Without the Memories:

A/N: Its chapter 7 everyone! Let's do it! I also want to thank you all for being so understanding about my stressy family life XD

Warning: Evil Boy Geniusness!
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: Do you THINK it belongs to me? Quit reminding me!

Chapter 7: The Long Day Ends With a Fly on the Wall


Recap: Raimundo smiled slightly and gripped the armor on Chase's back as best as he could, pulling the Heylin Warrior even closer, "Thank you." He mumbled, closing his eyes.
"It is nothing." Chase replied, then pulled Raimundo's body away from his own. He listened closely, noticing the voices were gone. The Heylin warrior fished in his pocket and pulled out the Falcon's Eye, "Falcon's Eye." he muttered, activating the wu.
Raimundo's eyes widened as Chase looked through the tree using the little trinket. "How did you do that?" he asked, knowing that there was no one to hear him but Chase.
"This is a Shen Gong Wu." the yellow-eyed warrior said, holding out the Falcon's Eye for Raimundo to see, "I'm assuming those children told you what they were?"
Raimundo nodded, "But I've never seen one before."
Chase pocketed the wu and walked out from behind the tree, "You ready?" he asked.
Raimundo nodded with a smile.
Chase nodded as well and put two fingers in his mouth, whistling loudly, "I warn you, our ways of traveling back to my abode are…..unique." he said, turning to Raimundo.
"What do you mean by that?" Raimundo asked, raising a brow.
Suddenly, the roars of Chase's jungle cats rang through the air. As they ran over the horizon, Raimundo's eyes widened.
"What the hell?" he shouted.
Chase smirked as the cats stopped in front of him, "They wont hurt you."
Raimundo trembled as the cats stared at him, their eyes scrutinizing his every move. "W-we're gonna….r-ride those things?" he asked, shaking a bit and keeping his distance from the cats, "They could eat me!"
Chase chuckled slightly and took Raimundo's smaller hand in his own, leading him to the cats, "They wont hurt you, I promise."
Raimundo gulped as Chase took his hand and put it on the head of one if the tigers. Moving his hand back and forth, Chase smirked as Raimundo continued to shake. The tiger purred and rubbed its head against Raimundo's hand. "See?" Chase asked, looking at Raimundo.
The brunette nodded slightly, "We should go before they come back." Chase said, glancing back behind the tree. Raimundo nodded again as Chase climbed up and sat on the biggest cat, a Panther.
Raimundo didn't move for a moment, nervously looking back and forth between Chase and the tiger that was in front of him, "C-can I ride with you?"
The Heylin warrior's eyes widened but then he smirked and chuckled, "Of course." he replied, scooting backward on the panther.
Raimundo blushed and mounted the panther just in front of Chase, "I'll hold onto you, don't worry." the dark-haired man assured, placing both of his arms on either side of the boy, his palms flat against the Panther's back. The movement effectively trapped Raimundo from moving very far, and it also brought Chase's body closer to his own.
"Hold on." he whispered into the boy's ear, making Raimundo blush darkly.
Then the Panther started off, running faster than you could imagine. Raimundo would have enjoyed the wind running across his face if it weren't for the constant reminder that Chase was sitting mere inches behind him. He kept scooting forward inch by inch so that Chase's crotch stayed as far away from his ass as possible. A particularly bad timed scoot forward almost made him fall off, since the panther had decided to jump over a rock at the same time. "Uwaa!" Raimundo screamed reaching out for something to grab on, but only feeling air. Suddenly, two warm arms wrapped around his torso, "Be careful!" Chase scolded, hugging Raimundo flush to his own body, unaware of the discomfort and embarrassment it was causing the brunette boy. He immediately tensed up, causing Chase to sigh softly in his ear, "Just calm down and breath, you'll be alright, I wont let anything happen to you."
Raimundo nodded and gulped again, taking a deep breath. He hoped to God that Chase would let go of his torso, but no such luck.
They rode for about an hour, Raimundo trying his best not to think about how close he was to Chase…..it wasn't working. Chase had thought nothing of holding the boy for about the first twenty minutes or so, but the time after that Chase's mind began to wander to the boy who was secure in his arms. Raimundo's entire body was tense and he was trying to mask the fact that he was breathing very hard. Chase chuckled slightly and rested his chin on the boy's shoulder, just to torment him, "Just making sure I can see where we're going." he half lied when Rai tensed up further.
Raimundo nodded very stiffly, and didn't make a noise. Chase sighed slightly and watched as they drew closer and closer to his lair.
Raimundo didn't think he was going to make it to Chase's house with how fast his heart had been beating. He was trying so hard to make sure that he wasn't going to have a heart attack that he almost didn't notice when the Panther stopped. He glanced up and gulped, the outside of Chase's house sure looked menacing. The Heylin Warlord let Rai go and dismounted the Panther with the greatest of ease. "Are you coming?" he asked, glancing back at the boy who had yet to move.
Raimundo jolted and fell of the Panther, who simply looked at the boy like he was an idiot. Rai popped back up and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, but the action was a bit difficult. His muscles were stiff from sitting still and so tensely for so long, "I'm alright, I'm coming." he said before Chase had the chance to say anything more.
Chase sighed again and turned to walk, "Follow me."
Raimundo nodded and walked, going quickly so he could catch up to Chase. He couldn't help but notice that the cats were following behind them. When the brunette caught up to Chase, he whispered, "They're following us."
Chase chuckled quietly, "Of course, they do live with me."
