Kaori frowned and she let her hand pass over the black cover of Kimiko's diary. Her dad said she was fine, but why did he leave her? What happened between them … or between Kimiko and Jack?

She held her breath as she let the book fall open on the page she had been reading.

"February 6th

Dear Diary,

I had the strangest dream …"


February 6th.

Kimiko was running. She was running through an endless number of passages, but she didn't know where she was going. She had to get out, she had to find him! She turned a corner and flung open the door. She was in a room with blue eyes all around her, they were all shining and then she saw countless mouths laughing as she turned around, looking for the door. She closed her eyes and sank to her knees, covering her ears. She had to block out that laugh!

When she opened her eyes she was sat on a swing, she looked around; Raimundo was holding the swing and smiling down at her. She stood up, but when she turned around, the swing was in flames and it was Jack on the other side of it. She turned around and saw Raimundo staring at her in disbelief.

"Kimiko …" He said, his voice echoing, "What did you do?"

She looked down and her hands were coated in blood.

Kimiko screamed as she awoke. She sat up and looked around frantically. She was still in Jack's room. The door suddenly swung open and he came running in.

"Kimiko?" He said, "What's wrong?"

Kimiko didn't understand. Everything was a blur. Her cheeks were tear stained and her black hair fell down across her face. As she stared breathing heavily. Jack swept her hair back.

"You're running a fever," He said.

He pulled out a key and unchained her ankle. He then left and returned with a glass of water. He gave it to Kimiko who drank it fast. She lay down on the bed shivering.

"Get some rest, I'll check on you in the morning." He said.

He turned to leave the room, but he heard a tiny voice.

"Don't go …"

He looked around; Kimiko was curled up on the bed still, but now leaning against the bedpost.

"What?" He asked.

"I don't want to be alone …" She whispered.

He walked over. She moved over and he sat on the bed and put his arms around her. They stayed that way until morning.

When Jack woke up, Kimiko was gone. He looked around and sat on the edge of the bed. He put his head in his hands. She'd gotten away. Damn it. The

The door opened and Kimiko walked in. She handed him a mug of coffee.

"You're still here?" He asked.

"No, I'm your imagination," Said Kimiko sarcastically.

"You look better," He said.

"I feel better." Said Kimiko, "I had the weirdest dream last night."

"Why are you here?" He asked.

"You may have noticed that there are countless doors and passageways in this building." Said Kimiko.

"You couldn't find the exit?" He asked.

"I couldn't find the kitchen!" Said Kimiko, "Took me half an hour. I don't think I would've left without saying thank you anyway."

"For what?" Asked Jack.

"For staying with me." Said Kimiko, "I really didn't want to be on my own."

Kimiko groaned and sat down on the bed.

"Don't suppose you have any girl's clothes around here?" She asked.

"No, but I can get you some," He said.

"Can I come with you?" Asked Kimiko.

"Not likely!" Said Jack, "I'm not that stupid. I'll sneak back into the temple and grab your stuff."

"And what am I supposed to do?" Asked Kimiko.

"Take a shower?" Laughed Jack.

Kimiko glared at him and punched him in the arm.

"Alright, I'm off." Said Jack, standing up, "I'll be back in about an hour."

He left and Kimiko heard a distant door slam.

Kimiko looked around and then down at herself. A shower was probably a good idea.


The rest of the week passed without much happening. Kaori's father didn't mention the diary again, but Kaori knew that he was still concerned about her. At the weekend, Hiroto stopped by the house. Kaori was upstairs at the time.

Miko opened the door and her eyes widened as she saw Hiroto standing there.

"Mr Nosaka," Said Miko, "Kaori didn't say you were coming."

"Hi Mrs Pedrosa, Kaori and I were going to go to the mall," Said Hiroto.

"Come in then," Said Miko, standing aside.

As Hiroto walked into the kitchen, Kaori heard his voice and started to grab her stuff.

"I'll be down in a minute!" She called down the stairs.

Hiroto grinned, his hands in the pockets of his jeans.

"I never got a chance to say thank you," Said Miko.

"Huh?" Asked Hiroto, turning around.

"For defending Kaori," Said Miko, "Thank you. I know she wouldn't attack a fellow student even if it were in self-defence. She's too nervous to do that."

"Kaori? Nervous?" Said Hiroto.

"She is under pressure," Said Miko.

