-1Without the Memories:
A/N: Hi yall...Chapter Four...yay! Thank you all for the kind reviews! They made me so happy that I couldn't wait to get this chapter out to all of you! Now we get to see Rai w/o his memories. He's OOC of course cause his memories went bye bye. Alright...onto it!
Warning: This will eventually have boy on boy action, so if you don't like that, then this fic is not for you. There will also be violence and language, most likely more extreme than that in the show.
Summary: Raimundo loses all of his memories of his time being a Xiaolin monk, all except of those involving Chase Young. He doesn't remember Chase is evil, or the fact that he ever fought him, only that he knows him. Chase sees the opportunity to strengthen the Heylin side and seizes it, taking Raimundo under his wing.
Disclaimer: If I owned this...Chase would be in every episode! (--------Chase fan girl)
Chapter 4: Lost
Recap: Suddenly, Raimundo's eyes fluttered open, making his friends sigh in relief. But then, the brunette shoved Kimiko away from him without a word.
The other monks gasped in surprise, "What's wrong with ya pard'ner?" Clay asked.
The Dragon of Wind backed up, scuffing up dirt as he whimpered in fear.
"Raimundo…what's wrong?!" Kimiko asked.
"Wh-who…are you?!" Raimundo exclaimed, whimpering and scooting farther away from his fellow monks as they tried to move closer. The other Xiaolin monks gasped in horror as Raimundo whimpered again and scooted even farther away from his friends. "Who…are you?" he meekly asked again, his eyes glancing back and forth between his friends.
Suddenly, Kimiko gasped in realization. "The Chain of Memories!"
The other monks looked at the girl with utter confusion. "Raimundo…is there something wrong that is bothering you?" Omi asked, reaching out to touch the Brazilian boy. Raimundo slapped the hand away. "Don't you touch me!" he screamed, fury and confusion burning in his emerald orbs.
Omi's own eyes widened as he backed away, a dejected look upon the youngest monks face. "When Chase used the Reversing Mirror on Raimundo, instead of seeing Chase's memories, Rai lost his own." Kimiko explained her previous point.
Raimundo stood slowly as the others nodded in agreement, dusting his robes off. That had to be what had happened. The Dragon of Wind looked around slowly, "Where am I?" he asked, continuing to look around at the charred remains of the temple grounds.
Kimiko turned to the other dragons-in-training, "We have to do whatever we can to help him. Maybe if we start over, it will help him regain the his memories." she whispered. Omi and Clay nodded.
"It's your home, The Xiaolin Temple, we're in China" Kimiko smiled.
Raimundo didn't return her gesture, in fact, he glared at her. "Then why don't' I remember it?" he asked, "I think I would remember if I lived in a dump like this." he frowned, crossing his arms.
Kimiko tried her hardest to contain her anger as she strained a smile. "We just finished a very large battle, it's normally a lot nicer than this."
Rai said nothing, only continued to look around. "Raimundo….partner." Clay took a step forward as he spoke, pulling his hat lower over his eyes. He paused, trying to find the right words to explain the situation to his friend. He glanced up to see the brunette boy glaring at him. "What?" He demanded.
"Ya lost yer memories partner. You…got a nasty bump on yer head and can't remember anything." Clay lied, averting those piercing emerald eyes.
Raimundo frowned and stayed silent for a moment. He then stuck out his hand "If what you say is true, then I suppose I should 're-learn' everything. Raimundo Pedrosa" he murmured, averting his eyes as well.
The other monks looked at each other and nodded nervously. Kimiko took Rai's hand and shook it while saying, "Kimiko Tohomiko, Xiaolin Dragon of Fire, in training."
The brunette boy grunted in acknowledgement. Clay took Rai's hand and pulled down his hat in a traditional Texan greeting, "Clay Bailey, Xiaolin Dragon of Earth in trainin'" he smiled, following Kimiko's example. Rai only nodded.
The Brazilian then glanced down at Omi, who quickly shook the older boy's hand and shouted out, "And I am Omi, Xiaolin Dragon of Water, and I am in training as well!"
Raimundo scowled slightly at the yellow boy's behavior. He felt as though he had seen it before, but he could not on his life remember where. The boy tried to think harder until a stabbing pain attacked his head. He flinched and grabbed it, "Are you ok, Raimundo?" Kimiko asked, trying to take the boy's arm. Rai only pulled away and murmured, "I'm fine."
The other monks frowned as Raimundo stepped away further. Suddenly, a voice ran out. "Young Monks, where are you?"
"Master Fung!" Omi exclaimed.
"We're over here!" Kimiko yelled out and waved.
Raimundo watched as an elderly looking monk with a moustache ran up to them. "I'm so glad you are all alright, young monks!"
"Who's the old geezer?" Raimundo asked, crossing his arms with a bored expression.
Master Fung's eyes widened, "Well, we're mostly alright." Kimiko explained, rubbing the back of her head nervously.
