Toru: what's the deal I barely said anything last chapter!
Me: be glad you said anything at all.
Toru: Excuse me!
Me: Eep! I'm sorry you'll say more this chapter I swear!
Toru: that's better now get to typing they're waiting.
Me: oy, only the second chapter and I'm already getting threated…oh well
Previously:
"Toru retrieve the wu, now!"
"Yes master."
Toru took a quick glace back to make sure the other monks we out of the way, then with superhuman speed started to scale the trees. There's a reason why she saved Kimiko for last.
The female warriors made it to the top of the pine tree were there prized laid and touched the shen gong wu at the same time and it started to glow…
Chapter 2: The challenge
The two warrior looked at each other with fire in their eyes, eager to battle.
"Kimiko I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdow. Since I possess no wu of my own I wager my Sword of Slayers against your Star Hanabi"
Kimiko nodded "Alright"
"The game is Tight Rope of Death the first one that can defeat there glamazon opponent wins"
"LET'S GO! XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!"
The area quickly morphed into the battle ground. The trees either parted or turned into wooden poles. The ropes attached quickly went taut as the girls were changed into their showdown gear. Toru's outfit was different, not quite the same ninja-looking outfit but a red and black Kunoichi outfit.
Even though you couldn't tell the mask Kimiko was a little jealous. "Damn how come my gear doesn't look that good"
"What's with the look? Envious are we? Well don't worry, give it a few more years and you could fill out something like this…maybe." Toru laughed.
Kimiko started to blush, thank god she couldn't tell, if they ever did meet again then she would never let her live it down, Kimiko just knew it.
"Shut up and lets fight!"
"GONG YE TEMPI" (if I spelled that right)
The tips of the pillars started to turn into armored women, they stepped onto the tight rope and their wooden exterior shattered into steel. They rushed their opponents attacking with the ferocity of a real dragon.
Chase noticed the change in Kimiko's attack style even Toru was attacking more furiously than she normally did. Was it cause of their close proximity? Surly they couldn't have gotten under each other's skin that much.
"Chase, this showdown seems different from the others. Never has a third party opponent ever shown so much will." Wuya watched in confusion.
"You are a fool Wuya. A showdown is only as strong as the combatants will. It is not the third part it's self but the girls themselves, there refusal to lose to each other has made their opponents as strong as they were, as if they were fighting one-on-one."
Clay, Raimundo, and Omi woke up just in time for the real action to start.
"Hey, does anyone else notice that Kimoko's acting wilier than a coyote" Clay had some serious concern in his voice.
"It is probably back pay" Omi miss says
"that's 'pay back' and I don't know she's hardly used her shen gong wu" Raimundo look at Kimiko she was acting strange.
"AHAH! HA!" Kimiko punched and round housed kicked the steel warrior-ess, then backfliped from her current tight rope and landed on a lower one. The glamazon followed.
"FULMEN!" A lightning bolt shot out of Toru's sword and knocked her glamazon into a pillar shattering it. Toru grabbed the rope swung around the remaining pillar. Toru watched as it appeared she won for a second, but Chase taught her to never underestimate an opponent. The glamazon narrowly grabs a tight rope and regains her footing, the warrior-ess looked at Toru, it seemed like it was saying 'Is that the bet you got?' with her emotionless face. "Damn." Toru landed next to her current adversary, unsheathed her sword and took a fighting stance.
Kimiko and Toru now where facing eye-to-eye with their steel opponents.
"STAR HANABI, FIRE!"
"SWORD OF SLAYERS, LIGHTING!"
Huge fire and lighting attacks incinerate the poles and ropes, and send the glamazons flying. Suddenly a light of red engulfs Kimiko, and a white light Toru. Now floating in mid-air the girls look up at their airborne opponents and fly up. The auras of red and white start knocking around the steel warriors. While beautiful to look at there was nothing safe about this fight, the cascading energy was starting effect the others and Chase knew the repercussions if this were to continue.
'Toru's releasing too much of her chi, at this rate she'll fuse with her dragon permanently'
The battle above continued and still the steel warriors refused to break.
'Damn it!'
'Why can't I beat her?! She's just some rogue!'
'If I lose master Chase will never forgive me! And I refuse to lose to some princess who had everything handed to her on a silver platter! '
'I'm not even fighting her directly but still…WHAT MAKE'S HER SO DIFFERENT!' both of them screamed in their minds until something or rather someone broke the cycle.
"Toru, defeat the monk and end this nonsense, now!" Chase couldn't afford to waste any more time less he lose his apprentice. If he wanted another mindless servant he would have turned her into one of his jungle cats.
Chase's command sent a final surge of electricity through Toru. "Yes, my master!"
"Oh no you don't!"
Kimiko and Toru delivered the final blow, and as the landed their auras dissipated Kimiko looked back and gasped as she saw that she only took out the warrior's arm, but what about Toru?
Her sword had elongated into sections and impaled both warriors. The dragon of fire was thoroughly dumbfounded.
"How!" Kimiko's final words before the arena shifted back to normal. "How did you do that, when I had a clear shot!?"
In the final moments:
They both had clear shots but Toru's sword was faster, as it elongated and impaled her opponent and with a slight yank to the left the blade curved and impaled the other warrior but also moving it to the side interfering with Kimiko 's aim. All within seconds.
Toru smirked finally giving the girl an answer "Because I'm just that good." Toru walked over to her master showed him her prize and bowed.
"Very good, Toru. Come, we're leaving."
"Yes master." Toru started to follow but then stopped and peered back at the defeated dragon of fire. "Hey you're still a pretty good fighter; we should do it again some time." And with that she continued to follow Chase.
"Count on it."
At the Xiaolin temple
The monks shared looks of dejection and confusion from today, all accept Dojo who had a look of nervousness which did not go unnoticed.
"Yo, Dojo what's up"
The little green dragon looked up at the Brazilian boy. "wh-what? N-n-nothings wrong. What would make you say that."
Clay tried to reassure his friend "Whoa, easy there partner you just seem a little nervous, that's all. We ain't implying nothing"
"What could I possibly be implying! Just because there was a fifth dragon that was never found you automatically assume its this new girl?" Dojo quickly covered his mouth.
The other monks gasped. "A fifth dragon? How can this be, master Fung said there we're only 4 dragons." Omi was in denial how could there have been another dragon, and why would Master Fung lie about it?
"I am afraid that is not entirely true young one." Suddenly Master Fung was standing right in front of the monks
Kimiko was seething with anger at this point and she didn't know why. "How could you lie to us, Master?! Who is that girl and why didn't you tell us about the fifth dragon?! What were you afraid we couldn't handle it? TELL US!"
Kimiko had every right to be angry, as did the others. Master Fung had no choice he had to tell them.
"Follow me young monks, and I shall explain everything"
Oh Dojo couldn't keep your mystical mouth shut could you? Hehe. Oh well. History of the 5th dragon reviled in chapter 3. Thanks to all who are reading I hope you are enjoying it so far.