Chapter 6
Rai's Anger
"OK, put it there...not there, you pest! There! Now, the last piece..the Heart Of Jong!" Wuya gazed in awe.
"What's it suppose to do?" Jack asked.
All of the sudden, all the Shen Gon Wu placed on the table shook.
"Heh...what's it doing?" Jack asked, shaking.
"We have created the invincible demon...Mala Mala Jong!"
Blue fire shot around the Shen Gon Wu, and a monster man was formed.
"And, he's your...replacement." Wuya chuckled.
"W-What?" Jack said, shrinking down into the shadows as the monster went past him and up the stairs.
At The Temple...
"Oh, it's all right Omi. It was just a Shen Gon Wu." Kimiko said, trying to cheer Omi up.
"Worry does not take the pain out of tomorrow; it merely takes the joy out of today." Master Fung said. "Now, what is the Shen Gon Wu you lost, young monk?"
Omi sighed. "The..Heart of Jong."
Master Fung's face turned white.
I jumped down from the temple wall. "What did you just say Omi?"
"Is that Shen Gon Wu important?"
"It means...if Wuya has it...it means...10,000 years of darkness..." Master Fung gasped.
"Well, why don't we go over there and kick Wuya's see through butt?" Raimundo asked.
"It's not that simple, Raimundo! Combined with certain Shen Gon Wu, the Heart of Jong will create an invincible demon!" I said. "And soon...it will come here."
In a room, in the Temple, where a small meeting is taking place...
There was a diagram of Mala Mala Jong on the wall. All the other masters sat down, while the monks and I stood up, listening to Master Fung's directions.
"In addition to power and strength, Mala Mala Jong has power of the Shen Gon Wu it is made of. I expect Wuya to attack...before the end of the day."
Omi raised his hand. "Master, how will we defeat Mala Mala Jong?"
"You won't. You and the other monks will flee with the Shen Gon Wu."
The other monks got up and protested. "But-" "We can't leave you!"
Master Fung raised his hands to silence them. "Wuya must not get a hold of the remaining Shen Gon Wu. Protect them at all costs. Now go! Flee the temple grounds at once."
Raimundo looked angry. "I didn't spend all this training to run and hide! I'm tired of losing. I'm going to stay behind and help you guys!"
"No, Raimundo. Do as you are told!" Master Fung harshly said.
Raimundo, with anger, left the temple with the other monks and got on Dojo. I followed after them. We took the Shen Gon Wu, and fled.
Soon after they left...
Wuya arrived with Mala Mala Jong.
The archers shot arrows on fire, but that did nothing.
Masters boarded up the doors, and awaited the beast.
Mala Mala Jong broke through the door with might.
Wuya chuckled. "Excellent...now, tell me, where are the Shen Gon Wu?"
"You cannot find them...the Chosen Ones fled with them..." Master Fung said.
"What? Tell me, where are they?"
"Even I do not know..."
"What? Fine! We shall find them ourselves..."
We camped up in a cave, sheltered from the rain...
"What do we do know? Sit here and wait for our doom?" Kimiko asked.
"No. Mala Mala Jong might be heading to the temple right now! We should be fighting along with Master Fung, not sitting here like ducks!" Raimundo said. "I'm tired of losing and running away." He added, in a whisper.
"Master Fung ordered us to guard the Shen Gon Wu." Omi said.
"But.."
"How about we formulate a plan to stop this Mala Mala Jong?" Clay suggested.
"How, though? We're facing an invincible demon here!" Kimiko said.
"We'll think of something." I said, as I saw Raimundo take the Sword Of The Storm and leave.
After minutes of thinking and unawareness or Rai's leaving, Omi came up with an idea.
"I got it! This might help us. The Heart Of Jong must be the key! And, it would be placed in the chest of Mala Mala Jong. Wuya was most desperate to get it."
"And Master Fung was pretty freaked out when Wuya got it." Kimiko said.
"So when we take out the heart, Mala Mala Jong will be turned into just normal Shen Gon Wu." Clay said.
