Hey guys I just wanted to do a quick update and answer xxx-benedictbrothersfan-xxx question. It's said in the show that Raimundo has 7 siblings, but not stated how many brothers or sisters he has. So I made it that he has three brothers and four sisters. The three older sisters have moved out however, which is why Kimiko is currently staying in one of there rooms. I hope that answers your question. Anyway please favorite, follow, review, and leave and questions or comments you have for me as it really helps me a lot. Enjoy!

Bargaining With The Devil

Raimundo's POV

Once we got there we went through the doors and could hear the loud music, dancing, and of course people drinking by the bar and getting drunk. I quickly grabbed Kimiko's hands and let her wrap them around my arm. She looked at me with confusion and I whispered to her in her ear.

"It will look better if you're with me like this, plus I don't want to lose you in here." I whispered.

Kimiko's POV

After Raimundo whispered that to me I felt my heart racing even faster. I followed his lead and played it cool, but I could feel myself blushing. He led us to the bar where we ordered some drinks and played it cool.

"Just play it cool and stick to the plan. Also stay close to me . . . I don't want to lose you in this place." Rai spoke to me and I nodded.

I kept my arms around his arm hugging tightly as I scanned the room. That's when I spotted something interesting in the back room area. It looked like a VIP section. I nudged to Rai to look where I was going and his eyes widen as he turned to me.

"See the man sitting on the couch next to those girls. That's him . . . Julien . . . We need to get his attention though and see if we can get him to talk to us." Raimundo said.

"Leave that to me," I replied letting go of him and walking toward the VIP where he followed behind me slowly.

Once I reached the VIP area, we were stopped by his men. I watched as Julien now laid his eyes on me instead of the girls next to him. I put on my fake girly smile and acted seductively toward him to which he grinned wildly. I turned back and saw Raimundo not too far and was watching me closely.

"Boys, let the young lady in." He grinned to me and I smiled as they let me in.

I sat down close to him as he stared at me. He handed me a drink to which I took from him, but didn't drink as I held it in my hand.

"Haven't seen you around before, what do I owe pleasure of meeting such a fine chica like yourself tonight." He smirked and I smiled.

"I was hoping you could answer some questions for me about a person you might know." I replied still smiling.

"And who exactly do you want to know about."

"A person named Marcel." I replied and for a moment he paused still smiling at me.

I watched as he examined me and his smile grew wider and then he gave a chuckle and nodded to me.

"May I ask why you want to know about him?" He asked and I smiled.

"There's some information I'd like to know about him for a friend of mine." I answered.

"What exactly does your friend want to know about him?"

"He heard that apparently Marcel started working for someone recently . . . A powerful employer if you say . . . All he wants to know is why he is working for this certain employer and what is he and his employer planning."

"You're friend seems to be asking a lot from me. Now tell me what would I get in return for this information?" He asked and I grinned.

"What do you want in return?" I asked and he laughed.

"You're a cunning girl . . . I like that. How important is this information worth to your friend?"

"I wouldn't know as I'm just the messenger."

"Well why don't we just go and ask him then?" He grinned and my eyes widen a little.

Suddenly I looked and saw his men holding Raimundo down and I quickly stood up. I then heard someone pull back the trigger on a gun. I turned and saw one of his men with a gun painted to me. I frowned and then slowly sat back down. I watched his men bring Raimundo toward us. He looked to me with worry in his eyes, but when he saw Julien he only glared at him.

"It's been a while Raimundo . . . I haven't seen your face around here since . . . well when you and Marcel were still friends." He spoke to Raimundo as he glared at him.

"Honestly Raimundo, did you really think I wouldn't notice or even suspect you coming here to talk to me? I am not a fool like you take me for." He explained.

"Look Julien we don't want any trouble, we just want to know why Marcel is working with Chase and what they're planning." Rai explained and he grinned.

"You know I might have considered your offer had you asked me nicely, instead of making this fine chica do your dirty work." He said grinning at me now.

"Well I'm asking you now, I need to know the world is at stake here!" I exclaimed and he laughed.

"This matters to me because?" He questioned.

"Because you won't live to see the world end." I replied and he looked at me and laughed.

"You're little chica here is very entertaining . . . Tell you what, I'll do since I'm in a good mood today. Leave me and this chica here for a couple of hours alone and then I'll tell you what you want." He offered.

"Sorry, not an option try again!" Rai growled.

"I don't believe you're in the right position to be bargaining here with me. After all I have the information you want as you have nothing I want, except for her." He gestured toward me as I looked at him surprised and Rai only continued to glare.

"Then I guess there's no deal then." Rai said shoving Julien's men off himself and walking over to me and grabbing me by the arm.

"Rai!" I exclaimed.

"We're leaving," He replied not looking back to Julien as we made our exit.

I looked back to a grinning Julien as he stared at me as I only looked at him as Rai pulled on me to follow me. Once we got out of the club and out of sight, I pulled my arm away from Rai. He turned back to me looking a little mad, but not mad at me.

"What happened back there Rai!?" I exclaimed and he looked angrier now.

"Sorry, but there's no way in hell I was going through with the deal. Not when it involves you!" He exclaimed trying to stay calm.

"Maybe he just wanted to talk to me." I stated.

"I know Julien and I know that's not what he wants Kim . . .! The way he stared at you just . . .!"

"Just what?" I questioned.

"It made me angry ok! Just watching from the sidelines as he flirts and stares at you was just . . .!" He explained and I laughed a little and his expression soften a little.

I went over to him and then placed a peck on his cheek. He pulled back surprised as I laughed a little at his reaction.

"The thing is Rai, is that I'll leaving here with you tonight . . . not with him. So don't get all angry or upset. Besides I think your much cuter." I replied grinning as he stared at me in awe as I walked away back to the house.

