Summary: You've probably already read this chapter as well, but I've added a new part at the end.

Chapter 2- Saving Kimiko

Kimiko's point-of-view

As soon as I knew for sure that Yen was upstairs I started searching for a way out, but first for a light. The only light in the dark basement was broken even with a working bulb, so I gathered a ton of storm candles and placed them throughout the room. I stood in the center of the concrete floor and using only my mind I lit the candles. The room ignited in an orange glow and I saw two small windows close to the ceiling.

I climbed a stack of boxes to one of the windows and tried to push it open but it was nailed shut. So I grabbed a paperweight out of an open box and looked for something to muffle the sound. I found a towel and some rope and I wrapped and tied the towel around the weight. Then I jumped off the boxes and threw the paperweight at the window, but it bounced off with just a bare sound. I sighed half of relief and half of frustration. The weight landed on one of the lower boxes and it and a few others tumbled down. I covered my ears and gave a small squeal from surprise of the sound. I gasped and looked at the ceiling in fear that Yen may have heard. When I heard no sounds from upstairs I gave a sigh of relief and tried to figure another way out.

It suddenly hit me and my hands ignited on fire. I threw fireball after fireball at the window until I wore myself out, but nothing had happened. I dropped to my knees, sweat dripping down my face, and looked at the window. No marks, not even a scratch.

"Fireproof and breakfree?" I groaned to myself. "Now what?"

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Raimundo's POV

Omi and Clay went to sleep as soon as they were told to, but I stayed up trying to figure out a way to save Kimiko. I ended up staying past midnight thinking and meditating, but I couldn't come up with anything.

I finally fell asleep and when I awoke a few hours later, I had a strange feeling of Kimiko's presence in the wind, as if it were leading me to her. I changed into my Shoku robes and followed the wind.

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Kimiko's POV

I sat up and crossed my legs for meditation. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, but I quickly reopened them for I had found a way out. I uncrossed my legs and crawled to the wall where there was a grate partially hidden by boxes. I pushed the boxes over and looked through the grate where there was a small crawl space to another grate that led outside. I quietly cheered myself then looked around for a screwdriver. I found a small knife and used it to unscrew the nails that held the grate to the wall. Once I got all of the nails out, the grate easily came off and I climbed into the crawl space. I was surprised to see the sun coming up as I crawled to the other grate. After a few sharp kicks it fell off and I climbed outside. I looked at the house to make sure that no lights were on before I took of running, but that was a mistake. As I was running toward the woods I remember that I saw Yen in the woods so I had turned around and started running faster but before I got very far there was a flash of lightning behind me and I felt a tingling sensation going down my back before I passed out.

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Still Kimiko's POV

I woke up with a burning sensation down my back, it felt like it went all the way down my spine and ended right above where my halter top connects. A tear ran down my cheek for the pain was so searing that it made me cry. I suddenly realized that my hands were cuffed to a chain that was hooked to the ceiling, and also that my feet were tied together about five feet above the floor. The chains were short so it would be easy to pull myself up and push the chains of the hook but I would have to time myself carefully otherwise I might hurt myself.

I bit my lip and grabbed the chains above my right hand. I carefully pulled myself up but just as I did my left hand slipped out of the cuff and out of surprise I let go with my right. When I did the chains slipped down causing me to bite down on my lip. The chain got caught and yanked hard on my right arm pulling it out of the socket and probably breaking at least one bone. I cried out in pain which made me dizzy and I started to black out.

The chains slipped off the hook and I was thrown onto the cold concrete floor. I landed on my right arm which made me cry out in pain again. I rolled onto my back and the cold concrete stung my back. Tears rolled down my cheeks and I soon passed out.

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Raimundo's POV

The wind led me to a small house in the middle of the woods on a Tibet mountainside. Kimiko's presence wasn't very strong anymore but I still knew that she was somewhere in this house, especially once I found the golden claws sitting on the front porch of the house. I quickly grabbed the claws then made my way to the side of the house where I knew there would be at least a basement window. I was glad to find the grate that Kimiko had kicked out lying on the ground. I climbed into the crawl space and out into the basement where I found Kimiko unconscious on the floor.

