Love, War, and Choices

Chapter 1...Notes

"Kimiko! Kimiko! My friend! It is time to get up!" Omi screamed right in Kimiko's ear, making her shoot up and sock Omi right in the face.

"Oh my gosh! Omi, are you okay?" she said in a panic.

"Yes...I am as fine as a rose on a cloudy day!"

"I think you mean 'sunflower on a sunny day'." She smiled.

"That too!"

"Well, I assume training starts soon...?" Kimiko asked, changing the subject.

"Yes, but first we must all eat breakfast!"

"Alright. You go out the the kitchen while I get dressed, okay?"

"Okay!" he said, zooming out of her room and running down the hall to wake the still sleeping Raimundo.

Chuckling, Kimiko went to close the curtain, and got changed into her Xiaolin Robes. But under the neatly piled robe, pants and tie-up shoes, there was a messily folded note, with sloppy handwriting on it.

The only part she saw before she opened it up said:

Kimiko

When she opened it she began to read:

Kimiko i cant stop thinking of you. girl since its valentines day i thought i would finally send this note to you. ive been wanting to tell you how i feel about you for a while but ive just never had the guts and i know you probably hate me back. but like i said since its valenttines day i thought i would get enough courage to send it. did i already say that? i dont know. heh i guess im just a bit nervous so sorry if im repeating myself.

well im hoping you feel the same way but unfortunatly i cant sign who this is from

-your secret admirer

Kimiko blinked, thinking it was just another one of Raimundo's pranks, but she could tell by the print that whoever wrote it was definatly nervous about writing it. She decided to test if Raimundo DID write it or not. She quickly stuffed it into her robes and went out into the kitchen to see Raimundo eating oatmeal. She casually walked up behind him, acting like she was going to sit by him.

But since he was too engaged in eating his food, he didn't notice she didn't come sit down next to him. She carefully stuck her hand out over his head, when his was close down to his bowl. Dojo, Clay and Omi looked at her with a confused expression stuck on their face, but she simply slimmed her eyes and smiled innocently.

Suddenly, out of no where, her hand shot down, and dumped Raimundo's face in his oatmeal.

"KIMIKO!"

"What?" she giggled, picking up her bowl, and switching spots with Clay so Raimundo didn't kill her.

"What was that for?"

"That prank you played on me...with the note..."

She could tell he wasn't trying to hide a smirk and and he really had a furious/confused expression on his face.

"What prank!?" he said trying to hide his anger.

"You're telling me, you didn't play any prank on me?"

"No, why would I?"

"You usually do...but anyways...I'm sorry." she made a face that looked ashamed, but she also felt a little proud that she could catch him so off guard and get him back for playing the previous pranks on her. Even though his were pretty nasty, that was a classic even.

He was just in one spot, not even wiping the oatmeal off his face yet, so Kimiko took this time, to grab her phone and take a picture.

"KIM!"

"Hey! It was my prank, I deserve some proof that I outsmarted you for once!"

"Fine, fine, you win!" he said smirking madly and playfully. But he wasn't doing a very good job trying to show he was mad.


'God, Raimundo is such a jerk sometimes! He can be so clueless, and unfair!' Kimiko's mind was flairing as she did the dishes.

'God, Kimiko's such a spoiled rich brat sometimes! She can be so competetive and unfair!' Raimundo's mind was fuming as he dried the dishes Kimiko washed. Thinking about this, he handed the plat off a little indirect, and it fell to the floor, scaring everyone.

"Raimundo, why'd you drop the plate!?" Kimiko said, sending him a death glare.

"Sorry!"

"My friend, are you well? Why are you not paying attention?"

"Omi! Chill! God!" he stormed outside to train with Master Fung. Kimiko rolled her eyes and went out to the grounds along with Omi and Clay.

"Kimiko!"

"Huh? What?"

"Go to the Shen-Gong-Wu vault and get me some of your own choice of Wu."

