Greetings all! Since I haven't written for a while, I thought I might as well start writing a new story. It's half eleven at night- point of inspiration! Enjoy!

Disclaimer- I don't own Xiaolin Showdown. I've never owned Xiaolin Showdown.

Eavesdropper

Chapter One- Secret of the Earth

"Sorry Rai, I'm just not ready…"

Kimiko awoke with a start, dream fresh to mind. It was raining outside, yet there was no water on the floor for a change. It was reasonable dark, so she turned on a lamp.

"Hey, you okay?"

She jumped, then realised who it was.

"Rai?"

"That's my name" he crouched down. "You okay?"

"Huh? Yeah…"

"Great" he smiled and walked back to bed. Kimiko smiled to herself. As if Raimundo would call it a bed. Then she remembered why she had woken up. She'd been having… an emotional dream. He'd been there, and she'd been there… it was the sort of dream she'd been waiting for. Yet…

"I'm not ready?" she muttered to herself, "man… that was lame"

Of all the people in the world, Raimundo was one of those that she liked being with. When he had gone over to the Heylin side, she was almost heartbroken. Somewhere, Clay was snoring. No one else snored that loudly. There were so many things trying to distract her, but it wouldn't work. Did she love Rai? Usually, when something wouldn't go away, you would get attached to it. Unless it was Spicer.

There were scratching sounds coming from the end of the room. A young monk was having a dream about squirrels. Sighing, she laid down and closed her eyes.

"Sorry Rai…" she muttered.

"Forget about it"

She sat up again.

"Huh?" she said loudly, almost waking Omi. Had someone said something, or was her mind playing with her? She poked her head into the next 'room'. "Rai, you awake?" she whispered. There was a bit of mumbling.

"Sorry…"

There was a pause. Kimiko knew she had to go back to bed, but she didn't.

"Rai… are you okay?"

No response. He was curled up under his sheets. It may have been the quietness, or the fact that everyone else was asleep.

"I love you…" she whispered softly, hugging the bundle. That was when she noticed something wasn't right. She pulled off the sheet and…

…It wasn't Raimundo. It was a life size model of Raimundo, made out of stone by the looks of it. So many questions raced through her mind. However, the most obvious one was…

"Where's Rai?"

Unfortunately for her, she was too loud. In another part of the room, a young monk opened one eye.

"Kimiko, please. I am trying to retrieve some zeds"

With that blatant lack of street talk, he was back to sleep. Kimiko stood up and wrapped a blanket around herself. It didn't occur to her that it was Raimundo's. She walked out of the temple and into the rain. Within a few seconds of slip-enhanced speed, she reached the next indoor room- the Shen Gong Wu vault. It was shut, as it should have been. She was just about to leave when she noticed one of the bricks in the wall was sticking out oddly. Kimiko walked towards it, dripping from the rain. She reached for it, and pushed it into the wall. That was when a trap door opened beneath her. She fell into the darkness, unaware of where she was going, or what had happened.

She'd never been in this room of the temple before. There were a few lanterns on the walls, making it look ancient. If it weren't for the net that had saved her from a nasty fall, she would have suspected that it had been untouched for centuries. She walked down a narrow passageway until she reached a small room. In the centre of the room was a table. There were three objects sat on the table. She walked towards them and sat down on a chair out of fatigue. Slowly, she looked at the three objects. They were Shen Gong Wu. Upon realisation of this, she was wide-awake.

"Why would there be three Shen Gong Wu underground on a table?"

Kimiko closely examined each of them. The first one was long, and felt like a blade. The Sword of the Storm. It was Raimundo's Shen Gong Wu of choice. The second was a pair of boots.

"Jet Bootsu"

The third felt like a heart. It was the Heart of Jong. Kimiko still had no idea why they were down there. Did Raimundo have something to do with it? There was also a bag on the table. She walked round the table to within reach of it and grabbed it. She opened it and found two more Shen Gong Wu. The only difference is that she had no idea what they were.

"Huh? New Shen Gong Wu?"

At the very bottom of the bag was the ancient scroll, which documented each and every one of them. The first Shen Gong Wu was a tablet with an eye engraved into it.

"Tablet of Toa" she read, "Creates an image of oneself in stone"

Somehow, it seemed familiar. She moved onto the second one.

"Giant's Gloves, Gives the user the strength of a giant"

Five Shen Gong Wu. Two new ones. What were they doing here? She had no doubt that Raimundo had brought them there. He had a lot of secrets.

Someone was coming. She could hear footsteps. Thinking quickly, she hid in a small cupboard shaped crevice in the rock. Peeking out, while still remaining hidden, a boy walked into the room. It was Raimundo. He looked at the Shen Gong Wu and began checking that they were all there.

"Sword of the Storm? Check. Jet Bootsu? Check. Heart of Jong? Check. Tablet of Toa? Check. Giant's Gloves? Check. Reversing Mirror?"

Something touched Kimiko's leg. Something made of glass. She took a deep breath and then picked it up. Then, she jumped out in front of Raimundo and held it up.

"Hey Rai. Looking for this?" she asked, holding it up.

"Kim? What are you doing here? How'd you find this place?"

"Not important. Why do you have two Shen Gong Wu we've never seen before?"

Raimundo thought for a second, sighed, and decided to tell the truth.

"Okay, but you can't tell the others. I found them myself, after stealing Jack Spicer's Shen Gong Wu detector. However, they've all started revealing themselves at night"

He dropped to his knees.

"Please, don't tell Omi. You know what he's like. He'll never shut up about it," he begged.

There was an awkward silence. He had grabbed her hand.

"I suppose… Just don't scare me like that again"

Raimundo smiled and stood up. Then, he stopped smiling.

"Sorry Kimiko. I have to go somewhere, and I don't know when I'll be back. That's why I've hidden the Shen Gong Wu. I'm taking them with me."

"But why? Why do you need these particular Shen Gong Wu?"

Raimundo sat down, and indicated for her to do the same.

"I'm the only one who can properly use the Sword of the Storm. The Jet Bootsu and Giant's Gloves will help me move faster. The Tablet of Toa… the others can't see it."

Kimiko was getting angry.

"Then why have you got the Heart of Jong?" she yelled. Raimundo covered her mouth.

"It's not safe here. If Jack stole it, then you'd all have to face that Mala Mala Ding-Dong again."

Before Kimiko could say another word, Raimundo stood up.

"It's my decision. Sorry to do this to you all, but it has to be done"

There was an awkward silence. She immediately grabbed him in a tight hug. He was a bit taken aback, but accepted it. When she let go, he put on the Jet Bootsu and the Giants Gloves.

"See ya"

With that, he zoomed along the passageway, out of the vault and was gone.

Please R&R!