"Wow … well, Kaori's my friend," Said Hiroto.

"You asked her out didn't you?" Said Kaori's mother.

"Uh … yeah, but she turned me down." Said Hiroto, "She doesn't want to mess up her education."

"I know, but I think that she likes you," said Miko.

Hiroto blinked.

"I'm sorry, but you're the first mother I've ever met who's actually tried to persuade me to make their daughter break school rules." He said.

"I'm not," Laughed Miko, "I'm just saying. She doesn't really talk to boys that much and you're the first one she's met outside of school on her own, even just as friends. She trusts you."

"I didn't know that," said Hiroto.

"Hmm," said Miko, "I still want her to be careful. The last time I trusted someone too much, I ended up with Kaori."

"Thanks mum!" Said Kaori, walking in.

"And it's the best decision I ever made," Said Miko, "I had a lot of pressure being put on me to get rid of her."

"Dad wouldn't let you even if you did want to!" Laughed Kaori.

"If it makes you feel any better, I have no intention of getting her pregnant." Said Hiroto nervously, "We're just friends."

"Okay mum, now you've finished weirding out my friend, we'll be going." Said Kaori.

"Have fun," Said Miko.

As they left, Miko smiled to herself. The previous day, she'd been cleaning out Kaori's room while Kaori watched television downstairs. She had bent down to pick up a sock and noticed the diary just under the bed.

"Kaori," whispered Miko, watching them leave through the window, "I hope that the diary teaches you more strength than it could ever give me. I feel you might need it."


That night, Kaori sat on her floor, looking down at the bangle she had gotten that day at the mall. Hiroto had seen it on a stall and decided that it would look good on her. It was purple with black, white and silver stars decorating the thin band. When she said that he didn't have to buy her anything, he said that it was a thank you for defending him when Miss Mirris had been about to have a go at him the other day.

She smiled to herself as she picked Hiroto grinning as she accepted his gift. She closed her eyes and then took in a sharp breath. She couldn't believe this. She had turned Hiroto down! Now she was feeling all happy because he'd bought her a bangle. She sighed and pulled the diary towards her.


As Kimiko got out of the shower, she wrapped herself in a towel and swept back her wet hair. She walked out and as she entered the room where the cage (still with a hole burnt in its side) stood. Jack was already back. He passed her a bag full of clothes and make up.

"Didn't know what you wanted," He said, "You've got a nice variety of underwear though."

"Tell me you didn't go poking through my underwear draw!" Said Kimiko.

"Well, I had to get you underwear, where else was I going to look?" Said Jack, "Nice thongs by the way."

Kimiko promptly hit him and muttered something about pervert stalkers.

"Hey I'm only human," Said Jack.

"That's debateable," Said Kimiko, heading for Jack's room.

She closed the door and when she emerged, she was fully dressed in jeans, red sun top and trainers. She had make up on, but was still rubbing her hair down with a towel.

"Do you have a hair dryer?" She asked.

"No, I'm a guy." Said Jack.

"Guys have hairdryers too!" Said Kimiko.

"Not the evil ones," Said Jack.

"I dunno, I always thought that Chase Young used straighteners." Said Kimiko.

"You too huh?" Said Jack.

Kimiko sat down.

"Are you ever actually going to let me go?" She asked.

"Dunno," Said Jack, "Might do."

"What do you mean 'might do'?" Snapped Kimiko, "You can't keep me here!"

"I've managed to so far." Said Jack.

"Well when Raimundo figures out where I am, he'll come for me." Said Kimiko.

"He did look a little frustrated when I sneaked past him." Said Jack, "He was looking over a map, crossing off places. I guess that it was the places he had searched already."

"He must be really worried …" Said Kimiko sadly, looking down at the towel in her hands.

"Don't worry about him," Said Jack, "He wasn't made leader for nothing."

"I guess …" Said Kimiko.

She looked up sharply.

"Hold on … are you trying to comfort me?" Asked Kimiko.

"What gave you that idea?" Said Jack, looking around at her.

"You are!" Laughed Kimiko.

"Am not!" said Jack.

"Yes you are." Said Kimiko, laughing.

"Am not!" said Jack.

They stopped laughing and their eyes met. Jack's red eyes focused on her blue ones. He leant in and kissed her. This time, she didn't pull away.


There was a loud crash and a door to their left burst in. Stood in the door way was the one person they both loathed beyond belief and feared more than that.

