Time Slip (Xiaolin Showdown Fanfic - Original Version)

Showdown

"You're going to do no such thing," came a voice from behind them. Everyone glanced around towards the voice and saw that Chase was standing there, his arms crossed and not looking pleased about all of this. "Thought you are here sooner then I expected, don't think you can just take away the prisoner without a fight."

"If you don't think that I won't take care of what you've done to Kimiko," Rai snapped, his anger boiling from both the injury that Kimiko had sustained and the imagined atrocities to the girl.

"Hmm… she is still my prisoner… and if you think that you can actually take me on… just because a leader has been be named that you are actually strong enough to take me on… and of course… your forth is in the cage at this point unconscious and it's laughable for you to substitute that cat for her, even temporarily," Chase sniped, a grin on his face.

"You are such a jerk," Katnappe rolled her eyes at the young man. Suddenly a round orb rolled out of her sleeve and rolled towards Chase. For some reason a look of disgust came on his face as he saw the particular Wu.

"You stole the Pure Orb from Jack?" Omi's eyes were wide.

"I am a cat burglar! Get it!" Katnappe screamed.

Rai made a dive for the round orb that was rolling around the room. As he grabbed for the Shen Gong Wu he found another hand touching it, Chase Young's.

Clay turned to Dojo. "Are you sure you don't know what that Wu does?"

"Nope… it was never used…" Dojo commented.

"Then why would Chase Young be interested in it in all of a sudden?" Omi asked.

"I think little partner, that it has to do with the fact that what it does isn't know… and the sound of the name might mean that it won't be good for him if it is in our hands," Chase sighed.

"I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown," Chase growled.

"Instead of playing for Shen Gong Wu, let's play for Kimiko's freedom… I stake my freedom for hers…" Raimundo suddenly stated.

"Been there, done that," Chase commented, quite bored with the whole thing.

"Would putting your freedom up for the stakes be more your style Young?" Rai snapped.

"That would require putting up one of your other team mates for the challenge…" Chase smirked. "You wouldn't be able to do it… considering that you would have to choose between one of them. You also have small luck of winning."

Raimundo frowned at this, knowing that Chase was baiting him. If he picked one of the two boys, there would run the chance of one of the boys thinking that one favored one or the other. He then, thinking carefully about it knew what he would have to pick. "The chances of me losing is very slim… we've won quite a few showdowns you know. Both Omi and Clay."

Suddenly Omi's eyes went wide. "You can't bet both of us instead of yourself and one of us."

"I couldn't pick!" Rai suddenly snapped.

"Nah… I get it," Clay muttered.

"The conditions are agreeable to me," Chase smiled. "A weapons fight… the first to make a heads on the other wins the showdown."

"How come Chase let Rai pick the wager…" Dojo sighed ", unless he planed this as a trap…"

"Wouldn't surprise me," Clay sighed.

"Yeah!" Katnappe cheered with a huge smile on her face.

"Gong Yi Tanpai!" both yelled, the arena springing up.

Clay and Omi found themselves in a huge cage along with Kimiko. Dojo was outside, but scurried in when he saw that Katnappe's cats were guarding the cage. The cat costumed girl was wearing a police hat on top of her head. She blew a whistle and the showdown started while Dojo spazed from the whistle sounding.

Chase Young had his double sided sword and spun it around. Clay shook his head as Rai pulled out the Blade of Nebula. "There is no way that Rai can pull this off…"

"We're doomed!" Omi cried out. "How could he bet us?!"

Kimiko's eyes snapped open at this. "What's going on?"

Clay shook his head at the groggy Kimiko. "To get you out of here… Rai just bet Omi and my freedom for yours and Chase's."

"He didn't" Kimiko muttered. She turned to the battle as her head hurt, groaning as she did so. It wasn't very coherent to her what was going on, but she knew that Chase defiantly had the upper hand, his double sword swinging and coming close to Rai's body. What flashed through her mind was that Chase was likely to seriously hurt the boy and that predicament had to be stopped. However, the first words out of her mouth were not what she predicted what she would say. They were, "Ching," loud and clear, her tone saying that she hoped he wouldn't do something very bad.

This caused Chase's head to turn slightly towards her, still swinging his blade and toying with Rai and the fact that the boy had a long way to go to beat the Heylin warrior. But something in his eyes registered that he had heard her.

Meanwhile, Dojo's eyebrow went up. He thought about it for a few seconds and then went and shook his head. "Nah… can't be."

…

Kimiko paused at first, and then carefully choose her words. "We can be friends… with the understanding that friends don't put up with their friends doing things they really shouldn't do. I promise that."

Chase blinked a couple of times. The girl had been very careful as to how she worded what she did. "I promise that. Always be friends… and look out for each other… even if it means turning their back on the other."

…

It was then that Chase turned back the slight amount to where Rai was and slowly began to slow down the movement of his swords, allowing the boy to slowly gain the upper hand in the battle without him noticing it. Omi smiled, noticing this but not realizing what it really meant. "Chase Young is growing tired."

Omi's comment caused Clay to push his lips together, knowing that something was up. "Or that guy is playing it so that he can trick Rai… I wouldn't put it past him."

Kimiko bit her lip and watched as Rai moved about, not sure about what was going on, but she did know that Chase Young's behavior had changed when she had called out his childhood nickname… one that only a select few possibly knew about. This meant he likely had figured out that she was Lian-Li.

What confused her was why he had changed his battle tactics then and there. It was then that Rai's sword came and touched Chase's neck, ending the showdown. This caused Clay to narrow his eyes, knowing that Chase would never throw a battle unless there was a strategic battle. He started to think about all of this, not sure what was going on.

"It seems that you've won this battle Wind Dragon," Chase sniped at the younger boy, causing Rai's eyes to glint with anger, some how knowing that this was too easy. The Heylin warrior got on one knee. "If it is what you wish, my life is forfeit even."

"I thought that I could trust at least your honor Chase Young," Rai panted. "I know you've done something to Kimiko… if it's what I think it was…"

"Please tell me that it isn't what I think it was," Kimiko's eyes went wide. "That was what he meant earlier… the buffoon."

Chase's eyes narrowed, quickly getting what the Wind Dragon was getting at. There was a great deal of ire in his eyes, but he closed his eyes. "Do what you want… judgment is yours."

Rai then raised his sword above Chase's head to swing down hard on the neck, causing Kimiko's eyes to go wide not wanting Rai to do such a thing or…