Brains versus Braun

Chapter 1

The dragons flew above Omi and John on their motorbike, the motorbike seemed okay in the many terrains that they travelled through.

"John, how will you cross the ocean on a bike?" shouted Kimiko from above.

"You'll see," replied John.

They were on the beach now; the ocean was coming up fast.

"Look out!" shouted Clay.

"Omi, can you use your ice powers to freeze the water so we can get across?" asked John.

"WUDAI NEPTUNE ICE!"

The dragons above cheered as they saw Omi create a road of ice across the ocean, it slowly crumbled away behind them as they crossed it. John looked back at Omi to see that he was asleep.

"Huh?" said John.

"Don't worry, he had to use a lot of energy, and he isn't even a Shoku warrior," said Raimundo.

They continued to travel across the water; it seemed that they were taking a long time.

"Hey, do you think you can speed up a bit?" shouted Clay.

"Sure, but I'll have to use a lot of power. What you're about to see is a little move I like to call Daemonic Possession. Do it Yamikage!" shouted John.

John's daemon went into the motorbike, improving its performance by tenfold, it grew a pair of small wings and became a grey sort of color, the dragons saw what appeared to be fangs sprout from the front.

"That's cool," whispered Kimiko.

"This fast enough?" asked John as he sped off ahead of them.

"Race ya!" shouted Raimundo.

Meanwhile, Leroy's giant cathedral continued to hover over the city of New York. He and Skinner looked down on the terror that they had unleashed on the city below, laughing evilly while Leroy's beautiful girlfriend hugged her boyfriend.

"Skinner, are you hungry?" asked Leroy.

"Yes I am Leroy."

"Those people down there must taste nice, why don't you have a little bite?" asked Leroy.

Skinner roared and flew down to the city below; Leroy closed his eyes and smiled as he heard a million screams of innocent lives being brutally killed by the foul beast.

"Ahh!" growled John as he held his head.

"What's the matter?" asked Omi, who had woken up, they were beginning to approach land.

"The pain, I can feel the people's pain, I can sense Skinner, he's doing horrible things!" shouted John.

"We're almost there now, we can defeat this evil once and for all!" shouted Omi, as they went onto land.

They were now on the highway, there weren't any people about, and they must have fled from the city. The sign for New York appeared and they followed the directions. The city seemed silent; everyone was either hiding, or worse. The Cathedral was nowhere to be seen, the dragons and John all got together and inspected the area.

"Gosh, another abandoned city. Kinda reminds me of when Hacker took over Tokyo," said Raimundo.

"John, do you know what has happened?" asked Omi.

John looked down at the floor, though he didn't show it in his face, he was sad.

"John, who or what is this Leroy guy, and what is the dragon he's with?" asked Kimiko.

"Let me explain," said John.

Chapter 2

"Leroy was destined to be a daemon tamer like me, except he was special. He was supposedly going to be one of the most powerful, but powerful daemon tamers only live for a maximum of thirty years. Leroy was extremely upset with this, so he went towards the dark side to find a way to live forever. He sold his soul to the devil, and earned the respect of Skinner, one of the seven devil spawn generals. About a hundred years later, he befriended another general, Centaurus. They bought death and destruction wherever they went in their cathedral, a building built from the souls of the innocent that they had slaughtered. Soon after that, Leroy met Solfatara Demetrius, a vampire girl who fell in love with him."

"May I ask something?" asked Omi.

"What?" said John?

"Why are you so sad?" replied Omi.

John closed his eyes.

"Now look what you've done!" shouted Raimundo.

"I'll tell you," sighed John.

"Don't be sad," whispered Kimiko.

"When I was merely eighteen, skinner took something very precious from me. The same day, I met Yamikage and became a daemon tamer," explained John.

"Okay, lets get rid of that stupid dragon once and for all!" shouted Raimundo.

"But where is the cathedral?" asked Kimiko.

"It can vanish, but I guess its flying above us as we speak," said John.

"All we need to do is fly up there, I can fly, but nobody else can," said Raimundo.

"I can fly, but I need a long time to charge up my power," added John "the same goes with my teleportation."

"The silver manta ray is too big for us not to be noticed," said Kimiko.

"But we do have the Longlei Kite and Jet Bootsu. We could combine the Two Tonne Tunic and Reversing Mirror and make it light as a feather, and once we know the whereabouts of the cathedral, John can use the Golden Tiger Claws!" smiled Omi.

"That's a great idea!" shouted Raimundo.

"Thanks lil' partner!" added Clay.

"But how will John know if we've found the cathedral?" asked Kimiko.

"My daemonic telepathy lets me read people's thoughts and beam my thoughts back," said John.

"Great!" smiled Kimiko.

"How do I use the Golden Claws?" asked John.

"You just shout Golden Tiger Claws and slash the air while thinking of the place in your mind," explained Raimundo.

They got out their required Wu and began to prepare themselves.

"Ready team?" asked Raimundo.

"Ready!" shouted the rest of the dragons.

Omi used the kite to fly high into the air, Kimiko used the magic boots to walk up a building and clay combined his two wu together to float up into the sky. Raimundo summoned up a current of air and flew up too, waving goodbye to John.

"Right, how are we gonna find this needle in a haystack?" asked Clay.

"The falcon's eye may be able to reveal the truth!" answered Omi.

He held the small object to his eye.

"What can you see?" asked Raimundo.

"Nothing," said Omi ", demon magic must be stronger than Xiaolin magic."

"What's that there?" said Kimiko as she pointed to something.

What looked like a big dark bird was flying in between the buildings; it became apparent that it was Skinner, as they saw it breathe some fire.

"Oh no!" shouted Omi.

"We have to fight him!" said Kimiko.

"Or we can find a way around him…" said Raimundo.

Chapter 3

"Do you think he's seen us?" asked Clay.

They carefully watched the dragon as he flew gracefully through the sky, screaming could be heard as he breathed his foul breath.

"That's awful!" shouted Kimiko.

"Come on, while he's busy we can fly past him!" whispered Raimundo.

They held their breaths with fear as they flew over the terrifying monster, trying to make as little noise as possible. Skinners many eyes were very developed, he could use one of his three pairs to look ahead of himself, and use the rest to look above. He saw the humans fly above him, and sneered.

"They think they can escape the gaze of a dragon?" he chuckled.

"Raimundo, I think that thing can see us!" shouted Kimiko.

She was right; Skinner began to fly towards them with his powerful wings.

"Looks like we'll have to fight!" shouted Raimundo.

