Chapter 4 Love
My friend assures me "It's all or nothing."
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
My friend implores me "For one time only, make an exception."
I am not worried
Wrap her up in a package of lies
Send her off to a coconut island
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
With the status of my emotions
"Oh," she says "You're changing."
But we're always changing.
Kimiko was pleaing for somebody to come and rescue her. She had been stuck in this wretched cave for days upon days. Well, four to be exact, but, that wasn't the point!
Kimiko's POV
Right, I'm bored, hungry, tired, aching and I feel really sick! Gawd, if Wuya comes and hurts me one more time I swear I'm gonna turn her into a...wait! There she is! I can hear her footsteps coming ever so closer! Somebody save me!
End Kimiko's POV
"Right this is it!" exclaimed Raimundo, slamming his hands down on the table "We need a plan to get Kimiko back!"
"Part'ner," said Clay, shaking his head "I'm afrai' she's in Wuya's palace now an', well, she wouldn' give the lil' lady back in a hurry."
"Sorry to burst your bubbles there kids," said Dojo, jumping on the table and opening the Shen-Gong-Wu scroll "But a new Shen-Gong-Wu has just revealed itself."
"What is this oh wonderous of mystical objects Dojo Kanojocho?" Omi asked.
Everybody looked at him bug eyed.
"Okaaaay, moving swiftly along," said Dojo, looking at Omi as if to say 'you really need some help there kid' "The Wu is called the Shen-Gong-Shoe."
"Shen-Gong...Shoe," said Raimundo, giving Dojo the same look as Dojo had given Omi.
"Whoever possesses it can enlarge their foot so much that it would be able to squash the U.S.A! If in the wrong hands the world could be destroyed!"
"By...a shoe..."
"Hop on," said Dojo, super-sizing.
They climbed onto Dojo and soon, they were off.
"Dojo," said Clay, looking quite annoyed "Why couldn't you hide the Wu in a hot spa with an all you can eat buffet and not the Sahara desert!?!?"
"And," added Raimundo "They've either got very big bugs or it's-"
"Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius!"
He landed infront of them and pressed a button on his watch.
"Jackbot's, ATTACK!"
Three robots went flying for the individual Xiaolin Warriors (Dojo had retreated into Clay's hat).
It does not bother me to say this isn't love
Because if you don't want to talk about it then it isn't love
And I guess I'm not going to have to live with that
But I'm sure there's something in a shade of grey
Something in between
And I can always change my name
If that's what you mean
"Wudai Star, Wind!" Raimundo exclaimed, aiming it at the Jackbot that was heading towards him.
The Jackbot was able to withstand the wind and it charged at Raimundo, sending Rai flying. Raimundo gathered all of his strength and sent a giant gust of wind hurtling straight at the Jackbot. The Jackbot shattered into thousands of tiny little pieces and was carried far away by Raimundo's wind. Jack whimpered.
"Wudai Crater, Earth!" yelled Clay.
He punched the ground sending jagged rocks straight at the Jackbot. The Jackbot was instantly cruched and the pile of devestating rubble lay at Jack's feet. Jack screamed.
"Wudai Neptune, Water!"
Omi sent a giant streak of water to the Jackbot coming for him. The water drenched it and sparks flew everywhere. The Jackbot malfunctioned and fell to the ground, still with spectacular white jets of sparks flying out from it.
"Oh maaaaan," Jack moaned, looking at the three broken Jack-bots in dismay.
"We are going to beat your bottom Jack Spicer!" Omi yelled.
"It's kick your butt," Raimundo correceted, rolling his eyes.
If only Kimiko where here... Raimundo thought desperately She'd know what to do to get the Wu...
My friend assures me "It's all or nothing."
But I am not really worried
I am not overly concerned
You try to tell yourself the things you try to tell yourself
To make yourself forget
I am not worried
"If it's love," she said "Then we're going to have to think about the consequences."
She can't stop shaking
I can't stop touching her and...
"The Wu!" Omi suddenly exclaimed "There!"
Everyone looked over to where Omi was pointing. The Wu was stuck up in a tree, right at the very top. Raimundo and Jack instantly looked at eachother then ran off at top speed to get to it. The two of them grabbed the Wu at the exact same time.
"Jack Spicer, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!" said Raimundo "My Shard of Lightning against your Tongue of Saiping. The game is truth. Whoever tells three lies loses."
"You're on baby!" Jack exclaimed, taking the Tongue of Saiping from his backpack.
"Let's go, Xiaolin Showdown!"
The scenery changed. Raimundo and Jack were standing on small platforms with three glass squares on them which they were standing on. They were opposite eachother. The Xiaolin and Heylin team got transported to different platforms to watch the showdown.
"Gong Yi Tem Pai!"
"Okay, Jack. Did you do everything that Wuya said just so you could impress her?" Raimundo asked Jack.
"No," Jack sulked, folding his arms.
A square on Jack's platform went red.
"You told a lie," said Raimundo "So you did try to impress her!"
"Now it's my turn!" shouted Jack, trying to change the subject "Tongue of Saiping!"
"Hey! That's not a question!" said Raimundo, but then realised what Jack had just said.
A swarm of angry bees went hurtling for Raimundo.
