HI! It's finally December! The month of Christmas! I'm so excited! So anyways, here is a Christmas story for Xiaolin Showdown. It takes place in Chronicles so this will include little Ping Pong (He's SO cute!). I hope you enjoy this first chapter. This is also based off the Mickey Mouse short 'The Nutcracker' (With a few changes). It used to be on Youtube but I think they took it down. But I'm sure it's around here on the internet somewhere. On with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown/Chronicles. They belong to Christy Hui, Warner Bros, and anybody else they belong to.

Chapter 1: Kimiko's gift

It was a beautiful winter night. Christmas Eve to be exact. A yellow dragon soared through the skies as the snow fell. With five children riding. The first at the front was a boy about age ten. He was wearing snow gear to keep him warm from the cold, including a hat to protect his round head. This was Omi, the Xiaolin Dragon of Water. Behind him was another boy who looked just like him, but smaller, about age eight, and was wearing green glasses. This was Maurice Antonio Rolf Jean-Pierre Gaulle LeGrand IV, or Ping Pong for short, the Xiaolin Dragon of Wood and the newest member of the team.

"Brother Omi. How long will it be until we get to the Christmas house?" The small monk asked his idol.

"Just a few more minutes, Ping Pong." Was Omi's reply.

"That's what you said ten minutes ago." Scoffed another member of the team. She was a girl, about age fourteen, and had long black hair that was tied into a pony tail. She too was wearing snow gear that was very stylish. This was Kimiko Tohomiko, the Xiaolin Dragon of Fire. She was leaning against another boy of the team. He was about age fifteen, and had rough brown hair that was covered by a leather hat. This was Raimundo Pedrosa, the Xiaolin Dragon of Wind.

The last member of team sitting at the back, was a cowboy about age seventeen, and has short blond hair with a cowboy hat on top. This was Clay Bailey, the Xiaolin Dragon of Earth. He tried to prevent anybody from getting negative. "Now everybody. Let's not get too uptight. It's Christmas Eve. I'm just as excited as a happy mother duck when her duckling are born."

The rest of the monks sighed, knowing they'll probably never understand Clay's metaphors.

"We're here kids."

The dragon, whose name was Dojo by the way, landed in front of a huge building. The monks were amazed as they jumped off Dojo and walked towards the house. They already knew that nobody was home, so they walked in. The inside of the house was amazing. There was a fire place, a rug in the center of the room, stairs that led to the second story of the house, and there was a huge Christmas tree sitting near the fire place.

"Wow. This is amazing." Kimiko gasped. "I'm so glad my dad rented this place. Soon all of our families will be coming here tomorrow for Christmas."

The monks removing there snow wear to reveal what they were wearing underneath. Clay was wearing his usual cowboy attire. Raimundo, unlike the green hoodie he had been wearing recently, was wearing a red t-shirt with a white long sleeve shirt underneath. Kimiko was wearing a blue shirt with a Christmas tree on the front, and blue skirt, and yellow shoes. Ping Pong was wearing his usual street like clothes like he did when they went on a Shen Gong Wu hunt. As for Omi, he was wearing his usual Xiaolin robes.

The tree already had presents underneath. Presents for them obviously. "You kids take a look around while I whip up some sweet Christmas cookies." Dojo said as he slithered away to the kitchen. "Like the ones I bake for Master Fung." The five friends decided to take a look at the presents under the tree. Although they knew they couldn't open the gifts just yet, they were curious to know which presents belong to them.

"I bet my dollar bottom that most of these presents are for me." Omi said proudly. The others sighed. Omi once again getting slang wrong.

"Um... Omi. That's 'bet your bottom dollar'." Kimiko corrected him.

"I stand corrected." was the water monks reply.

With that, the monks scanned the presents, each finding a few for them. As Kimiko looked she couldn't help but find one that looked very beautiful. It was wrapped up in red and green wrapping paper and was glittery. The fire monk looked more closely and saw a tag on it that said 'To Kimiko'. So it was clearly for her, but there was something else on the tag. So she picked up the box and read what else was on it.

"'To Kimiko. Open this present as soon as you see it.'" She read, catching the other monks attention. They crowded around her to read the tag. They were surprised, but encouraged Kimiko to open it.

"Well. What are you waiting for, Kim?" Raimundo asked. "Open it."

"But it's not Christmas yet." Kimiko protested.

"But it says to open it as soon as you see it. So it obviously means to open it now." Clay reminded her.

Kimiko was still a bit skeptical about this present. "I don't know. It could be a trick from Jack Spicer." She said, thinking about the redhead 'evil boy genius'. Ping Pong couldn't help but agree. "Kimiko does have a point. If Jack wants Kimiko to open the present now, then it cannot be anything good inside."

"But we do not know who it is from." Omi pointed out. He was right. The present indeed didn't say who it was from, and this made Kimiko even more skeptical. But all in all, it was for her, and it does say that she opens it right away. So carefully, she opens the gift slowly. As soon as the wrapping paper was off, she opened the box, and smiled when she saw what was inside.

"What is it, Kim?" Raimundo asked. Kimiko giggles, and took out the present. It was a nutcracker, with a red shirt, black pants, soldier hat, sword at side, brown hair, and green eyes. In short, it looked handsome.

"It is a doll." Ping Pong pointed out.

"Typical." Omi grinned. "I've read that it is certain for females to obtain dolls."

As much as Kimiko wanted to strangle Omi for once again being sexist, she couldn't take her eyes off the nutcracker doll that was in her hands. As she looked at it, she couldn't help but notice something. Something familiar. She looked into the dolls green eyes, and look at Raimundo's green eyes, and it finally clicked in her head.

"Hey! This nutcracker looks just like you, Rai." She pointed out, showing the doll to the Brazilian boy. Raimundo didn't know what to think of Kimiko's gift. He didn't know whether to feel happy for the Japanese girl, or be disturbed by the fact that the doll did indeed look like him. It was an exact replica of him. "Well I say. It does resemble you." Clay agreed.

Raimundo tried his best to put on a grin. "Yeah. I guess it does look like me... a little too much like me."

Kimiko scoffed. "Come on, Rai. You had gotta a least admit that it is handsome... like you."

Raimundo blushed when she said that. It was very rare that he got a compliment... from her anyways. Soon, the gang had settled in. They were delighted to taste Dojo's Christmas cookies. Soon it was time to go to bed. To get ready for Santa Claus. While the guys decided to turn in for the night, Kimiko decided she wanted to stay up a little longer, to spend some time with her nutcracker.

Little did she know, was that she was gonna she was gonna experience a magical adventure that night.

Well. There you have it. Kim has a nutcracker that looks just like Rai. What do you think will happen in the next chapter? Tell me what you think in a review. So that's it for this chapter. Stay tuned for the next chapter. I'll see you guys later, and don't forget to review, please. Thank you.