Chapter Two: Spirit of Hui
A/N: hello, my lovies, I'm going on 24 hours of no sleep and counting. but what is my misery is your delight for i have three, count them, three new chapters!
Disclaimer: I do not own XS, not even in my sleep deprived state of mind.
The four warriors circled a large mountain by dragon. Each kept their eyes peeled for the active shen gong wu.
"What does it say the Spirit of Hui does?" asked Raimundo.
Kimiko pulled the scroll from her bag. "The Spirit of Hui lets you control your opponent's thoughts when combined with the Mind Reading Conch."
"Sounds like one powerful wu," Clay said, tipping his hat.
"I think I see wu, dead ahead!" Dojo called out, flying down to a level landing area. He pointed to a small silver colored medallion, attached to a chain, with an amethyst stone in the middle and black lining.
The four monks jumped off and took off for the Spirit of Hui. Raimundo leapt from rock to rock, until he landed only to find he was floating five feet from the ground. The object he landed on suddenly threw him off, causing him to collide with Clay, who lost his footing.
"Spicer!" Kimiko called out. She moved into a fighting stance, carefully circling the area.
"None other, sweat pea!" cackled Jack Spicer as he lowered from the sky via heli-pack.
"Ewww, can you at least try and not be a complete creep?"
"Not a chance!" Jack yelled in confidence. "Wait, they didn't come out right."
"HIYA!" Omi jumped and kicked Jack out of the sky; making him skid, face down on the hard rocks below.
"Hey, what happened to letting a guy finish his evil rant, BEFORE starting the fight?" Jack said angrily as he dusted his clothes off.
"Quickly! To the Spirit of Hui!" Omi called.
"I don't think so. Inviso-bots, do your stuff!"
Raimundo hurdled through the air, propelling himself with his wind element. Each time a heard a bot nearing him, he'd fly high and land, sending sparks in every direction. He managed to scale to the top only to be blindsided by Jack.
"Wha?" Raimundo yelled as he was hurdled backwards.
"HA! I can't believe that worked!" laughed Jack.
Clay kicked the earth, causing a fissure.
"Sorry, cowboy, but earthquakes don't work when you're not touching the ground," Jack said in slow, dulled voice, mocking the cowboy.
"Who says I was aiming for you?" Clay smiled.
Jack raised an eyebrow. A rattling sound became more dominant. Jack looked up with wide eyes and his jaw dropped. Boulders the size of cars came crashing down the mountain. If he hadn't been paralyzed in fear, a high-pitched scream would have been emitting from Jack's open mouth.
As Jack attempted to dodge the large sarsens, Kimiko jumped over them with ease. She made her way closer and closer to the shen gong wu.
"Okay, that's it," Jack huffed as the last rock missed his head by mere inches. "Heart of Youth!"
"What?" Kimiko cried as a beam of white light hit her and the others.
Jack was hit by the recoil and he crashed into the nearest rock. The light faded and Jack opened his eyes to check the damage. Everything looked normal, until a toddler looking suspiciously like Kimiko crawled out from behind a boulder.
"Whoa." Jack said seeing that all the other warriors were nothing but mere toddlers as well.
Clay wobbled as he stood and Raimundo came up from behind, snagging Clay's cowboy hat, revealing a wide eyed baby Dojo. Tears exploded from Clay's enormous eyes as he let out an ear piercing wail. Jack held his hands to his ears, trying to block the scream. Kimiko kept falling over as she tried to attack Jack.
"Ha!" Jack jumped out her reached. He set his sights on the wu. Making his way up the mountain, Jack found it a habit to look back in case of an attack, but the warriors were still struggling below. After catching a glimpse of Clay preoccupied with sucking his toes, he figured he was safe, until he did a head count. Jack could only see three monks down below.
Small Omi, jumped through the air, landing on Jack's face.
"Ahh! Get it off me! Get it off me!" he screamed, flailing his arms about. He threw Omi off, who then landed on his feet, skidding to a stop
"Prepare for defweat, Jack Spicer," Omi spoke in an even more unusually high-pitched voiced.
