Hello to all of you who are reading this it is my first fan fiction so I hope you will all give me some constructive criticism so I can make my stories better but if you are going to criticize then make sure you are constructive I don't want a bunch of comments saying you suck but other than that enjoy.

It's been three years since the four warriors came to the temple and began to train to control their elements through thick and thin they faced every challenge that was thrown at them and now they were taken a much deserved break from fighting evil after the last attack on the temple it had been pretty quiet they guessed the villains were taking a break after their ass kicking though it had been about two months since the fight had taken place and the only one that hadn't fully healed was Raimundo who had been a bit to reckless and gotten himself a couple broken ribs the four warriors had today off so they were all off doing their own things Kimiko was talking on the phone with friends in Tokyo, Clay was doing trick roping, Omi was training and Raimundo was no where to be seen in the temple which worried the others because he had been insisting for a couple weeks now that he was fully healed and was determined to prove it which he was at that moment.

The othe xiaolin dragons were getting worried they hadn't seen Rai since break fast at seven o'clock and it was now almost four o'clock so they decided to go out looking for him they decided to split up even if he was hurt he was still a xiaolin dragon of the wind so they weren't to worried about that they just didn't want to take a shower tomorrow and find that Rai switched the shampoo for hair dye because lets face it he was the resident prankster being their leader hadn't changed that one bit though it did mean he had less time to work on his pranks though with the time off from training they reached the conclussion that he was planning something big Rai was at a small lake just south of the temple the other monks spotted Rai. "I told them I was okay but no they always have to underestimate me." Rai was talking to no one when he said this he was just trying to blow off some steam by training which he was still not aloud to do at the temple because of his 'injuries' though today he was having trouble with concentrating he always did on this day. He sat down and ran a hand down his left side feeling the scars from so many years ago when the fire destroyed his home however his fellow monks didn't see the scars nor had he ever let them see fact is he didn't want to tell them about his past because they would just feel sorry for him and he didn't want their pity all he wanted was to get stronger truth be told he had never shown them what he could do before he didn't want to reveal too much of his past to them. "Never again will I be powerless" Rai said to quietly for the others to hear.

The monks were about to reveal themselves when a voice came from the trees around them "you were never weak you just didn't acknowledge you power" said a man in a long black coat they saw him sitting in a tree a few feet off the ground and he was looking down at Rai what caught their attention wasn't his clothes or face but the swords at his hips he was wearing two katanas one on either hip and had a bag on his back he jumped down from the tree "by the way you have a spy over their want me to…" he let his voice trail off and the others could have sworn that the air warmed a bit.

"That won't be necessary" Rai told him getting up and putting on his shoku robes "I am already aware that all three of them are there I felt that my wind was disturbed by three objects based on the size of the disturbance I can tell you exactly who they are and that they aren't going to hurt either of us. What are you doing here anyway?" Rai asked him confused.

"You didn't think I'd miss your birthday three years in a row did you?"

"My birthday isn't until tomorrow so why are you here today?"

"To stop you from moping around about what happened good thing I came to looks like you were starting to relive it." They didn't know who this stranger was but they were sure he wasn't gonna pull anything though they couldn't hear anything that the two of them were saying until Rai looked right at them.

"Hey guys come on out here"

At first they were to shocked to move but he had been doing that a lot lately they could never seem to be able to sneak up on him. "When did you notice us?" Omi asked he still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that Rai could always find them with or without the shroud of shadows.

"When you left the temple." Rai told him.

"How do you do that? Can you teach me to do it?" Omi asked

"For the thousandth time I can't teach you how to do it so stop asking" Rai said slightly irritated at Omi for asking he had been asking at least 5 fimes a day for 3 months.

Kim turned to Clay "do you think Omi will ever stop asking him that?"

"Only if he tells him how he does it."

"Well he…" the stranger began before Rai cut him

"Eric its supposed to be a secret remember" Rai turned back to the others "anyway I want to introduce you to Eric Silva he was one of my closest friends in Rio." The man stepped closer and they saw he had what looked like a business suit under his leather jacket and they noticed something he had on his left chest it was a circle with a flame that was red, purple, and green he had long black hair that was tied in a pony tail and black eyes. "Eric I want you to meet Kimiko Tohomiko, Clay Bailey, and Omi" Erics eyes lingered on Kimiko for a second longer than the others but only Rai noticed.

"Tohomiko? As in Tohomiko Electronics?" Eric asked "I didn't know they had the gift" he whipered to himself "it doesn't make sense did it occur as a family trait or…"

"Why is he talking to himself?" Omi asked.

"He does this every now and again. Eric your rambling focus on the history crap of yours later." Rai said that didn't work so Rai slapped him across the face.

