Brazil. 5:35 pm
Raimundo stared blankly at the ocean. His eye's were shining from the bright sunlight. He started to mindlessly mess around with the sand on which he was laying on. He watched as it fell from his fingers. He was thinking of Kimiko. No matter how much he wanted to avoid the thought of her, he couldn't. It would just make him hurt more…but then again, playing those memories in his head would just hurt him too. He stood up and headed home. He passed the alleys, shops and buildings and walked up a little hill. Up the hill were crooked rows of homes. Some of them one stories, some of them two. They were all light colored. Raimundo walked towards the white two story house, which was larger in height than in width.
"Hey there bro" Raimundo's brother, Alfred said greeting him as Rai walked in.
"Hey Alfred. What's up?"
"Nothing much, just taking care of some work. How were the waves?"
"Pretty nice. Caught some big ones here in there. Rick home?"
"Nope. Went out with some friends. He'll be back in a while" Raimundo nodded and was going to go up stairs until Alfred stopped him.
"Oh, yeah, almost forgot. You got a letter from some girl in Japan. Kay ko, something like that. I left it on your bed."
Raimundo's eyes popped wide open. "Ok thanks Al!"
Alfred gave a puzzled look. "That was fast…"
Raimundo raced to his bed. He grabbed the letter from his bed and ripped the top open. He was confused why Keiko wrote him a letter, but thought it must be something about Kimiko. So that was good enough for him.
Rai pulled the letter out and read it at least four times before putting it down. He sat on his bed.
"Kim…" he thought in his head. Thoughts were racing in his head.
Kimiko was sick from not seeing him? "If she's sick from not seeing me...then I must be dieing!" he dropped himself on his bed arms laid out. He loudly exhaled some air.
He was thinking of going to Japan. At first, it seemed easy and quick to get there to him, but thinking about it the second time…really didn't sound all that simple.
"I could always save some money up…but that would take me way too long." He pondered for a bit. "Or I could fly there myself." He grinned to himself. We was the Dragon of the Wind…or used to be…he still had his powers though.
"No wait…that'll be too much…Brazil to Japan. That's crazy!" He covered his whole face with his pillow.
"Man…I wish I had some Shen Gong Wu…" That's when Rai saw the light at the end of the tunnel. He quickly sat up which made him slam his head on the bed on top of his bed ( AN/he was laying on a bunk bed)
"Ow!" He yelled as he fell off the bed, crawling to his drawers, opening them and throwing out the things that were in them. He ignored the mess of clothes that he made, and ran to his closet. As he tried to grab a box from the top rack, he tipped the plank of wood which caused it to drop all the stuff that it carried. Some action figures that belonged to his little brother fell on Rai.
Once again he ignored the mess he made and grabbed the box, and opened it. To his luck, the Golden Tiger Claws and Sword of the Storm were in there. Raimundo made a huge grin.
"Now is that luck or what?" He said aloud, just then Alfred came in. He scanned the room and then he stared at Raimundo who was grabbing his back pack from under his bed.
"Uh…in a hurry there Raimundo?" He said kicking some clothes out of his way. He just got up to Raimundo when Rai flew right past him grabbing some clothes from the floor and stuffing them in his bag.
"Alf, the letter I got was from my friends best friend!"
"What friend? Oh, that Kimiko girl?"
"Yeah. She's been wanting to see me" For a short moment Raimundo grabbed his brother's shoulders and loudly exclaimed.
"Isn't that great!"
Alfred made a perplexed face. "Uh…yeah.. But uh…doesn't she live in Tokyo or something?"
"Yeah! I got my transportation right here!" Rai showed him the GTC. Alfred looked the side, scratching his head.
"Okay…where are you going to say at?" Raimundo stopped stuffing things in his bag. "And how long are you going to stay there for? And does she even know that your going to see her?" Raimundo gulped.
"Throw me your cell Alf" Rai said putting his hand up. Alfred dug in his pocket and pulled out his phone. He threw it to Rai who started to dial the number that Keiko had left in her letter. It rang a couple of time before Keiko answered.
"H-hello?" Keiko answered very drowsily.
"Keiko? This is Raimundo!" Rai loudly greeted.
"Raimundo! Oh my gosh! Ugh…kinda early isn't it?" Keiko said yawning. Raimundo made a puzzled face.
"Oh! My bad, forgot about the time difference…" Raimundo did the math in the head. "You guys are 12 hours ahead….its PM over here. Sorry to wake you"
"Yeah that's ok…so jumping on another subject…you decided you wanted to come to Tokyo?"
"Yeah, I'm coming…just had some problems though. First off, I don't have a place to stay. And the problem with that is that I even know how long I'm going to stay for. Just wanted to ask if you could help me out with this"
Keiko paused for a moment and came up with a solution.
"Well you can stay at my house for like the first night or two. And if your going to stay longer, I could find you a place for you to stay. I'll pay."
"…woah, are you sure? I mean, you don't have to get me a hotel or something. Wouldn't want you to pay for that-"
"No, no Raimundo. I invited you here, so I'll be taking care of that stuff. All you have to do for me is to see Kimiko and visit her. She's totally lost."
Raimundo looked to Alfred, who was trying to hear the conversation. He raised his eyebrows at him and nodded. Alfred nodded back and went to go pack some things that Raimundo would need.
"Ok. Thanks Keiko…you've been a big help."
"Don't worry. Just as long as you help me back. Anyways, let me give you my address" Keiko gave Raimundo her information, which he copied on a piece of paper.
"Ok Keiko. I'll be there in a while."
"Yeah it's going to be a long flight."
"Oh I'm not going to be flying there." This confused Keiko.
"O…kay…so how are you going to get here?"
"Ah, you don't need to worry about it" Raimundo looked down at the GTC. "I got my own little way"
"Well…okay then. See you soon then. Bye"
"Bye." Rai hung up his brother's phone.
"Aww man, that's going to leave a mark on my bill next month" Alfred said getting his phone back. He handed Raimundo his bag full of all the things he would need.
"All right bro. I know your not little anymore but in this case, were going to need to go over some things." Raimundo smiled at his older brother. Alfred was carefree all the time, but when it came to taking care of his little brothers, he'd care all right.
"First off, be careful out there. I don't know much about Tokyo, but I know it's not Rio. People aren't the same there, so you better use your street smarts. Second, if what I heard from you is true, show some courtesy to your friend, and especially her parents. You don't want them to think your some street rat or something."
"Ooh that's deep Alf." Raimundo said playfully.
"Aye I'm serious here bro. Also, call me when you can. I don't want to from hear you in couple of days, I want to hear from you every day. And don't worry about the time cause I'll answer the phone."
Alfred grinned at his little brother, who was still little to him , despite the fact he was 16.
"And stay out of trouble." He playfully hit Rai's arm. Raimundo did the same, and put the Tiger Claws on his arm.
"Golden Tiger Claws!" He yelled. "Don't worry Alfred. I'll be ok. And I'll make sure to call you."
Alfred smiled and pulled his cell out. "Oh and you'll need this." He threw it Rai who caught it. "Don't loose it"
Raimundo waved to his brother as he jumped into the portal, and vanished. Alfred put his hands in his pockets and stared from where Raimundo vanished from.
"I got to get me one of those"
AN/ So that's Chapter 2, "Tokyo, here I come!" So did you like it? I know it might be short but like I said in the fist chapter: The chapters to this story are going to be short. Its so I can actually finish it. Well reviews, are truly appreciated. I'll try to update ASAP. Thanks for reading -BattGirl