"Think again, little man." Jack sped up to the shen gong wu with Omi nipping at his feet.
"Can't keep up?" Jacked jeered.
"Don't have to. Kaijin Charm! Shimo Staff!" Jack recoiled from the upcoming attack. Omi held on his staff for a whole second before losing control and falling flat on his butt.
Jack guffawed hysterically at Omi's attempt to regain control of his Wuidai weapon.
"So long, loser!"
'I can't let Jack Spicer get to the Spiwit of Hui!' Watching frantically as Jack flew further and further ahead, Omi had to think fast. Building up his chi, he decided to rely back on his element to aid him in his current condition.
"Water!" Flying high with water trailing behind, Omi soon caught up to Jack as he was about to grab the Spirit of Hui. The hand of Jack and Omi both took hold of the shen gong wu.
"I challenge you, Jack Spicer, to a Shiaowin Showdown!"
"A…what?"
"Shiaowin Showdown!" An angry Omi shouted, spitting up on Jack.
"Ugh. Name your game, chrome dome," said Jack as he wiped the spit from his face.
"Your Heart of Youth against my Orb of Tornami. Fiwst one to the top of the mountain wins."
"Deal. This'll be as easy as talking shen gong wu from a baby," smirked Jack.
Meanwhile, Wuya paid a visit to one Hannibal Roy Bean.
"I rather like where you're coming from, Wuya. A classic end to Chase Young, without getting our hands too dirty," Hannibal chortled.
"There's only one problem, I need the Sphere of Yun for any of this to work."
"And you thought I'd help you do that?" Hannibal scratched his neck area, thinking of the benefits he'd receive once Chase was out of the picture.
"We have a common enemy and would both prosper from his demise," smiled Wuya.
"True, but the question is: do I trust you enough to let you go through with your plans?" Hannibal questioned.
"I am only here to help, Hannibal. We're on the same side, remember?"
"Yes, same thing Chase told me, right before shoving me in the Ying Yang world," he scoffed.
"And don't you want your revenge?" Tension built up inside Wuya, without Hannibal on her side, this may not work. As much as she loathed it, she needed him, for now.
"Fine. I'll go along with your little scheme, as long as I'm the one to do it."
"No! It has to be me, you fool," Wuya hissed and thinking better she added, "but I think I have something you can do that will be much more sweeter. All it will take is a quick visit to the Xiaolin Temple." A malevolent grin curved on Wuya's face.
"Alright, short stuff, Xiaolin Showdown!" The ground shook with a fury. Rocks rose above their heads as both Jack and Omi began to levitate. The mountain grew high into the clouds.
Jack and Omi were released from their anti-gravity grip. Jack falling on his back and Omi landing on his feet, as the ground stopped moving.
"Gong Yi Tanpai!" They called out.
Jack took the lead easily, using the two propellers attached to his pack to lift him up higher. Omi struggled to keep up as he hopped from one stone to the next. No matter how close he would get to passing Jack, the heli-pack would speed up, leaving Omi in its dust.
Angered, Omi pointed the orb down. "Orb of Tornami!" The force of the powerful blast of water sent Omi up into the sky.
"What? Hey!" Jack grabbed onto Omi as he rushed past him. It was like the weight of the mountain itself was weighing down on his face as he held tight to Omi's leg. Clouds burst into mist as the two shot up the mountain. The peak was in sight, mere feet away, until the endless stream of water…ended.
Omi felt the weightlessly as he floated up and then gravity quickly pulled him down. Jack let go, smirking, only to find the propellers to his heli-pack were bent and busted. Wide eyed Jack descended down the mountain, hitting every rock on the way down.
Omi panicked, shaking the orb with all his might to reactivate its power. The orb sputtered a few drops before blasting off once more. He lost control, spinning in every direction. The motion was making him sick, but he held on, knowing that if he could just regain focus, he would make it.
Jack grabbed onto the side of the mountain, not far from where Omi had begun to tailspin. With this distraction, he started his ascent. Water shot everywhere, making the climb hard for Jack as he dodged fatal discharges of water. The peak once again became clear. He climbed faster and faster.
