''So you mean to tell me… that you have a total of 26 pierces?'', Raimundo started, ''27. One in tongue too.'', Jack corrected, " And you're still afraid of getting a flu shot?", The wind dragon said in disbelief, "Hey! Injections are one of the scariest shits out there!", The ex evil but still very genius argued.
''Doesn't it bother you when you eat?'', omi asked curious, ''Well, it did at first, but I got used to it.'', ''You know what I don't get? How you don't have one in your nose yet.'', Clay told him with the image of Jack having his nose pierced in his mind, ''Well I don't plan on doing one because it's gross. Mucus is going to coat it and it would be hard to pick at your nose you know? And then-'', Jack started to explain seriously, when he was interrupted, ''Ok boys, I get it.'', it was Kimiko, and boy, she didn't need to hear all the details. ''Hey, that makes me wonder.'', Jack turned towards the others ''Kimiko, how are your wigs never falling?'', "They have those clips that you put in your actual hair.", "Sounds painful.", "Beauty and pain are married. How did you used to keep so much stuff in your coat?'', ''Pockets?'', He answered with a raised eyebrow, like it was supposed to be obvious, ''You KEPT THE MONKEY STAFF IN THERE!'', ''Yeah, good ol' days where I could keep pudding in my coat, now I forgot where I threw that old thing. I am freaking wearing a T-shirt now. It's cold as fuck when you fly.''.
''Don't you fly with your heli pack anymore Jack?'', Omi asked this time, ''Nah, since I quit wu hunting. I forgot where I put that too.'', ''We're here kids.'', Dojo announced as he landed on a mountain. ''The claws should be here somewhere.'', ''On a mountain?'', asked Raimundo as all of them got off the dragon. Dojo shrunk down and climbed onto Clay ''Yeah. So what?'', ''But... aren't they called the jaguar claws? Shouldn't they be in a forest or something?'', Clay asked, ''Hey, my job was to hide them! I didn't really care where.'', the monks rolled their eyes and started searching.
Half an hour later and nothing. That is until Jack thought about something and went over the steep. ''Monkey staff!'', He called out and after growing a tail he climbed down and checked there. Still nothing. He sighed and scratched his furry face and was about to climb up when something glowed. Looking down on the right, he saw the wu. He could hear Raimundo screaming ''Echo'', and then an echo followed a few times. He also heard Kimiko saying something to him. ''HEY LOSERS! IT'S OVER HERE!'', Jack yelled and climbed after the wu. Right before he could touch the wu though, some sort of electric energy blast hit the rock he was standing on, throwing the wu in the air and making him fall. Jack screamed in surprise as he dropped his staff, turning back to normal and crashing onto a rock below.
Looking up he saw Wuya with the Thorn of Thunderbolt in hand. ''Nice shot Wuya.'', said another female voice, ''What are you talking about? I missed!'', the witch answered. Jack raised up on his knees and grabbed the staff ''Wuya, darling, did you do something to your eyebrow? Oh, sorry, my bad. I forgot that I shot you the last time we met.'', Jack smirked in satisfaction as Wuya, with a scar over her eyebrow, stuck out her tongue and flipped him off, "Ah, don't worry! It looks good on you! Makes you more ugly and less witchy.", He continued to annoy her and she flipped him off with the other hand too ''I see you managed to survive. Again. Ew.'', she commented and he argued back "Drop the Karen attitude! Chase hates that.".
Jack heard the monks calling and saw how Omi was coming closer, he also saw a figure going for the wu. ''Oh no you don't.'', He growled and ran after it, putting his hand on the wu with 3 more at the same time. Omi was one of them thankfully. Jack looked up and was surprised to see Ashley.
Her cat costume was different now, looking more like cat woman's or something. But her hair. Oh Good Gracious, her hair. ''Wuya! Catnappe! We challenge you to a sha-'', ''Ashley, bitch, what atrocity have you done to your hair?'', Jack exclaimed in utter horror and disbelief, ''You are one to talk d* face! Didn't you quit btw?'', ''Why is everyone so surprised?! I'm back! Big deal!''.
''As I was saying.'', Omi said glaring at the 2 for rudely interrupting him ''We challenge you to a showdown. We have to jump over obstacles! My Orb of Tornami and Jack's Monkey Staff against your Thorn of Thunderbolt and Lotus Twister! First one to get the Jaguar Claws is the winner!'', ''We accept!'', "Let's go!".
''XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!''.
The world shifted and suddenly they all saw the wu on a mountain very far away from them. They were also on the peak of another mountain and in front of them were a lot of sharp edges and cliffs. Down was a huge abyss.
''Gong Yi Tan Pai!'', Omi was out in a flash and so did the girls. Jack looked over the cliff and was about to say 'nope' when he remembered about the staff. He called out it's name and ran after them.