Kimiko smiled and walked quickly to the vault. Slyly smiling, she opened the drawer to the Star Hanabi first, to see another note. This one had a gold string tied around it with her name spelled out like:

Kimiko

She blinked a confused expression onto her face. Untying the string, she saw that the letter was wrapped in a envalope sort of way, to make it look formal and neat. She knew this one could not be from Raimundo, just like the last.

It read:

Kimiko, my dear and sweet. I cannot stop thinking of you. I wish, on this day of love, Valentine's Day, you will read and confirm this note, agreeing to it. I would more than ever like to tell you who this is from, but unfortunatly, I cannot. Please say you love me too, and we will not be seperated from our ways of life.

Your one and only, for sure love: Mystery (sp) Lover

Kimiko was now very confused. She also put this note in her robes and found, it was very different from the last, and she could tell that they were from two very different people. She wondered who it could be...

"Kimiko!" Raimundo hissed at the top of the stairs. He ripped her away from her thoughts as though he were ripping paper right by her ear.

"I'm coming, I'm coming! God...now leave! So I can pick!"

"She's such a brat!" he mumbled, and knew Kimiko couldn't hear him.

"Raimundo's so dimwitted. He so should have known I heard him!" she growled lowly, not letting anyone but her own mind and atmosphere hear.

She picked out the Star Hanabi, Tangle Web Comb, Mind reader Conch and Lunar Locket.


Smiling at the glaring Raimundo, Kimiko handed Omi the Star Hanabi, Clay the Mind reader Conch and Raimundo the Lunar Locket. She kept the Tangle Web Comb for herself.

"Now...we shall all fight against each other with the Shen-Gong-Wu. A simple review."

"How am I suppose to fight with the Lunar Locket! Kimiko, you couldn't have picked a more dumb Wu!" Raimundo steamed.

"Oh I thought the great leader could fight with something like that!" they sent each other a death glare.

"My young monks!" Mast Fung snapped. "Be at peace!"

"I will if that little brat is!"

Kimiko's eyes widened as she tackled Raimundo down. She was doing pretty good punching him in the face until he got out of his state of shock. Then he punched her in the stomache, which knocked the wind out of her, but Kimiko was strong, so it only took about ten seconds for her to recover. Raimundo was lifted one of her legs up, but Kimiko thought landing on her back, or unsteady on one foot was worth the fun.

She kicked up and hit him in between the legs. He totally dropped Kimiko's foot and dropped to the ground moaning. "Kimiko! You fricken retard!"

"Shut it Raimundo! Or you're gunna get kicked again!" Kimiko shot.

"Enough!" Master Fung was in an outrage, Omi was laughing and Clay was totally shocked that Kimiko kicked Raimundo where she did.

"Kimiko, go inside and scrub the meditation hall. Raimundo, you go in and do a second scrub! I want little or no talking coming out of your mouths, and maybe while in there, you can think over your actions! And I expect each coat to take at least two hours! Then you must dry off the floors!...Now go!" he gnarled the last part and Kimiko and Raimundo scrambled inside to get a sponge and bucket each.

As Kimiko went into the cupboard to get two buckets, Kimiko saw ANOTHER note.

The name read:

Kimiko

The 'K' started the biggest, but by the time the writer got to the 'O' it was super small. Plus, both the 'K's were backwards.

Umm...ur the chic of mi dreems and i jst caent stopp thinkeing ov u. ur butefull and ur i's r liek smal orbbs ov oshen. i wishh u lvd mee tooo, butt u hatee mi gutts, att leest i thnk u doo. pleeze saey u lve mee and wii cud b toogether fourevver. i wish i cud tel u hoo sent this, butt i jst caent

siend; ur seacrett ad persen(1)

Kimiko laughed at the writing on the note, but smiled at the thought. As Raimundo came into the kitchen, she stuffed the note into her robes with the others and got the buckets really quick.

"Are you ready yet?"

"Yeah...let's go and get this over with. I don't look forward to spending four hours with you!" she spat.