"What has happened" The elder monk asked.
"While Rai faced Chase in the Showdown, Chase used the Reversing Mirror and it took away all of Rai's memories." The young fire Dragon explained.
"I…see." Master Fung muttered, rubbing his chin in thought. "This is most unfortunate news."
"You're telling me!" Dojo exclaimed appearing from Master Fung's robe.
"Is it really that bad, Dojo?" Omi asked, looking at the dragon with wide eyes.
"Worse." Dojo groaned, plopping to the ground and pulling the Shen Gong Wu scroll out of nowhere yet again. "It says here that if someone uses the Reversing Mirror against someone else who's using the Chain of Memories…the wielder of the Chain of memories will lose all of their own memories."
"We figured that out already, Dojo." Kimiko scowled.
"I wasn't done." Dojo sneered, "And in order to regain the lost memories, (which are kept in the Chain of Memories Wu itself) You must use the Chain of Memories on themselves." And with that, Dojo rolled up the scroll and hid it away God knows where again.
All of the monks groaned,(including Master Fung) and hung their heads. Raimundo only cleared his throat. "What're you guys mumbling about over there?" he asked.
"Nothing!" Kimiko said as she whipped around to look at him.
She then whipped back around to Dojo and Master Fung. "We told Rai that he lost his memories because he hit his head in the fight. So if you could just roll with it that would be great."
Dojo and Master Fung nodded and they all turned to Raimundo, who still had his arms crossed and was kicking at the dirt ground.
"What're we gonna do 'bout the temple grounds, Master Fung?" Clay asked, nervously eyeing the area around them.
Master Fung smiled bitter sweetly. "The Wu is all safe?"
The Monks nodded.
"Then we should acquire some Plants and other materials, but we will figure it out. Luckily, our living quarters were not seriously damaged." Master Fung said.
The other monks nodded yet again and looked at Raimundo. Master Fung reached out for him, but the brunette monk scooted back. "Maybe you should go rest, Raimundo." The elder Monks said, swinging his arms in the direction of the living quarters. "Your room is the third one as you walk down the hall." he added, slightly pushing on the Dragon of Wind's back.
Raimundo nodded and began to slowly walk away, but before he did he turned to look at Kimiko. "You should get that checked out. It doesn't look too good." and with that he turned away yet again and began to walk away.
Kimiko glanced down at her leg and her eyes widened, the gauze was filled with blood yet again. "C'mon Kimiko, lets get you fixed up before we start." Master Fung said.
Kimiko nodded as she watched Raimundo walked away. Clay silently picked her up and carried her away behind master Fung, glancing quickly at Raimundo. Omi followed suit after a quick glance as well.
Raimundo stuffed his hands in his pockets and began kicking a rock as he walked. "I wish I could remember things." he muttered giving the rock a particularly hard kick. The rock soared through the air, making Raimundo's eyes widen.
He looked up and slowly entered the open temple door. It was plain; as plain as a Chinese temple could be. He slowly walked down the hall and looked in each room he passed. The first room was what looked like an eating hall. The second was a room that held books and scrolls that were littered everywhere. The brunette boy continued to walk. He passed what seemed to be rooms. The first was very plain. The bed was made, and there were poster of martial art moves. But then again, Raimundo wouldn't know that.
The next room was filled more. It looked like a girls room. Probably that girl Kimiko's. It had a whole bunch a technological things in it. But yet again, Raimundo wouldn't know what they were called or how to use them.
The next room gave the boy an odd sense of déjà vu. The bed was unmade and the blankets were strewn everywhere. There were posters of men kicking a black and white ball in some sort of net. There were other posters of giant walls of water and men on them. 'Your room is the third one as you walk down the hall' Raimundo recalled the old man say. What was his name? Oh yeah, Master Fung.
Anyway, Rai walked into the room and slowly looked around. Then he looked down at the bed. He sighed and plopped down, his arms spread. "I guess 'm more tired than I thought." the brunette mumbled as his eyes slowly shut.
Jack popped his head out from behind the stairs on the dais-like throne in Chase's lair. "Chase is back!" he announced to no one in particular.
Chase only sneered slightly as he remembered that the annoying red headed Goth was still there. "Yes, I have returned." Chase muttered.
"I take it you won?" Wuya asked. She was draped over the throne in a very provocative way. Chase would've noticed if he every paid attention to the witch in the first place. "You're not fuming and sulking like you do when you lose." she added.
Chase sneered, "I don't sulk. And yes, I won. Here, keep the little trinkets." he said throwing the Wu at the witch.
Wuya simply put her hand up and caught the wu. She silently looked at it as Chase walked away, "Where is the Chain of Memories?" She asked.
"I'm keeping it." the warlord simply said as he continued to walk away.
Wuya smiled slightly and tossed the Shadow Doppelganger up and down in her hand. "And so it begins." she smiled
Chase slammed open the door to his library open. It creaked and groaned from the strain of the forceful blow. "I do not sulk when I lose." the warlord murmured, his lips jutting slightly in what could only be described as a pout.