"WUDAI NEPTUNE WATER!"

Omi flew towards the dragon with a blast of water; He kicked down hard on his snout.

"Wait Omi!" shouted Kimiko.

Skinner flicked his head upwards and flung Omi towards her, he then breathed a stream of fire.

"WUDAI STAR WIND!"

Raimundo fanned away the flames before they could reach the water and fire dragons.

"Not you again!" growled Skinner.

"Want to get beaten up again, huh?" asked Raimundo.

"UNHOLY FLAME!"

Skinner blasted out a ball of searing flame towards the xiaolin leader. Raimundo simply batted away the fireball with his hands.

"What?" shouted Skinner.

"I'm the warrior of the wind, more powerful than any foul beast like you!" laughed Raimundo.

"How dare you!" growled Skinner.

The dragon flew at Raimundo, but the brave leader merely slapped him about with blasts of wind.

"You go get him Raimundo!" cheered Clay.

"Rai…" whispered Kimiko, she knew he was in possible danger.

He still continued to humiliate the dragon, and was almost winning. Skinner concentrated deeply.

"Skinner, let me give you some of my strength," said Centaurus in a psychic message.

Skinner felt his body warm up, evil energy flowed through his veins and accumulated in his tissues. With a flap of his wings, he blasted Raimundo away.

"Gosh, that was a pretty strong attack…" panted Raimundo.

Skinner whipped Raimundo with his long tail, knocking him towards the ground. Kimiko quickly flew down and caught him.

"You okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, but it seems like he's grown stronger," answered Raimundo, noticing his chest was a bit bruised.

"Perhaps we should escape!" shouted Omi from above.

"Good idea," answered Raimundo.

"Not on my watch!" snarled Skinner.

He flew towards them with frightening speed as Raimundo and Kimiko flew up towards the others.

"SAINTS ARROW!"

The Xiaolins were suddenly protected as an arrow of light shot Skinner. The vile beast screeched and flew away.

Chapter 4

"John?" asked Kimiko.

"Pretty cool isn't it? I can not only read your minds, but also I can materialize my moves to wherever you are," said John.

"Sorry, we haven't located the cathedral yet," said Kimiko.

"Skinner always keeps close to the cathedral, you're very close to it," replied John.

She flew closer to Raimundo.

"John says that the Cathedral must be nearby, come on, I bet its here somewhere!" she said.

"How are we gonna find it? It's as hard as telling a male horse apart from a female horse without touching it!" said Clay.

"Eww…" said Kimiko.

"The Jade whistle! We can create sound waves that will bounce off the cathedral!" smiled Omi.

"Like a bat!" added Kimiko?

Omi blew into the green wu; it sent a loud blast of sound that shot through the air. They were surprised to hear the sound come back at them from the direction Omi was facing.

"Way to go Omi!" shouted Raimundo.

"That was a clever idea!" cheered Kimiko.

They flew towards where the sound bounced off; they jumped when they saw the huge building in front of them.

"Surprised? The cathedral has an invisibility force field, once you're inside it you can see it clearly," said John through Kimiko's mind.

They looked backwards and saw the shimmering shield.

"That's cool," said Raimundo.

"Come on Rai, lets land in the garden!" said Clay.

He pointed down at a garden that was located on the cathedral's stone base. It was surrounded by a metal fence, and was populated by trees and beautiful flowers.

"Gosh, who knew such a horrible place had so much beauty," whispered Kimiko.

"Come on! Once we land, we can contact John!" said Omi.

They slowly landed, as they touched the soft green grass, they deactivated their wu. The particular section of the garden they were in was in front of the huge entrance of the cathedral.

"John, can you hear me?" asked Kimiko.

"Yes, are you in the cathedral?" he asked.

"Yes, use the claws now!" replied Kimiko.

A few seconds later, John emerged from the hole that he had created with the Golden Tiger claws.

"That was…different," he said.

"Hi!" shouted Omi.

"So do we just enter through the entrance, or do we sneak in?" asked Raimundo.

"The ways of darkness are always not simple, but sometimes they are foolish. Perhaps we should split up, one half takes the entrance and the other finds a secret way in," said John.

"We're an odd number, so I think that three of us should take the entrance, for there could be danger and more people mean a greater chance of winning against whatever freaks jump out on us. Perhaps me and John should find another way, we are the strongest, and could defeat Leroy quickly if we bump into him inside," explained Raimundo.

"Good idea, you're a good leader," said John.

"But what sort of things are we gonna fight?" asked Clay.

"Solfatara may patrol the first rooms, she is strong, but is the weakest of the four. She may be aided by devil spawn and other monsters, but normally these beasts fall to the pure of heart very easily. Raimundo already shows great skill at fighting Skinner, and may be able to weaken him down a bit. But Centaurus should be defeated first, as he can supply pure rage to his comrades, boosting their strength by a large amount. But it won't be easy, though devil spawn are weak in this world, Centaurus is one of the seven generals, and so is Skinner. Leroy may be defenceless when his allies fall, but he does have a secret ability. Yamikage, explain," said John.

Chapter 5

"Long ago, my associates fell to Leroy. Pentallamorn and Kyserie were my friends, and for many years I have been poignant. He stole their souls, humans are merely animals, and can function without one, but a daemon like me, only a soul. He ate them, and became fully immortal by exchanging his soul for their souls with help from the evil one. Be careful or he will take your souls and you shall never be the same again," said Yamikage.

"That's so sad," whispered Kimiko.

"It took a loot of confidence for him to say that in English," said John.

Omi stretched.

"Okay, let's avenge Yamikage's friends!" he shouted.

"Yeah, let's go partner!" shouted Clay.

"No vampires scare me!" shouted Kimiko.

"Let's beat this kid once and for all!" shouted Raimundo.

"Okay!" shouted John.

"Eoo zaabri!" shouted Yamikage.

Raimundo and John ran round the back of the cathedral, hoping that they would find an opening. Clay, Kimiko and Omi began to walk cautiously to the main entrance.

The hall they found inside was wide and very high, a spiral staircase went all the way up, and the floor was covered in black and white tiles. A chandelier hung above them, it was black and almost spider like.

"Whoa, this place is creepy…" whispered Kimiko.

"I agree it's creepier than my Aunt Sally's wig…" added Clay.

"We must be as quiet as we can be, we don't want to awaken any foul beasts," whispered Omi.

They suddenly heard what sounded like moans, as seconds passed; they began to sound like faint voices and then finally understandable words.

