I am really, really sorry about the wait. I got out of the mood for awhile after seeing the last episodes. (In "Days Past" did you notice that they used some of M.C Escher's work in the showdown?) Anyway, I finally decided to get a muse to help me out and got this chapter finished. Here's the next chapter.

When Raimundo was safe in bed and Master Fung was checking up on him, Dojo told us what happened to the headpiece. "It tried to absorb all the anger up, but it was too much for it to handle. It exploded from trying to bite off more then it could chew,"

Master Fung said that Raimundo would be fine once he got over all the emotional pain. After we were checked out and our new shen-gong-wu was in the vault, Master Fung sent us to bed. But I couldn't sleep. I was too worried about Raimundo. What if he never got over all his memories? What if I had reminded him of the pain of his past too much and he fell into a deep depression? I bolted upright in bed with a terrifying thought. What if he woke up and felt so hopeless that he committed suicide right then? I jumped off my mat and ran to his room. Raimundo was still asleep, but it seemed like I wasn't the only who couldn't sleep. Omi jumped and whirled around to face me.

"Kimiko! You startled me!"

"Sorry Omi. You couldn't sleep either huh?"

" I know you and Master Fung say he is fine, but I can't help fear for Raimundo,"

"I'm worried too. Omi, I've been thinking. Even if Raimundo is fine, what if he still doesn't want to be a Xiaolin Dragon anymore?"

"That was when he was when he was angry. I'm sure that now the headpiece is off, he shall admit his mistake of turning to Wuya and help us defeat her!"

He looked so happy and confident, I couldn't brake it to him that Raimundo wasn't going to forgive us for ditching him. We sat together for awhile in silence, watching Raimundo sleep. He was slightly frowning, and every so often he would moan and toss and turn. I wondered what he was dreaming about. Then I looked over at Omi. He was trying as hard as he could to keep from falling asleep. He could hardly keep his eyes open. I knew he wouldn't go to bed until he was positive Raimundo was okay.

I sighed. "Omi, why don't you get some sleep. I come get you if he starts to wake up,"

"Thank You Kimiko. If you feel tired, wake me and I will take watch,"

After he left, I giggled. We were acting like Raimundo was an extremely valuable shen-gong-wu that we were protecting from the forces of darkness. Wuya. The thought hit me and sent chills down my spine like a bucket of ice water. She would be furious if Raimundo had come back. He had come alone to get the soothing sash, so it might be awhile before she realized he was gone, but she would come looking for him soon. Although, Raimundo had the golden tiger claws, so it might take some time until she found him. I hoped we could get him back on our side before then. Suddenly, Raimundo's hand went up to his face, and he moaned as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. He was waking up. I hesitated to go get Omi. I wanted to talk to Raimundo about some stuff. I decided Omi could wait.

Once Raimundo was fully awake, he looked around the room with a confused expression on his face. Then his eyes fell on me and he scowled. He started to get out of bed, maybe to fight, but I forced him back down. "Raimundo, listen. Everything's fine. You're not a captive, but you're not leaving for awhile. I don't want to fight you, but I will if I have to. However, I do want to talk,"

Raimundo groaned, covered his head with his pillow, and tucked the rest of him under the blanket. I sighed. "I know you're mad at me after everything I've done, but I swear, I didn't tell the guys about anything I saw in the thought keeper,"

Raimundo pulled off the pillow and glared at me, with anger, hatred, and pain in his eyes. "Right. I'm supposed to believe that. And even if you didn't tell them, they're going to make you explain what you were shouting about,"

"They're so worried about you, they haven't even asked me about it yet,"

"Why would they be worried about me? I'm the enemy, remember?"

"We were your friends Raimundo. And we were hoping you would come back to being a Xiaolin warrior,"

"Think again. We're through, I'm staying with Wuya and there's nothing you can say or do about it,"

I got a lump in my throat. I forced it down as I asked as steadily as I could, "Why?"

Raimundo looked away from me. He was silent. After a moment, I spoke.

"I know you really want to get back at us, but is there any other reason? I have to know Raimundo,"

His eyes flew back up to me, with more hatred, and his hands clenched into fists like he wanted to hit me.

"Why? So you can bring Wuya down? So you can make me come crawling back to the temple? I think you've done enough damage," he snarled.

"I didn't mean to look into your past. Although, I'm glad I did or we never would have gotten the headpiece off. I want to know why you're with Wuya for my- our peace of mind. Omi's worried it was something he said or did. Don't you remember when he tried to apologize?"

He growled. "I remember, but it didn't make up for anything,"

I took a deep breath. "Were you upset because you thought that by becoming Xiaolin apprentices we were leaving you behind?"

His fists clenched tighter and his eyes darted past me to the door like he was thinking of making a break for it.

"Raimundo, please. For just one moment, can we forget that we're enemies and try to talk? We don't want you to choose something that you might regret later when it's too late to turn back. I just want to help,"

Raimundo looked at me directly in the eye to see if I was telling the truth. I guess he could tell it was heartfelt because the hatred in his eyes disappeared.

"You really didn't tell anyone about my past?"

I nodded. He sighed and his face softened.

"Okay, one moment," he whispered.

I promise the next one won't take as long. For those who are wondering, my muse is a tawny, young griffin (Of course) named Iorek. He promises to make sure I keep writing.