"Oh, right." Rai chuckled nervously, 'Idiot!' he thought to himself, mentally face palming, 'no duh they live with him!'
Chase moved to open the very large red-hot mouth shaped cave that lead to his lair; Raimundo was ready for the worst. What he didn't expect to see when the doors opened were black and white archways all around, gazeboes and other rooms on different levels of stairs. There were trees and other plants scattered all around, giving the lair an outside feel to it. And stairs! Raimundo thought he probably had never seen so many immaculate freestanding staircases in all of his life! The emerald eyed boy heard water trickling, and gasped when he saw a waterfall calmly cascading over a cliff-like edge. Chase dismissed his cats and they ran heaven knows where. "Its so….so….beautiful!" Raimundo gaped, spinning around as he looked, smile on his face.
Chase chuckled slightly until he heard a familiar voice, "Are you finally back, Chase?" The voice caused Chase's face to grow very cold.
Raimundo's heart skipped a beat and he froze. He recognized that voice, but for the life of him couldn't remember where. Well whoever it belonged to surely must be related to Raimundo somehow, as shivers ran down his spine as it continued, and not the good kind, "Ah, and I see you have the boy, I thought you were going back for him in two days?" a woman asked, appearing from behind one of the pillars.
Raimundo gasped, the woman had long flowing fiery red hair, her eyes were an emerald green just like his own, but the pupils were slit, just like Chase's. Her robe was black and had bell sleeves, and went down her legs about mid thigh. She sighed when Chase didn't answer her and inspected her claw-like nails; she wore no shoes.
"Change of plans, he is here now, that's all that matters." Chase replied, very coldly, and walked past the woman without a second glance, "Come, Raimundo."
"Y-Yes Chase!" Rai answered, trailing after the snake eyed warrior.
Wuya smirked and whispered in the boy's ear as he passed, "Watch yourself, boy, he's mine."
Rai's eyes widened and he stopped, turning back to look at the woman, but she was already gone. The brunette shook his head and walked briskly to catch up with Chase, "Chase, wh-who was that?"
"Wuya, she's an unwelcome witch, ignore her." Chase replied, leading Raimundo down a hall that the boy hadn't even noticed before.
"You're room will be adjacent to my own. You are to not to go into any other room unless you have my strict permission, understand?" Chase asked, continuing to walk, only looking back at the boy to hear his answer.
"Yes." Raimundo replied, feeling a little nervous.
Chase stopped walking when he got to the end of the hall. Two ornate doors decorated in gold stood there. 'That must be his room' Rai thought. "You're room is here. " Chase said, snapping Raimundo out of his thoughts. The warlord pushed an equally large single door, that was adjacent to his own, open. Raimundo slowly walked inside when Chase gestured him to do so and gasped at what he saw. There was a large bed, larger than Raimundo had ever thought he had seen before. The sheets were red as were the numerous pillows that littered in front of the headboard. There was a window directly across from the door, and a red window seat was directly under it. Tapestries and paintings littered the walls, making Raimundo's eyes dart around. He assumed the room itself was bigger than all of the bedrooms back at the temple combined, and it made him smile a bit. There was a shelf with a random assortment of books on the same wall at the bed, and a large armoire perpendicular to that. "I will be in my own chambers, resting. If you need anything just call for me. You may go anywhere that you have already seen, but if you go anywhere else you shall be punished." Chase explained, carefully eyeing Raimundo spinning around the room in wonder with a smirk on his face. "Also, if you do got out, do not stay for too long, we will begin your training first thing in the morning"
Raimundo turned to Chase with a smile on his face and nodded. Then he bowed, "Thank you for this wonderful room."
Chase simply waved off the boy's thanks and walked out of the room, returning to his own quarters. It had been a long day and even immortal beings got tired sometimes.
The emerald eyed warrior watched the Heylin master leave as he plopped down on the large bed, "Goodnight Chase!" he said, loud enough for the man to hear him. He laughed a bit as he sank right into the bed. It may have been the softest thing he thought he had ever felt. He sat there for a few moments in complete silence, until his tiny attention span caused him to get bored, fast. He decided that he would take up Chase's suggestion to walk around, find out where he'd be living from now on…..or should he say remember the place where he had lived before. Chase did say that he belonged here so he should remember something. The brunette boy decided that it would be in his best interest to wander around the lair a bit and then go to bed. He stood and walked right out the door to his room, careful not to make any noises in case he would wake up Chase. He decided that walking to the entrance and back might be a good idea, it seemed like it would cover the most ground in the shortest amount of time, so he set off.
About twenty minutes later, Raimundo was lost, confused and tired. Hell he didn't even know how long he had been walking since Chase seemed to think it was a good idea not to have clocks anywhere in this God forsaken place. The brunette sighed for what seemed like the umpteenth time before he noticed a redheaded boy walking down the same corridor he was in. His eyes started to tear up comically as he rushed to the boy. "Oh, hey Raimundo" Jack said, noticing the boy and playing nice. The Goth boy's trademark trench coat was off, his pale arms exposed but his hands still gloved. His face and goggles had smudges of oil on them and there were some robot parts in his hands.
