventions, that would be a waste." Wuya called from inside the parked train.
"But it would go a lot quicker." He complained, squeegee washing off another layer of vomit.
"Jack." Wuya said, walking out of the train. "Does this truly bother you that much?"
"Well yes." He replied surprised at the sincerity in her voice.
"Good." she replied coldly. "I will be in the air conditioning."
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Jermaine knows more about the prophecy then Guan and yous guys! You thought that the prophecy was the beginning there, but its not! HA! You will just have to stay tuned to find out the prophecy!
Anyway, with the remaining chapters, I will start thanking the reviewers, Like I did with Ali at the beginning. But don't you r worry your pretty little heads too much, there are still plenty of chapters left. About 10, give or take a few. It depends.
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