"Look at them, so alive," whispered one voice.

"Poor children," said another.

"They must be lost."

"We have to slay them."

"You are correct."

"Leroy will punish us if we don't get rid of them."

"We are sorry."

The three dragons started to look around frantically, what were those voices?

"Guys, look up!" shouted Kimiko.

The Chandelier began to sway side to side, and it twitched as if it were alive. Its metal limbs began to twist and bend downwards to make long and sinister looking legs, and the chain it hung on began to stretch. The whole thing now looked like a large metal spider hanging down by a chain thread.

"Look in!" shouted Omi.

They jumped away from the spider when it landed; it actually looked more like a solpugid than a spider.

"WUDAI CRATER EARTH!"

Clay smashed it apart with his rock fists, shattering it to pieces.

"He is good."

"Too strong for us."

"We should leave them alone."

The voices reduced to nothing more than a couple of moans, then faded away completely.

"That was weird," panted Kimiko.

"What could have made that come alive?" asked Omi.

"I don't know, but I get the feeling this place is actually alive…" said Clay.

Chapter 6

"This place is really freaky…" whispered Raimundo, John ignored him and walked ahead.

Raimundo was walking slowly and cautiously, he didn't know what was going to jump out on him. Then he heard some sounds, first distant, then getting louder and louder. They were voices, screaming random words and shouting in pain.

"John, what's making that noise?" shouted Raimundo.

"This cathedral is made from the souls of those who have been slain by Leroy. Try not to show any fear, for they may destroy you," said John.

"Okay…" whimpered Raimundo.

They walked through many corridors and chambers, what was strange was that John occasionally walked back and then forwards.

"What are you doing?" asked Raimundo.

"Checking if this corridor is real, it could be a magical never ending one. If you've been in haunted buildings as long as I have, you'd agree that magic tricks and illusions are downright frustrating."

"I guess that's true…" said Raimundo.

They continued to walk forwards and eventually came to a door; it was made from dark polished wood.

"Think it's a trap?" asked Raimundo.

"I take risks," replied John.

He grabbed the doorknob and rapidly opened the door, grabbing onto the handle of his sword on his back. Luckily, there seemed to be nothing but a large empty room with a door at the back.

"That's lucky…" whispered Raimundo as they walked in.

"Too lucky…" added John.

The faint voices they had once heard started to speak again.

"Look at that, humans!"

"They should not be here. They shouldn't."

"We need to alert our masters."

"Correct, we must tell everybody."

"They're over here!"

They screamed the same sentence over and over again. Raimundo got into a fighting stance, John drew out Punishment.

"Shut up!" shouted Raimundo.

"We're not frightened," said John.

The voices suddenly stopped.

"Oh," said a single voice.

The door at the back of the room swung open, and the door behind the daemon tamer and xiaolin dragon slammed shut, making Raimundo jump.

"Nice to see you, weak humans," said an echoing voice.

The figure emerged from the door, his four hooves making a loud noise as he walked forward. The large mouth on his chest licked its lips.

"Centaurus," said John.

"Who is this guy?" asked Raimundo.

"Centaurus, one of the seven generals of Chaos X," answered John.

The blood red centaur laughed evilly.

"Oh look, it looks like you have a little pet, John," he laughed.

"Hey, I'm Raimundo!" shouted the angry wind warrior.

"Don't enrage him Raimundo, he gets angry extremely easily," whispered John.

"Ha! Maybe I'll kill you first, John. Then I can see the frightened look on his face as he sees me reduce your body to a heap of ashes! Or I could kill him first, and you after. Best till last!" laughed Centaurus.

"We'll see who kills who first…" whispered John.

Chapter 7

"That was tiring…" panted Omi as the three warriors finished climbing the stairs.

"I'm more tired than a…I'm too tired to think of something to say…" panted Clay.

"Come on, let's get to Leroy and stop him from terrorizing New York!" shouted Kimiko.

They eventually entered a room that was brightly lit by large windows; the floor was black and white like the room where the chandelier attacked them. There was a door at the back of the room, with a large portrait of Leroy riding Skinner hanging on the white stone wall.

"Nice painting," said Clay.

"That painting should be destroyed for what Leroy is doing to this city!" shouted Omi.

"That isn't going to help anyone!" said Kimiko.

The windows were suddenly covered by blood red curtains, the three dragons huddled together for protection.

"Mortals, how dare you intrude on my love's beautiful abode!" said a female voice.

A swarm of bats came down from the ceiling, Kimiko flapped and screamed, so did Omi. Clay covered his face with his hat to avoid the clawed winged mammals. Kimiko opened her eyes through her fingers and saw one large bat start to change its shape into the form of a girl. She whistled and called off the bats, they flew up and out of sight.

"Pretty," whispered Omi.

"I am Solfatara Demetrius, future queen of this puny world!" laughed the beautiful vampire.

"I'm sorry, but I can't fight a girl," said Clay.

"Don't worry, you'll do the fighting for me!" laughed Solfatara.

"Huh?" said Clay.

Solfatara had disappeared from sight, Clay looked around frantically.

"Hey, where'd she go?" he shouted.

"Behind you!"

Clay screamed as he felt Solfatara's sharp fangs puncture the skin on the back of his neck. The evil girl sucked hard, Kimiko and Omi were close enough to see Clay's red blood travel to the place she was sucking. She then seemed to squirt something back in, a kind of purple liquid.

"Clay!" shouted Kimiko.

"Oh no!" shouted Omi.

Clay's limp body fell to the floor; it looked like this was the end of him.

"You monster!" growled Kimiko.

"You have slain him!" cried Omi.

Clay's body gave a sharp twitch; he slowly got up off the floor, using his hands.

"Clay, are you alright?" asked Kimiko.

"Hooray, Clay is okay! In your head vicious harpy!" laughed Omi.

Solfatara let out an evil chuckle.

"What's funny?" asked Kimiko.

"Look at him!" laughed Solfatara.

Clay appeared changed, his face was pale and his eyes were a bright crimson.

"Oh no!" shouted Kimiko.

"I follow only Solfatara," moaned Clay.

"Oh no, you've turned him into a vampire!" shouted Kimiko.

"You have gone too far!" grunted Omi.

Solfatara patted Clay's back, he leapt at the two dragons with frightening speed. Kimiko and Omi got into a fighting position.

"You won't get away with this!" shouted Kimiko.

Chapter 8

"WUDAI COMET THUNDER!"

