The Soul of a Dragon (Xiaolin Showdown Fanfic)

Lian-Li Again

The journey from one temple to another was not to Tao's liking, particularly due to the fact Guan clearly told him and Doan that there would be no way to send them back to their time as their disappearance had been a permanent thing. He also told them that it was a good thing that he wasn't having to inform them that they were dead in the past either. Tao found the comment to be quite unnerving, not to mention the idea of not being able to see his family again grated his nerves.

On top of this he still refused to believe that Master Dashi and Ching were dead. As they marched through the countryside, they found every so often a device that they had never seen before including a car that had been abandoned by the road side. Tao knew the thing was used for transportation purposes but couldn't find where the horses were supposed to be connected, to which Master Guan told him that cars didn't need horses.

Every so often Doan would groan about the situation but finally they found themselves at the main temple. They found themselves invited into the monasteries indoor training facility where they had to sit still for what seemed like a longer time then what they had been traveling, but chances of that being true were far from being likely. The whole thing was interrupted by Doan bringing up the need to go to the bathroom.

They found themselves heading down the hall following the instructions that they were given. Tao held his arms behind the back of his head. "I do not understand this whole plumbing thing."

"Believe me... you don't want to understand. I woke up in the middle of the night and the place you have to go to the bathroom roars like a dragon trying to eat you. I think it is a form of punishment because we were so mean to Ching. No, I think it is Ching's ghost."

"Don't be stupid." The other boy stated. "So you don't like the bathrooms they have? Then we just need to go to the bathroom outside. There is nothing wrong with that, it is quite natural. We just need to go somewhere outside of the walls."

"I guess that is all right." The bigger male followed behind the other and let out a sigh of relief upon finding relief.

"Excuse me extinguishes sirs. Is what you're doing a form of male bonding that I don't know about? May I join in?" Tao blinked a couple of times as he looked down to see a small child with a very bald and very shiny head staring up at him. He then glanced back at Doan to see that the male was as flabbergasted as he was. "If so I have plenty of water for the task."

"Did he just say..." Tao found his eyebrow raising up.

"Yeah... he said water instead of..."

Both males found themselves kicked from behind. "Omi! Pull your pant back on and go to the indoor bathroom if you need to! As for you two..." Tao pushed himself up as he tightened his belt in order to fight the person, only to find his cheek twitching. "What the hell do you think you're teaching him!"

"Excuse me?" The boy snapped his words out. "When did the temple let girls in!"

"I should be the one saying excuse me. Neither one of you have the right to talk to me Tao."

"Ahh... you know who are most distinguished guests are Kimiko?" The small boy krept behind the female. "I do agree with them that females should..." The female suddenly hit the small boy on the top of the head as she pushed her lips together in anger. "Ow! That hurt!"

"Their names are Tao and Doan, Omi. And no, they aren't distinguished guests. They're very bad role models. They're nothing more then bullies."

"Don't speak as if you know who we are woman!" Tao suddenly grabbed Kimiko by the front of her clothing, only to have her eyes suddenly flare up.

"Oh... we've met. The thing is you don't know who I am and that gives me great pleasure. Then again, you took great pride in picking onChing that I know how moronic the two of you can be. I'm still miffed with how you treated him in the past."

"Excuse me... the only one outside of Master Dashi, Guan and Chase to know us was..." Tao suddenly felt another twitch coming on. "...Lian-Li."

"I'm confused." Omi sighed as he went to sit on a rock.

Doan came and joined him. "I am as confused as you are friend."

Kimiko suddenly flipped over and kicked Tao from behind, causing him to stagger. "You're starting to get it, aren't you?"

"Oh... you want to be my friend?" Omi spoke up. "But Kimiko says that you are a bully of this Ching person. Where have I heard that name before?"

"When are you going to fight me seriously, huh?"

"Ow..." Doan covered his eyes as Kimiko continued her kicks and blows as Tao continued to throw insult after insult at her. I don't know who this girl is, but Tao's done wrong by getting on her bad side." He then turned his head towards Omi. "Ching is the nickname we gave Chase."

"Chase Young?" Omi frowned at this. He then slapped a fist into the palm of his hand. "I remember something. Kimiko and Lian-Li are the same person!"

"How can that be? She is a girl and Lian-Li is a boy."

"Kimiko is not know for being very feministic, so it is no wonder that..." Omi found himself suddenly clutching the top of his head.

"I am quite sure that you were going to say it was no wonder that someone mistook me for a boy when the truth is I disguised myself as a boy. Which is something that they should remember!" The girl snapped the words out. She then pointed her finger at Tao who was beginning to bruise. "As for you, let me make something clear. In this day and age women are considered the equals of men. There is no longer this backwards thinking. So don't you keep teaching it to Omi."

"If there is no longer such backwards thinking then why does he think the way he does."

Omi raised his hand with a big grin on his face. "I know! Its because Kimiko is the first girl I've met and I've only met two other females!"

Kimiko slapped her palm across the front of her face. It was then that Doan's stomach grumbled. "I rather am hungry."

"Why were you guys going to the bathroom outside?" The female ignored the other boy's comment.

"Because! I've seen those special, magical bathrooms. They have these water dragons roaring in them and their scary."

"There is a water dragon in the toilet?" A smile suddenly spread across his face as he took off towards the bathroom.

"Oh no..." The female shook her head. "If you help me stop him from trashing the bathroom then I'll show you where we eat."

"But... the dragon."

"The sound is made by water going down the pipes. There is no dragon there." Kimiko stated as she hurried off.

Tao glared after her. "I'm not helping her."

"Yeah... but I want to see what kind of trouble this Omi person is getting into."

The other male raised an eyebrow. "Now that actually sounds fun."

The two then hurried off and followed right on her heals. As they rounded the corner they found the hall suddenly flooded with water. Doan found himself slipping on the water and crashing into both Tao and Kimiko causing them to go sliding across the floor until they were right in front of the door to the bathrooms. The female shoved them off and hurried in as they followed into the stalled area. "Omi!"

One of the three stalls was open and a small boy was standing on top of the toilet seat grinning as he used his water orb to dump water into the toilet. The smile though then faltered. He then hid the orb behind his back. "I was not doing anything. Jack Spicer was just in here making a mess and I was trying to stop him."

Tao raised an eyebrow. "Does he honestly believe that we'll believe his lie when we caught him in the act of sabotage."

"It is not sabotage! I was using my imagination just like how I use my imagination while playing goo zombies. Its not my fault that this kind of play isn't illustrated in the same manner!"

Doan looked at Tao as Kimiko hit Omi on the top of his head. "I don't get it."

"Omi! You know better!"