From the corner of his eye, Omi saw Jack nearly reaching the top. He forced all his weight forward, making the water push him at Jack.
Hearing an odd cry from behind, Jack turned just in time to see Omi's fist. He fell back from impact, losing his grip on the rock. Omi jumped onto the side of the mountain, orb tucked under his arm. He made the final climb easily as Jack's shouts of rage faded away.
The showdown ended. All that was intensified quickly changed back to its original form.
Omi looked down at his baby form and raised his newly obtained shen gong wu.
"Heart of Youth!" The white light surrounded the warriors, giving back to them their bodies. They all looked at Omi with smiles of relief and gratitude, except Clay who still had his foot in his mouth. Quickly spitting out the foot, Clay smiled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.
"I can't believe you did it, Omi!" Kimiko wrapped the young monk in her arms, making him blush profusely.
"Yeah, lil' partner, that was one heck of showdown you put on. Sure did put that no good Spicer in his place," Clay said, giving him a strong pat on the back.
"Speaking of Spicer, where did he go?" Raimundo turned to the others. They noticed also the self-proclaimed evil boy genius had once again flown the coop under the radar.
"Who cares? At least we don't have to listen to his whining," Kimiko joked.
Omi felt uneasy about his win and the sudden disappearance of Jack. There was something troubling in the air.
Jack had narrowly escaped and was pleased with himself that he decided to take his Inviso-jet out for a test drive. Although finding where he park it was a feat in itself. He watched the Xiaolin warriors below, celebrating their victory. He only hoped that he gave Wuya enough time to do whatever it was she needed to do.
He headed back to his lair. The basement seemed empty at first, until a small bean jumped out transforming itself larger.
"Moby Morpher!" It yelled. Jack screamed as he jumped to high ground which was, in this case, his desk.
"Hannibal? I wasn't expecting you here," Jack said, trying not to whimper.
"I thought we could use all the help we can get." Wuya approached from the shadows. "He comes bearing gifts."
Hannibal extended a thin tentacle-like hand holding the Ying Yo-Yo. Jack raised an eyebrow.
"That's it?" He said, disappointed. "We can't use that. Going into the Ying Yang world without both the Ying Yo-Yo and the Yang Yo-Yo will only turn us good." Jack shuddered in disgust.
"Don't coach me on the workings of shen gong wu, boy," Hannibal hissed, "I know more about the workings of wu then you'd eva hope to learn."
"Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. Won't happen again," Jack sniveled, "sir."
"Besides, we are not going into the Ying Yang world," Wuya sneered.
"What's the matter, Omi?" Kimiko asked as Dojo traveled back to the temple.
"I feel as if there is something amiss with our latest encounter with Spicer," he explained.
"What's so 'amiss' about kicking butt?" Raimundo scoffed.
"I do not expect you to understand the instincts of the tiger, which I have mastered," Omi replied, turning his nose up at Raimundo.
Blood boiled up in Raimundo and Clay held him back before he could explode.
"I think I have to agree with Raimundo, lil' partner," Clay said, letting Raimundo's shoulder go. "Jack just turned tail and ran like he always does. What's so different about that?"
"It is not what he did, but how he did it that bothers me." Omi couldn't put his finger on what was truly bothering him, but he knew it did not bode well for what was to come.
Dojo soon landed down in the field of the Xiaolin Temple.
"Last stop! Everybody off!" Dojo called. "Thank you, once again, for riding Dojo Express and please remember us for all your shen gong wu related travels."
The four dismounted the dragon as Master Fung came to greet them.
"I see you have not only retrieved the Spirit of Hui, but also won the Heart of Youth," said Master Fung, although he did not seem pleased.
"I only wish I had benevolent news for you, young warriors," he said.
"What's happened?" Raimundo stepped forward.
"The Ying Yo-Yo has been stolen."
"Someone penetrated the vault?" Raimundo asked, not expecting answer.
"Who could do such a thing?" Omi asked.
"And why only the Ying Yo-Yo? It's no good without the Yang Yo-Yo," Kimiko said.
"True. I fear there is a larger plot in all this," Master Fung commented. The four monks exchanged worried expressions.
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