Some devil spawn were destroyed by the surge of electricity.

"Man, where is Omi and his crew?" said Jermaine to himself.

He ran through the deserted alleyways, he heard the sound of a crying woman.

"Excuse me young man, can you please save my baby!" she shouted.

"Okay, where is he?" asked Jermaine.

"Those horrible monsters took him away!" she replied.

Jermaine quickly ran about, looking all over the place. He couldn't see the child anywhere.

"Help!" screamed a voice.

Jermaine ran to the source of the noise, to his horror, he saw a very young boy being carried off by a hulking devil spawn monstrosity.

"SLAM DUNKER!"

Jermaine tossed his spherical Wudai weapon at the beast, the basket ball like weapon smashed continuously into the monster, making it lose concentration. The child was dropped onto the floor.

"ELECTRO KAISER, SLAM DUNKER!"

Jermaine threw his weapon with great force with his elemental wu on his arm. It instantly smashed the creature in half.

"I've got you!" said Jermaine, holding the child.

"Where's mummy?" cried the little boy.

Jermaine ran so fast, he was there by the mother's side as soon as the boy finished his sentence.

"Here's your son!" smiled Jermaine.

"Thank you so much, how can I repay you?" cried the mother.

"It's okay, you don't need to give me anything, I have to find my friends as quickly as I can!" replied Jermaine.

He ran down another alleyway.

"Oh man, where could they be? I need to tell them something urgent!" he thought.

Guan had strictly told him to find them as quickly as possible, and to help them fight Leroy. He had to tell Raimundo and the others about a fiendish plan that could soon cause the end of the world; this plan was nothing to do with Leroy.

"Anyway, I bet they'll be surprised about my new skills!" he thought.

He continued to run, little did he know, and he was being watched.

"Look at that, see how he runs; I don't think I should bother with him."

Skinner turned his attention away from the running boy, and headed back towards the cathedral. All the people had been driven into hiding, and Centaurus' devil spawn would take care of the survivors. But the vile dragon didn't know that Jermaine was taking care of the devil spawn as he looked for the other Xiaolin dragons.

"Uh oh!"

Jermaine was surrounded by lots of devil spawn. Their skeletal grey forms swayed side to side, and a purple tongue flicked out through the hole in their white face plates. They screamed as they jumped on top of him, one by one.

"WUDAI THUNDER SHIELD!"

They were instantly incinerated by the electricity force field surrounding the xiaolin warrior's body. Jermaine fell to the floor, exhausted.

"Gosh, I better stop using my signature moves or I'm gonna use up all my chi energy!" he thought.

He got up and ran slower now; the movement of his body would recharge his chi, like a dynamo.

"I hope I'm not too late!" he puffed.

More monsters appeared in his way, making him jump.

"Not again!"

Chapter 9

"I'm not frightened of you anymore," said John.

Raimundo and John circled around the devil spawn general slowly.

"You've got a lot of blood in you, mortal. Mind if I let some out?" asked Centaurus.

"I'm not scared either, I've seen more frightening things!" shouted Raimundo.

"Mortals are very sanguine these days!" laughed Centaurus.

"Listen dude, its two against one!" shouted Raimundo.

Centaurus held out his hand, with a burst of flame, a halberd appeared in his palm. John held Punishment up ready for the general's attack.

"Your are very dangerous. Be dead down here!" shouted Centaurus.

Unexpectedly, Centaurus rushed at Raimundo first, knocking him down to the ground. John, angry at Centaurus, leapt into the air and struck down with his sword.

"Yes, that's it! Get angry!" laughed Centaurus as he blocked John's sword with his weapon.

He pushed John back into the air, and turned to face Raimundo, but the xiaolin leader was gone.

"Up here, ugly!" shouted a voice.

Centaurus looked up to see Raimundo charging up a move.

"ONE EYED WIND!"

The homing blast of air rushed downwards, hitting Centaurus in the face. Raimundo had not used this move since Omi was on Chase's side.

"You, persistent guy, your powers are ineffective in my presence!" shouted Centaurus, slightly dazed by the move.

He swayed his Halberd side to side and sent a wall of dark flames towards Raimundo, John jumped in the way of the attack.

"SILVER RAIN!"

John sent a hail of bullets downwards, neutralizing the flames. Centaurus merely deflected the bullets to the sides of his body by twirling his weapon. Raimundo and John landed swiftly on the ground, Centaurus looked enraged.

"This is where it gets serious, playtime is over!" he roared.

Centaurus made three shadow copies of himself; they rushed at the two heroes with great force and speed. John and Raimundo were beaten up in a series of attacks; to them it was like standing up against an army of devil spawn generals. The attacks were finally over, the shadow clones merged back into Centaurus.

"That was tough!" panted Raimundo.

"Never give up, if you show any sign of weakness, Centaurus would destroy us very quickly!" panted John.

Centaurus, happy that he had injured the two warriors, slowly came towards them.

"Poor warriors, looks like you're hurt, I'll finish this as quickly as I can!" he laughed.

His halberd came quickly downwards; Raimundo closed his eyes and waited for it all to end.

"DAEMON SHIELD!"

The blade came down with a thump; Raimundo opened his eyes to find Yamikage kneeling in front of them both, holding the halberd's cutting edge between his hands.

"Go now, get the others for help!" shouted John.

Raimundo got up off the floor, and rushed across the room with the aid of a gust of wind. Centaurus didn't seem to care.

"Looks like your friend has fled, no matter, you are the one whose head I shall take!" laughed Centaurus.

"Yamikage; withdraw!" shouted John as he jumped into the air, his daemon entering his body once again.

Centaurus' blade was stuck in the ground; he looked up and saw John striking down from above.

"Stupid human!" growled Centaurus.

Chapter 10

"Clay, it's us, Kimiko and Omi!" shouted Kimiko as she evaded Clays' fists.

"I only serve Solfatara!" he growled.

Omi got in the way of his next punch, blocking Clay's hand with his staff.

"Listen Clay, it is your comrades speaking!" said Omi.

Solfatara chuckled.

"He only listens to me! Face it human, you must give up to the terrors of the night!" she laughed.

Clay came forwards suddenly; Omi felt something pierce his skin. To Kimiko's horror, Clay was biting Omi's neck.

"Oh no, not again!" whimpered Kimiko.

"Oh yes! You see, we vampires make other vampires simply by biting foolish humans. We have powerful venom that travels up the veins in the neck to the brain with frightening speed. Behold, your bald friend is one of us now!" laughed Solfatara.

