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Chapter 13...Crash
When answers are unraveled, fights break out between everyone and everything. Will they all be able to save family, friends, and romances? Or will it just be another hopeless factor in life...?
This Chapter is dedicated to Heylin - Shadow, and his fetish to spelling 'Kieko' as 'Keiko' instead... Sorry about that mistake, but I'm used to spelling it like that... Hope you like the chapter, and excuse if I use 'Kieko' sometimes... I don't have spell check...
The guard obviously found tension right away between the dragons of wind and fire, so he tipped his head down, and swiftly got out of the way of the screaming match to - be.
For a long while, both just stared at each other. Emerald meeting Sapphire, Sapphire meeting Emerald.
After a few dragged out minutes, a small whisper filled and shattered the silence and darkness all at once. It was so small, the owner didn't even know if they had truly said anything.
"Hi." Kimiko half smiled, just to get more hatred from the man she thought she loved in front of her.
His glare and cold stare got harder, and he only nodded back. Kimiko already knew he wasn't being fair, but she didn't care... Even if it took forever, she would get through to him, and tell him she loved him, no matter what crap life threw her way. Crossing her fingers behind her back, she closed her eyes.
"What's happened to you Rai?"
Rai... No one had called him that for so long... No one will the same sweet and soft yet intense and burning sensation for so much time... He didn't truly know if he heard it. He didn't know if he wanted to hear it. Did he really want her to come back...? Of course he did, but would he take her back? Would his mind win over his heart... It did that a lot these days...
When he looked at her, he could see the Kimiko he remembered. Short tempered, irritated, and very annoyed when people didn't answer. And Raimundo couldn't help but smile. She was standing, putting most of her weight on one leg, and her hands on her hips, her hair in two bouncy pony tails, and a well drawn out scowl on her face. But, as soon as she saw the smile, she lightened up, and began to cry.
"Really Raimundo... What's happened? I don't know you anymore!" She ran over to the bars and held them tight, watching the man in front of her, simply stare, no sympathy in his eyes, whatsoever.
Of course, he did have sympathy... He wouldn't dream of ever turning his back on her, but he couldn't show it. At least not yet. It was sad, and in a way, really quite depressing to himself, that it weighed on him, and in the end would make him crack and break.
Did that even make sense? Raimundo couldn't tell... All he could think about was that he was breaking this girl's heart.
"Sniffle Here's Haruki... gasp of breath" She handed him a picture and sigh, almost in relief, as she saw the hate disintegrate from his face. A new face of anguish washed over his features, but soon, he simply flicked the picture away.
"Why are you doing this Kimiko?" He asked, his voice soft, yet loud with hollowness. "You know it will never be the same between us... So why in the hell would you do this!?" He suddenly jumped to his feet, his face only the bar's length apart from hers. "We will never be - together..."
Kimiko suddenly pulled his head down, forcing it against the bars, and he knew she was feeling the same pain. But, all pain was washed out, when her lips met his.
After a few moments, she pulled back, tears in her eyes, as well as Raimundo's. He grabbed her hands, but she tugged them away. "There's no more - "
"I know!" Raimundo half shouted. "But it could come back... we just... Ever since we were fourteen, we haven't been away from each other this long! And - ... "
"Raimundo... " Kimiko's eyes glistened. "You could have a great life... and I just don't want to be the cause of unhappy -"
"If you break up with me... If you wear that ring on the wrong finger ever once I get out... You'll cause me unhappiness... All I want is to be with you... and I know you do with me!"
"Raimundo that isn't fair..." He could tell she tried to sound soft, but obviously, her anger was bubbling at Raimundo's old stubbornness.
"Yes! It is fair! We will stay together!" The old spark was coming back, but it pained Kimiko to see it. She turned away in a haste.
"I'm sorry..." She whispered and walked away.
"You want help! I know you do! You're just scared of what everyone else will think! You changed!" He cried out, in an outburst, grabbing the interest of others, knowing that that girl was Tohomiko's prized possession. Little did Raimundo know... Kimiko had heard it.
"I'll never change... I'll never leave you..." And she ran out, gone and already ready to leave New York.
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Toshiro sighed, his eyes drooping quite a bit. He was tired... But he would stop at nothing to figure this out...
Why was Clay dead?
Who had killed him?
All Toshiro knew... is that it wasn't an accident...
He was snapped out of his thoughts by the sudden ring of a phone. Picking it up with a sigh, he answered, "Hello?"
"Mr. Tohomiko?"
"Yes, that's me..."
"We found out why..."
Toshiro shot straight up. "Tell!" He knew he must have sounded young, because the person on the other line obviously stifled a laugh.
"Someone, we only know to be a woman, put hot sauce on a moldy piece of bread, telling him it was his lunch..."
