Kimiko x Shadow

"Kimiko, you're my favorite. One day you and I will have a special relationship."

- Shadow.

Kimiko x Shadow is the femslash ship between Kimiko Tohomiko and Shadow Young from the Xiaolin Chronicles fandom.

Canon
Kimiko and Shadow are rivals from opposing sides. While Kimiko is on the Xiaolin side, Shadow in the Heylin one. The two of them meet when Shadow infiltrates the Xiaolin side as "Willow." Kimiko instantly starts getting suspicious of Shadow so she follows her as she talks to the rest of the members. Kimiko thinks to herself that Shadow is very good at using her charms, so she decides to speak privately to her to see if she can unmask her. So she invites Shadow to have tea with her and when Shadow asks her why she is on a temple full of boys, and which one she likes the most, Kimiko is quick to point out she does't find any of them attractive, since they're all her friends.

Eventually, Kimiko decides to follow Shadow, realizing she was using a desguise this whole time, while working with Chase undercover. So she ends up unmasking Shadow. The next time they meet, they join forces to find Jack Spicer. And a Showdown starts between Shadow and Kimiko. It is unclear if Shadow harbored any romantic feelings for Kimiko, or if she just wants to have another girl to be friends with, as their Showdown has some questionable dialogue between the two. In the end, Shadow wins, but she gives the Shen Gong Wu to Kimiko. This surprises Kimiko a lot, since Shadow won fairly, but Shadow just smirks at her.

After Chase Young launches an all out attack on the Xiaolin Monks, he ends up turning everyone except Omi into Cat Warriors. Since Shadow gets assigned to look after them, she watches the Monks play in their cat form. Suddenly, she picks Kimiko up from the bunch, and tells her she is her favourite. And Shadow then starts showing her attraction for Kimiko, stating that one day she and Kimiko will have a special relationship and that she will be able to read Kimiko's mind. She also stares at her and says they have way more in common than Kimiko thinks. Finally, she seems interested in the idea of permanently controlling the cat monks after the full moon, especially Kimiko.

Fanon
is a rare ship within the Xiaolin Showdown fandom, due to the fact that Kimiko and Shadow met in "Xiaolin Chronicles", the sequel to "Xiaolin Showdown," which is widely hated in the fandom, not many know of the ship. Those who watched the show instantly caught the flirtatious way in which Shadow and Kimiko acted during their interactions. Fans of the ship have the headcanon that either Shadow stops being a villain and becomes "good," or Kimiko becomes a villain and becomes "bad". But in either case, the two of them unite and become a team, potentially exploring that "special relationship" Shadow said she would have with Kimiko.

Fandom
FAN FICTION