"Hey what the hell was that for." Eric shouted at Rai.

"You were rambling again now lets go back to the temple shall we?" Rai asked them.

"I'm down with that it was a long flight to get here and I am beat." Eric said he and Rai took off back to the temple at a slow steady pace until Eric shouted "race you!" and started running with Rai right on his tail. The others all started running after them but even at full speed they were still unable to over take the two of them Rai they could understand he could use the wind to run faster so he was always the fastest but why could Eric keep up with him he was an ordinary human wasn't he? Suddenly Rai over took Eric with a sudden burst of speed and managed to maintain the lead until they came to the temple when Rai jumped the back wall and Eric followed then came Clay, Kimiko and lastly Omi (simply because he has shorter legs). "I can't believe you managed to beat me again I was sure I had you."

"You almost did but you thought I wouldn't be able to catch up and so you let up a little. That and I was holding back a bit otherwise we would have been perfectly matched and whoever was in front would have won." Rai told him. "You were overconfident and that led to your defeat as usual."

"How did you figure all that out Rai?" Kim asked kinda inpressed by how Rai figured it out.

"It wasn't that hard"

"For you." Eric said "any normal person would have found the calculations extremely complicated. Then again math and strategy were always your strong points."

"Science was yours" Rai told him "along with the art of the long winded speeches"

"Funny coming from you what was your nickname back in Rio?"

"Your ass kicker now shut it"

Eric actually laughed at that "yes sir" he said mockingly saluting Rai but the others caught genuine respect in the gesture.

"You never change do you Eric? Come on lets see if we can talk master fung into letting you stay the night." Rai told him. A couple hours later they were all enjoying dinner they had set Eric up in Rais old room since becoming shoku warrior Rai had been given his own room though he never let anyone into it before though no one knew why but he had always been secretive so it was really no problem.

Kimiko's POV

"So how has school been for you Eric?" Rai asked those two have been talking all day and still have more to talk about you would think that Rai never called home. Come to think of it I've never seen him on the phone actually talking with his friends or family he wrote them letters but none have ever been addresse to anyone other than his family it was weird if he had such a good friend why would he cut him out of his life? I cant make sense of him which is odd because he is usually fairly straight forward usually its all just beaches, girls in bikinis, and surfing but now maybe I am wrong maybe I was wrong all along. Is that possible? Why am I suddenly so intrigued by him? Well I can't stand a mystery that's all. All I know for sure is that there is something more than just simple friendship here.

Normal POV

"Decent though the soccer team is really suffering without our star striker I'm not joking coach was frantic about finding someone as good as you when he found out you were leaving he locked himself inside his office for the entire day making phone calls trying to get you to stay we sat their waiting for him to start our gym class for 20 minutes before we decided to head to the cafeteria and we still got perfect attendance. He is still hopeful that you will come back he even has a spot on the team reserved for you" Eric told him he cracked up a lot while he was saying this.

"You're kidding me after all his talk about how he was gonna cut me from the team for being late to practice almost every other day though it was fun watching him freak out and its not like it was my fault."

"Not your fault? Lets see day three of you being on the team you glue the principal to his chair and bolt his chair to the floor how was that not your fault? Glueing a students book to his back how is that not your fault? Should I go on?" Eric asked.

"Okay so maybe a few of them were my fault but… hey whats with that look your giving me?" Rai asked.

"A few you pulled enough pranks that if you weren't who you are then they would have thrown you out in a heart beat and your siblings are currently trying to live up to your standards great example you set for them."

"You mean their trying to make the soccer team great" Rai said smiling.

"No you idiot they are trying to break your record for amount of pranks pulled in one year" Eric said.

"Oh well that's just fine at least they have a sense of humor. Though I can't believe my dad is cool with that I mean I thought he would have been on their cases to up hold the family name and all that bull" the others had been listening intently to the conversation intently and now Clay had something to say to his leader.

"Up holding the family name and family traditions is important Rai how can you call it bull?"

"If you ever meet my dad you'll find out" Rai told him. When it looked like Clay was about to make another comment Rai stood up and left.

"Good going you know how he feels about his dad so why the hell would you say something like that?" Eric asked Clay.

"Its not my fault he never told us about what his relationship with his dad was like" Clay told him.

"Well I guess he doesn't want them to know about what happened that explains why he has the scars concealed" Eric was muttering to himself though the others heard what he said anyway. Seeing the looks on their faces he realized that he had spoken to loud "you can't let him know I said that out loud okay it's not what your thinking."

"Well then what is it?" Omi asked.

"I gave him my word I would never discuss it with anyone without prior knowledge of the event so I can't tell you" Eric said before quickly getting up and leaving he stopped at the door and said "but if you manage to guess what happened then I am off the hook and can tell you all about it."