Raimundo skid to a stop in front of the redhead, "You know me?" he asked.
"Of course, we've worked with each other for like two years." Jack lied smoothly, "So what's up?"
Raimundo rubbed the back of his head nervously and looked down at the shorter boy with a half frown, "I'm lost." he mumbled.
Jack smiled, "No problem, I mean you did lose your memories and all so it makes sense that you don't remember your way around here."
Raimundo blushed a bit and shuffled his feet awkwardly. Jack smiled and gestured his head towards the door he was standing in front of, "I'll lead you back to your room once I do a couple of things first, come on in" he said and opened the door pretty well considering all the things that were in his hands.
Raimundo followed the Goth boy silently. The room was covered in half built robots, schematics, cans of oil, tools, and hundreds of pudding cups. The red eyed boy opened a mini fridge that was amongst a bunch of robot parts and pulled out another pudding cup. He grabbed a spoon out of nowhere and opened the little package. He took a bite and set the pudding down on a table cluttered with robot parts. "Go ahead and sit, I'll just be a sec." he said, glancing back at Raimundo who was standing awkwardly in the middle of the ridiculously cluttered room.
Raimundo looked around for a chair but found that the bed was the only place to sit and it was actually clear of any clutter. He sat and watched the boy scribble something on a few schematics and eat his pudding cup. After about ten minutes, Jack finally stopped scribbling, finished his pudding cup and turned back to Raimundo, "Kay, I'm done, ready to go?"
Raimundo had to admit that while waiting for Jack to finish he had become curious about what the redheaded mechanic had been doing, "What were you working on?" He asked.
Jack smiled, "A secret project for Chase." he replied, "Very hush hush."
"I see." Raimundo replied with a little sigh. 'Great, another thing I don't know about' he thought with a mental sneer.
Jack smirked briefly and then gave a fake look of concern, "What's wrong?"
"I just hate not knowing things. It's getting really annoying." Was the answer the Goth boy got.
"Well I could tell you some things that could help you." Jack said nonchalantly with a shrug of his shoulders.
"You can!" Raimundo exclaimed, looking up at the fiery eyed boy with a happy expression.
"Well…..let me tell you the basics. Chase brought you here about two years ago to train, you live right next to him as you found out….uh…well….you lost your memories obviously." Jack started listing things off on his fingers, "But before that I was beginning to think that you and Chase were getting a little closer than Master and Apprentice if you know what I mean." Jack wriggled his eyebrows in a comical manner, making Raimundo blush.
"Wh-What?"
Jack smiled, "It was just a hunch, and cause you've lost your memories only Chase knows. Well….until you get your memories back that is."
Raimundo frowned and looked down at the ground but then remembered what Jack had said, "Wait…..Chase is my master?"
Jack nodded and grabbed another pudding cup from the mini fridge. He peeled the top off and licked the pudding off of the underside before throwing it Heaven knows where. "Yeah, and you're his apprentice." then Jack did a fake double take. Screwing with Raimundo was more fun than he thought it would be, "Did you just call Case by his real name?"
"Yeah….why?"
"Just never heard you call him that before is all" Jack replied, taking a bite of pudding. "From day one you called him 'Chase-sama'"
"Whazat mean?" Raimundo asked, a bit confused.
"Basically 'Lord Chase'. I mean he is the Heylin Master and your master so it makes sense to me."
"Heylin?" Raimundo asked, the name sounding very familiar.
"That's the fighting style Chase and Wuya and you, until recently, used." Jack replied, spooning some more pudding in his mouth.
Raimundo looked down at his feet again, remembering how many times he had called Chase by his real name today. He winced; a lot. Chase did seem a little irritated about something the whole day. That must've been it. Rai mentally face palmed himself. 'Way to go, idiot.' He then remembered what else Jack had said before….that he and Chase were…..involved with one another. Well that made sense too if all the kisses Case had given him in the past couple of days had anything to do about it. Just the thought of those moments made Rai's cheeks redden.
Jack glanced at the watch on his wrist after he finished his pudding cup, "It's getting late, I should lead you back to your room so you can go to bed. You have training in the morning, and Chase won't be happy If you're tired."
The emerald orbed boy nodded and stood, following Jack out the door. "So all you wanna do is go down this corridor," Jack stated, pointing his thumb to the right, "Then when you get to the end of it, turn left. Then go all the way down that corridor and you should be there." Jack smiled and patted the taller boy on the back, "G'night and good luck" he added, turning on his heel and closing the door behind him.
"Yeah….thanks." Raimundo replied weekly, half waving at the already closed doors.
He turned to the right and followed Jack's instructions. He made it back to his room with ease and smiled. He opened the door quietly and entered, flopping down onto the bed as soon as he reached it. "I'll have to thank him tomorrow" he mumbled turning to rest his head on one of the many pillows on the bed. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, falling asleep almost instantly.
Back in his room Jack watched a screen that showed Raimundo sleeping on it. The 'Spicer Spy Fly' that he attached to the boy's back when he patted it worked like a charm. "Heh, you're not the only one who can trick people, Chase." the redhead mumbled to himself sitting on a broken robot as he propped his feet up on his cluttered desk, "I'm just setting him up, so I can knock him down."
The evil boy genius chuckled to himself as he continued to watch an unsuspecting Raimundo sleep.