"TORNADO STRIKE!"

Omi leapt at Kimiko and caught her off guard, knocking her to the ground. She then helped herself up, but saw Clay coming straight for her.

"SEISMIC KICK!"

Kimiko jumped out of the way before she could have been crushed by Clay's move.

"Guys, I know you're still in there!" shouted Kimiko.

"SHIMO STAFF!"

"WUDAI FIRE SHIELD!"

Kimiko protected herself with her shield move; Omi retracted his staff and leapt high into the air.

"MONKEY STRIKE!"

"ARROW SPARROW!"

Kimiko threw her metal birds at Omi, knocking him down to the ground.

"Sorry I hurt you Omi," whispered Kimiko.

Clay growled and leapt at her, Kimiko simply kicked him and he fell on his knees.

"What? How come you can hurt them so easily?" asked Solfatara.

"Because now they're vampires, I don't think they're smart enough to counter my moves!" replied Kimiko.

"Doesn't matter, they are very strong, and will fight to the end!" laughed Solfatara as she saw the two boys slowly rise to their feet.

Kimiko slowly stepped away from them, she thought really hard about how she was going to escape this situation.

"Think Kim, think! Aha, light!" she thought.

Clay and Omi rushed at her again.

"LONG HORN TAURUS, BIG BANG METEORANG!"

Clay boosted the power of his Wudai weapon with his elemental wu, making his boomerang more deadly. Kimiko hit it out of the air with a well aimed punch, but injured her hand in the process. Instead of attacking them, she went for the curtains instead.

"What are you doing?" screamed Solfatara.

"Shedding a little bit of light on this situation!" laughed the fire dragon.

Clay and Omi howled as Kimiko opened the curtains, letting in the glorious light of the sun into the room. Purple smoke bellowed from the two vampire's mouths, they were human once more. They dropped to the floor, knocked out.

"How did you know my venom is destroyed in contact with light?" questioned Solfatara.

"Believe me; I play a lot of video games. Omi, wake up!" shouted Kimiko.

She helped Omi off the floor, he was rather dazed.

"Think you can Shimo staff this girl's mouth shut?" asked Kimiko.

Omi rubbed his eyes and smiled; he put on his elemental wu and held his staff ready.

"KAIJIN CHARM, SHIMO STAFF, ICE!"

His staff extended the length of the room rapidly, its end struck right through Solfatara's chest.

"How did you…" she spluttered.

"I told Omi to aim at your mouth, but now I've realized that it's better to aim for the heart when dealing with a vampire!" laughed Kimiko.

"Avenge me, my love!" moaned Solfatara as she fell on the floor.

Chapter 11

"Solfatara!" screamed Leroy; he had been monitoring his love's battle all this time.

He pounded his fist on the arm of his throne, and then buried his face in his hands.

"Those puny warriors will pay, they will!" he cried.

"Master, be calm," whispered Skinner.

Leroy dried his tears; he was bright red in the face.

"If John somehow defeats Centaurus, slaughter all of those worthless insects!" shouted Leroy.

"Don't worry, Centaurus is invincible!" laughed Skinner.

"Indeed, but still, it would be a shame for us not to destroy those worthless humans," laughed Leroy.

Skinner slowly stomped towards the entrance of the throne room.

"I'll be waiting to destroy them!" growled Skinner.

"Make them scream!" laughed Leroy.

"Writhe in pain!" laughed Skinner.

"But seriously, I don't see why they bother to fight for these Shengongwu," said Leroy.

He looked carefully at the beautiful Razor rose.

"This false rose is rather interesting. What am I saying, I hate the sight of all things from this measly world!" shouted Leroy.

"We can't go to Chaos X just yet, the paths are acting out of control," said Skinner.

Leroy realized something, all about the behaviour of his enemies.

"They value each others lives more than there own! That fire girl, she was trying her best not to heart her friends. John, he saved that boy's life! I see it now, if we hurt one of them, the rest will come running in to help! We must isolate them from each other!" explained Leroy.

"Who shall we isolate?" asked Skinner, intrigued with Leroy's idea.

"The bald child, he is the youngest, they will value his life more!" Laughed Leroy.

"But how shall we isolate the annoying human?" questioned Skinner.

"By getting him involved with one of their stupid showdowns, I need to lure him in with the Shengongwu we took, and then you can deal with the others!" answered Leroy.

"I see," smiled Skinner.

"However, I have noticed a possible danger," said Leroy.

"What?" asked Skinner.

"Other then gaining new abilities from their Shengongwu, they each seem to be able to control certain forces. The brown haired boy can control the air, that's how he can stop you from flying. The bald child's powers seem varied, he can control the state of water from liquid to solid," said Leroy.

"Their abilities must be multiplied tenfold when combined with the power of their mystical artefacts," added Skinner.

"What I must do is find a way to disable the bald one's staff and charm, without them his abilities seem poor," said Leroy, rubbing his chin.

"Yes, and then he'll be a sitting duck!" laughed Skinner.

"Yes, I am quite looking forwards to defeating these warriors. But that mission may never be accomplished, for I doubt they'll have an easy time with Centaurus!" added Leroy.

"Those fools are too weak to fight against us!" growled Skinner.

Leroy put his hand over his face.

"But somehow, I will find a way to avenge the death of Solfatara. I hope those fools die a painful death!" shouted Leroy.

"They will sir, they will!" snarled Skinner.

Chapter 12

Solfatara's body transformed into lifeless ash before the fire, earth and water dragons.

"Gosh, what happened? I feel like a guy who's wrapped a porcupine round his neck!" groaned Clay.

"That evil lady bit you! She turned me and you into horrible fiends!" exclaimed Omi.

Clay looked at Kimiko's hand; it was injured when she deflected his Wudai weapon.

"Kimiko, are you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" she smiled.

The doors flew open, before the three Wudai warriors stood their Shoku general. He walked, as if injured, towards them.

"Guys, come quickly, John needs help!" panted Raimundo.

"Okay!" shouted Omi.

Meanwhile, John was fighting a losing battle. His face, now bloody, scrunched up in pain as the merciless devils spawn general continued to attack him.

"Given up yet?" asked Centaurus.

"I never will!" shouted John.

John used his mighty blade to disarm Centaurus, the general shouted with rage as he snatched Punishment away from the daemon tamer.

"This is the end!" he laughed.

The Xiaolins ran in to see John impaled by his own weapon. He dropped to his knees, breathless.

"John!" screamed Raimundo.