"That's horrible!" (once again, to don't feel bad, if you laugh at Clay's death... It's Clay!)
"Severe food poisoning..."
"Thank you..." He hung up, crossing out about three quarters of the people. Now, the only people left were the ones who gave Clay is lunch. He looked through the list, and at the other evidence... Crossing off every person, except one. He stared wide eyed, as he picked up the phone.
"Didn't we just get off the phone?"
"I found the person...!"
"Oh... do tell!" They sounded very interested.
"It was - "
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"Keiko!" Ruko crossed his arms, trying to look mad, but... A blind person could even see he had been crying.
"Oh I'm sorry Ruko... Even though we didn't like Clay... I still feel really bad... He was your best friend. " Keiko tried to sound sympathetic, but she just couldn't... There was a reason... She had -
Ruko hugged her, sobbing on her shoulder.
Jack stood afar. He couldn't hear what they were saying, but he felt angry color rise to his cheeks. Even though Ruko was uh - Well... Jack didn't really want to say it... It felt wrong, because Ruko looked so natural... But, even though he was gay, Jack still felt jealous.
Keiko was giving attention for a male other than himself for the first time since he'd met her... again. He couldn't believe that fact, but it was there, and happening in front of them. He didn't want to watch them, as Keiko kissed Ruko on the cheek. But something, something very strange, was keeping Jack's eyes glued to the two.
He hissed in anger, and began stalking towards them, his anger only fueling his actions, himself, having no control over what he was doing. But, he was just getting further and further away. He suddenly stopped and realized they were running... Could it be away from him?
His eyes suddenly widened at the thought of his fiancé just leaving him behind, and sadly turned, ready to go back to Keiko's apartment, but stopped suddenly.
Why did he want to go back there? All he was going to get was how bad she felt for Ruko, and he'd be even more angry. He thought maybe it was best to stay at a hotel... Nodding in agreement to himself, he walks off, muttering an occasional line of curses to Ruko. (Jack is jealous of Ruko? RUKO?!?! Come on Jack... he's gay... there's nothing to worry about there! O.o &I don't mean any offense to anyone by the statement, but it is true...&)
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firecracker-girl: I'm sorry! With school pile up, and homework, and totally new Kingdom Hearts plots, I've just gotton really busy, but once again I'm sorry. I'll never abandon this story! I love this story, it's got to be my favorite Xiaolin Showdown story I've written, and probably will be for like... Ever. And, thank you, I'm very flattered :), I do thank you for liking it... It takes reviewers to get a writer to make the story better, and for that, I thank you. Plus, thanks for reviewing.
Luiz4200: Yeah, I know. But, that's what I live for! Cruel cliffies are so fun, unless someone doesn't update for ever. Then it sucks. Well... He's almost free... I can garentee in the next one or two chapters he will be completely free... Unless I make a plot twist O.o. Here is your update, although not the happy ending yet. And yes, I want a happy too, don't feel alone there. Thank you for reviewing!
Disney Villain: Yes, sadly, he is dead. You know, it seems sort of random, but lol, I don't really mind, it adds more drama and suspense, and I may be able to drag out a very bad cliffie that I won't get to for a chapter because of Clay's death... Yay! Like, who killed Clay O.o. Well, I won't give anything away, so I'll just shut up... Thanks for the review!
Heylin - Shadow: I tried. I really did this chapter, to spell Keiko the way you like it to be spelled. But, honestly, I don't get your obsession with how I spell it. Does it matter? A one letter switch - around. No one else has complained. I mean, I don't care, and I like that you're giving me critisism... But, over how I spell Keiko? I'm not mad, but I find it rather funny... Anyways, on with the review reply. I can't really wait to see how either, because quite frankly, I like how this is going. And thank you :) I believe in you with the reviewing! Yeah, that sounded seriously retarded but meh. My goal, is to get a 10 out of 10 from you so :) Wish me luck... again! Here is your update!
Stormy Dreamer: It's okay. At least you still reviewed. I was waiting for yours to update... Yay! I didn't lose faith in them just yet... You're much more loyal then a lot of the other people out there... But probably I trust your reviews so much, because you've been reviewing since my, what? Third story... Yikes... That's a lot of stories. I feel bad for you! (lol) Yes Yay for Ruko! I have the same feelings as you, even though I don't like Clay. And, wow Ruko in this chapter... I feel even sorta kinda bad for Jack instead this chapter though. Yes! What a way to die, it gets fully explained in this chapter... I think... I'm not surprised Clay would go like that either, totally riduculous. This will make me think twice about trying hot sauce with bread. :P Not that I would, that's Clay food:P Once again, it's okay, cause of the shortness, and homework... God, that's why I updated late too. Well, thanks, and here is your update!