"But how do we do it?" Omi asked.
"Maybe we use the Golden Tiger Claws to go inside its chest and get out the heart." I suggested.
"That would be perfect if our little feller here sent it to the Earth's Core." Clay said.
"Well..oh wait." I said, knowing what the problem was.
"What?" Kimiko asked.
"Heh, one missing piece to this puzzle. Jack has the Serpent's Tail, in which we need to go into the Earth's Core and retrieve the claws."
"Oh..." The three monks said.
"I'll just have to go get it for him." I shrugged.
"But what about Mala Mala Jong?" Omi asked.
"You think Wuya would go back to Jack? He doesn't know where we are. It'll be quick." And, I went out toward Jack's house.
In Jack's Basement...
"Jack!"
Jack turned around and screamed like a little girl. "Oh..it's just you...what do you want?"
I smirked. "Lovely scream. Anyways, can I borrow the Serpent's Tail?"
"Why?"
"Do you want to rule the world?"
"Yes. What are you getting to?"
"I have a plan, but we need the Serpent's Tail to complete it."
"How do I know you won't take it for good?"
"Come one, I'm a good guy."
"Hmph..fine."
To the Cave...
I climbed up and up and got to the entrance, my hair and clothes soaking wet.
"I got the Serpent's Tail. That's the good thing. There's a bad thing." I panted.
"What's the bad thing?" Kimiko asked.
"Mala Mala Jong is climbing up the mountain, and Raimundo is nowhere to be seen. So.." I gave Omi the Serpent's Tail. "Omi, travel to the Earth's Core and retrieve the claws, and the rest you know! Now go!"
"Serpent's Tail!" Omi shot through the ground.
Just then, Mala Mala Jong climbed up to the entrance.
To Raimundo, before I got the tail...
The temple grounds were torn up, and Raimundo cautiously moved through them.
"Master Fung!" Raimundo said, and ran to the injured master.
"Raimundo? What are you doing here? I told you to protect the Shen Gon Wu!" Suddenly, Master Fung's eyes grew wide.
Rai turned around,and there was Wuya and Mala Mala Jong.
Wuya chuckled. "Well well..one of the monks. Tell me, where are your friends?"
"I'll never tell you, you old hag." Raimundo said.
"Oh, really, now? I'll just have a little look for myself."
Wuya entered Rai's thoughts.
She came out. "So, that is where it is..."
Back to the Cave, where there is..some..trouble..
"Star of Hanabi!" Kimiko yelled. Fire blasted, but it did nothing to the tunic.
Mala Mala Jong knocked down Kimiko.
"Hey!" I ran up to Mala Mala, and used my magic to strap it by green strands.
The strands broke, and Mala hit me.
I landed on the cold floor unconscious.
Mala Mala Jong then grabbed all three of us, and held us up. He compressed us together, squishing us slowly and painfully.
Right before death, Mala Mala Jong stopped.
Then, he screamed and roared as if in pain.
"What are you doing? Destroy them!" Wuya screamed.
But suddenly, Omi burst out of its chest with the Heart of Jong and Golden Tiger Claws!
"NOOO!" Wuya screamed, and fled.
Back At The Temple, Where everything is back to normal..
"Congratulations, young monks. You have defeated Mala Mala Jong." Master Fung said. He was holding cloth belts. I remember when... "You have demonstrated great power." He handed Omi, then Kimiko, then Clay a belt. "You have proven yourselves ready for the next level, Xiaolin Apprentice."
Raimundo looked angry and confused. "What, don't know my sash size?"
"No, Raimundo. You have not proven that you are ready."
"But-"
"You did not follow my instructions, and your actions lead to the verge of disaster."
Raimundo stood up, with his head down.
"Rai..." Kimiko said, trying to cheer him up.
"Pfft...the things I get...it won't ever happen again. I'm sick of this place..." Raimundo said, and walked away.
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"Interesting...He has negative feelings toward this whole idea of being a monk! That could be useful..."
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"She didn't give back the tail! NEVER TRUST GIRLS, NEVER!"