"You're next!" laughed Centaurus as his halberd flew back into his hand.

"SILVER RAIN!"

Bullets pierced through Centaurus' back and into his body, the dying general turned around to see John holding up his two guns. Centaurus laughed as his centaur like body burst into flames.

"John?" spluttered Kimiko.

"A daemon tamer can never be killed by his own weapons," whispered John.

He pulled his own sword from his chest, immediately his wound began to heal.

"John, we've succeeded in defeating Solfatara, what we shall do now?" asked Omi, glad that the brave hero was still alive.

"Let's finish this once and for all, by getting Leroy and Skinner!"

They ran through the seemingly endless corridors of the fiendish cathedral.

"John, you actually managed to defeat that general?" exclaimed Raimundo.

"Not really, you see, the reason why he laughed is that when he dies on earth, he is merely transported back to the Netherworld. Luckily, the same doesn't apply to Skinner," explained John.

They came to an immense wooden door, decorated with pictures of dragons. John pushed against the door; Yamikage appeared behind him to help. The door opened; in front of the five mortals was a huge throne room. On the throne sat Leroy, he seemed satisfied.

"Your reign of terror ends here, Leroy!" shouted Raimundo.

Leroy let out a big laugh.

"I'm afraid I don't agree with you!" he said.

Suddenly, Skinner dropped down from the ceiling. His wings were stretched out, and his many eyes were fixed upon the five people.

"Guys, get ready for this!" shouted Raimundo.

"I'm ready when you are!" shouted Clay.

"We can do this!" shouted Kimiko.

"I have faith in myself!" shouted Omi.

"Never give up!" shouted John.

"Kill them all!" laughed Leroy.

"WUDAI ORION FORMATION!"

Chapter 13

The four dragons leapt at skinner, hitting him with a thousand punches and kicks. They moved away from him to let John have an attack.

"SAINTS ARROW!"

He let out a blast from Law and Order, but the attack had missed, Skinner was in the air.

"UNHOLY FLAME!"

He rained fire down upon them, Raimundo managed to think of a way to counter the move.

"SWORD OF THE STORM!"

Raimundo blasted the flames upwards, but Skinner dodged the raging fire. He landed behind them with a huge bang.

"Skinner, isolate the bald one!" shouted Leroy.

The dragon obeyed him, with his powerful tail; he smashed Omi towards Leroy's throne.

"Your time ends now!" shouted Leroy.

The other warriors looked back at Omi; the tiles on the floor had risen upwards to divide the room in two.

"Omi!" shouted Kimiko.

"Too late, he can't hear us now!" shouted Raimundo.

Skinner ran forwards, he was surprisingly agile for a bulky creature. He head butted Clay, but the fierce earth warrior held back the dragon's head with his strong hands.

"BIG BANG METEORANG!"

Clay had left a cut on Skinner's forehead; the scaly monster merely pushed the cowboy aside with his massive claw.

"STAR HANABI!"

Kimiko rained fireworks down upon the foul creature, but he simply laughed. The fireworks seemed ineffective.

"Drat, should of thought of something better!" shouted Kimiko.

"I'll help!" shouted Raimundo.

He held out both the Sword of the Storm and Blade of the Nebula, both of them glowed with intense elemental energy from his Crest of the Condor.

"CREST OF THE CONDOR, BLADE OF THE NEBULA, SWORD OF THE STORM, WUDAI STAR WIND!"

With a powerful force, Skinner was pinned against the wall. The sheer force of the storm was actually trying to push him through the stone, creating cracks in the wall.

"Amazing…" whispered John.

"He's all yours now, buddy!" panted Raimundo as he fell to the ground.

John ran forwards with a great burst of daemonic speed.

"CHASTISEMENT BLOW!"

His sword grew noticeably larger, glowing with white energy that seemed to heat up the very air around it. With a mighty swing, he sent a crescent slash of holy light towards the unholy beast. Evil and good neutralised each other, like an acid and an alkali, rendering Skinner powerless.

"This can't be happening!" screamed Skinner.

"Believe me, it is!" laughed John.

Skinner fell to the ground, extremely injured. Black and red fluids leaked from his body, making a foul puddle. Like always, the dragon must fall to the man, for man has one thing a dragon shall never have; faith.

"Way to go John!" shouted Kimiko.

"Mighty fine sword skills there!" shouted Clay.

John pointed Law, the red gun, at Skinner's head, while the xiaolin warriors ran up to the wall that Leroy had formed to separate Omi from them.

"You think Omi's okay?" asked Clay.

"I'm sure he is," replied Kimiko.

Chapter 14

"Take this, and this!" laughed Leroy.

He was bashing Omi about with his sword, still in its scabbard. Omi was bruised and beaten, but still he tried to fight.

"Why are you doing such horrible things?" pleaded Omi.

"Why? I'll tell you why; it makes me happy!" answered Leroy, he seemed insane.

"But you killed John's friends, you killed lots of people from this city, have you ever stopped to think that what you're doing is wrong?" asked Omi.

"This world is wrong! So unfair, so selfish, it is my world and I can do what I like in it! I was supposed to be a daemon tamer, but that had rules that were too strict, death being one of them! I will burn this rotten planet, and in its ashes, plant a seed of a new, brighter world. I am the chosen daemon tamer; they should be my slaves, CHAOS X SHOULD BE MY SLAVE!"

He thrashed harder at Omi, knocking him into the throne. Leroy leapt up into the air, holding what appeared to be the Newton Scales. He pushed the ancient artefact into Omi's face, and the scales began to glow.

"A…showdown?" asked Omi.

"That's right! But it isn't one of your regular showdowns, this is a fight to the death, you lose, you die and must give me all your items! If I lose, which I highly doubt, I will give you back your precious human city and the possessions you require!" laughed the insane boy.

"I accept your challenge, I will accept anything as long as it means that I can rid you from this world!" shouted Omi.

"And how are you going to do that, you are injured, and have hardly any power left?" asked Leroy.

"As long as I am not evil, I will able to defeat anyone, as long as I believe!" replied Omi.

"You shall die now!" screamed Leroy.

He kicked Omi up into the air and jumped after him, unsheathing his sword, he aimed for the place on the water monk's body that would kill him if he struck it. He was shocked to see that Omi swivelled around and kicked his sword. Both fighters landed on the floor again.

"I still have a lot of power in me!" shouted Omi.

"Too bad it's me who's going to win!" replied Leroy.

The sword wielding boy rushed towards Omi with great force, Omi got out his staff and blocked the attack.

