"I wager my sword of the storm for your reversing mirror. The winner wins this bag of Wu." Raimundo declared,
"Fine, the showdown is a battle between the two of us. Last one standing wins."
"Let's make it interesting." He smirked, "We use no Shen Gong Wu, only our own elements and skills."
Kimiko nodded in agreement, before they both shouted.
"Let's go. Xiaolin Showdown!"
The ground rose below them, morphing into a giant circle, to their side were two pieces of the vault roof, one holding Omi and Clay while the other held Chase and Wuya. In a flash of light Kimiko's outfit changed into her normal Xiaolin robes instead of their blue showdown clothing, she quickly looked at her clothes, looking up to see her matching Raimundo. When the setting had finally turned to a standstill they both got ready to attack.
"Gong Yi Tanpai!" they both called.
Kimiko made the first move, running towards Raimundo she jumped preparing to kick but fell hard on the ground as he moved to the left. She shot up facing the dragon of wind who was stood with his hands in his pocket. Swinging her arms towards him, he began to effortlessly block every move she tried, as she went to hit him with her right hand she gasped as he twisted her arm, pulling both of them behind her back. He leaned in close from behind, his lips against her ear.
"We train together Kim" he whispered, "I know all your moves."
The feeling of his breath against her face sent Goosebumps down her body; she slowly turned her head to face him, their noses practically touching. She felt herself begin to panic, and once again retaliated by pushing him away.
"No." she yelled, jumping back to create distance.
Raimundo flew high into the air, calling on his Shoku power to knock the girl over.
"Come on! Finish him Kimiko!" Wuya screamed, quickly covering her mouth with her hands.
"Kimiko?!" she repeated, turning her head to face Wuya.
Raimundo landed the hit, sending a confused Kimiko across the floor, as she stood up she clutched the side of her head, the sharp pain returning. Raimundo stopped, staring at the pain filled girl; he could see tears escaping down her porcelain cheeks.
'Estrela, it's how we say star back in Brazil.'
'My Estrela.'
Kimiko fell to her knees, not once moving her hands from her head, the tears rolling faster down her face.
"Kim" Raimundo whispered, slowly walking towards her.
"Just shut up! Just stop speaking" She cried, "Rai…"
The dragon of wind went down onto his knees as he pulled the sobbing girl to his chest, wrapping his arms around her shaking body.
"M- My head… It feels like its exploding." She whimpered, not once opening her eyes.
"I've got you Kimiko; you're safe; I'll protect you." He whispered, not once daring to look at the others.
'You're safe with me. I'll protect my girl'
"You'll protect your girl" she whispered, looking up at Raimundo, he stared into her teary sapphire eyes as they slowly rolled closed.
The battle ground suddenly changed back into the temple and Kimiko's outfit back to how it was before. Raimundo looked up – still holding Kimiko – to see four pairs of eyes on them.
"I won." He stated, "We won the Wu and we're keeping Kimiko."
He glared up at Chase, waiting for his retaliation.
"Very well." He nodded, before vanishing with Wuya.
"How she doing, partner?" The cowboy asked, leaning against the doorframe of the medical room. In front of him on the medical bed lay an unconscious Kimiko with Raimundo sat by her side, not once taking his eyes off her.
"Nothing's changed."
"She'll come to, her heads just taken a beating over the past few days… Physically and mentally."
"Do you think she'll remember?" He sighed, turning to face the cowboy at the door. "She was remembering. That's what caused her to pass out."
"How can you be so sure Rai?"
"Because… when she fell in the showdown, she said things I'd said to her. It happened just before the showdown too."
Raimundo turned his head back to Kimiko, worry evidently showing on his face. Clay opened his mouth but quickly closed it; he wanted to know if there was something between the two but knew it wouldn't be the best time to find out. Instead, he simply turned and headed down the hallway leaving the two dragons alone.
"Well what was that about?" Wuya yelled as they walked through Chase's lair. "We lost all that Wu and the girl!"
"You don't get it, do you?" He commented as he sat down to meditate.
"What's to get?"
"Kimiko only began to remember things when she was with Raimundo." He set his gaze on the heylin witch, sighing in disgust at her confused look. "This means there must be something between the two; there is simply no other explanation."
"They might be dating, so what?" she spat,
"That means, you useless fool, that they will be each other's weakness. At the very least we'll be able to break the dragon of wind."
Wuya looked at Chase before releasing a cackling laugh, its sound echoing throughout the lair.
"It'll be brilliant" she roared; her evil grin spread across her face.