"Mmhmm, after where you kicked me, I don't wanna be anywhere near you at the moment!"

She glared at him, thrusting the bucket at him. Raimundo dodged, but then looked angered. "Kimiko...you didn't even fill it!"

"Sorry..." she mumbled, obviously annoyed.

"Yeah me too." he sigh.

"W-what?"

"What? Did you not except me to say sorry back?"

"I...Did you hear me?"

"Well duh!"

"Well okay then. I forgive you." she smiled slightly, grabbed the bucket and walked out of the room to fill the water.


Going to the sink with the two, she saw a damp note, actually INSIDE it.

Taking it, she read it quickly, just to make sure Raimundo didn't see it.

She saw a small bit of some sort of hot sauce dried on it, but she didn't really take any notice in it.

Everyone was bold and underlined.

Kimiko

She unfolded it and read the note swiftly.

I love ya with my life, and I wish someone like you, would go for someone like me. Jus' simple and easy, agains' yo'r complex ways. I wish I could le' you know who sen' this lil' lady, bu' I can't. Please say you love me too.

From: A special someone

She sigh, and curiousity began to hover over her like preditor over its pray, just before the catch. 'This is beginning to get super annoying!' she growled to herself, only to turn and see a face that said 'I don't wanna know'. And that face happened to belong to Raimundo. 'He's an idiot!' she screamed to herself as she handed him his soapy-water bucket.


An hour had gone by, and Raimundo, sometime ago, had finally agreed to help her with the first coat if she helped with the second to make it go faster.

Kimiko picked a cushion up only to reveal another note that had once again, her name on it.

It looked something like:

Kimiko

She unfolded it quickly, and bent down like she was scrubbing a spot super hard.

I love you with all of my heart, and I do wish you felt the same way. Since it's Valentine's Day, I would really love to have you say yes in 'going out' with me. Although, I'm not quite sure what it...never mind. Anyways, please say yes, and reply to me an answer. I do wish I could 'sign' this secret message, in a quest to tell you my love, but I can not.

From: O-oh Kimiko, I love you!

Rolling her eyes, she stuffed it into her robes and hoped Raimundo would didn't catch that she was reading, not scrubbing.


Another two hours went by, and Kimiko finally stepped out of the meditation hall, excaused and ready to go to her cubicle for her once ever three hour 'Kimiko Time.'

"Young monks!" Master Fung scurried to meet up with Raimundo and I. "I have been looking for you."

"Well, you knew where we were..." Kimiko muttered.

"Well...of course...I DID, but I did not think it would take you this long to scrub the floors twice and dry them."

"You said at least an hour or two...can't remember...each!" Raimundo fumed.

"I did not think you would listen."

Both Raimundo and Kimiko's faces turned blank.

"But Kimiko...Raimundo...you must both train, for the Heylin Battle is coming soon!"

By this time, Omi and Clay had gathered around aswell.

"Heylin Battle?" they all asked at once.

"It is the battle, that some could die in...good or evil...it's the last battle that determains which side wins...good or evil...And-"

"Let me guess...Good or evil..." Raimundo rolled his eyes at how pathedic it was getting that HE could now quote Master Fung's weird wisdom.

"Why...yes...Of course Raimundo...Good or evil...It will be the battle of a life time..."


There's your chapter! I really hope you liked it :) thanks to anyone who read/read and will review/reviewed, you guys are awsome! I give whoever reviews/has a nice big cookie...whatever kind you want! lolz well umm hope you liked it and I really hope you can figure out which note was from which person :D

(1)Umm...You're the chick of my dreams and I just can't stop thinking of you. You're beautiful and your eyes are like small orbs of ocean. I wish you loved me too, but you hate my guts, at least, I think you do. Please say you love me and we could be together forever. I should I could tell you who sent this, but I just can't.

(umm...I don't know what siend; was suppose to mean): (scribble) Your secret ad(scribble) person

Thanks again, please review and tell me what you think:D thanks so much!

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