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Chapter 12
"The Staff of Emotion," Master Fung began. "Drains all of the emotion out of its victim; as I'm sure Dojo told you,"
"Yep, I told 'em," Dojo said sitting on Master Fung's shoulder.
"So that means that Kimiko has no feelings?" Omi asked.
"Precisely," Master Fung said. "She doesn't have the feeling of happiness, sorrow, love; and many other emotions as well,"
"But," Omi said. "Why did she ask if she was okay? She can feel pain, right?"
"Yes," Master Fung said. "She can feel whatever pain the staff brought, but she doesn't know that it's bad,"
"So how do you reckon we can reverse it?" Clay asked.
"I'm not sure, but my guess would be to get the Staff of Emotion and release her emotions back to her," Master Fung said as he headed for the door.
"So is this like when they were all drained of their chi?" Dojo asked.
"No," Master Fung began. "The chi is who they are, their power and their strength. Although it did not seem like it, they still all had their emotions. But they didn't know how to use them. Right now, Kimiko has no feeling. She still is herself, I suppose, but-"
Master Fung sighed. "I am sorry my monks. I am rambling. I don't know how to explain her condition except that she doesn't know how to react to things. Please, you may stay with her for a while, but then let her be,"
Master Fung left the room and the monks turned their attention to Kimiko.
"Not even Master Fung knows what's wrong?" Omi asked. "Oh, I am most worried,"
"Well, he said that we just need to get the Staff of Emotion and release her emotions," Raimundo said. "The problem is, Alydia will most likely kill us before we can get close,"
"Hey Kimiko," Clay said to the girl. "Say that Omi is the worst Xiaolin dragon in the world,"
"WHAT!?" Omi cried. "Kimiko would never say that,"
"Okay," Kimiko said blankly. "Omi is the worst Xiaolin dragon in the world,"
"Buh?" Omi asked bringing his attention to Kimiko. "Do you really think that?"
"I don't know. Do I?" she responded.
"Ah, don't take it personally Omi," Clay said. "I was just testing her to see if it was really bad. Since she is missing her emotions, she doesn't realize that she said something insulting; and frankly, I don't think she even cares,"
"Maybe we should let her rest for tonight," Raimundo said. "Maybe she'll be better in the morning,"
Omi and Clay nodded and stood up. The three of them headed out the door and Omi shut off the lights.
"Sweet dreams," he said quietly.
Meanwhile with Raimundo and Clay walking down the hall together, Raimundo had his hands in his pockets and Clay was thinking about how to ask something.
"I'm just going to come out and say it," Clay said.
Raimundo cocked an eyebrow at him.
"What went on with you and Kimiko up at the springs?" Clay asked. "You know, before Kimiko was drained of feeling,"
Raimundo stopped in his tracks and Clay did too.
Raimundo remembered them sitting in the springs and holding hands. Him wiping the tears off of Kimiko's face and her confessing her fears to him. He realized that Kimiko no longer had fears to tell him or tears for him to wipe away. He remembered their kiss, both of them. Each was equally nice and soothing. He definitely felt a spark between them, and he wanted so badly know what Kimiko felt. But now, Kimiko probably didn't know what a kiss was. That made him sad. There were so many things he had wanted to tell her and he knew she wanted to tell him more. But that was over. He thought for a while of how to tell Clay what actually happened. But then it was all clear to him.
"Nothing," Raimundo said finally. "Just, nothing,"
Raimundo continued to walk to the rooms and Clay stood there confused. Soon, Omi joined him and tugged on his sleeve.
"What happened to Raimundo?" he asked.
"I don't know," Clay said. "Nothing, apparently,"
Raimundo opened the door to the rooms and walked over to his cubicle. He opened the drape, went inside, closed the drape and sat down on his mat.
Nothing? Raimundo thought. Is that really what I told Clay? That my kiss with Kimiko was, nothing?
He took out a picture of them the day they left the temple. Kimiko was wearing his necklace and her hair ribbons were tied around his hands. Omi was wearing Clay's hat and was in the middle of Kimiko and Raimundo. Clay held the basket ball and stood beside Kimiko. He felt a tear go down his face and realized that their team might be no more.
He put the picture down and went into Kimiko's cubicle. He searched though a few things until he found a small blue marble jewelry box. The box was an ocean blue and there were lavender clouds all over. He slowly opened the box expecting a ballet song, but there was none. There was only one item in the box. A small golden chained necklace with a medallion at the end. His necklace, exactly what he was looking for.
He carefully took the necklace out and closed the lid of the box. He put it back where he found it and left the rooms.
He walked down the hallway rather quickly. He didn't see Clay or Omi in the halls so he assumed that they went back to whatever they had been doing before. He walked faster until he reached the infirmary. He slowly opened the door and turned on the light. Kimiko was asleep. He creaked in and went over to her cot. He lifted her head softly and gently put the necklace around her neck. He then left the infirmary and returned to his cubicle.
