Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown...damn it!

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Kimiko looked dazedly into the mirror. The dark rings around her eyes looking worse than ever. She was now eighteen and for the past years, all she could think about was her friends and what had happened to them.

Her head suddenly started to throb with pain and flashes of long forgotten memories started to fight their way to the surface:

Blood, Omi, clay, Raimundo, more blood, Master Fung, Dojo, the monks, more blood...

She clenched her fists in her hair, trying to force them back down.

Blood, Wuya, fire, more blood...

She let out a heart wrenching scream.

"STOP IT" she screamed at the top of her voice.

The images stopped flashing through her mind and tears streamed down her face.

"I just want to forget..." she sobbed, falling to the floor.

She got up and walked into the kitchen. She wiped the tears from her face angrily and began to make coffee.

"I just need to wake up" she muttered to herself, knowing that it was a lie.

The images had kept returning because she was trying to forget something that shouldn't be forgotten. She ran a hand through her hair and blinked sleepily, looking around the small kitchen. The curtains were drawn, giving the room a dark atmosphere. Kimiko walked over to the window and looked out at the now familiar scene.

Most of the buildings were in ruins and all the wildlife was dead. There were a few people still in the town, trying to find a way to rebuild their broken lives. Kimiko sighed turned away; she knew that it was over. The ten-thousand years of darkness were due to arrive any day now and all she could do was wait.

"If only I had..." she began, but then stopped herself.

There was no point in blaming herself for something that couldn't be changed.

A strange sound came from behind her. She turned around and walked over to a cupboard and pulled it open. Inside was the sacred scroll that she and her friends had studied so many times.

"Let's see what we've got" she said, pulling it open.

A picture flashed with a small figure holding a staff. The figure suddenly moving at an amazing speed around the small circle on the page.

"The ruby staff allows you to travel at great speed" said Kimiko, reading the passage"Better go get it then"

She picked up her bag and put the scroll into it. She then reached into the cupboard again and pulled out a small compass like object. She stood up and walked through her flat, picking up a denim jacket as she walked out of the door.

Once outside she climbed onto a black motorbike and attached the compass so she could see it. She started the bike and drove off into the distance, following where the compass was telling her to go.

The so called 'Compass' was in fact a Shen-gong-wu detector. Kimiko had built it herself and she always followed it, knowing that she could trust it.

She stopped and began walking, looking down at the detector. It was pointing straight into the centre of a heap of rubble. She sighed and started pulling large rocks aside.

Several minutes later and after shifting several loads of rock, she caught a glimpse of a red staff, buried deep among the rubble. She grabbed hold of it and pulled, but it wouldn't come out. She stood up and a load of rubble fell away revealing someone else standing on the other side, also pulling one end.

"J...Jack Spicer" asked Kimiko, looking into the familiar face of the boy in front of her.

"Kimiko" he asked.

Kimiko shook her to wake herself up and pulled hard on the rod.

"Jack Spicer, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown" she called.

"Damn it" He said, suddenly realizing what had happened"Name your game."

Kimiko looked around the deserted area and saw a very large hill of rubble on her left.

"We climb up the side of that hill, first one to the top wins" she said"My tangle-web-comb against your..."

"Third-arm-sash" he suggested shrugging.

"My tangle-web-comb against your third-arm-sash" she said.

"You're on" he said, grinning.

They both yelled 'GONG-YE-TEMPAI' and set off.

"Third arm sash" called Jack, using it pull his self up faster.

Kimiko was climbing quickly, but still Jack was ahead of her. He was now near the top. She pulled the comb from her back pocket and aimed it at him, making her mind go clear.

"Tangle web comb" she called and the strings of the comb flew out and wrapped themselves around Jack.

Jack fell down and Kimiko climbed to the top, reached out and grabbed the Ruby Staff. There was a flash of light and the Showdown was over.

Kimiko looked down at the three Shen-Gong-Wu in her hand and more memories came flashing back to her. She looked up and was surprised to see Jack Spicer still watching her.

"What're you staring at" she asked angrily.

"Nothing, it's just..." he trailed off.

"What" she asked.

"I figured that you'd have quit this after what happened to...y'know" he said, shrugging.

"Well someone's got to prevent the Ten thousand years of darkness." she said.

She turned and began to walk away, only to realize that Jack was following her.

"Why are you following me" she asked, rounding on him.

"My ship is this way" he said, raising his hands as though she was pointing a gun at him.

"Well...just walk along side me rather than stalking me" she said, turning away again.

He walked faster until he was level with her.

"I wasn't stalking you" he said angrily.

Kimiko rolled her eyes and they walked in silence for a few steps.

"How did you find out about the others anyway" asked Kimiko.

"Hard not to" said Jack"I can't believe Wuya did something like that."

"Why not? She's an evil murderer" said Kimiko.

"Yeah, but she never did anything like that before" said Jack.

Kimiko sighed and stopped and she drew up beside her bike.

"Cool bike" said Jack"Do you have a license for that thing"

"Are there any cops to stop me riding it" asked Kimiko, pulling on her helmet.

Jack walked over to where his ship was. He climbed into it and turned the key. Nothing happened. He tried again and still nothing happened.

"Damn it" he called, slamming his head against the controls.

"My, my we do have a temper" called a familiar, croaky voice.

Jack and Kimiko both stopped and turned. Wuya was standing a few meters away from them.

"W...Wuya" stuttered Kimiko.

"Ah" screamed Jack, trying to get his craft to start.

"Hand over the Shen-Gong-Wu" shouted Wuya.

"Make me" called back Kimiko, starting her bike and swinging it around.

She began along the road, stopping in front of Jack's craft.

"Get on" she shouted.

Jack jumped down and landed on the bike. Kimiko revved the engine and it started off into the distance before Wuya had a chance to stop them. A small, cruel smile spread over her face.

"The final piece of my collection" she hissed and turned to walk in the opposite direction.