"My Shimo staff is far harder than your sword," panted Omi.

"Can it stand up to this?" asked Leroy as he continued to attack with all his might.

Leroy's strength was slowly damaging Omi's weapon; Omi had to find a way to knock him back so he had time to recuperate.

"WUDAI NEPTUNE WATER!"

He blasted the evil boy back with a powerful jet of water; this final elemental attack had drained his chi energy.

"You have drained all your elemental power, now you have no choice but to give up!" laughed Leroy.

"No, I have another kind of power in me, the power of good! You shall never win, you have killed so many people; including Yamikage's friends!" shouted Omi.

"Those weren't just any daemons, those were my daemons!" laughed Leroy.

"You monster!" screamed Omi.

The little monk leapt forwards, his staff became a giant mace.

"Die!" shouted Leroy.

He leapt forwards, sword first.

"This is for John and his friends!"

"This is to destroy you fools once and for all!"

Chapter 15

Meanwhile, on the other side of the wall, the Xiaolins worried about what would be happening to their friend.

"Omi…" whispered Kimiko.

Raimundo hugged her tightly.

"He's gonna be alright," whispered Raimundo.

John still stood over the disabled Skinner; he had his gun aimed strait at the dragon's eyes.

"This is the end Skinner," said John.

"Please, spare me, I won't do anything evil again!" whimpered the dragon.

"Dragons are born to kill, we daemon tamers are born to kill dragons and other scum," said John.

"If you kill me, you'll only be as bad as me!" cried Skinner.

"John, I think you should let him go," said Raimundo.

"No, dragons are scum, they must be purged from the earth," shouted John.

"Please, mercy!" cried Skinner.

"Mercy…is for the weak!" shouted John.

With those words, he pulled the trigger on Law, sending a bullet of daemonic energy strait into the dragon's skull. The foul monster's head burst open into a deep red explosion of gore and fragments of skull. All the xiaolin warriors turned their heads around to see John's calm face.

"Finally, it is done," he whispered.

They turned around to where they were once facing, the wall was beginning to sink back into the floor. They shocked to see that Omi was covered in scars and cuts, but they were happy to see that he was actually alive. Behind him lay Leroy, on the floor, but still alive, as they could tell by his chest movements.

"Omi!" shouted Raimundo.

Omi limped towards him quickly.

"I have won my friends, John; you must finish this once and for all!" Shouted Omi.

Leroy started to slowly get up from the floor; his sword was broken in half.

"So, you think you can defeat me?" he laughed.

"Impossible, how can you survive?" asked Omi.

"As long as I stay in my cathedral, I am invincible! Now my guests, watch as I combine with it to form the ruler of this world!" he shouted.

He held his arms up in the air, they began to bend in ways that average human arms could not. They began to grow more muscular, pulsing with purple veins as they burst out of his sleeves. A cracking of bones could be heard before Leroy's deformed arms burst into tree like tentacles, blood red and dripping with black slime. Their tips fixed themselves to the ceiling, as his legs became tentacles too, and began to immediately remove tiles and burrow into the floor. His ribs suddenly burst open to form a new mouth, a long purple tongue lashed out. His body now became formless, and now he resembled a heart.

"Fools!" he boomed.

Tiles shot up from beneath the heroes, the floor underneath them now resembled pink slimy flesh.

"Gross!" shouted Kimiko.

"Let's get outta here!" said Raimundo.

"GOLDEN TIGER CLAWS!"

John teleported them to the streets of New York, just where they were before they entered the cathedral. They looked up to see the cathedral transforming. The stone it was made from slowly transformed into cartilage and skin. Arms ending in four fingered claws grew from the sides, and another pair grew out from the monster's chest. The legs, now fully formed, touched the ground, knocking over several buildings. The head was nothing more than a tall cone, with huge lidless eyes and two sharp horns. Long spines shot from its shoulders, tentacles burst out from what used to be windows, and finally, the monstrosity became surrounded by black smoke.

"I think we need bigger weapons…" said Clay.

Chapter 16

"WUDAI ORION FORMATION!"

The dragons got into their special position, but for some reason, it failed.

"My chi, I completely drained it in my fight with Leroy!" shouted Omi.

"Now what are we going to do? My chi isn't exactly full either!" said Raimundo.

"Got any ideas?" Kimiko asked John.

"Leroy has fused with the souls that make up his cathedral, and he has become the monster's heart. Perhaps I could use the gold claws to get inside and destroy him," replied John.

"Okay!" said Kimiko.

John got out the Golden Tiger claws; he cut the air while focusing on the throne room inside. He was shocked to find that when he jumped out of the portal, he was in mid air, facing the giant Leroy.

"My powers forbid you from entering my body with those claws!" he boomed.

"Damn it! I should've known that this weak chi magic wouldn't be strong enough!" thought John.

Leroy smashed his hands together and created a shockwave that sent John flying downwards, if he was a normal human he would have died, but using his daemonic powers he landed softly. John looked up to see that Leroy's huge foot was coming down, ready to crush him. With a burst of daemonic speed, John quickly avoided a painful death.

"Stay still, worm!" growled Leroy.

John was quickly carried away by an invisible force.

"What the?" he said.

"Don't worry, it's me! I'm using the Fancy Feet," said Raimundo.

Raimundo stopped far away from the monster and let go of John, they were with the others.

"We'll distract him!" shouted Kimiko.

"You can't! You'll get killed!" shouted John.

"We'll be very careful."

With that, she and the other dragons disappeared. John pounded his fists on the ground.

"Why, they're so young!" he whispered.

The Xiaolin warriors stood around the towering giant Leroy, Omi studied the giant's moves carefully.

"Fellow warriors, you must use the rest of your chi and attack the monster's head! Trust me, the force of your attacks will be very strong," panted Omi.

"Let's do this!" shouted Raimundo.

"WUDAI MARS FIRE!"
"WUDAI CRATER EARTH!"
"WUDAI STAR WIND!"

The attacks were so focussed; they appeared as a red, green and white blast. The three attacks all struck the massive beast's head, smoke and debris was sent flying everywhere.

"Yeah! That showed him!" shouted Clay.

"Wait!" shouted Kimiko.

The smoke cleared and they were shocked to see Leroy's head was still in one piece, especially Omi.

"No way! This is it, we've lost all our energy!" sighed Raimundo.