-The Next Day-
"Good morning Kimiko!" Omi said as he walked in the infirmary with his friends while holding a tray. The tray had orange juice, two waffles, a knife and fork, napkins and two pieces of toast on it.
"We thought maybe that you'd like some food," Clay said as Omi set the tray on a small table near the bed.
Kimiko sat up from her sleeping position and looked over at the food. She took the orange juice and looked at it. She stopped and put the glass down.
"Are you feeling any better today Kimiko?" Omi asked hoping for her own answer.
"I don't know," she said.
They boys looked at her and then at each other. Kimiko picked up the orange juice and drank it. She stopped quickly though and put her hand to her mouth. She looked at them blankly as if nothing was wrong.
"Bitter?" Raimundo asked.
Kimiko put the glass back down and looked out the window. "I guess it is,"
"Hey guys," Raimundo began. "Can you leave us for a minute or two? I need to talk to her,"
"Sure," Clay said. Clay knew that Raimundo lied last night about what happened. He opened the door for Omi and himself, and then shut it when they were outside.
"Hey Kim," Raimundo said.
She turned and looked at him, but said nothing.
"Do you remember what happened last night?"
Kimiko looked at him strangely and shook her head.
"Well, we kissed," he said almost blushing. "It's something that I've wanted to happen with us for years,"
Kimiko returned to him another blank expression.
"Do you know what a kiss is?" Raimundo asked.
Kimiko shook her head again.
Raimundo sighed and quickly kissed her on the lips.
"That's a kiss," he said slightly blushing. "Do you understand?"
"I understand," she said with no feeling in her voice. "I do not understand the importance of it,"
"It shows people that they care for each other," Raimundo said.
"Do we care for each other?" Kimiko asked.
"Erm," Raimundo began. He had no idea how to answer that question.
Kimiko took another sip from the orange juice.
"Do you want me to care for you?" Kimiko asked.
Raimundo sighed. "Let's just drop this conversation, please?"
"Okay," she said unknowing that the conversation was embarrassing.
Raimundo got a smirk on his face suddenly. He knew this probably wasn't the best time to joke around, but he had to hear her say it, just once. Although he wasn't sure if he'd like it, he just had to hear it.
"Hey Kim," Rai said.
She looked over to him.
"Tell me, that you love me," Raimundo said smirking.
"Okay," she responded plainly. "I love you Raimundo,"
He hadn't realized the mistake he had just made. The words hit him hard, but not in the way they would normally. They were plain and flat, no feeling of reality or truth. He wished he hadn't asked her to say that. He didn't want to hear her say it like that. He wanted her to say it truthfully; not fake. He then realized, that is really is bad to lose your emotions; and it sounds a lot worse then it sounds.
Kimiko looked at him and Raimundo stared into her eyes. Her two beautiful pools of sapphire blue eyes, were just blue; maybe even a little grey. She had the same look all of the time.
Kimiko turned her head slightly, not sure how to react to Raimundo's expression.
"Are you not okay?" she asked. "I did as you said and told you that I lo-"
She was cut off by Raimundo's hand. He didn't look at her, just at the ground.
"You hear words, but you don't know what they mean. Love, is a strong word; a strong feeling! But you don't have feelings. Kim, to you, every word that means something important means nothing. I shouldn't have asked you to say that. I know how you must feel-"
He paused.
"You don't feel at all,"
Kimiko gazed outside the window again.
"You're not Kimiko,"
She turned. "I am,"
"No," Raimundo said. "But, I promise that I'm going to get you back,"
"I, do not understand," she said. "Why are you going to look for something that is already here?"
"Kim," he said. "You're still in there. And if you are, I hope you can hear this. I just want you to know, I will go and fight as much as I can, until I get your feelings back. I swear,"
Raimundo stood up and went to the door. He opened it and saw Clay and Omi waiting eagerly to go inside. Omi squeezed through the door and walked over to Kimiko. Clay stepped aside as Rai walked out the door.
"Where you goin' partner?"
"I'm going to go make a plan,"
"A plan for what?"
"To find Kimiko. I promised I'd find her and bring her back,"
Clay thought for a moment. "You mean, you're going to plan to fight Alydia?!"
"That's right,"
"Well," Clay said. "you're wrong; because you aren't going to fight Alydia. We are!"
Raimundo smiled.
"Now come on," Clay said. "The only thing you should be doing is being with us and Kimiko,"
"I guess your right,"
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Yay I updated! I feel guilty because the only things I wrote tonight were from…"Kimiko gazed outside the window again" to the last sentence. So, I'm not counting curiosity as a feeling just so you know. Review if you would be so kind!
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