Raimundo's POV

Once we got back to the house, Kimiko quickly went to her bedroom to get changed out of her dress. My brothers wanted to know what happened, but I only sighed to them and explained what happened. It was disappointing, but there was no way I was putting Kimiko in harm's way.

"I get it bro, you were trying to protect her." Cris explained.

"You did the right thing." Brazil reassured.

"Yeah, but we're still back to square one now with no leads or anything." I sighed.

I started to walk out of the living room and then went to my room to get changed. Then I took a shower to get all of the black dye out. Once I got out of the shower, I looked at the mirror and sighed. Once I took a step out of the bathroom only wearing pants, I saw Kimiko standing at the door.

Kimiko's POV

"Kim? What's wrong?" He asked.

Before I could saw anything I noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt and I blushed slightly to that, but tried to avoid staring. He's really been working out I see . . . I then looked into his eyes again and I sighed.

"Look Rai . . . there's something we need to go over again." I explained and he nodded.

"Sure, just can we talk in my room I kind of need a shirt? Unless of course you'd prefer me without one." He grinned and I lightly punched him and gave a small smile.

"Sure,"

As we walked into his room, I was quite surprised. His room was really neat and organized and not how I would have expected from the younger Raimundo. Once he put on a shirt he then sat on the bed and gestured for me to sit down as well to which I did, but it would only make things harder for me. I sighed and then turned to him to see him looking confused, but then I began to talk.

"Rai . . . you can't . . . keep always protecting me." I explained and he looked more confused.

"When it comes to a mission like the one we had tonight, you can't treat me as if I'm your girlfriend." I explained to him.

"Kimiko I wasn't trying to act like a . . . boyfriend, but a friend." He replied.

"So then you getting upset and pulling me away from Julien wasn't you being jealous?" I questioned him.

"Well I mean come on Kimiko, you knew what he meant by you staying with him, I just couldn't let him have his way with you!" He exclaimed.

"I get that Rai, but you have to understand that I wouldn't even let him have his way with me! I know when to draw the line. All I wanted to tell you is that you can't let your emotions take over you in a mission. I'm your friend Rai and I already told you what I feel on the matter about . . . us. You said it yourself that we'd go back to being just friends . . . and yet it still seems like you . . ."I explained.

"Still love you," He finished for me as I now looked away from him.

"The truth is Kim, is that no matter how much you want us just to be friends I'll still have feelings for you. I won't lie to you Kimiko, I've been in love with you since probably the moment we met. After you kissed me I thought my feelings had been reached. You were always on my mind the past three years and I never could forget you." He explained and I started to feel sad now.

"Rai . . ." I spoke, but he continued.

"I tired being just the friend you needed, but after you kissing me when we said our good-byes and you telling me to stay with you last night . . . It's hard . . . How can I just let the girl I love go so easily and pretend there isn't something there between us . . .?" He asked me and I felt my eyes become watery and I quickly stood up and walked to the door, but stopped to turn back to him.

"I'm so sorry Rai . . . I wish I could make this easier on you and be yours, but . . . I'm not the same girl you fell in love with anymore. She died a long time ago and you're just going to have to accept it. I'm sure you would make me happy, but I'm pretty sure I'm the last person on Earth that would make you happy. You're my best friend and I can't lose you . . ." I said with tears now falling down on my face as I quickly wiped them away.

I watched as he got up from the bed and then walked over to me. I felt his hand slip in mine and his other hand on my cheek. I looked into those green eyes of his and almost started to cry even more.

"Boy meets girl . . . Boy loses girl . . . Not exactly the happy ending I was expecting for us." He spoke giving a small laugh.

"I do love you Rai, but as friend . . ." I replied.

"You know you kind of send the wrong message when you kiss a guy good-bye on the lips. I'd work on that if I were you." He joked and I gave a small laugh and then started to back away and started to walk away not wanting to see his face.

Once I closed the door, I felt hot tears spill from my eyes. I couldn't stop them from falling. I'm so sorry Rai . . . I just have to figure myself out before I do anything else. I don't want to hurt him anymore then I have, but I know what I'm doing is the best for him and for me. After a moment I calm down, I decided to go to the bathroom and get ready for bed, but after exiting the bed room I saw Elicia's room and thought I'd go and say good-night to her. As I walked closer to her room I began to hear Rai's voice and her's and stopped.

"Do you like her?" Elicia spoke.

"Like who?" Rai replied.

"Kimiko," She answered and I felt myself now hiding and listening into their conversation.

"I like her, I mean after all she is my friend." Rai stated.

"I mean do you like like her?" Elicia asked.

For a moment there was silence, but soon enough Rai replied.

"I do," He answered and I could hear the excitement in her voice as she spoke again.

"So are you two together!" She exclaimed and he gave a hollow laugh.

"No it's a little bit complicated right now between us." He admitted.

"What do you mean? You like her right, so why aren't you together?" She asked.

"We'll we're good friends and we don't want to ruin what we have now between us. Besides she has a lot of things to figure out for herself. I can wait for her." Rai explained.

"Well does she like you?" Elicia asked he was silent again, but soon enough spoke.

"I'm not sure . . . but it doesn't matter as long as I can still stand by her side."

At that part I felt my heart ached inside. I watched as he started to then tuck Elicia into bed. He looked just like a father. I quickly snuck back into my room and laid in bed thinking about everything Rai said to me tonight. I could never make him happy . . . He has a good life here in Brazil and I don't want to take him away from all of this, his family! It would be selfish to ask for him to stay by my side. What I need to do is figure out my own life and try to regain what I've lost. My powers . . . My courage . . . We need that information from Julien it's the only way will be able to move on with the mission. I have to do this alone . . .