"Wind!" Raimundo called, and blew the bees away with a huge gust of wind.
"Okay then," said Jack "Do you always try to impress the rest of the Xiaolin losers?"
"No!" Raimundo instantly retorted, but a square on his platform went red "Drat!"
Jack gave Raimundo a smug smirk.
"Typical Rai and Spicer really," said Clay "They'll never tell the truth."
"Spicer, do you actually have a mom? 'Cause I've never seen her."
"I do actually," Jack replied, hands on hips "And you don't talk bad about her otherwise you're gonna get a serious butt kicking if you do."
None of the squares on Jack's platform went red. Jack stuck his tongue out at Raimundo. Raimundo rolled his eyes.
"I stand corrected," Clay then said.
"Right then, so you were telling the truth for once? Who cares?" Raimundo told him.
"Do you cuggle up to your teddy-weddy at nightie-wighty?" Jack questioned Raimundo mockingly.
"NO!" Raimundo went red "Of course not!"
One of the square's on Raimundo's platform went red and Jack burst out laughing. Jack was winning with only one lie, Raimundo had told two.
"Sweet success," Jack smiled.
"Do you cuddle a teddy at night?" Raimundo turned the question onto him.
"No," Jack replied.
A square on Jack's platform went red and it was Raimundo's turn to do the laughing.
"Okay Raimundo, you've had your fun. I've been saving the best question 'til last," Jack smiled "Do you love Kimiko."
"N-no," was Raimundo's reply.
But the last square on Raimundo's platform went red, it tipped and he fell...
This time when kindness falls like rain
It washes her away
And Kimiko begins to change her mind
"These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days," she says
And I'm not ready for this sort of thing
But I'm not going to break
And I'm not going to worry about it anymore
I'm not going to bend, and I'm not going to break and
I'm not going to worry about it anymore
It seems like I should say "As long as this is love..."
But it's not all that easy so maybe I should
Snap her up in a butterfly net
Pin her down on a photograph album
I am not worried
I've done this sort of thing before
But then I start to think about the consequences
Because I don't get no sleep in a quiet room and...
Jack gathered up the Wu that he'd won in his hands.
"See you later losers," he said, then flew off on his heli-bot.
Raimundo looked devested, and embarassed that he didn't tell the truth about his feelings. He should pour them out, or maybe they were better being bottled up.
Raimundo...
She thought about him alot. Especially about the time that Raimundo was too drunk to remember. Those secret moments and words shared between the two of them. Nobody knew what had happened. But it was starting to show on Kimiko. She was beginning to get a lump on her belly. The sign of a developing baby. She thought that she wouldn't keep the baby, but when she got to the hospital she couldn't bring herself to get rid of it. It was Raimundo's and her dirty little secret. She wouldn't take away the life of a baby, even though it probably even hadn't had its first heartbeat. But the thought of being a mother made her feel overjoyed.
And Raimundo was the father.
The thought of that made her even more happy. She had liked Raimundo for ages but didn't think he liked her. But when that thing happened she thought that Raimundo looked at her differently. Even though he was probably too drunk to remember he seemed to act nicer to her. That night...when that happened...
Raimundo told her that he loved her...
"I love you Kimiko..."
Just thinking of those three words spoken from Raimundo's lips made her feel a bit happier, despite the fact that she was still stuck in Wuya's palace.
"I've got to get out of this hell hole while Wuya's not around," she said to herself "Fire!"
She concentrated all of her fire power on the chains that were holding her. She wanted to make them melt so she could get out of Wuya's palace. But when she said fire, nothing happened. She was ever so weak, the use of her fire must have been drained out of her. Kimiko burst into tears. She didn't want to be kept in there forever. She wanted to see the temple again...her friends...Master Fung...
Raimundo...
The time when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away and
Kimiko begins to change her mind
And everytime she sneezes I believe it's love and
Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
She's talking in her sleep
It's keeping me awake
And Kimiko begins to toss and turn
And every word is nonsense but I understand and
Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
Raimundo sighed and looked out of his window at the Xiaolin temple. He missed Kimiko dearly. He was dreading to think what kind of horrible things that Wuya could have done to her. He didn't like Kimiko getting hurt. It brought tears to his eyes just thinking about it. He really should have been nicer to Kimiko while he still had the chance...
Flashback
Raimundo came running out of the temple with his sun-glasses on and Kimiko's PDA in his hand. He climbed ontop of Dojo and handed Kimiko her PDA.
"I think you dropped this," he sniggered.
Kimiko took it off him and turned it on. Immediatly it came up on big red writing on the screen, VIRUS DETECTED!
"Rai you jerk!" yelled Kimiko, punching him on the arm.
End Flashback
If he could turn back time to all of the times that he'd been nasty to her and reverse them, then he would. But the Sands of Time were gone and there was nothing that Raimundo could do about it.
Kimiko...
Her kindness bangs a gong
It's moving me along and Kimiko begins to fade away
It's chasing me away
She dissapears and
Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing.
Sorry fot the huge delay! I was working on other stories and completely forgot about this one. I want to finish it off :). Well, hope you liked, and I'll be seeing you again soon :). I do not own the song Anna Begins by Counting crows, I changed the Anna to Kimiko :P.
ToXiC xx