I rushed to Kimiko and felt for her pulse, she didn't have much of one so I placed my hand on the side of her stomach to see if she was breathing before I bent down toward her mouth. Just as I did Kimiko groaned and started to cough so I sat up and placed my arm under her head to prop her up. Her eyes fluttered a few seconds before she opened them all the way and she coughed again.

"Rai?" She groaned.

"What happened?" Raimundo asked. Kimiko shook her head as if to tell me that she didn't know. I helped her sit up and she acted like she was too scared to lean on me and when I saw her back I knew why. I studied the black mark running down her spine and I looked straight into her eyes.

"Kimiko, what'd she do to you?" I asked in a serious tone. Kimiko opened her mouth to speak but it looked like it pained her so I had to lean close to hear he whisper.

"Lightning." My eyes took on an angry look and I gave a low growl I once wanted to kill Hannible Roy Bean for barely hitting Kimiko. I stood but Kimiko couldn't hold herself up so she leaned on my leg and looked up at me.

"Rai," She managed to get. "It" She let out a gasp of pain. "It's n-not worth." She couldn't finish the rest and I looked down at her. Her face was full of pain and I realized that she was right. If I tried to go after Yen that would only get me in trouble, and I couldn't do that to Kimiko, not when she needed me most. I bent down beside her and pushed her damp hair off of her face.

"Okay," I nodded at her. "We can go now." She wrapped her arms around my neck and soon after she buried her face into my robes she started to cry. I put one arm around her neck so as not to bump her back and very carefully picked her up. I was too scared to try to balance Kimiko with one arm so I gave her the golden tiger claws and she slashed the air, and then I walked into the purple vortex and to the temple.

When we arrived I saw Master Fung talking to Omi and Clay so I walked toward them and as I did Master Fung turned around.

"Raimundo, you deliberately disobeyed me." He said in a firm tone. "You were supposed to wait and discuss plans with your fellow warriors, and you did neither."

"I did both." I told him in a somewhat hurtful tone, and just as I did my arm slipped and I accidentally hit her back. Kimiko flinched and let out a small wincing noise. Master Fung looked to see what was wrong and once he did his face turned blue. He quickly grabbed her from me and rushed to the elderly monk's resting hall.

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Master Fung placed Kimiko on a framed bed of an extra room in the elder's resting hall. Kimiko sat up and tried to prevent painful sobs but couldn't, she burst into tears and tried to speak.

"P-please," She took a painful gasp of air. "Please don't…"

"Yes, Kimiko?" Master asked. "Do you need something?" Kimiko shook her head and even though it pained her to speak she had to get this said.

"Please," She winced but continued. "Don't punish Raimundo." Master Fung said nothing and gathered the proper first aid material's from a medicine cabinet and placed them beside her.

"If- if it wasn't for him I-I…" Kimiko squeezed her eyes and groaned. "I could be dead right now!" She cried out in pain. Master Fung sighed, he knew that Kimiko was right but he also knew that Raimundo had disobeyed him. Just at that moment Raimundo came into the room and Kimiko held out an arm to him.

"Hey, are you okay?" Raimundo asked hugging her.

"Please don't leave me!" She sobbed.

"What do you mean?" Raimundo asked.

"If Master Fung takes your sash away." She looked up at him. "Just don't leave me." Raimundo held her tight.

"I would never leave you." He kissed her forehead and Master Fung placed his hand on Raimundo's shoulder.

"You will keep your sash." He said. "I am glad that you got her to us on time. Now I must go." Master Fung said just before leaving the room. Kimiko stopped crying and looked up at Raimundo.

"Thank you Rai," She whispered. Raimundo looked at her.

"Are you okay?" He asked. Kimiko took a deep breath and slowly shook her head.

"I feel sick." She groaned. Raimundo sat on the bed beside her and put his arm around her.

"If you don't let me dress your wound it might get infected." Kimiko nodded and turned around for him. Just at that moment Dojo slithered on the bed. Raimundo pushed Kimiko's hair over her shoulder and winced at the blackish-green mark.

"Why does this look so weird?" He asked Dojo. Dojo looked down.

"I was afraid of this," He sighed. "Yen has poisoned her."

"Poison?" Raimundo was confused.

Yen has the power to add poison to her lightning attacks and there is no cure for it."