Time Slip (Xiaolin Showdown Fanfic - Original Version)

Don't Mess with an Experiment

Over 1500 years ago… which the memories of are quite fuzzy, especially Dojo's…

Four boys dressed in red Xiaolin apprentice garb were busy sparing in an open field. Two of them had blue sashes, while the other two did not. The two with the sashes were a boy that wore his hair in a long braid while the other was a boy was one with long black hair and who was also younger then the others there. Both were sparring against opponents without sashes.

The younger one was holding his own with the bigger boy that he was sparring with, in fact, was even giving the boy some major trouble. That was, until the older boy decided to open his mouth and say something to the younger boy. "Hey… Ching… you fight, like a girl."

When this happened, the younger boy opened his own mouth in anger. "My name isn't Chine… it's…"

And with that, the other boy flung the younger one into the mud, which splashed up and all around him. The two without the blue sashes began to laugh at the boy. But the third stepped forward and offered his hand to help him up. After doing so, he turned to the boy who had played the prank on the younger one. "Tao… that wasn't a nice thing to say or do too…"

"Ching? You have to admit that he fights like a girl Guan," the first boy said, pushing his short black hair back.

"All I do is not use Master Dashi's tools… I want to do things with my own skills…" the younger one said.

This caused the boy that Guan had been sparing to snort aloud. "Yeah right… you shouldn't' have made apprentice, especially after out Wudai rank was given. There is no room for upstarts here… nor children for that matter."

The younger boy made to lunge at the other boy, but Gaun put a hand on his head and held him back. "Look… the village was nice enough to give us a place to stay, at least for awhile. And Master Dashi has been looking for a place to work on making new Shen Gong Wu. It's very peaceful here… a break from the fighting and a chance to train… you remember what happened last time, right?"

"Yeah, yeah," the first one commented. "Doan and I decided to pick a fight with Ching and he went and busted down one of the last villages houses."

"I broke one of the houses? I had help breaking one of the houses… it's your guys fault as much as mine… and my name isn't Ching!"

This caused the two boys without sashes to start laughing at the younger one, but Gaun spoke up "As I recall, you have not right to mention the Wudai rank when you have yet to obtain it."

"Ahh… come on…" the second of the two said, not happy about being reminded of their predicament in ranking.

"Don't care!" the first said. He then got a mischievous glint in his eyes and looked at the younger boy. "Hey Ching… I dare you to go steal… I mean borrow, one of Master Dashi's Shen Gong Wu. Here's the thing though… it has to be one of the ones he's currently working on. Then… you have to use it."

This caused the younger boy to bite his lip, trying to decide which to be honor bound by, the dare, or not doing something stupid. He folded his arms in thought while the other two laughed. Gaun however decided to try to persuade him other wise. "Ching…" to which the younger one glared at him and stormed off. Gaun slapped his forehead. "Look what you made me do!"

M

The young boy had moved into a position outside of the house. He was still covered in mud and was waiting, watching for Master Dashi to leave the house and leave one of the Shen Gong Wu he was experimenting on alone. He bit his lip, trying not to give away what he was doing, but the stance he was in did it.

"Hey… Ching, what are you doing?" came a voice. This caused the young boy to jump, and then lean against the wall outside the door, glaring at a very young Dojo.

"My name isn't Ching," the boy said, only to have the dragon scurry up his leg, back and then curl around his head.

"I know that… but your so much fun to tease!" the dragon said. "Hey… you know the rule, if you pout, a rooster will come and perch on your lip and give you freckles."

A small grin spread on the boys face and he stifled back a laugh. He whispered to the incorrigible dragon. "I'm supposed to be quite Dojo!"

"Oh… are you playing a game again?" Dojo asked, becoming excited. For some odd reason the dragon liked to play games… any kind.

"Not now Dojo… I'm trying to be secretive…" the boy said.

"Oh… that kind of game," Dojo said, suddenly scurrying off. He came back carrying a basket and placed it on top of the boys head. "Now you have a helmet."

"Dojo!' the boy said, unable to glare up at the young dragon.

"Ahh… look, Master Dashi is gone!" the dragon said.

"Good…" the boy said, sneaking into the room. He stepped over to where the man had been working and picked up the thing he was working on.

"Hey… those are the Silver Lion Claws… they aren't… what exactly are you doing?" Dojo said.

"Tao dared me… I have to do it," the boy said.

"You don't have… whoa!" the dragon said as the boy quickly left the room.

M

The boy and the dragon returned to the field. He looked around for the other young Xiaolin Dragons, but couldn't find them. He hadn't realized that Gaun had gone off to try to stop him from doing something stupid and the other two had gone off and hid in the field so that they could see what the youngest of them would do.

The boy was still wearing his basket, with Dojo on top of it. He put the Shen Gong Wu on his hand, not hearing one of the boys pull out the reversing mirror. "Silver Lion Claw!"

"Reversing Mirror!" the boy muttered, both he and the other laughing under their breath as they did so. Suddenly, a rift opened and began to blow out and knocked the younger boy over.

"Oh man! We've got to get Gaun!" the other boy said, suddenly dragging him away, leaving the Shen Gong Wu they had used on the ground.