"Finally you have learnt that your insignificant Xiaolin powers are no mach against mine! Now, see as I destroy this world, and in its ashes, I will plant a seed of a greater planet. Prepare to be destroyed, for earth's time has come!" laughed Leroy.

"Are you forgetting something?"

Chapter 17

"Huh?" said Leroy.

He turned his head around to see a figure flying towards him with great speed, whoever it was, he or she had wings.

"John?" said Raimundo.

"That's right. I've been charging up my daemonic flight since I defeated Centaurus, I thought we would've needed a quick escape, or a battle with Leroy!" shouted John.

"So, the insect has wings? I shall swat you like a fly!" boomed Leroy.

"You'll never triumph!" shouted John.

"Eat laser beam!" growled Leroy.

He fired devastating rays from his eyes; John whirled and twirled to dodge the deadly beams.

"Your attacks are slow," said John.

Leroy put the arms from his chest in front of himself for protection, but the daemon tamer was travelling too fast, with his sword out in front of him.

"HOLY SLASH!"

John sliced through one of Leroy's hands and made a deep cut in his chest. The stony skin began to peel, and you could see the gruesome heart like core inside.

"You can't beat me! I am lord of this world!" shouted the core, the true Leroy.

"No you're not, you're just a spoilt child, you wanted a lot and expected to get it, even if you had to kill lots of innocent people to do so!" said John as he slowly forced open the crack he had made with his hands.

"I have all the souls that make up this castle on my side, with their power, I can destroy you!" shouted Leroy.

"Think again!" smiled John.

Ghosts started to emerge from the walls of the heart chamber, they had sad expressions.

"Thank you, warrior!"

"We shall not take any more orders from this fiend!"

"We shall rid of him ourselves!"

The many ghosts started to swarm everywhere, the giant was crumbling.

"What have you done?" screamed Leroy.

He used one of his hands to pull John out of the hole, and slammed him to the ground. John landed softly, but was tired and fell over when he touched the ground, and his wings retracted.

"What the heck's happening?" asked Clay.

"Looks like Leroy's having a heart attack!" smiled Raimundo.

The colossal monster waved its arms about in the air, screaming in pain. The many tortured souls that made up the gigantic body were fighting back, trying to rip Leroy apart.

"Cease! Obey me, I am your master!" screamed Leroy.

"We no longer take orders from you!"

"We are now free!"

"We can do what we want to do!"

"Pull!"

The giant began to fall apart, the pieces that fell off him dissolved into many happy ghosts. The monster's frightening face crumbled away, exposing the many veins and arteries that had branched off the teenage tyrant.

"Look, the spirits are fighting back!" shouted Kimiko.

"Our energy attacks must've supercharged them!" said Clay.

"I believe that too!" smiled Omi.

Only a fragment of the evil titan was left, still screaming at the many souls that were ripping him apart and travelling somewhere to rest in piece.

"No, I cannot die! I am immortal!" wailed Leroy.

In a flash of blinding light, the giant was no more. The xiaolin warriors cheered with delight in the triumph over evil.

"Where is John?" asked Omi.

Chapter 18

"Over here!" shouted a voice.

They turned around to see a very weak John slowly walk towards them.

"Well done, John, you've saved the world!" smiled Raimundo.

"It is not I who saved the world, it was all of us, and the trapped souls," said John.

They looked up and saw the many wispy figures gathering above them.

"Thank you brave warriors, you inspired us to break free with your courage and free will. We are sorry we attacked you, but our masters commanded us to. When you have no body, anybody can push you around," spoke the mass of spirits.

Kimiko walked over to John.

"I'm sorry I asked you all about your job, but I'm inquisitive, I couldn't control myself," whispered Kimiko.

"That's okay, it's natural for a human to want more knowledge, we wouldn't be as successful as we are if we weren't interested in the things around us," smiled John.

"Were you like that?" asked Kimiko.

"Yes, and I was very frightened. When I found out that I was a daemon tamer, I thought it was all too much. I met Skinner before Yamikage, you can probably guess how frightened I was when I saw that huge beast, and how sad I was when he took my parents away…" replied John.

"John, that's really sad…" whispered Kimiko.

"I know, its one of the reasons I don't smile often. I then met Yamikage, I thought he was another monster, but this time I thought he was going to take me. I ran, really fast, before I got my daemonic abilities I was weak as an ordinary boy. Yamikage was faster, and I got really scared. But then he spoke to me, in the daemon tongue, and I understood him. He was really friendly to me, so he possessed me, daemon tamers must allow their daemons to share their bodies. When he was inside me, a million thoughts came into my head, the feelings of the many bodies that my soul once lived in. I got all their memories, and strait away, I learnt how to sword fight, and use guns. I learnt how to drive as well, and I also knew how to play many instruments and sports," continued John.

"So, you were once many people, and your soul just gets recycled?" asked Kimiko.

"Yes, but occasionally new souls are created and the old ones become daemons. Perhaps one day, my soul will become a daemon. There has been a recent birthing, so maybe when I die; I shall become a daemon like Yamikage. If I do, I want to be just like him," said John.

Omi walked up to John and tugged his leg.

"John, we must go and fight Hannibal now, he is surely plotting our demise as we speak," he said.

"Right, goodbye new friends," shouted John.

"Wait, where are you going?" asked Kimiko.

"To fight my enemies, here take this," said John, tossing Kimiko his crucifix pendant.

"Why this?" asked Kimiko.

"Use it to contact me telepathically when you need help. I may not always come, but instead I may give you advice if you're fighting an enemy you think may be my kind of speciality," answered John.

"Thanks!" shouted Omi.

John began to walk away, Yamikage appeared on his shoulder and waved goodbye. The Xiaolins waved back at the two mysterious beings.

"There goes two more strange characters," said Clay.

"I still can't help but wonder could all these strange occurrences be linked somehow?" questioned Raimundo.

"Nah, I just think it's what happens when you're a mystical warrior," replied Clay.

"At least it's good to know that the fate of the planet rests on other people's shoulders," said Kimiko.

Chapter 19

"Finally!" panted Jermaine.

He limped through the now busy streets of his home city; the people had begun to emerge from hiding now the threat was gone.

"Now all I need to do is find Omi and the others!" he thought.

Jermaine ran, he could just calculate where the other dragons were from the angle of where their concentrated elemental attacks hit the giant's head. He began to approach where he thought they were, only to see them flying up into the air.

"Oh no! I have failed! They're just gonna find out the hard way. But I know that when they do, they'll act strait away. One of their friends is in trouble, they're bound to."

He turned and walked sadly away.

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