Author's Note: Sorry about the chapter's name.

Chapter Nine: Camp Fire

"Well you're being awfully quiet as you gather firewood." commented Raimundo sitting on a tree trunk watching Kimiko gather firewood. She put it next to the tree that they had decided to camp at for the night.

She sat next to the wood and said, "Ok, when you see what I'm about to do please don't freak out." Raimundo looked at her, then to the firewood, then to Dojo, who was sitting next to him on a tree trunk, then back to Kimiko. He gulped. She looked at the wood and started concentrating. Then as if on cue a flame burst onto her hand. Raimundo jumped a little when he saw this for the second time that day. She then put her flaming hand on the firewood and it burst into flames. She pulled her hand away and looked up at Raimundo who looked like he was about to scream. She quickly held her hands out in front of her and said, "Please don't freak out!"

He looked at her and said, "I wasn't going to freak out I'm just curious how long have you been doing that?" he asked rather quickly.

"Forever." she replied sitting next to him. "Wuya said when I was just born she had to take me away because people found out what I did, and everyone wanted me to leave." she looked down at her shoes and continued, "She never told me why I couldn't go outside, so I never knew, until a few years ago I sort of lost my temper and set a curtain on fire." she looked up and saw a little fear in Raimundo's eyes. She looked back down, "She told me never to do that again, but Dojo said it might be a good idea to try and control my… gift." she stopped and looked at Dojo who was on her shoulder's now and smiled at him. He returned the smile. "So, whenever she'd leave I would try and practice." she stopped and looked at Raimundo. He looked down at his shoes looking a little sad himself. She suddenly spoke up, "So, Raimundo," he looked up and starred at her for a moment and she asked, "How did you know about your gift?" she asked.

He broke away from the gaze and said, "Well, to shorten the story, it wasn't pretty." he looked over and saw Kimiko scooting closer and putting her head on her hands and putting her elbows on her knees as if to say that she was listening. He chuckled, "Well, I remember my brother, Jack Spicer the guy that was chasing us, and his robot double, and myself were at a park playing soccer one year, and these guys came and took the ball away from us. My brother didn't do anything, neither did his double. So my anger took control of me and all of the sudden there was this huge gust of wind and the next thing I knew the ball was in my hands. The others figured out that I caused the gust of wind and statred making fun of me." he stopped and looked at Kimiko she was sitting up straight and looking at him with sympathetic eyes. He continued, "So my brother convinced me to start stealing with him as a way to show my anger and he said that maybe somehow we could get rich and by using anything we stool we could sell and get some money out of it." Kimiko had a disapproving look on her face and he said in defense, "Hey! It's not like I wanted to steal but,"

"But you wanted everyone to look at you as an equal if you got rich because you figured people would admire you?" interrupted Kimiko.

"Yeah, something like that." he replied. There was a long moment of silence and they both looked into each other's eyes. 'Where have I seen those eyes before?' thought Kimiko.

Raimundo felt his heart skip a beat as he looked into her beautiful blue eyes. He broke the gaze, again, stood up and said, "Maybe I should get some more firewood."

He started moving towards the forest when Kimiko suddenly spoke, "Just for the record, I think you're perfect just the way you are."

Raimundo felt himself turn blush a little bit before he turned around and said, "Thanks." she gave him a warm smile. He felt his heart skip a beat again and headed towards the forest.

"Well, I thought he'd never leave." Kimiko turned around and Dojo quickly crawled up the tree to a branch when they saw who it was.

"Wuya?" asked Kimiko standing up. To her surprise, Wuya came up and hugged her. "H-how did you find me?" she asked.

"Oh, it was easy, I just followed the path of complete and utter betrayal." she grabbed Kimiko's arm and said, "Let's go."

She started leading Kimiko away but she wriggled out of her grasp and said, "No!"

Wuya turned around and said, "No? Oh, I see. You want to help your friend don't you?" she asked. Kimiko showed no sign of that being the solution to her not wanting to leave. Wuya's eyes flashed as she said, "Or is it more than that?" an evil grin appeared on her face.

Kimiko seeing her evil grin replied, "I don't know what you're talking about." she said looking away.

"Or do you?" Wuya stepped closer. She turned her back on Kimiko and said, "What do you think? About your new 'friend'?" she asked.

"That's none of your business!" Kimiko shouted. She felt fire burning inside of her.

"You know why he's here. To get back this!" Wuya grabbed the bag she had on and tossed it to Kimiko.

Kimiko caught it and looked inside. "How did you find this?" she asked taking the scroll out.

"That is exactly why he's here! Don't let him deceive you!" shouted Wuya. "But if you think he actually cares go ahead and put him to the test!" she turned and before Kimiko could say anything Wuya had disappeared in the shadows of the forest.

Kimiko stood stunned. She looked down at the scroll she held. She heard footsteps and figured it was Raimundo with the firewood. She quickly shoved the bag behind a tree stump. "Hey? What do you think would happen if people find out about our 'gifts'?" he asked. He noticed that Kimiko was standing next to a tree stump. "Are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah, I was just….. lost in thought." she replied. She looked up at Dojo and gave a look that said not to tell what just happened.

Raimundo shrugged, he bent down and started feeding the fire with wood. "I mean think of what people would do if they ever found out about our gifts." he started talking about the subject and Kimiko sat down listening to him. Though she was listening, her thoughts kept trailing off to what Wuya had said.

In the bushes, Wuya and the two Jacks were waiting silently. When Jack saw Raimundo he started to move forward, but Wuya stopped him and said, "Patience boys, all good things to those who wait."

Author's Note: Yeah! New chapter finished! Sorry it took so long to load. ^^