To be continued…..

OMAKE:

Mustang: Holy shit I'm sorry! I just went through the worst writer's block I think I've ever had! But tonight I just sped through it like it was nothing! I hate it when that happens! Plus I don't have internet by my house anymore so I have to run around my town trying to find some so I can post this…..so updates may be scare unfortunately… But it's done, yay! Plot development….and a twist! You didn't think Jack was going to go through this quietly did you? NEVER! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *coughs violently*….ok….note to self: don't laugh maniacally when you've got a bad cough. So anyway, Chapter 7 is done and Jack tricked Raimundo into thinking that Chase and him were romantically involved! How will Chase react? You'll find out next chapter…if Rai is dumb enough to tell Chase what Jack said…..but somehow…I wouldn't be surprised if he did…..So anyway! So very extra super duper uberly sorry for such a late update….but I got it out, right? Oh! And thanks for all of you who are so dedicated to my story and told me that you're freaking out cause I haven't updated. Well here's your crack you druggies! XD lol. So….to updating! *logs onto FF*

Wuya: *looks at Jack* What are you planning?

Jack: *smirks* Oh nothing just, *whispers plan in Wuya's ear*

Wuya:…..you really are an evil boy genius.

Jack: yeah, and if you tell Raimundo or Chase I'll kill ya.

Rai: *Is passed out from long day*

Chase: *is passed out from dealing with these idiots all day*

Mustang: So, Chapter 7.….I liked it…especially Jack's part. But who can't love the little guy *huggles Jack plushie*. I also love his obsession with pudding. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who licks off the pudding on the underside of the top. I do that every time! Anyway….hope you enjoyed the chapter everyone! I know I did! *huggles Jack plushie some more*

Jack: *is eating a pudding cup and waving with spoon* Bye everyone!