''Orb of Tornami! Wudai Neptune! Water!'', Omi shot and released a powerful water jet towards Ashley. It hit her full force and she fell off a cliff. "Lotus Twister!'', She called out and her limbs started growing. She managed to catch a stone and get up. Wuya called out her wu's name and aimed it at Omi but before she could shoot the thunderbolts Jack slammed into her side with all the monkey strength he could muster. They both fell but Jack managed to catch a rock. Wuya on the other hand caught his tail, making him yelp. She grabbed the rock wall and threw Jack off of it. He grabbed the edge of a cliff and dodged her next thunder bolt attack. He landed a few feet below her. ''What's the matter Jack? Be honest now. Did you really join them or are you planning a good back stabbing later on?'', Wuya asked with a raised eyebrow.
''No, I'm not.'', ''Hah, what a joke. It's not like you didn't do it plenty of times before. You even did that to Chase. You don't know what loyalty means.'', Wuya spat, ''Don't pretend you're any better Wuya!'', ''Oh I am not. Because I am evil. And so are you. Do you really believe you changed?! You're heylin, Jack! Evil is a part of you!'', She asked and shot him in the chest with a bolt. He screamed and fell off the cliff.
Jack grabbed the edge and started running towards the wu. On the way there Omi was fighting with Ashley and damn it why was it so far? He finally reached Omi and stopped. ''Go and take the wu! I will deal with them.'', Omi exclaimed and shot Wuya with water in the face as she came for them. Jack nodded and ran towards the mountain where the wu was. Ashley looked up as Omi started fighting with Wuya ''Oh, what's the matter Jack? Do you want to make up for how much of an asshole you were in the past? What was the worst thing you ever did? Backstabbing? Psh! That's easy. Stealing? Nah. I do this all the time.''.
Jack growled as he continued to jump cliff after cliff. ''No.'', Wuya said and finally kicked Omi in the stomach and ran after the wu as well. ''I'll tell you what.'', Omi jumped in front of Wuya and started fighting her. But the wicked witch had that smirk on her face the entire time.
Jack jumped over a cliff, preparing to land on the next one. He tried to shut down everything those 2 were saying. ''First place shall take that time when he built fake parents for Omi! That was pretty wicked! The tears in the little guy's eyes...'', Jack's own eyes widened and he unconsciously dropped the staff, reverting back to normal. He gasped and screamed as he hit the cliff in front of him and grabbed with his nails barely managing to stop sliding down.
He could hear the monks calling his name. ''Oh, don't tell me you feel bad for it.'', that one deed haunted his dreams for months. He managed to get his elbows on the edge of the cliff and he tried to climb up. But stopped when he saw Ashley in front of him, with the same sly smile over her face. ''You know. Now that I think about it, the things you did were pretty nasty. Pretending to be their friend? Creating fake parents? Kidnapping and locking them? Stealing and backstabbing? It was pretty deceitful and smart for a loser like you.'', ''Jack! Don't listen to them!'', Omi shouted.
Ashley raised her foot, ''Too bad you gave up on evil, but I know you Jack. Sooner or later you won't resist temptation and you will betray them again. You will do anything if it benefits you.'', she kicked him and he fell off the cliff. He fell, but he didn't scream, instead he grabbed his chest and shut his eyes tight. He clenched his jaw as he gritted his teeth… why did he have to come back? Did they really trust him now? Was it all an act from their part to get him to train with them? Didn't they resent him? Didn't Omi hate him? He always believed in him and all he did was laugh in his face and mock him.
''I'm... sorry.''.
A light engulfed everything and he knew the showdown was over. He fell onto the ground and coughed hard. Looking up he saw the 2 heylin laughing with the wu in their hands. He got on his knees and sat down, grabbing his head. He heard Omi coming, stopping right in front of him. Jack swallowed and looked at the water dragon. ''I'm sorry.'', ''... I forgive you.'', the monk smiled kindly.
''Yeah, good to know.'', He tried to get up, but Omi grabbed his shoulders ''I forgive you for everything. Including the parent robots.'', That hit him like a train. Suddenly his eyes got teary. ''WHY ON EVERY LOGIC OUT THERE WOULD YOU DO THAT?!'', He shouted. ''Because I want to forgive you and because you deserve to-'', ''No I don't!'', Jack got up on his feet and rubbed his eyes with his fist. ''How could you forgive me, after everything I've done?! Are you crazy Cheese ball?!'', ''Well it is obvious that you are consumed by guilt because of it. You feel sorry and you are ashamed. It is quite obvious to be honest.'', Omi smiled that big goofy smile of his.
Jack stared down at him and heard the others approaching. He swallowed and looked away. He felt like crying. Clearing out his throat he looked at the others who were also smiling. ''Maybe next time pardner.'', ''Don't beat yourself over this.'', ''I am glad you told that bitch about her hair because she was annoying the hell outta me.'', last was Kimiko.
Jack smiled with one corner of his mouth and looked at them, inhaling deeply. 'They're not pretending…', he thought to himself, then looked up at them.
''I'll get them back.''.