You don't have to worry about Kimiko dying. If I killed her, I wouldn't have anyone to tell the story. Here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

"Raimundo, please," I said, trying to calm him down. "It was an accident. I had no idea-"

I quickly dodged another big rock aimed at my head, but he threw another rock I wasn't ready for that hit my side. It was sharp, so it left a cut. I could tell Raimundo wasn't listening to a word I was saying. He was too furious. I couldn't blame him and I probably deserved to get my butt kicked, but wasn't ready to die now and now I was mad about my side and the blood was not going to be easy to get out of this skirt. So I stood poised and ready, but when he reached for the next rock, we heard Clay shout "Third arm sash earth!"

The third arm sash blasted through the wall behind Raimundo, slammed into him, and he hit the opposite wall before falling to the ground unconscious.

I looked through the hole the third arm sash made to see Dojo, Omi, and Clay flying a few feet from the hole. "Guys!" I waved at them.

"Kimiko!"

When they saw me, they all looked very surprised and very relieved. Clay lassoed me, and pulled me onto Dojo. Once I was on, he flew away. Before I knew it, Omi had me in a rib-cracking hug, squeezing the air out of me. "Thank goodness you are safe! We were so afraid that Wuya and Raimundo had harmed you! Did they?"

After Clay helped separate me from Omi and I caught my breath, I asked "How long have I been gone?"

"We've been looking for you for two whole days! I've hardly gotten any sleep!" Dojo complained.

I couldn't believe it. "I've been gone for two days? What happened?"

Omi looked at me curiously. "What do you mean 'gone'?

"Let's tell our story first Omi." said Clay. "Wuya saw us when we were halfway to the opening. She called Raimundo and we fought him for awhile. Then Wuya sneaked up behind us, made a hole with the golden tiger claws to Iraq, and Raimundo knocked us in,"

"For some reason the people there seemed to hate Clay, but they stopped after we got him some different clothes and if he didn't talk. It is very puzzling," said Omi. "Anyway, then Wuya caught Dojo and used the tiger claws to transport him to Alaska,"

"I nearly froze to death there!" Dojo exclaimed. "Then I had to go to Iraq to pick up Omi and Clay, then we had to come back here for you, but you weren't anywhere!"

"We were worried that Wuya and Raimundo had caught you and were torturing your or something! Did they? And what did you mean 'you were gone'?" Omi asked again.

Then all of Raimundo's sad memories came back to me. How his mom died, how he had to see her body, the fight he had with Grandpa Eric, the attack on the circus, his dad, and how he had to leave Tay. Raimundo had been through so much pain. And we had lived together for so long and never even had a clue about how bad he had been hurt. Before I could stop myself, I burst into tears. Dojo slowed down to look at us. As much as I hated for the guys to see me cry, I couldn't stop. They were all looking at me with shocked and scared expressions on their faces.

"What's wrong?" asked Clay.

Omi rushed over to me. "Did they hurt you? Please tell us!"

I shook my head. I knew I should tell the guys something, but for some reason I didn't think I should. Raimundo and I were enemies, but I could tell by the look on his face and the fact he wanted to kill me that he really didn't want anyone to know. I felt horrible. I had looked at all of his painful memories and thought nothing of how he would feel about it until now. All the stuff I saw was private. Friends or not, I decided keep his secrets.

Omi and Clay kept asking what happened. I knew they were worried about me, but I knew I couldn't even tell them I had seen Raimundo's thoughts. After we got back to the temple, we ate, I got my side patched up, and Omi and Clay went to bed, but even though I hadn't slept in awhile, I wasn't tired. I sat outside under the tree, thinking about why Raimundo left. I knew he was mad at Master Fung for not letting us fight Mala Mala Jong. Could it have also been that he was afraid that by being Xiaolin Apprentices we were going to leave him like he had to leave his family? Maybe he thought he would never catch up and when he did we would be promoted to something else. Maybe he thought that if we were leaving him, if he joined Wuya he could get back at us.

Then I heard a voice behind me. "Troubles, young one?"

I turned around to see Master Fung. "Omi believes Wuya has done something to you. Is this true?"

I hesitated. I guess I could tell Master Fung a little. "While I was in the cave with Raimundo, I saw something of his that was personal. I'm not hurt besides my cut, I'm just still thinking about it. Please don't tell the guys or they'll want to know what I saw,"

Master Fung smiled. "Very well. Thank you," and he walked away.

Then I felt pretty tired, so I went to bed. As soon as I lay down however, I remember something that suddenly made me feel wide awake. Raimundo didn't think I would keep his secrets. He still wanted to kill me. He would kill me so his secrets would be safe and if I told, he would kill me for revenge. I guess I would have to talk to him next time a shen-gong-wu was activated. In the morning I would tell Omi and Clay my theory of why Raimundo left. I thought I would never get to sleep after this, but the next second, I blinked and it was morning.

The next chapter will be more exciting, but I might not update for awhile though, because I'll have company at my house for a few days. I will as soon as I can though. Bye!