Got a question, correct me if I'm wrong but why Rai isn't with the monks in your previous doodles and only with Jack, Jessie and Mime?
short answer, Uncanny uncle au. anything that is related to that au i tag as uncanny uncle.
Raimundo leaves the temple with the golden tiger claws and when he gets to rio instead of meeting wuya his 'uncle' is already there.
Sal (who is an ancient being interested in humanity) convinces Rai to leave the temple for good and live his life free , trained his element his own way without judgement and help others without being punished by it.
so basically Rai only came back briefly when the monks and jack were getting the reversing mirror took all his things , left no note and left the golden tiger claws behind. So his currently no contact with the temple or monks
Jack was the first (and maybe only) person that went to look for raimundo after he realised that he isn't with the other monks no more, you know to keep tabs on pontential threats to his plans.
he finds Rai training by himself and doing the wind skating thing and slowly they started to talk and hang out more and more and actually become friends
things start to shift in the balance and the universe had two awaken/make 2 new dragons (metal jack and wood jesse) because of what Sal and Wuya are slowly unraveling at the side
Sal and Rai go to Texas for Sal work and while exploring the desert using his wind powers , he met jesse during that and quickly both realised that "oh you have elemental powers too" and rai gives her a half of the info about all the lore stuff before jack crashes in nearby yelling about bending metal or something
i call that trio specifically the neutral dragons , anyway
Jesse episode happened but Rai is hinding from the monks but looking from far while Jack is already in an alliance with the biker gang temporarily to mess with the monks
also something somewhere else may have gotten broken and now magic stuff may or may not shifted in the world , especially texas.
Those 3 decide to team up to figure out what the hell is happening. Which causes Le mime ,who's been low-key keeping an eye on Jack to team up with them, to be an more active participant on this journey about learning about the truth of the world and how it was originally and to keep a better eye on the person who unleashed wuya that is now also the dragon of metal, a former xiaolin warrior who's connection to wind is deep and who also seems to know more than he lets on and the new dragon of wood who is also the sister of the cowboy monk and who while still not being best with her element could be a powerful ally
also just for the funsies.
