Okay, so its 9:15 (in the morning)and Xiaolin Showdown was on at 7:30 and 8:00. I saw the final two episodes of XS (I've never seen them) and wow, it was awesome, great even, maybe I'm just obsessed with RaiKim, because, when Raimundo wanted to drink the Loa Ming Soup, Kimiko wouldn't let him and he even got down on his knee, and then when he was made Shoku warrior, the way she jumped into his arms and kissed him...yup, I'm obsessed. Sorry, so now heres a story right after it happened and for once Kimiko will...well more on that later in the story... anyways I'm just retelling it because now after not writing since the 21st I've got my creative juices flowing after taking a break and refusing to write all vacation,(cause I spend way to much time on the computer) until now...haha. But this takes place a day after Raimundo becomes Shoku Warrior. Hope you like it!

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Raimundo's POV

What do you say? What do you think, when your best friend, whose a girl, jumps into your arms and kisses you? Was he just overplaying the situation, maybe she had just been happy for him. Maybe he was just making it a big deal. When the girl your secretly, madly in love with does that its hard not to make it a big deal. But it's not like he goes off and kisses her every time she wins a Showdown. He would if she actually liked him back. Maybe she did. Love, as always, was really confusing. When he offered to drink the Loa Ming Soup, he saw pure fear, pure terror in her eyes. She had told him not to drink it, he had got down on his knee and told her it was the only way, until Chase had offered to. It had seemed in those last few months leading up to the picking of Shoku Warrior, he had grown closer to Kimiko, he remembered, if it was possible to, everything that had happened in those time changes, when he was old -a hunchback for god's sake!-, when he worked on that farm with Clay and Kimiko. Kimiko, she was pretty in that farmer girl outfit with dirt on her face, tackling the work without complain, never complaining once throughout that time..or times. He was doing it again. Oversessing (AN: sp??) the situation. He was going to stop. Now. The thoughts kept flooding into his head as he tried to meditate them out. Finally, knowing they wouldn't stop, he let them into his mind and tried to find some logic...

Kimiko's POV

Wow, she had to get her emotions under control. She couldn't control her feelings though. She was so happy, so proud of him. She knew he could do it, even when he doubted himself, because he was the last to be promoted to Apprentice, it was understandable. She knew he had some faith in himself, like she had eternal faith in him He didn't shove her away when she jumped into his arms, so that was a plus. He had gently placed her back on the ground when he had saw Omi upset. He seemed genuinely happier when she was in his arms, or was that just the after-glow of being promoted to Shoku Warrior? Well, he was her leader now, and she would follow him. She wondered if she could still punch him. She smirked at the thought. She walked into the kitchen and grabbed a box of cereal...

5 Minutes Later...

Kimiko was half-way through her cereal when Raimundo walked in. He gave her a smile and took the cereal box off the counter and poured himself a bowl.

"Can I join you?", he asked her.

She smiled at him. "Sure, you don't have to ask though, your Shoku Warrior now."

"Maybe, but even though I'm Shoku Warrior, I'll always be myself."

"Your head-strong, hard headed self and all? That's good to know."

He laughed. "Yeah, all of those good things and my faults."

She feigned being appalled. "Raimundo Pedrosa, admitting he had faults?" She tilted her head. "Am I dreaming?"

He smiled slyly at her. "I dunno, do you dream about me often?"

She gave him a look. "One Word."

"What word would that be?"

"Egotistical."

"Oh really, look whose talking."

She shook her head at him. "Im not responding to that."

"You already did. Your face did at least."

She covered her face with her hand. "Well then, what is my face saying now?"

She uncovered her face, saw the look on Raimundo's face, and burst out laughing, as Raimundo did the same.

They continued to talk, catch up sort of, something they hadn't done in a while. With the forces of darkness growing stronger and all, who had the time? It seemed every sentence they said, ended in laugher. It felt really good. Raimundo didn't even bring up her kissing him. She wondered as they talked if she wanted him to. What would he say? Did he even care that she had done that? This time, when she kissed him, he didn't blush, like the first time. What did that mean? She shook away the thoughts as best she could. Then her internal debate -that had been going on ever since she got to the temple and met Raimundo-, started up again, if she should tell him how she felt or keep quiet and not risk there friendship. So many pros so many cons, but to her she knew that her biggest con was, what if he didn't feel the same way?

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Okay, I hope everyone liked it. My heads already swirling with ideas for the next chapters. I always have the stories I right planned out in my head. Chapter by Chapter, but mainly just the main idea of each chapter. Anyways, I had the idea of Kimiko going evil for a short period of time, cause It would really work into the story. I personally want to do that, because of all the stories I've read, Kimiko wasn't evil. So I want to do it. But you're the reader, so tell me what you think. It might sway my decision...but I dunno, so tell me your opinion!

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