"My my Jack," Cackled Wuya, "Do you do that with all your hostages?"

Jack stood up and in front of Kimiko.

"Get out," he said.

"Ah, poor Jack," Said Wuya, "in love with his own enemy. And Kimiko! What would poor Raimundo say?"

Wuya suddenly summoned a boulder out of thin air. It flew at them and Jack pulled Kimiko down and out of it's way as it smashed the large screen. Jack leant over Kimiko, stopping the debris from landing on her. He stood up and pulled Kimiko up.

"Wudai Mars Fire!" shouted Kimiko and fire covered them, blocking Wuya from getting through as Jack pulled Kimiko through a door.

He dragged her along the passage to what appeared to be a dead end. He then pulled a lever and the floor opened to reveal an escape pod with two seats. He lowered her down and then got into the driver seat. The door above them sealed seamlessly and the pod was off, through the water. Kimiko had been right they were on an island!

The pod shot off, neither of them saying anything. Kimiko stared around her.

"Jack, why was she after you?" She asked.

"I'm not sure," Said Jack, "She's been chasing after me since Chase was defeated. I think she wants another partner and thinks she can scare me into it. It doesn't seem to matter how many times I refuse her she just keeps coming."

They left it at that and travelled in silence for what seemed like hours. The pod stopped and rose into another island. It must have been miles away from the other one and yet as they rose into it, it looked almost identical.

"Twin fortresses." Said Jack, giving Kimiko a hand out of the pod.

He walked her through to the room, almost identical to the other one except that it didn't have a cage or any of the junk that Jack had left lying around in the other one.

"This will have to do," Said Jack, "Now she's seen you, she'll try to use you to get to me."

Jack walked through to the bedroom. He held the door open for Kimiko. She walked in.

"I'll let you have this room." Said Jack.

"Jack … how did she know that you loved me?" Asked Kimiko.

Jack gave a small laugh, but it was empty and hollow.

"I was supposed to keep you safe … this whole plan was …" He whacked the lamp of the beside table and it smashed and he sat down on the bed, his head in his hands.

"She figured it out," Said Kimiko, "She's known for a while that you loved me and that she would try to use me to get to you, that's why you kidnapped me. To keep me safe …"

"I'm the biggest screw up in this entire world," Said Jack, "I'm no good at being evil, I'm no good a being good, I'm in love with someone in love with another guy and … I'm still a complete loser …"

Kimiko sat next to him and pulled his hands away from his face. He looked across at her.

"No one," Said Kimiko, "Has ever done this for me before and … I think I need … to thank you …"


"Damn!" Said Kaori, closing the book, "Too much detail."

When Kaori opened the book again, she turned the page … but it was blank. She flicked through all the pages … it just stopped. Kimiko had stopped writing, but why? She put the diary down and breathed out heavily. The only option to find out more now was to ask her dad.

She picked up the diary and walked down the stairs. She could hear voices from the living room. The door was slightly open. She was going to enter when she heard her name. She hung back.

"How could you not tell me that she was reading the diary?" Asked her mother.

"I didn't think it would matter, it doesn't say anything." Said her dad.

"Raimundo!" Said her mother, "She figured out who you were! What if …"

"For god's sake Kimiko!" Said her dad.

"Kimiko?" Gasped Kaori is a whisper. No way! It couldn't be! Kimiko? Miko? Ki-Miko. God, how could she have not seen it?

"It doesn't say anything about what happened after you cheated on me with Jack!" Said Raimundo.

"But she's going to want to know!" Said Kimiko.

"Maybe she should," Said Raimundo, "It's not fair to keep lying like this!"

"She's almost sixteen Rai," said Kimiko, "If she was going to find out it should've been years ago, not now!"

"She didn't have the diary back then!" Said Raimundo.

Raimundo looked around and put his hands on Kimiko's shoulders.

"Look, I love Kaori," Said Raimundo, "We raised her together, but the fact is she isn't mine! She feels like she is, but she's Jack Spicer's daughter, not mine."


(A/N) Dun dun dun. You can probably guess what Kimiko put too much detail about in the diary now.

I hope that you're liking it so far. As you can probably guess, I can't have extracts from the diary anymore, but now we know what happened to Kimiko and Raimundo! (I kinda already knew. I've been planning this the whole time and only one person guessed it all!)

Luv Becky.