The Heylin Master sat there for a few moments, enjoying the silence of the large library, until he silently stuck his hands into his pockets. The warlord then pulled the Chain of Memories out, looking at it as it shone brightly. 'This little thing could have destroyed all of evil with just three words.' he thought grimacing at it. "The Chain of Memories." he mumbled.
Suddenly, a gray cloud began to swirl out of the crown. It continued to swirl all around the warlord as he just stared at the thing with wide eyes. Suddenly, the smoke blurred and colors faded into it. A picture of the monks appeared, "This is Kimiko Tohomiko," Master Fung said, pointing to said girl, "And Raimundo Pedrosa."
'This must be when the monks first met' Chase thought, continuing to stare at the scene, until another one appeared in the same fashion as the first, only off to the right. "Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius!"
'When they first met the worm.' Chase rolled his eyes as he thought. Other scenes continued to erupt from the little Wu. Some the Warlord recognized and others he did not. Then a thought came to the Warlord's head. All the scenes had Raimundo in it at some point, and even in some, the Brazilian boy's thought's echoed through the large library. What exactly was he watching?
After a moment, another thing about these scenes struck the Warlord as weird. "I'm not in any of these." It seemed true, he had seen all the other 'villains' that the monks had faced off…but he was no where to be found. Why was that?
Then it hit him. These were the Wind Dragon's memories! It all made sense now, well except for the fact he wasn't in any of them…but that was beside the point. If Raimundo's memories were in the Wu. Then he shouldn't know anything, even the difference between good and evil.
Chase suddenly stood and pocketed the wu, making the memory clouds disappeared. 'This is my chance to strengthen the Heylin side, and I'm taking it.' he thought with a sinister smirk. "Prepare yourself, Raimundo."
All he could see were visions of golden snake eyes staring at him. A voice was calling his name over and over again. Then suddenly, the golden eyes were gone. In their place, he was standing in a field alone, someone's back was turned to him, "Wh-who are you?"
The figure turned and the first thing Raimundo saw were those golden eyes again. The monk took a step back. The figure smirked and took a few steps towards the boy, "You don't remember me, Raimundo? What a shame?"
The Brazilian boy tried to take more steps back but his feet were frozen in place. "What's going on?!" the boy demanded. The other figure only continued to walk forward. It looked familiar, and from the sound of its voice it was a man.
The man stopped and gripped the boy's face, "Look into my eyes, and you'll remember." he said.
Raimundo cringed, closing his eyes and trying to turn away. The strong hand pulled them face to face again. "Look into my eyes, and you'll remember," the man repeated his breath washing over Raimundo's face.
Raimundo slowly opened his own eyes, "What do you mean I'll remember…" he was going to ask, but was caught in those golden eyes, that looked a lot warmer than before. "You…you're my…" he gasped, realizing who it was.
The man smirked and placed a finger from his other hand on the boy's lips, "Shhh…Raimundo, don't say another word."
Raimundo was about to do just that but was interrupted by a pair of lips on his own. The Brazilian's eyes widened as the other man's golden orbs closed. 'What the hell is going on?' the monk thought, 'Why are you doing this…"
"CHASE!" Raimundo shouted, launching himself off of the pillows. He panted hard and touched his lips subconsciously. "What was that?" he said slowly, his eyes shining with confusion.
The monk then sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "What did I just see?" he asked himself. "What's going on!!" he shouted to no one.
But little did the young monk know, those golden eyes were watching him. 'He remembers me.'
Omake:
A/N: YOSH! Finally done! I'm so so so so so so sorry that I updated this so late, so instead of a long list of the stupid reasons why it took so long, I'll give you one good one. I got writer's block, hella bad. But today it disappeared and I finished, and I added a little bit of smooching at the end cause I wanted to give you guys something. I just love cliffhangers, don't you? Lol of course you do! Anyway…I got this chapter done and the next one will hopefully be out quicker than this one! I apologize once again for the lateness and I will try to work harder to get my chapters out faster!
Kimiko:*going ballistic* WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO! YOU MADE RAIMUNDO KISS CHASE!!!!
A/N:*is sipping tea in her swivel chair* I never made the boy do anything…it was his dream.
Kimiko: BUT YOU WROTE IT!!!!!
A/N:*smiles*True…but that's beside the point
Kimiko: THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT!!!
A/N:*smiles wider* and you can't do anything to stop it.
Kimiko:*summons fire* WANNA BET?!
Chase:*appears out of nowhere* Touch her and I'll hurt you more than just you're leg this time.*cracks knuckles*
A/N:*Takes another sip of tea and spins in chair to computer so she can post chapter* told you.
Raimundo: I still don't know what's going on…
A/N: don't worry…that's natural…anyway hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. And review if you please, cause they keep me writing!
Chase:*is protecting her from Kimiko's 'wrath'* goodbye.