Raimundo: Hey everyone! dl-sPirit's still working on her 'big project', so she's not here.

Omi: Raimundo, will you explain about the authoress's sudden outburst last time?

Raimundo: Ok. She's been working on this triliogy, but she couldn't think of a good way to wrap it up. Now, it's got an epilogue story.

Jack: Ah. By the way, have you seen it?

Raimundo: No, but she's got a basic outline of it. She'll explain it once this is done. Ok, Jack, do the disclaimer.

Jack: WHY!

Raimundo: dl-sPirit left me in charge. Plus, I have another pudding cup.

Jack: dl-sPirit only owns the Flute of Long. Now give me my pudding!

Raimundo: (gives Jack pudding cup) Ok, reviews:

To Kosmic: Raimundo: I told her, she made it too obvious!

To Priestess kurumi inu's sister: Jack: Great. How come I don't get it?

To Rave Slave: Omi: (smiles and nods)

To kiakatsu/Kaisa: Jack: dl-sPirit says thanks - or, at least I think she did.

Raimundo: She did - in portuguese.

To Windflame: Omi: I hope you mean that as a compliment. It could be considered an insult.

Jack: Hey, dl-sPirit will take anything as a compliment. She's happy you read this.

To TamerTerra: Raimundo: You got the joke! And, it's portuguese. She tried to keep it realistic.

Omi and Jack: (reads TamerTerra's review) Ooohhh...

To Elemental-Zero: Raimundo: Thank you. (does double take) Wait a minute-

Jack: (grabs Raimundo before he tackles Elemental-Zero for putting him in a tutu) Enjoy!

It was 10 PM at the Xiaolin Temple. Even so, Kimiko was up, researching were-dragons. According to one website she found, were-dragons live 100 years longer than usual and they become full-fledged after 5 years. She couldn't help but to wonder every few minutes, If Vento was in a circus, maybe Vento and Raimundo were friends...maybe Vento took Raimundo to keep his secret safe?...If Raimundo hadn't been chosen, I could imagine Vento being the Dragon of the Wind.

She dismissed her thoughts. Right now, the only thing important was catching the were-dragon. She closed her eyes and tried to clear her mind and focus. To her surprise, a voice began whispering to her. She opened her eyes, looked around, and spied the wind that was blowing through her window. (A/N: I've seen every Xiaolin Showdown episode, and I know they sleep in tiny little areas seperated only by a thin wall, but for this fic, their rooms are seperate and they have windows) Wait...Kimiko remembered what she had been told about Vento: 'He could hear messages on the wind and understand them.' Maybe, to find Raimundo, she'd have to do the same. She closed her eyes and focused. She began to hear: "Look beyond...Vento...all the same...careful...not everything is as it seems."

Though most of the message was missing, Kimiko heard the last six words clearly. Then, behind her eyelids, she saw something: the dragon was in front of her. It didn't look upset. Rather, it was grinning at her with a cocky air - and began to change. The wings seemed to vanish, as did the tail. The arms and legs lengthened to human lengths. The snout seemed to squash into the head. The spines vanished; the scales softened and changed colors into scales. The eyes changed colors. Kimiko heard the word 'Vento'. She gasped; she recognized the boy in front of her. He even wore the same cocky grin she had grown so used to seeing. Her eyes snapped open and she looked around. Everything was dark. Her glow-in-the-dark watch read 3:59. Maybe it was a dream - but something told her otherwise. She got up and went into Raimundo's room.

(---)

Clay and Omi awoke at 6 in the morning to the sounds of rustling in Raimundo's room. Cautiously, they got up and looked in to see Kimiko going through a box of newspaper clippings. The brazilian had always cut out interesting stories from the paper, once everyone was done with it.

"Kimiko! Why are you up so early?" Omi inquired. "Did you not receive any sleep?"

"I figured out where Raimundo is," was the Dragon of Fire's response. Omi smiled broadly and asked, "That is most wonderous news!" Clay, however, noticed her depressed tone and knelt down next to her. "What's the catch?" he asked.

"Well, last night, I was looking up stuff on were-dragons when I...had this dream." Kimiko decided to leave out how she had got it from the wind. She handed a small clipping to Clay. Omi looked over his shoulder (which was rather diificult) as they both read: 'Last night, a man who was part of a traveling circus was killed last night near Brasilia. According to witnesses, he had confronted a strange beast when it killed him almost instaneously. "He left behind a son and two children. He was one of the best performers," the ringmaster said, "We will grieve for many years for Mr. Marcos Pedrosa."'

There was more, but the two warriors had read enough to understand. Omi gasped. "I don't believe this!" Clay exclaimed. Kimiko looked away as she explained, "'Vento' is a portuguese word meaning 'wind'. Raimundo and Vento are one and the same. Rai's the were-dragon."

Omi: Oh, now I understand.

Raimundo: Took you long enough.

Jack: I don't get it. Why didn't Wuya tell me?

Raimundo: Because dl-sPirit didn't want her to, and it'd be too easy.

Omi: We see her edge.

Raimundo: You mean, 'We see her point'.

Jack: Jeez. (gives Omi slangdictionary)

Omi: What is this for?

Jack: Stole it from dl-sPirit. You need it, kid. By the way, why'd it give that info on were-dragons?

Raimundo: It's for later. And Jack, uh, actually, she was going to give that book to Omi for his birthday.

Omi: This cannot be good (watches Jack run away) Please review!